script it on al-jazeera the context of this is the free storytelling of the biggest issues. aired today you should do it again. get any bobbies to be married at your face you get the domestic emergency un chief antonio good terrorist governments to declare a state of climate emergency as world leaders mark 5 years since the paris agreement was signed. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program gunmen storm a secondary school in northwest nigeria police is still searching for students after reports that many one missing. we worked quickly based on the urgency of this

pandemic not because of any other external pressure u.s. regulators seemed to reassure americans of the pfizer vaccine safety despite its right age approval. and from hong kong to seoul how cities and countries across asia coping with a resurgence of corona virus cases. welcome to the program exactly 5 years since the paris climate accord was signed and world leaders have been urged to declare climate emergencies in that countries speaking at the virtual climate ambition summit tomorrow anniversary un chief antonio guitarist said it was vital to stop the assault on the planet for the sake of our grandchildren although he does use the summit to pledge to increase that emissions cuts and boost renewables in 2015 countries agree to stop global temperatures

rising to a degree celsius above pre-industrial levels. this is a moment of truce this is also a moment of hope more and more countries have committed to net 0 emissions the business community is getting on board the sustainability train we see city striving to become greener and more live a ball we see young people taking on responsibility and demanding it of others the promise of annette's little world a reality now on the press to cop 26 i urge everyone to show him bisham stop the assault on our planet and do what we need to get into the future of our children and grandchildren since the paris agreement was signed extreme weather has taken its toll and changed the lives of millions of people now clark looks at what's being done to stop the global temperatures rising it was an extraordinary moment after endless years of negotiations they sions of the world united in this common cause and the paris agreement was born that girl wanted. to

it but celebrations they were short lived within 18 months accord was in deep trouble suddenly u.s. leadership was lost. with the united states will withdraw from the paris thank you. climate acourt well in the 5 years since paris national commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions well they haven't measured up and time is running out remember the agreement ange to stop global temperatures from rising 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels ideally one and a half degrees but average global temperatures are right now as i speak at $1.00 degrees and climbing and the impacts of a warming world they're already shocking displacing millions and costing billions extreme weather events are becoming all too familiar from superstorm stew record

wildfires from heat waves to devastating floods ice packs they've continued to diminish at both poles with the current decade the warmest on record it sounds bad it is bad and yet despite it all suddenly there's an opportunity president elect joe biden has pledged to return the united states to the paris agreement the world's 2nd biggest emitter of greenhouse gases back at the table and the number one a matter that's china responsible for 28 percent of global emissions they promise carbon neutrality by 2060 other countries have followed suit japan and south korea committing to net 0 by 2050 joining the u.k. the e.u. and next year the united states and hopefully more to come out of the tragedy of the covert pandemic suddenly major economies are eyeing a green recovery with trillions of dollars in stimulus funds available i think yes we are in a moment i would say in

a turning point moment in history and it's that in my view it's a great opportunity very few either some very few generations have the opportunity to become so relevant for at history overall it doesn't mean that it is going to be easy on the contrary i think these bullets on our shoulder. and even be good for a supposedly. is nations projection is one thing implementing policies through is sure new phone hope is not misguided well that's quite another but never will there be a better opportunity to realize the goals of the paris agreement and to put the brakes on the worst effects of climate change and you can watch our extended interview with the executive secretary of the un framework convention on climate change patricia espinosa that set 0830 g.m.t. on sunday on talk to al jazeera.

nigerian police searching for the missing student's ofter attackers on with assault rifle stormed a secondary school a large number of gunmen on motorbikes attacked the boarding school in count car district in the northwest and katsina state late on friday one officer was shot during an hour long gun battle between the military and the gunman about 800 students attend that school many ran away when the attack began and police say 200 have since returned police and the defense force and now trying to determine how many a still missing well let's get more on this now from the editor of the cut scene a post saddam been da where he joins us from by skype from katsina in northern nigeria can i ask you about the if you had any information about the. safety of the students. just the.

way nobody can actually a new condition such situation where this actually didn't. but look how solicitous. i d. pundits the gunman actually checked that motorcycle. many kilometers with. the trait he just. shot sporadically and pick. some of the students and then went bust. and then he quit you need to death that is. and of course medieval arguments instead where does it predict protests.

and side o. o. tests a many and many orders that extended and can i ask you about the as you say it's very difficult to know exactly the whereabouts of the students right now and obviously the reason the security forces are trying to establish whether they are missing or whether they've been kidnapped now these sort of incidents in in kind of car districts in katsina state now that this does how regularly does this happen do you have attacks by. gunmen you notice this. it's especially at this. moment. it's more than we call them and dishonest it. has been under constant. government attacks the last 6. 60 s he says.

but i type of this magnitude of. abuse so when d.h. home town aleut group that is public is bund. of value openness and take you will. win then children and then let the undo establish went back to 5000000 did do mine. because that was when you have when you say an attack of this magnitude hasn't happened you mean in terms of the number of gunmen involved in terms of the the weapons they were using oh is it the specific target the fact that a school was telling it what do you or do you mean by that is this this big targets of course that instances more than 500. and it's attacked community

incidences where those pundits cut in pieces many supposed to get it. but dell is smooth and. that those pundits. attacks a soft target like. a secondary school course not it is a new school of government hostility distance millis yeah. yeah loses a touch people in that farms eats little practice and. if you. particularly. well thank you very much sadec and from the katsina post telling us what you know about this time and give them. now the head of the u.s. drug regulator is working to reassure americans that the pfizer vaccine is safe this as they prepared to roll it out in the country hardest hit by that 19 u.s.

reported more than 230000 new cases on friday and more than 2700 deaths officials hope this distribution of the vaccine from monday will provide relief to hospitals of iran with coronavirus admissions the u.s. is the west country with almost 60000000 infections 295000 related deaths but this vaccine met the f.d.a. as rigorous standards for quality safety and efficacy science and data guided the f.d.a. decision we worked quickly based on the urgency of this pandemic not because of any other external pressure this decision was based on the strongest scientific integrity and i am so proud of the work that our career scientists have done while our federal partners are already taking steps to distribute this vaccine we remind the public to remain vigilant as an occupation will take time that's good one hour

from john hendren in washington said the pfizer vaccine has that regulatory approval but how soon before the vaccinations actually get going. what right now finds her is loading up those huge dry ice filled boxes with the vaccine and the company says that on sunday just 24 hours from now it will be distributing those boxes into trucks and sending those trucks to u.p.s. and fed ex hubs near its manufacturing site in michigan and there it will be delivered all across the u.s. the 1st number of locations is $636.00 and we are told that $145.00 locations will be served on monday and the rest over tuesday and wednesday that's the 1st batch of these vaccines that we heard that from the chief operating officer of operation were speed this is what he had to say take a listen i expect the 1st shipments to arrive monday morning extensive

coordination will ensure that this occurs we work with pfizer mckesson u.p.s. fed ex federal and local law enforcement agencies to ensure safety and security of the vaccine make no mistake distribution has begun right now boxes are being packed and loaded with vaccine with emphasis on quality control. efforts being made to reassure people a vaccine is safe what's been the general public response. that's right he ran that statement from the f.d.a. commissioner which he gave just hours ago assuring the public that he didn't cut any corners there was no external pressure that changed the outcome of this approval process and he did that for good reason that pressure came from the

president of the united states donald trump on friday tweeted out to f.d.a. commissioner steven hahn saying stop playing games and start saving lives and reportedly the president told him that if there was not an approval on these vaccines by the end of friday night that one would be fired on saturday morning says that's not exactly how that went down but there is this skepticism in the u.s. among a subset of people blah ridgeley supporters of the president who say they're concerned that the whole coronavirus might be a hoax now as one of the 60000000 americans who has contracted this disease and overcome it i can tell you it's not a hoax but. there are people that we've interviewed who have said they're concerned about the side effects of the vaccination they're concerned that covert might not exist at all and so that's why you have this coordinated effort by people at the top on down to the 1st responders the medical people doctors and nurses at

hospitals all saying that this is a safe process the company nevertheless pfizer will be monitoring side effects in any potential adverse reactions from this vaccine but there's definitely a concern that there is a subset of americans who will not want to take the vaccine thanks very much john hendren in washington. in other developments u.s. president donald trump says the supreme court let the country down by dismissing a legal case to overturn election results in 4 states it deals a potentially fatal blow to trump's quest to reverse joe biden's victory in the november election the case was brought by the state of texas seeking to change the results in 4 states one by biden the supremes court refused to take up the matter and the president claims the court has 0 interest in the merits of what he describes as the greatest ever perpetrated on the u.s. . well thousands of donald trump supporters are out demonstrating in washington to

denounce the election result is just 2 days before the electoral college votes to confirm joe biden's victory under the protest as well black and yellow the colors of the right wing a proud boys movement which has been classified as a white supremacist group by norm foresman more protests are planned for cities across the country with trump supporters alleging the democratic party stole the election many echo trumps frustration with the supremes call. this year a disappointing. because i felt that the reports that we've heard the case somebody has to hear the evidence and allow the beast those of us who believe that they did this election was fraudulent to hear the of the spirit of fear itself out and make a decision based upon the fact i was so disappointed i didn't know what i want to be the more we thought about it the more i see it over there really think here always really here we're going to be here because we're hoping to break the law if

this can be overturned he was cheating. and watching out here at live from london much more still to tell you about going to bring you all the latest on venezuela voters that have that say on presently to arise room and an unofficial poll by the opposition. did you do during the lockdown some people managed to decipher one of the biggest riddles in u.s. criminal history. but. there was still some rather stormy weather across central parts of the mediterranean that's going to shift its way a little further east as we go through the next couple days and things will turn more mobile into western parts is because it's a bunch of cloud and rain started to slide their way through a little ridge of high pressure keeping things quiet for the u.k. briefly before the next weather system pushes through but this area. high pressure

down towards the southwest and it dominates across western parts of the mediterranean wotton things down here it's been rather lively recently over towards the east and indeed in kiev we had some a rather tricky conditions long spell of rain followed by clear skies and some snow and you say this for women having a bit of trouble making any progress to the icy conditions that resulted about 170 towns were affected by the ice here and it did lead to major power outages and it is a difficult to conditions also there on the roads things snow changing too much over the next couple of days still some rain around so further icy conditions on the cards for kiev as we go on through sunday but it should turn a little drive a little clearer as we go through monday the snow making as well little further north what's notice for these the sort of the mediterranean pretty wet here over the next couple of days with the possibility of flooding for many.

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secretary general has urged world leaders to declare climate emergencies in their countries and turn a guitarist was speaking at the virtual climate ambition summit marking the 5th anniversary of the paris climate of course in our headlines nigerian police are searching for missing students of the attackers armed with assault rifle stormed a secondary school large number of gunmen on motorbikes attacked the boarding school in kandahar district in the northwestern katsina state late on friday one officer was shot and the head of the u.s. food and drug regulator is working to reassure americans at the pfizer biotech vaccine is safe the country hardest hit by co the 19 is preparing to roll out the vaccine as soon as it can. several asian countries are reporting a rise in the number of corona virus cases after initial success in containing its spread florence louis looks now what's behind that search. everyone living in this apartment block in college bay hong kong has to take

a coronavirus test after the building reported at least 7 confirmed cases of covert 19. earlier this week hong kong banned evening dining at restaurants and ordered gyms beauty salons and message palace to shut in a bid to contain a 4th wave of corona virus infections the government has also set up temporary testing stations but people can get tested for free. food on both the government and citizens are responsible for the outbreaks some people are too selfish and continue to organize social activities illegally he's also the government's fault all troubles from overseas should be under full compulsory quarantine. hong kong isn't the only place that seen a resurgence in corona virus cases in asia is battling the 3rd way the country largely avoided a massive outbreak because of strict early lock downs but following a local election in sabah state in late september malaysia started recording a rise in daily cases last month hostels that housed workers for

a glove manufacturer were locked down after more than 2000 workers tested positive for code that 19 health officials say the number of daily new cases is likely to remain high as they expand screening on migrant workers authorities have also reopened a temporary foreign team and statements and just outside of quality to deal with the includes in south korea authorities are building temporary hospitals and shipping containers as a 3rd wave of coronavirus cases threatens to overwhelm medical facilities many experts believe even with a vaccine available it will take a while before normal life can resume right now there's limited vaccines and. we also don't really know if that. transmission. in the. in the early stages we will be pretty good at saying oh the thing leave the bank seems that it will decrease of disease but will know it will stop the transmission in the

early stages the still to my mind. the question but authorities are keen to reopen albeit with precautions the thai government recently said all nationalities can apply for a tourist visa a huge turnout in early a stipulation that only those from 0 risk countries can apply it's even allowing big countdown events to take place on new year's eve florence louis al-jazeera. first international aid convoy has arrived in the ethiopian city center of recent fighting in the northern 10 grey region a convoy of trucks from the red cross will distribute desperately needed medicines and other supplies to hospitals in mccalla a if the o.p.'s army has captured the city and declared victory while rival fighters from the to great people's liberation front a vow to fight on. now it journalist with more than a 1000000 social media followers has been executed in iran. was convicted of

fueling anti-government on unrest a founded on modern news a popular social media channel iranian authorities accused of several crimes including using his platform to start violence during nationwide protests in 2017 and 18 it was captured by the revolutionary guard last year while living in exile. hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist jimmy lie is appeared in court to face charges of violating a controversial national security law lie was seen at a courthouse in handcuffs and chains he was detained this month and denied bail police accuse him of colluding with foreign forces lies the publisher of apple daily which is seen as a last media outlet critical of the government if convicted he could face life in prison. now in the next couple of hours voting will conclude in a referendum organized by venezuela's opposition leader one. that has whalen's inside and outside the country have had since monday to vote on whether they want

to end nicolas maduro as rule and hold new elections but the move has no legal force whatsoever and present wages governing party overwhelmingly won congressional elections on sunday with more than 68 percent of the vote elections were boycotted by the opposition who say they were not free verifiable or transparent. joining us now is latin america as you see and human he's following the story from chile's capital santiago so what was. the opposition trying to achieve from this. mary and the idea is to rekindle infuse iyad some faith in the opposition movement that passion that we saw a almost 2 years ago when the 1st emerged proclaiming himself for the interim president of the country people had a fighting spirit which has waned significantly there's disappointment disenchantment with the way things are going and as as you know the 5000000 bit

israel and have instead just left the country rather than fight stayed home and perhaps fight for freedom and democracy i'm using now the words of the opposition so this is an attempt to do that but also to bring more pressure to bear from the international community and this is key which has also been rethinking the validity of this interim government because they in some countries are already asking whether it's worth it to continue to recognize one by the law and so that is this the point we are seeing in venezuela that there have been a fairly large turnout in these informal polling stations that have been set up by the opposition although we're hearing reports in at least 4 or 5 cases in the capital caracas and in a state where armed groups loyal to the government have come in they have grabbed at the ballot boxes they have dismantled the the election and sent people scurrying for safety but by and large it continues however and this is all supposed to be happening overseas i'm in sandalwood chile in the capital here we're under total

lockdown so at the 11th hour the polling stations had to be canceled of the possibility of voting in person but people can vote remotely online for at least another 3 or 4 hours more and in other parts of the country there are polling stations open but nobody practically has she. hold up the same thing we're seeing in colombia especially in bogota where. leiva which is a very very large area there should have been or it was hoped they would be thousands of venezuelans voting in at least when when our producer was there there was almost no one so it will be disappointing it may not be many people who will vote in this but it's supposed to send a message as i say. and so that's the idea is to try and generate momentum from international partners on the government difficult question johnson is here but then how much support is that for. inside the country.

yes that's the big question i spoke a little earlier too low balled up as the most wanted man in venezuela he is. right hand man he escaped the country just a few weeks ago moved to spain and is now in colombia trying to bring out the voters and and shore up enthusiasm and he told me when i asked that question that that he that way though is still the most popular person or politician in venezuela certainly more popular than my google but he's kind of skirted around the the question about the fact that it has waned significantly i also asked him what was the point of continuing with this exercise today considering that it will not be recognized by the government. the idea behind this is to gather popular support venezuelans inside and outside our territory to support your claims

1st that last sunday there was a fraught 2nd commitment to have free and fair presidential elections and 3rd is a message for the international community that we need all the pressure we need all the support in order to reach freedom and free and fair elections in venezuela so the idea is to organize mobilize and promote the active consciousness of the venezuelan people everywhere in the world in venezuela and outside to gather around a common objective. while this exercise or consultation referendum whatever you want to call it will end in about 2 more hours and then the opposition will presumably come out and tell us how they feel that it went thanks very much thanks so much to see an e-mail that america at its. now all many of us spent locked down baking bread all trying to learn a new language or eating bread 3 amateur sleuths cracked an encrypted letter by the

infamous zodiac killer the 340 character coded letter was mailed to the san francisco chronicle by the serial killer in 1969 the killer who was never caught loaded 5 people in a string of assaults that terrorized the san francisco bay area the f.b.i. confirmed the claim by a mathematician not to samuel blake and to cryptologist from the u.s. and belgium part of the message reads i hope you're having lots of fun in trying to catch me without giving any further clues to his identity. a look at the headlines now exactly 5 years since the powers climate accord was signed and while leaders have been to declare climate emergencies in that country's speaking a virtual climate ambition summit to mark the anniversary un chief antonio terry said it was vital to stop the assault on the planet for the sake of our grandchildren in 2015 countries agree to stop global temperatures rising to.