extreme. with the election behind us will the republican party. take on us politics. that. al-jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the brig's at trade talks will go on the u.k. and e.u. leaders say they're far apart in kenya shoes but they won't give up on negotiations . the u.s. begins shipping the 1st doses of coronavirus vaccines and hopes to immunize 100000000 people in 4 months germany is going into lockdown again as it imposes

more covert 19 mr actions after covered measures failed to reduce infections. and rallying against their government protesters in pakistan a demanding that the prime minister and his cabinet step. with all the day sports news south korean come. through the asian champions league final thanks to a $21.00 win in extra time pans the. british and the e.u. leaders say bribes at talks will go on even though negotiators haven't reached a deal sunday is supposed to be the deadline for the deal but both sides have been meeting again the head of the e.u. commission on the lane says there are still topics that deserve more discussion. despite the exhaustion after almost one year of negotiations and despite the

fact that deadlines have been missed over and over we both think that it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile. we have accordingly mandated our negotiators to continue the task and to see whether no reach an agreement can be reached even at this late stage but so far there have been several sticking points but the main ones include what access french fishing boats can have to british waters and the so-called level playing field for trade if the 2 sides don't reach an agreement border checks and taxes will be introduced for goods travelling between the u.k. and the e.u. by january the 1st our correspondent john hauls in london we're going to be speaking to him in just a few minutes 1st let's go to paul brennan who's in brussels where the talks are taking place paul it seems as though the e.u. has pretty much most of the leverage in all of this but what is it actually worried

about. essentially the european union is concerned that it will have a major competitor right next door to it and with britain's desire to divert from european union standards and rules at some point in the future to a greater or lesser extent the european union is concerned that britain should not have the same level of access into the european single markets if it's allowed to cut european produces and european manufacturers so the big difficulty has been to try to reconcile britain's stated desire to have sulfur and its own rules and regulations and the european wish to try and maintain. the. singularity of its single market the distinctness and the security of the single market now it seems to me that the 2 sides are not that far apart

negotiating positions have changed over the months and even in the last week for example last wednesday the cabinet office minister michael gove of the u.k. said that he was happy to have a known regression clause that means that britain would not weaken its standard saw deregulate in a way that might put it all 'd with the european union. on friday live on the lake and said that they would rapidly respect britain's sovereignty but what they would do if britain was tweak the market conditions for britain's and the single market so it looks as though the 2 sides on north that far apart however getting across the line that is the big issue and they simply have not been able to finalize a deal that is satisfactory to both sides and that's the problem a matter of a couple of weeks away from the proper deadline which is the end of the year

december the 31st that they're going to continue talking as long as they can there will be issues of ratification but they're going to go as long as they possibly can . paul thanks very much indeed that's paul brennan talking to us from brussels john hall is joining us now from westminster jonah paul was saying there that it appears as though both sides don't seem to be that far apart that the u.k. prime minister about an hour ago or so ago was making a statement he was giving the impression at least that was my impression he was giving people up for accepting that there was going to be no deal in this. i mean i think you've got to ask the question is this the sort of rather predictable high drama at the end of a negotiation to the to make brinkmanship if you like with a deal to be reached at the absolute 11th hour as we've seen before quite possibly but i think you'd be a fool to bet on it and yes it does sound more and more as if certainly over the course of the last week boris johnson has been putting the country all notice that

no deal at the end of this year of trade talks is a distinct possibility earlier in the week he said please talk to a very very likely to fail we're told that the government is put in place a $5000000000.00 contingency plan largely it seems to try and ease congestion the widely predicted chaos and congested congestion in the short term at the country's ports it is an incredibly nail biting moment this particularly for business 18 days to go down to the 1st of january business faces the economy falling back onto world trade organization rules and its relations with the european union that's a system of tariffs and quotas that makes the cost of production in some cases higher therefore the price of goods in some cases higher it affects imports it affects exports it is hugely damaging to business it imperils whole sectors of the economy from livestock production to fishing to the automotive industry potentially as well and it risks putting relations with the e.u. on a backward regressive poisoned footing potentially for years to come take

a listen to what boris johnson not to say a couple of hours ago. we are always happy. talk and make progress where we can and i do think as i say there is a deal to be done if our partners want to do it but we remain very far apart on these key issues and you know what they are you can't be locked into the e.u.'s regulatory albeit we've obviously got to take back control of our fisheries full of years after people voted for it. other governments told the prime minister's tone in particular towards the prospect of a no deal has been throughout the process very much a kind of show shrug of the shoulders don't worry we thought of everything the government says it's got a playbook quote unquote mapping every foreseeable so now nobody they say should worry about medicines about food about production lines the problem is

a lot of people are worried a lot of businesses are worried a lot of m.p.'s in his own party are worried with the warning that no deal at this point would be a failure of statecraft by implication boris johnson's failure of statecraft tony thanks very much indeed john holl talking to us from westminster i want to bring in alan wager he's a research fellow at the u.k. in a changing europe it's an initiative aimed at improving access to research in the relationship between the u.k. and the european union allan is joining us now from london is good to have you with us just because the talks are going on doesn't mean to say that there's going to be a deal at the end of it does it. no far far from it i mean the odds of a deal still to be in the balance probably more likely than not that there won't be a deal because of the political tradeoffs are going to be necessary bars johnson to sign up to the sort of deal that the e.u. is is offering i mean a bit of there is so. a lot of fear about no deal in the in the k. this is a limit of 0 of. alignment that the evas ask people and the and

the legal to the certainty that it wants that the u.k. won't diverged from the means that it's going to be very hard sell boris johnson mr bracks and if you like to sign up to something that is obviously you know it never to blink as with any trade deal going to the british the you case will ptolemy and sovereignty be like one of the recurring things we've been talking to people about this is that certainly with regard to this small extension if it can't be able to find some sort of solution by know what the difference is in a couple of days going to make to think that this is more for show do you think that this is essentially so both sides can say we did everything we possibly could we explored every avenue we even extended the deadline yet again and we were able to come through with the deal so that's what it is it's no deal done. that's entirely possible i guess also it's possible that you know a deal of the library last minute basically could be signed today but will be signed in a couple of weeks might be easier to sell with all this will this john look at the

river is a real point of principle at the heart of this deal about the about whether the u.k. keeps one foot in the case and the use of the regulator e c and the in the use of market economy whether it takes 2 steps out and tries to pursue a completely independent economic each equity be outside the u.k. easier to regulate 3 spear and that's the big so existential question at the heart of this that's why it's not really necessarily something that can be bargained away there's a sort of ideological difference at the heart of these negotiations which is a real a real point of principle for those of us outside the u.n. the u.k. obviously we tend to talk about this in very broad brushes strokes but give us some indication if you can of what the impact on people's daily lives is likely to be like in the u.k. if there is no deal. if there's no deal they'll be a huge amount of destruction on day one huge you know and inability for basic

goods to get in and out of the u.k. at any sort of speed so they're going to be sort of real difficulty and into the manufacturing as well as in so the discipline of basic goods like food so that's the real potential short term destruction of a new deal people's day to day lives them so do most of them significant evidence of economic and economic hit that sort of that will come just as where moving out of the recovery from from david 19 so that's why as as as as the possibility of eladio directed approaches over the next few weeks the political pressure of boris johnson to sign up to something which may be suboptimal in his view in terms of his position on regulate on regulation or sovereignty will increase because of the she had potential short term economic hit and therefore potentially. a real significant short term political hit of archons and given that the impact of all not no deal

will be something that will people will feel in their in their days their lives and you know something i want to ask you about because for example if they if tariffs are suddenly reintroduced our taxes are said something to be introduced for u.k. companies having to trade with europe there's a very strong suspicion of course that those companies are in some cases going to be forced to pass those increased costs down to the u.k. people is there going to be or how significant do you think is the the backlash going to be against the bars johnson administration in the event that people start feeling this in their pockets on a daily basis. yeah i mean that's going to be really significant i mean take an example the tariff on the 2nd wine which is hugely popular in the u.k. imported from from italy different 0 to $26.00 pounds per half liter overnight so some of one of the 2nd which nobody cost $5.00 pounds was the only cost you know over $30.00 pounds people would notice these things and quite immediate visceral

way and that's why the political potency of of it of a setting of going to world trade organization towns or australian towns as the promise of life support it cannot cannot be underestimated because there's a real possibility that they could have a can do long term. political damage because people will really feel the effect of the of the greatest on the terrace and that's not to say nothing of the of the businesses in the u.k. that we're trying to export to the european union sickly in areas like agriculture huge terrorist will be placed on the on u.k. exports will make immediately a number of u.k. businesses unguardable and this is all feeds into the into the idea and the picture that actually fortunes and despite the fact that the both sides look very far apart a moment will eventually so not to deal because of the this year economic problems

that will come on day one of any sort of no deal scenario really getting into thoughts on this album why do we appreciate it thank you very much indeed thanks for having me. plenty more ahead on the news hour including fears over missing students after gunmen attack a school in northern nigeria why the families blame the government's plus. antone good enough to make the central bosnia the scene of one of the worst atrocities in the war where more than 100 muslim men women and children were killed. in sport anti joshua retains his world heavyweight titles with a knockout now the big question is who he'll face next details coming up with joe in sport. or the 1st doses of pfizer's corona virus vaccine in the u.s. or on the way to be delivered the hope is to immunize 100000000 people by april pfizer's using containers with dry ice and g.p.s.

enabled sensors to ensure each shipment remains at minus 70 celsius and these are live pictures of a facility in michigan where workers are preparing more containers for the next shipment the elderly and health care workers are going to be the 1st to get the vaccine john hendren is joining us live from washington d.c. we can't underestimate the scale of this logistical operation can we john just talk us through how this is all working out. it's a delicate orchestration and it's gone surprisingly well considering how badly the u.s. response to this pandemic has been fines or workers applauded as the 1st trucks left that facility in kalamazoo michigan they are on their way to hubs for p.s.n. fed ex where they will be delivered to $145.00 sites on monday and a total of $636.00 sites by wednesday afternoon now the president is reported to have said that he thought this could have all happened

a week earlier the head of the f.d.a. was on the sunday talk shows here in the u.s. and said no that's not the case these went out about as fast as they could have done and the head of operation a spokesman for operation work speed said that they expect some 50000040 to 50000000 doses in the 1st month that is here in december and then next month in january as many as 50 to 80000000 but in any case of the goal of the incoming by did ministration is 100000000 doses sent out to americans in the 1st 100 days of his administration now those those doses are really only half as many as they sound like and that's because people need to take 2 of those doses so it's really 50000000 people that would be served by that in a country of about 322330 1000000 people but it is a promising start we put together a story on exactly what is happening with that vessel vaccine take

a look. in the nation most devastated by the global pandemic the 1st doses of the 1st approved vaccine or on the move the 1st 145 sites in the u.s. are expected to receive the vaccine on monday with the rest receiving it by wednesday now front line responders like dr ben you sachin colorado will be among the 1st to be vaccinated against cove of 19 i am going to be one of the tips of the spear the 1st people to step in to help generate these herd immunity which is sold horton to us to get a grip on this terrible disease those 1st vaccinations will happen just days after the u.s. food and drug administration approved it on friday science and data guided the f.d.a. decision we worked quickly based on the urgency of this pandemic not because of any other extra no pressure that external pressure came from president trump who on

friday tweeted to han to quote get the damn vaccines out now the vaccine has shown to be 95 percent effective in preventing covert $1000.00 transmission but it must be stored it ultra cold temperatures the road to immunity across the u.s. is likely to be paved with pain and tragedy the head of the u.s. centers for disease control says over the next 60 to 90 days some 3000 americans that's more than were killed in the 911 attacks will die each day of covert 19 and then there are the conspiracy theorists and skeptics who say they will refuse to take it i think sometimes that thing might be a hoax and. i don't think i'd even fall with it because i don't know what is so. that has this know a lot of people that represents just one of the logistical conundrums for president elect joe biden he has set a goal of inoculating 100000000 americans within 100 days of his inauguration on

january 20. so the 1st people to get this vaccine will be health care workers doctors and nurses and the elderly people in nursing homes who are especially vulnerable to the group to the cove in 1000 virus and exactly how fast this all goes out depends in part on the other vaccines that are coming out by modern astra zeneca so the hope is that normal people who don't have co-morbidities these are just common people who aren't frontline health care workers or the elderly or people who are especially vulnerable will begin getting this vaccine sometime in about march and the hope is that most americans will have been laid by summer time now that all depends on the delicately just ticks of getting these very delicate vaccines out into the hands of the public and ensuring that there are no unexpected consequences from doing that but right now things seem

to be going on schedule and the f.d.a. chief says that things are rolling out well and right now pfizer is sending out the 1st doses to the very 1st locations to receive this vaccine some 100 live in washington d.c. john thank you mohamed medio is a vote although just at lancaster university he explains the challenges of distributing the vaccine. if we look on to the vaccine efficacy of course the president made and they are close to 995 percent which is certainly beyond our expectation but when we go on to the next generation of vaccines for example talking about this final form in the u.s. that has 92 percent of the cases that's what they they proposed at least sputnik 5 is almost at the same level astra zeneca here to be 70 percent so once the 1st. front runner vaccines will be taken up by most of the wealthy nations we were left out with the vaccine those are probably at least demand in the countries that would

be causing another challenge to distribute because even for example if we reach to 50 percent of the population in the developing world for a vaccine that is 50 percent effective basically we are covering only 25 percent of the population which isn't sufficient enough to establish herd immunity that has been a certain level of vaccine as a tense even before the court 19th and damage but it has intensified because primarily the rumors and the speed of the vaccine development and probably more importantly the trust and this is even more penetrated into the black south asian minorities i mean if we talk about the u.k. self i mean in london one of the survey indicated that only 40 percent of the black people will take the vaccine compared to 70 percent in the. english white so that is really a big difference and that that is going to be one of the major challenges how to build trust and that has to be trained really by the government to bring all the stakeholders on board because until we don't really immunize 75 percent of the

population we are not achieving the herd immunity and we wouldn't be breaking the transmission chain of this infection. germans are going back into lockdown chancellor angela merkel has unveiled new cover 19 restrictions to help stop it spread one governors warned that the situation is out of control chancellor merkel says action must be taken and that means stricter measures starting on december the 16th include closing stores and schools as well as limiting social contacts until the middle of january. we will be closing the shops from once the 16th of december and will only keep open those that sell essential d.d. products we will also take care not to extend the sale of non-food products in the shops that remain open and the sale fireworks will be prohibited before new year's eve. supporters of pakistan's opposition parties are protesting despite coronavirus restrictions they're demanding the resignation of the prime minister there is anger

about him non-con has handled the pandemic protesters also say khan has been incompetent they say the 2018 elections were manipulated by the military the opposition are planning even larger protests and aim to march to the capital in 2021 has more from islamabad. we must not forget that lines. and although they were to be claiming that hundreds of thousands of people are the. referendum we have not seen more of a crowd than 50 maximum $55.00 when you so of course they will be taught to claim from the opposition one must not forget that on the other hand the government. according to some analysts that the economy recovering and. trying to add pressure and perhaps try. to galvanize. the government.

so that corruption charges can be dropped it must not be forgotten that now washington the prime minister heading one of the large parties had in august on it and. so a war of words between the government and the opposition the opposition now to that day when resigned from parliament have of course been members of that bottom end for over 2 years now and threatening a long march on this despite the fact that the country is in the grip of a 2nd wave. police say 3 people have been killed in attacks in the capital a prosecutor has been shot dead in the east of kabul in a separate attack 2 people have been killed in a bomb blast targeting a member of parliament no group has claimed responsibility. the war in bosnia ended

25 years ago but there's still a quest for justice early 600 people are awaiting trial following the closure of the war crimes tribunal for the former yugoslavia in the hague courts in bosnia have taken over the legal process tony barclay went to amaechi in central bosnia the scene of one of the atrocities in the war there survivors say many of the guilty are still walking free. is a small village with a dark past it was where one of the biggest atrocities it involves doing war happened 116 muslim men women and children killed by bosnian croat forces the men were shot the women and children were herded into basements that within satellite a small room with photos next to the last documents that terrible day in april 1993 today much of the village has been repaired but the psychological damage hasn't let this be misunderstood when my dad was 73 when he was killed he was weak and disabled it is really difficult to understand how the human mind is capable of

something like that abdel as mother and 3 sisters died in a burning basement his father and brother were executed he was shot through the head but he survived and play dead he gave evidence of the war crimes tribunals in the hague and hopes for justice speak questions regarding the orderly all of us who testified tried to present all facts we had and we hope that the perpetrators will be convicted and some were but we don't believe that the sentences were strong enough. all these villagers lost family members in the attack and feel that more need to face justice the war crimes tribunals started in 1903 with a budget of 270000 dollars by the time it wound up 24 years later the annual cost was around $270000161.00 people were tried and 90 were found guilty now bosnian courts of continuing war crimes trials 25 years after the war ended and there are still nearly $600.00 people facing war crimes charges in bosnia and many

more with blood on their hands are still walking free and that's not making the reconciliation process any easier an estimated 150 bosnian croat to said have taken part in the amici attack 10 were convicted but 3 fighters were later acquitted on appeal they are back living in the area and lisa lost her father and 47 members of a close and extended family that day she points out where the accused men lived. immersions our wyoming when we see them and their children where both parents love the last hours they killed ours their families are whole and together and thank god it is like that we lost our loved ones. there is no clear black and white in war every side has faced charges bosnian serbs have been accused of the majority of war crimes they say innocent serbs civilians of also being killed and they've been wrongly portrayed as the bad guys victims are victims on each side and in

a disguise war between 1985 degrees no innocent people innocent sides just 47 bosnian serbs have been found guilty of killing the 8000 muslim men and boys in stride beneath in 1905. just as is only partially been served but i hope just as will be served and its entirety we have been waiting 25 years for it. some are trying to heal the wounds with the young this is a project called the house of good tones in stride benita that brings together bosnian muslims and orthodox serbs in the hope that one day they can find the reconciliation and harmony which is alluding their parents tony berkeley al-jazeera central bosnia. still ahead on al-jazeera i'm waiting for a miracle promises of a vaccine rollout across latin america as the situation goes from bad to worse. my

author those christians in iraq say they are being pushed out. and is a familiar phrase back at the top of the european golf rankings that's coming up with joe in sports. the next always already churning in the eastern med it's brought snow way across turkey it will bring rain to a good deal of west and central in sunday and monday i think with snow inland linda use big showers in syria and eventually a frontal system will come out of that and drift dancer's saudi and iraq which tends to prompt showers as well possibly flash flooding most likely i think in iraq oh once again maybe northern syria every else's car at the moment temperatures in the twenty's rather than the thirty's which is normal for this time the seasonal

rays really picked up now in southern africa and particularly in south africa around joburg greece and since a huge thunderstorm if you notice that botswana zambia zimbabwe and beyond of the areas where you get big damp was this time the year blown away represents one example sunder storms forecasts of both monday and tuesday and then carry on into wednesday temperatures in very is just the amount of rain that falls from malawi long way represents sunday from monday chews day and wednesday this rain likely in the northern part of madagascar as well but this is all seas know all welcome cos it does tend to put his flash floods any way. true confessions points or not a big cleanup are plenty of time or a cynical example of communist propaganda and i want to participate in their

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you're watching on his ear a reminder of our top stories this hour british an e.u. leaders have agreed to keep trade talks going is negotiators failed to break an empire the head of the e.u. commission says there are still unsolved issues and urged all parties to go the extra mile. the 1st doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine in the u.s. are on their way to be delivered to all 50 states open to immunize 100000000 people by april the elderly and health care workers will be the 1st to get the vaccine. gemini's typing coronavirus restrictions as infections there continue to surge its reporting around $20000.00 new cases a day schools and all non-essential shops will be closed for a month beginning unbutton state. all boarding schools in nigeria's northern state

of kut sina have been ordered to close after a gunman stormed a secondary school it happened in calcutta district on friday the attackers arrived on motorbikes and several students are still missing but on global reports. these are some of the boys relieved to be going home after the school raid in which many of their friends were taken hostage there leaving behind parents anxiously waiting for the return of their missing children. sincerely speaking we here in katsina state are in a terrifying condition we don't see the value of the government i have a younger brother and a child taken by the kidnappers i'm from dan jacques katsina state and i've been here in the school since dawn and yet there is no update. it's not clear how many children have been abducted from the all boys boarding school nigerian police say they forced the gunmen to retreat after engaging them in a shootout for more than one hour but this anger that 6 years up to more than

$270.00 girls were kidnapped by the armed group boko haram at chip uk nigerian security forces appear to have once again failed to keep school children safe for rates to be that we have him a jaw tragedy off abduction hundreds and hundreds of students once again in the country is an indication that we learned no lessons from the previous tragedy there is something called the cisco initiative this government should ask itself how seriously it has taken that initiative abductions have become increasingly common in nigeria just 2 days before the school abduction a village elder along with 20 others was kidnapped in the same state the governor has ordered the immediate closure of all boarding schools while investigations are

under way barbara and get her out to sarah. i think we agree who analyzes geopolitics and security for africa politically it's a think tank focusing on security and the continent he says many accuse the government of failing to crack down on criminal groups very likely that these are bonded not not because like we saw happen in 2 in 2014 that is because the air off oppression here it's. not with ninja particularly cuts announced it's this this disgusting nasm for us that in northwest and europe is known to have serious. attacks from from bandits on courtenay to groups that don't really have any any my line intention against these states or trying to impose any policy on the state or institutions understood that we have a book or a criminal element operating freely i would see in north west and europe balaji government has made if efforts are not in of are you counting is the

discontent indeed in the voice of the people when the government of course enough it went to disclose yesterday following the attack on concord and conquer local government the parents actually booed him so that doesn't tell you the deep rooted . approve our people feel they are not represented by his government that their interest on their lives and the property is not is not proud for the government keep people happening and we always get reactionary responses and president we just see he's condemning the attack what it doesn't stop the attack from happening and people are getting fed up. south korea's reported a 2nd day of record high corona virus infections more than a 1000 new cases were confirmed on sunday many of them in the capital so earlier this year south korea was hailed as a success with stabilizing stabilizing the virus without having to shut down the

economy but infections are now rising sharply the government has warned it may have to increase restrictions to the highest level. or just hang on it's a very serious and ocean situation we cannot back down these are desperate times and we must devote all it 1st to stopping the spread of corona virus by focusing all our quarantine capabilities and administer to of power unless the outbreak can be contained now we have come to a critical point of considering grazing restrictions to deliver 3. brazil is one of the many countries across latin america pinning their hopes on the promise of mass vaccinations against the coronavirus but as people wait the number of deaths and infections continues to rise reports from going to says. the vaccines are coming that's the reassuring message from leaders across latin america this from the chilean president after meeting regional heads of state in santiago to discuss ensuring comprehensive vaccination coverage that no one is left out.

of up in with this will allow us to better control the coronavirus pandemic which also allows us to recover our freedoms and recover the capacity of all people to fulfill and to take forward their dreams and projects mexico is the 4th country in the world to approve the use of the pfizer vaccine it comes as the number of infections and deaths in mexico continue to rise more than 11000 new daily infections in mexico city has declared a culvert emergency call feeling us having them does unless you're there i trust to the residents of this city we are on alert because of co the 19 hospitalizations are on the rise and are only only if we all comply will we be able to reduce contagions in the city. a similar grim picture is reported across the region more than 90 percent of intensive care beds in the brazilian cities of rio de janeiro

and are occupied. the population needs to do its part as tired as we might be it is important to say that our health professionals are exhausted after all these months in this war against the current of our us in this battle for life amid latin american economies being hit hard by the pandemic christmas this year is unlikely to bring much rest bite. i'm not going to buy anything because i can't i'm unemployed and receiving the government's aid it's peanuts and i can't do much with it. so there will be no gifts no christmas. to. spend less because the future is so unclear it's not easy what we really want is that the coded vaccine arrives as soon as possible. the vaccines are that light at the end of a long tunnel but it will take time to see their effects and precautions still need to be taken that's proving a difficult message to drum home. what osiris the u.s.

government has adopted a new map of morocco which includes the disputed territory of western sahara the decision to recognize or about solvency over the region came as part of a washington brokered deal in which morocco would normalize relations with israel the pro independence policy front and algeria's prime minister have condemned the move. then as well as opposition says millions of people participated in a non-binding poll called by opposition leader one quiet though voters were asked to support calls for president in the us but due to step down and hold new elections the poll was organized to counter last week's parliamentary vote which the opposition boycotted calling it a fraud a lot america at a tennessee and human reports. the fact that their votes would not be recognized as valid by the magruder government did not stop these venezuelans from casting ballots in an opposition organized referendum aimed at showing the international community that they want president nicolas maduro out jacki and that is what we're

plagued by government violence there are armed groups everywhere we need the well to intervene one way or another to end this. despite reports of armed gangs loyal to mother attacking some of the estimated 3000 makeshift polling stations opposition leader one by door said millions had voted online or in person you know they have a look at this the illegitimate unconstitutional and fraudulent electoral process carried out last sunday by mid-year 0 has been defeated. here in chile the turnout was very low the same in colombia home to the largest venezuelan ex-pat community thankless ition leader leopoldo lopez who escaped venezuela 2 months ago was in bogota to send a message that stronger international sanctions and coordination are needed to obtain what he says is the main goal free and fair presidential elections what else

can the international community do short of an invasion to dislodge the glasses there's a lot more that can be done a lot more pressure diplomatic pressure the use of sanctions with strategic focus the political pressure the pressure to isolate my daughter as what it is a crew. and i can tell you something to say that we will continue to go forward we will continue to do whatever it takes in order to promote freedom and free elections in venezuela because we don't have another option and the other option is to surrender and we won't surrender. perhaps not but more and more venezuelans are leaving the country rather than fighting for change at home and after nearly 2 years of failed attempts to force out rekindling face in the current opposition strategy may take more than a symbolic referendum to see in human al-jazeera santiago. pope

francis will make his 1st ever papal visit to iraq in march announcements being welcomed as a sign of hope for the country's orthodox christian community which has gone from 1000000 to around 300000 so 14 reports from the christian town of battalion. in iraq's town of the christian orthodox march many church has reopened its doors it was partly destroyed by eisel as the group launched its offensive in northern iraq in 2014 but there are few worshippers to fill its restored nave that with superman has been a pastor here for 24 years and has gradually watched his congregation shrink so. if this hard situation continues it will be difficult for christians to stay in iraq maybe we will persist but the next generation know we cannot force them to stay. but tell used to be a christian majority town but over the past 4 decades the number of muslims here

has steadily grown in the 1980 s. then president saddam hussein nationalized farmland belonging to christians and gave it to families of soldiers killed in the iran iraq war in 2014 eisel took over forcing the christian population to flee almost half emigrated abroad about a quarter have returned while another quarter remain in the semi autonomous kurdish region members of this family in the christian quarter of say the reason they don't feel safe to go back is the security force that controls the town they want to remain anonymous for security reasons. of course safety is the most important thing we've had enough of the infringements on our lands there is should be controlled by the sons of the area why do they bring strangers to rule the area. that group is the 30th brigade of the shia led popular mobilization forces which helped retake

but eisel the brigade is composed of ethnic shabaka just like most of the muslim population that lives here last year its leader though was placed under u.s. sanctions for alledged human rights abuses against christians father was forced to step down 2 months ago he denies the charges against him and at the edge. i believe there's no control of one function over another we should back on the christians have been residents of the area for a long time the christians are welcome to return back to live in their homes and we support these returns there's complete stability and security. the majority of the town is now shut buck many shopkeepers in this market who have bought or rented shops that used to be run by christians one of them mohammed of nun who recently returned belief such changes are a natural development it's the purchasing power that is ruling the situation the christians don't have money to buy but the muslims conboy but many christians say

they are being pushed out and that much of the construction in but tel is funded by people in power who want to accelerate the demographic change the vatican's announcement of pope francis visit to iraq has given many christians hope that what is left of their heritage can be preserved but the demographic changes here are so extensive that few believe they can be reversed simona felt in al-jazeera but. still ahead in sports. wraps up the formula one season the victory in joe's going to have the details in sports. the birthplace of democracy but ethnic turks from the northeast tell a different story they. believe their religious leaders jailed journalists silenced schools closed and

a surge in the far right. i'm doing my. people in power investigates western thrice contested space on al-jazeera. network to al-jazeera english since its launch as a principal presenter and as a correspondent with breaking news story to hear from those people who would normally not get their voices heard on the international news channel one moment i'll be very proud of when we covered the nepal earthquake of 2015 a terrible natural disaster and the story that needed to be told from the heart of the affected area to see that to tell the people story was very important at the time. org.

more than half of the 70 countries involved in the un climate talks have unveiled additional goals for 2030 they include cuts to fossil fuel projects and expansion of wind and solar power but all the guys are saying it's still not enough to stop dangerous global warming this century so again the ago was. behind the crisis of a global pandemic another danger is waiting in the wings the climate emergency fueling global warming and according to the united nations with devastating consequences for humankind if we don't change course we may be headed for a catastrophic temperature rise of more than city degrees the century again any body still deny that we are facing a dramatic emergency it is why today i call on not only those worldwide to declare

a state of climate emergency in their countries and you've got a look now it is reach. 5 years on from the launch of the un climate summit when $196.00 countries signed on to prevent the rising global temperatures the organization is sounding the alarm of a failing is to curb greenhouse gas emissions. place some countries have acted on their commitments others have not one country which has seen the effects of climate change is australia the world's number one exporter of coal it's a clone to me is heavily reliant on fossil fuels and over the past 5 years it has moved away from its commitment to cut carbon emissions. in recent years devastating bushfires have ravaged the country set off by record breaking temperatures as well as severe droughts and the us where in the past 4 decades the yearly wildfires in

the west have grown 8 times larger the outgoing president donald trump controversially pulled the country out of the a court a policy that left many dismayed yet the commitment by president elect joe biden to rejoin the accords was welcomed at the virtual summit was a moment we find ourselves in an important moment days after the united states president elect joe biden has expressed his desire to rejoin the paris agreement and i really want to tell our american friends welcome back welcome home the impacts of climate change have been more evident in recent years from melting ice caps to intense hurricanes and rising sea levels while there have been extra efforts to setup green of forms of energy the question will be how leaders deal with the current economic slump caused by the pandemic will they stick to their promises or will economic growth once again take precedence in

a world that is experiencing more extreme weather phenomena sun agle al-jazeera. mark aarons with the australian national university and he says it's unclear how countries will achieve their goals but it seems to me that the summit was successful in the sense of it wanted to maintain momentum ahead of the glasgow conference of parties next year and the 5 year mark of the paris agreement when there was always an expectation that governments would step up with increased commitment the commitments under the paris agreement simply aren't enough to put a hold on climate change we're hitting more towards 3 degrees than keeping it to 1.5 or 2 so there is a very significant reason for concern here but what we did see was a large number of countries stepping up increasing their levels of commitment but they still question marks about how they're going to do that and so increasingly we're seeing net 0 commitments so roughly 2 thirds of the economies across the

world have either got a commitment or are planning to put in a commitment like that but not necessarily with good good detailed plans about how they're actually going to do that in a cost effective way and maintaining economic growth and sustainability at the same time the latest science actually indicates that at the moment we're likely to get to 1.5 degree early in the 2030 years so that's not very far away and and so we do need to accelerate their own mission reductions the sorts of emission reductions that the u.k. has announced that the us announced of $55.00 or 60 percent reductions is the sort of ambition of that but 2030 is the sort of ambition that we need globally and we need to deliver on. it's time for the sport here's joe rob thank you very much south korean cobblestone high and i are through to the asian champions league final maybe japan's this ok b t one after extra time in the east semifinal pizza center holds. 2 east

asian teams meeting to determine a one asian champions league finalist unfortunately for the japanese club versal coby they would be without former boss alone a star under sydney esther who was on crutches after picking up an injury earlier in the tournament after a goal is 1st half full total yamaguchi put this in koby ahead by the club making their 1st ever appearance in this competition day to drink. and then it was to no di juice a sucky doubling the advantage. except he hadn't the referee ruled the goal out after consulting v.a.r. . it would not be the last time in this match that the video assistant referee played a role in dashing vasile kobe's dreams beyond the mavs johnson netted an equaliser for old san hyundai with just 10 minutes to go. offside according to the assistant referee on the pitch but not according to v.a.r.

$11.00 and on to extra time. with less than 3 minutes to play junior in their ground was brought down in the box. the referee pointed to the spots make it out picked himself up to secure sam's 8th win in a row since arriving in doha where the tournament is being played in the biosecurity battle. iniesta helpless to do anything about it i'll send one day now move on to the algae a noob stadium one of the venues for the world cup in qatar in 2022 standing between them and a 2nd champions league title all reruns persepolis the western zone winners peter stammered al jazeera. it's emerged at the home of italy's world cup winner paolo rossi was burgled during his funeral on saturday thousands of people turned out. to pay their respects to rossi who died on thursday when his wife returned to their

house she discovered there had been a break in and the valuables have been stolen police are investigating. in italy said the hour on sunday there was a minute's silence to remember rossi headed into milan's match against calorie into 4 from a goal down to win 31 for mcalary player nicola but ella scored the pick of the goals and set up another in germany but also dormant have sacked their coach lucy in far was cut after 2 and a half years in charge of the bins like a club when his team lost 51 to new promoters took darts on saturday. my perception is one the last formula one race of the season in abu dhabi the dutchman led from start to finish in his red bull with the save these pair of valtteri bottas and world champion lewis hamilton in 2nd and 3rd respective respectfully it's the stepan's 10th when of his career and 2nd of 2020. box anthony joshua has successfully defended his well heavyweight titles knocking out challenge

a cobra pull of joshua floored pull of 3 times and ended the fight in the 9th round with his right hand knocking the ball gary into the canvas a 1000 fans were allowed inside london's wembley arena to watch joshua retain his i.b.s. w.p.a. and. belts all the talk now is of a mega unified showdown between joshua and fellow heavyweight tyson fury next year a clash between the 2 brits would be the biggest fights happen in sports and fury has already begun the trash talk. i'm of the time i want to fight next i'm not signed 3 rounds i think that sometimes you the emotions get in the way of screaming and shouting calling out fights and a.j. is not the kind of guy is going to scream and shout people's 9 we know he wants the 5 course i'm going to keep still him and just tell you that it's my job to deliver that fight next and all different kinds of delivery and we should start immediately there's been an incredible late twist it goes to buy well before championship with

lee westwood clinching the european number one spot at 47 westwood is the oldest winner of the race and by by 5 years they've been finished as runner up to matt fitzpatrick after the final round on sunday but that was enough to clinch the season ending number one spot 21 years after he 1st did it i played pretty well all year and you know floated with really good results and some so on in an obvious way i knew i need 0 when i came here and focus my mind and you know 1st or 2nd was always going to give me a chance and show enough managed to achieve it. and then harold on the howard said slovenian skier has won the 1st downhill of the world cup season and caught his previous best results with 8th in his 38 well cut downhill but he was he writing down in the bright sunshine of. victory and his 1st of a podium all right that is for now it is back to rob so thanks very much indeed

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the brig's a trade talks will go on u.k. and e.u. leaders say they're far apart and key issues but they won't give up on negotiations . some of us and this is all to see a lot from doha also coming up. the u.s. begins shipping the 1st doses of coronavirus vaccines out in the hopes to immunize 100000000 people in 4 months. germany is going into lockdown again as it imposes more covert 19 destructions after.