the state's health experts and bob mentioned the said been wanting for months that the easing of the lockdown would lead to an increase in pollution and the impact that would have on those because the 19 'd. the u.s. races to distribute the pfizer vaccine as the number of americans killed by the corona virus creeps closer 230-0000 elsewhere angler muckle or district in lockdown for germany blaming christmas shopping for rise of covert deaths and infections. maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program. it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile i'm afraid we're still

very far. out where this life. person in the e.u. agreed to extend their trade talks again to prevent a damaging no deal breck said the nigerian authorities say they're stepping up efforts to rescue more than 300 boys reportedly missing after gunmen attacked their school on friday and opposition supporters to fight coronavirus restrictions in the city of look or to demand the resignation of pakistan's prime minister. the us is a racing to mobilize its 1st shipments of the 19 vaccine launching the country's largest ever immunization efforts operation warp speed officials are hoping to immunize 40000000 people this month and as many as 100000000 by the end of march the virus is continuing to spread with the country seeing

a new spike in cases of in 68 people who died in the united states on saturday more than 219 more than 219000 new infections are also confirmed taking the country's case tally beyond $16000000.00 and the total death toll there is now edging towards 300000 let's get more now from john hendren he's following the story from washington and as we've been saying this is an unprecedented rollout of the vaccine they're going to be how they planning for the just tickle challenges. well that's right it is the most ambitious undertaking in terms of a vaccination program ever in u.s. history we've never seen anything like this it's almost like out of a science i'm movie you've got u.s. marshals escorting these vaccines which are going out of

a pfizer plant in kalamazoo michigan they're being stuffed into boxes filled with dry ice because they have to be capped at 70 degrees below 0 celsius and then those those trucks go to fed ex and u.p.s. delivery hubs and then they are flown out on monday the 1st $145.00 locations will receive those vaccines and by wednesday a total of $636.00 locations will receive vaccines and we're told that the 1st batch that is going out is 2900000 vaccines anybody use immunize with those has to get to shots so it's really half of that number in terms of the number of people immunized so we are expecting according to u.s. authorities some 20000000 people to be immunized by the end of this year and the goal of joe biden the incoming president is to have 100000000 americans given the vaccine within his 1st 100 days in office that starts on january 20th and we have

a little bit of breaking news the head of the c.d.c. robert redfield has just signed the document that's necessary to approve the f.d.a. authorization the emergency authorization for people over the age of 16 to receive this vaccine that was another necessary step so while all of this was going on in the vaccine was being delivered they needed that authority in order to actually give it to be evil and now they have it. john this is a development that couldn't have come soon enough particularly when we look at the number of americans the pandemic has killed it's almost 300000 now i'm just wondering despite the progress on the vaccine what about the possibility of safety concerns on the mining the rollout. yeah there are definitely concerns there are concerns about what happens to people under the age of 16 they're not authorized to receive this what about those people who have

reacted badly to vaccines in the past they are not supposed to get it either so there are a number of obstacles that need to be overcome nevertheless as you say there are 3 100000 people who have died of covert 1000 here in the united states and the head of the c.d.c. says he is expecting 911 levels of death that is about 3000 people a day for the next 60 to 90 days one of the biggest hurdles they have to overcome is that people are skeptical to take vaccines and particularly this one which was developed in record time and there is concern that not enough people will you need 75 percent of the public to be vaccinated in order to reach herd immunity and there was a recent study and one hospital system in florida the jackson health system in which health care workers people who supposedly really know about this half of them said they would not be taking the vaccine so there are many obstacles to overcome you've

also got the issue of keeping that vaccine cold but hopefully between delivering the phasor vaccine and the other vaccines that are to follow they may be able to fill some of those gaps the biggest obstacle they were have right now is the skepticism of the american people thanks very much for the latest from washington john hendren meanwhile in europe it's a day has overtaken the u.k. to become the country with the most coronavirus related deaths in on the continent it reported another 484 deaths on sunday taking its other old death toll beyond 64 and a half 1000 meanwhile strict a lockdown measures that being imposed in germany from wednesday up until the 10th of january church is the case is missing sunday gago has mall. quiet days and silent nights this is a festive season like no other here in germany where traditionally at this time of

the year the streets a bustling with christmas markets this year not so after more than 20000 cases were confirmed on sunday the chancellor angela merkel announced most stores would be closing over the christmas shopping period as well as further measures placing germany into a complete lockdown over its record number of infections. living in governments but off. we urgently need to act the decisions made today are the result of that the goal remains we need a race of 50 cases per 100000 people per week all the while this will all have an impact on the holidays we know this but we're forced to take action and that's what we're doing. in italy another grim milestone has been passed more than 63000 people have now died from cove at 19 of the taking the u.k. for most deaths resulting from the virus in europe. transmissions had slowed down

over the summer but as the days grew colder the numbers began to rise again. to be much hope is being pinned on to a new vaccination campaign that will see pavilion set up in squares across the country to dispense vaccines the hope that it's really will bloom again in the coming year france's stay at home policy has now been lifted but a nighttime curfew is today in place the government will only loosen the restrictions when infections full to around $5000.00 per day but it is a long way off from that figure with nearly 14000 new infections announced in the past 24 hours in the u.k. joining another nail biting moment in the brics negotiations the vaccine rollout has already begun as the spread of the virus continues relentlessly from 60 in the hall 1000 new cases a day on wednesday to 21 and a half 1000 on saturday with the capital once again one of the worst hit areas so

need ayodele al-jazeera well south korea's president has won the coronavirus restrictions could be raised to the highest level off for a 2nd day of record high infections there more than a 1000 new cases were confirmed on sunday earlier this year the country was held a successful stabilizing the outright without having to shut down the economy but infections are now rising sharply. it's a very serious and urgent situation we cannot back down these are disparate times and we must devote all efforts to stopping the spread of corona virus by focusing all our core onto capabilities and administer to of power unless the outbreak can be contained now we have come to a critical point of considering raising restrictions to deliver 3. well algeria's president has made his 1st public appearance since testing positive for at 19 nearly 2 months ago. to boone has been receiving treatment in germany since the end

of october has been widespread speculation about his condition as little information has been released 75 year old appeared in a video posted on twitter saying he's recovering and will spend another 3 weeks in germany. now the leaders of britain the european union have abandoned their latest self-imposed deadline to reach agreement on a trade deal saying talks will carry on this of the u.k. chief negotiator david frost is eat counterpart michel barnier again failed to resolve their outstanding issues at those talks in brussels if the 2 sides don't reach an agreement by december 31st or be a so-called no deal brix it with border checks and tyrus for good strengthening between the u.k. and the e.u. . our negotiation teams have been working day and night over recent days and 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 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 u.k. copy looks into the the regular treat a bit we've obviously got to take back control of our fisheries full of years after people voted for it so it's just wrong through the 3 main obstacles right now preventing a deal fishing rights is one european boats catch about $100000000.00 worth of fish in u.k. waters every year the e.u. wants to retain that right britain wants most of that business back so it's seeking

a bigger share of the fishing quota for its boats a level playing field this is the key want to ensure his business is on one side of a free trade agreement don't have an advantage over businesses on the other side the e.u. is worried u.k. businesses can cop costs by cutting regulations like workers' rights and environmental protections it wants u.k. laws to closely resemble the rules the u.k. is saying breaking free of those was the whole point of brecht's it in the 1st place and then dispute settlement is is the 3rd issue how will the rules of any deal ultimately be enforced and who would adjudicate those disputes the u.k. argues that as a non member of the e.u. it can't be bound by the european court of justice so following all of this john a whole joins me in the studio now so they've missed that deadline for an agreement but i guess that was expected to happen well look sunday today was meant to be the end that was made. the final final chance for a deal still allowing time for that deal to be ratified through national parliaments before coming into effect on the 1st of january they've clearly pushed

that timeline out perhaps they're looking at ways to retroactively ratify a trade deal if one can still be reached there's no deadline on this extension frankly who would believe one if there was the only date in the diary now hard date is the 1st of january or a minute past midnight on the 31st of december when these 2 powers will separate once and for all with or without a deal the u.k. determined to protect its newfound breaks its sovereignty the e.u. determined to protect the integrity of its single market that's the clash point on those 2 big issues fishing and fair competition by the living level playing field how badly both sides want to avoid that no deal scenario what how damaging would it be for the u.k. and the e.u. look you know these are 2 giant trading powers that have traded vast volumes between themselves seamlessly for 47 years there's no doubt neither wants no deal breaks it both sides will hurt the reality is the e.u.

will probably hurt a little bit less it's bigger it's got its single market intact it's got trade deals with most of the world for the benefit of its $27.00 members on the 1st of january the u.k. will not have those things its business is will hurt as a result of w t o tariffs and quotas if there is no deal costs of production will go up goods will go up important exports will be affected consumers will feel it in the pocket too and in the end in this country there is a government that has largely shrugged off the implications of a no deal brics it boris johnson has said get ready for it it's going to be absolutely fine we will survive more and more now there are louder and louder voices in opposition inside his own party among the e.u. leaders and in business all speaking up now worried that it may not in fact all be fine after all thanks very much jan. it was al jazeera live from london much more still ahead on the program after being targeted by saddam hussein and i still kind of historic papal visit help revive christianity in iraq. and celebrating the

chill in china when it's minus 44 degrees outside what else is there today that make i say this. hello yet another quite major winter low pressure is developing in the atlantic which means it's be spreading fairly mild weather with rain away from portugal through france of the low countries and scandinavia which return at least initially as snow in norway but amsterdam captures it really the temperatures around by levon degrees or so which is a few degrees above average it's breezy will be sharing at least for a couple of days now much of eastern europe is still cold and fairly settled and it's pretty wet even snowy in turkey we've had freezing rain out for ukraine but

the seams they repeated that in ukraine at least by the time we get to tuesday but what's happening in the eastern med or sudden e.g. it is certainly stormy at the moment or will be on monday so it's likely to be potentially flooding weather in turkey with an onshore breeze rather unpleasant with a lot of thought in eastern libya and even north in egypt and funnily enough where the temperature in carter goes down to 20 that's not really far from the average this time years of these things happen fairly frequently then there's a vast area of afterwards very quiet she won't expect still surprisingly more in place to khartoum and mena but lagos is back down to the average stew with a few showers on the coast of nigeria. true confessions were never a big cleanup or clinic or a cynical example of communist propaganda i wanted to play to the base in your logical warfare no i wouldn't do it all in 2010 al-jazeera access to north korea

to investigate the alleged use of biological warfare by the us during the korean war rewind revisits dirty little secrets on al-jazeera. the is the. the a. comeback a quick look at the headlines this hour now on the united states is racing to distribute its 1st shipments of the pfizer vaccine as it is its covert $1000.00 death toll rises steadily towards 300000 operation more speed officials are hoping to immunize 14000000 people this month and as many as a 100000000 by the end of march. italy has now overtaken u.k.

to become the country with the most coronavirus related deaths in the europe after reporting another $484.00 deaths and then germany is imposing a strict a knockdown to curb rise in cases and deaths that. are the headline this hour the u.k. e.u. negotiators a failed to reach a deal on what was supposed to be the final day of breck's a trade talks the leaders say negotiations will continue beyond the self-imposed deadline in the hope of finding a last minute agreement. now to nigeria when 82 days of nearly government raided a school in northwest nigeria hundreds of parents a still waiting to find out what has happened to their sons as a result of this family's a desperate for news and so they've concert converged on the secondary school in katsina state a government spokesman told the voices news agency that $321.00 students are still missing but it's not clear if they've all been abducted as some say they've gone

home to the states the authorities have ordered all schools in the area to close while a manhunt is on the way attacks by armed gangs in are common in northern nigeria it's not clear if there might be a political motive behind this attack. the government is the only one that will help us because they have the authority to rescue our children and give them strength to rescue our children and reunite them with us out of pakistan supporters of the opposition parties have defied coronavirus restrictions to protest in lahore and demand that the prime minister resign they cues in iran khan of mishandling the pandemic branding him incompetent and saying the 28000 elections manipulated by the military the opposition alliance is planning larger protests and aims to march to the capitol next year come all high to has more on this now from islamabad. you must not forget the. parties and although they were to be

claiming that hundreds of people are the. referendum we have not seen more of a crowd than 50 maximum 55. so of course they will be brought to claim from the opposition one must not forget that on the other hand the government. according to some analysts that the economy is also recovering and. trying to pressure and perhaps try. to galvanize support the government is more. so that corruption charges can be dropped it must not be forgotten that no washer the prime minister heading one of the large parties had an august on it and. so a war of words between the government and the opposition the opposition now threatening

their day when resigning from parliament for they have of course been members of parliament 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. now pope francis will make his 1st papal visit to iraq in march it's welcome news for the country's orthodox christians his numbers a dwindling before the u.s. led invasion the community was 1000000 strong now it's down to about 300000 in the town of tele sloan a fulton reports. 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 knave that would silly man 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 we cannot force them to stay. but tell i 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 farm lands 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 that abuse christian quarter of an hour 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 theories should be controlled by the sons of the area why did they bring strangers to rule the area . that group is the 30 year brigade of the shia led popular mobilization forces which helped retake but i saw the brigade is composed of ethnic shabab 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 yeah theoretical idea and . i believe there's no control of one faction over another we should back and 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 shot back many shopkeepers in this market are shot back who have bought or rented shops that used to be run by christians one of them mohammed 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 can buy. but many christians say they're being pushed out and that much of the construction in but 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 to manifold in al-jazeera but. police have scuffle with protesters in the polish capital warsaw as thousands of people marched against the right wing government as widespread anger at policies

including an almost total ban on abortions which was approved by the constitutional court in october protesters marched on the residence of the deputy prime minister. is widely seen as the architect of the new abortion law. 25 years after the end of the war in bosnia many survivors still on a quest for justice following the closure of the war crimes tribunal in the hague 3 years ago courts in bosnia of taken over the legal process but nearly 600 people a still awaiting trial for war crimes tony but we went to a central bosnia the scene of one of the worst atrocities in the war. is a small village with a dark past it was where one of the biggest atrocities of the balls to 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 most documents that terrible day in april 1993

today much of the village has been repaired with the psychological damage hasn't this been worse than the city where 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. abdullah's 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 really means mr doggedly 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 uk me 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 out overwhelming 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 this bloody 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 1995. justice is only partially been served but i hope justice will be served in 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 instruction eater that brings together bosnian muslims and orthodox serbs in the hope that one day they can find the reconciliation and harmony which is

a leading their parents tony burke $30.00 central bosnia. a chinese space probe is on its way back from the moon and returning samples of the lunar surface for the 1st time in 44 years the change the chang probe has started its 3 day return journey to earth with about a 2 kilo of moon rocks on board it's on target to parachute into the in among goli a region of northern china carrying the 1st lunar samples in a soviet mission that was in 1976 or back on earth it's the time of year and china's northernmost city becomes a popular tourist attraction with people drawn to its extreme cold temperatures have dropped to more than 40 degrees below 0 making one of the few places on the planet where it's possible to do that to do this boiling water is thrown into the air it freezes straight away into ice crystals forming a halo effect it's a phenomenon that attracts tourists from right across china though i saw videos

online showing people splashing water into the air to become ice so i came here to feel the cold and have a go to. have a go i website if you fancy taking a look at that al-jazeera dot com. the air. just a quick recap of the main stories this hour in the u.s. there is a race to deliver its shipments of the pfizer biotech of a 1000 vaccine origin country's largest ever immunization effort operation what speed officials are hoping to immunize 14000000 people this month and as many as 100000000 by the end of march but the virus is continuing to spread with cases rapidly rising 2 weeks after the facts giving holiday meanwhile its lee has overtaken the u.k. to become the.