played an important role. ringback in the u.s. races to distribute the pfizer vaccine is the number of americans killed by the corona virus edges closer 230-0000 while italy becomes the country with the most covert deaths in europe and germany and now says a strict lockdown for christmas. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile i'm afraid we're still very far apart key things where there's life there's hope. person in the e.u.

agreed to extend their trade talks again to prevent a damaging no deal breck's that and the nigerian authorities say they're stepping up efforts to rescue the boy still missing after gunmen attacked their school on friday. welcome to the program our top story this hour the u.s. is racing to mobilize its 1st shipments of the files of biotech over $1000.00 vaccine launching the country's largest ever immunization program operation what speed officials are hoping to immunize 40000000 people this month and as many as 100000000 by the end of march a vaccine office a ray of hope in the fight against a virus that's now killed nearly 300000 americans john hendren reports on this from washington. the united states' role. the most ambitious vaccination program in

american history. to the applause of workers at pfizer's michigan vaccine plant it is a test of an unprecedented national effort to save millions of lives in the nation most ravaged by the pandemic. workers low dry ice into boxes containing the super chilled vaccines have to negative 70 degrees celsius. then in a scene not witnessed in this century that scene bearing fedex and u.b.s. delivery trucks are escorted by u.s. marshals the shipments are expected to reach the 1st $145.00 locations on monday and a total of $636.00 by wednesday $20000000.00 vaccinations this this month and then we think will be up to $50000000.00 total vaccinations of people by the end of january and $100000000.00 shots in arms by the end of february just with the derren and foster vaccine but amid the celebration there are warning signs to achieve the

herd immunity necessary to stop the disease in the u.s. just say 75 percent of the public must be vaccinated but in a study of one health care system florida's jackson health system half of the health care workers said they would not be taking the vaccine another 35 percent said they would not take it in the 1st round the head of the u.s. national institutes of health says that's a major concern i would like to plead this to people who are listening to this morning to really hit the reset button on whatever they think they knew about this vaccine that might cause them to be so skeptical please people when you look back in a year and you say to yourself did i do the right thing i hope you'll be able to say yes because i looked at the evidence. across the u.s. the virus is reaching new peaks the state of mississippi reports it now has no more intensive care beds available what i fear that people do not understand however

is that the resources are finite. they are finite there gets to a point where we have to say we don't have another place to put another patient safely we can't do it with nearly 300000 dead and new infections rising the human toll continues to mount john hendren al jazeera washington. well it's only has overtaken the u.k.'s with the country with the most coronavirus related deaths in europe it reported another $484.00 fatalities on sunday taking the overall death toll beyond $64.00 and a half 1000 stricter lockdown measures are also being imposed in germany through christmas and up until january 10th to reduce the surge in cases that go has more. quiet days and silent nights this is a festive season like no other here in germany are 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 of the christmas shopping period as well as further measures placing germany into a complete lockdown over its record number of infections the fish did to cling in the hundreds because of bottles with we urgently needed to act with the decisions made today are the result of that the goal remains we need a race of 50 cases per 100000 people per week of 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. initially another grim milestone has been passed at least 64000 people have now died from the pivot 19 of the take in 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. that you could call 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 but it's only will bloom again in the coming year france's stay at home policy has now been lifted but a nighttime curfew is today. place the government will only loosen the restrictions when infections fool around $5000.00 per day but it is a long way off from that figure with 11 and a half 1000 new infections announced in the past 24 hours in the u.k. joining another nail biting moment in the bronx negotiations the vaccine rollout has already begun as the spread of the virus continues relentlessly from 16 and a half 1000 new cases a day on wednesday to nearly 18 and a half 1000 on sunday with the capital once again one of the worst hit areas so

need a agel al-jazeera or in south korea the president has warned that coronavirus restrictions that could be raised to the highest level after a 2nd day of record high infections more than a 1000 new cases were confirmed on sunday earlier this year the country was held a successful stabilizing the outbreak without having to shut down the economy but it's a different situation now with infections on the rise and then in algeria the president is made his 1st public appearance is testing positive for covert 90 nearly 2 months ago abdul majeed 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 and gemini.

over leaders of britain and the e.u. have abandoned their latest self-imposed deadline to reach agreement on a brics a trade deal saying talks will carry on if the 2 sides don't reach an agreement by december 31st the end of the transition period for the checks and tariffs for goods traveling between the u.k. and the e.u. china hall as mall. high drama and 11th hour brinkmanship north for the 1st time in the 4 and a half year breakup between the u.k. and the e.u. are negotiation teams have been working day and night over recent days and despite the exhaustion after almost $10.00 if we go shea sions 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 did the fact that the 2 sides haven't called a halt to trade negotiations as some had expected mean that progress was being made

you know what was going that far but 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. can't be locked into the e.u. use regular treat or bit and we've obviously got to take back control of our fisheries fallout is after people voted for it no deadlines been set for this latest extension of talks frankly there's been so many deadlines made and missed that no one would believe it anyway the only hard date now is the 1st of january by which time these 2 giant trade partners will have separated for good deal or no deal britain intent on protecting its sovereignty the e.u. looking after the interests of its single market. it is a nail biting time particularly for businesses who world trade organization rules

in a no deal scenario would mean tariffs and quotas raising the cost of imports and exports with implications for some sectors that may struggle to survive the amount of tax like if it's like 30 percent tax on some cheese you know it. will the people are still going to be afford it and specially after kovi. you can tell like to reach off to the rich and the poor even more poor so. we don't know how it's going to be you know boris johnson's government is adamant britain will flourish even without a deal no one it says should warre but plenty do don't know how al-jazeera lumbered . all of these are the obstacles that are currently holding up an agreement between the u.k. and the e.u. 1st of all you have fishing rights now european boats catch a $100000000.00 worth of fish in u.k. waters every year the e.u. wants to retain that right but person wants most of that business back so it's seeking a bigger share of the fishing quota for its boat

a level playing field that's the central issue with the insures that businesses on one side of it free trade agreement don't have an advantage over businesses on the other side the u.k. businesses can cut costs by causing regulations like workers' rights and environmental protections it wants u.k. laws to closely resemble a u. rules but the u.k. is saying breaking free of those was the whole point of banks in the 1st place and the 3rd key issue is dispute settlement how will the rules of any deal be enforced and who would adjudicate in 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. brennan has been following events for us in brussels he says that might be some sign of progress. divergence appears not to be as big an issue as it seems to be in the week you know we had a journal report this is a mass a deep fundamental importance to both sides britain insisting that the brics it

vote gave it a mandate to divert from european regulations or rules to go its own way the european union equally adamant that if you want to access to this massive single market you have to play by the single market rules you can't just simply divergence simply and expect to have the same degree of access and so what i think we're really looking at here is trying to manage the divergence that's what i think they're discussing in the building behind me and we'll continue to discuss how to define for example what is unfair competition how to define what kind of process should be triggered if unfair competition is seems to be in evidence who should adjudicate on that those kind of issues and whether it should be sort of a big transgression or whether it you know minute should be picked up so i think these are really important issues for the european union and for the u.k. they're matters of principle but they are matters which i think can be negotiated the prospect of no deal is so stark that they're willing to continue right up to

december 31st in the hope of of coming to some kind of agreement on this. still ahead for you on the program. from tony bertie nakamichi central bosnia the scene of one of the worst atrocities in the war where more than 100 muslim men women and children were killed. and this is what a day in china but it's chilling minus 44 degrees outside what else is that state that make i say this. well this is becoming an interesting summer you know straight look at what's circulating off the coast near brits but not a proper storm system that's developed into a one in 100 year event for the rainfall in than a minister in a half

a meter of rain inevitable flooding and it's not over yet forecast for monday is yet more rain is drifting dancer new south wales as well the onshore breeze is quite strong a lot is the most vicious part of weather in australia the moment in the northwest is now dr bruce go 32 degree for cos it's humid admittedly not that much different to perth which is warming up to about 30 by tuesday but we've got the same onshore breeze spreading south as you new south wales during chews day was big with waves of it up to 10 metres already sydney's forecast simply says breezy or windy northeast dying down prices say it was showers every day now the season of winter is certainly well dug into the station now this is snow lots of it for costa honshu in her car there has been some in the korean peninsula looking a dry picture now but really cold that's 9 degrees below average for sol minus 5 so daytime max it's equally cold war down through central china.

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welcome back a quick look at headlines this hour the u.s. is racing to distribute its 1st shipments of the pfizer vaccine as it's covered 19 death toll rises steadily towards 300000 operation speed officials are hoping to immunize 14000000 people they smiled as many as 100000000 by the end of march. meanwhile italy has overtaken the u.k. to become the country with the most coronavirus deaths in europe again after reporting another 484 fatalities germany is imposing a strict lockdown as well to the rising number of cases and deaths that are the headline the south the u.k. and e.u. negotiate is a failed to reach a deal on what was supposed to be the final day of breck's it talks the leaders say the goetia actions will continue beyond the self-imposed deadline in the hope of finding a last minute agreement by december 31st. all to nigeria now 2 days off the gunman stormed a school in the northwestern part of the country hundreds of parents are still

waiting to find out what's happened to their sons families desperate for news of converged on the secondary schooling katsina state a government spokesman told the voices news agency that $321.00 students are still missing it's not clear if they've all been abducted as some might have gone to other parts of the country for safety it's or she's avoided all schools in the state to close while a manhunt is on the way attacks by armed groups are common in northern nigeria but it's not clear if there is a political motive behind this attack but if 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. i did is a counter-terrorism expert and former officer at the nigerian state services department he says there are 2 well known gang leaders in the region who could have staged the raid to get concessions from the local government this guy actually

benefited from. mercy or some forms of nickel series shown in the past would work their cuts in our government and also the exam for us to go green but it's believed that there is a conflict in terms of agreement reached between cuts not state government does brundage saw it's more like an attack in the community saw like sure all of us that cuts not stick government into negotiating with them or goo but to any agreements or settlements so it is believed that dissed is the behind dispatch of an attack. sudan's prime minister has returned from ethiopia after a failed attempt to mediate between the warring sides in the take great conflict of the 100 travel to addis ababa on saturday where he met his ethiopian counterpart. but his to have dismissed the sudanese offer to solve the crisis sudan is home to

some 50000 refugees who fled fighting between the government forces and the great people's liberation front now to the developing story we've been tracking in new york police in new york city have shot and wounded a gunman who opened fire during a quiet performance outside a cathedral shots were fired as an outdoor concert in the grounds of the church of st john the divine in manhattan the gunman is in a critical condition in hospital no bystanders were thought to have been injured and the identity motive of the gunman right now is not no. opposition supporters in pakistan have defied coronavirus restrictions to protest against the government and one prime minister in iran contra resign accusing him of failing to deliver on his promises and mishandling the pandemic alexy o'brian reports. pakistan's opposition party has described this rally in the

hole as a referendum on prime minister imran khan's government they say the turnout proves he has to go vowing to march on the capital islamabad to force him from office leave. the time for dialogue is over we don't have any other choice except a long march i want to log on your coming now islamabad we are coming. this is the latest in months of protests by an opposition alliance called the pakistan democratic movement is accuses khan of incompetence and failing to deliver on promises made ahead of the 28000 election by building millions of houses and creating jobs for the poor. inflation has reached its peak no one's listening to us people are helpless and they can't feed their children we know the corona virus is spreading rapidly but we don't have any other option except to protest. the crowds defied covert 9000 restrictions which ban gatherings of more than 300 people

cases have been on the rise in pakistan where a 2nd wave is well underway leaving some hospitals overwhelmed the government has said opposition leaders are pushing their own interests ahead of their supporters by holding rallies in the middle of a pandemic. this is a political circus they're threatening the government but it's useless they're just playing with people's lives whether corona virus is spreading rapidly. the former cricket legend turned politician has dismissed the allegations against him as pathetic he said the protests and aimed at blackmailing him to drop corruption cases against opposition leaders like convicted former prime minister nawaz sharif who now lives in exile his daughter was among those who addressed the crowds calling on supporters to join the march to the capital prime minister imran khan those says he will never give in. brian al-jazeera

will 25 years after the end of the war in bosnia many survivors are still on a quest for justice following the closure of the war crimes tribunal in the hague 3 years ago courts in bosnia have taken over that legal process but nearly 600 people are still awaiting trial for war crimes tony but he went to. central bosnia the scene of the worst atrocities in the war. it is a small village with a dark past it was where one of the biggest atrocities of involving 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 would then set alight a small room with photos next to the mosque 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 of dylan'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 tribunal in the hague and hopes for justice stick or even stray dogs really means mr dog 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 1993 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 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 kratz assertive 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 civilians have also been killed and they've been wrongly

portrayed as the bad guys victims are victims on each side and in this bloody war between 1995 there is no innocent people innocent sides just 47 balls in serbs have been found guilty of killing the 8000 muslim men and boys instead beneath 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 in. 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. pope francis will make his 1st papal visit to iraq in line it's welcome news for

the country's orthodox christians his numbers are dwindling before the u.s. led invasion the community was a 1000000 strong now it's down to about 300000 in the town of tell us a fault in our ports. 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 still in northern iraq in 2014 but there are few worshippers to fill its restored nave that with suliman has been a pastor here for 24 years and has gradually watched his congregation shrink such that it will miss him 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 farmlands belonging to christians and gave it to families of soldiers killed in the iran iraq war in 2014 i still 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 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 i saw the brigade is composed of ethnic 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 you're going to hear just idea and. 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 you have. 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 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 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. well it's time of year right now in china's northernmost city when it well actually when this happens let's just show you the pictures because it is a popular tourist attraction but. basically temperatures have dropped to more than 40 degrees below 0 it makes it one of the few places on the planet where it's possible to do this it's boiling water thrown into the air freezing into ice crystals and then forming that gorgeous halo effect it's a phenomenon that has been attracting tourists 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 morning everything right here al jazeera dot com for analysis that takes you behind the headlines you can also watch us on life streaming as well. quick recap of the headlines this hour before we go the u.s. is racing to deliver its 1st shipments of the fires of biotech over $1000.00 vaccine the country's largest ever distribution effort operation what speed officials are hoping to immunize 14000000 people this month and as many as 100000000 by the end of the month of march but the virus is continuing to spread with cases rapidly rising 2 weeks after the thanksgiving holiday. elsewhere the prime minister of.