residents say so we'll just give them one minute to do. it took the found me months to build their brick house and less than an hour to see it get to. the in. the 1st shipments of coded 19 vaccines began rolling out across the united states as the government urges americans to take them. hello there are a cardinal this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an explosion hits a singapore flight oil tanker off the saudi port city of jeddah. the u.n. says fighters links to i still have forced $400000.00 people to flee their homes in northern mozambique plus. i'm afraid that it will not take long for them to come

to be. choosing a life in exile a 15 year old joining a growing number of activists leaving hong kong and so far she's crackdown on dissent. the 1st u.s. shipments of the pfizer covert 900 vaccine are being delivered across the country in the nation's largest ever immunization project well in 16000000 people in the u.s. have tested positive for corona virus and the death toll is headed towards 300000 california ohio texas and pennsylvania have been reporting the most daily infections for news confirmed almost 200000 cases in the past week alone but one of the riskiest places to be right now is the tiny state on the right rhode island where cases are up by almost. 50 percent compared to

a fortnight in. new york still has the highest death toll overall with more than 35000 and was the 1st epicenter of the virus in the united states and cases are again on the rise john hendren has the latest from washington d.c. . the united states rolled out 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 vaccine tested 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 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 in new infections rising the human toll continues to mount john hendren al jazeera washington. j. gray has more on the shipments from outside a hospital in chicago that's becoming a large scale vaccine center. they're still waiting for the drug to arrive here expect to 1000 doses as early as this morning and they've really converted the

entire main entry way of this hospital into a vaccination center they've got individual booths where they'll take in the people and give them the vaccine it's about a 5 minute process they believe and think they can funnel through as many as a 1000 people a day here now will be front line medical doctors nurses and others who get the vaccine 1st and then in phases it will branch out to the entire community so they expect to be doing this for quite some time months but are very excited when you talk to the staff this vaccine is really been a game changer as as far as giving them some hope after fighting this virus for so long. all of the experts are stressing that to get this done and to really beat this virus 70 to 80 percent of the population needs to be vaccinated and it's not a wait and see type thing they are saying that this is all been done above board

and very transparent and that the science is there backing this vaccine when you talk to the staff here they're very excited about it say that they hope they can be an example that they can get this shot and get the follow up shot 3 weeks later and show the community show the entire country that it's safe and what needs to be done to move forward. the 1st batch of the finds a vaccine has arrived in canada and national 30000 days as well as a front line health care workers and cap and stuff canada a quarter of a 1000000 doses by the end of thing here plays in may cases are expected to approve the madonna vaccine within days. well charlie and that is watching the current of our situation in europe for us she's joining us from london and charlie was seemed germany going into a hard lockdown over christmas may have been one of the better countries in europe dealing with the pandemic what happened. well germany is really struggling

with the growing the rate of infections and death despite as you say look down measures that have been in place since november which have seen all restaurants bars and leisure centers closed so the country on wednesday will go into hard lockdown all non-essential shops will be closed schools will be closed until the 10th of january although we've just heard in the last hour from a government minister saying it's likely that end point of ted the jury could even be extended this morning the country's economic medicine said that coronaviruses out of control in the country and he warned the hospitals could soon be overwhelmed and for days we've been seeing pictures and being hearing from doctors who are saying that hospital intensive care units are almost at capacity and they could soon have to start turning away some seriously ill patients but as you say the beginning of the pandemic germany was singled out for its very low infection rate and that's partly due to its very comprehensive test and trace system so well what has gone wrong 48 percent of the public is supposedly behind these new stricter

lockdown measures that are coming in but it's thought that the christmas shopping season has helped with the spread of the virus the christmas markets that germany so famous for even though they're outdoors have seen some very very large crowds and now the country is ready waiting along with the rest of the european union for the pfizer bio on tech vaccine to be approved by the e.u. drugs regulator and there is a sense of frustration the health minister today tweeting that it really should be being approved as soon as possible with the u.k. and the u.s. or already having approved it not only germany's struggling many european countries trying to cope with a rise in infections. yes germany's not unique we could be seeing stricter measures here in britain on wednesday in london might move from what's called tip to to tear 3 measures even ireland which has had the lowest

infection rate in europe is is mulling over measures being imposed in january in devon in the in the netherlands today the prime minister's just holding an emergency meeting to discuss further measures and is expected to announce them to the nation this evening though they've already had restaurants and bars close since mid october so be interesting to see what additional restrictions they can bring in it they might be extending the school holidays and one real cause for concern here in europe is italy now they've had they've got the highest death rate in europe and on sunday some restrictions will ease but then we saw pictures of people flooding into several cities across the country and that prompted prime minister giuseppe conti to hold another emergency meeting with his scientific advisor saying that we probably need to bring restrictions back in so they're mulling over whether to put the whole country under so-called red zone lockdown measures and for them the vaccine won't be rolled out until january and that to prepare they are setting up

in public parks but overseas journey cannot come soon enough absolutely charlie and your reporting from london thanks very much charlie well that's the view in europe slightly better covert news from the other side of the world new zealand's government has given approval in principle for a so-called travel bubble scheme with a stray or that would allow people to travel between the 2 countries without having to complete a full 15 day mandatory quarantine is syrian government is yet to give its approval to the deal which does depend on the covert $1000.00 situation remaining under control. it is our teaching to name a date for the commencement of trains tasman cranking for travel in the new year once for mining details a lockdown i think for now new zealand is finalized appreciate the approach of the government to ensure that we are not taking on a necessary risk as we're going into summer and a much needed some a break for new zealand as. the saudi arabian port of jetta has been closed after

an explosion on an oil tanker a shipping company half a man said one of its oil tankers the rhine had been hit by an unidentified external source that caused an explosion and fire and comes after another tank was damaged by a mine off the coast last month that attack was blamed on yemen's rebels matchups where a is the act of the gulf study center at castle university he says this is a serious incident in a critical part of the red sea. it's very interesting to see this happened just after one month what about the other incident that we have to look at also what was happening to our i would previously i think of this we have to look at the conflicts the conflicts that is it is very tense but it is a tension in. sodas and how these there's a tension between so there and there are there's a tension between iran and the united states and alliances and the region so it's a very it's a very tense moment. and the minute we have to look at also the consequences of the

assassination of a nuclear scientist iran has either so i think the context is very tense and there are lots of pics of the nation it will appear in next few hours about what's happening but it does reflect that this region is basically is very tense and you know no other state actors militia can act with solo or with the suction from 3rd party if it's needed and i think that is what we should what we have to keep our eye on it. the u.s. has officially removed sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism have been straight and approved the move as a side deal to sudan's normalization agreement with israel in october washington and khartoum signed an agreement to restore the country's sovereign immunity meaning that it cannot be sued in american courts in return sudan paid $335000000.00 to the victims of the 1998 al-qaeda attacks on the u.s.

embassies in kenya and tanzania leaders of 5 african nations are meeting to discuss the escalating violence in northern mozambique which has displaced thousands of people the united nations says attacks by fighters linked to i saw forced 400000 people to flee armed groups in guardo province of seize key towns for brief periods wanting to set up a caliphate the region is home to a multi-billion dollar natural gas projects. so as the head of mission in mozambique for doctors without borders he says it's difficult for his organization to access to people in the provinces interior. well the moment there are 50000000000 cells on the current that there are some of them may still be you could do which because they are in the good place to misinterpret the good book wins and also in the. in the not so this people were looking at we don't know exactly what

the groups seeger's in the accessible area around the world is or a group. and a 1000 people and yet they are moving. most of the plan out there moving from month was on that was because of that as a group we were more protection and also the name of the brand of the government knows that it will move in a new cams and this is an bruises. because now we are entering a new reading through them so of course if you could do. anything and look at places that we would be reading you can from the command weeks and more. so the head hair on al-jazeera indian farmers blocky highway and union it has gone hunger strike after talks with the government failed. and a spy british spy turned author john le carré his novels defines the cold war espionage thriller as died at the age of 89.

it has got particularly cold recently in east asia if you look at the satellite picture you see these streams of cloud here they appear to be coming off the land where it's certainly going over what is still open water quite warm this is snow showers or rain showers produced because the air of that is particularly cold has dropped by such a degrees in the last week or so in the tougher of your screen here and these are high temperatures on monday in harbin minus 15. mars 11 back in march minus 20 now it's not quite that cold when it comes off show but you can imagine now that significance toe like to be carried over down to honshu do we seem to though in a very small island in the e.c. just eastern side of science career it's rain if it's not snow by and if you're

this side of it it's just coat and bitter cove to clean that it off or even beijing is only 0 as a high temperature the coat has edged danimal keep edging down through china meaning hong kong is at best at 7 to greet 17 degrees on wednesday but just watch that snow pile up no such big drop in temperature in india unusual rain is just coming onshore here but persistent fog still exists in delhi and surroundings. are. true confessions one or another big cleanup or planning or a cynical example of communist propaganda and i want to do my help to pay back your logical warfare now if i want and i do not hold in 2010 al-jazeera access to north korea to investigate the alleged use of biological warfare by the us during the

korean war rewind we visit its dirty little secrets on al-jazeera. you know what you know it is there is reminder of our top stories this hour the 1st batch of the pfizer coronavirus vaccine is being dispatched across the u.s. from x. nation of health care workers and the elderly begins on monday as the nationwide death toll prochoice 300000. saudi arabian port of jetta has been closed after an explosion on oil time can deliver in cargo shipping company has. been hit by an

unidentified external source that caused the blast and fire. and leaders of 5 african nations are meeting to discuss rising violence and displacement in northern mozambique united nations says attacks by. forced 400000 people to flee. the e.u. that chief negotiator says although 2 conditions remain unresolved ceiling a trade deal with britain is still possible despite missing a self-imposed deadline on sunday michele bonnie has been briefed negotiating teams in brussels as they press on with talks to avoid a no deal outcome if they fail checks and taxes will be introduced for goods traveling between the u.k. and from the 1st of january some of you a preview from. our responsibility is to continue these very difficult negotiations never before in the history of the e.u. have we negotiated with an entire country on such an agreement on business goods energy security of citizens transport we've never negotiated an agreement on such

a short amount of time it's been 9 months we should have had at least 5 years to get through all of these so we'll give it our best it's our responsibility it's still possible to get a good balanced agreement that needs to be 2 conditions that are still not fulfilled free and fair competition and accord that guarantees reciprocal access for fishing in markets. for brenna life for us from brussels following all the events for the even occasion poor michel barnier giving a somewhat guarded update. yeah that was certainly the the verdict of the european ambassadors and the coordination group of the european parliament to briefings this morning 730 this morning to the 27 passengers and then an hour later to the european parliament who also need to be kept on board and up to speed with events because it's the european parliament that are going to have to ratify any deal on behalf of the european union. there have been movements he said to the delegates to the diplomats he said that had been some movement on

a level playing field it does appear from reports from those diplomats that the idea of divergence is generally accepted now that britain will be allowed to divert the question is by how much and what will be the retaliation process and how will that be triggered if britain diverges what will the u.s. response be how big does the divergence have to be before it triggers a response what will be the kind of adjudication process over that also fisheries is still a sticking point issues i understand about ownership of boats where 'd the catch is should be landed whether they should be predominately landed in the u.k. or whether they can be landed as they are at the moment very often in spain and other countries after being caught in british waters. i'm not detecting a huge amount of optimism i think they are going through is almost out of judy we had to say use the word responsibility it's our responsibility to air. quotes that i saw which i think probably sums it up for you diplomat was the patient is still

alive but keep the undertaker on speed dial right ok yes this is reno a lot of details still to be figured out and of course now there is a very hard deadline of the 31st of december and that's one that cannot be missed. indeed and pushing up into christmas we are looking very very difficult the assessment after the briefings was that it's going to go on for several more days potentially into the beginning of next week the talk here in brussels is of provisional application that's a principle where a deal would be agreed but this simply wouldn't be time for a deal to be translated into the different languages legally scrubbed distributed so that all the different countries can actually poor over it and check whether they agree with it and then passed through both the u.k. parliament and the european parliament under the european parliament or really unhappy about the prospects of provisional application they want proper time to

assess it and ratify this deal if it's of mergers they don't want to be seen as just a rubber stamping kind of body so there is diplomatic and political and democratic issues at stake here it's not going to happen in the next few days it's going to go right up to the wire i think interesting point brian joining us with the latest from brussels thanks very much. a growing number of activists in hong kong are facing a difficult choice as authorities crackdown on dissent many are deciding whether to risk serving a prison sentence or flee the territory jim brown that one such activist who is now facing an uncertain future there was a time when hong kong was a haven for families fleeing persecution in mainland china as 2020 nears its end people and i'll leave in this city for the same reason age just 15 a rule ranks as one of hong kong's youngest political exiles here packing her bags

in the hotel room where she spent last week before flying to london on saturday she was 14 when she was detained during protests 7 months ago and although not charged remains worried about the impact of a sweeping new national security law or said i joined a social movement last year and became one of the frontline protesters on my protest team mate have been a rest and charge with serious crimes including rioting and asan i'm afraid that it will not take long for them to come up to me her actions of divided her family but her mother supports her decision to leave she's being helped by a group assisting others who also want to go to britain where a ruler expects to resume her studies in january on how i wonder if i did not expect that i would end up like this when i joined the protest i know it would be hard to say goodbye it would be sad but rather leave to seek a bag of future and to live without fear as much about this case that's troubling

auroras age the fact that she was radicalized so young and is now seeking political asylum in a country where she knows few save the members of a group who now in effect be her guardians. she leaves behind a city where pro-democracy activists are being arrested almost daily. on saturday the prominent businessman jimmy lai appeared in court charged under the security legislation and is now facing a lengthy jail term activists sunni ciarán fled in august a warrant since been issued for his arrest for. sure my family who are still in hong kong are i am concerned about their safety and i are really. i'm just the studio why is it trying to silence him from office and their families like a real or a son he doesn't know if he'll ever step foot here again and like her has no

regrets about where their activism has led them adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. farmers union leaders and india have begun a one day hunger strike in a bid to ramp up protests over a new agricultural laws promise of being camped out on major highways for weeks blocking some entry points into the capital new delhi they're angry over legislation that would change the rules about the sale and pricing of projects several rounds of talks with the government have so far failed to reach a compromise there's a problem is at the gas airport border between delhi and into protest states she says the farmers are increasing the pressure on the government. around 45 union leaders are on a hunger strike today at all of the different protest sites including here at the pool between the borders of india's most populous state. and delhi where traffic coming from for the remains closed coming into delhi as it has been for the

last 2 and a half weeks and despite the disruption to traffic that the close in the 3 major highways into the national capital region has caused the protests of receiving support from delhi's ruling party state leader i've been members of his aam aadmi a common man posse taking part in the hunger strike today in solidarity with farmers on the weekend we saw farmers from the state of ra just on blocking a part of another major highway between rajastan and delhi and so far most of just increasing pressure on the government the government remains defiant we heard from prime minister that in the morning on the weekend about this the defense minister today he's been involved in talks between government ministers in the talks between government ministers and farmers and you know they say maintain the line that these laws are in the interest of farmers and that they are willing to listen to farmers but rejected the government's proposed amendments and they say they won't leave

these highways until the noise which they say are fundamentally flawed they can't be amended that those laws must be repealed. police in the united states have shot and killed a gunman after a shootout outside a cathedral in new york city the man started shooting as people left a concert of the church of st john the divine in manhattan's upper west side police shot the gunman who later died in hospital he reportedly had a lengthy criminal history and was carrying a bag with gasoline rope and knives. hackers have infiltrated networks at the u.s. treasury department and possibly other government agencies the u.s. national security council says it's investigating the cyber attack it comes less than a week after a major u.s. cyber security firm fire i said foreign government hackers had stolen the company's own hacking tools. john le carré has 5 tons novelist behind some of the world's best selling espionage fiction has died at the age of 89 he worked for

britain's intelligence service before turning his experience into books which helped define the genre job to sell the reports. for millions of his readers around the world john le carre's work shone a light on the world of shadows in a writing career spanning over 6 decades now carry author 25 novels and one memoir that came to define the zora of the espionage thriller it was art imitating life the 1st 3 novels were written while the car a whose real name was david cornwall was still working as a spy for the british intelligence his employers made him published under a pseudonym and he kept it for the remainder of his literary career titles such as the spy who came in from the cold tinker tailor soldier spy and the honorable schoolboy became cold war classics. the currys writings help reshape perceptions of that era by patrolling the treacherous antics and moral ambiguity of the british and the soviet spy agencies after the end of the cold war

he shifted focus to the chaos of the us dominated world order tackling issues from corporate corruption and russian oligarchs to extraordinary rendition and the wars in the middle east the themes are very relevant i think. the notion that the flood the world with armies to the middle east we never know where they'll end up we don't know the good guys our guys i was on the was so are you are you i think a little thin we can we can explore knowledge as the news of his passing was announced tributes poured in from other genre defining authors on twitter horror and supernatural fiction writer stephen king called le carre a liter a giant and a humanitarian spirit while the handmaid's tale author margaret atwood said le carre's novels are key to understanding the mid 20th sin. tree in his last book published just last year le carre continued to draw on the world around him he brought the perfidy and deception that's been central to his novels into the world

of briggs it's and donald trump but in a life such as that of john le carre how much of it was fiction and how much of it was true. you know without it there are these are our top stories the 1st batch of the 5 is a corona virus vaccine is being dispatched across the u.s. the vaccination of health care workers and begins on monday that says the nationwide death toll approaches 300000 jake ray has more on the shipments from outside a hospital in chicago that's becoming a large scale vaccine center all of the experts there are stressing that to get this done and to really beat this virus 70 to 80 percent of the population needs to be vaccinated and it's not a wait and see type thing they are saying that this is.