presidential corruption. it's not if you keep challenging assumptions and the official night. we need to tell. a lie. and. paste. al-jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha and coming up in the next 60 minutes giving their stamp of approval the u.s. electoral college begins voting to formally confirm joe biden as the next president . the u.s. has started its covert 1000 vaccination campaign hoping it'll stop the winds in infections. saudi arabia says an explosives laden boat targeted an oil tanker in the port city of jeddah. and no longer a pariah state the u.s.

removed from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. and. more than a century baseball team. in spain that's upset the u.s. president. the electoral college has begun voting to choose the next president of the united states has just gone 10 past past 10 o'clock in vermont for voting is getting under way these a live pictures from p.a. in vermont this is one of the last steps to finalize the outcome of november's election in each state has already certified its results no electors in each state accosting their ballot joe biden won $306.00 electoral votes surpassing that acquired 270 while president donald trump got 200. 32 the state by state votes have

drawn more attention this year because trump has refused to concede well let's go live to alan fischer who's at the white house for us ok alan the question that of course everybody is continually asking is is this the point at which joe biden is now officially or semi officially on the way to being president of the united states all could there be an upset from this point. well he will officially be the president alag but donald trump is still complaining about the election result on twitter in the last couple of hours he has of course seen a number of nails driven into the coffin of his hopes of overturning the election he's lost more than 50 court cases across the country some of them in front of judges appointed by donald trump in many of the cases they presented absolutely no evidence of the widespread voter fraud that donald trump has alleged and then of course on friday it perhaps his biggest loss when the supreme court decided not to take the case that was raised by texas one prominent republican lawyer saying

essentially the supreme court said go away you're not making a case here we're not even going to entertain this i don't know trump has said that of the people meeting for the electoral college today if they confirm what he describes as a fraudulent fort then they will face serious criminal action which of course is a complete misreading of the law and they want face any criminal action atoll normally the electoral college is just an administrative meeting it's something that they have to do for the constitution it never normally gets this sort of attention but it has because of the con pain that donald trump has waged since november the 3rd to overturn the election result will he continue with the fight yes he will with hair from rudy giuliani his lawyer who said that he will continue battling until 1159 on the 20th of january that's just a minute before i don't joe biden will be sworn then at the inauguration when he will come the 46 president of the united states and of course donald trump as one

eye on january the 6 why is that an important date you're saying well not a day that normally gets too much attention but it's when congress will endorse the electoral college vote and donald trump is still hoping that there will be more than enough republicans who will stand up and say there's a problem with this election we really can't go ahead and ratify the very addictive the electoral college votes. please bear in mind as i said not only have the republicans failed to produce any evidence of widespread voter fraud bill barr who is the attorney general here in the united states has already said there was no sign of widespread voter fraud certainly not enough to overturn the election that's not going to stop donald trump complaining all the way through till the 20th of january and probably beyond because he believes that he can pin joe biden as an illegitimate president and of course that gives him something to campaign on if he decides to run in 2024. and of course on and we're talking about the fact that this

is an administrative process but there is more tension here is i mean i understand there's more security being put into place in some states what's going on there. exactly in years gone by the date of the electoral college meeting would just have passed as all by it would have been noted and that would have been it but here there are real concerns on credible evidence they have decided to close some official buildings in this swing state of michigan no you remember that earlier this summer they were on men protesting in the state capital when democratic governor. decided that she was going to enforce a mosque mandate and then we had several people arrested because there was a plot to kidnap the governor people who were seen as chumps supporters and so across the country there's extra security in place you'll remember that at the weekend we just stop this steel rally here in the united states here in washington

d.c. to support donald trump to say that they were concerned that the election was being taken from them there were a number of violent incidents and so the authorities are acting out in of abundance of caution to hope that this electoral college meeting across the country and all the states will go ahead and by the end of the day joe biden will be confirmed as the $46.00 president of the united states well at least at this stage the president elect and heading to be the $46.00 president alan thanks very much indeed alan fischer in washington d.c. . the 1st covered 1000 vaccinations have begun in the u.s. as shipments are being delivered throughout the country within the last hour an intensive care unit nurse was the 1st to publicly received a job in new york before the public vaccination governor andrew cuomo said he believes this is the weapon that will end the war. well the pfizer biotech vaccine

is the 1st to be approved for use in the united states it's a new kind of drug that trains the immune system to fight the corona virus and it's given in 2 doses 3 weeks apart other companies say it's 95 percent effective but full protection may only come a few weeks after the 2nd injection and because the vaccine is so new there are some things we don't know like how long that protection is going to last or whether boosters are going to be required scientists do know that it prevents covert 19 symptoms but they're not clear if it keeps people from catching and spreading the virus so until that changes they say will still need to wear masks and practice social distancing outside a hospital in chicago which is set to become a vaccine center. we've got no solid results on exactly where the vaccine is or when it will arrive and part of that's a security issue u.s. marshals are alongside escorting this vaccine in many areas and so at this point we

only know that we expect it sometime this morning into the latter part of the day today and we do expect the vaccines to begin here at rush university medical center this week what will they do they'll start with the front line medics not only at this hospital but from others around the area and they'll be the 1st phase of the vaccination process they can move through and administer shots to as many as a 1000 people a day here that's what they're set up to do and say that they will continue to do that for as long as they possibly can hoping that this is the beginning of months of vaccinations here or to hospital as this thing phases out and into the general public now it's going to be contingent on getting enough medicine and right now it looks like about 2000 doses are on the way but that should ramp up when madonna is

approved there vaccine which could be by the end of this week and then you've got some others coming online after the 1st of the year so a lot of excitement here for a lot of these health care workers who say it's finally some hope after so many months of fighting this virus ok let's go now to hide it will cost her she's joining us live from washington d.c. so just as we were mentioning there the vaccinations are beginning but this is a very long and importantly a drawn out process isn't it just talk us through what the situation is with the roll out across the country. that's right we know that some 3000000 doses of the pfizer vaccine have left or on are on their way out of the factories of pfizer in michigan just a few minutes ago we saw what may have been the 1st vaccine out of the trial within the united states that new york intensive care unit nurse you mentioned shay publicly got that back see while the new york governor andrew cuomo looked on and

she said that if felt like a flu shot and she said it was finally the light at the end of a very long and dark tunnel but of course this is just the beginning those 3000000 doses are being distributed to some $600.00 hospitals and nursing homes and clinics across the country and then it's really up to each state exactly when to start giving those doses shots in arms and to whom now the vast majority of state governors have prioritized those frontline health care workers they're expecting to get those shots today and throughout the week and then many states are moving on to residents of nursing homes starting next week now by the end of the year which is really just around the corner 2 and a half weeks from now some 20000000 americans are set to be vaccinated and then by march according to health secretary alex as are that is when the public

may see shots available in pharmacies and they can just walk up and get those shots taken care of and the timing could not come any sooner of course as the u.s. approaches 300000 deaths by far the most deaths out of any country since this pandemic began rob it's hard to bring this up today with a good line to situation across the united states live from washington d.c. heidi thank you very much well europe's also seeing a drastic rise in coronavirus cases and many countries are imposing new restrictions. around the holiday season officials in london are considering moving the city to tear 3 that's england's highest level of coronavirus restrictions there are said to be deeply concerned about a sharp rise in cases across the capital. in brussels with the latest lines across europe 1st let's go to jonah hala who's in london for us jonah just talk about the fact that they are expecting to head into tears 3 restrictions how is that going to

go over how people going to react to that. i think it will be a great disappointment for people in london in the run up to christmas i think it's fair to say that decision has now been made it's certainly being widely reported that m.p.'s on a call with the health minister matt and cock a little earlier on very short while ago were told by him that the decision had been taken to put london into the highest level of restriction so-called very high alert here 3 it's currently into 2 so that means a tightening of social distancing restrictions particularly among people mixing outside the home you can't mix inside the home at all at the moment and it means the closing down of hospitality pubs bars and restaurants will have to be made. only with all the attendant risks to the economy that will bring as well we expect to hear that confirmed by mr hancock when he addresses employees informant within the hour you'll recall that just 2 almost 2 weeks ago now at the end of a month long lockdown here in england the government reintroduced this tier system

strengthened it a bit narrow london narrowly at that point avoided being placed in tears really it was placed into to a lot of cities up in the north of england we're not so fortunate now with the spike in infection rate some parts of london have higher infection rates that some of those places that are in tears through the government would have presumably felt it had little choice it's very sensitive to being being accused of playing favorites with london and i suspect that would have had a big a big part to play in this decision and this is all playing into a growing fears that there is going to be a 3rd wave into the new year as well. yeah scientists including some of those advising the government of been speaking out quite loudly over the last week or 2 saying that the government should have put london in 2 or 3 from the very start as those numbers have been rising you've only got to look at pictures from the high streets oxford street very famous of course around the world actually heaving with people shopping in the run up to christmas and then we've got this

slightly bizarre situation of course that over the christmas period itself for a few days the government is lifted restrictions altogether to allow people to mix in their homes over the christmas period so all of that will be fanning the flames of a 3rd wave anticipated in january now just as the n.h.s. the national health service struggling already with exhausted demoralized stuff dealing with seasonal winter illnesses anyway and of course the rollout of the vaccine jonah thanks very much indeed there's john hall bringing us up to date from london germany's president has one in the group of 1902 asian there has become bitterly serious the number of infections is soaring prompting a nationwide lockdown starting on wednesday chancellor angela merkel's office says germans face tough times ahead well let's cross over to brussels where nadeem baba is alive for his new team let's talk about germany 1st of all just explain to us what is going on in germany at the moment. all right

basically what's going on is the country saying we had a lighter form of lock down in november and we don't think that it drove drought drove down transmissions enough chancellor angela merkel has been very emotional in the last week in her pleas to people to follow the rules especially voicing concerns about what might happen over christmas and we do we're hearing from her government that they think the new measures will be in place at least until early january this these new measures you were talking about coming in on wednesday include nonessential shots being ordered to shut until at least the 10th of january that was agreed between chancellor merkel and the various states around the country why is this necessary the country still seeing at around 16000 daily covered 19 cases the number of deaths is still concerning the hi there the country's economy minister has been arguing that tougher measures are what's needed not just

to save to protect the health system but to avoid a recession next year an interesting new. movement in the debate between protecting health and the economy he's saying it's all tied up let's listen to what the country's president has said in the last few hours about what he's calling the most the situation which nessa tate's the most serious restrictions on people's liberty in the history of the federal republic of germany the isle is indeed in that. we have all come a long way together in recent months that us continue and completed together and with consideration for each other i am quite sure the pandemic will not rob us of our future we will overcome this crisis we must succeed and we will succeed. well in the netherlands all eyes are on mark roots of the prime minister he's going to be addressing the nation on television at 7 o'clock local time it's expected

that he will announce a one month lockdown. that will include we believe schools being told to shut as well as non-essential shops and public buildings again they're worried about what's happening with cases. they're seeing around 101-0000 new covered 19 cases per day the level was reached at the weekend and here is across the border in belgium which has the world's highest death rate per 100000 from cop it 19 there are also extremely worried there has been a slight drop in hospital admission 6 percent over the last week the government and health authorities saying that is not where they thought they would be and so as planned on tuesday the shops are going to be allowed to reopen at the moment things like cafes and restaurants and bars are all closed it's having a big impact on the local economy but the warning is that things will not get back

to normal of the restrictions over the christmas period will stay so for example households will only be allowed to meet one person from outside that group here as in the rest of europe this is not going to be a normal christmas. again barbara and brussels ok for more on the situation in germany let's speak to her about us but he's the managing director and head of research at the german economic institute he's joining us now from bollman in germany and we appreciate you giving us your time so thank you very much indeed and your impression of what has changed in germany since say november that has led to this spike in cases that it's seeing. when in germany you know the lights a lot done has been introduced you learned november and everyone believes that these are baseless not sufficient to reduce the number of new infections but what's happened since it's. not infections has been stopped but it didn't go pick down

again and so now that it's a little much higher than in spring time and even a sense of care. units reached their limit so that's my. political parties agreed. to introduce new measures right now during debates only days when schools are closed so. we need to to reduce social contact in that time i had to demand mention there that the finance minister of germany had said tougher measures had to be taken to avoid a recession how likely is it that germany's economy is facing a recession in 2021. but there will be a recession reinserted we believe that there will be a shrinking economic activity in the 4th quarter and beginning of the 1st quarter but not. difficult or not this choppy is the test springtime so it

will be a rather my research. long as we manage to to concentrate the effects on on the service sectors and not on the manager to insert what happens in improvements that the automotive industry was mourning this close down so that was very difficult for many. industries are to manufacturing sector right now all those industries are still open on us to working and that's one of the economic effects i want to moderate it's deliberately recession in the end of this year and beginning of next you know germany's already been pumping big sums of cash to keep businesses afloat i think i read borrowing is at around $198000000000.00 is germany in a position to keep putting that kind of cash into the economy to keep businesses afloat . so far the dream position is some of the comfortable we have had. you know to g.d.p. ratio of about 60 almost 60 percent below 60 percent so the famous must wish.

and so there's plenty of space to. put to use public money used to fix it but of course it can't last forever so what we really need to. increase. quick fix emission in the next 14 months in toping so much time group brings bring relief but only to society but once it was the business is affected like many other parts of the world it seems as though germany has been suffering from in many ways a lack of understanding or a lot more likely a lack of acceptance among people about what the reality of the situation is that when they they restrictions are lighter they use those restrictions are they avoid those restrictions as much as they possibly can how important is it to try to really educate people that this situation has not really changed even though we're talking about a vaccine even though the in the middle middle of a serious locks and that they actually have to keep to these rules that the states

impose in order for this longer tab to be sorted out and for the economy to start coming back. i think this situation is more difficult than it has been 9 months ago in march and april everyone was shocked sent everyone. thought right that's necessary now we have to do it we have to to reduce you know social contacts we have to stay tell a man didn't go to the shops it's not necessary roberto men didn't accept that schools are closed you know what. we. have to offer relief and some of the time very few cases. it was well like $11.00 of many really nothing which is particular to serious and now when it started again in late october it was the restrictions in november everyone is a bit off. but. it's. off those restrictions and so it's more difficult for points to make just to convince people

. to stick to the route and stick to the restrictions that's my answer america has been so emotional last week. when the stock and why the president today is so pressing on. people to accept these measures when he had to get your thoughts on a show about his but we appreciate it thank you very much indeed thank you. and hotel owners in france are protesting against a virus restrictions that have kept businesses closed since late october public establishments will remain shut over the normally busy christmas period but that could be allowed to reopen next month if the infection rate slows down no decision has been made for borrowers. many more ahead in the news hour including indian farmers intensify protests of the talks with the government over new agricultural laws fail. forced from their homes we meet the people in northern mozambique who've

been displaced by isolated funny settings. and the draw for the last 16 of the champions league pits barcelona against p.s.g. we'll have details coming up in the small. saudi arabia's energy ministry says an oil tanker delivering cargo was hit by a boat full of explosives at jeddah port it's described the incident as a terrorist attack the shipping company says it's beat up the orion vessel was hit by an unidentified external source that caused an explosion and fire that comes after another tanker was damaged by a mine off the coast last month that attack was blamed on yemen's who the rebels. director of the gulf study center cut the 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 then we have to look at also what was happening to our i'm a previously i think of this we have to look at the context the context that is it is very tense but it's the tension that's in. sodas and how these those the tension between so there and there are it is a tension between iran and the united states and alliances that heated 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 me and nuclear scientists and on what is so i think the context is very tense and the little bits of the nation will be in an excuse about what's happening but it doesn't reflect that this region is basically is very tense and you know another state actors militia can act with so little order with the suction from 3rd party if it's needed and i think that is what we should be at what we have

to keep our eye on it the u.s. has officially removed saddam from its state sponsors of terrorism list the time but ministration approved the move as a side deal to sedans normalization agreement with israel and october washington and khartoum signed an agreement to restore the country's sovereign immunity meaning that it can't be sued in american courts and return saddam paid 335 $1000000.00 to the victims of the 1998 al qaida attacks on the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania all alone as an analyst in the horn of africa and a senior lecturer in law at killing university he says the move will benefit sudan's economy. so you know because it wasn't just a list it was not eligible for us for it ed now that this is listed depending on how the relationship between the 2 countries upon our going forward i think that may be able to receive a considerable amount from from the u.s.

i think that also in some ways depends on how sick you asians on the ground is who died to self professed how the relationship between. civilian administration and the military council is today and got a couple of these are legion would would progress going forward so should done i think advancement to more democratic system would have a lot. to do with how much the u.s. is willing to support sudan going forward but there are also other regional spock that's more broadly if true don becomes the more important player in the horn of africa secure for example plunges into what the situation between egypt and the ethiopian escalates i think that would make sudan a very important country that the united states would be very keen to support. still ahead on al-jazeera forced to marry and how the impact of a coronavirus pandemic is leading to an increase in child brides in sierra leone.

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you watch out is either a reminder of our top stories this hour the electoral college has begun voting to formally choose the next president of the united states this is one of the last steps by electors in 50 states to finalize the outcome of november's election. the u.s. has begun covert 19 vaccinations as shipments are being delivered throughout the country governor under cuomo says he believes this is the weapon that will end the war. most europeans. injuries are starting to contain a new wave over 1000 cases the president of germany's described the situation as a bitterly serious all but essential businesses will have to close for what and stay until january the 10th. farmers union leaders in india have

begun a one day hunger strike in a bid to ramp up protests over new agricultural laws bombers have been camped out on major highways for weeks blocking some entry points into the capital new delhi. about legislation that would change the rules about the sale and price of the produce several rounds of talks with the government have so far failed to reach a compromise. elizabeth put on a gaza poor border crossing between delhi states she says the farmers are showing no signs of stopping. from union leaders or on hunger strike at all of the protest sites including here at the gaza border between the states of the provision delhi where traffic or traffic coming from the british on this key highway has been blocked for 2 and a half weeks and over the weekend we saw farmers blocking a part of another major highway between the states of broad just down and delhi farmers continuing to increase pressure on the government and they're receiving support from the ruling party here in the national capital region of delhi the

state leader ivan kaiju and members of his odd meal common man party are also on hunger strike in solidarity with the farmers meanwhile prominent in that in the modi remains defiant he's defended the laws on the weekend saying that they will make farmers prosperous that they will attract investment in the agriculture sector the farmers maintain that the law is a fundamentally flawed they've rejected the government's proposed amendments and say they aren't going anywhere until the 3 found law was repealed. years only in their separate auburn ago we were farmers have been protesting on the streets for 2 months in punjab and it has been 17 days in delhi and it has been very peaceful we will not leave this part of nonviolence the government is hoping for the movement to turn violent people get restless because that might work in their favor but we want to tell them that we have enough provisions to last one year and we will continue our peaceful sit in protest meanwhile this battle over the protests and

the laws is moving to court and the a supreme court is going to hear a plea on wednesday asking authorities to clear the highways to remove farmers saying that farmers are causing a disruption to traffic by blocking highways and that such protests shouldn't be held during a pandemic a law student who filed the petition. it's asking that the farmers be moved to a ground that was designated by the government for protests meanwhile farmers unions themselves have asked the supreme court to draw these 3 laws saying that they were passed without enough debate and that the deregulation of the agriculture sector is going to leave them at the mercy of large corporations so both the protests and the noise and now being challenged in india's top court. parents in northern nigeria are desperately waiting for information about their sons after an attack on a boarding school gunmen raided the school on friday and hundreds of children are

reported to be still missing some of those who escaped spoke about their ordeal over reports this summer is one of the boys rescued after gunmen stormed his school and abducted hundreds of children he says he was falling asleep when the attack started. up. i started hearing gunshots then when i came out there were many people already outside we were asked to go back to our hostel then they said the gunmen were already in the school we climbed the school fence but they asked us to return back we thought they were soldiers were trying to protect us but unfortunately they were not. the sama used all his wits to try and survive. when i decided to run they brought a knife to slaughter me but i ran away quickly and i ran into the crowd but they couldn't get me then i put my clothes upside down so they could not see me from there they said they would kill whoever is trying to escape i then began to run in

climbing one rock to another through a forest. 2 days after the attack more than $300.00 boys still missing their parents said desperate. our last prayers to see that our children are back that is the only prayer that we are doing we are sleepless even this last night we stood up praying to god to bring our children. criminal gangs in northwest nach area have become increasingly brazen targeting civilians for ransom can't terrorism experts say armed gangs may have stormed the school to force concessions from the local government is that guy that actually benefited from. let's see some forms of negotiation in the past would want the cuts in our government and also the exam for us to govern but it's believed that there is a conflict in terms of agreement reached between cuts not state governments and disbanded so it's more like an attack in the community saw like

sure all of us think that's nasty got made into negotiating with them nigeria's defense ministry says the whereabouts of the say called bandits is known and the military is trying to bring the boys back home safely but there's anger that the abduction happened the tool. nigeria's government put measures to prevent school abductions after the harare kidnapped 276 schoolgirls at chibok in 2014. 6 years later more than 100 of the girls are still missing the fare for parents and cuts in the state is that their sons could suffer the same fate barbara. out to sara leaders of 5 african nations are meeting to discuss the escalating violence in northern mozambique which has displaced files ins of people the united nations says attacks by fighters linked to i so

a force of 4 $100000.00 people to flee on groups uncovered a god or 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 project. as head of mission in mozambique for doctors without borders he says it's difficult for his organization to get to the people who've been displaced a little there are 50000000000 cells on the ruins but then some of them i believe you could do which because. you could play a. part of the winds and also in the. in the mobs so these people that we don't know exactly where he goes he gives in. on the orders or a group. and the 1000 people and yet they're moving. most of the plan now they're moving from one place on the base because of the. more

protection and they're also the name of the brand of the government. in terms and this isn't. because now we are doing anything then so of course is if you can. look at recent. weeks in bosnia has marked the 25th anniversary of the signing of the dayton peace accords that brought the war to an end but not everyone is celebrating tens of thousands of displaced people are still are unable to return home and the country's fraught political framework and dire economic situation means many bosnians are leaving to find work tony burke he reports in sarajevo plus new buildings in sarajevo but it's a facade real life for most of it's not as bright as one of the poorest countries in europe has high rates of youth unemployment widespread corruption and a fraught political framework. for the sarajevo film on it orchestra playing

mozart's 25th symphony a special covert restricted on line celebration marked the official signing of the dayton peace agreement that ended the war bill clinton who was u.s. president at the time lauded the achievement. the nightmare you endured then has never returned and the credit for that achievement belongs to all the people of all backgrounds. the peace deal ended the bloodiest conflict in europe since the 2nd world war but it didn't kick start the process of reconciliation or we knew the ethnic co-habitation enjoyed in pre-war bosnia had the dayton agreement been implemented we would have had a much better situation today what is being implemented is still genocide here because there is too school in an effort to reverse the ethnic cleansing the dayton accords stated that everyone had the right to return to their homes or to get

compensation that has never happened the serbs control 49 percent of the country and for them dayton was a good deal. but it's the newly elected mayor of east sarajevo says 80 percent of bosses would vote for independence if they had the chance and not thinking about it but if different counterparts different sides mostly it was dixon cross if they want to have to have a centralized state with a majority of course the next. bill of. all decisions to do service and to other nations isn't going to say that's not possible the dayton agreement has been criticised because it appeared to reward the serbs for aggression by legitimizing their territory republika srpska despite the atrocities committed on all sides during the conflict there have been hardly any revenge killings or into ethnic violence but with many unresolved issues especially the prosecution of war criminals according to some there's tension the sparks that reverse here in boston

is very dangers. should not be here what has been done is often harder to undo dayton unintentionally cemented the division of the country most don't know how injustice will be solved but they do know that bosnia can never go back to what it was when no one looked at the religion but only a person the lack of opportunities here has led 1800000 balls in still leave the country there are both positive and negative aspects to the agreement depending on your point of view but ultimately it stopped the war and ended the bloodshed the question that has to be asked is whether the fault for the lack of progress and reconciliation lies with the agreement or the bosnians themselves and the answer is probably both tony bertie al-jazeera sarajevo the un says child marriage rates have surged in sierra leone because of the virus pandemic that estimates the hardships resulting from cover 19 will drive 13000000 more girls to marry before the age of

18 and their reports. mary kamara is 16 years old and wanted to be a nurse that the grade of r.'s pandemic pushed her family into poverty she says she had little choice but to leave school and marry instead. when he went to meet my parents they called me and asked me about his proposal and i told them you have no money to send me to school so let me get married. re stepfather runs a tailoring shopping komo in eastern sierra leone he's had few customers this year because of the pandemic worries husband is in his mid twenties and offered to provide rice for her younger sisters and access to his watering hole as part of his marriage proposal to mourn. the past months have been hard for me it's been difficult to afford enough i don't have money people don't come to buy for my business because of this pandemic. the un defines child marriage as a marriage of

a girl oh boy before the age of 18 and it says the number of girls getting married in sierra leone before that age dropped from 56 percent in 2006 to 39 percent 10 years later when schools close to march child marriage rights. activists say many of the girls' mothers were themselves married office teenagers and see child marriage as normal they do not see. the children for them it's like this is possibly one of the better investments and better things that i could do for my child. it's a mindset that sierra leone's 1st lady is working to change with her campaign called hands off all girls child doesn't give consent to sex so if you if you force a child to be a very. child and that. schools

reopened in sierra leone 2 months ago about the impact of covert 19 means many girls. i may never go back to the classroom victoria gates and be al-jazeera. 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 asian brown matter one activists 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 are now living this city for the same reason aged 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 i found out when the only thing i did not expect that i would end up like this when i joined the protest i know we were 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 least behind

a city where pro-democracy activists are being arrested almost daily. on saturday the prominent businessman jimmy lie appeared in court charged under the security legislation and is now facing a lengthy jail term. activists sunni choong fled in august a warrant since been issued for his arrest for me the major culture is of us my family who is still in hong kong i am concerned about their safety and i. are weird x. . is today why is that they can try to silence and frighten africa and their families like aurora sunny 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. still ahead in sports the draw is made for the 2023

rugby world cup chose could be here to tell you who will play who.

researches in australia so they've developed a technique to grow and transplant coral on the great barrier reef they say coral e.v.f. could help replenish one of the world's most endangered ecosystems i was under byers points. who they may not be the most vibrant but these corals are healthy and resilient and represent

a major lifeline for the most spectacular ecosystem of its kind on the planet. they're part of the very 1st trial of in vitro fertilisation for corals or coral i.v.'s. coral large by our collective during what are called mass spawning events there are rare annual moments linked to the cycles of the moon then baby corals are cultivated in floating nursery pools before being transplanted onto damaged areas of the reef. 4 years later the original population has grown large and even survived coral bleaching events. this proves that the lava restoration take works just as we predicted and we can grow very large corals from tawney microscopic larvae within just a few years. scientists say the success of this project is critical for the great barrier reef the u.n.

listed world heritage site runs more than 2000 kilometers along australia's northeast coast but it's being severely damaged by climate change and ocean warming it's lost more than half of its coral in the past 3 decades impacting many other species that depend on it at the beginning of december its status was downgraded to critical and deteriorating that prompted environmental experts to call on the australian government to step up its efforts to protect the reef it's clear. what we. think we need to be watching. leadership as well. broad policy change may take longer to achieve but harrison and his team say they're optimistic their technique will work. soon these will be the world's 1st transplanted coral

populations to start reproducing on their own. and it's hoped they'll start to really grow what's been lost on the great barrier reef alexandra byers al-jazeera some of the sport here is joe rob thank you very much after years of protests from fans and native american groups cleveland's baseball team will drop the word indians from its name the team has come under increased pressure amid protests against systematic racism and police violence this year the new york times says the central name will be dropped by 2022 cleveland and already removed images of its mascot chief wahoo 2 years ago well the news from cleveland prompted u.s. president donald trump to tweet calling it cancel culture at work but it follows growing pressure to remove native american names from u.s. sports teams earlier this year and if els washington football team stopped using a name and logo long considered a racial slur but others have been slow to follow super bowl champions the kansas

city chiefs have been accused of perpetuating negative stereotypes with fans dressing in native american costumes and performing the tomahawk chop games the chiefs haven't officially responded to the criticism that tomahawk chop is also common atlanta braves baseball games the team released a statement in july saying they've been working with the native american community but changing the name was not deemed necessary and ice hockey chicago blackhawks say they have no plans to change their name there also dozens of college and high school teams which are named after native american tribes. tributes are being paid to former liverpool manager gerard houllier who has died at the age of $73.00 in his native france here enjoyed a decorated career where he took charge of person to man and the french national team but it was at liverpool where he enjoyed most of his success in 2001 he led

the club to an f.a. cup league cup a new way for cup trouble he was named european coach of the year for that achievement a club tweeted saying they mourned his passing michael owen who was part of the trouble winning liverpool sign posted this photo of him with a saying he was heartbroken over the loss of a genuinely caring man while another former teammate jamie carragher said he was devastated as saying he changed me as a person and as a player and got liverpool f.c. back winning trophies french champions p.s.g. say initial tests on a mars ankle are reassuring the brazilian twisted it in sunday's defeat neymar was in tears as he was carried off on a stretcher at the end of their one no loss to leon it was also pistes force league defeat of the season meanwhile p.s.g. have been handed a big game in the last 16 of the champions league. barcelona so for buster no not really such a mom we have a classic goal that's one of their says body size amount. about time between 2 of

the biggest stars in europe barcelona as leonor messi and p.s.g. as neymar was the standout tie in the draw that took place earlier in switzerland but there are several others that could also throw up exciting encounters english premier league champions liverpool have been drawn against german title chases light sake let's get by in munich while chelsea face spanish giants atletico madrid . i think most most people would say it's the toughest draw that we could have had when you go on probably current form had it been in the league and european experience quality ataman playa most people would side out on the other hand i think who draws a difficult in the champions league. we have to have belief in ourselves and when the game comes around then you have to try and be the sort of thing that you know in the champions league that is what it is the rugby world cup hosts france have been handed a tough draw for the 2023 tournament france will have 3 time world champions new

zealand as opponents in pool where they did eliminate the all blacks and knockout stages in 1909 and again in 2007 should france progress to the quarter finals they could face current world champion south africa the springboks will have ireland and scotland for company in paul baby you'll notice that the groups are incomplete at this stage that's because 8 teams have yet to confirm their place in the tournament so for example in pool a america's one could be europe quite the usa or canada wales and australia headline paul c. they were drawn together at the 200-100-2015 world cups as well and last year's host nation japan will be up against england and argentina in pooty 20 time tennis grand slam champion roger federer says he might have to sit out the australian open the 39 year olds recovering from tunis surgeries but according to the swiss is taking longer than expected he's not played since this year's australian open where he was beaten the semifinals by novak djokovic the 2021

aussie open could be pushed back to february start to allow players time to quarantine in australia before the tournament. biggest star mckayla shifrin has won her 1st world cup races the death of her father nearly a year ago she took 1st place in the giant slalom in the french out result of course. victory was in january 1 week before her father passed away this is her 67th win a role which ties most herschel for 3rd on the all time list i need to see fall in with 82 and in the last denmark with 86 are ahead of her. as an animal with gemma rob joe thank you very much indeed and i want to leave you with these amazing pictures of a total solar eclipse it's visible from chile to argentina this is in our gear it's an astronomical phenomenon that's not going to be repeated in south america until 2040. and that's it for me right by the senate for this news hour i'm going to be back in a moment with more of the day's news stick with

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