but as al jazeera as an investigative unit discovered there was more to the problem than just smoking batteries. rewind broken during the fall and 787 on al-jazeera. ready. coronavirus cases rise across europe leading up to christmas and world health officials warn the outbreak could worsen next year. or until this is ours era live from london also coming out the pandemic has hit yemen hard aid agencies warn of a race against time to help millions already affected by war and famine. guilty verdicts are handed down in france for 14 people linked to the challis of do attacks. and it's the largest mangrove ecosystem in the world where the future

could be uncertain for the u.s. cobra in ised everglades national. the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year that warning comes as several european countries including the netherlands and germany struggled to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths germany praised for its early handling of the pandemic is now reporting record numbers of deaths it's entered a hard lock down which will be in place until january the 10th it suffered more than $400.00 deaths a day for 11 straight days u.k. prime minister boris johnson has resisted pressure to ban christmas gatherings but he has warned people to be extremely cautious and exercise a high degree of personal responsibility in the us a winter storm could disrupt delivery of vaccines after 3 attics as us as government officials and career companies are monitoring any possible impact of the

storm on vaccine shipments brazil is the 2nd worst hit nation but is yet to fix a date for vaccine rollout wednesday though the government agreed to pay $4000000000.00 to buy any vaccine that wins regulatory approval to how begins our coverage with latest from europe. no one is expecting a normal christmas least of all those who've lost loved ones to the pandemic in london grieving relatives accused boris johnson's government of mishandling its response and demanded a public inquiry to see my father michael who died 8 months ago tomorrow we were hoping that by now lessons would have been learnt they have not been tested trace is not right and that's very clear mistakes keep being made the government refuses to admit to any mistakes if one doesn't reflect on one's mistakes how can they be corrected there are concerns that the government is about to bungle christmas as well with warnings from the medical and scientific communities about the deadly

consequences of plans to relax restrictions so that families can meet they've provoked a change of advice not a change of plan a smaller christmas is going to be a safer christmas and a shorter christmas is a safer christmas. when we see 3 households can meet on 4 days i want to stress that these are maximums not targets to aim for. the u.k. is not heading into the gloom alone germany has gone into a stricter lockdown after previous restrictions failed to bring infection numbers down on wednesday the country reported a record number of coronavirus deaths. it's very strange it's not normal i don't know what these politicians want to do they've left it all open for too long and now all of a sudden we have to quickly buy everything in 2 days we don't know what they're doing anymore in italy meanwhile they've been warnings of a national tragedy after the country statistics bureau said that deaths this year

would be the highest since world war 2 the government says it's considering small adjustments to the current restrictions critics feel much more is required many european countries are planning to begin a vaccine rollout by the end of december pending approval by the european medicines agency light at the end of the tunnel but the tunnel still has some way to go. al jazeera. brazil's government has outlined new plans for a vaccine. the size of the price tag as more explains from rio de janeiro. we're still at the country is investing in the astro them a correct see what together with dots for the state of stump all of which is the richest one is investing in another bag producing a vaccine with china which is the corona vaccine and brazil is also i have agreement with the other 4 pharmacies world throughout the what

feith there are in jan then and anyone that does get an approval from i'm visa which is the regulatory agency here in brazil he says he will by now the news today is that they that they will start a campaign today to make people aware of the importance of the vaccine and so that people receive it you must remember that the president himself has said that he will not he does not want to be vaccinated you already had kobe had 19 i need says he doesn't want to be vaccinated and 22 percent of brazilians are wary of back so the campaign would be and ford. gaza's government is appealing for medical supplies to help contain the corona virus outbreak the strip has recorded a record of 975 new cases in the past 24 hours the recent rise is further straining the health system to move in a decade of israeli blockade restrictions have been tightened and though to say the

rate of infection could soon become uncontrollable. westhoff of singapore's migrant workers have been infected with code 19 in the past 9 months most lived in shared rooms in large dormitories effects restrictions on their freedom of movement that are only due to be gradually lifted next year overall singapore as reported move 58000 infections. boxes to the iran nuclear deal including senior iranian diplomats have held virtual talks to discuss the state of the pact all signatories urged tehran to reverse its violations of the deal which began after u.s. president all trunk withdrew in 2018 president elect joe biden says he plans to rejoin the deal once he assumes office with iran as a supreme leader ali how many says he still expects the u.s. to remain hostile towards iran of president hassan rouhani isn't excited about

biden either they matter to me iran. i tell our people if this pressure persists it is from an individual that unfortunately still has a few weeks to go he has been the united states is most lawless president and hopefully he is leaving we are not excited about mr biden taking office but we are very happy to see trump go he committed so many crimes he's a murderer a terrorist he even causes problems when he wants to buy a vaccine he's a man without humanity or moral principles we are very happy that this arrogant man who wasn't committed to any pledges has been toppled. those are very has moved from the capital tehran. there is a lot of discussion inside iran from various officials we also heard from the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei who said that if these sanctions are removed they shouldn't hesitate for one second he was pointing to the fact that officials who are in favor of dialogue should continue if that is in the national interest in

the best interest of the country we heard also in the past 24 hours from the u.s. special envoy on iran elliott abrams who said that the united states now has the upper hand given all the pressure the economic pressure that iran is now under they have a chance to really seize this opportunity to force iran into possibly renegotiating this nuclear deal but officials here have said over the past the point of contention that remains on all sides is iran's ballistic missile program and iranians have said that that is absolutely not up for negotiation the iranians have said that they've done everything there and to uphold their side of the way they have had inspectors from the i.a.e.a. visiting 26 military facilities that are outside the nuclear sites they've given access been unannounced visits those are things that could possibly come to an end given the fact that the parliament has passed

a new bill given the remaining signatories of the 2 month period to remove some of the sanctions so there is a sense that time is of the essence and there will be a small window for the incoming u.s. administration to try and remedy the situation the european union is held back more than $100000000.00 in financial aid for ethiopia because of concerns of the ongoing crisis in t. agree unicef says mon 2000000 children have been cut off from humanitarian assistance in the region fighting broke out there last month when promised had ordered a military offensive against local forces thousands of people have been killed and 50000 more fled into neighboring st john. yemen has topped the international rescue committee as emergency watch list for the 3rd straight year this yemen as the country's greatest risk of catastrophe including famine the country's been plagued by violence is the start of the civil war in 2014 ramadan to report.

these small letup in human suffering and is the method 3000000 people are displaced most live in does something companies like this one surviving us best as they come waiting for help from the outside world and thousands and during the cold on the water less planes you know shop come near the city of them in the south. when we are suffering due to the cold weather we need blankets for organization and philanthropist there is no support for the children in the scald the coronavirus pandemic disease and malnutrition her all adding up to make life here extremely difficult we need the health center in the camp to deal with mountain and also to treat pregnant women. even before the war yemen imported 90 percent of his table from weight but supplies. a sharp fall in the value of the yemeni riyal has led to the prices of essential commodities like food

and medicine story in the absence of help from the government and international allies assurance most people here the muscle the elements one liners didn't kill us out of pollution and the prices of everything have increased even for bread and vegetables prices have gone up because the road is cut off so everything is expensive for me i'm a motorcycle driver my daily income is not even $6.00 so i cannot afford to eat. well yemen has been mired in war since late 2014. when the whole thing rebels seized control of several more from provinces and forced the international government of president of the rebel monsoon. out of the capital sanaa. so did you eat led coalition then intervened with diversity to consequences in a country rocked by conflict no one knows how many people are dying from diseases such as color or from the crop in 1000 pandemic. yemen's health system has all but

collapsed across the country doctors say hospital bed so food and they don't know where to put the 2nd boy. looked up to latif is head of son as of photo hospital. the last of the war has had a huge impact on the health sector we've been affected by the brutal aggression on our country and the air and sea blockade we suffer from a dire shortage of medicine such as cancer drugs open heart surgery drugs and others and fortunately aid organizations also have a monopoly on what support they offer and we have no say on what help they bring in all this leads to a severe shortage of service whether in the arthur or a hospital or in other hospitals of them many courses of the war in the human but there are only 2 consequences death and the destruction of people's livelihoods mohamad though. a chinese space probe has touched back down on earth with the 1st

moon rocks brought to the decades trying a 5 probes successful return brings an end to one of the most complicated and challenging missions in china's aerospace history the tiny 2 kilogram delivery makes it only the 3rd country to retrieve lunar rock and soul samples and comes more than 40 years since the last collection. still to come on al-jazeera. expanding influence of book around 15 kidnapped students are released but hundreds more still missing. but to be are not alone and irish is award winning opposition it encourages all those standing against president bush. another big storm this is this bomb that beautifully as you can see say go force

winds across the whole let's move on so during says day the bulk of it's going to be rain or snow across southern scandinavia and the bottom half of this waiting front hangs on giving a miserable couple of days in the rain valley in front of the next things already want to say fridays give another windy one for the british isles and increasingly i think the portugal knows weston's by snow hangs around in belarus and most to central europe is cold fairly quiet some cloud around but as sunshine the stormy weather in the gene and the eastern side of the med has gone now on those we've taken the whole wheat week to do that the still legacy showers on their way through iraq over with it is start to fall in on the atlas mountains the showers percent into central jiri to try picture otherwise temper still quite high in the sahara which shows still in this pass of west africa has found also is freetown courts possibly but it's pretty much dried now in south sudan ethiopia comes out of that

into the rift valley you pick up the significant right have been some big showers recently in york around the delta and the eastern side of south africa they're going to continue with the concentration in mozambique and sometimes in bombay. when an ethiopian mother put her daughter up for. option she knew little of what was to come. with family bond severed a traumatized child torn between 2 worlds struggles to return home in a profoundly human story exposing deep flaws in denmark's adoption system. was. a girl in return a witness documentary on al-jazeera. the .

owner mind of the top stories around his era the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year it comes as several countries report rising numbers of cases including germany which has seen a record number of deaths. or any parties to the iran nuclear deal have held talks as tensions rise the secretaries urged iran to reverse the violations of the deal committed since the u.s. pulled out. yemen has topped the international rescue committee as emergency watch list for the 3rd straight year says the country is at greatest risk of humanitarian catastrophe with a population on the brink of famine. a french court has found a compass is of a challis of door attackers guilty for their roles in 20 fifteen's deadly assaults

14 people were convicted of crimes including financing and membership of a criminal gang and such a butler has more from the court in paris. survivors a lawyer is arrived at the cotton paris for the verdicts at the end of the trial into the generally 2015 attacks judges found 14 people guilty of helping 3 gunman who killed 17 people in the city they were handed sentences of between 4 and 30 years 3 were tried in a percentage will all told over that we are happy that in our country when faced with terrorism the justice system works and the perpetrators were condemned. a lawyer for one of the defendants called the verdicts disappointing and it's not very satisfying for the victims yes sentences have been given but what the victims wanted was to know who the real perpetrator is because it certainly wasn't those in the course saeeda and shareef cautious shot dead staff in the offices of shirley

abdo and a policeman outside they targeted the satirical newspaper because it a repeatedly published cartoons of the prophet mohammed the brothers claimed the attack in the name of al qaida. in the following days i had pledged allegiance to i saw shot dead a policewoman and 4 jewish people in a kosher supermarket police killed coulibaly just hours after officers tracked down and killed a co-op brothers who'd been on the run. for survivors of the attacks and relatives of the victims the past 3 and a half months in court have been an emotional and harrowing experience the sun about silly head customers at the coach's supermarket he said he hoped the verdicts would provide some closure. for terrorists a dead voters who supported them were tried and it's a huge relief they were condemned it's important for me and the families of victims who need to grieve for the judge said that without the logistical support of those

found guilty the gunman would not have been able to carry out their crimes the defendants have been given 10 days to appeal natasha bottler al jazeera paris 15 of a group of more than 300 kidnapped nigerian students have been released a spokesman for the governor of the northwestern state of katsina didn't provide any information on the rescue operation. has claimed responsibility for the abduction from a boarding school the president says the government isn't negotiating with the attackers despite previously saying talks were under way. i meant to do as the nations from his book are and is expanding its influence the return of 15 more students are greeted with a relieved by communities in and cuts in the state however the emergence of these students is still shrouded in mystery a lot of people are saying a lot of some reports are saying that the military rescued them however

a lot of witnesses are talking about how the children escaped their abductors and made it to safety now some parents are maintaining vigilant governments can do school insisting that they will be there will continue to be there until the government and all the authorities rescue their children and return them to their parents safely now there are concerns in the west in nigeria after the claim bible koran that it's holding more than $520.00 of these students abducted last friday many communities are now concerned that boko haram has expanded its very of operations far away from its traditional power base in northeastern nigeria now to the north northwest and now i've been to the existing problems of banditry and kidnappings that have displaced many communities in that area meanwhile the kids in the state government insist that it's not negotiating with the abductors of the children of the school children. a court in london has made a landmark legal ruling linking chronic apparition to the death of

a 9 year old asthmatic girl a car as a verdict on the death of a legacy deborah has been welcomed by her family and campaigners who demand urgent government action to tackle emissions from road traffic well brown reports. she was an active little girl who loved swimming and dancing but for the whole of deborah short life she was surrounded by toxic air pollution living next to london's busy south circular road alone was regularly exposed to nitrogen dioxide levels in particular matter and excessive doom and u.k. legal limits on world health organization guidelines she'd suffered seizures been taken to hospital 930 times in the 3 years before her death but the original inquest into her death did not include air pollution as a factor and only after relentless campaigning by alice mother who's this new coroner's inquest ordered the outcome is groundbreaking it was about my daughter getting air pollution on the death certificate which we finally have and we've got

the justice will have. does that have to but also it's about are the children still as we walk around our city of high levels of air pollution the death of deborah is not just a personal tragedy for this family it highlights a national and international crisis the u.k. has one of the highest estimate death rates in europe nearly 50 percent higher than the european average and a research estimate that every year 4000000 children around the world develop asthma as a direct result of breathing in traffic pollution. in britain an estimated 1100000 children have that's one in 11 including adult an average of 3 people die of the condition every day and it's a growing issue there was a 20 percent increase in deaths between 20112015. britain has repeatedly failed to meet domestic and international legal limits on nitrogen dioxide pollution the

matter of london described as impressed as a landmark moment it should be a turning point he said in public policy often as this judgment must be should and must be joined our government. to show all the lies all see that there's a financial incentive to the u.k. national health service spends around $1300000000.00 a year on trying to treat asthma this impressed confirmation of the need not just to treat the symptoms condition to tackle the traffic pollution which is one of its provisions. al-jazeera so the coroner's court. the opposition movement in batteries has been awarded to the european union's top honor for human rights tens of thousands of people have kept up their protests over disputed election despite allegations of torture and kidnap while thirty's alex here brian reports. should be available this in

a socially distanced european parliament svetlana taken a skya the face of the protest movement conflicts the e.u. use any award for defending human rights to be annoyed alone she had to day beside as thousands of tourists and who inspire us give us strength and hope. until a few months ago she was a teacher with no political ambitions as he was when her husband an opposition candidate was jailed ahead of august's presidential election she vowed to continue his campaign stepping up to challenge a man often described as europe's last dictator alexander lukashenko who's been in power for 26 years. the european union's called the vote neither free nor fair president lukashenko was sworn in for a 6th term and taken a skier was forced into exile. 6 hundreds of thousands of people began protesting

week after week calling look at his victory illegitimate and demanding he leave office now you to me see everything was sad. over the past few months you have shown the world what it means not to give up you have defended your rights and you have not given up the struggle despite the pain the suffering and the fear bellow rose's summer of discontent is extending into the winter protesters braving freezing temperatures and refusing to give up the air with their war cry long live bella roast who was on yet and the using a new tactic to evade the security forces holding smaller rallies away from the central city gathering and dispersing sometimes within minutes it's been described as an underground resistance organized in secret chet's on social media. these crowds chant i'm going out the last words of

a fellow protester as he left his house and men sc he died after being beaten by police was the european union sanctioned lucas shanker for what international monitors described as massive systemic rights abuses the ticking of scalia says more actions needed we call the europe to be brave in their decision and support the people of bill arose now. said he'll step down after a new constitution is agreed but hasn't said when opposition protesters say they'll stay on the streets until he's gone next year brian al jazeera. we tend not to our series on unesco world heritage sites that are under threat of special status often catapults remote locations to international fame but that status quo so be taken away in the 2nd of our 5 part series and a calico reports from florida on the everglades national park

a site in memory interest say is at a critical juncture. the everglades national park was among the 1st places in the u.s. to be added to the united nations' world heritage list and for good reason this vast subtropical river of grass is the largest mangrove ecosystem in the western hemisphere refuge to over 20 rare endangered and threatened species parks also faced more than its fair share of problems since receiving its designation in 1979 is the state's population's grown fresh water flow has dwindled and toxins from agriculture choking the everglades pristine landscape the everglades ecosystem was once huge and over the years as florida has developed we have cut away not only at the natural wildlife habitat but also at the water flow about 70 percent of the historic river of grass water flow has been cut off because of florida's urban and agricultural development environmental challenges of threaten the parks status the

public awareness of its importance is increasing people are rallying across florida again across the country to say the everglades is dying and we need to need to renew reaffirm this sense of purpose and do it with a sense of urgency as environmental threats grow so too is the determination to restore this unique sanctuary and vital source of fresh water billions of being spent on improving water flow eradicating invasive species and increasing awareness one of the things that that we aim for is to educate the public as much as possible as to why this place was protected in the 1st place and why it needs to be restored and protected for the future the stakes then are high the dangers of losing its status as a world heritage site constant but environmentalist's are optimistic that awareness funding and restoration will preserve this park for generations to come there's no denying the everglades faces huge challenges from global warming population growth

and a rush of a. species this state is a world heritage site attract tourists from around the world but more importantly supplies fresh drinking water to 8000000 people this survive all the states that are into late reason enough to save it no matter what its designation it is ahead gallacher al-jazeera the everglades national park florida. our series continues from 10 g.m.t. on thursday with this i'm robyn 1st to walk in our personal georgia to find out why the inhabitants of these ancient villages are fighting to protect their heritage though has bitten riyadh for the right to host the 2030 asian games the world's 2nd biggest multi-sport event after the olympics. capital was announced the winner after a vote by the olympic council of asia in oman it will be the 2nd time joe has

hosted the event for the saudi capital will host the event for the 1st time in 2034 a decision comes against the backdrop of the ongoing blockade of qatar by saudi arabia and other gulf nations. or much of the top stories around jazeera the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year it comes as several countries report rising numbers of cases including germany just seen a record number of deaths it's entered a hard knock down which will be in place until january the 10th in the u.k. prime minister forced johnson says he will not ban christmas gatherings despite pleas from some of the country's top doctors and said he's urging people to be extremely cautious as the 4 separate nations of the country present differ.