world. washing. with corona virus cases rising across europe in the run up to christmas warnings from the world health organization but the pandemic could worsen across the continent next year. hello i'm adrian for the good in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the besieged gaza strip is seeing a rise in corona virus infections the ongoing israeli blockade making the situation even worse. unesco and south korea's lambton lighting festival to its list of cultural heritage sites plus. i'm 90 richardson in doha where the host city

2022 football world cup of london the rights to hold another huge sporting events. the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year right now several european countries including the netherlands germany a struggling to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths in the u.k. london and surrounding areas have ends at the highest level of restrictions the prime minister boris johnson's plans to relax those restrictions over the christmas holiday have been criticized by some medical experts germany has begun its 1st day of an emergency lockdown with limits on most christmas gatherings and events at the same time a record daily death toll was recorded with more than 950 people having died

vaccine rollout that will start on december 27th general whole report style from london. no one is expecting a normal christmas at 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 since my father michael who died 8 months ago tomorrow we were hoping that by now lessons would have been learned there has not been tested traces you know 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 for 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 strict lockdown after previous restrictions failed to bring infection numbers down on wednesday the country reported a record number of deaths. it's very strange. i don't know what these politicians want to do they. have to quickly. we don't know what they're doing. 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 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. the number of infections in the. case is. it's the 2nd 5. schools are closed businesses. and. 650000 cases 10000 deaths. gaza's government is asking for international help to provide medical supplies in order to contain the corona virus outbreak the strip is reported a new record of 935 new cases in one day the recent rise further strains the health system which is already weakened by more than a decade of the israeli blockade restrictions have been tightened in gaza and

doctors say the rate of infections could soon become uncontrollable palestinian territories of recorded more than 120000 cove applied to infections of all the 1000 related deaths. is director of operations at the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees he says that overcrowded camps make it difficult for people to follow coronavirus measures like in other parts of the world it's difficult to contact the virus because it requires at hearings to public health measures such as physical distancing and mask wearing and in the context of gaza some of this is difficult to implement in the 8 refugee camps where women are works there is huge overcrowding and it's just simply a challenge for people to keep the necessary distance and many people are too poor to afford personal protective equipment including mosques so that's one set of

problem i think a 2nd set or european country is the difficult balance to strike between the economy and public health so half the population is the and on daily income and of course the old forties are reluctant to shop things down because they would have a devastating and quick economic impact. almost half of singapore's migrant workers have been infected with covert 19 over the past 9 months most lived in shared rooms in large dormitories they face restrictions on their freedom of movement but it used to be gradually lifted next year overall singapore has reported more than 58000 infections since the pandemic began in south korea is preparing to implemented toughest coronavirus measures yes on wednesday it reported a record daily number of infections with more than 1000 cases. u.s. vice president mike pence plans to get vaccinated for covert 19 on friday the white house says that he and his wife will get the shots of the public event president

donald trump is also opened in the vaccine as well according to his press secretary trump hasn't said when he plans to get the shot of president elect joe biden will receive the vaccine publicly as early as next week biden says he aims to do so in public to demonstrate his confidence in the medication 3 former presidents bill clinton george w. bush and barack obama have also said that they had received their shots at televised events. policies to the iran nuclear deal including senior iranian diplomats of held virtual talks to discuss the state of the pact or signatories urged to reverse its violations of the deal which began after u.s. president donald trump withdrew in 2018 president elect joe biden says that he plans to rejoin the pact once he assumes office but iran's supreme leader ali harmony says he still expects the u.s. to remain hostile towards iran while president hassan rouhani isn't excited about

biden either. it matters to me iran is. 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 murder 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 also jabari reports now from iran's capital tehran. there is a lot of discussion inside iran from various officials we also heard from the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini 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 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 15 of a group of more than $300.00 kidnapped nigerian students have been released boko haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction from the boarding school a state official says that the government is in talks with the kidnappers for the remaining students release. it's almost tedious and here and yeah without this you might say that the bright lights are on the people misty. came here to see my son but honestly speaking i do this myself. there's no way i can measure my anger now this is the 4th day we've come here in the morning to the school we can't sleep we can't eat because of our missing

children when we see security men moving back and forth it gives us hope of finding our children out of syria has obtained exclusively the draft of a resolution on the tear aging human rights in egypt's that will be voted on by the european parliament on thursday at the same time it's only as foreign minister is urging the european union to help seek justice for an italian student who was murdered in cairo in 2016 italy wants the e.u. to pressure egypt to respond to new evidence suggesting that 4 security officials were involved in junior regime these kidnapping of the one was involved in this killing 2 prominent attorney and figures a journalist in the form of a capital minister returning france's highest award illusion after egyptian president sisi was awarded the same last week. a weather update next here on al-jazeera then. disarming the real life narcos why

mexico wants to restrict americans fighting the war on drugs. the electoral college has spoken. so today i want to provide really president elect joe biden out of the race for the white house is officially over the fights to the u.s. state of georgia but control of congress is at stake. for the. it remains much colder than is normal for this time of the year for a good part of the korean peninsula the north and china and indeed japan but japan's had the cold tempered by the amount of stones it's falling now that is easing because the wind isn't as strong the bottom get into friday few snow showers left a bit of rain on the coast and even hokkaido you've got more sunshine than style

but temperatures are still low it's cold all the way to the south of china all the ground including hong kong looks about nor by this time more rain returning to taiwan not everybody left in the northeast monsoon to be honest now it's a cold all these monsoon so it's like to pick up the strength of the showers in vietnam and this circulation coming toward sudden philippines to the mindanao books a very wet one for later on friday and throughout indonesia pretty big showers a fairly frequent chance of this thing at the moment. the rain has returned to the southern tip of india and will return to sri lanka the still not much disturbing the skies in the northern plains of india including new delhi where it's not only cold but all the sea folk and with the lack of movement that folk turns rapidly to smoke in any of the city centers and old india and pakistan.

and the porous suburbs of 3 european cities community tensions often reveal a sharp cultural divides but they feel they have no future and are sidelined as discrimination is a real problem in brussels al-jazeera will meet some of those struggling with racism radicalization and life on the margins the joy for this young man a week from day set and early stitch the other face if you're out on al-jazeera. woohoo. hello again this is al-jazeera an astrologer of the main news this hour the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next

year germany has begun an emergency lockdown while london and its surrounding areas move to the highest level of restrictions. parties to the iran nuclear deal including senior iranian diplomats held virtual talks to discuss the state of the pact said to be again next week psychiatry's front to reverse its violations of the deal. 15 students in nigeria have been released by kidnappers after they were abducted along with hundreds of others over $300.00 children are believed still to be missing after an attack on friday boko haram has taken blame for the abduction. fresh from his electoral college when u.s. president elect joe biden is back on the campaign trail iranian supporters in georgia where to run off votes will determine who controls the senate a white house correspondent kimberly helka reports now from atlanta. to me he won

the southern state of georgia in november narrowly with just 12000 votes that's why us president elect joe biden is back you voted as if your life depended on it. well guess what. now you're going to have to do it again come january 5th biden leads his democratic party to pick up 2 georgia senate seats in next month's runoff election republicans hold the seats currently by if democrats when they take control of the senate and the u.s. congress on health care and voting rights on criminal justice racial justice and climate change when you're so marge done. so much that can make the lives of people with joy. gena whole country was so much better a win in the senate means biden will be able to push through policy without resistance from republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who for the 1st

time eg knowledge biden's will. after the country's electoral college on monday certified the vote result the electoral college. vote. so today i want to congratulate president elect joe biden but even those members of his own republican party are now congratulating biden on his victory president donald trump refuses to concede the white house press secretary insists the vote result is still not final the president is still involved in ongoing litigation related to the election polls show dozens of congressional republicans support trump's unproven claims of election fraud and trump's refusal to concede to biden is worrying some georgia voters it's sad this leave united states somebody have to be big enough if they think it's over ob-la you know but this is hard and unfortunately that's the way we are in the world today or choose hope over fear

knowing his agenda is on the line biden is promising voters he'll make history with his diverse cabinet the latest expected announcement former democratic presidential candidate. as biden's transportation secretary. will be the 1st senate confirmed openly gay cabinet member if his nomination succeeds there's no limit to america's future but there will be a limit on the number of people that commit to show by the grace of god the upshaw get really lucky i'll consider i've left the law texas and night of the republican states of filed a lawsuit against google accusing it of it in the goalie working with facebook to crush competition the source says the tech giants made deals and used them in

a plea to consolidate power of online advertising texas has called for google to be broken up and face fines it comes as tech companies to facing increased scrutiny in washington for anti competition behavior. a new law has been passed in mexico to drastically cut the powers of u.s. drug enforcement agents the americans say that it's a major setback in the fight against organized crime mexico sees it as a question of sovereignty john holdren reports in force major in fictional series like narcos there are bone storming presence in mexico. the d.e.a.'s the u.s. is drug enforcement agency. in reality they operate under the radar but for decades they've been given a wide scope in the country to help take down big name couples like walking guzman and chapel minister i want to keep it now a game changing mets can law aims to put the d.a.

on a much tighter leash the government says it's a question of national sovereignty like mr mickey is the issue here is that if our 2 countries a currency cooperate the u.s. has to respect mexico's area of jurisdiction this is the main point at the new law the agents will now have to report regularly to the mates can government what they're doing in the country and any information that they dig up. for a full my chief of the d.a.'s international prey shin's widely sharing previously need to know intel in mexico poses a huge problem there is invent a corruption within mexico security forces and this one in danger agents informants operations in investigations the other problem area is that they're requiring all mexican officials to write a report every time they have communication with the well they're not going to work and answering their phones if they have to do their at each and every time as law

enforcement officials the u.s. is outgoing attorney general was equally worried. the passage of this legislation can only benefit the violent trans national criminal organizations and other criminals that we're jointly fighting he said in a statement but what started all this was the us is arrest of mexico's ex defense secretary general salvatore c m fragos in los angeles 2 months ago. u.s. officials didn't inform the mexican government beforehand the president wasn't happy and neither was the army and so talks started in mexico about putting that the under closer control in return a key question here has become the us allow mexican agents the same sort powers that the da it's hard for many years down here to get it that you the leaf in senator knight the u.s. ultimately handed sam for eagles back but it seems the damage had already been done

. and now this will be a headache for incoming president joe biden as the powers of his drug agents south of the u.s. border will be dramatically reduced john homan al-jazeera mexico city. libya's western based ami says that syrian mercenaries have landed in the country despite a deal for foreign fighters to leave it since they arrived in the eastern city of benghazi and the u.n. backed government's forces say they are there to support warlord khalifa haftar the tripoli administration also says that a russian plane delivered ammunition to after last week a un brokered cease fire agreements was reached in october demanding that foreign fighters leave within 3 months. it's been 10 years since a fruit seller in tunisia set himself on fire in protest against state corruption the fatal act eventually toppled the president and sparked similar uprisings across the region the became known as the arab spring but

a decade later many engineers here so that little has changed their incomes are down 20 percent and unemployment is high but smith reports now from city where the uprising began. looking for a way out of city boozy this specially choreographed dance is being staged to mark the 10th anniversary of the start of the tunisian revolution its performers hope that their skills will get them work outside tunisia the revolution has failed them the eldest here is $24.00 that's young to be disillusioned. going to the war really to the world nothing changed it's like there was no revolution we only changed the precedent that it has there is too much freedom now but with it that others there is no security like there was before you can be killed to go into the stadium to watch a football match these kind of things never happened before. he set himself on fire

to protest against police in city boozy who often demanded bribes so he could sell from his street car was the spark for unprecedented protests the forced an autocratic president to flee. led to the arab spring that toppled regimes across the middle east. is still. tunisia is one of the only arab countries where democracy survives but incomes of fallen by a bit over the past decade. can't leave the jobs may need life is more expensive $100.00 a month job is only enough money for yourself if you have a family it's very difficult. this is the memorial to mohamed who is easy to miss here is unemployment rate was 11 percent when he died today it's more than 15 percent there's been a 4 fold increase in the amount of illegal migration to europe just in the last 12 months. this generation protested against the wall for a tarion rule of xena bettina ben ali their anger and frustration at how things

have turned out is clear. diminishment life is really very beautiful and we have a very beautiful life we lived happily together we loved each other we used to have everything now we don't have anything only crime and of a bad thing. the economy here is expected to contract by 6.5 percent this year that's a significant challenge for any country but there's arguably more pressure to get through the downturn in tunisia where its jasmine revolution is often held up as an example of how popular uprisings can succeed in the middle east bernard smith al-jazeera city boos eat. south korea's lambton festival has been on a unesco with a special designation for intangible cultural heritage a lotus lantern festival is an event to celebrate his birthday and was among $25.00 applicants to receive the ana by the united nations bride reports now from seoul.

it's an annual event eagerly anticipated across south korea held around borders birthday tracing its origins back more than a 1000 years the festival symbolizes the enlightenment of minds through buddha's wisdom but coming in spring it is also a celebration of life that all koreans can share in this year's event was scaled back because of the pandemic. this reflects the philosophy of buddhism that we care about people normally large crowds gather to see the illuminated floats that often reflect current events recent improvements in into korean relations that lead to joint a limb picked teams and the possibility of reestablishing rail services between north and south were celebrated last year to tear this year's festival with the goal of peace on the korean peninsula and the world by overcoming conflicts with

buddhist spirit of mercy 2 years ago south korea's buddhist temples were recognized by unesco for their contribution to the heritage of humanity for the cementing buddhism's role in the fabric of south korean society. the law total enter 1st will represent traditional culture that has been practiced by the korean people for a long time and has also played a leading role in promoting korea to the world south korea's bed to have this festival included on the year nasco list emphasizes it's important beyond religious boundaries and coming during 'd a winter dominated by the global pandemic lengthens for many here are remind. the promise of future brings to come bride al-jazeera soul. a chinese space probe has returned to earth with the 1st rock samples collected from the moon in decades the successful return of the chuang a 5 probe brings to an end one of the most complicated missions in china's space

history the 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 such collection of the asian games are coming to doha for the 2nd time capital one of those in oman to host the 21st edition of the event in 2030 rival betting city riyadh will stage the games 4 years later and the richardson reports the city will have the high. 2030 is. another school sing victory for cattles capital doha this time winning the rights to host the 2030 asian games the 2nd biggest multi sports event after the olympics doha beating saudi arabia's capital riyadh in a vote by the olympic council of asia riyad will host the 2034 edition. limited this achievement wasn't made just today but is the result of 16 years of hard work

we are proud of this historical moment today we have won the big 42030 and it's no surprise. the wider context of 2 regional rivals going head to head in this photo is hard to ignore since 27 seen saudi arabia along with bahrain the united arab emirates and egypt has imposed a blockade on qatar. but for both nations there is more than political point scoring a play with cats are already looking beyond the football world cup it will host in 2 years' time as we know cats are effectively built a nation. based upon sport so a lot of its infrastructure a lot of its urban developments have been connected to the staging of the world cup and so it was absolutely crucial i think in terms of legacy and in terms of delivering a return on investment for the. from its. various projects to

not only did over the world cup but to subsequently also host other makers and. in 2006 doha held the asian games for the 1st time it was the starting point of an ambitious plan to make cats on a global sporting haarp since then the country's hosted a series of major events including last year's world athletics championships and in 2022 the football world cup will be coming to cats are the nation has made no secret of its desire to one day host an olympics with 2032 now looking an increasingly realistic target and the richardson al-jazeera. scrutiny with a solo adrian from going to here in doha the headlines now to 0 the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year germany has begun.