as for the super rich families hit hard by counting the cost on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. the al-jazeera news are coming to you live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes exhausted and shaken hundreds of boys abducted in nigeria are freed on the week after they were taken from school. the u.s. moves closer to approving a second's coronavirus vaccine more than 17000000 cases have been reported their.

opposition to new agricultural laws in india continues despite efforts by the prime minister to reassure farmers. in i'm nicholas hoult deep inside the girl's new heart join me next on and he poaching patrol in with the u.s. go described as a world heritage site in danger. and i'm sort of pirates of the sport for you including the latest 2822 world cup when you are on stadium sets being all great at exactly seeing is before the spectacle begins. but we begin with that breaking news from northern nigeria where more than 300 kidnapped school boys have now arrived in katsina city where they'll be reunited with their families they'll be checked over 1st by doctors though remember those

boys were taken a week ago by gunmen who are thought to be linked to boko haram. it was common reads it's their school let's get more now from our just serious ahmadi g.'s he joins us now live from c n n i met this is some really good news for parents in the area just talk us through what's happens. indeed good news for many parents who were longing to see their wards and of course we got wind of this since yesterday when shortly after an interview on al-jazeera the governor of kids in the state informed al-jazeera that in fact we just got the news that 340 students have not been released to nigerian security forces then later you called to say 4 more have been added to the list so they are bringing home 340 we were expecting them to arrive earlier yesterday we were in cancun or we met some

parents some who found their kids and others many others in fact who looking for their sons taken by these bandits as the authorities here called them so eventually when we got to hear of this good news i called some of them and i asked them what would be the reaction of the. sons of regain their freedom and are now securely in the hands of nigerian security forces the jump for joy one parent actually wept on the phone and i told them that the news is we are expecting that i will increase and so today what happened here 344 of them walked past all of them none of them had any shoes on they limp pastas some with blisters on their feet some with really really trauma and despite them regaining freedom you can spell trauma and fear on their faces because these are children who have

gone through what nor ordinary child must be allowed to go through they are really traumatized and shortly after the arrival they walked into the building behind me now and there they met the governor of the state along with security officers from the military the police part of military organizations and other officials and now they are getting ready to be shipped out from this location the governor's office. save look why they'll be checked physically mentally and they'll be assessed we understand that the president is going to meet them before you finally leave for the federal capital in a blogger at the end of his 7 day vacation here in cuts in a state so a lot of parents are really looking forward to reuniting with their wards they've missed for more than a week but the experience here i can tell you is really traumatizing for this young children absolutely shocking ordeal for any child to go and let's not forget our.

school kidnappings have become relatively common in nigeria not all of them have the happy ending that you're describing in terms of the kidnapping of these school boys what more can you tell us about about their release do we know anything about the negotiations to end this or was this some kind of ransom pains which might suggest the fact this was resolved so quickly. with that information the authorities here are keeping very very close to their chest i pushed the governor yesterday to give us an idea of to exactly what happened what he can say what he told me yesterday was that the 1st day the no when the boys were taken there was really an engagement between nigerian security forces and these bandits after the security forces look at them in a particular forest and then pin them down for a period of 6 days there was when negotiations set and the government was actually

afraid of that continuous fighting or fire exchanges between the 2 sides will result in casualties on the part of the students they don't want collateral damage and then they fall into media has to go between the government and the bend it's holding them and the biggest success of this story the biggest lead to this story was how the security forces and whoever is involved in this process what able to stop this from degenerating into what we saw nearly 7 years ago in 14 so dear february 2014 when there was no immediate action when 270 goes were taken from a 2nd school in chibok because of the delay that short window allowed book or arm to move these girls to different locations some across the border into neighboring countries and that became so difficult for the security forces to even engage and recover these girls as we speak today more than 100 of them are still unaccounted for so this secure the government on the spot agreed and told us in plain terms

that they are not negotiating with bandits and they are they have not paid ransom for this but we it would be so interesting to know how they were able to achieve this feat within 6 or 7 days and the children are back home indeed tell us what do we know but the perpetrator is will there be any justice i have anything to be brought into custody and will they face justice of any kind. well basically i am not sure if they have been some arrests if there are any the security forces are not talking about it but we've seen over the years for example book or um we've seen how well the government was forced to negotiate with these people although through intermediaries that led to the release of such a number of goes by and stopped individuals being held in book captivity but right now with the security forces are not talking about arrest or detentions we are

waiting to hear from them how that has ended whether any arrests where there is any fighting why there are any casualties on the side of the bandits or any other development regarding that so we're waiting to hear from the security forces i approached one of the divisional commanders of the nigerian army in sokoto i approached him for a short interview he said no ok well we'll believe unites to keep pursuing her but for now i thank you very much indeed for bringing us all the very latest on what has to be said is a rare bit of good news for parents in katsina thank you. germany has hit a record number of corona virus infections just 2 days after imposing tighter restrictions the more than $30000.00 cases in 24 hours for the 1st time since the start of the rink and there were more than 800 deaths pushing its all to nearly

25000 the german government says it stepping up its efforts with vaccinations set to begin immediately after christmas. well the day after french president emanuel mccrone tested positive for corona virus a government scientific adviser says it could be a very long time before life returns to normal in neighboring france where school life. joins us from paris natasha french presidents in isolation and i were warning that life will get back to normal til the end of next year this is a grim start to the day for many in france is it not. yes the french president tomorrow mark called continues his isolation as he said on thursday the lease a palace announced that he was posed with 19 he's now actually moved out to be released say in central paris and he's moved to that side which is outside the

capital he's in a presidential residence there tell him and he will remain until the 24th of december that's the end of his isolation period now on thursday we had little news about the actual his actual condition even though he did take part in a video conference towards the end of the day so we did see him he was looking quite tired but certainly relaxed about the least i have said that he does have a mild fever he is coughing somewhat and he does feel that symptoms that many sufferers say they feel that is pretty so we'll have to see how. of course over the coming days he is being surveyed very closely as you can imagine for a head of state and of course is that like most this comes a time in which the virus continues to spread in frogs perhaps not a great. week but certainly still very much there now warning from one of his top scientists the head of france's scientific council saying that we could well be in

this situation until at least through those 2021 he is saying that we will have to maintain our cautions will have to maintain social distancing probably even though . of course many people will be vaccinated a long period of time because the virus is still circulating because of it because people's immunity isn't it is a widespread yet we have to take the situation where in our lives that says more than that of course it is a thinking. for many people but i think that many people also expected to have that much ok natasha part of their brain has the latest from the french capital a tasha thank you. for large parts of southern england are sets replaced under the u.k. strictest coronavirus restrictions from this weekend's cases in southeast england rules by 46 percent in the past week alone let's go live now savory challenge

joins us from london rory that's a fairly grim outlook in the u.k. as well it would seem and the mass christmas migration hasn't even begun. and i think as we as we head into midwinter looking at 1st christmas periods and then january following i think most people in the country are aware that whatever celebrations there are over the festive period are going to be followed by probably a tightening of restrictions for many many parts of the country we've heard the northern ireland is going to be bringing in a new low down on the 26th of december the deputy 1st minister michelle o'neill says that this is draconian but necessary we have never had it as bad as it is and that if they don't take this action that it's going to get worse now what the action is is that. the normal central shops are going to be

closed even supermarkets are ready to be open till 8 pm in the evening. cafes and restaurants and pubs are going to be taken away only wiles' has already announced that it is doing something similar scotland is only looking into whether this is necessary and it doesn't take a genius to work out that if no they're not and wales and scotland are going to do it then perhaps parts of england at least will follow why is this all happening well if you look at the rates of hospitalisations the moments go back to the peak of the epidemic in the springtime there were 18000 plus people in hospital with coronavirus symptoms then now we're at 15000 plus so has cases arising i think the fear is that we're getting back to the to the spring

peak or worse unless the things are taken to a tougher level of lockdowns and of course the fear is that this impacts the health service and. winter is already a difficult time for the health service and that will coronavirus things will get much much worse. now let's look forward see this arvo reach allan's there live from london thank you. a panel of experts advise in the u.s. food and drug administration has recommended the emergency use of a second's coronavirus frank seen the committee endorsed modern no one week after backing the funds from vaccine is being administered across the united states of white house correspondents kimberly hall could reports night from washington d.c. it looks like we have a favorable vote the maternal vaccine on track for emergency use authorize a ship following the f.d.a. advisory panels overwhelming indorsement in

a 20 to 0 vote the advisers agree the benefits of a dearness vaccine are greater than its risks the. great. in. here that we need once emergency use is granted and the centers for disease control signs off more than 50000000 doses for health care workers in care home residents will be distributed to churches vaccine follows last week's pfizer approval it comes as covert infections and deaths continue to spike due to the november thanksgiving holiday there are fears those numbers will climb further with the christmas and new year holidays just days away millions of americans still fear the vaccines were developed too quickly and are unsafe that's why u.s. vice president mike pence and his wife will get vaccinated on camera on friday to

boost public confidence. the challenge to contain the virus will be daunting for america's next president joe biden it's time to stay or go take back our democracy but as he prepares to take on this challenge other headlines linger we have great confidence on our side biden and his wife dr jill biden appeared on the late show with stephen colbert to defend their son hunter he confirmed 2 last week prosecutors are investigating his tax affairs but the president elect says he's not worried i'm not concerned about any accusation has been made against him it's used to get to me i think it's kind of foul play but look it is what it is he's a grown man the accusation his son profited from his time as vice president is a headline joe biden can't seem to shake as he prepares to take the oval office and

confront the global pandemic can really help get al-jazeera washington. latin american economies have been suffering from there were strong growth for more than a century the pandemic is the main cause but the finances of countries like argentina were already in bad shape as daniel schwimmer reports from one osiris. the economies of latin america and the caribbean have been hit particularly hard by the covered 900 pandemic so any grain of good news is welcome when grim new statistics are announced. so i know that our figures are negative all negative it doesn't mean that we are much better off than we were in july but the drops are a little lower than forecast. those statistics still translate into tens of thousands of businesses closing growing unemployment poverty and homelessness.

but it's bad in latin america it's even worse in argentina the economy here shrinking by 10 percent in the 3rd quarter of 2020 workers and social organizations have already taken to the streets on thursday alone we covered 2 demonstrations within walking distance of the elders here office. what we'd like is health to be a priority especially in the spend and this in a country where 50 percent of children are poor and need public hospitals that would be an increase to make the health system work. along with the peso hitting an all time low against the us dollar it's inflation that bites into workers' wages argentina has one of the worst rates in the walls more than 30 percent this year forecast to be even higher next year you know the more you know in the past we've been saying on all our marches when the workers lose through inflation it's not because that money is disappearing it's because someone is profiting with what

should be ours and the rest of the workers. president alberto for landis took office just weeks before the pandemic arrived he said from the start to put the nation's health before the economy but with the russian sputnik 5 vaccine due to arrive here next week the economy hasn't gone away. protests like this noisy and colorful ermac in the feature of everyday life in argentina it up with the culprit nights in front of a copy of the continent but it's a telly on there will be lucky to recruit in flight out into the thing. the question is always where the money's going to come from argentina is one of the world's leading graeme produces but the industry has been paralyzed of the strike by workers demanding a wage increase enters its 2nd week. part of a growing demand from workers across argentina and the rest of latin america they don't want to emerge from the pandemic worse off than they went into it. on their

al-jazeera one of cyrus. plenty more still to come on this news hour including there's never been a native american to son of a cabinet for a u.s. president but that skewed scene change. and 5 years after kinds of praise you know honestly for peace talks in syria with a cap and stalled diplomacy and the luncheon that's followed. and his sports the armenian star that's just loving life in full color football action coming up to be in sports. now the european union's chief breaks in the go season has again warned that time is running acts to settle on a post brics a trade deal with the united kingdom michel barnier says there are still big differences despite intense talks fishing rights is one of the big sticking points

in the case backs a transition period set to end on december 31st if you wish to put it all it's the moment of truth we have very little time remaining just a few hours to work through these negotiations if we want this agreement to enter into force on the 1st of january as you were informed by our president on the line a few days ago there is a chance of getting an agreement but the path to such an agreement is very narrow because. indian prime minister in their own dream modi has been addressing farmers as opposition to changes in agriculture laws continues the speech was broadcast on television and more than 23000 villages weeks in the go ca sions between farmers and the governments of failed to reach a solution or protest as of blocks major roads near new delhi to protest reforms that would open the agriculture industry out to the private sector this with piron them has more from new delhi. prime minister modi said that everyone has been

demanding reforms in the agricultural sector he said that previous governments that opposition parties have been wanting to pass the same laws but haven't been able to he said that those parties who are now stoking the protests and that they're jealous of him for possibly laws which they weren't able to but he doesn't want credit for the laws he just wants to make farmers happy he also asked opposition parties to stop using farmers for political gain well that's not going to go down well with farmers these protests have been going on for 3 weeks now they're very much a grass roots movement and they are people who lead with tens of thousands of farmers if not more continuing to block 3 major highways into the indian capital region and this week they had some good news from the indian supreme court which was hearing petition seeking the immediate removal of farmers of protesters from highways but the supreme court said the farmers have

a right to protest as long as they're not damaging any lives or property the supreme court also asked the country solicitor general to form a committee with farm union leaders and the government to resolve this dispute of the say that they're not open to that that they've had their own talks with the government they reject the government's proposed amendments and say that nothing short of a complete repeal of the 3 farm laws will do because they say that the laws were passed without any consultation with farmers that they were pushed through parliament and that they inherently favor large corporations over pharmacists. the united states is set to have its 1st native american cabinet secretary president elect joe biden has nominated pollens to be interior secretary it would put in charge of a powerful department influence over native american affairs for generations she have returns he has more from joe biden's home in wilmington delaware. if he is

confirmed she will be the 1st native american cabinet secretary and not just any cabinet department the department of the interior the battles between indigenous indigenous tribes here and the development here isn't just about oil and gas all of that's and natural resources and as has been quite clear in recent years it's the department of interior which has within it the bureau of indian affairs which has been responsible for the destruction of native america over the last couple of 100 couple of 100 years now the idea of a native american woman in charge of that the public at least nominally symbolically is astonishing and the fact that she would be in charge of a big swathe of the north american continent in charge of the public lands the natural resources the wildlife the water this is this is enormous now that's not to say that joe biden hasn't also nominated various people in his cabinet who are you know very close to the oil and gas industry and you know oh pabst you know you know

will be there will be battles ahead but at least now there is real substantial diversity in the cabinet nominations from joe biden and not only that but he sounded just on wednesday that the key the key progressive senator had said he hadn't seen one progressive nomination yet from joe biden now there is one. time for the weather here 17. hello there we've got more record breaking snow continuing across the good parts of japan said because that western side of japan you can see the cloud which has been sliding across the sea of japan see the alignment of the i suppose there that's been fading that north westerly wind then across the area and some very heavy snow as a result there some parts along that western side of honshu into al-qaeda has seen in excess of 2 meters of snow over the past few days and there's more where that came form we've got more snow coming into western japan as we go on through saturday split the difference as we go on into sunday yeah i'm afraid there is more

of that to come as well away up to was mt fuji other side of the mountain sheltered tokyo should get up to around 90 celsius as we go on through the next completive days no great shakes but largely dry here well as you try to across a good parts of china very different story into the philippines we've seen some very heavy rain here recently little system which has been making its way across the philippines has brought some very very heavy downpours this is the far south of the country mindanao has seen extensive rainfall in this system may well develop into a tropical storm as we go on through the next couple of days is punching its way across the south china seas and heralding some very heavy rain to south vietnam. still to come here on the news are. 10 years after a fruit seller set himself on fire triggering what's become known as the arab spring museums are still protesting report from the town where it all began plus.

the state of qatar marks its national day with a special honor given to medical personnel and their families. and manchester united are starting to look like serious title challengers of all that sound more later this these are. when an ethiopian mother put her daughter up for adoption she knew little of what was to come. with family been severed the traumatized child torn between 2 worlds struggles to return home in a profoundly human story exposing deep flaws in denmark's adoption system. a girl in return a witness documentary on al-jazeera. following 2 fatal crashes in the past year

bowen decided to brown the brand new 7 through 7 bags but this was in the 1st time that grounded a new aircraft back in 2013 the 77 dreamliner ran into trouble when a battery caught fire but is out of the us investigative unit discovered there was more to the problem than just smoking batteries. rewind of broken dreams the boeing 787 on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera quick reminder of the headlines for you this hour more than 300

school boys kidnapped last week in northwestern nigeria have arrived in katsina city where they'll be reunited with their families after being checked over my daughters the boys were taken away he go from their school by gunman who are thought to be linked to book of her on a. panel of experts advising the u.s. food and drug administration has recommended the emergency use of a 2nd coronavirus vaccine the panel endorsed medina one week after backing fires are biotech vaccine which is currently being administered across the united states and indian prime minister narendra modi has been addressing farmers as opposition to changes to agricultural laws continues weeks of negotiations between farmers and the government of failed to reach a solution. is a blocked major roads near the capital new delhi.

al jazeera has traveled to the hometown of choosing a man who's desperate and faithful active process helped spark the arab spring mohammed was easy who was a fruit seller died just setting himself on fire 10 years ago well chynna zia managed to transition to democracy but many say things have become worse ever since all just syria's bernard smith reports from was seizing his hometown. mohamed boise's protesters commemorated every year in his hometown but this time there weren't many people here to see it in previous years this place would have been packed the locals have stayed away in protest because they say it is more deprived than it was 10 years ago there's 2 reasons why people haven't come the 1st is coronavirus the 2nd is that people are angry promises of a new hospital

a university and a bigger vegetable market haven't materialized but they've been on paper since 2011 with the official ceremony over the protesters moved in. memorial became their platform. and i thought why should i celebrate i didn't get anything from that it will in the last 10 years what is there to celebrate maybe life was better before man because i want to scream at the government if you do not have any plans to develop the city please leave c. they will see it is marginalized. cafes are full of men with little to do and little illegal migration from tunisia to europe has increased 4 fold in the last 12 months. and i went to spain in 2014. because there are no opportunities here i work daily from am to 2 pm to earn $156.00 it's not enough for cigarettes and coffee in spain it's 14 oath it makes

a difference but i got arrested and sent back. in 2010 they were shouting with one voice the people want the fall of the regime today the demands are more wide ranging. there are people demanding their constitutional right to work is on it graduates wanting jobs that match their qualifications lawyers demanding a justice system free from corruption. this is the only official commemoration in tunisia of the protest by muhammad who is easy that sets off to just mean revolution that sparked demonstrations across this region 10 years on for me arab spring and the complaints we've heard today about jobs lack of opportunity and rising prices could be heard and perhaps any town and any street in the middle east . al-jazeera citizen. well let's stay with this and bring in ibrahim fry had a professor of conflict resolution at the doha institute's and author of the book

unfinished revolutions yemen libya and she is here after the arab spring a good serve you where there's on the news hour it's been 10 years and i from the arab spring we heard in that reports that many engineers you don't appear to think it's been much of a success so what's your impression of the the states of i guess the state of the of democracy after this this revolution and do you think it's all been worthwhile. thank you oh there are important factors to consider when we talk about. stop it stop the gifts of all yes that of spring unfortunately. to be winter in some countries like syria yemen and libya. but but also we have to keep in mind that change takes time and we have seen and successful electively successful revolution in tunisia but

that the pollution is not old but it. still has a long way to go then he has been a slow going to. political reform there and we can't say that it has finalized in tunisia and that if that we have a full democracy and players and indonesia that's one thing that one thing is i'm not sure we can take with democracy and this is literally economic prosperity because it cannot economic prosperity and a and i french it takes more than just democracy so tunisia yes you need just like you are with resources that support country and it will take time for to an easier to try to struggle to overcome the challenges of the economic resources that has another of important factors that we have to keep in mind. that has not received any help from the international community to in the

good who needs that within the global economy the little dilution it seems that. you know the calls for democracy and change of the region have been disappointed with the international response to this because we are seeing more support giving to get the ships off that if they are going to be like in egypt with the united states with the c.c. and from the west from europe but nothing no one talks about the need. supporting tunisia all caring about. tunisia is little too strong to deal with its challenges on its own so there's a lot that unpack the flow so unpack there. let's start with the example of jin is here how much time do you think it will take because for tunis ins who are still living in this the star economic situation i mean patients will will run nights and

it's easy to fall back into the. the old ways of authoritarianism corruption and then that will continue rampant not good snuff out that this revolution how much time will it take and do you think it needs intervention and support from international actors to help complete this process. thank you there are many factors related to your question one of them is that the needs are also cannot settle 5 in a region in a context of a 3 period is where everywhere around tunisia is where are we seeing bloodshed dictatorships. some provision of freedom was speech and all the civil war was just on its lot of those in libya a brutal civil wars that has been going on for 5 years so we cannot expect too much from tunisia to prosper in the middle of all this chaos definitively as you said we need to see some seed of support coming from the international community because

this is what will bring gore to be the anchor that he and also to their dimension community that all dearly of the west support think. of ships and security so to maintain order to achieve stability this is this is a failure of the part of this paradigm has produced out of the screen what he needs now and it's not all going to get so what the outcome of this what we are seeing is an excessive reading of the conditions that lived through that abortions in the 1st place of that it there yet has him dictatorships left. anomic with a lack of economic prosperity and of development and lack of freedom of speech that these conditions are now coming back with of that experience and and and counterrevolution zx so this actually. is. a lot of make because we've

seen in the last 2 years a 2nd we have of out of the spring of spring 2 point all it up think in sudan in algeria and libya and a lot and yes of course there are more. heads of states and so that and in algeria if this. doesn't change if now that restoring the ships could be any places like egypt them a lot of places we should be expecting to see a spring 3.0 ok not maybe in the next few years odd mixture ok a set they are not finished revolution indeed abraham fry hats i'm sorry to cut you off we are out of time but thank you so much for sharing your analysis with al-jazeera thank you now the governments of mozambique and the un are launching an appeal to help thousands of people who are fleeing violence fighting has displaced at least half a 1000000 people in the northern province of kabul delgado says 2017 events were at

the crisis could spread beyond rules and exporters violence has been blamed on armed groups reportedly linked to eisele live night a hermit he joins us from johannesburg in neighboring south africa for the u.n. has launched an appeal for more funding just how bad is the situation in that region. all evidence agencies including the united nations are trying to raise more awareness of all about what's happening in northern mozambique now the government has made it easy for journalists for example to access certain areas in northern mozambique so it's hard to independently verify what actually is going on so aid workers rely on reports given by people who've been running away from these fighters believed to be linked to i saw and these people say these attacks in the villages normally happen late at night are women and children abducted some of the men are killed and beheaded they say those who've managed to escape try and get on to both so they try to reach him by which is the

capital of the region where they get to pay him by the way join thousands of other families who try to run away from the fighting they are hungry they're tired some of them are injured they need food clothes and shelter then the government and some aid agencies are trying to move some of those families to more safer places in mozambique when they get there they literally starting from scratch so they need shelter they need food they need clothes and that's why the u.n. is appealing for more than $250000000.00 which they say could help just over $1000000.00 people between now and next year. carol what is the most are big government doing to fight this insurgency. well the government this is just leave offers from around the world for help and they're saying they're trying to figure out the best way to handle the situation for example e.u. countries or offer to train the mozambique an army that hasn't quite panned out yet

leaders in the region said that southern africa have had several meetings some face to face some virtually because of that 19 and as far as we know they still say they're trying to look at ways to help most and big fight the insurgency one report was that one of the meetings mozambique had a shopping list and they asked the celtic leaders that we need helicopters going to weapons we need some kind of arms and they were asked by the leaders who are even to give you all this equipment that she need who's going to fly these helicopters who's going to use these guns because your army the mozambican army is actually quite small so these things are all playing at the most they can presently when you say it has said that he wants whatever happens formers or did he take the lead in this fight and there's going to be another big static meeting in january here in south africa to find their way forward to help was a big deal with the insurgency in the northern part of the country. live from johannesburg carol thank you and it's been 5 years since the u.n.

security council adopted a resolution meant to pave the way to a political solution in syria european diplomats have told on. the streets with the lack of progress and they believe the government is deliberately stalling for a change in washington syria policy or diplomacy. as the reports. 2015 was arguably the year that changed the course of the war in syria russia got involved militarily bombs from its jets changing the for choose of the assad regime . earlier in the war according to international inspectors the regime of used chemical weapons on number of occasions a red line had been crossed but the u.s. leader president obama did not act in response to a growing crisis the international community came together unanimously a around the un security council resolution that's been quoted by world leaders

ever since with the united nations resolution 2254 times the security council resolution 2254 resolution 2054 did on a resolution of understand on the dummy rid of. it was supposed to deliver a cease fire and peace talks in reality though december 25th is when russia took the upper hand diplomatically with the rest of the world taking a backseat. with both turkey and iran russia organized the new peace process in a stana and sochi it didn't lead to peace areas declared safe zones were retaken by a sad helped by russian bombardment break to un envoy is continue to work diligently trying to pursue talks but the latest effort setting up a committee to draw up a new constitution for syria to become bogged down many suspect this was russia and

the sides plan all along it is increasingly apparent that the assad regime has the right the committee's work. as it prepares to carry out presidential election in 2021 and washed its hands of the year in the political process let's be honest of the nearly a decade old conflict. the political process has not been limited for the syrian people and they continue to suffer. oh and 5 old side syria only a political solution to end their suffering historians a lot of judge russia's diplomacy over this period is both cynical and masterful they've used their power in syria and their veto power in the security council to change the course of the war for the assad government they now could be less concerned about the international dynamics of the situation but they must be deeply worried about things inside syria the economy is now rock bottom their own

supporters are increasingly unhappy they may have almost won the war but they risk losing the peace before it even starts james by al-jazeera at the united nations. you know asco is warning a wildlife park in senegal is in danger of losing its world heritage status. park who in eeks piece of wildlife has been under threats from poachers and illegal gold mining to serious nicholas had joined a security patrol and. it starts with the call deep inside senegal's park a poacher has been spotted. on board is the panther brigade deployed to protect with the u.n. describes as a world heritage site in danger 8 anti-poaching rangers for a park as big as the island of jamaica the mission appears impossible the jungle is

dense disorienting and dangerous the rangers fear both the armed poachers and the attacks from the wild cats they are meant to protect making the animals they move swiftly and quietly towards a fire they can spell burning by a water spots. sergeant juv points to what is left of a camp they arrive too late yet again they are one step behind. it's hard to catch them finding coaches in both walking kilometers up to kilometers in silence to try to catch them by surprise. with the men cannot do 10 in jell-o. hoops a drone can from the air he may get a better view of where the poachers are but the immensity of the task he is rangers are faced with his huge preserving $450.00 species of animals and $16000.00 types of plants and precious trees the threat is not just poaching but industry human encroachment inside the park are small scale gold mining ventures destroying d'anna

most habitat on the outskirts the gold mining is of industrial scale and upstream international donors are funding the construction of several hydroelectric dams well this will bring power to millions it will alter the park's ecosystem putting more animals in danger tenant jello attaches a camera to a tree to get a picture of what is at stake here. and not only does this give us an idea of what species they are in the park but also the movement so that we better equipped to protect them they come out at night leopards chimps hyenas and the parks king the lion animals on the move in search of a safe place to live on this pathway aligned with the bald head and when it roared this part of the forest and all the animals fell silent and left these droppings now rarely do we have any sighting of this animal that wants to make its presence

known because whilst it is the national symbol of senegal the lion of senegal is on the verge of extinction. a lion skin cells for anything from $9.00 to $35000.00 on the black market which is why the park attracts poachers from around the world the human exploitation of the park's precious natural resources the animals plants and trees is slowly decimating a unesco world heritage site and there are only a few people employed trying to protect it nicholas hawk al-jazeera park it senegal . and in the last of our reports on the series we'll take you to peru where an ancient city is under threats from schoolteachers you can watch that right here on al-jazeera from 10 g.m.t. on saturday. now qatar is observing its national day crowds are limited stooge of the pandemic for the cell been a military parades and air show events also honored frontline health care workers

who've let the fines against school with 19. has more. this is the highlight of qatar national day celebrations the parades on doha konishi hits and the van to marked by a minute to parade to mourn your marchers and. the event is held this year and the extraordinary measures because of cope with 19 and this explains the social distancing measures that were put into place by whole health of our tears and he explains also why one of the key moments of the parade is a tribute to the caretakers health workers doctors and nurses all those who are the forefront of the fight against covert 19 those who spent days weeks and months raising awareness about disease and providing crucial assistance to those in serious condition the authorities say that basically all the measures that were taken by the governments since march when the 1st cases of covert 19 were reported

in qatar managed to a greater extent to contain the virus when talking here about social distancing measures contact tracings and also the top notch services provided at hospitals across the country now what is next for qatar for the time being they're confident they've been doing their work and this explains from their own perspective why the mortality rate from coby 19 in qatar has one of the lowest in the well by the end of this month that expected the 1st batches of coby 19 vaccines to arrive in doha. and by january 20th 21 the elderly and those most vulnerable will be the 1st people to be vaccinated this is giving to the qatari government to the international community that the moment the vaccination campaigns bread's globally the disease which has shattered lives hurt economies change our lives beyond recognition

will be defeated one day. al-jazeera. it's time for the sports here sara thanks a lot how well we're starting here in council we're not far from this studio is the latest venue for the 2022 world cup which is being integrated later on friday around stadium is hosting its 1st official match c m a cup final exactly 2 years before the world cup kicks off in the gulf state now the venue has a capacity of 40000 but because a strict coronavirus health and safety protocols roughly hall for $20000.00 will be attending the showdown in a few hours time. now and recommit katz ariens impressive scoring form continued for rome on thursday the armenian star scored a 70 goal of the season to help his side beat to reno 31 in syria the result moves roma to 1st level on points with 3rd placed you ventus and next up for them is an

away trip to atlanta and manchester united are making a strong finish to 2020 in the english premier league on thursday they came from behind to be sheffield united 32 it was their 1st 5th win from their last 6 games in the e.p.l. they now 6th in the table 5 points behind liverpool with a game in hand you go to just go woman game at a time every game there was a cup final it's it's going to be relentless with the game of the game of the game ball when you perform well play well and when you can't wait for the next one. they had severe pain so it was sold out there that you a folk could be doing more to fight racism in the game alexander shefrin says football needs more support from governments to help tackle that problem to bullies reflection of society many times. football spectators are coming. to watch football

in principle they're very positive they're nice people they they are not racists there's always a number of people who misuse football matches because of its impact of their reach to to exercise these those. yes we are doing everything we can we are trying to educate people we are punishing but we need help from the government governments can say us i should do something and that the same time they let. it happen in some countries without any any consequence so it's a big fight it's not an easy one but whoever says you are face not doing anything or doesn't have a clue what you have he's doing or has bad intentions i i can admit maybe we're not doing enough and we will try to do as much as we can but we're doing it we're dealing with it it's not easy to deal with it and we need governments to to join

and if governments. are tolerating that kind of behavior then how can they expect us to play the police in their countries well straight back to our story in qatar where the 4th world cup 2022 stadium is being inaugurated in a few hours and pizza stem is live for us there at the stadium peter must be quite exciting for fitz you found to be some of the best experience the world cup stadium but what do you think i can expect at the opening. our sorrow i think to bury the expectation really is one of celebration it's carter's national day as we've been reporting on the story the 18th of december but it's also a celebration of the country's amir cup the club knockout tournament featuring arabi and also that one kicking off a little bit later and then of course it's a celebration of the 4th world cup stadium to be delivered by the supreme committee the stadium as you mentioned a little bit earlier 40000 people capacity it only be 20000 today that's because of

covert 1000 protocols but something that i think will make for a really good atmosphere is the fact that they will be one seat in between each spectator so you won't get an atmosphere which is concentrated in one specific part of the stadium but instead throughout the entire venue pace of world cup so not need covered the one in south africa back when 10 now a lot has changed in 10 years how do you think the preparation for 2020 will compare. well yes a lot has changed in their time but a lot of things have also remained the same as you said i covered the world cup in south africa in 22 and also the the buildup to the world cup so let's take today we're 2 years away from the world cup final in qatar 2022 the similarities between south africa in 20082 years away from that tournament are actually quite striking you look at the roads look at the infrastructure bridges moves hotels stadiums all of these things being built being

a prepaid extra lanes being added to highways and you can see the same sort of thing happening in the south african world cup was a success the fee for president sepp blatter gave the tournament organizers a $9.00 out of 10 and i would say that based on what i'm seeing with my eyes i'd say that qatar very much on the same course to achieve that same school. thanks a lot peter well will be all the same following that story in the next few hours as well thanks a lot. by munich compos strike or robot lewandowski has won the fee for best men's play awards and no one's schooled $55.00 goals last season by and won the trouble of trophies including the european champions league and when it is all decided by a combination of votes from national teams captains manages fans and the media manchester city and in business see bronze was named best women's player

or champion brooks. girl of cain has the chance to make history later on friday the kazakhstani find so will defend his b.s. middleweight championship against camille should i met in florida both finances were made major weight on thursday goes on to win then he breaks the time with bernard hopkins for most with a middleweight title defenses at 21 this is very important for me. obs to look at probably his boxing maybe i'm not going oh no thank you at the team's because you know one of these guys is really good for it. well that's a wrap up of sports i'll be back in a few hours thank you very much as before we go software giant microsoft just confirms it's the target of a hacking operation that's been described as the worst in u.s. history for see organizations have been targets including the u.s. government's energy department's website set for this news hard to keep it here and

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