but so few make it a reality. a family business led by a market. with a flair for cooking and disaster than if. i didn't catch it on al-jazeera. exhausted and shaken hundreds of boys abducted in nigeria are freed almost a week after they were taken from a school. watch al-jazeera by for headquarters and. also coming up the u.s. moves closer to approving a 2nd coronavirus vaccine more than 17000000 cases have been reported. opposition to new agricultural laws in india continues despite efforts by the prime

minister to reassure farmers. deep in. park join me next on and keep patrolling in with the us go describes it as a world heritage site in danger. hello we begin with news from northern nigeria where more than 300 kidnapped school boys have arrived in katsina city where they'll be reunited with their families they'll 1st be checked over by doctors the boys were taken a week ago by gunmen thought to be linked to boko who raided a school. by the disease has more from katsina. so today what happened the 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 fear

despise 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 because behind me now and then 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 to a safe location why they will be checked physically mentally and they will be assessed we understand that the president is going to meet them before he finally leaves for the federal capital in abuja at the end of his 7 day vacation here in cats in a state so a lot of parents are really looking forward to reuniting with their wards they have missed for more than

a week but the expediency i can tell you is really traumatizing for this young children 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 a really an engagement between nigerian security forces and these bandits after this excessive force was located them in a particular forest and then pin them down for a period of 6 days that was when negotiations set and the government was actually afraid that continuous fighting or fights changes 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 is to go between the government and the bandits holding them and the biggest success of. this story the biggest leap to this story was how the security forces and involved in this process what able to stop these from degenerating to what we saw nearly 7 years ago in 14. february 2

10141 there was no immediate action when 207 to go were taken from a 2nd to school in chibok. germany has hit a record number of corona virus infections just 2 days after imposing tighter restrictions there were more than $30000.00 cases in 24 hours for the 1st time since the start of the outbreak there were more than 800 deaths pushing the toll to nearly 25000 the government says it stepping up its efforts with vaccination set to begin after christmas and the day after the french president's money on my contest the positive for covered 1000 a government scientist fake advisor says it could be a long time before life returns to normal in france the leading it says normality can only be restored by autumn next year if 80 to 90 percent of the population is

vaccinated france is planning to roll out the 1st phase of its vaccine program in early january and sasha butler has this update on my phone's health. no on a thursday the lease a palace announced that he was posed with 19 he's not actually moved out to be in the same central paris and he's moved about side which is outside the capital he's in a presidential residence there will not tell him and he will remain there 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 called for the world through the end of the day so we did see him use 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 are many coated sufferers say they feel that is fatigue so we'll have to see how the model marked off as of course of 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 at a time in which the virus continues to spread in frogs perhaps a lot of rights. but certainly it is still very much there not warning from one of france's top scientists the head of frogs the scientific council saying that we could well be in this situation until at least in those 2021 he is saying we will have to maintain precautions we will have to maintain social distancing probably mollusks even though of course many people will be vaccinated or not period of time . a panel of experts advising the u.s. food and drug administration has recommended the emergency use of a 2nd coronavirus vaccine the committee endorsed the mother no one week after backing the pfizer bio and tech vaccine that's being administered right now across the united states our white house correspondent kimberly halkett reports from washington d.c. it looks like we have they will vote the macdermid vaccine on track for emergency

use authorize ation 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 week. 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 and care home residents will be distributed the jirgas 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 in our side biden and his wife dr jill biden appeared on the late show with steven kull bear 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 it and the 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 and

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 hit al-jazeera washington the european union's chief brecht's a negotiator has again warned that time is running out to settle on a post trade deal with the u.k. michel barnier says there are still big differences despite intense talks fishing rights is one of the big sticking points and u.k. is brics the transition period ends on december 31st into in prime minister narendra modi has been addressing farmers as opposition to changes in agricultural laws continues the speech was broadcast on television and more than 23 photos in villages weeks of negotiations are screened farmers on the government to fail to reach a solution demonstrators have blocked major roads near new delhi to protest reforms

that would open the agriculture industry to the private sector elizabeth rodham has more from new delhi. prime minister modi said that everyone has been demanding reforms in the agriculture sector and 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 jealous of him for possibly laws which they weren't able to but he doesn't want credit for the law was 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 families 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 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 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 will push through parliament and that they inherently favor large corporations over pharmacists. hundreds of protesters in indonesia are demanding the release of a controversial muslim cleric was arrested for allegedly breaching covert restrictions by holding mass gatherings and has more from jakarta. hundreds of protesters had gathered here in the city center in jakarta to protest against the

detention of rethink shihab who is the leader of the islamic defenders front he's currently in police custody for 20 days while they investigate allegations that he breached 19 protocol by holding a mass gathering even asked. why are you pushing us away we don't want anything we only want justice is it true our hobby violated the law and see that the crowd is very much out of the crowd all going home but you know you people are still determined to stay on and protest against the detention everything to do with the controversial individual here in indonesia now the bathroom that he's run into trouble from the lord he's previously been charged under the country's the laws the f.b.i. or the islamic the been described as a business owner of the controversial organisation and here in indonesia a group that it runs a bill violence against minority communities including religious minorities here in

indonesia and still heads on al-jazeera there has never been a native american to serve on a cabinet for u.s. president and that could soon change plus. qatar marks its national day with a special tribute to medical workers and their families. however the record snow continues for japan protect across central and northern parts of the country it's a fair amount of clouds sliding across the sea of japan picking up that more the cold just drifts in we're going to say that snowfall continuing as we go on through saturday and a day if i. i think a little more widespread as we go on through a sunday no less up here in the pretty poor conditions showed by the mountains

tokyo somewhat dry bright 9 celsius the best i can offer you here only one degree that in seoul as we go on through sunday cold enough there across a good part of central and northern china even down to the south we're struggling to get to 70 degrees in hong kong but at least it should be a lousy dry largely dried syria to central and northern parts of india but to the northeast the monsoon now pushing more showers into southern in the air pushing down towards tamil nadu maybe a few showers there creeping across into carolina and it stays pretty unsettled there into a good part over the next day or so the fog and smoke will continue across the northern plains of india but a westerly disturbance just starting to show its hand sliding out of afghanistan more than parts of pakistan with rain sleet and snow this weekend.

but. i was raised in france. these are my grandparents. these are my parents and this is mean. fighting both isis and us on. this 2nd of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. the father the son and the jihad. on al-jazeera. the. look at the top stories on al-jazeera more than 300 school boys kidnapped last week

in northwestern nigeria have arrived in katsina city where they'll be reunited with their families will 1st be checked over by doctors the boys were taken a week ago from their school by gunmen thought to be linked to book a heart 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 madera no one week after backing the pfizer bio untag vaccine currently being administered across the u.s. the indian prime minister narendra modi has been addressing trust farmers as opposition to changes to cultural laws continues weeks of negotiations between farmers and the governments have failed to reach a solution demonstrators have blocked major roads near the capital new delhi. the if european government is offering a reward for information that could help locate leaders of the gray regions ruling party the military is putting up a cash part of $260000.00 the region's leaders went into hiding when federal troops

captured the local capital mackellar nearly 2 weeks ago. the government of mozambique and the un are launching an appeal to help thousands of people who are fleeing violence fighting has displaced at least 500000 people in the northern province of cardboard though god knows since 2017 the un is worried the creases could spread beyond mozambique's borders the violence is being blamed on armed groups reportedly linked to i saw her which also has more from johannesburg and neighboring south africa all evidence agencies including the united nations are trying to raise more awareness about what's happening in northern mozambique and the government hasn't made it easy for journalists for example to access certain areas in or the most and least 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 at least people say these

attacks in the villages normally happen late at night women and children abducted some of them may not killed and beheaded they say those managed to escape trying to get on to both so they tried to reach which is the capital of the region where they get to pain by the joint thousands of other families who try to run away from the fighting they hungry late 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 but when they get they 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 the united states asserts to have its 1st native american cabinet secretary presidents like joe biden has nominated hollande to be interior secretary it would put hollande in charge of a powerful department that's will that influence over native american affairs for

generations chancy has more from joe biden's hometown of willing 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 can indigenous tribes here and the development here isn't just about oil and gas all of that's and natural resources as has been quite clear and 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 is 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 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 opus 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 and said he hadn't seen one progressive nomination yet from joe biden now there is one latin american economies have been suffering from their worst drop in growth for more than a century and the pandemic is the main cause of finances of countries like argentina were already in bad shape channels from the reports from bonus i mean. the economies of latin america and the caribbean has been hit particularly hard by the cockpit 1908 so any grain of good news is welcome when grim use statistics are announced asked economist to see for sun it up into 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 full cost them. 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 is 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 l to 0 office. what we'd like is health to be a priority especially in this pandemic and this in a country where 50 percent of children are poor and need public hospitals it would be an increase to make the health system work along with the peso hitting an all time low against the u.s. 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 more in the press 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 often and this 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 next week the economy hasn't gone away. protests like this noisy and colorful ermac in the feature of everyday life in argentina with the public not see. the continent but it's an odd really lucky to make 3. out of. 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 as a strike by workers demanding a wage increase enters its 2nd week. part of the growing demand from workers across argentina and the rest of latin america they don't want to emerge in the pandemic worse off than they went into and. they're al-jazeera one of cyrus. a super cycle has hit fiji killing at least 2 people one of them a 3 month old baby the category 5 storm struck on thursday night causing widespread destruction when he reports from auckland new zealand. this is just the beginning of the south pacific storm season and cycle and yes it was a destructive starts the category 5 storm came ashore with winds gusts of up to 345 kilometers an hour houses and other buildings were destroyed and crops flattened and we will continue to assess the scale of damage in the coming days but we're

looking at hundreds of millions of dollars in damages still it could have been much worse a late change of direction meant the capital suva avoided a direct hit as it was more than 93000 people were in the storm's path and more than 23000 went to evacuation centers fiji and i used to cycle loans but they're happening more often and becoming more dangerous and the prime minister blames climate change the world is getting warmer these storms i did and stronger every one of us most is climate fuel as we head to the seriousness of this storm season could be particularly painful for whose economy which is reliant on foreign tourists has been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic wayne hay al jazeera opens. in asco as warning a wildlife park in senegal is in danger of losing its world heritage status. park

home to a unique species of wildlife has been under threat from poachers and illegal gold mining. joined a security patrol in the part. 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 part 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 water spots sergeant juve points to what is left of the camp they arrive too late yet again they are one step behind. it's hard to

catch them. both walking. in silence to try to catch them by surprise. with the men cannot do 10 in jello 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 has 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 of 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 to tenant jello attaches a camera to a tree to get a picture of what is at stake here. and not on the doe this give us an idea of

what's be she's there in the park but also the movement so that 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 a lion with bald head and when it roared this part of the forest and all the animals fell silent it 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 in senegal . and in the last of our reports on the series we'll take you to peruse where an ancient city is under threat from squatters you can watch that right here on al-jazeera from 10. now cats are is observing its national day and crowds are limited due to the current virus pandemic but there has been a military parade and an air show the events also honored frontline health workers who've led the fight against covert 19. has more. this is the highlight of our national day celebrations the parades on doha konishi hits and the van to mock by a minute to parade to the morning 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 authorities 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 kobe had 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 government 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 not 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 covert 19 in qatar has one of the lowest in the well by the end

of this month that expected the 1st batches of go to 90 in 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. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera more than 300 school boys kidnapped in northwestern i.