dissecting the headlines in the midst of a let's start with some of the on the ground realities affecting the news coverage what's the lay of the land challenging assumptions and the official night listening post on out is iraq. this is al jazeera. peter w watching the news out live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes hungry and traumatized more than 300 children kidnapped in nigeria are freed after spending 6 days in captivity. make no mistake about. just medical miracle. the u.s. vice president mike pence gets the fine is a jab as america news closer to an emergency approval of a 2nd vaccine. germany reports

a record number of infections cases arising in the u.k. and sweden as well. in. part to join me on anti poaching for trolling in with the unesco described as a world heritage site in danger. this courtis exactly 2 years and counting down to the next world cup final host cats are marking the day fishing opening their 4th tournament but. we begin in northern nigeria where hundreds of children have arrived home a week after they were kidnapped by gunmen linked to the group boko haram tired and barefoot the boys stepped off buses in the city of kut on friday they are going through medical checks before being reunited with their families the boys were held in the vast forest since gunmen raided their school last friday the president mr

muhammad will be meeting the children in katsina state shortly. one of the boys who was kidnapped was spoken about his ordeal. the last day he does all in the same place when the 2 cars at 1st but when they saw a jet fighter they change their location and he does in a different place they get his food but it was very little well al jazeera is ahmed addresses in katsina and describes how the boys seemed as they were arriving. 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 their arrival they walked into the building bizarre 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 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 experience yeah i can tell you it's really traumatizing for this young children i push 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 they know

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 all 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. the 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 on 14 folks february 2 10141 there was no immediate action when 207 to girls were taken from a 2nd to school in chibok earlier president bush praised the efforts of the security services but did acknowledge that lapses that allowed the gunman to storm

the school we are doing our best. clues are buddhist. we've. still somehow. the terrorists who the object is still get to us and the issue. this is take the few who hosts this. millions of naira we have a lot of work ahead of us well the recent kidnapping in cant seen is part of a wider problem that nigeria's overstretched security forces are struggling to contain africa's largest economy is in recession amid the pandemic and falling oil prices deepen poverty in the disadvantaged north of the country in the north west heavily armed men have been kidnapping demanding ransoms at least 8000 people have

been killed in the last decade and in the northeast security forces of struggle to deal with attacks by the armed group book for more than a decade now. let's talk now with see he's a fellow at the nigeria institute of industrial security he was a principal staff officer in the department of state services he joins us on skype from lagos mr a tayo what's your reading of how the security services and the government have handled this. think of the effort so far most of the commend that because a child if you give them leads you have no chance. of being able to visit these kids so some judging from the experience of the past as in the chibok girls situation and in depth you girls but i can say that the military f. wants to add mounts in. c.v.s.

and that the feds have some allowance on the bandits at most of the areas where it kept the kids that intelligence community stefan's been able to used. to nag of shades with benefits to secure their release if what he calls sell the kids off so . the leader of the wire that is a black eye chicago what will the authorities be trying to learn from the children about the people who helped them. i think the people caring decent. people. intelligence the media half so much on them they'd be not want to please wait a long time but i lead by them doubt though out war is i needed you not the states it was from how long village nephites carry look at that mix of city council not states and there we have the memory and dad did

a documentary so that it did not them like that without is it normal gone wrong now it's been. already caught for. smuggling not harms or doubt. reactive it is so. i'm very sure that there will be a brief us march us to all also see much of that information gotta but i see. these big kept. up. so i think we'll leave it there we having problems with the skype line will try to come back to you if we can but in the meantime thank you for joining us here on the news hour turning our attention to afghanistan at least 15 children have been killed by an explosion that happened at a bridge just gathering in the city of gaza any the authorities say a motorcycle carrying explosives rammed into

a building but the taliban says the blast was caused by an unexploded mortar shell gas and has fallen twice the taliban in the past 3 years. last more still to come for you here on the news hour including the pandemic pushing latin american economies into their worst recession in a century we'll look at the impact in argentina. and the scale of devastation is emerging in fiji in the wake of one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the island and in sport will hear from a football manager who's just been voted the world's best. the us vice president mike pence has rolled up his sleeve in a public show of support for the 1000 vaccine mike pence received the fine is a biotech vaccine during a live televised event a 2nd u.s. vaccine from madonna is expected to be approved to be used soon that comes as the

u.s. reports in excess of 3000 for a 3rd straight day in europe germany has reported its highest number of infections in some places morgues are overflowing as cases hit record levels again just 2 days after restrictions were tightened in france the president emanuel my home remains in self isolation at his presidential residence of a side just outside of paris the day after testing positive a government advisor there says it could be a quote very long time before life returns to normal across france in the u.k. doctors say hospitals are running out of beds now that warning comes just days before restrictions are to be eased for the christmas holiday period in a moment we'll talk to natasha in paris 1st let's go to an official our correspondent there outside the white house in washington so allan as far as mr pence vaccination is concerned the symbolism clear for everyone to see. exactly right he was saying that this proves the administration didn't cut corners

but cut red tape you'll remember that when donald trump said earlier this year he hoped of a vaccine by the end of the year the experts said that that was highly unlikely that would be looking at a time scale of at least 18 months the fact that there is no likely to be 2 vaccines in the u.s. by the end of the day is a testament to the scientists but also the administration can take some credit for putting pressure on the scientific community to move things through as fast as they could and also on to the f.d.a. for approving emergency use of the vaccines that's why mike pence decided in front of the t.v. cameras coast to coast on american television this morning decided to take the vaccine with his wife by his side he told the doctor who administered the job that he'd done a good job and then said that yet again the united states was turning the corner as the president had predicted but of course the president said that back in august and in the last couple of days we've seen

a record number of deaths the record number of infections here in the united states and we should remember that back in august mike pence wrote an op ed saying an opinion piece in the newspaper saying that there was no 2nd wave so he's there to try and assure americans that the vaccine is safe that they should take it and then to the info choose been the face of the experts here in the united states throughout the coronavirus crisis he said that there is some light at the end of the tunnel the light is getting brighter but it will be several months into 2021 before life returns to normal even with these vaccines karen and i more than happy to step forward for this week was. to take the safe and effective coronavirus vaccine that we have secured and produced for the american people as we reach this extraordinary and historic moment in the life of

our nation let me urge every american to continue to do your part but the health of your family your neighbors and your community 1st practice good hygiene wash your hands practice social distancing or wear a mask whenever it's indicated i guess his critics might say alan he should have been saying 69 perhaps 1011 months ago but what a little over 4 weeks away from president biden he's in trade is huge it's mainly of course what's what's the signaling from the incoming administration as to how they are going to deal with this. well they obviously want to put a program that they say in the 1st 100 days will help reduce the empire act of the corona virus but the fact is by the end of today they could have a 2nd via a 2nd vaccine approved that would be big news and don't trump has been touting the vaccines but interestingly enough said nothing to publicise the might pence event

in fact a minute or so before it went live on t.v. he was talking about what he calls the russia hawks we're thinking that the demo will probably get a message and see use approval sometime in the next hour or so donald trump has in the last hour already tweeted out that it has been approved and it would start to move that's not actually the case he's either getting ahead of the f.d.a. which is an independent body or he doesn't quite understand the process that the panel of experts on thursday by a vote of $20.00 to 0 said yes we approve americans who use or ther eis ation it stand up to the f.d.a. to make that final decision so joe biden's law will be improved significantly by the fact that there will be 2 at least 2 vaccines and that will help the situation clearly he wants to get on top of the distribution he wants to make sure that people are vaccinated quickly he also wants to make sure that people get back to work because the jobless figures on thursday did not make edifying reading but he

says he has a plan and clearly as soon as he moves into the white house it will be the top priority allen many thanks. ok let's just short hand qubit across europe for you very quickly germany the netherlands the u.k. coronavirus in those countries it's a mess it's a mess in france as well live now to paris and my colleague natasha butler so what day 2 of isolation for emanuel macro how is he getting on do you think. yes they too are salacious for him at all mark kroll contested positive thursday he actually appeared in a video conference on thursday evening with some charities he was looking relaxed but it has to be said he didn't roll the tired or not the least they say 30 has a mild fever that he is coughing and that he feels great fatigue which is obviously one of the symptoms that many over 1000 people say that they are so often the have

nevertheless he is still working that's what they least say or say he's much central power now invest sorry outside the capital in a presidential residence and that's where he will remain until december the 24th which will be the end of his 7 day. period. we're used to seeing just today and yesterday natascha pictures from the u.k. in the netherlands and germany empty streets shopping centers nobody's doing very much at all because of the the lockdowns or coming lockdowns or a tearing system to protect people but just looking behind you that looks like a normally busy paris in the run up to christmas. indeed but then you have to bear in mind that the government. many of the low down restrictions over the last few weeks and one of the main ones the restriction or movements of people free to move around the country are also coming up to the busy christmas and new york holiday period here so there'll be

a lot more movement and probably a lot more traffic behind me than the moment would be in any case there is however a nighttime curfew so between the hours of 8 o'clock and 6 o'clock in the morning people are unable to move around but there is no doubt that many health experts don't doesn't scientism for all saying with the easing of these restrictions coinciding of course with the holiday period that we could be facing a spike in cases towards the end of the year at the beginning of january and in fact the head of france's scientific council has said in any case what is going to happen is that the pandemic is really going to be a month or so and for all the east and so all those 2021 he said no not a war we will have to continue to sow from a distance where mosques and take precautions the tasha thank you very much natasha correspondent there in paris. for a day in a row south korea has announced more than 1000 new infections most of them are in seoul and the surrounding regions the government says is trying to make sure there

are enough hospital beds. in australia christmas travel plans are up in the air today after a coronavirus cluster on sydney's northern beaches area grew to 28 people several states of reintroduced internal border restrictions with new south wales concern the outbreak there could get worse people in the cluster area have been told to stay at home and wear masks even indoors millions of palestinians living under israeli control may have to wait months to receive a coronavirus vaccination israel will begin its inoculation campaign next week with millions of doses of the fine as a biotech vaccine israeli settlers living in the occupied west bank will receive the job but the territories 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians will not they'll have to wait for the palestinian authority to obtain doses through the world health organization ok let's wrap up some of the top stories for you here on the news the ethiopian government is offering a reward for information that could help locate leaders of the tikrit region's

ruling party the military is putting up a cash pot of $260000.00 the region's leaders went into hiding since federal troops captured the local capital mccully nearly 2 weeks ago meanwhile ethiopia has summoned the sudanese ambassador in. to protest over what it described as trespassing and raids on its territory. here's him orgon. it's been more than 2 weeks since they fear pm government announced that it has taken over the take grain capital mecca lay and basically it has resulted in more than 50000 to 15 refugees flowing into sudan but it still has not announced that it was able to get . its hands on the rebels or as a described rebels or the leaders of the p.l.o. the tegra people's liberation movement which the government is fighting and the people's liberation movement have repeatedly stated that they are still continuing the battle despite the government saying that it is largely over and restoring for

networks to parts of the region while many other parts in remain inaccessible so it's not clear yet what exactly is happening in the tigre and where the leaders are but the fact that if you is offering financial compensation and shows how much they really want to get their hands on the leaders of the take rate people's liberation front leaders who have said that they will continue the battle of course they've been in power for nearly 3 decades and the to agree is their region so they know their territories they know that tehran's and it is a mountainous area but at the moment there are no phone networks to know exactly what is happening in the ticker and where the leaders of the take people's liberation front. the government in mozambique and the u.n. are asking the world for a quarter of a 1000000000 dollars to help people affected by years of violence more than 500000 people have been displaced in the northern province of kabul delgado since 2017 the un is worried the crosses could spread beyond and some big supporters of the conflict is being blamed on armed groups been linked to eyesore. giuliana garcia

works with the un's refugee agency in mozambique she says that help is urgently needed. we are talking about more than 530000 people who have already been displaced and they're going to the south of the province and couple gado but also to labeling provinces such as. many of them have been forced to flee multiple times and to abandon their homes without knowing if or when they will be able to come back access to some areas and gobble gobble also remain limited due to the violence and insecurity and although the international community has been streaming general to our needs they are growing as attacks continue as people are moving multiple times our needs are only growing in terms of order 20 patients shelter in terms of protection we as unique the un refugee agency are trying to respond to identify the main needs in terms of

protection and for this we need humanitarian. response and for us to be part of an effective deterrent or response we need support from international community now the indian prime minister narendra modi says opposition parties are exploiting farmers protesting over new agriculture laws the government argues deregulation of the industry is badly required mr modi says the opposition supported it when they held government promises in intensifying their protests blocking highways and camping on the outskirts of new delhi they say the changes will leave them vulnerable to big corporations. are just once in the life of farmers i want their progress and once more dignity in the agricultural sector political parties should stop misguiding samas it's been over 6 to 7 months since the family laws were implemented but now suddenly games are being played to plough one's political land through

a web of lies. new 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 now from auckland in new zealand. this is just the beginning of the south pacific storm season and cyclon 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 are 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 100-3000 people were in the storm's path and more than 23000 went to evacuation centers fijian are 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 are good and stronger. every one of us. is done with fuel dystrophy with deadly citizeness this storm season could be particularly painful full fijian whose economy which is reliant on foreign tourists has been badly affected by the corona virus pandemic wayne hay al jazeera oaklands still to come for you here on news of the leaders warn that a moment of truth is fast approaching as the bricks and saga allegedly nears its conclusion plus. coronavirus restrictions have left hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded and speak to one of the beauties senior figures in the industry and in sports news competitors take on tough conditions of the opening women's downhill race this season and these events story in about 20 minutes.

from. the weather. dry across much of the middle east but some pieces of cloud are rolling into the levant with a wet weather too just across the caucuses was northern parts of iran the sadducee will become a little more expansive as we go through saturday said chance of want to see showers there joseph shero to hear in concert you might catch the 3 a spot or 2 of rice and what's the possibility over towards america i was the weather that we do have in iran stretches its way into afghanistan and a little further north of that as well to understand could see some showers as we go on through sunday freshens up here in doha as we go on through sunday temperatures of about 23 celsius with the shamali wind blowing quite a keen one lifted just a sad possibility i want to show is just around the southern end of the red sea into that western side of yemen and you may will see want to 2 showers also

affecting some moderate for the next dial so particular course the eastern side of the country but the west the weather for central parts of africa. we'll continue through the rift valley sabby acing some heavy showers a bit more cloud coming into eastern side of angola will see some wet weather there into zambia and that cloud on the right that's going to push its way into a good part of namibia that could cause some flooding here as we go through sunday well she fought it live to south africa but if you shasta the east. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop their energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such their minds as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against the state amounts we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound

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than 300 kidnapped school boys for the arrived in northern nigeria katsina city where they'll be reunited with their families the boys were taken from their school that we could go by the government links to book koran. the u.s. vice president mike pence says receive the pfizer biotech back soon during a live televised event a 2nd u.s. vaccine from mcdonough is expected to be approved for use very soon it comes as the u.s. forces in excess of 3000 deaths for a 3rd straight day. germany has reported its highest number of daily infections in some places morgues are overflowing and hospitals are running out of beds restrictions were tightened 2 days ago. politicians in the european parliament have been discussing the brics it talks after being warned of a moment of truth fast approaching the u.k. and the e.u. have 2 weeks to seal a deal on their future relationship including an all important trade pact britain formally left in january but remains in

a period of transition until the end of this month not disagreements about fishing rights are among the big hurdles if you wish to reproduce at 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 phone deadline a few days ago there is a chance of getting an agreement but the path to such an agreement is very narrow. well ahead of another round of talks the u.k. prime minister boris johnson says the e.u. needs to bring something to the table. we'll keep keep we'll keep talking about i have to say that things are looking difficult and there is a gap that needs to be to be bridged the u.k. so. we've done a lot i think to try and help and we have a you friends who will see sense and come to the table with something

themselves so that is that's that's really where we are and if that doesn't happen then well. come january the 1st we will be trading on w t o terms ok let's unpack some of the big issues here for you going to take a minute to discuss the 3 main sticking points they are fishing rights european boats catch about $800000000.00 worth of fish in u.k. waters every year now the e.u. wants to retain that right britain wants most of that business back a level playing field this ensures businesses on one side of a free trade agreement don't have an advantage over businesses on the other side the e.u. is worried u.k. businesses can cut costs by cutting regulations they want to pay laws to closely resemble e.u. rules and dispute settlement how will the rules of any deal be enforced and who would adjudicate in any dispute the u.k. argues that as a non member of the e.u.

it can't be bound by the european court of justice our in-house expert on all things brics it need parker joins us from brussels those are the 3 big elephants in the room that they're talking about which one are they likely to get that eureka breakthrough moment on that we think. well we know what is the most symbolic out of those 3 issues and that of course is fishing despite the fact we have recently learned that britain's fishing industry is roughly the same size as its yoga and its leather industry according to. or an expert its economic output is roughly the same size as the her its department store but nevertheless it was very much paraded as a key issue during the whole brics a debate in the united kingdom you may remember of fishing vessels floating down the river thames demanding that the country leave the european union if there is a bad deal and it affects fishing that's not going to go down well for people that

voted to leave the european union and that is why despite rumors of some concessions from the united kingdom that still remains a major sticking point we have heard that michel barnier you heard him speak has been having negotiations with many e.u. coastal states to see if there is any wiggle room on behalf of france spain the netherlands for instance when it comes to rejigger seeing the kind of quotas that they're off to when it comes to access to british waters as for the other 2 other business competition rules and how any kind of future regulations will be enforced we simply right now don't know and the more intense these negotiations get the less information is actually reaching us we are relying very much upon leaks but we do know that the european parliament has set the new deadline of sunday to have a deal on paper at least in front of them but barney air has assured them that they

won't just be receiving something and be asked to rubber stamp it they will be given some time to have a look at any kind of proposal in detail need thanks very much need barker reporting live the news from brussels microsoft confirming it's the target of a hacking operation that's been described as the worst in u.s. history more than 40 organizations have been targeted including the u.s. government's energy defense state and homeland security departments the attack still said to be ongoing in suspected to be linked to russia it was uncovered last week but investigators believe it's been going on for months. since the pandemic began hundreds of thousands of seafarers have been enjoying global restrictions that's while keeping the world economy afloat literally in the 1st ruling of its kind the international labor organization has done various governments in breach of basic rights and risking the safety and mental wellbeing of people working at sea and demick restrictions are affecting an estimated 400000 seafarers who are unable

to go home be replaced or even get access to health care earlier this month the un general assembly urged all countries to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers guy platen is secretary general of the international chamber of shipping he joins us from oxford in the u.k. guy platen welcome to the news hour so how serious a breach of basic human rights that's what we're talking about here. unprecedented essentially the international labor organization the committee that found against member states of the whole 3 particular things one a lack of cooperation there's an obligation to cooperate on issues the access to medical care but you've got. plenty of cases where the birds have been denied basic rights to medical care sure. and very importantly the repatriation of at

the end of their contract and allowing pressure to take their place so it's really something which i've never seen before does this play to less scrupulous employers agender if you will a gender sometimes in as much as depending upon which international waters a ship is in if it can't go from puerto a to port b. does that mean that you touched on this already i guess does that mean that say the employers don't have to stick to the letter of the contract with the individual seafarer and allow them or give them a ticket home from some port that they pay off the ship and. this is actually ship owners want to replace a cruise ship parents need to replace a cruise because from a safety in the mental health point if you actually inherited so it's not for lack of withdrawing shipping it's a diverted their ships thousands and thousands of miles just to get to a court which allows crew changes the what happened here is that essentially

governments focus on their own national populations and and see if you like collateral damage and they weren't allowed to show they weren't allowed to get the airports and they weren't allowed to go home so this is not to want to try and this is a global problem with governments around the world just not really recognizing c. there is a key isn't who pleads with the u.n. made a general assembly resolution last last month but so far today only 46 countries have told me recognize seafarers is key words and given them the priority that they absolutely does this mean though that at a time when we're told the global economy is heading towards a big recession it may get tipped over into being a global depression does this mean that these people are being told you must carry on working taking cargo whatever that cargo may be from one port to another port or from a pumping station to an offshore pumping station or is it that they are literally being held on the ship and the ships are anchored offshore. i know that

a ship to continue to trade i mean i see there is a really been some of the heroes of this pandemic they've made sure that governments and societies have access to the medical goods access to food to fuel to all those essential to keep life running they kept on going what we want now is governments to reciprocate now to recognize medicaid and recognize that they need to be a place you wouldn't expect a doctor to work indefinitely hours do you mean they need to be replaced and get rest the same to their feet thousands well so you know the ships haven't stopped not been the real pluck of this pandemic and they will continue to operate what we need now is governments to do to play their cards ok maritime law is something completely different to land based laws that you and i and everyone else we have to live within the strictures of ordinary laws rules and regulations is this an area that maritime law should get involved in and if it does have to change who's going to push that to change it so that this kind of situation either doesn't happen or

doesn't carry on happening so the international convention the legal convention referred to here is what's known as the maritime a labor convention and well over $100.00 countries have signed up to the mark from a convention and. put it into to law or in their own domestic law so they are obliged to to live by the obligations under this international convention so yes it's international law but it's been taken and put into domestic law and what we're saying is they haven't focused on their obligations under this niggly this legal convention which is out there ok we have to leave it there go plumb turn in oxfordshire in the u.k. many thanks thank you very much indeed. but an american economies have been suffering through their worst drop in growth for more than a century the pandemic is the main cause but the finances of countries such as argentina are already in about shape the reports from point to cyrus. the economies of latin america and the caribbean have been hit particularly hard by

the crowded 1900 pandemic so any green of good news is welcome when grim new statistics are announced in which dusty for 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 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 call the 2 demonstrations within walking distance of the el 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 pay so 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 of the. 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 than this took office just weeks before the pandemic arrived he said from the start to put the nation's health before the economy 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 club it might seem fun. but i really like using free

thought 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 from the pandemic worse off than they went into it. on their al-jazeera one of cyrus. it's been 5 years since the u.n. security council adopted a resolution meant to pave the path to a political solution in syria and european diplomats have told al-jazeera they are growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress they believe the government is deliberately storing in hopes of a change in washington's syria policy as a diplomatic editor james bays. 2015 was arguably the year that changed the course of the war in syria russia got involved militarily

forms 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 around the un security council resolution that's been quoted by world leaders ever since where the united nations resolution 2254 times the security council resolution 2254 resolution 20 to $54.00 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 back seat. 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 2 u.n. 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 could become bogged down many suspect this was russia . the sides plan all along it is increasingly apparent that the assad regime has durang the committee's work to time as it prepares to carry out his sham presidential election in 2021 and washing hands of the u.n. so would take a political process let's be honest of them nearly a decade of conflict the political process has not delivered for the syrian people and they continue to suffer deeply. inside an old side syria only

a political solution would come empty of suffering historians a lightly judge russia's diplomacy over this period as both cynical and a 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 jamesburg al-jazeera at the united nations. al-jazeera has traveled to the hometown of the 2 new zealand man whose desperate some fatal acts of protest helped spark the arab spring mohamed bouazizi who was a fruit seller died after setting himself on fire 10 years ago managed to

transition to democracy but many say things are now much worse as it has been a smith reports now from players he's hometown. but how much boise's protest is 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 whose easiest memorial became the platform. and i thought why should i celebrate i didn't get anything from that if in the last 10 years what is there to celebrate maybe life was better

before man because i want to scream at the government that 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 while. here i work daily from am to 2 pm to earn $156.00 it's not enough for cigarettes and coffee in spain. 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 but the protest is easy. that sets off the jasmine revolution that sparked demonstrations across this region 10 years on from the arab spring and the complaints we've heard today about jobs lack of opportunity and rising prices could be heard in perhaps any town and on perhaps any street in the middle east. burnitz many al-jazeera citizen. you know school is warning a wildlife park in senegal is in danger of losing its world heritage status. home to a unique species of wildlife has been under threat from poachers and illegal gold mining al-jazeera as nicolas hog joined a security patrol inside the park. it starts with the call deep inside senegal's park a poacher has been spotted. on board is the panther brigades 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 a camp they arrived 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 in 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 piano ml's 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. not on the. 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 line with 4 dead 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 it is the national symbol authentic all 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 the last of our reports in this series will take you to prove where an ancient city is under threat from swartz's you can watch that here on al-jazeera from 10 hours g.m.t.

on saturday sony has pulled one of the most anticipated video games of all time from its online stores barely a week since it was released cyberpunk 2077 took 10 years to make and reportedly cost more than $100000000.00 but many gamers complained about serious clinches the share price of the polish developer cd projects has plunged by 20 percent wiping out around $1700000000.00 in value. still to come here on the news hour for you the sports news with andy with exactly 2 years to go until the world cup final hosts cattle step up their preparations these are live pictures andy is here with that story when we come back with me in.

time for sports news andy thank you so much pete so well in just a few minutes time capsules furth 4th world cup stadium will officially host its opening game our brand stadium is staging the amir cup final exactly serious before the world cup final will be kicking off right now the opening ceremonies underway the venue set to host 7 matches in 2022 up to and including the last 60 the stadium has a capacity of around 40000 but you to coronavirus safety protocols the stadium will be at around half capacity for this guy so you can see around the world helen porter it is to have 2000 fans in a stadium let alone 50 percent of the stadium full so it's it's exciting to

me i cover a lot of the games in the premier league on t.v. i've been to a few games it's a different feeling with no fans there. but today i'm deathly going to take in the atmosphere and enjoy another new stadium especially on national day so i feel privileged to be here our sports correspondent peter stone a sports was from the hour around the stadium a little earlier on. $20000.00 people will be in attendance will be a mere cup final kicking off a little bit later that's less than the actual $40000.00 capacity but the reason for that is coronavirus protocols now interestingly after the world cup the stadium will again be reduced to a $20000.00 capacity and that's because the upper tier will be removed and repurposed to go towards other sporting facilities in qatar as well as in other countries in the middle east the sweeney was actually the 4th stadium that has been delivered by the supreme committee of the international state in which that one didn't actually have to be rebuilt it was already there but they really developed

it and then in addition to that we saw the new stadium which is actually hosting the asian champions league final tomorrow between. south korea and the rands persepolis we also saw education city stadium and now of course this one for more stadium still to come including arguably the jewel in the crown the new sale international stadium that's the one that will host the fee for world cup final on the 18th of december 2022. are from apostle and cameron struck a samuel out so he says african players were unfairly ignored in a recent ballon d'or votes all time world dream teams are selected by journalists and fans and not a single african was selected let's not not. have the luck to play it. was the best player in our team. but it's up on the world. that is the proof. the manager you're going.

to downplay his personal achievement at thursday's fifa best awards was named coach of the year by football's world governing body after guiding liverpool to their 1st english league title in 3 decades doubt by munich's hansie flick in a poll of fellow managers by his fans in the media actually if you would have asked me. are you the world's best coach or have said no if you would have asked me do you have to work best coaches around you have said yes so. we take a walk like this it's all good there are more important things in the world but it's a nice one well. that's a wasn't on the short list for that award right now are still 15th in the league ensuring their worst starts with season in almost 4 decades and the most disappointing thing is that we have had our funds with us to take us through this difficult moment and i think it could have been

a really really proceeds year but the reason for me in the premier league is to get in the gloss or while we've done in our calendar year a world champion boxer going to go off can has the chance to make history like this friday the calyx danfoss who will defend his i.b.s. middleweight championship against in florida if goal of going goes on so when then he'll break the record for most middleweight title defenses at $21.00 and competitors face some tough conditions at the opening women's downhill race of the season italy's defending overall champion federici when you're only was one of the number of athletes to crash out of the course in valdez air france welcome back health champion careens since a switzerland going on to win this writes. ok most of all from a little bit of us i was looking for an answer and the thank you so much that's it from me peter dolby here with the news i will have 30 minutes of al-jazeera world

used when we come back also use. the latest news as it breaks the measures introduced during this 3rd wave of resulted in the 20 percent drop in the amount that people are travelling with detailed coverage from the problem both one on top and all of those in one us out of our poverty rate increase and of off clearance from around the world the un has identified $56.00 countries most need assistance what's worrying them is that many of those have

a deteriorating situation. what is that they have been doing with the money that it's boring we bring in the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in argentina as congress is debating a bill seeking to raise billions of dollars from the super rich poor families hit hard by ballot counting the cost on al-jazeera. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the wound so no matter how you take a al-jazeera bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. down to 0. the birthplace of democracy but ethnic turks from the northeast tell a different story they. believe their religious leaders jailed journalists silenced schools closed and the far right.

people in power investigates western contested space on al-jazeera. $300.00 children kidnapped in nigeria are free after spending 6 days in captivity. watching al-jazeera coming up. this medical miracle the u.s. vice president mike pence gets the. jab as america moves closer to an emergency approval of a 2nd vaccine. with an average of a 1000 per day.