believe their religious leaders jailed journalists silenced schools closed and the far right. if you don't like. what i'm doing i'm all for people in power investigates western contested space on al-jazeera. hungry and traumatized more than $300.00 children kidnapped in nigeria are freed after spending 6 days in captivity. again peter will be here in doha you're watching al-jazeera coming up. make no mistake about. this medical miracle the u.s. vice president mike pence gets the pfizer a jab as america moves closer to an emergency approval of

a 2nd vaccine. with an average of a 1000 per day related to cook at 19 brazil's supreme court backs the government in making a vaccine mandatory for all. a call for help a quarter of a $1000000000.00 needed for humanitarian aid in mozambique. let's begin in northern nigeria where hundreds of children have now arrived home a week after they were kidnapped by gunmen linked to the armed group boko haram tired and barefoot the boys stepped off buses in the city of kut ciena on friday they're 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. will be meeting the children in katsina state shortly. one of the boys

who was kidnapped has been speaking about his ordeal. in the same place when they took us at 1st but when they saw a jet fighter they change their location and hit is in a different place they gave us food but it was very little. can't ciena he 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 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 kept 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. 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 14th of february 2 10141 there was no immediate action when 270 girls were taken from a 2nd school in chibok u.s. vice president mike pence and his wife karen received a qubit 19 vaccination on live television at the white house today mr pence says he took leave the germ because he wanted to demonstrate its safety and effectiveness

to the public alan fischer joins us live now from washington i guess his critics might say alan too little too late but towards the end of the administration at least he's got it now. well he has been seeing it for several months but of course just 6 months ago he wrote an opinion piece in the newspaper and said that there was no 2nd wave and the talk of it was all media hysteria and what we've seen over the last couple of days is more than 3000 deaths across the united states record hospitalisations much more serious situation than it was back in the spring and many of those health care systems across the u.s. saying they're very close to breaking point but credit where credit is due the experts were saying the earliest there was a possibility of getting a vaccine was perhaps the middle of 2021 and by the end of friday there's a real possibility that the united states will have to approve vaccines we're just waiting on water from the food and drug administration on the 2nd vaccine what mike

pence was trying to do in this very public event which was carried live on american t.v. this morning coast to coast was to try to assure people that the vaccine was safe and that it would work and so that's why he was on stage with his wife and the surgeon general of the united states he believes that if people start to get back soon if he does these millions of doses of vaccines make their way around the country and it will take several months this is finally after donald trump has been talking about it for several months the u.s. turning the corner karen and i are more than happy to step forward for this week was about. to take a 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 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 and alan how long until the maternal vaccine is being dispensed to people. well donald trump has tweeted out in the last couple of hours that it's been approved after being overwhelmingly approved by the f.d.a. he's actually got the whole system slightly wrong what has happened is the advisory committee on thursday by a vote of $20.00 to 0 approve the emergency use of the madonna vaccine that then goes to the f.d.a. the f.d.a. which is an independent body will make its own decision in the coming hours it's been pushing back on donald trump saying that the vaccine was ready to be distributed saying that that final approval hasn't yet been given but as i see already expecting that to come in the next couple of hours and that means 6000000 doses of vaccine will be sent around the country know there are down the vaccine

has an advantage over the pfizer one in that it doesn't have to be stored at such extreme cold temperatures and that means it can go to more places so there's more than 3500 places that have been earmarked to get doses of this vaccine that means it can go to more people in more vulnerable places we also know that joe biden will be vaccinated live on t.v. next week at some point as well come the house members of the supreme court and also congress will also receive the vaccine in the coming week that's all about continuity of government as for the president well he didn't do anything to publicize the mike pence event you thought you might have done something on twitter instead he was tweeting about what he calls the russia hawks and wasn't at the event in new york the executive office building which is right over there right next door to the white house so nothing at all from the president his spokeswoman saying that he is open to getting the vaccine but as yet there are no plans for him to receive that publicly ok thank you very much allan fisher there in washington.

to brazil where the supreme court has ruled today that corona virus vaccinations can be made mandatory at the moment no vaccine has been officially approved by the government let's get more now from monica in rio de janeiro monica is the gulf. planning on or does it want the ability to make people accent you've got to get a vaccine. you know on the contrary the federal government of tried to get you and tells you that nobody should give him a thing and he gave an example if you have cancer you shouldn't be forced to do there of being a new ship that should be something voluntary all but governors like the governor of sumbawa which is brazil's richest state and has already been working with china to produce a i wrote a vaccine he wants to make it mandatory in his state so there was a political discussion about it and the supreme court decided that vaccine.

bugger nurse and the federal government can make the vaccine. that means you're not going to be forced to take them they won't drag you out of your house but if you don't take it you might have some punitive measures like for example not being allowed in certain spaces or not being able to acquire to go on a restaurant or things like this so this was something the president said was there not a did not want now having said that there are there is no back the net in brazil that has no pharmaceutical or from a student. to the health regulatory agency the paperwork necessary to have the vaccine being used here in brazil and we're talking about like 6 kinds of things including including pfizer monica thanks very much.

in rio de janeiro. the french president emanuel macro has given an update on his condition after he tested positive for covert 19 in a video statement on his twitter feed he said he's doing well but he has slowed down however he is still doing some work including on the crucial bricks of negotiations mr mack or tested positive on thursday is now in day 2 of 7 days of self solution. germany has hit a record number of corona virus infections just 2 days after imposing tighter restrictions there were more than $30000.00 new cases in 24 hours for the 1st time since the start of the outbreak more than 800 deaths pushing the toll to nearly 25000 the government says vaccinations are set to begin immediately after christmas . the ethiopian government is offering a reward for information that could help locate leaders of the tea green regions ruling party the military is putting up a cash pot of $260000.00 the region's leaders went into hiding after federal troops

captured the local capital macnelly nearly 2 weeks ago meanwhile ethiopia has summoned the sudanese ambassador in addis ababa to protest against what it described as trespassing and raids on its territory morgan has more now from khartoum. 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 if you feel refugees flowing into sudan but it still has not announced that it was able to get. its hands on the rebels or as it described rebels or the leaders of the t.p.m. of the tigre 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 and 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 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 their 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 is still to come here on al-jazeera. marx's national day with a special tribute to medical workers and their families. you know in nicholas hall instead of girls knew about park join me next on an anti poaching pretrial in with the u.s. go describes as a world heritage site in danger. of

. how i once again there's no less south in the record breaking snow that we're seeing across parts of central and northern japan a more that wintry weather continuing there. and quite a bit of it as well as we go on through saturday the winds have fought in a little light sesay the snow not penetrating quite as far into west central parts of hunch and also into hokkaido but still plenty of it nevertheless and it still continues to come down as we go on through sunday cool crisp weather coming in behind one celsius there in so positive around 5 degrees in beijing but for much of china at least here it will be fine and dry strike to across much of in the china good parts of india also dry to say some bits and pieces of cloud across northern parts low clouds fog and smoke those problems will continue but with a northeasterly breeze we are looking at more in the way of showers in the far south of india as we go on through sas station lanka stays wet right through the

weekend more heavy showers coming through here the less showers that we will see make in the way into these off as we go on through sunday much of southern india by this they should be lousy fine and dry much of pakistan looking fine and dry for the time big but a westerly disturbance is waiting in the wings and only through next week. building a new life on a need to look beach living off the sea and the latter. a dream shared by so many but so few make it a reality. a family business led by a mark of a woman with a flair for cooking and a zest for living. my chinese yeah island kitchen on al-jazeera.

wooed forewarn. playing. there watching al-jazeera my name's piece it will be a reminder of your top stories this half hour hundreds of school boys have arrived home a week after they were kidnapped in northern nigeria they've been given medical checks before being reunited with their families boys were doctored by an armed group with apparent leagues to. the u.s. vice president mike pence and his wife have received with 19 vaccine on live t.v. at the white house mr payne says he took the fire because he wanted to demonstrate its safety and effectiveness to the public. ethiopia's government is offering more than a quarter of a $1000000.00 reward for information about the location of the tikrit region and

ruling party they went into hiding after federal forces captured the capital nearly 2 weeks ago. in afghanistan at least 15 children have been killed by an explosion happened a religious gathering in the city of the authorities say a motorcycle carrying explosives rammed into a building but the taliban says the blast was caused by an unexploded mortar shell gasoline as well and twice to the taliban in the past 3 years mozambique's government and the u.n. are asking the world for a quarter of a 1000000000 dollars to help people impacted by years of conflict well in 500000 people have been displaced in the northern province of kabul delgado's since 2017 the un is worried the crisis could spread beyond the borders of mozambique fighting in the region is being blamed on armed groups have been linked to ice or julie and i guess he works with the un's refugee agency in mozambique she says help is urgently required. we are talking about more than 530000

people who have already been displaced and they're going to the south of the province a couple but also to neighboring provinces such as. the. many of them have been forced to flee multiple times and to abandon their homes without knowing if or when will be able to come back access to some areas. all for reaming limit their due to the violence and insecurity and all goal the international community has been really general our needs they are growing as he knew as people are moving multiple times our needs are only growing in terms of ordering patient share of shelter in terms of protection we as you need to argue and record agencies are trying to respond to identify the main need in terms of protection and for this we need humanitarian. response and pro-us to be part of an effective atman

their response we need support from international community. the fiance of jamal who has called on the u.s. president elect joe biden to release the cia's classified report into the journalists once he takes office there are reports the investigation concludes with quotes medium to high confidence that the side the crown prince mohammed bin cell month old at the killing was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. politicians in the european parliament have been discussing the brics it talks after being warned of a court's moment of truth as being fast approaching the u.k. and the e.u. have less than 2 weeks to seal a deal on their future relationship including an all important trade agreement which informally left the bloc in january but does remain in a period of transition until the end of this year disagreements over fishing rights is one of the big obstacles. reproduced don't. 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 because well ahead of another round of talks with the e.u. commission president britain's prime minister boris johnson's of the e.u. needs to bring something to the table we'll keep the 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 e.u. friends who will see sense and come to the table with something themselves because 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. indian prime minister narendra

modi's says opposition parties are exploiting farmers protesting over new agricultural laws the government argues deregulation of the industry is badly needed mr moody says the opposition supported it when they were in government farmers have been intensifying their protests blocking highways and camping on the outskirts of new delhi they say the changes will leave them vulnerable to big corporations. hundreds of protesters in indonesia demanding the release of a controversial muslim cleric actually happy he was arrested for allegedly breaching coded restrictions by holding mass gatherings jessica washington has more now from jakarta. hundreds of protesters had gathered here in the city center in jakarta to protest against the detention of rethink shihab 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. why are you pushing us away we don't want anything we only want justice is it true our hobby violated the law to see that the road is one of the crowd all going home to the people i still determined to stay on and protest against the detention. 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 laws the f.b.i. or the islamic the been described as. the controversial organisation in indonesia a group. violence against minority communities including religious minorities here in indonesia. the supercycle 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 oakland 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 wind 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 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. are used to cycle 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 a few additional fees we did because to dismiss 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 oakland's . unesco is warning a wildlife park instead of goals in danger of losing its world heritage state. home to a unique species of wildlife has been under threat from poaches and illegal gold mining al-jazeera nicholas hogg 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 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 smell burning by a 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 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 piano

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 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 in senegal . and the last 2 reports in this series will take you to peru who are an ancient city is under threat from squatters you can watch that right here on al-jazeera from 10 hours g.m.t. on saturday casaus observing its national day to be limited because of the pandemic for they've witnessed a military parade and an issue events also on the frontline health workers who led the fight against teen. explains. this is the highlight of qatar

national day celebrations the parades on doha konishi hits and the van to marked by a minute trip or great ceremony and marches and. the event is held this year under 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 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 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 coby 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 brads globally the disease which has shattered lives her economies change our lives beyond recognition will be defeated one day. algis iraq.

another country stadium and matches during the 2022 football world cup is hosting its 1st ever game the stadium a stage in the immediate cup final exactly 2 years before the world cup final will be kicking off when you will host 7 matches in 2022 the stadium has a capacity of 40000 but because of coronavirus safety protocols the stadium will be at around half capacity for friday's game. just joining us you're watching al-jazeera live from doha i'm peter double your top stories hundreds of school boys have arrived home a week after they were kidnapped in more than nigeria they were given medical checks before going home to their families the boys were abducted by an armed group with apparently to boko haram the u.s. vice president mike pence and his wife have received the coded 19 vaccine on live

t.v. at the white house mr pence says he took the pfizer job because he wanted to demonstrate its safety and effectiveness to.