it was most beloved tradition its famous straight story the flag days one hour days investigates focus. on al-jazeera. make no mistake about it it's a medical miracle. the u.s. vice president mike pence gets the pfizer 19 jab as america moves closer to an emergency approval of a 2nd vaccine. again piece it over here in doha you're watching al-jazeera your top stories also ahead. and traumatized more than $300.00 children kidnapped in nigeria are free after spending 6 days in captivity. ethiopia's government offers

a reward for help to catch former leaders of tikrit region who are on the run after weeks of fighting. and we're on patrol with an anti poaching brigade this protecting unique wildlife in a park a risk of losing its world heritage site. we begin with the coronavirus crisis in the united states not regulators from the food and drug administration are expected to approve a 2nd vaccine for emergency use very soon experts say the maternal vaccine is safe but the f.d.a. has the final say the u.s. is the worst affected country in the world and is reporting record rises and deaths and infections americans are already being inoculated with the fine is a biotech vaccine approved less than one week ago. vice president mike pence has appeared live on t.v.

to take the fire as an inoculation he says he took it because he wanted to demonstrate its safety and effectiveness to the public live to washington and my colleague alan fischer alan so maternal we're seeing soon but how soon is very soon . well it could be anytime in the next few hours donald trump has in the last few hours said that it's been approved b. didn't quite get ahead of the company and the f.d.a. what he did was not quite understand the process on thursday there was a meeting of the advisory committee they had the evidence the question the data and at the end of it they voted overwhelmingly as donald trump said $20.00 to 0 to approve the vaccine for those over the age of 18 donald trump seems to thought that that was it done and dusted but the f.d.a. as an independent body they will go away they will make their decision like they did exactly a week ago when they approved the pfizer vaccine they will look at all the evidence they will look at the findings from the advisory committee and then they will make

their own call but certainly everything points in the direction of this new vaccine being permitted within the next couple of hours and that would be a significant breakthrough because it can be stored at much higher temperatures it doesn't have to be stored at the extreme temperature of the pfizer vaccine and that means it can go to more places that doesn't have to be the specialist freezer units in the places where the administer the vaccine so it can go to many more locations so down there are saying they have our own 6000000 doses of vaccine ready to go out across the u.s. to more than 3000 locations that means more frontline workers can get the vaccine sooner which is probably good news for the united states because as you see peter we've seen over the last couple of days record number of deaths more than 3000 deaths a day here in the united states and of course there are many many health systems all over the 50 states that see because of the sergeant cases that they're seeing

just after thanksgiving as was predicted by the experts is putting such a strain on so many hospitals they are close to breaking point so the vaccines will help but not in the short term that's certainly a long term view. we had from dr lee and timmy foti who said that the vaccines provide a light at the end of a very long tunnel but he's suggesting that it's going to be several months into 2021 before life can even consider going back to normal and we've got those pictures through today as well allan mike pence the u.s. vice president being vaccinated but it was interesting wasn't it off the back of that completely on board with the scientific message even though the vaccine is here and we're starting to roll it out carry on with the hand washing carry on wearing a mask carry on with high standards of personal hygiene. well it's interesting that that is very much what my parents is saying in public and has been for several months but just this week he held

a holiday party at his residence it was outside there were tents but there were people mingling within 6 feet and many of them were not wearing masks but he is telling americans that this is what they need to do to try and keep themselves safe he decided to get the vaccine to show americans that it was safe and that it what he was on stage with his wife and the surgeon general of the united states they did it for primetime in the morning here in the united states it was carried on several t.v. networks it was shown coast to coast on his remarks afterwards were also sure he says the vaccine is a good idea but people need to continue doing the basics particularly until this starts to grow some sort of immunity around the u.s. karen and i are more than happy to step forward for this week was. 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 well look there's some credit to be given to the trumpet ministration the experts told them that it would be at least 18 months before there was a viable vaccine but the trumpet ministration the white house task force put pressure on the drug companies to keep working in might pence's wards they cut red tape but didn't cut corners and here we are several months later and well before the end of the year they are getting a vaccine that is going out into the country and a 2nd vaccine perhaps just hours away so what is surprising at the mike pence event there was no sign of the president himself the event was at the old executive

office building which is just right across the way from the white house but the president wasn't there he wasn't even tweeting out support for mike pence or previewing the fact that this was about to happen instead he was tweeting out more claims that the election without evidence of course was stolen from him we were do we thought we were going to hear from the president the pool here at the white house was called to the oval office within the last 30 minutes or so which normally signifies the president is about to see something or do something but then everyone was stood down and just looking at the oval office there's normally a marine and dress uniform the president no longer in new york office so quite well that was a bow we're not entirely sure but he's not taking a lot of honor for these vaccines no being made public as we see the 2nd one expected to get that approval in the next couple of hours ok allan thanks very much we'll come back a little later i'm sure thank you. germany has hit

a record number of corona virus infections just 2 days after imposing tighter restrictions 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's stepping up its efforts with vaccination set to begin immediately after christmas the french president emmanuel micro-loan has given an update on his condition after testing positive for covert 19 in a video 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 bricks that negotiations tested positive on thursday and is self isolating in brazil the supreme court has ruled that corona virus vaccinations can be made mandatory at the moment no vaccine has been officially approved by the government's monica has more now from rio. never enters like the governor of some baba which is brazil's richest state and has already been working with china to produce of her own

a backpack thing he wants to make it mandatory in his day so there was a political discussion about it and the supreme court decided that back. bugger and the federal government can make the back think well 3 that mean they're not going to be forced to then 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 faith lives who are not being able to acquire going to restaurants or things like there was also something the president called for not and did not want now having said that there are there's no back the net in brazil that has no form a sort of. from a status quo. a sense. to the health regulatory agency the paperwork necessary to have the vaccine being used here in brazil more than 300

kidnapped school boys have arrived in northern nigeria is katsina city where they'll be reunited with their families they'll 1st be checked by local doctors the boys were taken from this school one week ago by government linked to because. over the last 2 they hit is all 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 nigeria's president was to pull out he praised the efforts of the security forces but acknowledged failures . i do know best. to close a buddhist. we found that. somehow. the terrorists. oh the object is still get well us and the she. this is take the who hosts this they'll

collect in millions of naira we have a lot of work ahead of us on 2 zeros admitted rescission can't seen and describes the condition of the boys as they arrived. 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've missed for more than a week but the experience yeah i can tell you is really traumatizing for this young children i pushed the governor yesterday to give us an idea of 2 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 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 in 14 so dear february 2014 when there was no immediate action when 207 to girls were taken from a 2nd to school in chibok. 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 poss of $260000.00 the regional leaders went into hiding since federal troops captured the local capital mckayla nearly 2 weeks ago meanwhile ethiopia has summoned the sudanese ambassador in at a suburb to protest over what it described as trespassing and raids on its

territory to the morgan has more from harts whom. 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 a basically it has resulted in more than 50000 to 15 refugees flowing into sudan but it still has not announced it was able to get. its hands on the rebels or as it describe rebels or the leaders of the t.p.m. of the tigre people's liberation movement which the government is fighting and the degree of people's liberation movement have repeatedly stated that they are still continuing the battle despite the government think 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 look at 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 nor 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 taker and where the leaders of the to group people's liberation front is still to come here on al-jazeera a quarter of a $1000000000.00 of humanitarian aid is required in mozambique after major advances by groups linked to. the top marks its national day with a special tribute to medical workers and their families. how the weather looks lost the fire to dry across much of the middle east some pieces of cloud rolling into the levant with the wet weather to just across the caucuses

was northern parts of iran the showers here will become a little more expansive as we go through saturday said. it's also one of she's showers they're jealous of a share or 2 here in concert you might catch the 3 a spot or 2 of rice and what about 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 us from our wind blowing quite came one lifted just a sad possibility one of 2 showers just around the southern end of the red sea into that western side of yemen and you may well see want to see 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 will continue through the rift valley zambia seeing some heavy showers a bit more cloud there coming into eastern side of angola also got 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 latif on it live to south africa but if you shasta the east. frank assessments you go colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse for 2200 people and in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines. inside story on al-jazeera. the arab spring swept through countries across the middle east and north africa in a series of interviews we explore the legacy of a revolution that changed the political landscape of the region tunisia's former president. says the arab spring 10 years. i've.

you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. vice president mike pence has received the pfizer biotech banksy during a live televised event a 2nd u.s. vaccine from madonna is expected to be approved for use within the coming couple of hours. on 300 kidnapped school boys have arrived in northern nigeria katsina city where they'll be reunited with their families the boys were taken from their school a week ago by gunmen linked to boko haram. ethiopia's government is offering more than a quarter of a $1000000.00 reward for information about the location of the region's ruling party and that they went into hiding after federal forces captured the local capital nearly 2 weeks ago. the government of mozambique and the united nations are asking the world for a quarter of a $1000000000.00 to help people impacted by years of violence within $500000.00

people have been displaced in the northern province of kabul delgado's since 27 team the u.n. is worried the crisis could spread beyond the borders of mozambique the conflict is being blamed on armed groups have been linked to isolate juliana the works with the un's refugee agency in mozambique she says 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 the battle but also to labeling provinces such as. the zambezi are 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 up also remain limits it's due to the violence and insecurity and although the international community has been really general our needs they are growing as

a sex continue as people are moving multiple times our needs are only growing in terms of order 20 patients sheriffs shelter in terms of protection we as unique g.r. 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 it went there with sponsors we need support from international community politicians in the european parliament to be discussing the brics it too long self being warned a moment of truth is fast approaching the u.k. and in you 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 the month disagreements about fishing rights are among the big hurdles the new ashtar put it 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 usually as you were informed by our president ursula on deadline a few days ago there is a trance of getting an agreement but the path to such an agreement is very narrow well ahead of another round of talks with the e.u. commission president britain's prime minister boris johnson said 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's a gap that needs to be to be bridged the u.k. has. done a lot i think to try and help and. you. 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. in afghanistan at least 15 children have been killed

by an explosion that happened at a religious gathering in the city of gasoline 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 microsoft has confirmed it is the targets of a hacking operation that's been described as the worst in u.s. history with in 40 organizations are being targeted including the u.s. government's energy defense state and homeland security departments the attack still said to be ongoing is suspected to be linked to russia it was uncovered last week but investigators believe it's been going on for months the fiance. has called on 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 does conclude with quote medium to high confidence that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin some man ordered

the killing of was murdered inside saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul in 2018. the indian prime minister narendra modi says opposition parties are exploiting farmers protesting over new agricultural laws the government argues deregulation of the industry is badly required mr modi 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. i just want ease in the life of i want their progress and want modernity in the agriculture sector political parties should stop misguiding farmers it's been over 6 to 7 months since the farm laws were implemented but now suddenly games are being played to plough one's political land through a web of lies you know school is warning a wildlife park in senegal's 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 is nicholas hart joined one 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 brigade 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 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 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 in the last of our reports in this series we'll take you to peru or an ancient city is under threat from. right here on al-jazeera from 10 hours g.m.t. on saturday. cass are is observing its national day crowds are limited because of the coronavirus pandemic but there's still been a military parade and an air show events also on a front line health workers who've led the fight against 19. is that. this is the highlight of qatar national day celebrations the parades on doha konishi hits and the van to mock by a minute to parade to mourn and 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 covert 19 those who spent days weeks and months raising awareness about disease and providing crucial assistance to those in serious condition the authorities say that basically all the measures that were taken by the governments since march when the 1st cases of covert 19 were reported in qatar managed to a greater extent to contain the virus when talking here about social distancing measures contact tracings and also the top 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 brads globally the disease which has shattered lives hurts economies change our lives beyond recognition will be defeated one day. algis iraq. now it's exactly 2 years until the world cup final here in qatar and another milestone has been reached on the road to the tournament in 2022 the 4th stadium in al rann has been inaugurated at the staging the emilio cup final the stadium has a capacity of $40000.00 but due to coronavirus safety protocols the stadium will be

at around half capacity for this game. this is al jazeera these are the top stories hundreds of school boys have arrived home a week after they were kidnapped in northern nigeria they were given medical checks before going home to their families the boys were abducted by an armed group with apparent links to book her arm nigeria's president who has acknowledged failures in security. i do know best. new clues a buddhist. we've. somehow . the terrorists or the object is still get us.