an up front is my guest from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories in pressing issues here on al-jazeera. the number of recorded coronavirus cases in india surpasses 10000000 the government says it expects to start that summations in general. on down jordan the start to 0 live from doha also coming up u.s. regulators approved the medina thanks in for emergency use the 2nd within a week the pandemic is far from being contained. a former governor of mexico's minister state becomes the latest victim of drug related violence that's spiraling out of control. and why then as well as president has dissolved his constituent

assembly without it changing a word of the constitution. now the number of coronavirus cases in india has now passed 10000000 that's according to official data released by government agencies in the last india as the 2nd highest number of cases in the world behind the us well the recorded infection rates of fallen sharply in recent weeks lizabeth purana has more now from new delhi . india has passed 10000000 of recorded covered a virus cases for the supreme court saying the 19 pandemic spread like wildfire in the country because of a lack of implementation of guidelines to stop this it's asking for better cooperation between the central and state governments it's also asking the central government to find a way to give more time off to france line health care worker. physically and

mentally 8 months of tireless work the good news is that the number of cases the daily rising. it's been since mid july that despite the fact india is testing more people now than it was then. say it's still not testing as many as it should be meanwhile the indian government is busy planning the 1st phase of vaccinations which are expected to begin and january. which is the world's largest maker and is testing in manufacturing the. vaccine and another company called bottom biotech have applied for. and the indian government has said that it could soon start voluntary inoculations as it considers emergency its planning to vaccinate around 300000000 people in the 1st phase which it expects will last the 1st off of 2021. u.s.

regulators have approved a 2nd coronavirus vaccine elations expected to start within days to show the mcdonough job is more than 94 percent effective when administered in 2 doses 4 weeks apart its approval came just hours after the vice president was given the finds of vaccine live on television and admitted to build support for the rollout begins our coverage from the white house. right this was a very public confidence in the coronavirus vaccine. the vice president his wife and the u.s. surgeon general getting an injection live on t.v. they want to assure americans that the vaccine works and it's safe the american people deserve to know that we've never been more prepared. and even when we see cases rising hospitalizations rising and heart breaking. we'll continue to marshal the resources that we've secured as a nation including

a safe and effective vaccine to meet this. senior members of the white house could run a virus team were also at the event the most recognizable dr anthony insisting the vaccines finally providing a light at the end of what's been a very long tunnel as we get into january february march and april that light is going to get brighter and brighter and of bitterness is going to be replaced by the sweetness and we all hope and i think this is doable that by the time we get to several months into this year we will have enough people protected that we can start thinking seriously about to return to normality not at the event in the old executive office building right next door to the white house itself the president instead he was tweeting out allegations without proof that the presidential election had been stolen from him his spokesperson says he's open to getting the vaccine that are just no plans to do that at the moment for the 2nd friday in

a row regulators in the u.s. approved a vaccine the food and drug administration giving americans to use authorization to moderna that'll mean 6000000 doses being sent out in the coming days and because the drug doesn't have to be stored at extremely low temperatures it could be used in more locations more than 3000 initially but while the vaccines provide some good news the scale of the problem in the u.s. is actually growing more than 3000 deaths a day in recent days hospitalizations a record numbers health providers across all 50 states warning their close to breaking point and with families planning to gather in a week for the christmas holiday the experts are worried that will create another deadly spike that will cast a shadow into the new year alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. the world health organization has warned that the next 3 to 6 months will be tough during the wait for coronavirus vaccines to help reduce transmission it's health emergencies

director says countries with a high number of cases should still expect their infection rates to rise particularly in the americas over 3 quarters of the cases we're seeing globally more are occurring in the americas it's a very very high and intense period there and it really does come back to being able to implement all of the measures that are needed. having strong coordination in governance and having to do it all approach in terms of both public health and social measures. to people wearing masks and personal hygiene and i ring a very strong focus on surveillance and testing on the world health organization's vaccine initiative says it secured nearly 2000000000 doses of vaccines for people in low and middle income countries the cutbacks alliance is aiming to deliver approved vaccines to $190.00 countries in the 1st half of next year it's now doubled its supply after signing deals with johnson and johnson and astra zeneca in

europe the 2nd wave of covered 19 shows no sign of slowing italy is being placed under a nationwide lockdown of the both christmas and new year with bars restaurants and non-essential shops closing austria's government is imposing a 3rd lockdown while in germany temporary freezes are being used to store bodies after a spike in deaths challenge reports. in the german city of hanau they've run out of space for bodies in the hospital morgues the shipping container is being used to temporarily handle the overflow i know existed a carded unfortunately the situation on hand now has changed we now need to make use of our containers that we have had since april and nationally as a precaution since yesterday to cover deceased are human and total $25.00 to $6.00 can be stored in the container sadly we had to start using the container from yesterday. with a record of nearly 34000 new cases and 830 new deaths germany has lost its

position as a role model for how to handle the pandemic well so vaccinations are set to start after christmas 1st in the imminent probable approval of the 1st vaccine naturally gives us hope that's obviously it wasn't solve the problem and realistically we need to be prepared to months of january and february be the hardest months of this pandemic several european countries are deep in the grip of a 2nd or perhaps even 3rd wave of coronavirus french president emmanuel macron continues his isolation after catching it. continue. continue to be careful on thursday i tested positive which shows that the virus can really affect anyone because i am very protected i am very careful i respect distance and i wear a mask i regularly use hand sanitizer and in spite of everything i caught the virus surely juta a moment of inattention or a bit of bad luck but that's the way it is. senior french government scientific

adviser says vaccine rollout could take longer than thought don't expect to return to normal before late next year francois phrase he has warned with more than 15000 people in the u.k. currently hospitalized for coronavirus the country is approaching the 1st wave peak of $18000.00 hospitalizations. in central london would be teeming with christmas shoppers. normal year londoners are among the $8000000.00 people across the united kingdom currently living under the its toughest of the 3 coronavirus restriction tears yes there's a temporary relaxation for christmas itself so families can get together but in many parts of the country after that the shops as a coming down again and they're coming down hard on. the chair generated by being the 1st country to administer the pfizer biotech vaccine has worn off ready stopping the national health service becoming overwhelmed has again become

a top priority. al-jazeera london. brazil's president has tried to cast doubt on coronavirus vaccines making unfounded claims about their side effects earlier the supreme court ruled that vaccination can be made compulsory but jabil tomorrow has repeatedly said he won't be taking one no vaccines have been approved for use in brazil despite a surge in infections and deaths. it's clear in the contract with pfizer we are not responsible for any side effects if you become an alligator that's your problem i'm not going to mention another animal because you'll think i'm talking nonsense right if you become a superman if any woman grows a beard or anyone starts singing soprano then they have nothing to do with it. a former governor of the mexican state of politico was shot dead early on friday in the beach town of it's the latest in a series of violent acts in a country already plagued by drug related gang activity john heilemann has.

this video apparently records the moment when the ex governor of the mexican state of her was killed in a restaurant but a man's land. was holidaying in the resort town of put he was out with 3 other people and of 15 strong bodyguard team provided by the state who couldn't save him . where in the attack happened at 1 40 in the morning the ex governor got up from the table and went to the bathroom that's where nard man shot him in the back. killings have become common at local level emits can politics but the murder of an ex governor is still very unusual the investigation into who was behind the attack is just beginning but it's not going to be easy that's because the state attorney said the staff from the restaurant cleaned up the crime scene took away evidence and even removed security cameras. in the southwest of the country is the

heartland of one of mexico's most powerful criminal groups the new generation called. tell. me. this is one of the videos they've released showing their firepower and they've not been afraid to turn it on authorities to fool this is such a nation could mark the start of a real season of political violence in mexico and that's because next july the country's holding its biggest ever elections and in the run up to elections in the country is usually the point where criminal groups try to position their own candidate and they often do that by murdering rival ones. are they still to listen the violence the governor of her lease go will likely not be the last john home and how does it a city. time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back we'll look at how corona virus restrictions have left hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded during the pandemic more than that status.

hello the weather list sloshy quiet across much of the middle east we got some bits and pieces of cloud across parts of the region just around the levant pushing across into syria lebanon children some showers a possibility into iran pushing across towards afghanistan might even see a spot sorts of light right here in qatar but nothing much to speak of the winds will pick up as we go on through sunday some more of the schmaltz i think in little bit lifted dust and sand to watch out for could also watch out for some showers just around the southern end of the red say wanted to the showers maybe fading away and across the horn of africa into djibouti into every track could see a shower or 2 in ethiopia but the west the weather will be just around the rift valley because more big downpours coming through here into the heart of africa pretty much where they should be truth be told they extend all the way across into

the gulf of guinea can follow this line of cloud outs of the democratic republic of congo right down across san b.-a and see where botswana and the north east of south africa's maybe showers coming through here and if anything that's just going to topple its way a little further west which as we go through the next day as i say tony increasingly wet across angola possibility of flooding into namibia but not too bad for that western side of south africa. building a new life on immediately beach living off the sea and then. a dream she had my send money that says. if you make it a reality. of family business led by a mark of a woman with a flair for cooking and a zest for living. my chin is here island kitchen on al-jazeera.

to. test. welcome back a quick recap of our top stories here this hour the number of recorded coronavirus cases in india has passed 10000000 it remains the 2nd worst affected country in the world behind the united states although infection rates have sharply fallen in recent weeks. u.s. regulators approved a 2nd coronavirus vaccine for emergency use the rollout of millions of doses of the maternal vaccine is expected to begin this weekend. in the news came just hours after u.s. vice president mike pence was inoculated with a pfizer biotech vaccine that was approved last week president elect joe biden will

do the same on monday. now since the pandemic began hundreds of thousands of seafarers have enjoyed global restrictions used to keep the world economy afloat now when the 1st ruling of its kind the international labor organization has found various governments in breach of their basic rights but also risking the safety and mental well being of people working at sea pandemic restrictions are affecting an estimated 400000 seafarers who are unable to go home be replaced or even access health care earlier this month the un general assembly urged all countries to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers while guy platen is secretary general of the international chamber of shipping he says the changes along averages. this is actually ship owners want to replace their cruise ship owners need to replace their crews because you know from a state you know mental health point of view absolute imperative so it's not a lack of we're trying we know shipowners who diverted their ships thousands and

thousands of miles just to get to a port which allow crew changes the what's happened here is that eventually governments progress on their own national population and secret if you like collateral damage and they weren't allowed to shore they weren't allowed to get the airport and they weren't allowed to go home so this is not a one. and this is a global problem with governments around the world just not really recognizing seafarers keep workers and we're pleased with the un made the general assembly resolution last month but so far today only $46.00 countries have formally recognized as a key workers and given them the priority that they absolutely do the ship to continue to trade i mean our 3 pairs are really been some of the heroes of this pandemic they've made sure that governments and starkey have had access to the medical goods christof to fuel to all those essential to keep life running they kept on going what we want now the government to reciprocate now to recognise them is key and recognise that they need to be replaced he wouldn't expect

a doctor to work in the hours you mean they need to be replaced get ready the same who are the parents as well so you know the ships haven't stopped and that's been the real plus of this pandemic and they will continue to operate what we need now governments to do to play their part now the u.s. congress has managed to temporarily avoid a government shutdown it's approved a 2 day extension of funding to keep agencies operating until sunday republicans and democrats try to resolve the sticking points and a $900000000000.00 coronavirus relief package hoping to approve it over the weekend after months of stalemate let's bring in evan resnick he's an assistant professor in international relations at the nanyang technological university joins us via skype from singapore evan great to have you with us so this is for the time being then the congress has managed to avoid a shutdown but it's only approved today extensions of funding so what happens after sunday then. well presumably the congress has a couple of days to pass

a bill to. spend money to for their on behalf of the federal government for the next year or so we have $2.00 days left to figure out whether we're going to have a coded repeat bill and a budget yeah that's an important point you make evan because it comes as both parties try to resolve their differences over this $900000000000.00 coronavirus relief package so so so what are the main hurdles that of stopping this deal think it's publicans in the united states senate and are. insisting specifically pat toomey a senator and republican senator of pennsylvania has inserted sort of a monkey wrench into the process by posing restrictions on the reserves ability to provide credit to struggling businesses so that seems to be the latest sort of a stumbling block in these frantic negotiations but i think overall this is all a test to sort of be an absolute dysfunction of the u.s. federal government right now to be on the verge of

a government shutdown at the height of a pandemic that's killing over $3000.00 people a day is just unbelievable and of course many older americans are watching this because the coronavirus relief package includes stimulus payments to to many households at a desperately need because of the pandemic that's right the house passed it 2 trillion dollars bill. last october but the current bill is about $900000000000.00 it provides about $600.00 for us families which is really angry let me let me just get a final thought from you evan before you go i mean this is a question that many people outside the u.s. why is there always this last minute drama by u.s. politicians to keep the government afloat and avoid these shutdowns i mean this happens with alarming regularity. it does part of this is just the nature of the u.s. constitution where power is divided up between the different branches and even within each branch so it's difficult to. do to achieve agreement c it's difficult for the

united states government to proactively by design but i think that when you compound the constitutional restrictions with hyper partisanship you get a government that just doesn't work there is just. particularly on the on the republican side there is just not a willingness to compromise with the other party and so you get repeated shutdowns rip repeated inability to pass legislation the u.s. senate is basically closed except for. except for are not nominating u.s. federal judges or conservative judges absent from anything else it is in a long time. yeah this is i think this is primarily a function of the republicans and specifically the republicans in the senate evan resnick great to get your thoughts thank you very much for talking to voters there evan. for now u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh says russian hind an ongoing cyber attack which

is being described as the worst in u.s. history more than 40 organizations have been targeted including 6 government departments cyber security experts say it could take months to undo the damage the full extent of the attack is to be emerging but officials believe it's been going on for months the fiance of some aha shrugs and has called on u.s. president elect joe biden to release the cia's classified report into the journalist murder once he takes office teaching it says the move would greatly assist in finding out the truth there are reports that the investigation concluded with medium to high confidence that saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered the killing a soldier who was murdered inside saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul in 2018. we capture they were kidnapped from a school in nigeria more than 300 boys are now being reunited with their families parents in the northern state of siena celebrated as they saw their sons for the 1st time since they were taken $344.00 boys were kidnapped from their school last

friday by armed men on motorbikes details of their release is still not clear including who was behind it and whether a ransom was paid some of the boys say they were beaten daily by their captors. to be honest there was no water through no shelter no break and the friday we were taken we spent 2 days without sleep after it was leaves and after 2 days without food we were given fresh potatoes and. frankly speaking i feel like god has granted me paradise because i'm so happy after spending 2 days without eating anything my mother is more than 90 years old and i am lost and she stopped eating and drinking in addition my 3 sisters were admitted to hospital. from katsina al-jazeera is a common address reports for walking barefoot some of them limping the 344 schoolboys are led by a nigerian security forces through the save environment of the governor's office in

the courts and after nearly a week in captivity. instead of joy it's an exhaustion written on the young freezes. in. the government says all the students abducted in an armed raid on a boarding school in the town of last week have now been freed but it's yet to explain the circumstances leading to their worries a quick intervention prevented nigeria's largest muslim duction from turning into another disaster in turn to 14 security experts say nigerian authorities failed to act quickly when both took more than 270 students from

a gold going to school in chibok more than $100.00 of them are still unaccounted for. for 6 days the students were forced to trick and hike until i joined in security forces pinned down their abductors in a forest in nearby some far state earlier hundreds more students are they skipped on their all or held by the military and many in a poor state of health 14 year old osama i mean managed to make his own way to freedom but the punishing trek across forests and rocky hills has left him fighting for his life he's bedridden because of sickle cell anemia made worse by this experience his father is desperately worried about his health never to name him like you. he said he was propped up and helped along by fellow students as they march for a fake forest when their group was rested for a few minutes he saw a chance to escape he crawled away and hid behind a tree he dragged himself to

a village ways brought home on a motorcycle. going to secondary school from where the boys were taken is now shut just like schools in 3 other states in nigeria's north west the authorities are taking no chances that they could be father such raids nigeria's security forces are overstretched they are fighting many battles including against the am group boko haram y. against western style education but eventually the government one of the schools to reopen the government edris al-jazeera and nigeria. venezuela's controversial constituent assembly is being dissolved it was supposedly created to rewrite the constitution but was in fact used as a legislative super body that could bypass the opposition held parliament a latin america at its understand human reports. 3 and a half years ago amid persistent opposition protests that israel is embattled president nicolas maduro announced he was unilaterally calling for

a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution written by his predecessor deceased president who will chavis broken by. people who don't know me you know you know i summon the native constituent power to achieve the peace but the republic needs to overthrow the fascist care so that the people with the sovereignty will be able to impose peace harmony and a true national dialogue. even appeals from the pope couldn't stop him from forming a 500 member body with powers above all other institutions critics were quick to predict that it's a real aim was to annihilate the opposition controlled parliament and consolidate a dictatorship. the assemblies most notably achievement was to strip what and 30 opposition deputies of the parliamentary immunity so that they could be arrested and tried to nejad lee inciting violence or treason it's fairly brazen.

it's clear now as it was indeed of course from the beginning but it's clear now the intention was merely to provide a kind of. form of government so that it could pass sensibly. many of which is in its train a repressive do you have any other country in the world with something like this is happened certainly i would imagine your has to be the only instance of the constitutional or constitutional constituent assembly rather. that has not even debated a single article proposed new constitution. now that the ruling socialist party will take total control of the legislature on january 5th after highly contested elections the constituent assembly is being dissolved just as quickly as it was created. by. we handing over a country in peace in pace in pace with

a newly elected legislature with diverse representation that will assume the challenge of maintaining constitutionality. says they've done their duty without having changed a comma of the original constitution not predicts that that was ever the point you see in human al-jazeera. prosecutors in the united states are urging a federal judge to reject and really $13000000.00 bail deal for glenn maxwell the former associate of jeffrey epstein has pleaded not guilty to charges of helping him recruit and groom underage girls to engage in illegal sex acts prosecutors say maxwell should remain behind bars because the evidence against her is strong and she poses an extreme flight risk. a u.s. congressional report has found that boeing officials manipulated tests of the 737 max which may have contributed to 2 fatal crashes the report found boeing works with the f.a.a. to rig pilot testing to avoid raising awareness of a floor and

a key safety system testimonies from 50 whistleblowers was used to carry out the inquest. another stadium in qatar set to host matches during the 2022 football world cup was held its 1st game they had a ryan stadium staged a mere cup final exactly 2 years before the world cup final will be kicking off the venue will host 7 matches and 2022 the stadium has a capacity of 40000 but numbers are limited in line with coronavirus safety protocols. time for a quick check of the headlines here this hour the number of coronavirus cases in india has now passed 10000000 it remains the 2nd worst affected country in the world behind the united states although infection rates have sharply fall in recent weeks elizabeth purana has more now from new delhi. the daily rising.