we explored a legacy of a revolution that changed the political landscape of the region tunisia's former president. discusses the arab spring 10 years. india becomes the 2nd country to surpass 10000000 recorded corona virus infections . hello there i am hello i'm hittin and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. approves a 2nd vaccine but with families gathering for christmas doctors warn serging infections will get even worse. a former mexican governor becomes one of the latest victims of spiraling drug related violence. and bringing sesame street's to

cox's bizarre a children's show creates new muppets for education and supports in the world's biggest refugee camp. the number of reported coronavirus cases in india has no past 10000000 it has the 2nd highest number of cases in the world behind the united states though the indian government says the infection rates of fallen sharply in recent weeks elizabeth purana has more from new delhi. india has surpassed 10000000 of recorded covered a virus cases for the supreme court saying the call the 19 pandemic spread like wildfire in the country because of a lack of implementation of guidelines to stop it 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 functional and held. workers who it said are

exhausted physically and mentally from 8 months of toilets work the good news is that the number of daily cases the daily rise in cases is the lowest it's been since mid july that's despite the fact india is testing more people now than it was then health experts 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. serum institute of india which is the world's largest vaccine make-a and is testing and manufacturing the oxford astra zeneca vaccine and another indian company called bottom biotech have all applied for emergency authorization and the indian government has said that it could soon start voluntary inoculations as it considers emergency use it's planning to vaccinate around 300000000 people in the 1st phase which it expects will last the 1st half of

2021. u.s. regulators have approved a second's coronavirus vaccine a mass inoculation is expected to starts within days tests show the maternal 94 percent effective when administered in 2 doses 4 weeks opponents its approval came just hours after the vice president was given the fires a biotech vaccine on live television alan fischer reports from the white house. all right this was a very public who have confidence in the corona virus vaccine. the vice president his wife and the us such in general getting an injection live on t.v. they want to shoot americans that the vaccine walks and it's safe the american people deserve to know that we've never been more prepared to combat the coronavirus than we are today and even while we see cases rising and hospitalizations rising and heartbreaking losses we'll continue to marshal the resources that we have secured as a nation including

a safe and effective vaccine to meet this moment. senior members of the white house coronavirus team were also at the event the most recognisable dr anthony insisting the vaccines finally providing a light at the end the 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 several months into this year we will have enough people protect it 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. china says it's focusing on vaccinating high risk groups over the winter and spring before widening the program outs to the general public and that includes workers in the

cold storage and transport industries as well as those in health care the government says it will help actively builds group immunity china has so far reporters that's also over nearly 95000 cases. in europe the 2nd wave of covert 1000 shows no signs of slowing 3 days into a locked and germany has another day in excess of 30000 infections and as rory challenge reports it's morgues are getting overwhelmed 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 are not exist either carted unfortunately the situation on hand now has changed we now need to make use of our containers that we have had here since april and nationally as a precaution since yesterday 2 covered 19 deceased are hidden and total $25.00

things can be stored in the container said lee 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 they vaccinations are set to start after christmas the 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 hottest months of this pandemic. several european countries are deep in the grip of a 2nd or perhaps even 3rd wave of coronavirus french president emanuel macron continues his isolation after catching it. continue time or how to continue to be careful on thursday i tested positive which shows that the virus can really affect anyone because i am very protected i'm 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 due to a moment of inattention or a bit of bad luck but that's the way it is. in your french government scientific advisor says vaccine rollout could take longer than thought don't expect to return to normal before late next year francois tough race 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 any normal year central london would be teeming with christmas shoppers but this as we know is no normal year londoners are among the $38000000.00 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 shutters are coming down again and the coming down harder. 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 chalons 0 london. here secretary of state mike pompei was says it's pretty clear that russian hackers are behind an ongoing cyber attack described sounds the worst in american history more than 40 organizations have been targeted including 6 government departments cyber security experts say could take months to undo the damage the full extent of the cyber attack is still emerging but it's thought to have been going on for months. well members of the u.s. congress have been given a classified briefing the bias it afterwards sums up the trumpet ministration is failing to respond properly national security is the number one challenge the new number one responsibility of a government is to protect our people every government agency is compromised our

national security is compromised. i'm disappointed that he is not bringing the government together to respond to it. the u.s. congress though has managed to temporarily avoid a government shutdown it has approved a tea day extension of funding to keep agencies operates in until sunday that says republicans democrats try to resolve sticking points on a 9 $100000000000.00 coronavirus relief package they're hoping to approve it over the weekend after months of stalemates. a former governor of the mexican state school was shot dead on friday in the beach town of puerto vallarta is the latest in a series of violent acts in a country already plagued by drug related gang activity john homan has more. 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 others start to listen the violence was holidaying in the resort town of put device and he was out with 3 other people and a 15 strong bodyguard team provided by the state who couldn't save him. what he attack happened at 1 40 in the morning he 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 kampala ticks 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. police state in the southwest of the country is the heartland of one of mexico's most powerful criminal groups the new generation cartel. 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 fascination 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. at least not to listen the violence former governor of her lease coke will likely not be the last john home and how does it or mexico city. still to come here on al-jazeera we'll look at point venezuela's president has dissolved his constituent assembly without it doing the job it was created for and we'll hear from a libyan father who's returned to the whom he fled during fighting.

the weather looks at last the dry across central and eastern parts of here but more mild but wet some windy weather tumbling in from the atlantic bands of cloud and rain coming through pretty tightly. indicating mother brisk winds at times that blustery showers rattling through what's the weather coming back into scandinavia tend to snow over the high agrawal season plowed right into making its way across spain and portugal again some snow over the high ground basin places a tad of writers who could parts of france but for central pa slushy dry light winds it's a lot of clout there setting a possibility want to see snow flurries further east having said that temperatures in moscow around minus one celsius what's the weather will make its way into switzerland into central parts of europe as we go on through sunday all snow coming back in across the alps that state will see some cloud in the rain also affecting

southern a silly for a time a little try a little bulge of dry weather just making its way into england as we go on through sunday but the cloud of rain not too far away out in the atlantic basin pattern right to across northern parts of algeria as we go on through saturday but of course much of north africa they settled in sunny with a few shallows down towards the gulf of guinea. but. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse for 2200 people informed opinion as to how big this foreign policy in the early stages of on this ration he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like it live get the vaccine when there's no money and all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera.

this is al jazeera quick right there of the top stories for you now the number of reported corona virus infections in india has passed 10000000 it has the 2nd highest number of cases in the world behind the united states though reported infection rates have shot the fallen in recent weeks u.s. regulators have approved a 2nd coronavirus vaccine for emergency use the lives of millions of doses of image during a job is expected to begin this weekend's and u.s. secretary of state my campaign says it's pretty clear that russian hackers are behind an ongoing cyber attack described as the worst in american history more than

40 organizations have been targeted including 6 government departments. well since the coronavirus pandemic began hundreds of thousands of seafarers have ensured global restrictions used to keep the world's economy afloat snow in the 1st ruling of its kind international labor organization has found various government department various governments rather are in breach of their basic rights risking the safety and mental wellbeing of people working at sea pandemic restrictions are affecting an estimated 400000 seafarers who are unable to go home or get access to basic health care earlier this month the un general assembly urged all countries to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers or guy plants in as the secretary general of the international chamber of shipping he says the changes

are long overdue. this isn't actually ship owners want to replace a cruise ship owners need to replace a cruise because you know from a safety in a mental health point of view absolute imperative so it's not for lack of we're trying we know ship owners have diverted their ships thousands and thousands of miles just to get to a port which allows crew changes the what's happened here is that essentially governments focus on their own national populations and and see perth if you like were collateral damage and they weren't allowed to sure 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 seafarers as key workers and we're pleased with the u.n. made a general assembly resolution last last month but so far today only $46.00 countries have formally recognized seafarers as key workers and giving them the priority that they absolutely deserve the ship to continue to trade i mean honestly if there is

a really been some of the heroes of this kind then 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've kept on going what we want now is governments to reciprocate now to recognize some of the key and recognize the need to be a place you wouldn't expect a doctor to work indefinitely hours they need to be replaced and get rest the same to the $3000.00 as well so now that the ships haven't stopped that's been the real plus for this pandemic and they will continue to operate what we need now is governments to do to play their parts. well some of the 344 boys who were kidnapped in northern nigeria have died describes more about their ordeal their back with their parents in a state of katsina armed men raided their school and last friday holding them in a forest where full details of their rescue still aren't clear including whether or not a ransom was paid. to be honest there was no through 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 pieces of ground not. allowed to make you see i'm a wife frankly speaking i feel like god has granted me paradise because i'm so happy after spending 2 days without eating anything i met is more than 90 years old and i am lost bone and she too stopped eating and drinking in addition my 3 sisters were admitted to hospital. for the nigerian president mahmoud abbas hari has met with the schoolboys he called on security forces to do more to protect civilians from armed groups. who want to help you once again for their relentless efforts of god and i mean am i sorry that the boys are back home safely i hope the security operators the army the navy the air force the police this did security service to be godfearing in their undertakings they should do their work without

fear of favor by exposing any body that hears a questionable character. from katsina al-jazeera samadi trees reports walking barefoot some of them limping 344 schoolboys are led by a nigerian security forces through the save environment of the governor's office in it 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 release a quick intervention prevented nigeria's largest muslim doctrine from turning into another disaster in 10 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. 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 and they could be father such raids nigeria's security forces are overstretched and they are fighting many battles including against the i'm group boko haram why against western style education but eventually the government would one of the schools to reopen i mean to greece al-jazeera and nigeria. then as well as can controversial constituent assembly has been dissolved it was

set up to be write the constitution but ended up being a lead just lots of super bowl at sea that could bypass the opposition control paula months or latin america said the sea in yemen has this report. 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 you know you know i summon the native constituent power to achieve the peace but the republic needs to overthrow the fascist carol 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 really was to annihilate the opposition controlled parliament and consolidate a dictatorship. the assemblies most notable achievement was to strip more than 30 opposition deputies of the parliamentary immunity so that they could be arrested and tried to nigel inciting violence or treason it's fairly brazen. it's clear 'd now that was it was indeed a cause 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. many of which has been extremely repressive do you have any other country in the world where 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 and peace in peace in pace with a newly elected legislature with diverse representation that will assume the challenge of maintaining constitutional attorney. 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. a u.s. congressional report has found that boeing officials manipulated tests of the 737 max which may have contributed to 2 crashes the report shows boeing works with regulators to rig pilot texting and avoid raising awareness of a flaw in

a key safety system testimonies from 50 whistleblowers was used to carry out the inquest crashes in 2080 that killed that together killed 346 people lends to the 737 max being grounded worldwide. prosecutors in the united states are urging a federal judge to reject a nearly $30000000.00 bail deal for going maxwell the friends of jeffrey obscene has pleaded not guilty to charges of helping him recruits and groom underage girls to engage in sexual acts prosecutors say maxwell should remain behind bars because the evidence against her is strong they also fear she could flee the country epstein was found dead in a new york jail last year and what was deemed to be suicide. fighting in libya has devastated entire communities more than 125000 homes have been destroyed

in southern tripoli's since the war literally 5 to launch the military offensive last year although the fighting has ended for no many families don't have a home to go back to we met with a father who's trying to rebuild his life it's honestly been saying my name is faisal been sayed and this is my house and i'm an engineer and i have 2 little girls after the fighting began i left my house i didn't return until the war was over are you remember when we 1st left the house my family and i slept in the car for a few days we didn't know where to go so we stayed with different friends for a while now we are staying with my in-laws it was really hard for us especially my daughter fulla she was constantly crying she would say i want our old house and my old toys as a father that her it was even harder for my wife when we saw the state of our home we were socks personally i was devastated emotionally and mentally it took me years to build this home and i put everything i had into it we have besides being

destroyed they looted everything it's not my fight i just want to live a peaceful life and provide for my family i speak for the thousands like me both sides spend billions on fighting but when it comes to the average citizen no one cares about us all they care about is their position now i wonder if i just start rebuilding what if i fix my house and tomorrow another war begins and my home is destroyed all over again my hopes and aspirations have completely changed i used to have dreams now i just want to feed my family i'm not optimistic but i constantly pray make god guide them all to leave their weapons behind and come together as libyans as brothers so we can build a better country for children. 2 critically endangered around the turns are back home in indonesia 3 years after they were after they were taken by smugglers to thailand they're being kept for health checks before hopefully be released back

into the wild around 60 $5000.00 around the turns are left in the world $2.00 to $3000.00 are killed every year. the us children show sesame street says created 2 new cast members who are young refugees called north and they're joining other muppets in the world's biggest refugee camp coaxes bazaar in bangladesh hundreds of thousands of rangoon muslims have been living there for years after fleeing violence and a military crackdown in neighboring myanmar here so some of the plates learned program works.

finally india's media are calling it the massacre in adelaide's the gantries cricket same as recorded its lowest ever tests also on saturday they were dismissed for just 36 by straightly and adelaide in the home side as a victory target of just 90 take one no leads in the series. this is al jazeera these are the headlines the number of reporters corona virus infections in india has passed 10000000 as the 2nd highest number of cases in the world behind the us the report says infection rates shortly for one in recent weeks the space program has more from new delhi the daily rising pace is the lowest it's been since mid july that's despite the fact india is testing more people.