happening on the ground in the wood and in the lamp now more than ever the world needs w.h.o. making a healthier world for you. everyone. one by one here at the end governments announce the christmas lockdowns they resisted with no other option to troll surging coronavirus affections. i'm kevin elvis is al jazeera live from doha also coming up crowds gather in sudan's capital 2 years after president on the left office but some are angry that

not much has changed since then. days out from elections that rebel groups and central african republic join forces saying the president plans to rick the vote. and bringing sesame street to cox's bizarre children's show creates new puppets for education in support of the world's biggest refugee camp. there's then a week before christmas families across europe are facing what's supposed to be a festive season separation is confined to their homes governments that are trying to get back in control of infection rate see lockdowns as the only answer in the israeli shops bars ad restaurants will close travel between regions is being banned even going outdoors will be limited neighboring austria goes into its 3rd lockdown on december 26th germany and its 3rd day of tough restrictions has seen another 24 hours with more than 30000 new infections elsewhere india has become the 2nd nation

to record more than 10000000 infections of the u.s. as authorized return as covert 19 vaccine allowing a 2nd jab to be shipped across the world's worst affected country for a challenge says more on the situation in europe from a european broadcast center. italy is going into a new national lockdown across the whole country for select parts of the christmas and new year period where yes you will still be able to see relatives etc with certain within certain limits but there are other things that you can do you know only be able to travel for work for health or emergency reasons so that country locking down italy has the worst death figures in europe at the moment snooty 68000 people have died from corona virus we've heard from france.

and updates on president macro on the condition he has coronavirus and has been releasing a resource that yesterday we saw a video that he put out talking about his symptoms and how he was doing and how the country should be on its guard and if he could catch it anyone could catch it will his his condition has been described by the elysee palace as stable at the moment and we've heard from survivor slovakia as well that country is going into lockdown as well with non-essential shops closing 5 pm the prime minister there ego motto which is also said that he's contracts it's coronavirus a year across europe as the 2nd wave really starts to bite. the as you said before countries and now doing what they hoped they wouldn't have to do and locking down before or in the immediate aftermath of christmas. over to the u.s. now where heidi jocasta has the latest from washington d.c. . the c.d.c.'s advisory group will be meeting to discuss whether to

recommend this vaccine they almost surely will given that on friday this was the 2nd vaccine to receive f.d.a. emergency authorizations so today's meeting followed by the bigger recommendation coming from the c.d.c. with screen light of approval seeing more as a formality that almost surely will happen when it does and that is that is expected to happen possibly today if not tomorrow morning that will result in a drastic expansion of the vaccine supply in the united states with almost $6000000.00 doses expected to be shipped out of the madonna laboratories and warehouses on sunday more vaccinations occurring on monday what are the differences between this approved vaccine and the fines are that we've long talked about well they are both 95 percent effective which is great news and another thing that makes this maternal vaccine slightly easier to handle as far as distribution is that it

does not require ultra cold storage and it ships in smaller batches that means that these vaccines will have an easier time making it to more remote places also this distribution of the dirty vaccine is being overseen by the federal government under the authorization and money of operation warp speed that was not the case with visor. protesters in sudan have gathered in the couple khartoum to mark 2 years since the uprising that eventually led to the removal of president omar bashir from office there is anger against the transitional government failing to improve the economy live pictures now from. the pandemic has left millions of people unemployed their demonstrations want the military leave you so part of the transitional government to resign has more from culture. it's a bit of a celebration but it's also mostly people angry about the fact that the economic

situation which has led people to take to the streets 2 years ago has not improved the inflation was a around 50 percent when people took to the streets in december 28th. 4 months before former president i want to see was also but now that more than 240 percent so far a lot of people are saying that this government has not fulfilled its promise of improving lives for the people that unemployment is still high poverty is still high so this thing that their main cause of taking to the streets better economic conditions better living conditions has not been achieved yes there has been new legislation but i've been passed by this transitional government which came to power in august last year and a power sharing deal between the military and the civilians there they say that this has created some kind of optimism in this and in the in this transition period because. listen they haven't felt any changes in their day to day lives and therefore they taking out to the streets right now to protest against the

government but they're saying that's largely because they feel like the military is still in charge of this government right now the transitional government is led by civilian and military and remains with the military are taking the lead for the 1st half of the transitional period so people are saying that the military is largely tired of the economy of the day to day affairs and that is why there was a new front is not complete. u.n. secretary general antonio terrace has called on the groups inside. central african republic to put down their weapons peacekeepers were deployed ahead of elections on december 27th president fastin our challenge to data has been accused of planning electoral fraud to secure a 2nd term nicholas hart has covered the situation in central african republic extensively he joins me from senegal for an update nicholas we've learned that some of these armed groups of now formed a coalition why have they done that what what what are they planning. well the coalition is called coalition for the for patriotic change which really spells

out what their aim is that i mean they're trying to change the situation in the central african republic that's been in crisis since 2013 with more than 14 armed groups involved in this crisis now we know that 11 of them have their troops to move towards the capital not to take over the country but to put applied pressure on the government the reason being they say that president bush. has not respected his promises that he made in khartoum in 2019 when he signed a peace agreement which included that some of these leaders or these armed groups leaders would have a position in government that would be funds allocated to them so that their troops could disarm they say that none of that happened and that they don't trust the current government and the president to keep those engagements that were signed during that peace process and the president is of course running for reelection

there's an election that's supposed to take place in a week's time under circumstances as you mentioned. there's 12000 troops on the ground to try to ensure that people can go out and vote but 2800000 of them are displaced and or need of urgent humanitarian help him and there are a lot all the accusations and counter-accusations about people trying to meddle in the upcoming election explain to us what's happening on that front and also what's at stake here. well facebook came out this week really kind of clamping down on what it viewed as fake accounts that they say were associated both to france the former colonial power into russia who has sent trainers on the ground to train the central african republic army we know that. that president. was very upset and

frustrated with with the french that that backed him when he came to power and has replaced many of his aides with the russian ones and so the russians seems to be playing a key role in this we're hearing that also they were the ones to back the peace agreement and currently during this crisis that's happening today with these armed groups headed towards the capital they're also trying to reach out to the leaders of these armed groups to try to find a peace agreement so there's a power play a power dynamic. playing out between france and and the the former colonial power and russia really is using the central african republic as a as a launching pad to its presence on the african continent but of course caught in all of this are the people of the central african republic that live in a country that's the rich in minerals i mean the size of france and yet to have

seen little of that wealth come down to them most of them living in dire poverty. some of them in areas where we've met them where there is no government presence that the un are not present and they are held to ransom by these armed groups that act like the government so this election is taking place in a situation of crisis and with no reach a refugee crisis the norwegian refugee council describes as the most neglected conflict on earth. thank you for that update nicholas hark there across the elements in central african republic. u.s. secretary of state my post says it's pretty clear that russian hack is a behind an ongoing cyber attack described as the worst in american history or than 40 organizations have been targeted including 6 government departments cyber security experts are unsure of how long it will take to undo the damage the full extent of the cyber attack is still emerging and it could be months before hackers

are removed from the systems that accessed members of the u.s. congress have been given a classified briefing afterward some said the trump administration is failing to respond properly national security is the number one challenge the number one responsibility of a government is to protect our people every government agency is compromised our national security is compromised. disappointed that he is. bringing the government together to respond to it we spoke to robert pritchett former deputy head of the u.k. government cyber security operations center he says the attack is main aim is to steal as much information as they can. i think that damage is going to be more subtle and potentially more worse i suppose in the long term with espionage it seems to be that the attackers are aiming to steal information that it's not right so why then trying to lock out. but it's not only is it missed them so the media

impact of the sea is going to be caused by the care of people after it's all systems and a lot of effort into recovering the access and kicking out the attackers but the long term impact is hard to quantify which is always the case with this kind of ashkan are going objectivity and there's been a lot of talk about a lack of cyber norms which is that the stray suspended back to. a national security sickles this is i mean this is not the scale of it and the techniques that are used are very clever and it's very large scale and it's not actually particularly unusual activity and it's certainly well within the bounds of know in terms of the. organizations that are targeted for the what we because it is acceptable and espionage that i think you know it's important that people keep a level head and whatever response we make it is it aligned with fact that war it's not attention it disruptive it's espionage and you know the u.s. about ice european countries will do the same kind of activity. wet weather and

freezing temperatures have made conditions worse for displaced syrians in northern in the province hundreds of in camps with poor hazing and drainage systems most to set off an agricultural land and what is the last rebel controlled area. still ahead on al jazeera but look at how park rangers in zimbabwe are using eyes in the sky to catch punches. how low we go yet more snow coming in across japan that record breaking snow continues unabated you can see how the brisk winds continue to feed their way across the sea of japan and to honshu into hokkaido sheltered by the mountains take a getting up to 10 celsius should be the last few dry here but a covering of snow over towards the western side of the country sparkling sunshine

there for the korean peninsula added across a good part of china a little bit of cloud down towards the southeast having said that some wet weather there into taiwan got some wet weather too into sri lanka we've got the cane northeasterly monsoon driving those showers down across the bow have been go want to show i was in sumatra pradesh into the minority for a time but i think it largely dry and settled further north the fog and the smoke problems do continue across northern parts of india more of the same as we go on through monday and choose stay particularly cold up towards the foothills of the himalayas and we have got a little westley disturbance just starting to show it's had cost more than parts of pakistan that will sink this way a little further southwards and east was by the time we come to choose to you could see want to see showers for tension the far south all of india but majority of the showers continue across the uk.

american people have finally for poking around here as i see it when america is off balance the world becomes more dangerous the world is looking for those mixture of sadness and. with the election behind us the republican party dumptruck with the weekly take on us politics and society that's the bottom line we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter what we do to the news and current affairs that matter to you. to know. your geology is there on her mind about top stories this hour europe has entered the final week before christmas with many countries imposing new lockdown missions

initially shops bars and restaurants will close travel between regions is being banned she even going outdoors will be limited. by tess's and sudan have gathered to mark 2 years since the uprising that of eventually led to the removal of president omar al bashir from office there's anger against the transitional government for failing to prove the economy. the u.n. secretary general and target terrorists has called on armed groups in central african republic to put down their weapons ahead of elections on december 27th a number of groups are formed alliance president is accused of planning to break the vote. some of the 344 boys who were kidnapped to northern nigeria have described more about their ordeal and are back with their parents in the state of katsina man raided their schools and took them last friday holding them to forest full details of their rescue still aren't clear including whether a ransom was paid. to be honest there was no food or

water through no shelter no break and the friday we were taken we spent 2 days without sleep food was leaves and after 2 days without food we were given fresh potatoes and pieces of ground not cake. when you see i'm a why frankly speaking i feel like god is conscious me paradise because i'm so happy after spending 2 days without eating anything a mother is more than 90 years old and i am lost and she stopped eating and drinking in addition my 3 sisters with me to to hospital. a med interests is in the boys home tell the families of halt and the children won't return to school until the government guarantees. the mood is festive in the home of muslim character over the city is muslim a worker and then the son in pink this is what they've been seeing in the last 24 hours labour's friends and one was just coming in to congratulate and felicitated

with them on the safe return of their son and this is the mood or the scene repeated in almost every room impacted by the events of the last one week since the return of the boys 344 of them yesterday the mood in canberra has changed from a mournful mood to that of festive shops are beginning to open long faces are replaced with smiles and activities going on as normal in can get out but one thing they are talking about is that they need more security a lot of the children we've spoken to since our arrival here say they don't have the confidence to return to school now until they see tangible results on the ground in terms of security put in place by the government to protect them. the children's us t.v. show sesame street has created 2 new cast members nor and is too young we're going to refugees who are joining other muppets in the world's biggest refugee camp cox's bizarre bangladesh hundreds of thousands of rango muslims have been living there

for years after fleeing a military crackdown in neighboring me and mom it's hoped sesame street can help with education the camp. talked on these issues is head of women and children affairs at the european council she says this move will help bring to refugee children cope with their stress. i think sesame street and their pockets have done a great job they have made a clear cut leadership role approach towards. children trapped in the refugee camps. they have created a pocketful others to follow the same steps when he gets his run in miramar in bangor they show off to the last mosig who just in 2017 there haven't been anything done for bam their education has been ignored for many years so this is one of the 1st love lifeline for our rohingya young children this will provide them in their

support unity as a sesame street intends to to learn to read to write to calculate but also at the same time free themselves cave to plane from daily stresses and also forget the trauma they have endured in myanmar children they have a coping with mechanics and they are more resilient new cd and then adults and we have seen time and again and again that there were hit community is a very resilient community so the trauma they have endured in myanmar or distress they are facing right now very basic stress they might in 10 years time in 8 years time in the future come up as post-traumatic stress disorder and i think as these and movements vital in healing the wounds. at least 15 children have been killed in an explosion in afghanistan the reason for the blast engulf the

province is unclear local residents suggest the children found a piece of unexploded ordinance and it blew up when they tried to sell it to a vendor 20 others were also injured. there has reported in the past or more to aid organization save the children says is a widespread problem on average 5 children were killed or maimed every single day in afghanistan for the past 14 years we spoke with some of these young victims in 20. america we found a bomb and stored the plane with when it exploded i saw blood of your where i didn't feel anything at the time when i looked at my leg it was cut off and then i fell to the ground. you can see all 7 of us are amputees if the piece comes in our country won't bring us back our legs but it will benefit other people. christopher is the afghanistan director for save the children he says such incidents like this are all too common. similar to the one that we you know we're talking about today

where because of the pervasive nature of the. arms unexploded ordnance is children are being maimed and killed. in afghanistan you have to remember that even just this year the u.n. is an order of 1800 children were casualties in this conflict including 553 children who died and this is information only after september children including young adults. some of them are trying to cross into iran some of some have tried to cross into europe is you know with the. crisis in the military and in a lot of the. children they're coming from afghanistan so it's difficult they do missy of. you know traffickers. instances recorded of children who are being trafficked into. been used to traffic

trucks. looking countries towards the east so it's a difficult environment for children and for young adults the economy is struggling and with the crisis now it be exacerbating that. economy conditions we think that children are becoming even more honner of what his information is shot. there is increasing control to see in india over attempts to stop interfaith marriage one high profile case a hindu woman says she had a miscarriage because police separated her from her muslim husband our india correspondent elizabeth prada reports from brother bass and operative. think he is recovering at home after what she describes as a traumatic couple of weeks her husband and brother in law have been detained by police and she says she suffered a miscarriage while the government care thievin said their daughter that buffy i

had pain for 3 days so i was admitted to the hospital on the 11th i was given injections then my situation got worse there was a lot of bleeding and i had a miscarriage pinky and her husband rashid's ordeal began when they went to register their islamic marriage ceremony with the state government they were harassed outside court by a group of hindu nationalists because pinky had converted from hindu ism to islam the couple married in july before the government in the state of wealth of pradesh passed an order which makes it illegal for people to change their religion for the sake of marriage police are detaining rushy than his brother selene while they investigate whether they forced pinky to convert and pinkie was taken to a government run woman's shelter the hospital which treated her told al-jazeera they only gave her injections to help with her pain and light bleeding they get us

out the intention may be a good as we didn't give her any injection that would lead to a miscarriage we gave her the best treatment we could according to her symptoms and manage the situation conservatively so it's wrong to say this. while it's unclear what caused pinkies miscarriage what is certain is she was separated from her husband because of the new law the government issued anti conversion order last month citing a campaign by muslim men to forcibly converted hindu woman that's despite the fact no state all central government department including the national commission of women has found any evidence of such cases. as human rights lawyer when the grover says the party o.b.j. p. passes such laws to divide indians she's preparing to challenge it in court to be very openly project itself as a right wing hindu party. what we're seeing here is that this is actually part of

a political agenda an agenda both to polarize and terrorize communities pinki says she's worried about her future and also rashid's and saleem's so about that. i want my husband and brother in law to come back i ask the government to release them i'm really worried i've lost my child but please let my husband go. with 4 other states in the process of passing similar orders more couples are expected to be criminalized for falling in love and marrying people outside their religion elizabeth piron i'm rather bad for the. zimbabwe's national parks are now using drones to patrol vast areas deter would be poaches because the government doesn't have the resources to do the patrols themselves but also has more from in the northwest country. with zimbabwe's economy further damaged by

the pen demick patrolling its biggest game reserve is a challenge to make up shortfalls in funding. drones are now being used in rangoon national park it covers an area of more than 14000 square kilometers approximately half the size of belgium game warden say these drones are proving effective where there aren't enough boots on the ground we are green the treeless of those drones they have announced. and the quality of the pictures aren't even readily friend illegal activities as is crystal clear and in terms of carriage of increase coverage. that can be done move right through for several years in a split off like in 20 to 30 minutes one challenge faced by rangers is a limited flying time of the drones they can only stay in the air for about half an hour with a range of or at least 16 kilometers conservationists home to about 800000

elephants that's around a 5th of africa's total population in recent years poachers of use cyanide to poison elephants birds and other animals in this national park wildlife officials say parts nativity declined this year thanks to the use of drones the introduction of tougher sentences on poachers and the shift to kill policy covered $900.00 travel restrictions have also deterred local and foreign poachers. think there is directions in terms of movement of people but as a whole played a big role in terms of full. pushing. care flows. movement rather blocks. the number of people who come to the same was normally most of the people come to camp long long long long distances from various places according to statistics from the government agencies in parks this year 20 elephants were killed by poachers down from 30 killings recorded last year and only 8 rhinos down from 29 to 2019 officials say that's

a big step towards conservation efforts not just in zimbabwe but the whole region how to meet us al-jazeera wangel. 2 endangered iraqis hands back home in indonesia 3 years off they were taken by smugglers to thailand being kept for health checks before hopefully being released back into the wild between 2 and 3000 around the towns are killed every year on steve approaches. a huge dust storm is covered parts of central argentina video shows the cloud wall thing trees and everything else it's passed because only about on it didn't cause major problems but there was a tornado and damaging winds in areas all that far away. doha with the headlines on al-jazeera europe has entered the final week before christmas with many countries imposing a new lockdown initially shops restaurants will close travel between regions is

being banned even going outdoors will be limited protesters in sudan and gather.