fighting both isis and. the 2nd of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. the father the son and the jihad. on al-jazeera. a new coronavirus strain spreads quickly in the u.k. the w.h.o. is notified and millions of people are put into tougher restrictions for christmas . hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program election on rest in the central african republic the former president is accused of attempting a coup un peacekeepers a push on high alert. to rancho rain and flooding compounds already harsh winter

conditions for syrians displaced by war and conflict. joy and relief in nigeria as hundreds of school boys a reunited with their families after their abduction ordeal. we begin here in the u.k. where health officials are concerned about the prevalence of a new mutated form of the corona virus that's linked to spiraling infections new restrictions have now been imposed here in london and in the southeast of the country where the mutation is responsible for a surge in cases that are filling up hospital wards the in the new measures are similar to a full lockdown will extend through christmas day while health organization has been given data on the mutated strain which is 70 percent more transmissible scientists say it's not thought to be more deadly though and vaccines should still be effective. there's no evidence that it causes more severe illness or higher

mortality but it does appear to be passed on significantly more easily nerve tags early analysis suggest a new variant could increase the are by not point 4 or more and although there's considerable uncertainty it may be up to 70 percent more transmissible the . our correspondent roy jones finds dorian joins us now roy a little bit information from the prime minister earlier is there any more detail on this new mutated strain of the virus well there's not a huge amount is known about it at the moment obviously the government scientists other scientists are looking into that they've notified the world health organization about it. the big questions are of course is this any more deadly than the existing strain of the virus and the early indications seem to be did it isn't

necessary that the it's no more dangerous other than that it's more transmissible that's obviously not insignificant and the other big question is will it still respond to the existing vaccines in the same way. the current versions of coronavirus 2 and again there's no evidence to suggest that it doesn't at the moment so those are 2 bits of supposed quite good news but is the with the infectiousness over that is really concerning people and is that the boris johnson says is the reason why he's had to go for these new tough measures i want to what do these new measures mean for the country what essentially is a new tear of restrictions which you know the country has been in tougher restrictions before the 1st knockdown was was more severe than than this one but this is still the toughest it's been since then really and it is being imposed

across the whole of london so that millions of millions of people and in the southeast of the country as well as senshi what it means is that people have to stay at home non-essential retail is closed don't go out to work unless you can't avoid it don't enter or late leave here for areas don't stay away from home overnights this is being put in place until at least the 30th of december is going to be rude. you then but effectively it means the fall for london has been southeast christmases because basically cancelled and for the rest of the country in england people living in of it is there they are being told to stay local and that they can only mingle with other households or christmas day itself thanks very much for a chance. also following developments in the us where the distribution of the medina corona virus vaccine has started it has been approved by the food and drug administration and is waiting final approval from the centers for disease control's

that speak digest castro in washington so significant i suppose that the u.s. is the 1st country to approve these 2 jobs by pfizer biotech and then the 2nd vaccine by mcdonough what do we know about the vaccination program and what it means for the targets. well if the journal is approved and certainly it is on track to get that c.d.c. approval it already got the f.d.a. zx emergency authorization yesterday while this live trap dramatically amplify the stockpile the availability of vaccinate of vaccines in the united states already we are told that by a lot of them a during a vaccine are going into boxes the c.d.c. is meeting as i speak today and tomorrow and as soon as that approval is given trucks will depart the modern of the syllabus and carry those vaccines to all 50 states we're talking about close to $6000000.00 vaccines going out and joining the

previous $2000000.00 or so some vaccines from pfizer now there have been a few hiccups along the way thus far of course pfizer has been out for a week now and some governors have complained that the number of x. nations they received were tens of thousands fewer than what had been promised by the federal government we got some clarity on that earlier today in a briefing by operational warp speed the government oversight of the distribution process saying that it was a planning error and that those vaccines that have not come yet but were promised will indeed show up all to milly this is a massive distribution effort the goal according to operation or a speed is still to get 20000000 vaccinations by the end of the month here and then the next chapter of this will be phase 2 and there's still much discussion about exactly who to include that will be also be determined in a case in

a state by state manner at this point it's essential workers older people as well as people with existing medical conditions all jostling in essence for those very limited doses mariyam thanks very much from washington heidi jocasta reporting to us want to take a look at what's happening at. elsewhere in the world with india for example now they've just gone past 10000000 confirmed cases of code 19 the 2nd was defected nation off to the united states but interestingly the pace of infections there is slowing from a peak of just under 100000 new delhi cases in september it's now averaging around 30000 and that's despite the hindu festival season in november when millions of people mixed many of them without larry last elvish was estimate 60 percent of the population might now have been infected which if accurate would give them an element of immunity and then meanwhile in south korea they've been ordered hospitals to reserve one percent of their beds for

a serious code 900 patients because that now being hit by a 3rd wave infections they've just recorded a 4th consecutive day of more than a 1000 cases that's the 1st time that figure is has been recorded south korea has only $659.00 confirmed deaths in total from the virus and that's a figure amazingly put down to an aggressive test and trace program they've had but the recent surge is causing a severe shortage of hospital beds and then in gaza it's the 2nd day of a new weekly lockdown there is infections and death rates continue to rise shops and restaurants have shut their doors since thursday evening they'll be closed every friday and saturday gaza's health ministry says more than 33000 people have been infected the territories one of the most densely populated on earth and its health service was already struggling before the pandemic.

now a number of armed groups occupying large areas of the central african republic have announced a coalition ahead of next week's elections the move comes as un peacekeepers are deployed in response to a series of attacks nicholas haq reports. rebel leaders and president are going to do what they are in a room together last november signing a pact of peace and reconciliation but that's been broken at least 11 rebel armed groups are moving towards the capital bangui to put pressure on the government days before a presidential election whatever who is running for a 2nd mandate is favorite but the rebels the coalition for patriotic change said in a statement the president failed to deliver on an agreement to offer its leaders position in government and funds to disarm their troops a government spokesman describes this as an attempted coup on the. central african republic is facing an attempt to destabilize

a democratically elected government we believe former president and foreign mercenaries are organizing attacks. possibilities is attempt to run for reelection has been invalidated by the constitutional court in 2013 he was accused of amending religious divisions calling on christian militia groups known as the anti blocker to attack pro-government fighters known as the anti select at the un intervene then sending in french troops to protect civilians while the government puts the blame on. the former president there is no mention of him in this statement signed by rebel leader is not. showing again how the situation is in the central african republic just one week before the presidential election russian trained troops have now launched operations to regain control of the country the un's 12000 strong peacekeeping force is on high alert deployed on major roads around the capital. in the 2 rounds of elections but the

problem present in that the 1st round of elections. and i don't see up in the next week because when the seminal been given the security situation right now it is of course impossible to organize elections caught in this latest spiral of violence or the people of central african republic more than half a 1000000 have left their homes with nowhere to go their norwegian refugee council describes it as the world's most neglected conflict in a country unable to find peace nicholas hark al-jazeera. u.s. president donald trump is downplaying what many politicians are describing as the biggest cyber espionage attack against washington trama statement comes just hours after his top diplomat might pompei is that it's pretty clear that russian hackers are behind an ongoing cyber attack in which more than 40 organizations have been

targeted that includes 6 government departments but trump says everything is under control the full extent of the cyber attack is still emerging it could be months before hackers are removed from the systems that they've managed to access. it was al jazeera live from london much more still ahead for you on the program a sacred city battling squashes prayers archaeologists call for protections for the remains of one of them going to civilizations in the americas. sweeping the clouds away the sesame street characters bringing support to raise children in the wilds largest refugee camp. hollow we've got more mild weather pushing into western parts if you don't worry it will cool off as we head towards christmas well supplied and growing tumbling in

from the atlantic quite tightly packed ice about the rattling of showers coming in there across the british isles longer spells of rain stretching down across france into spain and portugal it's all making its way east was and so we'll see some wet weather coming into that eastern side of france to speak go on through sunday pushing down towards the north of italy koresh showers across central parts of the mediterranean further race and what's the weather over towards the black sea but not too much in between fine and dry slow clap it's the folks in the case increasing waves will help shift some of that for those central areas wetter weather making its way into germany spell of dry weather they're coming back across the british isles but the the next batch of town right not too far away that will push in across the press potentially as we go into the early part of next week's faces of wet weather also lapping onto the shores of algeria over parts of morocco some wet weather a possibility too into tunisia course much of north africa it is of course dry but

we have got some showers just hugging the coast of guinea with some wetter weather all the way over to sierra leone and. in the poorest suburbs of 3 european cities community tensions often reveal a sharp cultural divides but they feel they have no future and are sidelined as yet discrimination is a real problem in across the al-jazeera world meet some of those struggling with racism radicalization and life on the margins the joy for this young women with whom to set them their lives to the other face of europe on al-jazeera.

welcome back a look at the main stories this hour now persons prime minister barak's johnson has been forced to take action to deal with spiraling cases of the coronavirus this is linked to a new strain though this believed to be up to 70 percent more transmissible new restrictions similar to a full lockdown have now been imposed on london and the southeast of the country. the u.s. military has started distributing the medina vaccine after it was approved for use within the last 24 hours it is the 2nd vaccine to start rolling out more than $3700.00 locations across the united states should get it by sunday and our other top story this hour the u.n. secretary general is calling on armed groups in the central african republic to lay down their weapons after several announce they have formed a coalition out of next week's election in the country government is accusing the country's former president of attempting

a coup. well and now to syria where a heavy rain and strong winds are adding to the plight of many refugees in of a crowded camps the united nations is saying that at least 21 camps in has have been destroyed by severe weather right um hum it has mall. to run children floods into this refugee camp in northwest syria families are doing whatever they can to stay warm in makeshift tents covered in mud. our condition is very bad we have no proper tents nor a proper living i have 10 children and we do not get any aid we collect firewood to run the heater. aid agencies estimates nearly half a 1000000 people are huddled in camps like this in it live the last rebel held area in syria rains are affecting this area particularly badly the drainage system is poor and flood water is seeping into overcrowded shelters basic supplies are

running out. our situation is dire we do not get aid and we don't have heaters or fuel roads that lead to the camp a cut off because it's based on an agricultural land it's been described as the largest mass displacement in almost 10 years of conflict in syria millions are now homeless after a russian backed syrian government offensive this year and now the u.n. warns the harsh winter could become a breeding ground for the coronavirus and other deadly diseases overcrowding in the camps is making it difficult to keep a social distance. we were displaced during the regime's last campaign we are suffering a lot in the winter tents would fall in us and we'd have to keep on researching them applaud the night look it's like a pond it's as though in venice would need to go from one tent to the next where of the humanitarian organizations. many of the people here have nowhere else to go and

they're desperate for help from the international community they've lived through harsh winters like this before now they cling to whatever they hope they can find in this camp facing another battle in a long war they're hoping to survive mohammed al jazeera. now all of the 344 boys kidnapped in northeast nigeria last friday have now returned home armed men raided their school in katsina state capturing the boys before holding them in a forest for 6 days full details of their rescue isn't remain unclear including whether or not a ransom was paid to free them and address is in the boy's hometown of canned carra the families have told him the children won't be returning to school until the government can guarantee their safety the moodies 1st of in the home of muslim. over the city is muslim a worker and then the son in pink this is what we've been seeing in the last 24 hours was friends and one was just coming in to congratulate and felicity with them

on the safe return of their son and this is the mood or the scene repeated in almost every home impacted by the events of the last one week since the return of the boys 344 of them yesterday the mood has changed from a mournful mood to that of festive shelves are beginning to. pleased with smiles and activities going on as normal in can get out but one thing they're talking about is that they need more security a lot of 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. well now to see don west scattered demonstrations taking place in the capital city the rallies marked 2 years since the uprising that led to their move of president to model bashir from office some groups also voicing anger against the current transitional

government since the uprising millions of sudanese people have had to endure a weakening economy and limited government services morgan is with the protest is on in the ground on the ground in hard to. it's not just the 2nd anniversary of the revolution but started in december $20000.00 with eventually led to the allston of former president obama of course here it's also be adversary of the declaration of sudan's independence from parliament so it is quite a significant day the people here say that they will still be. in their living conditions in terms of because they have a new transitional government in place a transitional government that's less than 18 months old but that was brought the power buyer of the museum by protests the political parties that met the protest movement so there were high hopes of people mostly very disappointed at the fact that their health care conditions have not improved their living conditions have not improved the economic situation in the country has not improved so lots of disappointment lots of under there has been

a displacement that of them passed by the sons of over the past 14 months as well. have more rights to the people here in the country but they say that's not to be their day to day affairs that sort of cooling their living conditions so still the anger is there and then there's the history of justice for those who've lost their lives over the past 2 years the sense of the demonstrations began more than 300 people have lost their lives the more the majority of them during the attack on a city and on. this thing that they have demanded the government to make sure that the 1st thing it does is provide justice and accountability for the families of those affected sandwiches have been flown out there has been some original investigation but there has been no charges that it's frustrating the people here. now apple has placed one of its i phone contract is on probation after a major concerns over the way employees are being treated at one of its indian factories workers at the factory in southern india as cannot take us they rioted last week after many of them one paid causing millions of dollars worth of losses

the apple now says the time in his own company which assembles one of its i phone models will not be awarded any new business and till it complies with its code of conduct. parts of central argentina have been punched into darkness in the middle of the day by a massive dust storm the storm measuring several kilometers across and hundreds of meters high blanketed a wide area of the pump a province some 500 kilometers southwest of the capital by desire is social media uses and the town of travel recorded the streets in darkness in the middle of the afternoon dust storms are created by a combination of high winds and dry weather rescue teams are working to reach remote communities in fiji. has caused extensive damage the category 5 storm made landfall on thursday forcing thousands to evacuate their homes because as flights have shown entire villages destroyed and crops wiped out there are fears the

current death toll of fall could rise sharply. now the t.v. show sesame street is developed new characters to support children in the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh poppets nor and as these are tailored to the children if like me and my charlotte dallas explains. your children have got 2 new friends just like them 6 year old nor and her twin brother. they see so many street muppets and join the forecast and cox's bazaar bangla dish to provide education for young ranger refute. children in bangladesh after the last exhibitors in 2017 there haven't been anything done for them their education has been ignored for many years so this is one of the 1st love life for our young children 800000 live in cox's bazaar half of

them are children it's the world's largest refugee camp many experienced extreme trauma fleeing me and ma after a violent military crackdown in 27 taking. my name is to my or my home this summer cool refugee camp they called us foreigners we fled burma crossing tall mountains when i remember those days i get scared and can't sleep for many these camps have compounded this suffering the new show wants to help them process these emotions through plague it's not the 1st time the t.v. show has tried to help young refugees in recent years 6 of the street has teamed with n.g.o.s and governments to support other children to her grave or i am from sesame street push their agenda at the un seen here with the nominee for u.s. secretary of state tony blinken refugees are just glad. 2

to afghanistan with a launched a local version of the show and create. sorry a 6 year old afghan girl who enjoyed sports and this year welcome 6 to make a show in arabic and kurdish to support children displaced by the syrian war. system the street was created half a century ago as an experiment an early education for a hindu children nor an azizah welcome friends but with a big task ahead charlotte bellus al-jazeera. all throughout this week on al-jazeera we've been bringing you reports about in aska heritage sites that could lose their special status in peru an ancient city and is now under threat from squatters marianas and she has reports on this now from cairo. the sacred city of the remains of the oldest civilization in the americas have been standing here for 5000 years almost unscathed until now.

farmers in the soup live and so in crops on the doorsteps of these ancient ruins and squatters have moved in. archaeologists who work here say they free sieved death threats element that we live in uncertainty this is far away if we called the police they take long to get here we don't know if the squatters will harm us. in illegal land seizures are common and look pretty and squatters are often in conflict with police are killer just route shot he was shot in the chest in 2002 she says she received more death threats and when she tried to evict squatters from at least 9 sites she got little help. we went to the police but they told us it was in their priority that we could not count on them we asked again and they sent one officer with one is impossible to victim. land disputes have been going on for decades since being named the unesco heritage site in 2009 land prices around got

rocketed from 6 to nearly $50000.00 perfect or since the pandemic the archaeologists left the site and more squatters have moved in this is how close farms and urban areas are to ruins not only in cattle about throughout the coast of peru filled with vestiges of pre-columbian cultures the area is so vast it's nearly impossible to protect it all this archaeological sown is dispersed across hundreds of square kilometers families living close to it say they built homes here before it was discovered and they defend newcomers there may and we need a place to live if they pay us what we invested in our homes we can leave but they just come to victor us. police sell them supervise the 11 sites now occupied by squatters to evict them now they will have to go to court and that can take years

some say those delays risk the future of this engine site survived earthquakes climate change and generations of peruvians who revered it by the end a scientist are just sida that i'll be too. the fighting in libya has devastated entire communities when 125000 homes have been destroyed in southern tripoli since 105 to launch the military offensive last year all the fighting is ended and now many families don't have a hug to go back to we met with a father who is trying to rebuild his life since they've been saying my name is faisal been sayed and this is my house and i'm going in jr and i have 2 little girls and 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 for the 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 may 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. al jazeera dot com for more on all of our breaking news stories and headlines also a who watches on live streaming there as well. recap of the headlines now britain's prime minister barak's johnson has been forced to take action to deal with spiraling cases of the coronavirus that ceiling to a new strain believed to be up to 70 percent more transmissible new restrictions have been imposed in london and in the southeast of the country where the mutation is responsible for a surge in cases that are filling up hospital wards the new measures are similar to a full lockdown and will extend through christmas day scientists say the mutation is not.