tunisia's former president. discusses the arab spring 10 years. a new coronavirus strain spreads quickly in the u.k. the w.h.o. is notified and millions of people are placed on the tougher restrictions for christmas. hello i'm maryam namazie in 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 planning a coup u.n. peacekeepers are also put on a high. with a kidnapping ordeal over and i gerry and family celebrate the return of their sons

but some still fear for their safety. and to run chill rain and flooding compounds already harsh winter conditions to syrians displaced by war and conflict. but we begin the program here in the u.k. where health officials are concerned about the prevalence of a new mutated form of the corona virus that's partially linked to spiraling infections new restrictions are now been imposed here in london and in the southeast of the country where the mutation is causing 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 while the health organization has been given data on the mutated strain which is 70 percent more transmissible scientists say it's not for to be more deadly though which means that vaccines should still be effective worry chalons brings us this report. for days scientists

and opposition politicians have been saying it's the government shouldn't be letting so many english households mick's over christmas on saturday boris johnson relented it is with a very heavy heart i must tell you we cannot continue with christmas those plans. a new coronavirus variants were spreading alarmingly in london and the southeast he said adding that the world health organization had been alerted to the mutant strain it's 70 percent more transmissible and a new 4th tier of restrictions is needed residents in those areas miss stay at home apart from limited exemptions set out in law. non-essential retail indoor gyms and leisure facilities and personal care services was close individuals can only meet one person from another household in outdoor public space. just days ago boris johnson mocked his opposition rival here starmer for questioning why restrictions

were being released for christmas and if he really is going to press ahead with this can he tell us what's the assessment and has it been done of the impact that it will have on infection rates and increase pressure on the n.h.s. what's the impact. mr speaker we should have the guts just to say what he really wants to do which is to cancel the plans people have made and cancel cancel christmas that's really that's what i think that's what he's driving at this is because london has gone from tear to tear for a no family christmas in just 4 days in parts of england in lower it is allowing 3 households to mix for 5 days is being reduced to just christmas day itself scotland's 1st minister says her country is allowing only one day of mixing to and is essentially pulling up the drawbridge if you had people travelling to join you for christmas from in sweden at that will no longer be permitted equally it will no

longer be permitted for any advise to travel to anywhere in the rest of the u.k. for christmas and we simply cannot take the risk of this stream travelling from different parts of the u.k. . part it's not just the united kingdom other european countries are tightening restrictions too among them italy has announced a new national lockdown over most of the holidays it's a lead germany france and 5 other e.u. states are coordinating the start of their covert vaccinations it's this italy's prime minister says that signals the nightmare is about to end rory chalons al-jazeera london. the u.s. is about to roll out the madonna vaccine which will be approved which will be the 2nd job to be approved there after the one developed by pfizer pontac idea castro is following that story from washington and says that it will dramatically increase the nation's vaccination capability. already we are told that biles of the mcgurn

of 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 vaccines going out and joining the previous 2000000 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 operation 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 ultimately this is a massive distribution effort the goal according to operation worse still to get $20000000.00 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. wells who are in the world india has now just gone past 10000000 confirmed cases of covert 19 is the 2nd worst affected nation off the united states but interestingly the pace of infections is slowing from a peak of just under $100000.00 new daily cases in the month of september it's now averaging around $30000.00 despite the hindu festival season in november and

millions of people makes many of them without. waring mosques health officials estimate 60 percent of the population might now been infected which if accurate would give them immunity and then in south korea has been an order of hospitals to reserve one percent of that beds for the serious covert patients as they're hit by a 3rd wave infections it just recorded a 4th consecutive day of more than 1000 cases that's the 1st time it's happened in south and in the country of course 6 $159.00 confirmed deaths in total from the virus and that's a figure that's been mainly put down to an aggressive test and trace program and then over in gaza there is a 2nd day of down there this happens every week as infections and death rates continue to rise shops and restaurants have shut that door since thursday evening we closed every friday and saturday gaza's health ministry says more than 33000 people have been infected calls the territories one of the most densely populated

in the world and its health service was already in freefall before the pandemic. the central african republic is accusing the government is accusing countries will present day of planning a coup and preparing to march on the capital move comes as un peacekeepers deployed in response to a series of attacks several armed groups have announced that they're forming a coalition ahead of next week's election make less hack explains. rebel leaders and president 1st start where 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 twitter 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. this 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 it in the former president there is no mention of him in this statement signed by rebel leader is. 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 very dance. between the 2 rounds of elections but the problem present he is that the 1st round of elections. and i don't see it up in the next week because. there were no some better but given the security situation right now it is an impulse who organized the election caught in this latest spiral of violence are 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 hawk al-jazeera.

now u.s. president donald trump is downplaying what many politicians are describing as the biggest cyber espionage attack against washington trump statement comes just hours after his top diplomat like on post said it's pretty clear that russian hackers are behind an ongoing cyber attack in which more than 40 organizations have been targeted this includes 6 government departments but trump says everything is under control the full extent of the cyber attack is still emerging and it could be months before the hackers are removed from the system they managed to access our joe biden has nominated congresswoman debbie holland to be his interior secretary she'll be the 1st native american to serve in the role which looks after tribal lands and vast parts of native wilderness the member for new mexico will also be the 1st native american in a cabinet secretary role accepting the nomination helen said her experiences growing up will help her to serve others. growing up in my mother's pablo household

made me fierce white life is not been easy i struggled with homelessness i relied on food stamps and raise my child as a single mom these struggles give me perspective though so that i can help people to succeed my grandparents who were taken away from their families as children and sent to boarding school in an effort to destroy their traditions and identities maintained our culture this moment is profound when we consider the fact that a former secretary of the interior once proclaimed his goal to quote civilized or exterminate us i'm a living testament to the failure of that horrific idiology. joins us live now from wilmington delaware and have some very moving was that from deb hall and it is in all the historic pick up by joe biden but it was

a particular symbolic significance with this one. right the department of the interior this is the department in the government for the past few 100 years has been central in the destruction of native america as congresswoman holland mentioned that well alluded to that would have the bureau of indian affairs within it and this this is the department that's responsible for for the mass movement the forced eviction be expulsion of native american native american tribes fleeing to terrible conditions frankly on our own reservations now if confirmed and they do have american woman in charge of the interior department has enormous symbolic value you know joe biden keeps talking about how diverse his cabinet is but sometimes there's a debate afterwards they want every nominate someone but is this is like checking

boxes all these diverse picks these women and people of color will they just being drawn from the same establishment that upholds racism and sexism is that really that is that necessarily is as important as it as is beyond the symbolism here the identity politics and the the the real meaning is so intertwined here to have a native american woman in the department of interior heading the department of interior normal you know having the public area if confirmed that this is this really is an occasion when that identity politics and the real meaning and political significance are into 2 into one and always learning more about the climate policy and champions plan to tackle climate change. policies of always been just not as ambitious as environmental groups of wanted but pretty ambitious he said biden has taken a lot of advice since the election from grassroots environmental environmental

groups perhaps contributing to this slate of nominees that were announced today who are being welcomed by by grassroots environmental groups in fact one of the positions national climate czar national climate advisor that didn't even exist before they've been senior environmental advisors but this is now a position in the administration that was demanded by a grassroots group the sunrise movement just a bunch of students a few years ago we saw them camping out in congress making trouble now they were able to say look we did mom that you have someone who is able to work across government across different departments to coordinate policy to make climate change and the environment central to all policy making and they demanded that the person and the others in the environmental team not have connections with the oil and gas industry not have having taken millions of dollars or thousands of dollars from the oil and gas industry you'd think that would be obvious but certainly know that hasn't always in the past of the obama's 1st interior secretary was very close to the oil and gas industry so we have this an amazing environmental team now the

question is how they get to know how they're going to interact with the rest of the cabinet who are filled with the usual wall street folks and the people close to the oil and gas industry it's going to have very interesting for us thank you very much a hampshire town. and algis there at live from london also coming up sweeping the clouds away sesame street characters bringing support to rang the children in the wilds largest refugee camp. how we got more wet weather into northwestern parts of australia a gnostic little circulation just rolling away ahead of the tropical low that's going to think of some very wet weather in across the kimberley pushing down towards the interiors you go through the next couple of days this is push over towards the southwest we've got increasing heat coming into power temperatures here

could touch 37 degrees celsius by around way to stay so it's like a warm christmas here wesley weather into the interior then some clouds and showers some longer spells of rain all the way over towards in new south wales and that rain if anything really gathering as it makes its way across the outback pushing it will save me as we push on into monday a possibility of some localized flooding as a result of that in a few shows sliding down into victoria port fairy for example could see some wet weather as you move through monday and tuesday just as some wet weather to. new zealand's dry towards the north all that having said that try to across the korean peninsula and much of china but for japan i'm afraid the wintry weather the heavy snow continues to come down some more snow flurries coming in on sunday split the difference as we go on and see monday more snow coming in here hopefully signs of it turning to right take areas laci dry at 10 degrees.

but. the virus is indiscriminate get those living in poverty are far more vulnerable to the dangers of covert 19 ali re-examine the reasons for this disparity the social and economic inequalities that surround us for much deeper and much more problematic than we thought and asks whether lessons learned from the global pandemic could lead to positive change the out of the poor the fix the killing of it all hail the lockdown exposing the privilege on poverty during a crisis on a. i'm

back main stories now britain's prime minister barak's johnson has been forced to take action to deal with spiralling cases of the coronavirus linked to a new strain believed to be up to 70 percent or more transmissible new restrictions have now come into force similar to in a full lockdown have been imposed on london and the south east of the country and then joe biden has nominated congresswoman debbie holland for his interior secretary she will be the 1st native american to serve in the role which looks after tribal lands and vast parts of native wilderness and the 1st native american in a cabinet secretary role. now to nigeria all of the 344 boys kidnapped in the northwestern part of the country last friday have been reunited with their families their abduction has highlighted the westing security situation in africa's most populous country i'm not interested in time to the town of count carra to meet some of the students and their parents. the last time a book and get us home received so many visitors it was 15 years ago that was when

their youngest child booster was born. neighbors and well wishers returned to celebrate again this time most a safe return who after 60 ordeal at the hands of kidnappers mostly is one of the 344 schoolboys released after they were abducted by gunmen from a boarding school more than a week ago there were no moves to go i can't really express how i feel who will miles have returned home there is laughter never would when it is it seems tory in almost every home affected here in cancun and elsewhere most life ambition is to become a surgeon but after the d.c. spent in captivity he's having a rethink about future studies. frankly every student is scared of going back. threatened to kill us next time they sees us many of his fellow students will regain their freedom are equally scared about continuing the education after

threats made by the kidnappers but slowly they can get a community is getting back on its feet mode and going to has dramatically changed since our last visit here are a few days ago 1344 students are still missing now the local market is fully open but the main talking point for the people is security they want to see evidence of more protection by the security forces. at the age of a force stretches into them for where many of the bandits gangs of gunmen hide out before launching attacks on local communities that. is the most vulnerable council area in katsina state yes we have one element postal carrier a few soldiers and police but that's not enough to deal with the big threat we face daily. become for now but in other villages around here people are living in fear they have been reports of other attacks on at least 2 communities nearby since the

release of the students there's been a significant security presence here because of the recent abductions but it's not clear how long that will last how many degrees. north west nigeria or in sudan they have been rallies in the capital city tomorrow to hear since the uprising that led to their removal of president tomorrow bashir from office since then though millions of people have continued to endure a dire economy and poor services reports. on the 2nd anniversary of sudan's revolution which led to the overthrow of longtime president already bashir thousands sports in the streets of the capital and other states some came out to voice support for the 15 month old transitional government others to voice anger at the economic and political developments. while my uncle who are you done been working yes i'm proud of the revolution i think our revolution has come a long way and with a suit to raise have learnt

a lot politically and have learned to be her decision makers have assumed things that haven't been achieved but the revolution is far from over that this not your way here to demand the end of the transitional partnership and to demand justice this government has killed the revolution and not improve the economy we don't want the partnership and we don't want the economic plans for the country the revolution was sparked by a rise in bread prices fuel shortages as well as rising inflation hundreds of protesters were killed before the military overthrew president bashir in april trying to 19 a power sharing agreement between the military and the forces of freedom and change coalition which represents the protest movement was signed months later that brought the current transitional government to power many had hoped that demonstration would bring the change demanded but inflation is now 5 times higher than it was when the revolution started politically a legislative council is yet to be formed and justice and accountability for those

killed in the revolution are yet to be achieved but the administration was able to achieve some demands. the former ruling party has been dismantled and lost have been passed giving more rights to the sudanese people and as a 27 year so that is now off the u.s. list of states sponsoring terrorism here 2 years after their revolution they say there's are yet to have a deep impact on the lives of many people in the country. the new ruling coalition says the challenges they face now are not of their making calling them the legacy of the former government. i'm a mood i move on the issues of justice in the comic improvement has been slow but all the economy grows are because of the economic policies of the past 30 years of the former ruling party you're only no living dealing with the consequences so there are challenges that the government faces but it's also making achievements and it's starting to gradually show osmond makes de took part in the protests in 20182019 he lost his hand when

a stun grenade exploded the yeah but i thought of all of the i wanted better living conditions access to better education health care all that didn't happen this government failed me i blame the military component and the government of rwanda they don't want the revolution to succeed and that's what's happened and there's no change no improvement no as it sets it is protest puts more pressure on the government to meet the demands made during the revolution protesters say they won't give up on their aims until they're fulfilled people morgan al-jazeera heartsome now heavy rain and strong winds are adding to the plight of syrian refugees living in overcrowded camps the un is saying at least 21 cams in the northwestern city of have been destroyed by severe weather well here i'm hamad has more. 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 italy and 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 on 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 are 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. well difficult situation in fiji rescue teams are working to reach remote communities where cycling jasa has caused extensive damage the category 5 storm made landfall on thursday forcing thousands to evacuate their homes for coniston slides have shown entire villages

destroyed and crops wiped out araf is the current death toll of 4 is probably going to rise sharply. alex t.v. show sesame street is develop some new characters to support children in the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh the puppets nor and as these are tailored to support children who have fled me and ma charlotte alice explains. your children have got 2 new friends just like them 6 year old nor and her twin brother aziz they see so many street muppets and join the forecast and cox is bizarre 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 life

for our young children 800000 revenge or live in hoax is bizarre 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 ting. my name is so my are 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 launch the 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 dallas al-jazeera. a reminder of the main stories for you now britain's prime minister barak's johnson has been forced to take action to deal with spiraling cases of the coronavirus linked to a new strain believed to be up to 70 percent more contagious.