billions of dollars from the super rich families. that come to. iraq. think. israel begins vaccinating against covert 19 it remains unclear when millions of palestinians will be offered the job. out of there i missed this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up u.s. president donald trump downplay is the impact of a vast cyber security breach being seen as the worst in american history. haven't lost hundreds of schoolboys a reunited with their families after a traumatic 6 day kidnapping. and a test for democracy thailand holds its 1st local elections after months of

protests against the government and the monarchy. well we begin this bulletin in israel where a massive vaccination campaign is now underway to fight the current virus pandemic the government is aiming to inoculate $60000.00 people per day but that doesn't include palestinians living under israeli occupation prime minister benjamin netanyahu is about himself on saturday and said it marks the beginning of the end of the outbreak a national rollout willing to do is really set his living in the illegally occupied west bank but the territories 2500000 palestinians are expected to wait much longer for their jobs well for more let's now cross live to irene nasr she's in western new slim for us i mean can you talk us through just how it's all been going there so far. yes so as you mentioned prime minister netanyahu and the minister of health

were vaccinated late last night today the president. heads of hospitals and health institutions as well as health care workers will be vaccinated as far as i understand tomorrow all of those that are over the age of 60 and have preexisting conditions will be vaccinated appointments for that had already opened up late last week in the 2nd phase of the vaccinations people who are in high contact with the public and people will be vaccinated that is including teachers social workers as well as soldiers so as you said $60000.00 people are expected to be vaccinated every day but all depends on how many vaccines how many doses it will arrive here in the country the government says that pfizer is going to provide about $4000000.00 by the end of this year and 4 additional 1000000 next year and then they've also signed in agreement with. those vaccines will not be here until early

2021 but i mean all of this is israel right what's the plan for the occupied west bank and gaza. well at the moment it's not really quite clear what the plan is cases are quite on the rise there in the west bank and in gaza on thursday alone a 1000 cases new cases of covert instructions were reported officials there said that the health system is nearing collapse basically the palestinian authority in the west bank have said that they've applied for emergency vaccinations through a world health organization program but even if that comes through that will only vaccinate about 20 percent of the population there are some reports that russia will also provide some of the vaccine but details around that are really quite unclear so these really health ministry have said that if the how many vaccines left over but they will provide some for the palestinian authority but all of those

details are still up in the air and as israelis are getting vaccinated today palestinians are really left waiting. there with all the latest for us from my story since this story will continue following very there thanks very well imagine talks in the u.k. about a new strain of the coronavirus have led to a fare the tightening of restrictions that a hired terror of lockdown has now in effect across london and southeast england the netherlands has now also banned all flights from the u.k. in a bid to try to stop the spread of that new strain or a challenge has more from the. for days scientists and opposition politicians have been saying it 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 variance with 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 an outdoor public space your skull must just days ago boris johnson mocked his opposition rival kier starmer for questioning why restrictions were being eased 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 well 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 thanks to the council christmas that's pretty good that's what i think that's what he's driving at this is bigger. london has gone from tear to tear for a new 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 the u.k. at that will no longer be permitted equally it will no longer be permitted for any advise to travel anywhere in the rest of the u.k. for christmas we simply cannot take the risk of this stream travelling from different parts of the u.k. . but 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 well in the us the 1st batch of madonna's a vaccine is now being prepared for distribution trucks carrying millions of doses will roll out on sunday that's the 2nd vaccine authorized from agency use bringing a ray of hope for the world's hardest hit country as all comes after the u.s. saw yet another record number of infections on friday. and in a strange am about a quarter of a 1000000 people in sydney's northern beaches suburbs have been placed under a strict lockdown and a bid to try to contain a growing corona virus outbreak there gatherings across great a sydney have also been restricted there are now 70 cases linked to that cluster strayer had recently gone more than 2 weeks without any locally transmissive cases

and now that lockdown has also forced the cancellation of the sydney to hobart yacht race for the 1st time in history the tasmanian state government announced they were prepared to waive 14 day quarantine restrictions for people coming from sydney making it impossible for the race to go ahead and we can now speak to dr sam dyson on iraq and he's an associate professor of infectious diseases at a strain in national university he joins us now from can read dr great to speak to you again in the premier of new south wales sounds pretty confident that this outbreak hasn't gets spread to great us of need to do you share that same confidence i mean that says you are i think it's it's too early to say but the signs are good at the moment so we've got about 68 cases but all the cases in this northern beaches are great seem to be linked to the law the beaches i'm. a clock in the northern beaches where we think a super spreading event may have occurred the only thing is some of those people infected at that event live in other parts of sydney and sooty is

a very big city about the 43rd biggest world 2034 square kilometers and people could have spread it so the next few days would be very important and it's really a lot of the people get to have the modesty. dogs and by my understanding this is the us strain of the virus right and they still don't know how it actually got into the community when we saw the melbourne outbreak from travellers to is there not a worry that the original source of this outbreak is still spreading silently especially if it hasn't been identified. absolutely that is is definitely a lhari so as you correctly said the genetic testing the genetic sequencing of this northern beaches outbreak strain is a u.s. strain and it's very similar apparently to a traveler who arrived in australia around the 1st of december but there's no obvious link between that traveler and the northern beaches outbreak so did it spread spillover somehow from that hotel quantity or that home quantity into the

community we're not sure yet so yes that is why it's so important to get more testing done in the next few days will tell us that. we've seen these new restrictions now being imposed on there enough and and given that this as the festive season doesn't people actually comply with that i think it would be a great reluctance to comply but certainly it appears that ignore them sydney in the northern beaches where this is which is the epicenter of this outbreak people are doing the right thing of course people have to keep doing the right thing until this outbreak is under control and don't know a number of restrictions are being placed in the northern beaches area so it's a lot down essentially there are also restrictions the greatest city in terms of numbers of people who can gather together with you can say more challenging doors and all those sorts of things so great a sydney is having to face a number of restrictions top to send. their from australian national university

great to speak to you again great to get your insight here on out there thanks to the thanks that i'm living on now and u.s. president donald trump has contradicted his own secretary of state by saying china could be responsible for a cyber attack on 6 government departments maicon pale however said it was pretty clear that russia was behind the hacking but i have to be the west and american history russia denies any involvement and i tattering has no. president donald trump has weighed in on what's seen as the biggest ever cyber espionage attack against washington downplaying it and the kremlin's involvement in the hacking he says the cyber hug is far greater in what he called fake news media than an actuality i have been fully briefed and everything is well under control russia russia russia is the priority chant when anything happens because lame stream is

for mostly financial reasons petrified of discussing the possibility that it may be china it may speaking on a radio show might pompei who said it was clear russia was involved. very significant effort. i think it's the case that now we can say pretty clearly it was the russians the release of most activity the full extent of the cyber attack is still emerging but at least 6 u.s. government departments have been infiltrated among them the agency that manages nuclear weapons however they've said the arsenal security hasn't been compromised. the hack began as early as march and targeted widely used software made by solar winds the texas based company says up to 18000 customers downloaded compromised software updates which allowed hakas to spy on e-mail exchanges i think

the damage is going to be more subtle potentially more worse i suppose or no longer this was espionage it seems to be attackers are aiming to steal information it's not right they're not trying to. protect its most of the system some members of congress are demanding answers from president trump national security is the number one challenge the number 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 and the threat is far from over experts saying many more systems may be compromised without anyone knowing and the only way to be sure and it is clean is for it to be bent down to the ground and rebuilt america 3. here on out there protesters return to the streets of

sudan 2 years after an uprising that led to the removal of the president. and we'll look at how capital macau became a model for china's one country 2 systems principles. we 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 all making its way 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 was cross central parts of the mediterranean further east and west 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 powder right not too far away that will push in across the press potentially as we go into the early part of next week some bass pieces of wet weather also lapping on to 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. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground and in the canaries what is

the. situation there is only one doctor and one nurse or 2200 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bomb in the situation 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 a back seat when there's no money and all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera. hello again. that's remind you of our top stories here this hour israel has begun its nationwide vaccination campaign but the goals are not played up 260000 people

against private 19 every day the roll out includes israeli settlers and illegally occupied territory becoming excludes millions of palestinians living under israeli control. british prime minister barak johnson has announced strict took over 19 restrictions in london and in southeast england the netherlands has also banned all flights from the u.k. in a bid to stop the spread of a new more contagious strain of the virus identified by the british government. and us president donald trump has contradicted his own secretary of state by saying china could be responsible for the worst cyber attack in american history by compare however said it was pretty clear that russia was behind that. all of the 344 boys kidnapped and northeastern nigeria last friday have now been reunited with their families their duction has highlighted a westling security situation in africa's most populous country our correspondent that idris went to the town of qara to meet some of those students and their

parents. look at it and got us home and received so many visitors it was 15 years ago that was when their youngest child. neighbors and well wishers returned to celebrate again this time. after 60 ordeal at the hands of kidnappers. morsy is one of the 344 school boys released after they were abducted by gunmen from a boarding school more than a week ago when i'm with to go and i can't really express how i feel miles have returned home there is no after every when it is the same story in almost every home affected here in cancun and as a way also sliwa bishan is to become a surgeon but after the d.c. spent in captivity he's having a rethink about future studies because. 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 their education after threats made by the kidnappers but slowly they can get a community is getting back on its feet. the mood in going to has dramatically changed since algeria's 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 and get a seat at the age of a force that 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 armored personnel 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 takes on the police to 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 greece. northwest nigeria. now leaders from 8 east african countries are jews were tense an emergency summit in djibouti in the coming hours so this just challenges facing the region the humanitarian crisis in ethiopia is more than tikrit region will be top of the agenda there federal troops launched an offensive against the grain forces more than a month ago now more than a 1000000 people are thought to have been displaced that regional block known as a dad will also discuss the diplomatic standoff that's ongoing between kenya and somalia where demonstrations have also been taking place in sudan's capital 2 years after the uprising that led to the removal of president omar al bashir now since he

was ousted therefore has really changed with millions of sudanese having to enjoy a wrecked economy and limited government services have a morgan reports from carter on the 2nd anniversary of sudan's revolution which led to the overthrow of longtime president already bashir thousands spore to the streets of the capital and others the some came out to voice support for the 15 month old transitional government others to voice anger at the economic and political developments. i'm proud of the revolution i think our revolution has come a long way and of the sudanese of loot a lot politically and have learned to be their own decision makers have assumed things that haven't been achieved but the revolution is far from over. 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 that ministration was able to achieve some demands. the former ruling party has been dismantled and laws have been passed giving more rights to the sudanese people and i said 10 to 7 years so that is now off the worst list of states sponsoring terrorism here 10 years after the revolution they say those are we have 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 hamad nude a move on the shoes of justice in the comic improvement has been slow but all the economic woes are because of the economic policies of the past 30 years of the former ruling party you're only know living an ideal in with the consequences so there are challenges that the government faces but it's also making achievements and it's starting to gradually show osman makes de took part in the protests in time to 18 and 2019 he lost his hand when a stun grenade exploded telling you that. i want to better living conditions access to better education health care all that didn't happen this government failed 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 such as 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 khartoum. at least 8 people have been killed in the afghan capital in a car bomb attack there another 15 people were also wounded in the blast that targeted and wardak there's been no claim of responsibility targeted attacks have increased in kabul in recent weeks last week the deputy governor of the city was killed also by a car bomb now u.s. president elect joe biden has introduced key members of his environment an energy team assuring in small government fests the nominees include the 1st african-american man to head the environmental protection agency a renewable power advocate to lead the department of energy and the country's 1st ever native american cabinet secretary sherry tansey has more for us from biden's hometown of wilmington delaware. with this team he really he really can say

this is historic moment particularly with harlem's nomination for interior we should not understate the interior department i think we were suggesting that it was mainly to do with tribal land this is a federal all federal grant all u.s. federal land you know 100000 millions of acres of land in the natural resources the mineral rights the the fossil fuel rights the wildlife the water i mean this is such an important such an important nomination especially given the department of interior is role in the destruction of native america within the interior department is the bureau of indian affairs which has been so responsible as that holland was adjusting there in the destruction of native american. invest case when biden talks about identity and talks about how diverse his cabinet is it's really relevant when we decide when we think about the portfolio that he's handing out because the interior department and the bones identity it's just such an amazing

combination to have a native american woman in charge of a large swathe of the north american continent finally voting is underway in thailand's 1st local elections since the $24000.00 military tree that tens of millions of people eligible to participate in the polls for regional representatives and while these elections are not expected to impact national politics the vote could indicate the effectiveness or otherwise of recent anti-government protests or prior to a john approaches a political analyst and a columnist at casa english and the news website in bangkok he expects the version turnout will be significant despite the kind of a $1000.00 pandemic. except that one very problems which is about can just now hugely affect that 500 new infections we still believe that in all 75 other provinces the vote turnout be high and that simply because the local people did not have a chance to vote since the of all local elections since

a coup in 2014 it will serve the law election will serve as an indicator to guard the popularity of lost either the governor or the anti government proxy so this is also a surrogate. poll if you like about one of the local most thais support the government still are not. like how is marking the 21st anniversary of its return to china from portuguese control but unlike hong kong the gambling hub has embraced beijing's tightening grip has the story. this is a tale of 2 cities macau a former portuguese colony now a casino powerhouse the other hong kong a former british colony and an international financial center both returned to chinese rule in the late 1990 s.

. but while hong kong pushed back against beijing's tightening control in the following years that with little opposition in macau macau has a large population with very strong mainland chinese attachment emotion the politically and culturally having said that in the reason years there are a minority of young people in macau who tend to support western style democracy and one of those is 29 year old sulu sue an opposition member of my cows legislative assembly who says gaining support for the fight for democracy is an uphill battle. china. started.

while the british in hong kong instilled the idea of democracy in their final years the portuguese largely recognise china's sovereignty over macau. mainland china is crucial for the city's economy bestowing favorable policies boosting tourism and building major infrastructure projects like the $20000000000.00 hong kong macau you highbridge perhaps this is the most tangible symbol of the communist party's push to integrate hong kong and macau into mainland china when it was launched 2 years ago it became the 1st physical link between the 2 former colonies and set them up for the next phase of unification the greater bay area development plan it's part of beijing's efforts to knit hong kong macau and southern chinese cities into a tech.

and ask for it to. slap west a strong china. to. china's leaders sheeting thing called macau a shining example of the one country 2 systems policy one that beijing says hong kong outspoken people could learn from difficult poland al-jazeera hong kong. this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines israel has begun its coverage 1000 vaccination campaign but the goal of inoculation up to 60000 people every day the rollout includes israeli settlers in illegally occupied territory but currently excludes millions of palestinians living under israeli control ari nasa has the latest for.