now within reach of the seat. of the most toxic substances. to. visit press on al-jazeera. the in. israel begins vaccinating against private 19 but it remains unclear what millions of palestinians will be offered the job. of their arms to tell you this is al jazeera life and are also coming up for christmas is only a few days away but in london and other parts of the u.k. the coronavirus restrictions are ramping back on. warnings of a deteriorating security situation in parts of northern nigeria as hundreds of abducted school boys are reunited with their families. regional leaders hold an

emergency meeting to discuss the humanitarian situation following the fighting in ethiopia's tikrit region. we begin with the global battle against the coronavirus more and more people around the world are now starting to receive vaccines but their rollout is also highlighting the division between the global haves and the have nots infections world wide now stand at more than 76000000 with the number of deaths edging towards 1700000 the u.s. remains the west hit country the virus that has killed more than 300000 people many cities and regions are also heading back into lockdown including the northern beaches suburbs of sydney a cluster of nearly 70 cases has been reported there that's after straitly had gone 2 weeks without recording any local transmissions and london other parts of the u.k. extensive restrictions have now been reimposed due to

a new mutation strain of the coronavirus. well a mass vaccination campaign is also underway in israel the government there is aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day are a nasa has more for us. it's starting late last night with prime minister netanyahu he was the 1st israeli to receive the jab today it'll be the president ministers heads of health care institutions and hospitals as well as health care workers as we understand it tomorrow all of those over the age of 60 as well as those with preexisting conditions it will be receiving the vaccine appointments for those already rolled out late last week in the 2nd phase it will be people who come into high contact with others so it will include teachers social workers as well as some soldiers the government is expecting about $60000.00 people to be vaccinated per day but that really depends on how many of the vaccine doses

it will arrive they're expecting about $4000000.00 of the fives are vaccine before the end of the year and another $4000000.00 towards the beginning of next year they've also signed an agreement with madonna but those doses are not expected until early 2021 infection rates are really continuing to rise and to surge there is a special cabinet meeting that will be held today it's a cold cabinet meeting and they're going to be discussing possible restriction measures including a possible lock down and closing of port there is also the issue of who will not be vaccinated so there is about a 3rd of the population that will not be vaccinated and that includes pregnant women as well as children under the age of 16 well let's get the view now from ramallah made the abraham the correspondent is that she explains that it will be some time before a vaccination program can begin in the palestinian territory. well so far the plans

for the palestinians seem to be just wait we've heard the palestinian prime minister and some of the stay you speak on thursday and said there's going to be taking a few months before palestinians get the vaccine the palestinian authority has been living in a very deep financial crisis which is why they cannot afford to vaccinate the whole population and they've said that they're relying on the program to vaccinate people but even if such a program starts a small expected to be vaccinating more than 20 percent of the population. health minister to make a to said that the health system is of ready in shambles it's already overstretched specifically in the gaza strip but you also pointed out that the palestinians do not have the resources to store some of the vaccinations being discussed specifically the parties are they only have wonderful journey ration units which is

not going to be enough that all human rights organizations say that israel is the occupying power and as such it has the need in our view many to indispensability to vaccinate the people in the occupied west bank and the gaza strip whether that will happen or not we'll have to wait and see. well god is the director of the occupied palestinian territories at physicians for human rights she explains what's being done to try to secure a supply of vaccines. according to the pushes the. 2 different companies that says these guys in with the other companies they has talked to guard being seen but no agreements has been. as we know that a help so good but seems to do so little partnership was over which is a humanitarian organizations that will be providing previous scenes but flew through

20 percent of the facility only few information has been provided by israeli author things regarding you know supplies and assistance to. a. few bystanders it was ok you also know what it refers to the israeli mcginn proposed regarding delivering that option but it was a push by the simians where we believe that this stands in contradiction to the agreements and you know the israeli minister. when you see it a guard being in for thing maybe kishen through the palestinian territories according to the put it to get him in any case and to be imported and go through the thick of it should be approved by the israeli minister to help that ocean but the scene was not approved through israeli citizen. well as we mentioned valuable process government has added

a new level of restrictions for london and the southeast for more on that let's hear from london with more nadine can you talk us through these new restrictions especially heading into the festive season. yes who they were announced on saturday and a lot of people are very angry at the way this is being handled. just on wednesday in parliament prime minister boris johnson criticize the opposition leader kids starmer saying he wanted to cancel christmas saying it would be inhuman to do that at such short notice telling people that they couldn't meet up and mix between households boris johnson did exactly that on such a day saying that it was because of the discovery of this new variant of coverage 19 and so it means that 18000000 people in london the southeast in the east of england cannot travel a whole in other parts of england which are already in the tier 3 level they're

being told that instead of a 5 day window of relaxation it's just going to be on christmas day on 20 the 25th of december that they can actually meet up similar restrictions in scotland and wales as well but here in england we've seen people suddenly reacting to the news that they won't be able to to travel by for example going in large numbers to supermarkets to stock up there were crowds at major train stations on saturday evening as people try to get on to trains or particularly to the north of england so beat the deadline for the restrictions which came in at midnight here in oxford street normally in the run up to christmas this would be full of shoppers well non-essential shops are being told they have to shut people are walking about but a lot of people have been wondering asking the question when did the government really know because the scientists so. they knew about this new variant back in september the government saying it only became clear of what this new variant was

doing in terms of driving transmissions which are going up rapidly here in the last few days so it's very controversial to say the least and you mention that new variants and what more do we know about iraq's people right confound about how contagious that is good question the government is saying the eighty's up to 70 percent more transmissible although they're stressing that it's not proven that it carries any more danger in terms of illness in terms of its lethality but they are saving a much hancock the health secretary in the last couple of hours has said that this new variant demands more restrictions it's saying that he's saying that that variance is behind the rise in hospital admissions in this part of england over the last few weeks now he has condemned those people who were getting on trains on

saturday saying it's irresponsible but there are other journeys which were prior to the netherlands which is also detected this new variant has actually imposed straightaway a travel ban to and from the u.k. and it's understood the other european nations might follow suit so at the moment yet lots of questions about this new variant and in fact where it exists because the world sure for it is also saying that they believe that it's present there what's clear is that hospitals are filling up and that real worry for the health service and how it will cope going through the winter lies behind some of these measures the health secretary saying that the tear for system might have to be in place for the next couple of months until enough people have received that vaccine which is just started to be rolled out. there with all the latest from london on a very very empty oxford street and dave thanks michael. well in the united states

there is a ray of hope that despite rising cases the 1st batch of madonnas vaccine is being prepared for distribution and trucks carrying millions of doses will roll out place here on sunday that's the 2nd vaccine now authorized for emergency use how does your custom reports from the capital washington d.c. . lifesaving vials of a 2nd f.d.a. authorized covert 19 back scene are going in boxes destined for hospitals and clinics across the country government officials say americans will begin receiving the madeira no vaccine monday unlike the pfizer vaccine that began rolling out a week ago these don't require ultra cool storage making them easier to handle between the 2 back scenes nearly 8000000 doses will have been released although the distribution effort has already had hiccups governors from several states have complained of receiving tens of thousands fewer vaccine doses than had been promised the army general overseeing the federal government's distribution effort

offered an apology saturday saying he'd fail to understand there's a delay between when a vaccine is available and when it's released there is no problem with the pfizer vaccine there is no problem with the madonna vaccine right it was a plain error and i am responsible for both axes are close to 95 percent effective in clinical trials vice president mike pence got his 1st dose on live television and health care workers across the country have done the same people in nursing homes are also part of phase one i feel 5 years feel good to shop with no problem the u.s. government's goal removes 20000000 bats of nations by year's end but that will not nearly cover the amount of people the c.d.c. recommends as part of distribution phase 2 so it is up to the states to prioritize who gets those vaccines older people over the age of 65 those with preexisting

medical risk factors or essential workers already jostling for those limited doses these vials would help have arrived meanwhile congress continues to work on legislation to help shuttered businesses and families facing eviction every day that we delay a very well cost more small businesses there's about will cost more american workers their jobs and yes cost more american their very lives. a deal is close both parties say but the economic help can't come soon enough nor the vaccines as the latest weekly average shows more than 2600 people dying from coded each day in the united states. castro al-jazeera washington. move on to other news now and another group of children who were abducted in northern nigeria have now reportedly been rescued by the in the local community there the

children have been returning from a religious gathering in the hooter and catina state and that also comes just 2 days after hundreds of boys were reunited with their families also in katsina after they were kidnapped by so-called bandits idris is in cat c. and on the ground for us he says these recent attacks are part of a wider problem. you are having a crisis here in cuts in a state or a state. and. by the way it's just less than 200 kilometers from the administrative capital of nigeria and babies hardly a week the process without a major incident a kidnapping attempt to kidnap passengers on the highway people now have to resort to. trains and this is causing a lot of problems embarrassment because this is a recurring problem. in the northwest.

remember 3 years ago the government. technically defeated the continuously how. the will of the nigerian government and its military in the north east of the country and we're seeing more activity here in the northwest of nigeria. growing up my mother is. president. for democracy in thailand. where the pushing towards japan. breaking snowfall still some more snow with the

full cost having. just a little just. coming in in the west and. pushing across into. monday but just like the wind starts to slide. a less cold westerly direction so hopefully we'll start to see the snow turning to right for actually petering out as we go on through the next couple of days behind that temperatures picking up insults around 6 celsius around 5 degrees there for beijing much of china will be fine and dry over the coming days funny dry to across central and northern parts all the mail i mean to have the mist and folk problems continuing across northern arizona will face leeway in striving a few showers once again into shoreline cathing the wettest weather will be across the southern half of the as because through the next couple of days time will not also saying a few shows but this week i wanted to choose day it should be

a lousy tries to drive to across a good part of the middle east let me do have this little area very close by here in doha of 24. and the poorest suburbs of 3 european cities community tensions often reveal a shop cultural divides but they feel they have no future and are signs lines as discrimination is their real problem in brussels al-jazeera will meet some of those struggling with racism radicalization and life on the margins of the droit told this young man a week from d.c. than they were to stitch the other piece of europe on al-jazeera.

that's remind you about top stories here this hour british prime minister barak johnson has announced strict took over $1000.00 restrictions and london and in southeast england the netherlands has now 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. israel has begun its vaccination campaign that the government is aiming to a not too late 60000 people a day but that doesn't include palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza. now another group of children who were abducted in northern nigeria have reportedly been rescued by vigilantes in their local community and comes just 2 days after hundreds of boys were reunited with their families and katsina state after they were kidnapped by bandits. and leaders from east african

countries are gathering for an emergency summit to discuss the challenges facing the region that regional block also known as egads will focus on the diplomatic standoff between somalia and kenya you recall somalia cut diplomatic ties with kenya on tuesday accusing it of meddling in politics after president who are also host of the leader of somaliland the block will also talk about the humanitarian crisis in ethiopia is more than t. grave region well our correspondent mohammed adobe joins us now live from mahmoud we've been watching this tension building between kenya and somalia and somalia elections i recall also just on the horizon in february is there a concern here about broader regional stability in the horn of africa. always the possibility of god's help somalia is accusing. hold on to aggression. has been indeed. tunnel affairs there in

42 kenya is. called for the president of the regional administration of jubilant who is not in any way in good times with the president of somalia mohammad apply for module also the money time dispute between the 2 countries and to get the regional grouping is finding itself in the very challenging position of radiating between 2 of its founding members of course right now somalia is saying that it should not be taken for granted it's no longer the failed state it's been for most of the past 30 years and see the invitation by kenya or for president morsi of busy of somaliland the western somalia region that is sickening. recognition internationally in which to wants to separate from somalia. now they

can then government is denying and saying that there's nothing to do with this so it's a money diplomats have been telling us on the sidelines of this summit that if they don't find a deal of this summit then there will be forced to ask kenyan forces who are suffering under the african union mission in somalia to get out of their country. and just on the other issue that they're looking at today 100 given that the ethiopians have so far been resisting mediation attempts what does god have to achieve with this meeting when it comes to take away. well more than anything it wants to know where our prime minister and his government. being the conflict in the to go region of course prime minister but then his governments have been claiming the war is over their doubts and lingering of course the region whether these wars are actually over because the degree. to of

morphed into smaller units on the in the mountains or the to go region and say that to be preparing to have to go to your force this is something that convinced the entire region of the horn of africa which was a very unstable process so that would be listening not just to the prime minister of its european but also the prime minister's office and done holes to solve them so if you have got refugees who's also chatting that meeting in his capacity as the chairman of the intergovernmental photo on the bottom. for us where that you get a summit is taking place thanks so much more. on our us president elect joe biden has introduced key members of his environment an energy team ushering in some more 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 as well as the country's fast evident nation american cabinet secretary she has returned he 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 the natural resources the but 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. invests 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 swathe of the north american continent finally. now u.s. president donald trump has contradicted his own secretary of state by saying that china could be responsible for a cyber attack on 6 government departments that might pump air out of this that it fits pretty clear that russia was behind the hacking believed to be the west in u.s. history russia denies any involvement choudhry has been president donald trump has weighed in on what's seen as the biggest ever cyber espionage attack against washington downplaying it and the kremlin to 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. thank you for the case but now we can say pretty clearly it was the russians releasing most are examining. 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 heart began as early as march and targeted widely used software made by solar winds the texas based company says up to 18000 customers downloaded compromise software updates which allow taxes to spy on email exchanges. i think the damage is

going to be. potentially worse i suppose or no longer. the n.r.c. it seems to be. attackers are interested in information that it's not right or they're not trying to mock our. religious motives it's just some members of congress are demanding answers from president trump 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 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

a marriage or 3. these 9 people have been killed in the afghan capital in a car bomb attack there another 15 were also wounded in that blast in kabul and hitting an m.p. . hasn't been no claim of responsibility yet but targeted attacks have increased in recent weeks last week the deputy governor of kabul was killed also by a car bomb voting is underway in thailand's 1st local elections since the military crew in 2014 last year's general polgar accusations of manipulation sparking anti-government protests this provincial vote could indicate the effectiveness or otherwise of those demonstrations tony chang reports from the city of somewhat proc on. once he was seen as the savior of thai politics a charismatic leader whose reform agenda captures a culture of the votes in last year's election since then his party future forward

has been dissolved and he's been banned from politics for a decade but tenet on jong un is not giving up his party has reformed under the new bern a move forward and is bigger asli contesting local elections across time. understand the importance of local. anti-government protests in bangkok and around the country that have flared up for the past 5 months but giving the folk new impetus younger voters disenfranchised by the military coup in 2014 could turn to candidates bank by move forward and their agenda political reform. but they face different position local politics in thailand dominated by well established political families well known to world voters and with money to spend on their campaigns which. is running in the affluent

province of chonburi his father convicted of corruption of murdering a political rival held the position before him his brother who failed to win a seat as an m.p. is currently a cabinet minister and he vehemently denies he's part of a political dynasty. in fact even though myself and my family have been in politics for a long time every time that we were given the chance to work in politics opposition came from an election. and while the results of the election were unlikely change much it could signify deep shifts in thai society thailand has been ruled by rich it. political hierarchy with the monarchy at the center. that whole ruling regime now is being tested and the election this just $11.00 small indicator but also one contest that reflects the broader struggle despite

a pretty good showing here voter turnout is not expected to be high so close to the long new year holiday the election commission has warned that if voters don't cast their ballots they could well be disqualified in the next general election and even if voters do turn out in large numbers in reality these elections won't bring much change the government's paid little attention to the demands from the protest movement but this is a chance for ties to make their voice heard at the ballot box which in recent years has prickly been tonight. some time and. that is the sound is there and these are the headlines a massive vaccination campaign is underway in israel the government there is aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day a national rollout will include israeli settlers living in the believe the aisle.