a global pandemic could lead to positive change. the fix the killing of it all hail the lockdown exposes privilege and poverty during a crisis. several european countries ban flights with the u.k. as its health minister says a new strain of current virus is out of control. i'm sami's a than this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up israel begins vaccinating against co with 19 but it's not known when millions of palestinians will be offered the job. modernist start shipping out covert $900.00 vaccinations across the u.s. as americans wait for a stimulus package to be approved. warnings of

a deteriorating security situation in parts of northern nigeria as hundreds of abducted school boys are reunited with their families. now with tough new coronavirus restrictions taking effect in the u.k. other european countries are taking measures to protect themselves the netherlands belgium and italy of all banned flights from the u.k. germany is considering the same role trying to stop the spread of a new more contagious strain of the virus identified by the british government that the embargo has more from the u.k. capsule. this is regent street in the heart of london and in the run up to christmas it will usually be full of shoppers well the people out and about a generally going for a walk or just looking at decorations because all nonessential stores have been

ordered closed as part of these new tier 4 restrictions here in london in the southeast in the east of england that's 18000000 people being told that at christmas they cannot meet up with any other household lots of people have had to cancel their plans they're very annoyed we've seen crowded scenes at train stations with people trying to get on board transport to other parts of the country at supermarkets there have been crowds as people try to get last minute provisions survey suggest people do support the tougher restrictions but do not like the way it's been handled just a few days ago the prime minister was saying that it would be inhuman to in his words cancel christmas now the government is insisting it's acted because in the last few days it's got information about a new variant of the corona virus which is responsible for the majority of cases in this area some people are questioning exactly when that evidence became clear what we do know is that it's causing

a lot of concern the netherlands has now imposed an air travel ban to and from the u.k. and other nations might follow suit meanwhile here in the u.k. the health secretary has warned that because of this new variant the restrictions the lockdown might have to actually continue well into the new year until the vaccine can reach more people it's being rolled out they hope to have reached half a 1000000 people by the end of sunday but of course that's nowhere near enough mass vaccination campaign is underway in israel the government is aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day are in nasa has more from west jerusalem. it's. late last night with prime minister netanyahu he was the 1st israeli to receive the jab today it'll be the president minister is head 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 they 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 will arrive they're expecting about $4000000.00 of the fives or 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 the coded cabinet meeting and they're going to be discussing possible restriction measures including a possible lock down and closing of the 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 60. brain is in a moment out she explains it will be some time before a vaccination program can begin in the palestinian territory. although so far the plans for the palestinians seem to be just wait we've heard the palestinian prime minister and i'm going to stay you speak on thursday 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 cannot afford to vaccinate the whole population and they've said that they're relying on the w.h.o. program to vaccinate people but even if such a program starts it's not expected to be vaccinating more than 20 percent of the population to paralysed indian health minister to make

a they said that the health system is ready in shambles it's already overstretched specifically in the gaza strip but you also pointed out that the palestinians not have the resources to store some of the vaccinations being discussed specifically the parties or they only have a wonderful official ration unit 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 legal and humanitarian response ability 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. in the u.s. the 1st batch of modernity vaccine is being prepared for delivery the 1st of those injections is set to be given out for monday just 3 days after the american government approved its 2nd vaccine it comes as sentences race against the somebody not deadlines for prove a $900000000000.00 stimulus package to avoid

a government shutdown. white house correspondent kimberly how could joins me now from washington d.c. so let's start with the coronavirus situation the franc seems almost ready to roll out but that doesn't mean the current virus infections rate is any less challenging right know in fact that is continuing to spike as a result of the thanksgiving holiday and the fear is with the christmas holiday in the new year's celebrations just around the corner that things are only going to get worse the numbers are climbing whether it's infections whether it's deaths whether it's the hospitalizations that's why so many people looking to the approval of a 2nd vaccine in the united states in a little more than a week the madonna vaccine this time as some sort of a lifeline or hoped when mary dark times but the problem is is that not everyone's going to be able to receive it right away and that's the tough decision that's being made now by the c.d.c.

is controlling the distribution or at least deciding who will be prioritized and we know as of monday that those 1st vaccines could be delivered and handed out but in terms of those tough decisions we know that by the end of january just 50000000 doses are available and the next here in terms of the people who are looking to receive this vaccine of the so-called essential workers which make up about 80 $7000000.00 americans so these are the tough decisions being made it will be something they'll look at in terms of sectors whether it's manufacturing whether it's truck drivers whether it's police officers whether it's the food distribution this is all what is being considered but the c.d.c. says that they are basing it on science and epidemiology and the data that is backing that so these are the decisions that will have to be made in the next 24 hours as people look for this vaccine to be delivered also the economy looking for help are they going to be able to cost that bill in congress to avoid

a shutdown. well there's a glimmer of hope as of saturday night it appears there's a breakthrough in kind of an obscure detail within this very large bill but you have to put this into context they've been talking about this for months now they have hours to come to a decision the bill contains 2 components number $1900000000000.00 in terms of direct payments money for the state and local governments vaccine distribution and direct payments meaning that this could look like some money in people's pockets when they need it most but also and included in all of this is 1.4 trillion to keep the government open and if that doesn't happen if they can't finalize this the government is going to start to run out of money as of midnight monday morning so this is what is the decision at hand we know that there are votes that are excusable to take place later on today and we know that the u.s.

president is standing by to sign this he's been tweeting that he wants to see these direct payments to americans but 1st congress has to vote on it and get it through the house of representatives and the senate all right we'll watch that situation then thanks so much can we how. another group of children who are abducted in north nigeria have reportedly been rescued by vigilantes in the local community the children had been returning from a religious gathering in the who can't see in the state but it comes just 2 days after hundreds of boys were reunited with their families and katsina after they were kidnapped by so called bandits and 3 says in katsina he says the recent attacks on avoid the problem. you are having a crisis here in the states state. by the way it's just less than 200 kilometers from b. . and baby hardly

a week the process without incident of kidnapping attempt to kidnap passengers on the highway people now have to resort to. trains and causing problems. because this is a recurring problem. in the northwest. remember years ago the government. continuously how. the will. and its military in the north east of the country and we're seeing more activity in the northwest of nigeria.

pushing into japan over the next. 3 nights for the time but they are becoming. just. as cold. still a few. days but they will increasingly. for much of china it will stay fine and dry over the next few days that dry weather stretches across a good part of china into bangladesh into one the pullout she tried to cross a good part of in the mist and fog and smoke will continue across the north maybe

a few wintry flows into the far north of pakistan to the fun north of india as well down into the southeast we have got some showers just creeping back into do think majority of the show is going to linger around us ron christie go through the next day or so particularly into the south because some heavy ones certainly a possibility here as we call 13 choose day and indeed on into wednesday by where the stay the show has started to push back into time will not to me same want to 2 showers on the other side of the potential heading across carola by wednesday. but. when all that seems to matter is the headline when narratives and counter narratives obscure reality the listening post drips away the spin lays bare the bias and uncovers the uncomfortable truths the listing posts on al-jazeera. the coded 19 pandemic is threatening one of singapore's most plots tradition its famous

straight story the fragile use of when i went to investigate the book you know that i took on on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now the netherlands belgium and italy of banned flights from the u.k. in a bid to stop the spread of a more contagious mutation of corona virus england's health minister says the new strain is out of control forest you say it will be hard to keep it in check until vaccines are rolled out to the wider population. israel has begun its covert 19

vaccination campaign the government is aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day but that doesn't include palestinians living in the occupied west bank in gaza. another group of children who were abducted in northern nigeria have reportedly been rescued by vigilantes in the local community it comes just 2 days after hundreds of boys were reunited with their families and could see in the state after they were kidnapped by bandits. a u. and u.k. negotiators are continuing last ditch talks in the hopes of striking the post briggs it trade deal there at an impasse over fishing rights the european parliament has warned unless a deal is done by sunday night politicians won't have time to ratify it before the end of the year and no deal brigs it would mean tariffs on goods crossing the border and possibly shortages of some food and medicine in the u.k.

or a challenge as the view from london. where are they at the moment well they are on the face of it deadlocked and both sides are digging their heels in over fishing rights and level playing field but who really knows what's going on behind those closed doors other than the people involved in the negotiations themselves i mean the u.k. saying that it's prepared to walk away without a deal but over the weekend there have been rather alarming pictures on british t.v. screens of lorries and trucks backed up for kilometers. on the motorways leading into channel ports as companies stockpile in preparation for a possible no deal in january so that's quite alarming and then there's also what happens over the weekend as well with this effect of canceling a christmas it would be quite a double whammy for boris johnson wouldn't it to have cancel christmas and got no

deal all in the space of one weekend does that mean that a deal is more likely i don't know but if i were him i would not want that on my political records and david change to has more on the e.u. perspective parents. it doesn't look like this european parliament deadline is going to stick i think you'd have don't have to look far for the reasons why president is doing this because much like for boris johnson the constituency at his back watching very closely is of course the french fisherman vital for his chances for reelection in the next presidential election in about 18 months time here. he wants to make quite sure that talks will go on and on and on as long as they can because he wants to make sure there's a proper deal now they've offered the british something like 25 percent of the fish catch by the european fischman to be repatriated to the british fisherman now boris

johnson the fisherman don't think that's enough they want some middle aged 60 percent so that's a huge gap to try and bridge but nevertheless as we approach christmas as we approach the new year i think that there will be a lot of maneuvering a lot of stretching around to try and find a deal that acceptable on fishing both to the british and to the e.u. but of course once again there's another sticking point there's that exclusive between 6 miles and 12 miles offshore which boris johnson and the british don't want any incursions on the us president elect joe biden has introduced key members of his environment an energy team i sure in some more government firsts 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. growing up in my mother's pablo household

made me fierce my life is not been easy i struggled with homelessness i relied on food stamps and raise my child as a single mom the struggles give me perspective 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 our former secretary of the interior once proclaimed his go to quote civilized or exterminate us i'm a living testament to the failure of that horrific idiology should have a tendency has more 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 know understates the interior department i think we were suggesting that it was mainly to do with tribal land this is federal all federal guide or us federal you know 100000 millions of acres of land in the not for resources we have mineral rights the fossil fuel rights the wildlife the water i mean this is such an important such move an important nomination especially to give room to the public when tear is roll 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 to in the destruction of native american . for in this case when biden talks about identity and talks about how diverse his cabinet is it's really relevant when we decide where we think about the portfolio that he's handing out because the interior department doubles identity it's such an amazing combination of a native american woman in charge of

a large swathe of the north american continent finally at least 9 people have been killed in the afghan capital in a car bomb attack another 15 people were wounded in the blast in kabul looting m.p. mohammad what attack there's been no claim of responsibility targeted attacks have increased in recent weeks last week the deputy governor of kabul was killed also by a car bomb somalia and kenya will resume diplomatic ties after east african leaders held an emergency summit to discuss the crisis somalia can't diplomatic ties with kenya on tuesday accusing it of meddling in politics after president who kenyatta hosted the leader of somaliland the regional bloc known as i gad was meeting in djibouti is the east african regional bloc was also looking at ways to deal with a humanitarian crisis in ethiopia is to grey region fighting broke out there last

month when prime minister had ordered a military offensive against local forces well so far more than a 1000000 people are thought to have been displaced many have fled across the border into sudan germy taylor is a regional advocacy adviser for east africa and yemen at the norwegian refugee council he says the media manager terry and supplies are needed in sudan. the needs at the moment are very immediate what we're hearing from from those people who have crossed the border is that they are fleeing with with almost nothing so they arrive with the clothes on their back or with very little in the way of. personal possessions so we have to respond with immediate shelter food water. norwegian refugee council we're running emergency schooling and we've set up some schools in the omer cooper camp where people who have crossed the border then being moved into

a camp some distance away from the border 'd but obviously we need to be thinking about longer term and how long will these people be here and how will these needs grow over time as the numbers grow and so essentially we will not be able to with our current capacity be able to respond and so we call for more funding and for greater sort of response from humanitarian agencies all around. violent protests have broken out in lebanon after a major hike in university tuition fees police used tear gas to disperse crowds in the capital beirut students responded by throwing bottles and other objects the protest follows a decision by some universities to price their tuition on a new dollar exchange rate which will see some fees triple. voting is underway in thailand's 1st local elections since the military coup in 2014 last year's general poll drew accusations of manipulation sparking anti-government protests the

provincial vote could indicate the effectiveness or otherwise of those demonstrations tony chang reports from the city of somewhat. wants he was seen as the savior of thai politics a charismatic leader whose reform agenda captured a quarter of the votes in last year's election since then his party future food has been dissolved and he's been banned from politics protect. the tenet on junger and is not giving up his party has reformed under the new bern a move forward bigger asli contesting local elections across time. anti-government protests in bangkok and around the country that have played up for the past 5 months giving the 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. this. running in the province of chonburi his father convicted of corruption and 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. if 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 our position came from an election. and while the results of the election were unlikely

to change much it could signify deep shifts in thai society thailand has been ruled by the rich it. political hierarchy with the monarchy at the center that whole ruling regime now is being tested and the election this and this $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 of the ballot box which in recent years has frequently been denied. some time and. my cow is

marking the 21st anniversary of its return to china from portuguese control but online kong kong the gambling harbors embraced beijing's tightening grip the vehicle pollen reports. 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 was little opposition in macau macau has a large population with very strong mainland chinese attachment emotionally 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. while the british in hong kong instilled the idea of democracy in their final years the portuguese largely recognized 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 zhuhai bridge perhaps this is the. 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. more. and asked for it to. slap western. china. on to. china's leaders sheeting paying called macau a shining example of the one country 2 systems policy one that beijing says hong kong outspoken people could learn from difficult poll an al-jazeera hong kong new

york smithsonian design newseum has acquired 2 about jesus part of their collection the person with a headscarf and into skin tone couple emerges will be featured in the coming exhibition both symbolize inclusion and have broadened diversity for users it's the 3rd museum to add emerges to their collection. and let's take you through some of the headlines here on al-jazeera now the netherlands belgium and italy of banned all flights from the u.k. in a bid to stop the spread of a new more contagious mutation of the virus england's health minister says the new strain is out of control and it will be hard to keep it in check until vaccines are rolled out they're being barber has more from london. we know the.