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also the divided bosnian city of must start holds its very 1st local elections in more than a decade and a vote some hope will bring progress and unity. and i'm peter semi-colons sports news mexican boxer solo but there is easily beats callum's move to become a 4 division world champion that is more later this news hour. welcome to the news our fears over a new fast moving strain of the coronavirus have led to calls to action from the world health organization it says europe needs to step up measures to prevent the spread of the virus belgium italy and the netherlands have already banned passenger flights and rail connections from the united kingdom where the health ministers warn the variant strain is out of control the u.k. government has announced

a stay at home order in parts of the country and in the us shipments of the 2nd covert $900.00 vaccine have begun now the shots developed by madonna and the national institutes of health will be rolled out from monday to mass next election campaign is also underway in israel where the government is aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day but that excludes 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza or get more on the situation from the us from our white house correspondent kelly healthcare to november 1st let's cross over to nadine barber in london of course the deem the situation in the u.k. very dire according to the government uplifting it you might say to tear for what does actually mean in reality. also what it means in reality for millions of people in england is heartbreak because on saturday prime minister boris johnson putting london the southeast and the east into tier 4 means that households cannot

mix christmas whatsoever in other parts of england people being to being told that the 5 day week that zation of restrictions is now just one day christmas day the 25th of december but in the tearful areas that's more than 16000000 people around a 3rd of the population of england in that lockdown which also includes a travel ban for all but essential journeys now we did see on saturday some scenes of crowded train stations in london as people try to beat the deadline and get to other parts of the country by and large i think the feeling here is that these restrictions are understandable or justifiable but there's a lot of question marks over why it was done at the last minute now the government saying that in the last few days they've got information about a new variant of the virus behind covered knowing tain that it was actually

detected in september and the leader of the opposition now is saying of boris johnson that he was too scared he was too scared of being unpopular to take tough decisions until it was too late well what lies behind that is that the fear is that with this new variant present in england but also in wales we know this and the health experts here say it could be up to 70 percent more transmissible that as you were saying it's getting harder to keep on top of and we're almost back nationally at the levels of people in hospital with coverage 19 that we saw in the spring so what we know is that the lockdown is going to be in place through the holiday period for her. saying it might have to be there for a couple of months until a vaccine is rolled out on a large scale lots of questions but right now as well lots of people feeling aggrieved that they've made plans had to scrap very short notice and of course now

the what's happening in the united kingdom is being watched very closely by mainland europe they are acting already we've heard about these flights being canceled to some european destinations from the u.k. they will also be very concerned that if this virus can be transmittable so very easily they could be next in line. absolutely already countries around europe are asking themselves what exactly what threat this variant pose is the netherlands was the quickest to access almost into instantaneously imposing a ban on air travel to and from the u.k. from the early hours of sunday but now we've seen belgium and italy take similar measures at least temporarily and we know other governments are considering a move spain has asked the european commission to introduce

a coordinated response to this announcement by the u.k. government but we know that that very it has actually been detected in other countries not just the u.k. so of course those countries are saying they want to protect their own citizens but we don't know the extent to which it's already present another mutations a possible around the continent as well of course the great hope for getting on top of this 2nd wave is the vaccine and on monday there will be a meeting where it's expected that the european union agency will actually approve the pfizer biotech vaccine and possibly start to see the rollout in the next few days the e.u. trying to act in a coordinated way the u.k. that was already administering vaccines they hope to have 500000 already by the end of sunday but there are millions more people just in the priority groups who need that vaccine very quickly of course the government is saying that it's acting

according to the science there is still though that political route asking why if we knew that there was a variant months ago is it just now that you're starting to communicate and to tell us that it poses a serious risk in terms of catching coverage 19 in terms of strains on the health system the dean thank you that's the european definitely barbara london let's cross over the atlantic now to a white house correspondent can help that joins me now from d.c. and kimberly of course you know talking about the vaccine rollout in europe it's also happening in the u.s. but it's progressing alongside rising very worrying ongoing infections numbers. yeah california the 1st state to really feel the impacts of this when coping 101st hit the united states and now really struggling where things are out of control in many cases and in many counties we're also seeing similar

impacts in the south of the country although the midwest seems to be getting a handle on the situation but overall it's bad in the united states overall it's rising infections it's rising deaths it's rising hospitalizations many of the acute care hospitals are simply overwhelmed and we have ambulances that are lining up sometimes for hours outside waiting to transport critically ill patients and in the midst of all of this there's the hope of this 2nd vaccine being rolled out we believe monday but there are tough decisions that are going to be have to be made about who's going to get it we already know that with the pfizer vaccine that was available as of last week that it was health care workers on the front lines of fighting this as well as the care home residents who have been overwhelmingly impacted in terms of mortality rates so now the question becomes given there are only $50000000.00 doses until the end of january and there are $87000000.00

so-called it's essential workers in the united states which groups are going to receive top priority you being factored into all of this at the c.d.c. is they discuss distribution is whether it should be the police officers whether it should be the food distribution whether should be the truckers that are moving food across the country whether it's the communications sector the energy sector these are the tough decisions that are being made and this is something that is going to have to be worked out because most states expecting to receive those doses within 24 hours of course of the covert crisis to the stimulus package to keep the government working and supporting the recovery is a minefield of political negotiation isn't it to sort of hope the public at large both political sides of the spectrum want to help the american people who just can't seem to agree on the way forward. and this is the issue that has been going on for months and now there are just hours to resolve it at hand is

a discussion over a $900000000000.00 rescue package that would provide economic relief for workers and businesses but also under consideration is a $1.00 trillion dollars package to keep the government open and if it doesn't get that decision in both the senate and the house of representatives can't agree and the president signed into law the government will shut down at midnight so this is the task at hand for the members of congress and i can tell you that americans are eagerly awaiting the code relief package that they're hoping for because this would include a round of direct payments once again and given the fact that we've seen jobless claims rising as a result of businesses shutting down a new lockdowns because of the infection rates rising there are some people that are really struggling and could use this money so all eyes on congress to see if there can be some economic relief as the country continues to struggle with the rising infections of coke at 19 for the update thank you can you how about hawaii's

house correspondent. well. as we mentioned at the beginning of the program us vaccination campaign is under way. for west jerusalem. idea of hope and celebration in israel this people here received the 1st doses of the pfizer biotech vaccine. government ministers hospital managers and health care workers received the job in the early hours of sunday when the. prime minister netanyahu was the 1st israeli to be inoculated so. it's a very big day for the state of israel we've been living for almost a year with the most difficult pandemic that humanity has seen for the last 100 years and now is the beginning of the way out millions of vaccines will arrive in our small state it's not trivial millions more up to come and everyone needs to get vaccinated but as the vaccination program rolls out in israel millions of

palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza are waiting to hear when they'll be vaccinated the palestinian authority says it's in talks with the world health organization and vaccine developers analysts and human rights groups say even if enough doses can be bought the palestinian authority will need international help to distribute them and we know that when. you are. alone. there and you know i says those. countries c their partners their word. and there wouldn't be a secure as well. in gaza there's a record number of covert 19 cases w.h.o. is warning the health care system there may collapse israel is being asked by human rights organizations to insure all palestinians are also vaccinated in response the

israeli government's. may donate doses left over after all israelis have had their . for now there are celebrations in israel but in the west bank and gaza there is no way of knowing when palestinians can feel the same sense of relief i remember sir i'll just era western. law to much of the is the director occupy palestinian territories that physicians for human rights she explains what's being done to secure a supply of the vaccine according to the pushes the. 2 different companies that says these guys in with the other companies the hill talk to god being seen but no agreement has been. as well we know that the. hope still good but it seems to be it's all a partnership was over which is a humanitarian organization that will be providing cleavages scenes but only

through 20 percent of the police only few information has been provided by israeli authorities regarding you know supplies and assistance to. help a been in a fight that it was ok you also. refer to the israeli media providers regarding delivering that option but seems there is a very for palestinians where we believe that they stand in contradiction to move agreement and and you know the israeli minister of poignancy to guard the importing medication through the palestinian territory according to the press it get him in any case and to be imported and delivered to the dedicated to be approved by the israeli minister to help the recent book scene was not approved through israeli citizen. plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including still no deal

breaks at trade negotiations stalled as the deadline draws near for the fishing industry is at the heart of the holder. and the brutal campaign against foreign truck drivers in south africa we look at why they're being targeted. and the 1st best player lives his team back to the top of the standings that's all coming up with peter and spoke to. another group of children who are abducted in northern nigeria have reportedly been rescued by vigilantes in the local community the children had been returning from a religious gathering. in katsina state it comes just 2 days after hundreds of boys were reunited with their families in katsina after they were kidnapped by so-called bandits samad interests has more from that scene and he says the recent attacks are part of a much wider problem. you are having a crisis here in canton

a state in some foreign state in support or and couldn't a state cannot by the way it's just less than 200 kilometers from the administrative capital of nigeria and very hardly a week passes without a major incident of kidnapping or attempt to kidnap passengers on the highway so a lot of people now have to resort to air transportation or trains and this is causing a lot of problems embarrassment on the part of the government because this is a recurring problem and it's not only in the northwest for the nigerian government and military it's embarrassing remember 3 years ago the government declared. technically defeated but we see continuously how boko haram continues to test 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. is an author on the book of. war and conflict studies joins me now from coventry in the u.k.

good have you with us mr meese on the program it does seem that if you want to get your voice heard in nigeria or your demands met kidnapping children is the way to do it is a dangerous tactic knowing sort of the authorities are under a great deal of public pressure to act on these individuals who they society's most sort of youngest protected. if the government lots of pressure to protect society's most vulnerable well yes. the house. because the security situation has to do. i understand from the side of the government. it has been very difficult for each to. do to. live them. so it's requires

a little. different groups to do the job which i think is interesting so. that's a big distinction doesn't know about to who are these kidnappers in this particular case we're saying that they're not back aronne these recent cases were defined as armed bandits but who are the armed bandits. well yes they're out of book or her arm we understand that. we know booker hermes always quick to own up to crimes like these because they want their name to always appear on war and be traded yes these are armed bandits that existed over a number of the guests in that part of the country they know what in the northwest of nagura. many of them have sprung up in the house due to a number of reasons one is the climate changes that are affected that but region.

because of that we have had lots of conflict between farmers and head as are the heads of council that have been hit in the head in the past by. a particular 5 of. its parts. but you still depend soley on hitting catchers and protests i mean. kitchen heading and. things that have to do with milk and. first off for pastoral farming. no longer have that kind of things to sustain their livelihoods and based on bess a lot of them now have to came to crimes like that well then the question we should have what the government should i try to find out is how the more so then moves

that source of livelihood many of them where it is processed because that system i mean the situation there. for some there was a sort of injustice let me less of injustice and distance let me just come in there because that you know with the question we have to ask is it is why they in the situation there are there's a democratic process in nigeria there are elections where there are elected. why their elected officials in those areas of katsina not voicing their concern to the capital and to the authorities and to the president and why is the presidency and the government not acting having already had the problem of the chibok girls who were kidnapped maybe what for 400 of them back in 2016 the nigerian government has not learned its lessons is not securing schools and colleges in the most vulnerable areas in the north of the country. well again. as we all know we're off like a mission for. the democratic process or the government itself has not been able

to stand up to his 2 teams and it's because the democratic process is so i asked not spin it would need up to the expectations of the electorate each. we know the closest to their of government to the people is dimmock will go of in this to government but some on fortunately corners to shows have not been doing get jobs properly and the only time the people i do grassroots are relevant to the system is only during election after election they're full guts and nobody cheers above them because that is why security situation as far as the government and politicians are concerned it's none of their business otherwise people at the grassroots support the common people always there is who can and even i mean the situation everyone is so with us there are bond deeds there were only so where the cream has existed

for a number of years but the question is why is it's difficult for the government to secure to situation it is not a decor situation it is something that one will need is to have the security agencies and approaches to be there and security is like the recall of these kids are yesterday i was afraid and i mean so we will have to leave it but i think we got the general gist of where we going with this stuff see what the government come up with in terms of security plans for the area in the coming weeks thanks very much for your time thanks joining us from coventry thank you from. kenya agreed to resume diplomatic ties after east african leaders held an emergency summit to discuss the crisis somalia cut diplomatic ties with kenya on tuesday accusing it of violating its sovereignty and meddling in the country's internal affairs leaders of the into governmental authority on development or i gad as it's known held a summit in neighboring chad beatty we can cross over now to mohamed atta he's live

for us on the phone from the meeting ended hamad what was decided. well so off a shoulder will get all hailing the summits of success and the calling an agreement between kenya on the somalia to hold talks and resolve all of that the current dispute to dialogue a breakthrough. but in the dispute between kenya and somalia is what dominated the talks the one day summit the president of djibouti smiling but again and the prime minister of ethiopia be ahmed played a crucial role fust meeting the 2 leaders for the president of konopka now turned president hamad of the life of my jewel somalia separately and then later on in the day bringing them together in one room full face to face talks and it's there they

agreed to have talks on dialogue these point they have not said that they were going to resume diplomatic talks but they are working to observe that uneasy in his address to the regional leaders the chip asan of the afghan union most of acumen hammad said that the dispute between kindness and somalia is undermining the efforts of the african union peacekeeping mission in somalia and some which is currently involved mainly in the war against al shabab and the state it was time for them to. kenya also contributes of thousands of troops to the army's someone hosts. of hundreds of thousands of fiji is in kenya and has always denied somalia's claim that it's been involved in what it calls constant term sustained interference in its possible my internal office amid thanks very much fold it that hominid of the for the job easy. the city europe now where e.u. and u.k.

negotiators are continuing last ditch talks in the hopes of striking a post brick sit trade deal there is an impasse over fishing rights the european parliament has warned that 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 breaks it would mean tariffs on goods crossing the border and possibly shortages of some foods and medicines in the united kingdom david chaytor is covering this for us from paris we'll speak to him shortly but 1st let's cross over to really challenge in london and rory you know as the saying goes it's not over till the fat lady sings but i don't hear any fat lady singing on either side of the english channel or as they call it in france. no i mean this deadline is it really a deadline well there's a much missed in this right douglas adams who said about deadlines i love them i love the noise they make as they go wishing past and i can't remember how many

breaks it deadlines over the last few years have gone wishing pos and there always seems to be another one just around the corner so yes the e.u. is saying that they have to have a deal in place by the end of sunday otherwise there would be time to ratify that's not strictly true there will be time to ratify it at a later date if the member states choose to have a provisional deal in place so don't be surprised if some day finishes with no did in place and they're still talking body sides of a.c.v. digging in their heels over fishing rights and the level playing field it's difficult to know what is going on in that negotiating room though unless you're actually party to those talks and there are many people who are. there will there be a deal or no i don't know there's there's been some some kind of warring pictures that have been playing out on british t.v. screens over the weekend which is. key the use of lorries backed up for comas is

the months away outside channel ports as companies stockpiled ahead of what might be a no deal going into january it's highly visible indicator i suppose of the chaos that could be just around the corner if there isn't a deal out on top of that the other news that has come out of the u.k. this weekend which is essentially boris johnson introducing a tier 4 of code restrictions and canceling christmas it would be quite the double whammy for him if on the same weekend as he cancel christmas he also failed to secure a bret's that deal i don't know whether that means there will be one or there weren't but it's not something that i would want on my to. it's correct or if i were him sure not a challenge in london for us thank you now let's get the e.u. perspective and join david chaytor over in paris i mean no one on either side david seems to want to call this quite a day yet but surely the e.u. can't keep going on for ever can.

well only until the end of the year but maybe they'll find another way around that as well who knows as rory says i mean these deadlines keep going pastor's but we have had some word from the french to say that they're not going to be rushed into signing a deal these last few hours left before the european parliament deadline they're going to essentially ignore this came from the european affairs junior minister close ally of president about your macro who of course is suffering from curve in 1000 him self in confinement in verse i. we've also heard from him while i'm on that subject that he's been talking today with the head of the european commission the head of the european council and angela merkel about another subject and that is this new variant of covert 19 which is appeared to scupper boris johnson's plans

for christmas they're worried about this too they're talking and they might come up with a travel ban as a result like both the netherlands and belgium have but back to bragg's it. the sticking point is still the the fishing the fishing rights of the e.u. they want access still to the exclusive sea corridor or 6 to 12 miles off the coast of britain which the fishermen the belgians eventually have had access to for something like several centuries boris johnson doesn't want to have that he wants them out he's also not happy with the 25 percent of fish caught by the e.u. fisherman that would be repatriated that's the latest offer from the e.u. he wants 60 percent so the 2 sides seem to be as far apart as ever but we have heard tweets from both leading to go she has in the last few minutes saying that talks will continue how long they don't say but they say the talks will continue

for the update thanks so much david chase of the force and power. well still ahead here all the odds are in use on columbia strikes a deal with fines and astra zeneca the cave at 19 vaccines but health officials warn release may not come soon enough. also become onsets 21st to return to chinese control why it's become a model for beijing is the one country 2 systems principles and christiane overall that helps you venters to the biggest win of the season pieces of a story in sport. the weather slushy set fair across a good part of the middle east we have got some places a cloud just rattling saudi arabia close to us here in qatar you might just catch a sports or 2 of light rain and nothing must speak of as we go through the next

couple of days they've got maybe a few showers to the north of riyadh having said that showers continue in just around the caucasus might see the cloud just thick enough to produce a spot or 2 of light rain in iran and some showers there into that eastern side of turkey bike shoes day could catch a shower or 2 down the southern end of the red sea but again not too much to speak of as is the case to across somalia the seasonal rise they will continue quite nicely across the central and southern parts of africa some lively showers there around the rift valley just noticed some west a weather just coming into botswana tumbling its way into one to maybe that will be pretty heavy at times and then it's going to just slide it's where little further south what's good parts of south africa will see some wet weather as we make our way into the middle part of the week some heavy rain at times as well and eventually out west the weather will move which was eastern cape as we go on through wednesday gradually sliding out into the open waters brightest guys come back into high forty's this picking up to 25.

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worrying them is that many of those have a deteriorating situation. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera is the news hour with me as a whole rather than a reminder of our top stories the u.k. government has announced a stay at home order after a new strain of corona virus was found belgium italy and the netherlands has now banned passenger flights and royal connections from the united kingdom also somalia and kenya have agreed to hold talks to restore diplomatic ties after regional leaders held an emergency summit to discuss the crisis somalia cut diplomatic ties with kenya on tuesday accusing it of violating itself until. the european union and

the united kingdom negotiators are continuing lasted talks in hopes of striking a post breaks a trade deal the european parliament warns that unless a deal is done by sunday night politicians won't have time to ratify it before the end of the year. let's get more on this from ian back in london he's a professor in the european institute at the london school of economics good to have you with succumbs to back on the program i mean deadlines deadlines deadlines are sort of lost count of how many deadlines have come on god is this really the final possible day. no i think we're in a play that used to be called waiting for go to go to it never quite arrives but what we do know is that the end of this month is a hard deadline because there's a treaty in place to a droll deal between the e.u. and the u.k. which stipulates a transition period and that transition period is written into low cost finishing

at the end of the month whether tonight is the deadline or tomorrow or the day after tomorrow is not that certain as to the old way of fudging it to to find a way around these announcements by the european parliament others saying this place is the final final moment but we're very close as you may have heard from our correspondent in london he talked about you know boris johnson's problems not just with cave it but also with bracks it's on his record i mean what's at stake for the british prime minister he had promised the country an oven ready deal it seems that daily sort of going off because the oven was never switched on. he's backtracked on that by saying that the oven ready deal was to withdrawal deal which he indeed secured in january last year. this year. however everybody interpreted of a great deal as meeting the future deal and that's the moments in trouble if he ends up with no do it's going to be damaging not just to the british economy but to

british influence in the world because it will show that the inability of boris johnson to negotiate what he wants that trouble he's having with coated and he's in a bad place both in relation to public opinion and to members of his party who are increasingly unhappy about the way he's conducting affairs indeed i mean from what i've been reading i sort of generally believe that business is on by sides of the channel will lose out and find it difficult how can sort of economic forecasters calculate anything when that calculation to a certain extent is rented invalid because of the the impact of cave it lockdowns opening up and closing downs again it's really difficult isn't it especially for the u k. it is and what it reveals is that on both sides the uncertainty is itself a source of damage however what you can do economically has to separate the covert effect which is a short term but very severe it to the economy with vaccination it is reasonable to

assume that moko would effect who gradually dissipate which we know in the middle of next year as more and more people get vaccinated but they effect sort of a deal or not to deal with the european union will extend over years and that that means it's worth looking at the nature of the damage caused by no deal which is separation from your largest market the uncertainty that's going to cause to protect investors or others looking to invest in in the u.k. will mean that they are unhappy about doing so in future so it's it's the medium to longer term damage from from the wrong kind of bricks that we need to be looking at and of course with the money of all of us who outside of the european continent they will wonder how in what the impact short term and long would be to the ordinary man on the streets in the u.k. if these talks fail can you give us a sort of tangible example of how a u.k. resident is going to experience you might say the calamity of

a failure of agreement. well it won't be massive it's not one up eclipse coming it's instead it will be smaller things you'll notice that the price of imported goods especially those coming from the european union goes up because of tariffs if there's no data you'll notice that some things just don't arrive in the way they used to for example spanish coccyx which we all enjoy here they are. perishable goods and if they have something to delays at the from tears then they just aren't going to come so because that not desirable at the same time those who rely on the european union for their livelihood car manufacturers at hierarchically the fishing industry which exports most of its catch to other european countries they're the ones who are going to suffer no deal is a lose lose economic scenario over say what does happen and i get always good to get your insight thanks so much for joining us from the u.k. thank you thanks ira. voting is underway in the bosnians that he have lost stuff in

the 1st local election in more than a decade in 2008 the constitutional court ordered the city to change its discriminatory electoral rules the bosniak and current parties disagreed on the process but europe's human rights court in june ruled against the stalemate muslims and catholics fiercely fought over the city during the 1990 s. war well ethnic divisions of continue to affect bosnian politics since the war while multi ethnic parties are running in sunday's election is concerned that nationalists also stoking more mistrust and there's no greater evidence of the split than most as famous bridge it was rebuilt after being destroyed in 1993 however it continues to be a symbol of division with croats to the west and muslims to the east each with their own post office water supply and hospital but both areas have been without real leadership and a city council for 12 years and during that time the population of one 100000 has seen basic infrastructure continue to rumble. al-jazeera as i haven't had back of

it joins me now from last august have you with us i mean or why are these elections important in the larger picture really of the legacy of post bosnian conflict. well i have to remind you that this city was the y. that during the bloody war in 1925 years later is still reflects all the problems and political strained relations in the country for 10 years the special election rules for the city were upheld originally supposed to ensure that either cross or bosnians could not hold the majority in power in the city but the problem was that one of all 2 month electoral units in the city counted this 5 others in other electoral units a so constitutional court of the country 10 years ago said that the new rules need to be adopted it took 10 years to get to a political compromise on that issue in

a state parliament of us and heads ago and it happened on only after european court for human rights ordered that the election issues for the city needs to be solved and these the the waiting there was huge problems in the city the city infrastructure suffered to the economy weaken the people began to emigrate in huge numbers today we finally saw some optimism people believe that this is a step forward there is also huge optimism from international representatives in the country for example the united states an e.u. unbias there are today more so they said that this is very historical step forward not only for the city but for the whole country and that could be our strong message to the whole country and its political representatives that the country itself needs to move move forward 20 five's years after the dayton peace agreements were signed and after the war of course that 25 years year i had of course we we're

seeing pictures obviously of the political leaders voting as well it's often seen as a 2 party fight this election but the emergence of the social democrats a 3rd force to you one thinks what the public to see compromise or an alternative solution being on the ground there what's your impression of what the public actually want. well it's true that there is a stronger position now like never before in the city but the city still heavily burdened by these divisions between process so it's hard to expect to dramatically political changes in the city still it's a kind of. a race for supremacy in the city however on the other side the civil society is getting stronger and that's very important so it is a huge step for the city and for. elections in mostar

today it happened after 10 years of waiting and that's a huge step ok thanks very much joining us. in moscow thank you. virus in colombia has made deals with pharmaceutical companies pfizer. provides 20092021. its usefulness might be debatable but some business owners and capital are going to the extreme of mass spraying this infected people to control the spread of corona as crowds strong malls and streets for the holiday season. health officials are also worried cases of up in recent weeks. stepped up their testing campaigns in parks treats and. people have. a seat among my

friends and this is very worrying the news on t.v. and i fear what's been happening in europe and the us will be even worse here if we don't protect ourselves. past 40001000 deaths and on friday reached a new record for daily confirmed cases as people gathering increasing numbers ahead of the christmas holidays intensive care units are again reaching full capacity in a number of provinces' from. local authorities are announcing new restrictions on restaurants and bars and imposing curfews but there's a silver lining the government has announced a deal with pharmaceutical companies pfizer and astra zeneca to provide 20000000 doses of coby in 1000 vaccines in 2021 another 20000000 could arrive through the kovacs mechanism geared toward helping less wealthy countries. as designed with kovacs and the pharmaceutical companies is that for the 1st weeks of 2021 we

will be starting the process of mass vaccination. but despite the optimistic announcement the plan is to vaccinate only $2000000.00 people in the 1st trimester of next year starting with health care workers and those with. existing conditions were true mass vaccination still far away some medical experts believe the country remains ill prepared to face many more months of new cases in its. many regions already in an alarming situation and a health system with very limited capacity it's true that there's been an increase to the number of i.c.e.'s in the country from 530211000 but that doesn't mean that we're able to attend more patients that these new units have been fitted properly we lack provision medicines and doctors the government should return to more drastic restrictive measures. and for now many colombian seem more interested in celebrating the season and their liberties while the lasts even if the hangover

could be deadly. and. south african presidents are wrong poser is being urged to intervene in a violent campaign targeting foreign truck drivers at least 2 people have died a wall in the heart of the tartars report contains images of burned victims that some of us much find disturbing collins was on a routine delivery when a car with 3 men inside blocked the road and forced him out of his truck he says he's lucky to be alive. and. another one in the i don't know if you are you annoyed it's a day i mean if i'm down. or been made. when i put the male leg down just someone gave me the air you don't know. oh. unions representing foreigners working in south africa say gasoline bombs have been

thrown at trucks driven by non south africans and dozens of drivers have been shot at stoned and even killed south african union leaders who have condemned the violence insist it is not xenophobia but they say they do want jobs to go to south africans 1st zimbabwe has been vocal about one has been vocal. has been vocal about it. of their own citizens in fact literally over there would drop opportunity does there's been committed in their particular country but it can't. be given to. the citizens of that particular kind over the years competition for jobs in south africa has caused tensions between locals and those from other parts of the continent but africa economy was struggling even before the call of a 19 pandemic the unemployment rate is down more than 30 percent every year the african the poverty and conflict come here looking for work and a better life economists say instability in the transport sector doesn't help

matters the damage to the reputation not only of that particular company but is affected by such violence in the country itself is very massive because then we begin not to be trusted it's not like we're the only people producing anything you know people 1 all over the world but what options they can go to other countries as well president has been asked by unions and business leaders to intervene in what is seen as a growing crisis in south africa's trucking industry the fine drivers say they have no choice but to carry on working violence or nonviolence they have families to feed. at least 9 people have been killed and in the afghan capital in a car bomb attack another 15 people wounded in the blast in kabul including m.p. car bomb aboard that there has been no claim yet of responsibility targeted attacks have increased in recent weeks last week the deputy governor of kabul was killed by a car bomb. violent protests are 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 that you wish in on a new dollar exchange rate which sees some fees triple the balls president has dissolved parliament amid an escalating feud with the ruling communist party prime minister. came to power 3 years ago in an alliance with former rebels but there's disagreement on who should succeed him the opposition has also accused the prime minister of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic elections will be held in april the year ahead of. well still ahead here in sports like father like tiger woods is a proud dad after 7 presses of the latest told good. luck

. following 2 fatal crashes and the postie decided to brown the brand new 7 through 7 max but this wasn't the 1st time that grounded a new aircraft back in 2013 the 77 dreamliner ran into trouble when the battery caught fire but as alan says he was an investigative unit discovered there was more to the problem than just smoking batteries. rewind broken dreams the boeing 787 on al-jazeera. setting the discussion millions of americans feel disaffected by both political parties examining the headlines this group of activists and relatives are marching band clinton right now where they're calling for an additional distance to explore an abundance of world class programming designed to inform. the only solution for a child as young as 10 months of age and inspired you see the world from

a different perspective on al-jazeera. book about time for a spot on his peter thank you very much so history has been made in the telly in football with the fastest goal being scored in selly on sunday. ac milan striker rafa layout took just 6.2 seconds to score against us or more. the portuguese youngster picked up a ball from how come. he ran straight at us all of the fence from kick off it was 3rd city our goal this season there in the 2nd half and

a similar lead to no. on saturday christiane or another was on the scoresheet twice as you venters thrashed palmer 4 nil you they were playing in their alternative orange kates here because of promised similar colors this is the biggest win of the league season so far for the turin club. by american poland striker robert lemmon dogs and why he was named best player of the year he lifted his team back to the top of the german bundesliga with 2 goals on saturday including both dramatic injury time winner ever by a leverkusen the 31 come from behind victory puts byron 2 points ahead of leverkusen and extends their unbeaten run to 19 matches. but there was an unsavory moment embarrassed to mention bloodbaths game with often i'm if they start playing marcus to ramble sent off the spitting at half and i'm stefan pass in a 21 last class coach has apologized on behalf of the whole club saying it went beyond the limits even though barcelona are struggling in the league are they star

manly now messi has added another accolade to ease impressive list of achievements on saturday the argentine equalled pele's record of scoring 643 goals for a single club pele did it with center last in brazil between 156 and 974 despite mrs everett boss a well 22 at home by the n.c.a. which means their 6th in the standings 8 points behind leaders atletico madrid. meanwhile bosses fierce rivals real madrid will be in action later on sunday they visit a bombs and the bandsmen very much in contention for the league after beating leaders atlético $31.00 last week although rails cross-town rivals will have 2 games in hand after this fixture. to commit to and i'm convinced that abe are going to do their best it's on their pitch but i also know what we're going to do what we're going to try to do we want to keep doing what we're doing this is a chance to prove ourselves as a team has come with another great chance and that's what we're going to try to do . for years after leaving as coach of paris and to man laurent blanc has ended his

managerial exile these joint qatari side all the way on frenchman who won the world cup in 1908 has signed an 18 month contract the club sits 6. we should not forget that links between paris and strong and so the qatari league is not unknown to me and i won't hide the fact of the sporting adventure is interesting the conditions are interesting what interests me the most is to see where the me and my staff will be able to take back to the position it is meant to hold mexican boxing superstores soul of always has become a unified super middleweight champion thanks to an impressive unanimous decision win over britain's callum smith on saturday in san antonio the man known as canelo outlasts mirth with 2 of the judges giving over is 11 of the 12 runs mexican is now a 4 division world champion having won his 1st world title at welterweight in 2011 and a 54th career win has already sparked rumors about

a 3rd fight against another of the sports stars. of kin. you know everyone could be of their own accord i don't run from anybody i've shown that i fight against the best and if the law can want to fight to take place then i will take it but i've shown the world that i fight against the best olympic champion skier. has won her 2nd career world cup race the czech triumphed in the 1st super g. of the season the 'd developers in france. made history when she won gold in the super g. and the snowball parallel giant slalom at charing in 2018. meanwhile over in italy alexey peter owen won the men's giant slalom of the frenchman's 31st a world cup win and puts the olympic bronze medalist at the top of the overall standings and a thrilling finish to the women's team cross country world cup event in the german city of dresden switzerland beat russia on the line to win the sprint grace rushes to lead the world cup standings there ahead of

a team from the usa. light winds have played havoc with the final day of competitive sailing before the america's cup challenger series gets underway in new zealand next month only one of the fall of races got underway in oakland on sunday before it had to be abandoned champion's team new zealand and any os team u.k. failed to finish the opening race inside the 45 minute time limit the challenger series is due to begin mid january before the winners take on team new zealand in the america's cup series. just a day after the sydney to hobart yacht race was cancelled over a corona virus outbreak in sydney questions are being asked about australia's 3rd test match against india the match is due to be played at the sydney cricket ground beginning on january the 7th and for now cricket australia says it won't reach a duel the game. and finally all eyes will once again be on the father son pairing of words and words of a short time ago in an exhibition event in florida 15 time major champion tiger is

playing with these 11 year old son charlie on the right he's been stealing the show and look at the side by side comparison of the swings the annual father son p n c championship is into day 2 with team woods just 4 shots of the pace charlie woods is the youngest player in the field and had some great shots on saturday and even picked up an eagle the pay are tied for 6th place here to some of the most credible got shots i've seen this you know all along. the best he's played in she said a lot of these smegma come string this out for. 3 and a half hours that's what would be the sports news for now more game later thanks very much peter of course you have been watching the al-jazeera news or you can follow all of our stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com and be back with another full half hour of news going to lead me and the news on t.v. that's very true time and you can.

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