for more westerly direction but we have still got a few flurries as we go on through cheese day dry behind. 0. hello i'm. watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes stay at home or does come into force in the u.k. travel to some european countries is banned as scientists study a new variant of the corona virus. ready to roll mcdonough's vaccine is shipped to hospitals across the united states while in washington of both could happen soon on the massive economic relief package in our all the headlines the stories of the

kidnapped school boys from katsina state and how it's exposing the wider problem of lawlessness and insecurity in northern nigeria. and a test for democracy thailand holds its 1st local elections after months of protests against the government on the monarchy. with the sport as ac milan's call the fastest goal in a tally in league history mexican boxes so cannot alvarez easily beats callum smith in its 1st fight of every year. and. hello welcome to the news our top story fears of a new fast moving strain of the coronavirus have led to calls for action from the world health organization it says europe needs to step measures to prevent the spread of the virus several european countries of either stopped or restricting travel from the u.k. where the health ministers want a varied strain of the virus is out of control

a stay at home order is now in force in parts of the country and mutated strain is also being monitored in the united states where shipments of the 2nd code 19 vaccine have started the medina vaccine will be rolled out for monday but before that there's hope that a massive bipartisan stimulus deal will be agreed to kick start the economy and then. elsewhere a mass vaccination campaign is also started in israel with the government aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day but that excludes 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza we have more on that story a moment 1st though that didn't bother brings us the latest on the situation here in london. with a week to go until christmas goodwill in some parts is being strained to the limit in much of the u.k. a planned relaxation of indoor mixing rules has been cut from 5 days to one day and in england a 3rd of the population is now a new to hear for restrictions meaning people can't mix at all with other

households here in central london there are people out and about for a walk but all the shops are shut these new restrictions are going to be devastating for thousands of businesses as well as for families who had planned to get together at christmas. i think that the new strain of the virus certainly concerning and i think it is the right decision but i just wish it would have been made a few days earlier this year i'm pretty upset about it i think the lack of planning and the lack of ability to tell people that this is going to happen in advance of when to do it. because a lot of havoc and there's also a ban or nonessential travel in and out of here for areas that's where the rise in covered $1000.00 cases has been steepest with london's mayor saying the numbers of coronavirus patients in hospital aback at levels last seen in the spring the government's put the surge down to a new variant that's much more easily transmitted the new variant is out of control and we need to bring it under control and this news about the new variant has been

a an incredibly difficult end to frankly in awful year and it's important for everybody to act. essentially act like they might have the virus. but trains out of london were packed on saturday ahead of the deadline and on sunday more travelers headed for the. stations raising fears about the me tainted virus spreading while things like wearing a mask like to meet a social distancing they just reduce your chances of getting infected then they don't stop you getting infected and i guess that this increase transmissibility shifts the dial a bit back in the favor of the virus that those thin mist that mask very sick become a bit less effective. with many questions unanswered about the new strain the netherlands imposed a ban on flights to and from the u.k. other european nations have followed suit at least temporarily saying they have to

protect their citizens and their health services that's also the reason the u.k. government's given for the last minute lock down its hinting the new restrictions may have to stay in place for at least 2 months until a far greater number of people have had the covered 1000 vaccine nadeem barbara al-jazeera london. joining us now on the news out via skype stereo tell us a molecular biologist at northumbria university here in the u.k. could you tell us start by telling us why the meat taishan zx make the virus more infectious easier to spread between people. i wish i could say scientifically or we know exactly the reason why this is the case but we know right now that the virus seems to be more prevalent this mutated virus seems to be more prevalent among the people who. are being detected as positive in this office of the u.k. so the assumption is it's still an assumption at this point in time we haven't seen

any data to confirm this the assumption is that this virus able to spread 70 percent more efficiently between people simply because on it just so it's over the population of the southeast so efficiently so pretty. just to be playing mutations that make a virus is more infectious don't necessarily make them more dangerous why is that. that's correct because the can be many mechanisms by which virus can become more dangerous in this particular instance that to us seem to pick up each other by the government indicate that the virus isn't actually mutated to become more deadly the difference however is that if you if you give it the capacity to spread more effectively into the population that more people will be exposed and as a result of more people will need hospitalization or end up dying in other words

this can undo if you like to an extent the speed or the effort is creating if the vaccine stops the virus not transmitting that we ourselves we take to transmit more efficiently it's almost like trying to bring us to raise the boxing on. more people more quickly so if you get infected your personal chances don't change if you could it get worse a lot but at the population level of the country level the chances of overwhelming the health care system actually increase. yes so it's because more and more people are getting infected that it's likely that in proportion to that number the likelihood is going to have more serious illness and hospitalizations and i just understand them in the coming months possibly years will the virus mutate to become more deadly could could multiple mutation or even multiple need haitians say in a in

a small space of time render the vaccine less effective. would we do know about viruses employer and in general is that they are not very very fast ok there are much more aggressive mutating viruses out there that we could be playing against so in a sense we're lucky but we do know on the other hand corner virus 19 has actually made it into the wild animal population in the environment that western civilization interacts with quite frequently so in america the virus is not being detected while being if you're going into a forest for the americas and you're not being infected in the past your pet may pick it up you might pick it up from your pet and so on and so forth so even if we do get books mentioned going on there viruses now and make it worse than time this fear in the western world is not just an indicator that it's a bunch of boxen somewhere in china it's everywhere. yes as a result of that as

a result of that we might get might get mutations that actually become more deadly we have equal chances of getting you get less that we as well so we can't say it's going to get much worse but we can say that the chances of a virus coming back later on. resistant to the vaccine have just increased a little bit more. and even though people many people do actually recover from crying a virus right now there are those that become seriously ill or might be more susceptible with underlying our existing health conditions and they require hospitalization many were covered but then does that also mean that we could see a strain of the virus that completely evades our immunity. there is no danger to them to this point in time to suggest that this is happening. whether or not could it get out and then sometimes of course many things can happen

a meteorite could construct the signal that was detected from proxima centauri could be aliens right but this is not hope to say that this is likely it's just to say that men don't need any and on top of everything and that's not the know we don't know we don't but let's just let's just put things into perspective a new strain of the virus that's been identified is just printing faster in the local it environment in the southeast of the u.k. this suggests that the virus is spreading more effectively this mutant version where the law or not this will get people lying dead on the streets no i don't think so not not this side of 2022 at least. and it won't be the strain we some of the streets are coming please calm down and turn down the rhetoric a bit just focus on the problem we just don't want people getting infected with corona virus 98 whatever the strain is at all we want to stop this from happening so the suits that we reported yesterday in london this morning no this is not a very responsible thing to do not for your grammy not for yourself. in that very

important message thank you very much for that stereo us joining us there rishi ate it you were welcome. well elsewhere shipments of the 2nd approved coven $1000.00 vaccine have started across the united states container loads of vaccine by madonna are being moved from warehouses to hospitals across the country while the vaccine is rolled out lawmakers are scrambling to finalize a massive financial relief package to help struggling families and businesses our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more. with the approval of the 2nd vaccine in the united states tough decisions must now be made who is next to receive it last week it was frontline health workers and the elderly in care homes who are the 1st for the vaccine from pfizer now is the vaccine from a durga rolls out essential workers are next but with just 15000000 doses available

until the end of january there's not enough for the 87000000 americans who qualify we are very confident that by june anyone in america who wants to have a vaccine will have that opportunity but for now less than 6000000 doses of them a dearth of vaccine will be distributed starting on sunday with inoculations beginning on monday that all 50 states have the power to set their own priorities in the northeast that includes the manufacturing sector florida is the broader elderly population police firefighters public transit workers and teachers most state lists. still the number of infections hospitalizations and deaths in the united states due to cope with 19 continues to climb q care hospitals across the nation are overwhelmed leaving evelyn says with critically ill patients lined

up outside sometimes for hours. economic hardship is also great with a new business closures in lockdowns jobless claims in the us are rising congress is promising 900000000000 in economic relief and 1.4 trillion to keep the government open is signed into law the bill would provide direct payments to most americans. for people who are out of work to no fault of their own $300.00 a week for enhanced unemployment going into next year and for just made. misses and the working families all across america we're going to do. paycheck protection loans for those small businesses can stay open but democrats and republicans on capitol hill have been working on the relief deal for months and if an agreement cannot be reached by midnight the government faces another shutdown vote on the relief package are expected on sunday members of congress have been told to expect

those votes late into the night as congress tries to reach an 11th hour deal can't really help at al-jazeera washington. or now i'm joined by joe castro in washington and we'll get more detail on the seamless package in a moment id but the c.d.c. has signed off on the medina vaccine is made its recommendations for who is next in line for immunization and that we are expecting that to happen but it's important times of how widely available it's going to be. that's right and if you do the math will you see that the problem here is simple with some $20000000.00 doses of the vaccine promise to be delivered by the end of the year that will simply not be enough to cover all the people who qualify and the c.d.c. advisory panel has recommended that next in line for these very limited doses will be frontline essential workers and people over the age of 75 but just breaking down

that 1st group alone we know there are some 30000000 people who qualify as front line workers and they span everything from teachers to doctors to grocery store workers etc and that has set up a massive lobbying effort in states across the country because again it is up to the states whether or not to follow the c.d.c.'s recommendations and how to prioritize within them so we've seen companies like amazon and restaurant association is all vying for those same limited doses and that's also struck some concerns about how to distribute equitably specially given that many of these frontline essential workers are people of color and that's started a whole debate about how to do this in a way that doesn't unfairly award companies simply because they have more lobbyists but the good news is that some 6000000 doses of the vaccine are indeed being carried to some 3000 distribution sites as we speak these are the vaccines that are

easier to store and handle than the previous pfizer vaccines because they don't require that ultra cool storage and come tomorrow more of these vaccines could be going into arms mariyam and the worry is about the impact. on a weakening labor market jobs and suffering the economy and all this is linked to this this funding extension it's expiring on midnight tonight midnight sunday the government could. shutdown if there isn't an agreement. that's right and so lawmakers are working furiously in capitol hill just in the within the last hour we heard in their announcement from one senator that a deal has been struck that something that has been in the making now for months of stalemate what we know about this deal is that it will include a $600.00 stimulus check to almost every american as well as extended unemployment

benefits earlier we knew there were some sticking points still about the moratorium how much funding for local governments but it appears that those kinks have been ironed out but still they have to write up the bill they have to distribute it to all the members of congress to read they are all racing against the clock here with a vote expected before the end of the night. all right thanks very much from washington heidi castro. live from london still ahead looking at what's behind a series of violent attacks on drunk drivers in south africa and then blink and you'll miss it ac milan's call the fosters is going in the italian league that's coming up with gemma.

another group of children who are abducted in northern nigeria have reportedly been rescued by vigilantes in the local community the children have been returning from a religious gathering and. it comes just 2 days after hundreds of always were reunited with their families and cats enough after they were kidnapped by so-called . i'm going to address. the recent attacks are part of a wider problem. you are having here in that in a state. by the way it's just. 200 kilometers from the administrative capital of nigeria and babies hardly a week without incident of kidnapping or attempt to kidnap on the highway people now have to resort to. cranes and causing problems in bottom of the part of the government because this is a recurring problem not only in the northwest. government military.

remember 3 years ago the government declared. technically defeated but we see continuously how. the will of the nigerian government and its military in the north east of the country and we're seeing more activity in the northwest of nigeria. human rights lawyer an expert in sub-saharan africa joins us now via skype from london might start by getting your initial thoughts your assessment on the kidnappings the recent kidnappings of children in northern nigeria. yeah unfortunately those. resent this collision interrupted of the deteriorating situation we have seen the situation in most western nigeria better it appeared to be deteriorating in the last 6 to 8 months or so and so this is just the lead test spikes in that part of the country. more

worrying these combatants between to me to a student to threats that have in the past remain separate which is the situation in the northwest and in the northeastern part of nigeria as you might you know go i don't has claimed responsibility for the over the 100 boys that were kidnapped but united to do is a war and that shows that who i am now has a link with the queen the guns co-creating in the northwest and that's the beauty of it what he development is that is that a new ad that i am because we know that there are very porous borders there are tensions between tribes and different communities in the northeast of nigeria. as you well know how. are they working together in a new way around with these organized crime groups. so what we know in the past is that these broken ice cream you know groups are operating for economic reasons and

less deadly because they have killed 80000 people in the last 10 years and have extraordinary tens of millions of naira ransom and they have displaced 300000 people from their homes but they have been operating separately for a book or am i here in the last 12 months we started is the evidence of god i'm trying to infiltrate are the groups and we now know that their hopes that. some of them now become members of allies. even when. it gains thousands that you. never know where it's great that's now succeeded in so that shows that boko haram is expanding more than ever before right and expanding from the north east to the north northwest potentially working with organized groups and full trading these gangs now what about the security presence on the ground as the government have the resources to try and subdue these groups

and protect the people that. unfortunately we know that the government's strategy in the last hasn't succeeded as it should and the troops on the ground have been complaining or basic equipment that they are and that's. it and i didn't we see this in the reality on the ground and the data. to the countries nigeria. within the last los month so it shows you that it's 5 if you dead even though government continues to hope that they have been defeated and this shows that government security strategy isn't working i should put there is need for any plan and restart strategizing what is what does that mean what would that involve possibly engaging in in talks or at least getting local communities and tribal groups on the ground involved in some kind of dialogue. but i think when

it comes to the military strategy that strategy there is need for more weapons and equipment more attention to the welfare of the troops on the ground experience only in the it's under north west coast or need for the nigerian government to pose you really the multinational joint task force which is their military unit in that you don't you dare come in and chat as we've been literally it was effective in the fight against boko haram within the years of who we can live and i think the government also one needs to bus you in there by law to a military operation would need to get it probably the northwest because this situation in the northwest all those who are here was that it could even have guns up mousepad to operate internationally recently an american citizen was dead in the general public and was rescued western nigeria showing you that they are now operating in the borders of the country and i. missed it carefully gomen because you know bilateral relationship with nature. also

a big celebrity and other groups should be more organized and government should support them more of that they have been vetted enough all these kind of lead content of violence so divid these groups you need to address the root causes which up or down and implement it lead tracy inequality in that part of the world but also a population that is growing without any sort of planning on the part or so it is and still hold us thank you very much as a complicated situation many different factors the cause of the violence that but an uppercut thank you thank you. well now talks between the u.k. and the european union over trade deal are over for the day in brussels but they will resume on monday a chief negotiator michel barnier and his u.k. counterpart david frost still have to agree on the final points fishing rights and fact competition rules for businesses the european parliament and warned that it

wouldn't have time to ratify any deal before the official deadline at the end of the year unless it was agreed by midnight brussels time. challenge has been following today's events joins us in the studio now so it's this i guess it's important because there's a deadline that we that was cut that's coming up at the end of the year the last day of the year and then the deadline that the european parliament wanted to ratify the agreement yeah i mean there are deadlines all over the place in the sand you might have just heard was another one just pushing past us. there have been so many deadlines that have come and gone of the period that i'd i just can't count them anymore this one was one that was imposed by the european parliament as you say if there was no deal reached by the end of sunday then there wouldn't be enough time to ratify before the transition period finishes at the end of the year. but that's not strictly true because the the the europeans can agree a deal in principle and then ratify it at a later date if they so choose to go to so yes the government has

a basis said that the talks will carry on tomorrow so yes the deadlines no longer past gone past any obstacles while the obstacles are still the circular thing here i mean it's still fishing and it still level playing field the fishing deal that the u.k. has been thinking about and has rejected as far as we know is the 25 percent of the catch that european fishing vessels land would go to british fishing vessels now the u.k. says we that's not good enough we need 60 percent so there's quite a big gulf between 25 percent and 60 percent and then of course there's a level playing field which is about balancing regulations and standards so that u.k. companies don't undercut european companies where they're completely separate trading

entities so that's what then they're not agreeing about. will there be a deal either. it's still. you have the situation where things been focusing minds in london are the fact that over the weekend laurie's been backing up from channel ports because u.k. companies are trying to stop ahead of a possible no deal which is not good optics and then you've got boris johnson having to cancel christmas because this new strain of corona virus so you know if he loses a brigadier as well that's a pretty big double whammy to have in the space of just a few days before him i'm not born on my political record thank you very much for ari although i'm now joined by skype by much to managing director for europe at the political risk consultancy erosion and so the agreement is then to keep on talking but the clock is running down time is running short before january 1st it

is. but i still suspect that deal will be done. either it either this week or or the one thing the government is still motivated to try and get an agreement i think that absolutely holds for the e.u. side as well but tonight's deadline was a soft one frankly no one really cares about your important because for the brits to deal frontally the truth of the matter is that quite irrelevant a deal can be applied over the heads of m.e.p. and they can retrospective lee implement the agreement when they have an opportunity to scrutinise in the new year so you don't actually require the european parliament to sign off on a deal in order to proceed in order for it to be implemented by the 1st of january . michel barnier said earlier that the path to an agreement is very narrow i suppose the concern is you know whether that goal particularly on the level playing field in fact competition is as compatible. on the level playing

field i think most of the issues are done and it's not done that very close to being done i think the u.k. has moved in except at the idea that the e.u. can respond if regulations the government implements going forward confer a competitive advantage to u.k. firms compared to their european counterparts those to respond be automatic there will be a dispute resolution mechanism of some sort of attrition process that both sides can objectively gets around there's one sticky issue around what to do with supranational aid so if you think about the 750000000000 recovery fund the e.u. wants that exempts from you kate you stated rules or whatever framework is agreed to in the context of this treaty i don't think the u.k. will agree to carve out of of that nature you know why should their appeals be allowed to undertake a certain category of spending that the u.k. side won't be able to doesn't sound reasonable i suspect the commission knows it's not reasonable and agreement on that will be found i think they were already close

to agreeing not friendly the end of last week so i think level playing field is more or less done the big question is fish that is effectively a numbers game both on transition in the end state i suspect you'll get movement on that issue of the course of this coming week is the e.u. in a stronger position when they will face problems in disruption as a result of no deal if it happens that. it's a feeling is the impact could be worse for britain. i think the impact would of course be would of course be felt more more more more acutely disproportionately on the u.k. side but that would be impact in europe as well if you think about what new deal means for french fishing vessels and their ability to access u.k. waters for example or if you think about some of the short term impacts of no deal they would be concentrated in the english channel so that would have sect certainly the u.k. side but also the french side i don't think the europeans want no deal i think they're very motivated by the idea of a deal if you look at the incentives of all the major principles and protect so on

the lane angela merkel emmanuel mark ron sean michel i think they all want an agreement they will believe an agreement would be in the use interest and i think the same applies frankly to boris johnson the question is striking a deal on fish that both sides feel they can sell but i don't think fish will be the deal breaker given how far both sides of now moved on all of the other areas of the of the negotiation and i don't think it's going to fall apart because of the question of quotas on fish in the end state i don't think that will be the deal breaker oh thank you very much mush have a managing director therapy at the evan eurasia group and watching the news out live from london still ahead like alex 21 years since its return to chinese control of the cup why it's become a model for beijing's one country 2 systems policy. and football america's terrible apologizes for spitting at an opponent but still faces a late feel bad and that's

a risk or agenda. hello the weather still looks pretty mild but so wet some when they across western parts of here but the change is on the way because this cold front which is sliding its way for the race was some right on that it's a weakening feature right that we do have across the passage and he will gradually fizzle out showers rolling in behind in this we go on through the next couple days this next system well gravity rolling from the atlantic that's something to watch out for later on in the way for the time being more wet weather coming in across france pushing into the low countries here's our wakening front that's making its way across the baltics is because one into monday central and eastern parts generally dry for the time being but this west of weather will continue to push its

way through the ace was what weather coming in across the northern france by choose stay a little dry there across the u.k. but a little colder 9 celsius in london it will cool off further still as we head towards christmas dry weather to across southern parts of europe almost in a few showers into central parts of the mediterranean those showers maybe just bringing some wet to weather across the north of algeria and all the merriest chinese are also saying some wet weather you see which has pushed it a little further south was for much of north africa it is of coast dry showers will continue all along the guinea coast. prank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people and in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines. inside story on al-jazeera.

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of a main story now. fears of a new fast moving strain of the coronavirus have led to calls for action from the world health organization several european countries are either stopped or are restricting travel from the u.k. by the health ministers warn the varian strain is out of control and then in the u.s. shipments have started of the 2nd approved covered $1000.00 vaccine developed by madonna and the national institutes of health with the rollout expected to start on monday what's happening is the u.s. congress prepares to vote on a massive bipartisan stimulus package aimed at kick start sinking economy it would be the 2nd biggest aggressive street. although it's although they've been hit by one of the worst hit communities by the pandemic studies are showing that african-americans a disproportionately less likely to trust that 1000 vaccines more than

a 3rd of by adults say they'll probably or definitely not receive a job even if determined safe by scientists among the safety concerns a fear that the vaccine is rushed in not being tested properly on black people but there's also this historical distrust that exists of how black people have been treated by the health system. the most famous example of this is the decades long to see gay study into syphilis that ended in 1972 the effects the disease was studied on 600 poor african-americans many of them purposefully untreated in exchange for 3 for free health care and marjorie innocent is a senior director of the of health of the national association for the advancement of colored people she says black communities have valid reasons for concern. part of the challenge is also the reality that what we've heard about the development of the vaccines for the most part is tied to the words warp speed and when we're

talking about the development of a vaccine and historically what that has looked like how it really has played out and we're hearing about an expedited process that doesn't have a lot of transparency full range of information shared throughout the entire process people the costs are concerns are real and people are knowing more but they really don't necessarily know as much as they need to know i myself believe in science and i do recognize that what has happened has been absolutely extraordinary in terms of the effort that the resources right that that have been put in to make this happen but do i also understand their concerns i absolutely do and honestly we really believe that it is very important for people to get answers before they are you know they rush into getting vaccinated when all the developments israel as

a vast a mass vaccination program that's on the way now the government is aiming to inoculate 60000 people each day but the national rollout excludes 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza are a nasa reports from west jerusalem. in celebration is around this people here receive the 1st 2 students of the pfizer by un take vaccine thank you thank you government ministers hospital managers and health care workers received the job in the early hours of sunday when the free foolproof 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 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 bart the palestinian authority will need international help to distribute them and we know that that would not be a good thing you were. 5 there. you know assistance. in this if there's that word. and there wouldn't be if. 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 says it may donate doses left over after all israelis have had their. so 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 every now sir al-jazeera western. well news from iraq now the u.s. embassy in the capital baghdad has condemned the rocket attack on its compound and called on iraqi leaders to take steps to prevent any further attacks the iraqi military said several rockets hit the green zone on sunday it's believed the u.s. embassy was. target one iraqi soldier was injured and buildings were damaged baghdad's green zone area houses government buildings and foreign missions. somalia and kenya have agreed to hold talks to restore diplomatic ties after east african

leaders held an emergency summit in djibouti somalia cut ties with kenya on tuesday accusing it of violating its sovereignty and meddling in the country's internal affairs it is of the intergovernmental authority on development or egads made the disagreement a priority of their talks we've also been looking at the humanitarian crisis unfolding in northern ethiopia as to grey region fighting broke out there last month when prime minister ahmed ordered a military offensive against regional forces so far more than a 1000000 people are thought to have been displaced many of fled across the border into sudan in thailand voters there of cast their ballots in a regional election for the 1st time since the military coup in 2014 and for the 1st time since last year's disputed election which inspired a mass student led protest movement while turnout in local elections tends to be low this year could be different so it could be a litmus test of the strength of the opposition tony chang reports now from the

city of some a pro-con. once he was seen as the savior type politics a charismatic leader whose reform agenda captured a quarter 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 john wrong run is not giving up his party is reformed under the new bern a move forward bigger asli contesting local elections across time. understand the importance of local politics that you want to do year the oban is that. it is as important as. antigovernment protests in bangkok and around the country the flared up for the past 5 months but 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

positions local politics and thailand's dominated by well established political families well known to world voters and with money to spend on their campaigns. is 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 they myself and my family have been in politics for a long time and every time that we were given a chance to work in politics our position came from an election. and while the results of the election will unlikely 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 is just $11.00 small indicator but also one contests 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 but the election commission has warned that if voters don't cast their ballots they could well be disqualified in the next general election. but 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 toys to make their voice heard at the ballot box which in recent years has prickly been denied. some time and. been protests in a poll and 7 ministers have stepped down after the president dissolved parliament to pave the way for snap elections prime minister ali called for an early vote

because of a power struggle within the ruling communist party some accuse only of sidelining the party in government decisions and mishandling the coronavirus elections will be held in april now a year ahead of schedule. macau is marking the 21st anniversary of its return to china from portuguese control but unlike hong kong the gambling harbor has embraced tightening grip as if your compiler 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 there was little opposition in macau. large population with very strong mainland chinese attachment emotion the political. and culturally

having said that in the reason years there are a minority of young people. 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. but if you. 1 7 started. school. while the british in hong kong instilled the idea of democracy in their final years the portuguese largely recognise china's sovereignty over macau.

mainland china is crucial for the city's economy bestowing favorable policies boosting tourism and building major infrastructure projects like the $20000000000.00 hong kong macau zhu highbridge perhaps this is the most tangible symbol of the communist party's push to integrate hong kong and macau into mainland china when it was launched 2 years ago it became the 1st physical link between the 2 former colonies and set them up for the next phase of unification the greater bay area development plan it's part of beijing's efforts to knit hong kong macau and southern chinese cities into a tech. more. yes . i am free to. do this let me went to. china. i. asked finance.

china's leaders sheeting paying called macau a shining example of the one country 2 systems policy one that beijing says hong kong's outspoken people could learn from difficult poland al-jazeera hong kong. south african president cyril ram opposer is being urged to intervene in a violent campaign targeting foreign truck drivers around 30 trucks have been set alight and drivers shot in recent weeks at least 2 people have died reports now from johannesburg and a warning that this report contains images of burn victims that some viewers might find disturbing. collins my sukhumi was on a routine to livery 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 but he gave out and i knew i scored. another one if he don't if you are you annoyed he said they remain. calm down for

term our pain may go. with them a leg down just someone. oh cool 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 what one has been vocal. has been vocal about . their own citizens in fred luter who believe there will drop opportunity that there's been created in a particular country the kind of. the good. citizens are about to be like i'm 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 quality 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 that the country itself is very muscles because then we begin not to be trusted it's not like we're the only people producing anything you know people all over the world but what options they can go to other countries as well president still are. asked by unions and business leaders to intervene in what is seen as a growing crisis in south africa's trucking industry the fine dr a say they have no choice but to carry on working violence. they have families to feed. al-jazeera. to add on the news hour tiger woods is continues to impress the alongside his dad the best of the gulf action coming up.

call them see his large property subdivided into small quarters where one or more families live together is the only option for many haitian migrants in chile and it's public knowledge that there are exploited by unscrupulous landlords and now with the coronavirus pandemic they're being discriminated further. a few weeks ago this. group speaking nationwide. to haitian residents. with better facilities but 1st the results of their control of virus test were published on the municipalities web page violating the patient's right to confidentiality. the neighbors began throwing rocks and insults at the haitians

because a few of them had been confirmed to be caring coronavirus now they tell us that they feel even more discriminating and vulnerable than ever. you're. you're the old. gemma's here now it is for mexican boxing stars so can i alvarez was dominant as he returned to the ring for the 1st time in a year he completely outclassed suppressions fight a column smith in texas to win by unanimous decision and unify the super middleweight division smith is 7 inches taller than him but could do nothing to prevent the 1st defeat of his career as

a 4 weight champion as i never lost once that was to floyd mayweather he says he that welcome a trinity fight against going to last can you repeat an injury within that 2 previous pilots that are broken below the record i don't run from anybody i've shown that i fight against the best of luck and wants the fight to take place and i will take it but i've shown the world that i fight against the best people which species probably use these if you can fight them off to help our part stop. it all just take it could be the best of it would be to fight for so that is what is we to go for the performed on is the best among the right. a similar maybe without the injured as the latin abraham of it but they still scored the fastest goal in syria history on sunday it was trying to run fairly out who opened the scoring just 6.2 seconds into their game against us where they break the previous record set by the g.b. school after 8 point one seconds that was the p.f. chang's 80001 my time to win 21 and they stay top of the league by

a point. that cross city rivals are in 2nd place to make up the pressure on with their sick straight victory they also won t. when they were playing spezza at the sound siri astra for kiwi and all new cocky with their goals. in the netherlands i.x. scored 4 goals in just 12 minutes on the way to a 14 victory against hearts carr said huntelaar go to the polls on the win restores their 3 point lead at the p.s.v. eindhoven at the top of the dutch eredivisie i know it's impressive unbeaten run that was ended by this s a solid offloads with the only goal of the game fired not hit the bar in the closing moments but they couldn't find the equaliser and they lose in the league for the 1st time since last year leicester are up to 2nd in the english premier league that's thanks to to know when the top of that our 4 points behind leaders liverpool top them have won in 3 games but had courage shows and really are he's not concerned i'm going to lose but does not like there is.

there is a good cannot be achieved our target is to win the next match and the result of the previous match is going to interfere in our target for the next match the next words we want to win like we want you to win today. marino's former club manchester united are up to 3rd just a point behind leicester after a $62.00 win over leeds scotland tom and i am british and i'm best at both scored 2 goals each. glad about prior marcus charles apologised for spitting in the face of an opposition player before it was sent off after the video referee spotted this incident with hoffenheim stefan porsche his team went on to lose the game his coach apologized on behalf of the whole club faces a lengthy ban will be suspended and find internally by matching blood back as 11 years old he was the youngest player of the championship but that didn't seem to

faze charlie woods' sudden 15 times major winner tiger who played alongside his dad in the 2 day event in florida and looks to have mastered his own celebration as well and they surprise to see them both wearing red as tiger always does on the last round of the tournament the pair finished in 7th place and 5 shots behind the winners justin thomas and his father mike the olympic champion skier esther let's go has won the 2nd world cup race of her career the czech triumph in the 1st super g. of the season about deserving france that's going to make history when she won gold won gold in that events and the snowboard parallel giant slalom that was up in 2018 in italy alexia pounds when the men start stalin it was the french germans 31st world cup winners but still impute bronze medalist at the top of the overall standings there was a thrilling finish to the women's team sprint event in the cross country world cup with switzerland beating russia on the line that was in the german city of dresden russia still leave the standings though they are ahead of the usa. light winds have

played havoc with the final day of competitive sailing before the america's cup challenges there is which starts a new seated next month only one of the 4 scheduled races on the way on sunday before had to be abandoned champions team new zealand team u.k. failed to finish the opening race inside the 45 minutes time limits the challenge a series is jew to pick in mid january before the winners take on team new zealand in the america's cup series that is all your sport for now mario thanks so much. oil that wraps up the news but much more coming up for you in a couple of minutes going to have a bulletin for you at $2200.00 g.m.t. that's not long from now going to bring you all the latest on those stay or more home orders here in the u.k. after this new much more contagious betaken of the coronavirus emerged and is causing a spike in corona virus cases here in this country also getting the latest from the u.s. on the new vaccine that's been approved. a

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prison cell denied their right to a fair trial no charges have been brought against al jazeera correspondent mahmoud you're saying his crime journalism. to demand more neutral links and voice solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition. 3 o'clock news saying. water scarcity has become a major global issue the demand is going straight up and the supply is going straight down turning an essential natural resource into a commodity traded for profit just because. it cannot be broached what about the guy that can afford it that guy still needs water. al-jazeera examines the social financial and environmental impact of water privatization loads of water on

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