with the election behind us will the republican party dump trucks to the fuel we keep take on us politics and society that's the bottom of. a growing number of countries place restrictions on travelers from the u.k. amid fears of a new more contagious strain of corona virus. but i mean this is out there in life and also coming up and importantly we're going to supply others emerged in a way. that responsible u.s. congressional leaders reach a deal on a $900000000000.00 coronavirus relief package it is the 2nd biggest economic stimulus in u.s. history. as 0 craik hacket dozens of al-jazeera journalists reportedly targeted in

a phone hacking attack using an israeli spy were. growing anger in northern nigeria where the threat from groups is crippling farmers like. so then canada has joined a growing list of countries which is suspending transport links with the u.k. in response to a new more infectious strain of the krona virus countries including the netherlands germany and island have all imposed new restrictions passengers rushed to catch the last trains on sunday before the new rules came into place and the measures come amid fears that it could spread to the continents if li has reported one case off the new strain in someone recently returned from the u.k. meanwhile britain's health minister has warned the varian strain is out of control there and the government's put stay at home orders in place in parts of the country is not in baba. i reports from 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 in new to here for restrictions meeting people can't mix a tool 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 a christmas. i think at the newsstand a virus and stuff like concerning and i think it is the right decision but i just wish it would have been made a few days earlier and yeah 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 it did. cause a lot of havoc and confusion there's also a ban on nonessential travel in and out of tier 4 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 and frankly an 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 mutated virus spreading things like wearing a mask it's 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 increased transmissibility shifts the dial a bit. back in favor of the virus they didn't miss that. 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 $1000.00 vaccine nadeem bob al-jazeera london or lawrence gostin is the director of the o'neill is chief national and global health lore at georgetown university and he says the new virus mutation will not affect the effectiveness of covert 1000 vaccines. from all that we know the mechanism that the vaccine uses the certainly the pfizer by intact vaccine that's been used in the u.k.

and also. in the dharna vaccine it's also just been deployed knighted states. both of them are targeting the spike protein in the virus which hasn't needed it and so we have no reason that the vaccine would be any less effective than shown to be already in clinical trials which is very highly effective up to 95 percent effective the more cases that you have the more hospitalizations you will have the it's and so yes we are seeing a spike in london in other places with a new variant i expect to see a spike in other areas as well because it's very likely this new variant is well beyond southern england and probably well beyond the tate south and so yes it's it's concerning it doesn't it doesn't for any individual it doesn't mean mean that

you'll be more likely to die if you get coated but on a population basis it has enormous implications for our hospital services. u.s. congressional leaders say they've reached a deal on a $900000000000.00 credit for us relief package that had been disagreements of the federal reserve emergency let me pass a vote on the stimulus package is expected to take place on monday and if passed it will be the 2nd largest economic support package in u.s. history after the coronavirus relief funds approved back in march more help is on the way moments ago in consultation with our committees the 4 leaders of the senate and house. are very much. it will be another major rescue package for the american people as shelters and to continue battling those coronavirus this holiday season they will be fighting a lot it's great to hijack

a strange life for us in washington in the heidi's off the months of impasses seas we now have a deal. that's right but they didn't quite make their own deadline now did they that would have been midnight tonight which is in a few hours time here in the us instead the house of representatives today voted to give themselves a 24 hour extension that is to get all these deals in writing get those votes taken and that is expected to happen tomorrow monday now what does this deal include will it $600.00 check to most americans as well as extended unemployment benefits it's a rental assistance food assistance and help to small businesses that have had to struggle and be shuttered due to coated now democrats say that this deal was still not enough they wanted more republicans say that it already was too much and ironically both sides said that it's coming too late that they really should have

had this past 8 months ago the agreement on this package could be summed up by the expression better late than never although i know many of my republican colleagues wished it was never make no mistake about it this agreement is far from perfect but it will deliver a merge and see relief to a nation in the throes of a genuine emergency and heidi in other developments a 2nd u.s. vaccine then with the vaccine is now being rolled out. that's right this is some $6000000.00 doses that have left the manufacturer and are in route or have arrived at some $3000.00 distribution sites and we expect those 1st doses to be administered within an hour's time what makes this modern of x.e. easier to handle than the previously approved pfizer vaccine is that this one requires

a higher temperature not the ultra cool storage that the pfizer vials had required so maybe this is going to reach more remote areas in smaller batches at least that is the hope the c.d.c. also issuing its recommendations on who is next in line for these very limited doses and they will be the front line essential workers which is a vast group covering everyone from grocery store workers to teachers to police officers and people over age 75 in the u.s. so that it all covers more than 80000000 people nic and with only about 20000000 doses expected by the end of the year that still means there needs to be prioritize ation within those groups and we're already seeing different industry associations lobbying state governments who will be the ultimate deciders about who goes next to try to queue up in line there nick already thinks that as you custer border. spyware sold by israeli private intelligence firm has been used to the phones of

dozens of ounces or a journalist that's according to citizen lab researches at the university of toronto the digital security watchdog says the unprecedented cyber attack is likely to have been ordered by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates investigators say may well phones were infiltrated with malicious codes which up related data on to foreign service without users taking any action the report also raises questions around the security of apple i phones or their i spoke to bill who is the lead author of the report and a senior research fellow at the citizen lab at the university of toronto and he says it's difficult to guard against 0 click hacking. certainly our research methodology here at the citizen lab when we track this sort of spyware is typically that we ask journalists dissidents members of civil society to keep an eye out for any sort of suspicious messages suspicious links special attachment and trying to

avoid clicking on them but also fording them to us so we can potentially get a copy of a spyware but in this case with the 0 click exploit not only does the target not really have a chance to notice or prevent the hacking but we as researchers are sometimes robbed of the opportunity to identify additional targets and additional victims so we think that the targets that we have disclosed the 36 targets that al jazeera are simply the tip of the iceberg of a much larger global campaign but it also raises questions as a say not least about the the parent vulnerability of life friends yeah well it's interesting you know if you think about your phone i'm sure you're constantly getting notifications things popping up and this is all caused by code which is running continuously on the phone and processing essentially arbitrary messages from the internet and i think that vendors need to do more to try an audit this code to make sure it's 3 of bugs 3 of vulnerabilities and 3 of issues and i think to apple's credit you know in i.o.'s 14 in the newer version they added we

understand some mitigations that would hopefully prevent this sort of this sort of hacking in the future and i think that other companies would be wise to also audit their code bases and put in simplest sorts of mitigations to prevent this the 0 click hacking summit here in al-jazeera still no deal breaks the trade negotiations or the crucial stage as the deadline draws closer. israel begins vaccinate seagate's cave at 19 but it's not known when millions of palestinians will be offered the job. starting to see the snowy weather clearing away from japan things improving here as we go through the next couple of days not just yet still got the winds coming in from a northwesterly direction the i suppose the right wing up so the winds is starting

to just ease off and they're just back off to move a westerly direction so unless koa malda direction then as we go on into monday some rains take the snow a possibility for monday wanted to choose day that snow increasingly turning to right at that stage still a little bit of wet weather there but it is an improving picture i promise she thought in try across the korean peninsula temperatures around 5 or 6 celsius for seoul and also for beijing much of china will be fine and 7 now it's not too fun to settle across the philippines at the moment to see some rather nasty weather developing tropical depression coming through here it's not to be intensified too much more that we're already seeing but wet and windy weather gradually pushing out into the south china seas gradually making its way towards the south of vietnam as we go on through monday then it will start to weaken but as syncs further southward and eventually will see just scraping its way along the far south of the pushing a little further west with it will head towards southern thailand along with a lamp an age.

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but again you're watching out there on her mind about top stories this hour and a growing number of countries are banning all restricting travel from the united kingdom trying to stop the spread of a more contagious strain of corona virus seen in parts of the. u.s. senate majority leader says a deal has been reached on a massive coated 1000 relief package for millions of americans this comes as shipments for the 2nd proof david 1000 vaccine at the gun across the united states . spyware sold by an israeli private intelligence firm has been used to hack the phones of dozens of al-jazeera journalists such as its citizen lab say the unprecedented cyber attack is likely to be ordered by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. the british and european union negotiators are to continue trade talks in the belgian capital brussels on monday past the latest deadline ukase david frost and his e.u. counterpart michel bania still have to sort out 2 issues that is the book's fishing

rights in british waters and fair competition rules the business of the european parliament had warned it won't have time to ratify any deal before the official deadline at the end of the year unless it's agreed by midnight brussels time and no deal breaks it would lead to tariffs on goods crossing the border and possible shortages of some foods and medicines in the u.k. is rory chalons with the latest from london. that's only just heard was another breaks a deadline whooshing past sunday was supposed to be the crunch day with the e.u. saying that if a deal had been reached by the end of the day wouldn't give the e.u. parliament and nuff time to ratify before the transition period ended on december the 31st well u.k. government source says that teams have been negotiating throughout the day and are expected to continue tomorrow that monday talks remain difficult and significant differences remain we continue to explore every routes to a deal that is in line with the fundamental principles we brought into the

negotiations the truth is that that he you deadline never really was was a reality there is the possibility that member states can agree a deal in principle and then ratify it at some later date that doesn't mean of course that a deal is going to happen both sides have dug their heels in with big different this is remaining over fishing rights and the level playing field but this weekend there have been some things which perhaps the sharpening mines in london there have been pictures on british t.v. of lorries backed up the motorway for kilometers from channel ports because of companies stockpiling things ahead of a possible no deal in january a foretaste perhaps of the chaos to come if there is no deal the french also have just said because of this new strain of code that there is no child will from the u.k. into france including travel linked to the transport of goods so that all adds to

the anticipation and the anxiety as well in london boris johnson is also pretty much just cancel christmas and it will be quite the double whammy for him to cancel christmas and loss of breath to deal within the space of just a few days does that mean a deal is going to happen well i don't know but it was not something i would want on my political record if i were him. at least 100 people have been detained in the capital on sunday during anti-government protests mass demonstrations began 4 months ago the reelection of longtime president alexander lukashenko his opponents say the vote was fraudulent organizers recently changed tactics by splitting into small groups to make it harder for security forces to target protests. small we have in kenya have agreed to hold talks to restore diplomatic ties off the east african leaders held an emergency summit in japan 80 somalia cut ties with kenya on tuesday accusing it of meddling in its internal affairs leaders of the

intergovernmental authority on development or it could have made dealing with the dispute a priority the block is also looking to tackle the humanitarian crisis in ethiopia to grave regions how to date has more now from tribute. officials of the regional organization are calling the summit a success they hailed as a breakthrough an agreement between the kenyan and somali lead us to hold talks and a result of their dispute through dialogue the dispute between kenya and somalia dominate the talks of the summit and president smiling again of djibouti and the ethiopian prime minister ahmed us a bit of played a crucial role 1st of all meeting the 2 latest separately and then later on as the day went on bringing them together in the same room so they have face to face talks on its side it's they are they agreed to commit to talks between them the chap asan of the african union mostafa kim hamad in his address to the regional

leaders said the dispute between kenya and somalia was undermining their efforts to fight al shabaab of the african peacekeeping mission in somalia. which kenya contributes files on soft troops kenya also plays host to hundreds of thousands of somali refugees and has been in efforts to find peace in somalia in the past kenya has always denied that it's interfering in the in tunnel motus of somalia and other issues that were discussed include the present war in ethiopia between the federal government and the to grow regional administration something that the government says it's up on hunt and the leaders who are gathered here in djibouti today pledged to assist the prime minister ahmet in dealing with the impact the humanitarian situation that's resulted from the war. an opposition coalition in the central african republic is calling for elections to be postponed just one week

before the vote the request comes a day after the government accused former president francois booties to tempt you to it's claimed he's behind enemy lines who rebel group. sort of moving on the capital rebel say the president fast into a data who's running for reelection failed to offer them promise to government posts. attacks by armed groups have crippled agriculture and other economic activities in northwest nigeria it's estimated output in the area has dropped by as much as 60 percent i would address reports from katsina where hundreds of people including school children have recently been abducted. in north western nigeria where armed bandits room free mosque barrios are regularly event hardly a day passes without an attack on a village somewhere that leaves either dead or injured and those taken hostage entire villages have been sacked crippling local economies and social activities if

you. spent well over 6 years in towns of trying to control days the last a month i was by a farmer that cannot accept their farms and the law is that what you both the law also cut to the most admins of level who people who cannot access their farms the quantum is imagine it has negatively effect impacted on the lives of our people the violence that began as a localized conflict between farmers and cattle herders in just one area has now escalated to a full blown crisis affecting the whole region and beyond. the recent abduction of hundreds of school children by those the government describes as bandits underlines the worsening security situation in northwest nigeria. many pharmacy have been forced to leave their land after being unable to pay off the

armed groups. to find a farmer who can pump about 10 to 20 heck that's what this is. their farms and it wonder. where to go to bed last thing to be up to 5 hectares there where earth would be imported to abandon their land and be inside this to take a food again the insecurity the cattle herders association says nearly every member has had some animal story. here at the cattle market where only a few animals on display raids by armed bandits have depleted stocks and potential buyers are staying away and in the grain section of the market it's a similar picture the northwest is nigeria's main grain and cereal producing region the fighting near sparked fears of food shortages in the months ahead with attacks

now growing in number and sophistication reassuring words from the central government of a little comfort to those facing such violence and the misery brings how many agrees al-jazeera northwest nigeria iraq security officials say at least 8 rockets have struck bank that's heavily fortified green zone they say the u.s. embassy was the intended target of sunday's attack and that and the rocket system set up to defend the u.s. embassy is said to fire didn't diverted most of the rockets and iraqi security workers injured in a residential complex in cars were damaged. health experts in thailand say they will test over 10000 people before christmas after more than 689000 cases were recorded over the weekend a majority of the new cases of be linked to a street market in the central province of savants are on a temporary lockdown and curfew had been put in place thailand has a code of only a small number of infections over the past several months due to stricter border

and quarantines control us. kind of the health ministry has approved a vaccine for most use against corona virus that harvest received the 1st shipments of pfizer and by and takes facts you know monday night that's a record of 143 new cases of covert 1000 on sunday. it's really as prime minister benjamin netanyahu is calling on all his fellow citizens to get the vaccine he was the 1st to get the job on sunday as part of a mass inoculation campaign for the national rollout excludes 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank in gaza or in reports from west jerusalem. idea of hope and celebration in israel as 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 there will not be a bill. a lot of.

hope there and you know i think. the. c other part of this is the word her going to and there will be a secure as well. 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 us. 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 nasser al jazeera westerners. let's return now to the situation in the united states where the virus is hitting the african-american

community the hardest the same time studies show more do not trust coded 19 vaccines every 3rd of black i will say they would not get the shot even if scientists are safe they fear the vaccine is rushed or not properly tested on black people there's also a historical distrust of how black people are being treated by the health system the most infamous example is the decades long tuskegee study into syphilis 600 poor african-american men were used to study the effects of the disease and they were told they were receiving free health care in exchange they were never told their diagnosis were left purposefully untreated marjorie innocent is a senior director of health at the national association for the advancement of colored people as she things black communities do have valid reasons to be concerned. 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 full 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 i do recognize that what has happened has been absolutely extraordinary in terms of the effort the speed the resources right that that have been put in to make this happen but do i also understand the 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. took almost

a century they restored what linda ne zambia is once again home to cheetahs 3 of the animals were relocated from south africa i released into the by going to wetlands she does them being seed in the pot for decades to put she can have a type most reintroduction will help with google cheetah numbers as any around 7000 left in the wild. so this is out there these are the top stories and several european nations are banning all restructuring travel from the u.k. trying to stop the spread of a fast moving strain of coronavirus seen in parts of the k. british governments put millions under tough new restrictions. the u.s. senate majority leader says a deal has been reached on a massive covert 19 relief package for millions of americans politicians will vote on the 900.