sees them. in the heart of your asia. this is al jazeera. hello i'm still robin you're watching the al-jazeera news our life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. flights canceled the borders close to the u.k. becomes increasingly isolated as dozens of countries scramble to prevent the spread of a contagious strain of the coronavirus. health regulators in europe approve the pfizer vaccine for distribution but more no it won't be the silver bullet and the pandemic . also on the other side of the world south korea puts half of its population under

increased restrictions as the country battles a surge in coronavirus cases. the so-called trick kiss is jupiter and saturn at the closest in 400 years. i mean just imagine all of all the school's football star crossed over and although wins the gold in fort awarded a lifetime achievement honor voted for by fans. into the news are more countries are shutting their doors to the u.k. due to a mutated strain of corona virus that's been identified what british scientists say the strain is more contagious than previous ones although it's not believed to be more deadly but that didn't stop governments from around the world taking swift action in response to the news russia india and hong kong are latest to join the growing list of nations banning flights from the u.k.

the move came after some of britain's closest allies including germany italy and france imposed similar ban. saudi arabia oman and kuwait 20 even further suspending all international flights not just those 2 and from the united kingdom these border closures mean trading across the u.k. is effectively ground to a whole trucks carrying essential goods to and from mainland europe are stuck because ferry ports are shut and tunnels won't let them through one of the u.k.'s biggest supermarket chains is warning that if this continues they may run out of food to sell especially items with a very short shelf life concerns over the mutated strain also sent european stocks tumbling when markets opened earlier on monday wiping billions of dollars in value from british companies all of this comes as the u.k. teeters on the edge of a no deal breaks it with less than 10 days left for both sides to reach a trade deal well we've got step bassam standing by in amsterdam to bring you the

latest on european health regulators approval of the pfizer vaccine but in smith is in paris with more on those border closures but 1st let's go over to dover in kent in southern england where we join rory chalons travel bans to europe rory are impacting really now on freight transport a nightmare for hallie is is now having sort of a domino effect isn't it really on the roads on both sides of the channel. yes how can we have seen throughout this weekend actually going into monday pictures on british t.v. lorries backed up from the channel ports all the way up the motorways for many many kilometers now that was happening already before this travel ban was brought in by many european countries and it was happening because british companies in anticipation of a possible no deal brecht's it at the end of the month were starting to stockpile and get themselves as ready as they could possibly be then you add on top of it

this new announcement from the french and from other european countries but the french particularly because it's them that are stops the transportation of. accompanied freights across the channel that has meant the there is even more gridlock on the roads now and big questions over whether the u.k. can supply itself with food and medicines of course that it needs over the coming days now the government grant shapps the transport secretary says there are there is an acute problem now but of course if this goes on for many more days and there might well be and we've heard from sainsbury's saying that yes they're going to perhaps start running out of some fresh produce in the next few days the french have said but they would like to get freights moving as quickly as possible perhaps in the coming hours if they can set up some coordinated health protocols sanitary protocol but we don't yet know what that is what it's going to look like

and how quickly it's going to be brought in because you traveled along that sort of length a road towards around maidenhead of course in the last 24 hours what was the attitude of truck drivers there thinking well you know we could be stuck with a maybe but more than 12 hours maybe a few days. what i mean to get here we actually had to circumvent all of that because the motorway is being closed so we took a securitas roots where there weren't actually any truck truck drivers to speak to on the waterfront here we've been speaking to some romanians to have been here is some of them and of just chosen the wrong time to go back home again they had no clue what was going on why could we not get on the ferries what's happening with the ferries what's happening at the channel tunnel they were asking us so for them this is been a massive disruption obviously as you say for all the whole the whole years backed up on the motorways it's been a huge disruption of their sleeping in their lorries at the moment but also for the

u.k. i mean this is you know i have to say as a as an english person this is the most isolated the most atomized the most lonely that i've seen the country and in my living memory it was already happening because of the news that christmas had been effectively cancelled for millions of people you have london and the southeast effectively cut off from the rest of the country and now you have the u.k. itself cut off from much of the rest of the world and this seems to be just a small foretaste perhaps of what might be coming down the road in just a week and a bit of time if the u.k. cannot get a deal with the european union and on johnny the 1st crash is out with no deal when the transition period ends roy thanks for the update really challenge there in dover in southern england well let's take a closer look at the 30 or so countries and territories which have imposed bans or restrictions on u.k. transport well the list includes european neighbors like france island and germany

and places further afield like hong kong israel and chile the ban lasts from a minimum of 48 hours up to the end of january next year and in the past hour spain and portugal of also suspended flights from the u.k. except the spanish nationals and residents. more on the european response that's go to benefit live for us in paris and obviously a fast moving story bernard with european countries obviously shuttering up closing their borders they're not there not to get any risks when it comes to the united kingdom. well fran said introduce this 48 hour ban on traffic and busy to arrivals from the united kingdom for 48 hours in the hope that there would be some european coordinated european response in that time frame to this new strain of the coronavirus is more virulent strain that's been discovered in the u.k. the has been a virtual meeting of european union members responsible for health policy that

meeting has ended and they haven't come to a coordinated policy so far it's been the case throughout this pandemic that there have been a various attempts within the european union to have a coordinated policy to arrivals and how to treat people visiting the union but if essentially most countries make their own decisions on how to treat the coronavirus how to treat deal with the coronavirus some have quarantines others don't quarantine some demand tests others don't demand tests now france is france's european affairs minister climb on bone he said that the people in the united kingdom want him to cover to france after this 48 hour period should get themselves a p.c.r. test now because that will quite possibly be a requirement when france allows arrivals again from the u.k. emanuel macron has also said that might well be the case and france's health minister liver and he's sad that while this more virulent strain of the corona

virus has not yet been recorded in france it may well already be here and of course bernard as you may have heard from our colleague rory over the channel he was talking and made reference to the transport minister john but jabari also is talking about having solid health protocols in place this is a fast moving story in the sense that one wants know what movement that could be of any haulage across the english channel are you hearing anything else from the transport ministry. no we're not hearing anything from the french at the moment it was just that remark that they put in this 48 hour restriction on arrivals from the u.k. while there was an attempt to have a european wide response to the outbreak of this particular of mutation of the virus from the united kingdom meeting has ended so it will be left to the french to decide for the time being on the restrictions put on arrival from the u.k.

there is an indication that will probably have to be a p.c.r. test of the of course if your queuing in a lorry on the united kingdom side of the border where and how you would get that p.c.r. test before you come in to france is another question burma thanks very much for smith in paris for us well meanwhile the european medicines agency has given the green light to the coronavirus vaccine developed by the fines that and biotech companies now the decision comes weeks after the shot was 1st authorized in britain and the u.s. . we know a lot more about this disease now than we knew 10 months ago even more than we knew 3 months ago but we're still there is still new information coming in and this needs to be fully assess just vaccines alone will not be the silver bullet that will allow us to return to to normal life but the authorization of this 1st vaccine

is definitely a major step in the right direction and an indication that 2021 can be brighter than 2020. more minutes from start vassal correspondent announced a step obviously the a.m.a. brought this meeting forward as the situation across europe became very grave they really needed to make a decision today. they absolutely did there was a lot of pressure for at least 450000000 people here in the european union to get this vaccine as soon as possible but despite the pressure on this by the fact that they actually moved this meeting 8 days forward on the pressure from germany they sat the whole decision was based on science there was no political considerations they had done the thorough research they got so many data and they got this rolling refuse as they call it so they say now their decision according to european union

standards it's a conditional authorization that's also something they have stressed so it's different than of course that the u.k. had an emergency approval this one is more legally binding but they said there's still a lot of questions that's why they call it conditional one of the main questions is is someone who is vaccinated still infectious for others so that's why clinical trials will continue throughout the process of of the inoculation another interesting aspect was of course this mutation how will the vaccine respond to that they said they don't have any evidence that the vaccine will actually work against this move. taishan but they said it's very likely that it will because there will be more strains that will be you know of fall noble to this vaccine so they would be cured. at least be protected with this by intact care fights or fax in stuff we know that germany and belgium come produce the vaccine but give us an idea

if if there is one that was alluded to at the meeting about the timeline and how it will be rolled out which countries will get it 1st which countries need it 1st well they want to do some kind of coordinated to respond that's why all the $27.00 member states have waited for this approval what happens next is that in the next few days possibly by wednesday there will be this so-called marketing authorisation coming from the european commission which means that the rollout can start then the fact scene will travel to all the countries in the european union but some are way ahead of us in the appropriateness of for example germany has put up this large vaccination santas already they want to start on sunday already france has the same planning but other countries like the netherlands they don't have to infrastructure nor are there i t. in order because this needs to be properly prepared everyone needs to vaccine so

everyone needs to be registered and followed very carefully so it needs a lot of preparations and some countries simply haven't done that yet so it will be a huge operation 1st the medical personnel will be inoculated elderly people that's something a common strategy here in the whole of europe the out of people like the healthy people will only be inoculated probably only by may june july so this whole operation will wear that need to take a month or even more so far some and i'm still in thanks very much for the update. let's join giles kenning i'm the founder of the public relations firm trafalgar strategy he was previously head of political press to number 10 downing street and prime minister david cameron joins me now from the british capital good to have you with us live on al-jazeera it is a crisis that seems to at the moment have no end to it and the u.k. government seem powerless to control the narrative because of the shifting story that covert 19 is what is going wrong there with the public messaging. i mean i

think to some extent we've got to give boris johnson some leeway here what he is facing as i'm president no one's that still with us before there is no textbook no rulebook about how to deal with this and of course. you know that makes things a lot harder because you know we are not as an economy that we shut down which creates a lot want certainty for business i think now the stage where what you need is school transparency at all times you need to open up all the channels of communication to the public and how do you do that that is through you having a lot of press conferences every day now which is basically we're going back to that situation now the prime minister but i think home is you need to do it twice a day you know perhaps in the morning you have the scientists up and you have the prime minister in the afternoon where you get reddish he's is from you know the straight you use the half truths the misinformation which is peddled on social media so you know it is a see even if there are any new developments in the morning each day you do need

someone to go on broadcast and communicate as clearly as possible with the public because with the twin forces of graphics it and coves in this lot of uncertainty at the moment and they need to reassure people as much as they can and they're in the car karma and calm nerves and it will it will a pick that in a moment of course the prime minister is under a lot of pressure i mean it was a surprise be a 5 day christmas period now it's one day he said it would be inhumane to cancel it and we've been rated the labor opposition leader for that very suggestion and that's exactly what he's done now some might think that he's getting out of his depth the pressure is really beginning to tell. well i mean obviously we didn't know this new strain. was coming. you know we are trying to you know as much as possibly trying to get the country business but it's enormous much you can under the circumstances i have to say when the political dynamics was being played out here care somma hasn't really the labor opposition leader has offered any real

viable credible alternative you talked about a so-called circuit breaker. back in october november of 2 shots and everything about 2 weeks this was tried in wales by the labor leader that didn't work so i think you saw there was a joint letter i think from david cameron attorney gordon brown it's reason may i think offering up their support to to the prime minister i think they've said collectively later you think they ever found anything that had to deal with something as complex and difficult as this when they were in power scott recently were head because well these days anyway so it wasn't but i want to come in that you say leeway you might have former prime minister supporting boris johnson but you have a conservative press at the moment having a real go at the prime minister talking about the fact that he hasn't got a clue and that he's losing paul but support politically and publicly so what one does worry whether he is on borrowed time or how much again it's all about the pressure on the prime minister you give us somebody so much leeway but then when

you when you chop and change so quickly from in a 5 day christmas to a one day christmas that simple fact alone loses you might say a lot of public support. well let's look at the context where the facts come from the world to get vaccine. we're being portrayed as the sick man and here yeah i think switzerland holland and denmark have high rates and we are dealing with unprecedented situation i don't think we've seen anyone on the continent necessarily he's been dating with the situation any better to be quite frank so of course mistakes been made there will be a time to go through those mistakes not to be a public inquiry arc which clearly is not a time of the place nasty that yes the press part of what's a pressure on the prime minister that's their job that's about that's where they're told him to account but remember they welcome for short term short term window you know and often you know what i sense they will be to mars chip paper and been so when i say that. you know to have to give somebody that you know has to be some

breathing space i mean you know one might say we're trying to say not great we're not going to replace a prime minister in the middle of a pandemic that might not happen quite yet but yet in the beginning though in the early part of this year when the pandemic you might say was in its early few months there was nothing but talk about bracks it brecht's it was everything that the government was talking about with a no deal scenario also being discussed at the end of the year and possibly talk of a 2nd wave of cave in $1000.00 hitting the country one would have assumed the government would have a plan in place for these 2 very serious scenario is to be converging at the end of the year in your opinion in your position when you're with a prime minister would you have had those nari is in place. well i mean i think let's take back 6 obviously it's going right down to it why i think we always knew it would go to the wire it is a game of bluff and double i don't think everyone knows what exactly is going on

behind the scenes i suspect there is some expectations management going on and there may be nearer to what's the deal than we know you just can't have in these situations yes it's difficult yes it's creating uncertainty because. you're negotiations being played out fairly in public as much as the media would like that because it it weakens your hand yes they are facing a perfect storm. colliding at the same time you know what i have done something different had a great number 10 very hard for me sex i'm not fully armed. but i think with a back to negotiations you've got the media dynamic and that's a very different dynamic going on behind closed doors and you may well see some movement but it is going to wire and yes it is a cult i'm sure we both like to be a fly on the wall of number 10 right now for the moment giles coming in thanks so much for your time and really nice to have you know an al-jazeera thank you now to the u.s. where millions of americans could start receiving relief checks beginning next week

that's after congressional leaders reached a deal on a $900000000000.19 relief package they extended federal funding to give themselves more time to finalize the deal and prevent a government shutdown an official is at the white house for us perhaps allan a huge sigh of relief for the public at large the politicians have come to an agreement but where is this stimulus money actually going to go. well it's taken 9 months to get to this point and people say it's good politics because the democrats think quite get as much as they wanted and the republicans paedo slightly more than they wanted to give so both sides are a bit unhappy so therefore it must be a good deal they're hoping that they'll get the 1st checks out next week cording to stephen merchant who's the treasury secretary he's been appearing on american television in the last hour for families under $70000.00 a year it means about $600.00 per person so if you're

a family of 4 you'll get around $2400.00 will be helped too for small businesses payment protection plans skills and universities will get a fair chunk of money as well and there's 20000000000 for vaccines so if you don't have enough money to pay for a vaccine or you don't have that health insurance that will be covered by this bill and also 20000000000 dollars for contact tracing to make sure they can find out exactly who you've been in contact with and also to carry out further testing as well that how is this all going to pan out well the house will vote probably in the next couple of hours the due to meet will be some speeches and then they will vote is almost certainly going to go through the house and then it will go to the senate now if there are no objections on the senate floor this could be approved by the end of business or in monday but if one or 2 republican senators the site to see anything then it falls on the republican leader that's mitch mcconnell to start putting in place

a number of procedural steps which means that everything will be delayed just by a couple of days or so certainly it would look very bad if senators and members of congress disappeared for the christmas break without putting some sort of deal and place knowing that there has been a 2nd surge and so we expected this all to go through before the end of today and it couldn't come at a better time we're hearing reports from all over the country where corporate is putting real pressure. and hospital systems in california for example one of the biggest states in the union the only have 2 percent capacity in the intensive care units know in places like tennessee right in the middle of the country they've seen an increase in covert cases by 40 percent in the last week and other places are saying that real risk of course the no confirmed that is that people are losing their jobs and many people don't have money wasn't about what they were going to do over the christmas holidays and also with new year looming so this will be good news if they can get this deal done in the next couple of hours and if they can

actually start getting the checks out at some point in the next week i'll officials at the white house for us thanks very much allan for the update. in south korea the capital seoul and its neighboring provinces the official structure in seattle been introduced to try to contain a surge in corona virus infections the country is battling a 3rd wave of the virus with around a 1000 new cases every day bryant has more from seoul. the new restrictions will limit private gatherings to just 4 people and they're being introduced ahead of the year end holiday season how droll to know we will not be able to overcome the crisis unless we reduce cluster infections being spread through private gatherings of family members colleagues and friends often praised for its handling of the corona virus the government is worried about pandemic fatigue setting in unlike previous waves which were concentrated in specific areas or groups this surge is happening across the country with hospitals becoming stretched and. at the moment

our medical response in providing extra beds and assigning patients efficiently it's a slow compared to the increasing numbers of patients we are dealing with temporary centers have also been set up offering free testing which tens of thousands of people have taken up being increased testing has been running for a week and is due to go on into the new year it's already turned up several 100 people who didn't know they were infected and didn't have a connection with any known cases it's hoped these measures will avoid a complete shutdown of businesses with the government's vaccination campaign not starting until the spring that time table decided upon when the infection rate was much lower now being widely criticized rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including as iraq like hack dozens of al jazeera journalists report to be targeted in a phone attack using sophisticated spy ware. a dangerous business why owners of

liquor stores in iraq are living in fear. and india's cricket has received them bad news ahead of the 2nd test against australia that story coming up in sport. russia has voiced concerns about the unfolding political unrest in the central african republic hours after it deployed its troops to the region the government said moscow and wonder had sent in hundreds of forces russia has been providing military support to the former french colonies since 28 teen violence escalated in the capital long. weekend elections rebels backed by the former president francois busy are accused of attempting to stage a coup. attacks in kidnappings by armed groups are crippling farming and other economic activities in northwestern nigeria it's estimated output has dropped by as

much as 60 percent amid interest reports now from katsina where hundreds of school children were recently 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 this the loss of money hours by farmers that cannot access their farms the loss of what you booze the loss of cotton the loss of means of livelihood people who cannot accept their farms the quantum is imagine it has negatively. 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 band it underlines the worsening security situation in northwest nigeria. many pharmacy have been forced to leave their land after being unable to pay off their armed groups to find a farmer who can pump about $10.00 to $20.00 heck that's what this is cutie dickon would be able to fund their farms and it under small power most who are about to. go to bed last the 2 to be up to 5 hectares there where earth would be important to abandon their land and be inside the town just to take you to food again the insecurity the cattle herders association says nearly every member has had some

animal story line. here but cattle market there are 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 here sparked fears of food shortages in the months ahead. with attacks now growing in number and sophistication reassuring words from the central government of our little comfort to those facing such violence and the misery brings comedy drees al-jazeera northwest nigeria well still ahead here on the news are demanding protection doctors nurses in kenya go on strike after talks over inadequate benefits and compensation with the government failing. people just ought to have access to health care. next of americans have been hard hit by the condom

economy us but one community is bucking the trend where have the story of the cherokee nation and in sports news of ice hockey fans have been waiting for details coming up next from the program. for the time being things are relatively quiet there's no story weather in the eastern mediterranean they are seeing on shore breeze is going to develop and the clouds will pick out for the fall north of egypt that's where the gaza strip and maybe 3 lebanon but for the most part is just light snow in turkey which willing stressed by john into its northern parts of iran a sharp attention exists down the red sea coast into the middle of sadie was not much to it to be honest the temperatures are not as high as you might like jerusalem's example 14 degrees whereas in doha study low twenty's teens

or even not just typical for this time of the year. the big rain is moving a little bit west by satellite evidence and the forecast would say they are carrying in much the same vein all the time looks reasonably fine at 26 port elizabeth or just the east is going to be particularly where full cross the east under which is round the coast is a couple of days of rain increasingly windy the temps don't suffer too much $21.00 to $23.00 degrees and there are still showers further east resume by way and malawi this is a long way representing the 3 days of decent weather the wet season the rainy season is doing its duty he may have bit more than you want but at least it is there. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people informed

opinions how big does foreign policy they get in the early stages of a bi ministration he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like good little get the vaccine when there's no money and all the rest of rich countries are fighting for it inside story on al-jazeera. i was raised in france. these are my grandparents. these are my parents and this is mean. fighting both isis and ourselves. this 2nd of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. the father the son and the jihad. to an al-jazeera.

back you're watching al-jazeera news are with me as a whole round the reminder of our top stories a growing list of countries is banning all restricting flights from the united kingdom as a mutated strain of the corona virus spreads in the past hour spain and portugal added to the group of around 30 nations european health regulators have just approved the 1st corona virus vaccine developed by pfizer biotech and now goes to the european commission for confirmation before it's delivered across its men. the states and millions of americans will start receiving relief checks beginning next week that's after u.s. congressional leaders reached a deal on a $900000000000.00 covert $98.00 package is expected to be approved later on monday . than most parliament has banned the breeding of mink until 2022

fear that cave in 1000 bricks on farms spread from animals to humans led to the culling of 17000000 mink outcry among farmers and potential contamination from the buried animals led to the government to launch a commission on the policy well the new ban creates a retroactive legal basis for the coal. well as the number 1000 deaths has passed 300000 in the u.s. one community has had remarkable success in keeping the pandemic in check the cherokee native american nation in the state of oklahoma has 814-0000 residents but only 55 people have died of the virus rob runnels explains. in fighting the worst public health crisis in a century how did a relatively small self-governing native american nation with limited resources succeed so well while the wealthiest most technologically advanced nation on earth

failed so miserably there's no simple answer rather a series of timely decisions we started early on with a task force and we actually started meeting in march to develop a multi-disciplinary plan to how we were going to take care of our citizens and and to those that depend on us for health care the oklahoma based tribes health care system marshalled resources and coordinated with other tribal departments to focus on cove it gave us the ability to be a little more proactive and start working on problems before those problems became became crisis unlike the u.s. as a whole the cherokees spent decades investing in high quality health care for all their citizens that we have a philosophy that your connection that people just ought to have access to health care unlike president donald trump cherokee principal chief chuck hoskin relied on

scientific advisors and didn't try to downplay the pandemic. i think it's important for political leadership to be honest and straightforward with people tell people what the dangers are you don't get anywhere by trying to quote avoid panic by not telling people how serious and infectious diseases tribal government worker derek van became ill in june when i got to the clinic they were ready and willing to give me a test right there on the spot having he tested positive as he quarantined at home health care workers constantly monitored vans condition i trusted that they knew everything about my case then has now fully recovered other native american nations like the navajo have fared far worse and have lost many lives to coven. oh the turkey nation medical staff was excellent i think it was a plus care that sense of trust is key with us modeling those examples i think that's created

a level of trust that's been able to get those things accomplished in a very easy manner chief hoskin wore a mask and stressed the need for social distancing even this statue of cherokee national hero sequoia was fitted with a mask meanwhile the governor of oklahoma tweeted a picture of himself and his kids dining masculists in a crowded restaurant the state of oklahoma still can't get its act together with a mass mandate we've been here since may with the mask and the cherokee people and their leaders have set an example for the nation it's about competence and caring and it works robert oulds al-jazeera. doctors in kenya have joined other public health care workers on a nationwide strike they want better protection and more effective equipment for treating covert 19 nurses and other health care workers began protesting this month saying they won't stop until our demands are met but the government warned that they'll be sacked if they don't return to walk welcome when it has been getting

reaction from the capital nairobi where necessary security for their own health is being put in jeopardy. started off 8 months of poor critter failed 2 weeks ago nurses started striking with me i have the leader of the kenyan national nurses union. what are the demands of the nurses. the demands of the dances this is one of the big demand is that the numbers are demanding full comprehensive medical insurance cover because normal means when the forces they have been on to dig out of their own medical bills we have to go on fund raising and i wanted to be made to the business for a colleague who forced a good number to we want a good life insurance when we are our colleagues their lives their siblings or depend on one of the behind their home but no one to compensate for them so that the young children that are left behind them hundreds of them go to school when the levees every just toss you out how many of your colleagues have died we have lost

and one losses are benign losses of them out on all those renai not because we have a hard to raise funds raised to make their medical cost medical bills as well as there is no in a form of composition from from the government and. when can you know we we used to have medical laws or for someone who can we were taken away with them you obvious doubling up for preventive medical cover those are going to have live life insurance but the medical laws have been taken and yet the group lives in what is not very comprehensive medical companies nor the vet because the government has said that striking to help authorities should stop paying striking medical workers and has a job should be reargued the ties what do you say to them what is important is that it is better for you not to go to walk and lose that job done to go and walk on to die because you cannot have boston opera begin goodmans and when you fall sick you cannot afford you on services that you are giving to the kenyan people. 2 men have

been found guilty of killing $39.00 vietnamese migrants their bodies were found in the lorry trailer in the southeast of england in october last year the driver a man harrison and the key organizer your ticket nneka were convicted of manslaughter the migrants suffocated in the sealed container as they were being smuggled into britain in october 2 others were found guilty of conspiracy to assist unlawful migration 32 years after a bomb attack took down a jet over lockerbie in scotland the us justice department has charged a new suspect now the department placed 2 charges on mohamed masood for making the bomb that blew up the pan am plane in 1988 masood is a former libyan intelligence officer will be extradited to the u.s. $270.00 people were killed in the attack most of them americans. around other fishel talks to discuss the future of the 2015 iran nuclear deal has also wrapped

up the virtual meeting foreign ministers from iran russia china germany and the u.k. as well as the e.u. committed to working towards the full implementation of the agreement the deal to lift sanctions in exchange for limits to iran's nuclear program unraveled after the u.s. pulled out in $28.00. in iraq the government is investigating a rise in attacks on shops selling alcohol in the capital baghdad at least one person has been killed christians say they're being targeted and they're calling for better protection charles trafford has more from the capital baghdad. he works in a small liquor store in central baghdad every month he sends the money he earns to his family of 10 who live near mosul in northern iraq but every day he lives in fear in recent weeks many shops selling alcohol in the capital have been targeted in bomb attacks and one shop when i was shot dead in a drive by shooting. this mobile phone footage reportedly shows

a group of men running the 2nd store in baghdad no one has claimed responsibility for any of the attacks and no one has been brought to justice a lot of later this everyone's afraid we don't know who is committing these attacks customers are scared to come to the shop and this is the only source of money for me and my family. the same in consumption of alcohol is not illegal in iraq but shops like these which are popular with the christian uneasy communities and secular muslims who drink alcohol need a special license the consumption of alcohol in public is illegal in this muslim majority country but its availability is seen by many as a testament to iraq's tolerance towards ethnic and religious minorities. there are signs that may be changing this man who is a christian but didn't want to be identified tells us no one was injured when a booby trapped hand grenade exploded at the entrance to his shop. we respect all

the religions and syncs in iraq he tells me why can't we be respected to the police say that they are investigating the attacks but they have closed many shops like this one which they say were operating without the necessary license in order to sell alcohol it's fair to say that the attacks of caused an increasing resentment especially among the religious minority communities in baghdad. the owners christian he has been threatened many times people from certain political parties have extorted money from him for keeping our eyes on the road in case they place bombs but there is little security on the streets there have been small protests by youth groups against the sale of alcohol in baghdad but many analysts are concerned about iran's growing influence in iraq and they believe those responsible for the attacks may be supported by powerful iran backed groups that they say are increasingly dominating iraq's security and political infrastructure

and they are looking to put pressure on the iraqi prime minister. and these attacks are aimed at making me look weak in front of political opposition that have big funding and powerful media behind them especially before the election next year they want to show that the prime minister and government off feeling in their security measures. he says many have his fellow drink shop owners are too afraid to open their businesses he has no idea why the attack started or when they will stop . by dad. spyware sold by an israeli private intelligence has been used to hack the phones of dozens of al jazeera journalists 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 mobile phones were infiltrated with malicious code which uploaded data or to foreign

service to mia. al-jazeera investigative journalist explained that with the help of citizen lab his team b. are monitoring their phones after receiving threats this hacking just came after we published a story in july and investigation a program on the story of the we'll known indian investor and businessman b r city who has who was came from you after a scandal there in this investigation recall and minority official barty's and none of these it from this phone to give them the right of a blight on our investigation on be our city story and the other interesting point in this that it has been hurt by a technique and this by were well known by what is called biggest source technique 0 click because through the timing of observing and tracking our phone we didn't

a click on any suspicious link but by this technique you don't need to click on any suspicious link they managed to hurt our phones by a 0 click technique based on the citizen lab investigation and their searches we discovered the same technique and the same by word has been used to hurt and on the other 36 colleagues in the network so it was a combatant and it was a different ways of hurting and different targets and different numbers and phones . now one of thailand's most famous actresses is facing charges for allegedly defaming the country's powerful monarchy if syria children poor or simply known by hadn't known side has been open about supporting and funding a student led pro-democracy movement in the country one of their goals is to reform the molecule hylander strict laws against criticism of the king and queen in which an individual can face up to 15 years in prison. well stargazers are being

treated to a once in a lifetime celestial event as jupiter and saturn make their closest alignment since the 17th century the 2 largest planets in our solar system have been inching closer together since september culminating in what's known as the great conjunction tony chang reports from the outskirts of the capital bangkok. gathering on a bridge on the outskirts of bangkok gazing at the sky but it's not the sunset people have come to see these amateur astronomers want to catch a glimpse of the great conjunction a celestial event that happens approximately only every 20 years. we will see very bright stars jupiter is originally very bright but when saturn is near will be even brighter together. this year have extra special the 2 planets are coming even closer together than usual the last time this happened was in $1623.00 but trying

to see it is hard bangkok like most cities suffers from significant light pollution the light of the glimmering stars is blocked out by the glare of the bustling city . that's why the stargazers as they're known on social media. have set up an exhibition of the stars at night the scene from thailand spectacular views and seen by most city dwellers and concert on thinks that after the trials of 2020 there may be a message written in the skies that we have suffered sadness distress worry and tension from current virus since the beginning of the year but at the end of this year we look up and see a bright sky and it will give us hope that can keep us moving forward astronomers believe that the star of bethlehem or christmas star is actually the great conjunction that occurred in the year 7 b.c. and when it was last this bright galileo the man considered to be the father of

astronomy was still alive low he makes no record of having seen it but for the astronomers of today it presents a unique opportunity. this time the great conjunction happened true or 3 months after saturn and jupiter came close to the earth so that makes them look brighter you'll be able to see the great conjunction until the night of the 23rd and if you miss it it will come around again in 2040. if you want to see this bright you're going to have to wait another 400 years with everyone on this planet trying to stay socially distant because a coronavirus other planets are managing to get closer together tony chang. thailand. the news hour at sports tiger woods on a sunday or an auction on the golf course peter will have that story straight up to the bronx.

more rules. thank you so football. there there did yet another honor to his collection the inventors forward picked up the golden foot award a lifetime achievement accolade created in 2003 voted for by fans via the internet interestingly he has never won the prize with an elder joining the ranks of previous winners such as roberta badgers ronaldinho and samuel eto and it's hard to argue against the 35 year old spot among them the portuguese has had a glittering club korea winning top division grounds in england spain and italy as

well as the champions league 5 times he's even had success at international level having won the european championship and u.a.e. for nations league with portugal the bell on dog one of football's most prestigious individual honors has also gone to rinaldo on 5 occasions but is a good man or it's something that i suspect when when they. you know this award it's if you see the easter of this awards the legends out there receive this award they're very important so i'm glad. to receive this award that it's the 1st one in my and i'm with you and i'm so happy arsenal boss mikel arteta has confessed that the gunners have to be wary of being dragged into a relegation battle the club is on a render us run of form of slump to 15th in the english premier league having taken just one point from their last 5 games when you are in this position. and we have

the boys that we have and the moment you have to look and be careful because if we haven't been in this position at the last year when i came in we were not very similar position and the same joke was around the place is normal because we knew just how big you know points and then forget about it. cricket no installer fast bowler mohammad shami has been ruled out of the rest of india's tour of australia the 30 year old fractured it's for betting on day 3 during the 1st test in adelaide which the aussies went on to win emphatically by 8 wickets shimmies absence is a massive blow to india as the tourists will already be without caps and without kohli will miss the rest of the series on paternity leave 2 of the 4 match series begins on saturday in melbourne. there's also some bad news for pakistan fans captain barber daoism has been ruled out of the 1st test against new zealand which begins on boxing day the world number 5 has

a fractured right thumb no tom brady no playoffs that seems to be the story of the new england patriots they have missed out on the n.f.l. playoffs for the 1st time since 2008 when they then star quarterback missed most of the season through injury brady is no longer with the patriots who were beaten $2212.00 by the miami dolphins on sunday it means their record run of 11 consecutive play of appearances will come to an end we know brady lady's new team the tampa bay buccaneers to a 3127 win over the atlanta falcons for their 9th win of the campaign well the new york jets picked up their 1st win of the season the 14th time of asking with a 2320 win over the los angeles rams i'm just happy for our guys i mean they've done such a great job of how they've worked you know been through a lot of adversity you know it's been too long for us. to even remember when

feels like almost. it was it was it's great to see those guys that excited the new n.h.l. season will begin on january 13th and will consist of a shortened $56.00 game regular season because of the coronavirus the league and players union agreed to a deal on sunday that will see the stanley cup playoffs conclude in july that will allow the following season to start at its usual time in october the most recent n.h.l. season was interrupted by covert 19 it was eventually completed in by a secure bubbles in canada women's woold number one goal for jin young kurds powered away to victory at the see any group to a championship coded in fine style 2 on sunday the south koreans shot an impressive final round 6 under par $66.00 to finish 5 strokes clear of hannah green and say young kim just a good measure finished with a birdie on the final oh it's a 7th korea l.p.g. to a title for the 25 year old. tiger woods and these 11 year old son charlie had the

support of many going into the final round of the p.m.c. championship but it was not to be for the woods do you have young charlie certainly caught the audi for the striking similarity he's swinging based on that obese famous father and it's not just the swing take a look at the way he punches the a in celebration and we've certainly seen that somewhere before haven't we the pair were not able to win the event but inevitably they were comparisons between the youngster and his father when he was the same age. well i don't think i've done anything different than how i was raised with my dad. this and joy and enjoying the experience of being out there together and you know we didn't. i will finish with some pictures for you from a kite boarding competition in spain gurn canario was the venue for the kite foil open european championships strong winds held the competitors reach speeds of

nearly 75 kilometers per hour francis. won the men's open division overall title while the women's winner was britain's aldridge boarding will be included at the olympic games in 2024 in paris. that's where we'll leave it for now most sports news again thanks very much peter go away here like this and finally story because a baby elephant in thailand has been saved by an off duty rescue worker after being struck by a motorcycle now this video has gone viral of the rescue workers giving the injured elephant feed p.r. or heart massage the baby stood up about up to 10 minutes it was a the same walking off with another elephant presumed to be smaller than a happy story i'll be back with more news on the other side of the break you've been watching the news from me on the tape thanks for time to complete.

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this the situation will finally get worse. yet. flights canceled and borders closed the u.k. becomes increasingly isolated as dozens of countries scramble to prevent the spread of a contagious strain of the coronavirus. the whole romany watch al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes health regulators in europe approve the pfizer vaccine for distribution but warn it won't be the silver bullet to end the pandemic. on the other side of the world south korea puts half its population into increased restrict.