crazy isolation more countries shut their borders to the u.k. of the fears of a mutated strain of cleavage 19. this situation. cost me. the closures are causing havoc for cargo transportation leaving trucks and drivers stranded it closed as.

i learned this is out there live from doha also coming up he is going to really trying to the u.s. president elect joe biden receives a coronavirus vaccine as politicians prepare to vote on a massive new economic relief package. rwanda sends troops to the central african republic amid an increase in violence ahead of this week's elections. and stargazers looked to the skies as our service system's 2 biggest planets form a rest so let's chill event. so a growing number of countries are shutting their borders to flights and travelers from the u.k. more than 40 countries have imposed restrictions on growing concerns a very mutated strain of the virus british government has moved to reassure its citizens it is working to ensure freight including food supplies will not be affected and said burke has more now from london. fears a few chore to disk prompting many to stock up on supplies u.k.

flights banned from dozens of countries but prime minister barak's johnson is trying to reassure everyone that everything is under control hoping to have the situation resolved after speak to france's president emmanuel mcraney it's very very important. not just for the peoples of iraq but it's also totally realistic we have every reason to be extremely hopeful about this country's ability to bounce back next year from. side on the streets on the borders with a very different picture or anything to be hopeful about britain has never faced such a challenge the announcement by the government of a new more transmissible strain of the covert virus has concerned france europe and many other countries the new variant was identified in the u.k. in september and by last week it accounted for more than 60 percent of coverage 1000 cases in london thought to be about 40 to 70 percent more transmissible but scientists say it doesn't appear to be more deadly and there's no evidence to

suggest that the new vaccine will be less effective against it variants of the virus have also been identified in spain belgium a strain italy the netherlands and south africa instead of infecting one or 2 people when you're talking or breathing near them infecting 3 or 4 ok so this seems to be how the process spreading further and faster so it's not spreading a different way it's just as more of a spreading to more people who are. johnson says he hopes. it will be resolved soon and he's working with his european partners to find a solution yet only 10 days left for the deadline to leave europe totally this still no trade deal the disruption that experiencing now a possible of what's to come if they leave europe without a deal. al-jazeera london. well as i said mentioned in his report there

restrictions particularly those imposed by france have brought much of the u.k.'s cargo movement to a halt trucks carrying essential goods and produce to and from france are now stranded at close ferry ports and tunnels are a challenge sent us this report from dover. the cold waters of the english channel have rarely seems more of a barrier over is usually one of the busiest ports in the world but the u.k. is now cut off for much of its country scared by the u.k.'s infectious new covert strain have imposed travel bans france has also banned the transport of accompanied freight this is the result kilometer after kilometer of stranded lorries and drivers not knowing when they'll make it home i have 3 children wife. and 10 day they need me to cram for christmas christmas in poland is a very special holiday let's. find a religion and their. traditional.

polish people it's very hard to be away on christmas. so this situation. cost me. better on the day of a sea front a line of vans with rumanians not knowing when they'll make it home we've been waiting on and we don't have the no one need to spend money on things like that we want because we waiting we sleeping in the car you know we want everybody to be war right for the british this compounds the sense of unease already brought on by tough new coronavirus restrictions and the effect of cancellation of family christmas celebrations for millions in recent memory the u.k. has never felt so isolated sided lonely so atomized with people cut off from each other and now with a new travel. people cut off from much of the rest of the world and this is perhaps

just a small force might be coming if the united kingdom cannot reach a deal with its european partners by the end of the year the government says food and medicine supplies are sufficient for now but there are warnings from the food industry that some fresh products might run out in days if good stone start moving again soon. al-jazeera. u.s. president elect joe biden has received his 1st dose of the coronavirus vaccine is one of a growing list of high profile people being publicly vaccinated it's an effort to encourage confidence in covert 900. 100000000 doses administered during his 1st 100 days in office. he has more from wilmington. some of them perplexed the president promised failure to take more credit for operation walk speed the project that has created several vaccines to fight coated in record time it was notable

that the president elect paid tribute to the current administration as he received his vaccine and as he attempted to act as an example for the nation that new station created its off the ground operation were. and i also think that. it's worth saying that this is a great hope doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared 'd want. 'd to take the vaccine there is nothing to worry 'd about the president elect has announced a set of targets for his 1st 100 days in office 1st he will ask all americans to moscow up for that 1st 100 days he hopes that all schools will reopen within that 1st 100 days and he has pledged 100000000 doses of a vaccine will be administered in that 1st 100 days though that may need more money from congress for procurement and distribution about by no means guaranteed fee after months of political grid long millions of americans could start receiving

pandemic relief checks beginning next week that's off to congressional leaders reached a deal on a $900000000000.19 package to help businesses and families lawmakers are now working to finalize a tax before voting on the bill in the coming hours and preventing a government shutdown president donald trump is expected to sign the bill into law let's meet now to hide your cash for his life's washington d.c. as we can see nancy pelosi there on the floor of capitol hill as the proceeding to get this face underway in the coming hours to tell us more about what's going on with this fate and where we're at exactly. sure nic so the house to debate which is what we're seeing now is scheduled to wrap up with a vengeance the next few minutes for this final house vote to occur likely within this next hour from there this legislation will pass to the senate where the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has said members will stay until it gets done and then on to the white house where president is expected to sign this bill into law

that with this president you never know what you get until the moment comes but all of this is of course racing toward the midnight deadline which is in about 5 hours time here in washington if this doesn't all get done prior to midnight then the federal government could be shut down because that's when the funding runs out and that really speaks to how wide is bad this legislation is not only will it keep the government open for the next fiscal year not only will it provide the covert relief but there is plenty of other unrelated items to that congress really put off until these last few weeks within this lame duck session session to address but more on the scope and element it is the 2nd largest economic stimulus ever to be passed by the u.s. congress $900000000000.00 with direct payments going to individual americans as well as extended unemployment benefits more money for vaccine distribution more

money for rental assistance and food assistance nic. exactly is that this is money that is desperately needed just just give us an idea of just what impact this is going to have a lot of american families and businesses. there that's right and right around the time of this holidays a lot of families are staring at even notices december 31st is when the current even moratorium would expire less this law is signed as it is expected to tonight and overall in since may where searchers say some. $8000000.00 americans have fallen into poverty due to the coronavirus pandemic we're looking at small businesses half of which say they will permanently close within the next year if things don't change so this economic stimulus cannot come soon enough and many are saying it should have come 8 months earlier but better late than never and

certainly up until the 11th hour as we see these debates continue the votes take place and finally. congress is hoping that president trouble sign this into law. will follow all the way through across the line thanks a lot heidi. member states are preparing to roll out the fires a biotech rotavirus vaccine after it was given the green light by regulators france germany and italy say they will begin mass vaccinations soon as sunday european medicine agency says it's highly likely the vaccine will also work against a new variant of the viruses spreading in the united kingdom 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 vaccines alone will not be the silver bullet that will allow us to return to to normal life but the authorize ation of this 1st vaccine is definitely a major step in the right direction and an indication that 2021 can be

brighter than 2020 let's hear now from our correspondents who has more from today. 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 a day forward on the pressure from germany they sat the whole the station was based on science there was no political consideration that's why all the 27 member states have waited for this approval what happens next is that in the next few days profitably by wednesday there will be this so-called marketing authorization 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 these large

vaccination santas already they want to start on sunday already france has the same planning but other countries like the nat'l as they don't have to infrastructure nor are there i t. in order because this needs to be a properly prepared everyone needs to vaccine so everyone needs to be registered and followed very carefully so it needs a lot of for preparations and some countries templi haven't done that yet so it will be a huge operation 1st the medical personnel will be inoculated that elderly people that's something a common strategy here in the whole of europe the the out of people like the house the people will only be inoculated probably only by may june july so this whole operation will would at least take a month or even more. still ahead here on al-jazeera returning to the table paul 2 used to the iran nuclear deal get ready to welcome back in the united states. one poll recent denmark where the culling of millions of mink that you took over going to break has left the industry on its knees the government facing questions i've

recently of the costs. or you know how much snow fell you've seen the pictures this is for japan the breezes dropped off it's changed direction it's the rain showers so if anything remaining snopes and other high ground it haunts you and her pride it could be an avalanche risk but the rain in these showers on the coast beyond that it's not his cows it was the sun is out during the day after a long cold and frosty night but of a change further south in grand isle folksong hong kong there's more cloud more rain wind direction has changed so it's disappointing for the next 3 days this is not a typhoon is not even a tropical cycle of knows it's

a tropical depression so don't be too worried by it but it will boost the rain in vietnam there will be some flooding for it it will go around the corner probably just touching parts of thailand in fact in similar ways it looks fairly wet by the time we get to the end of wednesday or thursday i'd like to say that sort of disturbance in northern india but there isn't even the south there's not much right sort like you would get some of mr lee but the northern plains of india and northern pakistan are covered in fog smorgon cities and it's cold by night and there is no significant change as new delhi shows. following 2 fatal crashes in the past year boeing decided to brown the brand new 7 through 7 max but this wasn't the 1st time the grounded a new aircraft back in 2013 the 77 dreamliner ran into trouble when the battery

caught fire but as al-jazeera as investigative unit discovered there was more to the problem than just smoking batteries. rewind broken during the boeing 787 on al-jazeera. hello again you're watching al-jazeera her mind of our top stories and more than 40 countries have closed their borders to flights and travelers from the u.k. to 2 concerns over a mutated strain of the current of the british government says it's working to ensure the freight including food supplies will not be affected. politicians in the united states are rushing to finalize a $900000000000.00 covert 19 package to help businesses and families have until the

end of the day on monday to vote on the deal prevent a government shutdown shutdown. the member states are preparing to roll out the a pfizer buy and take coronavirus vaccine after it was given the green light by regulators in france germany italy say they will begin mass vaccinations as soon as sunday. the president of the central african republic has criticized groups behind an escalation in violence ahead of this week's election has been growing tensions in the lead up to the december 27th hole the one that has sent troops to the country to help deal with the violent governance accuse rebels backed by the former president francois producer of attempting to stage a coup. what we deplore what we condemn is that the people instead of entering the process so that we can have peace a democratic framework now that we've regained constitutional order we must maintain that order for democracy in the country but i'm 40 there are some who are engaged in piles of violence that the people condemn and that we condemn or russia

has also voiced concerns about the unfolding political unrest catherine soyuz in the capital bangui with more on the security situation. if this stays to the general election here in the central african republic and we're seeing some pay that sees a page politicians trying to sell that agenda ahead of that and that's about what people wanted about here the topic was the security situation outside. people particularly wanting to find the place in the west where we have. a coalition calling themselves a feature change a saying frightening too much too long view saying that maybe they want a sensational government without the president or. that both that both groups have been met with force by the central central african

ammi also hard from the russian government that has stated has exploited more troops to try and quell that situation in the west russia's influence is particularly growing with the country stayed to be parole president was there a would also say to be leaning more towards russia then we have the french who have also had a strong presence here all these countries with vast police call and economic interests and coming back to the election we've been talking to opposition leaders was saying that they want these elections postponed until the security situation around the country is resolved but i've also spoken to some additional who are saying that is not an option. u.s. attorney general william but says that rusher is behind what's being described as the largest cybertron clinton merican government agencies in companies as comments contradict those of president donald trump who has suggested without evidence that

china could be responsible but disagreed backing up earlier comments from the sec through state. from the information i have. you know i agree with secretary pompei assessment it's certainly appears to be the russians but i'm not going to discuss beyond. the remaining parties to the iran nuclear deal so they're preparing for the united states to join them under president elect joe biden in a virtual meeting foreign ministers from iran russia china germany the u.k. and the e.u. committed to working towards a full implementation of the agreement the deal to lift sanctions in exchange for limits to iran's nuclear program on revelled after the u.s. pulled out in 2018 bar is more from the iranian capital of terrorists the foreign ministers met virtually and held the meeting for just over an hour this is the 1st time that the remaining signatories to the nuclear agreement of 2015 that their foreign ministers have met since september of 2018 there's

a lot to discuss since the united states withdrew from the deal in may of 2013 and since iran started reducing its compliance to the nuclear agreement the communique that was issued after this meeting as stated that all parties remain committed to it and they want to do everything they can to preserve it and that they are open and remain positive to the possibility of the united states returning to the nuclear agreement there is hope that the incoming biden administration will return to this deal and there is preparations be ongoing for that possibility there's also a bi annual meeting at the united nations security council on choose they were they will discuss compliance to the nuclear deal all parties maintain that they are committed to preserving this deal causes for shipment of the pfizer buying tech corona virus vaccine as arrived in the capital doha ready for distribution the elderly veterans with chronic illnesses and front line workers will be 1st in line

once wrote up because it's been described as a large as far as a nation program evolution in the country. well so far. is the 1st of a series of shipments that we're following the coming weeks and months the 1st batch will be ministered to senior citizens and people with chronic and acute diseases and frontline workers fighting a pandemic this will also include workers in elderly homes and other facilities. several latin american countries banning flights coming from the united kingdom argentina chile colombia ecuador and el salvador have announced flight cancellations this comes as health care experts in the region so a vaccine rolled out could be a logistical nightmare they're concerned about the region's underfunded health care systems and the use of different vaccines so it's about who is in the argentinian capital one is eris and she says that latin america is getting ready to roll out vaccinations across the region. well the vaccine and the concern of new strain that

was detected in the united kingdom but also the possibility of starting a vaccination campaign as soon as possible as generated lots of anxiety not only among the population but also among governments here in the region we know the value precedent set up camp in utah from chile an ounce the chiller will start vaccine vaccinating at least 20000 people next week they will start vaccinating with a feister vaccine and they have doses for around 30000000 people argentina is awaiting anxiously sputnik from russia vaccine the government says the value of their weight in the vaccine in the next 2 to 3 days probably before christmas and that they will start vaccinating as soon as possible the argentina has had to deal with but for now it's been put on hold because there's been a disagreement over the contract a contract that argentina says they wanted a new law passed in congress that would give the company immunity and in brazil for

example there's already a vaccination plan in place the vaccination has not started just yet and president for an adult said that he was not going to get vaccinated in fact he said the fighter contract is very clear we're not responsible for any side effects if you will turn into a crocodile it's not your problem so wolf an adult says he won't be vaccinated we know that he has diminished the effects of coronavirus calling it a little flu one that's why the supreme court in the country is saskin his government to set a date of when the vaccination will begin in brazil. another mink breeding has been temporarily banned in denmark 17000000 of the animals have now been culled following fears that cave in 1000 operates on farms could spread to humans and as poor research reports the impact on farmers could last longer than any ban. by prices up what's likely to be one of the last shipments of milk pellets to leave the farm his father started nearly 40 years ago the rest of their herds are among

the millions of minks that the danish government ordered to be slaughtered after a mutation of covert $98.00 was found in the animals it could mean the country's main industry the largest in the world disappears altogether. so parliament. farming is a lifestyle they made in march you get kids in april and then you watch them grow and get this beautiful fur here that's hard for me to live without but i'll have to learn to farm has begun the color of the country $17000000.00 strong mink population last month when a strain of corona virus called cluster 5 spread from the animals to humans they were told to continue even when it was found that the mutation had probably died out weeks earlier and that the government had lacked the legal authority to order the cole in the 1st place 2 months ago this farm had more than 25000 minks housed in these buildings now like in more than a 1000 other farms across denmark it's totally. on monday the government finally

passed its order into law and the band meant farming until december 2021 but undress and peta say it's already too late to save the industry which until now accounted for 40 percent of the world's milk production denmark's mink was also the most expensive bringing in an estimated $1000000000.00 a year i don't see any future forming farming in denmark because all the animals are dead now of course. saying that. means that we don't have this industry. what will have been happen is that. this industry will move. china. russia where they don't have this organization as we have in europe that's already seems to be happening with chinese make pharma saying they are ramping up production to take advantage of a surge in milk prices caused by the danish crisis animal welfare groups don't

believe that's a reason to protect the industry. it oduya some. posters that live completely alone in the large territories it's not ok for me to live in poor conditions here just because they could be worse it's you don't think there should be mix in denmark. the crisis that the danes have labelled the mink saga doesn't and some of the animals buried in mass graves after the cold started have risen to the surface due to the effects of decomposition and or thirty's for groundwater and lakes could have been contaminated by the rotting bodies as a commission looks into the handling of the affair farmers are demanding up to $4000000000.00 in compensation saying that businesses were buried along with the banks pull reese al-jazeera jutland denmark stargazer being treated to a once in a lifetime celestial event is jupiter and saturn make their closest ally human since the 17th century the 2 largest planets in our solar system inching closer

together since september culminating in what's known as the great conjunction tony chain joined astronomers on the outskirts of thailand's capital to watch the rare phenomenon. 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 as seen 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 can have to wait another 400 years with everyone on this planet trying to stay socially distant because of coronavirus other planets are managing to get closer together tony chang al-jazeera church on santa thailand. so this is the answer these are the top stories and more than 40 countries have closed their borders to flights and travelers from the u.k. due to concerns over a mutated strain of corona virus the british government says it's working to ensure that freight including food supplies will not be affected e.u. member states are preparing to roll out the pfizer buying tech coronavirus fact.