one of the biggest stains on the country as a whole. isn't a religion this is a politic me and an unholy alliance on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. color our intake of this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. israel on the brink of its full national election in 2 years its problem and has just one hour left to approve a budget will be dissolved. as the lines of lorries stuck in the u.k. grows longer promise says it will reopen the border but only to e.u. citizens with negative tests. this is salt happened on donald trump's watch

when he was watching. u.s. president elect joe biden pledges action to hold those behind the massive cyber attack accountable. and 5 prison doctors and health workers are killed on their way to work in the latest bomb attack in afghanistan. with the sports news as the cost of delaying the take care lympics is reveals the postponement because of coronaviruses added $2800000000.00 to what's already the most expensive summer games in history. we begin this hour in israel where the parliament has less than an hour to pass a budget if it fails the country will be forced into its 4th general election in just 2 years from minister benjamin netanyahu government has been moving towards collapse as rifts opened up with his governing party and rival benny gantz if the

budget dispute isn't resolved by midnight local time the knesset is automatically dissolved means fresh elections will be held in march but could be risky for netanyahu who has faced 6 months of protests because of alleged corruption and his handling of the pandemic. it's cost are enough so who's in west jerusalem i mean they have an hour left are they likely to do it and is this really about the budget well the chances are really quite slim there have been some last minute efforts just last night even they were trying to postpone the votes until on the budget until december 31st but that failed at the last minute in the knesset in the israeli parliament today the government passed an interim budget again in an effort to delay that vote but that is really unlikely to pass again this is as you mentioned not recently about the budget though the power sharing agreement that was signed between netanyahu and benny gantz it had said that benny gantz would take

over the premiership after 18 months and that would have been november 2021 but the one condition was that the budget had to pass and it looks like that is unlikely to happen the only way to relieve ordinance and hold on to his seat as prime minister was to delay and push this vote as much as possible and we've got an hour left to see what's what's about to happen really and if there is another election which contained then to is the israeli public likely to back. well i mean it's and you know we're really now is in a much better position despite all of those protests that have taken place against . corruption charges criticism on the handling of the pandemic his numbers are really quite low over the past few few months but he's got a few wins he even mentioned them tonight in a speech that he made just a few hours ago but a covert vaccine has just been rolled out here in israel just this week he's also

signed agreements normalization tyo remains with 4 arab countries we could bring in and a little bit more economic deals and ties into israel as well in terms of guns really is seen by analysts is the last man standing in his party with a lot of his party members having left and joined others in the parliament in the latest polls in israel his ratings were really quite low if it goes into election he's likely to only get about now just about 6 seats so netanyahu does have a lot of challenges ahead he also has a lot of political contenders as well including a new party called new hope the pandemic is still raging here in israel and by then coming into the white house just in january but he's very much of a political survivor and he's got quite

a few months ahead of him to ramp up more support i mean less of thank you very much indeed. man is the chief political correspondent for the jerusalem post he says an election would be a referendum on netanyahu. the public that wants to get rid of nets and you know that wants to get rid of benny gantz and wants a government that could function and has no hope that the current government could function is absolutely overjoyed that israel is going to elections the rest of the population is just upset at going to elections for the 4th time in 2 years of course there are cabinet ministers who would love the election to be about the economy or about the health crisis but no it's going to be out about needs and you know how and whether people want him to remain in power and that's what our last 3 elections have been about and we're we've definitely fallen into personality politics here in israel and that's i mean i was facing 3 criminal indictments and blue and white wanted to protect the rule of law prevents you know from bypassing it. prevents you know from having involvement in choosing the next state's attorney

and then after that the next attorney general. has hope of an end to the isolation imposed on the u.k. of the fear is that a highly infectious new strain of the corona virus could spread from says now open the door slightly letting in you citizens you have a negative test comes after the european union recommended that members roll back the border closures so far it's the only country to open up and the prostate the u.k. recorded almost 37000 new cases a growing number of countries have also imposed travel bans on south africa after a new variant emerged that 2 meanwhile south korea and thailand which were both seen as having successfully control their outbreaks and now fighting a surge in cases and as the vaccine rollout continues world wide america's top pandemic official dr anthony found she has become the latest senior figure to get

the jab we begin with paul brennan in the u.k. for to day that. along the main 82 road into dover the queue was continuous the u.k. government estimated some 1500 lorries had been stranded but to drive around the approach roads to the port revealed many many more than that parked up and waiting for news use eventually came with the blockade would be lifted but only for those with proof of a negative code test that is no use at all to the thousands of drivers whose hopes of reaching home for christmas and now gone and now it's done for this initial trauma here to go home or have. almost a dozen minus effects of the $45.00 followers to drive north of. no sleep yesterday. we can make it. if covert testing is to be the precondition for reopening the border with france that presents an

enormous logistical challenge for the u.k. or thora says there are now thousands of truck and van drivers parked up in labor eyes all across the county of kent and getting the testing to them or them to the testing is going to be an enormous task and all this just days before christmas this german businessman was just minutes away from boarding his ferry when the blockade came into force yes through a car for freedom so if i had been 10 minutes earlier i would be now on the other side and be safe and at home for christmas with my family he's resigned to the possibility that he'll spend christmas stuck in dover but he says the u.k. or forty's have been totally inadequate down there their public toilets which are not open for the drivers they should be open i think that's what you had in the coffee or tea to the drivers immediately government short do something and they should do it immediately. the airfield at manston in kent has been made a temporary lorry park for the hundreds of vehicles here are again just

a section of the true scale of the problem and a. scarcity of food in some a 3 facilities is also creating tensions the member of parliament for denver blames france for this crisis i just think the way in which the french government reacted was just really on helpful i mean that you can the french government the whole it industry the ferry industry they've what's handing glove over the last few months since trance since the virus started to make sure that it's managed and i think that's what should have happened here. as night fell in dover the rayna right on the driver stage the blockade of their own. many of these truckers and van drivers now facing the 3rd night stranded here tempers are clearly starting to fray they were occupied the roundabout which is here at the entrance to the port behind me they've blocked the traffic there is a long snaking line of lorries and not direction the police are trying to restore order but for the moment they're not being successful saying. my my

children my song. is crying for me to go through reinforcements restore order but the situation remains tense. al-jazeera dover. and a smith in paris has more on the french government's announcement. the french government has decided that from midnight tuesday french time people who live in france and french citizens and known french citizens of france will be able to return to france as long as they're in possession of a negative p.c.r. or antigenic test from the u.k. in a last a significant difference because all day they've been talking about a p.c.r. test but this antigenic test is antigen test is much quicker the results are within minutes and while it's not thought to be as reliable it's much easier to administer

one of the biggest challenges for the french and the british was with the french insisting on a p.c.r. test was how the british were going to administer it to more than $600.00 not lorry drivers waiting in care kens to come back to france now the french have allowed this test to be performed instead it will be much easier to administer the results will be much quicker should get the traffic moving much faster and people who live in london in the south east of england if they're allowed to return to france if they're allowed to leave their homes under the restrictions in the u.k. they too will be able to either have a p.c.r. test much more expensive and takes longer to give the results or they can have this antigen tested pretty quickly allowing them to allowing them to leave the u.k. and allowing them to come to france more countries have also blocked air travel from south africa over variant of the greater virus identified there the disease is

now spreading faster across south africa than when the pandemic began and health officials say the mutation is likely to be behind the recent surge very interest different from the type spreading here in the u.k. israel turkey germany switzerland and saudi arabia are among the countries that have barred travelers from south africa. her motor is in johannesburg and explains how damaging the strain is particular south africa's tourism industry scientists say they still studying this new strain of the data collected so far suggests that it's spreading fast and they also saying could be responsible for the 2nd wave of the country is currently experiencing in the countries getting on average just under 10000 new infections a day is been identified in. the eastern cape province and the garden that's where you get the cape town area for example where lots of tourists usually flock to at this time of year and this is another blow to the tourism industry you've got this new strain and then the flight bans and so that because tourism industry is survive

is pretty much a time of the year on people coming in from the u.k. europe middle east asia and other parts of the world so now these businesses are now feeling another pressure as well for example you go to our province you find in a place called a very popular tourist resort this saying that they have had more than 50 percent of cancellations because of this you go to durban a lot of the hotels are closed commuter jana's the mayor the big hotel chains are also shut lots of people are losing out of work as well and this is the time of the year when people are in a festive mood many people come to their vehicle for tourism and now this saying that people would who are hoping to make some kind of money this time around those hopes have now been dashed top health officials in the u.s. server old up their sleeves to receive a coronavirus vaccine in an effort to inspire public confidence top infectious diseases expert dr anthony found she received the job he was joined by the health secretary and the head of the national institutes of health they were given the

maternal vaccine which only received emergency approval from regulators last week she says most americans should be able to access the vaccine by the middle of next year. i feel extreme confidence in the safety and the efficacy of this vaccine and i want to encourage everyone who has the opportunity to get vaccinated so that we could have a veil of protection over this country that would end this pandemic. the total number of covered 900 cases in the u.s. has now passed 18000000 and hospitals are struggling to cope but to jessica osterman is an emergency medicine physician in los angeles she joins us via skype thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us at times a bit about the situation at your hospital. you know we're seeing a huge uptick in covert cases that are coming into our you are right now throughout the fall we actually are seeing a ton of cases and then once those getting here we are under the number of cases that we're seeing in the are we are just overwhelmed by the patients coming at this

point so how do you is it mainly elderly still need needed treatment for one of our sources that has the as the picture changed. the pictures changed a little bit in the in the stream we saw a lot of elderly patients coming in from nursing homes and things like that and during this play we're seeing a lot younger patients in their thirty's forty's and fifty's that are coming in quite sick and this to mean that those are patients that have been kind of covered that he can argue about getting errands done for the holidays there is that family right thanksgiving and things like that and to me the protocols change to talk in terms of how you treat people all the sort of the practicalities of it what have you got in place there. yeah just far we haven't changed too much about what we're doing are though as the influx of patients starts to come in the county of l.a. is actually talking about starting to ration supplies and allocating down leaders and things like that to the most viable cases out there or similar to what they did

in new york that in a brawl but right now we have adequate supplies be wish we had more i.c.u. beds at this point but from a ventilator and a p.p.s. standpoint and medication wise standpoint we are in pretty good shape and we're continuing with our kind of standard of care is it in effect to mackay you provide for other conditions or you having to turn away patients with other conditions. absolutely so we're boarding a large number of covered patients that should be up in i.c.u. beds right now and our nurses and our physicians are really stretched thin because we're also seeing patients coming in as you mentioned with heart attacks strokes car accidents gunshot wounds. and we're trying to find places for them in the whole system is really just stressed at this point or what about your own experiences what's it like having to deal with it day in and day out. it's been tough but i actually at the beginning of this whole pandemic. ended up living with

a coworker away from my family very young child at home for 2 miles kind of until we figured out exactly what was going on with this virus and learning better how to treat it but i think my colleagues and i at this point were just tired. we have been hearing about all the standards and social distancing and wearing mascara cells but to see that people aren't at hearing by those the standards and just overloading the e.r. again and again has been really frustrating at this point how about the the rollout of vaccines are you starting to see colleagues being vaccinated or is that not yet arrived in your area. yeah i actually got my 1st vaccine this morning which was exciting and my hospital started last week on our last friday so people are starting to get their 1st doses and then we're we've got the eyes are vaccine so we'll be getting read ghost in 3 weeks and hopefully that will help out because we have had a lot of our staff for nurses in our positions. that cope it in the last few weeks

so it'll be an ace extra layer of protection moving into the winter to jessica osman thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us appreciate it. day after the u.s. congress finally passed a 900000000000 dollar relief bill president elect joe biden says he'll ask congress to pass another coronavirus stimulus package when he takes office the pledge came in an address ahead of the christmas holiday which he used to urge americans to remain vigilant one thing i promise you bob i'm leadership during this crisis i'm going to tell it to you straight ruto you the truth and here's the simple truth our darkest days in the battle against covert or ahead of us not behind us hunter castro joins us live from washington d.c. so i want to start warning there are not covered 900 from president elect biden.

that's right lauren and the context of this is as the holiday approaches we're actually seeing an uptick again of americans traveling against the warnings of public health experts this week expected to be the busiest travel week since the beginning of the pandemic and as you heard president elect biden warning americans against complacency against a false sense of security saying that the darkest days are ahead and that although this vaccine is racing toward americans and all corners of the country it simply will not arrive in time for the vast majority of people so he's cautioning against gathering with family for the holidays asking for just a few more months of hunkering down and patience from americans asked by reporters about any intentions he has about travel restrictions against great britain he said that he is considering issuing requirements for testing as well as quarantine for

travelers who are american travelers who are returning to the u.s. from great britain and on the economy he commended congress for passing that bipartisan massive spending bill which includes the relief for cove did but he did again promise that more is still to come and he said that more money is much needed by american american families who are suffering through this pandemic and 21 other subject he tackled was a big cyber attack has been in the u.s. what if you have to save a load. well he could not have sounded more different than president trump who in recent days downplayed that attack saying that it was under control and refusing to acknowledge his own experts. analysis that most likely it was russia behind the attack biden today said that it that it is apparent that it is russia he faltered president trump saying that it was under his watch that the president was not

watching which allowed for these these. these weaknesses in the u.s. cyber security to develop that trump had overseen the stripping down of cyber security offices and bite him promise to do the very opposite he said that as soon as he takes office on january 20th cybersecurity will be a priority he said that this current attack that the scope and the damage remains unknown that it poses a grave risk and he also promised that once he's in office those who are responsible will suffer likely a similar response from the united states how does your pastor thank you very much indeed. coming up on this news hour from london thailand's prime minister blames illegal migration for a sudden spike in 1000 cases centered on a seafood market. pandemic is now truly global as the last continent to be touched

records its 1st cases. and football's world governing body fifo launches a criminal complaint against former president sepp blatter details coming up in support. of afghanistan now at least 5 prison doctors and health workers have died in kabul after a bomb attached to their car exploded at a dinner on their way to work at afghanistan's largest prison. which has scores of fighters in that prison denies responsibility for the attack violence in afghanistan has spiked recently with a series of targeted killings of prominent figures as the government and taliban hold talks in qatar. this would be. my car was in front of their car that was about 10 meters distant suddenly the explosion occurred the bridge collapsed i cannot hear properly now and i'm hearing noises 3 victims who are on the back seats

one of them was thrown on the road as we took them out of the car as well as the driver. woman lying on the ground and 3 others as well cite the car another person a split to pieces and his body was thrown by the blast into the nearby house. journalists politicians and activists are among the people targeted in a succession of recent bombings in afghanistan here are just some of the victims nearly 2 weeks ago prominent female television journalist but i want was shot dead along with her driver in jalalabad. the deputy governor of kabul died a week ago after a bomb was placed on his car a politician in the western province of gore fell victim to a similar attack on the same day on saturday a car bombing targeting the politician car mohammed wardak killed 9 in cobol and just on monday from a to the next a journalist who worked for al-jazeera and the associated press was shot dead near

his home in gosney. genome is a lecturer in politics and international relations at university college london she joins us now by skype thank you for being with us who do we do you think is responsible for the latest attack well lauren what we've seen over this last month is 1st a continuation of taliban attacks in many areas of other picked out of afghanistan but really importantly we've seen a sharp increase in islamic states attacks within kabul itself especially targeting some of the groups that were just mentioned journalists politicians doctors today and so there is actually several groups operating right now and again islamic state has already taken responsibility for some of the other attacks that we've seen in the capital and especially there was using this same kind of attack this kind of car bomb or magnetic bomb which russia tried to do with these killings. well i

think important thing to put is in the context of what's happening in afghanistan right now the taliban and the afghan government are of course an ongoing negotiations trying to get to some kind of ceasefire these are going really quite slowly in the course of these negotiations again the taliban has been increasing their attacks and so i think we see islamic state trying to flex their muscles at the same time assert their presence assert their kind of competition if you will with the taliban and to take advantage of the fact that the taliban is in this negotiating position and trying to assert themselves as a force of resistance in the meantime what do you expect the effect to be could this derail the talks well certainly there are a lot of complications to the talks already i think the main issue for that will be the ongoing taliban attacks as well again these are happening at the same time as the isis the toxin times it's hard to know the difference between the 2 but the

taliban is the one that's in the room in the negotiations they are the ones who are really being tasked with pulling back on their own violence and we have not seen not subside throughout the whole fall to me you mentioned in the magnetic bombs of the school just sometimes described as to what they will. what does tell us about the capabilities that i still have and whether that's something that they might to be used beyond afghanistan. well lauren the sticky bombs or again as these are bombs that are attached usually to a car by a magnet on have been a pretty. common tactic by isis in kabul so far again these are not super sophisticated weapons but they're very effective and so it's one thing that we've seen from isis throughout their many operations and iterations throughout the region is being able to use somewhat crude but very very effective and costly weapons like this judy miller thank you very much indeed for taking the time children and thank you thanks for and. more still to come this hour including

u.n. troops push back rebels who plan to march on the capital ahead of sunday's election in the central african republic china spends billions on its mission to end extreme poverty but is it really a rags to riches story. and the new n.b.a. season starts later on tuesday and they have a coronavirus plan in place gemma will tell you is to is in sports. well we just come past the winter solstice so we injecting warm air relative to the time of year across a good part of central europe is that massive cloud that it will bring a lot of clatter of rain with it will affect the british isles france germany the warm push to go a long way east on its eastern flank where it comes of against the dr and cold and

cold i would see some snow reaching into ukraine through the baltic states and into western russia there's obviously a change in wind direction afterwards and that will be noticed in vienna it gets time by friday but you get a warm really warm couple of days certainly wednesday looks pretty high but attention changes so the weather type changes the clouds sort to clear the sun comes out of course a long night snack even though just compasses all says so you're going to get out of frost levels that happens in london by the end of thursday cold north wind by day frosty ever not front of christmas day white on the ground sun in the sky the size of all this puff in a few showers in libya and they are just a few showers it's a fairly quiet picture that onshore breeze will make knowlton egypt quite cloudy possibly but still quite worn this a hell $36.00 about 3 above normal and there's still showers around the gulf of guinea.

society is only in change because some people believe in a purpose that is bigger than their. well run to make the little the m.r.c. around the state representative they put themselves to make the changes that. we should have taken this. has got to learn we have a disk culture war to create new areas we have to change this culture i am one of the fortunate ones who can leave an establishment outside but all the people and on the majority of the legal research talk about just good hardworking people that want to live the american dream like our ancestors these are going to refugees are terrified that they may be forced to return to myanmar.

and one of the top stories. israel's parliament has half an hour to pass a budget if it fails the country will be forced into its 4th general election in just 2 years failure to resolve the budget dispute between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main coalition partner and against automatically triggers an election in march. at least 5 prison doctors and health workers have died in kabul after a bomb attached to their car exploded on their way to work at afghanistan's from. largest prison. and in the number of trucks stock near the british court of dover

grows the e.u. has recommended its members reopen their borders despite the new variant of code 19 france is opening the door slightly saying it will let in the e.u. citizens that have a negative test. hong kong is one of the travel hubs that supposed restrictions on flights from the u.k. if you spent more than 2 hours in britain over the past fortnight will be banned from boarding flights to hong kong that includes residents of the territory before she's of acknowledged the measures are stringent but say they're necessary to contain the mutated strain typical pilot has more from hong kong. this time last year this airport's arrivals hall was packed with people trying to get home ahead of the holidays this year a very different scene hong kong is the 1st city in asia to impose such a flight ban on the u.k. now from the board behind me a couple of flights have managed to slip through before the deadline people from

those flights will now have to quarantine for 3 weeks instead of the customary 2 weeks despite the pandemic travel between the u.k. and hong kong has been relatively robust in fact 5000 people a ride from the u.k. this month alone and many of them are students who are studying in the u.k. hong kong is experiencing its 4th and what's seen as its most severe wave yet and so the government has imposed some of its trick to social distancing measures including only 2 people are allowed to gather at any time everyone has to wear a face mask or they will be have silly find and nightlife during this holiday season has come to a virtual standstill with all dining and entertainment venues having to shut by 6 in the evening now businesses and hong kong's economy have been struggling over the past year and a lot of this the hong kong government has passed its latest. crowds of relief

founded amounting to about a $1000000000.00. thailand's prime minister is blaming illegal migration for a sudden rise in infections there more than a 1000 have now been identified centered on a seafood market near the capital it's a major blow for a nation which had been held for its success in combating the virus tony chang reports from bangkok 55. 55. a mobile testing unit pulls into a market in the north of bangkok in 72 hours thailand's corona virus infection numbers have increased by 20 percent got my copy came here for screening my fall and found that there are 49 people who were in radio host one type in an infected person a from the market today we will collect samples of all of the traders inside for a trade to scan a q.r. code to register with the health authority only the stallholders are eligible for testing today others who have coded concerns are being turned away. infections

originating from the seafood market in some months of corn and now being discovered in bangkok and provinces even further away outside the unpleasant process begins these people are not alone the thai government says of the test 10000 people in the attempt to contain the outbreak on tuesday some of those tests revealed 427 new infections a huge rise in a country that had seen 0 to transmission for months. teams of health officials are now screening traders in markets across the thai capital migrant workers have also been targeted as being a particular concern and the prime minister said he might introduce a national lockdown the transmissions continue to rise. some child local fishmonger says many customers are choosing to stay at home now he's worried about his health and keeping his business afloat. that they could make about the economy was picking up but we now are facing this and it makes us feel as if we are going back to the

1st outbreak traders in this market say the concern about the outbreak has caused business the drop by 70 or 80 percent overall thailand has made huge economic sacrifices to rid itself of the coronavirus of this outbreak continues to grow all of that will be for nothing. with the new year holiday approaching many thais thought normal life was almost within reach the latest outbreak appears to have some dreams tony chang al jazeera in. south korea is banning gatherings of more than 4 people starting from thursday the restrictions will be in place for at least 10 days as the country tries to contain a surgeon infections about a 1000 new cases are being reported daily ski resorts and other major tourist spots will also be shot. problem bride runs through more of the restrictions for capital so. it was only monday that the authorities in the greater seoul area announced

tougher restrictions home to around half of south korea's population and choose day these tougher restrictions are going to be put in place across south korea and it comes as we've seen this the let 3rd wave produce around up to a 1000 new cases a day we've also had another grim milestone of setting a record for the number of deaths from covert 924 now these numbers might not seem large by comparison to other parts of the world but when you consider where south korea was even up to just a few weeks ago it seemed to be have this under control to have it beat so it is very concerning for the authorities there the worry is that when we go into this holiday period that they really want to try to deter people from having large gatherings so we are seeing a strong recommendation from the government that people do not meet in groups of private gatherings of 5 or more people now it's only a recommendation but it is a very strong one and in fact restaurants have been told they're not allowed to

take any bookings of groups of 5 or more also we're seeing restrictions on for example hotels are only allowed to have 50 percent occupancy possibly a bigger measure with the closure of ski resorts ski resorts are normally very busy at this time of year just getting into the winter season they have now been told to close again and we've also had to announce the national parks will also be closed at this time of year it is normal for families to go out and see sunsets and sunrises over the new year period well those 2 will be close and all these measures in place through to the 1st week of january. taiwan has reported its 1st locally transmitted coronavirus case in 8 months ending what thought to be the world's longest period without a domestic infection health authorities say the person had close contact with a new zealand pilot who picked up the virus out of flying to the u.s. taiwan's containment measures have been hailed as some of the most effective with

widespread mask wearing and contact tracing it's confirmed only 770 cases this year . drone a virus shows no sign of abating in brazil which has just announced $55000.00 new cases and another $968.00 deaths in the last 24 hours and it's now spread to every continent on the globe after 36 cases were discovered at a chilean research station on the antarctic peninsula the army confirmed infections at the military research station all affected personnel and maintenance workers have been taken back to chile to isolate it comes days after the navy confirmed 3 cases on a ship which had taken supplies to the station. the p.c.r. test show that 36 men tested positive for covert 1926 were army personnel and 10 work civilians from a contractor company who were doing scheduled maintenance work at the top to compare ace the u.n. says it's pushed back armed rebels in central african republic who are looking to

march on the capital before sunday's election the president has criticized violence in the run up to the vote the government has accused the rebels backed by the former president possibly as easy of attempting a coup his candidacy was rejected by the courts the land and russia have sent additional troops and supplies to help counter the surge and violence catherine story in the capital bangui has more on efforts to come tensions ahead of the vote . we've been speaking to officials from the un peacekeeping mission here in central african republic and that telling us that they have been able to push back this rebel movement remember this is a group that was formed over the weekend the calling themselves the patriots for change it's a group of 2 we are the country's main groups and they started seeing onto the copy told calling for among other things no government without president. so as officials of the u.n. say in the west where this is

a rebellion has stock said they've been able to contain the situation in some towns in some villages but in many other areas it remains very fluid indeed because we also have groups outside of this main. that are causing trouble so in the same area we also have other. troops we have a russian possibly also carrying out operations against this grouping they are this the russians and the londons are not under the un mandate that means that they are able to use more force. signed the country a bilateral agreement. with our government allowing them to use force and to contain the situation to make sure that this election is not disrupted in any way. carrying diplomats nicholai mlodinow off has told the u.n. he will be unable to take up the role of un libya and void next year because of

quote personal and family reasons. the u.n. middle east envoy since 2015 charged with mediating between israel and the palestinians he was due to replace a son who stepped down as the u.n. libya and boy in march because of stress. the 1st direct commercial flight from israel to morocco has landed in rubout to seal a u.s. brokered normalisation deal on board were israeli envoys and senior white house adviser jared cushion or will meet king mohammed the 6 officials will also sign bilateral agreements on aviation finance water and visas a visit marks the latest u.s. brokered deal between israel and an arab country after the u.a.e. bahrain and sudan normalize ties on tuesday tunisia said it is not interested in establishing diplomatic relations with israel the family of a mother and son shot dead by an off duty policeman in the philippines a calling for justice during

a wake for them sonia gregorio and her son frank were both shot in the head on sunday in tarlac province video of the shooting has sparked public outrage and alter cation began after frank set off a loud homemade air cannon the officer latest surrendered and has been charged with their murders critics say the president's wrong drugs has allowed the police to act with impunity and i learned that while another not in the manner i lost a mother who was the most loving mother to us i lost a brother who was also a very loving and caring brother my love it's very hard for us was that i hope he spends the rest of his life in jail about a number of people killed by india's polluted air rose last year when 1600000 people died as a result of toxic air and 2019 supporting to the medical journal the lancet is nearly one in 5 of all deaths and is 5 and a half percent more than in 2017 india's economy also suffered with fatalities last

year costing it $36800000000.00 new delhi which is the world's most polluted capital was the part of the country hardest hit economically. china's leaders say they've eradicated extreme poverty in the country over the past 5 years the communist party has spent billions of dollars on rural households but critics question the program's sustainability and scrutiny you reports from your trunk county main is millions of people risk falling back into hardship. lawton county in china south is known for its mountains its rivers and its poverty . it was among those one struggling to get by living in this dilapidated house she struggled to raise enough money to send her 2 children to school. but she says thanks to the chinese government her life has been transformed she's been given a new harmon town and left this old farmhouse behind this is how. to

live in crumbling buildings built about 50 years ago without any water or electricity this area is also deep in the mountains and far away for many essential services including hospitals during the past 5 years millions of people in rural china have been relocated to apartment buildings in upgraded townships here almost everything is new including roads and schools chad moved here in 2018. my son told me that he doesn't want to go back to the old house again it was dark and dirty and had many rats they say our new home is clean and bright beijing has spent more than 20000000000 dollars this year to meet president xi jinping has deadline of eradicating extreme poverty nationwide by the end of 2020 communist party officials say they've succeeded so. people used to have few options. so it was hard to find jobs outside farming good health care and education was now

they basically live in the same conditions as people in cities the quality of life has a rapidly improved. but not everyone has benefited some have been an able to adjust to life in the towns others say they've been forced to relocate analysts have also question the sustainability of the program millions of risk falling back into prophecy poverty i nature for many people is trends it's temporary is short term spells and those kinds of people have very different kinds of needs than others for whom he is a chronic experience a policy implement the policy response to those different states needs to be different. his life is better but not easier to new job in a nearby factory involves working 12 hours a day with only 2 days off to month but the sacrifice she says is worth it she's

making the most of the new opportunities in the heart her children might have better ones katrina new al-jazeera lawton county china brazilian police have arrested the outgoing rio de janeiro mayor. in connection with alleged bribery the evangelical pastor turned politician is sure to leave office on the 1st of january after losing his reelection bid to his predecessor eduardo paes creba who was arrested at home and denied any wrongdoing and said he was the target of political persecution is the rest follows a wave of corruption investigations that have landed 5 former rio state governors in jail. i fought against the unjust under legal tolling i took resources from the con of wagner and i negotiated the v.l.t. rail project my government for the most against corruption in rio de janeiro. talks between the european union and u.k. on a post brics it trade deal could carry on even after their trading relationship ends

next week comes as europe's chief negotiator told member states that the 2 parties remain deeply divided over fishing rights issue of our new said the e.u.'s offer was final on the u.k.'s proposal was unacceptable several deadlines have already passed with a deal still unresolved. even if the final. do you feel relieved to see the market. would continue to work to turn transform see reason understood by hundreds of parliament thank you thank you very much for al-jazeera as i said bega is following this story and he says that the issue of fishing rights is one of the big concerns time is running out but the fishing industry seems to be a major sticking point that's because currently e.u. member states have access to british waters now after brics in the u.k. wants to change that you can't just change the quota that the e.u.

countries get now the debate is whether about the number of the quarter where how what figure it should be but also it's about the transition period before changes come in they don't seem to be agreeing on those but the final point that's really seems to be a sticking point is any retaliatory action from the e.u. so if in future in the future the u.k. changes those fishing quotas they don't want any retaliatory action from the e.u. in the fishing industry or otherwise to complicate matters further the majority of fish caught by british fisherman are exported to the e.u. and the majority of fish consumed by people in britain are imported so both the u.k. and the e.u. are trying to protect the fishing industry. armenian opposition supporters have set up a protest camp outside government headquarters as they escalate their campaign against the prime minister thousands of people who also rallied in yerevan demanding that step down anger has grown since armenia lost territory to neighboring azerbaijan in

a peace deal to end a 6 week conflict over the disputed their on a car by region. russia has expanded its list of european officials who are barred from entering the country it's in response to e.u. sanctions or 6 russian officials and a state research institute for the poisoning of opposition leader alex a novelli president putin's spokesman also accused me of suffering quote delusions of persecution after he revealed he tricked a russian agent into disclosing details of the plot to kill him europe's largest active volcanoes put on another dramatic display mount etna eruptions sent lava and rocks flying and draped nearby villages in a film of ash more than 3000 meter high volcano burst into action several times a year the residents of the italian island of sicily a used to it its last major eruption was nearly 30 years ago. still ahead this news . you know messy drops

a hint he may stay at barcelona gemma will have the details in sport.

some breaking news for you israel has to hold a snap election after the dissolution of parliament after a budget dispute that's according to the speaker of parliament to has not sat on live television you remember this will be the 4th general election in just 2 years as they failed to resolve a dispute between the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his coalition partner benny gantz an election again in israel snap election in march and now his job

with support thank you lauren take a delayed olympic games will cost almost $3000000000.00 more than originally expected because of the coronavirus pandemic the games are postponed for a year due to the outbreak and on tuesday organizers announced a new budget a $15400000000.00 that's up 22 percent in the last year although it definitely government orders have indicated the costs could be much higher at least $25000000000.00 games are already set to be the most expensive summer olympics on record the head of the committee says it's important they do go ahead for the 233 have 7 months until the opening of the games the postponement of the games was unprecedented and we have been working closely with people who are involved we need to hold the olympics as a symbol of overcoming the coronavirus and to have the olympic flame lit at the stadium that's the mission we need to fulfill. in a m.v.a. season it tips off later on tuesday and will do so without using

a bio security bubble last season was interrupted by the current virus and it meant the regular season had to be completed disney were out there on the venue highest of the entire playoff stage as well it seems will be to. aveling between games this time around there and commissioner adam silver says the n.b.a. has an extensive safety plan in place. we've made as you know sea changes to the schedule to travel changes to help reduce the chances of an incident but you know we keep the answers we have lots of plans in the drawer and we'll just see i think you know we're going to go we're going to go forward it is you know are we have as i said a very real competency here but but i i don't know i want to make sure everyone understands that the safety and health of our players in all respects are number one priority and if any time we feel that's being jeopardized we will stop later messi has given the hints that he could step in a beyond this season in a preview to a longer interview to be released later this week messi says he had a very bad time in the summer when he tried and failed to leave the club but he

says he's fine now that he's currently playing for boss against the lead and if he scores so bright pele's record for the most goals at one club part of me not to from the. past i don't think you need an interview to find out if messi is full of energy because i can see it every day seeing him with the team and his team mates it gets hard for a player like him who is used to winning everything not to win games and that's the case right now i don't know what he's going to say in the interview you'll see. now to a big game in the u.s. the congo craft champions league final takes place in florida later with 2 teams battling to make history los angeles f.c. will take on take us in orlando the 1st major league soccer club to beat 3 mexican teams on reach the final hype to make that 4 later if they win they'd be the 1st team from m.l.s. to lift the trophy and she just an excitement level for being in a final for showing. people how we play football and for competing against

a great team that's the only part that we really were thinking about. you know when you're a player and you get a chance to be in a final special. that mexican opponents take arrestor into their 4th champions league final but they've never won the trophy either see aggressive scored the most goals of any team in this year's competition with 13 they could be without 2 of that big players on trade because a fire injury and havea keen eye has a muscle strain they both missed monday's training session in face and late fitness test on cheese day before a decision can be made on their inclusion in the team football's a world governing body fifa has filed a criminal complaint against his former president sepp blatter over the finances of his museum in 0 fifa says it suspects a criminal mismanagement the museum which was a pet project of blatter has opened in 2016 after $114000000.00 was spent on refer bushing it but also signed a contract with the building's owners which requires fifa to pay 360 $1000000.00 in

rent until 2045 the 84 year old is already a suspect into criminal proceedings in switzerland into how he spent money as president he's always maintained his innocence cricket now in australia opening batsman david warner looks unlikely to be fit for the boxing day test against india he hasn't played since injuring his groin in the 2nd one day international between the sides last month and he was hoping to be back for the 2nd test on december 26th but it looks like this match comes a little too soon for him 30000 fans will be allowed into the melbourne cricket grounds you get the shivers down your spine when you walk out to bat on boxing day the crowd yelling in sort of like a dream come true in a way i think as a kid i always wanted to play in a boxing day test match i always remember watching the boxing day test at home and and with the family after christmas and yet to walk out on books in dimes i sort of get the shivers down used on in the his on the back you know rise up and it's just

a great feeling that is all we all support from our thanks very much indeed gemma. thousands of spaniards have shed and a $3000000000.00 payday in the gordo or fact one lottery. keeping up tradition the schoolchildren sang out the winning numbers it's brought some and if you hope to millions of people in one of the country's worst hit by the coronavirus in europe but all she can have multiple winners of up 240-0000 euros per ticket families friends and colleagues traditionally band together to buy the 20 year tickets at them under that so there's going to be a new election in israel that was just been announced after they failed to resolve a budget dispute of more on that in just a couple of minutes that's it for this news hour to join me for more in a minute by minute.

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me richelle carey and up front is my guest from around the world take a hot seat and we debate the week's top stories in pressing issues here on al-jazeera. israel to hold its full election in just 2 years the knesset is dissolved because it couldn't pass a budget. this is out there and live from london also coming up as the lines of stories stuck in the u.k. grows longer france says it will reopen the border but only to e.u. citizens with negative covert tests. 5 prison doctors and health workers were killed on their way to work in the latest bomb attack in afghanistan.