world news. wash. the e.u. all. together we still need she's more than we do apart finally a deal is done in the u.k. a deal you reach a post breaks a trade agreement after 5 years of the go here sions. this country will remain culturally emotionally historically strategically geologic. attached to your. prime minister abbas johnson praises the deal and promises britain will always be a part of the e.u. .

either give it al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a 3rd new strain of corona virus has been recorded in nigeria as the world celebrates its 1st on festive christmas in the century. protests broke out in iraq after the biggest currency devaluations as the fall of saddam hussein the cost of living is skyrocketing. we begin with breaking news you and u.k. to go she says have finally reached a post breaks a trade deal 9 and a half months of negotiations went into the 11th hour with just a week to go before the u.k. leaves the single market british prime minister boss johnson who was elected on his promise to deliver breaks it hailed it as the biggest trade deal yet. i think this

deal means a new stability and a new certainty in what has sometimes been a fractious and difficult relationship we will be your friend your ally your supporter and indeed never let it be forgotten your number one market because although we've left the e.u. this country will remain culturally emotionally historically strategically geologically attached to europe both the british and european parliament's need to ratify the agreement european commission chief ally and called it fair and balanced and she says it's now time to put brakes said behind at the end of a successful negotiations journey i normally feel joy. but

today i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly speaking relief. i know this is a difficult day for some and to our friends in the united kingdom i want to say parting is such sweet sorrow. but to use a line from t.s. eliot. what we call the beginning is often the end and to make an end is to make a beginning. so to all europeans i say it is time to leave rex and behind our future is made and europe. the text of the agreement has yet to be released it contains the specifics of the new trade rules and is believed to be hundreds of pages known one major sticking point both sides seem to have compromised on his e.u. fishing rights and british forces which held up the talks right up until the last

minute now we have 2 reporters covering the story from both sides but it's a bit is standing by to bring us the latest reaction from paris there he is but it's begin with rory chalons who is live for us now from london rory so there's a compromise from both sides obviously but if speech was to anything to go by it seems that more compromise from the e.u. side what else did ourselves and have to say. dunny a surprising boris johnson is going to see this in a pretty terrible year has to be said as a significant victory i think we heard him at the beginning of the program there sounding perhaps more praiseworthy perhaps more effusive about europe than i've heard him sound in a in a very bones i'm happy ever saying that the u.k. is intrinsically european and it will continue to be european forever it will work together with europe on numerous issues of shared values and shared

importance but it shouldn't be forgotten nothing the even the boris johnson is going to be trumpeting this is a major success this is a deal that was done in almost reckless haste it was as you say 910 months of negotiations the kind of deal easy takes decades and when you take that much time in doing something corners get cut and things get dropped so i think. it's a cliche to say the devil in the details but of course it is in this case and when people go over this deal in the days to come it will take them several days to pull out all the nazis that are contained within it we why we perhaps won't hear quite so much of the victory stuff yes there are people like nigel farrar one of the architects of bret's it saying that this is a good deal and if he were an m.p. he would vote for it but it's pretty thin and lots of people are saying that it's

pretty thin start with it covers mainly trade but the u.k. is primarily a services economy and this deal doesn't really cover much of the services economy at all so things like financial possible saying which is vital for the city of london isn't really covered in this deal so over the weeks to come i think this deal will be pored over there will be people finding things that it that they don't like it's all. ok roy jones there for us in london. well but it's not joins us now live from paris spotted if there was a sense of victory from bar sounds and same there a sense of relief problems live on the lion what else have we heard from elated yes or no celebration in europe this was remember that the european union's other 27 members remaining 27 members never wanted the u.k.

to leave so they never wanted to have to go through with these negotiations but the u.k. has left and after 9 and a half months of negotiations this is the trade deal that will replace the deal the free access to the european union the u.k. previously enjoyed a manual macro on the french president he said the unity and strength of the e.u. has paid off in the deal that they've got michel martin the irish premier he said that we can we will miss the u.k. but we can now focus on how we manage our relationship in the future and angle of merkel the german chancellor said she was confident that this deal was a good outcome but the european union it is a press release on this deal it said that nevertheless there will be the agreement will by no means match the significant advantages that the u.k. enjoyed as a member state of the e.u. and they'll be big changes on the 1st of january the free movement of persons goods

services and capital between the u.k. and the e.u. will and now in the next couple of days this will agreement will go to european capitals for them to approve it it's going to be approved by the european parliament as well as no time to do that before the end of the year so the commission the e.u. commission is suggesting to provisionally implement they still until the 28th of february by which time it's hoped they will be officially approved by european member states capitals and by the parliament ok thank you for that but it's not there across developments from paris. so what happens now negotiators have reached a final agreement both sides need to get any new deal ratified by their parliaments your being commission has previously said that will be possible by the end of the month trade will now continue much as before with the u.k. getting tariff free access to the european single market because

a customs border will be erected between the mainland and northern ireland as part of previous agreement avoid a hard border on the island that will last 6 years and freedom of movement will end with the u.k. implementing a new points based immigration system boys will be required to check that e.u. citizens are eligible to work or face penalties. for that is a financial analyst former economic adviser to the president of the european commission he says reaching a deal was crucial to avoid making the economic impact of the pandemic even worse. in the short term the coronavirus pandemic and all the associated lock downs and so on is the having the biggest how full impact on the u.k. and indeed the global economy and clearly it's also good news that a chaotic no deal breaks it has been avoided which would have been extremely costly economically and compounded that crisis at the same time as it has been expressed.

by president frontline and others this is a step back from the level of economic integration that the u.k. currently enjoys with he you the u.k. is leaving the supermarket and the customs union and while there may not be tariffs and quotas on good straight there will be new customs are they going to be better barry has a trade in services in which the u.k. specializes everything from our finance and accounting to architecture consultancy that's going to be much less free than before the free movement of people who grossly is ending so in effect it's great news that a chaotic a disaster has been avoided at the same time they're opting for managed disintegration instead and that too will be costly so i think liz is a political commentator and deputy director of british influence he says people in the u.k. have not got the assurance they need from the steel. as far as i can see the only

major e.u. compromise was in fishing. that they agreed on 5 and a half years a transition period which seems to be in closer to the u.k. some arms and the e.u. slum but if you listen to what he was actually saying is barrie abundantly clear that the u.k. is the party which has made the most newsman's in pretty much anything and we can see in johnson's last and he's very detail long statement he really had nothing to boast about all than the usual kind of cliches about taking back control of trade lose money or sachin which simply already had control of the coast and so on the key issues such as a level playing field and eve has made it clear they got what it fundamentally wanted which is alignment and if the u.k. diverges the e.u. has a right to respond with that was that he used a fundamental ask how he also has in that press conference from johnson he is not

denying that we've been locked out of security databases which is a vital element of ek policing and he simply responded to the journalist by saying everything will be following with security that is not the kind of assurance which french people meet the british people did not go into self-immolation and they did not tell you the economic collapse and we've come to see close by the. still ahead on al-jazeera no longer delayed the 1st shipment to profiles a biotech covered 19 vaccine arrived in america. and a man convicted for killing wall street journal wall street journalist daniel pearl is set free by a court in august on. heller

the last winter wave is going through now that's 8 curling so the eastern side of turkey and the left a blanket of snow obvious surprise is fairly hard drives for eastern turkey but some footage just proves it's pretty universal both on cities and right on down the lake shore this is van nazis lake van you're seeing there so the cold is set in but the sum has now come out because the snow is going to cross the caspian sea but even get some in terre i think on friday behind it usually you get windy and showery weather well the wind may well pick up was not quite the obvious story necessarily doha for example picks up the shamo which might be a cold feeling one particular time you get a sense they pick up on friday then the wind changes to an easterly sunday so here we are for saturday then and look what's happening over western saudi complete change of wind direction here and this circulation may well provide proof be showery mecca jetter and beyond is heading up towards jordan as well and will

affect jerusalem with an easterly wind south of all this in the active seasonal rain has been very useful recently we still got a good scattered showers in botswana and south africa rain proper is going to central mozambique way and southern. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse or $2200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bomb in this race he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines how will a place like it live get a back seat when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera.

well i think i'll just there are a reminder of our top stories a year and u.k. negotiators have agreed to break the trade deal after months of half drawn out an offer this had talks british parliament has a week rash i ask for u.k. things to be governed by criminals. and more on that now takes a look at the negotiations and how the deal was finally done. it's taken endless rounds of stop start talks between the u.k. and the european union now at the 11th hour a trade deals emerged. one area of dispute that seen compromise is fishing rights outside the e.u. britain has control of its exclusive economic zone but it's had to budge on how much access e.u.

trawlers have there's also been movement on state aid to a late e.u. fears that european companies could suffer from unfair competition after all the uncertainty recriminations and u. turns the u.k. finally has a trade deal with its biggest commercial partner in reality it's very far from the deep and special relationship promised by the previous prime minister but it's a start and it means the worst damage under a no deal scenario can be avoided. the government's independent spending watchdog says that would have knocked 2 percent of u.k. growth in 2021 alone partly because of temporary disruptions to cross border trade and for one keen bricks and watcher the deal sends a political message to diplomatically the fact that both sides are shaken hands on a deal puts them on the same side and they now both have an imperative to work together to make this deal look as good and run as smoothly as possible and that will minimize short term disruption but it will also mean that the u.k. and the e.u.

arms at loggerheads as i think they would have been in the event of a no deal outcome but even with this deal u.k. businesses still have plenty. to worry about only a small number of transport companies have had access to britain's new border crossing software expected to be rolled out just a week before the transition period ends there are concerns about britain's current jobs crisis deepening if firms relocate to the e.u. and there are still unanswered questions about how to avoid physical border checks between northern ireland parts of the u.k. and ireland an e.u. member or the deal still has to be ratified by the european parliament for now both sides will be happy to have something to show for the torturous negotiations but they know their future relationship is still being sculpted. al-jazeera. but time of year when millions of families usually come together the coronavirus is forcing countries to keep people apart from any the christmas of 2020 will be marked by radley rising infections and tougher rules aimed at stopping the spread

covered 90 south korea is rolling out its toughest restrictions yet the popular tourist venues closed until early next month cases are climbing and how many vaccines won't be available until the 3rd quarter of next year. after days of confusion in the u.k. thousands of trucks and travelers are slowly being allowed into europe the new sanctions strand of corona virus that caused chaos at the border will sing new rules across much of indolent from saturday separately to new strains are emerging in africa nigeria has recorded one mutation but a variant in south africa is believed to be more infectious and in latin america governments are trying to speed up the process of getting covered 1000 jobs to the public mexico and chile are just beginning their vaccination campaigns for more on that strain in south africa shortly but 1st those vaccines in mexico it's battling a sharp rise in infections are overwhelming hospitals john holmes reports from mexico city. it's what everyone in mexico books for christmas.

and the one from pfizer finally arrived. as the phrase goes good things arrive in small quantities we have the privilege today of being one of the 1st countries in the world with a vaccine supply to be handed out next year i mexico is the 1st country in latin america to get the vaccine. but for many people it won't be available to the middle of next year and meanwhile the country's in big trouble. cities hospitals rule but with very few ventilators left. there are queues outside shops selling oxygen tanks monica evillest trouble from another city desperate to get one but many people she's taking care of an infected relative at home. we've come from to luka there's no oxygen there we went to 2 places but they didn't

have any till tomorrow and i need it for today because my patient my dad can't go without oxygen. makes her never to go cold cases down after the 1st wave and now this. the never the crowds emits crude city center throughout december haven't helped. the government just reluctantly declared a red alert for the capital and its suburbs closing non-essential businesses but a lot of people think the authorities to curb the alert for the capital much too late there's been questions over their attitude towards a pandemic from the beginning the minutes can president and the covert so really wear masks and they've been accused repeatedly of not imposing timely and strict enough lockdowns ok was collecting that i don't know but the government has a powerful counter-argument mexico has more than 60000000 poor people stopping them

from working could leave them destitute especially since federal authorities haven't brought out a comprehensive plan on child plan to help them. but he garcia is selling face masks in the street she says there's no way she could stay home please not. of course not i'd be ashamed to hold out my hand and say help me that's why i'm here i get $7.00 a day even if it's just to buy tortillas this instead the government's opted to try and make sure that when people do get sick there's always a bed for them. now for the 1st time it looks like that strategy could fail although there were no queues waiting outside at the 6 hospitals that our team visited emits crew city this week all of which were full health experts say that could change this january john homan how does it or mexico city how much also has more from johannesburg on the new strain that's emerged in south africa. this new

variant inside africa was identified in concern at our province eastern cape in the garden it that's along the cape town area the health minister says the numbers are alarming more than 14000 new infections in the last 24 hours it is recommending more restrictive measures be put in place the measures already in place include a nighttime curfew are called going to be sold on certain days and at certain times and some beaches have been closed but health officials say some south africans seem not to be listening to the warnings they're saying some of them are posting pictures on social media photos and videos of them at big parties called superspeed events where they aren't wearing masks and they aren't practicing social distancing the government what is trying to do is to try and make sure enough hospital beds are available across the country in government and private facilities so in some provinces for example some doctors are discharging patients that they think are stable those people have been told to go home to make way for covert 19 patients additional staff have been put on standby this talk and in some areas military

doctors and nurses may be called in if it does get to that stage the health officials also warning that if these infections keep rising so therefore could reach its peak within the next 2 weeks is a similar scenario across the continent infection rates are rising and more countries are imposing more restrictive measures for example but one is the latest country to impose a nighttime curfew malawi as it is closing its borders for at least 14 days officials here are concerned that as more and more people keep traveling especially around the thinnest of season there could be an increase in infections not just in this part of africa but the rest of the continent as well. qatar has informed the un security council that bahraini fighter jets violated its airspace it relates to an incident on the 7 elec of rain is one of 4 nations along with saudi arabia egypt and huey have posed a blockade on carson's 2017 talks to resolve the crisis are reported to have made progress in recent weeks

a job where he is director of the gulf studies center at qatar university he says despite progress towards resolving the blockade of qatar developments like these must be morrissey's there are those parties want not just to see because that is you know a girl that is sort of the relation maybe but what about before i will go to the actions and the statements in the last few days because the. from the train to be more towards riyadh and it seems also riyadh was sending a message to doha that it will be our talks the uk talks on behalf of the other 3 countries including egypt so it seems there is sort of communication this is very pleased to doha that you know it so your. embassy and so i will join all accused there will have this impact on an equal situation having said that we have to maintain to keep to keep our eye on developments. pakistan course has ordered the

release of the man convicted for the killing of u.s. journalist daniel pearl in 2002. side shaikh is being freed while an appeal is under way early this year the high court overturned his murder charge that was challenged by polls family i had rashid is a journalist and author of taliban militant islam or oil and fundamentalism in central asia he says international pressure could lead to his imprisonment. there must be a very serious internal middle she ations going on in islamabad between the government the intelligence agencies the military. and of course if this case is sent up to the supreme court in islamabad it's quite likely he would be jailed again the problem is that he's being he's being rejected now for several years on 90 day detention order which is not exactly what he you know he would be convicted of

murdering daniel. and. and he's been sentenced to 18 years in jail. but you know his actual yelling and being carried out on a on a had not basis or a 90 day tension order now the question is i mean every 90 days we are having this crisis you know the same bike or freezing the government tries to block it or issues an appeal against freeing him and usually wins. are in place now now and this time. it's the rift between the government and the courts and the intelligence agencies is quite large. iraq's government recently devalued the local currency the iraqi dinar by more than 20 percent it's the biggest currency devaluation against the dollar since the 2003 fall of saddam hussein prices of everyday goods and services have suddenly skyrocketed fuelling

fare and anger among many iraqis spent decades struggling to survive financially housecats that has this report back that. for more than a year the abraham has been coming to protest in central baghdad to demand better services political reform and an end to what he says has been decades of government corruption and mismanagement. but he's here today because like many iraqis he is shocked and angry about the government's recent devaluation of the iraqi deano against the dollar by more than 20 percent yet to stand by the government's action i will i think to lose almost quarter of myself because i'm paid indiana the finest meanest that says it won't affect us how we are not. the government said it had to devalue iraq's current sea because of a collapse in the oil prices brought on by a slump in global energy demands due to the coronavirus pandemic this

devaluation is the biggest since the fall of saddam hussein in 2003 and experts are saying it means the already a reasonable economic situation for millions of iraqis could get even worse. this is back dance usually bustling wholesale market but it's been very quiet since the devaluation of the dino the collapse in iraq's industrial and food producing sexes in recent decades means most food and domestic products are imported from neighboring countries especially turkey and iran. about goods the old dollar price you know we have to sell the devalued price so i put my prices on for a lose a lot of money it hits every day people the hardest and there are no jobs because we don't have a comma so think is in charge this means shopkeepers have had no choice but to suddenly put their prices up too and still go out and i still haven't received my give a month pension and even when i do it it will be much less all the prices have suddenly

increased of course it is affecting our state of lee even before the current she devaluation the world bank predicted and shop rising property in iraq almost 90 percent of iraqi government revenue comes from oil but plummeting prices have caused a cash crisis. iraq's public sector has tripled in size to more than 4000000 employees since 2003 delays in payment of government salaries and the lack of private sector jobs have fueled the protests hundreds of people have been killed in the crackdown no one has been called to account for the deaths it is a disaster is that the vast or for the middle class the lower class but not the top class obviously but the main reason is corruption corruption is the one because there are other oil producing countries that are not defective as iraq is of course iraq sells or oil in dollars so they don't get affected but the people are getting

their salaries in there and so instead of ripping off the budget they're ripping off the lawyers themselves and that means financial hardship for iraqis and potentially full civil and political rest. but i'll just era baghdad. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. to go to finally reach to post breaks a trade deal 9 and a half months of negotiations went into the 11th hour with just a week to go before the u.k. beeves the single market parliaments must rest 5 you agree ment commission chief live on the line hailed it as fair and said it's time to move on let's hear from the british prime minister now i think this deal means a new stability and a new and a certainty in what has sometimes been a fractious and difficult relationship we will be your friend

you outline your supporter.