only done in developing countries right now electronic waste is the most prayed it has and it's with retracing the tech through the criminal organizations making big profits and asking why the west is turning a blind eye. manmade on the waste trail on al-jazeera. hello i'm you're watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes months of negotiations and with only a week to go the u.k. and the e.u. agree on a post breaks it trade deal one that's welcomed on both sides of the channel. also

coming up south african health officials say there are alarmed by the surgeon infections from a variant strain of the corona virus in the united states a pandemic relief package awaits presidential sign off the democrats off another setback trying to boost payments to struggling americans. and tough times for big tech even in china beijing launches an anti monopoly investigation into jack mas. amounts on how much not have all the support. thomas still has their head coach of 4 months after guiding them to the champions league final. well after 8 months of ten's talks in just 7 days before the deadline the european union and the u.k. have clinched a trade deal the agreement for a 0 tariff 0 quotes a relationship covers everything from energy to what became the crucial issue of

fish the e.u. won protection for a level playing field on regulation while the u.k. avoided a future role for the european court of justice versions prime minister boris johnson claimed he delivered the promises of the 2016 vote to leave with his country no longer bound by rules but european commission president under law and said e.u. rules will be respected by a balanced deal which protects member states interests is at the end of the story not quite. ambassadors in the 27 members will meet on friday christmas day to discuss it while british m.p.'s will be recalled for a vote next wednesday both must agree by midnight on the 31st for the deal to become official or a challenge as our ports. finally breaks it is done 4 and a half years after the referendum almost at the end of the 11 month transition period the u.k. and the e.u.

argues negotiated compromise times cajoled but they've done what many fear they couldn't and agree to a future trading relationship it's a moment of reflection for the european commission president at the end of a successful negotiations generally i know many feel joy. but today i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly speaking in relief for the u.k.'s prime minister it's a political success that caps a year which gave him very few of them. there will be no palisade of terrorists on january the 1st and they'll be no non-tariff barriers to trade and instead there will be a giant free trade zone of which we will once be a member and at the same time be able to do our own free trade deals one area of disputes that seen compromises fishing rights outside the e.u.

britain has control of its exclusive economic zone but it's had to budge on how much access he has have there's also been movement on state aid to allay e.u. fears european companies could suffer from unfair competition and now both have an imperative to gether to make this deal look as good. as possible and that will many my shorts and disruption the government's independent spending watchdog says not reaching a deal would have nots 2 percent off u.k. growth in 2021 alone partly because of temporary disruptions to cross border trade 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 read ok to the e.u. and there are still unanswered questions about how to avoid physical border checks

between northern ireland part of the u.k. and ireland in the member for now both sides will be happy to have something to show for the torturous negotiations boris johnson insists the relationship is still closed this country will remain culturally emotionally historically strategically geologically. attached to your part of the year of the u.k. has finally done what the 2016 referendum result demanded if distance itself from europe 3 times down to 0 will so the deal's been done but what's in it and has either side fed better or principally secures a 0 tower if market for goods sidestepping the possibility that prices on both sides could have soared forcing businesses to suffer on the key british issue of access to fish in u.k. waters e.u. boats will keep access for 5 and a half years but the size of that catch will shrink the u.k.

fishing industry says it's disappointed there isn't more of a break from the e.u. for europe a key demand was protecting that level playing field common rules to stop one side gaining a competitive advantage it says they'll be built in safeguards with incentives to abide by it beyond all of this there are deals covering transport data sharing in health plus agreements on law enforcement for example smoothing the process of extradition but it won't be as swift as it was before on the deal the u.k. has also opted out of miss that student program also britons will no longer be able to avoid mobile phone roaming charges and they'll be more paperwork as well if they want to travel with that pets. on is the managing director for europe at the risk consultancy eurasia group he's also worked as an economist for the european commission and u.k.'s treasury joins us now from london by skype so both sides appear to have compromised but what is your initial 'd reading of the

deal has as perhaps one side given way more than the other. i think i think both sides have moved is as expected in any trade negotiation and frankly of this importance the u.k. has moved off some of its red lines european union has done the same and frankly i think the discussion over who compromised more is a bit academic at this point because the ratification process which will take place next week on both sides will go through on both sides i think there's very little risk that is either told petone in the commons or that the member states decide that there's something about the agreement that they don't like so to compromise more who compromise less is actually something of an academic discussion now there is a new agreement it will come into effect on the 1st of january how you describe the political reaction in this country and people that wanted to leave the e.u. bracks it says will they be satisfied with this. broadly speaking and i think it's

interesting that's a lot of the mall right leaning papers and media that's typically supportive of boris johnson and the conservative party chile splashed bunch of headlines this morning but we're all very supportive of the agreement and the 5 to deal had been reached and that was before the detail of the agreement had even been announced so i think that there is support 'd for the 5 boris johnson prime minister has delivered on the commitment in the election last year on the 2016 referendum and he has implemented a version of an agreement that is closer to a canada style relationship with your than either being in the customs union or the single market or a relationship that would if the put the u.k. back on a trajectory of close economic and political ties so i think it's landed pretty well frankly for boris johnson as i say and as i say you know there are some euro skeptics in parliament but wanted no deal and as

a result will be unhappy with some of the compromises he has made but the deal will go through i think with tory support so there's little risk of big political negative reaction i think for him you raise a really interesting point about the future trajectory of their relationship and is this the beginning then of a new era it's not the end of it and if the future relationship now has to evolve in a new way and very difficult to say how that might how that might take shape in terms of rebuilding diplomatic economic ties in years to come. i think that's right i am as as as european commission president as live on the alliance that this is the end but it's also the beginning and a senior french soul said to me the same to me i think it's a bit early to judge the direction of travel for the 2 sides now but my own sense is this government wants to do things differently that was the purpose of breck's

it saying it will want to symbolically diverged substantively divergent i think thinking within whitehall in the u.k. system around areas where it wants to diverge will now make sure that the u.k. is actually executed and i suspect that will introduce more friction into the relationship because there are as you said the level playing field provisions that the government will meet a bite by in order to retain the 0 taria 0 quota access to the single market and if the government does things that the europeans feel and to cut their standards will give them a competitive advantage not we'll reintroduce more trade fiction i suspect we're in a situation where over the medium to long term the space and platform for close the ties will actually shrink not grow because i think there will be a desire within the tory party to maintain bret's and euro skepticism is a dividing issue and i don't think kissed omma leader the labor party frankly has not much space to deliver

a much meaningfully closer relationship so i suspect we are looking up loosening ties going forward that will further i think put even more distance in the relationship between the 2. it's good to talk a thank you very much much the raman joining us. and i ought to news out live from london much more still ahead for you we're going to look at the situation in argentina a shot in the arm for corona virus defense is there 300000 doses of russia's sputnik vaccine are rife. jummy experiences and all but silent night this christmas eve as it also deals with a spike in coronavirus cases and then later in the sports castles generation amazing project as the country prepares to host the football world cup in 2022.

2 new strains of the corona virus of emerged in africa with separate mutations recorded in one area and south africa a new variant in south africa is believed to be more infectious contributing to experts of called an alarming rate of contagion countries total number of cases is rapidly approaching $1000000.00 several nations of restricted travel from south africa as a precaution there is harm with tasa is in johannesburg. 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 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 super speed events where they aren't wearing masks and they aren't practicing social distancing the government what is trying to do is to try to 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 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 are also warning that if these infections keep rising so therefore could reach its peak within the next 2 weeks is the simplest barrier 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 festive season there could be an increase in infections not just in this part of africa but the rest of the continent as well. well jeff lazarus is a researcher and head of the health systems research group at the barcelona institute for global health and he's saying that the new variants serve as a reminder of how quickly vaccinations need to be rolled out. there is a new strain that was it in divide in the u.k. recently there's now been a new strain of variant identified in the south in south africa so viruses mutate that's no surprise it just means we need to move very quickly we need to reduce the number of cases that we need the same protection measures as always face masks and washing travel restrictions avoiding large groups so that we have less about iris in the communities that is less likelihood that it will mutate further and become a serious problem but now we know that the strain that was identified in the u.k. is all across western europe you just yesterday on the another 30 cases were

identified in denmark and they believe piracy quints to small percentage of a lot of cases so once we know it's spreading and with a series of for the travel restrictions what we really need to avoid is it's additional new variants now when if checks promise to millions of americans are still on hold as politicians baker the changes to the package democrats and republicans are in a tit for tat struggle of the changes the truth 2 trillion dollars plan comes after president trump said the $600.00 individual payments were too small and called for $2000.00 per person democrats supported the rise but republicans are blocking it. rolls in jordan is in washington and joins us now and so it seems as every time that might be close to agreement there is another obstacle in the way where are we with this deal now. well everything is up in the air and that's because

now the $5000.00 pages of legislation that would allow for the smaller amount of pandemic relief for americans making $75000.00 if they're single or twice that if there are married that legislation is on its way to the u.s. president donald trump who is spending this holiday weekend at his home in florida now whether or not the president signs the legislation is one of the big questions he is opposed to the legislation because of as among other things as you've noted the amount of money to help people is only $600.00 a one time payment and donald trump has said that people should be getting $2000.00 per person as well as the additional money if they have children that is up in the air we don't know whether the president is actually going to try to veto the

legislation now certainly there's a good reason why he needs to sign it or rather several recent one the federal government runs out of funding to operate as of monday night and so in order for the government to avoid being in put into what's known as shutdown and we've been through this movie before the legislation would need to be signed in order for people to get that emergency funding the bill needs to be signed in order for people to continue to receive unemployment insurance under a number of programs the bill needs to be signed if there needs to if there's going to be emergency help for businesses the bill needs to be signed so it's not just the emergency one time $600.00 versus one time $2000.00 check that would be going to most americans there all of these other issues that are in play and so that really is the question now legislators how are have left washington for the. as part for the holiday weekend the house of representatives is supposed to come back

on monday and be prepared to deal with the all of these matters again especially given that the clock will be taking on whether the government can stay open beyond monday but really unless there's a meeting of the minds between congressional republicans and democrats it almost doesn't really matter what the president wants because there's no was a unity of mind on that side of pennsylvania avenue thanks very much in washington rosen jordan well 1st in a very of coven $1000.00 vaccines arrived in argentina with the fuss doses set to be given out on monday it's one of the few countries to accept a delivery of russia spawning the vaccine to new sean are reports on this now from what is iris. there's been a great deal of expectation huge coverage of the events before the airplane the erroneous our continues plane arrived in argentina a government team had to go to moscow has been there for

a couple of weeks talking to the or thorough there are containers doesn't have a direct route to moscow so that also had to be negotiated and every single detail covered in the argentine media the number of pilots on that plane the conditions of the sputnik 5 had to be kept under and then the time of arrival so as i say huge expectation that plane is now landed there say sorry airport in one of cyrus and this massive operation is underway to see that it's distributed around the country . the arrival in argentina of the 1st batch of 300000 doses of the sputnik vaccine from moscow a symbol of hope for the country's 45000000 inhabitants or the health experts warn there are still difficult days ahead. the start of the vaccination program does not mean the end of the pandemic is just the start of a road that will lead to 70 percent of the population being vaccinated days

important but it's only the beginning. after approving the vaccine on wednesday the argentine north or it is a working with their russian colleagues to convince a skeptical population safe also that she was when you were on the go shave with other producers for alternative vaccines. you know morning as of today we've not heard anything against the vaccines it's all positives who choose to refuse to be vaccinated it is complicated but by law looks a nation in argentina is obligatory. now begins the huge logistical operation of distributing the vaccine to the distant corners of this enormous country the 8th largest in the world the future of trucks is taking so. plies to argentina's 23 provinces where 1800 vaccination points are being set up there's still a long road ahead but in a country that suffered more than 42000 deaths and over one and

a half 1000000 infections argentina hopes that the arrival of this 1st shipment from russia marks the beginning of the end of the covered 19 pandemic. from my medical staff to be the 1st to be vaccinated but health experts are keen to stress that the battle against the corona virus is far from one. our concern is that the infections are rising but we've been very focused on the vaccination plan to prevent more hospitalizations and more deaths especially in intensive care so we're targeting the 1st of all those who are at the most risk in the most vulnerable. that. are imposing fresh quarantine restrictions over the holiday periods trying to keep rising infections under control and the hopes and expectations of the recently arrived vaccine in check. so the vaccination program is due to begin on monday and the idea is that it starts in each of the $23.00

arjen time province up more or less the same time. number of doses of the sputnik vaccine being sent to the capitals of each of those provinces depending on the size of the quantity depending on the size of the population and then there will be a coordinated operation to make sure as many people as possible are vaccinated there are problems to overcome there's been political moves against pacifically the russian vaccine the argentine or thirty's are the go shooting with pfizer as to the senate go to university to try to bring their vaccines here they also work under the scheme to try to bring vaccines to the countries that can least afford it so there will be other vaccines arriving here in the next few months with the idea that the vast majority of arjen science $45000000.00 inhabitants will be vaccinated towards the middle of next year all the vaccine made by pfizer in biotech is also

arrived in hospitals in chile they're just the 1st 10000 of the 10000000. health workers in the capital santiago is the 1st to be inoculated the rollout will continue in the southern provinces on friday thought she hoped to not kill a 80 percent of chile's $19000000.00 people in the 1st half of next year. well mexico has started its own vaccination campaign with an intensive kenna's receiving the 1st approved older people those of underlying health conditions and teachers will also be prioritized the initial roll out could be small country has only received $3000.00 doses of the pfizer pantech job so far another $53000.00 are expected next week with government a need to have a total of almost $12000000.00 by the middle of next year well john heilemann joins us live now from mexico city and i suppose that's the challenge that countries all around the world are facing but might be felt acutely there in mexico if they just don't have enough vaccines for the groups that prioritizing.

yeah they're going to have a round in effect since the plan is by the end of january to be able to vaccinate just over one percent of the population so it is going to be reasonably slow here supposes it is everywhere else but mates who is very proud of being the 1st country in latin america to have a ready to roll out vaccine when it arrived on wednesday here but at the same time this country especially the capital where we are is in real problems right now and that's because hospitals are almost full up there's very few ventilators left of vailable for a population of one of the biggest cities in the world and we were speaking to nurses actually that were in the queue to get the vaccination and they were saying our hospitals are just completely saturated they've got 7 people or so dying a day they were saying and the moment that one person goes out another person is going in we actually did a tour of all of the hospitals that we could get to about 6 was sort of hospitals

earlier this week none of them at the moment had big queues outside of the so the health system isn't collapsing as yet but going into january it does look like a bit of a bleak panorama of the mets go and obviously the vaccine it's just started off here isn't going to be enough to be able to counteract that when it comes now what the government's done is they've declared of red alert for the capital city which means the only essential businesses have been left open and they're just trying to get people out in the streets december shopping here in the december crowds seem to be just as big as always especially in mexico city center where we've gone to film this weeks they were trying to put an end to that and trying to get people to get on site they've been sending text messages saying there's no more space in hospitals don't have parties is christmas don't have people around so i suppose the vaccine is a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel but much closer here in january there are hard times ahead for a country that's already failed really to get the cases down from the peak thank

you very much from mexico city john home then. meanwhile here thousands of truck drivers will remain stranded at the english ports of dover for christmas day waiting on negative coronavirus results so far only 3 drivers have tested positive with more than 2300 getting the all clear had of the chance to cross the english channel fewer than $100.00 vehicles had left the port on wednesday evening most likely to have spent a total of 5 nights in their vehicles with limited food water and access to sanitation one of the people stuck at the was ronald schroeder a boat imported from germany off today stuck at a port he's finally on route to be with his family on christmas day he told us what it took to get moving yesterday i went to get through to get to the right person. or close this morning i wake up went into the line of the harbor. at 8 o'clock. our forty's except from yesterday.

kripke 1st payment date as. the result was negative so i could pass the border christmas i told with my daughter with what's happened with my wife. it's a great feeling. both organisation the british government through this crisis and no hopes to. do brings no hope don't miss it if you don't come up with the i'll be really pissed very. little. for me it looks like that the ships are impeded. that they're looking not this. particular reason why because there are enough crop trucks of the who. are to get organized ration if this crisis. is totally failed michael board

your ship the home and all. that there she was calm just a very cold one hardly. for days and on top of the fire to her own happy to go home. where people around the world thought of writing an unusual christmas this year of course because of the pandemic with celebrations muted in a lot of places at the vatican pope francis celebrated a low key christmas eve in a reception of some peter's basilica people to do more to help those in need the mass usually attended by up to 10000 people this time it was less than 100 it also started earlier so that people could return home before a curfew at 10 pm italians are under a nationwide lockdown for much of the christmas and new year holidays and then palestinian christians are preparing to celebrate in bethlehem despite surge in covert cases in the occupied west bank midnight mass will take place in the church of nativity where christians say jesus christ was born but without

a congregation has been no terrorism in israel and the occupied west bank since israel imposed a ban on foreign travel in march because of cut it. germans as well i'm marking this year with another lockdown so some celebrations there the new day the number of infections is in the 10s of thousands and deaths in the many hundreds social distancing means that most people are home with their immediate families and that's far removed from the larger gatherings and famous markets traditionally associated with this time of year as dominic cain reports from the capital in. this is christmas in coded lockdown a season of the mandatory mask wearing clothes chops and public facility at a minimum markets that might otherwise be thriving are now empty the few places filling up a hospital wards packed with patients in a serious or critical condition more than 5000 of them will spend this christmas

alone in hospital which explains the official advice to wider society it's pretty hard to i'm going louche i urgently plead with you to spend the holidays with only a very small number of family members please reduce your contacts to the necessary minimum don't travel to meet as few people as possible and if you do meet the same people meet outside if possible. on average the corona virus has killed more than 650 people in germany every day this week dealing with such numbers is straining the health system particularly for those whose work is safely and humanely to dispose of the bodies were role models but we have special precautionary measures with regard to disinfection and even some special incineration rituals when it comes to these specific cases the coffins are sealed the deceased are wrapped in body bags so there is hardly any possibility to be touched by the virus and that is how coffins get into the crematorium ovens for many what hope there is this christmas is in the form of the vaccine that's jew to start being distributed from

sunday here in berlin ministers hope to have around $60000.00 doses available by the end of this month with the aim to provide around $30000.00 doses per week early in the new year but in a city with a population of more than 3000000 that means many people will have to wait a long time dominic kane al-jazeera in the german capital. watching the news hour live from london much more still ahead a lifesaver for bangkok's police had waterways and the people who live by them as new electric berries take to the wolves and that is for one of basketball's biggest stars finds himself in trouble just days into the new n.b.a. season what have those details a bit later. hello

a wintry scene is unfolding slowly across the european plain to give a traditional christmas day look this is what it will look like to him she's dropping down low single figures will be plenty of snow particularly on the alps and then it squashes down against what is still going to be rain in the balkans so that does take a case in point vienna down to 5 degrees in the cold wind on friday but it will change to a sunny skies thing but look at the temperatures minus 5 minus 2 these are overnight lows it'll be frosty on the ground the reason snow to look at in the mountains snow proper will start to fall i think on saturday throughout the balkans that's a slow moving bottom end of this frontal it's been pushing dance for europe and of course being fed by moisture from below so that's a potential lot of snow half a meter likely in sarajevo still snowing on sunday until the afternoon then the solly when you start to rise so sudden europe won't necessarily join in however the

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of clinched a trade deal. 0 tariff 0 closer relationship covers everything from energy to it became the crucial issue of pish the e.u. want protection for a level playing field on regulation while the u.k. avoided a future role for the year in course of justice. under all the top story this hour 2 new strains of the coronavirus have emerged in africa with separate mutations recorded in nigeria and south africa the variant in south africa is believed to be more infectious contributing to the expose of called a moment rate of spread of calls people around the world are celebrating an unusual christmas this year because of the pandemic with noted celebrations at the vatican pope francis celebrated a low key christmas eve with a mass attended by less than $100.00 people so more now on that post breaks a trade deal which has finally been agreed so we want to take a look then at what happens next both sides now need to get any new deal ratified by their respective parliaments by the end of the year and that's just in

a week's time there should then be no noticeable change to trade with the u.k. keeping tower free access to the european single market but a customs border will be erected between the mainland and northern ireland as part of a previous agreement to avoid a hard border on the island lasting 6 years and freedom of movement will end with the u.k. implementing a new points based immigration system employers will be required to check the e.u. citizens are eligible to work or face penalties. the un and reilly previously served as an aide to britain's former secretary of state for exiting the e.u. stephen bach he's also a p.r. communications advisor joins us now from hitchin by skype and so he was saying that this deal smoothed the way for u.k. and european companies have access to each other's markets in a way that is more favorable than those organizations rules but when you when you look at what's been agreed here where do you think it wedging it might fall short what what are the flaws well it's really interesting erin because what we've got

here is possibly the 1st trade deal in history where we started with free trade and we've moved to a point where there are more barriers in the word to begin with so it isn't going to be a perfect deal quite clearly there would have been compromise on both sides but i think that whether your boris johnson tonight or whether your little delay and i think you were pretty chuffed you've been able to deliver a big deal in record time very complex still is obviously those key areas like fishing where there may have been some compromises is here is about a level playing field as well but on the whole we need to see the legal text before we can decide where the losers and winners will be. right and so then how when how do you how is this going to change the relationship i mean one thing that has been predicted obviously is that the u.k. is going to suffer a fall in g.d.p. . yes i think the predictions were. without

a deal we'd be looking at potentially losing 6 percent of g.d.p. with a deal of this nature we're looking at only losing 4 percent of g.d.p. so you know we are still looking at a potential loss a loss an oreo and in particular looking at the fishing industry which is a contentious point that's worth around 0 point one percent of the u.k. his overall economy so there was never really going to be any doubt the fishing was going to be the thing that broke this deal but i think it's one of those contributions that allows us to avoid a cliff edge brax it a point that it's orderly brax a potentially build on this over the coming years to build a closer closer range of between the u.k. and the european union and of course the opportunity for the u.k. now is to go out and get those trade deals with the likes of the usa and other nations where we haven't been able to trade with before i thought happens that potentially things could be looking good but as you say those figures regardless will result in a loss of u.k. g.d.p.

. and very difficult to say how this is going to play out in in years to come isn't it though it obviously the country was divided on this issue but there was a vote referendum in 2016 and this was the result when you speak about a process of rebuilding times and perhaps a closer relationship. could ever be reversed could you ever see a sort of political context or situation in which britain tries to rejoin the block . it's a really interesting question and i think that depending on the outlook of how this 1st initial phase of brooks it go if it goes well but obviously i think that perhaps sets a blueprint for other you member states to look at britain and cite it well for them why don't we go to life if it goes poorly and britain's economy suffers in a significant way then quite clearly there may be a discussion for the u.k. in 1015 years time to sight hang with

a minute why don't we think about having close its eyes with the european union but i think until then because it has been such an emotive difficult issue for the united kingdom i think a lot of people are going to be getting that the more i feeling relieved that we can hopefully grow a line and it breaks it and look forward to the future with the outlook of the pandemic amongst us thank you very much leon and ronnie joining us that. well stay affiliated media in ethiopia is reporting that soldiers have killed a group of men accused of an attack on a village incident in the western region of. 100 villages killed media reports just 42 men were then targeted off the prime minister mid-sentence troops in visited the area the day before the attacks calling for unity off the recent deadly clashes between ethnic groups there and then the central african republic is braced for sunday's general election after a week of unrest leading up to the poll in

a bid for calm large crowds of women march to the head forces of the un peacekeeping mission in the capital tensions have fled to ahead of the vote for president with rebels capturing a large town earlier in the week is now in the hands of u.n. peacekeepers and national security forces catherine sawyer has been with the demonstrators in bunky. where this demonstrates i say that they are marching for peace they say that they want a peaceful election they blame their rebellion they blame the rebels who have formed this poor list and are threatening to advance 2 words long already this a rebel movement called paycheck of change help for the model of a problem in the countryside with the last where they are fighting with other international while the u.n. and government forces of the women are marching to the u.n.

headquarters they say that they want to be able to exercise their right to vote and what's very interesting is the flags that they've been carrying many of them occur in you know flags from regional countries but most interesting there's a lot of people carrying russian flags this just goes to show from ball out for this country we have a lot of countries foreign countries the russians have been deploying a military. very advisers have been. giving aid to military aides to this country with the president's advice an opossum all the cutesy made up of russia and the london have also sent troops. the french also have a very strong hold in this country so there seems to be a little soft power a lot of people i'm talking to say. the interest in the natural resources the of these countries are rich in gold on your am and die among those wow but it's

important to take note that while all this is going on the political dynamics the geopolitics the scramble for resources these women central africa. are saying that they do not feel that they in control of their country the one that come to be bought and the same they don't want people to be able to peacefully vote for the leader that they want. casaus says bahraini fighter jets violated it's as space earlier this month gulf nation has raised the issue with the u.n. security council saying behind threatens its sovereignty and security the incident happened just over 2 weeks ago bahrain is one of 4 nations along with saudi arabia egypt and the u.a.e. that began a blockade on qatar in 2017 at least 20 people have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of tunisia those on board were thought to be trying to reach the italian island of lampedusa when the vessel capsized

coast guard officials said 5 people rescued and they're looking for 20 others at least 45 migrants were on board the boat one of the one of the world's largest shopping websites is under investigation china is accusing ali baba a lot of publicity behavior is yet another blow for the company's founder jack ma as regulators attempt to rein in his expanding business empire sarah clarke reports from hong kong. he has a net worth of around $50000000000.00 and is china's 2nd richest man jack meyer is also the founder of the e-commerce giant alibaba which regulators have accused of using monopolistic tactics they have been signaling for quite some charm changes are what they do not want edge of an essence control of market share is filled by 8 percent when stock markets opened the investigation as part of a wider government crackdown on china's booming internet space it's also yet

another setback for the alibaba group which planned a jewel listing of its and company last month regulators said it didn't meet disclosure requirements in the i.p.o. was shelved 2 days before its market debut. as we all know it's already the largest online payment service provider in 1000000 china and still have a lot room to grow most of the mainland part and they don't use cash anymore they simply use a cell phone to pay everything not only apparel not only but you know the fastest but even they buy a car they don't use a mobile phone and group is the crown jewel in the alley barber empire the listing was expected to raise as much as $37000000000.00 that would have made it the world's largest i.p.o. since oil giant saudi aramco listed last december the largest i.p.o. today is i believe the saudi arabia oil company which is listed on a couple of years ago at 28000000000. and sister company alibaba went public in

2014 listing on the new york stock exchange in a $25000000000.00 flight this time the company chose the domestic market in china for its debut but the mega float is on hold for now this site is investigation is part of the government's escalating scrutiny of jack expanding empire and represents heightened tensions between chinese president xi jinping and the billionaire in a state but the company says it will comply with the regular his requests its executives are expected to be summoned in coming days sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong well now to thailand the capital is notorious for traffic and pollution including its waterways that's why the government is looking to make one popular method of transport greener and quieter scott hyder reports from bangkok. fishing out his front door like he has for the last 40 years a marine that needs your mom lives in a community of houses built on stilts lining the edge of bangkok's busiest day now

. while the fishing might be convenient the steady increase of commuter boats rushing by has become unbearable but there is some relief on the way a switch to elect a. both. the electric plants will generate less knowns i won't bother people so much but. bangkok was once described as the venice of the east and many of the 10000000 people here still use its waterways to get around. and the boats used to carry them are noisy big polluters putting toxins in the water and into the air. so the city government has launched a quieter and greener alternative a 3 month electric boat pilot program right in the center of the capital 8 boats to start and so far they're carrying a 1000 passengers a day so while it takes 4 hours at the pier to fully charge the batteries to run the twin engines for the boat these solar panels provide the power for the instruments and the lights on the vessel of course the biggest challenge is

changing people's minds we have to encourage them to switch from private to public transportation routes are a good option because of the heavy street traffic so the introduction of electric boats can help both congestion and reduce pollution the boats and most of the components are manufactured here in thailand only the motors in the batteries are imported there is hope that the indigenous industry will expand so one day the vessels will be 100 percent. i think evy is a kind of. initiate the next step is to encourage people all even the government itself to the most seriously think about having the even electric vehicles because if that is the next generation full fall it is in very much a friendly puppy times but asian so while the government hopes that the program is successful and that the fossil fuel powered boats are on the way out could be getting some good news his canal is set to be the next phase for the electric boats

and that will allow him to fish in peace and relative quiet scott either al-jazeera bangkok. still ahead for you on the news out. head coach on christmas eve we'll have the details with santa after the break.

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spice out on the have sacked thomas 200 as their head coach the german had been in charge for 2 and a half years and guided p.s.g. to the champions league final last season he's also won 2 league titles as well as a cool dude hols and that could delay league 2 whole lives with the club but in the round of 16 in the champions league and one point off the top spot in the french top division there are reports that former tottenham manager. put it in york is being lined up to take over p.s.g. but we've been speaking to a former p.s.g. a pill a edited domi who doesn't feel the holes dismissal is a huge surprise you know 1st of all we must say that you know thomas thought that there be a major problem isn't someone who wants to be tired or must you and i went to the champions league final it's just another season now and i don't think you were under since faith was a little known on the board especially in the recruitment because they were through

with the law and charity that was going to our money and i didn't want some players but you're not all brought in some others so that's where the problem came and then you know thomas was a completely from them a little bit too much in the in the newspaper and t.v. and and that's why you know the. irish and byron we're going on there straight in the league not cruising because you don't have a real pre-season so all that you know relations were good so that's why i did this and i'm going. to do. have a full manager yogen club has dismissed speculations that egyptian international mohamed salah was unhappy and wants to leave the club cellar has admitted leahy that he was disappointed not to be named captain for the champions league game earlier this month. more than a good mood more is a good moment. really good shape so that's the most important thing for me and draining ok too there were no cameras and now you would have seen him laughing

a lot. joy to session so. that's good as well and all the rest. for sure nice for all of you to write about but internally nothing nothing really all the solve the next football world cup in qatar is now less than 2 years away the torment itself will last less than a month but organizers hope its benefits will be felt for years and it is the reports. head of the 2022 world cup the ongoing transformation of cattle as a landscape is hard to miss but organizers want the impact of this event to be felt far beyond the country's borders. regeneration amazing project is helping to build football facilities and train coaches in deprived communities all over the world and it already has a decade of work to its name. went to

a new generation is it started in 2010 almost 10 years ago now. the 1st thing that we did was we got a football pitch in a refugee camp in the region so we looked at jordan and lebanon obviously those are the areas that were being affected with threat of the refugee problem you know populations coming in and then based on that kind of want to take our sort of impacts. from some of football's biggest names have got involved to spread the message and share their expertise including australia's all time leading scorer tim cahill who played at 4 world cups so really generation amazing is the legacy i really want to target education and grassroots this is how i started at 16 you know it's very difficult for me to get my opportunity from history and to even play in a world cup to be honest with you so i feel. to be in this position for the generation amazing project has reach more than half a 1000000 people in 5 different continents didn't hate rwanda or back here in katz

all the central themes of inclusiveness see and gender equality remain this as a kid story girl i love playing football but i don't feel like i am given the opportunity to play it here without being judged by my community or are people in general so i really wanted to like find a solution for that and improve the situation and allow other girls like me to play football here and qatar i think the world cup will be a great forum for that sort of change because for those who do not necessarily. are aware of what qatar stands for a what the world cup is yet to bring or like programs like generation amazing i think it will allow them to see different sides and understand football is something that is for everyone. game changing individuals making sure the middle east 1st world cup is about far more than just a 4 week for each moment on the richardson al-jazeera don't. be a has been rocked by

a coronavirus concerns on just the 2nd day of its new season wednesday's game between the houston rockets and the oklahoma city thunder had to be the spall and it followed 3 rockets players that were turning coal that mine 100 tests were either positive or in that other legal field the houston star james harden in particular was unavailable and slapped him with a $50000.00 fine for violating coronavirus rules by attending an indoor party on monday hardin that will be in current until friday meaning he could be eligible to play saturday when his team is to finally open its season in portland or we've been speaking to n.b.a. insider brendan scoobie robinson who explained how serious the n.b.a. are taken health and safety during the pandemic. essentially james hearted was at a gathering supporting a friend and some have called it a club where it's believed you know james harden often visits but essentially he

was not wearing a mask. not following the n.b.a.'s protocol for cold 19 and the n.b.a. issued 158 page memo to all 30 teams indicating that players are not allowed to participate at large gathering at large they have 2 meals when they're out and about all the essential the james harden used to rockets was caught on video. that was released from black sports online and showed that it was out in public and not do it was posted to the n.b.a. slapped with a $50000.00 fine and i want to be careful when i say this just because players are out in public or at clubs or strip club does not mean that they're going to contract the coronavirus but the n.b.a. definitely making sure that players are being safe and that's a spot for man and give that to many in. the senate thanks very much that wraps up

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