life. teaching the next generation to strive for a higher level. and ensoul installing in his country a sense of freedom and strength. new heights my chin is here on al-jazeera. 'd 'd from glad tidings of great joy because this is a deal. the u.k. prime minister hails the last ditch breck's at agreements on trades with the e.u. as britons respond with mixed feelings. hello there i am here dean and this is al jazeera life and doha also coming out. a

record daily occurrence of coronavirus cases in south korea as it struggles to control 2nd wave of the outbreak plus. m dosage of bari in a village in south there on with these women who didn't have any income before the pandemic and they are supporting their entire families by making nasty. i. suppose huge christmas celebrations across the world as nations battled the biggest health crisis in recent times. but after years of uncertainty the european union and the u.k. have agreed a trade deal that will define their relationship for decades in a christmas address to the nation british prime minister boris johnson called the bracks agreement a tiding of great joy e.u. leaders are calling it a fair and balanced arrangement or

a challenge reports from london this means that the u.k. has voted to leave the european union. finally rex it is 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. argued negotiated compromised and cajoled but they've done what many feared they couldn't and agreed to a future trading relationship. it's a moment of reflection for the european commission president. at the end of a successful negotiations journey i normally feel joy. but today i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly speaking 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 work together to make this deal look good and run as smoothly as possible and that will many my short term 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 the u.k. business is 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 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 europe but in the year of the u.k. has finally done what the 2016 referendum result demanded it's distance itself from europe rory talents out of the era. well that's good so the lease is from

the barker he joins us from london and they have a deal has been done what happens next. what happens next i assume is a process of healing but it is of course $1646.00 days since the referendum that almost 'd split the british population down the middle on whether or not they felt the u.k. should remain or leave the european union i don't think it's fair to say that that split is exactly the same now largely because people are pretty weary are for 4 and a half years of talking about this is taking a pandemic to push bricks it out of the way is being the biggest talking point amongst the british population many people now see this trade deal as simply being the lesser of 2 evils given the looming prospect of a no deal departure from the european union something of an uphill struggle for the british government and in trying to convince people they voted for brakes and also

people that didn't vote for brakes this is all in the national interest boris thompson has to get through parliament is expected to do that with ease given his significant majority the opposition labor party have also said that lightly to back it largely because they don't want to no deal convincing the british population will be i think an ongoing project in the coming years less of an issue for michelle body and the european union a body will brief e.u. diplomats later on today it's up to the e.u. diplomats the ambassadors to return to their respective countries and basically explain exactly what's been going on but we know that the e.u. have been kept abreast of the details of this deal as it's b. as the negotiations have been going on so no surprises for them which means that they are able to now ratify it in the new year so in terms of the use approach to this it is an agreement in principle here in the u.k.

it needs to get through parliament or the 30th by the end of the year at least that's likely to happen but the wider picture of convince the public much tougher one. need everyone has been trying to spin this as a winner of sorts after those torturous negotiations but compromises were made and they were made by both sides when they. yeah i mean i expect an awful lot of spin we've already heard from boris johnson you know adding a kind of festive cheer to to all of this is it of course a christmas miracle or was it a nightmare before christmas it depends on who you're talking to really the french and the dutch we know have spun this the other way saying that the u.k. have conceded an awful lot we don't know a tremendous amount about the details of this 2000 page document at the moment but we have clearly heard from boris johnson that he thinks that it is all very much in the national interest but talking about fish pacifically because that was one of

the main sticking points we know that discussions went right the way down to the wire that the bait was haring for herring mackerel for mackerel and we are yet to exactly hear how much the u.k. has conceded there was some suggestion that the u.k. has backed down on the number of boats operating in british waters the had to be british own but as i said details to come there is also another very interesting point on something called listed status most british produce a meat implant produce has been given listed status by the european union may mean that it can sweep across borders the exports could continue happily but that have been a few items that are not on that list as status list and going into a little detail here one of them is something called seed potatoes that's a major produce in the north of england in scotland but from now on exports will not be allowed to the european union largely because standards here on not seem to

be equally aligned to the e.u. these are the kind of details that will be continued to be looked at in the coming years because regardless of what boisterous and says that is going to be red tape that is going to be much more paperwork and goods going across the border and whether boris johnson likes this or not this is one of the few trade deals in the world that has put barriers up rather than take of the bark of the brain is the latest from london the thank you. well jonathan lissa political commentator and director influence people did not receive they needed from this deal 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 think closer to the u.k. some arms and the e.u. slam but if you listen to boris johnson 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 last statement he really had nothing to boast about other 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 the e.u. has made it clear they got what it fundamentally wanted which is alignment and if the u.k. diverges the e.u. has rights to respond with tariffs that was that he used fundamental asked and 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 falling with security that is not the kind of assurance which french people meet the british people did not want to self-immolation and they did

not the economic collapse and we've come to see close by the. and more than half a 1000000 coronavirus cases are being recorded every day around the world so it careers suffered its worst serjeants with a record rise and failure factions the country put in places toughest ever restrictions this week with popular tourist venue schools until early next month well the u.s. continues to record around $200000.00 new cases every day starting on monday everyone traveling to the u.s. from the u.k. must have tested negative for the coronavirus after a new strain was discovered in britain now this is just one of a number of new variants believed to be more infectious others have a marriage to in south africa and nigeria and they're being blamed for this steady increase in cases around the world remember the worst affected country remains the

united states for close to 330000 people have died from coverts so far that despite the surge in cases vaccines are providing some hope 3 countries in latin america have begun mass rule outs in mexico an intensive care nurse received the 1st approved dose from mexico city here's john home. the 1st latin americans to be vaccinated against kobe the nurses and doctors in mexico few would argue with their place at the front of the line medical staff that died here than in any other country in the world with a mass of wood and i'm going to feel much safer now at work the truth is that we're really exposed to all types of body fluids so having the vaccine is really going to help so far mexico's only received $3000.00 doses the line to get them snaked around the block should arrive each week we can't come soon enough the mexican

government is pretty triumphant about the arrival of the vaccine but it's not here in time to save the country from its current problems in the. capital the hospitals are almost full and now there's very few ventilators available for the population of one of the biggest cities in the world mexico city's no red alert with essential businesses closed a group of nurses in the vaccination queue told us how things were in their hospital. that are out there without recompute leaflet and patients in serious conditions and ventilators but. that mainly just murdered them in it and a lot of death through about 7 a day at the moment and a lot of people coming in from the moment we start our morning shift. they are those of their colleagues who are nervous about any possible side effects from the vaccine but they said the benefits far outweigh their concerns but didn't know what was in the us gave that sometimes we have to ask later and we want to be with our family i want to hug my grandmother and even more christmas. latin

america a bios epicenter needed some light at the end of the tunnel that all this looks like it but past segments of the population won't be vaccinated for months yet at least it's a start john homan how does it or mexico city. iran is among the worst affected countries in the middle east by the coronavirus pandemic more than a 1000000 cases have been recorded there with over 55000 deaths don't just say international sanctions are preventing essential medical aids reaching those in need so such a barrier reports from tehran. a makeshift factory making masks in south help village in south to her on a group of dentists made unemployed by the pandemic decided to use their own money and buy these machines they got a permit from the health ministry and the local council provided the space free of

charge. they now employ 20 women from this area who make about 120 dollars each month. for manolo's nikos shot a single mother it's a job that would not have existed without the pandemic or u.s. led international sanctions yet they get a fairly good job of this stuff i'm very satisfied with my work even if corona ends i'd like to continue my job the work environment of spring lee and i like to work with this charity group these women now produce 10000 masks daily working 6 days a week their soul to medical facilities and hospitals across the city in the heart of the modern would we have experience in every crisis when ordinary people assist the government would be result sooner faster and in a better way either in war than earthquakes floods and now in corona said the guy citee is an afghan national and

a single mother of 5 this job is her only source of income more than most and. on the way i think working here for 8 months and i'm very satisfied with my work my husband lives with his other wife and afghanistan and i support a family of 6 the doctors and the women here all say their work will continue even after the pandemic is over the main message from officials here during the pandemic has been one of self-reliance since iran can no longer rely on the international community to meet its medical needs and this small factories is one example of how necessity has forced the message ingenuity to meet demands and for women. it's been a life saving source of income. the president says iran is in an economic war since the united states withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal in 2013 and imposed a series of crippling sanctions on the country's oil and banking sector. during the

early days of the pandemic iranian officials try to buy protective equipment including masks from other countries but due to international sanctions on iran's banking sector. they're paying for them has been difficult while iran has had the highest number of fatalities in the middle east during the pandemic this factory is one of the few positive things to emerge during hard times and for these women it's been a lifeline that could continue for years dorsetshire bari al-jazeera to one. still to come on al-jazeera on sunday both on the safety of course but it's christmas and who doesn't want a good cheer. festivities makes with fear and bungling as people look ahead to attend selection we'll have the latest on the ground in the central african republic. the. christmas where it all began coronavirus restrictions have devastated tourism in

bethlehem but the faithful say it's an opportunity for solemn worship. hello we've got the usual raft of showers across southeast asia pushing down across the philippines some wet weather here in asia also seeing some very heavy rain and 91 millimeters of rain in 24 hours and we got that spread of showers right across the region as we go on through the next few days some heavy rain still in place there across the malaysian peninsula southern parts of thailand more heavy showers there coming into indonesia as we go on through the next few days of this we go on into sunday some wetter weather just coming back into the philippines through the course of sunday central and northern parts turning increasingly wet both in

australia looking a little wet at the moments as well plenty of storms around blowing away here it was shield of cloud just pushing over towards queensland and we've got these heavy showers still going on as we go on through saturday rumbling away big downpours possible here the risk of some localized flooding a few showers too just into that east side of australia still warm there in south australia adelaide at 34 degrees celsius in the simplest temperature that's a full path as we go on through the next couple of days the west of weather will slide through the bite heading towards victoria so turning increase the weight just close port fairy with some a very wet weather coming into tasmania. but . the stories of abuse in aged care homes in the west to shock the world but there's you know it's noticeable when i want to speak for those sending elderly loved ones to thailand to leave out they tacked on which is the.

be the hero world needs right. washer. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of our top stories this hour. passengers are meeting to discuss the new trade deal with the u.k. they are expected to endorse the heads of ratification the 2 sides a fine they agreed a 0 tariff deal after months of intense negotiations. south korea has recorded its

biggest daily increase in corona virus infections since the start of the pandemic and reported for the top 100 new cases as it rolled out its toughest ever restrictions. the churches in south korea been holding their christmas celebrations virtually earlier this year a congregation in the city of daegu was identified as the source of most of the country's infections its leaders were accused of undermining efforts to contain the coronavirus mcbride's has more from seoul. the. many people this christmas morning woke up to the depressing news that once again the country has set this record of well over 1200 new rig cases being recorded in a single day the news actually was broken by the country's prime minister at a meeting of the coronavirus task force here a lot of the this jump is being attributed to an outbreak at

a prison here in seoul some 288 cases recorded mostly inmates but also some staff there that's in addition to a couple of 100 other cases that had already been recorded as around 500 cases at this one facility which is cause some alarm here we're seeing some of the. prisoners inmates being moved to other facilities tightening up the testing regime etc but this comes as the restrictions have been ramped up across south korea to try to contain this 3rd wave we're seeing more than a 1000 around a 1000 cases per day for the past week or so just before this jump we're seeing ski resorts closed tourism destinations are being shut all as ways of trying to prevent people gathering the numbers of people who are allowed to gather publicly being limited to just 4 people at the government has said that it wants to avoid a complete shutdown of the economy it knows the socio economic impact that that would cause and the highest level where that might take place is what they call

level 3 where we're currently at 2.5 just one level below that so far the government has managed to keep the economy going to the beginning of this pandemic but it is said that if it has to raise it to that highest level then so be it would have to do that. syrian state t.v. says the country's air defenses of shotgun several missiles launched by israeli warplanes in the north west the sun a news agency says they are strikes were carried out in the feria were also reports of blasts in the coastal city of tartaros. the u.n. security council has approved a temporary deployment of more troops to central african republic ahead of elections on sunday also opposition presidential candidates have stopped campaigning because of security concerns they want the polls to spawn's but the government has rejected that as catherine so reports from bungie. the mood in this

market in bondi is just right for christmas kristi's central african stake their celebrations seriously and traders are making a killing it's also an election season they go to the polls on sunday and their main worry is security on sunday boat or safety of course but it's christmas and who doesn't want a good cheer. but everyone is in a festive mood though many residents want to get their voices hard some through religious procession is praying for peace. others like this women condemn the newly formed peach roots for change a correlation of several armed groups that has threatened to march to the city and is already causing havoc in the countryside and militants on 1006 to 6 our country has gone through coups rebellions mutinies and each time it sets us back the 2013 conflict protests a lot of sorrow women have been raped many people have died and others displaced.

they are hoping that the 12000 un peacekeepers in the country alongside government troops and other international forces will keep the pages for change. their thing they just want a peaceful election this is a country that. had been in conflict for so long and the humanitarian needs are huge one and a half the population needs some form of aid and hundreds of thousands of central african the refugees in neighboring countries. syria are has survived 5 years of need constant instability since gaining independence from france in 1960. the latest conflict started about 7 years ago when the then president francois was overthrown by a mostly muslim group called seleka reprisals by the mainly christian antibalas only made things worse a peace deal signed between 40 rebel groups and the government in 2019 brought

about some calm but now violence is again on the rise. we have the poorest people now hiding in rural areas who they are scared and wish as a father a man of the change ask those who have picked up weapons to have p 2 on us. all the presidential candidates are promising peace many central african say they're tired of broken promises but here are the markets they tell us they want to take the weight of their country's politics off the shoulders for just a little while to have a merry christmas catherine so. bongi. russian police are questioning an activist and supporter of kremlin critic alexina valmy following a raid on her home in moscow they're both was 1st detained on monday she was picked up side the home of another alleged security agent who in the vollies says 2 parts in a plot to poison him in august against

a corruption lawyer says she wanted to speak to the agent after an of army tricked him into admitting the poisoning attempts in a phone call. christmas celebrations for scale back in bethlehem in the occupied west bank a small number of worshipers were allowed to attend the annual midnight mass at the church of the nativity it need to abraham was that. it didn't look a lot like christmas this year in bethlehem celebrations were restricted to the bare minimum as covered $1000.00 cases search. only if you were shippers were allowed to attend the midnight mass in the church of the nativity the pandemic with with its burden of suffering and then. asks us to imagine a different more. made up of new story that a team and fraternal relationships where persist seeing the sort of place by giving

. and they were also for a few becomes a benefit for everyone. the palestinian president and many foreign diplomats didn't join the christmas service. the day started with a low key reception of the latin patriarch of jerusalem a procession to welcome him back thousands this year he gave his blessings from a distance. yanni bennett has seen and you can feel the town's sadness this is not how christmas looks it's also the 1st time that we didn't attend the christmas tree lighting ceremony. bells stein's 1st cases of cover $1000.00 which reported in bethlehem in march tourism dried up in a country that heavily depends on it the tourism ministry says the losses this year are estimated at one and a half $1000000000.00. and up a chill many makes

a living out of tourism here in just community based tour guides and says 2019 was a very good season now he expects his business to pick up in october of next year we had followed book maybe a year in advance it was the 1st time maybe we had the sons the birth of jesus you know. so it was a mess and we would expect an amazing year and things have changed but it's going to be back and we are. all christmas related festivities were called. instead treated corded christmas carols were broadcast on line the palestinian authority says it tried to limit gatherings as much as possible to combat the spread of the coronavirus this year there are fewer christmas lights and decorations than usual but some here tell us that the message of christmas is all about hope and they're praying that next year will be better in. the

occupied west bank. and finally france is not cathedral as more it's christmas eve with its 1st coral called. search since it was destroyed by fire nearly a year ago. the paris landmark is gradually being rebuilt as france is battling the coronavirus but those involved sides it was an important moment of emotion. i. this is al-jazeera these are the headlines you embassadors are meeting to discuss a new trade deal with the u.k. they're expected to endorse its heads of ratification the 2 sites agree to syria

tariff deal after months of tense negotiations 2 way we've left the e.u. this.