and boy solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition. 'd 3 minute you say. more. al-jazeera. hello i'm marianna marzio watching the news hour life from london coming up mystery surrounds a huge explosion in central nashville which police believe was an intentional act millions of americans ignore pleas to stay at home to stand soaring over at numbers this christmas celebrations are scaled back around the world. cease fire off the fighting flares again in central african republic where campaigning is wrapping up ahead of sunday's election. and mollie's main opposition to somebody as you say

dies of kobe just 2 months after he was released from a 6 month captivity. and i'm somehow must not have all the support we hear from n.b.a. star le bron james with the l.a. lakers set for christmas day showdown against the dallas mavericks. welcome to the news hour we begin in the united states where a motorhome has exploded in downtown nashville and what police believe was an intentional act minutes before the early morning blast an announcement was heard from the vehicle warning that an explosion was imminent 3 people were injured in the blast which was felt several blocks away flights in and out of nashville airports have now been stopped because of telecommunications problems caused by the

blast chopper tansey reports. the early morning blast in downtown nashville was folks underhook from the moment is aware of already served least 20 buildings were damaged when the vertical exploded. police were already on their way to having received a call the reporting. when we arrived for her. believed to be coming from the vehicle the explosion was imminent they called in the bomb squad and began evacuating the area as the bomb squad approached the explosion occurred we had one also that was not too bright this was the testimony of a man who lived a block and a half away we just heard this blast and we felt the windows in our building shake and we were in a high rise development on the 26th floor and we just. unbelievable asked. the f.b.i. has taken control of the investigation authorities are also in the public for help

please tell us what you know. we need to leeds we need your help the the hour prevented more casualties the area is filled with shops restaurants bones i'm glad to poppins and an a.t.m. t. technical facility is adjacent to the site if you want to kill a lot of people and then you'll do it during your shopping hours 730 at night or 2 in the afternoon 630 on a christmas morning there is about the time you're a reader the fewest people out possible so that could imply there's this it's a statement grabber act rather than seeking to cause mass casualties the president has been briefed as he spends the christmas holiday in florida she had her town see . well christmas celebrations have been scaled back around the world with fear is that big events and family gatherings could possibly trigger a further surge in corona virus cases pope francis used his christmas day message

to call on well that is to ensure access to vaccines for whole not just wealthy countries and then japan an island have become the latest countries to detect cases of the coronavirus variant behind a surge here in the u.k. where more than 70000 people have now died and despite those soaring numbers of infections and deaths millions of americans have ignored warnings to stay at home for the holidays more than a 1000000 of them boarded flights on wednesday busiest travel day since the month of march well u.s. president elect joe biden has expressed sympathy for many families facing their 1st christmas after losing a loved one to the virus he released a holiday message alongside his wife jill biden promising to do better to combat a pandemic in 2021 we know for so many of you in our nation this is been a very difficult year and we're reminded in this season i hope our common humanity and what we're called to do for one another many of our fellow americans are

struggling to find work not only put food on the table pay their rent or mortgage reminded we're on this earth to care for one another to give what we can and to be a source of help and hope to friend and stranger like many families are facing their 1st christmas having lost a loved one in joe and i know that sorrow and we know how in times of grief a kind word can mean so much. let's get more on all of us now with joy and she's following developments from washington 1st of all what's happening with travel in the u.s. with this report that wednesday was the busiest travel day since the month of march obviously because of christmas holidays. well wednesday was perhaps the busiest travel day but it was one of about a week week's worth of extremely busy travel here in the united states of the busiest travel period since the pandemic really took hold back in march just about

9 months ago we saw a serious drop off on thursday on christmas eve but that's usually to be expected in all we're talking at least 7100000 passengers going through u.s. airport terminals to fly somewhere over the holiday weekend this despite repeated urging from a public health officials for people to go up basically stay home we don't have massive stay at home orders the way that we are seeing in the in the u.k. for example but the caseload is rising again in just about every state in the united states and certainly the fear now according to public health officials is that in a couple of weeks time once the christmas slash new year's holiday period is over that we're going to see even more new cases of covert 1000 here in the u.s.

and that's going to have a direct impact on people's lives on the economic situation which will make it only more for this coronavirus relief bill to be approved. that's right and so far there's been no indication what the u.s. president donald trump plans to do there was a tweet from him in the past hour or so indicating that he had been talking to we don't know exactly when but we assume the republican officials who have been standing in his way and in democratic members of congress is way to increase the one time stimulus payment for many americans from $600.00 which is what was part of the big plan that was agreed to last week to $2000.00 per person the republicans have been arguing that this would greatly increase the federal budget deficit and they don't want to be responsible for that now the legislation the $900000000000.00

stimulus plan to try to keep the u.s. economy on track in the middle of this pandemic has been delivered to the president's home in southern florida but so far there is no indication that he is either decided to sign the bill or to veto reject the bill and it's not just the fact that people could be getting stimulus checks we're talking about an expansion of unemployment benefits expanded read assistance expanded small business assistance and of course the risk of keeping the federal government open plan past monday at midnight otherwise there won't be funding for the federal government to continue its operations come tuesday morning so there's a lot of waiting to see what donald trump is going to do and whether his actions mean that congress has to scramble to try to keep things moving on all of these fronts thank you very much from washington rosen and joan. it's been

a quiet christmas across europe as many nations struggle to contain a winter surge in infections and deaths lockdowns and restrictions have been reimposed across the continent affecting hundreds of millions of people dominic came reports now from berlin. christmas in rome during code where good will to others means socially distance events providing presence of the poor and homeless as welcome as these gifts may seem what many people want this winter is the coded vaccine and now the 1st consignment of it have arrived in rome ready for distribution on sunday to people who the pope says should be 1st on the list. i pray for all those in charge of nations companies international organizations to promote cooperation and not competition and look for a solution for everybody vaccines for everybody especially for the most vulnerable and needy ones in every region of the planet as in many other e.u. countries the vaccine will also start being distributed in germany on sunday it's

a development many hope will transform the situation. in the us long as in their lives end of this tunnel we see the long awaited light at the end of the tunnel become brighter we will come closer to the exit from this crisis step by step how long the road will be depends on us if we remain reasonable and patient then we will gradually be able to do many things again that we had to do without for a long time. the strategy many european governments are adopting is to file a return to hard lock downs and the start of mass vaccination their hope is to reduce the numbers of new infections and eventually lower mortality rates that has been claiming the lives of thousands of people every day for some time dominic kane al-jazeera belin. well another 100 british military personnel have been deployed to help care the thousands of truck drivers waiting to cross into france more than

a 1000 troops are now involved in the operation at the port of testing drivers for corona virus and distributing food and water travel restrictions imposed by france last sunday cool severe disruption but drivers are now allowed to cross if they get a negative test thousands of horny is all spending christmas day though in their vehicles despite those efforts to k.-et the backlog and that at least 15 people have died in recent weeks at one of the main border crossings between south africa and zimbabwe is because of a long queues juta coronavirus screenings again now that information coming to us from local media the bridge crossing they say is actually busier than usual because the festus festive season the united nations estimates that south africa hosts one and a half 1000000 zimbabwean migrants officials say they have suspended testing for drivers leaving south africa to clear that backlog even though the country is experiencing a surge in cases let's get the latest on the situation in last america now daniel

joins us live from when is iris give us a sense of the atmosphere the mood around christmas celebrations which have been very somber and muted elsewhere obviously because of the pandemic. i mean things very quiet here today and one of our is marion but what we did have in the last day couple of days on thursday specifically doses batches of corona virus vaccines arriving in several countries in the region pfizer vaccine arriving in mexico where health workers were vaccinated immediately costa rica where there vaccinating the most vulnerable than 1000 year old woman in a care home is that's a native there and also the 5. biotech. arriving in chile where again health workers were vaccinated here in argentina on thursday received the 1st batch of 300000 doses of the sputnik vaccine directly from moscow that was immediately

unloaded the main one of cyrus airport and then distributed it refrigerated trucks all across the country the 1st batch of vaccinations will take place will start on monday there will be more deliveries coming also talking about in the 2nd year of 202021 producing the vaccine here in argentina also talking to other countries about doing the same but at the same time we're seeing a rise in infections deaths in some countries chile having the highest number in a day for 5 months 85 percent of hospital beds in mexico being occupied so you have having the leaders regional leaders saying it's wonderful hope and expectation that the vaccines are arriving but it's not time to relax yet this is just the beginning of a long road beginning of the end people people to still take those those measures to restrict the spread if they can of the of the pandemic and sandy brazil has been

one of the west affected countries not just in the region but in the in the wild have been some very provocative bizarre remarks made by. the country's president and that is criticism as well of the vaccination program. there has the most bizarre comments don't seem to end i mean he was when people were expressing doubts about some of the vaccines they were talking about he said were basically if you if you were to take the vaccine that's your problem and the after effects of the you to deal with us not for us to worry about which cause some consternation across the country among medical experts and regional politicians but what's happening there is that some of the regional governors are acting on unilaterally in conflict with president jabal sonando. province of the state of the biggest province and the worst affected in brazil

a population of $45.00 millions a bigger than many countries the governor there mr doherty has received about each of the chinese vax in the sim about vaccine and that's an ongoing process there it doesn't yet they don't yet have permission to use it that's not been passed but they are preparing for sometime early in the new year to start vaccinating at least the residents of self and there will be other negotiations going on across the country in defiance of the president to try to treat people across brazil thank you very much john you know but desire is when out south korean officials are considering even stricter measures to control the virus in their country is the daily infection count hits another high countries disease control and prevention age agency recorded more than 1200 new cases on friday. daily numbers have been hovering at around record levels over the past few weeks the government says it will impose a special quarantine period until january 3rd citizens have been ordered to cancel

all meeting and travel plans right as in seoul says the authorities are keen to point out one particular source of infections. 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 ring 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 sold some 288 cases recorded mostly inmates but also some stuff there that's in addition to a couple of 100 other cases that had already been recorded there so 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 and watching the news ally from london much more still ahead. through the course of this quarantine he became on edge anxious i am anxious today

i would describe him as a rat in an electrified cage studies show the coronavirus pandemic has increased levels of depression and anxiety in children also. i have a small present anyone who may be looking for something to read. is boris johnson deal with the e.u. going to satisfy his neighbors or his own party. and then a bit later the pressure is mounting on india's cricket team will have the details in sport with some. a ceasefire between rebels and the government in the central african republic has collapsed just a day after it was announced and 2 days before the country's election as fighting in the town of baquba which is holmes one of the country's largest gold mines a rebel force called the coalition of patriots for change says the government

rejected the peace deal its fighters of battling the army and un peacekeepers in opposition politicians are trying to get sunday's national election postponed president in our change to dera is running for a 2nd term in this election because opponents are asking for the constitutional court to delay the poll they say the violence has cattail campaigning and scared off many voters. catherine sawyer spoke to us earlier from president to address final campaign rally in the capital bangui. we. were. told that the result was. fired because the president in a minute is not listening to that government. and the people. already hearing the fighting in

a town. where the. area. many parts of the country. meanwhile the people of central african republic 0 crossing their fingers a piece al-jazeera met one man who says his country is set up with instability and deserves a comma christmas. well my name is my nickname is all my previous. song i am a trader and every year we sell christmas decorations don't move long we've almost had to do well here we want a peaceful christmas among other things. going to today's in 2013 the situation here was really bad and i was a victim had to run to congo as

a refugee when twitter i was elected and there was peace then i came back home. and i didn't want to do we'll be we don't want conflict to happen again because we've lost everything and we don't want to risk any more again we want a lasting peace in central african republic. in the beginning we central african citizens want to believe in peace we hope that this year brings lasting happiness we want the conflict to end we've had enough of this war because it disturbs us and stops our children from going to school to look at the middle should be of a good if you still feel the more we want unconditional peace so that we can finally develop ourselves we see everyone here buying gifts for christmas and that's good for all of us and we just need peace but it was a column is there's a good reason buffy got the message i have for central african says that we just need peace peace is very important in life is involved on going to be if you have

peace you can do all in life you can go anywhere in the world that if there is no peace you can move or develop. we just need peace that's all conflict and troubles do not interest us and you know we've seen what can happen we are tired. i intend to do my civic duty if there is very touching then i will vote but if there is trouble i will stay home and protect my family but if the situation is calm here then i'll go vote. well 30 candidates vying for one of the toughest jobs in west african politics to be newsy as next president it's a last day of campaigning as the country prepares for a national election on sunday a new president will inherit 2 conflicts poke around fighters operate in the southeast and al qaeda linked groups in the west clashes have been reported in the western areas in the run up to the pole against the if this. is heading towards an important milestone with this likely to be its 1st democratic transition of power.

in all the stories we're following aid workers say the death toll from an attack in western ethiopia has more than doubled wednesday's pre-dawn attack by unidentified gunmen took place in the bennett region by several ethnic groups live side by side the red cross now says more than 222 people were killed 40000 people have fled the area ethiopia's prime minister called the attack a massacre and deployed soldiers to the scene on thursday troops reportedly killed 42 armed men suspected of being behind the attack. now molly's main opposition to somalia cease a has died 2 months after he was released from a long kidnapping ordeal 71 year old veteran politician died while receiving treatment over 19 fronts mourners gathered outside his home in mali's capital bamako and leading politicians have been paying tribute he was a former finance minister and 3 time runner up for the presidency in a 3 decade political career in march he was kidnapped by an armed group in the

north while campaigning in the country's election was only just released in october . and related to be. so my life had become the torch that molly and wanted to hold in their hands so that it illuminates the path to follow to regain peace unity mali sovereignty and national how many. some demanded to destress. their gun a feeling of sadness oh great. for us it means taking our guide our leader the founder of our party he was the one you know who everyone in the you are the recognized himself he has just left us orphans. nobody mosher i don't have enough words i don't even know where to start all i can say may his soul rest in other than that so i can say nothing may his soul rest in

peace. let's discuss this more now with molly is with molly's former minister of foreign affairs. who joins us via skype from her novel in france what was your reaction when you heard the news of somalis he says death. i think we were all very shocked by his sudden death and like you said. it was a very respected figure in mali his demise really leaves a void in the money and leave to go unscathed and like you said he had this very positive track record it was minister of finance multiple times secretary general to the presidency among other procedures positions that he came out internationally he represented his country by the president of the commission economic and monetary union of west african states and when he was released from the jihadists back in

you know talker he was seen as the main front runner for the upcoming 2022 presidential elections right so he had a career spanning several decades and as you say after being runner up in the past 3 presidential elections it looked as though his chances were pretty good in 2020 what does this mean for the money in politics does it throw into that bit of uncertainty. not an uncertainty but it's important to know that both him and former president were the 2 pillars iran which mali and politics have been evolving over the past 10 years we've the removal of our guest and now the death as you say it is expected that there will be a complete reshuffle in money and politics the departure as he say is really the end and the beginning of a new era what does it mean for the opposition movement. well it means that they will have to regroup and now find

a new leader the chief or the leader of your position is a formal and an official position in maui so they will have to regroup so that they can find somebody who can. who can we can hold and replace as soon as you see. any obvious candidates or options for the for that role really hard to say really hard to say at this point and what about priorities then in the coming months for the country suffered a great deal of violence and instability in the past he is i mean values are in the midst of a transition which is supposed to end sometime it 2022 so the new transitional government is working towards it so we're hoping that the 3 unfair elections will be taking place in 2022 thank you very much. for sharing your thoughts on that with us commissioner kamar joining us there former foreign minister from mali.

still ahead for you on the program thousands of migrants spend christmas in shelters in north mexico and in their asylum on the incoming u.s. president. electric dreams become a reality for china's plugging comic as they keeping them cheap to outsell their rivals. bron james is in for a battle to steal the show on prisoners we'll have those details as well from. hello there and season's greetings has officially been a white christmas for parts of england with a little dusting of snow into these writing if yorkshire in the northern england just about here winds coming in from well the north the directions that we have seen one to 2 wintry florist nothing much to speak of the heavier snow has been

further south down around the alps and further east it was that western side of russia let's look back up towards the northwest where we have these tightly packed i suppose we have storm bella gathering and that's going to bring some very wet sand windy weather much milder weather in across the u.k. as we go on through saturday break blustery conditions winds in excess of 150 kilometers per hour on the gusts so some nasty conditions the possibility of flooding here as well the wintry mix that we have around the outs with slightest way down towards the divine or it helps joining up that wetter weather over towards the black sea and snow there into that western side of russia more blustery conditions wet weather into the southeast of europe as you go on through sunday we'll look up towards the northwest all for weather very heavy rain with the possibility of some flooding coming down across central parts of france at that stage snow on the leading edge of that to the south of that it is dry for much of spy but pretty cold in madrid.

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hard by condemning counting the cost on al-jazeera. plans or. a combined reminder of headlines now. a motorhome has exploded in downtown nashville shaking the u.s. city in what police say was an intentional act a vehicle emitted a recording for several minutes before the blast telling people to evacuate the area 3 people were injured ceasefire between rebels and the government in central african republic has collapsed a day after it was announced and 2 days before the country's election coalition of patriots for changed. says the government rejected the truce. on the coronavirus

pandemic has led to a muted christmas celebrations pope francis urged access to vaccines for a while only a small number of worship us went out to attend midnight mass in bethlehem but millions of americans ignored advice to stay at home for the holiday. that's now speak to of religious mohammed one year he joins us live via skype from lancaster here in the u.k. can i ask how sharp a spike you expect seeing cova cases particularly in the u.s. for just mentioning it being a very busy travel day travel week actually in the u.s. the u.k. and europe after the christmas holidays well i think this is a really sensitive particularly because we were having already increased number of cases going exponentially high and then who christmas and the festive season is already a problem for many of the other infectious diseases primarily because this is the lent us time for the holidays and at the same time we are hearing about the

emergence of news new variant in other countries other than the u.k. so all all these together all. leading places for. the sauce to widen so unfortunately there would be very good situation and coming leaks are particularly about maybe getting ready to at least every ok tell us about the testing program perhaps here in the u.k. but obviously something that you might see replicated in other parts of the world he said that you were us screening people and some obviously some worrying signs around asymptomatic cases. yes absolutely barium i think one of the major stumbling block for controlling this infection as being that it is symptomatic number of people are significantly higher than the people who observe the clinical signs so this mean that parentally people think that they are healthy they are fine but in principle they are carrying the virus for example just put into the perspective today i screen or own 32 some people and all are collected from healthy people and

23 of them are positive so that mean if these people would have been injured many with other social contact with the elderly people doing christmas a festive season they would be spreading the infection so i think it is now the toyman 'd 'd for every government to really use the infrastructure they're built to screen people not only one time worse quite frequently so that we can to defy the isn't about equality of people yes so it's sort of maybe positive on the one hand because it suggests that most the people that catch cove it either don't show any stand displaying symptoms or they managed to recover but of course the problem is that while that is happening that possibly on because it's so infectious what about asymptomatic cases with this new taishan. that is the information we are looking into the public turn tail and to really be sure that this new variant is not causing any civility of the infection or we're not have any impact on to the vaccine efficacy but as it stands now it seems like it is more close miscible which

is again one of the major concerns during festive season and this wide as well the whole sort 'd of they're spreading the infection and problem is that we have noticed since the start of this pandemic is that more infections mean more hospitalization and more hospitalization mean more fatalities welcome a plea even if it is not janet would have a bigger call on. and of course we've been reporting on the different vaccination programs that it taking place and different parts the world different regions and impossible to coordinate something like that or have it done similar taney asli which means that it just stickley in terms of travel and disruption you know we're going to be living with code for a long time even after the vaccine yes absolutely i think i want to make it very clear although probably this is not the right time to have. some news as that the vaccine is there which is certainly a very good starter but this is not a silver bullet that can and the pandemic will that night we have to 1st lacson it

at least 70 to 75 percent of the world 'd population which is really a big challenge we never practiced that much. vaccination in a living history in this short of time and secondly the capability for the pharmaceutical is not 'd i'm not to reach every corner in the low and middle income countries and then financial contribution by this at the. end of the isn't really sufficient enough to give the vaccine to everybody in the world who needs it so we are seeing the beard level of nationalism which is probably one of the major challenges to see the impact of the vaccine and then this pandemic. how many are thank you very much thanks for having the merrier. well multiple global studies suggesting a pandemic has increased depression and anxiety and children the social isolation and the disruption of daily life is also triggered children living with obsessive compulsive disorder and sasha cohen i reports now from miami beach i want to find

a way to make your nighttime routine calmer a call from the mental health hospital halfway across the country was greatly anticipated but now the anguish is long distance less than a week before this florida family admitted their 12 year old son we'll call jackson to inpatient treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder or o.c.d. and an eating disorder he is the most amazing so we outgoing athletic smart friendly kind through the course of this quarantine he became on edge anxious i'm anxious and today i would describe him as a rat in an electrified cage studies have shown that the fear and stressors of the coated 1000 pandemic have been triggering for children with o.c.d. and anxiety jackson tortured himself by spending his waking hours only standing or

exercising insisting that he needed to lose weight the deterioration happened in a matter of months honestly i would rather die of corona by now because to go through this to watch your kid suffer like this is worse i would rather take the pain from him and not have to see him suffering like this the international o.c.d. foundation says 2 to 4 percent of all children will develop. an estimated 3000000 children in the united states alone there is a genetic component to o.c.d. and anxiety jackson's father also has o.c.d. his struggle to find affordable treatment has been replicated with his son due to a lack of specialized pediatric facilities. and the fact that many won't accept health insurance the family waited 6 weeks to find an empty bed states away it breaks my heart to see that you know that my son is struggling with this and that you know we just you know we're smart people educated resourceful and we just

haven't up until this point been able to find him the right care that he needs today i'm going to talk to you about anxious the tashi daniels is a child there a post she says there has been an influx of desperate families across the globe seeking assistance through her online workshops and community forums although many countries don't have adequately trained clinicians who can treat o.c.d. she says there is a type of therapy parents can teach children that helps rewire their brains and stop the compulsive behavior it's never too late to give your child those skills to have it and approach your child's behavior in an hour and it can make a huge difference long term there's always hope jackson's family is clinging to that hope the family's life has been turned upside down pretty much nothing has been the same the family doesn't know when they'll see jackson again coburg 1000

restrictions prevent visits they can only have faith that the treatment he's undergoing revives the son and brother they know that josh are going to a. miami beach. and bassett has from the european union's 27 member states and met in brussels to discuss the trade deal struck with the u.k. on thursday if they agree with the terms it will end years of uncertainty just days before the u.k. leaves here trade rules on the 31st of december we've bachar ports from london i have a small present for anyone who may be looking for something to read in that sleepy post christmas lunch moment and here it is 2000 pages of dense detail the british government's christmas gift to the nation because this is a deal a deal to give certainty to business travelers and all investors in our country

from the 1st of january a deal with our friends and partners in the in brussels e.u. ambassadors met for a christmas day briefing with the blocks breaks it negotiated michel barnier the 27 european union states are expected to formally back the trade deal within days the european parliament which normally votes on a tax before it becomes law will vote on the deal retrospective lee in january the choreography is different for british m.p.'s who will cast their vote on the deal in parliament on the 30th of december where it's expected to pass with the the government controls a sizable majority of the opposition labor party says it will reluctantly back it a day later midnight december 31st the u.k. will employ gets economy from the world's largest trading bloc in a deal that will either drive or diminish the country for generations to come. it's been a year of painful from certainty for everyone the british economy is shuttered thousands

of businesses a teaching on the edge of ruin a while the country has been grappling with the impact of covert 19 it's also been living under long shadow cast by brick sit and worries that the british economy might never be the same again but now that there is a deal here in london the voted almost exclusively to remain in the european union there's a sense of quiet and reluctant acceptance. at this time of great upheaval a familiar face with the traditional christmas message even on the darkest nights of queen elizabeth is the hope of a new dawn. but even with this deal uncertainty remains there are fears unemployment will rise if firms relocate to the e.u. few transport companies have access to britain's new border crossing software and unanswered questions on how to avoid physical border checks between northern ireland part of the u.k. and ireland and e.u. member as more details emerge is clear the british government's also gone further

than expected in granting the e.u. access to british fishing grounds the e.u. and u.k. are now decipher ing the trade deal for general consumption both eager to show they've gained the most ground at the 11th hour the park al-jazeera london. russian police are questioning an ally of kremlin critic. following a raid on her home in moscow. was 1st detained on monday she was picked up outside the house of an alleged security agent in a valley tricked into admitting the plot to poison him in a phone call the anticorruption lawyer says she wants to speak to the agent. now thousands of migrants are spending christmas in shelters at mexico's northern border they've been waiting for months for their asylum cases to be processed a wait that's demanded even more patience because of the pandemic there's now hope that a new president could bring change in the new year john heilemann reports from mexico

. he is the line separating the u.s. from mexico it's been a slow train coming for those who want to cross it legally and the pandemic has made things worse with u.s. immigration courts closed for months. there are thousands of migrants stuck in mexico to meet them open to process their asylum requests the u.s. has put them in a plan called m.p.p. which means they have to weigh in mexico while there are silent process plays out even though they're from other countries. get out all fled brazil he says because of the threat of violence erupt in buda city what is 10 months ago this still waiting for his 1st court date. a major theme article it was for march 14th of this year but that was changed because of the been demick to the symbol 15 now it's for the 10th i'm a of next year. your general though his son and his wife is spending christmas in a shelter many of the 10s of thousands of people that been ordered to wait in

mexico in the n.p.p. program will be doing the same. some migration lawyers are worried that they could miss the one the deadline to start the asylum process all together new stories hopes that's not the case but she's concerned about the well being of those she's trying to help those as us go more or less at bus you know it's a complicated situation for the haitian basic needs it's really unsaid saying what's going to happen to them and that generics and sightsee just being here waiting not knowing how to follow up with the proceeds. to go to host church is one of many along the border which have been turned into shelters he's seen hope among those now under his care the new u.s. minister. gratian could help the north against her performance but i don't know who is happier about biden's victory the americans or those stuck here in the asylum process because it means for them and then to their stay in mexico so that they can follow their dreams. president elect joe biden had promised to end the m.p.p.

program on his 1st day in office now his incoming administration has signaled it will take more time and there are questions about what will then happen to those spending this christmas in shelters john home and how does it or. are china's fast growing electric vehicle market is the largest in the world after a slump earlier this year a sale of electric cars is picking up speed again nationwide and as katrina here puts in malaysia while foreign brands like dominate the luxury market chinese comic is out selling them with a more affordable models. for one shiling owning a car once seemed impossible she couldn't afford one but the release of this mini electric model changed that it cost around $5000.01 5th the price of the average car here the 25 year old graduate says she didn't hesitate to buy one. the cost is really low and the whole country is being encouraged to protect the environment by

going electric so i decided to buy it unlike most electric vehicles this car can be plugged into a normal 220 volt outlet. it's made by local car make a ruling that has overtaken tesla as the top selling electric vehicle in china. the brand is a joint venture with general motors to target younger consumers and less affluent drivers. a huge untapped market in china we are redefining the concept of new energy cars they're no longer just expensive and lecturers in the southern city of your electric vehicles are common sight china's leaders say cities like this are leading the way beijing wants electric vehicles to make up 20 percent of all cars in china by 202550 percent by 203530000 of these many electric cars are produced every month now the

manufacturer is focusing on chinese consumers but. in the markets of other developing countries in southeast asia. most of the world's electric vehicles are made in china preferential government policies have helped to stoke demand here but the overseas market holds huge potential for chinese comic as. it's very possible that chinese electric cars will become mainstream in the global market we have very strong supply chain and the cost is very low chinese electric cars. option for consumers as we entered electric era. the high end luxury market however remains dominated by western brands audi and b.m.w. have expanded their new energy efficient offerings while tesla is ramping up production capacity it aims to produce more than half a 1000000 cars in shanghai next year thousands of which will be exported to europe for now cheaper electric vehicles a leading the way in china. knows how many electric isn't for everyone but with

a short daily commute she says it's more than enough. china so that all the news hour we look at a boxing day cricket face the details on that story and much more in just a moment. a unique perspective on nigeria we have so much. of money this that we have. through the eyes of the sun liberated african photographer to. enjoy impulse still bring us what he needs to. put 3 years on how has life changed. george's surgery on al-jazeera. when the news breaks the impact of the storms in honduras has been particularly

devastating when people need to be hurt no group has claimed responsibility for the shooting on the outskirts of srinagar in indian administered kashmir people here say they're living in fear al-jazeera has teams on the ground they never atheists are for that we simply don't know if we can think to bring you more award winning documentaries and live on air and online. you're the the all. sport now a santa in doha thank you very much merriam or we'll start with basketball it's all eyes on the n.b.a.

and christmas day action is already underway on what's the 73rd year of games on december 25th reigning champions at the l.a. lakers will take on the dallas mavericks later on a match up that will see the sport's biggest name the bron james face off against one of the league's fastest rising stars 21 year old you couldn't you. know we have a day point going into tomorrow and you know things are going to change on the fly there are very good same section of town earlier great town layouts that. so i would look for to the challenge of just going out there and get a play on christmas is always a treat. for the head of world athletics sebastian coe has told al jazeera that he's confident tokyo will stay lympics next year in some form he also says he'll support any athlete who protests against racism and believes the sport is in a healthy a position today than in the past david stokes reports. i

2020 was supposed to see the world's best athletes perform on the biggest stage but as with so many things the coronavirus pandemic forced a change of plan and the tokyo olympics were delayed by a year. there's still no guarantee the games will go ahead with spiraling costs and growing opposition in japan to holding the games amid a global health crisis but the president of world athletics about visited tokyo back in october and told out his era he was encouraged by what he saw i came away very very confident that they really have a cast on didier determination to deliver a great games and yes they may be slightly altered there may be in a different format. and who knows i mean we're still you know we're still dealing with the pandemic even with a vaccine on the horizon but i am pretty sure we will have a game. this year is seen sport become a platform for the fight against racial injustice on

a scale never seen before athlete activists following the footsteps of tommie smith and john carlos whose black power salute scap should the world's attention 52 years ago at the 968 games in mexico city although olympic rules ban political demonstrations coach says he'll support any athlete who protest racism in tokyo i don't see taking many are or anti racism as being a political statement i think it should be the default position of of any order and it's certainly the default position in athletics. athletics inevitably struggle to fill the gap left by you same bolt when he retired back in 2017 but they may just have found another superstar in pole vaulter mando duplantis the 21 year old from sweden broke the world record 2 times this year and also a cheap the highest outdoor vault of all time as well of the wood we certainly do have a superstar. in in modern the planter's but what i'm really pleased about is i genuinely

think alongside mando we do have one of the most talented young generations of athletes coming through in all our disciplines and i think that's healthier for us or frankly than relying on just one athlete we're in much better shape being many many more athletes at that level was of the lives it's my the current generation of athletes have the potential to become a limp dick champions they just need in the olympics to perform at hopefully 2021 will be their time with the organizers in tokyo determined to get them started in july david stokes al-jazeera a feast of cricket is awaiting fans on boxing day 3 test matches that get under way the pick of them arguably the 2nd test between australia and india at the iconic melbourne cricket ground indians going to the mat to train in the series one nothing after being crushed in the 1st test to make matters worse they'll be

without the injured mohammed shami and captain fair to call it who's on that paternity leave while 30000 fans have been permitted to attend each day of the match and despite india's problems the aussies are not taking them lightly. in years it was a crowd pretty country there are extremely talented test match so we've got a dangerous piracetam i mean we take our foot off of the pair don't think we're going or what we saw in the moon that i mean that if we can come unstuck pretty quickly so if huge fight is there seems that that few tasting ashes is based on winning after winning also on boxing day pakistan's test series begins against the hosts new zealand the tourists to go into it in pretty bad shape with captain bob batsman in mom a hug and all round set up an all out injured. south africa are getting ready to host the 1st of 2 test matches against sri lanka protests at last the last series

they hosted a guess at tourists who go into the match on saturday having not played an international game since march but we've been speaking to an german cell of the cricket unfiltered podcast who says it's a huge achievement for cricket that 3 boxing day tests are happening despite the pandemic would have faced of cricket for cricket fans that have been starved of action or ye 3 pretty exciting match ups south africa hosting sri lanka new zealand hosting pakistan but the big one is astray hosting india india coming off a huge defeat in the 1st game and i'm sure they came to turn it around you can never write india off the chalk full of stars they have a terrific line up but in the last match they were bowled out for 36 which is their record lowest score so they will be hurting and sometimes tames when they've put up

such a bad performance can bounce back quite strongly but the strain tame must go it is every 5 minutes and and it's a really exciting match for the people of melbourne who suffered a very long lockdown over the winter have not had any sport to go to at all so this is the 1st event at the m.c.g. since march so really significant moment for the city and the spectators the world will be watching the game with great interest and you know just a great occasion to have 3 test matches going on and you have to sort of take into account the sec or fights bank being made by the administrators in the plays to get it under way so a significant achievement for cricket around the world. of course a very busy boxing day with the english premier league and cricket and that's nice but for me now it's back to mary and i'm looking forward to thank you very much santa and his al but i'll be back with a full button for you in just a couple of minutes 2200 g.m.t. of top of the next hour i will see.

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troubled nations heads to the polls for presidential and parliamentary elections in a country plagued by violence and political instability could this bring the resolution that is desperately needed to central african republic elections on al-jazeera. a new perspective can change the world. for one chin is even what began as a hobby has grown into a caution own way of life. peaching the next generation to strive for a higher level. and insert installing in his country a sense of freedom and strength. new heights my chin is here on al-jazeera. al-jazeera.

mystery surrounds a huge explosion in central nashville which police believe was an intentional act. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program millions of americans ignore pace to stay at home to stem rising kovac numbers this christmas celebrations a scaled back around the world cease fire off fighting flares again in the central african republic where campaigning is wrapping up at of the election on.