with. the big. 3 u.n. peacekeepers are killed in central african republic as rebels there call off a cease fire and resume fighting ahead of sunday's election. the attain this is out there at large from daraa also coming. to mosul home explodes in the u.s. city of nashville off to playing a record of bomb mourning. but we're not going to rest. of the.

millions fly around the u.s. to be with family for christmas despite warnings that travel will further inflame the corona virus outbreak. and christmas in limbo thousands of migrants are stuck in shelters and all the next with hopes of being granted asylum in the u.s. . only begin in the central african republic breaking out again just a day before their election 3 u.n. peacekeepers have been killed by unidentified attackers dakota u.n. secretary general antonio terrace has condemned the killings and demanded an investigation there was fighting between rebel groups and government forces after the collapse of a cease fire while those rebels accuse president fast and darragh of planning to rig sunday's elections 6 opposition candidates are demanding that it be postponed kathryn's were poor. from the capital bangui. was

president for stina darragh arrives for his final election rally in bongi in 4 force has been telling people to come out and forth on sunday without fear i recently formed a group called the patriot put change all c.p.c. has threatened to march to the city and launched attacks against government troops backed by un peacekeepers in some rural areas the c.p.c. reaches a coalition of several armed groups has called off a ceasefire it had declared them wednesday my only because they are trying to come to bangui you sent our africans must open your eyes help our armed forces un peacekeepers meaning those from rwanda and russia giving us a hand and to fight has come into the city. 16 presidential candidates have been cleared to run in the polls. south of the country's only self declared emperor has

withdrawn citing security concerns former president francois was disqualified by the constitutional court state officials and the u.n. accuse him of being behind the c.p.c. rebellion to disrupt the election and overthrew the government has backed and he said who's a march to as president would dare a strongest challenge. president is the founder of one of the strongest political parties with solid policies he himself is a very popular leader but he did not back my candidacy it's the party that endorsed me. most opposition candidates paid a while back and won the election postponed presidential candidates are each promising to finally bring it back to the level of the republican vibe and provide may think that it's a lot of people out there. talking here in bone he was saying that the hardest

problem is before. knows all about pain caused by conflict his leg was blown off by a hand grenade when the mostly muslim armed groups elica over on him 2013 and overthrew. a very sick you. actually cannot understand what's happening to me and i'm scared of what's happening now they're only coming to kill i want to ask the government to help us to stop those who are coming. is now preparing to vote in an election clouded by fear and uncertainty he tells us who only go to the polling station if you feels absolutely safe a sentiment shared by many other voters catherine al-jazeera. the central africa director at human rights watch he says rebels control most of the territory and pose a serious threat to free and fair elections. this temporary cease fire i think

a bit too much stop was put into it and i say that because of the groups that make up this rebel coalition the 6 groups that make up the c.p.c. this coalition this new coalition are some of the groups that have perpetrated the most gruesome crimes in the central african republic since 2013 them wantonly killed civilians they've used rape as a weapon of war they've caused widespread displacement in pillage so the fact that they've broken this temporary ceasefire is not in of itself surprising i think what's much more worrying is how much territory they seem to be able to take and how quickly they seem to be able to take it and how close they actually are to the capital bunky all reports are indicating that within 100 kilometers so it's very very tense in the city right now i think this is the most tense the central african republic has been since early 2013 when we saw the last iteration of the cycle of coups which indicates a change of power in that country it's worth noting that the killing of blue

helmets the killing of international peacekeepers is in of itself a war crime but the fact that peacekeepers have been killed in these sadly these peacekeepers that you mentioned this is just the latest batch of peacekeepers that have been targeted in ca are the fact that they have been targeted i think is demonstrative of the impunity that these armed groups continue to operate with within the country the central african republic is operating after a peace deal in 2019 that peace deal ceded a lot of impunity to these armed groups and instead of stopping attacks on civilians and peacekeepers they simply ramp them up in the last few weeks and months and really it does not bode well for a country that's supposed to be going through general elections in 48 hours. now an explosion has ripped through a neighborhood and the u.s. city of nashville and most ohio they want that on christmas morning after playing and recorded bomb warning several buildings were damaged but i mean 3 people have

landed in trees chpa towns reports. the early morning blast in downtown nashville was felt and heard from kilometers away authorities say at least 20 buildings were damaged when the vatican exploded. police were already on their way having received a call for reporting gunshots in the area when they arrived they had in the mountains believed to be coming from the vehicle the explosion was imminent they called in the bomb squad and began evacuating the area out of the bomb squad approached the explosion occurred we had one officer that was not to drive 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 this unbelievable last. the f.b.i. has taken control of the investigation authorities are asking the public for their help please tell us what you know. we need to leads we need your help the the hour

prevented more casualties the area is filled with shops restaurants bars 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 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 beating the fewest people out possible so that could imply 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 . and police there are saying they found traces of what could be human remains. we have found 2 issue that we believe could be remains that would just have that you know examined and it will. be able to let you know from that darby was detonated so

it was someone inside it we have no idea it was such a large explosion but the investigation is continuing its matter all over this area down there and so we'll continue to examine it to see if it is human remains. there as john hendren has in nashville and sent us up to its common nashville now but hours ago an early morning christmas explosion shattered the calm injuring 3 people and destroying 41 buildings according to authorities here they're not exactly sure what the intended target was but the explosion occurred outside of an a.t.m. t. transmission building and there were warnings the recreational vehicle was broadcasting apparently recorded messages telling people to evacuate the area and at one point saying that within 15 minutes there would be a possible bomb explosion meanwhile authorities say that they have found what appears to be human remains they don't know if that was someone inside the vehicle

or someone who was nearby and have not confirmed that it is indeed human remains but they are operating on that theory now and authorities are investigating this as a potential terror attack and they are looking into what the motive was who was involved in this attack but meanwhile they have declared a curfew in downtown nashville from friday through sunday the christmas morning explosion has destroyed a large swath of the tourist area here in what is the country music capital of the united states. oh huge numbers of americans aboard flights to be with their families for christmas despite warnings that travel will only worsen an already alarming coronavirus death and infection rates now more than $7000000.00 people pass through u.s. airports just over the last week there was a similar rushed year in november's thanksgiving holiday which is blamed for feeling the current spike more than 193000 new cases were recorded on thursday

along with nearly 3000 deaths in jordan has more now from washington d.c. . americans are on the move in the past 7 days more than 7000000 people have gone through security checkpoints at the nation's airports that doesn't even begin to cover the many millions of people who have gotten in their cars or perhaps taken a train or a bus to visit friends and family across the country now what this means is that with this 2 week long holiday period public health officials are very very afraid that you're going to see even more cases of covert 19 infection through the middle part of january through late january we are already seeing upwards of 3000 people a day on average who are losing their lives to this virus and many more tens of thousands of people being infected so this is really a situation that public health officials are saying could have been prevented if

people simply had chosen to stay home for the holiday period they understand that after 9 months or more of this pandemic in the united states that people want to be with their loved ones but public health officials say that given that just a 1000000 or so people have received the 1st dose of the 1st vaccine against kobe at 19 that this is really outstripping the health systems ability to try to protect people in the middle of this pandemic it's been a quiet christmas across europe several governments on a paper to state high and new and potentially more contagious variant of the current a virus fest attacked and bres and added to the agence 10 person your doctor adds dominic came up with saffron valley. christmas in room during cogent reg good will to others mean 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 consignments of it have a raw. i've been 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 long. 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 so 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 berlin. still ahead here on out there i have a small present anyone who may be looking for something to really. deal with the going to satisfy his neighbors or his own policy. and campaigning and presidents that fancy candidates competing for the top job.

how do they have some rather wintry weather it's a parts of the middle east recently over the last couple of days some snow there into northern parts of iraq spilling over towards the north of iran as well dry by the comes in behind us on the cool side to rob it just 6 celsius to 15 there in baghdad that cool and dry weather makes its way all the way i was at eastern side of the mediterranean we got some wet weather in sea where western parts of saudi arabia some heavy rain here that could lead to some localized flooding quite a keen blowing here in doha so a chilly 20 celsius barely getting up to 20 degrees here on saturday off made it warms up to 22 on sunday nights as the winds go around to move an easterly direction by that stage just lost it right to the south as that with plenty of sunshine in that sunshine america down across the horn of africa p.f. on a dry somalia plenty of sunshine got some showers there just pushing into the western

side of uganda pos just around lake victoria times and they're seeing some live kenya should be dry and fine throughout the showers extend their way across the heart of africa plenty of them over the next couple of days name of a southern africa. but we've got a celebrant tropical cycle i'm heading from madagascar. the revolution classical music known for his extract introductions and dances around the world with his success hasn't come without controversy andre rieu discusses the impact his one has had on the classical music industry. on a. player important or all checking it would. ringback.

hello again. let's remind you about top stories here the south 3 u.n. peacekeepers have been killed by unidentified attackers and central african republic ahead of sunday's election the u.n. secretary general antonio terra's has condemned the killings and a car and demanded an investigation. early a ceasefire between a coalition of rebel groups and the government to collapse the rebels accuse president fast and our shores to what they are planning to bring in sunday's elections. police in the u.s. city of nashville said they found human remains of a scientific explosion a mobile home early on christmas morning injuring 3. 30

candidates have made their final pitches to verses ahead of elections in the polls are historic and set the course for the fast peaceful transition of power a minute there's reports now from now on how africa's 2nd coronavirus wave is having an impact. it's been a busy 3 weeks of campaigning for the show's presidential candidate. any wave of korra virus infections forced the government to impose a limit on carbon emissions the last day. but the leading candidate a confident with the right message discipline to the protests former fording and interior minister mohammad. is the governing party's candidate in our candidate has visited all parts of the country even before the start of the campaign selling practical ideas to the people and to see how people live to understand their problems that helped us design a program to better people's lives were confident of winning in the 1st round. one

of bazooms main rivals 3 time presidential candidate and former prime minister senor morrow says that one tavern. in my political experience it's impossible for anyone to win an election outright in the 1st round each of us would want to but it's impractical no one will it's very very difficult . a total of 30 candidates running for president while some of campaigned hard most have been on the sidelines seeking to form alliances with stronger parties although much of the campaign focused on who becomes president voters will also choose 171 representatives to feel the seats in this parliament some one later from the country's next cabinet as in previous elections analysts say this year may end up with a coalition of one of the been political parties and other smaller ones. the decision

on who gets to form the coalition depends on what $7500000.00 voters decide on sending a presidential candidate request 50 percent plus one of valid votes cast to win outright that has never happened in an election here if no candidate gets that voters will be called once again to choose among the 2 candidates with the highest number of votes in the trees i'll just see that you have a. nice 33 people have died after their boat capsized on lake albert between uganda and the democratic republic of congo uganda says the vessel was carrying as many as 50 people at random to strong winds and local civil society groups says they were trying to enter the dossier illegally to avoid coronavirus restrictions. 2 palestinians including a 6 year old child have minor injuries after israeli air strikes in the gaza strip a number of empty sites belonging to her and islamic jihad were targeted a hospital. earlier the israeli army accused of firing 2 rockets towards southern

israel but it says they were intercepted. have met in brussels to look over the post strikes a trade deal that's finally now been agreed with the u.k. the parliament's on both sides need to ratify that agreement which will uncouple britain for decades of membership. 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 detail the british government's christmas gift to the nation because this is a deal a deal to give certainty to business travelers and 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 bricks at negotiator michel barnier the

$27.00 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 early 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 big night 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 uncertainty for everyone the british economy is shuttered thousands of businesses a teetering 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 breaks it 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. this time of great upheaval a familiar face with a traditional christmas message even on the darkest nights a 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. a 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 in the park al-jazeera london. another 800 military personnel help clear the thousands of truck drivers waiting to get into france more than a 1000 troops are now involved in the operation at the port of dover testing for the coronavirus to. well thousands of refugees and migrants hosp ending their christmas and shelters along mexico's well the border with the u.s. many of them with a staff of the asylum case has to be processed or delayed by this pandemic john. 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 in 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 way in mexico while they were 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 simper 15 now is for the 10th i'm a of next year. you're just out 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 news stories hopes that's not the case but she's concerned about the well being of those she's trying to help those of us go more or less at bus you know it's

a complicated situation for the hay from 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 a 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 that a new u.s. administration could help them in a 2nd sample from a skunk. 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. all several studies have looked into the depression and anxiety that this pandemic has caused among

children they have also found increase as an obsessive compulsive disorder or o.c.d. . reports now from land. i want to find a way to make your nighttime routine calmer the 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 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 resort. 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. the talk should daniels is a child there are pissed 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 pivot and approach your child's behavior and it 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 19 restrictions prevent visits they can only have faith that the treatment he's undergoing revives the son and brother they know they're going to. miami beach. down the stars attend how with the headlines here on al-jazeera 3 u.n. peacekeepers have been killed by unidentified attack as in central african republic ahead of sunday's election the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorises condemned the killings and acoa and demanded an investigation earlier ceasefire between a coalition of rebel groups and the government collapsed the rebels accuse president fast enough of planning to rig sunday's elections 6 opposition candidates say the vote should be postponed.