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efforts to curb the spread. of thousands of guatemala deported from the us find conditions at home even worse than when they 1st left. montana hamas now have all the support manchester united concede later as they are held to drop by fellow premier league title chases left the city. we begin with the central african republic and the ruling from the constitutional court that sunday's election will go ahead despite rising violence by armed groups opposition parties want it to spondon accuse the president of vote rigging rebels also rejected the missi of the government oppression demands on the careful body 3 un peacekeepers have been killed and rights groups are warning that violence could reach their goals last seen in 2013 and thousands of civilians were killed

catherine stories in the capital bongi with the latest. we have spoken to u.n. officials who say that 80 percent of the country if they cannot force people to go to vote they say that all the process of the laptop process is going on smoothly in these other parts of the country they say that the trouble areas are just few if you speak to the government spokesman and we spoke to him yet today he said that he . expects is going to be a little. but he hopes that this. is not going to be so low as to discredit the electoral process if you speak to opposition leaders and we've spoken to several of them they say that they're disappointed by the 4 tooling death saying that there are a great many people likely great to come out to vote and particularly that the ones you mentioned and that ensure that the ones who filed this petition.

to postpone the election particularly after one of them one of the presidential candidates with the group did it because of security issues but wanted back in kim is that people are very afraid and not just in areas where there is often fighting in places like here in the capital the where i am with you speaking to central african who are saying that they will not go to the polling stations until that absolutely sure that they will be safe. well despite the. mentioned on the ground is the u.n. is insisting that conditions a stable enough to ensure a free and an action the deputy special representative of the secretary general spoke to. she told my colleagues people are determined to exercise their right to vote. distribution of the voting cards is ongoing and people through this country who are registered to vote are coming in large numbers to collect their cards the population is determined in this country to vote tomorrow and we

are determined they should reject this poor and international community to ensure that the ball goes ahead i've just finished a meeting with all the regional representatives and the country and 80 percent of the country the situation has progressed in the electoral preparations are ongoing . so in most parts of the country people will be able to vote tomorrow in security yet in some parts there's instability were caused by the armed works but as you know we brought in be important yesterday from our mission in south sudan to reach the boat goes ahead and that the country can grow its security and our last estimate this morning is not there maybe about 4 percent of the electors not able to vote but it's absolutely not region why it's very specific communities and in those communities our blue helmets because you went to kurds have reinforced

their presence to ensure that people can come so we are very determined the population is determined and push back on the armed groups who believe they can still be elections from the population in this country and international cannot allow this country to be dragged back to the conflict and chaos of 2013 where innocent people were killed institutions were ended and total chaos was ringing in this country that cannot be allowed and we can't allow them to leave the country back along this. we have a mandate from the security council of which we are responsible to protect the citizens of this country fortunately very unfortunately and all of our feet on leases to the family and the country of the peacekeepers we lost yesterday but this is what we're here to do and the spite that parable was reinforced by our presence

and many in this country ok wrong side of this current recently wrote as they want to do less that they have said they want more. michael moore is a singer visiting fellow at the feroz center for africa at the london school of economics and political science he says there are enough troops reinforcements to ensure a safe. quite a few recent thick forests you know portions of the country where rebel movements have been high in for quite a number of yes but generally when it comes to political control it's quite clear to sit is this not a move gone beyond the civil war stage and back there east and the 50 states currently gunning for peace deal was signed i mean the country basically disappeared to move on and carry on with civic duties so i mean this election really is going to be like a test in. point where buyers you know assistance can actually realize that

politics can go on as usual and therefore it's quite essential that you know where the un troops and other really forced me from south sudan are actually our system to make sure that students have the liberty to go and vote in peace and and in security i think the competing for interest as you know me has to do with you know where to preform and the russians there are systems of security there's some level of french presence there prost maybe 2000 troops we have a new start there as well over 10000 troops i imagine and obviously the president has basically tried to assure that security is at the top of that agenda because of this so many you know rebel movements that have been trying to establish peace. parts of the here a city of nashville are under a curfew after motorhome exploded in the downtown area on friday the state is

a still trying to understand the motive the blast was there a transmission building it's a cause and communications outages across the state of tennessee and so they control in lines and spending scores said to some flights were briefly grounded but they say they found what could be human remains so far 3 people are reported to have been injured but no fatalities there's some mystery surrounding the moments leading up to the blast at me saying the same vehicle which exploded was bearing a recorded warning that a bomb would detonate in the minutes prior. and it's not john hendren who's there in nashville john this case really raises more questions than it does on says a lot more to we know that's right the mystery surrounding this christmas bombing just continues to expand what we know is that shortly before 6 30 am on friday morning a time when not a lot of people were in the tourist area where this bomb went off this is after all

the head the head of country music in the united states you come here to nashville to tour clubs and listen to music and that's what people would have been doing doing had this been later in the afternoon but instead we got these warnings emanating from a recreational vehicle and those warnings told people if they could hear the warning they should evacuate and then at one point about 6 15 am the warning changed and said that there was a potential explosion coming and 15 minutes later that is exactly what happened and it was a massive blast it destroyed at least 41 buildings 6 police officers had been on the scene evacuating people after hearing those warnings and officials here say that probably saved some lives the governor of tennessee believe he has toward the site today and he says he was surprised by the devastation he's asked donald trump

the president for a disaster declaration to free up funds and resources to help this area recover but the latest news we have is that human remains might have been found on the scene that is what the people who are combing that area believe they have found and that raises another mystery was there someone in that recreational vehicle who exploded along with it was there someone nearby and we simply don't know the answers to those questions were hoping to get a little more from investigators later on. john i don't know if there are any lockdown will is there a national at the moment if there are people out and about or if you've had a chance to speak to many people but i'm wondering what's the feeling there in the city today after this christmas day bombing where people are truly shocked they don't know if this was some kind of active terrorism or whether it was some individual who had

a problem the downtown area surrounding where that explosion was for several blocks has been cordoned off people are not allowed to go in there unless they live in that area and they are escorted announced that's because police are still looking for potential damage buildings that might be falling down and so there is a curfew from friday evening until sunday right now that may be extended but what we're hearing from people is really just shock and a lot of questioning about what was behind this was it an act of terrorism was it designed to target that 80 in t. transmission building it certainly has knocked out communications or much of the town there a lot of people we talked to say their phones aren't working credit card services aren't working and eighty's is that they are working to put up temporary phone lines so that earth phone poles rather so that people can continue to communicate

right now it's a minor inconvenience but really i don't think people here are going to relax until they know why this all happened ok thank you for that update there john hendren lon frost in nashville tennessee when i take now to check in washington d.c. he is the pentagon and national security reporter and foreign policy magazine thanks for your time what are your initial thoughts on this attack given that it's now being called an intentional act. so the thing that's that's going to be of concern to law enforcement officials and to folks here in washington is the use seemingly of the vehicle borne i.e.d. a car bomb like device in this attack now that's something that we've certainly seen a lot of on the battlefields in iraq in syria as as isis rolled into town in cities like mosul but not something we've seen on american streets so as we learn more about the person of interest that's apparently being identified here and

if that person remains on the loose a back would be something that's that's very concerning to federal law enforcement officials and of folks here in washington i know authorities haven't come out with a motive or haven't spoken about a possible motive yet but i'm wondering why anyone would target a communication system which seems to being the point or at least you know that's only thing anyone has to go on right now a telephone exchange went down but no news has emerged yet of anything untoward happening as a result of those outages i mean the question is why certainly that's that's a question here for folks in washington as well but when we see the widespread devastation that that's taking place that's been mentioned on this program as well as as you mentioned kim sort of the widespread communications outages we saw in nearby hospitals having trouble accessing medical records a temporary whole 911 systems and even trouble at the national airport so that

could raise a lot of potential motives as we learn more about a potential suspect being identified here for somebody who wanted to sow chaos and disruption on christmas day will this thing serious pause for thought in american securing circles now about a possible new styles of threat. certainly i think again the the use of that vehicle borne i.e.d. which is typically seen used as a weapon of war which was used by isis really as a motive to to shock the iraqi security forces as they were rolled through through mosul and large swaths of syria that's something that's going to raise a lot of concern in the trouble with a lot of those devices as you can build them with easier components so tougher to stop the flow of those components to export regulations or other means so. certainly law enforcement official in the truck at minot gratian will be hoping that we're not seeing the start of a trend here attack that's there

a pentagon and national security reporter at foreign policy foreign policy magazine thank you. i do more ahead on the news are including a new coronavirus trial is on the wave looking into using antibodies to help people already infected with covert 19. a string of explosions in afghanistan we look at who is being targeted and why. and india fans find their voice again the latest crickets coming up and scores. the new front strand of coronavirus that calls travel chaos and lockdowns across britain is being detected around the world sweden has become the latest country to report the more transmissible variant it was picked up on a traveler arriving from the u.k. elsewhere in europe nations are stepping up efforts to combat the virus italy has

just received its 1st 10000 doses of the files a biotech vaccine the 1st batch has also arrived in spain that's due to start its immunization campaign on sunday doses will 1st be administered at a nursing home and in germany the health minister has called for a major international effort to immunize as many people as possible as just hours before its vaccination program is set to begin or paul brennan is in london he says the virus is having a huge impact on a usually very busy retail harriet turn of virus really household the high streets and none more so than here on london's famous oxford street perhaps the most famous shopping street in this country and over my shoulder you can see how few people there are we are in the highest level of restrictions here. so strictly speaking people should be staying home unless they're out for essential exercise or to go to

an essential shop such as a pharmacy and you can see lots of places are simply closed. shop shop over there is closed foot locker room. right hand side shots from off on my left on the side also shots it really has decimated the expectations of the retailers now i see one estimate from the credit card company montlake card this morning and they expect boxing day people to spend around $3600000000.00 online but that's small consolation to the people with bricks and mortar buildings in places such as this and the restrictions on expanding today for the 1st time an extra $6000000.00 people under these tier 4 highest level restrictions meaning households cannot mix all essential shops have to close that brings to a total some $24000000.00 people in britain about 43 percent of the population who are now under these restrictions on the biggest difficulty over this christmas period has been how circumstance on the government have

a sense of balance people around now more on the roll out of an occupations in the e.u. john mccain has the details from. the european union has made pretty clear that it wanted the 27th of december had to be the date at which the vaccine became available for immediate distribution right across the $27.00 member states but it's interesting that in some cases already some vaccination has taken place certainly here in germany we were expecting it to start tomorrow and yet a 101 year old lady in the state of saxony which is for east german states has been the 1st recipient of the vaccine that's obviously outside the clinical testing period that took place for the pfizer vaccine when it was in development stages this is something this is part of the campaign rollout of vaccinations which the federal health minister here young man has been in charge of he's been speaking today about what he sees as the plan going forward. and we will start the

immunization campaign on a large scale $1300000.00 doses of vaccines will be delivered all over germany before the end of the year and then from january it will be even more each week almost 7 100000 doses every week in january more than 10000000 doses of by ontic in the 1st quarter and we anticipate that the approval of the maternal vaccine will happen in the 1st days of january with a further 1500000 doses of modernity and remember that this vaccination phase is coinciding with a return here in germany to hard lock down this is a twin track approach the government here believes is the best way to flatten the curve to use the phrase that was in vogue during the 1st pandemic the interesting thing is that it's not just here in germany that lockdown has been beginning the german lockdown returns tomorrow but today already in austria we know that a hard lockdown has begun again and this is going to last for several weeks.

researchers in the u.k. are starting trials for an antibody treatment that could prevent illness in people infected with co the 19 it's hoped the added body developed by drug manufacturer astra zeneca could prevent the viruses development in people who have already been exposed a new trial dubbed storm chaser is to recruit more than 1000 people to take part worldwide key target groups in the trial will be health care workers people in long term care and factory workers 10 people have been injected with antibodies so far dr sanjay ascending is an associate professor of infectious diseases at australian national university he says the antibody could specially benefit people with weakened immune systems. one issue with the vaccine is of course that the vaccine works by getting our own immune system to make antibodies so that's fine if we've got a strong immune system that's capable of making antibodies but what if certain groups

don't and the most common group where this is an issue are elderly people because they get an aging immune system which isn't a strong as when they were young and of course people who have a very low immune system because they've got a primary immunodeficiency or they're on medications to suppress their immune system so those people the vaccine may not do any harm but it may not necessarily work as well as a young healthy person so these monoclonal antibodies are an alternative where you just give them the antibody the immune system doesn't have to make them or they haven't done trials compared directly comparing the vaccine in one arm versus vaccine the monoclonal antibody and another they really have to do that but it is possible that it might have an additive effect we don't know but certainly in the 82 year old who gets the vaccine and we were not confident that the vaccine would work the monoclonal antibody if these trials work would be an alternative and expensive alternative but not good. us president elect joe biden is warning of

devastating consequences if donald trump doesn't sign the coronavirus for the millions of americans are at risk of losing jobless benefits at the end of saturday and evictions can restart both were included in the $900000000000.00 cover downtown relief package passed by congress on monday but trump protected it he wants direct payments increased from $600.00 to $2000.00 democrats support the change but republicans blocked it. and washington d.c. for us to have so isn't just the president holding up the passing of this bill then . yes because no one knows what his plan is we don't he hasn't explicitly said whether he will veto the bill if he vetoes the bill at least that the house and the senate can convene next week and attempt to override the veto if he does nothing and that could be a possibility then the clock just runs out congress has to begin again when the new

session begins on in early january so that's the fear in the meantime don't trump has been tweeting once again saying he wants $2000.00 checks for those who are suffering economically because of curved it the democrats said all right then we have a vote now on monday in the house where we are very likely to pass a bill which will give $2000.00 checks to 2 to those in need that's going to put the republicans in a really tricky situation 1st of all in the house because the republicans in the house are very scared of the trump base they have been standing by donald trump up to this point no matter what donald trump says but now when it comes to social safety nets because they always become huge deficit hawks and find $1.00 trillion dollars in tax cuts for the rich they get very nervous when it comes to helping the poor with the social safety net so if they if they they might face the wrath of voters and then what it does if and when it does part of the house it goes to the senate and mitch mcconnell then the senate majority leader's in a huge bind because the only reason he was interested in the stimulus checks in the

1st place was because he was worried about the georgia senate runoff races in john johnny the 5th where he felt the republicans were getting killed by the democrats as a leaked memo to that effect so he said ok well $600.00 in stimulus checks now he'll be in a position where he not only is he rejecting donald trump the president his president but he will be standing in the way of help for economically disadvantaged during the election in georgia knots where we start to think maybe well this might be the plan because there's a sense that all trump may simply be more interested in brevet engine of the stimulus checks against mitch mcconnell who has now recognized joe biden as victory in the presidential election. shavar does have a live for us in washington d.c. thank you. well u.s. president joe biden often talks about his working class roots in pennsylvania but his political career was made representing the time the state of delaware his election to the highest office makes him the 1st president from delaware which is

the 1st state to ratify the u.s. constitution. christensen he takes a closer look at the place the next president calls home. delaware traces its european roots back to the 1600s the city of new castle boasts many historic sites including the courthouse where the state 1st declared independence from great britain not to mention its more powerful neighbor pennsylvania this land marked example of the federal period architecture belonged to the son of george reid one of the signatories of the u.s. constitution like many in the state tour guide and murphy hopes the 1st state's 1st president will finally put delaware on the map i can remember traveling to california one time they asked me where i'm from and i said delaware and where's that even those who aren't huge fans of joe biden can see his election has benefits to bring more more tourists i think that she would be king from it was here in new

castle that joe biden won his 1st election 50 years ago taking a seat on the county council he hasn't lost an election since and many here see a win for biden as a win for delaware the shipping industry has long since left the shores of this former british colony these days wilmington home to the biden transition team is better known as a tax haven for corporations those in the struggling hospitality business are happy the hotels are now full of news media and more than that george taylor is looking forward to the new administration he gives that message of hope and for most black people out of a such as myself i believe he's going to do such a great job you know making sure that we are all integrated we are all united in one america it was in fact delaware founding father george reid who pushed to create the u.s. senate and guarantee equal representation for smaller states turns out politics in

delaware has always been personal when you have such a small place everyone has to get along in some way and i think the. it's the tradition that joe biden is certainly coming coming out of where your senator or your representative or in this case your president is a next door neighbor he's just joe to a lot of people here the hope is joe biden will now speak for the entire nation particularly the under represented in keeping with local tradition christian salumi al jazeera new castle delaware still ahead on al-jazeera campaigning and presidential elections where 1st and candidates are competing for the top job. for young right ushering in a in a silence of a rocking different church saying they won't be silenced by extremist threats. and wrong takes a step post approaching a christmas record sting tells couples. however

we've got some rain in the forecast for the middle east over the next couple of days you can see this line of cloud just coming out over and stretched across saudi arabia so what's the weather there just to the north of mecca we could see some wet weather there in mecca as well south of that it is looking generate dry it's a little the cool side riyad around 70 celsius there in doha it does feel a little fresher than of late temperature is higher than about 24 decrease on sunday as we go on into monday those temperatures 40 back to just 22 celsius establish also a few spots of rain across central parts of saudi arabia further north. dry and fine for squids from time to time up towards the black sea and the caspian sea a brisk enough wind to just around the whole of africa but again it's largely

looking dry here gerty the shallow as just around that western side of kenya pushing across into democratic republic of congo pushing across the good parts of well showers still in place there in angola mostly that shabby rain stretching its way down into namibia as we go on into the next couple of days showers to to the east of south africa may well have trouble cycling making its way across madagascar where the threat of flooding. has become a major issue the demand is going great and the supply is going straight down turning in essential natural resources into a commodity trading. just because lloyd's. cannot be price what about the guy can't afford it tell me it's water. out his ear examines the social

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you watch al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the central african republic will go ahead with sunday's presidential election as planned despite fears of the spread of violence the constitutional court ruled unanimously a request by opposition candidates to perspire own the vote. the u.s. city of nashville is under a curfew after a motorhome exploded on friday the vehicle blared a recorded warning before exploding there a transmission building has been communication outages ever since. sweden has become the latest country to its true detective a mission variant of covert 19 1st reported in the u.k. the more transmissible strand of the virus was found on a traveler from the u.k. it comes as european countries including spain italy and germany received their 1st vaccine. at least 35 people have been kidnapped in northeast nigeria armed men dressed in military uniforms set up a roadblock and abducted the travis as they headed to my degree it's believed the

incident could be linked to buckle her arm. 30 candidates have made their final pitches to vote as ahead of elections in the polls has stark and set the course for the 1st peaceful transition of power amid interest reports from the capitol on how africa's 2nd coronavirus wave is having an impact. it's been a busy 3 weeks of campaigning for presidential candidate. any wave of korra virus infections forced the government to impose a limit on carbon based on the last day. but the leading candidate a confident but the right message is something passed through the protests former fording and interior minister mohammad. is the governing party's candidate. 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 the 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 are running for president while some have complained 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 will later from the country's next cabinet as in previous elections analysts say. with a coalition of one of the bin 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. i'll just see that you have me last month military launched an offensive against the to grain people's liberation front in the country's north integrated. i've called it a law enforcement operation but it spirals into an into ethnic conflict killing possibly thousands it's one of several cases of simmering tensions in the country and just as michael webb takes a look at recent events and where stands now. when government troops took control of the to grain regional capital of mackay last month prime minister ahmed said the law enforcement operation against the thick

rain people's liberation front. was over others said the conflict had only just begun. he said no civilians are being killed by government troops. both sides have been accused of rights abuses we've seen targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure with heavy artillery fire we have seen widespread looting of private property in many towns in western g.k. we've seen extrajudicial executions of individuals and much to be linked to the t.p.s. but also prominent business people we've obviously also seen a context of massive restrictions on humanitarian access the conflict has impacted the region there are numerous reports of eritrean soldiers operating into great eritrea's in ethiopia's government deny it more than 50000 people have

fled to refugee camps in neighboring sudan that's reignited an all border dispute between the 2 countries. last week sudan accused ethiopian forces of attacking its soldiers inside its border and within ethiopia there are an increasing number of reports of into ethnic violence in other parts of the country last week more than 100 villages were killed by an armed group in parish angle commodes region these type of. very frequent. those incidents have claimed the lives of. hundreds of thousands so it really is. the last 6 months or a month that's a stark reality. mass protest part of the country that brought prime minister i.b.m. had to power 3 years ago. before that decades of both or terry and ruth had

frozen generations old conflict many of them on ethnic lines. abbi was credited with bringing in some democratic reforms that led some of those conflicts to start boiling over his drive to unify ethiopia has conflicted with growing demand of various ethnic groups who are seeking more autonomy when you are. in a country you have to find ways of making. right so i mean you know. you know unity is likely to cause more problems is just what. the p.l.f. dominated the government for nearly 30 years before i'll be took over one of the triggers of the conflict into gray was the postponement of elections that would you for months ago because of covert now they're expected to be held

a bit growing tensions in 2021 malcolm web al-jazeera. sent out is a fellow at the university of london and horn of africa analyst he says what started as a domestic crisis has grown into a full international conflict. the indications at the moment are that there is still fighting going on. how long that will continue for is impossible to tell but they did have more than 100 maybe 150000 men under arms and that the tradition integrate is to go into the hills and fight from the hills not to try to hold the cities so if they do that they have a long history of doing it and there's no reason why they could not continue the big question is what will suit don do because all their supplies of essential slike fuel and food and ammunition will need to come in from sudan can that be sustained

will sister sudan allow that to be sustained that we don't know this is an international war you already have the eritreans involved the united states has made it clear that they believe the eritrean forces are involved. britain sort of off the record 'd accept that this is the case so do the european union so there's little kay little in little indication that's not true eritrean forces are involved so you are in now if this is not a full scale war on 3 fronts involving more than one country that's terribly dangerous for all of that your hands but also for ethiopia because they they also withdrew troops from somalia at the table i somalia they pulled people out of other areas which were tense but been a shuttle which is now seen more the 100 people dead with ethnic violence now how much can that be laid on the door of the ahmed well i think quite a lot at least 5 people i think and am tack by syrian regime forces

so on homicide and an artillery strike on a van if the hum on the northwest on the 7 was one to get attacked by bashar al assad's forces violates a ceasefire that was signed in march. a new yemeni government has been sworn in more than a year after the signing of a power sharing agreement ministers took the constitutional oath in the saudi capital riyadh the cabinet is a coalition between yemen's internationally recognized government and members of the separatist southern transitional council the 2 sides have previously been locked in a pole struggle but they've been working to unite against the who the rebels which took over the company in late 2014. afghanistan's capital has been hit by a series of explosions at least 5 separate attacks were reported across kabul 2 police officers were killed in the worst incident no group has claimed responsibility that comes as the taliban and afghan government continue talks here in doha as well as security forces activists politicians and journalists have been

among those targeted in afghanistan in the past few weeks let's review some of the most recent attacks a prominent women's rights activist was shot dead along with her brother. unknown gunmen on a vote by targeted fresh to me in cup piece province her death came a day after another activist was killed mohamed do so for us she was the head of an independent elections watchdog and one of the country's most senior pro-democracy voices while on saturday a politician called mohammed why doc was targeted in a car bombing he survived but at least 9 other people were killed. she is a member of afghanistan's parliament and former afghan ambassador to canada she says the taliban is using violence as leverage in peace negotiations. by increasing that's why no one help us to resolve our differences and try to find try to increase the number of why then to get to more arguments and indices i think this

is a pretty strong technique used by by product on me people say that money bus the activist group with $0.50 in the region mike take advantage of such a situation doing to just want to make up the pressure that comes out of the government and also create like to provoke the people against a government that not discover man cannot maintain the security of. its cities around so this is not 2nd best option was to nobody support such a government neither does the international community support or the public of afghanistan but be turned off by having such an act in afghanistan i think even with socks and slate and support. i think as i said it's a bit easier on advice effectively today and also if one has the resources because you cannot resolve our differences to

a binding but i think the best of travelers are just people who support this peace process should select should go for a cease fire as it is a term for the un long some so the people get or should get interest and support and we should like to solve anti-god friend says or like a month which we have the people think with these. despite appeals from aid is for poor string a pandemic the united states continues to deport central americans back to their home countries that's here alone more than 20000 baht a mile and thank them back the found conditions there even worse than when i met john holmes has. it's been a desperate homecoming for me gayle said he was deported from the u.s. in september after 2 years of working illegally in miami. now he's back in his village shipped to you in the guatemalan highlands to find the harvest has failed the young man 20000 guatemalans have been deported from the u.s.

this year the chording to the country's migration institute and they're coming back to find the conditions they fled and now even worse the economy's projected to contract due to the pandemic and experts say the country's also increasingly affected by climate change some of its regions are part of a dry belt spreading throughout central america and guatemala is also just been devastated by 2 november hurricanes they destroyed the crops in miguel's village and now food is scarce. and emits those natural disasters many of those deported also struggling to pay off debt. that's because people smugglers often charge migrants $10000.00 or more to take the north the idea is they'll pay back gradually once working in the states. but it's a gamble and those that are kicked out have to pay the money anyway as the parents of miguel and his cousin who was cool with him and now discovering the business in cuba when my son arrived i feel glad that we still have this debt to pay and we're

suffering it's $7700.00 now i'm trying to scilab it of land to pay it as a father i want to help my son but instead of getting ahead we only get poorer healthy but in our hearts we kept that pain what can we do what can we go now we have nobody to support to see the u.s. . the guatemalan president has recently said the answer to the problem is to create prosperity in communities like ship you so that people don't have to leave in the 1st place. being coming by the ministration this place to spend $4000000000.00 on central america to do just that but it's tough to make sure the money gets to where it's needed past efforts so that it won't be a silver bullet to stop migration john heilemann does either there are some of the most celebrated and respected rushes in the arab world for conflicts a tear in a sometimes political oppression forced many to flee iraq from abroad now

a new generation is determined to keep iraq's this very heritage of life charles traffic reports of mcauliffe has been writing about the momentous and often violent changes iraq has suffered for more than half a century the baghdad based author whose novels short stories and poems have been published across the arab world has had to navigate censorship political imprisonment and even death threats throughout his career he acknowledges his contribution to iraqi literature but he is saddened by what he says is the lack of impact his work has had. then millet who are now in the country has culturally regressed people who don't read or write might struggle to develop culture across the arab world is suffering terribly and their right has to without freedom to write how can of this learn i feel have little effect on people's thoughts the bookshops along elements and up the street named after

a 10th century poet have been immortalized in iraq in arab culture if a centuries the crumbling alterman buildings have witnessed how the pressures on iraqi writers and readers have changed over the years the challenge of avoiding jail worse under the rule of saddam hussein to bomb attacks and kidnapping by al qaida eisel and various armed groups that still have much power in iraq elements in the street is almost a mythical status in the history of arabic literature a place where writers and intellectuals would meet to discuss politics and the odds but despite the political instability and violence in this country continues to suffer there is increasing evidence of young writers appearing who are determined not to self and to protect and build on iraq's literary past. but i'll be arty is a young recently published iraqi poet she owns a bookshop and one of

a number of recently opened publishing houses close by she says half the book seen her shot by new young iraqi writers we're trying to wake people up from the hibernation for too long iraqis have accepted what we were told so as young writers we try to simulate minds without religion or focus on ethnicity instead we look at a reader's humanity we're not afraid because we have seen so much of course i sometimes worry about my family but we have to restrain relate ideas of civilized things at baghdad's annual international book fair young people who can afford to buy books including arabic literature history philosophy and translated foreign works but. it is difficult for our generation to find the correct road to walk along so we depend on ourselves and through books and reading i hope we can change the next generation to planted flowers not thorns that we find on the path we travel along we have to read more widely to forge

a new future young people here definitely seem keen to lead. them to good that will . hope at least that iraq's literary heritage is being rekindled by a new generation who say their country's future stability and growth will be helped by young iraqis reading and writing more. baghdad. dozens of people have been evacuated from their homes on the portuguese island and there are after severe flooding roads where concrete. damaged property and at least one house was destroyed no injuries have been reported. an ancient fast food cancer will soon be open again in italy that's to visitors archaeologists recently discovered it on paper and be busy uncovering its secrets that have come across cooking utensils food containers and how to move remains including the skeleton of a small dog it's believed to have served all sorts of dishes from snails to paya is

the 1st to be fully excavated and will be open for an instant next year literary fans are being treated to an online adaptation of charles dickens classic a christmas carol performed in sunlight into the late author's home in them that the specter after listening for a moment joined the mournful. floated out there on the beach. the tale of ebeneezer scrooge is brought to life is viewers see inside the rooms where dickens wrote the book of the late 1900 it's the 1st time the story has been adapted for an online audience it's horowitz now operates as a museum has been closed most of the year due to the pandemic still ahead on al-jazeera in sports especially women from miami and i will explain why later in the program. stories of abuse in aged care for.

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kind of sport has come up thank you very much kim while we saw with football matches a united were denied by a late equaliser from leicester city in the english premier league deflected effort to offer jamie what saw the game and to all the result leaves the foxes 3 points behind table toppers liverpool while united trailed the reds by 4 points we feel disappointed the bush flopped in the dressing room of course because we did create enough chances to score more goals 'd. i thought we defended well but then they had that one moment at the end and elsewhere arsenal are looking to go back to their

winning ways they're facing chelsea at the moment at the emirates stadium that match is on the way and the latest there the gunners are 3 nil up the city are taking on new cos all in the late kick off. bron james has moved up to 2nd in the n.b.a. its all time christmas day scoring list he scored 22 points for the l.a. lakers against the dallas mavericks and he now has 383 points on christmas day then trails kobe bryant has enjoyed 1st with $395.00 efforts helping seal $138115.00 win and what was an overall great day for the makers. of the. i woke up early this morning we all have. your chest or just. leave the house just oh sorry i came back home yes it. was great mommy was someone who. you know was.

all scared when i wasn't quite a good choice i went back to the room so that he sighed when i woke up to. go on the spider and jamie butler injuring his ankle and the 1st half the miami heat managed to beat the new orleans pelicans 111298 as a result maintains their coaches perfect 8 and 0 record on christmas day. they were being a lot more physical with us in the 2nd half. bumping us out of our normal wall and our actions there are good but there are a good defensive team nerd. much improved already you know on that and. it's always good to see us respond. the 2021 is shaping up to be a massive year in boxing knew with the likely highly anticipated and undisputed heavyweight title bout expected to happen between britain's anthony joshua and

tyson fury and according to eddie who's been promoting a.j. is fight the fight could happen outside of their home country the united kingdom this week he says that for it to happen in the u.k. a full capacity crowd would be needed but he's unsure whether that would be feasible given the country's current code 19 situation just has previously fought in saudi arabia while furious most recent fights being in the united states while we've been speaking to boxing broadcasts the guys davis who believes the fight will most likely to happen in the middle east. they need to agree the venue for me that's the big point is the venue can we do it in the u.k. at the moment i don't think we can because it requires a big crowd and therefore i think the chalks at the moment are headed towards the middle east boxing is a business so code it is affected the fact we can't have 100000 people at wembley stadium that's the big reason 1st of all that it's not going to happen in may or june here 1st of all there's no guarantee we're in

a lockdown at the moment people can even sense gather a christmas sum to go to the middle east to make it viable and see joshua probably the arguably the that the most ever a challenger coming back to win his belts is. 60000000 and you had told me you know so that really much outside the recent saudi arabia i mean what's extraordinary sum of money and he tells me. you know the chairman if they fight in the middle east and it is you know in a ready made stadium or in a purpose built stadium that there is arguably $100000000.00 each for the 2 men they will say they will go after that money. cricket then india dominated day one of the 2nd test against australia in melbourne 30000 fans who are allowed to at the m.c.g. as a tourist that dismissed all says for just 195 runs just great to start with 4th call to india last one wicket in their response and closed off 36 for one. so there

was a constant discussion going on between the mourners and. the other days with the captain so you know that it could change after the 1st session as well it got better to back on the moisture going to his halt again adjusting according to their dive into the wicket i know the lines that we wanted to board so we were just trying to communicate what kind of lines we wanted to put so we could save the soap and there was less help so we tried to change a little bit of the lane and we. you know but it's got very good ball in one ops and. there was a little bit more in it that i you know it would seem and we've all swings were in the. way it was going in a little bit which is something that you probably don't see usually gear. on so i think once again we've got to make sure we. make sure that whatever they get we get a big score 2nd and that's it for me can't thank you that i. am as news our barbara

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