if you're treated. or even further join me richelle carey and outfront is my guest from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories in pressing issues here on out is there. u.s. president donald trump is warned of devastating consequences with unemployment benefits about to stop for millions of americans. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a court gives the go ahead for a central african republic contentious election despite fighting between rebels and the army. and he well knew like. nearly a 1000 refugees and migrants are stuck out in the freezing cold in the bosnia croatia

border. and europe sees a window of hope as governments start vaccinating against code 19. millions of americans will lose their unemployment support payments within hours unless president donald trump signs a coronavirus relief and spending bill it was considered a done deal until trump suddenly objected to the amount of money that would be sent to most americans there ought to be $600.00 payments but the president thinks should be increased to 2000 as he holds out wide ranging benefits hang in the balance a rose in jordan joins us live now from washington d.c. just talk us through what's likely to happen then if president trump doesn't sign off on this bill. the short version is that people who had been receiving unemployment won't be getting it next week more than 830000 people filed for

unemployment claims in the most recent government reporting and that is just indicative of how many people in this country have had some sort of financial setback since the pandemic took effect earlier in march now this is a situation where if there is not a signature on this $900000000000.00 relief bill in the next 3 hours that means everything stops and so if there is some sort of agreement to try to get covert support payments where stipends which is what the president has been all up in arms about as well as to deal with unemployment and a housing moratorium you know addiction moratorium i should say as well as funding for the federal government all of that's going to have to be dealt with almost from scratch starting on monday when the house of representatives is back in session so it there's a lot riding on the fact that donald trump has not yet signed this legislation and

conversely also has not actually veto the legislation you don't know what to do until the president takes an action one way or the other yet rosena how much is this standoff being seen as trump taking revenge on republicans who didn't fully support his bid to overturn the election results. well we have not heard the president talk about the effort in any great sense to try to get the funding that he wants into most americans pockets not just $600.00 in a one time check but 2 $1000.00 but he has been blaming congressional republicans for not standing up for him in his efforts to try to overturn the november 3rd presidential election results he has claimed that they don't have his back he's also made this accusation of the u.s. supreme court and there is reporting in the washington post tonight suggesting that he has not been happy with stephen minucci in the set the treasury secretary the

man whom he deputised to negotiate this $900000000000.00 deal with members of congress so it seems as if at least in part there's a lot of political gamesmanship going on here but ultimately what you have are tens of millions of americans who are looking at more financial stress and more financial worry as this pandemic continues and they don't know where the relief is coming from any time soon all right iraq jordan live for us there in washington d.c. ross thank you louise gardere is president of the food research and action center which works to eradicate poverty every day to hunger in the u.s. he says it's outrageous that trump would hold up support some if people are relying on. there are a bunch of benefits that were part of this package in particular are going to zation is very concerned about any increase to the supplemental nutrition assistance program or snap that was in there but one of the things that we know is

that for every one needle that's provided by feeding america. we're the largest in this country the program 5 that is currently being increased the program that's currently being withheld snap to provide 9 so the scale of one to 9 is an incredibly important thing for people to understand in terms of how to deal with hunger problem at scale and also the snap benefit has incredible. positive economic benefits as well for this country that we can really use what we seen is as many have the credible miles of cars lined up banks and dramatic aerial shots that are in place and you know our memory on this and this is why the delay in getting this benefit out is so unconscionable we have the solutions at hand we've known about them and now not only do we know

that we have a deal where people were standing ready to receive these benefits but now that it has been to wait and millions will continue to suffer. central african republic sconce attritional court has ruled that sunday's elections can go ahead despite worsening fighting between the government and rebels more peacekeepers are arriving as well as soldiers in russia to help maintain law and order an alliance of rebel groups accuses president. there of planning to rig the vote as there was catherine so reports now from the capital bangui. laurel is a driver and shows us pictures from my recent walk trip to a town 300 kilometers north of the capital bangui shortly after he took this photos he says on demand attacks and he had to flee he's worried about relatives who live in the town he blames rebel groups calling themselves the patriots correlation for

change or c.p.c. for the latest security crisis in the central african republic he told the town is almost empty some of the men are asking civilian to give up their electoral college others in the charge as far as they know there cannot be a proper election in bossangoa. president forced to our deborah has asked people to come out and vote those in to be vigilant with concerns the violence may intimidate who says and undermine the point the government is looking to provide reassurance you have countries throughout the world. there is no. one let's see if and when. people decide not to vote and you have a level of 0 for what it is but it's a patient which is no it doesn't mean that this election is not credible more than

$12000.00 peacekeepers from the u.n. mission in new backing see our security forces troops recently stand by i wonder russian military instructors in private security contractors are also on the ground all of this instability that you were. arrested part of the country that. a petition filed by 7 opposition kind of is to postpone the election was rejected by the constitutional court 17 presidential candidates have been cleared to run for anyone has withdrawn his candidacy citing security reasons most promising to finally bring peace back to central african republic revive the economy and provide basic services. are has numerous gold. deposits as well as other natural resources yet it's

one of the poorest and most unstable countries in the world more than half the population of 5000000 needs a good some people here in the capito told us all they want is a dignified life and to get to the other side of the poles safely catherine. to the north west will be voting in elections that can deliver its 1st peaceful handover of power president. who came to power in a coup before being elected in 2011 is stepping down after 2 terms his chosen successor. leaves a 30 strong field of candidates was struggling with violent movements and demick poverty. it's a big job because there are 2 elections at the same time there are the presidential elections and the legislative elections who stakes are high we have to make sure that the ballots that have to go to the ballot box for the presidential election there and those for the legislative elections go to the ballot box with the

representative elections so we try to organize ourselves as well as possible. several people have been injured in a large fire that broke out at a syrian refugee camp north of tripoli in lebanon there are reports it started during an altercation between residents of the camp and people living nearby united nations says several tents have been destroyed the camp is home to about 75 families. more than a 1000 refugees and migrants stranded in the burnt out camp in bosnia herzegovina a fire this week destroyed much of leap that's near the town of be on the croatian borda. reports. these migrants have nowhere to go they're stranded in a refugee camp and most are herzegovina their goal is to reach western europe but for now their focus is surviving the winter storm the lip of camp near the croatian border has no heat and no proper facilities lined outside in subzero temperatures

refugees wait for a donated meal and perhaps a sleeping bag from the red cross we are living like and the most human and well living like better. so please i request. you i know i us all and yours to help us because if they cannot help us we really die so please help us a fire broke out on wednesday the same day the camp was meant to be shut down a un official says it was likely said by migrants frustrated with the schedule closure and lack of alternatives now most of the infrastructure that house more than 1500 people is destroyed or damaged diddy's it no anything and no blankets and no. better place for sleep and you know that there is a many problems and i think we would write that there are reports of frostbite and hypothermia proper shoes is a luxury many here can't afford the e.u.

has warned bosnia thousands of migrants face a freezing winter without shelter but politics is getting in the way. plans to relocate migrants have been met with protests and resistance from residents and authorities have so far failed to find new accommodations for thousands of people from asia the middle east and north africa the situation has been described as a disaster upon a disaster and the u.n. is concerned things could get worse. than al-jazeera. time for a short break here on al-jazeera when we come back u.s. investigators searched the home of a person of interest following friday's explosion in nashville. one of thousands of brought a modest border from the u.s. this year describes how the conditions he fled and now even worse more than a status.

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gradually ease its way towards southern parts of vietnam showers also pushing towards the south of india over the next a diode say the cloud just old say pushing across sri lanka they will pay a pop for a time could well lead to some localized flooding and then we'll see that west the weather just easing over towards tom allowed to north of that is dry. but. a secret mass grave and arlen discovered at an institution run by catholic nuns was. a nation shocked to its core. people in power investigates a scandal that destroyed families cost thousands of lives and still raises profound questions about the ties between the catholic church and the irish state. arlen's mother and baby scandal. on

a. muar. welcome back apart from out of our top stories here on al-jazeera nearly 14000000 americans will lose their unemployment benefits within hours and as president donald trump signs of her own a virus really from spending package he's refusing though saying direct payments to americans included in the bill aren't enough. the court has ruled that central african republic can press ahead with elections despite violence escalating between government forces and rebel fighters more un peacekeepers arrive trying to ensure sunday's vote is peaceful and the preparations are on for sunday's elections in the it will be the west african states 1st peaceful transition of power between elected

leaders. federal investigators in the u.s. are searching a home as they look for clues into the large explosion in the southern city of nashville minutes after blaring a recorded warning of what was to come a pox motorhome blew up on a street early on christmas morning 3 people were hurt and about 40 buildings damaged the house being searched belongs to someone police are calling a person of interest john hendren is in nashville with more details. well they have identified that one man his name is anthony quinn warner a 63 year old man from the town of antioch about 15 kilometers from here where the explosion happened but he's only been identified as a person of interest what makes that intriguing is that in google earth photographs it appears that there is an r.v. or recreational vehicle parked in the driveway of the home that is being searched and that's interesting because it was an r.v.

that exploded down here after broadcasting warnings to anybody who was nearby so police have not said that this is the man responsible for the bombing they've only said that he is a person of interest they're looking into him but they've also said some very intriguing things they seem very confident that they have cracked this case they have said that they don't believe that there is any threat of a follow on attack that means they're pretty sure that this is a one off and they've also said that they are confident they will identify who was responsible so they appear to be well ahead but they they did not they say the statement that we got the news conference earlier was that they were not prepared to identify any individuals that they were investigating at this point to it does look like they're fairly far along but we are told they have $500.00 leads in tips and they are investigating those aggressively. 3 e.u. nations of started covert 9000 vaccinations the day before the official mass rolled

out begins in germany a 101 year old woman in an elderly cat home was among a small number of people who received the 1st phase a biotech jobs back scenes were also administered to frontline health workers in hungary and slovakia future goals health minister says a window of hope has now opened while warning there still a difficult fight ahead full brunt of reports. the refrigerated vans drove through the night destinations including rome paris spain and hungary the precious cargo the vaccine developed by pfizer biotech kept at between minus 70 and minus 80 degrees the mass inoculation is due to start in a coordinated launch later on sunday but the 1st job went to work at a hospital in budapest. a vaccination plan is ready with health workers at the front of the queue those working with patients in intensive care and emergency care units will be vaccinated 1st so they can continue their heroic struggle to see of.

europe has seen 16000000 coronavirus cases and suffered more than 400000 deaths the approval and distribution of this 1st vaccine is reason for considerable hope across the continent. we have in total $19500.00 doses which makes $3100.00 vials these those will be stored in our freezer at minus 80 degrees which will be then distributed to the different elderly homes and public hospitals. who started the company in the course of should we will start the immunization campaign on a large scale 1300000 doses of vaccine as will be delivered all over germany before the end of 2020 and then from january it will be even more each week almost 7 100000 doses every week in january more than $10000000.00 doses in the 1st quarter the relentless spread of the covert $1000.00 virus and the news that more infectious variants are evolving as lent even more urgency to the vaccination

program the variant 1st identified in the u.k. has now been discovered in other european countries to try to contain that variant thousands of truck drivers have spent christmas stranded at the u.k. port of dover and prevented from crossing to france unless they test negative for the virus the backlog remains stubbornly large despite the efforts of military reinforcements. and lockdowns have ruined the festive period for traditional high street retailers with shoppers ordered to stay at home coronavirus has hollowed out the u.k. high street this is oxford street london's primary retail avenue and instead of hundreds of thousands of people out to take advantage of the boxing day sales the shops are closed instead of festivity and bustle it's full on and barren the street empty. with coronavirus europe has enjoyed much the same tories 2020 as the rest of the world the hope is that from sunday things will start to improve. paul brennan

al-jazeera london. despite appeals from leaders from poor as during the pandemic the united states has continued to deport central americans back to their home countries they include more than 20000 watt amal ns just this year john homa reports. it's been a desperate homecoming for me gayle said thought he was deported from the u.s. in september after 2 years of working illegally in miami. now he's back in his village ship in the guatemalan highlands to find the harvest has failed for the young man 20000 guatemalans have been deported from the u.s. this year according 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 pollutant midst 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 it back gradually once working in the states. but it's a gamble and those are kicked out have to pay the money anyway as the parents of miguel and his cousin who was caught with him and now discovering it will be business legal because when my son arrived i feel glad that we still have this debt to pay for suffering it's $7700.00 now i'm trying to celebrate of land to pay it as a father i want to help my son but instead of getting ahead we only get poorer what healthy but in our hearts we have that pain what can we do what can we go now we

have nobody to support to see that us. 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 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 parts of the u.k. have been warned to expect more flooding and strong winds they've already been days of wet weather from the approaching storm bella rivers have been rising particularly high in the county of bedford in england's east midlands where many homes have been evacuated. last month ethiopia's military launched an offensive against the leaders of the tigre a region in the north prime minister abbey ahmed described it as an operation against those who want to break the country apart but it spiraled into an ethnic

conflict. on wed looks at recent events and where ethiopia stands now. where the hero peon government troops took control of the to grain regional capital of mackay last month prime minister abi ahmed said the law enforcement operation against the to crane 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 cheek i we've seen extrajudicial executions of individuals and that's 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 and ethiopia government deny it more than 50000 people have fled to refugee camps in neighboring sudan that 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 region. frequent. those incidents have claimed. hundreds of thousands so really it. has been

a recurring the last 6 months or a month that's a sad reality. mass protest part of the country the prime minister are being made to power really 3 years ago. before that decades of authours tarion rule had frozen generations old conflict many of them on ethnic lines. abbie was credited with bringing in some democratic reforms that's led some of those conflicts to start boiling over his drive to unify ethiopia has conflicted with growing demands of various ethnic groups who are seeking more autonomy when you. you know you have to find ways of making. right so i mean you know. you know you need. is likely to cause more problems is just what. the p.l.f.

dominated the government for nearly 30 years before i'd be took over one of the triggers of the conflict into gray with the postponement of elections that would you 4 months ago because of coded now they're expected to be held a bit growing tension in 2021 malcolm webb al-jazeera now much has been said this see here about the impact the pandemics had on athletes the olympic games and other competitions where perspire owned or canceled and so what about those whose livelihoods depend on these events is one man's story i am donald murali i'm a photographer 2021 i think for everybody on the planet it was quite a curveball we don't think any of us have have seen so much in you know our current one year. to almost a dissenter almost like in a call old testament things going on with you know things in the environment things

with civil unrest. for the last 25 years i've been traveling and i've been traveling a lot for sports in adventure and other things and that all came to a screeching halt in march when i stop probably 100 days of work just you know fizzle and disappear it within a week the top of that i was looking forward to covering was the tokyo 2020 olympics. which was going to start in july obviously that was postponed till 2021 but for me that would have been my 10th olympic games and i was very much looking forward to out there covering it for sports illustrated i ended up you know shooting more things close to home. whether it be you know just local serving or things for you know social change. you know local paddle outs local demonstrations for black lives matter. just different things that were happening in my

neighborhood that i normally would not be here for so it was that was kind of a blessing in disguise you know and i think nothing's going to be the same after 2020 you know i don't think that you know we're going to pop back into how we were before i think behaviorally we've changed as as humans because of what happened i think in general. you know across the board i think there's just things that are front from this year on are going to be the new normal i really hope that we get back to a place where. and you know being able to to go to big sporting events with with all these people and the energy field from that is is normal again and i think it will be i think by the end of hopefully 2021 by the fall of 2021 you're going to see packed stadiums again and and you know i do miss doubt side of it where you're

at these events and there's so much energy at them whether it's a sporting event or even just going to like a music concert with with people all cheering for the same thing 2020 in general was is is probably has been a learning lesson for a lot of people. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera nearly 14000000 americans will lose their unemployment benefits within hours on this president trump signs a coronavirus relief and spending package trump has refused to sign that unless congress extends relief checks from $600.00 to 2000 wells in jordan as more. short version is that everyone who had been receiving unemployment benefits through this week won't be getting them next week and that's because even if the president were to sign this.