the changing listening continues to. discover. to deal with the most intense election campaigns the u.s. says it would need to raise it's 6. january on al-jazeera. and millions of americans risk losing unemployment benefits unless president trump signs a crucial relief bill within the next hour. of their i'm starting a tape this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a court gives the go ahead for the election in central african republic despite fighting between rebels in the army. and the most human and they will

do like. nearly a 1000 refugees and migrants are stuck out in the freezing cold on the bosnia croatia border. and europe sees a window of hope as governments start vaccinating against the 19. now in about just under an hour's time millions of americans could lose their unemployment support payments unless president all the signs of coronavirus relief and spending bill the $900000000000.00 package was considered a done deal after it was approved by republicans and democrats in congress but part of it includes a one time coronavirus relief payout congress agreed to $600.00 individuals but trump wants that increased and in the last hour he tweeted to a gay. call off

a $2000.00 payment and stead our correspondents enjoy it and it's in washington d.c. she explains what will happen if the president continues to refuse to sign a bill for. it's very simple if there is no presidential signature the unemployment funding to the states which it minister unemployment benefits will stop and that means the millions of people who have been applying for unemployment benefits more than 800000 just this week alone won't be getting any more additional money the states can't just come up with the money themselves because they have to run balanced budgets and so they rely on this federal funding in order to provide the unemployment benefits to their residents so if there isn't a signature there won't be any checks coming this is the last week and afterwards what are people going to do it's been very difficult for people to try to get back to work because of the rising number of covert cases the rising number of curfews

and restrictions on people's movements in various parts of the country you just can't say will go out and get a job if it's physically not safe for you to go out and get a job right now you have a lot of competing reasons why this legislation as of right now has not been signed you have of course the president's frustration with what he considers disloyal republicans not standing up for what he alleges was an election that was stolen from him there is absolutely no proof of that and you also have the fact that there is a very different philosophy in terms of what the government's spending should look like. polls open in central african republic in just under 2 hours now after the constitutional court ruled that the election can go ahead as planned it comes amid intensified fighting between the government and rebels there more un peacekeepers an hour arriving as well as soldiers from russia to help maintain law and order an alliance of rebel groups accuses president fast enough to adair of planning to rig

this verse out of there as catherine story reports from the capital now. loral god-i is a driver and shows us pictures from i resent walk trip to a town 300 kilometers north of the copper. shortly after he took this fossils 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. tone the tone 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 that cannot be a proper election in bossangoa. president faustina actions to our data 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 of countries throughout the world. let's say. and when. people decide not to vote and you have a level of 0 for what it is but a submission which is no it doesn't mean this election is not pretty but more than $12000.00 peacekeepers from the u.n. mission are backing c.r. security forces troops recently stand by i wonder russian military instructors and private security contractors are also on the ground all of this instability that you were. arrested in 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 election one 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 some people here in the capital told us all they want is a dignified life and to get to the other side of the polls safely catherine 0. went to the northwest will also be voting in elections on sunday that are set to deliver its 1st peaceful handover of power president obama came to power and could

before being elected back in 2011 is stepping down after 2 terms his chosen successor mohamed needs a fancy strong field of candidates are struggling with violent movements and widespread poverty. it's a big job because there are 2 elections at the same time there are the presidential elections and the local sort of actions 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 workers motive elections go to the ballot box with a 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 more of tripoli in lebanon there are reports that it started during all to cation between residents of the can't and people living nearby the united nations says several tents have been destroyed at camp is home to about $75.00 families and more than a 1000 refugees and migrants are stranded in

a band out camp and bosnia-herzegovina a fire there this week destroyed much of that cab near the town of bay hack on the croatian border has hot area. 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 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 they were living like better. so please i asked. you i know us all and yours to help us because if they cannot help us we really don't 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 will we be doing that there are reports of frostbite and hypothermia proper shoes is a luxury many here can't afford the e.u. has warned bosnia the 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 opon a disaster and the u.n.

is concerned things could get worse katia locus of again al-jazeera. now 3 nations have started covering 1000 backs a day earlier than the official last roll out and germany a 101 year old woman and an elderly care facility miss among the small number of people to receive those 1st fires a biotech jap's vaccines were also administered to frontline health workers in hungary and archaea and portugal's health minister says a window of hope has now opened a warning there is still a difficult fight ahead. 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 17 minus 80 degrees the mass inoculation is due to start in a coordinated launch later on sunday for 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. to start the companion because we will start the realisation campaign on a large scale 1300000 doses of vaccine this 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 in. news that more infectious variants are evolving has 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 lock downs 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. ahead here on out of there more questions than answers after the christmas day explosion in the southern u.s. history of nashville we'll have an update from them. and a team activist tells us her story about trying to put an end to child marriage in bangladesh. how that as a hint of winter in the weather across the middle east at the moment we have got a a weather system just struggling saudi arabia sinking further south was a fresh breeze coming in in the process says some west of weather there over

towards the red sea further north it is generally dropping see how the temperatures are struggling 12 or 13 degrees there for damascus and for baghdad and even struggling here in doha by monday and the late breaking temperatures back to around $22.00 celsius for the chance of want to show is over towards the red sea further south it is generally dry just around the horn of africa plenty as shallow as over towards lake victoria we're seeing a further west was right to the heart of africa and they say in some big downpours we'll see some of the showers just sinking their way southward across the democratic republic of congo with some wet weather or the way down across zimbabwe seeing some showers longer spells of rain some wet weather too just easing across towards northern parts of namibia over madagascar here we have a tropical cyclone that's bringing some very heavy rain in some parts could see maybe 100 to 200 millimeters of fright as that tropical sidelines tom makes its way east was easing into the mozambique channel and heading to mozambique.

we've never had a president who has literally for 4 to 5 years repeatedly attacked our democracy. you know blew through the narrative and financially i don't have a narrative i had a question you're hitting there really where people can't get treated industrial story even further join me richelle carey and up front it's my guests from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories in pressing issues here on al-jazeera.

well again. let's remind you about top stories this hour nearly $14000000.00 americans will lose their unemployment benefits unless president or trump signs a grant a virus relief and spending package within the next hour intrudes a one time payment to americans to help them during this pandemic that he says it's not enough. of course has ruled that central african republic can press ahead with elections despite escalating violence between government forces and rebel fighters it's more un peacekeepers have arrived trying to ensure that sunday's forward is peaceful and preparations are also on for sunday's elections and it would be the west african state peaceful transition of power between elected leader and its. federal investigators in the u.s. all searching a home as they look for clues into a christmas day explosion in the southern city of nashville 3 people were harassed and about 40 buildings damaged the house being such belongs to someone that police

are calling a person of interest john hendren reports now from nashville. in what could be a crucial break federal investigators searched the home of a person of interest in the nashville christmas by the role of the man identified as 63 year old anthony quinn warner is not yet clear the top prosecutor in the case has his own name for whoever is responsible this this is ultimate scrooge on christmas morning instead of spreading joined share decided to spread devastation and destruction u.s. authorities pursuing more than 500 tips and leads expressed confidence after finding what they believe to be human remains near the site of the explosion saying there is no manhunt and no risk of a follow up attack at this point we don't have any indication that we are looking for a nother subject but again there's $500.00 leads were running through so there's all kinds of individuals we're looking for that i am fairly confident we'll be able to

identify an individual or ascertain what has occurred those remains found at the scene might belong to a bomber who was killed in the attack but it is unclear if anyone was inside the recreational vehicle when it detonated. block after block in the woods country music capitol were damaged and windows completely caved in. and it won't be up immediately and next thing you know already heard screams and sirens going off the explosion was heard miles away. turning restaurants and live music venues to rubble and disabling mobile phone networks the explosion l side of an 880 transmission center it was apparently aimed at property not people it happened in the predawn hours before tourists would have been filling up this part of town and before it exploded the recreational vehicle broadcast

a warning for people around it to evacuate. 6 p. . these officers ran toward the danger clearing out residents just before an explosion that arrived before the bomb squad i'm grateful to the team behind us. and national depending on them to do a great job and our resolve as a community to both rebuild 2nd and to find the culprit is very great that city is now piecing itself back together as hundreds of investigators puir the scene of the christmas day bombing for clues as to who was behind it they did it and why john hendren. nashville tennessee have these 3 people have been shot at a bowling alley in the u.s. state of illinois 3 other people were also injured in that incident which happened in the city of rockford police say a person of interest a there isn't custody and is being questioned well there were several explosions

across kabul on saturday at least 5 are reported killing 4 people including 2 police officers no group has claimed responsibility and it's happened as the taliban and the afghan government continue talks and. well security personnel activists politicians and journalists are among those who've been targeted in afghanistan in recent weeks a prominent women's rights activist fresh tacos danny was shot dead along with her brother on thursday a day earlier the head of an independent elections watchdog and pro-democracy activist was also killed and on saturday a politician come home and wardak was targeted in a car bombing he survived but 9 other people were killed while. a member of afghanistan's parliament she says the taliban is trying to use these kinds of attacks as leverage. 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 maybe to say that money bus the activist group which exists in the region mike take advantage of such a situation doing to just want to make up the pressure that gov the government and also create like to provoke the people against the government that look this government 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 stocks and freight and support. i think as i said it's a very drunk i drive effectively today and also one has the peace process because you cannot resolve our differences. but i think the best of

travelers are just people who support this peace process should select and should go for a cease fire but it is a term for the a long some so the people get or should get interest and support and we should like the thought of anti good friend says or like a month which we have of the people of the group. well despite the perils for malaysians for a poor sister in this pandemic the united states has continued to deport central americans back to their home countries they include more than 20000 question just this year they found conditions that even last when i left john reports. it's been a desperate homecoming for me gail 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 cording 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 to bring other pollutants 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 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 we're suffering it's $7700.00 and 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 we're healthy but in our hearts we have the pain what can we do we're going 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 the us president elect joe biden often talks about his working class roots in pennsylvania

but his political career was made representing the tiny state of delaware his election to the highest office makes him the 1st president from delaware the 1st day to ratify the u.s. constitution out of there as kristen 3 me takes a closer look at the place the next president calls her. 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 that. 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 joey 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 newcastle delaware globally 23 eagles under the age of 18 and married every minute and this pandemic is also causing a spike in child marriages for you and for costs that up to 13000000 girls may be forced into marriage over the next 10 years we spoke to dr a teenage activist from bangladesh she and her colleagues have now stopped more

than 600 child marriages just in the last 3. hi and. basically i like to talk with among them. how was your childhood and what is the best memory you have used. so that then my mom was not that good to say because my mom once again mattered activator so just because of from that i have go to work on these issues so then i see that. there is a child from. problems national from basically gets added are going to. stop jemera this and also want to create an environment where cuban going to enjoy their rights and more than. for that so do down here through fascinated graining marriage and i am most active in. my community. and we have.

so. the gulf we move both mother about that is because we think. of a ninja and we said this we thought. for solving this kind of problem we are making some kind of dialogue with the policymakers we saw there something. worse. than why does the bad effect of jan matters and how they can play a vital role. so. any kind of news of violence and marriage or something. then we call there and disconnected any kind of full station then we went with the police and fire and then us and they give us a forced into the been you are to solve the problem when we got the news of the days of going to give chad myers then we've got like some kind of information then

where does the age of that and why they're giving jen marriage so then we went to. the family and i asked them that why did given their way of saying they don't want we invest on this go and they don't want to be at the cost of education so they're so they're giving gen myers then would try to advocate with that family and motivated them and in finding to. these is thought in your soul of it and she. ring this bandini in last 2 months in october was i think to get married and somehow with data from the news and such as we have stopped this genders where we need that if we get married and that is and maybe hard chad good story our childhood memory we also destroyed it. and we have a plan and we have a mission mission like we want to quit just back from internationally where it can frequently and they will vote their rights and they will work for other strikes

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