should have been made long ago all these things we were told were completely impossible suddenly become also connected the wake up call can't be ignored on a jersey out. people in the central african republic begin to casting their ballots to find threats from armed groups. other than i'm outta here in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the european union begins a massive vaccination program stepping up its fight against the war through a health crisis in a century. coronavirus benefits on holds millions of americans face financial uncertainty as president trump refuses to sign

a pandemic relief bill. we're living like and the most human and well new like better us. nearly a 1000 refugees and migrants are stranded in the freezing cold in bosnia-herzegovina after their camp was destroyed in a fire. that. we began in the central african republic at a crucial test for a nation that suffered years of violence and instability voting is underway in presidential and legislative elections the opposition wanted it was spawned and rebels have united to reject the polls they're accusing president 4 star shows to a data of rigging the vote fighters have attacked several times and rights groups fear a return to levels of violence last seen in 2013 well thousands of. millions were

killed let's go straight to catherine so you choices from the capital castle news polls and i will been i was the vote progressing. yes the halls are open and we have just been told that the president has just passed his ballot in a polling station on the outskirts of we are at one of the easiest thing stations in the city and we've seen more people running to cast a lot of security see offices of national and international forces as well as civilians as well they are checking the names against the register before they go to a poll that is behind us where they're casting their ballot and coming to drop their ballot papers here and now 1200000. registered to vote there will be voting for members of parliament and while. president there's been

a lot of fear of cross the country because of these patriots for change this is this coalition of groups that was reason who formed has been threatening to march on to the city has been causing quite a lot of problems and fighting with. national army armed forces backed by the u.n. in different parts of the country we have spoken though to you when officials were saying that this conflict this fighting is going on in localized areas. in parts of the country and a few percent of the country is safe for people to come out and vote. is a driver and shows this picture is from a recent work trip to a town 300 kilometers north of the cop it'll be shortly after he took these photos he says on demand attacks and he had to be he's worried about relatives who live in the town he blames were. groups calling themselves the patriots correlation for

change or c.p.c. for the latest security crisis in the central african republic she told the tonys almost empty some of the men are asking civilian to give up their electoral college others are hiding in the charge as far as they know that cannot be a proper election in bossangoa. president faustina to our data has asked people to come out and vote those in to be vigilant with concerns the violence may intimidate whose has and undermined the point the government is looking to provide reassurance of countries throughout the world. there is no. let's see here and where. people decide not to vote and you have a level of 0 for what it is but a suppression which is no it doesn't mean 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 one doctor russian military instructors and private security contractors are also on the ground all of this instability that you were is localized. the western part of the country that's been around for. 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 the election one has withdrawn his candidacy citing security reasons most promising to find and 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 8 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. we have seen some of the here from the african union we have observers. as well civil society and so warden just to put the city. the situation in either cop you talk to context there are areas in this city where people support this rebellion by the patriots of change who are people who support. the faith to be the man behind the rebellion and we do not expect much on voting in this area so it's going to be interesting forward to see how the situation plays out and even more importantly to see how people come out to watch not just in mourning but across the

country catherine sort of their life in the capital thank you. but voting is also underway in the air and nation looking to deliver its 1st peaceful handover of power president mamadou a source who came to power in a coup before being elected in 2011 he's stepping down after 2 terms is preferred successor mohammed assume it's a 30 strong field of candidates is struggling with arms movements and widespread poverty let's get more from joins us from the capital niamey. election day in these air how are things looking so far. hello it's been a slow start to elections here we were told by officials that they said been the procedure every 5 years every election year but they're expected the numbers to

pick up probably in the afternoons or in the late hours of the morning right now what we have here is the. polling station where the president and senior government officials are expected to come and vote the protocol here is everybody is lined up no vote is cast until the president cast his ballot in this polling station early on we visited several polling stations where it's been a slow start to what looks like a busy day elections will continue for the next 10 hours it's actually 11 hours of voting. polling will close at around $618.00 g.m.t. and then correlation will start there after like you said this is a country struggling to deal with so many issues at the same time 1st of all it's hit by cars with $93.00 kind of he said by covered 19 and then there is low prices of its mean export uranium and apart from that it's also facing security challenges

on the border with booking of class and money the men are busy attacking communities displacing several thousands of people on the border with nigeria another incident another security challenge book all around it's been active there since 2015 and as a result thousands of people have been displaced economic activities have been halted around that and the elections today actually has to. has a 2 pronged approach 1st of all voters will choose a president among a list of 30 candidates in fact 40 applied for for their candidacy or to stand for election but they were pulled down to 30 and for some political commentators that so confusing to have so many people on the ballot paper for people especially in the rural communities one of properly enlightened about the voting procedure and apart from that apart from the presidential elections we have also 171 seats of

parliament to be filled and some of these people who will be voted into the parliament will form the country's next cabinet while we spoke with several nigerian since our. well here in the army and their basic requirement of leader in this country whoever is or ever gets elected will be to provide security and to provide job opportunities to boost the economy economies hit hard apart from copulating a security challenges there is the border with niger has been shut it the country grows most of it imports from nigeria and then border has been shut for more than one year until recently when the nigerian government announced last week that israel opening the borders so trade has been sort of stagnated for a very long time in this country and it economy needs some kind of injection to revive it so whoever gets to win today's election will definitely have a very very serious problem assess security trade economy tackling poverty

insecurity and always matters now who is going to deliver that the decision is in the hands of mr porter 7500000 of them will decide who becomes the president and who sits in parliament to represent them in the government ok ahmed address there live from other thank you. the e.u. has begun its mass vaccination program and what will be one of the world's largest inoculation campaigns the aim is to protect the population of 450000000 people nurses and room have become the 1st people in its elites who receive the pfizer buy on sec jab it's they became the 1st european country to be badly hit spy the virus pulls the continent's 1st lockdowns in march when $70000.00 people at the virus that prime minister carry acar smith's attack is one of the 1st people in greece to receive the vaccine greece has seen a sharp rise in infection since the vendor country has more than 130000 active

cases and 7000 deaths. 3 countries started inoculations a day earlier in germany a 101 year old woman in an elderly care facility was among a small number of people to receive the 1st fires of biotech jobs scenes were also administered to frontline health workers in hungary and slovakia japan is banning the entry of foreigners until the end of january after cases of a new more contagious variants of the corona virus were confirmed 5 people who arrived from the u.k. were found to be infected were put in quarantine earlier this month britain announced that it had recorded cases of a new variant since then more than 50 countries have banned flights from the united kingdom. still to come here on al-jazeera u.s. investigators searched the home of a suspect following friday's explosion in nashville. and we speak for the teenage

activist working to end child marriage in bangladesh. we got some really nasty weather a factor in parts of europe at the moment 2 areas of low pressure to watch out for not a little low just around a tree at succeeding a fair amount of snow and some very strong winds in across the balkans and then we have storm balla dartboard low here very tightly packed ice about the very strong winds worst of the conditions have now made their way across southern parts of england where winds gusted an excess of 170 kilometers per hour want to expose spots last night as we go through the remainder is sunday that wet that windy a weather will push across northern france central areas to france into the low countries and across the into norway and also into sweden following on behind the

winds coming in from a northerly direction it will turn increasingly cold a fair amount of snow to into central parts of europe there pushing down across germany down towards youse want to say spots could see as much as a meter of snow over the next couple of days as we go on into monday there's that snowy weather pushing right out across the alps while wet windy and snowy weather there in syria good parts of the balkans there you go with that cold blast that northerly wind fading in across northern parts of the u.k. highs in glasgow 3 degrees. to listen to classical music new fees extravagant productions and even susan raff. but his success hasn't come without controversy andre rieu discusses the impact is what has happened in the classical music industry. and just see

a. lot of the fans will always on the love god we are the wild traveling the extra mile where all the media don't go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. this is al jazeera quick reminder of the top stories this hour forcing is under way in the central african republic the opposition wanted it for sports and rebels have united states to reject the rules they're accusing president 4 star shows to adela rigging the votes. for things also underway in the share the nation with you to deliver its 1st piece for handover of power president mohamed to assume food came

to burn a coup before being elected and 2011 is stepping down after 2 terms his preferred successor mohamed. it's a 30 strong field of candidates. and the e.u. has begun one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination campaigns nurses in italy were among the 1st people to receive the pfizer of biotech japanese. yes president donald trump has refused to sign a $900000000000.00 coronavirus relief and spending bill the package was approved by republicans and democrats in congress part of this includes a one time payouts congress agree to 6 $100.00 for individuals but the trump wants that increase to 2000 president elect joe biden is accused trump of abdicates in his responsibilities to the nation he says the refusal will have devastating

consequences the bill is attached to larger budget measures means around $14000000.00 people will have their regular payments delayed the u.s. is facing a partial government shutdown from choose day unless congress agrees to a stopgap funding bill russell and jordan as the latest from washington. the u.s. president donald trump has refused to sign a $900000000000.00 bill that would provide economic support to americans and their families to businesses and to the overall u.s. economy he says it's because the one time stimulus checks that would be given to many americans just isn't enough the deal that was struck between republicans and democrats set aside $600.00 per person but the president has insisted that every american adult get 2000 dollars and that their children each get $600.00 now this is something that congressional republicans who normally support the president

don't want to do they say that would vastly increase the federal budget deficit democrats for their part are taking sides with the president because they say the suffering is deep and is only getting deeper and that any money will make a difference now refusal to sign this legislation isn't just about stimulus checks it's also going to affect whether unemployment checks can continue to go to the estimated 14000000 people who had been relying on that money since that many of them lost their jobs during the pandemic and also means that there's a big question as to whether people who have not been able to pay their rent could suddenly find themselves a victim after january 1st that's because the moratorium one of the actions expires on new year's eve and finally there is the question of whether the federal government itself can continue to operate after monday night that's because there isn't a budget in place to fund the government and this bill would have allowed that government

operations to continue so there's a lot riding on donald trump's decision to sign this bill or not sign this bill and so far it looks as if everything comes to a grinding halt over the rest of the weekend. bill schneider is a public policy professor at george mason university he says president trump strategy in refusing to sign the bill is to pressure for publicans to help him overturn the election results republicans are guessed at what the president is doing he's playing games with people's lives it's not just unemployment benefits and protections for renters it's also aid to businesses and to schools it's money for vaccine distribution there are a lot of things that are at stake here and the president simply doesn't seem to care he is demanding that that be europe would be the amount of aid given to every one employer merican go away up to $2000.00 which republicans in congress say is

far too expensive the president is interested in only one thing it's now become clear he's interested in forcing the congress to discount the election results from last month and declare that he has won the electoral vote they cannot do that they will not do that he needs serious or republicans in congress because when congress meets on january 6th to count the electoral vote he wants republicans to object to the electoral votes counted they were can't prejudge obeid but if they do that they'll sacrifice their own careers because it will outrage american voters the president thinks he's right and he thinks the election was stolen from him and he's waiting for republicans to stand with him. federal investigators in the u.s. is searching a home as they look for clues into a christmas day explosion in nashville 3 people were hurt and around 40 buildings damaged 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 for this this is ultimate scrooge on christmas morning instead of writing 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 who are 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

police 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 is very great that city is now piecing itself back together as hundreds of investigators poor over the scene of a christmas day bombing for clues as to who was behind it how they did it and why john hendren l.g. 0 nashville tennessee. at least 3 people have been shot day it's a bowling alley in the u.s. state of illinois 3 other people were injured in the incidents which happened in the city of rock for it's police say a suspect is in custody and is being questioned at least 11 people have been killed after 3 avalanches in the mines and north of iran's capital rescue workers

are searching for 7 people were ported missing since friday another 7 climbers have been taken to hospital with frostbite. parts of the u.k. are being warned to expect more flooding and strong winds that have already been days of wet weather poaching from the approaching storm badla rivers have been rising particularly high in the county of bedford share where many homes have been evacuated more than a 1000 refugees and migrants are strands it's in the open in freezing weather in bosnia herzegovina a fire this week destroyed much of their camp near the croatian border has heard in 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 a 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 if there is a many problems and i to go rebuild right now 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 opon a disaster and the u.n. is concerned things could get worse katia locus of again al jazeera. globally 23 girls under the age of 18 are married every minutes and the pandemic is causing a rise in the number of child marriages and forecasts that up to 13000000 girls may be forced into marriage over the next 10 years but we spoke to dollar actor a teenage activist from bangladesh she and her colleagues have stopped more than

$600.00 child marriages in the last 2 years. 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 mostly gave matt it activated so just because of from that i have got to work on these issues so then i see that. there is a child from. problems national from basically gets added are going to know walking through stop jemera this and also want to create doubt for an environment where cuban going to enjoy their rights and more than a. foreigner that so damn here through fascinated graining an indian general merits and i am most active in. my community. and we have.

so. the golf we 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 policy makers we saw there something. worse. than why does the bad effect of jan matters and how they can play a vital role to get. 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 bin 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 the way they are given to made their way of saying they don't want to invest on this go and they don't want to be at the cost of education so they're say they're giving gen myers then would try to advocate with that family and motivated them and then finally restart their jet in marriage this is 14 years old and she is reading in class ring this bandini in last 2 months in october these go was at them to get married and somehow with data from the news and such as we have stopped this generates where we need that if we get married and that is and maybe hard childhood story our childhood memory we also just write. that we have a plan or we have a mission reason like we want to quit just that from internationally where if you don't can frequently wired and they will know about their rights and they will work for other rights because we believe that you're going to understand other students

. and finally a nation of fast food outlets will soon be open again and it's a leap but only for tourists and they won't be able to place any orders archaeologist working on earth l. she served hot food to rule months until the sis used a straw in a volcanic eruption 2000 years ago they found cooking utensils food containers and animal remains is believed to serve dishes from snails supplier real next spring. this is al jazeera these are the headlines forcing the zones away in central african republic position wanted to pursue spawned rebels united to reject the polls they refuse and present full star seans to a darragh of rigging the votes.