baby scandal on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. every. ruling out the vaccine countries across the e.u. to launch a coordinated campaign to immunize against covert 19. hello again i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up voters defying threats from armed groups in central african republic rebels and the former president called for

a boycott of the vote. a different election story and with the 1st peaceful transfer of power since independence looks likely. severe flooding forces evacuations in parts of the u.k. under the strictest coronavirus law and more rain could be on the way. let's get going our top story the e.u. today has started one of the world's biggest coronavirus vaccination campaigns it aims to protect 450000000 people across 27 countries the e.u. leaders have hailed the program as a moment of unity and hope a group of nurses in room with the 1st and it's a lead to receive the fire as a buy on tech vaccine italy was one of the 1st in europe to go into lockdown you remember and the 1st vaccination in spain was given to a 96 year old out of chile it delgado who lives in a care home in quite

a lot harder germany has also started immunizations vaccinating a group of care home residents a 101 year old woman was among the 1st to be inoculated there dominick cain joins us live from berlin dumb can we just kick off by talking about where you're sitting in germany when they get to the optimum situation is anyone saying we'll be doing hundreds or thousands of people per day or per week say. hundreds of thousands perhaps an exaggeration right now certainly they're talking about having many tens of thousands of doses available per day the aspiration from the ministers dealing with it at the federal level is to have tens of thousands of a level in burma len and then you can then extrapolate from that further around the country because remember to federalize structure each particular state can do things slightly differently if they choose to so in the main that's what they've

been saying tens of thousands per state perhaps but clearly the drive here is coming from a federal level we know the federal minister health minister young man has talked about $5000000.00 people being immunized within the 3 months of the 1st quarter of all that would suggest that more than a 1000000 per month which suggests more than 250000. per week the question would be whether they can sustain that it's also worth pointing out peter that so far today day one or on day one across the country although one state saxony and hard luck yesterday started immunizations there have been reports isolated reports from certain cities of problems with the cooling of this particular vaccine viewers will remember that the vaccine has to be held at a very very cold temperature indeed in order to be to be effective and so there have been isolated reports of some places having some issue with the cooling status one other suggestion is that at least in one city of

a large city cologne in western germany the or flora she's there are disappointed that they didn't receive more vaccination doses today than they expected they would be receiving so some teething trouble today but in the main in the main it must be stressed there is very much optimism mysteriously right across the country about the rollout of the vaccination starting today ok many thanks dominic king our reporter there in berlin good. talked on well a little earlier here on out here in the news are we had a little bit of unique live t.v. i guess you could call it we spoke to dr gloria telling annie she's a professor of infectious diseases at the university of rome nothing unusual in that per se but we spoke to her in real time live as she received her 1st jab on air she joins us on a dodgy skype line from avellino in italy we can see the needle coming

in to your left. or right so whenever you're a nurse. ok whatever your nurse or nurse practitioner is ready take it away and as you're having the injection done just take me through the process now doctor so you get this injection today you get another one in 3 weeks and then 7 days after that in theory you are immune to coronavirus. we certainly have. there you go congratulations well done. ok. he's an all white man waiting for. her. it's a very short thanks. to all of the girls who.

now runs her. marriage he. only have. her see him for. say. ok. he's a virgin. gloria talking to us we know the elections well underway in central african republic a crucial test for a nation the suffered years violence and instability the u.n. is reporting voters are being intimidated in the town of brega but observers say the pull is going smoothly else when the opposition and rebels accuse the president . of rigging the vote that's one soyuz monitoring the election for us out of the capital bangui she says it is going smoothly at her location where she is reports have emerged of incidents in more remote western provinces. where we visited

several stations in the city and this is the busiest 2000 people here telling us that the money. they come here and check their names against this is to make sure that this is the polling station and then let's get in and see. this is where they register to vote and they get the ballot papers while they are electing a president and. they go there to the polling booth where they mark the ballot before coming to. this ballot boxes. pretty standard procedure we have observers here we're seeing african union observers local observers as well civil society here in this polling station we also have u.s. officials observers i guess are still here in beaumont everything is going on

smoothly we've not had any major incidents but we are hearing reports from the provinces that have been incidents in incidents in several towns completely in the north in the west and some parts of the east as well bria. these are some of the important towns are being told in some places people are still hiding out in the bushes so they're not able to come toward another area at polling stations polling materials have been burned we're hearing that in one particular town people woke up to cancel so they're not able to vote in many of those towns our polling stations have not opened as well but we have spoken to the u.n. officials saying that despite all this problems most of the country 80 percent of the country is safe enough for people to for people to go and vote it's going to be interesting how this day plays out and more importantly it's going to be interesting to see how the border town out is going to be. well those things also

progressing in knees era nation looking to deliver its 1st peaceful handover of power the president. was elected after a coup in 2011 he's stepping down after 2 terms his preferred successor mohamed bouazizi leads a 30 strong field of candidates this year is struggling with widespread poverty so to see if you can this is a special day for nigeria for the 1st time in its history niger will see a democratic transition of power and i hope this transition will lead to others as we consolidate our democratic process. says more now from the capital me. things are picking up gradually we've been to several polling stations some opened maybe an hour. after force was supposed to have started the president in fact voted just an hour ago where we're standing now and then later on we saw several government officials as well as other voters hearing into vote one election

officials told us that the numbers will go up as the day progresses now we spoke to the election commissioner who said voting has been progressing all across the country except in regions where there are security challenges in such an areas in those regions then elections are not holding simply because it's impossible to conduct a nexus in those areas this is a country struggling with so many issues security on the western border with mali and bricking a fossil and in the south both water. from nigerian side of the border now apart from that they also having difficulties economically this is a country where the rate of poverty is alarming more than 40 percent of people leave on less than $2.00 a day and to make much as well as for them copied 19 as well as the drop in the prices of uranium the country's chief export is affecting or impacting the economy

negatively so government is struggling and now we have a takes over from of the use of when have you sent for to deal with this economic problems to provide the infrastructure and to restore security. turkey's defense minister says the libyan warlord after and his supporters will be viewed as quote legitimate targets if they target turkish forces in the country on saturday lucy a car arrived in tripoli promising to increase cooperation with the internationally recognized government there after who backs a rival eastern government threatened to target turkish forces if after they pledged to extend the deployment for 18 months. turkey's minister of defense gave a stark warning saying he will respond with force to any attack from have to. ringback force the war criminal the killer have to are and his supporters must know that in the event of any attack on the turkish soldiers we will consider any element affiliated with this killer is

a legitimate target for us wherever he is and they will not find a place to run in the event that they can carry out such an attack for this reason they must be rational especially since this period is witnessing a cease fire agreement within which political negotiations a held in order to find a solution to the crisis everyone here contributes to the process of finding a political solution and that any movement outside this path will be wrong and it is important to preserve the unity of libya and that libya be for the libyans only . the high level egyptian delegations in libya for peace talks will meet with officials from the un recognized government in tripoli now that all comes a day after to threaten to use force against the tripoli based government mom has more now from tripoli. on top of the agenda issues related to. bringing ties back to normal between the 2 regions and also issues related to consulate issues issues related to visa between 2 to grant

a visa normally to citizens of both countries but on the other hand there is anger here many people in the government in political parties troops on the ground are very angry they have been surprised by this visit and they say that they come out expect any peace from egypt or from the egyptian regime in fact since this regime has been supporting all the military campaigns led by have thought over the past 6 years definitely the defense of most of our car during his visit yesterday in tripoli is trying to make sure that his forces in libya are not being intimidated by after the threats and meanwhile a car if 30 back that in case have those forces attacked the turkish forces in

libya they will be and their supporters not only have those forces have those forces and their supporters would be a legitimate target still to come here on al-jazeera u.s. investigators search the home of a person of interest after friday's explosion but. also ahead we meet an ambitious teenager dedicated to ending child marriage in bangladesh. hello we've got the temperatures on the slide across northern parts of china over the next couple of days and that will also be the case across the korean peninsula back into japan where we will see at most know in the forecast some snow starting to push across the mountains them out through z. turning white once again with more heavy snow coming through tokyo just getting up to around 9 celsius as we go on through monday take a look a little further

a west beijing at minus one degree on monday struggling to get to minus 5 by cheesed as colder air starts to sink its way in then we're going to see a line a snow coming in across northern parts of china pushing across the korean peninsula into the north of japan ahead of that tokyo still picking up a southerly wind for the time being because up to around 14 degrees celsius in the process make the most of it because it will turn a good deal cooler they sway cold enough across northern parts of india through more than areas of pakistan at the moment little bit of snow sliding through here as well more fog and small problems across the northern plains new delhi at around 19 or 20 degrees further south more heavy rain coming back into shore lanka as we go on through cheese day and that rain making its way across the good pottle tom will do eventually pushing into care.

the b.b.c.'s journalism is revered around the world but its close relationship with the british state has always placed limits on its independence i love the 5 exists a sort of exit doors trophyless explores the little known century long tussle between the b.b.c. in the u.k. government and considers the current threats to its future if the government has it in for the b.b.c. what shall we do see the enemies and the movers battle for the b.b.c. a listening post special on al-jazeera. for the. america let's just recap your top stories for you here on al-jazeera the e.u. today has begun one of the world's biggest coronavirus vaccination campaigns aiming

to protect some 450000000 people health care workers and care home residents and the 27 member bloc being among the 1st inoculated. voting is underway in central african republic despite the threat of violence the opposition wanted to spode rebels of united to reject the polls they're accusing president faust in our show as 2 of their own of rigging the election. voting is also well underway in ne share a nation looking to deliver its 1st peaceful handover of power the president is so full who came to power in a coup before being elected in 2011 is stepping down after 2 terms his preferred successor mohammed presumed leads a 30 strong field of candidates. parts of the u.k. are being warned to expect more flooding and strong winds too there have already been days of wet weather from the approaching storm bella rivers have been rising particularly high in the county of bedfordshire where many homes have been evacuated rory chalons has this update from weapon in bedfordshire with the river

there as best its banks. the river here is called the river great and as you can see it's considerably greater than normal at the moment its burst its banks it has flooded parts of the town of bedford and surrounding villages on christmas day 1300 residents were told that they should seriously think about moving out and finding somewhere else to stay it's not only in bed but sure the council of north hampton sure has also experience flooding with another 1000 people they're being told that they should seek emergency accommodation on christmas day as well as the 25th of december it's going down now that is something to be thankful for also something to be thankful for is that the covert restrictions we are in the toughest here a covert us restrictions in the u.k. here here for which basically means that the people who should be staying inside and and not seeing friends and family what do you do if you're being told to get

out of your home and you can't go and stay with friends and family the police are said temporarily at least for the moment the flood warnings override the code restrictions and should people should go and stay with those they need to to get out of the flood danger this is all part of storm bella which has been lashing the u.k. over the last few hours and days the highest winds recorded on the isle of wight 170 kilometers an hour travel disruption around the country train lines being flooded and cross channel routes being disrupted as well. u.s. president donald trump refusing to sign a $900000000000.00 coronavirus relief and spending bill the package was approved by republicans and democrats in congress part of it includes a one time payout for americans congress agreed to $600.00 for individuals mr trump wants that increased to $2000.00 federal investigators in the u.s. a search in the home as they look for clues into an explosion on christmas day in

nashville 3 people were hurt about 40 buildings were damaged john hendren is there . in what could be a crucial break federal investigators searched the home of a person of interest in the nashville christmas 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 joy and cheer 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 are 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 'd and next thing you know already heard screams and styrene is going all 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 'd 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. nashville tennessee. at least 11 people have been killed after 3 avalanches in the mountains north of the iranian capital tehran rescue workers the searching for 7 people reported missing since friday another 7 climbers have been taken to hospital with frostbite globally 23 girls under the age of 18

married every minutes and the pandemic is causing a rise in child marriages the u.n. forecasts that up to 13000000 goals may be forced into marriage over the next 10 years we spoke to dolla act-up a teenage activist from bangladesh she and her colleagues have stopped more than 600 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's a child from. problems national from basically gets added are going to know why

you're going to stop jemera this and also want to create a child friendly environment and going to enjoy their rights and more than. for that so do down here through fascinated graining marriage and i am most active in. community. and we have. so like being in the gulf we both mother about that is because we think. of a new judge 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 think of john maris and how they can play a vital role to get. any kind of news of violence and marriage or something.

and just going to. 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. of there is a family going to give john myers then we are going to find permission then where does the age of the. marriage so then we went. the family and our standard the way they are given 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 so they're giving gen myers then would try to advocate with the family and motivated them and then finally restart their general marriage this is 14 years old and she is reading in class 5 rings bandini in last 2 months in october was i think to good marriage and somehow we tell from the news and successfully we have stopped this generous where

we live that if get married and that is and maybe hard childhood story or child or memory we also destroy it. and we have a plan and we have a mission recently like we want to quit just that from internationally where every student can frequently walk and they will lie about their rights and they will work for others rights because we believe that children can understand other cities in spain. more than a 1000 refugees migrants to stranded in the ukraine in freezing weather in bosnia herzegovina for this week destroyed much of a camp close to the border with croatia is country lupus what a young. 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 they're 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'll rebuild right but there are reports of frostbite and hypothermia proper shoes are 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 upon a disaster and the u.n. is concerned things could get worse. most of the young al-jazeera. archeologists in italy have uncovered an ancient fast food restaurant it was buried in volcanic ash thousands of years ago in the city of pompei was destroyed we're going to home it has more of what makes this discovery unique this restaurant in pump a is about 2000 years old it's maybe ancient but in many ways resembles a modern day fast food business the l. shaped counter has holes for containers to serve hot food and frescoes that

advertise items on the menu and like most successful businesses it had a prime location the building was found by this team of archaeologists joining a mission to shore up palm pays ruins. the store the. we started escalating 2 years ago at 1st we only found a side of the bar which among other things has a beautiful painting of unary riding a seahorse i think it's our march to the nearby fonteyn because it's located in a small city square that among the most evocative in pompei there is a fonteyn up years and i think tower a water tank and many other structures. among the findings a range of paintings that include a cockerel ducks and a dog the vibrant colors remain intact notably pompei red to highlight to the eateries features the menu is thought to have included dishes ranging from snails to paella traces of food from goats to fish were found inside terra cotta jars

along with fava beans used to add flavor to wine animal bones were also uncovered and cooking utensils that could have been used today. all of this arts to increase rich history there are hundreds of arc and article sites in lesser known parts of the country that could attract cultural tourism of millions of people from all over the world. pompei was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 a d near present day naples the city is now a source of archaeological history and treasures and an example of what life was like back then over several years about 80 fast food joints have been found in the city but this one is the 1st to be entirely excavated and restored and soon to be open to the public and dock eola just say there are many more to come. al-jazeera.

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