with every. u.s. president on will trump backs down and signs a pandemic a bill off to millions of americans lost unemployment support. a very unforgiving this is al jazeera live from joe also coming up libya's tripoli government is visited by a high level delegation from egypt which spent years backing its rivals in a bloody conflict. optimism in europe a massive vaccination campaign begins to protect hundreds of millions of people

from covert 90. at a big turnout in the central african republic selections but in some places rebels opened fire trying to scare voters away. after holding out for almost a week u.s. president donald trump assigned a coronavirus relief bill which he earlier described as a disgrace the delays allowed some unemployment benefits to lapse adding pressure on millions of americans who are struggling with economic hardship brought by the pandemic trumpet been insisting that direct stimulus payments to people being creased from $600.00 to 20080 as rosalind jordan reports now from washington. the president does have the right under a law that's about 40 years or so old to say to congress that he will sign

legislation or she will sign legislation but that there are parts of the legislation that really should be stripped out it then falls on congress to pass a bill that would actually give the president what he or she wants but let's face it the current congress goes out and ends a week from today and so it's very unlikely that it's going to grant the president's wishes it's also unclear that congress will give the president what he says he ultimately wants which is a separate standalone measure that would give americans not just the $600.00 that they're going to be getting under the bill signed on sunday evening but get an additional $1400.00 per american adult in order to try to ease some of the financial strain that people have been feeling throughout this pandemic it's better than nothing which is what people went into christmas basically having which is

nothing that he 1414000000 people who have been getting unemployment benefits because of the pandemic got their last checks this week and so this coming week new year's week they're not going to be getting anything now that this measure has been signed the federal government can coordinate with the states on getting this extra money to them but because friday is a federal holiday it's probably going to be a delay eric hammers a political analyst in the u.s. he says it's clear the trump's main motivation is to keep republicans and democrats olds with each other. well this is president donald trump's last stand at one being relevant but also to being able to cause more chaos and discord in washington this is a president who called the build the disgrace even after his own treasury secretary steve the new ch'ien was part of the negotiations that crafted that $600.00 a stimulus check that would go to every american as well as the additional

unemployment benefits and now here we are president donald trump continuing to threaten to not only hold millions of americans who are out of work hostage but the entire nation remember we're not just talking about i stimulus package but we're also talking about funding that would keep the federal government open and so the president continued to threaten only to back down and signed a bill that this is only going to increase the amount of economic pain that millions of americans will fail because now that's a week that they will have to forgo this much needed money and it's also important to note that many of these issues that the president was railing against many of these were issues that was in the president's own budget that he sent to congress so we saw the president get a lot of what he wanted including money for the border wall along the u.s. mexico southern border so again these are issues that president donald trump lobbied for that he pushed for and he got most of what he wanted but now again what

we're seeing is a president who continues to change things at a moment's notice and it just sends people into chaos. samia egyptian officials visited libya's capital tripoli for talks with the un recognized government it's believed that they're pushing to normalize relations after backing the government's rivals in the years of conflict officers monic try to reports from tripoli. it's the 1st time in 6 years that officials at this level have met libya's internationally recognized government in tripoli. the visit of the egyptian delegation to tripoli was carried out by prior coordination between the foreign ministries of the 2 countries the delegation was responsive and positive in the talks based on today's meeting we will witness a development in the diplomatic ties with cairo. the relationship between cairo and the government of national accord was cut in 2014 and around that time president

obviously has sisi of egypt began supporting or lordly for have to or who held dominance in the east. in april 2019 with rejection support have to begin a military offensive on tripoli the genie asked turkey for help and with uncurious support g.n.a.t. forces successfully retook western libya in june but not before residential areas of field hospital and an immigrant detention center were shelled the attacks to accusations of war crimes. the visit by the egyptian delegation comes only a day after a visit by the turkish defense minister and senior military officials and cora has military experts on the ground and are training the g.l.a. forces. yet the unknown that. it seems there is a political settlement and this visit by the turkish defense minister yesterday was not a coincidence libya's increasingly becoming important regionally and internationally

egypt may now feel that they've lost a major partner in tripoli or maybe they now support a political settlement. some believe the visit by the egyptian delegation is a step in the right direction we need to ensure that the international community remains united also to keep players like egypt and turkey khamenei messages to the parties that they sponsor and tell them compromise is inclusive reconciliation among libyans rather than launching new and separate initiatives. the united nations is also working to build trust between western and eastern libya the rival sides agreed to hold elections next year but they have so far failed to reach an agreement on the shape of any new government although there is some anger over the visit by the egyptian delegation many here believe the normalization of

ties between tripoli and cairo may help fuel a political settlement to the year long conflict now traina al-jazeera tripoli. gulf states foreign ministers met 5 video link to lay the groundwork for a g.c.c. sell it on january 5th among the issues a step towards ending the blockade on council saudi arabia egypt bahrain in the u.a.e. imposed a land sea and air embargo on it in 2017 they've accused councils government of financing terrorism which it denies talks to resolve the standoff are reported to progress in recent weeks ahead of the riyadh summit iranian rescue workers have ended the search for survivors of avalanches that have killed 12 people in mountains north of town iran officials so that everyone who was missing is now been found avalanches struck in 4 different areas on friday after strong winds and snow fall a day earlier 7 climbers are in hospital with frostbite the european union has begun

one of the world's largest coronavirus facts a nation campaigns aiming to protect some 450000000 people health care workers and care home residents in the 27 member block are among the 1st to be inoculated dometic came reports from berlin. when get good hospital was born good world was coming to terms with the so-called spanish flu pandemic now 101 years later she's become the 1st person in berlin to receive the bio on tech pfizer coronavirus vaccine as a resident of a care home she knows how deadly covert can be there are there are several fairies and. this is very dangerous we hear and read about it and there are so many people dying in other homes it's horrible and that's why it's so good that we can be vaccinated against it it is a big advantage for all of us who live here such scenes have been repeated in care homes in clinics across the european union recent that's made them i think that you know that the pandemic won't just disappear as of today but the vaccine is the

beginning of the victory over the pandemic the vaccine is a game changer we have always known that in today's the 1st day of this new phase millions of doses of the vaccine have been dispatched to massive vaccination centers around the e.u. in the run up to the new year in some places there have been isolated reports of problems with the cooling mechanisms required to keep the bio on tech pfizer vaccines safe but overall in the e.u. institutions there is confidence all of us. we have made sure that in europe itself people get vaccines and we have a broad axe import for europe to make sure that if a vaccine doesn't work that we then have other candidates for it in the german capital the government's aim is to inoculate as many as 5000000 people by next april this is another of the mass vaccination centers the former airport in temple hoff more than 70 years ago this place was instrumental in the berley an airlift

when fresh supplies of hope millions of us now once again it finds itself in the forefront this time in the fight against coated dominant cane al-jazeera at berlin's old temple port. votes are being counted in the central african republic after sunday's elections where people defied threats of violence to turn out in large numbers it's been a tense lead up rebel groups threaten to march on the capital and disrupt a vote they say is rigged. catherine sawyer reports. people in benghazi have been on edge for days now that's after the armed movement calling itself patriots politian for change threatened to march to the city and destruct the vote the group's leaders didn't want an election but a transitional government and the full implementation of a peace deal signed between 14 armed groups and the government into 1000 despite the. palling stations opened on time and voting in the capital was fairly smooth.

i am here to vote for peace i have had about problems in the battle of the country but i had to do my beat president. bush where there has been arching people to help security forces stop the rebels the national army backed by un peacekeepers randon forces russian military instructors and private security contractors are all on the ground france also has a military presence in the central african republic. every 5 years central african 3 to choose their leader responsible for this mission are there a in each and the constitutional court and the date set is the 27th this is what all africans come to vote and i myself came to fulfill my civic duty. and there are 17 presidential candidates on the ballot paper but i need. to be

president when there is a major challenge he says he's worried that people in the sound villages and towns in the provinces one able to vote because of the security situation. unfortunately. i have the impression that more than half of the country did not vote which is what we feared when we asked for the conditions to be set for every citizen to be able to exercise their right to vote i have the impression that many have been deprived of the right to vote and that is a pity want troops have been deployed to troubled areas in the capital. speaking to people in different neighborhoods in the city just trying to get a sense of the boarding party and many have told us that they have voted in their voting for others they are worried about the security situation in parts of the country. sais he has voted in 2 elections that is not interested this time i was born in this country but i feel i have been marginalized

as a muslim was the point of latina again some political analysts are concerned that i think stream tunneled could affect the credibility of the polls up until fishel we talked to say they are confident that won't be the case final results are expected in the coming days catherine 0 bunky. we're going to weather update next here on ars 0 then israel enters its 3rd national coronavirus mock town to carve a sharp rise in infections there and the sun kissed tyler making a pitch to stay at home workers to make up for tourists being kept away by the coronavirus. hello there we've got some quotes of weather coming into iran now this massive

cloud here that was responsible for the heavy snow and the avalanche just to the north of terror but you can see quite a weather does come back into iran at around 10 degrees celsius just one or 2 light showers over the mountains and then further west just around the eastern side of the mediterranean it should be lucky quiet for little in the cool side over the next couple of days quite enough across the raban peninsula but quite a keen schimmel blowing through a fresh 23 celsius here in doha then over the next couple of days well as you drive to across the whole of africa but we have got some showers not too far away and this could bring a little bit of wet weather into somalia as we go on through monday and on into choose as it just starts to slide towards the coastal fringes further south well some very wet weather moving across the madagascar in the form of a tropical cyclone charlayne that's going to continue moving across madagascar making its way further west which eventually the remnants of the storm will punch

its way back out into the mozambique channel looking feature once again by the stays warm waters of course and it will gradually push its way further towards the east coast of the middle part of the week. 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 exist but a small things it goes slow phillips 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 the b.b.c. what it is see the enemies on the movers battle for the b.b.c. a listening post special on al-jazeera.

well again this is. of the main news this hour after holding out for almost a week the us president donald trump assigned a $2.00 trillion dollar coronavirus aid in spending package that allowed some unemployment benefits to lapse syria gyptian delegates of visited libya's capital for talks with the un recognized government it's believed that they're pushing to normalize relations of backing the government's rivals in the conflict. and the european union has begun one of the world's largest coronavirus frank summation campaigns aiming to protect some 450000000 people health care workers and care home residents of the 27 member bloc have been among the 1st to be inoculated.

counting has begun after an election that could lead to the 1st peaceful transition of power around 7 and a half 1000000 people cast ballots to choose a successor to president mohamed to sue for i would address reports now from the capital niamey leadership president mohammad yousuf who votes not to stay in power but to elect a successor. he chose to step aside at the end of his 2nd term and a time some west african leaders tweak their country's constitution to remain in office the significance of this day is not lost on the 69 the or president. as of today is a special day for us it is also and most of all a special day phoenicia which will experience for the 1st time in its history a democratic change over and i hope that this change will be the 1st step towards other changes in order to solidify our democratic process i hope this 1st change over will enable him to solidify its reputation as a democratic country in africa and in the world and this is the man he designated

as successor former minister of interior and 40 affairs it was a momentous challenge by 29 other candidates among them 2 former heads of state and a former prime minister. who senior says he has voted in every election since independence and easy again to choose a leader for. you do you wonder when to every time i do this is a duty to my country but also expecting our leaders will fix our problems by force immutable because it's the thrill of voting for the 1st time oh my god i'm what i can i can tell you it's exciting it's like no other i lack casting their ballot the elections were held and safety concerns after an uptick in violence killed more than 50 people this month among them members of new forces many voters list security and poverty as their main concerns now attacks by armed groups near the border with nigeria mali and riki in

a fossil have killed hundreds of soldiers and civilians in recent years the local economies also been beat on by covered 94 in the prices of its main export your reign as well as a long term closure of the nigerian border that many essential goods are imported of course. sale the elections as a success for the most. spot. there are few places where the elections cannot be held by many others we were able to organize voting despite security threats results of the elections as predicted to be announced within 5 days and ratified by the constitutional court in 2 weeks we know will need 50 percent of the vote plus one to avoid a runoff otherwise the top 2 candidates will head to a 2nd round in february next year. the army. but are still few signs of help for thousands of refugees and migrants who are stranded in freezing weather in bosnia herzegovina they've been sleeping out in the

open near the croatian border since a fire destroyed most of their camp last week many are suffering from frostbite and hypothermia or warnings that it amounts to a humanitarian crisis the politicians have yet to find somewhere else for them to live. there are more than $500.00. dead. responsible and you can see that. there isn't any doctor so. there is sponsibility the f.b.i. says the man suspected of setting off a bomb in the u.s. city of nashville died in the explosion officers started to search the premises of 63 year old anthony warner went long after a motor home blew up early on christmas day the explosion injured 3 people and damaged around 40 buildings serious john hendren reports from nashville. federal

investigators say the nashville christmas bomber worked alone and died in the blast that rocked the world country music. 2 days after the bombing and one day after federal investigators identified 63 year old anthony quinn warner as a person of interest they declared him the mysterious man who blew up his motor home and several blocks of downtown nashville anthony. is the bomber he was present when the bomb went off and that he perished that conclusion was based 'd on d.n.a. evidence gathered in his saturday radio suburban nashville home and compared with human remains found at the scene there is no indication that any other persons were involved. we reviewed hours of security video. surrounding the recreational vehicle as well that we saw no other people involved around that vehicle property records

show warner transferred the deed to his home to a california woman in late november the explosion near an 18000 transmission site knocked out mobile phone and internet service for miles nashville's mayor says that might have been the goal all of us locally it feels like there has to be some connection with the a.t.m. tape facility and the side of the bombing it all began when nashville police responded to reports of the shooting then heard a mysterious warning emanating from the motor home. 3 people were injured but the officers who embraced each other as they reunited in a news conference on monday likely saved lives by clearing the area saw sipos running towards the intersection as well. sorry but that's when i got on the radio to make sure wells was ok i couldn't get a response from him but from the class he had some hearing loss eerily one officer

recalled the recreational vehicle with shades blocking all of its windows broadcasting songs including the familiar strains of petunia clark's downtown. disney. moments before the blast that knocked some of them to the ground what i remembered was downtown where the light shines bright the blast damage more than 40 buildings in nashville's downtown which will take months simply years to rebuild john hendren al-jazeera nashville. aid groups say the coronavirus pandemic has led to an increase in child marriages activists fear the decades of progress could be reversed around the world more than $12000.00. in girls under the age of 80 in america every year the pandemic has led to increased poverty forcing girls out of school and into work all marriage the u.n.

forecasts there's an additional $13000000.00 girls may be forced into marriage over the next 10 years bangladesh has the highest child marriage rates in the world nearly 60 percent of girls are married before they turn 18 natalie mccauley is the chief child protection officer for unicef bangladesh she says that fewer children were being forced to marry in bangladesh prior to the pandemic but the number is rising again. told mary is an extraordinarily desperately negative event in a child's life obviously it continues to happen because the negative associations with well and with education lack of education and it's certainly increasing cutty that one thing has happened the lockdown has interrupted services access to services with children but not just the children that could be married but also the ones that are already married including those that are involved in

education health services and already under funded child protection system i really appreciated the the algo goal of thinking before because she also mentioned the child helpline 198 in bangladesh which we know with the help of the government of bangladesh has thousands of children during the lockdown with emergency response to those children through case like in case management where you need to continue to increase and strengthen child protection system moving forward if we're ever going to. have a chance in the sea from one we have so many to decrease the amount of child marriage over the last 4 years due to the global program with u.f.t.a. and unicef and the multi-stakeholder program we were able to reduce from 59 percent to 51 percent of getting married in bangladesh before the age of

a saying israel has gone into its 3rd nationwide coronavirus locks out all non-essential shops are closed and people have been told not to go more than a kilometer from the home as japan is temporarily batting the entry of nonresident for us in the past week the country see the rise in cases of the war contagious variant of coronavirus 1st detected in the u.k. the entry ban will be in place until the end of january jakarta so far confirmed more than 221000 cases of covert team. the pandemic has decimated tourism in spain's canary islands locked down some flight restrictions of left hotels and resorts sitting empty so in the new era of working from home but trying to turn into an opportunity as part of smith reports from grand canal area the government wants people to swap the home office for one by the beach is this your view when working from home during winter lockdowns. more likely in the northern hemisphere

at least this is what you'll be enduring it doesn't have to be like this. the canary islands is launched a campaign to attract 30000 remote workers it's not been a tough sell you know makes my companies live in america and some people live left the city live in the mountains. you know i think they've been supportive of people kind of doing looking after themselves being in the right spot for them it's a really caring way that there are. empty hotels deserted pools and very quiet beaches european winter lockdowns means the canary islands is going to salvage very little from the season one spanish bank says this region will be the hardest hit by the economic fallout from the coronavirus in spain the canaries once remote workers to stay months at a time here you can rent a bedroom and share space with other digital nomads so you're never too lonely i

actually feel like i've gotten more done here. because i have this nice set up and i can balance it quite well with a nice live. the word that would use would be fired and having the freedom to do things that i want to do according to the local restrictions rusia go for a $1000.00 a month. they call it co living it's fully booked until february a month ago some corporations that were working remotely at least partially were even hiding it because maybe they were afraid of investors what people would think because a lot of people thought that remote work is not work and it's not only work but it's actually sometimes often more productive before the pandemic the european commission says that fewer than 5 percent of the e.u.'s work force usually worked from home but as a result of the outbreak of covert 19 that's shot up to 40 percent.

coverage has shown all the citizens of this planet that we can be very productive working from home at the same time we can balance our life our family in a better way from the caribbean to europe to the far east a growing number of countries are offering visas and deals to tempt remote workers the biggest risk is perhaps getting sand in your laptop burnet smith al-jazeera gran canaria. could see it with a solo adrian for going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera after holding out for almost a week u.s. president donald trump has signed a $2.00 trillion dollar coronavirus aid in spending package a delay allowed some unemployment benefits to poor as well and jordan explains what's behind trump's sudden change of heart the president is very optimist.