and there are moments when that may happen with finished. u.s. president on will trump backs down and signs a pandemic aid bill off to millions of americans lost unemployment support. hello i'm adrian for the game this is 0 live from go also coming up libya's tripoli government is visited by a high level delegation from egypt which spent he is backing its rivals in

a bloody conflict. optimism in europe a massive vaccination campaign begins to protect hundreds of millions of people from covert 19. 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'd 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 about by the pandemic trumpet been insisting that direct stimulus payments to people being creased from $600.00 to 2000 and jordan report style 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 kalmus a political analyst in the u.s. he says that it's clear that trump's main motivation is to keep republicans and democrats but also 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 menuhin 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 sign 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 forego 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 have 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 years of conflict to say was not a train a 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 the has the c. 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 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 main messages to the parties that they sponsor and tell them compromise is inclusive reconciliation among libyans rather than launching a 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. dozen hong kong pro-democracy activists are going on trial in the chinese city of shenzhen they're accused of trying to flee to taiwan in a speedboat they were arrested at sea in august hong kong as government has accused them of rioting of possessing explosives many protesters have chosen to leave hong kong since paging introduced a new national security law in the territory in june let's go live now to hong kong sara clock is there sara what's happening where you are right now what do we expect out of this trial in shenzhen today. when we have we have the 1st die of that particular trial and stands in on monday but you might be able to hear or see behind me we're going to group of of people who are supporting those young 12

activists who have been no go on trial on monday now that particular group or the group i should say behind me they're going to put up a petition calling for support for those particular protesters also calling for those protesters to be released now we have 11 miles of one female in that group of 12 activists and the range from 16 years of age to 33 years of age now the 10 face trial all the legal border crossing into them face charges of organizing right now as i mentioned this is in china not one probably because those particular group that were found in my inland waters and as you mentioned they're being accused of fleeing hong kong where they faced various charges related to the anti-government protests last year now the lawyer representing some of that group who appear in court in chains in on monday so they could actually get a verdict today simply if they plead guilty they could find out that their sentence on monday but under mainland law the penalty for crossing the border illegally is about one year in anyone who's been charged or found guilty of organizing that

particular trespassing or illegally crossing the border into my land what if they could face 7 years and if you're accused or found guilty of being a part of the syndicate you fight life in prison now the group will appear in court in the next hour and a half or so but they will appear via video link the family. have been unable to obtain tell us more about this petition and reaction from the families and also reaction from abroad. but i mean there's been a number of petitions have been presented to try and support from the families to support the group of the 12 activists that are currently on trial now that have not a lot with getting them released and not being able to access that particular court hearing it's close to everyone the media and the public and now the families of miss lee appointed their own lawyers to represent this group of china were chinese authorities intervened and appointed their own state approved lawyers now none of those programs have actually been able to reach the group over 128 days that

they've been detained and clearly being so the families expressed fear for the fight particularly on the grounds that one is as young as 16 years of age now it has been some support for this particular group in particular the secretary of state might prompt he has called for the 12 to be released he said this group was simply a big cry was to flee tyranny but the national people's congress the standing committee the representative of that committee which is where we are now he's placed at the beijing's liaison office behind us he has said that the china will take this case very seriously is also denied suggestions that their fights has already been decided to sort of circle our clients there and hong kong ceremony things the european union has begun one of the world's largest coronavirus francs a nation campaigns aiming to protect some 450000000 people health care workers and care home residents of the 27 member bloc are among the 1st to be inoculated dominic kane reports from berlin. when get a good heart or 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 several fairly for what it 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 and clinics across the european union this isn't 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 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 because we have made sure that in europe itself people get vaccines and we haven't brought that import for years 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 whether up. next he announces here and then we'll have an

update on the christmas tree explosion in the u.s. city of nashville. and hope for a pandemic hit film industry of wonder woman sequel schools big at the u.s. box office. 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 in tehran and 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 quiets flow in the cool side over the next couple of days quite enough across the arabian peninsula but quite a keen show mild living 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 days 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 face here once again by the stays warm waters of course and it will grassy push its way further towards the east coast by the middle parts of the week. every year 50000000 tons of electronic waste is thrown away the majority is illegally done in developing countries right now electronic waste is the most

prated out of this with retracing the tech through the criminal organizations making the big profits and asking why the west is turning a blind eye to man made on the waste trail on al-jazeera. hello again this is al jazeera astrologer the main news this hour after holding out for almost a week u.s. president donald trump aside a $2.00 trillion dollar coronavirus aid and spending package to deliver allowed some unemployment benefits to lapse. senior egyptian delegates visited libya's

capital for talks with the un recognized government it's believed that they're pushing to normalize relations of the backing the government's rivals in the conflict. and the european union has begun one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination campaigns and aims to protect some 450000000. 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 leader of rebel groups threatening to march on the capital and disrupt a vote that they say is rigged out of serious catherine sawyer reports from the capital bangui. people in bondi have been on edge for days now that's after the armed movement calling it south patriots quali should for change threaten 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 in $219.00 despite their patente palling stations opened on time and voting in the capital was fairly smooth he said i am here to vote for peace i haven't had a board problems is not a battle of the country but i had to do my beat president for steen 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 in 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 any in and the constitutional court and the date set is the 27th this is what all central africans come to boat 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. 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. in italy 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 troops have been deployed to troubled areas and the capital. speaking to people in different neighborhoods in the city just trying to get a sense of the. many told us that they have voted and they're voting for peace. they are about the security situation in parts of the country.

ses 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 voting against some political analysts are concerned that i think stream tunneled could affect the credibility of the polls. we talk to say they are confident that won't be the case final results are expected in the coming days catherine. and counting began after an election that could lead to new jazz 1st peaceful transition of power around 7 of the half 1000000 people cast ballots to choose a successor to president mohamed who is so full of address reports from the capital . 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 yo or president so this is 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. how you do 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 niger 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 a 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 f.b.i. says that the man suspected of setting off a bomb in the u.s. city of nashville died in the explosion officers started searching the premises of 63 year old anthony ward not long after a motorhome christmas day they explosion injured 3 people and damaged around 40 buildings john hendren reports now from nashville federal investigators say the nashville christmas bomber worked alone and died in the blast that rocked the world country music capital. 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 in several blocks of downtown nashville anthony. warner is the bomber he was present when the bomb went off and that he perished in the bombing that conclusion was based on d.n.a. evidence gathered in a saturday raid on warner's suburban nashville home and compared with human remains found at the scene there is no indication that any other persons were involved we've reviewed hours of security video. surrounding the recreational vehicle as well as 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. t. 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. 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 the clarks downtown.

you can get. moments before the blast that not 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 downtown which will take months simply years to rebuild john hendren al-jazeera nashville. the latest wonder woman film us posted one of the highest debut outing since the pandemic began it made more than $36000000.00 in phases worldwide over the christmas holiday weekend it's a flipper of hope for an industry that's been lost and shut down since the pandemic began millions also watched the film on straining platforms h.b.o. max smith is a professor of media and communications it's mary's college of california he joins us now via skype from boxing good to have you with us. it's been a difficult to say the least but this has to be at least one bright spot but is it

the future of this. joint theatrical and screaming and streaming release. well that's the $1000000.00 question h.b.o. max when they decided to put wonder woman in this kind of hybrid thing that you mentioned they also said that there are other 60 films that have been planned for release in 2021 would at least in america you know all go to the h.b.o. max screening you know so they're hoping that places like. the international market will emulate china to some degree and be willing to go to theaters and you know hopefully compensate some because but it's it's it's an open call it seems like different studios are kind of doing different things you know h.b.o. max which is the scenes where brothers in the studio you mentioned they may meet a set this was only were a year but a lot of people are saying it could last a lot longer you know so it's really up in the air it's hard to say so what can we

expect of 2021 with so many productions being hit by both the layout and of course of it coronavirus restrictions on set. right and you would think there would be a lot of delays i mean we are going to see some delays. you know i think it's going to look unlike any year we've ever seen even when even the like 2020 because as you say there will be this sort of hybrid model. it's going to be strange i think hollywood is going to have to tighten its belt a bit although the streaming services are very well positioned. with their model and that and that worries some people in hollywood because their model a lot of that was sort of pioneered by netflix and then taken up by amazon and others it does a lot at the beginning it pays the creators really well but then in the back end

they don't really get that much like they used to with the old the deals that were standard townley 2 or 3 years ago so. but as i feel your question was more about consumers i think that there are going to be dangers once we see back scenes i do think people will go back in america to theaters to some degree. i don't think you're going to see numbers like you saw for avengers and again in the summer of 2019 those numbers i think i don't know that we'll ever see those at least in the united states again maybe not for very long or near the industry as you said it's taken a financial hit will have to type that spells in the future how's that going to impact upon investment in and future productions. right great question it is going to impact. the we'll be looking for things that can stream they'll be looking for you know we may not i mean i think the way that some people

now speculate is if it's a huge like kind of almost guaranteed walk us through the level of christopher nolan then yes it will. have a liking theaters but anything else might be sort of almost me for streaming it might almost be edited differently or sort of you know who we like with the with an eye toward be appearing on t.v. with an eye toward a little clip kind yours at the ends of episodes almost you know because the so in other words could really hurt the kind of independent films that some of us really love it so it's not clear i mean maybe there's maybe that there will be some surviving that but i do think there are huge warning bells going off over right heart that kind of thing so yes it's a bit scary it's a little scary right now yes general really good to talk to many thanks indeed for being with us thank you very much for having me.

it's good to have you with us holloway transfer they got here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera after holding out for almost a week u.s. president.