on al-jazeera. be the hero or world. wash. this is al-jazeera. out of there and o'clock this is a news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes russia reports a sharp spike in corona virus deaths with more than 35000 fatalities reported in november alone. india prepares to roll out one of the world's largest inoculation programs carry out a 2 day dry run. iran has to begin human trials for locally produced coronavirus vaccine this u.s. sanctions in the difference to buy doses from the west. a tally of this year's

worst weather disasters shows more evidence with dangerously changing. sports news 20 time grand slam tennis champion roger federer has not recovered in time for me. and will now miss out on the upcoming australian open. so let's begin in russia where newly released a 0 indicates the actual number of coronavirus related deaths could be much higher than earlier anticipated reported according to official figures more than 35000 people died in november alone that is a 55 percent increase in mortality from the year before scientists in the u.k. meanwhile say stricter lockdowns may be needed there next month and pushing for secular schools to stay close but a government minister says the expected. approval of another vaccine could see

restrictions lifted more quickly india has started a dry run of its a vaccination program to test its transport and cold storage facilities that says the country record of its lowest number of daily infections in nearly 6 months may well iran is beginning of a locally produced vaccine after successful tests on animals tara has had trouble securing other drugs because of sanctions on its banking sector. let's get more on these numbers out of russia we can tell it's going to go for who joins us from moscow and i was going to these numbers are extraordinary tell us more. yes indeed the numbers of what they called axis that's are a much much much higher than what is officially reported as total death toll of novel coronavirus so far because officially around $55000.00 so far have died in russia due to 'd 'd quote on

a virus infection or its consequences but there is by the official statistics if we compare the april of them to the april november previous year more than 240000 extra beds and not all of them are of course can be suspected in any possible way that they're connected with chronic cases they might be due because. there was no corona detected that at the time of that or not even suspected or of these people died of some unrelated diseases but the because the hospitals were stretched outstanding to the patients that were basically in a very heavy condition because of the because of the corona so a reuters for instance calculated that some 100000 people could be connected their bets could be connected to a whiff of the koran up there make soledad is still more salt twice as much as of the official that stall is and i must say that there has been suspicions about what

officially is reported as the thought or even the number of effects before here in russia to what people think might be real or are suspecting it might be real and all those of course demonstrates the urgency of vaccine roll out like anywhere else in the world what's the situation there with. well you see a rush wanted to be the 1st to start of the general population vaccination indeed today when they were but so far we have only what officials are telling us and they're telling us that the vaccine has been tested distributed to all the regions of russia all across this enormous country but what we don't have is numbers how many vaccines each region got how many people actually got vaccinated about now with this 1st those we do know that during the 3rd clinical phase

clinical study there were some 20 to 30000 a participant and yet we didn't see the results of this clinical phase the president of russia did admitted that there is a certain problems with the temples in producing the vaccine that he hoped there will be solved by basically cooperation with other countries and outsourcing this russian. or the other so as i said this moment we only have official saying that everybody is interested in the scene but we don't have actual data of how many people actually got vaccinated i'm going to undergo for increasing numbers and figures in russia let's go to london now and study by the. real debate about schools reopening in the spring term in january tell us more about the possibility of further restrictions. well nick those debate comes amid a really worrying backdrop here in the u.k.

the national health service leaders of the n.h.s. are saying that the whole system is going to have to remain on its highest alert until march that's because hospital admissions a shooting up a meal and services are saying that they're receiving record numbers of call outs and intensive care units around england filling up quickly now we haring that there could be a meeting later on monday involving the department of education where they'll make a decision on reopening schools in january the plan at the moment is a phased return with primary pupils and secondary peoples who are in their exam years going back to school next week and then others at a later stage but the cabinet minister michael gove said that things were under review when he was on the airwaves a few hours ago that's because there are reports that the government's own search scientific advisors last week said that even if there was

a whole national look down in january and at the moment in england it's just it's covering around 43 percent of the population under so-called tier 4 restrictions even under national lock down the reproduction number are would go above one if schools remained open as they did in the previous lockdown so there's clear advice to from the scientists to say that you need to read look have another think about schools they're saying that there's been a lot more transmission of coverage 19 in schools due to this new variant which is more easily transmitted in general although no proof so far that it's more dangerous so there could be a change their. advisors also warned of this new different new variant of the virus coming to the u.k. from south africa and they're warning that there. could have an impact on immunity in the u.k. now the government quite satisfied so far about how many vaccinations it's carried

out it's in the hundreds of thousands and they're actually hopeful that in the next few days there can be approval of a 2nd vaccine the oxford astra zeneca vaccine which could start to be rolled out early in the new year following of course the beginning of the pfizer beyond tech vaccination program or that's the u.k. what about over on the continent of europe what's happening there and the latest on the rollout of the biotech vaccine. well it was a supposed to be a coordinated approach it got underway over the weekend in several e.u. states but there have been hiccups now in some countries like italy like spain it was. given to health care workers on the 1st day on sunday in germany there have been. problems with the shipment of the pfizer but on tech

vaccine in several cities the arrival of doses has been delayed because there are concerns picked up by truckers that some doses hundreds in fact of doses were not stored at cold enough temperatures on route they're supposed to be held in freezers at minus 70 celsius before being transported in cold boxes special storage boxes with dry ice anyway that program is getting under way for the public and on on tuesday spain will start administering vaccines at local centers that was delayed by a day because of what the government is calling logistical delays so there is a lot of hope being pinned on this vaccine not just on that though the european union as a whole has ordered a total of $2000000000.00 doses through various providers including pfizer beyond tech but also oxford astra zeneca and

a number of alternatives the challenge is how quickly it can be brought in spain's government is now saying that they hope 70 percent of their population could have had the vaccine by the end of the summer that really would mark a turning point or not even thanks for that that's a picture in london and in europe not in barber. well sambar for care has become the 1st country on the continent to suppose a 1000000 confirmed cases for spreading variant of the virus is expected to force the government to unveil even tougher code 19 restrictions is already one of the toughest lockdowns in the world for all of this year. this update from port elizabeth. africans in general all worried but then again this was expected it is a festive season and people have been traveling up and down the country visiting family and friends and for days government officials have been telling you that when they do travel they should try and where they should not attend a public gatherings where some of them were not listening so throughout the days in

the week people posting on social media. are attending called the events where many weren't so many one practicing social distancing we are in eastern cape province this is one of the provinces where this new variant has been identified imported elizabeth is a hot spot in the area and speak to many people here you get people will tell you i've had at least 7 people in my family who died because at 19 isabel is going to far away from here with a problem the person got sick many people in that area went to his funeral and those people ended up getting sick so it is getting very very real for people particularly in hot spots such as. and the sink a problem. where india's government is carrying out an early test of its coronavirus fractionation program today drawing the vaccine campaign across 4 states officials are hoping to run checks on the country's transport arrangements and cold storage facilities india hopes to provide 300000000 doses in the 1st phase

of its immunization campaign and this with program has more now from. the precisely because of the scale involved in vaccinating india's population and that is why the states off. for their jobs have begun this 2 day trial run. 19 vaccines so a number of hospitals community and primary health care centers private facilities rural outreach centers testing everything from the transport arrangements for the vaccine to the cold storage to the deployment of workers the app that's used to register and monitor people who are receiving the vaccine and crowd control centers to ensure that their social distancing and what they're doing is around $25.00 people are coming to each vaccination session they've already been identified they mostly helped with health care workers who will be the 1st beneficiaries of the vaccine and tens of thousands of workers have been trained in administering the vaccine now india already has the world's biggest vaccination program it's called

the universal immunization program where more than 50000000 entrance and pregnant mothers. every year but health experts say that the cold storage is already in a sorry state that vaccines aren't always stored of monitored properly that fridge temperature gauges don't work often rendering vaccines unfit for use and so it is going to be a huge challenge for the government to vaccinate it says it wants to vaccinate hundreds of millions of people. iran is set to begin human trials were locally produced a pharmaceutical company has been registering valan to. iran has struggled to get its use because of sanctions or the banking sector. from. it is a race against time for the scientists at a lab near the capital tehran they're working on developing a covert 1000 vaccine

a job made more important because of u.s. let sanctions against iran pharmaceutical company shuffle farm it started registering volunteers for human trials after tests were successfully carried out on animals. in the 1st stage we have candidates who get 2 doses of the vaccine and we have 56 people to test on that will do it in small groups once we're successful with the 1st dose then we'll carry out the 2nd phase since the beginning with observed all world health organization and us f.d.a. protocols as we deliver our results to the health ministry while the work continues here the head of iran's medical council is urging the world health organization to take measures against u.s. sanctions that have prevented iran from purchasing covert 1000 vaccines. doctors after andy says millions of iranians need the vaccine soon. the pandemic is a global issue no country should be isolated when it comes to

a pandemic if there isn't a fair distribution of the vaccine that the chain of infection does not break no country will be safe. president hassan rouhani is blaming one man for iran's shortcomings in fighting this pandemic us president donald trump. our people should know that for any action we plan to carry out for importing medicine vaccines and equipment we should coast 100 times. iran is the worst affected country in the middle east with more than a 1000000 covered $1000.00 cases and nearly $55000.00 people killed severe restrictions on its banking sector has made it difficult for iran to pay for the vaccine this isn't the 1st time that iran has faced such restrictions in buying medicine from the broad over the years it's become increasingly difficult to find foreign medicine in the country so in local pharmacies you can usually find the reigning version of the medicine you're looking for and officials hope that will

soon be the case for the covert 900 back seen as wall. but there is the issue of public trust and health officials we randomly asked 10 people in the city if they would trust an iranian covert 1000 vaccine have said yes while the other half have their doubts that i want to get the iranian made vaccine because i don't believe in a rainy and made products but. yes sure i'll use it because it's my domestically and manufactured based on w.h.o. standards i don't think there's a problem while the politicians look to buy foreign coverage 1000 vaccines by circumventing sanctions back in this lab scientists continue to work on producing their own version officials hope by spring they will be able to roll out the rainy uncovered 1000 vaccine to millions of people. door such a party al jazeera tara and i will be the united states shortly but also ahead on the news hour we have jailed for telling the truth we follow the chinese citizen

who will spend time behind bars coverage of the credit virus outbreak. and find out how this place celebrated his 1st n.b.a. start since so many a big money contract extension coming up in sports. so u.s. president total trump has finally signed a coronavirus relief bill off to refusing to do so for a week the labor meant some unemployment benefits not just piling the pressure on millions of americans struggling because of the pandemic roseman jordan reports now from washington d.c. it really is a disgrace on tuesday u.s. president donald trump released a video calling the $900000000000.00 covert relief bill insufficient suggesting who wouldn't sign it on sunday with no reporters or cameras covering the event trawled

signed the bill for an estimated $14000000.00 people who lost their jobs during the pandemic timing was off their unemployment benefits ran out just before christmas and they'll have to wait until after january 1st before the government can help that. the bill will pay for other things keeping the federal government open through september 30th the just abusing of culbut 19 vaccine. housing assistance and the fiction moratorium financial aid for small businesses and a one time check of $600.00 to most americans it means $600.00 which is not a lot of money most of them say is far from adequate to meet their needs but it's something if we had not signed the bill they would have been no money. trump had said he wanted the checks boost it to $2000.00 for american adult something

opposition democrats welcomed and something his fellow republicans rejected you don't get everything you want even if you're the president of the united states we have a 2 legislative bodies and democrats control one republican see other look if they were just the freestanding government funding bill i would almost certainly be voting against that but i think the covert relief measures are really really important without hearing from trump himself it's not clear why he acted now well he didn't sign the bill that's the most important thing and he was under enormous pressure from republicans who now want him that it would be very destructive of his legacy and also of the republican majority in the senate if he did not sign the bill donald trump released a statement saying that not only did he want congress to cut some of the spending from the relief bill but he also wants them to pass a separate piece of legislation this week that would give every american adult $2000.00 to help deal with pandemic related expenses now the big question is

whether or not the president's fellow republicans say they're going to go along with this extra spending otherwise it's hard to see how the president will get what he says he wants rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington let's go live now to an official in washington. wants to boost individual payments to $2000.00 will his fellow republicans go along with this. well it's unlikely don't trump is in the last hour off to his golf course in florida he's of course known there for the christmas break meanwhile the house will get back into session in the coming hours among the things they may consider is whether or not to put this $2000.00 check on the table nancy pelosi is very keen she thinks it will get through the democratically controlled house but it will also put on record the republicans who will vote against it and there will be a few who may well do that in the house that would then transfer the responsibility

over to the senate the analysts that that could be taken up would be on tuesday mitch mcconnell not very keen on the idea of these $2000.00 checks and so it's unlikely it would get through the senate and head to the president's desk for saying no nancy pelosi noise that she's probably not going to get the $2000.00 for each and every american adult but she will put on record and score a political victory if she can get republicans to vote against it that gives her a political cultural to use in the coming weeks and months and in other related news congress about to override a veto on the drums veto on the defense bill i wonder what he thinks of that and what does it say about his influence in these waning days of his presidency. well there is a ghetto clause there for republicans this is the endy a big national defense bill it's been passed every year for the last 59 years it

was passed by both houses of congress went to the president's desk for signing and he vetoed it one of only 92 as he's used in his 4 years in office but it passed in both houses with what would be described as a veto proof majority so it will go through the house for reconsideration don't trump wanted them to remove an initially a clause that said that base is named after convention generals will be renamed he didn't want that there and then he insisted that the n.c.a. out clause which removed liability protection from big tech giants that's not directly related to defend so that was never there and unlikely to be put 10 the house could vote to override the veto it's got a democratic majority as a see it passed the house with quite a substantial number of votes from republicans as well republicans could vote to override the veto or of the could side with the president those who vote to

override the veto can say look this bill contains very important things such as i divined cyber security protection which given the recent hike the americans actually need and also pay some bonuses and wages to those in the armed forces so i'd like to stand with the president but rather stand with the forces that gives them the so say the house passes over right of the veto it goes to the senate mitch mcconnell could bring that up at any time it could be delayed by just one senator saying look i'm not happy with this ron paul a republican from kentucky has already said he is likely to do that but mitch mcconnell still believes he can get this through even if it means going to january the 3rd so why is january the 3rd important the new congress sits down on january 3rd sworn in at lunch time around. that day but mitch mcconnell believes he could get this in before the new congress takes their seats so that would override the

president's veto and that would be the 1st time that is ever happened but as i say it's sure it's a sign that they've got an off ramp that they're able to justify that to voters because even though he's in his last few weeks of the presidency donald trump still exists a great deal of control over the republican base than they were i don't think so that's an official there in washington d.c. a chinese citizen journalist has been jailed for 4 years for lifestream reporting of the early days of the corona virus outbreak jungians videos from $100.00 were widely shared on social media platforms in february she's among at least 8 chinese whistleblowers facing punishment for their coverage of the outbreak of the u.n. human rights office has condemned jones' imprisonment and calls it's an example of the excessive clampdown on freedom of expression linked to the pandemic. conference and when the official unveiled the evidence we as lawyers had no chance of producing evidence to the contrary so this was one likely reason behind why it was

a speedy rushed hearing you know. what i'm most worried about is that she's such a determined person she still thinks she's innocent and we both pleaded her innocence in court and the court gave such a harsh sentence she's probably more determined to continue her hunger strike until the very end so i'm very worried about her health and her life. let's take this on we can speak to so if you richardson who is china director of human rights watch joins us now from the motor park in maryland and usa via skype or so feet so john john guilty of picking quarrels and provoking trouble apparently reaction to that. well john is guilty of absolutely nothing except asking people in what what was happening around the virus and sharing their stories on social media there's nothing in domestic or international law that prohibits that and at a time when the world has desperately needed reliable information about a global public health crisis from the chinese government it's very disturbing to

see the authorities spend their time trying to silence people rather than share credible information about the gender spin targeted in the same way and joyner about the coverage of growing virus yet sadly john time is not the only case that we and others have tracked there are at least a half dozen other citizen journalists who've been detained or disappeared one function hasn't been heard from in months you know and again these are people who are simply trying to share information about a critical public health emergency and i think the chinese government should self in the foot over and over again this is the 1st time we've seen the authorities respond us why in a public health crisis you know by silencing people who are sharing information that's maybe a little embarrassing to the authorities but it's incredibly important to muster a robust public health response so she was sharing information tell us more if you would about what did that affront to the authorities to the extent that they would

imprison her for use. she had interviewed people on the street she had filmed. some medical facility use she visited crematorium you know to ask questions about whether what the authorities were reporting publicly was actually true and in china that's enough to annoy the authorities so that they will detain you arbitrarily as they did with her back in may and come up with trumped up charges of picking quarrels and stirring up trouble you know which is not a credible legal definition of any behavior you know and then prosecute you and give you a sentence of 40 years simply for having a conversation a little bit like the one that you and i are having right now right understanding she has been on hunger strike and that she was shackled and force fed how concerned are you about how. extreme light you know these are very serious circumstances

and she's obviously objecting to you know these trumped up charges in the proceeding surrounding them and is trying to make a point that you know these are not credible proceedings and that what she did was that she was well within her rights to do what she did and i think all of the governments and agencies like the world health organization that have with beijing to allow a transparent investigation into the origins of virus should urgently be speaking together with one voice to call for her release immediately so that her health doesn't further deteriorate you know the world needs. and needs to be discounted up right now on her behalf so if he reaches in china dirt human rights watch thank you . aside a call to sentence a prominent women's rights activist who more than 5 and a half years in prison. has been held since 2018 after being arrested along with at

least a dozen other women's rights activists relatives say she has been sexually assaulted and tortured while in prison the court has suspended 2 year is 10 months of her sentence which means she could be released as early as february. still ahead here on al-jazeera new details about the man suspected in the bombing in the u.s. city of nashville what may have been behind it. because it will come up to about 50 minutes so christiane a rinaldo be another trophy to his vast collection he will tell you what it is it's . how the weather's looking pretty quiet across the middle east at the moment some pieces of cloud around you might even catch the odd sharon to the fall of west saudi arabia over the next i will say but that aside it does look pretty quiet cool

enough temperatures in damascus through some 1415 degrees celsius cool enough here in concert 24 degrees what a brisk wind blowing through in temperatures no higher than around 22 as we go on into wednesday but it's a lousy dry and that dry weather stretches across a good parts of the whole of africa chance of one of 2 showers just creeping into somalia as we go on through chews day plenty of showers across the heart of africa and the south but i want to draw your attention to this circulation here this is tropical cyclone charlayne moving through the warm waters of the mozambique channel it looks likely to intensify further over the next 24 to 48 hours still so wayne's getting up to around 120 kilometers per hour before it does make landfall across the eastern side of mozambique as we go on into wednesday a punch its way through grassy seeing some wetter weather also pushing into zimbabwe as we go on through thursday heavy rain coming through here i think it is

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mancow by blood part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. but again you're watching al-jazeera among the top stories this hour and newly released data from russia indicates the actual number of coronavirus related deaths could be much higher than earlier reported according to official figures more than 35000 people died in november alone which is a 55 percent increase in mortality from the year before. iran is to begin human trials for locally produced coronavirus facts in tehran who have struggled to

get its hands on other vaccines because of sanctions on. thank you so. a chinese citizen journalist has been jailed for 4 years for her live stream reporting of the early days of the creative arts outbreak drawing johns videos from widely shared on social media platforms she's among at least 8 chinese facing punishment for their coverage of how. well a group of pro-democracy activists from hong kong are facing another $9000.00 chinese detention after a mainland court gave no verdict on the 1st day of the trial the group is accused of fleeing the former british territory to avoid jail sentences the families say they've been denied any information it's our clock it's the latest now from hong kong. pro-democracy activists deliver a petition to beijing's liaison office $300.00 home they want the group of 12 held on the mainland of china to be released after more than 4 months in detention is

a secret trial you know people are not allowed the family member are not allowed to go or. hear a trial out and also they have not met with a member over the $128.00 days that they are detained so there are no transparency no visitation by family is all harassment tight security is surrounded a court in the southern chinese city of shenzhen as 10 of the 12 activists attended the 1st day of the trial they're facing criminal charges relating to last year's and a government protests in hong kong and one of the accused has been charged under the national security team in august they were caught by chinese authorities trying to flee hong kong by boat they've now been accused of illegally entering mainland. family members say they've had no contact since their wrist and were denied permission to attend monday's court hearing in change and they now fear for their safety. back the courts give their burdick as soon as possible i want to see

my send again ferry much. the families of the 12 happening throughout their detention they are now only asking for the safety of to choose. to return to hong kong the united states has demanded the accused be returned to hong kong to face trial but china has rejected that request accusing us of interfering in their domestic affairs hong kong's chief executive says it's a matter for the mainland if the hong kong residents were arrested for breaking mainland offenses then they have to be dealt with according to the mainland loss in accordance with their jurisdiction before any other things could happen another not people in hong kong have been arrested suspected of helping the group flee the city in august. transport and the police here haven't ruled out making more arrests so al jazeera hong kong central african republic the government

is praised voters for braving the ballot box despite threats by a coalition of rebel groups to disrupt the election the election authority says there was a good turnout despite what it called minor security concerns and some errors or. change it is seeking a 2nd term they accuse former president francois of plotting with rebels to overthrow the government. well covering stories live for us from the central african republic capital of bangor so catherine it seems that the u.n. and government officials have made the 1st comments about. yes they did those a press conference today by the u.n. the interior minister defense minister the electoral commission and they all said that voting was by and less successful they say that in much of the country the process went on smoothly but they did duck knowledge problems in some towns and

villages in the provinces in some areas for example polls could not open a toll because of the security situation in the people polls open but people could not come out to vote because they were hiding out in other areas. groups came in and around polling stations shooting in causing massive panic and in other places voting materials were delayed palls delayed to open because of the security situation when it came to counting and some polling stations when counting was going on people would come in and take those ballot boxes and ballot papers and barring them the u.n. says that they send reinforcements to try and secure some of the voting materials so they say overall voting went on smoothly and now the next stage securing the results they say mainly of this papers are to be airlifted to boeing

not just because of the security situation but also because of the very poor road network or katherine flights that have come through sort of the. counting is underway following an election that could lead to these years 1st peaceful transition of power about 700000000 people cast ballots to choose a successor to president mohammed who is a from going to address reports now from the capital in the army 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 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 democrat says he has voted in every election since independence and easy again to choose a leader for. i think you do you wonder when did 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 i meet 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 brooklyn 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 when a number of african countries help presidential elections this year some were marred by violence voter intimidation and electoral malpractise ivory coast's president tell us in what torah change the constitution in order to run for a 3rd term while in guinea security forces their crackdown on protests falling out for candidates decision to also run for a 3rd time if you hear the region held regional elections they'd been banned by the government which sent in troops brought a 1000000 people have been displaced by that conflict and as you've heard they've also been rebel attacks in the run up to sunday's vote in central african republic and then there is our way the top court there and all the results of the presidential elections citing irregularities in widespread public pressure and the seychelles they saw that its 1st opposition victory in 44 years with an anglican priest winning the presidency in the 1st round well into get there less is

a political risk consultant who focuses on africa and she explained what next year's african electoral timetable holds in store. the ones that we should look at most keeley are and you got her january so that's the kind of next election that will be taking us 14th of january and that is where the president was then he will be able to kind of secure his presidency for life and we've already seen obviously today it will be winds bodyguard has been murdered by police in the kind of level of political and civil rights repression that is happening in uganda and makes it a very important one for us to be looking at as a kind of hallmarks of elections in 2021 and then again we need to look at all going to be an election president ag along who is running for we assume is running for. a couple markets watchers in particular will be looking keenly if we think about a couple belts and security of supply of cock up which is obviously fundamental to

the. carbon kind of a carbon neutral feature and electric vehicles in particular. the man suspected of setting off a bomb in the u.s. city of nashville died in the explosion that's according to the f.b.i. the explosion injured 3 people and gums about 40 buildings down 100 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 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 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 a 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 and i couldn't get a response from him but from the. glass hits and hearing loss eerily one officer recalled the recreational vehicle with shades blocking all of its windows broadcasting songs including the familiar strains of clark's downtown. 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's downtown which will take months possibly years to rebuild john hendren al-jazeera nashville. now the charity christian aid says the 10 worst climate

disasters this year have cost $140000000000.00 in insurance claims 1st up bushfires in australia they cost $5000000000.00 in losses and killed more than a 1000000000 wild animals on the u.s. west coast while father calls $20000000000.00 worth of damage a total of $25000000000.00 and china flooding in the river basin led to $32000000000.00 in losses but extreme weather events linked to climate change had a disproportionate effect in poor countries 6 of the 10 costliest disasters where in asia which was hit by some of the strongest storms on record and they cause huge she'd been in financial losses in countries of course a better responsibility for global warming including bangladesh and sri lanka and and in east africa a massive locust invasion damaged the half $1000000000.00 worth of crops. to unusually wet conditions fueled by climate change what catherine kramer is the climate policy lead at the charity christian aid she explains where leading

industrial countries need to focus their efforts on blow over. well we also have the chief of police put up courses down to political well and that's now hands for political masters but also in the hands of all of us to try and urge our political masters to act at the level beneath them to act i think some of the big ticket things that need to be brought forward are greater emissions reductions pictures we had to the summit about 2 weeks ago that was online where different countries pledged that they were approved forward but how many of the larger countries that will note all 5 era absence obviously the u.s. hasn't had its change of government yet japan has come it's due to come forward fairly soon with a new pledge but we haven't heard anything from other g 20 countries like russia saudi arabia and some of the other really big economies that really do need to be putting action on the table but it's not just pledges we actually need the policies in place to implement and to grealy start getting emissions reductions at the speed that we kept that they need to be done if we're trying to make local woman 25

degree collecting this is where we need global solidarity and for over 1000 has been a global tragedy there is the opportunity if we do the work economic recovery recovery package is to do it right but this needs to paint global solidarity so that we actually have just countries going trying to stimulate their own economies but trying to actually start sustainable development across the globe. still ahead the shot of hornets pull off a big surprise in the n.b.a. peter will be here with the action sports cars.

you go to support it peter thank you dick 20 time tennis major champion roger federer will miss the upcoming australian open because he has failed to recover from knee surgery the 2021 of the open has been delayed by 3 weeks to allow players enough time to quarantine in australia however that is still not going to be enough time for the swith to be ready to take part the 39 year old who has won the australian open 6 times previously says he has no plans to retire though former world number one golfer greg norman is back in hospital after testing positive a coronavirus the australian posted this picture on instagram from the medical center in florida ways been treated initially admitted on friday with a fever and muscle aches but was sent home to quarantine and the way he's covered 900 test results the woman has described the virus as hideous and says he lost the sense of taste and suffered memory loss. le bron james helped the los angeles

lakers today a 2nd win of the new season on sunday with 812791 victory over the minnesota timberwolves it wasn't all about james though on his 1st start since agreeing a new 3 year contract extension with $40000000.00 called cosmos 20 points in the 1st half alone including 3 consecutive 3 pointers james unself contribution 18 points on the night for the defending n.b.a. champion. the saw get to where he can operate past. the dallas mavericks set an n.b.a. record for the largest halftime lead in the shot clock era they took a 50 point advantage into the break over the l.a. clippers and went on to win 12473 with a look at don church scoring 24 points 9 rebounds and 8 assists meanwhile golden state warriors oldboy kevin durant's suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of the charlotte hornets scored in hayward led the way with 28.7 assists and 6 rebounds as charlotte 11061044 brooklyn's 1st defeat

of the new season. cristiana rinaldo may have missed out on the fee for best player award but he's been named player of the century at the globe soccer awards in dubai although they differ nation of century only covers the period from 2001 for this year the start of play there messi and another boss alone a legend ronald denio in the poll which was opened to the public. you know that when you look because. they want to be like you they cut their hair like me don't want skills with skills like me everything i see my son is 10 years old and they want to look like me and i say you have a long way to to do it the real like your father but you know it's a pleasure you know the future is the kids i have for and i want i wish him all the best and when i see the kids around for example now the. big comes around with me and they turn and say. it's make me feel happy because you know they. are for

my dedication my art war. and i'm proud you know when you see some some stuff like that you make you proud and this is give me motivation to carry on and to continue to do it my job and play football enjoy the people and the fans and everyone liverpool manager you're going club so these players are angry after surrendering a one goal lead to draw one all with west brom in the premier league sodium on a school early for liverpool who looked to be heading for victory until semi jiah equalized for west brom in the 82nd minute who were 3 points ahead of 2nd place on monday we lost a game and it's war in the boys are more angry than anything else so that because they know that it was not. caused by. we don't live in dreamland just when to book it's because we want to win them we have to work for it and have to

play for it and we have to finish situations of and the possible moment these kind of things what the boys are able to do so. in the end if you just do it probably a game that can happen. it was the same scoreline at molineux you were talking and drew with wolves and missed the chance to go 3rd song scored after just 57 seconds for spurs but with 4 minutes left was equalized through romance ace tottenham up to 5th and the table we controlled the game. and you can see it in. in a set piece you can see it in the corner. our problem was that was calling the 1st minute and we have it in one minute to score more goals and we and we didn't and for me that was the was the problem. that's a good word for it woodward brugge because it's very hard to restart the game typing very badly conceding a goal. but after that in during the game if you played

a good game well plenty of premier league action coming up on monday 3rd place leicester visit crystal palace manchester city could break into the top 4 with a win at everton and chelsea will be looking to erase the recent slump in form when they host aston villa. learn about the prize and proud to learn about themselves some of them are young some of them are new to the premier league and the tough times are things that will have to go through i don't think the season was ever going to be applying for alien and winning every week we got confident and we got into position where we were not not losing games when. things are brave you know when you lose a couple of going to become much tougher and you have the only way out of it is to fight them to work out. former south africa cricket captain 50 plus years top scorer with 199 as his country take control of the 1st test against sri lanka duplicity captained the team from 2016 until relinquishing the duties earlier this year the south africans were all out for 621 sri lanka closed down 65 for 2 that's

160 runs behind. india have the advantage of they head into the 4th day of a 2nd test against australia in melbourne the tourists resumed on 277 for 5 but lost a standing captain. early on for 112 ravindra jadeja hit 57 but india were all out for 326 for a 1st innings lead of 141 the indian bowlers then shared the wickets to pile on the pressure australia stumbled their way to $133.00 for 6 at the close of play that's a lead of only 2. down the bomb pretty pretty well british right. to go and score runs obviously as a batting group and in the beach away but yet they might not. elsewhere pakistan are fighting hard to stay in the 1st test against new zealand resuming on 341 the businesses were in all kinds of trouble as they slipped 80 to 600 there is

a one hit 71 and ashraf scored 91 to lead the resistance at the close of play pakistan with 239 all out easy and leading by 192. baseball hall of fame pitcher foley crowe has died at the age of $81.00 after a long battle with cancer niekro is one of only $24.00 pitchers to have won more than $300.00 games in his career he was known for his expert use of the knuckleball . well even if not most sports played cynic pretty to see you later thanks for that 2nd thank you now that your latest wonder woman film has posted one of the highest debut since the pandemic begun and made more than $36000000.00 in theaters across the world over the christmas holiday weekend it's a glimmer of hope for an industry that's been largely shut down since the pandemic began millions also watch the film on the street but for h.b.o. . v i was not out sir dot com we'll see you in

a couple minutes more often i. moved out of his parents' house after he got me he says he found more space living in biscayne after renovating it last year it's now his home along with his wife daughter and home but the israeli government said that he was be constructed to be pouting permits and issued at the militia in order last month our interview with cut short as he hears that the israeli army has arrived in the village with the bulldozer residents say soldiers gave them one minute to get home it took the found

me months to build their brick house and just then an hour to see it demolished. long before the cold the crisis broke the world was grappling with another global crisis the climate breakdown destruction of nature can lead to destruction all hail the lockdown examines links between these 2 crises and asks why it took a pandemic to bring on changes that should have been made almost. all these things we were told the police impossible suddenly become connected to the wake up call that can't be ignored on a just. the ultranationalist marks connected with one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis we don't as. mike that joining with the military to impose that deadly political agenda we have devoted our nation has happened to their opinion that's one of the biggest stains on the country as

a whole. this is not religion this is a politics. an unholy alliance on al-jazeera. a russian reports a sharp a spike in coronavirus deaths with more than 35000 fatalities reported in november alone. following the clock that is out 0 a live from doha also coming up a warning to people in the u.k. vaccines are on the way but another lockdown may be coming soon as well. a grim milestone in south africa as a number of corona virus infections passes 1000000. iran is to begin human trials will likely.