al jazeera. live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes russia reports a sharp spike in corona virus deaths with more than 26000 fatalities reported in november and. the u.k. reports its highest current virus infections in a single day prompting calls for further restrictions. a grim milestone in south africa as the number of corona virus infections passes one. jailed for telling the

truth we follow the chinese citizen he will spend time behind bars for her coverage of the current of our so. i'm kevin nash with sports is the qur'an a virus causes disruptions of the premier league. match against. the club. so we begin this news in russia where a newly released data indicates the actual number of coronavirus related deaths could be much higher than what was reported earlier according to official figures around 26000 people died in november alone that's a 55 percent increase mortality from the year before and the situation continues to worsen across the united kingdom where a record number of 41385 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours as scientists warn stricter lockdowns may be needed next month then south africa

has become the 1st country on the continent to go past 1000000 cases a president's arrival poser is expected to announce even tougher covert 1000 restrictions when he addresses the nation in the coming hour. barbara is in london to bring you the latest on the numbers the worse the outbreak in london her return through study by portaloos within south africa for president to room photos is expected speech in the coming hours as a speech on its under god for use in moscow and alexander those numbers increasing numbers that we see in russia tell us more about those and what the 1st is to say. well the numbers that we heard today and all of that which people long suspected are true is that basically that's all the fatalities of infection are much higher than what the russians are being informed that they leave by the

demi krises headquarters by that the the total number of would be $55000.00 people these are people who tested positive prior to their that but the official statistic bureau is saying that in november alone there is 26000 people that died off call that confirmed call the or are suspected to have had the infection or the college infection basically heston's their date of so significantly contributed so there is a and if we look at the numbers that are now being pulled from the official statistics that concern for instance period of april to november this year compared to the same period previous year as for instance right there is that then we are coming to that and the total number of that is twice as big as what is origin only reported so there is also excess of that the rates from other issues which are to be explained possibly by the fact that the hospital system in

the whole haircare care system was astonished beyond its possibilities so some people might have died because their basic other diseases a couldn't be a treat. so even russian officials are stopped are not denying actually the numbers are much higher they're trying to explain it away and the deputy prime minister today said today the axis mortality is in 81 percent due to the then mix of so one thing that we find out today 'd is that it is there's been damage it's taking a very very heavy toll on a russian citizens or about exams or that's a butcher in moscow thanks for the let's cross over to london in the u.k. not even barbara stanny by tell us about the numbers they're also seeing a rise. just very recently. that's right nick the new

reported 24 hour daily. rise in cases sorry new cases of covered 19 is over 41000 that is a daily record since the pandemic started we haven't seen it that high it's really a reflection of what health officials have been saying around the country. in the run up to christmas and during the holidays they have been warning the term the easing of restrictions was going to lead to a surge in cases well of course that easing was just reduced to one day the 25th of december for many parts of england but still we have seen hospitals particularly here in the southeast say that they're up to levels of admission for covered 19 patients similar to the levels they saw at the peak in the 1st wave back in april and health authorities are warning that the whole of the national health service

will will have to be all its highest state of alert until march hospitals are being asked to free as many beds as possible and this is partly down to the new variant which is believed to be more easily transmissible which was a report which was 1st detected in september but only really understood a while later now the government's own scientific advisors have told it but if if there is a national lockdown of types or national restrictions in the highest category 4 as they call it. across england that still won't be enough to stop the virus spreading exponentially in january unless schools are shut now the plan is to reopen schools gradually starting next week the government is thinking about what to do next it's being urged by. entry committee to make schools continuing

a priority but that would be with must testing at schools and getting teachers vaccinated now cabinet minister michael gove was asked about that vaccinating teachers as a priority haney was very noncommittal just a few hours ago or not him thanks very much for that tonight improbably in london. southern south african presidents around poza i would be addressing the nation there is no inspected not tougher restrictions little if it is not used at all and mosques. warning just to gain entry into the venue only to be taken off once people are inside and these same social gatherings the consumption of alcohol in places like restaurants and nightclubs and taverns has contributed to

risky behavior like not wearing masks because people already staked their masks off and they don't observe social distancing once they are under the influence of alcohol excessive alcohol consumption is also driving up the number of trauma cases in our hospitals according to the data that we have with everyday lex ation of the restrictions on the sale of alcohol the number of trauma cases reporting at our hospitals has increased these trauma cases from bullet wounds stabbing motor vehicle accidents and many other us up putting an unnecessary strain on our already stretched public health facilities our hospitals both.

the private and public hospitals are already close to full capacity in a number of provinces and i.c.u. beds. either food already or repartee filling up in the eastern cape for example the number of hospitalizations and in hospital deaths has now surpassed the numbers witness in the 1st. of this year several provinces are hard at work to prepare additional beds ventilators and oxygen to respond to this increase our frontline health care workers with put their lives on the line over the past 9 months to care for the ill are becoming infected themselves in higher numbers

they are exhausted and they are struggling under the strain of the 2nd wave already during the month of december $4630.00 public sector health workers can talk to covered 19 bringing the total number infected since the start of the pandemic to over 41000 health workers yesterday i saw a social media post from a doctor in one of our facilities which i would like to share with you because in many ways it captures the situation that our health workers having to face on a daily basis he writes half our consultants have covered it more than half my colleagues had covered or currently in quarantine hospital is food no

oxygen planes private hospitals off food. not accepting more patients no beds anyway. and this is not yet the peak guys he and we are all going to pay for your in ability to be responsible with our lives close quote these brave men and women with kept our hospitals and clinics open and running through their resilience courage and professionalism and now even at even greater risk than before they are themselves almost at break point they could lose their lives. more families will mourn all the costs of our actions and our

failure as a people to take responsibility we are at an extremely dangerous point in our fight against the pandemic unless we act now and unless we act decisively the number of infections. exceed what we experienced during the south african presidents who are i'm opposed really speaking about a story which has been our years now it could be from any country in this case it is south africa right now saying that the strain on south africa's hospitals how they're close to full capacity in a number of provinces i.c.u. is under intense pressure front line workers becoming infected in higher numbers and so on and let's speak to actually one second we will just return now to the south african president nelson is back and immediate effect from midnight tonight

several of the lever 3 regulations of being strengthened to further limit the potential for transmission while doing everything possible to keep the economy open. we have adjusted to the restrictions that will apply at level 3 based on the lessons that we have learned through our response to date there are 4 main reasons for this step firstly we want to minimize the risk of super spread the events even further as the number of people with active infections rises there is a greater risk of an infected person without symptoms being present in that governing and spreading the virus secondly we want to

decrease unsafe interactions between people thirdly we want to increase the implementation of our 5 key prevention measures they being social distancing the wearing of musk's hand hygiene symptom checking and testing fourthly we want to decrease the burden on the health care services so that resources can be directed to meet the needs of covered 19 and other patients these are the key reasons i know that i jested lever 3 regulations for indoor and outdoor gatherings will be prohibited for 14 days from midnight tonight except for funerals and other limited exceptions as detailed in the

regulations such as restaurants museums gyms casinos these will further be set out by the minister and regulations and will be reviewed after that period from the us may not be attended by more than 50 people with social distancing. every business premise mass determined and maximum number of stuff and custom is permitted at any one time based on the social distancing guidelines i mean and may not exceed that limit coming took a few nationwide care if you will be extended from 9 pm to 6 am apart from permitted workers and for medical and security measures says nobody and that means nobody is allowed

outside their place of residence during curfew. non essential establishment including shops restaurants bonds and or cultural venues must close at 8 pm the lists of these establishments will be released shortly we now know that the simplest and most effective way to reduce transmission of the coronavirus is to wear a cross mosque that covers the nose and the mouth when ever in public until now the openness and money just of shops and public buildings employers and operators of public transport have had a legal responsibility to ensure that everyone entering the premises of the head go

is wearing a mask but given the grave danger our country now faces the i just at level 3 regulations will make every individual meaning everyone responsible legally for wearing a mask in public. from now on it is compound is a very for every person to wear a mosque in a public space a person who does not wear a mosque covering over their nose and mouth in a public place will be committing an offense a person who does not wear a mosque could be arrested and prosecuted. on conviction there would be liable to a fine or to imprisonment for

a period not exceeding 6 months or both a fine and imprisonment. i must admit that this is a drastic measure but it is now necessary to ensure compliance with the most basic of preventative measures we remain particularly concerned about the elderly and those with co-morbidities this with other ailments and us that they do they have utmost to protect themselves from the virus especially minimizing their contact with other people. so that is the south african presidents who were opposed to extending restrictions in the country trying to decrease the burden on health care services and saying that all in or not new guidelines will be prohibited 14 days of midnight tonight nationwide curfew extended from 9 pm to 6 am i me said that given the grave danger

the country now faces every individual is responsible legally for wearing a mask the public compulsory for every person to do so in a public space and anyone who does not will be committing an offense let's cross to metacity who's been following the president's speech from port elizabeth and given that sort of has passed the 1000000 cases market it's not surprising that these restrictions would be increased. people were expecting these restrictions from president. including the extension of the night time and it comes as no surprise because this is a festive season and 4 days in a few weeks a lot of people thousands of that because i've been traveling up and down the country visiting family and friends and attending so-called super spray the events the big parties on beaches are at homes where many of them are not. practicing

social distancing so people did expect the president to come down he had to be on south africans is mostly those he called are being reckless this is an area where we encode the eastern cape province is a province where that new variant was identified one of the provinces where that you variant was identified and it's an area where it's a hot spot at the moment port elizabeth and what's happening now is when you speak to people they are barred to people you come up to you speak to and they'll tell you i've had more than 7 people die in my family from dying to tell you of events for example funerals where someone prominent has died and almost the entire village feels a need to attend and then it's no surprise that some people end up saying we spent some time talking to. dr who's here working at a port elizabeth a government hospital and he was saying they are emotionally the most in the tired and they also drain just while they say that for example the issue as i see you piers of having to make that difficult decision of who to give

a bit to and who not to give a bit to they see in the getting sick they seeing some of their colleagues die and they also say what's interesting is that unlike in the 1st wave this time in the 2nd wave a seeing more young people people between the ages of 30 and 40 getting sick and some of them dying so i really didn't see in that 1st way that we be concerned and they were actually calling for some of these restrictions to be put in place so that some of them would be glad that is the case the question now is also the africans listen that these are strict and mrs i mean some will be fired and possibly even jail time if they get to that state so it remains to be seen if that's going to listen to what the president has told them to do you know certainly very difficult time in south africa right now howard thanks very much indeed herman hesse reporting there from lisbon. u.s. president donald trump has signed a coronavirus relief bill after refusing to do so for a week he said the $900000000000.00 bill was insufficient amount to direct payments to americans increase from 600 dollars to 2000 democrats agreed with the romneys

but republicans voted against it unemployment benefits lapsed for millions of people because of course everyone in 1st it started by for us in washington so tell us more about this is this going to get through do you think. well let's be clear the president caved he was holding up for these $2000.00 checks he didn't get that many eventually signed the bill and by doing so he moved some of the protections that were in place because the elapse they will be at least a week possibly 2 before people start getting the money that has been promised in this bill as for the $2000.00 check well nancy pelosi in the next few hours is going to raise and the house the prospect of doing exactly that sending a check for $2000.00 to every adult in the united states that qualifies but there are those in the house who won't vote for it meanly republicans know they can say that they're trying to protect the country from a growing deficit but obviously they're going up against the president here nancy

pelosi is aware of that and she will make a note she thinks it will get through the house and it probably will but she'll be able to use the fact that the republicans voted against it as political capital it will come and even more if it goes to the senate there mitch mcconnell who's the leader of the republicans in the senate has already said he's not terribly keen on this idea of $2000.00 and it's likely it would even come to a vote in this senate and that means that nancy pelosi will ahead of the runoff of the senate races in georgia remember those 2 seats up for grabs there on january the 5th be able to paint the republicans as people who didn't want to help the american public during the pandemic so this is all about politics but what it boils down to is this a political defeat for donald trump and it's unlikely that those $2000.00 will be paid out because the republicans in the senate simply don't want to do it right and then i don't we have the defense bill donald trump tell you what's going to happen

now. well not so obviously a defeat for him this time around he decided to veto this bill which has been passed 59 years in a rule by congress because 1st of all he said that he didn't want bases named after confederate generals the people who were on the losing side of the american civil war he didn't want those bases renamed he then decided that he wanted a provision insaf to into the act that would remove liability protection from big tech giants we know he's had this ongoing fight with facebook and twitter he wanted to move remove legal protections for them there are people who said that's not a good idea we're not sticking not in the bill so when it was passed by both houses of congress it landed on his desk and he decided to veto only the 9th time that he's used veto power in his 4 years in office but it passed both the house and the senate with b. to approve majorities so what they can do is go back to the house and nancy pelosi might do this in the coming hours or at least in the next couple of days is have

a vote to override the president's veto that would be quite damaging no it's likely to get through the house by a significant number and there will be republicans who will vote against the president there but they're going to defend some will talk about that in a 2nd it will then go to the senate and mitch mcconnell will again put it to the vote again there are some republicans there who might vote against it but the should be enough so what can the republicans say look i know we're voting against the president but this bill actually contains things that we need like increased protection against cyber security because we've seen the hikes that have hit the american government over the last couple of weeks and also it means that people who sat in the military will get their pay rises so i'm not voting against the president i'm actually voting in favor of the military it's a fine line but it gives them some level of protection to rebel against the president mitch mcconnell still thinks he's enough votes to get it through congress but it might go as late as january the 3rd now you're thinking i know that it's

important in the american political calendar why is that that's because january the 3rd is when the new congress sits down but mitch mcconnell believes he can get this done just before that actually happens. all right allan thank so that's an official there in washington d.c. thank you. it's being reported that israel and the united arab emirates are working together to eliminate the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees french newspaper le monde says the plans being considered not conditional on resolving the issue of palestinian refugees the agency has face huge financial cuts to its education and health services since the united states decided to withdraw funding in 2018 let's speak to benjamin buffett who's the author of that report in the more news paper he joins us from beirut by skype. first or just tell us a little bit more about your story and what you found. well basically. i discovered from a quite high ranking source. and

a very reliable source that the u.a.e. . is considering an action plan intended to gradually eliminate the n. or are we not making these development conditional on. a resolution of the. palestinian refugee problem so by doing so do you he would definitively line we have a long standing israeli demand. israel is saying that. the un agency for refugees is an obstacle to peace because it keeps the refugee dreaming of a return to historical what is now israel. this these reflection this. this new approach that is being discussed from what i

understood to mean the u.a.e. leadership. maybe greg with. a diplomatic position that has been. saying for for many years we say that. we stay in position as long as the refugee problem is not sold and the solution of the result of the last year refugee problem. as it has been discussed in the past could be very full and it's it's going to be there is a reason to this problem it could be a mix of relation i mean return and compensation and we settlements in the country. because here is one of the main funders and where in 201819 we'll have to leave it there but we do appreciate that thanks very much and

i thank you. still ahead here on al-jazeera news in his life the bacon so at a he created an opportunity for dozens during this year's coronavirus crisis. former gulf number one greg norman is back in hospital after testing positive for corona virus gem i will have the details in support. of. how the weather's looking pretty quiet across the middle east that the my missing bits and pieces of cloud around you might even catch the odd sharon to the far northwest saudi arabia over the next i will say but that aside it does look pretty quiet cool enough temperatures in damascus tristen 1415 degrees celsius cold enough air in concert 24 degrees what a brisk wind blowing for in temperatures no higher than around 22 as we go on into

wednesday but this is a lossy dry and that dry weather stretches across a good parts of the whole of africa chance of one of 2 showers just creeping into a somalia as we go on through choose day plenty of showers across the heart of africa and further 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 or so wins getting up to around 120 kilometers per hour before it does make landfall across that eastern side of mozambique as we go on into wednesday a punch its way through grad seeing some wetter weather also pushing into zimbabwe as we go on through thursday heavy rain coming through here and i think it is likely to cause widespread disruption. from. a unique perspective on nigeria we have so much more we just don't

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you're. but again you know what she had 0 remind about top stories just 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 30 $5000.00 people died in november alone which is a 55 percent increase mortality from the year before. and the united kingdom has reported a new record high of covert 9000 cases in a single day more than 41000 cases reported on monday and millions are now living under the most stringent level of restrictions and scientists now say straight to lock downs may be dated in january. south africa's presidents are around poser has

imposed tough social restrictions on the public this comes after it became the 1st country on the continent to go past 1000090 cases. so more on our top story now on the newly released data on coronavirus deaths in russia that speak to samuel romani who's an analyst at the russian international affairs council joins us from oxford in the united kingdom by skype and welcome to the program so what do you make of these figures coming out of russia 55 percent increase in deaths year on year. well i mean i don't think these figures were a massive surprise because even as early as april the u.s. government listed russia as one of the countries that was manipulating statistics on the current virus and local officials including the mayor of moscow so again it was a closed who now i was saying that the casualty numbers were while in the excess of what was being recorded publicly there were also numerous reports that the russian government was listing corner virus deaths as deaths through pneumonia or as

a heart attack deaths and not really recording cover it so it was it was expected that the actual says that it would be higher than the official estimates but the degree and the fact that it's the highest death rate in 14 years is striking and noteworthy so what's up with the how come these figures have been released no. i mean i think it was a long time coming i think that there's been no public demand for transparency the russian opposition has been advocating for this and they've also been a lot of mixed reports and mixed messaging from within the russian government which is quite know where that we have the moscow american tricky putin in april and now we have an open disagreement between the russian deputy prime minister and ronstadt the officials the 6 agency with the deputy prime minister coming up with statistics that are perhaps in percent higher than what ross that sang so this could be a product also of internal discord within russia and both sides trying to show well which is 6 are right and that there's a 6 hour at this staggering if you actually look closely at the numbers

a spike in fatalities almost 7 times the number of current of us deaths reported by the countries could 900 hopefuls. exactly and this seems to be a systematic error as well initially in april and may when the results were being. confiscated the skews that was coming through from russia was that in many the regions of siberia in the interior of the country is poor health systems and lack of monitoring and after reason why that's the case or it's just that they compiled the deaths a monthly basis and then released them later but now it appears that the systematic under arrest and estimations of the death rates in moscow and st petersburg as well not just in the interior regions this is a national problem and national issue of a lack of transparency and these figures now do you think they are accurate or could they be worse i think that these figures are probably closer to what is accurate i have course the russian government is disputing them by saying that

these and you think yours include cases where a person may have had killed but it wasn't within the past 20 days or it was maybe a secondary or tertiary cause of death it was not really what caused the person to actually die so they're just feuding whether these figures are inflated or not but i think that they give you a much better picture of what i what we seen especially given the fact that russia's former state demographer who defected from rost that was reporting similar results a couple of months ago to western media. summer money when he did that but thanks for your perspective and expertise thanks a lot for your money for russia unless you're a motion to dismiss a national 1st coastal. india's government. coronavirus vaccination program is doing to do a dry run of the vaccine campaign across 4 states officials are hoping to run checks on the country's transport arrangements and cold storage facilities. to provide 300000000 vaccine doses in the 1st phase of its immunization. this with.

the precisely because of the scale involved in vaccinating india's population and that is why the states. for their job have begun this 2 day trial run of the vaccine so a number of hospitals community and primary health care centers private facilities rural outreach center has a 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 this social distancing and what they're doing is around 25 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 $50000000.00 infants and pregnant mothers are vaccinated every year but health experts say that the cold storage is already in a sorry state that vaccines. always stored monitored properly that temperature gauge just 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. a group of pro-democracy activists from hong kong are facing another $9000.00 chinese detention after mainland court gave no verdict on the 1st day of the trial the group was accused of fleeing the former british territory to avoid jail sentences the families say they've been detained denied any information so a clock has the latest now from. pro-democracy activists

deliver a petition to beijing's liaison office. 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 . hear the trial out and also they have not met a member over the $128.00 days that they are detained so they're no transparency no visitation by family or harassment tight security 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 my. 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 the verdict as soon as possible i want to see my send again ferry much. later the families of the 12 have been in great need throughout it is tension they are now only asking for the safety of the children and their 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 the u.s. of india. fearing 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 not 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. and transport the place here haven't ruled out making more arrests so al jazeera hong kong. a chinese citizen journalist has been jailed for 4 years for life 3 reporting of the early days of the corona virus outbreak in john's videos from were widely shared on social media platforms in fabric she's a mother least a chinese whistle blowers who face the punishment for their coverage of the outbreak the un human rights office has condemned jones' imprisonment calling it an example of the excessive clampdown on freedom of expression linked to the. so often 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. 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 so if you richardson is the china director human rights watch and she's calling on the international community simply the world health organization to demand joint release. 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 is 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 yes sadly john time is not the only case that we and others have tracked there are at least a half the other citizen journalists who have been detained or disappeared one from

going hasn't been heard from in months you know and again these are people who are simply trying to share information you know these are very serious circumstances she's obviously objecting to you know these trumped up charges in the proceedings 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 in agencies like the world health organization that of will be doing to allow a transparent investigation into the origins of virus should urgently be seeking together with one voice to call for her release immediately so that her health doesn't further deteriorate you know the world needs the john john's needs to be discounted up right now on her behalf. central african republic government has praised voters for braving the ballot box despite threats by coalition of rebel groups to disrupt the election election authorities says there was

a good turnout despite what it called line of security concerns in some areas president fails to ensure that it is seeking a 2nd term he accused the president from of plotting with rebels to overthrow the government catherine sawyer is in the central african republic capital of bungie and she explains what the next steps all in the electoral process. there was a press conference today by the un the interior minister defense minister the electoral commission and they all say that voting was by and less successful they say that in the country the process went smoothly but they did problems in some towns and villages in the provinces in some areas for example polls could not open at all 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.

causing massive panic and in other places voting materials were delayed polls. open because of the security situation when it came to counting and polling stations when counting was going on people would come in and take those books is a barn them by the u.n. says that they send reinforcements to try and secure some of the so they say overall voting went on smoothly and now the next stage is securing the results they say many of the papers are to be airlifted to. not just because of the security situation but also because of the very poor road network. a number of african countries hold presidential elections this year some were marred by violence intimidation i don't like to a malpractise ivory coast's president thomas and ouattara change the constitution

in order to run for a 3rd term one and give me security forces crackdown on protests falling off a decision to also run for a term in ethiopia the chigger a region held regional elections but they've been burned by the government which then sent in troops around a 1000000 people have been displaced by the conflict and as you heard the have also been rebel attacks in the run up to so. votes in central african republic malawi the top court and all the results of the presidential elections citing irregularities after widespread public pressure and the seychelles saw its 1st opposition victory in 44 years with an anglican priest winning the presidency in the 1st round then to get alice is a political risk consultant to focuses on africa as she explained what next year's african electoral timetable holds in store the ones that we looking at most keenly are you got her january so that's the kind of next election that will be taking us 40 generally and that is where the president was then he will leave

a kind of secure his presidency for life we've already seen obviously today it will be winds bodyguards that matter by police the kind of level of political and civil rights repression that is happening in uganda makes it a very important one for us to be looking at as a kind of hallmarks of elections investment 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 with. carbon kind of a carbon neutral feature electric vehicles in particular. so late here on the program. one russian football club gives its fans more than they bargained for the christmas cup with jemma in support.

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the rule. but again all of sport and i would say but 1st moments of regulations to slam south africa's economy and have prolonged the recession the government was struggling to reverse before the pandemic it buti. hotels and restaurants unfolded and thousands of people are out of work but small township businesses seem to be thriving as people take advantage of measures including daughter dog food delivery operators from one bakery owner in so at my name is nicholas 28 years old

running a company called enterprise located right speech above us always. has affected most of the business in the township but has also helped out a business is like us the production has doubled i would say because of the men are actually selling the bridge is a little bit innovative and then we go as far as people with each and every idea and we know it depends how we prefer to celebrate people at different into now we have $27.00 people full time employees we have different structures into the business we have the people who are driving this great from the big hurry to the customers we have their shopping carts people who are all in the township in sales operate and then we have been a shift people who come every 6 pm to 7 am in the morning to produce. and then we have day shift people who produce bread as well and scorns and rose things like

that we know what we need to do starting from now moving forward looking at when we when we started baking to 60 reproducibly 20 loaves now we produce in things like 1500 loaves a day so now what we doing here we can do is township also which we have 2000000 people around here so we are in this space whereby we need a fig tree that is going to stay here within the township so we can call here today today today and still preach what people. are let's move on to support his job. thanks nick manchester city's premier league match against everton has been cooled off after 19 cases have been reported at city the game was suppost a place of evidence home ground at goodison park on monday evening city confirmed for positive cases on friday which included strike. and defend a car walker the club of also close that training ground is the 2nd premier league game to be called off this season because of coronavirus cases that displacement caused concern for of the premier league clubs as well as leicester city and

crystal palace played out a 10 draw earlier that result moving west above everton into 2nd on goal difference but all the talk off of the game is about how clubs and the league km prevent the spread of the virus. i think what this is showing the is a moment in time where the virus is spreading quite rapidly it's impossible for people to have a was shielded by the premier league and by the protocols that we have it's impossible to totally shield people food forget it because the fact is though human beings and they leave the football club in the they go home with their children who are coming back from school and they have to do their shopping etc etc etc so it is very very conservative almost. the future of leno messi is once again in the headlines as the boss playing a captain says he'll decide at the end of the season whether or not to stay at the club they arjen time came close to leaving the new cap in the summer off to handing in a transfer request his current deal runs out in june next year but he can begin negotiations

with overseas clubs in january in a spanish t.v. interview the striker also said he'd like to play in the united states but what about realizing with former teammate neymar paris sasha man while brits a part that siena is on the verge of becoming pasties new head coach it could this have any bearing on messi is decision. you can't ok. i don't think messi is decision about his future will depend on a particular coach or a particular country i think these are choices that must be taken with one's family therefore i don't know if a particular coach can have an influence over his future i don't think so former world number one golfer greg norman is back in hospital after testing positive for corona virus the australian posted this picture on instagram from the medical center in florida why he's being treated he was initially admitted on friday with a fever and muscle aches but was sent home to quarantine and await his cave at 19 test results and omens described the virus as hideous and says he's lost his sense

of taste and even stuff and memory loss. 20 times a tennis grand slam champion roger federer will miss the australian open for the 1st time in his career because he's failed to recover from knee surgery the tournament has been delayed by 3 weeks to allow players enough time to quarantine in australia that's still not going to be enough time for the swiss to be ready to take part in february the 39 year old has played the event for the last 21 years in a row and has won it 6 times but he says he has no plans to retire as for the cricket going on in melbourne india have the advantage as they head into day 4 of the 2nd test against australia the tourists resumed 127745 they lost their standing captain edging to ronnie early on for 112 rabbit today to hit 57 the whole india all out for 300 $26.00 for a 1st invade of $131.00 the indian bowlers then piled on the pressure as australia stumbled their way to a $133.00 for a 6 at the close of play that's a lead of just 2 with cameron green impact cummings at the crease. began the bank

pretty well greased right. to go and score runs obviously as a batting group but in between but it might be or john you know. pakistan are fighting hard to stay in the 1st test against new zealand resuming on 341 the visitors were in all kinds of trouble as they slipped to 86 but mohammed rizwan hit 71 and scored 91 to lead the resistance at the close of play of pakistan with 239 all out new zealand lead by 192 runs india's captain breck kohli isn't playing in that test against australia because he's on paternity leave but he has been named player of the decade by the international cricket council he also took the prize for the top one day international player australian all round at least perry swept the women's honors. the bron james how the los angeles lakers

to their 2nd win of the new n.b.a. 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 worth $2000000.00. scored $22.00 points in the 1st off including a 3 straight 3 point is asked for james he contributed 18 points on the night. the dallas mavericks set an n.b.a. record for the largest a half time lead in the shot clock era they took a 50 point advantage into the break over the l.a. clippers they went on to win 124273 with scoring 24 points 9 rebounds and 8 assists to the brooklyn nets suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of the shallow hornets gordon hayward led the way with 28 points 7 assists and 6 rebounds a charlotte $16104.00 that was for brooklyn's a 1st defeat of the new season now most football fans just want to watch their

teams win matches and trophies their supporters a russian football club or even cause and get a little bit extra for christmas from their teams manager and his players. ah. then it's good that displaying his vocal talents with caviar from his players in their christmas jumpers i wonder what rocker thinks about rendition of now all ends with eating. it and dreaming of winning the russian trophy unfortunately there are likely to get that process where they sit in the lake and 13 points behind is that it so it is but. for now i'll be back with more later go to give you a few actual points for that surely fantastically terrible german thank you very much for the visit. will be here with another offer. by.

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