mixture of sand. with the election behind us will the republican party dump truck the fuel we keep take on us politics. at the bottom. 'd many of the agencies that are critical to our security have incurred enormous damage president elect joe biden accuses the tom put ministration of obstructing his transition to power. i'm about to send this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up new restrictions come into force in south africa including a curfew and a ban on alcohol sales because of rising corona virus infections. a teenage pro-democracy activist is said to be sentenced in hong kong the latest in beijing's

escalating crackdown on dissent. another group of a hindu refugees is moved to an isolated island off bangladesh despite fears it could be vulnerable to floods. u.s. president elect joe biden is accusing the trumpet ministration of risking national security by not giving his transition team all the information it needs it comes as the house of representatives voted in favor of trump's demand for the 3 fold increase in direct payments to americans struggling joining the pandemic but congress also voted to override a presidential veto on defense spending was led john reports from washington. members of the u.s. house of representatives interrupt their holiday break to decide whether to give americans $2000.00 each in the midst of the covert $1000.00 pandemic the bill is

passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table the vote in favor came after u.s. president donald trump finally signed into law on sunday a bill giving americans a one time check for $600.00 even though he had said the amount should be higher i hope it will enjoy a strong bipartisan support the president of the united states has put this worth is something that he wants to see and terms and part of his signing the legislation yesterday i hope that that will be that view will be shared by the republicans in the senate but some republicans worried about increasing the budget deficit $600.00 per person is all the government could afford but looking at this bill today it makes me feel like we're in the parliament of afghanistan burundi amun or bolivia

do we really think the way to improve the quality of life for americans is to just print more money from the fed. if you look around we're going to be printing another $400000000000.00. the other business before congress overturning trump's veto of the annual military spending bill something both democrats and republicans agreed had to be done as congress works to keep both ordinary americans and the military afloat the incoming president is accusing donald trump of interfering with national security for political purposes joe biden made the accusation after meeting with his national security team right now we just aren't getting all the information that we need for the on going out going from not going to do stray shoot in key national security areas it's nothing short of more of you of irresponsibility. no comment from president trump just

a new campaign style video he posted on his twitter account even though he's already lost the election russell and jordan al-jazeera washington. robinson woodward burns as an assistant professor in the political science department at howard university he says trump's actions are pushing away allies. we're in a somewhat uncharacteristically unusual position it has not been the case that either chamber of commerce or congress has successfully overridden veto by the president the house did so by a fairly wide margin signaling a rare bipartisan vote and it's likely that the senate scheduling its vote this week will do the same this is a fairly popular bill included in the $741000000000.00 outlays raise in pay for american troops and the place pretty well the congressional constituents and so it's likely that because the bill passed in the house for those same reasons

we'll probably see it carry in the senate and be the 1st successful override a presidential veto during the trumpet ministration on the original coronavirus relief package congress negotiated with the president coterie secretary steve nugent and it looked like the original packaging that the president satisfaction but then the president reversed course arguing for 2000 dollars checks and that probably bothered or ticked off some members of the congressional delegation we saw that 44 republican members supported this new higher spending bill in defiance of their the majority of their party and so we're starting to see for some republican delegation this delay does not help the country's recovery certainly these direct cash payments are necessary particularly for essential workers for frontline workers who may not have access to health care or other kinds of employment benefits and so this delay does hurt workers as well. south africa's

president several i'm opposed has an instructor measures to combat a surgeon coronavirus cases driven by a different fast spreading variant that's after became the 1st african country to pass 1000000 infections indoor and outdoor gatherings will be banned and a 9 pm curfew will be enforced failure to wear a mask correctly in public has been made a criminal offense a person who does not wear a mask could be arrested and prosecuted. on conviction there will 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 out of what us and has more from port elizabeth

. it was a doctor and many of the health workers who were calling for these restrictions they were saying that they are really surprised of authorized number of fictions what surprised them quickly it happened and generally others african the same they also not surprised that new measures were put in place jane the festive season thousands of people were traveling up and down the country visiting friends and family and some of them with big parties and gatherings many not. practicing social distancing not sanitizing and we are in the eastern cape province this is one of the provinces where this variant was i didn't and people here when you speak to them you can meet people here who tell you that i have had 7 people in my family who have died from 19 you told stories of people who attended funerals of prominent people and they came back in many of them became sick and port elizabeth is considered a virus hotspot at the moment and people who listen to presidents of them had mixed

feelings some were saying they understand why they had to be very heavy handed and somewhat harsh in what he did a saying that it was unnecessary these measures are too extreme and he shouldn't have done that. teenage pro-democracy activist tony hong kong court to be sentenced for desecrating china's flood and taking part in protests has been found guilty of both offenses which relate to events at a rally in may last year in a separate case brought against him he's accused of seditious a divot is under a controversial national security will almost certainly has been in prison since october where did it go plans the courts in hong kong so we're seeing sentencing today but is that over and done with all is there more to come. that's right so you're going to be sentenced for those 2 charges just to crating the national charge apparently in protest last year through. a chinese flag up in

the air and broke the pole and he was also taking part in an unlawful or an authorized protest so that's what the sentencing will be seeing today is but worse is yet to come much he mentioned in the cover the coming months for him he has also been charged under the national security law in fact he was the 1st to be charged under secession under the national security law as he was a member of a group that advocated independence for home kong he had shut down that group well before or just before that law came into effect on july 1st but then been caught for facebook posts following that now he's seen as a flight risk he's currently in jail as he was caught outside the u.s. embassy he is alert he was allegedly according to prosecutors here trying to seek asylum in the united states and so they have put him in jail since october. tony

jones only 19 years old there are thousands of other cases that are going through the courts at the moment does this one particularly set a precedent for those other ones. that's right you know today there are more than 10000 cases over the past year that have been going through the courts all related to the last years antigovernment protests or pro-democracy activities now this really is just another notch on the crackdown on any kind of dissent but this case in particular focuses on a certain generation and that's tony jones generation they're all children are young people who were born after the handover in 1997 they were brought up into society in hong kong where they were allowed to speak freely and talk about things like independence or democracy and this is a clear message to them that hong kong is no longer a place for such activities can take place so this does that set a precedent and it definitely does target what many pro establishment in beijing

politicians call the lost generation. thank you very much indeed does it appalling the cold in. the government of bangladesh has started relocating a 2nd group of rohingya refugees who fled there from me and up to 800 refugees are being moved from their camps in cox's bizarre the boss on char island the un and human rights groups have condemned the relocations arguing that they amount to ethnic cleansing well this is where the groups being taken by char it's one of several unstable lines that have emerged from the sea 20 years ago off the silk bunched together at the mouth of a river and critics say it's not safe because it's prone to flooding during the monsoon and it's known to be lashed by cyclons child who's been giving us more from chico weather 2nd batch of rowing out refuges on the process of getting into the navy vessel that on their way to the remote coastal island up boss john john

there are nearly 1800 rowing our refuges were in the shop placed to be transported today to this remote coastal island you can see behind me the refugees are carrying up to get into the naval vessel one vessel already had left there scouted by navy ships or patrol boats rather now this is the 2nd batch the 1st batch run on december for the government is determined to relocate at least 200000 refugees to this remote coastal island despite opposition from rights groups and even the un and the government on its part saying there's issues of congestion a lot of crime and security issues in the camp and they want to gradually decongest the camp and many miles the congestion. put upon area and also the government is under immense public pressure to resolve this crisis the bangladesh people you talk to said that the international community is providing lip service not doing

anything tangible for the refuges it's up to bangladesh to resolve this crisis and the international community need to do far more than just the lip service. so i had an al-jazeera. hundreds of protesters rally in argentina on the eve of a senate vote that could legalize abortion. driven out by locked on returning because they need to we need some of the economic casualties of the coronavirus pandemic in india. we've got more very wintry weather proper winter weather across a good positive here now we still have the remnants of storm bella swirling away around southern parts of england is easing its way across the channel faders

a very cold air across the northwest of europe digging down into france now more than areas of spying not seen pleasure rather another disturbance over towards the adriatic central parts of the med chasing some one significant snow fall just around the balkans as we go through the next day and say look at the temperatures struggling to get to 34 maybe 5 degrees i simply it's really cold weather and that northerly blast continue to rattle low snow showers in across parts of the u.k. they standing across into scandinavia too we push on and see where the state doesn't get a whole lot better hopefully things will quieten down as we move into the 2nd half of the week having said that further south really gets a 7 celsius in madrid and a nasty little circulation still spinning away across central parts of the met there we go more snow over the age riyadh take that wet weather that we have in the central med also bringing some showers into northern parts of algeria northern areas of iraq i will say seeing some showers over the next few days further south it is generally fine in try still warm enough in lagos with

a top temperature 33. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse or $2200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bi ministration he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like it live get the back seat when there's no money and all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera.

you're going to see it a reminder of our top stories this hour president elect joe biden is head out again over the lack of information his transition team is getting from trump's administration biden's warning that he's still being obstructed on national security issues and that key agencies have been severely damaged by trump's policies. teenage pro-democracy activists chile chung is in a hong kong court today to be sentenced for desecrating china's flag and for taking part in an illegal protests some is also accused of seditious a pivot is under a controversial national security law. bangladesh has started relocating a 2nd group of again the refugees who fled there from me and they're being moved to a low lying island that rights groups fear could be vulnerable to flooding. air travel in the united states has reached its highest levels since the pandemic took hold in march the u.s. transport authority says nearly 1300000 people were screened at airports and sunday

that's despite public health warnings against travel during the holiday season fear of spreading the corona virus further california's governor says the reasons spike in holiday travel will lead to surge upon surge in case numbers record infection numbers across the state are pushing intensive care units to capacity government have a nuisance says it's likely the current stay at home order will be extended. look at l.a. county 12 to 15000 cases a day just in the last few weeks obviously had a big impact taking a big toll on our hospitals not only in terms of hospitals proper but obviously i.c.u. the impact interest the acute care as well as just general murshid care within the system philippines has extended their travel restrictions to keep out a new strain of the coronavirus travelers from 19 countries and territories will be banned from entering the philippines until mid january to control the spread of the

variant previously the philippines imposed and then extended a ban on flights from britain one of the countries where the virus mutation was 1st detected south korea has secured vaccines for another 20000000 people as a grapples with a rapid rise in cope with 19 infections the deal with madonna comes the same day the country reported 40 new coronavirus deaths its highest ever one day toll of governments also unveiled a new $8000000000.00 aid package for small businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic ok let's speak now to robin bright he's live for us in seoul so let's talk about the deal 1st of all these extra vaccines are going to take time to arrive just talk us through the kind of preparations and 6 of the security measures that the government's bringing into place. that's right south korea has faced an awful lot of criticism for what seen as an overly cautious

program of vaccinations basically beginning in the spring and then taking up pretty much a full year before the bulk of the population will be vaccinated so that this is a government which is largely been applauded around the world for its handling of the coronavirus when it comes to the thing that will finally solve the problem it really does seem to have taken a misstep here so we've seen the government respond with a conference call between the presidents moon jay and the boss of modernity security extra vaccines and also to step up the delivery time line that's of the real concern here that people here in south korea are seeing vaccines being rolled out around the world in fact the u.s. military from choose day here on south korean soil being vaccinated the start of their vaccination program south koreans themselves won't see their 1st vaccines until the spring and it does come as we are having this 3rd surge this 3rd wave of around a 1000 new cases a day and also setting sadly in you daily death toll record of 40 deaths there that

might not seem much compared to other parts of the world but south korea before this winter wave set in was having a number of days when we had no cases of people dying from cope at 19 at all so south korea does not look as though it is on top of this thing as it once did rob let's talk us through the impact on the economy here because we're talking we're just mentioned before that the government's bringing in this 8000000000 dollars aid package and i know that there are other aid packages available as well just what has been the impact in terms of deaths but also on the economy in south korea. this is now around the 3rd 3rd package stimulus package to be brought in by the governments of this is just over the equivalent of $8000000000.00 us dollars and it's mainly aimed at small and medium businesses which have suffered very badly over this past year it's also aimed at people who are older working in the more regular work sector freelancers self-employed that sort of thing the people who

maybe be missed out in the previous a stimulus package or so people have suffered here as a result of this economically but it has to be said that all through throughout this whole pandemic the the purpose of the government the mission has been to keep the economy going to stop any kind of complete shutdown of the economy which it is largely managed to do but we are at a inflection point if you like a fairly critical level they have this warning system going up to level 3 we are currently at one level below that at $2.00 and at level 3 if we haven't got there then that would mean the sadly a shutdown of the economy the government seems determined with the latest measures it's put in place to keep the economy going but it has said that if it has to go to that maximum level then so be it it would have to do that rob thanks very much indeed robin wright talking to us from seoul oman is reopening its land air and sea borders they were shut last week following reports of

a new strain of corona virus in the u.k. and other european countries those traveling to amman will need to show a negative code 900 tests taken up to 72 hours before entering a london or another test upon arrival. the family of a prominent saudi woman's rights activists say they will appeal her jail sentence. was sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison on monday drawing international condemnation she's been held since 2018 and relatives say she's been sexually assaulted and tortured one in prison she campaigned against a ban on women driving and for an end to saudi arabia's male guardianship system a prison sentence has been partially suspended and will allow for her release within months 50 journalists and media workers have been killed this year for their work in countries not at war are reporters without borders report says the deaths show an increase of reporters being targeted for their investigations into

organized crime corruption or environmental issues mexico had the highest number of journalists killed this year along with india and pakistan. argentina's senate will decide later on tuesday whether to legalize abortion hundreds of anti abortion activists protested outside congress had was suspected to be a close vote the lower house of congress back to legalizing the procedure earlier this month there is a ball has more from santa fe on an issue that's divided the nation for decades. not among us never thought she would become a pro-abortion activist she lives in a poor and conservative community in the province of santa fe but her life changed when her teenage daughter who was pregnant was diagnosed with cancer in her job own . she was one month pregnant and i told the doctor what did you do in abortion because she has 3 children but they said no that a judge needed to get involved my daughter needed chemotherapy and no one wanted to

help her and i might yessiree the was 19 when she died doctors kept her in a hospital until she gave birth so she could begin the treatment but the tumor almost covered her entire face neither she nor the baby survived and many here are making a run i said only said they would do an ethical meeting while we waited on the streets with my grandchildren and i was pushing them so that they would begin treatment the ethical meeting was with the priests i wanted to save my daughter. that i might be off death shows that even though abortion is legal in argentina in cases of rape or if a woman's life if i don't risk it finds lots of resistance when it comes to implementing the law especially in places like this one where poor women have almost no we sources to fight for their rights. as the senate gets ready to vote on legalizing abortion stories like those of no mark was on her daughter show how

entrenched anti abortion culture is in argentina's most remote regions. in spite of this healthy. 40 say at least half a 1000000 irregular abortions happen every year and many women end up in hospital because of complications. and that's one of the reasons why pro abortion activists have been taken to the streets for years wearing the color green the symbol of their campaign. early in december the lower house of congress approved a bill which would allow interruption of pregnancies until the 14th week the senate vote is expected to be close and there's an hour. the senate is much more conservative and we know this we're very conscious of this we also know that last year there was an election that renewed the legislative chambers and so there are more senators willing to make history and settle this debt to democracy that we

have with 3200 women who've died in democracy and for all of us who are still alive and all future generations to come but the debate has polarized society that has close ties with the catholic church francis is argentinian and has been lobbying against the law that will get casa anything can happen with the result of this vote because we have a president who is taking it upon himself to demonstrate the worst of corrupt politics which is to go to his own party politicians and ask them to vote even though they may be opposed a president who is showing no mercy with this law because he thinks it will be his administrative victory and his end of year victory a victory that people like not a whole will guarantee what happened to her daughter will not happen to anyone else that is how will. argentina. this week we're looking back on what's been a tumultuous year since the 1st corona virus cases were reported in china india's

one of the worst hit countries a sudden that nationwide locked and there in march from today internal migration on a scale tens of millions of workers returned to their villages after losing their jobs in the cities the government announced billions of dollars in aid but it hasn't reached everyone elizabeth put on the reports from new delhi. it's one of the 5 bicycles she was given after her journey home to the state of bihar made national headlines during india's lockdown. in may the 17 year old cycled 1200 kilometers with her injured father sitting behind her she'd gone to take care of him after he was injured in a void accident and was unable to carry on working as a top took driver that the lockdown was imposed and with no money they were forced to leave the city of good girl love all good ad does god our best the landlord was asking for rent out saying you're all a lot of money and so we thought what can we do then i said let's go home and papa

said we won't make it but i said we'll do it. but all public transport suspended. for $15.00 with the last of their money and they joined a group of people travelling in the same direction despite sleeping on the road at night for $7.00 days a father mohan says they were the lucky ones. the people who were in more distress were the elderly the people with young children women carrying big young boys with blisters and this hurt us more because i thought these people before us. it was a lockdown which laid bare the quality of the government asked people to stay at home more than 10000000 who worked in cities and states away from their homes to walk back hundreds died on the journey. but warnings that workers might not come back to their jobs didn't come to fruition despite feeling abandoned by the

government or their employers when the lockdown was announced many migrant workers have returned to the cities and construction sites like this one and that's because there isn't enough work for them in rural areas. they've decided to leave his home in west bengal and travel the 1400 kilometers back from where he'd come he managed to find work again as a laborer. everyone was sitting idle at home and there were too many mouths to feed so i thought it's better if i leave because i get whatever work is going food and save some money too. but economists warn that with the government loosening labor laws this year those workers who have returned are often in a worse situation than they were in before so i would say as far as systemic changes. they're actually steps back in. providing protection even. if measures being provided.

government announced. to help those without work and the past say they haven't received the attention and money jewel thief received with gifts have also dried up now she says she just wants to finish school the contour for 2 elizabeth al-jazeera . this is all just here these are the top stories president elect joe biden has hit out again over the lack of information his transition team is getting from trump's administration biden one that he's still being obstructed on national security issues and that key agencies have been severely damaged by donald trump's policies the u.s. house of representatives has voted to approve higher cash payments to americans struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.