one woman is traveling to the villages where parents still live under a story. on al-jazeera. corona virus infections excel or right in the u.k. a new daily record is reached as calls grow louder for vaccinations to be sped up. low i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program u.s. senators consider defense spending and coronavirus really 2 issues where the president remains deeply at all it's with his own party. a powerful earthquake brings down buildings in the core of the junior track and residents in the rubble.

and coming up later spinning a good young the story of how chile's indigenous love gucci women finding new value in an ancient tradition. well thursday marks 12 months since a while health organization the 1st reports of an unknown corona virus in the chinese city of $100.00. 81000000 cases and 1800000 deaths later governments around the world is still struggling to get ahead of the virus more than 53000 new cases were reported here in the u.k. on tuesday roughly 12000 more than the records set just the day before some hospitals are responding to the crisis with the kind of contingencies normally reserved for large scale attacks or industrial disasters well 3 weeks ago margaret keenan made headlines as the 1st person to receive a coronavirus vaccine on shoes day she had her 2nd dose as officials warn the

government needed to double its vaccine target while the rest of the world waits it's increasingly clear that for many millions of people it will be months before they receive it meanwhile the european union has been asked to approve an extra dose from each vial of the pfizer vaccine to allow scarce supplies to go further the e.u. is also ordered another 100000000 doses out as errors were chalons as our reports. across europe a public health operation is underway the size and speed of which hasn't been seen before madrid spain one of 5 airports country wide with the same arrival new consignments of the 5 is a bio intake vaccine from plane to truck and off with a police escort just in case spain now has 350000 new doses a german carrier the country was one of 7 e.u.

states to coordinate the start of vaccinations on sunday. elderly and cag of us are the priority while supplies a short order to get us closer in from yeah now the big vaccination pushes on and we as an aid organization want to do our part to eventually defeat the scourge of mankind. already 3 weeks into vaccinations is the u.k. because of the new more infectious strain of the virus the situation is worsening by the day there are more covered patients in hospital now than there were hearing the 1st wave speak the head of n.h.s. england acknowledged the picture is grim and many of us of course lost. family friends colleagues and at a time of year when nobody would be celebrating i think understandably a lot of people are feeling tired of anxious and frustrated. and now we're back to be on the story of the 2nd wave of coronavirus sweeping your this country medical experts are deeply worried about rising infections the london school of hygiene and

tropical medicine is advising that new restrictions plus a huge increase in weekly vaccinations may be needed otherwise they fear 2021 could see more hospitalizations and deaths in this year. ministers are considering keeping school and college people's home after christmas holidays finished they're also looking as a new tear of lockdown measures. roy joins me in the studio now and it is quite a desperate situation in u.k. hospitals right now we've been. people have been saying it's resources oxygen beds i mean resources a 100 great deal of strain yeah we heard from stevens the head of n.h.s. england he described it as being back in the eye of the storm another doctor today he said that actually is more like hurricane than a storm. doctors are saying that. the pressure is so severe that they've had to perspire own elective operations various procedures that they would

not normally be doing as a matter of course having to be sidelined just so they can deal with covert patients and it's worse in some parts of the country than it is in others down in london we know that the cases have surged. the. the question is what happens next whether there is the capacity within the n.h.s. to deal with this as there was just about during the 1st wave or whether they might need to draft in the nightingale hospitals at the moment they're not doing that the nice good hospitals of these emergency facilities that were basically common did with army or military helm at the peak of the 1st wave just in case it got so bad they never became funk and they never became functional now there are questions about whether the n.h.s. actually has the starting to resource them properly but at the moment they're not

being used and that's the 11 thing to watch out for if things get worse will they be and there are all these calls now to try and expedite the vaccination program but of course they're prioritizing some parts of population is such a big logistical challenge well yeah i mean is it a logistical challenge because of the complexities of vaccinating a huge part of any depopulation. and the u.k. does have a big population it's it's also the fact that the vaccine that they're using at the moment is a tricky finicky one to deal with you know this this this. vaccine is fragile it doesn't travel well it has to be stored a very low temperatures so actually just getting it out into communities is not very easy so basically you have to bring the people to the vaccine rather than take the vaccines of the people so that limits how fast it can be rolled out what they're hoping for is that the oxford astra zeneca vaccine which is much more

robust a much cheaper can be brought online as quickly as possible because it's one that can be given to doctors and clinical teams who can rove around the country setting up mobile vaccination stands in units in communities taking it to town halls and that sort of thing that's when you can really ramp up vaccinations and tries it gets to that 2000000 a week mark the the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine said would be the target if you're going to really try and keep a lid on this and stop 2021 turning into a worse year than 2020 thank you thanks very much rory. well israel is now vaccinated hauffe 1000000 people against the current a virus the health minister a uni edelstein made the announcement on twitter 9 days after the vaccination campaign started out into its national lockdown on sunday a minister benjamin netanyahu says he wants the country to overcome the pandemic in

february a month ahead of the general election or a nasa has more now from west jerusalem. this is really going to bolster in a time yahoo a head of an election that's coming up here in march on saturday he said that he's hoping that 2500000 israelis will be fully vaccinated within a month of this rollout now in terms of how they're doing at israel does have a pretty big health care system it is public but it is kind of it's not centralized so there are many branches of it working simultaneously at the moment the government has also enlisted the military to set up some vaccination centers and also at the same time it is a relatively small country with just about 9000000 people in terms of population geographically it is also relatively small the vaccination campaign though does not include palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza where things have been becoming much much worse in gaza the world health organization is warning that the

health care system there could really collapse if things continue along this trend of the numbers of infection the palestinian authority has made attempts at securing the vaccine but it doesn't really have the economic and logistical means to do so they have applied for a world health organization program but that would really only provide about vaccinations to about 20 percent of the palestinian population now a human rights groups are saying that it is israel's responsibility to facilitate getting the vaccine to the occupied west bank and gaza but really all that israel has said so far from the health minister who said that if they have a new left overdoses after they vaccinated all israelis then they may hand hand them over to the palestinian authority. u.s. vice president elect has received of madonna's coronavirus vaccine live on

television event was part of the by the ministrations efforts to boost confidence in the vaccines and comes up to president elect joe biden was also inoculated last week earlier this month a poll by the associated press found 25 percent of american adults were not sure if they'd get the vaccine scientists say around 60 to 70 percent of the overall population has to be immune to the disease in order to achieve herd immunity. of course another development senators in the u.s. are debating whether to increase covert $900.00. to $2000.00 an override a presidential veto on the fence spendings are 2 separate issues there the republican health chamber backed a $600.00 stimulus for most americans but so far have not voiced overwhelming support for trump's push for this to be increased many republicans in the house of already split with the president and voted with democrats to override trump's veto on an annual defense spending bill. allen fisher joins us live now from washington

and it's interesting to see how many or perhaps how well how much support trump has from the republicans at this point. yeah and there are various things that play into i mean it's a lot easier to turn around and say that you're voting against the presidential veto when you're defending the american military and i think a lot of republicans see that as a convenient for them let's talk about the 2000 dollar check because that's quite interesting just in the last couple of hours the senate has gone back into session you remember that on monday the house democratically controlled nancy pelosi pick a figure of hate as far as donald trump is concerned she managed to get the $2000.00 check measure through the house with a 2 thirds majority with support from both parties so it goes to the senate mitch mcconnell hasn't been a big fan of the idea of $2000.00 check certainly didn't say anything about a after don't trump sign the bill on 'd sunday so stewed up in the chamber just in

the last couple of hours and said yeah we're going to consider that we're going to consider removing the protections that some of the big tech firms have as well we're also going to look at the allegations of voter fraud during the election we will focus on those this week so what does that mean does that mean that there's going to be a vote on the $2000.00 check will not immediately so that's not going to happen chuck schumer who's the leader of the democrats in the senate said let's have a vote on it no but there was an objection which was able to stop that who did the objection come from it came from mitch mcconnell so the question is is he going to lead to this week come up with a plan that puts the $2000.00 check plan forward as a separate bill or is he going to bring in the tech companies protection and also the voter fraud question as well in some form of words that becomes a bill to keep donald trump happy put them all together because if that happens

then the 2000 dollars check might not get through what some people suggest would please mitch mcconnell he's not overly keen on the idea no when it. as to the defense out what's going to happen there's going to be a vote on weapons the number of senators are talking about already it looks as if they are going to for the very 1st time in donald trump's presidency overturn his veto he put the veto through the bill because it didn't consider issues which weren't really related to defense but the republicans can stand up at this point and say well we're voting with the military and it looks as if mitch mcconnell thinks he's got the votes donald trump wants the $2000.00 check he's very keen on that idea who would have thought that nancy pelosi would become his big political ally but she is at the moment and in the last couple of hours donald trump has tweeted out about the week republican leadership how we need new republican leadership in the united states so he's up against mitch mcconnell that's a huge surprise but then again it is 2020 and these sort of things have happened

all year long. ok so fitting into the air i guess thanks very much allan fisher in washington thank you allan. watching out is there live from london still ahead argentinean lawmakers prepared to vote on legalizing abortion as a protest as both for and against gather outside the senate. taking off again boeing 737 max museums commercial flights 2 years after 2 deadly crashes grounded the add ons. well pressure has dropped like a stone in water this whole middle of europe is now a big diff in the atmosphere low pressures everywhere wrapped around it is frontal systems they were given the name storm better and is still stormy wind wise down the western side but this is now all cold full of rain or snow of snow in the

middle of england dancer north and spain across in italy as well there's still snow falling in particular i think it will be in northern spain long pyrenees and across western isles with a general feeling of cold virtually everywhere the blue is rain and just southern limit how far back cold gets that it is probably going to be somewhere across the balkans so here's a picture the next 2 days and windy weather in northern spain so france more snow forming not huge amounts but snow all the same and look at the temperatures you're probably disappointed as it hit the balkans the lower limit so sorry if you could well see temperatures low enough for a bit of snow in the next 3 days or so takes up the weekend and probably greece is probably on the southern side where tensions start to rise and you get rain not snow here and here is the picture of friday with the colder having reached down through spain snow right in the sciences by noon that is the start to generate some pretty stormy weather in the western med.

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come back on main stories this hour u.k. reported a record 53000 corona virus infections on tuesday that's nearly 12000 more than the record set just the day before across europe massive public health operations are ensuring vaccines are distributed across the continent as the 2nd wave takes hold senators in the u.s. are debating whether to increase covert $1000.00 stimulus payments to $2000.00 and override a presidential veto on defense spending votes will indicate how much party support donald trump has left in the senate with just 22 days left in office. now and all the stories we're following a strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake has hit central croatia local media reports the town of petunia as the epicenter of the quake that's 50 kilometers from the capital zagreb the town's mayor saying about half of the town about half of the train has been destroyed and is calling for evacuations to take place as soon as possible and

even bomb reports. church bells and public voices ring out amid the destruction as people in the small to. petrina rushed to rescue people from the rubble. one house collapsed on top of his car is a man and a boy inside thankfully local residents managed to get them both out alive. but there have been deaths including a 12 year old girl these pictures filmed by al jazeera make clear the damage houses completely collapsed others partially destroyed and stonework strewn across roads. al-jazeera reporter marian very was reporting live when there was an aftershock of . a strike now we hear oh but all. these seriously there are. people in the nearby town of seasick were also affected by the quake mysis so now everything is destroyed all clothes are inside it was

a girl inside but likely she wasn't in the changing room and she wanted to try some clothes i don't know what to do you know i'm all shivering and i feel like everything is still shaking soldiers from a nearby barracks were quickly on site handing out blankets to elderly people evacuated from a nursing home they've also brought emergency shelters for the town's $20000.00 residents dollars those are going to emergency services are coming from zagreb police civil protection services fire brigades we have teams coming from other parts of the country we've mobilized everyone. all of the water we have to help people we have to give them clothes and blankets we have to make sure they have food we must cordon i all teams and find a way to get into the buildings because as far as i'm concerned all these buildings are dangerous. some of the injured have been taken to hospital in the capital zagreb 50 kilometers away at the epicenter of the 6.4 magnitude earthquake was near

here just like a week a quake on monday and once again it could be felt in zagreb where it damaged properties as well as in neighboring serbia and bosnia. via closed down its only nuclear power plant just a 100 kilometers from the epicenter as a precaution and respond i would like to underline that even smaller magnitude nerd raids are smaller than the mains that we saw today might even more significant when they come you know sir. or they become even more shallow or in march this year zagreb was hit by a magnitude 5.3 quake that killed one person but this is a small town still reeling and still trying to make sure everyone is accounted for . al-jazeera. protest as of gathered outside argentina senate as lawmakers debate a bill to legalize abortion ahead of a coming a vote in the coming hours both pro and anti abortion rights rallies are ongoing outside the legislative body if passed the law would allow terminations up to 14

weeks of pregnancy in 2018 the senate rejected a similar abortion bill passed by the country's lower house that's tonight at their a half a 1000000 illegal abortions in the traditionally run catholic country every year. well i was there is terry's about joins us from outside congress and one is iris and if this passes it would be historic not just for argentina but for the region when is this session going to get on the way. but the fashion is just beginning right now that's the vice president from the president of the senate former president cristina fernandez de kirchner just to nag you rated the session what we know is that initially they will start debating and voting on what is known as the 1000 days or weeks of the law that would accompany women on a 1st thousands day during their pregnancy and during the 1st 2 years when their

babies are born and after that that's when they say to their interruption of pregnancy if this is all here well begin we know that it's going to be a very long section we're hearing that it's going to be between 12 and 17 hours so their vote is likely to happen very early on wednesday morning and this is a very divisive issue here in argentina mostly happily country the plant where i am right now this an area is a roll out the ocean pro-choice group but i gathering here thousands of people are expected to come but on the other side of the glass that anti-abortion groups are gathering there and mass is happening so it's going to be a very long night let's not forget that for example pope francis is argentine he has lots of influence on how senators vote in this country and fight of it the government is saying that this vote is a matter of public health that abortion 1000000 at least half a 1000000 abortions are happening already you know i didn't have a many women and every hospital because of complications because of those abortions

and that's why it's necessary to legalize abortion in this country. previous attempts to pass this legislation have failed but it's looking very different this time round. that's correct the big difference the last time the senate debated that works back in 2088 when there were 38 votes against abortion against 31 so it failed to pass in the senate the big difference right now is that president my lisa might be back in 2018 percent of the belt in congress but personally against it and many people in his party were against it the big difference right now is that the press and a lot of. the boards it is necessary to pass it yes there are still involved in calling senatorial in this past few weeks. of the executive just right

now in the senate among senators and from the party it is a very sensitive situation argentina right now dire economic situation for the coronavirus and then they get konami troubles. has lost something larry in this definitely passes it will bring back. definitely among his followers this looked awfully when him lots of support among many of his followers that in many of those who say that abolition in argentina needs to be legalized because already many women have died because of complications many women end up hospitalized and that needs to change thank you with all the latest on that. debate big debate going on there in argentina over abortion thank you very much to rise above. sentence teenage pro-democracy activist tony chung to 4 months in prison is convicted of desecrating china's flag taking part in an illegal protest in may last

year in a separate case he's accused of seditious activities under a controversial national security law former student leader has been in prison since october difficult pollen has more from hong kong. not long ago a 4 month sentence for a teenager whose main crime was taking part in an unauthorized protest and disrespecting a national flag would have been seen as a hefty sentence but now it is seen as mild particularly compared to the other charges that he is facing and those are under the national security laws charges of secession and sedition tony chung was a member of a group which advocated hong kong said dependence the group broke up hours before beijing imposed a national security law in hong kong but not long after he was accused of promoting his support for hong kong's independence overseas online and in social media in october he was nabbed outside the u.s.

consulate and accused of trying to seek asylum so that he would have to face those charges here in hong kong this is seen as just the latest notch and beijing's crackdown on dissent in hong kong fact since the protests of last year there have been more than 10000 arrests and countless cases through the courts many of them involving protesters and pro-democracy activists tony chung's case sense a stark message to his generation young people who were born after the handover in 1997 they were brought up with the ideals that they could say and do what they want even i advocate independence so long as their activities remain peaceful they were a large part of the protests last year and now they're considered by many of the probating politicians and establishment supporters as hong kong's last generation. the 1st u.s. based boeing 737 max is taken off from miami international airport almost 2 years

after the act was grounded off to months of testing merican allies will begin all pricing commercial flights between florida and new york once a day u.s. regulator kids a jet to fly in the van after buying may chain. just a software design and training services restarted in brazil and canada this month to 77 x. planes crashed in ethiopia and indonesia in 208-2019 when a total of 346 people. with the 737 marks this is the year this is an aircraft that has been more highly scrutinized than any ever before we're very confident that this aircraft is the safest in the skies and we're confident to prepare to get back in the air and private to show your truck customers and getting people back out to where they want to go now to indigenous people are experiencing a cultural revival that goes beyond teaching the language and history of schools it's also now being woven thread by thread by the pretty women themselves as out as

there is latin america at its in this union explains from whoever imperial. scripting rule is an old this time. even though these days it's rare to find anyone who knows how to do it but didn't rule southern chile indigenous might put you women joining forces to revive an ancestral skill that wasn't sufficiently valued until recently might put you women were paid almost nothing for these traditional hand-woven blankets rugs and bone jewels there may be a benefit to me there are here this piece was inspired by them up which is simple for a worrier i feel that we are women are warriors. it's that perseverance that led them to form large co-operatives set decent prices for their work and even begin exporting it to europe and the u.s. these are all natural colors this was dyed for example with barks from the aloe

tree and this with onion peels which is what makes it aren't here we have green made with chili in chilies all of this is part of the effort to enrich the cultural fiber of the map which of people. i need to buy your meal is one of the main organizers for a grandmother taught her to die wool and leave when she was 8 but the technique was being forgotten even to sort of c.d.'s and suddenly we had the opportunity to organize workshops and teach those women what they didn't know that many people were burning or burying their shapes will but we said no we have to take advantage of our heritage you know a few minutes could be anything that these symbols represent eyes for us it has to do with being observed because my approach has a tour that we must be good and that someone is always watching and. dying and weaving these pieces of art require time and talent they also provide much needed

income from up which is families and most infant that are in water. when i 1st started a lot of women couldn't speak spanish they were afraid to bargain but no longer now we're more a day she says. and they're also more proud and independent thanks to an ancient craft that experiencing a long awaited revival. you see in human al-jazeera when previously actually. a look at the headlines this hour a crowd of our situation across europe is deteriorating rapidly the u.k. reported a wreck or $53000.00 coronavirus.