if the world's. sleazier over. to trump administrations played should be vaccine all the time for being. us president elect joe biden says it could take years to vaccinate the american people against cope with 19. and calls to speed up vaccinations also grow in europe has thrown a virus infections continue to surge across the continent. watching all just around life from a headquarters in doha and daddy to navigate are also coming up a search for survivors after a powerful earthquake caused this widespread damage and kills of the 7 people in

a correction town i am protesters take to the streets in argentina as politicians debate a historic bill to legalize abortion. thanks for joining us the u.s. president elect joe biden has criticized the trumpet ministration for falling behind in its roll roll outs of covert 1000 vaccines now biden warned that the distribution has gone too slowly and if the situation doesn't improve it could take years before the american population is fully vaccinated. so trump administration's plan is to be vaccines is falling behind far beyond we're grateful to the companies the doctors the scientists and researchers the clinical trial participants in operation work speed for developing the vaccine as quickly but as i long feared war

the effort to distribute a minister of the vaccine is not progressing as it should in europe the situation is deteriorating rapidly governments are dealing with record numbers of new infections and large scale public health operations are under way to ensure vaccines are distributed across the region and after months with one of the world's lowest infection rates thailand this warning it may impose stricter measures to contain what's become a serious new outbreak among migrant workers we'll get more on the situation there and in europe in a moment but 1st let's bring in shihab rattansi he's joining us from washington d.c. on what more biden had to say about trump's vaccination plan and did we learn anything new from biden himself about his administration's vaccine plan going forward. it was a very grim message and it was clearly an effort to put a line on the trumpet ministrations rosy forecast since the covert pandemic began

but actually it was pretty much a restatement of what we knew would be the biden agenda notably the invocation of the defense production in the united states which prioritises the manufacture of vaccines and personal protective equipment that starts the plan so that materials and factory factory resources they will be prioritized for this effort to fight over there will also he said be mobile units or travel to rural and isolated areas of the united states to ensure vaccine distribution there will be a public education campaign to try to fight anti vaccine sentiment and he also said that the plan and this is always been a slogan that there will be $100000000.00 shots in $100.00 days 100000000 minutes 100000000 vaccines would be administered within the 1st 100 days of the by presidency and he'll make a call which we'll probably hear when he gets in or greater for all americans to wear a mask for the 1st 100 days of his presidency but this is very much driven by that

he said in his speech trying to be trying to level with the american people after a presidency which is seen not to be terribly honest about the about the pandemic and she have the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell we understand has now been blocked an effort to increase covert payments to americans so upon is he putting forward instead. you know just in the last hour we now seem to get in the parameters of a plan you can never be sure but we know now that mcconnell has begun the mechanism with which both the house bill that passed on monday which increases stimulus checks to americans in need to $2000.00 that will now perhaps be considered by by the senate by the end of the week perhaps but because also put the mechanism in motion to introduce his own bill which would combine $2000.00 checks with this is the beginning of some sort of senate commission into electro for fraud in the presidential election and the revocation of section $230.00 of the communications

act which gives currently social media companies like facebook and twitter legal legal liability protection that is if someone posts something terrible on facebook facebook can't necessarily be sued for what's been posted all i'm on facebook this is something that donald trump is very keen on and he said he wants to be passed as soon as possible actually to joe biden is a game section 230 as well but the democrats feel this isn't the time to be rushing through one piece of legislation would have so many implications for freedom of speech they want it to go to the committee process and so on so we have the prospect perhaps of a vote in the senate all on both these bills the house bill that passed and this new bill from from mitch mcconnell which suggests that that will give senators the chance to say look we did try to vote for 2000 dollars stimulus checks which is enormously popular in the country but failed because of the other side because democrats will vote for the bill that was passed yesterday in the house but they won't vote for this new bill republicans can vote for this new bill but not vote

for the house for the for the house bill so yeah i don't just basically it's a chance for everyone just to save face and for americans not to receive the money they desperately perhaps need right you have a report from washington d.c. thank you. well the u.s. vice president elect harris has received her 1st dose of modern us coronavirus vaccine live on television the event was part of the incoming biden ministrations efforts to boost confidence in vaccines the president elect joe biden was inoculated last week earlier this month a poll associated by the associated press found 25 percent of american adults weren't sure if they would get vaccinated. as we mentioned the situation is getting worse in europe the u.k. reported a record 53000 infections on tuesday that's nearly 12000 more than the record set the day before meanwhile the e.u. is buying an extra 100000000 doses of the pfizer vaccine in addition to the 200000000 already ordered as its rollout gathers pace or

a challenge. 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 fines a bio intake vaccine from plane. to truck and off with a police escort just in case spain now has 350000 new doses. of german care home the country was one of 7 e.u. states to coordinate the start of vaccinations on sunday. elderly and cag of his are the priority while supplies a short idea to get us closer in from ye know the big vaccination pushy zone and we as an aid organization want to do our part to eventually defeat this 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 during the 1st wave speak the head of n.h.s. england acknowledged the picture is grim many of us who lost. family friends colleagues and at the time of year when nobody would be celebrating i think understandably a lot of people offer you in total actually some frustration. and now we're back to the story of the 2nd wave of the water sweeping your district medical experts are deeply worried about rising infections the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine is advising that the restrictions plus a huge increase in weekly vaccinations may be needed otherwise they fear 2021 could see more hospitalizations and deaths than this year. ministers are considering keeping school and college people's home off the christmas holidays finish they're also looking as

a new tear of lockdown measures rory chalons how to 0 let's get more now on thailand and its warning structure coronavirus measures could be enforced after a serious outbreak this month mainly among migrant workers on monday thailand saw its 1st cover 19 deaths in almost 2 months there are concerns on documented workers could be spreading the virus as they try to evade off forty's that's prompted the government to allow workers from cambodia laos and man mark to apply to work in thailand legally for 2 years tony chang reports from a popular beach instead of bangkok. this is we're back in there and a half away from bangkok you would normally be absolutely jam packed with people here for the new year holiday the big holiday of the year in thailand but while some people have come out most people are heeding the prime minister's advice which is to stay within your own province now he spoke to the nation today after the cabinet meeting he said the government wasn't going to impose

a nationwide lockdown they put in place a series of red amber and green alerts in all of the different provinces at the moment most places are on amber but we are still speaking seeing these little clusters of infections coming out 22 more in bangkok $45.00 in the populated province around and then now in $45.00 provinces across time and that's a huge problem for a country which had seen 0 chance mr transmission in the country for months and it's got many people here very worried i would expect most people are probably going to follow this government vice. particularly after thailand has worked so hard to try and combat the coronavirus this was remember the 1st country outside china that found a transmission since then it's closed off its borders it's put very strict cancian controls in place the cost however has been huge 2 and thailand's tourist industry has been absolutely decimated and in fact i think many people concerned that after

all of those sacrifices despite everything that thailand has done over the last month could be in vain. emergency workers in central croatia are searching for survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 7 people damaged from the $6.00 magnitude quake was concentrated in and around the town of petrina that 50 kilometers from the capital zagreb and the baba reports. church bells and panic voices ring out amid the destruction as people in the small town of petrina rushed to rescue people from the rubble. one house collapsed on top of this 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 go 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. right now we hear about all. these. people in the nearby town of c. sacral so affected by the quake misses. everything is destroyed all clothes are inside there 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 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 residents. 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 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. well sylvia closed down its only nuclear power plant just a 100 kilometers from the epicenter as a precaution respond back with you 990 even smaller magnitude northwards mourner on the mains that we saw today might well see even more significant damage when they come you'll start to see or they become even more shallow or in march this year as a grab was hit by

a magnitude $5.00 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 still ahead on al-jazeera we follow there are hangar refugees who are being moved to an island that many think is unsafe and taking off once again boeing 737 max resumes commercial flights in the u.s. nearly 2 years after it was grounded. the last pacific storm brought rain all the way down the coast of california and snow up in the mountains the clouds now gone inland the remains of a cult front that's what really did the work so there was a bit of flooding in southern california those snow rip in the mountains this is san bernardino mountain so if you were allowed to go skiing then you probably could

quite happily because the sun is there to replace it but the next those tolls running across nebraska interwar iowa and prophecy beyond that now there's a sudden limit to where the car gets to we're still feeding most europe through texas and you know when these 2 things meet you get some pretty sparky thunderstorms potentially to an attic or look at that but it's certainly possible then tucked in behind star comes back through new england some parts of texas to truss into the desert such southern limit of the cold may well be kansas down to one degree minus 6 by not only light snow here then just south of that would go down to rock and so there's a lot 80 degrees down to 7 but you stay in rain you don't go back to the snow and here's the picture for thursday the potentially dangerous conditions in texas was snow in the west rain in the east with thunderstorms and 4 degrees in dallas.

but. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground and in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse or 2200 people informed opinions of how big this foreign policy they get 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 lead get the vaccine when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for it inside story on al-jazeera. the. coming on the top stories on al-jazeera this hour u.s.

president elect joe biden has criticized the trumpet ministration for falling behind in its rollout of covert 1000 vaccines by the warn that if it doesn't pick up the pace it could take years before the american population is fully vaccinated governments in europe are dealing with record numbers of new infections large scale public health operations are under way to ensure vaccines are distributed across the region emergency workers and central gracious are searching for survivors after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake killed at least 7 people many people in the worst hit town of petrilli are afraid to return to their homes for fear of aftershocks. protesters have rallied outside argentina's senate as it prepares to vote on a bill to legalize abortion pro and anti abortion demonstrations have gathered senators debate the legislation which was backed by the lower house this month if possible law would allow terminations up to 14 weeks of pregnancy the senate

rejected a similar bill in 2018 let's get an update with her as opposed to joining us from one of sorry so a hugely divisive issue in the country tell us more about the divisions. well if you're outside crystal clear i am right now things are. gathering here with this green handkerchief reset and the color of the pain it's not only happening here in argentina but without latin america and the next we meet divisive issue in the plaza right in front of congress is divided on one side are those for calling for justice for. the. senate like abortion and on the other side fighting by the few are those who are against it mostly for the worst of the church but. some of the others are talking about the

right holding them back but there are people praying that showed the way how divisive the issue is in argentina fact forensics isn't in taking it all being against it going to better health to vote against this issue when you talk to women here i may tell you about their stories about how many women end up in hospital because of complications with such a potion somehow it's a matter of equality when women will have to see mrs go and have a safe abortion some of those who do not have resources and stop turning to desperate measures and stop the hospitals and maiming and up just because that's why many of those who are talking to today say that the main year old things will happen so what's the expected outcome of the votes here is a given that the senate rejected a similar bill in 2018. but this is

something. that the christmas. people know president how does your marketing for the 1st president to ask you to spend to build up. even though thanks to the sort of big. have suspended the situation is completely different now to say the express itself if you say more of legalizing your former president bakiev that even though it was the 1st thing against it thought that the baby needs that make up the difference now is that there is no like the full support of the executive the president himself has been getting involved with tense negotiations for years and that's about the focus he knows right now that we have very very tight votes apparently there is no one but 6 in favor of legalizing a lot of the sentences that he resented to make decide if you're going to be what we supposed expected to happen around for us in the morning is going to be very

very day to day ending on very very deep in the morning when 6 people are being tough insisted on the watching face because the state that they're going to celebrate to get this law passed or at arizona will be of course checking in with you throughout the next couple of hours for the time being thank you very much. well the chair is hoping to make history with its 1st ever peaceful transition of power after sunday's elections early results but the ruling party's presidential candidate mohamed bedroom in the lead he's considered a strong favorite to succeed president mohamed due east of food stepping down after 10 years by the dream is in the capital niamey with more on those early results. as expected the leading candidates in the presidential election did well now the election commission has been mandated constitutionally mandated to issue a proclaimed the winner of this election in 5 days but a lot of people think that this could come earlier than 5 days from here the

constitutional court will take over within 2 weeks it's supposed to ratify or reject the results and i was by the independent election commission meanwhile observers to this election have issued their verdicts. as well as publication of result the stations where carried out professionally and transparently in the gordons with the provision of the electoral who related text. and where and when it took. us although the economic community of west african states admitted that it did not send delegates to 2 regions differ and i get is because of security concerns meanwhile the united states embassy here in near me has issued a statement describing the elections as generally free and fair now what titian shifts to the independent election commission which is announcing the results in bits and pieces but

a lot of people here including observers believe that the results could come earlier than 5 days that was constitutionally the monday job the election commission to issue those results russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow won't be deterred from military cooperation with turkey despite pressure from the u.s. washington has imposed sanctions on turkey over its deployment of a russian made missile defense system after a meeting on tuesday lavrov and his turkish counterpart reiterated their country's plans to cooperate with the extra. we have confirmed mutual intention to develop military ties with turkey's we appreciate as president putin has repeatedly stressed the attitude about turkish colleagues towards further interaction in this field despite continued illegitimate pressure from washington thousands in nepal's capital are protesting against the prime minister after he dissolved parliament called for early elections. fell out with members of his ruling communist party

a coalition between himself and former maoist rebels all the says internal party politics have made his job impossible among the protesters or the former prime ministers who will say all these decision was unconstitutional. hundreds of refugees have been arriving on the island. off bangladesh this fight safety and security concerns raised by human rights groups around 8500 people are being moved from the overcrowded camps in cox's bazaar tanveer chowdhry reports from the port city of chittagong. around 800 running a refugee is boarded navy vessel in the post city of chittagong in southern bangladesh they have been sent to passion charter island where 1600 of their fellow refugees were relocated earlier this month. and his wife who have a young child don't know what to expect so i will say. most are saying things are fine as a day we are going because government told us the facilities are good over there

and so we are following their advice no one really pressured us to go there him and rights groups have question whether the island is safe and can withstand natural disaster and floods and whether the refugees were forced to go there against their will. the un who the international community and the various governments and the diplomats and doc are all looking to actually take on this assessment are just not being allowed to go there bangladesh is struggling to find a long term solution to the running a crisis more than a 1000000 now living in the world's largest refugee camp at cox's bazaar after fleeing man march in 2017 during a military crackdown the government is now looking to some of them elsewhere 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 for many rowing are worried about how safe the

island. people who are willing to go there also knows the risks involved so why are they going there i would never go because i'm afraid but the commander of bangladesh navy in chittagong is confident everything will be ok government has taken up the project. 3 years back before taking up this project in part on shore. and it is a study has been carried out by international from nowhere in the world any government as such that the project that in my knowledge. this is not something that. we believe that by my government will take them back to their families and build them. with no means to earn a living and a congested living condition at cox's bazaar summering a refugee has decided to take the chance. that is not everybody.

life is hard in the camp and it's difficult to earn a living there they said they will provide us with better living facilities and means to end a living 3 years andro hanger refugees are increasingly frustrated they don't have a voice in the decision making. and feel their fate and destiny is at the marcy your father's kind of h.r. 3 al-jazeera chittagong boeing 737 max plane has made its 1st commercial flight in the u.s. after being grounded for almost 2 years the aircraft was taken out of service worldwide following 2 crashes that killed 346 people and to gallagher reports from miami. it was the longest grounding in u.s. aviation history but boeing's 737 max is once again flying passengers in the u.s. and there are lines flight 7 morning 8 flew around a 100 people to new york's la guardia airport all aware of the aircraft's troubled

past on board american airlines president robert isom who says the recertification of boeing's would cost plane should inspire confidence 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 be putting it back in the air and confident to showing it to our customers and getting people back to where they want to go the 737 max was grounded in 2019 following 2 fatal crashes in indonesia and ethiopia that killed 346 people investigators blamed an automated flight control system that pushed the aircraft's nose down boeing failed to mention the system in the aircraft manual major airlines in the us are planning to expand use of the 737 max in the coming months and boeing is hoping to restore its battered reputation as long as all the safety measures are in place and i think that the good ideas so we're just waiting to see if the regulations are respected.

maybe think know. maybe think about it and do more research those pilots never had a chance a sweeping congressional inquiry found that boeing made faulty technical assumptions and the u.s. federal aviation authority failed with grossly. insufficient oversight those that lost loved ones in the 2 crashes a calling for the aircraft to remain grounded aviation experts expect the passengers will fly the 737 max despite fears over safety assuming there are no headlines are really kind of unpleasant warning myatt's or any kind of incidents by ins diverted then humans they will simply recruit just i don't think it's on the basis of the 737 max is already back in the air in brazil in mexico with the european aviation authorities expected to recertify the plane for regular service in the coming weeks the aircraft continues to be a big seller for boeing who are keen to put safety concerns behind them while the flying public here remain cautious of boeing's 737 max major airline c.e.o.

replacing more orders for the aircraft fuel efficiency is a big selling point 52 airlines are already struggling with a global pandemic while boeing is keen to put this entire tragic chapter behind them it may take some time before full confidence in the aircraft is restored and to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president elect joe biden has criticized the trumpet ministration for falling behind in its rollout of covert 1000 vaccines biden warned that if it doesn't pick up the pace of to take years before the american population is fully vaccinated so trump administration's plan to be vaccine is falling behind far beyond we're grateful for the companies doctors scientists researchers.