frankton friction the truth is it anyway on al-jazeera. protesters rally late into the night in argentina with the senate voting right now on whether to legalize abortion. i know about this and this is i'll just have a live from doha also coming up. but as i long feared war effort to distribute administer the vaccine is not progress it is should u.s. president elect joe biden criticizes the slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines on ones the darkest days of the pandemic lie ahead. and back to the store.

but his health officials warn corona virus infections are rising rapidly as politicians consider new restrictions. and a chinese court sentences pro-democracy activists to up to 3 years in jail for trying to flee the crackdown in hong kong. argentinians are waiting to hear the results of a senate vote on a controversial bill that would legalize abortion senators have been debating the bill into the early hours of the morning nearly 40000 women and girls to take it to hospital each year to having unsafe abortions under covered laws abortions only permitted in cases of rape or when the pregnancy in danger is a mother's life to the supposed joining us now from bun a senator he's a how close are we to actually getting the result of that vote.

yet right. thank you story thank you i didn't you know there was a 1000 people here i am right now. campaigning with me. at this moment right behind me so they're thinking. they're casting it or. stepping over it i mean actually been expressing the feelings again. and that's why they're going to stop the vote is expected to happen any minute this has been as well but our debates and the voters expect it to happen any time soon this is a highly divisive issue in this country because this was where imus divided on one side is the freedom side as they called it you the floor of the ocean pro-choice side but on the other was divided by security forces are those were painting against the possibility you think ally singapore should say of waiting there

holding masses among other things so it's been a very very tense night people here are very tense and expecting the results of this vote to the why is it that this bill has managed to get to this point so close to this point no one previously it hasn't worked so well. but it's important what's been happening to the country the 1st time that argentina's congress the way to go back in 2800 winner for a former president how do you see a market forces have even though he was 1st running against legalizing abortion he said that it was a death to democracy progress needed to be based on this law because it is a problem that exists start to teach about half a 1000000 abortions happen here every year women end up in a hospital because of it mostly poor women who have no resources to have a safe should still be end up in a hospital they are afraid of going to the hospital because abortion is mostly

legal in this country what has changed now is that precedent a lot of the for. that this has given if you want support to get to know that fully aware of the executive he's been trying we know that he had been for sitting for an extended tours not even know what voted against it back in 2800 asking them to vote in favor of this is a matter of public health this is not a matter of really just because this is something that problem that affects most identity and women that has been happening for generations i think it's a change that is a thanks very much indeed now i can see the last senator is still talking at the moment so we're still waiting for that result so as we get the result of course we're going to come straight back to you but for now to raise a bonus that is thank you very much indeed. let me bring you some breaking news out of the united kingdom it's just approved the oxford astra zeneca vaccine for use in the u.k.

the government has said the approval of the shot is going to help restrictions to be lifted more quickly now we're going to have more on this as we get it but the u.k. has reported a record 53000 infections in tuesday nearly 12000 more than the previous record set the day before and the european union is buying an extra $100000000.00 doses of the pfizer vaccine and that's in addition to $200000000.00 already on order as its rollout gathers pace chalons as more. 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 fires 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 care home the country was one of 7 e.u. states to coordinate the start of vaccinations on sunday elderly and caregivers are the priority while supplies a short either to the schools or in from yeah now the big vaccination pushes on 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 cheering the 1st waves peak the head of n.h.s. england acknowledged the picture is grim many of us of course are 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 i'm anxious and frustrated. and now we're back to be on the story of the 2nd wave of coronavirus sweeping your spectrum 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 this year. ministers are considering keeping school and college peoples home after christmas holidays finished they're also looking as a new tear of lockdown measures rory chalons how does era and let me just remind you of that breaking news from the u.k. it's just approved the oxford astra zeneca vaccine for use in the u.k. the government has said the approval of the shots going to help restrictions to be lifted more quickly the government's been looking to try and tighten things done in the u.k. as cases there continue to rise particularly with this new variant of the virus which has been spreading across the u.k. they are hoping to do at least a 1000000 vaccinations a week. now let's move on u.s.

president elect joe biden has criticized the trump administration for falling behind in its rollout of the code 19 vaccines is warned of the rollout continues at its current pace it could take years before the population is fully vaccinated so you have a chance in the points from washington d.c. the president elect delivered a grim message from his base in wilmington delaware as i long feared war the effort to distributed administer the vaccine is not progressing as it should a few weeks ago trump administration suggests that 20000000 americans could be vaccinated by the end of december with only a few days left in december we've only vaccinate a few 1000000 so far in the face of vaccine the vaccination program is moving now as it if you continue to move it is now it's going to take years not months to vaccinate the american people but joe biden repeated that he had a comprehensive plan he would invoke the defense production acts to mandate that

the production of vaccines and personal protective equipment all the u.s. is manufacturing priorities he will for mobile vaccination units that would travel to isolated areas of the country and embark on a public education program to combat vaccine denial the goal will be $100000000.00 shots administered in $100.00 days and for the american people to wear their mosques for the duration off the president's 1st $100.00 days. current president meanwhile was golfing in florida but also in gauging in political debate on twitter once again urging the senate to agree to higher stimulus checks for low and middle income americans than the $600.00 already passed by congress is their objection to the modification. objection is here and the senate majority leader blocked vote on the bill that passed the house of representatives on monday mandating $2000.00 payments instead he introduced his own bill that would mandate $2000.00 payments

but also the formation of a commission to investigate allegations of fraud in the presidential election and end legal protections for social media companies democrats will not vote for such a package the polls show overwhelming support for 2000 dollars checks now it seems that republican senators including the 2 facing a tough runoff election in georgia next week that will decide control of the senate will be able to say they did vote for more help with no chance of the money ever reaching those in need she ever attends the al-jazeera washington united states has reported its 1st case of a more contagious variant of the corona virus that was originally discovered in the u.k. a man in colorado is confirmed to have the strain although he has no recent travel history it adds a further urgency to efforts to vaccinate americans and stamped out uncontrolled outbreaks hospitals across the u.s. are struggling with a higher number of infections medical centers in alabama so they're facing

a crisis with many intensive care units running at capacity or above california's extended stay at home orders in some areas as it fights record numbers of new infections. an outbreak of corona virus in sydney has forced officials in australia to tighten restrictions again ahead of new year's eve celebrations hold gatherings across the city have been limited to just 5 people or public get togethers have been kept at 31000 new covert 1000 cases were detected on weapons team that's part of a cluster that's grown to more than 100 during the past week 10 hong kong pro-democracy activists who tried to flee the territory by speedboat have been handed jail terms by a chinese court the sentences range between 7 months and 3 years a group of 12 was caught in august trying to escape to taiwan out of fear of being politically prosecuted well 2 of the group are minors who've been sent back to

authorities in hong kong police there say they'll face serious charges activists have been fleeing hong kong since beijing imposed a security law in the territory allowing political dissidents to be prosecuted. let's go live to hong kong adrian brown is joining us the police i understand have been holding a press conference or held one about an hour or so ago what they saying in relation to this. well no sympathy as you might expect from the hong kong police and they wanted to remind the public that those 10 activists who are now beginning jail sentences ranging from 7 months to 3 years worth a sing serious charges here in hong kong connected to last year's protests before they try to obscure to taiwan one of the 10 has in fact been held on suspicion of violating the national security law so the police wanted to remind people generally that this group were facing very serious charges indeed and of

course you know there have simply swap one detention center for another that the 2 who have been brought back from hong kong were immediately placed into detention and of course their cases will now continue over the days and weeks ahead because they are charged with leaving hong kong illegally i think rob from the perspective of chinese government from china's government the sentences they've received today will be seen as being pretty lenient because when they were apprehended by the chinese coast guard back in august chinese government officials referred to the group as being separatists now that could have led to them getting a much harsher sentence indeed so i think from the in the eyes of china's government they have been treated leniently. adrian chinese courts are really renowned for taking their time when it comes to delivering verdicts in cases but

this one has happened particularly quickly that. what's the speculation about why that has happened and what's the concern about that in hong kong. you're up 3 right i mean the wheels of justice move very very slowly in china as i've seen for myself over the years as to the reason why this is happening so quickly now well there are a number of factors i think i believe the chinese government wanted to get this case out of the way as soon as possible possibly because they are about to sign a major trade deal with the european union and the european union has been criticizing various aspects of this case because foreign observers diplomats have not been allowed in as observers the international media were not allowed to attend and it's been calling on the chinese government repeatedly to release the activists so this may have been china's way may have been china's way of or placating the

european union as the 2 sides prepare to sign what could be a very historic trade deal adrian thanks very much indeed that's adrian brown talking to us from hong kong let me take you back to that story that we were bringing your earlier that vote in the argentinean senate on abortion there is a result i want to go to teresa bona. and she can join us to resolve what is the result of this vote. that the senate has just passed a little i say still forcing it on t.v. right women are offended. by. a half. of. rob have. committed. to meeting women having

a couple of occasions women think it's straight into a hospital when they have patients because they can't be reported to the police to know that during this session for example a senator was explaining. there 1500 women. have been prosecuted. or so said the country so this vote is significant it is historic it is also in a way that shows how divided this country has been pope francis is argentinean the catholic church has enormous power in this country he has been personally you know being against this not for what the president got out of the families and many of those who support this people that say that this is a matter of public health what course during his back so people have been going to vote in favor of legalizing abortion if you wanted i think you know this is a very good show. this country has changed. women here thank you ed.

these are pictures live from one of centers the center of power in the centers and in the aftermath of that senate vote in support of abortion the figures were tossed 38 to 29 we appears to have lost our contact with teresa both or we will of course be talking to her in the next few hours to get reaction from people to that senate vote. for the astra zeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the u.k. the government has said the approval of the shot is going to help restrictions to be lifted more quickly they're looking to do at least a 1000000 vaccinations a week ok let's speak to rory chalons is a royal london hospital in white chapel on the phone for us rory i don't know if

you can hear us are going to you really just wanted to check that you were there how significant a deal is this. this is the big breakthrough i think that the u.k. set me has been waiting for it's become increasingly clear over the last few days that the coded situation it has got us in worse and worse and every day it seems new records being broken so the number of new infections reported i think yesterday it was 53000 recorded in one day that's the most it's ever been there are more people hospitalized at the moment with coded symptoms than that were at the peak of the 1st wave back in april and march of this year so. getting this new vaccine approved is a huge step towards trying to combat that worsening situation the the reason why

this is a big step is that it's much easier vaccine to use and to store than the vaccine that's currently being used to pfizer biotech by the problems of pfizer bio and say why is not it's a deficiency or as i say to say it how well it works it's the fact that it's difficult to get it to people because you can't transport it very easily you have to store it at minus 70 degrees centigrade and therefore vaccination centers can only really be. situated in big hospitals and. amongst teams of people who know how to use it well the good thing about the astra zeneca also vaccine is that it can be stored at normal french temperature as it's cheaper crucially and it's much more robust so you can basically get it out into

communities he couldn't give it to adopt his you can set up mobile teams that go out and could be put in town halls or village. around the country the ease of which you can get into the arms of the people around the country is much greater than their full weight that you couldn't get up the number of vaccinations you can do you are a 3 week significant. rory thanks very much indeed just as you've been speaking there have been some wires coming from the u.k. the u.k. health secretary much hancock saying he's highly confident they could get enough people vaccinated by the spring to see a route out of the pandemic and the n.h.s. the national health service in the u.k. is going to be delivering vaccine as fast as it can be produced sorority thanks for doing very much indeed for bringing us up to date from london very chalons. well rescue workers are continuing to search for survivors in central croatia a day after an earthquake killed at least 7 people the 6.4 magnitude quake struck

near the town of putting it in 50 kilometers and the cattle capital. the worst damage is centered in and around the town many people are afraid to return to their homes for fear of aftershocks and half the town has been destroyed that in 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 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 she was reporting live when there was an aftershock . right now we hear it on. these. people in the nearby town of see also affected by the quake. 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 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 with. everyone. all of the world 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 some of the media closed down it's only nuclear power plant just a 100 kilometers from the epicenter as a precaution. you 990 even smaller migrant rigs. the mains that we saw today might even more significant when they come. or the become even more shallow or in much the she is a grave 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's accounted for. 0. 0 let's go live to tanya novak in the town approaching in croatia we're seeing some extraordinary pictures from virginia there just talk us through what's been happening this morning. well it's very unsettling morning in praise of the day there were 3 more quite significant waves hit in fact been in past 2 hours of magnitude 4.90.6 so after a sleepless night here in pennsylvania because many of the people would not leave their homes couldn't state in them so most many of them sleep tonight in their backyards covered with blankets and with flyers outside. today this will search and rescue operations are still underway but most of them have already checked the most critical areas here in the town of in the surrounding villages

fortunately 7 people altogether have been confirmed dead since. late last night and hopefully that number will not rise but you can see in this moment is a lot of them when you say something and a lot of traffic here in the downtown sad thing yeah most of the rubble has been cleared but these buildings are still very dangerous specially because the ground is shaking all the time and another kid could just destroy all of this so the movement in this area is. very restricted however on the other hand the humanitarian response has been huge in praise of people are sending help sending groceries sending. anything that they think that might help people figure who stayed here the emergency services are coming with volunteers who want to help clear the rubble who want to help the people to start gathering their lives together so we will be reporting from later on today about new developments

to you thanks very much indeed for bringing us up to date from pertwee new that's tanya novak let me take you back to the breaking story we have out of argentina where senators have voted 38 to 29 in support of a controversial bill which legalizes abortion let me just show you some of the live pictures from the square in the center of the set is these people in blue are those opposed to the legalization of the bill as you can see a very somber picture there one lone flag being a wave but very very quiet and hopefully we can switch to another picture of those of the supporters of those build those who have been out all night banging drums and singing songs as senators have been holding bad vote in nevada so as you can see the marked difference in tone between both sides between those opposed to the bill and these the supporters of the bill hopefully we might be able to talk to our

correspondent to simple later in the program or she can hear us i'm glad to say we can now speak to to visa to reason we're just talking there about the the difference in the in the reactions to the results of this very very marked differences and want to say yes. well that's correct and he's a very divisive issue in this country on one side of this that where we are divided by security forces are those who have been protesting against the possibility. of this country where we are right now are those who have been have paid for years and order for these 11. by. better. i step out just because women would have resources can afford a safe operation while those ends up with complications say no hospital afraid of

going to a started up because abortion is illegal in this country we're going to talk to one of those activists who has been here all night. meeting. for this country that have no words i'm so so happy i got to believe i'm leaving the do you think it took me for a little we met the. old and i know i could be you i mean i don't know i really the crime i am how you get on the only thing i have to say is they never spanked. it was. that you know larry again i didn't do you know we did you know fighting over to get. i don't know. what exactly. do i fortunately we're having a few problems with the sound as you can imagine with the crowds there in the center of warner center is sometimes the signals can get slightly distorted but

clearly you can get a sense there of the different reactions to the result of this bill where senators have voted 38 to 29 in support of a controversial bill that is going to legalize abortion in argentina. hundreds of refugees and migrants in bosnia still without proper shelter after being transported from account destroyed by fire last week they collected their belongings from the remains of the camp and leapt on their coaches border then stayed on buses overnight bus new thought is say they hope to relocate them on wednesday they can have been heavily criticized by aid groups for providing inadequate shelter they say the fire left people stranded in freezing and squalid conditions with little food. but the u.k. parliament's going to hold an extraordinary session when the state to vote on the post bragg's it trade deal the vote comes just a day before the u.k. automatically leaves the e.u.'s single market it's expected to pass comfortably

with support from the main opposition labor party all 27 member states will abide by the agreement provisionally until it can be ratified by the e.u. parliament. this is all just here these are the top stories the oxford astra zeneca vaccines been approved for use in the u.k. the government said the approval of the shots will help get restrictions lifted more quickly it's look at a carry out at least a 1000000 vaccinations a week a historic victory for women in argentina as the senate passes the controversial bill to legalize abortion and a cut in law abortion is only permitted in cases of rape all fine.