assistant's what's worrying them is that many of those have a deteriorating situation. this is al jazeera. so raman and this is the al-jazeera news our life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes u.k. regulators greenlight the oxford astra zeneca vaccine in a move the health secretary says could provide a path out of the pandemic. long feared war effort to distributed industries a vaccine progression is sure u.s. president elect joe biden criticizes the slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines and

warns the darkest days of the pandemic lie ahead. jubilation in argentina as the senate votes to legalize abortion in a decision that could echo across latin america. more tremors in croatia after a powerful earthquake causes widespread damage and kills at least 7 people. and i'm sort of hi to all your sports news manchester united to get a 2nd in the premier league but i doubt save the media future of the league and several players at different clubs testing positive for corona virus. welcome to the news of the battle against krone virus has taken another leap forward after health regulators in the united kingdom approved the vaccine developed by oxford university scientists and pharmaceutical company astra zeneca.

it's the 3rd vaccine to be approved in the west and joins those manufactured by pfizer biotech and madonna russia and china are also distributing shots but have not completed mass testing the oxford astra zeneca vaccine has some advantages over the other 2 it's much cheaper to buy and can be kept in a regular fridge unlike the pfizer vaccine which requires ultra cold storage and even as approval was being announced in the u.k. orders of tens of millions of doses were confirmed by both taiwan and indonesia as many as $3000000000.00 doses are expected to be produced worldwide by the end of next year. well the approval came in the u.k. revealed its had its biggest number of new covert 19 cases in a single day this year more than 53000 british health secretary matt hancock says the ox vaccine will make a huge difference. enough of this vaccine all order to vaccinate the whole population you know we've got a 100000000 doses on order add that to the 30000000 doses of pfizer and that's

enough for 2 doses for the entire population so i can now say with confidence that we can vaccinate everyone except of course for children because this vaccine has not been child on children in any way children and much much less likely to have to have symptoms from the disease mostly toward chalons he's a guy's hospital in london and basically a hugely significant approval for the u.k. at this very critical time. yet if ever there was a moment where this news was needed to be it is now the approval of the green lighting of this vaccination by the medicines regulator in the u.k. it means that it's very safe and effective to be rolled out the plan is to start doing this on january the 4th as you were saying in your introduction there the situation in the u.k.

is increasingly grave in the last 24 hours we've had it announced that 53000 people are now testing positive a day. coronavirus there are more than 20000 people currently in hospital with the symptoms that's more than at any time during the 1st wave of the of the pandemic. hospitals are starting to say that they're running out of oxygen and they're running out of beds and they're starting to declare a kind of emergency situation so this is desperately needed it's coming perhaps too late to stave off the current crisis but hancock the health secretary says that he is now confident that we will be out of this by the spring time the government is slightly changed its strategy this is a 2 days vaccine. but rather than apportioning some of these vaccines for a 2nd dose is down the line what it's going to do is get as many shots into

people's arms as he can the whole population minus children. and then 3 months later hoover up the remaining. second dose and do that the reason for that is that there's a significant increase in people's resistance to. from just one dose of this of this vaccine then down the line the 2nd dose 3 months later means that it is more durable and it last longer so. the plan is if they can do it soon and not much of the plan is to get the whole population modest children vaccinated just what is possible of course while the government says they want to try and get it all sorted by the spring or early summer there is a period of time that is still very flexible a but also very debatable for the government where they're saying that you know restrictions still have to be in place personal space and the potential for more lock downs are a real possibility in the new year. yeah well i think you know

the good news is come early in the day the bad news is going to follow later when matt coke stands up in parliament 3 o'clock in the afternoon g.m.t. he is very likely almost certain to announce an extension of the tears system which means that millions more people are going to be going into here for the highest level of restrictions and we understand that there might even be an extension of tier 4 'd into. or 'd 'd adding new restrictions on to cheer for to make here for even tougher now there is another and ousmane which we don't know is going to be made but it's likely which is that the school holidays might well be extended so that after the christmas holidays finished kids won't be going back to schools they'll be kept at home schools will be doing online jewish and perhaps of this if

this happens or parents will be required to do homeschooling that will make many parents around the country grown but the fear is that the new strain of corona virus is spreading so far and it's so much more transmissible that this is a necessary step to least mitigate the pressure somewhat on the hospitals which are groaning under the strain of the moments in london thanks very much for the update while they often astra zeneca vaccine is also expected to be rolled out in india. millions of doses have already been produced let's get the latest from elizabeth from our correspondent in the capital it's both the authorization of the astra zeneca vaccine in the u.k. will have major repercussions for the indian public domestically obviously but also for its distribution internationally from india. absolutely so we've heard from the c.e.o. of the serum institute of india that is the world's largest vaccine maker and they

have been testing and manufacture in the oxford astra zeneca vaccine here and dia and the c.e.o. other than a lot of has said that the u.k. approval is great and encouraging news and they will now wait for emergency approval by indian regulators he said a few days ago that they have 50000000 doses the vaccine ready that they are going to be manufacturing $50.00 to $60000000.00 every month they're going to scale that up to $100000000.00 a month by the end of march but he has always maintained that they're going to put aside how off of the doses for use in india and other developing countries and also because the world health organization has to approve the use of the vaccine in the exports rather off the vaccine to other countries from india which can take up to a month he said that india will be the 1st beneficiary of the vaccine and right after the u.k. regulators gave approval we heard from india's regulatory body which said that it's going to be holding a meeting later on wednesday to decide on its approval now the indian government is

hoping to begin its vaccination drive in january the oxford astra zeneca is one of 3 vaccine candidates along with more and with another indian company by the name of bodett biotech and the indian government wants to vaccinate 300000000 people in the 1st half of 2021 even though it's the country with the biggest vaccination program in. the world it is going to be a huge task which is why it actually conducted a 2 day trial run this week testing everything in 4 states testing everything from the transport arrangements for vaccines to its cold storage systems the deployment of workers that at that they're going to use to register and to monitor the everyone who receives the vaccine. covert cases in india have been the daily rise in cases have been the lowest that they've been in 6 months they're rising by about

20000 a day but with about 20 cases of the new strain of the u.k. virus reported in india and just the last few days emergency approval or thoughts with astra zeneca is being eagerly awaited here elizabeth thanks very much for the elizabeth progress or india correspondent. well turkey has received its 1st shipment of the current virus vaccine from china 3000000 doses of these vaccine arrived in ankara before being moved to storage facilities officials in turkey are planning to test the vaccines over 2 weeks before public immunizations and health workers and the elderly will be prioritized so let's take a look at some of the theory leading vaccine candidates and their differences pfizer's vaccine was found to be 95 percent effective with no serious side effects it's about $20.00 a dose and 2 are required but it requires specialist deep freezing equipment to

transport and store it madonna has similar success rates in trials with 94 percent it can be stored in a regular freezer but it's more expensive around $35.00 per dose and also requires 2 shots astra zeneca and the oxford university say that their vaccine is on average 70 percent effective after one shot but should rise past 90 percent after a 2nd it can be stored in a normal fridge and is easy to transport it's also much cheaper cost around about $33.00 patni the shot rushes sputnik the vaccine costs less than $10.00 for the 1st shot it's easy to store but there are is criticism after people were given the dose before mass human trials and health officials now claim $30000.00 people have been studied and that it's about about 91 percent effective after to day basis china's cinna farm option is still the 3rd in the final stage trial although it's being distributed in china the company says initial results show around about 79 percent effectiveness but hasn't released data its cost is not

yet known. jeff lazarus's head of the health systems research group at the barcelona institute for global health joins me now via skype from barcelona good to have you with us sir on the program good news for the u.k. globally that another vaccine is a vailable and one which has fewer storage issues around it which will heart and those countries around the world that how this issue about cold storage. this is fantastic news the is your storage is is vital because many countries simply don't have the refrigeration. possibilities that we have been in higher income countries and of course the price is lower which will increase access and allow for scaling up much faster of course this tool dose inoculation is something that perhaps medics are watching very closely because obviously they want to try and make sure that they inoculate every individual for the 2nd dose how complicated

a system is this from where you are in spain how are the authorities there dealing with it. so in reality it's not so complicated one just simply needs to record when someone was made it and ensure that they come back whether it be 3 or 4 weeks later depending on the back scene in reality with such large numbers and the need to vaccinate so many people with the 1st dose and yet still have the 2nd dose ready when they come back in a few weeks complicates the matter in spain there are 17 autonomy's communities that are managing the vaccine rollout and they'll be carefully mapping and considering situations so that at a smaller level we can ensure that everyone gets vaccinated and there are vaccines for their for their 2nd dose distribution distribution availability is another big question mark because obviously the u.k. now is to ramp up its will kill asians of its own people yet we're hearing indonesia and taiwan to put it in that role has this issue about availability as

well to countries that can afford to buy the vaccine right now and those that have to wait until maybe march or april will be a concern because you really need to vaccinate the whole world to make sure nobody else is infected in the future. we do so that means that for a long time into 2021 i expect there to continue to be travel restrictions between countries probably within some countries as as you mentioned some countries will go quite quickly the u.k. parts of your canada the us etc in other countries will go slower there is a global mechanism led by gabi the world health organization and others called comebacks which is trying to ensure that scene availability in low resource settings but we've also heard that countries that can have already been putting in their orders i spoke to one senior all of just at the university of lancaster less than 24 hours ago and he talked about the fought that people do need to get vaccinated because you need to try and keep the mutational possibility of the virus

down to a minimum the more that get vaccinated the less mutations are a possibility would you agree with that. that's absolutely correct we need to ensure that as many people around the world get that 1st dose viruses mutate we've already seen that sars going to cover 1000 is mutating we have the new marion's identified is likely to be further mutations we need to get as many people that are needed as quickly as possible and at the same time i think this is going to be one of the major challenges as well as to continue the pandemic measures that we've been turning out now face masks and washing no large gatherings to avoid further transmission and we've seen year over the winter holiday that jesus are rising in many countries just lazarus head of the health systems research group in barcelona thanks so much for joining us on al-jazeera thank you. break of creative iris in sydney has forced officials to tighten restrictions again ahead of new year's eve celebrations household gatherings across the city have been limited to just 5

people while public could get togethers have been kept at 3018 new covert 1000 cases were detected on wednesday they're part of a cluster that's grown to more than 100 during the past week. now the united states has reported its 1st case of a more contagious variant of the corona virus which was originally discovered in the u.k. now a man in colorado was confirmed to have the strain though he has no recent travel history it has further urgency to efforts to vaccinate americans and stamp out uncontrolled outbreaks across the country where hospitals in the us are struggling to cope with the high number of infections medical centers in alabama say that they're at crisis point with many intensive care units at or above capacity while california has extended stay at home orders in parts of the state as it battles record numbers of new cases. president elect joe biden has criticized the

trumpet ministration for falling behind in its cave in 1000 vaccines he's warned if the iraq continues at its current pace it could take years before the population is fully vaccinated shepparton see has more from washington d.c. the president elect's 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 shots administered in 100 days and for the american people to wear their mosques for the duration off the president's 1st 100 days. current president meanwhile was golfing in florida but also in gauging and 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 there jackson 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. well plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news our including a chinese court sentences pro-democracy activists to up to 3 years in jail for trying to flee the crackdown in hong kong. also the u.k. parliament begins a special session to approve prime minister boris johnson's press that agreement with the european union. and something has to give us 2 teams without a win in the n.b.a. meet star of the post details in sports.

the historic victory for women's rights in latin america where senators in argentina have passed a bill legalizing abortion after a marathon session 38 senators voted to allow terminations up to 14 weeks 29 senators voted against it up to $520000.00 women seek legal abortions in argentina each year 40000 of them end up in hospital because of complications during the procedure trees about was that the pro abortion rally in the camp of one as ariz when the results came in. it's a very divisive issue in this most city a catholic country where here people have started to leave now because they've been here for such least 12 hours that's how long the debate in the senate lasted they were celebrating singing crying women who have been struggling for what they say is

a right a half a 1000000 abortions are carried out every year that end up in many cases with complications mostly affecting women for with no resources that's why women who are just a few minutes ago here were saying that this was a matter of social justice because women with no resources and up in the hospital afraid of going there because abortion is illegal in the country and they could be reported to the police but on the other side of the supplies what we are right in front of congress there was a completely different atmosphere that's more severe a somber and more for you again people crying because this is that they were saying that this is the worst day in argentina's history basically say that bush and should remain illegal but women who were here before were telling us is that abortion it's already happening in the country and that in the past the catholic church pope francis has been personally lobbying against this law they have opposed

the law of divorce in this country same sex marriage and of warships and that it's time to change and that's why this law is historic and it's crucial to save women's lives. they don't support this is the editor of the bubble a digital media company joins me now via skype from what is always good to have you on al-jazeera a clear vote for the bill i mean wall street impression of the debate in the senate and how it was received by the wider population in the weeks and months leading to this very important vote. well the debate was very divisive but it was mostly peaceful and respectful tonight what was surprising was the margin of victory for the pro-choice side. the government's made a very conscious effort to try to enforce party discipline to make sure that this bill would go through and so the feminist wave that was seen in the streets over the last few years found out now the in the government in order to make sure that the law passed this time which was the 2nd time that

a bill like this was pushed through the congress previously in 2018 but this time it had enough senators to make it through hugely significant for women in terms of this monumental now legal move over control of their own bodies because it's been a struggle for the poorest in society. yes definitely it's a very significant thing at in argentina there are still women going to jail and which will still be facing criminal charges even after these law passes because. of an abortion or even sometimes you try miscarriage that they had prior to legalization so this great looking at those cases will continue but it is a very significant landmark it's really a historic day both in argentina and latin america argentina is now the largest country in latin america that has legalized abortion and this will surely ripple through the region in other countries that have similar feminist movements that could see argentina as an inspiration in the way in which in just 4 or 5 years.

what seemed like a total impossibility in a country. from which they got the pope comes now has turned suddenly into all the landmark of the region terms openness right indeed you mention the fact that the government were trying to make sure that everybody stayed on message in terms of the politics and the politicians the debate centered around public health versus the rights of women you might say what is religion as you just mentioned when did the public discourse change when did common sense take precedence. i would say that the change in public discourse started in around 2015 when feminism started in fairness in fairness discussion started to become very prominent society. first with the discussions about bio lens domestic violence sex is violence in society that was a very heated and very underground very little talked about in public even though

if everyone seemed to relate with it on a personal level those discussions came to the to the foreground with. the slogan stand and. rallies of the feminist movement and in the in the years after that in a say that had already legalized gay marriage and that kind of really already legalized transgender rights they have the logical step for what's it's got abortion and this year amounts of new feminists and people sympathetic to the pro-choice movement that appeared over the last few years really changed the politicians' mind it just mind is seen as in the couple of the last couple of years and this is why we see such a different result this time around message just briefly i mean obviously there is still a large group of people opposed to this legislation including the catholic church where do they go now do they have any recourse will we have more about this will it

be more protests against the fact that women can now have abortions in argentina. the next logical step is that they will appeal judicially they will claim that there is that the law is against the constitution of the country these might get. their approval of some judge but this supreme court will you timidly strike down these attempts very likely. eventually the law will be confirmed as the law of the land and abortion will be legalized certainly there will still be resistance from the catholic and haven't joined the cult groups in argentina which are rising and and gaining in force but i don't think this will change for the moment. what changed today which is a historical. landmark in in women's rights and in social in social changes in the region in the country for the moment as the editor of the bubble as always thank you for your time thank you. urbin

several aftershocks in central croatia a day after a $6.00 magnitude quake killed at least 7 people it struck near the town of perth renia 50 kilometers from the capital zagreb another local man says half the town has been destroyed many people spent the night in tents afraid to return to their homes. joined tanya novak in the town of copper in croatia short distance away very uncertain night for those living in the region what's the situation like for residents overnight and well into the morning. when you can see behind me some of them have nowhere to return to there are several houses that were completely flattened with earth during the earthquake the other houses in this small village of only about 100 houses maybe look a little bit better from the outside but from the inside they are not safe to go into because their construction has been completely damaged so

a lot of people from here this is a rural farming area decided to stay overnight they didn't want to go into their houses so they made that make up shift tents and spend the night outside they say that they don't want to leave their homes they have livestock here they don't want to leave their animals and they basically are afraid of possible looting even though we didn't get any official confirmation that this was happening obviously the fear is much greater than just the earthquake and the ground is still shaking and they are fearful of even checking out how their property is at the moment when you know. in the quake zone thanks very much for joining us from croatia. now 10 hong kong activists who tried to flee the territory by speedboats have been handed jail terms by chinese course they're part of a group of 12 caught trying to escape to taiwan in august after beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on hong kong the 2 youngest of them have been sent

back to authorities in hong kong adrian brown has more. a day of drama both inside and outside court the 2 youngest defendants age 16 and 17 when they absconded were driven across the border to hong kong shortly after being freed by mainland police both were hooded they've swapped one detention for another as they now face serious charges in hong kong related to last year's protests as well as leaving hong kong illegally young why need i mean monkey and because these 2 males are also subjected to a 14 day compulsory quarantine we will file a request to the court for a 14 day delay in handling their cases we will bring them to the kurds for their hearing after they have finished a quarantine. the 2 free teenagers leave behind 10 other activists now beginning jail terms that between 7 months to 3 years the campaign for their release

continues the group fled hong kong by speedboat 4 months ago hoping to seek asylum in democratic taiwan before their vessel was intercepted by the chinese coast guard their detention drew international attention but diplomats as well as foreign journalists were denied permission to attend the trial it's rare for a trial to be wrapped up so quickly in china especially as the 12 had initially been branded as separatists by china's government and then there's the timing of it all coming on the very day that china is due to conclude a major trade deal with the european union that's been calling on china to free all the activists to both the hong kong and central governments though this case will serve as a warning to others facing charges over last year's unrest who may also try to obscure on adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. well as of the other night his robot

kelly weston ticky has joined most of the middle east was the temperature regimes of fall spring in fact the flowers are already blew me and yes i know where the end of december there is all of the eastern side of turkey in the high ground vans and you fold agrees otherwise this general area is now fine and dry but there are showers develop in central sadi dentals necker across towards sudan maybe across wisconsin only light showers i think nothing much coming out of the sky but general cloudy regime not much strong wind anyway you'll notice but there is you had sex we have tropical sun there was talk about the landfall as happened just about of the top of bay or just the north i think the winds are seeing steady about 70 i could have guessed it twice that and that is damaging when the rain is falling steadily so far correct about $25.00 millimeters the potential is over $100.00 so it's like a very bad day i don't think too destructive hopefully the rain will be welcomed that will produce flooding as it goes across through zimbabwe that's for the rest

of thursday and then it carries on going west into botswana during friday when it does that of course it will eventually fall apart and they leave behind showers in beira but a good scattering shastri once surat southern africa. well still ahead here on the news hour an american who spent decades in prison after spying for israel receives a hero's welcome in tel aviv also boeing 737 max returns to american skies for commercial flights up to 92 years on the ground and another tennis tournament is perspiring because of the crowd the virus pandemics are one of those details in sport to stay with us here on the al-jazeera news hour. and a territory that's been under constant siege for 12 years. and in a state of perpetual conflict with its neighbor. women are swimming against the

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i am. about to watch a gulch there and use our means the whole rom the reminder of our top story used the u.k. health regulator has approved the oxford astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use the government has already preordered 100000000 doses it paves the way for a huge expansion of the government's inoculation program. i saw a victory for women's rights in latin america senators in argentina have passed a bill legalizing abortion after a marathon session 38 senators voted to allow terminations up to 14 weeks while 29 senators voted against the term hong kong pro-democracy activists who tried to flee the territory by speedboat have been hunted jail terms by a chinese court the sentences ranged between 7 months and 3 years.

now this week we're looking back home what's been a tumultuous year ever since the 1st krona virus cases were reported in china south africa has been the worst affected country on the continent and is the 1st to reach 1000000 cases has more from port elizabeth. deliver him pay and her brother my novel bury their sister a few weeks ago they said linda were struggling to breathe but she didn't immediately go to the hospital thinking whatever she had wasn't serious when she eventually got tested for curve at 19 it was too late by then another sister was also gravely ill the youngest sister was still in the hospital. when they're in a doll untiring who were still training for him to survive by then there was this. guy in wild west still praying for the crown to survive and we worried that that

one when she comes out her horse be done should be told and that her sister is no more numb to italy last died a few days after her big sister linda way so that has grown a virus infection total since the 1st case in march is now more than a 1000000 joining the festive season thousands of south africans traveled across the country visiting friends and family some attended large gatherings without wearing masks or practicing social distancing that's why health experts say they are not surprised by the rise in numbers port elizabeth is a coronavirus hot spot in the eastern cape one of the provinces where the new variant was identified in south africa doctors and nurses say the sharp increase in infection strain on already struggling medical facilities in. new variant has also been identified in other parts of the country several hospitals and medical centers say many wards are full there is

a shortage of ventilators i.c.u. beds and start certainly with the 2nd wave we've seen all health care workers also unfortunately died from the disease should a burial is a heavy while you lose people you worked with for years but you have to continue you have to continue there's not enough time for grieving. so the africa's president. has tightened covered 9000 mr actions banning alcohol sales extending a nationwide curfew and making the wearing of mass in public a legal requirement so far most people in south africa have tested positive for coverage 19 have recovered but some doctors say and like in the 1st wave when the elderly were most affected this time they see more young people in the thirty's and forty's getting seriously ill or even dying from the disease how to al-jazeera port elizabeth. in a special program this week ours are all looking at the devastation caused by

covert 19 in the years since the virus emerged well as vaccines offer hope of protection will be asking how long it could take for the world to recover that's on thursday at 800 g.m.t. here on al-jazeera. british members of parliament are meeting for an extraordinary session to vote on the e.u. trade deal negotiated last week is expected to pass comfortably with the main opposition labor party supporting the agreement scottish national party m.p.'s are opposing the deal calling it a disaster the vote comes just a day before the u.k. automatically the single market meanwhile you chiefs have signed off on the future relationship agreement in brussels european council and commission president michel and is for vandelay and formalize the blocks approval in brussels all 27 member states will abide by the agreement provisionally until it can be ratified by the

e.u. parliament of paul brennan our correspondent joins us now from our london news and to paul just tell us where we are in terms of the day's timeline of events this agreement is debated between the upper and lower houses of parliament in london. yes i mean as you say the deal was signed this trading relationship which was agreed finally after some bitter and late night a negotiations over the past 9 months was scientists morning at 830 g.m.t. in brussels and then put on to a u.k. air force plane to be brought to london where boris johnson will sign it into course during the course of this morning but of course in parliament they still have to have their votes on it as well and the debate got underway slightly late it was due to start at 0930 in fact boris johnson's to his feet at 0954 it will continue through to around about half past 2 in the afternoon at which point the lower house of the commons will vote on it this is

a 2nd reading for the procedure lists out there and then it would be passed up to the upper house the house of lords where they will go through an accelerated process of examining it and sending it then for royal assent where the queen will sign off on it and it will formally become law during the course of this evening boris johnson the prime minister opened the debate he is not in fear of any major rebellion or any defeat on this nevertheless he felt the need to try to convince the house and the wider public why this deal is so good let's hear. in the heart of this bill is one of the biggest free trade agreements in the world as we've discussed in this chamber many times this is speaker a comprehensive canada style deal worth over 660000000000 pounds which if anything should allow companies to do even more business with our european friends safeguarding millions of jobs and livelihoods in our u.k.

and across the continent in less than 48 hours we will leave the e.u. single market and the customs union as we promised and yet british exporters will not face a sudden thicket of trade barriers but rather for the 1st time in the history of e.u. agreements 0 tariffs and 0 quotas. not everybody shares the prime ministers and some for this the opposition labor party care star has been responding johnson's opening saying that actually this is a really thin deal but frankly labor has no option but to support it because the only alternative would be an even worse no deal situation there will be some m.p.'s who vote against it but more out of symbolism in principle so it will go through it will become law and we'll get more on that as the day progresses paul thanks very much paul butler force in london now an american who spent 30 years in a u.s. prison for spying has arrived back in israel jonathan pollard was greeted by prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the airport the former u.s.

navy intelligence analyst sold military secrets to israel while working at the pentagon in the 1980 s. well last month parts 5 year parole term ended paving the way them to leave the united states let's get more on this from our correspondent ari nasr who's in west jerusalem and i mean a convicted american traitor welcomed with open arms not by israel a country that he spied for but this caused huge intelligence strains between 2 very strong allies for decades. yes and as you mentioned i mean it was such a big deal that netanyahu greeted him himself at the airport and he even handed him an israeli id right. now netanyahu has long campaign for the release of polaroid and during his 1st term as prime minister in the 1990 s. he even granted him israeli citizenship so pollarded was accused by the u.s. for selling u.s. intelligence information to israel that included nuclear weapons development by

arab countries various intelligence information as well on russia and satellite images of tunisia now those images that were used by israel in a raid in the 1980s on the palestinian liberation organization's headquarters in tunis in which 60 people were killed and as you mentioned as well of polaroids release took place in 2015 he was released on 5 year parole but that expired last month and it was simply not renewed this has been a real point of contention and seen as a bargaining chip between israel and the u.s. for decades and some see it as trump's parting gift really for an attendee aho ahead of trump leaving the white house next month this is a series of wins that trump has given israel over the past 4 years including recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel and moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem recognizing israel's occupation of the golan

heights as well as brokering normalization ties with 4 arab countries trying to turn yahoo as well this could bolster his image and support for him ahead of elections that are taking place here in march of next year but some of his opponents really worry that it will continue to be a point of contention between israel and the u.s. already thinks that i renounce the force of west jerusalem. hundreds of refugees and migrants in bosnia hostile without proper shelter after being transported from a camp destroyed by fire last week they collected their belongings from what remained of the camp in lipper nick croatia's border and stayed on buses overnight bosnian or thora to say they hope to relocate them by wednesday the camp has been heavily criticized by aid groups for providing inadequate shelter they say the fire left people stranded in the freezing cold and squalid conditions with very little

food available. people had to be go live this gender here to have too much cord and not have life here is go alone and not have food not want to not me. but i don't know i also scared i don't know where they're deployed to. bring you some breaking news coming out of yemen and reports of an explosion at agent international airport in the south of the country several people are said to have been killed and injured in the blast which happened as members of the new yemeni government arrived that senate explosion at 8 an international airport where the yemeni government to arrive will try and get you more on that story as it develops russia has opened a new criminal case against opposition figures alexina valmy investigators accuse him of mishandling millions of dollars in donations to his anticorruption foundation and other organizations novelli has been recovering in germany from

a poisoning in august which he blamed on the kremlin which it denies he dismissed the latest accusations against him as a sign of his stare x. from the russian president. boeing 737 max plane has made its 1st commercial flight in the u.s. after being grounded for almost 2 years now the aircraft was taken out of service worldwide following crashes that killed 346 people and gallagher reports now 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 718 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 research advocation of boeing's were a course 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 convert it 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 play fighting and the bad ideas so we're just waiting to see if their regulations are respected. maybe think no. mistake about it the 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 are calling for the aircraft to remain grounded aviation experts. the passengers will fly the 737 max despite fears over safety assuming their no headlines are really kind of wasn't warning my uncertainly and incidences i n's diverted then few months they will simply recruit i think it's on the business. the 737 max is already back in the air in brazil and 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 airlines here are placing more orders for the aircraft fuel efficiency is a big selling point fighter to airlines 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 gallacher al-jazeera miami florida let's just take you back to developing story that we're covering here on al-jazeera these are pictures coming out of a southern yemen this is a international airport which a short time ago seems to have come under attack as the new government which had been sworn in in saudi arabia were arriving as you can see plumes of smoke hitting perhaps from the terminal building not quite sure where those explosions have emanated from but certainly with in the airport compound a whole load of chaos there you see as people flee the area military personnel. at the base and they would have been very heavy security presence there because of the fact that the incoming government were arriving obviously people not sure what to do on the ground and not sure if the attack continues we will of course

continue to follow this story as the day progresses and international airport. well still ahead in sports night 2 years in the making for one new york knicks player hot story in schools that i go a. little

. over. the top sport now his son writes us how we have a lot going on in sport 20 times english football champions manchester united have

gone 2nd in the premier league thanks to a one nil win over walls on tuesday it wasn't enough though they had to wait right so until the end well could rush the netting the winning goal its old trafford on the 90 minutes mark yet fantastic. great results of the desire to keep going. to create a. little bit of look. to go by by the desire to keep going now even though the premier league was able to complete all fixtures on tuesday the threat of coronavirus postponements continues to new wednesday's match between for them until then is in doubt offer a number of people tested positive for codes at 19 full and on monday we haven't seen and manchester city game was called off just 4 hours before kick off in the most recent round of weekly testing across the e.p.l. there has been 18 confirmed positive cases among but among both players and staff

now west brom boss sam allardyce says a shutdown of all play should be strongly considered. you know i'm 66 year old the last thing i want to do is catch catch covert so with that's what we need to do that's what we need to do i mean probably all of the players will will overcome it even more difficult for me if i caught it to overcoming that so we have somebody come send from myself. and football in general. now as it stands fellows visit to spurs is still set to go ahead that will be there early kickoff and then late skate in newcastle host defending champions liverpool. also known as mediocre start to the spanish league a season is shocking no sign of ending on tuesday they had to fight back just to secure a draw it's home to 15th place i bought martin gracewood missed a penalty and then had a goal disallowed as a band took the lead. from basso who are without

a star without their main star rather leo messi in this month's. holder news i think we had 5 or 6 youngsters but we still had some experienced players i don't think we were missing anyone specifically but of course he does make the difference for our team but the feeling is that once again i'm tired of saying it the feeling that how is it possible that we didn't win meanwhile boston's fierce rivals real madrid could go top of the table if they avoid defeat against l.j. on wednesday ryall are 3 points behind leaders at lets go thanks to a run of 5 straight wins could join their city rivals at the top of the standings however reale have played 2 games more then after let's. i'm moving on to the portuguese primarily benefit can have one to stay in touch with the league leaders sporting lisbon the 37 times portuguese champions were home against some of the table for 2 moments on tuesday they secured

a 21 win thanks to goals from dollar unknown years and ruff a silver but he scored inside the 1st 25 minutes then ficarra 2nd in the standings 2 points behind sporting. benefit his old rivals f.c. porter was also in action on the night before to play it out of 5 goal thriller against victoria a game r.s. shots that seem in white that you can see that on your screen the home side to be twice and with some salty but poor to force back on both occasions to level mats is a man with 10 minutes left to play who is dia's hit the winning goal for the visitors 3rd on the table 4 points behind the leaders. and in the n.b.a. the washington wizards are still winless in this new season they were beaten on tuesday by the chicago bulls 115-2107 zach levine school 23 points for the bulls who now have their 1st win of the season at the 5th time of asking as for the

wizards who own their record reads trade for last fall making it their worst start since losing 12 in a row in 20 $121.00 of them. and the new york knicks completed a 9586 win over the cleveland cavaliers it was a night to remember for judas randle 28 points 12 rebounds and 11 assists randle completed his 1st trip double in 2 years even going down for the 1st season this season while new york has now won 2 and lost 2. and in cricket new zealand of won their 1st test against pakistan by 101 runs in mount pac sun was 71 for 3 at the start of the play online game 373 for victory after losing in early we kick captain 101 and. held out for the tourists the pair battled for more than 4 and a half hours because rome was out for 60 and alan fell for one or 2 after that the

homeowners cleaned up the tail and packs on route 5271. now earlier we saw how the e.p.l. has been affected by the pandemic well tennis is facing very similar issues with officials trying to thrash out this season but a.t.p. is announce that march to india whirls tournament has been postponed pandemic has already forced the australian open the 1st grand slam of the season to be pushed back by 3 weeks to february. german ski jumper called going to has made a winning return from coronavirus in his hometown guy going to miss the last 2 world cup rounds when he tested positive box he led the way in the 4 hills 21 and over still facing a limp 8 gold medalist camel stock well that's all the spoils from a finale bought so i'll be back in a few wow as the facts are and of course i will be more news on the other side of the backdrop matheson with more news about attack on agent international i do stay

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washing. an explosion at 8 in the international airport as members of the new yemeni government arrive from saudi arabia. are about this and this is all to see a live from doha also coming up u.k. regulators greenlights the oxford astra zeneca vaccine in a move the health minister says could provide a path out of the pandemic. but as i long feared war the effort to distribute administer the vaccine.