with the wealth of the world we're really interested in taking you into a place you might not visit otherwise and feel that you were there. dozens are killed in the attack at aden airport it happened shortly after members of yemen's new government arrived from saudi arabia. on terror this is al jazeera live from london also coming up authorized for emergency use in the u.k. the oxford astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out next week. celebrations on the streets as argentina legalizes abortion but it's left

a mostly catholic country bitterly divided. and a centuries old town flattened in seconds the urgent search for a temperature shelter croatia's as quake victims. begin our coverage in yemen where at least 26 people have been killed and more than 140 injured in the attack on age an airport the attack appeared to target a plane carrying members of the newly formed saudi backed government all of whom were evacuated safely international committee of the red cross says one of its employees was killed yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis and has been plagued by 6 years of violence triggered by a bitter civil war barbara powerful. waving at supporters as they climbed off their flight aetate an airport members of yemen's new unity government returned days after being sworn into office at

a ceremony in saudi arabia. but the hopes of rebuilding the country after more than 6 years of civil war turned into chaos a devastating attack of agents international airport and the work of more than a year of saudi bricker talks and the deal signed in 2019 now infestation the government members were led to safety but analysts say the authority of the new administration has been undermined this is of additional research that bitch. allergists are very serious the challenges are enormous. that unity government will have to deal with serious challenges on the ground. and no matter what no model who stands behind this explosion i think there is a huge security breach has happened yemen's new prime minister moved quickly to try and restore confidence yobo with the people this attack gives the government the

responsibility to put an end to the could and to restore the country and the state again the government an ardent will go on continue its job supported by the people of yemen we will never let our people down the terrorists never defeat our people we will be victorious we will accept nothing but victory sides government was formed as a compromise between you a backed separatist in the southern transitional council of aden and saudi backed loyalists of president abu reprimand so hardy in riyadh the 2 camps for teach other after separatist declared a state of emergency and self government in aden and surrounding southern provinces but together they aim to launch a knighthood front against iran backed who was in yemen's capital sana'a who deny they were behind the attack but the bloodshed at the airport is likely to put any hopes of peace in yemen back a long way barbara and out to syria. u.k.

health regulators have approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by oxford university scientists and pharmaceutical company astra zeneca is the 3rd candidate to be approved in the west and is a beacon of hope for the u.k. which is battling a major surge in infections one dose of oxford astra zeneca has vaccine has been found to be around 70 percent effective after $21.00 days and a 2nd dose between $4.12 weeks later is advised as many as $3000000000.00 doses are expected to be produced worldwide by the end of next year asaram institute of india the world's biggest producer of vaccines is already made $50000000.00 doses taiwan and indonesia have confirmed orders and it's just been signed off by regulators in argentina astra zeneca has pledged to make $1300000000.00 is available at cost to low and middle income countries the company also expects the vaccine to work against the new variant of the trade a virus for

a chance has more. if ever good news was needed in the u.k. it's now the numbers of you infections and hospitalizations are breaking records deaths are almost as numerous as the peak in april and medics are sounding alarms that the health service is struggling to cope with cope with 2nd wave q a much anticipated announcement from the u.k.'s medicines regulator this vaccine kovac 19 vaccine astra zeneca has been approved for use in people aged 18 years and older with 2 standard doses $4.00 to $12.00 weeks apart. rollout begins on january the 4th with the oxford astra zeneca vaccine joining that of pfizer biotech and use in the u.k. since early december both are effective but the new vaccine has numerous advantages . here with this london vaccination center you can see some of the infrastructure that is needed to administer the visor by on take back seat you can hear the

generators running people need to be kept warm and the vaccine needs to be kept super chilled the oxford astra zeneca one day you can be given out by any doctor or nurse with a bridge it's much easier and that means many more people can be vaccinated faster the government is prioritizing getting the 1st dose to as many people as possible it's 70 percent effective the 2nd dose one to 3 months later makes that immunity last longer 100000000 doses on order add that to the 30000000 doses of pfizer and that's enough for 2 doses for the entire population if the government can achieve this it believes the country can return to normal life in the spring but before that announcement that millions more britons are moving into higher regional tears of coronavirus restrictions and there's a delay to the new school term for many people's or pupils in exams to return during the week beginning the 11th of january with secondary school and college

students returning full time on the 18th of january during the 1st week of term on or after the 4th of january secondary schools and colleges will prepare to test as many staff and students as possible. the oxford astra zeneca vaccine is welcome news for the u.k. but things are almost certain to get worse before they get better. al-jazeera london geoff lazarus says they had of the health systems research group at the bar for global health he says the development is positive but people cannot afford to become lazy. we need to ensure that as many people around the world get that 1st dose viruses mutate we've already seen that sars cover to cover 1000 is mutating we have the new variants identified as likely to be further going to take actions and we need to get as many people that's 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 carrying out now face masks and washing know large gatherings to avoid further transmission and we've seen year over the winter holiday that cases are rising in many countries for a long time into 2021 i expect there to continue to be travel restrictions the tween countries probably within some countries and as as you mentioned some countries will go quite quickly the u.k. parts of europe 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 kodak's 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 germany's coronavirus daily deaths of past 1000 for the 1st time on wednesday the health minister young says the spike in deaths shows things are far from returning to normal germany has started the elderly and health care workers the country is in lockdown until the 10th but it's thought that's likely to be

extended. u.s. president donald trump is blaming individual states for the slower than expected pace of vaccinations across the country the white house has set a goal of 20000000 americans getting their 1st dose of vaccine by the end of december but so far only 2100000 have received it trump says the federal government has distributed the vaccine and it's up to the states to meet the goal u.s. had nearly 195000 new cases on tuesday with almost 125000 people in hospital. the state of california has extended its strict state home order in areas where intensive care capacity is dwindling lifeless in los angeles so talk us through that the situation at the moment in california. the situation in california lauren is extremely dire and the state set a new record in the number of deaths on tuesday with 442

persons passing away in a single day that's the equivalent of one death every 3 minutes but half of those deaths were here in los angeles county hospitals across the state from north to south east and west are overflowing some of the hospitals here in los angeles are running short on oxygen and other important supplies to treat cold at 19 patients hospital staff meanwhile are using every available. piece of real estate or every available bit of space inside the hospitals to treat patients there are some hospitals that have set up tent facilities outside in others they are being they are treating patients in core in conference rooms or gift shops areas inside the hospital lobby and there are reports now of some patients who have been taken by ambulance to the emergency room in the hospital having to wait in the

ambulance for up to 8 hours simply because there's no space in the emergency room or no hospital staff available to give them medical care hospitals are of course critically short on staff during this huge surge some of them are being are preparing not yet instituting but preparing for tree that means that the patients who are most likely to survive will get get the greatest degree of care and as we heard just a few moments ago from you're going to view with the the health professional and in rory chalons piece from britain the worst is almost certainly yet to come because we have will not have yet felt the effects of holiday travel over the gris-gris period holiday get togethers and family dinners and then their new year's holiday is just a couple of days away traditionally a time when people hold celebrations so again hospital and health officials public

health officials are begging people to stay home social distance where their masks and avoid gatherings and in the meantime the new variant that was 1st identified in the u.k. has been found in colorado. that's right lauren the person identified with the new variant is said to be a man in his twenty's he is described as a member. of the national guard for that state and was said to have been working in a non medical capacity supportive capacity that is in a rest home or a nursing facility outside of denver he is not believed to have traveled anywhere outside of the state and there is also a 2nd person who also was working at that nursing facility that had an outbreak of

covert 19 who is suspected of having the new english variant of the coded 1000 violent virus now the fact that he that this patient did not travel means that the new variant must be circulating to some greater or lesser degree within the community and probably not just in the state of colorado exactly how widespread it might be is still on known it requires gene sequencing in a laboratory to determine whether the new mutant strain is present in a patient and there hasn't been a great deal of that kind of lab work done here in the united states laura program thank you very much indeed. for a special program this week out as they're only looking at the devastation caused by cave in 1000 and the years since the virus emerged and as vaccines offer hope of protection will be asking how long it could take for the well to recover that's on

thursday at 800 g.m.t. here not just. still to come on the program the eyes of it the eyes of it along with barely a day to go until he leaves europe's single market the breakfast agreement moves forward in parliament. and jailed for seeking freedom hong kong pro-democracy activists face she is in a chinese prison. the winter seeds extended right down through europe down to the net a train this is all cold it was in which there are circulations about cattle from drops of the snow which looks beautiful or not depending on import your point of view entirely now the picture for thursday still stings a strong northerly wind coming down to northern spain as rain on the coast snow inland snow readily falling elsewhere your news is still quite warm around the g.

in athens 18 and book rest 50 everywhere else for the cold and go by reflects that sort of weather it's a rather poor field i think the next 3 days temperature dropping study the wind increasing and we rain all in off all the time now that may eventually get into the western med nothing worse this circulation developing as well that could be stormy yet more snow maybe for middle and the bear were on the borders want to 3 degrees either wet snow or it's rain and wind that was fog by sunday that's probably going to be an improvement and here it is this circulation moving slowly eastwards which means once again domination coast will be quite wet and windy to be snow falling in croatia for example which is not going to be particularly good for the continued search and rescue efforts going on in that country.

in the far reaches of the new siberian islands gold rush fever is in the air and. hunters searching for priceless woolly mammoth tasks of on earth the holy grail. an incredible journey into the realms of science fiction where cloning and synthetic biology have scientists playing god. witness genesis 2.0 the hunt for the woolly mammoth on al-jazeera. one of the top stories here at least 26 people have been killed and dozens injured in yemen after an explosion struck the airport in aden members of yemen's new unity

government had just arrived the information minister is blaming hoofy rebels who have denied involvement. the u.k. health regulator approved the oxford astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use millions more people in the u.k. will join the toughest hear of covert 19 restrictions on thursday after more than 50000 infections were recorded for a 2nd day. germany's coronavirus daily death surpassed a 1000 for the 1st time on wednesday the health minister. says the spike in deaths shows things are far from returning to normal germany has started vaccinating the elderly and health care workers. there's an urgent search for temporary accommodation for those in croatia are left homeless by tuesday's powerful earthquake at least 7 people were killed and scores of homes and other buildings were destroyed turning over reports from cleaner. buildings

collapsed lives destroyed the extent of the damage in pennsylvania and surrounding villages is becoming more clear as emergency workers search for anyone who may still be buried under the rubble the 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck on tuesday and was felt as far away as brianna and munich. a serious of strong aftershocks and the potential collapse of more buildings have forced many to seek shelter outdoors in all the. president reports at the ritz we live in a flat and patrol in a building that's heavily damaged and it's not just a pretty more to be we have a campground in the village we spent the night in it is a bit better now because we have electricity so we can stay room well you must say are. very frightened it's chaos in the house it's not destroyed that everything is parked on the only house stuff fell out of the cupboards and was broken we spent the night in the car but we couldn't sleep at all we have 2 children and i don't

know what. the towns of paid and $39.00 seasick were the hardest hit some have returned to their homes to find little more than the brief force now to create makeshift shelters from the bitter winter weather the damage to infrastructure has made it difficult to get help to those who need it the center has been set up to collect and distribute food water and other aid to those affected by the plague. as the government urgently organizes temporary shelter for those left homeless the army clears rubble and helps look for survivors this was the 2nd earthquake in fraser in 2 days people here are fearful and i'm sure the monument. lies ahead. al-jazeera. bosnian officials are searching for somewhere to house more than a 1000 people after their migrant camp was destroyed in a fire a week ago police and the u.n. say can't leap are in western bosnia was probably set ablaze by some of the 1200

people who are unhappy about its show jeweled temporary closure or tuesday hundreds boarded buses despite officials not having found a new shelter many have been living in squalid conditions during heavy snow fall 10000 migrants are in bosnia with hopes of reaching wealthier e.u. nations. argentina has made history by becoming latin america's largest country to legalize abortion the senate passed the bill by a margin of 9 votes which was larger than expected thousands of pro-abortion activists celebration the victory in a region that has some of the world's most restrictive terminations laws to risible reports from the capitol where as ours. historic decision ending the criminalization of abortion in this mostly catholic country. after a long debate women outside congress waited anxiously for the vote to happen.

and when it did it was pure joy among those campaigning for that result. we are friends affected because there are no legal and safe abortion and it's a dead that we have as a society the state needs to deal with this issue we couldn't just continue ignoring it i'm so happy that. the debate lasted for about 12 hours and the bill was turned into law with $38.00. votes for and 29 against. the bill legalizing abortion in argentina after 14 weeks into pregnancy it allows women to get a free abortion in a public hospital and will end the fears of women have of being reported to the police if they try to terminate a pregnancy. women in argentina have been campaigning for years to legalize abortion in this country for this women it's a matter of public health because already around half a 1000000 abortions are carried out every year and many of them end up with

complications thousands of women end up in hospital because of those complications so for this women legalizing abortion it's crucial to save lives. but not everyone celebrated on wednesday and couldn't help crying when asked about the possibility of legalizing abortion i know what i'm rich we're going to cry a lot there are a lot of lies that want to sell something that is not true that abortions happen everywhere we poor women do not want to have abortions we love our children. the catholic church is a powerful body here pope francis is argentinean and has been lobbying against the law. he says the church needs to lead up to current times if you stand there for years to say what you think to try to. make the case they be deterred very hard. not by because they meet on a day by totally cool then they live in latin america that will be the lyric or

something they're not running around the next day and that but he doesn't tolerate them or finding that in america so i think you need to also a reflection of all got. the vote in argentina sets a precedent in a region that has some of the toughest laws against abortion in the world but this movement of women's groups has spread throughout the region and has become a force for change that is i would want to cite us. the post breaks a trade deal confirming the united kingdom's future trading relationship with the european union has been signed officially in brussels and london the agreement was hammered out during 9 months of intensive negotiations and it comes into force on january the 1st the u.k. parliament has been called back from its christmas recess to ratify the deal for britain report. it was nearly 50 years ago that the u.k.

joined the european economic community but a new relationship has now been signed into reality european commission president live on the land smiled broadly european council president sharma shelf appeared a little more rueful signed sealed and delivered from brussels via a british air force jet to london for prime minister boris johnson to put pen to paper ink was julie applied in downing street the prime minister flanked by his chief bracks it negotiated and the u.k.'s e.u. ambassador and parliament was recalled from christmas recess to ratify the deal in a rapid one day session boris johnson extolling the virtues of the new agreement. in less than 48 hours we will leave the e.u. single market and the customs union as we've 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. britain officially left the

european union back in january but the terms of a trade deal needed to be agreed before the transition period ends at midnight on december 31st fishing rights were a crucial element of the final agreement but in the port of newlyn in cornwall the final signing was greeted with open hostility british troll operators wanted the u.k.'s 12 mile territorial limit to be brought back it wasn't when you read the small print we will never get it back on the fact no we're worse off than before bricks it because it's all written in that we won't be able to get it back. it's just a travesty boris' the betrayer completely sold us down the river nonetheless the bracks it battle is now over time has run out and faced with the alternative of triggering a no deal bracks its parliament voted in favor. of the right $520.00 wall the nose the lips $73.00 the eyes of it the eyes of it

a look. it's all been done at breakneck speed the agreement when it came on christmas eve left just enough time for british m.p.'s to be recalled to parliament behind me to ratify the deal in a one day sitting but for the europeans there is not that luxury of time the european parliament will not be able to examine the terms of the new trade deal and sign it off before midnight on december 31st that said the 27 e.u. ambassadors have already indicated that they unanimously approve it there will be a new relationship from january the 1st critics point to more paperwork computer ocracy customs declarations rules of origin checks and product safety inspections others see greater opportunity sovereignty and freedom the reality will only become apparent in the coming weeks and months paul brennan al-jazeera westminster norwegian rescuers are searching for 15 people still missing after

a village was buried in a landslide 10 people are being treated in hospital after a hillside collapsed over the village of ask 25 kilometers northeast of the capital outflow rescuers can only take place by helicopter because the ground is still unstable 700 people have been evacuated from their homes. at least 15 people including 3 children have been buried in a landslide in a remote region of papua new guinea 2 bodies have been recovered the others are feared dead they were asleep in a home near a gold mine when the landslide buried the heart locals working with shovels and pitchforks have been digging through the debris that's 10 hong kong activists who tried to escape by speedboat to taiwan in august have been jailed by chinese court tomorrow or been sent back to hong kong where they'll now face further charges and brown reports. 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 courts 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 would deny 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 is 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. a former u.s. military employee who was released after spending 30 years in jail for spying has arrived in israel driven paul out who was convicted of selling secrets to israel in the 1980s was greeted by prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the airport he was

caught passing on classified military information or working as a u.s. navy intelligence analyst at the pentagon last month a large 5 year parole term ended paving the way for him to leave the u.s. could the money was cut up any time on a website address about his al-jazeera dot com. and one of the top stories on our jazeera that is $26.00 people have been killed and dozens have been injured in yemen after an explosion struck the airport in aden the tack appeared to target a plane carrying members of the newly formed saudi backed government all of whom were evacuated safely the international committee of the red cross says one of its employees was killed. the u.k. health regulator has approved the oxford astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use government or.