biology have scientists playing god. yes genesis 2.0 the hunt for the lily mammoth. just sirrah. china gives approval for a coronavirus vaccine and one year after the 1st cases there were detected. i'm about this and this is on to syria live from doha also coming up to us states report cases of a more contagious variant of cover 19 amid complaints that the vaccine rollout is too slow. hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie appears in court as prosecutors appeal against a decision to grant him bail. the u.n.

condemned the potable a deadly attack on aid in airports where members of yemen's government have just arrived from saudi arabia. china's health regulator has given its 1st conditional approval for a vaccine against covert 1912 months after the virus was 1st detected developed by the state's own pharmaceutical company the sign of foreign vaccine as being given the green light for general public use in china the vaccine is said to be more than 79 percent effective china is aiming to inoculate 50000000 people by mid february while the virus is largely contained now in china those who lost loved ones are still angry about the government's handling of the pandemic betray you reports from . i'm involved on the original every cent of the 4 in a virus outbreak and this is junk. and around me normal life seems to have resumed people going about their daily business casual thing going to work and it's

difficult to imagine that this was the 1st place where credit is going to case was discovered the 1st place the one is locked down in the 1st place with family members moving through the loss of that loved ones but this what's happening around me now this is the image that the chinese government wants to portray to the world success in controlling the outbreak in this city of 11 really people to has it been a new case discovered here for about 7 months and many of the locals we spoke to pride in this when they describe what has gone through they talk about resilience and talk about heroism but of course this is not the full picture the chinese government remains heavily criticised for the handling of the outbreak especially in those early days 12 months ago the health care system here was at breaking point people were pouring into hospitals and thousands of people died while many people have moved on we spoke to those who still haven't they're still mourning what they've gone through mourning what was lost and they're demanding answers and

justice. 12 months ago john high spot there checked into a hospital to receive treatment for a broken leg while he was there the 76 year old. died he was one of the 1st victims of a mysterious disease which would later be named. before my father died he said. our don't want to dart. the doctors to say for me those were his last words. is now suing the chinese government he says local officials withheld information about the current virus outbreak allowing it to spread. more wars a mistake it was a crime murder none of their relatives die. only the ordinary people died was because they knew how bad the virus was they protected themselves but they were supposed to care for older citizens as the new morning alike disease to cold across

from pond in january a mass banquet celebrating chinese new year went ahead regardless just over a year ago one on one with a place for locals to buy fresh seafood and meet today it's shut down completely then stopped and believed by many to be the starting point of the pandemic we asked the world and in that millions of people. china has not suffered as badly as other countries since the outbreak according to official figures about 90000 people have been infected and 5000 have died for almost 3 months millions of people put a district locked out and able to leave their apartments. joe was one of them but the business owner says life has now returned to normal division with the silver dollar the freedom that the chinese government did the right thing they saved us there was no other way look at what's happening in western countries now

it's scary it's safe here. world health organization team will arrive in hot next month to investigate the origin of the outbreak beijing was reportedly initially reluctant to provide access when it comes to the crowd of ours china's leaders appear to be doing all they can to control the narrative this week system journalist john john was sentenced to 4 years in jail for. locked up charged with picking quarrels and provoking trouble. junge high is still mourning the death of his father he says he's been intimidated by local authorities and called a traitor for his complaints against the government. or somewhere you go. i will never shut up even if i'm the only one left shouting johnnie's people say truth is always in the hands of the few if i don't speak up and hold those responsible accountable how can one year on he would be silenced and will never forget.

and while much anger remains so do many questions namely how did the current of virus outbreak 1st begin now in recent months the chinese government has been focusing on the threat of cold chain imports and state media here have been propagated theory that the corner virus may have 1st come to china via frozen food imports now the world health organization has called this theory highly speculative and we hope to know more once the team arrives here in january and that's expected to consist of 10 experts and scientists from around the world in a special program on thursday al-jazeera will be looking at the devastation caused by covert 19 in the year since the virus emerged as a vaccine that offers hope of protection will be asking how long it could take for the world to recover that's at 800 g.m.t. here. u.s. president donald trump is blaming state officials for the slow rollout of covert 1000 vaccines criticism is growing about the way his administration is responding

to the pandemic around 2000000 shots have been administered so far but that's well behind the 20000000 promised by the end of the year it comes as a new and more infectious strain has been identified in 2 states and he gallacher has more from miami. patiently waiting for the code 19 vaccine many of florida's over 60 five's and health care workers camped overnight for their chance to receive a potentially life saving shot in the arm as the state's positivity rate hits record highs delays conflicting information and crushing websites left fax anation sites overwhelmed i want to i want to see the good in people and i want to hope that people are doing their bathroom but at this point i don't know their best this is really going on right now meanwhile in the same state the president continues to go off in his mar-a lago estate telling governors to get moving his administration promised to have 20000000 people vaccinated by the end of this week doctors say

without a national strategy it could take years in fourchon way without a master plan after distribution national is going to be a lot of. and a lot of this is going to fall on state health departments and hospitals and doctors that were already in. more than 11000000 doses of madonna in pfizer's 2 dose vaccines have been distributed across the u.s. but according to the c.d.c. just over 2000000 of those most at risk have received it the government's health and human services department say things will get better it's only 15 days since the 1st vaccine were given so things will evolve they were optimized over over the next week or so and you'll see you know millions and millions more vaccines the initial plan was to have 80 percent of the u.s. population vaccinated by june to reach that figure millions would have to be vaccinated every day so far that doesn't appear to be the case here in florida the positivity rate of new code 19 infection stands at more than 22 percent state

health officials say that's because fewer people are being tested but with an apparent slow roll out across the nation the next few months could be worse than predicted or those most at risk can do is hope things get better and fast. gallacher al-jazeera miami florida the united states' top infectious diseases expert says the country could gain some control over the coronavirus pandemic by late next year to enter the fall she told an online discussion panel that some semblance of normality would return if enough americans are vaccinated and out of how she is told al-jazeera of what he thinks of the biggest challenges facing u.s. efforts to get on top of the virus in an interview with the bottom line steve clemons he says public health measures need to be set aside from politics. you know about a year before coven broke out you and i had a conversation and i ask you to tell me what your worst nightmare was as you look

forward 'd and you know you described the respiratory kind of virus that cold it was and it was just one of the chilling moments when i look back at interviews i've done and i guess now i ask you as you sit here today what is your next worse nightmare as you look forward you have well you know my next worst nightmare is not getting out of this nightmare without having a lot more suffering and death and i think that we need to really really put put every effort possible into getting the entire country to add here to public health measures and put aside this this very difficult situation of of politicizing it and not wanting to add here to public health measures also to get the vaccine out and distributed in an efficient way so that very quickly we get as many people vaccinated as possible and he said that we will end this outbreak there's no doubt

it will end we've been through a terrible experience but it will end when it does and we have to look forward because outbreaks continue to happen they've happened long before people have even recorded history we've seen it in our lifetime with multiple outbreaks hiv ebola zeke and now covered 19 pin demick flu there will be other outbreaks that we've got to make sure that we prepare and use the lessons learned that we have actually learned from this experience and make sure we do better next time and you can see the full interview with dr anthony fauci on the bottom line at 630 g.m.t. right here on al-jazeera. south africa's health minister is raising concerns over the speed at which corona virus is spreading after another record daily increase in infections over the past 24 hours nearly 18000 new cases have been registered and 465 people died from covert 1000 related illnesses south africa's been battling

a major surge in cases linked to a more contagious strain of the virus. there's also been a record number of infections reported in the czech republic with nearly $17000.00 cases confirmed there it's under its toughest restrictions yet meant to stop the spread of the virus during the holiday season vaccinations there began on sunday along with other european union nations it's one of the hardest hit countries in the region over 9000 cases are climbing in south korea despite the rollout of tough new restrictions almost a 1000 new cases were recorded on thursday it's been moving patients from nursing homes because of a spike in deaths among vulnerable residents south korea is also in force in strict measures in prisons after a cluster of infections flared at a prison in the capital seoul. still ahead on al-jazeera u.s. senator mitch mcconnell blocks a bill to give americans more money rejecting trump's demands we look at the motive behind this decision. rescue teams in norway are searching for survivors after

a landslide destroys a village. it is too remarkably spring like in half of remaining west inside the turkey it's about gary but for the most part despite the amount of cash the cajun thunderstorms and the doctor there is of low pressure it is cold and particularly wintry for almost all of europe the cold northerly wind is coming down across the british isles through the bay of biscay into northern spain that is going to be miserable and eventually turn things print stormy in the western med otherwise its low single figures by day probably subzero by night outbreaks of rain more like least for most places now bilbao is one of those places in the world and spends could have a miserable few days starting the new year well below average temperature windy wet

and disappointing nasa says the cull gets into the western med it starts to and stormy snow for the southeast of france and for northern italy milan a case in point one small again progressive the coda probably rain or sleet on saturday then sunday and monday it's quiet and cold and quite possibly foggy and then this lot goes across across this lead to the g.m. the coast a true a she's going to be windy wet and old for any search and rescue story on news i grab it's cold and it's slowly deteriorating. but. in december 2019 the 1st coronavirus case was reported in. china within months of local outbreak became a global pandemic one year on weak salmon the devastation caused by cold at night.

with more than a 1000000 fatalities and economies crippled vaccines now offer hope of protection from the virus but how long will it take for the world to recover the corona virus and then the special coverage on a. form . you want to go to 0 remind of our top stories this week over 900 facts in may by the chinese pharmaceutical companies sign a farm as being given conditional approval 12 months after the virus was detected in wolf on a vaccine said to be around 79 percent effective. u.s. president donald trump's blamed individual states for the slower than promised

rollout of covered 19 vaccines there around 2000000 shots a bit administered so far that's well behind the 20000000 promised by the end near . south africa's experienced another record daily increase in infections over the past 24 hours nearly 800000 new cases have been registered the recent surge has been linked to a more contagious strain of the virus. let me bring you some breaking news out of hong kong hong kong's top court has revoked bail for media tycoon jimmy ally a high profile pro-democracy activist is facing charges under new security laws imposed by beijing he was released on bail last week but prosecutors argued he should be put back into prison adrian brown is joining us live from hong kong edge and just talk us through what's been happening. well in the last few minutes we've had word from inside the court of appeal the highest court here in hong kong that jimmy law is bail has been rescinded that was the determination

of the 3 appeal court judges who been meeting together for the last 4 hours we've been in many ways here rob in uncharted territories because this is the 1st time that hong kong's highest court has had to rule on something connected to the national security law that was imposed on hong kong back on july the 1st namely in this case the appeal by the prosecution against jimmy live being granted bail by a lower court well the prosecution have got their way but the judge is of granted the defense an appeal which will now be heard in february so this is not quite over for the time being now what has been going on today inside this colonial era building behind me isn't this is in a sense a conflict between hong kong's common law and the law of china as

characterized by the national security law and this was a conflict that legal experts had warned what happened and that moment has now in a sense arrived and adrian it is clear obviously that around the world there's going to be a lot of attention paid to this because in many ways this could set a precedent for the way that hong kong's previously. transparent legal system has been able to deal with issues related as you were talking about to the national security law. yes that's right i mean hong kong's independent legal system is a legacy of british colonial rule and that system is supposed to continue until 2047 that is now beginning to look in doubt according to more and more legal experts you speak to here in hong kong people like mark daly from the hong kong law society and they have been really concerned by some of the mounting criticisms that we made of the recent court decisions that have been coming from china's state

controlled media just a few days ago there was an amount frothing at a tauriel in the china daily of people's daily rather saying that jimmy lie was evil he was dangerous and it was wrong for the lower court to have granted him bail and that he should be put on trial on the mainland now that had a a really chilling effect on many you know lawyers here in hong kong because it seems that in some ways china is starting to assert more and more influence over hong kong's legal system and remember the independent legal system is one of the reasons why so many international businesses choose to be based here why they choose to make those ages financial hub many of them will now be wondering whether they can continue to do so adrian thanks very much indeed brian in hong kong bringing us up to date on the news that hong kong's top court has revoked bail for the media tycoon jimmy lie saying that he is now to go back to prison let's move on

airstrikes by the saudi led military coalition overnight are reported to have struck the yemeni capital sanaa they are said to have targeted hooting positions and follows an explosion at an airport in the southern city of aden and widen state as yemen's new unity government arrives from saudi arabia the government's blaming who 3 rebels for the attack barbara and groper reports. waving at supporters as they climbed off their flight attendant apple at members of yemen's new year. 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 on agency international airport and the work of more than a year of saudi breakup talks and a deal signed in 2019 now in question the government members were led to safety but analysts say the authority of the new administration has been undermined this is of

additional residents that the challenges are very serious the challenges are enormous. unity government will have to deal with serious challenges on the ground . and no matter what no matter 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 you're both with the people of this attack gives the government the responsibility to put an end to the quick to 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 to each

other after separatists 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 huth iraq 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 al-jazeera. does well live to mohammed a lot of in yemen's capital sanaa let's talk about those airstrikes by the saudi coalition in sanaa 1st of all what do we know about those. yes saudi usa fighter jets bombed early morning. today the number of minutes of positions in the southern of the sun are especially namely. homemade the military cambon son and also they have bombed. the district of our

resume and many fish to the east side of the capital also they have bombed the ports. there are more than 8 raids that have been carried out following the attack on aden ports. as the government blames the whole season for such attack the hope is here in the capital sanaa denies any involvement in the could they be said that they don't want to be engaged in the confrontations or the political disagreements in the south and this is the. which is which is not the 1st one of its kind calling to observers the houthi is in more than one occasion they declare their responsibility on several attacks in the previous times but the.

say that we don't have any involvement in such attack some some some observers point the finger to 2 words the united arab emirates that has used one of its stalls in order to carry out such but we are still waiting for for any investigation that could be. carried out by the quality of the new let's sort o. standing behind such a let's let's talk about the attack at the airport because as you say the saudi led coalition is seems determined to blame it on the hoof who is perhaps unusually with this one saying that they are not responsible for perhaps the reasons that you've outlined what more do we know about the explosion itself if it wasn't there who things who else could it possibly have being. yes according to some of. the and the they say that the united arab emirates wants to keep the situation

there. as it is and wants and doesn't want to change the things on the ground. they want to keep even under their control but we couldn't we couldn't verify such sources or such accusations as both sides of the government blames it on the whole with these and also. these denies such irresponsibility we are still waiting for this investigation which is which is sophistications which is was are underway to verify from where the missiles have been fired and also this one indication could verify who is responsible and the beginning people believe that it will be a were just a mortar mortars but mortar shells but later on they discovered that b. of there were missiles that have been fired from a long distance so we have to wait for these these investigations to know who stands behind such such attacks that. it is likely to

is going to put away the real people's dreams for the restoration of peace security and stability to the war torn yemen mohammed art i'm talking to us from santa monica thank you very much andy. the u.k. parliament has overwhelmingly approved a trade deal with the european union as it prepares for an orderly split from brussels the british prime minister signed the agreement soon after hailing it as the start of a wonderful relationship with the e.u. but if politicians held a special session to make sure the deal was in place before the december 31st deadline the agreement sets out new trade and security regulations as britain leaves the blog with a new e.u. trade deal doesn't include gibraltar spain's foreign minister's warning of a possible hard bragg's it for the british territory if there's no agreement by later on thursday gibraltar lies next to spain and it could face border delays as tariffs and travel restrictions kick in on the 1st of january both sides have

refused to comment on the progress of negotiations norwegian rescuers are searching for 11 people including children missing after a village was buried in a landslide 10 others are being treated in hospital hillside collapsed over the village of us 25 kilometers northeast of the capital all slow only helicopter rescue operations are possible because the ground unstable 700 people have been evacuated from their homes u.s. senate leader mitch mcconnell has blocked a bill that would more than triple the amount given in pandemic relief checks this week the house of representatives voted to increase the aid payments from 600 to $2000.00 that followed a demand from president donald trump the bill needs a 2 thirds majority to pass in the senate should have a chance is in washington and explains what's behind mcconnell's decision. it's all rather nuanced mitch mcconnell right now has 3 main priorities in the final days of the session of congress which ends on sunday the 1st is to override president

trauma's veto of the national defense authorization act the 2nd is not to jeopardize the chances of 2 incumbent republican senators who are facing a very tight runoff race next week in georgia and the 3rd priority is not to pass any bills that will give 2000 dollars checks to low and middle income americans so we're seeing the 1st part of that going to go into. into action right now as we speak votes are beginning to take place on overriding the veto of the n.d.a. however it's a much more cumbersome process than mitch mcconnell have hoped for because the independent senator bernie sanders stood in the way of a very easy override the veto and said look unless you bring that bill which was passed in the house on $2000.00 checks you know i'm not going to i'm going to stand in the way of the override of the vote of the n.d.a. now he can't do that forever said terry mcauliffe has a way around that and that means that he asked us to have a vote today and then eventually a vote perhaps on saturday which will find the override the vote in the meantime

though this idea of a $2000.00 stimulus check is very popular particularly in georgia where those 2 republican senators are facing a very close race so it seems that mitch mcconnell is now come up with a plan and that is not to bring up the votes directly on that house bill giving $2000.00 stimulus checks to people but combining the $2000.00 stimulus checks with 2 other issues that are very close to president trump's heart forming a commission to look in to alleged electoral fraud in the presidential election and ending legal protections for social media companies he's going to combine those into one bill and have a vote that seems to be the plan that's what he was talking about earlier today. a surge in coronavirus cases across brazil isn't stopping people from traveling for new year's celebrations airports and bus stations have been busy as many had to rio de janeiro's famous beaches the country reported nearly 1200 killing the virus deaths in the past day and 55000 new infections officials in new york times

square are making their final preparations for new year's eve tens of thousands of people normally join the celebration but it's been scaled down this year because of the pandemic a limited group of 1st responders have been invited to watch the event in person. this is our desire these are the top stories a covert 19 vaccine by the chinese pharmaceutical companies sign a form has been given conditional approval 12 months after the virus was 1st detected in the vaccine said to be more than 79 percent effective china is aiming to inoculate 50000000 people by mid february u.s. president donald trump has blamed individual states for the slower than promised rollout of covert 19 fact seems there around 2000000 shot submitted minutes.