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a criticism the vaccine rollout is too slow. and this case is search again in europe we revisit the spot where the virus 1st took home. and in sport back to happen has made history and stepping up made game for the san antonio spurs to become the 1st woman to culture elite. welcome to the program we begin with a story that's dominated the pasture in place where it started more than 82 and a half 1000000 people around the world have contracted covert nineteen's as it was 1st detected 12 months ago but i perspire doing that and his insight as more countries begin to inoculate people against it china's health regulator has given its 1st conditional approval of a vaccine developed by the state home to pharmaceutical company cinephile the shot

is the 1st to get the green light for general use in china the vaccine is said to be more than 79 percent effective although the. company hasn't released any data china is aiming to inoculate 50000000 people by mid february or katrina use our correspondent live for us in the city where the corona virus is believed to have originated really katrina's been a year since sort of the 1st known cases where you i mean how is the city coping 12 months on. well i'm here in downtown who hunt in junk on which one of the main shopping and office trips in this city i don't know if you can see behind me but there's a lot of action you people are shopping people are coming home from work it's very busy and this is exactly the image that the chinese government wants to push out the rest of the world success in controlling the outbreak who hot has 11000000 people living here and there hasn't been

a known case of covert 1000 reported in the last 7 months but we have had some information this week this is my little in the face of what the government has told us of the past 3 months now according to official figures china has had 90000 cases nationwide up over 1000 since the beginning of the 5000 deaths most of those took place in hot according to china's center for disease control they've released a study this week that says up to 4 percent of all the residents in hard core fans had antibodies in their system that is to say that up to holly 1000000 people here could have been exposed to the corona virus now china's foreign ministry was also about this because it seems to contradict the figures and they said that this study is not conclusive that it's only based on a very small sample size you can't really just take the 4 percent in times of life the population here was on not being said though it does add a lot of skepticism and a lot of doubt round accuracy of the figures the chinese government had the

lighting actually over the past few months to come to the fore in virus now we've been here for a part of the past few days we've been talking to locals and many of them do genuinely seem to be happy about how the government. has handled the out but they say they are proud of it even though they've gone through a very difficult lockdown they say it's they're happy that it's safe here and will hutton now thoughts there are also many people here that we've spoken to who want white happy as they are they're still very upset about what took place and all those months ago to some who we think family members that that they've lost and they're blaming the government what they say is a missed handling of the outbreak especially in those early days he said there was simply a lack of transparency and those family members who spoke to an apology and they're demanding justice. 12 months ago done high spot they checked into the hospital to receive treatment for a broken leg while he was there the 76 year old course of fever and died he was one

of the 1st victims of the mysterious disease which would later be named $1000.00. before my father died he said. we are i don't want to die can you ask the doctors to say from a those were his last words junk is now suing the chinese government he says local officials withheld information about the current virus outbreak allowing it to spread. of course work wars are merely 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 unlike disease to cool it across from padi january a mass banquet celebrating chinese new year went ahead regardless just over a year ago one on one with the place locals to buy fresh seafood and meat today

it's shut down completely then stop and believed by many to be the starting point endemic to request. world and in that millions of. china's 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 are 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 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 a fear the 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 coronavirus china's leaders appear to be doing all they can to control the narrative this week system journalist judge john was sentenced to 4 years in jail for putting on lockdown charged with picking quarrels and provoking trouble. junk 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 you girl. 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 rebels bored out of the book. one year on he would be silenced and will never forget. really coming out of china also about this approval of its 1st vaccine.

that's right so this year china had 5 different vaccines in final stage of stage 3 trials and sunda farm has been the 1st to gain approval from china's regulation is no fun upon the state owned company and according to the company go back to you has an episode rate of 79 percent now that's lower than the flies and we've done a vaccine that has about 95 percent but it is my than the astra zeneca about 70 percent now over the past you sign a form has been testing the vaccine in 10 different countries around the world including the u.a.e. jordan and root and they say that there has been no adverse side effects to date now there's no plans yet in how they're going to roll that out to the public but china definitely wants to have 15000000 people vaccinated before the major trouble of the in several which is chinese new year and they're also preparing to have millions of those doses produced here and shipped out of the world to different countries they promised a vaccine to in a bid to improve china's global image which has taken quite

a battering of the past year. between you thanks very much our correspondent in. and in a special program on thursday al-jazeera will be looking at the devastation caused by covert 19 in the years since the virus emerged and its vaccines offer hope of protection will be asking how long it could take for the world to recover 1800 hours g.m.t. here on al-jazeera the u.s. president told trump is blaming state officials for the slow rollout of covert 900 vaccines criticism is mounting over his administration's response to the pandemic around 2000000 shots have been administered well behind the 20000000 promised by the end of the year now it comes as a new more infectious strain of the virus has been identified in 2 u.s. states and 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 facts a nation sites overwhelmed i wanted 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 the state health departments and hospitals. that were already in fortune's . 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 now the united states' top infectious disease expert says it could gain some control over the pandemic by late next year dr

anthony thout she told an online discussion panel that some semblance of normality would return if enough americans are vaccinated meanwhile not of archie has also told al-jazeera what he thinks are the biggest challenges facing u.s. efforts to get on top of the virus in an interview with the bottom line host 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 it here it's a public health measures and put aside this this very difficult situation of of politicizing it and not wanting to adhere 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 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 thoughts on c thought she on the bottom line at 1630 g.m.t. right if there. but it's only was the 1st western country to be hit by the current virus more than 72000 people have not died to all of covert 19 that the highest death toll in europe and the number of cases is on the rise again even as a vaccine is being rolled out bringing with it a renewed sense of hope. reports. by late february the corona virus outbreak in northern italy meant that milan's piazzi they'll do almost normally bustling with tourists was as quiet as a small town even a small towns in the lumbar the region found themselves surrounded by checkpoints and crowded with ambulances. at the time my team and i were barred from accessing

quarantine areas so we spoke to volunteer medic medical frequently in the town of settling go on skype yes. 'd ringback i don't live alone so every time i go back home i think about it because maybe i've been in contact with someone that has it by march coded 19 was ravaging italy and a strict nationwide lockdown was imposed in the small southern town of no one doctor wasn't just battling cope at 19 but also the stigma that came with it. from a human point of view 19 his being devastated because my wife was the 1st confirmed case in the whole basilica region it's unleashed an incredible wasc next door on me relating to the gossip those who thought that i was the one who brought this virus to our area in the summer and autumn months it only seemed to get its outbreak under control but as winter approached concerns were growing again. by the end of the year the number of italians dying from coronavirus in the country 2nd wave of

infections surpassed the toll from the 1st wave. when we caught up on skype with just to pay spina and his wife carmella they told us that they saw only one viable way forward. our family feels a little bit more serene and safe because we have developed a share of antibodies and this has allowed us to keep afloat so far but i truly believe that the vaccine is the only solution out there otherwise we will never overcome it. as news emerged that the new variant of corona virus had been discovered in italy the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine has helped many feel a renewed sense of hope like marco who when we checked in with him again said he was happy about all the prospects that came along with being vaccinated. go back to our human interactions as they were before the idea that it can give us the chance to hug each other without any concern to us the thought of being able finally to reopen our businesses and everything that comes with it

a surge in the number of coronavirus cases meant the country returned to lockdown over the christmas and new year period at the vatican st peter's square usually packed with the faithful sat empty. even as italians hoped and prayed for a much safer and far happier 2021. and just. go to gloria telling me as a professor of infectious diseases at last that ends university in rome and joins me now from of alenia dr good to have you with us again on al-jazeera we saw you on sunday of course taking the vaccine live on our program how you feeling now perfectly well thank you and grace that's great to hear that it's really seems to be in the 2nd wave of the pandemic as a medical expert how do you assess the situation across the country considering it recorded just over 16000 cases on wednesday.

well. the number of cases is slowing down. though in a very in cost and way because some days the number is growing that they are that they use the creasing so but all the old the cure of it is in the decreasing shape therefore we are. confident that the 2nd way is declining. we have some concerns about the occurrence of possible cure and so on a 3rd or are reclining of the curve after the christmas holidays but we really see in any case this situation is changed because now we have the vaccine and people are more or less concerned about the risk in a way but less more conscious about the need to state unsafe

up to the moment they can have to show chart would you say that it isn't just a hoot would by just interrupt they would you say that is that surely the way italians feel because the government is saying that taking the vaccine is not mandatory which opens up the issue of whether the population is more vulnerable with those members all those italians that don't want to take the vaccine or to a tall no or is a large number of those anti vaccination type of voices across italy. well it's not a large number it's some number of course as any in any other country i think. but the population the population really want to be vaccinated there's a small proportion of people will are. not willing to receive the protection against the bars even if we have some concerns about the mules eireann

and the possibility that vaccine could be less effective in such instances says nevertheless the willingness of being protected somehow which is a great difference compared to the previous moment when we had nothing. about our particular attention and our being careful is a very important change of landscape for and i feel that is the contests with people of patients all of them are really willing to receive the vaccine a vast majority of them speaking to various virologists around the world in the last few days many say the same things that to reduce the chances of any more mutant strains of the virus it's very important for a large section of the population to get the vaccination and to maintain the social

distancing the washing of hands and perhaps not touching other people until you are vaccinated. yeah these are 2 different nations which are not excluding each other they should work together and make. safe best the condition of the people who will have to start working again and have to teach in the school in and have to make a possible normal life nevertheless we have to consider every day that the virus can spread the virus is everywhere and so we have to keep social distancing this is extremely important and keep the masks are because even if we are vaccinated. we can carry the virus and distribute because the vaccine protect against the disease not infection and this is very important people should know it indeed i'm

sure they do dr laura got telly on it's good to see the oh well thank you very much for your insight again thank you put more here on the news hour including. yemen's newly inaugurated unity government has met with deadly violence as its members landed in the country. plus hong kong's top appeals court makes it the 1st major ruling on the new security law many say is a road in the territories of judicial independence and it's been a sporting year like no other we take a look at how fans and i think it's have gone through the last 12 months. local media reports in yemen are saying that saudi strikes have struck the capital sanaa said to a targeted who positions and that comes just hours after at least $26.00 people were killed in

a blast at the airport in aden now the attack happened shortly after members of yemen's newly inaugurated unity government returned from saudi arabia barbara and the purples. waving at supporters as they climbed off their flight attained an airport members of yemen's new unity government returned days after being sworn into office at a ceremony and saudi arabia. but the hopes of rebuilding the country after more than 6 years of civil war turned into chaos a devastating attack an agency international airport and the work of more than a year of saudi prick 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 a very strong message that the challenges are very serious the challenges are enormous. unity government will have to deal with see those challenges on the

ground. no matter what no matter who stands behind this explosion i think there is a huge security breach at. appen yemen's new prime minister moved quickly to try and restore confidence. 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 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. let's get more on this from sultan barakat he's the director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies of the doha institute for graduate studies and joins me now from could have you with us again on the program mr barak i mean a real wake up call for the incoming government and time now to perhaps assess how they will govern and take on the who if it was them. it certainly is but i don't think it's the issue is about taking on the the how with these what this has done is it has actually delayed a new prospect for a peaceful resolution for the conflict which unfortunately over the last few weeks we all have raised our expectations now with the arrival of. president

biden. president elect that there would be a major change in the u.s. policy towards the amende and some serious consideration for that is a region of this conflict can be undertaken also of course saudi arabia only a few weeks ago will have issued on the 17th of november an invitation to the how it's used for direct. talks on the basis of. a cease fire and the creation of. zone between. the 2 on the borders of saudi arabia to protect its borders and so on and all of these advances are now delayed including the creation of the unity government to government wasn't it that is it is only the voices. it's jump in arms about we need the unity government was that china unify the whole country the problem is is that whether it's the unity government or whether it saudi in the u.a.e. who also heavily involved in all of this is

a great deal of international criticism that's been leveled at all parties in this conflict and part of that contradiction and criticism is coming from the incoming president elect of the u.s. joe biden he wants to or will he shake things up for. well i think he will certainly do that he has given a commitment to revisit to the united states' support or a blanket support to saudi arabia in this war is very conscious of the fact that this has developed into a major he will turn against us treasury today yemen alongside syria are the only 2 level 3 emergencies in the world which requires a very complex and expensive response so far almost a quarter of a 1000000 people have died directly or indirectly because of this conflict and it has in itself. developed and there are many many conflicts within the original

conflict to the extent that if you ask colleagues who work on this what the root causes of this conflict nobody can remember there have been many many subcontracts added to this including the one between the southern separatists and they had the government which has now taken on its own more than a year it was in november last year that they signed the agreement in riyadh and up to march very little has happened recently they managed to get together and of course unfortunately they agreed on the politics but they don't seem to have the executive power to implement and to implement something as simple as the security of their iver in the temporary capital of biden and that we have our sorry mr arkell we have to leave it we're just running out of time there but thank you very much for your insight thank you. think hong kong's top court has revoked baleful media tycoon jimmy like the high profile pro-democracy activist is facing charges under new security laws imposed by beijing and he was released on bail last week but prosecutors argued that he was

a flight risk you should stay behind bars adrian brown has more from hong kong. for the 1st time the court of appeal here in hong kong the highest court in the territory basically ruled for the 1st time in a case involving the new national security law that was imposed on hong kong 6 months ago and in their 12 page ruling the key section is paragraph 30 where they say that the judge in the lower court heard when he decided to release jimmy lai 8 days ago saying that that decision was invalid now a lot of legal experts are saying that you know this decision doesn't mark the end of hong kong's judicial independence but it's beginning to look a little bit shaky we heard earlier on today from mark daly from the hong kong law society who said that you know the judicial system may have been stung by a number of criticisms that have come from state controlled media in china remember

state controlled media speaks for the government a few days ago the people's daily said that jimmy lai was was evil and dangerous and in fact that his trial should be held on the mainland and mark daly says that comments like that are really a direct interference in hong kong's independent legal system and put undue pressure on judges it's also emerged that the 3 judges 3 approach appeal court judges who ruled today are also one kerry lam's approved list for judges to take part in national security cases they include the chief justice geoffrey maher and i think it's fair to assume that kerry lam will be happy with today's outcome as will her political masters in beijing time for the weather now his rob. it is still considerably colder than average by day and by night for a good part of east asia particularly northern china and the northeast look at this

and that comes across the warm waters residue speaking to a lot of snow still the honshu on her car there the potential between one to meet is again is going to cause some trouble there has been snow in south korea i think that's going to be less likely in the 1st day of the new year's winter driving to the west it's still cold mind you and still more snow to come which much is catch the east coast releases small islands there abouts temperatures in most of china though below average least accompanied by the sunshine by even though it's a cold night that's less of the story for northern india this part which is to the cold wave conditions overnight temperatures is still seeing persistent fog in many places in the punjab for example and further north in northern pakistan this does occasionally break in a couple of hours by day where you temperatures do rise and there's a change coming in the forecast which might well improve the air quality at least in delhi to start with because if you tune the air over and that's true in the

forecast you tend to clear it and improve things. thanks rob well still ahead here on the news our deal is approved time the clock is ticking in just a few hours the united kingdom formally leaves the european union single market. after 13 years u.n. peacekeepers will be leaving doll full wear on the ground where we'll hear what that means and what comes next and in small frustration for the leaders of the english premier league foreign we'll have that story in sports so don't go away. if you look at the history of morphine if you look at the history of our own if you look at the can be used things do not enter the world as evil underworld drugs they enter the world as medicine. a new 3 part documentary series looks at

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welcome back you're watching the al-jazeera news hour with me so romney a reminder of our top stories a covert 1000 vaccine made by the chinese pharmaceutical company scion farm has been given conditional approval 12 months after the virus was detected in the company says that seen as around 79 percent effective u.s. president donald trump has been blamed or has blamed individual states for the slower than promised rollout of covert 1000 back things around 2000000 shots have been administered so far falling far short of the 20000000 promised by the end of the year. and hong kong's top quarter is revoke bail for media tycoon jimmy like the high profile pro-democracy activist is facing charges under new security laws imposed by beijing prosecutors argue that he was a flight risk who should stay behind bars. the u.k. parliament overwhelmingly approved a trade deal with the european union as it prepares an orderly split from brussels

the british prime minister signed the agreement soon after hailing it the start of a wonderful relationship with the european union british politicians held an extraordinary session to make sure the deal was in place before the december 31st deadline the agreement sense out a new trade and security relationship as britain leaves the blocks rules that he joins me now from london and while the transition period ends on it's perhaps new uncharted beginnings for the u.k. nadeem. that's right somehow lots of unknowns we do know that it was an extraordinary process here on wednesday to 14 hours both in the house of commons on the upper house of the lords rushing through this legislation signed into law by the queen off to midnight local time that means that from. 11 pm local time the u.k. will be out of the single markets and the customs union of course that left in

january left the european union but faces when things will get real will be able to see the impact on ordinary citizens and on businesses prime minister boris johnson is hailing it as a great success saying that it means the u.k. can go it alone be fully sovereign while having free trade with the european union well it's not quite that simple because if the more divergence there is there will be by areas now there are worries about things like him exporting goods of course goods a 20 percent of the u.k. economy people in the in the services industry worried about their restrictions to the european union's internal market people here are being told to check if they have travel insurance if they go into the european union there are limits on staying there as well so lots of questions to be on sids. now the barber thanks very much in london for us now of course when the e.u. and the u.k. now start to break that trade deal had been agreed there was relief among business

people in france for the country has a pillar of the european union and many that would have preferred the u.k. to remain but industry and government say that they're now ready to manage a new relationship with the u.k. as natasha butler reports. france's biggest fishing port billowing silk mare 50 kilometers from the u.k. across the english channel fishermen here were worried that be banned from the u.k. waters off to bragg's it but a trade deal reached by the e.u. and u.k. has an 8 death is e.u. birds can continue to fish in british c.s. although they'll have to give up part of their catch to britain it's a better result than expected during the next 5 and a half years there will be some ongoing negotiations and the outcome we don't know it's we know that the target is a victim of 25 percent of a quarter going back to u.k. . but listen 25 percent it's better than 60 percent as free trade between the e.u.

and u.k. continues or thorough in the port of cali say they hope for minimal disruption customs officers in france's busiest ports say they're ready for persons departure from the e.u. single market and customs union $50000000.00 has been spent on creating a so-called smart border customs officials say they have introduced information technology and smartphone apps to help things run more smoothly but with some $5000000.00 trucks passing through the port of palo each year it will be a huge settlings to prevent allies to produce all cover. for 2 years we have worked to create an intelligent digital border we recruit to staff and build infrastructure so we believe we are ready for john request continued free trade is good news for french businesses on toy. kc kept a close saw eye on the negotiations his family has produced champagne for more than

a century britain is one of his main export markets and suffered proposal for nearly 300 years our friends in britain have enjoyed french champagne so it's hard to imagine that will change a new deal would have made things complicated with tariffs but now that there's a trade deal i feel optimistic it's a huge relief for our 2 countries accused ripples box russia after nearly 5 decades together it'll undoubtedly take time for the e.u. and u.k. to fully adjust to being apart and there are bound to be setbacks but after more than 4 years of bragg's it uncertainty it's clear that many businesses and people on this side of the channel all grateful for some visibility on the horizon. natasha butler joins me now live from colleen times you've had some time there to perhaps assess the mood and what's being said are the french ready. well sony port authorities and customs officials and you saw in our report there

say that they are well prepared they've had several years to put in place the infrastructure recruit more staff and get up and running this so-called smaller border of course changes come in on january the 1st so there are still a few hours to do the last minute tweaks but what they are telling us here in cali is that they're not expecting a whole lot of traffic it is of course all the days and also there are still restrictions on travel because of the kind of a pandemic between the u.k. and the e.u. truck drivers now have to get p.c.r. test is a lot more difficult for individuals to also travel across probably more widely i mean businesses are of course most people say relieved that there is a free trade continuing between the u.k. an e.u. the big fear was that there would be a no deal and customs duties and terrorists would be imposed on those who want to do business between of frogs and the u.k. that isn't the case so i think the overall a sense here is a sense of relief that

a deal was reached the taj thanks very much for your day will be joining you through the day natasha butler in cali. francis maude he's a former british minister for europe and trade who served in former conservative party prime minister david cameron's cabinet he's also a senior advisor with the law firm coddington and burning joins me now from suspects in southern in the midst of all thanks very much for joining us on al-jazeera you may have seen some or all of the transcript of this trading agreement between the u.k. and the e.u. but in your opinion was this the best available deal right now. i think it was the best with the big one the decision that they met with the britain was going to the single market in the union well there was no way news that the e.u. 27 they're going to allow. a single law without being formulate a member of with and finding out today we continuing. area

that we're in the fight that having left europe in union or not with a thing or having a vote in those rules shouldn't be like that one option in those circumstances i think. it would be extraordinary speed when you. much disruption to the negotiation process. so i think that it's a good outcome but it isn't finished for i mean there are little areas where the agreement is either fight or where there is more work to be done then you have an area of services in the area that's a neutral recognition no. qualification. be a correct emission of conformity requirements for goods for example a lot of this i'm just an interview for the time being but there will be more. i'm

sure it'll come out in the water some might hope i mean what concerns do you have you might say regarding the trading partnership between the u.k. and the in terms of where the disagreements can be ironed out has really been nailed down now. no. mangled some poles this is a fast moving world as we know what we see in the wreckage. and when the band. great massive challenge. that we will. act in the nations are able to do in the jungle and. unexpectedly in any trading range.

with the news. that's going to require a dynamic surprise and so that moment when the new step in. and where a player. on the ship arrangements ladies. challenges can be dealt but the. changes can be made. become needed so i think this is the wrong way the. problem with us will always be a work in progress towards the change in the way great. i think i say this next question with the caviar knowing that you left politics in 2015 but there is a great deal of frustration and some anger in parts of the u.k. over the fishing issue especially in the south west of the country and in scotland i mean is this an issue that will continue to be a full one in the side of the conservative government and the industry as it feels that down in the months ahead is this something that boris johnson really does have

to address again and again and again. well it will be addressed again what we've got in the prohibition what arrangement 5 years while the british fishing industry and they get back. to run a quarter of the new aren't they. i mean it's worth bearing in mind that i'm sure is. only apply in the north there are 3 ocean reef the around the european union all the metal common pressures that doesn't apply in the baltic the mediterranean it's only in the north sea and it was important to just fill when you joined the european union in the very early ninety's most is going. to give. a friend or fish or is access to

a war which although i have the fly in the older rules there's surrounding the so. the british joshing in the. price that they pulling the sand from the fraction. of them and. more in a big rig in the economy but nonetheless. when that was finally the result. was not. without building. the new world to live very long moment things are trying to fit into very briefly mr molder in terms of the deal being done it's done where should we be looking now to the types of deals the u.k. will be doing globally. well i think that the. british government will be looking to do deals where they can a lot. new details having left.

the already great agreement and so they can then. more out front. on the bilateral. trade deal with. the new and find i've always been a bit skeptical about the benefits of the new say already has to submit them decorate. the new. us and so largely around. agriculture products. about around that time i mean. whether that will happen. to the u.k. but. i'm afraid the small we have to leave it at pretty good to get your insight thanks so much for joining us from southern england thank you not african union and

united nations peacekeeping mission in darfur is closing its operating for 13 years now and as you know middle gradually wind down until it fully closes in june next year now it's launched to end a conflict in the region which more than 300000 people killed more than 2000000 others were forced from their homes the mission will be replaced by a political office next year. still ahead in sports the bron james celebrates his birthday and the millions style follicle about story in sports.

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bull but tough spot on his far from hell thank you so much it was a history making night in the n.b.a. on wednesday becky hammon becoming the 1st woman to coach a team in the league and san antonio spurs were hosting the l.a. lakers when spurs coach gregg popovich was adjusted from the 2nd period after arguing with the refs reached by hammond the assistant coach stepped up to take his place she couldn't inspire san antonio to the wins o'brien james on his 36th birthday scored 26 points and 8 assists to lead the lakers 21212107 wins. and execute the game plan and just carry out what we talked about. you know in practice before so. obviously a learning situation for all of us. but. i would love to walk out of there with a win with the guys. over in boston the celtics beat the memphis grizzlies for their tampa straight win jaylen brown scored

a career high $42.00 sitting out the 4th quarter the celtics going on to thrash memphis 126-2100 in fact. and the english premier league says it's not planning to suspend the season new coronavirus cases meant wednesday's game between a full and taught them had to be postponed liverpool's game at newcastle did go ahead the defending champions were held to win no mail draw all that result leaves them 3 points clear of 2nd place manchester united. 2020 had one highlight and a lot of challenges those being becoming jumpy and all the rest were big big challenges and we will face a few more challenges in life so but i'm not. i'm quite happy that it's 12020 years nearly over now to be honest in spain athletico madrid will finish the year at the top of the league luis suarez scored the winner in their game gets had tough atletico are 2 points clear of around interested i was

sporting year it's been defined and disrupted by coronavirus major events like the olympics have faced costly delays while top level athletes have got used to performing in empty stadiums at the richardson reports. oh. in march basketball star rudy go attempted to make lots of concerns about catching coronavirus what can you say hands over the assembled media as equipment. holders are gone back you see the team heading back to the water 2 days later a game involving his utah jazz team was called off for the last minutes it later emerged had become the 1st n.b.a. player to test positive for covert 19 the team's departed the scene it will be more than 4 months before they returned. the olympic flame continue to flicker on even

after most other sports have been snuffed out but at the end of march the decision was taken to perspire only 2020 tokyo games by a year. they really have a cost on determination to deliver a great games and yes they may be slightly altered there may be in a different format. and who knows i mean we're still you know we're still dealing with the pandemic even with a vaccine on the horizon but i am pretty sure we will have a games. africa's biggest sporting event the cup of nations was pushed back a year and the european football championship will also start 12 months later than intended but the ambitious plan to host it across 12 different countries is still in place for 2021 it's a big challenge and in pandemic and with this strange situation even a comic situation next year will be a bit tough maybe for some parts of the world or the world it will be

a special challenge but you know u.f.a. is a serious organization we like challenges. world cup host katsav became home to an entire continent the asian champions league took place in the sort of by secure environments all athletes are getting used to. was in england liverpool lifted the league championship for the 1st time in 30 years the supporters left to celebrate a triumph they weren't allowed to witness inside the stadium. for for innovation and commercial imperatives have ensured short term survival for the financial and physical fallout from the pandemic is still tumbling through every level of every sports. and the richardson al-jazeera ok and that is all your support for now back to you thanks for now 2020 draws to a close we're reminded of its defining moments the coronavirus pandemic brought his story last but also global solidarity away from covert 19 protests war and the

fight for justice affected the lives of millions al-jazeera takes a look back at the year that was 2020. the to get to the club the. lead. generator 31st 2020 words are no longer possible in europe the lead author on hospital i'm working for the doctor what type of mr byers the logic behind it seems to be caught up tonight was the fundamental any lead like all together the want to get along the accuracy goes well that's the

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