injure refugees are terrified that they may be forced to return to me in march. this is al jazeera. raman you're watching the al-jazeera news our life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes trying to prove that 1st corona virus vaccine and plans to inoculate 50000000 people within the next month. and i'm putting you in all hard one year on the outbreak that brought this city's health care system to all breaking point and that went on to impact a new use of people around the world. places in europe with italy going back into

lockdown. this is not a political issue this is not an individual rights issue this is a public health issue the united states' top coronavirus expert tells. they'll be more suffering and unless people wear masks and continue just social distance also hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate jimmy lying is headed back to jail after his bail was revoked. and in sport it was a record breaking a night in basketball's top league the n.b.a. baccy hammond stepped up to the san antonio spurs to become the 1st woman to coach again. welcome to the news are for many 2020 is a year they'd rather forget dominated by the devastating current virus pandemic and the twin health and financial crises that continue to grip of the world but much of

the social distancing going on the restrictions will mainly be muted celebrations to usher in 2021 this is the view in sydney. as you can see the fireworks have just begun a 1000000 people would have gathered here to watch this spectacular fireworks display right now only a few are allowed out with the harbor fenced off parks closed and popular nightspots largely deserted the city is battling a new outbreak after managing to contain the virus for almost a year the world's holding out hope that 2021 will be better with vaccines starting to be approved and administered well the country which 1st detected corona virus a year ago has just approved its 1st locally made vaccine for public use china has given state bank sign a farm the green light to produce the vaccine which it says is 79 percent effective wildlife and will hand work over $1000.00 was 1st reported has largely returned to

normal other vaccines are beginning to roll out across the world but in the u.s. the hardest hit country there's criticism that it's taking too long some 2000000 shots are being given well short of shots and back to the 20000000 promised by now a new variant of the corona virus 1st detected in the u.k. has led to a surgeon infections across several countries south africa south korea and the czech republic are the latest to report record daily cases numbers and across the globe millions of people remain under lockdown italy and the united kingdom are amongst those company observing strict virus protection measures well we have correspondents following the latest developments with alan fischer standing by in washington stephanie decker in rome and rory challenges live for us in london and we'll start with a rural area of course are rory the big issue for london and for the rest of the united kingdom is the fact that this new tear system a much more restrictive system has now come into operation.

i mean yesterday wednesday there was good news was in there with the approval of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine perhaps soon to be appearing at a vaccine center the one behind me today on the question of do you on the bad news or do you want the bad news some 20000000 people in england and in here for. 24000000 people who are already here for that toughest level of coronavirus restrictions that means the 3 quarters of the english population is now being told essentially to stay at home unless they have a good reason to be out in london and the southeast hospitals are saying that intensive care unit running at more than 100 percent capacity and that begs the question it was asked of the health secretary in the commons yesterday if this is the case then why are the nightingale hospitals not being used yet now the

nightingale hospitals of these field hospitals that were set up at the peak of the 1st wave to deal with overloading all hospital capacity now they haven't really been used properly yet there are some that are being used in a limited way but the health secretary was forced to deny that the london nightingale hospital had been dismantled and its equipment moved to hospitals some equipment has been shifted there saying that they are being readied essentially and that they are on standby to take patients if necessary but the the point perspective of the health service and the government says it is better to treat people in proper hospitals than do it in facilities like the nightingale hospitals as well equipped as they may be but we will have to wait and see i think there could be an announcement later today on hospitals and whether they are indeed going to be pressed into service. in london. let's get more now on

china's homegrown vaccine to europe. where the virus was 1st detected plentiful it has been testing this vaccine in about 10 countries around the world between egypt. jordan and but nearly 1000000 people here in china have already received this land on that scene under the government's emergency program which was initiated in july now no details yet as to how this vaccine will be rolled up to the public but we do know that essential workers will be prioritizing the government wants to vaccinate millions of people before chinese new year which is the big travel whole day at the beginning of february and we also know that this vaccine has been promised to many countries around the world in beijing was going to improve its global image which is taking quite a beating since the beginning of the outbreak now we've spoken to people here and one of the past few days many are quite happy with how the government has handled it quite proud of the way that rwanda has been able to be there but there are still

many people who are very angry about what took place they blame the government for a lack of transparency especially in those early days of the pandemic and many of them are demanding an apology and are demanding justice. 12 months ago john high spot checked into hospital to receive treatment for a broken leg. well he was that the 76 year old caught a fever and died he was one of the 1st victims of the mysterious disease which would later be named $1001.00 is. before my father died he said son 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. war isn't 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 all their citizens. as the new morning alike disease too cold across one hard in january a mass banquet celebrating chinese new year went ahead regardless just over a year ago one on one with a place locals to buy fresh seafood and meet today it's shut down completely then stop and believed by many to be the starting point of the pandemic it's we asked the world and 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 that 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. vision 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 a fear. a 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 citizen journalist junk john was sentenced to 4 years in jail for on lockdown 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. i will never shut up even if i'm the only one left shouting chinese people say truth is

always in the hands of the few if i don't speak up and hold those responsible accountable how can i live one year on he won't be silenced and will never forget. al-jazeera one italy was one of the 1st western countries to be hit by the current virus more than 72000 people have now died of covert 19 the highest death toll in europe and the number of cases is on the rise again i'm a judge in reports. by late february the coronavirus outbreak in northern italy meant that milan's. 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. with ambulances. at the time my team and i were barred from accessing quarantine

areas so we spoke to a volunteer medic medical frequently in the town of customs settling going on skype yes. 'd i don't live alone so every time i got back home i think about it because maybe i've been in contact with someone that has it by march code 19 was ravaging italy and a strict nationwide lockdown was imposed in the small southern town of. one doctor wasn't just battling cold at 19 but also the stigma that came with it. from a human point of view because at 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 related to the gossip those who thought that i was the one who brought the spiral 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 giuseppe spina and his wife got to mina they told us that they saw only one viable way forward. to sit down with 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 human interactions as they were before the idea that i can give us the chance to hug each other without any concern 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 mammoth and. well let's get more on this small correspondent stephanie dechen who joins me now from the italian capital and stephanie millions of italians now facing the reality of another lockdown but what does this mean in real terms. absolutely it's the entire country's sales here talking around 60000000 people under what the government calls a red zone what does that mean well it means that you should really stay home and only travel for absolute essentials and if you do leave your house over the next 4 days you have to put in one of these forms of self declaration form which basically

says you you are or you are density number where your journey started and where you are going and then the police have the right to fine you if they think that it's not under essential travel thousands of extra police officers on the streets across the cities in italy to monitor because of course parties about and home gatherings are and restaurants bars a close this is what is probably the one of the if not the biggest party nights of the year in italy and of course you know just as so many other countries across the world nothing is going to be happening the usual festivities are going to be streamed online that is new year's eve concerts and such like but certainly it's science have been through an incredibly tough year as you heard in mohammed's report there people there's some hope with the arrival of the vaccine but it's a country that's been desperately affected of course massive tourism industry and again as you saw in the end of that report the streets are empty all these major landmarks the trevi fountain the pantheon the colosseum here in rome nobody venice is empty so everyone here really wanting life to return to normal because business

is hugely suffering and of course also the mental impact of so many people having to spend so much time alone actually i'm just hearing a helicopter that's been a police helicopter that's been circling the skies as well and that happened also over christmas monitoring the streets and making sure that people are not gathering stuff thanks very much for that course we'll continue to monitor events in italy with you throughout the day thanks love. u.s. president all trump is blaming state officials for the slow rollout of covert 900 vaccines criticism is mounting over his administration's response to the pandemic it comes as a new more infectious strain of the virus has been identified in 2 u.s. states and the gallaher 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 or. 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. i gallacher al-jazeera miami florida now the united states top infectious disease expert dr anthony found she has told al jazeera the current a virus prevention measures are not a political issue nor an individual rights issue in an interview with the bottom

line host steve clemons he simply says it's about public health the issue is that science has been very successful in doing something that was unheard of or unimaginable years ago is to go from the identification of a new pathogen in this case this mysterious virus that just broke the harness and then we identified it in the anywhere e of this here in reston where in 11 months it actually now is going into someone's on into a lot of people's arms and it has been proven to be highly efficacious and say that is a very successful coup de force of science my concern is that there is a lingering anti science feeling in this country that is sort of mixed in with an anti vaccine feeling that we've got to overcome by being transparent about what

we've done and what we want to do with science focus on steve actually speaking let's speak television who's in washington d.c. lone star by force of course alan while the covert pandemic rages and vaccination inoculations seem to be rolling out quite slowly in the complaints about that coming from the president where missy. he's in florida but he's due to leave there in a few hours he's coming back here to the white house not to oversee a meeting of the covert task force apparently his chief priority is january the 6th meeting of congress and whether or not they certify the results of the presidential election they will joe biden will be sworn in on the 20th but donald trump essentially sees this is his last constitutional chance to overturn the election meanwhile the united states yesterday saw a record number of hospitalisations highest number since the previous record was set on december 17th the experts say this is the spike that's coming from

thanksgiving they warned about it and it's arriving and it's going to continue for a number of weeks here is the added problem there's going to be a spike from christmas as well we're hearing from the transport administration here in the united states that more than 1000000 people traveled by air over the last 4 days highest number in months and they think that added to the new year spike this is going to be a problem that's going to continue all the way end to 2021 and of course the day that joe biden takes over 2100000 vaccines issued at the say that there is more than 10000000 have been sent to the states now donald trump may say it's the state's problem here that the federal government has delivered but many states including the likes of maryland just across the border here from washington d.c. saying that they have the vaccines what they don't have and what they were promised is the end for a structure from the federal government to actually start issuing those vaccines to give them to people pennsylvania also reporting similar sorts of problems on top of

that we know have more than 3200 deaths it's a record number 5th of those happening in california and also in texas what is interesting is in california they found another case of the disease you'll remember that one was phoned in. colorado just a couple of days ago here a 2nd case has been phoned in california what is warning the authorities there is that this person again had no travel history hadn't been out in the country and travel much in the states so this is clearly an issue that is there now officials from the administration say that the vaccination is going to get better there is a lie everything is going to be geared up and to the folks who said the same thing a couple of days ago but with 2100000 people vaccinated although there was a promise of 20000000 by the end of today you can see there's a massive shortfall and it's going to take some time to catch up indeed for the update thanks very much allan fisher for us in washington d.c.

. well iran has been the worst affected country in the middle east with more than a 1000000 confirmed cases the nearly 55000 deaths the government has now hopeful that its own covert 19 vaccine will soon be rolled out also jabari has more from the capital tehran tell us their most there is the 1st person to receive iran's covert vaccine less than a year since the 1st case of the disease was reported in the country scientists have now started their last phase of testing what's called the cove rerun vaccine. where is one of the 3 volunteers who started these trials that will eventually include just $56.00 people. on this theme of today is a day we could fortunately make the 1st injection on humans following a long period of work today is one of the most promising days for the iranian nation. in november officials said 8 vaccines being worked on in iran had made

their way on to the world health organizations list of 48 promising candidates vaccines dr me is one of the researchers and is also part of the government's coronavirus task force she's hopeful that an iranian vaccine will be very successful in fighting the pandemic some of the new notorious old wonder and a bit of all activity surrounding the vaccine production filed with the world health organization when this clinical trial is over it must be verified by the w.h.o. making this vaccine is important under those conditions because it's fairly difficult to remain dependent on a vaccine that has to be imported. the spite us sanctions on iran's banking sector and severe economic pressure president hassan rouhani says he's hopeful that the pandemic can be beaten in the country that was not the case a few weeks ago as record numbers of infections forced a total shutdown in the capital and other major cities. president has hammered

harney has accused u.s. president donald trump of preventing iran from purchasing the necessary equipment to fight 19 during the past natural disasters such as the earthquake in bam in december of 2003 the u.s. government facilitated urgent humanitarian aid to iran but this time no such exceptions were made so iran had to look to boost its oprah duction of the necessary tools to get through this pandemic. this factory in tehran sells ventilators to the health ministry as a business that just started only a year ago it's growing fast in 2019 this company aimed to make 100 ventilators a year now it produces $400.00 a month. to get food in the beginning of the pandemic there was a shortage of masks ventilators and other items but it was solved quickly if you wanted to import ventilators who tough to spend $100000000.00 for 4000 ventilators

but instead the health ministry gave us the contract worth $30000000.00 to produce the same $4000.00 ventilators. as countries began receiving the covert 1000 vaccines iranians will have to wait longer and hope that their own scientists and engineering efforts bring success sooner rather than later dor such a pari al-jazeera to her. 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 and as vaccines offer hope of protection will be asking how long it could take for the world to recover that's at $800.00 g.m.t. here on al-jazeera. quarter's revoke bail for media tycoon jimmy line the 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 that he was a flight risk who should stay behind bars. the case is being closely watched by many in the region including taiwan which has welcomed hong kong's dissidents pro hong kong democracy activists there have been voicing their concerns about the case . that your me also realize not even guilty of anything the charge of collusion with foreign forces he is said to be guilty of is beyond comprehension if so every person who is here right now anyone who watches t.v. is guilty and i want to make it simple if jimmy lie is guilty then we are all guilty 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 the carrier will be happy with today's outcome as will her political masters in beijing. well time for the weather has brought mckelway. texas is an interesting place to be at the moment 1st of all we had the snow in oklahoma that's cold air coming south into texas and then we do some big showers so in houston there's underpass flooding as you can see and at the moment there is still wintry weather in western texas this low is developing as you go there wants coming up from the gulf and south committee gets that cold air that's already sitting of a most of the states and that's a frontal system so on the front itself it rain this induced circulation is what tucks in the cold behind and gives you a lot of freezing rain or snow so dallas is going to start the new year

disappointingly i have to say and then that all moves north was so you got reggie forms and rain or big thunderstorms i think running through the southeast in color in the sto taking a similar course as the last 2 versions up through kansas and chicago dallas brother time in proving so you start off cold you become really quite warm by sunday as the sun returns now on the west coast san francisco that frontal system is represented like this you start the new year at 14 degrees in the sunshine but then the weekend looks fairly rainy that's not bad there was it. well still ahead here at home the news the deal is approved on the clock is ticking in just a few hours the u.k. formally leaves the european union's a single market and in school frustration for the leaders of the english premier league far we'll have that story in sports so don't go away.

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rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera. all. world. welcome back you're watching over there is news hour with lisa whole rahmon her reminder of our top news stories a covert 19 vaccine made by the chinese pharmaceutical company seen a farm has been given conditional approval 12 months after the virus was detected in who has the company says the vaccine is around 79 percent effective. the case placed another 20000000 people in england into the toughest here of restrictions including the major cities of manchester and birmingham the health secretary says

the mutated and more infectious strain of corona virus has spread to most of england. and hong kong's top court has revoked bail for media tycoon jimmy lie 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 united kingdom parliament has overwhelmingly approved a trade deal with the european union as it prepares an orderly split from brussels the british prime minister signed the agreement after calling it the start of a wonderful relationship with the e.u. british 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 between britain and the european union. well for more on this we can join tasha butler standing by

in cali france paul brennan is in the u.k. port city of dover but 1st let's cross over to nadine barber who joins me now from london and nadine the transition period obviously has ended and it's perhaps new unchartered beginnings for the u.k. . absolutely said in legal terms the a briton left the e.u. at the end of january but right now as of 11 pm local time is when it's happening practically the u.k. no longer in the single market the internal market or the common market you said that paris boris johnson signed the new legislation it was also signed into law by queen elizabeth the 2nd after midnight local time here on wednesday after being rushed through parliament there was a there was an attempt by the opposition labor party to get amendments on things like environmental standards and workers' rights which failed but they generally did back the bill so it went through very easily but lots of questions now being on

lost by various sectors of. industry here in britain as well as ordinary citizens people here in britain are being warned to get travel insurance to make sure they're covered if they now go to the e.u. and the businesses there will even though there is a deal be extra customs check customs declarations and safety checks for certain goods being exported or imported let's not forget this deal these is basically for goods 20 percent of the u.k. economy but even for people in that sector there are questions about whether there will be restrictions on such an animal products for example then again for people in the services industry it's a bit less clear what kind of relationship they'll be able to have with their european partners in future boris johnson saying it's a great thing that britain has full sovereignty but still a close relationship with the european union well that's not quite how it works the

more britain pushes for that sovereignty and divergence the more the european union will be able to apply a retaliatory measures that will be reviews to things like the fishing quotas in future as well so no doubt a lot of leeway for the opposition parties to try to. changes to the relationship of the next few use the debugger thanks very much for the update from london let's cross over short distance away really to dover also in the u.k. along the south coast where paul brennan is standing by all eyes really paul on the smoothness of the process and any potential logjams. indeed if there is to be a logjam dover is one of the prime places where it could occur over handling some 2 and a half 1000000 freight vehicles every year trade estimated around 135000000000 dollars worth a year goes through this port abseiled the big difference between today and last

week a week ago when i was standing here it's absolute chaos but the difference that will take place come 11 pm u.k. time tonight is profound for the whole of companies and for the individual truckers there will be a raft of new bureaucracy new paperwork that needs to be done i can run you through some of it for example the drivers will still need a standard international license but they will also need to carry a u.k. license which will replace the european community license e.c. mc permits will only last for 30 days instead of the current annual permits which are issued the need to register the trailer they'll need to carry the vehicle log and registration they made multiple group car insurance cards both of the cab and for the trailer and just to get into the area 3 of kent this county that i'm standing in they'll need to show that they've completed all of this paperwork to get a kent access permit and as well as that they need a covert test done at an airfield 20 miles away from here the proof of the putting

will be in the eating after midnight tonight indeed it will paul thanks very much for the update from dover. oh in the e.u. and the u.k. now it's that trade deal had been agreed it was a relief for many french businesses the country is a central pillar of the european union and many that would have preferred the u.k. to remain but industry and governments say than are ready to manage the new relationship with the u.k. has more from cali. france's biggest fishing ports billowing silk mare 50 kilometers from the u.k. across the english channel fishermen here we're 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. hasn't made their fears 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 litter 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 challenge to prevent allies to produce all. for 2 years we have work to create an intelligent digital border we recruited staff and built infrastructure so

we believe we are ready for john request continued free trade is good news for french businesses on 20 k. kept a close. on the negotiations his family has produced champagne for more than a century britain is one of his main export markets and suffered for nearly 300 years our friends in britain have enjoyed french champagne so it's hard to imagine that all change the 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 committed to simple 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 face side of the channel are grateful for some visibility on the horizon is such

a battle joins me now from the french side of the border over in cali and natasha i suppose much anticipation of the french ready. well certainly many business leaders that we've spoken to and officials in the port of calland customs officers say that they already but it's best that i ask that question to mr t. a he's a regional customs director mr t. you have been working on briggs of preparations for the past few years for the region of northern france how ready to do you feel we are reality we have done a lot of work. for staffing. for staffing people 700 people recruited and trained. 300 of. them we have we have created customs a new

a new customer office they are open old all day long. every day in the in the year we have dedicated we have also created a dedicated id systems which is called the civil exit system the from assume breaks it which is. which which is the 10th what we call this but this mob or those potholder is a process group created around this new day kate. systems on this i.d. systems allows us with the port of. under control and the company of ferries to give do to preserve the freedom of the floors by by an automatic zation of the custom formality. the border formalities come into effect on january the 1st what are the main changes that people can expect to see when they're crossing the border the main the main change is the existence of the necessity to do

to have a declaration for for customs purposes or for senator kerry also purposes is the main the main change or today you can you you can have your that circulation of you have a c. if we secure ration of goods tomorrow you need to to stop at the border and to give us the ration what the message to the importers of exporters is that they ought to to to to to create this declaration before the truck to live. their premises and so when when this strike is at the border just to to present a border so we totally thank you very much indeed for joining us regional our customs director here in the north of france i have to say it's quite quiet at the ports of callaway today we do understand of from customs officials that perhaps the

traffic will be quite of the next few days it is of course and the cave in pandemic means extra restrictions on travel but of course a change is coming into effect on generally the 1st back to thanks to such a battle that force in cali now in the past few minutes a deal has been reached to secure freedom of movement on the border between spain and gibraltar the new u.k. e.u. trade deal did not include gibraltar which is a british territory travolta lies next to spain and their worst fears a lack of agreement could have caused destruction for travelers. as under abilities the co-chair of the 3000000 which is a group that represents e.u. citizens in the u.k. joins me now from the english city of cambridge could tell you with us on al-jazeera has the u.k. government prepared for the new immigration rules that they initiated online for the application to sort of enter work and for those that were already e.u. nationals living and wanting the right to remain in the u.k. is that all secured as far as you're concerned. good afternoon thanks for having me

on the program yesterday on the changes happening and i'm glad to hear the positive news about your brother just just now indeed today is that day of celebration for many people as we heard earlier on the program but i have to say for us citizens are fortunate are still things that are not started out and this is they and their safety net in the u.k. so as you know as you mentioned those u.s. citizens who are in the u.k. before to the 31st not before today would have to applying to the e.u. a 2nd month scheme to be able to continue living in the u.k. will in the future but also the people who are from the e.u. who come 7 from tomorrow who are and will face a much stricter immigration policy terms of the u.s. at my scheme i can be as positive as the home office to the un as the because i'm someone who works with you migrant communities on an everyday basis and i see you know see that the information about this scheme hasn't reached all corners of the

cities and communities and there still are some misinformation circulating so it's really important that the local authorities in the government use those 6 months until the deadline in june 2021 ok well actually to reach out to the x. rays and i said let me just chip in that let's just break this down a little bit there are issues about the online application itself or the technical glitches that your group believes are perhaps a problem for those that want to apply for permanent residency or the right to remain where are we are those glitches the you've been in discussion with the home office what are they saying to you about that. yes and if people have a variety of experiences one of lying for the precept that aura center stage is some people have quite an easy time whereas our guys actually need support to go through the system and there have been some that can get errors indeed i think what's most concerning the inventors of the online process is the fact that citizens don't get the physical proof of their setter dockery's that the state does

so we only get a digital status and this for us in $3000000.00 are arguing that this is really a recipe for future discrimination because we would have intended to underline landlords employers service providers will have to check this immigration status and this will create all the issues for many u.s. citizens we meet who are not familiar with those systems or have limited the the skills and also the british public who are not the as well informed as they could be by the government on this new system and how to use it of course major changes to free movement of the 11 o'clock g.m.t. new year's eve how about sort of the distinction between those that can enter the country as skilled or low skilled workers whether they will be allowed to come into the u.k. on this point system that is being initiated by the british government wash or opinion about that at the moment or whether it is clear and fair. i think 4 hours of people that speak to including u.s. citizens who plans to come to the u.k.

before the 31st actually but who couldn't because of the court would find them exceed to asia and new restrictions in the u.k. i think there still are the far future and people are not clear why they should do if they come on the 1st of january people are asking me that where should i apply that what put could i go like how 7 long can i stay as a tourist so i think you know on all fronts on that use that in my scheme as well as the future immigration system we need a lot better communication from the government on this issue in terms of the low and high scale of the vision that person it doesn't really like to categorize migrants as low or high skill i believe that every migrant can contribute to the u.k. in different ways for instance i came to the u.k. when i was 18 without speaking english very well and 8 years later i have a ph d. degree so i really believe that freedom of movement actually allowed the social mobility and i'm sad to see this freedom of movement go away specially for young british people in the u.k. i'm sure it will be a debate that continues for some time alexandra pullout from the 3000000 group thanks so much for joining us from cambridge thank you. james marks his birthday

with a familiar celebration far we'll have that story in sports so don't go away. business leaders just want to buy no brass pot.

business leaders just want to buy no brass pox. org. hope to buy time for support on his farm so hell think you so much it was a history making night in the n.b.a. on wednesday baccy hammond becoming the 1st woman to coach a team in the league the senate tony a spurs for hosting the l.a. lakers when spurs coach gregg popovich was ejected from the 2nd period after arguing with the referee hammond the assistant coach stepped up to take his place

a bye she couldn't inspire san antonio to win le bron james on his 36th birthday scored 26 points and 8 assists to lead the lakers 21212107 when it's a big deal it's a substantial moment. you know i've been a part of this organization i got traded here aren't in 2007 so i've been in san antonio are this urgent sports organization with the stars and everything for you know 13 years so i have a lot of time invested. and they have a lot of time invested in me and building me in getting me better honestly in the moment i was just trying to win the game i i say this a lot but i try not to think about the huge picture and the huge aspect of it because it can get overwhelming. over in boston the celtics speed the memphis memphis for their 10th straight when jaylen brown scored a career high 42 points before sitting out the 4th quarter the celtics going on to

thrash memphis 126-2107. well the english premier league says it's not playing to suspend the season new coronavirus cases meant wednesday's game between fullam and tottenham had to be postponed but liverpool's game at newcastle did go ahead the defending champions were held to a nil nil draw the result leaves them 3 points clear of 2nd place match so united 2020 had one highlight and a lot of challenges out of those being becoming jumpy and all the rest were big big challenges and we will face a few more agendas in life so but i'm not. i'm quite happy that 12020 years nearly over now to be honest. and in spain athletico madrid will finish the year at the top league luis suarez scored the winner in their game against a tough way athletico are 2 points clear of round trip now the sporting year

has been defined and disrupted by coronavirus major events like the olympics to face costly delays while top level athletes have got used to performing in empty stadiums and the richardson reports on how sport has got through the pandemic. oh. in march basketball star really go attempted to make lots of concerns about catching coronavirus what can you say hands over the symbols media's equipments. mildred's had gone back to new seeded teams heading back to the water 2 days later a game involving his utah jazz team was called off for the last minute it later emerged go bear had become the 1st n.b.a. player to test positive for coded 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 they 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 an entire suite pandemic and with a strange situation even a kilometer situation next year would be a bit tough maybe for some parts of the world or the world it would be

a special challenge with 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 environment 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 were. 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 sport for now so help back to you thanks very much for well as 2020 draws to a close we're reminded of its defining moments the krona virus pandemic water storages last but also global solidarity away from covert 19 protests war and the

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