motivate and inspire you to see the world from a different perspective on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. this is a new life and coming up in the next 60 minutes china approves its 1st coronavirus vaccine with plans to inoculate 50000000 people within the next month. and i'm putting you in ruhani one year on the outbreak that brought this city's health care system called breaking point and went on to infect a new use of people around the world. cases so. it's really going back into lockdown. the deal is approved in the clock is ticking in just a few u.k.

form leaves the e.u. single market. and in sports it was a record breaking night in basketball's top league the n.b.a. becky hammon stepped down from san antonio spurs to become the 1st woman to. serve the country the 1st detective coronavirus one year ago has just approved its 1st locally made vaccine for public use china has given the states back sign a from the green light to produce a vaccine it says is 79 percent effective life and nights he was 1st reported has now largely returned to normal and around the world other vaccines are beginning to be rolled out but in the united states the hardest hit country this criticism that is just taking too long some 2000000 shots have been given and that is why. short

of the 20000000 promised by now the new variant of corona virus from the u.k. has led to a surge in infections across several countries south africa south korea and the czech republic and the latest report record daily numbers of infections in china has just confirmed its 1st case carried by women who arrived in shanghai from britain 2 weeks ago and around the globe millions of people remain under lockdown italy in the united kingdom among those observing strict virus prevention measures or the 1st known corona virus infections are thought to have been linked to a seafood market in the city of china while the virus is largely contained out there in the country and those who lost loved ones are still angry about the government's handling of the pandemic strain a year reports from. 12 months ago john high spot they checked into a hospital to receive treatment for a broken leg. while he was there the 76 year old caught a fever and died he was one of the 1st victims of a mysterious disease which would later be named curve at 19. before my

father died he said song we are i don't want to die can you ask the doctors to say from a those were his last words junk high is now suing the chinese government he says local officials withheld information about the current virus outbreak allowing it to spread. of course war war isn't merely a mistake it was a crime murder none of their relatives died 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 morny alike disease to call it across was in january a mass banquet celebrating chinese new year went ahead regardless just over a year to go one on one with the place locals to by pressing for ends meet today it's shut down completely then stop and believed by many to be the starting point

endemic to we've lost the world and in that millions of. 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 there's only 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 corona virus 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. locked up 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. as a warrior 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 won't be silenced and we'll never forget you al-jazeera one. it's an e was one of the 1st western countries to be hits by the corona virus more than 72000 people have now died of covert 900 that has the highest death toll in europe

and the number of cases is on the rise again having jammed you as this report. 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 a volunteer medic medical frequently in the town of settling go on skype yes. 'd 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 1000 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 related 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 corona virus 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 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. it got back to 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. let's be now to stephanie decker joins us live from rome and stephanie extraordinary scenes there in italy taking on the look like most places in the world this news

eve night of mass celebration pretty much canceled. absolutely and you know the italian culture is all about coming together families friends sharing food sharing wine and none of that is going to be able to happen really you're being encouraged not to leave your house at all only for essential travel and if you then do leave the house you need to fill in a form declaration form which says who you are your identity number where you're going and where your journey started from and the police have the right to give you a fine if they think you are not adhering to the rules thousands extra police officers are on the streets across the country to make sure that people stick to the lockdown rules there's a curfew in place negative been in place for a week or so it is going to continue until the 7th of january all though it's been a little expect extended which is from 10 pm tonight until 7 am tomorrow morning no one should be on the streets as police helicopters there are also monitoring

movement so certainly a very different picture than it was last year but this is a country that has been through as you were saying an incredibly difficult year the highest number of deaths in europe one of the longest periods of lockdown also in europe they experienced earlier in the year so people now are tired they want things to get back to normal the economy has taken a huge hit as you said there the streets are empty there's no tourists here so people are very keen to get back to normal has a lot of them it here into the rules and also of course is a renewed sense of hope with the vaccine nic so this is all that people are talking about on the radio and talk shows in the news is corona is the vaccine is people please stick to the rules on new year's eve to stop the spread in the store in rome story initially stuff that i think. ever in the united states president donald trump is blaming state officials for the slow rollout of covert 1000 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 to us states now and you've got to 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 it is going to be a lot of. and

a lot of this is going to state health departments and hospitals and doctors that were already in. more than 11000000 doses of madonna in pfizer's to 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 where the united states' top infectious disease expert that starts ranting she has told out there that corona virus prevention measures and also a political issue nor an individual rights issue in an interview with the bottom line host steve clemons he says it's simply 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 less than an 11 month 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 that's peanuts while official he joins us live from washington d.c. so alan the united states in the grip of this and to supported spike post thanksgiving in this phase that worse is to come. that's right the president on his way back to the white house but not really concerning himself with what's happening with the coronavirus his attention more on january the 6th and the meeting of congress to confirm joe biden's election as president of course is a couple of republicans say that they're going to make a stand and object to that that would change the result what is interesting is that a number of states are saying that they have real problems and of course this is

the spike that was predicted by the experts after thanksgiving and know we're going to see a spike after the christmas break and also after new year so this problem is going to run all the way through to january we do record number of hospitalisations just yesterday 325000 that's more than the record day before which was december 17th and 3100 people died a 5th of those in california and in texas and the transport authorities here say that over the last 4 days more than 1000000 people have traveled in each of those days which really gives the experts real cause for concern but we know this just isn't a medical crisis it's also an economic crisis and just in the last couple of hours we've had the new jobless figures from the united states 787000 applying for unemployment benefits just in the last week that's down from the week before but they reckon that's because of the christmas break of course much shorter week and we saw that at thanksgiving this same will probably happen this week it bounces

around but the underlying trend is undoubtedly up and of course with more states issuing a lot done orders with more minuets the polities saying that they're closing down businesses there is a real danger that that figure is going to go up meanwhile in congress we know that the senate probably isn't going to vote on the $2000.00 check that donald trump would like to see most americans get the republicans they are not intended to bring up a clean bill that everyone could vote for democrats except that even though this. go on until the new congress is sworn in on january the 3rd there is no real prospect of a vote being held on that so that's a situation that don't trump faces as we come back toward as he comes back to the white house of course the vaccination question is a big one for him he promised operation water speed only 2 and a half $1000000.00 is being given when he promised a $20000000.00 by the end of today and to the folks he says it takes

a while for the facilities to crank up states are saying it's not just down to them they have the vaccine what they don't have is the infrastructure to administer something that they believe that the federal government promised and they said in many cases look we couldn't do this you just have to give us the money and they say that the money from the federal government isn't forthcoming so that both sides complain the number of vaccinations is going up but not in the way that the trumpet ministration would hope that things might get better in the year certainly and to the folks he believes they will but there are a long way behind where they hope to be at this state and it will take them a long time to catch up and is a sense and that money won't be forthcoming for the vaccine role until there's a new president in place. well certainly it's built into the covert relief bill that was passed by donald trump eventually signing it on sunday so that it's actually there it's baked in but it's getting the money to them know

a number of people will be waking up this morning checking their bank accounts and seeing that they're getting that $600.00 that was promised in the covert drooly bill those who have a direct debit with the enlightened revenue with the revenue service so they can take money out and put money in well they'll see that $600.00 going into their bank account today that will be good news before the new year break but for many people it's going to be people check and that's still to going to take one or 2 weeks for many families that's one or 2 weeks that's going to be incredibly difficult because they're struggling simply to put food on their table interestingly enough one texas senator tweeted out yesterday the picture of the meal that he was planning to have on new year's day many people pointing out that in texas for many families it's all about lining up food banks at the moment simply because he's one of those who won't be able to vote for that $2000.00 check that many people including the president

say that people across america desperately need at the moment yes indeed very difficult times as you know since he crosses into the new year an official in washington d.c. thanks a lot well iran has been the worst affected country in the middle east with more than a 1000000 confirmed cases in nearly $55000.00 deaths the government is now hopeful that its own $1000.00 vaccine will soon be rolled out towards jabari as more from tehran tell us their mosque 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 covert iran vaccine thanks nowhere is one of the 3 volunteers who started these trials that will eventually clue to just 56 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 onto 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 it. all activities surrounding the vaccine production filed with the world health organization when this clinical trial is over it must be verified by the. making this vaccine is important under this conditions because it's fairly difficult to remain dependent on a vaccine that has to be imported about. the spite u.s. 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 done rouhani has accused u.s. president donald trump of preventing iran from purchasing the necessary equipment to fight 19 during a 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 a month with us good to get 130 possibility 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 were tough to spend $100000000.00 for $4000.00 ventilators but instead the health ministry gave us the contract worth $30000000.00 to produce the same $4000.00 ventilators. as countries began receiving coverage in 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. well in a special program later on thursday al-jazeera will be looking at the devastation caused by covert 19 in the years since the virus emerged and is vaccines offer hope of protection will be asking how long it could take for the world to recover said $800.00 g.m.t. here on al-jazeera and about us. now hong kong's top court has revoked bail for media tycoon jimmy the high profile

pro-democracy activist is facing charges under new security laws imposed by beijing he was released last week but prosecutors successfully argued he was a flight risk and should stay behind bars adrian brown has this report now from hong. jimmy and i could just about be made out in the media crush outside the appeal court. a reminder this was no ordinary bail hearing. of all the dissidents now being prosecuted in hong kong why is the most high profile he's accused of fraud as well as violating the new national security law. this was the 1st time the territories highest court had been asked to rule on a case related to that legislation namely an appeal by the prosecution against a lower court's decision to grant lie beral that's now been overturned paragraph 30 of this 12 page ruling makes clear that the 3 appeal court judges believe the judge

in the lower court made an erroneous decision when he freed jimmy lie saying that decision was now invalid it's an outcome that will please hong kong's leader carrier but especially her masters in beijing. legal experts worry that china's government is trying to assert more influence over hong kong's judges pointing to reports in state media this week calling for lie to be put on trial on the mainland the state media yesterday or the day before and was critical of the lower court's decision to release mr on bail that's a concern because it seems to be interfering with judicial independence in hong kong so it puts extra pressure on our highest court in many ways the appeal court is housed in the former colonial era parliament symbol of an independent judiciary supposed to last until 2047 but lies supporters say that's now looking uncertain

we always saw one used to work there but very fragile out in these and under lot of political pressure and it's up to the judges to defend it but you know it's quite disappointing i would say at this point. lies departure from court was as chaotic as his arrival his short lived pale means he got to spend christmas at home but his 1st day or 2021 will be back in jail 7. adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. still ahead here in auxerre ready for brakes in business the new smart technology the customs offices of france's busiest port say will make the transition easier. thailand's strong response against the grain of us was applauded by its success came for a cost. it has been a sporting year like no other we take a look at how fans an athlete's have got through the last 12 months.

it is generally quiet weather wise from turkey down to yemen but in the middle of saudi arabia in particular there's a swivel of clouds is producing light showers nothing much is coming out of the air however the might be a shower to lighten the air for the 1st 2 days or 2021 in daraa is not much of a breeze anyway to be honest so whether we're changed markedly it's still quite modern the western side of turkey 15 in istanbul has been given a bit of a false bring feel. now what's happened to show well this is what's up the shot she's gone inland have been going to cross mozambique as a fairly strong storm and is still producing windy and wet weather and will serve in zimbabwe and then move into botswana with like

a small heart but it still could produce some pretty nasty stormy weather and it keeps going towards the maybe about time it gets we get to friday joining up with what is a fairly active seasonal trough the big showers and that's true for a good part of central and southern africa continues giving a wet start to the year in the maybe for example in fact you would expect maybe much rain and wind took but it is the start of what is effectively the wet season sustenance on the monday all looks very sherry but cool. water scarcity has become a major global issue the demand is going right up and the supply is going straight down turning an essential natural resource into a commodity traded for profit just because it's large doesn't mean it cannot be private what about the guy that can afford it and telling its water. now to syria

examines the social financial and environmental impact of water privatizing loads of water on al-jazeera when the news breaks the impact of the storms in honduras has been particularly devastating when people need to be hurt no group has claimed responsibility for the shooting on the outskirts of srinagar in indian administered kashmir people here say they're living in fear al-jazeera has teams on the ground they never ate the sky that we simply don't know if we contiki to bring you more award winning documentaries and livelihoods on air and online.

i gave you what she had 0 amount of our top stories this cave in 1000 vaccine made by the chinese pharmaceutical company a sign a farm has been given conditional approval 12 months after the virus was detected a move company says the vaccine is around 79 percent effective. the u.k. has 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 next week. on kong stock or is revoke bail for media tycoon to be like the high profile pro-democracy activist facing charges and the new security rules imposed by beijing the prosecutors argued he was a flight risk who should stay behind bars. now the u.k. parliament has overwhelmingly approved a trade deal with the european union as it prepares for an orderly split from brussels british prime ministers signed the agreement tough to call it the start of

a wonderful relationship with the european union a 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 bloc that in barbara's life for us in london natasha butler is in cali let's talk to 19 first's so that he is in london the transition period ends and its new uncharted waters for the u.k. . it really isn't it just a few hours to go until the deadline of 11 pm local time here in the u.k. when the bells are big ben actually will chime in westminster believe that's not to do with the brits it dead on it was pretty shed chilled but it's. a way that . supporters will be reminded that the u.k. is leaving the internal market in the customs union and on the 1st of january there

will be a new relationship now that legislation was rushed through both houses of parliament on wednesday a 14 hour process which then ended with royal assent being given by queen elizabeth the 2nd after midnight local time lots of people are asking what it will mean for them will businesses in particular have been expressing concern in recent weeks because even with this deal. although there will be tariff free trade in goods that will not be barrier free there will be other restrictions. for example there will be safety checks and customs declarations that have to be done on certain goods the opposition labor party actually supported this bill even though they criticize it as a thin deal saying that it was better than a no deal scenario will empowerment some and he's actually voiced concerns about what will happen in northern ireland on the border between northern ireland in the republic of ireland similarly they were worried about what would happen to the

british overseas territory of gibraltar the bottom of spain will now we know that britain has concluded a draft deal with the spanish government which means that in the words of foreign secretary dominic rob they will continue to ensure border fluidity until a treaty is actually signed so good news down there but here in the u.k. lots of questions about how tough it will be for the services industry 80 percent of the economy to maintain relations with. you customers in for citizens what will it mean for travel people are being warned to make sure they have insurance if they go to the e.u. they're being told that they can't stay for an unlimited time and so on so many people are about to see exactly what breaks it in practice will mean even though the u.k. left at the end of january this is it in reality and wish or to see in the next few months and years some parties trying to strengthen ties with europe there are some

within the conservative party who want to diverged more if they do under the deal that means that there can be retaliatory action by the european union so lots and lots to thrash out or not in thanks for that tonight in in london. well when the new and the u.k. announced that it breaks a trade deal had been agreed it was a relief for many french business people and the country is a pillar of the european union and many that would have preferred the u.k. to remain but industry and government say they are now ready to manage this new relationship with the united kingdom but the reports 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 breaks it but a trade deal reached by the e.u. and u.k. hasn't made their fears. 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 parsing through the ports of palo each year it will be a huge settlings to prevent delays to produce all cars. for 2 years we have worked

to create an intelligent digital border we recruit to staff until infrastructure so we believe we are ready for john request continued free trade is good news for french businesses on 20 kc kept a close 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 but no 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 those ripples box washing 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 are grateful for some visibility on the horizon.

so we can talk to natasha right now joins us from the french side of the border collie so the touch of the continued free trade good news for french business sense relief that the deal was done. any problems down the line. no good news for french business indeed in fact most of the business owners and ages that we've spoken to are extremely pleased there is the continuation of free trade between the u.k. an e.u. because of course that means there are no customs duties no tariffs and all of that would have become more costly for those businesses and it would have made many more delays at ports like this one in cali where tens of thousands of passengers and trucks pass through each day now the port operators and the customs officials have told us that they aren't expecting any delays they hope that everything will go smoothly they've had plenty of time to prepare and they've put into place this

so-called small's border which they hope will allow companies to use to upload documents online so everything should go much faster when trucks or passengers pass through this court it's pretty quiet today i have to say there are many ferries or trucks but customs officials have told us that's quite normal they don't expect much traffic over the next few days because it is the news holidays but also of course you've got the pandemic and further restrictions on travel between the u.k. and so officials here are expecting not as much traffic as they'd normally see at least over the next few weeks now for that everyone also have to see how these changes will affect the travel between the u.k. and the new there aren't that many of course just border formalities nevertheless it will be a challenge for a huge poor like this in cali for there not to be any delays.

they'll is be reached to secure freedom of movement on the border between spain and gibraltar avoiding a so-called heartbreaks it for its residents the british territory wasn't included in the u.k. e.u. trade deal but its government and spain have reached a last minute interim agreement that will feel fears of the lack of a deal could have caused disruption including for those who work across the border from their homes and take this on we can speak to leon marley who is a former aide to the u.k. secretary of state for exiting the european union joins us from fiction in hot future in the u.k. and the on one of the main practical consequences of this arrangement ok i mean i think there will be a big sigh of relief on gibraltar this is a country or region of votive 96 percent to remain in the european union around 50 percent of that well of course coming from spain so i think ensuring our fluidity of the border between the 2 is important i think the practicality may gibraltar

will remain part of share. of the benefits that bring whether that's freedom of movement freedom of goods and i think that is vital to the gibraltar economy and the whole ecosystem there i mean look at me is that we've been able to avoid a sort of debate around the solvency of gibraltar and i think that's good for all sides right now so how will the entrances of that be policed and who will do it. well we the spanish who have control and make sure that the drill to these abiding by those shandon policies so many ways that does need a little bit of pallets to spain from the u.k. but it's a concession i think that is vital there was some debates around whether or not that would be. delicate situated on gibraltar and i think that now has been resolved but ultimately it allows gibraltar to breathe a sigh of relief that allow them to have access to despite invites us a right spain temporarily of course put aside its sovereignty claims so integral to

but that still looms in the future business it does and i think there is going to be a time where general to decide what space are we decide to have about discussion again but i think that there is going to be a growing sense of relief in the brics it hasn't barrels up a certainty debate right here but i think perhaps a little bit closer to nicholas nicholas out in the south minister of scotland she may well be looking at this will be addressed saying that gibraltar were taken out of the against their will and several scotland and there may be a scotch in the ass so it opens up a can of worms but i think that put it behind us destruction the now is probably the best case scenario that we find ourselves in is if i had said gibraltar is seeking closer ties with the e.u. than it had been has it got them. well i don't think you know clearly there is an appetite for many close to the european union the chief minister of

gibraltar started to call it it was quite clear in saying that this is not a solvency to gibraltar wants to remain as u.k. territory and clearly the practicalities of this has to be closely linked with the european union and this is to kill issue as opposed to an emotional issue and on gibraltar so to say this may come down the line and so now it looks ok right it just school issue that's got resolution for time being at least a little amorally appreciate that thanks a lot and keep the police in pakistan of arrested 24 people in overnight raids all 3 hindu temple was burned to the ground it's not happened after members of the hindu community got permission to renovate the century old of worship in the most western town of carrick hindu protesters in karachi have staged a protest of money just as the government says the temple will be rebuilt. a

canadian politician is being urged to resign after going on holiday against his own government's advice on coronavirus measures on terror his finance minister has to videos appearing to show him at home on social media while spending christmas in the caravan the head of the province has admitted knowing about the trip he previously blamed travellers for bringing the virus to ontario and imposed a lot tom last week thailand was looking like one of the success stories of 2020 despite being the 1st country outside china to detect 1000 fashions it had remarkably low inflation rates and fewer than 100 fatalities the largest new year's celebration had been planned in bangkok but a recent surge in inflation threatens to raise all the gains of this year tony chang reports now from. for many thais when they imagine hell this is what they see the gruesome torture carried out by monstrous devils and

demons this mccard theme parks a representation of a buddhist hell a reminder to those the visit of the wages of sin it's a popular destination for visitors to the seaside town of bangsar. a few 100 metres away paradise long sandy beaches swaying palms and a gentle sea but this year the beach is almost empty as it has been for much of the past 9 months thailand closed its borders when the coronavirus struck and impose strict quarantine conditions that are still in place that's kept transmission rates low and fatalities in double figures a huge success but it's come at a great cost the tourism authority says 2020 arrivals were down 80 percent and if the choice is letting people in of the cost of rising infection rates 2021 won't get any better if we are talking about the way how to post to receive and the other

way we have to maintain. 19 situation of course we choose a 2nd choice as a 1st we have to make a people stay safe and it's not just tourism that suffered a strong coronavirus response that closed off thailand also limited export markets the economy contract it sharply with government aid slow and inconsistent many people had to rely on food handouts just to make ends meet uncle nick hosts one of thailand's most popular online phone in shows. all year he's been counseling callers with financial problems health scares and isolation anxiety. one scene one i feel that people are losing hope depression or despair they really don't know what to do with themselves so will the new year bring in the rest by a few weeks ago thousands of people are expected here in downtown bangkok to mark

the arrival of 2021 but a sudden rise in covert infections has meant those celebrations have been cancelled and the government is now advising people to stay at home. and if those transmission rates continue to rise all the hard work and sacrifice of this year could be lost tony ching al-jazeera bangkok. who's the head here in algeria that spoke coming up lebron james marks his birthday with a familiar celebration road behavior that's the.

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it's going to destroy his car nick thank you so much it was a history making night in the n.b.a. on wednesday back he had been becoming the 1st woman to coach a team in the league the san antonio spurs were hosting the l.a. lakers when spurs coach gregg popovich was a jacketed from the 2nd period after arguing with the referee have any of the assistant coach stepped up to take his place bought she couldn't and spier san antonio to the win le bron james on his 36 berth they scored 26 points in 8 of cysts leave the lakers 21212107 with. yes it's a big deal it's a substantial moment. you know i've been a part of this organization i got traded here on in 2007 so i've been in san antonio part of this urgent sports organization with the stars and everything for you know 13 years so i'm a lot of time invested. and they have a lot of time invested in me and building me and getting me

a 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 in the huge aspect of it because it can get overwhelming but she really knows her stuff. how is he she is your reason. she. telegenic the guys how it really is but. you know i think she's going to be a constant sleeps and you know i think most of our coaching community feels the same way over in boston the celtics beat them in memphis grizzly grizzlies for their 10th when in a row jaylen brown scored a career high 42 points for sitting out in the 4th quarter the celtics going on to thrash memphis 126-2100 set them. the english premier league says and stop playing to suspend the season new coronavirus cases meant wednesday's game between folman tottenham had to be postponed but liverpool's game at newcastle did go ahead the

defending champions were held to win neil neil draw the result leaves them 3 points clear of 2nd place manchester united 2020 had one highlight and the most of challenges out of both being becoming champion all the rest of the big challenges and even face a few more challenges in life so but i'm not. i'm quite happy that 12020 years nearly over not to be honest. all manchester united will be without ed sink avani for their next 3 matches the year why and striker pleaded guilty to using insulting and improper words in a social media post since apologized saying it wasn't his intention to cause offense at the sporting year has been defined and disrupted by coronavirus major events like the olympics a face costly delays while top level athletes have gotten used to performing in the

stadiums at the richardson reports on how sport has got through the pandemic at 0. in march basketball star really 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 to the sea to keep 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 cope with 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 postpone the 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 an entire suite 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 with you know u.f.a. is a serious organization we like challenges world cup host cats are 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 was. 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 yours for now back to you great thank you very much thanks for that it's so new year's celebrations of already started in some places new zealand's welcome 2021 with fireworks in its largest city. as people gathered on all kinds waterfront to watch the light shining from the

tallest building in the sky tower so abrasions back to normal with no coronavirus cases in the community of course. in australia sydney harbor bridge burst into a shower of lights this year the fireworks were watched without the crowds the harbor front had been evacuated hours earlier to avoid a super spreader of and recent clusters in sydney reminded residents that it could be all too easy to drag the city back into harsh restrictions i mean while german chancellor angela merkel has warned her people they will need to keep discipline to continue the fight against corona virus in the new year she said even though vaccines have brought hope of ours will be a challenge for decades. if i don't sponsor his advice. once a year behind us in 2020 we had something coming over us the world could not expect a virus not known until it invaded our bodies and our lives it hit us where we're

mess human in contact in hugs in talks celebrations the virus made normal behavior risky and unusual protective behavior normal the coronavirus pandemic was and is a political social and economic century long task as well as 2020 draws to a close we're reminded of its defining moment the coronavirus pandemic brought his story last but also global solidarity away from coverage 19 protests war in the fight for justice affected the lives of millions. i think the tea party. generated 35 points worth of are going to your.

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in december 2019 the 1st coronavirus case was reported in china within months of local outbreak became a global pandemic one year on week sam and the devastation caused by covert 1000. 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 a special coverage on a. on

a tour of highway india girls as young as 10 quick as opposed to 2. 101 is travel to the villages where parents tell their underwrites do of if they're. on al-jazeera. a runoff that will determine if democrats take control of both chambers of congress has no candidate receives a majority november's election georgia is getting ready for a historic vote to challenge if the republican senate majority. join us for the special coverage of the us georgia senate runoff. egypt's strongman is ruling within a file and faced and the silence from his allies is deafening the u.s. was perfectly happy to trade off the march for sea for security while western leaders turning a blind eye when even their own citizens have fallen victim to his repression executions torture or censorship is not acceptable and you won't hear such strong

words from let's say berlin or paris or london man in cairo on al-jazeera. china or approves its 1st current virus vaccine and plans to inoculate $50000000.00 people within the next month. and i'm picturing you in one year on from the outbreak that brought this city's health care system to a breaking point that went on to infect millions of people around the world. that are on the clock this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. political issue this is not an individual rights issue this is a public health issue.