blind eye when even the citizens have fallen victim to his repression executions torture or censorship is not acceptable and you want to 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 ruhani 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. at mclarty 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 the state's top coronavirus expert tells al-jazeera they will be more suffering and death unless people wear masks and continue to social distance. in the u.k. more people are set to start 2021 under tightened coronavirus restrictions. and many around the world will be glad to close the door on 2020 is just gone midnight in taiwan he's alive but just from taipei. so the country the 1st attack to coronavirus one year ago has just approved its 1st locally made vaccine for public use china has given the state backed sign of farm the green light to produce a vaccine it says is something. in percent effective life it will hardware covert

19 was 1st reported as not largely returned to normal and around the world other vaccines are beginning to be rolled out but he united states that's the hardest hit country there's criticism that it's just taking too long some 2000000 shots have been given well short of the 20000000 promised by now the new variant to create a virus from the u.k. has led to a surge in infections across several countries south africa south korea and the czech republic are the latest report recalled daily numbers of infections and china has just confirmed its 1st case carried by a woman who arrived in shanghai from britain 2 weeks ago and around the globe millions of people remain under lockdown it's only in the u.k. are among those observing strict virus prefer prevention measures we begin with this report from katrina you where the virus was 1st detected. 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 the slant 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 prioritized and the government wants to vaccinate millions of people before chinese new year which is the big travel whole day at the beginning of february we also know that this vaccine has been promised to many countries around the world in beijing is 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 on 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 beat this 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 done high spot checked into 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 ago one on one with the place the locals to buy arrested for and 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. time 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 would 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 over the radar data the chinese government did the right thing they saved us there was no other way look at what's happening in western countries now it's scary it's a fear. the world health organization team will arrive in hot next month to

investigate the origin of the outbreak beijing was reportedly initially reluctant to provide access when it comes to the 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 and provoking trouble. junge high is still mourning the death of his father he says he's been intimidated by local authorities and called a traitor for his complaints against the government. or somewhere you girl. 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 a hold. of the book. one year on he won't be silenced and we'll never forget. al-jazeera one. hears president donald trump is

blaming state officials for the slow rollout of covert 19 vaccines criticism is mounting over his administration's response to the pandemic it comes as a new more infectious strain of the virus has now been identified in 2 u.s. states and it got as more from miami. patiently waiting for the code 19 vaccine many of florida's over 60 five's in health care workers camped overnight for their chance to receive a potentially lifesaving 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 and pfizer's 2 dose vaccines have been distributed across the u.s. but according to the c.d.c. just over 2000000 of those most at risk have received it the government's health and human services department say things will get better it's only 15 days since the 1st vaccine were given so things will evolve they were optimized over over the next week or so and you'll see you know millions and millions more vaccines the initial plan was to have 80 percent of the u.s. population vaccinated by june to reach that figure millions would have to be vaccinated every day so far that doesn't appear to be the case here in florida the

positivity rate of new code 19 infection stands at more than 22 percent state health officials say that's because fewer people are being tested but with an apparent slow roll out across the nation the next few months could be worse than predicted or those most at risk can do is hope things get better and fast. gallacher al-jazeera miami florida well u.s. senate leader mitch mcconnell has blocked a bill that would drastically increase the amounts given out in pandemic relief checks earlier this week the house representatives voted to increase the payments from 600 to 2000 dollars followed months from president donald trump and the bill needs a 2 thirds majority to pass in the senate the senate is not going to split apart the 3 issues that president trump linked together just because democrats are afraid to address 2 of the senate's not going to be bullied into rushing out more borrowed money into the hands of democrat rich her own she don't need. well and fissures in

washington d.c. with more on the outbreak that. 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 we 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 in to 2021 and of course the day that joe biden takes over 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 variant 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 of 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 lag everything has got to be geared up and to the folks you 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 with the united states top infectious disease expert dr anthony fauci just told answer that coronavirus prevention measures are not a political issue nor and individual rights issue new interview with the bottom line who's 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 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 you can see the full interview with dr anthony fauci on the bottom line at 1630 g.m.t. right here on al-jazeera the united kingdom 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 most of england and the number of hospital admissions has surpassed levels seen during the peak of the outbreak in april with more than 51000 on wednesday and a record of a 53000 on tuesday or in challenge as more from london. some 20000000 people in england are now waking up in tear for joy 24000000 people who were already here for that stuck 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 in the southeast hospitals are saying that they're intensive care units 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 and 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 out 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's better to treat people in proper hospitals than do it in facilities like the nightingale

hospitals as well equipped as they may be. was that ahead here in algeria the deal is approved the clock is ticking in just a few hours the u.k. formally leaves the e.u. single market. thailand strong response against coronavirus was applauded why its success came at a great cost. but . it is still cold compared with the average 3 to 5 degrees below 0 for both nights and day in a good part of northern china on the korean peninsula and japan and that cold air where it comes across the sea of japan typically is still giving snow days piling up on the western side of the high ground of honshu and even at low levels in a card a supporter is particular the cold the moment the average is about plus one by the way we're talking about minus 10 rising to minus 5 and over not even colder with

snow on off for the 1st 3 days of 2021 so i say most of these areas is significant over africa temperature wise but the sun compensates if you're in china for the sas not cold it does have an effect as part of the northeast monsoon so it's going to increase the shower likelihood heavy showers that is for the central philippines and this massy developing will follow the wind that i think is on its way down towards singapore. now we might even get a change in the weather type in northern india hint hint of growing clouds has been rain for the south it's got the day awful friday marcum back home saturday at least so the eastern side of the sudden part of india and sri lanka but this is maybe the most advantageous change in new delhi standing at the improving the quality in the showers. for the american people have finally folk in america as i slid where america is off

balance or become more dangerous the world is looking at us live mixture of sadness and. with the election behind us will the republican party dump truck to the fuel weiqi take on us politics and society that's the bottom line. where every. you're watching out to 0 remind of our top stories this hour and a covert 19 vaccine made by the chinese pharmaceutical company sign a farm has been given conditional approval 12 months after the virus was detected

with the company says the vaccine is around 79 percent effective. the u.k. has placed another 20000000 people in england into the toughest here of instructions including the major cities of manchester and birmingham health secretary says mutated and more infectious strain of corona virus has spread to most of the. united states topping faces diseases expert says it could gain some control over the pandemic by late next year to actually file she told an online discussion panel some semblance of normality would return if enough americans are facts and. more than 4 years after the u.k. voted to leave the european union by a small majority it will finally come into full effect at $23.00 g.m.t. ahead of that british politicians overwhelmingly approve the trade deal with the e.u. in a special session of the house the agreement sets out new trade and security regulations still needs to be ratified on the european side but has been approved to take

effect later when the transition period ends paul brennan is at the port of deva in southern england to witness firsthand how cross-channel trade is affected. becomes a practical reality at 11 pm u.k. time tonight it's of places like here the port of dover where its impacts will be most acutely felt 2 and a half 1000000 vehicles use this port on an annual basis you can see them going past me now around 135000000000 dollars worth of trade crossing the english channel and delays can mounts up exactly a week ago i was standing on this very spot just after the europeans had imposed coronavirus checks on any holy as wanting to cross the road that is behind this lorry we'll see it in a 2nd that road there was absolutely gridlocked with traffic lorries vans unable to cross totally stuck because the port of dover had to shut now of course you can see it's open before holi as wanting to get across there is now extra

paperwork extra bureaucracy a run through some of it for example the new u.k. license will replace the e.u. community license the c.m.t. permits will now only be issued on a monthly basis rather than previous annual basis there will be a need to register your trailer you'll need to carry the vehicle logbook and registration and you may need multiple green card insurance tickets both for the cab and for the trailer in addition to vast the drivers will have to go to an airfield 20 miles to the north of here to have a coronavirus test before they can even access here now what will happen tonight a 2040 g.m.t. that will be the last sailing of the evening before they recalibrate the systems on the 1st ferry out on january the 1st will be at $750.00 so there will be a small pause but that is when the new teething problems as the road haulage association expects will start to bite. when

a deal has been reached to secure freedom of movement on the border between spain and toprol to avoiding a so-called heartbreaks it for its residents the british territory wasn't included in the new u.k. e.u. trade deal. but its governments in spain have reached a last minute interim agreement that if it is a lack of a deal could have caused disruption looting for those who work across the border from their homes leon ever ali is a former aide to the u.k. secretary of state for eckstein the european union he says although both science have managed to avoid gibraltar sovereignty issue this time the dispute will resurface again in the future. i think there will be a big sigh of relief from gibraltar this is a country or region the vote 96 percent to remain in the european union around 50 percent of their workforce coming from space so i think ensuring fluidity of the border between the 2 is important i think the practicalities mean the gibraltar will remain all shaken and all the benefits that brings with it that's freedom of

movement freedom of goods and i think that's vital to the gibraltar economy and the whole ecosystem that i mean all the good news 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 well we the spanish who have control and make sure that that drill to is abiding by those schengen policies so many ways that does cede a little bit of palettes to spain from the u.k. but it's a concession i think that is vital there were some debates around whether or not there would be delegates 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 to despite invites us a i think there is going to be applied ways i decide to talk about discussion again but i think that there is going to be a great sense of relief from the brics it hasn't brought up

a solvency debate right here but i think perhaps a little bit closer to home nicholas nicholas out in the south minister of scotland she may well be looking at this with interests that gibraltar were taken out of the e.u. against their will and sort of scotland and then maybe it's gushing back so it opens up a can of worms. hong kong's top of court has revoked bail for media tycoon jimmy lai the high profile pro-democracy activist is facing charges of a 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 a jim brown reports now from hong kong. i could just about be made out in the media crush outside the appeal called. 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 in these and under law to 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 adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. local media in yemen is reporting that

a saudi led air strikes have struck the capital sana is said to have targeted position positions that comes just hours after at least $26.00 people were killed in a blast at the airport and 8 in the tac happened shortly after members of yemen's newly in. grated unity government returned from saudi arabia. united nations secretary general antonio terrorises asked for a new u.n. cease fire monitoring team to be set up bases in eastern libya the city has been devastated by recent fighting in efforts to oust eisel in 2016 un brokered cease fire between the government of national accord and the warlord who before have to is under threats to the ongoing attacks by half his troops police in pakistan have arrested 24 people in overnight raids off from upset a hindu temple on fire and raised it to the ground the attack happened after the members of the hindu community were given permission to renovate the central palace of worship place of worship it's in the northwestern town of current angry protests

to stage a protest in karate demanding justice the government has assured the community the temple will be rebuilt thailand was looking like one of the success stories of 2020 despite being the 1st country outside china to over 1000 infections it had remarked we lower infection rates in fewer than 100 fatalities a large new year's celebration had even been planned in bangkok but a recent surge in infections threatens to raise all the gains of this year tony chain reports now from bangkok to many times when they imagine hell this is what they see gruesome torture carried out by months just devils and demons this mccard theme parks a representation of a buddhist hell a reminder to those that visit the wages of sin it's a popular destination for visitors to the seaside town of bank. a few 100 meters 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 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. 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 any 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. operations are being cancelled and the government's 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 a canadian politician is being asked to resign for going on a holiday against his own government's advice on terrorism finance minister rod phillips posted videos appearing to show him at home on social media while spending christmas in the caribbean provinces headed mitt if he knew about the travel and should have told him to come home he's been blaming travelers for bringing the coronavirus to ontario which began a province wide lockdown last week. so this is a hazard these are the top stories and a covert 1000 vaccine made by the chinese pharmaceutical company side of farm has been given conditional approval 12 months after the virus was detected in the company says the vaccine is around 79 percent effective u.s. president donald trump has blamed individual states for the slower than promised

rollout of covert $900.00 vaccines around $2000000.00 shots have been administered so far falling far short of the 20.