the far right is preparing for battle their opponents or anyone who is different. prejudice some pride in hungry on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. eleanore and tale of this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. one year since the 1st coronavirus cases were reported we're back in will hutton well life has returned to normal but questions still remain. england's nightingale hospitals have put on standby as wards struggled to keep up with coronavirus admissions. years of divisive debate and finally a deal now just hours remaining before the u.k. finally leaves the single market i'm gemini asked it's been

a sporting year like no other we take a look at how fans and athletes have got through the last 12 months. as a world welcomes 2021 with scaled back celebrations it's also one year since the 1st cases of corona virus were reported to the world health organization the virus is widely believed to have emerged from a market that sold wild animals in the chinese city of will happen on march the 11th when there were 118000 cases globally a pandemic was declared since then there have been 83000000 infections and nearly 2000000 people have died 2020 will be remembered as the year when the phrase is not down and social distancing became every day terms and why governments pleaded with people to stay home wear face masks and wash their hands. across the world new

year's eve celebrations a muted they've been canceled or downsized in countries facing new waves of the virus the were fireworks in sydney but crowds weren't allowed looking ahead to 2021 the focus is on vaccines several are ready and circulation tosk that would normally have taken years has taken less than 12 months while the world health organization has now approved the pfizer biotech vaccine for emergency use kate o'brien is director of immunizations vaccines and biologicals at the w.h.o. she explains how their kovacs program is aiming to ensure poor and middle income countries on left behind we have a global facility that kovacs facility that is designed and has the involvement of a $190.00 countries and economies around the world to deploy with equity and with speed the vaccines that are available the design of the kovacs facility is is aimed to get 20 percent coverage in all countries around the world that are part of the

kovacs facility by the end of 2021 and then to go beyond that 20 percent coverage after in subsequent 2022 and beyond so we're really aiming to get the highest priority groups health workers and those who are at highest risk of severe disease and death are the groups that we're aiming to cover in all countries for in 2021 china has detected its 1st imported case of a new coronavirus variant that's spreading rapidly in the u.k. the chinese government insists it's brought the outbreak under control and has also proved its 1st homegrown vaccine for general use but in the world's 1st coronavirus epicenter many have lost their loved ones still angry at to authorities trying to you reports from. 12 months ago done high spot they checked into a hospital to receive treatment for a broken leg. while he was there the 76 year old called a fever and died he was one of the 1st victims of

a mysterious disease which would later be named curve in $1000.00. before my father died he said songs 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 older citizens as the new morny alike disease to cold 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 locals to buy arrested for and meet today it's

shut down completely then stop and believed by many to be the starting point of the pandemic we asked 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 to put on 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. over the day 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 behind next month to investigate the origin of the outbreak beijing was reportedly initially reluctant to provide access when it comes to the growth of ours china's leaders appear to be

doing all they can to control the narrative this week citizen journalist judge 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. for good well you know who i will never shut up even if i'm the only one left shouting johnnie's people say truth is always in the hands of the few if i don't speak up and hold those rebels bored out of the book. one year on he would be silenced and will never forget katrina you al-jazeera one the u.k. is reported $964.00 deaths and nearly $56000.00 cases in the last 24 hours now

a major hospital in the british capital has written a letter to its star warning of dire conditions the royal london hospital says it's operating in disaster medicine mode it goes on to say that workers there can no longer provide a high standard of critical care. surging infections in england of course north arteries to reactivate emergency hospitals that were set up when the pandemic began most nightingale hospitals have been largely unused but officials say they're now in prepared to admit patients if the medical center's reach capacity for a chance has more on the situation in the u.k. from outside the royal london hospital. wednesday had some good news didn't it with the announcement the oxford astra zeneca vaccine is being cleared for use in the u.k. and it will be rolled out from january the 4th thursday there was a case of do you want the bad news or the worst news 20000000 more people in england started the day here for they join 24000000 people already

living under the toughest level of coronavirus restrictions now that is 3 quarters of the english population hospitals in london and the southeast the saying that there i see use intensive care units operating at more than 100 percent capacity this one is the royal london hospital in recent days it's been in the eye of the storm with ambulances of patients queuing up outside the emergency wards it begs the question why aunts the nightingale hospitals being used properly now these were the emergency field hospital set up all around the country at the peak of the 1st wave by and large they have stood empty now the government says they're being ready ready for use as backups but i've just been down to the london one and had a look inside and was told that it's been temporarily closed and that most or some of the equipment at least has been moved out the government's position is that it

will prefer code patients to be treated in proper hospitals like this one and not in the emergency field hospitals as well equipped as they may be but the sounds of the calls that are coming out from frontline and h.s. staff is that things are getting dire and something soon has got to give. well the 25000 deaths have been recorded in the u.s. state of california as medical workers struggle to cope hospitals or housing patients in hallways conference rooms and gift shops a few of the 3000000 people across the u.s. have been vaccinated against kevin 19 falling far short of the government's target of an occupation 20000000 by now. i mean all kind of foreigners battling it so no surge in the crate of our set reynolds is live for us in los angeles and i gather the state is rested a record number of deaths. yes that's right as you mentioned lower and the number of deaths in the state of california since the

beginning of the pandemic has surpassed 25000 more than 10000 of those deaths have been here in the los angeles metropolitan area hospitals i.c.u. capacities intensive care unit capacity is now at 0 percent in southern california and even morgues and funeral homes are having to turn away grieving families because there is simply no room for them to to care for anymore of the 10 the past week los angeles county has averaged 13000 new positive cases of code that every single day and that's more than 10 times the number that. was taking place just 2 months ago so we are certainly in the middle of a very serious surge and spike and the los angeles county department of health

supervisor or director barbara for says that there is a new surge on the way in the month of january due to the fact that people have been traveling and gathering together over the winter holidays so she is warning about the even higher case numbers putting in even greater strain on hospitals and health care workers meanwhile in sandy. we go where california's 1st confirmed case of that new strain of the virus believed to be more transmissible that was 1st identified in the united kingdom. the mayor of that city todd gloria has announced a crackdown on people who ignore public health stay at home orders and other sorts of public health orders with the 1000 dollar fine for violators may or gloria denounce what he called selfishness and what he termed a sickening level of apathy that is prolonging the pandemic there have been 300000 doses of the various approved vaccines administered here in california to

a frontline health care workers but we're now seeing reports that many health workers a significant number not a majority but a significant number of those health care workers are actually refusing to take the vaccine because they are concerned about its safety and there's been a lot of misinformation on social media that may be influencing them in that regard more reverends thank you very much indeed. yes president all chunked downplayed the coronavirus pandemic for months telling americans not to be afraid or dominated by what he called the china virus but with more than 19000000 americans infected and almost 350000 deaths the highest number in the world at the top administration is facing mounting condemnation given how crap reports from washington. rounds of applause after a partisan impeachment but failed attempt to remove u.s. president donald trump from office as the clapping stopped

a new reality for the president emerged i'm deeply concerned that we are way behind the 8 on this the coronavirus may have started in china. but it was now spreading fast in the u.s. and when the white house was facing growing questions about its response to the virus trump reacted as he often does they tried the impeachment hoax that was not a perfect conversation. they tried everything they tried it over and over and this is the new hoax at the same time his top scientists like dr anthony found were telling him something different we will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now as the number of covered cases surged and businesses closed trunk privately told journalist bob woodward he understood the danger i want to always plays i still like playing it down yes because i don't want to create

a panic still the u.s. 1st spies was hampered by trump's denial of science fearing it may impact his reelection i think the president in his own unique inimitable way pride responded to it in a way that definitely created a lot of confusion or scientists and medical professionals only because so much of what he was advocating i didn't comport with our reality instead trump publicly suggested his own scientific treatments and then i see the disinfectant. in a minute when that is the way we can do something they go. by injection into. recommendations meant to prevent. the spread of the virus such as social distancing as mask wearing were also ignored or downplayed.

that some americans many of them trust supporters simply refused to do either claiming their rights were being infringed members of the trumpet ministration also publicly flooded government recommendations. even gathering in large numbers at the white house in august for trump's republican nomination after rose garden event to announce trump's new supreme court pick in september corona virus spread throughout the white house and then chile infecting the president himself he spent 4 days in the hospital until he returned removing his mask upon his arrival as he recovered many members of his staff tested positive for the disease even now as the vaccine is finally being distributed many americans say they won't take it facts became something that were highly debatable and i could be a region environment in which

a lot of. people are going to be misled about whether or not it's a good idea to get this vaccine us president elect joe biden will soon inherit addressing coronavirus misinformation also managing expectations given widespread relief is still months away kimberly health hit al-jazeera washington this i'm joined now by cable affairs analyst. joins us from sydney in canada via skype thanks very much indeed for joining us just just a pick up on the on the issues in the states and the high numbers of cases and the deaths in spite of them being the world's leading health care what's the lesson that's learnt from the way the pandemic was handled. sure well good to be with you again lauren well what we're saying is 2 things really a pathetic lack of leadership from the white house if mr trump had spent less time on the golf course and more time in the white house situation room i think the country would be in much better shape but to be fair to be fair he did inherit

a broken system and what i mean by that the hospital system is it's been compared to a low cost carrier where you have 100 percent efficiency but 0 surge capacity 0 ability to deal with mass casualty event hence there are not only a lack of beds but lack of qualified staff to deal with this unprecedented emergency but so look i spoke to a member of president elect biden's coronavirus team the other day he described the pend mick as a forest fire looking for human what to burn he said it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better i mean alina qualities that picture that we've seen across the well with the with the pandemic so obviously there was already an accord to before the pandemic but what sort of things being brought into focus during these times. sure well look on the one hand covered 19 was pretty much the 1st time in modern history where all of humanity experienced the same thing same

thing at exactly the same time i don't think that's ever happened before but that's where the similarities and what i mean by that is for example right now as we speak lauren we have a quarter of a 1000000000 people on a death march toward starvation according to the world food program and that is very made very more difficult to deal with during a pandemic for a variety of reasons including the crushing the question of diplomacy a lot of starvation as you know happens because of conflicts diplomats can't go there to give it the treatment they deserve and then the other thing i researched a lot about something called the digital divide that existed preplanned can for example right now as we speak in africa there are 346000000 youth not connected to the internet so how are they supposed to do distance learning or how are their families supposed to work from home it's just not possible and by the way that digital divide exists very badly right here in north america as well what about the prospects for haitian men when one pandemic people talk about what you know we can

go back to the world as it was and the same as usual after this but with the actions being rolled out is there a danger that the systems will simply be left as they are and that people trying to bring back the old malachi you know well you remember right after the south asian tsunami which by the way happened around this time of year many years ago there was a lot of talk then of build back better but i think a lot of leaders just slept walked their way through that but i think people are more serious about that especially for example when it comes to the environment. city centers will not go back to the way they once were very congested pollution there will be a different way of work but also i think when it comes to things like travel because the airline industry let's face to face it is one of the biggest polluters on the planet but a lot of people now are real value eating when they travel how they travel and a lot of business travel i think will go to the way you and i are talking right now virtually so that will give the planet a bit of a break and i think mother nature is taking a long awaited welcome gasp from all of us. thank you very much indeed for joining

us. my pleasure happy new year there's much more ahead on the news hour including. coronavirus nightmare the 1st western country forced to grapples with its pandemic response. and getting ready for an olympics in knockdown we hear from the taekwondo silver medalist. during a pandemic that's coming up a german sport. becomes a reality in just under 2 hours ending nearly 50 years of turbulent times between the u.k. and the european union by $23.00 g.m.t. britain will no longer be a member of the single market or customs union and its new trade deal with the e.u. will come into effect but both sides still need to work out their differences on several sectors explains. 2020

a year many want to consigned to history but with breaks it on the horizon restoring economic certainty to the country's pandemic hit towns and cities will be a challenge on the eve of britain's divorce from the e.u. in the port city of dover old questions remain is this really the right thing to do is going to be better we need to govern ourselves and be our own bosses but it's going to be a lot of stress between everyone anyway because it's a very annoying people don't do well change over. the u.k. left the e.u. legally at the end of january but remain subject to its rules when it negotiated new arrangements a deal now in place people will start to see what breaks it really means it could be years before some changes a felt the agreement on reducing the easy access to british fishing grounds only last 5 years and will need be to go she a decision still have to be made on financial services and data sharing there won't

be any new taxes to pay on exports at the border but they'll be plenty of red tape impossible to laze every day freedoms will also end with new rules on travel immigration mobile phone use bank accounts the list goes on and there are profound implications for the future of the united kingdom breaks it's reignited scotland's independence debate the scottish national party's called breck's it an unforgiving ball act of economic vandalism promising to restore membership to largely pro e.u. scotland if it becomes independent northern ireland is the only part of the u.k. that will continue to follow many of the e.u.'s rules to avoid the return of a contentious hard border with a u. member the republic of ireland but that means new checks all goods entering northern ireland from the rest of the u.k. unionists see want to retain seamless ties with britain now feared being cut off. i think the deal is made in ordinarily peer support we want to come out of the

european union the same terms arrestee dedicated sadly that. before the half years breaks it could boast british politics polarizing the country dividing families. even the father of british prime minister boris johnson has announced he's in the process of applying for a french passport to retain ties with the e.u. all of this does of course mean that we might start to hear the word brag just a little less but deep divisions and fierce passions remain whether or not breaks it drives or diminishes the british economy we know it's going to happen and then one last stroke of irony it will be at midnight brussels time not midnight british time but the changes will come into force the moment britain voluntarily disconnects from the world's largest trading block leave al-jazeera london. general. u.k.

in a changing europe she joins us now from london by skype thanks for being with us so how long do you think it will be before we know whether this is a good or bad deal. but it depends what you wanted from the deal in the 1st place because i think if your press is force you are seen in parliament yesterday that the conservative backbenchers particularly those who'd been supporting press it for a long time were already very happy and they're already very happy because they think that the deal the prime minister has done allows the u.k. to regain some frontier and that was their objectives so they would regard that as job done people who wanted bracks it to mean that we could. basically end free movement for a european union that. at midnight tonight u.k. time with the new global regime coming into force tomorrow so that i'll be happy other people who think it is a big mistake will probably go on thinking that for

a very long time so it really depends on what you wanted out of this so i mean one of the promises they made was or this kind of taking back control idea where do you see that power going to bricks at once they get those powers back if you like so some of it overseas comes the u.k. government. there's an interesting question about how much it will end up being constrained by the agreement that we've got because of course it's that respects we've had to make commitments to get the 0 tarsier accredited deals and some of these level playing field commitments the prime minister's entered into it on subsidies on environmental social regulation we don't really know how the e.u. will interpret that so some powers come back to the cake others actually end up getting going to the devolved ministrations so just one example one of the things people in the u.k. have always slightly chafed at is the way in which the e.u. runs article traill policy the common agricultural policy it was invented we think

largely to benefit french from us before the u.k. was a member as are never like that so now it's coming back. back to the scots of keeping with the scheme is pretty similar to the e.u. scheme in england the u.k. government which these purposes the government agreement as well is moving to really quite a different scheme which is going to end up in a few years time removing income support from from isn't basically paying them what we call paying for public goods so if they do things that are good for the environment so that's quite a big change after what happened to see see how that goes down does that mean why he changed any mention that day that devolved areas but what about areas that for example cornwall is to benefit from the most from some of the e.u. grants extra funds or what will they be getting instead of that money that used to come to them that's one of the big question marks the government to set it replaced on the structural funds funding with a u.k.

scheme called the prospectus he fund and that money will be allocated by the government in city in london what we don't know is yet what principles they're used to allocate that and what money people will get and whether it's the same amount on the use of the same purposes as the money that came from the e.u. and that's also been quite a big point potentially devolves ministrations because they think rather than those choices being made by the government in london that money should come as part of that budgets and they should get choose haps to support sort of your own less favored areas in the countries you're out of thank you very much indeed you're welcome watching our sara live from london still ahead. facing a devalued currency and tough sanctions campaign is find a way to help their families back home. and andy murray pulls out of a season opening tennis tournament jemma i'll tell you why in sport.

it has been surprisingly roman western turkey but this edging line of thunderstorms which is a cold front will not tempt it back down to where they should be in the next day or so that's or agrees turkey bogan area and remain here because most of the european plane is back down well below average but a typical wintry weather highs in the low single figures bricks of rain sleet or snow in many places in the cold wind of the british isles and the north of space and this cold wind when it gets over the western med of just fade the warm water even this time the air will generate stormy weather for sardinia for corsica up in milan it may well be quiet but i mean it is sunday but you start the new year great and dismal possibly sleety rather than rainy now as that system carries on across

italy it brings it for quite a strong southerly wind cross the domination coast with rain so that's croatia you're talking about that will keep move east was bringing rain sleet and some snow over land but the bulk of i think we're into significant snow over germany as it goes north so if a continued search and rescue in croatia zagreb represents the weather for you and you've got temperatures below average it tends to get fairly cloudy good outbreaks of ours a rain or sleet unfortunately. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people and in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines. inside story on al jazeera. is the year of extreme challenges and uncertainty comes to an end. we look ahead to potential major stories of 2021 through

a series of in-depth special reports. joining us as we assess the global impact of what is to come next year. for many young adults a coming of age brings greater responsibility. for this young man the responsibility of 800 years of family tradition weighs heavy on his shoulders. the choice to seduce him with the decision must be made soon. by blood part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera.

and one of the top stories here now jazeera china has authorized its 1st homegrown covert 19 vaccine for general use after preliminary data it said showed it to be around 79 percent effective. the world london hospital in the british capital says it's operating in disaster medicine mode as the country reports 964 deaths and nearly 56000 cases over the last 24 hours surging infections in england are forcing water to reactivate emergency. hospitals were set up when the pandemic began. it was a fast western country to be hit by the corona virus more than 74000 people have now died of kevin 19 there and the highest death toll in europe a number of cases is on the rise again and the country has gone into another nationwide lockdown. 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 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 '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 coded 19 was ravaging italy and a strict nationwide lockdown was imposed in the small southern town of no one doctor wasn't just battling cope at 19 but also the stigma that came with it. from a human point of view 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 relating to the gossip those who thought that i was the one who

brought this virus to our area in the summer and autumn months it only seemed to get its outbreak under control but as winter approached concerns were growing again . by the end of the year the number of italians dying from coronavirus in the country 2nd wave of infections surpassed the toll from the 1st wave. when we caught up on skype with 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 for a goalie 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 a human interactions as they were before the idea that it can give us the chance to hug each other without any concerns 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. it's been a difficult year for iran which has the country west affected by the coronavirus in the middle east despite nearly $55000.00 deaths and woman 1000000 cases confirmed the government is hopeful that its own vaccine will soon be rolled out regardless of u.s. sanctions just have our imports tell you their must bear 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 . the where is one of the 3 volunteers who started these trials that will eventually clue to just 56 people. no more 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 mean omaha's 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 not the old 12 and

a bit of 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 sonic about as cottage with 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 on 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 can damage. 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. 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 we 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 the covert $1000.00 vaccines iranians will have to wait longer and hope that their own scientists and engineering efforts bring success sooner rather than later dosage of

pari al-jazeera to her. mexico has recorded more than 1400000 cases of the virus at least 123000 deaths a forced 4th highest toll in the world john homa reports from mexico city and speaks to people whose lives have been turned upside down. the last time we saw a paramedic majority come on or she was hurtling around the working class suburb of ms well. that was back in may when the al-jazeera mexico team was filming ambulances intensive care units and hotspots to document the viruses rampaging through the capital. now we've returned to visit the people we met then and see how they and mexico city is doing in majority's case not great she's been seriously are with coded with the way the leather that the truth is i felt the same as my patients that i was going to lose my life that i would never see my family again

almost everyone in her team has had the virus now it's not surprising in a country where more medical workers have died than anywhere else in the world. we wanted to follow up to with them and we feel majority of rushing to hospital jose luis montagnier. a month later we met him again as he finally made it back home. but this december when i showed him our poor family reunion it was tough for him to watch his gaze was fixed on one person. see that's my dad and he's not here with me now but soon will be together. he told me his father had been hooked up to a ventilator for days before seriously ill with coded now he's trying to focus on the one positive at least his dad was able to get a bed there are very few left in the capital's hospitals which are overwhelmed now in a way they were in the summer. many people have been reduced to queuing outside shops

for oxygen tanks to treat their relative. home. critics say things are worse now because mexico never significantly reduced its number of cases and when they surged again this winter the government declared a long time in the cup to fall too late for their part the authorities question how they could have a lot but almost half the country lives in poverty and leave figure out for work but not suspiciously because government aid for them home for the rest of the economy has been minimal now a vaccine has arrived in mexico but not in time to dent the current death toll will save the country from what could be a difficult january john homan. miscue city. a peacekeeping operation run by the african union and you know nations in darfur is closing after 13 years the union meant mission in sudan will gradually wind down until it closes fully in june next year it was launched to end

a conflict that has killed more than 300000 people since 2003 around 2 and a half 1000000 others were forced from their homes many darfur is have been protesting against peacekeepers departure and mission will be replaced by a political office next year. a billionaire media tycoon and leading pro-democracy activist in hong kong is heading back to jail after top court revoked his bail jimmy law is facing charges on a new security north imposed by beijing adrian brown reports from hong kong. jimmy like 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 and the day before 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 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 hong kong. the cuban pacers $1.00 to $1.00 exchange rate with the u.s. dollar is to be devalued for the 1st time in more than 50 years that will hurt the

already struggling island country where the car is mostly state owned families that also face tough sanctions enforced under donald trump terrible reports or as some are getting creative in order to survive. a food delivery service cuban style this family owned business is giving cubans living abroad and alternative way to help their relatives on the island economic sanctions imposed by u.s. president donald trump have complicated remittances to cuba and that's why sending food instead has become popular. back at us and we have a weekly package that is what cubans need the most a few years ago we started to work with companies that promote our services relatives abroad can send a gift to their families here they can send sweets and basic items while the services offered in us dollars and paid for through the united states the food is served in cuba right now i am married or rice beans and pork or

a traditional meaning for the holidays that daniel doris wants to share with his family and have an on his birthday paid for the service on line with the early man boy there are lots of problems of food scarcity in the limitations of moving cash a new service allows us to send food in our pay for it from abroad i'm very happy with this. economic restrictions imposed by the u.s. have banned wiring money to cuba more than 400 western union offices have closed in recent months down the road so this is this is a good service for us because in the middle of the pandemic lounsbury if you live abroad to send food in are items which is what people need. u.s. sanctions in cuba as economic troubles have worsened people's lives on. the island shortages of food and basic items have again become a common problem people have to line for hours in order to get them cuban president

. and else who will eliminate a complicated jeweled currency system that has prevailed for decades it will result in a steep devaluation people on the island are fearing the consequences because of authority says the months ahead will be difficult it's a big transformation. of the 1st. overhaul prices. introducing new said offer incentives for state companies not forcing them to increase efficiency. or isn't increase exports in the meantime people like the new doris continue to help their relatives in cuba and as long as remittances are banned finding alternative ways to help them survive. jim is here now with the sport thank you daryn now the sporting year has been defined and disrupted by coronavirus major events like the olympics have faced

costly delays while top level athletes have got used to performing in empty stadiums and the riches and reports on how sports coping with the pandemic. oh. in march basketball star really go attempted to make lots of concerns about catching coronavirus can use hands over the assembled media equipment. mildred had gone back to the 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 would be more than 4 months before they returned. the olympic flame continued to flicker on even after most other sports had 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 and in pandemic and with this strange situation even a comic situation next year will be a bit tough maybe for some parts of the world or the world it will be a special shows with you know u.f.a. is a serious organization we liked challenges. world cup host cats all 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 the olympic postponements meant many athletes had to put their dreams on hold likely taylor bahamas he missed out on taekwondo gold in the final 2nd in rio 4 years ago and now the britain's hungrier than ever to get to the games and take we spoke to him about his year in lockdown. it was unbelievable nothing like that has ever

happened in our lifetime it didn't really feel real but you have to focus only on what you can control as wild and as unexpected as the postponement was is completely outside of my control thankfully take one though is the family business my dad has a martial arts school which i was able to go and train and still. stay sharp absolutely that wasn't the case for many athletes across the country mentally it. was definitely hard to focus there when you're not in your normal training the environment and i feel that the whole world has taken a break but everybody was at home it was really it was such a bizarre and unusual situation there was definitely time where it was a lot easier just to kind of their off focus what has been a little more difficult is the lack of competition from around the world this is

nothing new and that's one of the issues right now is the qualification. across many many sports we have a situation where half the athletes have officially qualified but you have often because of the covert situation then had to get counseling so it's going to be a very interesting few months to see how we handle the situation i think we've seen in sports like the u.f.c. and box in that we are able to hold some of it's in a bubble but obviously we're now in a situation where we have a lot of potential travel restrictions so it's a complicated mess but it does have to keep the faith and hopefully we can get from this and this gets to another big games listen if they host that thing on the top of mount fuji and there are not overly concerned about safety. only because i trust but the organizing committee is going to do everything

anything to make sure that there's no hope is that this little games now there's only one chance to win a gold medal this post pandemic games i think this games can be. a really special one for the actors almost like a beacon of hope to the world so i've been very determined. to make sure that i will. really really excites me but in the short term there continues to be doubts over sports events athletes having to make tough decisions on whether to travel and compete 3 time grand slam tennis champion andy murray has decided it's too risky to begin his season at next week's a.t.p. delray beach in florida the scots pulled out of the tournament typing to minimise the risk of catching the virus ahead of the australian open which begins on the affair beer february larry page just 7 official matches and 2020 because of injury

cancellations he's been given a wild card for the event in melbourne away from coronavirus manchester united will be that us and vani for the next 3 matches the strike had pleaded guilty to using insulting and improper words in a social media post as well as the ban has been fined $136000.00 and must complete a face to face education programme avani apologised shortly after posting a message saying it wasn't his intention to cause offense that is always sport for me in 2020 or in general thanks very much see you had 2020 what happened they. found a spine coronavirus concerns that some countries have still welcomed in the near. there are large celebrations in new zealand one of the few countries able to hold relatively normal festivities after gaining control over the spread of the virus

dubai rang in the new year with the fireworks and lights display at the bush family for the world's tallest tower giving the residents a view from all sides of the city and in the city where kevin 19 originated thousands gathered in the city center to celebrate by releasing balloons into the air. first 2020 draws to a close we're reminded of its defining moment the coronavirus pandemic brought historic loss but also global solidarity away from covered 19 protests war and the fight for justice affected the lives of millions we look back now at 2020. live. the to get the party back up. generator 31st 21 words that are going to europe to

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immigration is high on the agenda and in hungary it's presented as a pressing issue we didn't have immigrants at 0 in the race. but this is the one political topic. everybody is discussing the far right is preparing for battle and their opponents or anyone who is different. prejudice some pride in hungary on al-jazeera. decades ago manila was called the pearl of the orient the manila metropolitan theater was once a testament to the city's grandeur but decades later the theater has become a symbol of mandela's dickie now the philippine government is changing their government buildings the universities and monasteries were just some of the many structures that were destroyed in manila drawing world war 2. but rebuilding

a life and a city from scratch has proven difficult and some experts seem manila has never truly recovered. one year since the 1st coronavirus cases were reported back in one where life has returned to normal but questions still remain. on our intent of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up england's notting hill hospitals are put on standby as wards struggle to keep up with coronavirus submissions. years of divisive debate and finally a deal now just an hour remains before the u.k. finally leaves the single market.