so now imagine you see how to bring in the need and current things that matter to you. al-jazeera. traffic between britain and europe appears to be flowing smoothly as the u.k. formally completes its exit from the block. and sammy's a than this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up india gears up for the world's largest covert 19 vaccination campaign a health system under pressure emergency field hospitals are being prepared in the u.k. amid a more infectious strain of corona virus. reforming cuba's finances the

country ends its decades old jewel currency system there are fears it could make things worse for people. but after nearly half a century the united kingdom has formally left the european union rolls are shrinking in a new era in the new year so far britain's departure from the single market and customs union has been fairly smooth there's been no major delays in cross-channel movement of trucks and ferries to and from france that's largely because of the coronavirus pandemic and a long weekend holiday which means traffic was lighter than usual officials say many british businesses have stockpiled goods in case of the new border requirements causing delays and disruptions of those new measures came into force

said 11 pm local time on new year's eve 4 years after the 2016 referendum paul brennan reports from the english port of dover. the. countdown to the new post relationship was projected across the departure gates at the french side of the euro tunnel rail link moments later the 1st lorry was having its documents checked . the trade deal agreed on christmas eve means no tariffs and no quotas but there is significantly more paperwork and most of it needing to be done in advance the euro tunnel operator is get a link the change is already about. for many teams ok now it's time there is a truck coming here they have to show us that they have done. on a line before coming here it's a significant change for logistics and haulage firms on both sides of the new trading frontier the u.k. is expecting $220000000.00 additional customs declarations every year at

a cost to business of some $9500000000.00 the ferry crossing between the english port of dover and cali and france handle some $2500000.00 freight vehicles every year but less than a 1000 lorries were said you'll to make the crossing on new year's day it's a gentle start for the new regime many haulage companies said they were holding off until the new systems have bedded in my hope is that given the opening couple of weeks in january are generally pretty late for us and with the pre-breakfast star bill we saw going on the dash should enable those people that are trading during the time to to train themselves and get used to working in this new way in fact at the gates of the port the biggest sticking point on this 1st day isn't related at all. we had a plan all works out already to hold freights to manage the freight but now we've had to initiate testing as well as a number of locations so that's the biggest problem that we've got because that was

never expected never planned for the key to keeping the ports open and running smoothly will be the speed with which the lid just. x. companies get to grips with the new electronic and people work requirements the early log jams are likely to be not here at the ports but back at the factory gates or were harassed with cargo delayed because the correct paperwork hasn't been filled in these 1st quiet days of january an opportunity for companies to familiarize themselves with the new practicalities the real test will come when trade volume ramps up again around the 10th or 11th of the month paul brennan al-jazeera over and then barbara joins us now from london so a historic day for the united kingdom other countries leaders still hailing this as a great achievement and a great deal. or 7 you won't be surprised to learn that the

prime minister boris johnson certainly is in his new year's eve speech he didn't dwell on breaks into the new trading arrangements with the european union but he did say that the u.k. is now now has freedom in our hands he says to do things differently and better he's previously referred to having his cake and eating it in terms of having a close trading relationship while being fully sovereign sim similarly david frost who is the chief negotiator for the u.k. in all those meetings with michel barnier in brussels he has tweeted britain has just become a fully independent country again deciding on our own affairs for ourselves well not everyone sees it quite in those simple terms because in the next few years a lot of people will be finding out details and mechanisms which are not clear at the moment nicolas sturgeon the 1st minister of scotland is very wary about this

she has tweeted scotland will be back soon europe keep the lights on her stance of course is that scotland should be an independent nation she previously lost a referendum on independence from the u.k. but clear majority of scottish voters were for membership of the european union in the 2016 referendum so she knows that there are doors that she could push there you won't also be surprised to hear that the prime minister sorry the president of france emmanuel mccall while using his new year's message to call britain a friend and ally going on to say that in his words this brics it was the child of the european malays and of many lies and false promises so what he is saying in effect. yes we realize that there were problems in this block that we have but that

going it alone certainly isn't the simple solution that some people in britain are presenting it does nonetheless the government in britain can now say yes we promised you a brics it it's a slim trade deal it doesn't cover most of the british economy but it's a start all right thanks so much that's the dream barber for us. in india health experts are reviewing the safety of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine for emergency use the world's 2nd worst affected countries yet to approve any vaccine for rollout it's recorded more than 10000000 cases so far with nearly 149000 deaths and there are signs of final approval could be imminent as elizabeth random reports from new delhi. india's health ministry is saying that the expert

committee of india's drug's regulatory body continuing to meet to consider emergency use all 3 vaccines and that the final decision will be taken by the director of the body they have been meeting for the 2nd day this week considering emergency use approval for the oxford astra zeneca but also for pfizer by on tekken andean company called bought a biotech but we have local media and voices use agency reporting that the expert committee has recommended emergency use approval for the oxford astra zeneca and once that happens that will go to the director for his approval but that is just thought to be a formality preparations have been in full swing for the vaccination drive here there's going to be a trial run with mock drills and vaccination centers around the country on saturday to test everything from the transport arrangements for the vaccines to the cold storage systems the deployment of workers the app that's used to register and monitor everyone that's going to receive the vaccine the indian government is

planning to inoculate 300000000 people just in the 1st half of this year and the already has the biggest vaccination program in the world where it inoculates around $56000000.00 babies and pregnant women every year bought health experts say that the cold chain system in many places is in a bad state that vaccines aren't always stored or monitored properly power cuts could last for hours leaving vaccines unfit for use and that is why the government has been doing trial runs to identify and fix problems for the coded vaccine dr begins here. while staying in india tens of thousands of farmers are protesting against the government's controversial new agriculture. they've been camped out on highways around the capital new delhi many without shirts on the city's coldest day of the season farmers say the new laws will destroy their incomes and livelihoods on his unions will meet government leaders for another round of talks next week to

try and break the impasse. one of the world's biggest single markets is open for business after months of delay due to the pandemic africa's free trade agreement comes into effect on january the 1st the world bank says the deal will lift millions of people out of poverty some economists say the continent's poor countries will remain at a disadvantage though as that address reports from the army in the share. workers of this government factory rushed to deliver thousands of fees masks the owner says more than 2 and a half 1000000 were made here to control the spread of corporate 90. but as the africa free trade agreement comes into effect he foresees trouble ahead for the continent's poor countries. when the small and poor economies will always be at a disadvantage hopefully as time goes on we can get special considerations otherwise it will be difficult to compete. businesses in poor countries may have

their concerns but overall experts say the agreement will eventually benefit them they believe the cheap cost of labor in these countries will attract more industries and that it had to dip into african trade industrial development the level and pace of industrialization among african countries very some will have an advantage over others but african countries need to buy and sell roll and finished products among themselves. currently imports most of its needs from bottled water to food and machinery from big retail to local markets and here is flooded with imported products because. the country will continue to depend on him making it difficult for local industries to grow. experts say it's hard to see european and asian multinational companies giving up the trade advantage they've held in africa for centuries. products from europe asia and africa's larger

economies line the shelves at the emmys biggest retail monopoly consumers prefer these brands traders say they won't be many local goods on store shelves and less government steps in. we should be given support the government should facilitate easy acquisition of land and loans from banks. but it's hard to see how governments on the continent can do that without breaching the protectionism rules of africa trade agreement and the world trade organization or maybe greece al-jazeera yemi. all still ahead of al-jazeera families in libya seeking answers has hundreds of civilians remain unaccounted for. no place to say you feel safe anymore. we'll tell you why record numbers of people in hong kong are seeking u.k. residency.

it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored plan qatar airways the coda still flying out of siberia going trust the open waters in producing a lot of snowfall i'm sure in her car but it's not quite as cold as it was and it's probably not as windies it was either i don't think we'll see any more snow on the korean peninsula and of course you've got to go across the water to produce it so it's still just coating sunny for example harben but sapporo represents what's happening in northern japan it is warming up starkly you have yours minus one we get to minus 3 by sunday but the snow is frequent and sunshine probably fairly rare that's a general picture in japan as you bring the flow for the southeast warming things a bit taipei's up to 20 not 70 new got a few showers here the big issue as a result of that colder air pushing down the northeast monsoon of these here which

in the flow will head down towards while malaysia should we say kuala lumpur maybe singapore and then after that and they cross to somalia those are be big downpours and drop the temperature as well. the cold wave is still in the north of india and northern pakistan but this is an interesting development this will help to clear the formula help to clean the air i missed a lot for this time of year but it's good if you happen to be in new delhi because the focus there where it will produce you would produce better conditions. the one sponsored paul qatar airways. in the far reaches of the new siberian islands gold rush fever is in the hands. of hunters searching for priceless woolly mammoth tusks of on earth the holy grail. an incredible journey into the realms of science fiction where cloning and synthetic biology have scientists playing god.

witness genesis 2.0 the hunt for the woolly mammoths on al-jazeera. the. former. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap i have lines britain's departure from the e.u. single market and customs union has been fairly smooth so far there's been no major delays in the cross-channel movement of trucks and ferries to and from france health experts in india are meeting to decide on the safety of the oxford astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine reports suggested schools close to being approved for emergency use. $33.00 african nations are now trading as one of the world's largest

single markets for a free trade deal that has just come into effect will see tariffs eliminated on 90 percent of goods within the block the world bank says it'll lift millions of people out of poverty. now doctors in the u.k. are warning of a difficult few weeks after a new more infectious strain of corona virus is leading to a record number of cases and deaths emergency hospitals are on standby more people are now in hospital than during the peak of the pandemic in april and some parts of england. as the number of new infections more than doubles the government's vaccination strategy has come under scrutiny the u.k.'s doctors' union is criticised a change in policy which would see the delay in the 2nd jab of the pfizer by own take vaccine the vaccine is most effective when 2 full doses are administered within 21 days of the chief medical officers of england scotland wales and northern

ireland are standing by the government's decision to go live to rory chalons in london now so the chief medical officers of the u.k. are standing by the government's decision why is the vaccination program getting such a bad critique from other doctors well i think many doctors are concerned that there isn't the data to back up this decision and that the delays in the 2nd round of the 2nd dose the pfizer vaccine are worrying for the people who are receiving letters saying that they have had their 1st job but they shouldn't be turning out for their 2nd job our show jules pfizer has said the data that they did on the testing of the vaccine showed that the 2nd dose should be given about 3 weeks in just over 3 weeks after the 1st jab. but

that's not what the government is doing now the government has decided that together with the astra zeneca oxford vaccine they're going to just be getting as many 1st doses into people as they possibly can of both vaccines so what they're going to try and do is vaccinate essentially the whole population with one dose and they say that this 1st dose will give. a pretty similar level of immunity to what you would get if you have 2 doses of both and the advantage of it according to the government is that you can just give it so more people because you're giving out the 1st doses as widely as possible doctors though as i said are a bit concerned about this and the british medical association which is one of the doctors unions in the u.k. has raised concerns but it's a basically it's

a public health decision that the government has made because of a limited resource and the worsening situation with increasing coded infections in the u.k. all right thanks so much rory chalons there medics across brazil of hell the minute of silence to mark the new year start of the intensive care unit in sao paulo where among those paying tribute to colleagues and patients affected by 19 cases are surging the country has recorded more than a 1000 deaths for the 3rd day in a row. cuba is rolling out major economic changes which will see one of its 2 domestic currencies scrapped after decades the peso will be kept but devalued and the so-called convertible peso which is paid to the dollar 'd will be eliminated it will result in short term pain for cubans but the government hopes it will address the country's larger economic problems the same human explains. he stole my

tickets owns one of her banners most successful private restaurants a must even for the most high profile visitors until now his customers paid in cook's or c. you see a state invented substitute for the u.s. dollar with $25.00 times more than the cuban missile but now that cook is being scrapped with an unsustainable dual currency an exchange rate system. without it just means the elimination of a currency that was circulating for a long time and reactivate in our national currency peso. if only it were that simple one of the most common phrases in cuba is nice classy or it's not easy. and that's the perfect way to describe the risk elimination of cuba's 2nd currency while it's considered to be hard currency it's in fact worthless outside of cuba hindering exports and desperately needed investment one. then

when the creek was put into circulation it was picture the dollar but in time it was value it's elimination in general terms as positive but there will be collateral damage. first and foremost a devaluation of the pisot against the us dollar and a steep increase in prices which means purchasing power will drop despite the much higher promised salaries. i don't see the point they raise your salary but they triple or quadruple the price of the dollar which we need to buy all the basics. and that's the other big problem if you want to buy anything from food to clothes or even hygiene products you need to go to one of the more than $120.00 stores and that's why all these people are lining up in front of the bank to exchange hard currency for an electronic debit card in m l c the cuban name for the u.s. greenback cash transactions aren't allowed. to run his family

who can send money if you don't work with tourists if you don't have access to hard currency this change has been very bad. it will be a difficult process for a country that is already suffering from a deep recession scarcity and harsh new u.s. economic sanctions but then as they say giving cuba's finances in order won't be easy. to see in human al-jazeera. when libyan warlords those forces control the city of tal hold a hundreds of civilians were forcibly detained killed and tortured there are families that still don't know what happened to their loved ones al-jazeera is medics right now went to a town hall or and met those still searching for the truth. many families in libya will be spending the next few days together celebrating the new year but the family into room will not be hannah says all the men in her family who were either

killed or kidnapped by members of the armed group can yet backed by the warlord belief or have to or who made the town his command center before a failed military campaign on the capital tripoli i don't know what other sure enough for me 21 men from my family are gone 14 were killed for no reason and 7 of them were kidnapped and until now we have no idea of their whereabouts they didn't bring us their bodies and the government hasn't been able to identify the bodies through tests if there are amongst the dead we want to know. when the un recognized government of prime minister faisal surats retook western libya in june work began to find out what atrocities had been committed when to whom no was half their stronghold so far 125 bodies have been recovered from mass graves in the city yet can yet militia is accused of carrying out the killings but the chimbley government has been slow to identify the bodies or begin to work on other reported

sites the united states blacklisted the kenya militia and its leader in november over the human rights abuses into. ramadan says he notified authorities of where he believes his brother and 35 other men are buried but nothing's been done so far to establish the truth. according to some witnesses they killed them and took them to the waste dump they buried them under the trash 36 men were there that's a lot of men i don't know why the government refuses to take the lack of a proper investigation by the government has caused a great deal of anger here and. our team is currently working in town they are combing a large area and the digging is all done by hand unfortunately we don't have the materials yet to identify the bodies or high tech equipment to speed up the excavation process for the family and many like the mentor who know it could take

years to discover what really happened to their loved ones so the closure they desperately seek will have to wait malik trainer. to whom. an exodus of hong kong residents is expected later this month as they seek refuge from a tough new security law imposed by beijing from the end of this month residents from the former british colony can move to the u.k. for up to 5 years and then apply for residency adrian brown reports from hong kong . many people in today's hong kong tend to choose their words carefully but fred c. is not afraid to speak his mind about the reasons for leaving a territory he says he no longer recognizes no place to say you feel safe anymore everywhere when you see police actually you will get tense that's why especially as a parent with kids it worries me a lot fred hopes to soon join his family in the nearby democratic island of taiwan

he owns a market research company another skilled worker who doesn't want to go but says he has to that decision motivated by concerns over the new national security law especially its impact on academic freedom when the children come to home you need to know. what lessons that they had in school it make you very tired to always worry about your kids being brainwashed. was he took part in protests demanding political reform demonstrations that often turned violent amid the subsequent campaign against ascent other families are also opting to leave this one asked not to be identified because the father's worried about the repercussions of speaking out. they've taken up the british government's resettlement offer and will soon leave their home for the last time.

there is nothing to make me stay in hong kong it is torture to stay in or go if you're on the opposition side what the government is doing is not for the benefit of the people their sacrifice hong kong's future for their own interests kim watching is an outspoken political commentator also mulling a move to britain in the last film on a lot of people just as weiss me they call me they they they they say maybe you have to be less if we choose to stay because it is tilted our know what the government do for you this kind of outspoken people it's not the 1st exodus from hong kong in the decade before the territory was returned from british to chinese rule in 1997 around half a 1000000 left but after securing a 2nd nationality many returned the mood among some of those leaving this time

though is one of resignation a belief that they won't be coming back adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. nathan lohr is a pro-democracy activist who fled hong kong to london he says hundreds of thousands will leave hong kong in order to avoid persecution by beijing. a lot of hong kong people welcome that policy because it offers a safe exit for the people in need or facing political persecution so i think there will be a few without a few 100000 people coming because for now the u.k. is in political instability and for a little from calm people of the house kind of like wait and see mentality for now but at the end of the day they're facing political persecution a lot of what tara in hong kong so i guess and there will be. amount of numbers of people flowing into the country there are different degree of political persecution that people are facing some are being charged some are being some are being

arrested and some are just like living in their daily life and they are afraid of speaking out or they are afraid of the police brutality so i think that the different degrees of people in the current political climate so a lot of people if they feel like their freedom are being restrained that they're not able to speak freely these kind of people they will probably be thinking about leaving hong kong by immigration before some others like me we are facing real political persecution then we have to flee and seek other ways of leaving the city . 143 years after it was 1st composed and performed the strain has updated its national anthem to reflect what the prime minister says is a spirit of unity.

that was the old line the words have been changed to for we are one and free and now instead of young and free it's an attempt to better recognize the country's indigenous history. this is our just and these i headlines now the u.k. has completed its split from the e.u. leaving the single market in customs union at 11 pm london time on new year's eve prime minister boris johnson said the country would make the most of what he called its new freedom this is an amazing moment for this country we have our freedom in our hands and he's up to us to make the most of it and i think it will be the overwhelming instinct of the people of this country to come together as one you know.