discovered. to deal with the most intense election campaigns buick since sept 20th you're right it's the 6th of. january on al-jazeera. think. al-jazeera. by the arm can but al this is the news hour live from dakar coming up in the next 60 minutes india authorizes the 1st coronavirus vaccine for emergency troops it will be one of the biggest rollouts in the world. as presidential election goes for a runoff as the main contenders failed to win a majority. with the u.n. peacekeeping mission in sudan's darfur region coming to an end thousands of refugees are facing an uncertain future. the u.s.

and iran accuse each other of ramping up of the triple supersedes ahead of the anniversary of the assassination of iran's military chief. and in sports a 2nd win in 3 days for the reigning n.b.a. champions anthony davis scoring 34 points for the l.a. lakers in this victory over the san antonio spurs. we begin this news all with breaking news from india which is authorized its 1st coronavirus vaccine for measures to use the country has now given the green light to roll out the oxford astra zeneca vaccine with fans to inoculate 300000000 people in the next 6 to 8 months with such a large population it'll be one of the biggest and most ambitious vaccination campaigns in the world already there have been nationwide drills to prepare for the large bowl out. well india has the world's 2nd highest number of chrono virus cases after the u.s. and the 3rd highest number of deaths after the u.s.

and brazil last month registered more than 10000000 infections well joining us now from put it terry is dr teasin that at all men he is the global director for people's health movement and former executive director of the national health systems resorts center thank you so much for your time sir so this is a major milestone isn't it for india how prepared is the country for what comes next i think. being expected and it's a big it's a long. letter told me. that . the jagger thought that it is. that. it is you do find the flatline well and well it was. believed and the security. that. reasonably.

ok is the. relation is that i don't know i remember before said enough. i mean logistically as we've been saying it's a huge task in terms of india's ability to produce the vaccine it has capacity doesn't it it's quite a big manufacturer of vaccines is that going to help in the future. it is definitely going to head on the question is this that this is a reaction is that it just you know and should you. mean and yet we don't already have. it last we don't all those who are saying that in may so many listed nations so much of its production is a book that i'm a little kid and says very little more what does that. mean so your big really

brought a lot with it will be oh say $300000000.00 at this point up and down like c.n.n. or an action at some 30 of backstage at a big step for fear of the you know it move this massive that's why. they're dark blue are 3 of the last ones that up close. and one of them is the bottom export that and it would be just 1st didn't. i did our best clothes start get. to the right they do not that necessity maybe ever judy but i did get it back i'll do should be i mean you know border on was ok even though this was. a geisha on that i'll go there's a slight. dark lord president going back to be a matter of fact all right you know it's not i didn't go but very soon enough for

me to read it again. was deferred action so ok let's get all our sector it is a lot of the usual results we've got but he gives i don't get it and ok i'm wondering what are the attitudes towards vaccines in india we've seen the number of people who've said that get the vaccine in the u.s. steadily go up slowly but steadily going up more and more people feel comfortable they trust it what's the perception in india. there is going to be a lot of people i'm safe barriers here short of the everybody the little the facts of course the number of people the numbers for day to day are oxygen network 60 per cent profit and stock market maybe even total you want a bucket of the pot if they do a lot on that poor to even read stat let it be maybe even bought it and basically

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did the devil bought me well that is the big that is the big thing isn't it well the course of transmission when the chain of transmission can actually be broken i'm so sorry the time we have to leave it there from putting tear it up to take some that i meant. for the trouble direct to the peoples health movement and for my executive director of the national health systems research center. thailand has just doubled its order for the oxford astra zeneca vaccine to 52000000 the 1st shipments are expected to arrive by february the capital bangkok is and had a partial lockdown to control the new wave of infections bad on bars not carbs and alcohol cells and restaurants has come into force thailand managed to keep cases low during the initial outbreak last year but has seen a spike since mid december no candidate has won a majority in the 1st round of presidential election that means the 2 leading contenders. and money on will face each other in a runoff next month but zoom

a close ally of outgoing president mohamed $1.00 just under 40 percent of the vote more than twice that of the. former president so this talk to a bit dressed in the capital naomi ok talk us through what happens next it. what became of the next stage is the runoff which is in february and already started now what these areas are looking at now is a composition of parliament and all these political parties are clutches fated elections are weighing their options which of the coalition will they join best this is the history of democracy in this country no political party was. able to win outright the frustration in the elections so most of these governments democratically elected governments have been correlations now the ruling party has 80 seats out of 100 but is that 6 the closest party or a party that's challenging the party in the run of has only $1000.00 seats in

parliament so it needs a coalition of so many political parties try to be a majority or what can we ga in parliament so these are the things that some of these political parties the smaller political parties are looking at now the candidates the candidates busy since the announcement of this election results of this morning they have been busy calling the other political parties to join what the question is will the vote come out already we've seen more than 30 percent of voters not turning up for this election well there be voter fatigue when the runoff takes of ensure every that is what most political analysts think but the political parties are hopeful that they will put out or pull out move what is out on to be up to up to the vote collingwood's to cast their ballots so that they can elect it's easier this time because an outright major the or the most votes win the election

so they are banking on the fact that most voters who voted passionately in the sunday general elections will come out again and vote all right thank you for that update out of interest in. after 13 years the joint mission by the african union and united nations and saddam's doll for region has come to an end the mandate expired on new year's eve that peacekeepers who were in darfur to protect displaced people gradually be pulled out of the next 6 months as al jazeera morgan reports from calm for people all still afraid to return home and they don't know the camps they live in a safe without protection. this little space is clear and his family's home in my camp in south dar for colin says he was forced to abandon his actual home when regional conflict reached his village he started his family here his children know nowhere else i would go on we'll hear more about who. i know my home village and to

recognize it but my kids were all born in this camp this is the only home they know they don't know their ancestral home if you ask them which village they come from they say karma if you ask them which county they say karma it's not just a displacement camp for them. settled his set up a pharmacy in the camp it's one of the structures that gives the camp a sense of a small village there's also a market a school and a health center was established after fighting started in dar for in 2003 between mainly non arab rebel groups and the government more than 300000 were killed and more than 2000000 displaced the camp is the largest in the region more than 150000 families live here and until the end of last year it was secured by united nations and an african union peacekeeping mission known as you no matter how much may seem like a small village or town but it lacks basic infrastructure like running water and power lines and while many of the pains of income. to survive with the end of the

going to make the dance government has promised to continue securing camps for both displays until they return to their villages but for many this camp has become a permanent home. a peace deal was signed between the armed groups and sudan's transitional government last october it allows for the return of those displaced and gives them back their farms and properties but the camp leaders here don't trust the deal and don't think it's safe to leave burying. our homes have been taken over by farmers there's no security back in or villages and with gone we don't know what will become of accounts the government is saying that there will be a joint force to protect the camps on to leave but we can't leave because we don't recall denies that signed the government says it won't force anyone out of the camps but that providing for them will become increasingly hard yeah if you had a service when there were plans to make the camp a town but how do you do that when people don't want any government force or

official to into the camp we can't provide services we can't provide protection we can't implement law and order inside the camps because the people are unwilling to leave our son and the location and the layout of the camps do not allow for it to be a town and with the implementation of the peace deal people should return home. that's easier said than done for the people living here whether they were forced from their homes or whether they know nothing else they see danger and insecurity outside the camp now life inside the camp is also under threat. whenever morgan joins us live now from jala in south darfor if the u.n. believes the security situation is stable enough to pull out its forces those u.n. a you forces why do people still feel that it's not safe to return. well for most displaced people it's the composition of the joint force that has

been set up by the government that raises their concerns they say that they join forest which will be made up of military police and the rapid support forces those are the same forces that forced them to leave their homes at the beginning of the conflict in 2003 especially the rapid so forth forces rights group have repeatedly documented abuses in across these committed by the rapid support forces the paramilitary forces and displaced people say that's one of the reasons why they feel like it's not the time for the united nations african union mission in dar for to end their mandate to leave the country now the other concern is that they do not recognize the peace deal that was signed and all of the people who are in camp here in the south are 4 supports up in what had who's the leader of the sudan's liberation movement and that's a group that has not signed a peace deal with the government as opposed to other groups who signed a deal with the transitional government in july last year now the head of the sudan liberation movement and that will have mohammad no says that he does not recognize

and does not believe that the talks that were held in juba last year will lead to peace so he will continue fighting and till he achieves his goal and until the root causes of the darfur conflict are addressed so people in the camp say that until they see that last group sign a deal with the government and until they are assured that the joint force that has been formed by the government does not include forces that led to their displacement in the 1st place they will continue in their camps right now the camps are secured by the displaced people themselves the unit forces have no mandate at all to secure them should anything happen and the displaced people say they're the ones who are going to take care of the responsibility and the security and peace comes and until they feel like it's time for them to leave their camps i'll just have a morgan thank you. and more ahead on the news all including us a policy $20000000.00 grow the virus infections with a vaccination rollout going slower than. there's a problem of more humanity just not enough stranded and freezing on the bosnia

croatia border we live on the ground as authorities finally take action. and it's port manchester united i'm moving on up to the english premier league and will be here with that story. iran and the u.s. have accused the child of escalating military tensions ahead of the 1st anniversary of the assassination of iran's general concepts only money sunday will mark one year since he was killed in an american air strike in iraq last week the rhetoric between washington and tehran has intensified the u.s. flew to be 52 bombers to the gulf earlier this week intending to caution iran against any attacks on american troops or interests iran sent a letter to the u.n. security council condemning what it called washington's military adventurism in the region from minister develop zarif also accuse donald trump of fabricating

a pretext for war and the u.s. has accused militias backed by iran of attacking its embassy in baghdad last month rocket attacks on the compound increased the u.s. withdrew most of its staff of concerns of a retaliatory strike when raney leaders spoke ahead of the anniversary of somalis assassination balin revenge and that iran's policies will not change. i they will witness severe ravines what has come so far has only been glimpses. do not presume that anyone even in the position of u.s. president who appeared as a murderer or a session may be immune from justice being carried out neither none of those involved in this assess nation in crime will be safe on earth. or said oh i have i explicitly said that the path of force and the path of resistance does not change with evils that the us commits the past is still the same path. today we have no

problem or apprehension in encountering any of the world powers we will have our final words on the battlefield with our enemies. those divide is live from tehran out also some really strong words there from a rainy and late is what more can you tell us. well this is the kind of rhetoric that we've been hearing over the past few days leading up to this very important anniversary for rain officials they say that this something assassination awesome soleimani is an event that iran has and eventually and that is yet to come we also heard from the head of the country's revolutionary guard major general me has been visiting a very significant island at the entrance of the eastern entrance of the strait of hormuz. general salim he was there on saturday morning doing a tour of iran's defensive capabilities this is a very small island that is a large revolutionary guard base it's significant that he chose the state

a visit and make a statement there which is the same as he said on friday at the tehran university ceremonies that is that the iranians will avenge the death of us and so the money that is yet to come but for the time being there is really no appetite for iran to engage in conflict and one of the main reasons for that is because of the incoming u.s. president joe biden who said that he will return to that very important nuclear deal there is a sense that iran is not interested in escalating tensions but they will defend their 1st themselves if necessary the events that led to where we are today let's have a closer look at what happened in the state last year in the early hours of january 3rd 2020 shortly after arriving at baghdad international airport major general. was killed in a u.s. drone strike is close ally the deputy head of iraq's popular mobilisation forces.

this also died along with 8 others missiles from the u.s. drone hit their convoy as it left the airport. so the man he was the commander of the courts force a unit of iran's revolutionary guard responsible for foreign operations and he was also considered to be the 2nd most powerful man in iran behind the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei of those who can and not at all by knowing the news of his death made official by iran's state t.v. a 3 day mourning period was announced and iran vowed revenge as u.s. president donald trump stood by his decision with this claim last night at my direction the united states military executed a flawless strike that terminated the terrors ringleader responsible for gravely wounded and further in thousands and thousands of people and hundreds and hundreds

at least of americans. sulla money has been killed and his bloody rampage is now for ever on. for ayatollah khomeini so in mind he was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle and a friend for more than 30 years almost 12 months on the commander in chief of iran's armed forces says he's not done avenging so in mani's death. you know in guilt or multiple to whatever it's possible we will take revenge we will take revenge on those who ordered so him on his assassination and the ones who carried out that assassination just hours after saw him on his body was laid to rest in his hometown of care mon on january 7th the revolutionary guard launched 13 missiles at the u.s. space in iraq no americans were killed but tensions increased iran

was on high alert and accidently shot down the ukrainian airline passenger plane killing all 176 people on board while the united states said they were not seeking regime change in iran trumps the citizen to kill himself in monny had far reaching repercussions feared by his enemies inside iran so the money had for years been one of the most popular national figures in the country the international face of iranian resistance to american pressure he remained largely untouched by the diminishing popularity of the country's elected government. his death prompted calls for the expulsion of u.s. troops from the middle east by iranian officials as well as the reigning back groups in iraq and it's a demand which still stands a year later it's also important to note that these this rhetoric that we've been hearing there is not only just for the united states the head of iran's revolutionary guard aerospace the vision has given an interview on saturday saying

that the regional countries the arab countries in the gulf countries near iran should also be on alert because they will not be spared if iran is attacked so there is a direct message also for the neighboring countries to iran that they will not be spared if the united states decides to launch some kind of a attack on the country this is the 1st time directly there's been a message to the gulf countries as well so there is a sense that the rhetoric is getting more and more serious and building up but whether or not there will be any action the iranians say no not on their part they will wait and see what the americans will do in the coming days dosage of are there in tehran thank you. which all stratford is in the iraqi capital baghdad he says the anniversary of the assassination is putting pressure on the iraqi prime minister. well it's fair to say the atmosphere has been increasingly tense overseas such an important day for geopolitically and for the people of this country

such of a major cement as the assassination of a man who was described as the most 2nd most powerful man in iran the last time we saw its packs on the green zone we understand targeting the u.s. embassy was december the 20 s. and all they are around groups the major wrong groups denied any responsibility for those attacks blaming it on what they described as out will saying that they entrusted the prime minister mostafa car to me to deal with those that falls in a legal illegals way so there are questions being asked about how much control both could dar me and the iran back groups have over these small units that are claiming responsibility for these attacks and it's also fair to say that there is increasing fear amongst the people of iraq the everyday people of iraq that have witnessed decades of political instability and violence in this country and whether

they support those pro iran backed groups those iraq right groups or indeed the us nobody wants to see an escalation here so amongst everyday people they are increasingly nervous on such an important day. as today. lucy is an assistant professor at the critical security program at the doha institute a graduate studies he says the u.s. military exercises in the gulf region is meant to deter any attempts of retaliation the assassination of sort of money. united states had made it clear on many instances that the killing of any u.s. personnel whether in iraq or that golf the g.c.c. in general would be a red light for the united states therefore they are just preparing for the 1st anniversary of the killing of soleimani that just in case any u.s. personnel would be targeted that the u.s. united states which retaliates right away to any provocation by you know any iranian affiliated groups or at least some splinter groups that threaten to target

the united states and its embassy in iraq at the same time iran has also mentioned on many instances that it's going to retaliate to the to the killing of a money and we've seen many statements why the iranian officials that they will actually target those that were responsible for the killing of so lemon and therefore there is a deterrent by both mostly by the united states to any provocative act that that might be committed and iran's government is pushing ahead with plans to enrich uranium to appear is he a 20 percent install the un's nuclear watchdog the work will be done and the fort all plant that's built into the side of a mountain in richmond preaches the near 4 percent enrichment allowed on the 2050 nuclear deal by fall short of the 90 percent needed to make a nuclear weapon it's time now for the weather has evidence. hollo there we got some proper winter weather across europe at the moment we got some really nasty

stole swirling away essential parts of the mediterranean this deep area of low pressure here with dragging up relatively mild air from the south sweeping across safely pushing up across the balkans where we've got that model red is where we see the heaviest downpours as it bumps into the cold air is readily turning to snow so fair old mix of rain sleet and snow coming through central areas pushing a little further north but you can see the western parts of potent seeing some snow some snow there coming into germany this nazi brits across the british isles as well just 4 or 5 celsius there for london paris the 4 degrees cool enough here and even further south madrid at around 7 celsius there be some snow over the peyronie's too as we go on into monday and notice by on monday madrid will see temperatures no higher than around 4 degrees 5 degrees celsius here so take the cold when she makes continues to swirl its way across so central parts heavy rain there pushing across greece and into that western side of the west whether that we

do have in the med will prolong the shores of northern morocco northern parts of algeria further south it is generally find dry and sunny. still ahead on al-jazeera new technology to save an ancient industry indonesia's sulks fall is want to help to modernize. really sad to be. european. getting used to a new reality persons tell us how they feel about the u.k.'s departure from the european union. and in sports we'll hear from the defending dakar rally champion as competitors prepare to start this year's race. in the conclusion of a 2 part series people in power in vesta gates allegations that irish catholic nuns facilitated the traffic of babies the church realized that babies that are the could be sold to america a scouting quite they use and reveals shocking new evidence of how and where

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you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour india's drug regulator has approved the oxford astra zeneca vaccine for emergency use the government hopes to immunize 300000000 people in the next 8 months 3 other back you expect things well there are awaiting approval. as presidential election will be decided in a runoff next month ruling party candidate mohamed bozza won just under 40 percent of the vote in the 1st round while former president mohamed i also want to 17 percent. commemorations are being held ahead of the anniversary of custom sort of mani's assassination the us drone strike killed 3 arraigning in general in baghdad on january 3rd last year. bosnia's military has set up tents for hundreds of refugees stranded in freezing conditions there that were left without shelter for several days after a fire burned down their old camp already as have tried to relocate the refugees

that is being opposed by some local people. a sign of relief and of new shelter this will be home for hundreds of migrants and refugees stranded in bosnia-herzegovina sleep a camp near its northwest border with croatia the military set up tents to shield hundreds of migrants from the winter's freezing weather after days of sleeping out in the cold the nation face mounting criticism for leaving the migrants without proper shelter heat or facilities to do with. we don't mind target majestic we can drink of water that's enough for us but the problem is my main problem for. we need to contain this ok. for days there were cries for help earlier this week migrants and refugees went on a hunger strike i am it reports of frostbite and hypothermia they held

a protest to bring attention to their poor living conditions with all these new the despite the problems caused when these people were abandoned by un organizations and by local authorities we must show solidarity we're here today with the red cross we're trying to help them as much as possible. most of the camp was destroyed in late december when police say occupants deliberately set a fire to protest the schedule closure and lack of alternatives plans to move them to another facility fell through rejected by politicians and people living nearby aid groups have warned of a potential humanitarian crisis is a problem of more humanity just food is not enough. bad madness mostly but disease most of the people here are from south asia and the middle east they are among thousands hoping to make it to western europe to start a new life we don't have beyond gates we don't have jacked up you can see this i

don't have shoes the new camp will be run by the international organization for migration it's not a long term solution but it is a way to help people with nothing to survive the winter katia llopis of the young al-jazeera. well just as early on especially on that she is outside what walls leave a camp and be hot in bosnia and herzegovina near the border with croatia are what are you what are you seeing there. well currently the situation is calm here in only pannier because the group of migrant and refugees who are protesting at the fans of the former camp. are no longer there because just minutes ago it was heavily raining here but that doesn't mean that their protest is over they refused to get the food that was provided for them a by the local red cross and they are stating it is

a sort of message to the local authorities and also to the european union they want better accommodation urgently they want a place with heating enough food water clay is that could provide them showers and baths and if that's not possible to be done urgently they want you to open borders for them concerning this tents set up by the army forces some of the migrants and refugees we talked to told us that they don't want to go to those stands because they don't see any difference between tents they had in the former camp and these new tents over there because they say it is very cold to be in tents in this winter time and in particularly in this part of bosnia and herzegovina which is very very cold in the winter and local authorities are still

refusing to to open beta a camp which was located in the very city but it was closed several months ago because as they stated they had the experience of having migrants and refugees in the city center and they don't want that anymore and they are afraid for their security and there's the clear decision from the council of ministers here in bosnia and herzegovina. that the best solution right now is to reopen be that camp but local authorities have other proposals and one of them is to relocate accommodation the containers that are over there in butte out here in really far and in that way to solve this problem and to provide temporary accommodation during the winter for migrants and refugees ok thank you for that update there

leon a it's many on that there are from lever camps joining us from syria is peter van the adults he is the international organization for migration representative for bosnia and herzegovina thank you for your time where does the responsibility lie here you have all of these people freezing really freezing is it the baazi an authority is it the croatian authorities who are apparently pushing back they are pushing people back from the border are they liable to i mean these people just want to get to western europe so who is responsible here. well i think that sort of military and suffering you're seeing clearly the responsibility lies with the unity of the authorities and it's going to come to a consensus as to how to move forward in terms of providing a communication for the markets and refugees that. give you 2 examples count was

always you don't need to be emergency response recovery 98 the only thing to your authority is the local authority ceded to do what to continue if you do electricity water so it could be heat up and that containers could be put at a proposal to put containers there now he's not workable as the local authorities know because there is no it is the it will take to clear these container store and that would also lead to people being in the coal sink element is the issue there was an attempt to really get the migrants. on the ship but also to an irrigation bargain which is in another part of the country but also their local politicians and local people. might and so the international support international assistance is available and can be activated immediately but we need to local authorities to take a decision as to where the money markets are going to be located at the pinnacle of the inappropriate human manner and these will have to be nice and as a final point not of these is a process we have been warning together with others or at least for months some are

actually saying we need about 2000 places additional accommodation bills it's a government we have 8000 migrants in the country it's a country of people who fund media people with 6000 or even official centers in the war and getting access to the military says it shouldn't be too complicated for a country of 3500000 to find accommodation for 2000 people especially if you can the national forests or ending. available i mean one of the reasons what you mentioned that it hasn't been straightforward is because of this hostile discourse that is coming from locals there i mean should they be getting simple support what can be done to to help those people to. open open the gates if you like i mean should they be entitled to some sort of support as well. well you know i think so in the local communities have been supportive i think of all of this also beauty lies also with the local media here too who have a day in the sea to highlight images about my kids but also it's politicians who

are instrumental as the prisoners of my considerable political goals i'll give you an example if you say that you don't will be because of the local population security well the result of not having peta is that because in addition to the 100 people that are stuck we also have about 1500 people sleeping. in abandoned buildings so how is that better for the security of the local population to have people in uncontrolled schools than having to control since i think there's been a lot of what do you think in your own issue and it's i think. it's your show leadership and to explain why it is important that martin's or accommodate. sadly it's a scenario if same repeated and so many countries what about the role of the u.n. some critics say that the u.n. should be doing more particularly for these refugees have been leaving in effect that the bread crosses they never up until yesterday u.n.

migration stuff haven't been saying. well i mean i know it was also going to rick ross of the shooting sleeping bags repros jackets and we're backstopping to rick ross where they need to sort. but the issue and it has to be pretty clear before i went out for any other human agents we're here to support and we're actually running all the other official centers there it's exist in both here to government but i we cannot be clear a place or a building to be official accommodation super for we need to attach this issue and by the local authorities and what has been lucky the reason why the un could not continue to engage in the way it was before the fire was because it had become an inhumane unsafe place for people to state i'll give you a brief example the 1st snow snow sort of didn't collapse you know luckily it was a crater and people were not praying at that time but it gives you an indication as to how dangerous you have become to be there it was dangerous because the

authorities had. so we grabbed us. but i have to leave it there for time thank you so much for your time said it from say ever pay to. we appreciate it thank you for having me. cobbles press club is boycotting coverage of government news in protest of the killing of another afghan journalist bismillah iraq was killed in the central province of core when gunmen fired on his car a mark was a human rights activist and the editor of a local radio station is the 5th journalist to be killed in afghanistan in the past 2 months or time to the coronavirus pandemic and the u.s. is entering the new year with few signs that its rampant crime virus outbreak can be contained it's reported more than $20000000.00 coronavirus cases and faces the threat of a more infectious strain and as infections rise vaccinations are being carried out much slower than expected reports from los angeles. it was nobody's idea of

a good way to ring in the new year on friday johns hopkins university reported the u.s. had surpassed 20000000 cases of covert 19 with more than 346000 deaths the number of infections has doubled since november 9th less than 2 months ago the u.s. accounts for nearly one quarter of all coated deaths worldwide in places like southern california hospitals and their staff are increasingly overwhelmed forcing doctors and nurses to ration care one california public health epidemiologist likened the situation to a viral tsunami florida became the 3rd state after colorado and california to report a patient with the relatively new more transmissible cova variant 1st identified in the u.k. the man had not traveled recently at least 33 countries have now reported cases of

the mutant strain a u.s. genetic testing company says its research suggests the variant has been circulating in the u.s. since october on the vaccine front fewer than 3000000 americans have received their doses of figure far short of the trump administration's goal of 20000000 vaccinations before the end of 2020 i think the rollout very haphazard there's been almost no coordination from the federal government the federal government basically delivered to the states but then the states were not funded for the rollout program adequately and furthermore basically the state said here's the here and go hospitals you guys pull it out for the senator mitt romney a prominent us republican political figure called for stepped up efforts including the enlistment of medical students veterinary. ins and emergency medical workers to

administer vaccines he said schools and other facilities that are closed due to the pandemic should be converted to mass vaccination centers president donald trump spent friday tweeting about various political grievances but mentioned the faltering vaccine effort only once and then to shift blame to state officials president elect joe biden says he will use emergency wartime powers to boost vaccine production and speed up the lifesaving injections across the country rob reynolds al-jazeera. and in asia has one of the longest coastlines in the world but it's felt farming industry is on failed to meet the needs of the domestic market so millions of tons of imported each year and that threatens the livelihoods of the country salt as jessica washington reports from into mayo on the island of java the government hopes investing in technology can change that. in indonesia's west timor

this is the process behind harvesting one of the world's most common minerals these men have found felt this way for years it's low tech and low cost the salt they farm can be used for consumption or industrial use. but not all of indonesia's salt is this quality indonesia has the 2nd longest coastline in the world but despite being surrounded by salt water the country still imports millions of tonnes of salt each year. we have got we need to improve the quality of our indonesian salt we need it to be the best quality so that we don't need to buy from abroad the government said a quota of around 3000000 tonnes for industrial salt imports an increase from previous years scientists working with the government's research and technology ministry say they're trying to improve the quality of locally produced salt by using technology to increase sodium chloride contents finally be made not the.

bed i believe we need. because we want to make the farmers become more was very important but common say they don't receive enough support there are more than 800 sold farmers an injury my you on the island of java. one farmer showed us inside a warehouse with thousands of kilograms of unsold salt. across this area there are many similar warehouses with bags of salt going to waste. the government isn't on our side salt imports are always open and the amount the importing creases every year. say the techniques used by the government in the past to improve the quality of their self haven't worked and they're struggling to sell their harvest this has been farmed and processed by local farmers here in injure my you it will be packaged and sold for consumption across indonesia but farmers here say it's

increasingly difficult to on a living they say imports are to blame the farmers say they're feeling the impact of low salt prices because of imports from a strain in india and china. the government says it's not possible for indonesia to stop importing solved but across community. where hundreds rely on the mineral pharma say more should be done to train them in modern farming techniques so they can match the quality of imported cells get that and pull up another we have experts from the government they should come here and tell us what kind of production they need so we can compete with the imported salt if their prospects don't improve these men fear for the future of their farms and their livelihoods jessica washington al jazeera interim. as the u.k. comes to terms with the brics this many are reflecting on what life outside of the e.u. means for their sense of identity if barker reports from under a cloud it's sunrise over westminster nothing extraordinary here many of breaks its

changes will be slow but knowledge even but in the minds of british people the u.k. now adrift from the e.u. is alone again for some that's a cause for optimism for others profound regret. the country still working out what breaks it means in practice with new rules on travel trade and immigration to name a few but beyond the dry details it's also about something much deeper for many brits especially those in their twenty's and thirty's being british and a member of the european union a part of one indivisible seamless identity that now is a result of bragg's it has been split in 2 of the 48 percent of people that voted to remain in the european union many now feel like they're being told to abandon half of who they are really sad to be. not european anymore but i think it was a really awful decision that we made as

a country the idea that we this nation the world this could do better outside of something the size of the european union with exhibit stupid problematic the people growing up in the eighty's ninety's new cities a european identity was was fundamentally to how we saw the world we call yeasty be able to travel freely in the european union being able to work live and of course people who are older were able to retire that fathers a european union membership was felt in some way forced and disingenuous voting to leave the e.u. is a shock treatment for some parts of the country that felt left behind a way of restoring the country's factory settings i think it's a great opportunity for the u.k. now to stand alone and to really build some business across the world but it's not as simple as hitting reset in the past 50 years the u.k.'s become intertwined with

europe london's often called france's 6 biggest city because of its sizeable french population i'm picking the relationships required a form of diplomatic surgery in the shape of years of torturous brags that negotiations be no human could have been. the message for many of europe's leaders is the breaks it is not something to celebrate the last thing the e.u. wants is for the 1st member state to ever leave the e.u. to be followed by others how future generations will judge this moment we don't yet know is it the beginning of new opportunities or the end of many a sunrise or sunset nave barca al-jazeera london still ahead on our sara in sports another career landmark for this basketball star and the 7 latest action from him and yet.

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 informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bi ministration he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like it'll get the vaccine when there's no money and all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera.

al-jazeera. the all . time ever sport here is andy thanks so much ken there was a 2nd win in 3 days for the reigning m.b.a. it's on to hold us anthony davis top scoring for the i'd like is in a victory over the sun on sunday ice not such good news like the streets and be a champion steph curry of golden state's as far as it's already game history the l.a. lakers started the year the same way they ended dead by facing the san antonio spurs and they may have not played like the defending champions from the outset that the

lakers finished this game strong. the lakers rallied has the spurs 109-2103 securing our 2nd win in texas in 3 days of practice you know we do come an end to the season with the nature of the aussie than what not there is going to be some of the nights you know the key is can you find a way with you know when you know your best. you know we'll do that tonight a lot of pigs are shoot threes now trying expand their game. 6 time n.b.a. all star steph curry is looking good for golden state he scored 26 points for the warriors there this match up against portland trailblazers did it go curry's ways damian lillard game high 34 points to compact 15000 career points for the franchise and let the blazers to 823-2898 thrashing of the warriors it seems 1000 years is a huge accomplishment. something i'm proud of my work was

a vessel we got to make shots we all know that but. that's not the. the killer fours right now. is the kind of combination of both sides of florida finding any you know presence during any type of moments on. the emmys most value player yanis and tentacle will produce 29 points 12 rebounds to lead the milwaukee bucks 212-6296 win over the chicago bulls 11 consecutive victory over the bucs on time rivals fire is small al-jazeera. manchester united have moved level on points for liverpool at the top of the premier league united beating aston villa $21.00 on friday a 2nd half bring a philanderer is deciding this game united non-base in in their last 10 league matches of a full still top of the table on goal difference i think we should have played out the game better manage the last 1015 minutes of course we should have been more

clinical and finish the game often been 331 open and that's more a confluence situation but there's a reason behind my the color of my here and that's just we like to do it the hard way and money united for games and all this south waits on him have the chance to move 3rd with a win against leeds they are beating them 3 no sunday's game it's in form and burnley has been postponed due to further coronavirus cases fallen in scotland rangers football club has been remembering the fans who died of the iraq stadium disaster 50 years ago today rangers manager steven gerrard leading the tributes ahead of saturday's game against glasgow rival celtic the same fixture 1971 was the backdrop of the tragedy when 66 supporters died following a crush an exit stairway. now arguably the world's toughest raleigh rice is getting underway the dakar rally is being held in saudi arabia for the 2nd sign the off-road event will start and finish in jeddah over the next couple of weeks competitors will take on a course that stretches over 7 and

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believe we can have a chance of winning again i know it is going to read well if. i think i can do 15 more about. european courts a demoing going to improve the mix and. right way i feel physically strong enough on. an important and i feel weak enough to fight even if i don't win then i probably will come back but this is how i always wait and see after the next one. ok more sports in a couple of hours' time but that is how we're looking for now thank you for that. thousands of wife's wallace a fox the caspian sea in kazakhstan they are migrating self to flushing temperatures in russia over the cost of kazakhstan each went to this group was the largest in the recent years because. that's news on the back for

a moment with more from today's news. i was a little brazilian just now that i was barely 21 years old just me old mother and the father of my daughter i eat lunch here. when parents are in prison and the government doesn't have any plans for the trigger left behind so these children need 4 they need shelter they are searching for love. my passion is to see that this shooting of prisoners are also given another chance to live for making them which it is because they're not a party to that cranes committed by their parents when i finally get to that place to build a home for these children and they see them become somebody used to fall into

society fending for themselves. it would give me satisfaction. 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 but the decision must be made soon. mancow by blood part of the viewfinder asia series on. al-jazeera.

india authorizes the 1st coronavirus vaccine for emergency use to be one of the biggest rollouts in the one. given elvis is on his or live from doha also coming off the jazz presidential election goes for a run off as the main contenders failed to win a majority. but the u.n. peacekeeping mission in sudan's darfur region coming to an end thousands of refugees are facing an uncertain future. the u.s. and iran accuse each other of ramping up the minute.