we are the one traveling the extra mile they are the media don't go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. the . i. that i will witness a severe revenge what has come so far has only been to him says iran's vows retribution one year after the assassination of a rainman general kasim assume any. hello i'm barbara sarah you're watching out 0 life from london also coming up india is on the brink of also rising its 1st coronavirus vaccine for emergency use will be one of the biggest rollouts in the world with the un peacekeeping mission in sudan's

darfur region coming to an end thousands of refugees are facing an uncertain future . is a problem of human or to just is not enough. temporary shelter is sent out for a 1000 refugees and migrants stranded and freezing on the bosnia croatia border but they say it's nowhere near adequate. we begin the program in iraq where events are about to start to mark the anniversary of the assassination of iranian general kasim soon the money he was killed alongside several top iraqi figures in a u.s. drone strike near baghdad airport last year washington and tehran have been accusing each other of escalating military tensions as the anniversary approached

earlier this week the u.s. conducted the b. 52 bomber flyovers and sent a nuclear submarine into the gulf and the iranian leaders including the head of the revolutionary guards are vowing to act if provoked gabriel standing by in washington d.c. for us to provide american reaction to the events surrounding the anniversary 1st though let's go to charles stratford in the iraqi capital baghdad so charles what is the atmosphere there on the streets of baghdad as the anniversary approaches. well certainly the seating so far the it's very quiet on the streets in central baghdad we understand we know fact that there is a gathering of people at the site where soleimani was assassinated a year ago has been described as some sort of commemoration one stand that there was a poetry reading and possibly a statue that is being unveiled but it's safe to say that certainly in the days

building up to today things have been increasingly tense december the 20 s was the last time that rockets were fired towards the u.s. embassy those pro iran groups denied responsibility for those attacks and said that they had intrusted the prime minister with acting against what it described all those groups described as outlaws however when men or suspects were arrested by iraqi security forces there was face criticism of the prime minister by members of this group that accused him of listening too much to the americans it's those kind of things that have only added to the tension we've also as we've been reporting this been increased rhetoric both by the iranians and president donald trump we've had flyovers by b. 52 bombers in this region a show of strength by the americans the u.s. embassy

a few days ago announcing that it had supplied 30 military vehicles to the iraqi security forces to better protect the green zone as we've built up to this anniversary and meanwhile if you speak to general iraqis on the streets of course they are very nervous about any kind of escalation and bearing in mind that they've suffered decades of political instability violence economic mismanagement we've had more than a year of protests demanding whole scale political. and this all comes obviously during a kind of covert context so it doesn't matter what side of the fence iraqis are whether they are supporting these pro iran groups or are more inclined to support an american military presence here in this country they do not want an escalation and so far things are quiet at the seating but there are big

protests scheduled to be held in the center of baghdad tomorrow charles stratford for the moment with the latest from baghdad charles thank you well let's go live now to get a little is on though who joins us from washington d.c. again we heard a little bit there from charles about some of the actions the u.s. has taken tell us more about what the u.s. is doing in the run up to the sound of our story. well there are really sending some mixed signals when it comes to u.s. military might the u.s. announcing that they're pulling out the u.s.s. nimitz aircraft carrier out of the region and bringing it back home to its home port in washington state on the west coast of the united states this is after the aircraft carrier was in the gulf seen as a direct. threat if you will to iran and so it's being this decision is being sort of spawn here in the u.s. as a sign of u.s. deescalation of the situation however as charles just pointed out there from

baghdad the u.s. has been sending opposite signs in previous days and weeks just in previous days not once not twice but 3 times the u.s. has sent b. 52 bombers to buzz the coastline of iran a clear provocation and also sent this nuclear submarine to the gulf this submarine is equipped with tomahawk cruise missiles that are capable of striking pretty much anywhere in iranian territory and this all comes as we all remember from in november when president donald trump reportedly had to be convinced not to launch a preeminent strike against iran and alleged nuclear facilities and so there's been a lot of buildup for many weeks now by you the u.s. and now at the last minute here just on the eve of the one year anniversary of the assassination of so little money now suddenly pulling the aircraft carrier back now this decision was apparently made by the acting to set the defense secretary

christopher or miller it's unclear how much donald trump had a role in this decision he's been pretty quiet recently on international affairs but reportedly that general kenneth mackenzie the top u.s. commander for of u.s. forces in the middle east was apparently against the idea he thought that the aircraft carrier should be kept in the gulf region as a deterrent. iran gabriel elizondo with the latest from washington thank you. well meanwhile in tehran a senior military and political figures have been outspoken in the lead up to the anniversary with the head of iran's revolutionary guards valen to retaliate if provoked i don't. we would respond with a reciprocal decisive and strong blurry to whatever action the enemy would take against us and this has been proven time and again i mean.

india's drug regulator has recommended the country's 1st that covert 900 vaccine for approval it hopes to give the green light for a rollout of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine with a population of more than 1000000000 indian rollouts represents a huge logistical challenge and reports. gearing up for the world's largest immunization campaign these health care workers are taking part in a nationwide drill to test the delivery of vaccines 300000000 indians are due to receive injections in the 1st half of this year but. we're not worried to get rid of this pandemic we have to get injected i've been working in public health for the past year and i want an injection and to motivate others to do the same india's drug regulator has received a recommendation for approval for the oscars and oxford university vaccine for merchants use it can be stored and transported understand that refrigeration that

gives it an edge over those that need to be stored at extremely low temperatures it's also cheaper than the alternatives tens of millions of doses have been stockpiled and will be given for free to health care and from what workers in the 1st phase and more are being acquired fast. india is one of the only country where 4 vaccines are getting ready at one time. and those others include kovacs and a locally developed vaccine from behind a biotech that has been recommended for emergency use by a panel of experts but many are asking whether the vaccines will be effective or reach the right people. you know a lot of good reason to be needed. we don't know where they reach bieber leg needed to be met yes on exotic fish and there's a lot of the market places on it and then i mean the fact that he hops now does that give it me yet i'm not sure that the problem with that problem is that he did all of that as off as not you know these little jobs that i'm not really

going to let on its mission we didn't. the seram institute of india has partnered with the u.k. based drug maker astra zeneca to produce 1000000000 doses for low and middle income countries but the anti-poverty charity oxfam says 9 out of 10 people in the world's poorest places may miss out on a vaccine this year and are chapelle al-jazeera. thailand meanwhile 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 has entered a partial lockdown to control group growing covert 1000 infections a ban on bars nightclubs and alcohol sales in restaurants has come into force with health authorities recommending even more restrictions thailand managed to keep cases low in the initial outbreak but has seen a spike in the past 2 weeks. african union and un peacekeepers are to begin

withdrawing from sudan's darfur region their joint mission to protect this placed people there and that on new year's eve troops will gradually pull out over the next 6 months as al-jazeera is here but morgan reports now from kalma in south tower for displaced people fear of returning home but they don't know if the camps they live in are still safe. this little space is high level and his family's home in camp in south of our former colleague says he was forced to abandon his actual home when regional conflict reached his village he thought that his family here his children. i would go on will lead him about who don't want to go 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 coma if you ask them which county they say karma it's not just a displacement camp for them. settled has 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 darfur 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 know mad cow much may seem like a small village or town but it lacks basic infrastructure like running water and power lines and while many of us at the pains of income other similar to survive with the end of the dance government has promised the continuous appearing time for those 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 camp leaders here don't trust the deal and don't think it's safe to leave. our homes have been taken over by farmers there's no security back in the old religious and with gone we don't know what will become of the camps 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 the deal 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 could have had 700 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 to the morgue and al jazeera camp south dar for. still to come on the program presidential election goes off as the 2 main contenders fail to win a majority. and trying to keep their heads above water the ongoing efforts to protect argentina's natural wildlife. hollo there we got some proper winter weather across europe at the moment we got some really nasty storms swirling away for central parts of the mediterranean this

deep area of low pressure here with dragging up relatively mild air from the south sweeping across italy 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 where it's 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 poland seeing some snow some snow there coming into germany and snotty 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 particularly 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 i want to weather 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. egypt's strongman is ruling with an iron fist and the silence from his allies is deafening he's perfectly happy to trade off the march for sea for security why are western leaders turning a blind eye when even the citizens have fallen victim to his repression executions torture censorship is not acceptable and you won't hear such strong words from let's say berlin or paris or london our man in cairo on al-jazeera. the.

reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera. tensions between the united states and iran remain high on the eve of the 1st anniversary of the assassination of iranian general custom sunni money iranian leaders are vowing revenge on the u.s. . india is on the brink of approving its 1st coronavirus vaccine a panel of experts are recommending the oxford university astra zeneca vaccine for emergency use and thousands of refugees are facing an uncertain future as the u.n. peacekeeping mission in sudan store for the region comes to an end. no candidate has won a majority in the 1st round of nis jairus presidential election that means the 2 leading contenders will face each other in a runoff next month mohamed

a close ally of outgoing president of the home of doing so for one just under 40 percent of the vote that's more than twice the vote one by rival and former president. amid a brisk is in the capital niamey. this competing has been characterized by petty issues of tribalism of racism but it largely went without any major incident this pride the threat of attacks by i'm groups book white i'm from nigerian side and then i you know i still and the others on the cannot be and mali and border things looking up good for this country how about the ruling party feel to do what it promised to do to win this election in the last round it would have been the 1st time a presidential candidate won an election in this year for the 1st time without going into a 2nd round which means of course with this development now the ruling party or whichever party that ends up winning in tripoli will need to form

a coalition of parties to govern the world an artillery strike has killed at least 5 people during a wedding ceremony in the yemeni city on sunday that the shell landed in front of a wedding hall in the western port city many civilians were also injured the saudi coalition and who the vet bills are blaming each other for the attack. bosnia's military has set up tents for hundreds of people stranded in freezing weather after the refugee camp burnt down in a protest they've been left without shelter for more than a week and attempt to relocate them has been blocked because of objections from people living nearby katia lopez although u.n. reports. 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 we'll stay here ok we don't mind how we got married yesterday we can drink of water that's enough for us but the problem is then problem for us we need to contain this ok. for days there were cries for help earlier this week migrants and refugees once on hunger strike i am it reports of frostbite and hypothermia they held a protest to bring attention to their poor living conditions when i see all these know 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 diseases 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 jakob 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 katina locus of the ground 0. it's going to indonesia another country surrounded by salt water and yet it can't produce enough salt to meet the mess that demand millions of tons is imported

each year which leaves local salt farmers unable to earn a good living jessica washington reports when they're my you on the island of java where the government thinks may have a solution in indonesia's west timor this is the process behind harvesting one of the world's most common minerals these men have farmed 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 government not me but 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 we need not the. dead i believe we need. because we want to make the people farmers become more what's very important but common say they don't receive enough support there are more than 800 souls farmers in into my youth 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 be importing creases every year from a 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 salt has been farmed and processed by local farmers here in injury my you it will be packaged and sold for consumption across indonesia but farmers here say it's increasingly difficult to on a living and they say imports are to blame the farmers say they're feeling the impact of low salt prices because of imports from mr india and china. the government says it's not possible for indonesia to stop importing solved but across communities 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. 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. argentina

is losing one of its national treasures they eat better wetlands it's among the most biodiverse regions in the world with a bounty of natural wealth both beneath and around the water but industrial farming is cloying away the environment there is a boys with conservationists in korea and this war trying to protect the species under threat. if it means in the local indigenous quote any language water the chimes and here in the province of korea in this in northeastern argentina there is plenty of it. but in the past few decades the wildlife in the event and national park that covers more than a 1000000 hectares of land began disappearing because of human activity. and that's what people like my long are trying to change. that i mean that.

we are working to really wild argentina this means reintroducing crucial species that disappeared from the ecosystem in this case we're working with the jaguars the main objective is to generate a sustainable population and. that these jaguars now will and i seas are kept here so their cubs can one day repopulate the area jaguars are seen as a threat to agricultural settlements in the area and that's why their numbers have plummeted in the past years in fact in the province of korea because they have been extend for over 70 years now and that's why projects like this one are crucial to reintroduce this kind of species into the eco system. a little but there are 7 other jaguars who have almost no contact with the humans and i ready to be released they are kept in 30 hector corel's it's extremely difficult to see them

but using our stay one of them might be what needed a g.p.s. collar changed certainly they are. going to be said for this is likely the last contact we will have with him so we are digging all the possible samples that they lost how she said and then buy a mint in the area. the project is part of rewilding argentina more than 20 years ago american philanthropist douglas thompkins and his wife kristen began buying up land in argentina and she led to protected and then donated to a national park 3rd world in argentina has now given thousands of hectares of land to at least 6 national parks. and. it's very strange in argentina that a private owner donates to the state but when we do it all the prejudices crumble we start to see the projects because the animals start to appear like the giant

anteater the pampers day or the tourist start to come and communities get involved this is a model of producing nature because it leaves resources to communities it's an economic alternative. the rewilding foundation says it's about helping nature heal and local species are crucial to that process. the giant and eater bear had disappeared from even a mainly because of hunting but thanks to rewilding their beers they brought here have started to reproduce. but it is here where we found medicine and her cub. was born in the region and says attitudes in this rural area are slowly changing. there's lots of people that have never been here they did not know that it was a natural reserve sometimes they get messages when they let me know they saw

a bear they're starting to become aware that it's not ok to hunt you. argentina has tough economic problems to deal with and that's not being helped by the corona virus pandemic which is why preserving nature is a major challenge but it's not just about protecting the wildlife it's the wildlife that would generate outearn and the work opportunities that would convince locals to protect the natural wealth they already have. will. face argentina thousands of white swans have flocked to the caspian sea in kazakhstan they're migrating south to escape plummeting temperatures in russia they frequent the coast of kazakhstan each winter but this was the largest group seen in recent years lovely pics and remember you can get much more on everything that we have been covering on our website there it is

the address al-jazeera dot com. now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera tensions between the united states and iran remain high on the eve of the 1st anniversary of the assassination of the rainy and general custom suliman the iranian leaders are vowing revenge and promising their policies will not change washington in tehran have been accusing each other of escalating military tensions so many was killed in a u.s. drone strike in near baghdad airport last year stratford has more now from baghdad . well certainly the sebring so far the it's very quiet on the streets in central baghdad we understand we know the fact that there is a gathering of people at the site where soleimani was assassinated a year.