to gather and transport this dangerous but precious cargo risking it all. borneo. on al-jazeera. as conflict hit me share prepares for a presidential runoff vote attackers raid 2 villages killing at least 50 people. over there and how they are here day in and this is al jazeera my from doha and also coming up india's drug regulator on the verge of approving 2 covert 19 vaccines as the country looks to inoculate 300000000 people within 8 months of doses from the oxford astra zeneca vaccine start arriving at british hospitals

by a day the u.k. counts almost 58000 new infections another records. iraqis smartly years since the assassination of remey general carson solomonic in baghdad while iran and the us street warnings. at least 50 people are feared to have been killed in 2 attacks on villages in western the share it happens in the taylor berry region and on stable area order in mali became a fast so and been in fighters from armed groups linked to al qaeda and i saw a cross in a night's fire the poorest borders our correspondent arbitrary says in the capital niamey and says the attack took place on the same day that election results were announced. and officials said the gunman who targeted the 2 villages have crossed in tunisia from the border with mali and that is not the only problematic area in

the border with brooke you know faso is porous and has seen attacks from the men on groups loyal to al qaida and islamic state and on the border with nigeria we've seen increased activity in attacks targeting not only c.v.s. but also military personnel a senior security official confirmed that in one of the villages more than 50 people have been killed but it's not sutton the number of people killed in the 2nd village he said a government delegation is on its way to the village to assess the situation and for help to the victims as well as properly secure that particular location and this is all coming at a time when the country is preparing to head into another election i don't know if election result of last sunday's outcome of the presidential vote no but no one was able to score the necessary 50 percent vote to avoid a runoff now the 2 contenders for the senate for the pursuit of president in the.

former head of state in this country as well as a one time minister of foreign affairs as well as interior minister missourians are putting their hopes that with their experience in government they will build on the successes and also introduce measures that will help the country overcome its security challenges. healthcare workers in india have taken part in a drill to test the delivery of vaccines india's drug regulator is a step closer to approving the country's 1st coronavirus vaccines for americans to use world's 2nd most populous nation is the highest number of cases behind the united states and shapiro 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 that. the pain is. oh yeah. 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 an acoa oxford university vaccine for merchants use it can be stored and transported under standard refrigerator 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 front line workers in the 1st phase and more are being acquired fast others bought up india is one of the only country where 4 vaccines are getting ready are 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. we don't. know. yet and lot of the great will. probably be that we did of this on. these. that are not really. the sarah minster today 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 al-jazeera the u.k.

is have yet another record jump a new infections announcing more than 57700 on saturday alone many are being attributed to what scientists say is a more contagious strain of the corona virus is particularly rampant in london it's adding to the urgency of vaccine wallets all spittles have been getting their 1st doses of the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca the british government says it will allow the mixing of different facts in nations if supplies are short as well as increased delays between doses well joe nurse a professor of microbiology and immunology at cornell university in new york he says any delay between doses is a mistake. people are only partly protected by that 3 month period then people will get infected after receiving the vaccine and again there's so 'd little dates wrong it's that it's in the realms of of guesswork and finger crossing and there has been

discussions about this in the u.s. that i say it will not happen based on statements over the last few days from attorney for. people associate with the f.d.a. so the americans have looked the same idea and in place they saying it's not going to happen again because the data don't justify it and you know the wider angle problem here is how do you who 1st public confidence and vaccines in both the u.s. and in the u.k. there is a significant fraction of people who are hesitant about taking banksy they don't trust that they don't they are concerned about the outcomes the last thing they need is is can traverse the news. and the imposition of policies that 'd are based on minimal amounts of data are all no data it's all so but rather than having a healthy debate which is happening in the u.s. the u.k. government seems to be squelching the opinions of british scientists and british

position simply saying go with the policy we don't want to hear any opposition to it and that's very unhealthy it's an all out western democracy. symbol boy has gone into its 2nd ash in a long time and only places like hospitals pharmacies and supermarkets will be allowed to open for the next 30 days and have overnight curfew is in force there's been a huge spike in infections over the holiday season in a country already struggling with a deepening economic crisis soaring inflation and high unemployment. there have been visuals and protests in baghdad's marking a year since the u.s. assassinated to reign in general kusum soleimani he was killed by a drone strike near baghdad airport's iran and the u.s. have accused each other of escalating tensions in the run up to the anniversary earlier this week the u.s. conducted b. 52 bomber fly overs in the gulf and also sent

a nuclear submarine to the region charles stratford tells us more about the events in iraq's capital this was for want of a better description some sort of memorial we are expecting large protests in the capital a call out has been given to people in various cities across the country to come and join those protests those protests very much focused on demanding that the iraqi government put pressure on the americans to withdraw the remaining soldiers and military personnel from the country and meanwhile every day people on the streets are very concerned about any potential escalation because as we've been reporting for months the protests that have dominated the streets of baghdad and other cities protesters demanding jobs better economic conditions wholesale political change in an end to corruption all during a coded pandemic these people oversee very concerned about any kind of escalation

any kind of deterioration in the security of this country. the devaluation of libya's currency has taken effect and its hopes will help the economy exchange rates very decrease the country because of the conflicts the black markets and bank notes printed abroad mileage china reports from misrata which is considered to be libya's economic home. a new unified exchange rate comes into effect in libya on sunday the central bank has agreed to a devalued exchange rate of $4.00 yours $2.00 while the official rate was $1.00 do you know ours a lack of availability of u.s. dollars in banks created a black market on which it currently trades at $5.00 dinars the bank's board members held a full meeting for the 1st time in 5 years on wednesday since libya split between

warring factions in the west and east the central bank of libya is based in the libyan capital of tripoli also the seat of the internationally recognized government of national of court the eastern branch is based in benghazi stronghold of warlords lifo house tours libyan national army who had printed alternative banknotes in moscow the us government called them counterfeit libyan currency printed by a russian state owned company and ordered by an illegitimate parallel entity analysts say the alternative bank knows increased inflation in an already struggling economy here in this market people tell us prices for goods are going up . there are long lines at the banks they give you $500.00 that's not enough to feed a family for one week. at the moment business is a cave but i think it will slow down salaries of 1000 dinars that's not enough for people to provide for their families the political divisions and the gap between

the official and black market rates has distorted libya's oil dependent economy the move to unify the central bank and the exchange rate has been welcomed by some business leaders or residents here clear that the price of every day goods may increase as a result. abdul hamid is a professor of economy he says although prices may increase in the short term the devaluation was the right choice to make in the long term and. the central bank didn't have any other choice but to take this decision otherwise we would have seen a devastating rate of inflation the closure of oil fields by have tar in january 2020 meant libya wasn't getting dollars from exports i believe in the see the rate stabilize after the 1st quarter for libyans the next few months will likely get harder before they get better traina 0 misrata. still to come on al-jazeera a high profile u.s.

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have begun receiving doses of the newly approved oxford university and astra zeneca cope with 19 vaccine saturday so another record jump in cases with more than 57700 new cases recorded there have been vigils in baghdad smocking a year since the us assassination of the rainy and general customs on the money iran of the us accuse each other of escalating tensions in the run up to the anniversary. in the u.s. ted cruz says he will spearheaded efforts by nearly a dozen fellow republican senators to overturn joe biden's election victory they planted janks when electoral college results are tallied in congress on january the 6th president on what trump has refused to concede defeat repeating baseless claims of electoral frauds she have written c. is in washington d.c.

he explains why the senate says efforts will more than likely fail there are a lot of theories but this group of 11 senators drawings and other services under josh holies adds 12 started to those who say they will be challenging the certification process on the 6th of joggers that's almost a quarter of the republican senators and over a half of congress republican congressman people are expected to challenge the results in the house and why are they doing it well really this 11 this group of 11 says they're doing it not because they and they intend to overturn the results but because they won't the 39 percent of americans who feel that the election was rigged to have best say so they're kind of threading this needle perhaps off of keeping true to a trump base who could publish them enormously over the next 4 years either in primary challenges before the 2022. midterm elections or if they have presidential election issues themselves they could be in trouble if they were seen to be not sufficiently trumpy and when they have the trolls and the trump bases still going

to be a big part of republican politics it's a very seemed to be the reasons why they're putting up the symbolic fight but it's not going to change anything we think. african union and u.n. peacekeepers will begin leaving sudan's darfur region their joint mission to protect displaced people and new year's eve well that's causing unease among the sons ins who've lived in displacement camps there for years ever morgan reports now from inside a company in south darfur. this little space is highly and his family's home in column a camp in south dar for highland says he was forced to abandon his actual home when the 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 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 karma if you ask them which county they say karma

it's not just a displacement camp for them. 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 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 the thing come up may seem like a small village or town but it lacks basic infrastructure like running water and power lines and while many of the planes of income other thing rely on it to survive with the end of 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 camp leaders here don't trust the deal and don't think it's safe to leave. our homes have been taken over by foreigners there's no security back in or 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 trickle 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 3rd one 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 lord order inside the camps because the people are unwilling to

leave our son and the location on 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 security outside the camp now life inside the camp is also under threat to the morgue and al jazeera a camp south of our 4. police in pakistan have arrested the alleged mastermind of the 2008 monk by attacks psycho rehman like fee was detained in the eastern city of lahore on saturday on charges of financing terrorism in a separate case where he has long been suspected of planning the mumbai seach which 166 people were killed but he was detained days afterwards but a pakistani courts released him on bail in 2015. kazakstan has abolished the death penalty almost 20 years after executions were suspended president. of

signed the legislation on saturday the central asian country join the un international covenant on civil and political rights last year it only allows executions in times of war for particularly serious crimes indonesia has one of the world's longest coastline said it sought farming industry fails to meet the needs of the domestic markets millions of tonnes of souls are imported each year and that's threatening the livelihoods of the salt farmers jessica washington reports now from interim i you on how the government hopes to save jobs. 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 tons 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 with. this most important but common say they don't receive enough support there are more than 800 cells 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 important creases every year family 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 farmer said 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 filth. 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's a barrel wetlands are one of the most biodiverse regions in the worlds but they have been severely impacted by industrial farming conservation groups and are working to reverse that damage to raise a boy reports from a barren national park in korean to us. even 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 wild life in the event our 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 i trying to change the loss of a condo us less 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. these jaguars now will and i.c.'s 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. color changed color 30 they are. going to be set free this is likely the last contact we will have with him so we are digging all the possible samples that how she said and then buy a mint in the area along. with. the project is part of rewilding argentina more than 20 years ago american philanthropist douglas tomkins and his wife kristen began buying up land in argentina and she led to protected and then donated to a national park sorry 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 the pump is to do to a 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. data was born in the region and says attitudes in this rural area are slowly changing and i. think there's lots of people that have never been here they did not know that if there was a natural reserve sometimes they get messages when they let me know they saw a bear there started 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 coronavirus 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 al turn and the work opportunities that would convince locals to protect the natural wealth they already have. already in place argentina. and finally one of portugal's most renowned singers has died at the age of 81 carlos to carmel was known as the sinatra of fargo music because.

the more you. discounts call portugal has declared monday a national day of mourning the 2014 to carmel was the 1st portuguese artist to receive a latin grammy lifetime achievement award he died of heart complications all years day or being treated in a list in hospital. this is al jazeera these are the headlines at least 50 people have been killed in attacks on 2 villages in western the share it happened in the tiller bury region an unstable border area neighboring mali booking a fast so and been in fighters from armed groups linked to al qaeda and i saw a cross in an ice fire the poorest.