the money only money in these mountains is over. drug trafficking politics and power the era of empires on. saudi arabia and its allies agree to end their 3 year blockade and restore full timers with katter at a summit in the kingdom. i'm irritated this is our jazeera live from london also coming up georgia votes in a crucial runoff election that will determine the balance of power in the u.s. congress. dady coby cases hit a new high in the u.k. with an estimated one in 50 people infected in england for new lockdown has been imposed. and the supporters of central african republic president to celebrate his

reelection opposition figures brand his victory and fasts. fellow saudi arabia and its allies have agreed to restore full diplomatic ties with qatar ending the illegal 3 and a half year blockade of the country leaders from across the gulf region have signed a declaration calling for solidarity and stability at a summit aimed at resolving the dispute carter's emir shaped i mean been hammered out funny was welcomed with an embrace by saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man as he arrived for the summit there's a day after the announcement that saudi arabia will reopen its air sea and land borders to qatar a declaration aimed at resolving the dispute was signed which will enable member states to combat any threats to gulf security it also ensures no interference in its. others internal affairs but full reconciliation could still be

a way off the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain did not send the heads of state to the summit even though the agreement calls for the restoring of gulf cooperation and brotherly ties to mother sharon reports from doha. after 3 and a half years of a crisis that threatened the very core of the gulf region g.c.c. leaders have agreed to end divisions and in a new era of cooperation the olympic relation is that has achieved a settlement of all issues outstanding in a way that is entirely satisfied factory to all nations involved all the countries involved we are extremely pleased with having been able to achieve this very important breakthrough that we believe will contribute very much to the stability security of all our nations in the region and yes all the outstanding. whether it's turning of diplomatic relations flights etc all of that will now go

back to normal earlier the summit had got off to a promising starts when saudi crown prince mohammed bin said a man insisted on hiding qatar's emir shift i mean going from it and funny as the latter touch down in the saudi city over lolla the clearest indication yet that both countries were on the way to mending relations the qatari leader confirmed his attendance at the 41st street summits of the 11th hour only after saudi arabia agreed to lift the land air and sea blockade it had been imposing on since 2017 in his opening remarks to follow leaders crown prince mohammed bin sandman emphasized the importance of cooperation and unity between the g.c.c. member states you. today we are in a dire need to stand united in the face of the challenges namely iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs and other agendas adopted by its respected in the region which undermine the stability of the region this demands that we dovetail our efforts with the international community to cement the stability and security of

the region also in attendance at the summit was senior white house adviser on president donald trump's son in law gerard questioner it was off to his visits to doha and riyadh late last year that's a breakthrough in negotiations that had been led by coates was. reached since the start of the crisis courts had been exerting its efforts to solve the disputes with its fleet a mere ships a bottle of medicine successfully preventing the military invasion of qatar it was no surprise then but the lawless summits was named off together with the late senator over a man who also passed away in 2020 with all 4 blockading countries now agreeing to open their land air and sea borders to put out the gulf region can now begin a new chapter one that its leaders see will be written by all of them together. or jazeera.

just under 2 hours left for people in the u.s. state of georgia to vote in election they will have a crucial impact on joe biden's powers as president the runoff to choose the state's 2 senate members will decide the balance of power in congress for the whole country or 3000000 ballots were cast ahead of polling day a record that represents almost 40 percent of the state's registered voters georgia elected biden as president in november ending an a 3 decade winning streak for the republicans in the run offs in georgia picked the 2 republican senators david do you and kelly lefler against democratic challenges john are soft and raphael warnock the vote will determine who controls the u.s. senate democrats would need to win both seat to deny the republicans a majority they could use to block large parts of joe biden's legislative agenda if the democrats secure both seats the senate would be split down the middle the vice president coming to harris would then get to cast the tie breaking vote well fisher

joins us from the state capital atlanta alan what's the turnout like there. well of course we had to 3100000 early votes cast and we're told that there are no problems with the voting system here across georgia that comes from the secular state but raffensperger a name you might have herod over the last 48 hours he's in charge of the elections here in georgia he says that the average wait time is about 2 minutes no one waiting more than 30 minutes there's a few issues with some of the voting machines in and around atlanta just a couple of them early this morning but that was very quickly sorted out so things going very smoothly indeed certainly some republicans are a bit concerned about the tar note in rural areas no given that there was $3100000.00 early votes and most of them seem to come from areas that would be considered democratic leaning the republicans really need to get the rural voting

out and the fact that the tonneau there is down from where they were top is certainly a concern but they still think their own $5000000.00 votes will be cast which is what we saw around the time of the general election what is interesting of course is that the republicans really want to win this seat they are very determined to try and land it of course georgia tends to be a republican state and of course they would put you in kerry lefler in the election in november came very close to getting the 50 percent of the votes that they needed so this runoff wouldn't be necessary but they fell a little bit short and that is why we have this runoff and know the democrats think given a 2nd chance they're able to tell people if you go out and vote this is all about getting joe biden's agenda achieved that they believe is turning people out to the fort but certainly just speaking to a couple of voters as i was walking around some of the polling places here in atlanta they are voting because they're voting republican they're not really are

voting for kelly loffler david produced their voting as a sure of support for donald trump who of course was. in the state just on monday evening our jeanne people to go cast those votes and then we'll have the result tonight. we're hoping so but there's every possibility that that might not happen no although there was $3100000.00 votes cast in early voting they can't be counted until the polls close in just under 2 hours time they can be prepared to be tabulated so they can be if anyone mailed in a vote that can be taken out of the envelope they can start getting the ballots ready to go and that should speed up the process but the secretary of state has said that there is every possibility it could be sometime on wednesday before we get a result of course if you go back to the presidential election you'll remember that it was the associated press and other media organizations that called for joe biden

the said he had won and that really upset donald trump and the republicans if he insisted the media don't call the election even though 4 years before donald trump was quite happy when the media called it for him and saw that there is probably are a lot turns from all 4 candidates not to get overly excited if the media starts to make projections but if the result is clear if there is an overwhelming vote and if that goes for either side then we should have a result tonight but more likely to be at some point and wait and see alan fischer thank you very much indeed. the u.k. has reported more than 60000 coronavirus cases in a day for the 1st time a day after the government announced a new national lockdown in england last week an estimated one in 50 people had coronavirus in england thanks in part to a new strain which is spreading rapidly in the capital needs parker reports from london. the sign painters went out at dawn reaffirming the rules the spread of

corona virus in the u.k. is spiraling out of control after months of confusing on and off restrictions for many of the new total lockdown lore in england from wednesday is a wearisome next step but the new variant of the virus 50 percent more transmissible than the 1st threatens to wreak havoc on the nation's health system in a downing street briefing the prime minister called for one last major national effort to stem the virus before massive vaccinations term the tide when the number of patients in hospitals in england is now 40 percent higher than the 1st peak in april i think obviously everybody you all want to be sure that we in government are now using every 2nd of this lockdown to put that invisible shield around the elderly and the vulnerable in the form of vaccination

only a few days ago the government was urging parents to get ready to send their children back to school after the holidays but now under the new restrictions they're close to virtually all people must work from home and all hospitality and non-essential shops shut and there are fines for rule breakers scotland wales and northern ireland have imposed similar measures it is almost a mirror image of the 1st national lockdown 10 months ago we're very familiar concerns about the impact on businesses in the economy which is why the british government says it will release extra billions to help soften the blow the streets in central london are quiet and empty but after days of government indecision other areas seem slower to catch on. the majority of people packed the latest lock down but rather than the owner simply being on people to follow the rules and expose the rule breakers experts are calling for greater government plan and support in many

ways the problem doesn't lie with people's resilience with their psychology with their willingness to do things it lies with government policy so if you look at the areas where there is low at here it's low compliance like for instance of isolation in the u.k. it's very much to do with the fact that we give people precious little support to do something that is difficult for instance it's very difficult if you live in a multiple captaincy house to isolate from from others so we could as they do for instance in a number of countries we could give people who tell an accommodation to support people people are also more likely to follow the rules if the measures are working the fear is that the tactic employed in earlier waves won't be enough alone to contain the new variant this remains one of the country's best hopes the rollout of the oxford astra zeneca jab began on monday the government sets numbers just targets of inoculating 13000000 vulnerable people by the middle of february this is

now a critical race between the virus and the vaccine the park out london. california has seen a new record number of corona virus cases with 74000 in a single day 379 deaths were also reported there on monday one of the highest one day totals the state has seen officials say the pressure on hospitals is reaching critical levels with intensive care units stretched to capacity across the u.s. there's a race to vaccinate but if more than 15000000 doses distributed fewer than 5000000 have been administered. it took us to the impact that. in california. well it is taking a severe toll on the entire health system which was simply not set up or built for this kind of a pandemic and the numbers of patients one of the most worrying signs that we are

seeing today is that here in los angeles county emergency medical technicians in ambulances are being told that if they are sent to. take a person to the hospital that person is not responsive they can't be revived they won't even transport them to the hospitals because the hospitals are are overwhelmed and near the breaking point another very worrying sign is a rationing of oxygen again the emergency medical technicians the people in ambulances are being told not to give oxygen to patients unless their blood oxygen level is below 90 percent that's that's quite low. we're also seeing signs that there are difficulties in the oxygen supply in the hospital system itself and that's that's very worrying there is a serious situation with regard to staffing of

hospitals and staffing of vaccine centers so a people like dentists and the national guard troops are being a kind of corralled into help with that in los angeles it is now estimated that one person dies of covert every 10 minutes a really shocking statistic and that one person is infected every 6 seconds according to the mayor of the city eric our city. the worst could be yet to come because according to the governor and the various state health officials we're only just now beginning to see the biggest. meaning of the surge of people who are may have been infected during holiday travel gatherings lack of social distancing and finally the nationwide figures also especially grim here in the united states laura and 356000 deaths have been reported and the centers for disease control projects that by late january that number will surpass 424000

covert 90 deaths among americans. programs thank you very much indeed. still to come this half hour running out but not fast enough health workers in europe and the u.s. say vaccines are arriving too slowly. and the christmas were tightened his grip on venezuela and with the swearing in of the new national assembly. however we've got more very wet weather across northern parts of queensland you can see the remnants of what was tropical side playing a mage and making its way across the cape york peninsula sitting some very heavy rain over towards that eastern side of queens that is

a possible strike they will remain rather unsettled over the next couple days with the risk of some flooding to see some heavy rain pushing there toward sego coast braised will see some showers long spells of fright at least inside of new south wales staying rather disturbed as well as we go on into thursday the showers from a draped across the top end up tools northern parts of a wy but for some areas of western australia still very warm getting up to 38 degrees celsius well keep out across south australia not too bad to victoria and also into tasmania will see that wetter weather making its way across the states into new zealand with some heavier spells of rain for a time now for the no. heavy snow we're watching out for in japan over the next couple of days the snow starts to feed its way in as we go on through awareness day and by the time we come to thursday it becomes widespread the much of western japan will see some very heavy snowfall maybe as much as 30 centimeters of snow over the next few days is cool clear and very cold behind.

that british iraqi journalist who's visualizing complex statistics in a simple. i think your office are some really exciting opportunities to break apart from those systems of power and to collect data in a way that better represents a different community challenging mainstream misconceptions the quite crating 100 instructions doesn't alienate people it doesn't make people feel like i'm not smart enough to understand this truth is that anyway.

on one of the top stories here our 0 gulf leaders have signed a declaration to restore full ties with kata and end their 3 and a half year blockade the motion calling for solidarity and stability was agreed at a summit in saudi arabia attended by the emir of qatar. purchase in the us state of georgia are that to 2 senators in a vote with national importance the runoff will determine the balance of power in congress. and an estimated one in 50 people in england had coronavirus last week over 60000 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours the 1st time that area has been broken in the country's outbreak. a stick with a shift on the crowd of ours and governments around the world are scrambling to vaccinate their populations as fast as possible israel has the highest vaccination rate so far at almost 16 out of 100 people the u.a.e. and behind follow with just over 8 and 3 percent respectively the u.k. may have administered more than 1300000 jobs without any covers just over one in

100 people and while the us has given out more than 4 and a half 1000000 doses that too is just over one in every 100 people criticism is mounting of europe's slow curve in 1000 vaccination drive with many countries trailing well behind the u.s. u.k. and israel just 10 days after an occupation started some e.u. members already facing vaccine shortages and one country the netherlands has yet to start a step process reports from amsterdam. it looks like inoculations are in full swing in the netherlands but one important thing is missing a needle while all neighboring countries have started vaccinating more than a week ago the dar just ill holding dry runs with the 1st covert 1000 japs to be given in the next few days and embarrassment according to medical experts the balance of the last to start fractionating can. be. awkward on.

a lot of them so late. but what went wrong also prime minister mark hurd had no comment ahead of an urgent debate in parliament on monday the minister of health admitted he had made a mistake by counting on a different vaccine other than the price of biotech want to become available 1st this has led to frustration among medical workers who are dealing with the worst influx of covert patients since the start of the pandemic 1st rate and just. as there's a take on this we have definitely been frustrated we have gone through emotional months and out this happens you look at other countries for vaccinations are in full swing feel jealous why can't we do this here. your knees the dutch delay merest a chaotic strategy overall across the e.u. this empty fractionation sandal not only symbolizes the country's failure to inoculate its population rapidly it also shows how you opinion countries considered

to be well organized have handled this covert 19 pandemic so poorly what was meant to be a common tax a nation program has led to serious delays and not only here in the netherlands. in france only a few 100 japs were given in the 1st week due to bureaucratic hurdles but the government says it's quickly catching up with thousands fact unaided on monday in germany where hundreds of thousands have been unoccupied it vaccines are quickly running out and a 2nd shop might have to be postponed many are blue. the european commission for the slow roll out to 27 member states and the lack of facts scenes for its 450000000 people the e.u. is accuse of being so keen to work together and in step that it fell behind countries where the european medical agency has yet to approve the more they're about vaccine which is already widely used in the u.s. and u.k. after pressure the netherlands moved its vaccination program forward and will now

start inoculating medical workers and employees of care homes on wednesday but it will take months before vulnerable groups like the elderly will be vaccinated stop fast and al-jazeera and so that. a teenager charged with fatally shooting 2 men and women doing a 3rd at a protest in the u.s. state of wisconsin has pleaded not guilty kyle rittenhouse appeared with his lawyer by video in the can osha county court is charged with 1st degree reckless homicide and 5 other criminal counts related to the shootings that took place in august at a demonstration organized in response to the shooting of a black man by a white police officer 'd. and prosecutors have just cleared the police officer involved in the original incident of charges just inches he shot taken blake in the back 7 times as he got out of his car and knife was found inside blake's car a prosecutor said the police officer shot in self defense. lawyers in southwest

pakistan and blocking a road by protesting with the bodies of 10 coal miners killed by i saw them refusing to go ahead with burials or end a sit in until prime minister iran can agrees to meet them so hired has this report . this major road on the outskirts of quests or is being blocked by this close knit community that includes children elderly who are up. and they're refusing to end their sit in homemade channel guy is 6 sisters and one of the victims was our only brother the only person who worked to look after us they brutally slaughtered him and our family alone they slaughtered 5 people including my nephew and 3 cousins i saw has claimed responsibility for the killing of a group of coal miners from the muslim shia minority big stream this group in pakistan has often targeted the has are in the past there's been we are tired of burying our people we no longer have courage to bury anymore bodies give us justice

we want justice. pakistan's interior minister ahmed arrived in quite a to tell the has are is that the government is doing all it can be as a member of congress are in charge of it you know i came with instructions from prime minister iraq on who asked me to take this plane and to assure all the hazara shia muslims that we will arrest these murderers at any cost and justice will prevail i have also asked the military here to help the government find the killers oh. the protesters don't think it's enough they blame the government for failing to protect their people and despite islamic tradition requiring rapid burial they're refusing to bury the victims until prime minister imre han visits himself. ethnic as ours make up most of the shia population inquests are the capital of baluchistan. and it's pakistan's largest and poorest region suffering ethnic sectarian and even separatists insurgencies. those are

often ostracized by others including eisel because of their faith and their ethnicity. and the community of miners here believe this would be the last time that they will be targeted. sort of played at al-jazeera. has declared 3 days of national mourning following the massacre of 100 civilians gunmen carried out a series of attacks in 2 villages in the south west and to live in a region just a week after the presidential election the government said an investigation had been norge to find the perpetrators witnesses have said that 100 armed assailants on motorbikes surrounded the villages on saturday before opening fire. has suffered violence from groups linked to al qaida and are still as ahmed interests explains from the army. last year more than 57000 new displacements have been recorded here

in the here adding to the more than 400000 refugees and internally displaced persons already struggling with in adequate food and shelter the united nations described the situation as desperate we need more forms we are cutting our partner or a partner to help us because of course to to do our job to father complicate the situation of the movement of humanitarian workers is severely restricted not only because of the resurgence of coverage 19 but also they have become targets of these armed groups before there was like a kind of. respect for humanitarian people we don't. know everybody is is a target but here is a country that depends on international aid not only because of climate change but also because of conflict now experts here believe that the situation will get worse because of the continuing attacks in different parts of the. opposition figures in

central african republic say president 1st 2 ideas victory in last week's election is a farce final results showed today reelected with more than 53 percent of last week's vote that means he will need to face a runoff but opposition figures are that half the population was unable to vote because of violence from rebel groups has been following developments from senegal . despite and the announcement made by the election commission there's no celebrations outside. their eyes party headquarters the united hearts movements that's because he's under pressure from the international community as well as different actors in the country so wait for the official validation by the constitutional court and that will happen in 2 weeks time remember 9 count candidates have appealed the election results saying that the president has not won the popular vote saying that only half of the electorate was able to go out and

vote half of the polling stations were closed because large parts of the country is in the hands of armed groups one of the candidates even suggesting that there should be another election held that the conditions for the elections were not adequate for a democratic vote take a listen to what he has to say not. cancelling the results is one solution holding a 2nd round is another but no matter what the results announced yesterday cannot be accepted. now on groups that were once fighting against each other or now united under a coalition they called the coalition for patriotic change there just 20 kilometers away from the capital bangui they've taken over large parts of the country this despite 812000 strong un peacekeeping troops additional troops sent by rwanda president paul kagame has sent additional troops to the capital bangui as well as

russian fighters on the ground ensuring the protection of the president himself there's been reports of russian fighters wearing ski masks heavily armed patrolling the streets of the capital while they're just 20 kilometers away a spokesperson from this coalition says they're ready to take over the country but they're also open to dialogue with the government. the top stories on andre's here are a declaration aimed at ending the 3 year blockade on qatar has been signed by representatives from gulf states the mission calling for solidarity and stability was agreed at a summit attended by qatar's emir who was greeted by a saudi arabia's crown prince with an embrace saudi has agreed to reopen its asked sea and land borders to qatar but full reconciliation could be a long way off with e.u. any.