we are the one traveling from miles where all the media the only goal we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. in the in. a low i maryam namazie you're watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes celebrations by the president supporters in camp as you were in the 70s secures another term in office his main rival says voters must reject the results. matter will succeed angela merkel at the helm of germany's ruling party has just 9 months to prove he has what it takes to be chancellor. washington d.c.

is transformed into a fortress for joe biden's integration protests are also expected in state capitals across the country. and the world's largest coronavirus immunization program starts in india but there's concern over the safety of a locally developed vaccine. in school one of africa's biggest sporting events is just kicks off in cameroon the african nations championship is underway after a 9 month delay caused by coronavirus. back into the news hour our top story one of africa's longest serving leaders is heading towards 4 decades in power after winning an election his opponent has branded a fraud it was 70 faced the stiff this battle of his 35 years in office from the pop star turned politician bobby wine but the singer who is under. show house

arrest by security services has told his supporters to reject the result the country's election commission says miss 70 secured more than 58 percent with nearly 6000000 votes while the wind took just under 35 percent and nearly 3 and a half 1000000 votes either for. the people of uganda and they who would issue to you. illegal numbers and vote. for the candidates and for the parties. i think this may turn out to be the most. read election season 86 to 2. and algis there is catherine soyuz been following the story from the capital count as well and she has more now on the violence against opposition supporters and the allegations of vote rigging. he has been talking

about his achievements about the history of his leadership and which govern the achievement of his government on especially matters to do with health the economy agriculture as well but the crux of it all was at the beginning of his statement when he talked about the election he said and the election was largely free and fair but he did also mention. that there was an attempt to rig he talked about unknown individuals who were attempting to tamper with the biometric. identification keys he said that our audit is going to be done about that and i are we are the tally station where the electoral commission and has announced him victor and they will ask them questions like for example how can the lection be free and fair and transparent after all the pre-election violence we witnessed in the last few months opposition leaders and their supporters being violently

targeted by police and the military we have hard from electoral commission observers from the regional body east africa community as well talking about their concerns about the internet shutdown saying that it infringes on the rights of people on the right and the people's right to information they expressed concerns about biometric cheats that were failing and their delay in the delivery of voting materials in some polling stations that is something we also witnessed on voting day materials were late particularly in polling stations even in opposition strongholds. well jeffrey smith is the founding director of vanguard africa pro democracy organization he joins us now from washington d.c. by skype and i understand that you have spoken to opposition leader bobby why what has he told you about the deployment of troops that are surrounding his home which

of course the government has claimed is for his own safety. thank you very much for having me miriam really appreciate it and ideally in this circumstance you would be speaking to bobby wine himself or one of his colleagues but due to the ongoing internet shutdown in the country and a complete restriction of information that is getting out you know obviously you're unable to do that but yes i did speak to bobby earlier several times he's very concerned for his life and he's very concerned for his safety and that of his wife the military doesn't deed remain surrounding the home they've raised their guns when they've left the front door of their home as well pointing weapons at journalists when they have showed up as i understand journalists have been to have been denied entry to his compound over the last several hours so yes it's a it's a very concerning situation and it seems to be deteriorating further unfortunately

but we whine as you all know represents a younger generation of supporters who. are willing to perhaps risk their lives for political change in the country now easy prepared for what could follow by asking people to reject the result they could be imprisoned or even killed how does he how does he feel about that. i mean it that's a tough situation and a very tough question i certainly cannot speak on behalf of the wine but from from what i understand he is very disappointed with the conduct of the electoral commission as are some of the observers that have been watching mostly from the outside because they've been denied accreditation but what we do know is happening is this is a large scale countrywide systematic crackdown on the political opposition bobby

wine is obviously the most prolific speaker on behalf of that he's the most high profile but this goes down even further for instance just this afternoon minister of parliament francis psaki who is a close colleague of bobby wind was it was beaten so severely that he is now in the hospital another member of parliament betty now boozy has how to has had her house surrounded by the military just like bobby wine for the past several days there are also reports of at least 3 national unity platform candidates bobbie winds party who are bent abducted 2 of them remain missing as i'm speaking to you right now so this is really a widespread crackdown that's happening and very very concerning. you mention. obviously that when these allegations of vote rigging and interference camp are there the capital is known to be an opposition stronghold but president 70 to many people he represents security stability perhaps continuity he has his share of

supporters in that country. he does of course just like any liberation movement leader as general most 7 it was nearly 4 decades ago he does retain support and one of the ways in which he has been able to do that is his system of patronage in the country when you've been in power for as long as he has longer than most ugandans have been alive for 35 years now this will be his 6th consecutive term in office are able to build up there was networks in are able to pay off and to pay bribes and use corruption to to stay in power so certainly he does have his support because the people that support him are largely benefiting from him being being in office and i think the really unfortunate outcome here is to your point you know so often people point to god as being this bastion of stability and in other ways unstable region but that is clearly not the case if you look at the pictures and the videos coming from uganda the opposition supporters who have been bloodied and

b. and killed in disappeared the peaceful protesters who have been gunned down with impunity i don't know how any sane person could possibly still say that that represents a stable country but i guess and i guess what you've just described there is also the scale of the challenge facing bobby wine particularly when you talk about the patronage network and the security apparatus with the 70s so deeply entrenched in the institutions really what hope is that the change could could many lives be lost without really any result or benefit. so many lives have been lost to your point over the decades due to the miss any dictatorship and i think one of the ways in which to assuage that or to start changing this situation is from a seventies international backers including the united states government and multilateral institutions such as the world bank in the international monetary fund

to stop bankrolling this repression the united states for example their budget support to god in the last fiscal year was over $900000000.00 and now remains on course for 2020 so our hope is that with the incoming biden administration and with our allies in the u.s. congress we can begin to change in particular that the united states has a relationship towards uganda and that would certainly a clear include a comprehensive review of support for ugandans military for uganda security sector which is now providing stability it's providing instability in its killing ugandan citizens and doing so with impunity because they haven't faced any consequences to date thank you very much for joining us on the news our jeffrey smith founding director of vanguard africa thank you so much. you're watching the news hour live from london much more still ahead on the program the hunt fox agenda in brazil's amazonas state where hospital supplies are running desperately. also have been more

aftershocks but obstructing rescue is in indonesia the search for survivors of friday's earthquake continues and then later in sport the olympic sailing legend passing a course to another america's cup title challenge and you have that story. out germany's governing party has just elected a new leader our main lash it's been described as the continuity candidate holding on to chancellor angela merkel's coalition building politics when she steps down later this year but his path to becoming chancellor isn't guaranteed he could face a challenge from within the ruling bloc itself dominic cane explains from the german capital. he's led germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia for nearly 4 years now arm in russia it will soon be leading his national party with

a clear direction in mind remember after i'm vote on divorced i'm aware of the responsibility of the strobe and i will give my all to walk to give the through this year to win the regional election in only a few short weeks to make sure that we will win the next general elections and provide the chancellor of germany although this vote needs to be confirmed by the entire party membership on friday so many i'm in russia is a continuity candidate his slogan was there i am the representative of the executive branch so if you vote for me you can be sure you get a leader you get someone actually who had won elections so none of the other 2 candidates actually ever won an election. governing in his state during the pandemic has been an ordeal for lash it the numbers of infections and deaths there have been among the highest in germany back when the incidence of coded was much lower he argued for less stringent lockdowns hoping to protect the economy as much as the people it's important to point out that winning the party leadership on its

own does not bring with it the right to work here the german chancellor angela merkel has already said she intends to serve out her term here so in order to replace the new party leader must win september's general election. but before he can do that he may have to deal with another leading conservative marcos is the head of the cd used to varian sister party the christian social union many say they would rather vote for him as chancellor congratulations to i mean lash it i'm very happy i think this was an exciting party congress it was a very fair contest it was a very good introduction to 3 excellent candidates and in the end i believe there was a result for which the c.d.u. deserves congratulations and it offers an opportunity for great cooperation. but what form that cooperation will take in terms of who runs for chancellor remains unclear meaning there is much still to do with arm in law should wants to replace angela merkel in the office of

a dominant came up earlier. well whoever wins the forthcoming election will inherit a strong country but there are challenges which will need immediate attention in the short term future you have the pandemic of course generally hit 2000000 coronavirus infections on friday case and death rates of shot up recently despite the government successfully managing the 1st wave less than a 1000000 germans have so far been vaccinated as the country's south as i ping part of the sluggish joint program. and then of course in the long time you have the economy shrank by 5 percent last year with concerns about slow industrial modernization but is still stronger than many of its european counterparts with of course decades of solid progress and a problem that won't go away the presence of the far right alternative for germany party holding steady around 10 percent in opinion polls and holding influence especially in the former soviet east well rick berke is a german physicalist joins us live now from athens and i just want to pick up on

that last point about the alternative for germany party with someone like les shit at the helm of the c.d.u. with. you know the with the party being at the very center of german politics is it going to be much more difficult to to win back voters that have defected to the a.f.p. . well i think for any candidate it became much easier to win their votes because the performance of the alternative of a door slammed has been so terrible in recent months and they're also running out of topics that can be instrumental lies to win the hearts and minds of people like higher numbers of refugees we haven't seen any the pandemic wasn't managed terrible because in the 1st wave of the pandemic we're going to sell 5000 deaths germany which was a record low compared with other countries so it became pretty difficult for them to do fine in the chair and that could be seen as

a major challenge to the conservative party what are the implications of what we've seen today a very important signal to the party and of course the german public but his position is by no means guaranteed is it. well there it is the 2nd attempt to nominate someone who could lead the conservative party into a brighter future or maybe not their conservative but a party that he finds itself a santa something america managed to achieve in the 15 years of being the face of the christian democratic union and the chancellor of germany so there are a number of challenges and we have not really an idea what someone who only has a regional profile so far but who in the future what his positions in international affairs in european integration as a response to initiatives that come from the french president will be. it is

very cold position quite unique in so many ways she has been. a pillar of stability not just in germany but really in europe and you could argue that the western world in terms of what we've seen. developments around the to ship in the last few years how difficult is it going to be to to fill those shoes and for someone to step in and replace her. but it is incredibly complicated and that is also a feature of the german political system to have someone like her in power for 15 years or by the end of the year 16 years right leave such a legacy and her major skills have been what was most needed in these years to manage a crisis where if and and attempt to communicate in a convincing way and to ascend this sick of what you see is what you get she's

certainly not a person that has in any ways to do with scandals and she's also not someone who represents germany as a country that is a bit bigger than others in europe but that wouldn't bully other countries and so a standing like math which is a 2 meter tall person who has a very strong rhetoric that would have a very different appearance of germany no matter what is content positions on why lusha is more the dead tired and in polls content as well as appearance that is something like a continuity that one can expect if he wins the elections what sets him apart from i'm going to describe him as a continuity candidate but what is he what he tell us about his background he has a quite humble roots actually but what's he like and will people in the public like he's a woman to him. well what he has in common with marilyn is that he's

a person nothing to gratian he manages to get the various rings off his people's party integrated in his government and in north wind its failure but in every other aspect is fundamentally different from america he's a catholic man from the west belongs to the establishment and while america was the 1st female eastern leader with a protestant background having no kids so basically everything that one would expect from a german conservative party she was different from the norm and he's kind of coming back to the norm when it comes to everything else like what is this global vision or does he have regions because that was as great america has been in managing hard on the spot in crisis situations well she was never a visionary and i think we will see you know a lot of challenges in the 21st century that need someone who looks farther than

what america called i drive and signed all right thank you for your analysis on this all rick britton a joining us there from athens well now in all the stories of following the u.s. capitol police have arrested a man with fake credentials he was trying to pass through a security checkpoint barry is have been erected around the capitol 2 weeks after it was stolen by president trump supposes all 50 u.s. state capitals are on alert. is ahead of. the f.b.i. is warning of possible violence field by those who believe the election was stolen from trump. well let's go live now. in washington 1st of all what do we know about this arrest. capitol police are telling me they arrested this man late on friday evening about 6 pm or so they say that he drove up as you mentioned to a security checkpoint and flashed what turned out to be

a fake inauguration id badge when security officials realized that they immediately pulled him out of the car and searched him and his car and found a loaded weapon with $509.00 rounds of ammunition they had mediately took him into custody it's unclear what his motivation was or what he was planning nevertheless it's these kind of things that worry security officials here in washington the most they say they are most concerned about a lone wolf type of domestic terror incident and that is why you see so much security it will pan off here this is just one of the security checkpoints here that are in the capitol this one is manned by not only army officials but also f.b.i. police as well as secret service officers as well this is one of the checkpoints where any vehicle that does have authorization to get in closer to the capitol

comes and they are each vehicle is swept by bomb sniffing dogs as well as multiple officers as well there are more than $25000.00 national guard troops spread out throughout the entire city dozens of roads are blocked including several bridges leading into washington as well and i can tell you there are also hundreds of undercover agents spread out throughout the city as well looking for anything suspicious as this is clearly. unprecedented level of security that we have never seen before in washington d.c. now there were some worries about. about pro trump. protesters if you will taking to the streets of capitals throughout the united states including here in washington this weekend perhaps armed however i can tell you so far in washington

we have not seen any sort of protest activity as this city remains very much on lockdown all right thank you from washington gabriel others on dialogue. with the world's 2nd largest population in the. nation drives that to be one of the most challenging government wants to inoculate $300000000.00 people by the summer a total almost equivalent to the entire u.s. population but some experts are asking why a job which hasn't finished trials is being used elizabeth branham reports. these health care workers of registering to receive one of 2 vaccines approved for use in india 3 100000 medical professionals are being vaccinated at 3000 sites around the country on saturday including kitten. i'm a little bit scared but i'm also happy that we're being vaccinated 1st i've been named as one of the 1st 5 happy about it and i want everyone to get vaccinated so

we can end up it. the government is planning to vaccinate $300000000.00 people in the 1st half of the cea $30000000.00 functoid workers in health care sanitation the police the army and disaster management will be inoculated in the 1st few months they'll be followed by people over the age of 50 and then those under 50 with underlying health conditions probably most of any of them or you describe the scale of the program. as. there are more than $100.00 countries whose population is less than $32000000.00 enjoy will be vaccinated to $30000000.00 people in the 1st phase of vaccination itself the drugs regulator has approved the use of oxford astra zeneca as kind of a shield vaccine and one that's been made to india there are questions around wide the indian vaccine by a local company called bought a biotech was given approval when it hasn't finished its final phase trials the

government has said that it will be administered under clinical trial conditions but independent health experts say there's not a lot of information about what that means. india is the only country other than russia and china to be administering a vaccine that hasn't completed trials and that is for them because we're going to turn them inside to fix. the future basically that's why it was that decision expected that you really should be have a did a few weeks to get that data doctors at one of new delhi's biggest government hospitals have the same questions they want the oxford astra zeneca vaccine and not bought at the biotechs but india's health minister says a lot of work had gone into making the vaccines and people cannot choose which one they'll receive elizabeth karada al-jazeera you debbie. well more emergency supplies of oxygen in response respirators have been airlifted into brazilian city

there's been overwhelmed by an outbreak of the virus people have been forced to queue in the streets and past their own pocket for supplies of oxygen to keep their loved ones alive 2 new variants are rapidly spreading through the population in the city of mouse this is the capital of the northern amazonas state military's been deployed to help with the emergency by flying patients that are critically ill to areas where hospitals are better equipped to deal with it well monica is in the now where people are still queuing for oxygen. the situation here in my now is the capital of the amazon a state it's very dramatic these people that you see here behind me are in line with their oxygen cylinders waiting for them to be filled up in this factory and they've been they put their names on a list and they're waiting to be called now this is not the only place where they've been we've been following these people around and they've come from other

factories that have run out of supply so they're going from one place to the other leaving their names behind waiting in the sun and the heat to be able to bring some a breath or a some oxygen some hope for hospitals where their families and their loved ones are now the police has limited the axis of cars here so many of them like this they piece people here are carrying them on their backs literally so it's a very difficult situation to be carrying the cylinders from one place to the other the other thing that we must take into account is that at 7 pm in manassas time begins the curfew sylvie's people know that they will not be able to wait any longer on the streets it was in use our live from london still ahead joe biden goes to the top in his search for a new scientific advisor told me the details on that also the latest on this group of thousands of hunger and migrants that hoping that biden will have

a more welcoming approach and then install crowd of ours concerns already affecting the build up to the 1st grand slam event of the tennis season. there's been substantial snow in central europe recently yuruk got about 30 meter of snow all in about 24 hours so yet even or so it's been quite a bit is now the take some clearing clay there was some trouble now at the moment so it's and with much of the central part of yours is set underneath there of high pressure it's cold quiet weather the cold to the east a bit more active and coming in from the west that atlantic front means significance those like in the low countries down through the up fronts again and probably to southern germany that the real deep code you see if you notice these

temperatures here is still hang your red is trying to creep south it will certainly influence the amount of snow around the black sea but i don't think it will have a major influence for the west walsall gets it minus 15 is your max on sunday it warms up by tuesday but look at the nighttime temperatures even then you really are subzero compared to the average or anything else to be honest there's a picture of everybody on monday the frontal systems we can somewhat so the temperatures are well the mild side is was it some parts of western europe london today madrid 11 they're still pretty cold but pretty low further east and that results in story weather of cyprus the levant and ticky. divorce rates in taiwan are soaring and as a marriage consultant helen knows this unli too well. but as the 60th wedding

anniversary approaches own parents are looking moons rather than alms. cannot daughterly love and professional expertise make them see eye to eye. my father my mother part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. when the news breaks the next few days a crucial security forces have been deployed to hit me in hot water like this one when people need to be hurt our demands have to be fulfilled by the government and benefit all the problems we've all been to but if all the former state of the state al-jazeera has teams on the ground this is the insurrection that president trump is accused of killing to bring moon documentaries and lightnings.

you're watching the news hour live from london our main story ugandan president yoweri was 70 has been declared the winner of the country's election but the main opposition candidate will be why and has said the vote was for jill and 70 has been in power for 35 years. germany's governing political party has chosen a new leader who could be the country's next chancellor army lash it takes the helm of the christian democrats less than a year before i'm going to muckle is due to leave office and there are the headline this hour india has started one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination campaigns a sanitation worker in delhi was the 1st one in a 1000000000 indians set to receive a job government says more than 300000 people should join him on the 1st day and.

meanwhile several countries a voice serious concerns about the slow speed of the european union's joint vaccine rollout none more so than the netherlands where only 55000 people have been given a chap the elderly and the most vulnerable are having to wait with anger and confusion about why office workers and care home manages are at the top of the queue step boston reports now from the hague. bit of on the pole is waiting for is inoculation but the 71 year old doesn't know when that will be in other countries the elderly are 1st in line for vaccinations against go with 19 but not in the netherlands many of peter's fellow residents have died in the past year and month of quarantine and restrictions are taking their toll. and makes me very emotional it really hurts me not seeing my children and grandchildren i've not seen my grandson for 6 months they have also been delays in organizing vaccines because all 120000 residents in dutch nursing homes have to give special consent for their

$1000.00 japs a time consuming procedure especially because 75 percent of them are suffering from dementia peter has no doubt he has survived one covert infection and is worried he won't be so lucky next time. i really don't understand that in neighboring countries people have been vaccinated for weeks and we're only just starting we are much too late especially for as vulnerable people are in a very high risk especially in such a closed living environment the nursing home has a special covert section where residents who are tested positive are kept in strict isolation many of them die behind these doors because of their age and vulnerability doctors have advised against taking them to intensive care units in hospitals hundreds of residents in that care homes are dying of covert every week but now the single one has been inoculated yet the so-called flexible dutch vaccination strategy has led to great confusion about who will be vaccinated 1st

and what faxing will be used this has not only created frustration and anger but also fear now the british variant has entered the country far ologist say it's a race against time before the nat'l and will face a serious outbreak of the new strain and they're urging the government to get a proper vaccination strategy in order but accusations of managers and office workers in. care organizations jumping the queue have turned this into a more personal battle household coach i know hostess was invited by her employer to be among the 1st to be vaccinated but when she realized that care workers on the frontline working directly with patients and elderly are still waiting she said no get back i'm like this off when i canceled my appointment the health authority said they are not involved in who gets back needed 1st that made me angry this is one of many examples with things have gone wrong during this crisis. because of strict privacy laws in the netherlands for both employers and how the authorities it's

difficult to know who was vaccinated and who it's not how worried are you about a delay of a couple of weeks how serious is that for the people on board a very serious because if you see how many people in this country are for each. have big problems of the disease but overall or for about 4 this is really important that we go on very. quickly bit of on the poll is reading the reports about what's happening in the u.k. and holding his breath his nursing home is scheduled to start inoculations in 10 days time unless the government changes its plans again step fasten al-jazeera the hake now president elect joe biden says his new scientific advisor has changed the course of human history he unveiled geneticist eric lander a day after appointing him making him the 1st scientific advisor to attend cap and

it a mathematician turned geneticist colette the human genome project and was an adviser to president barack obama the tasha going to name is live for us now wilmington delaware natasha very committed to showing people that he plans to follow the science. biden indeed has said that his administration will lead with quote science and the truth and he wants to restore the united states' reputation as being on the frontier of science he was giddy absolutely excited he said he believes that in announcing this historic cabinet level position that it is an exciting one of the most exciting announcements he's made with regard to cabinet positions as you mentioned for the 1st time ever the director of the office of science and technology policy will sit in the cabinet and he tapped this renowned geneticist dr eric lander he's

a rock star in the field of science lander says that the united states greatest asset is its diversity and that that is crucial to scientific progress serving with him on this scientific team would be 3 women including one who is african-american today the opportunities we have and the challenges we face are greater than ever before the president elect knows that science and technology will be crucial in meeting this moment. this is such a mark of departure from the trump administration during the trump administration elected officials often contradicted and repudiated the scientific guidance regarding the corona virus as fires raged across the western united states last year elected officials in the trump administration repudiated that climate change

may have played a role much to the consternation of many in the scientific community vice president elect comolli herea said today that the science behind climate change is not a hoax the science behind the virus is not partisan underscoring this administration's commitment to following the science and letting the experts help guide their decisions not only when it comes to health but the economy and also in progress of technology and industry and of course climate change biden has also spoken about the need for action to combat multiple crises what are his immediate priorities. well just a short time ago his incoming white house chief of staff released what i would call a kind of road map so on the day that he's inaugurated biden will send an

immigration bill to congress it said to create a pathway to citizenship for about $11000000.00 undocumented immigrants with a less of an infamous is on security as has been the case in the trumpet ministration he also plans on signing about a dozen executive orders he says to reverse some of the quote failures of the trump administration he wants to sign an executive order that allows the country to rejoin that historic paris agreement it's an obama era agreement that is supposed to work with other countries around the world in combat climate change he also wants to sign an executive order or will sign an executive order that would reverse the so-called muslim ban that was very controversial and one that president trop received a lot of criticism for all right thank you very much natasha a name there in wilmington delaware old speaking about a shift in immigration policy in washington a group of around 6 and off 1000 on durance is trying to cross the border to watch

somalia on their way to the united states small fights broke out between security forces and some of the migrants hundreds of people including families and young children have already been detained the groups have still managed to make their way through many say they're fleeing a crying hunger and employment crisis with hopes that incoming president joe biden will grant them sanctuary is that the administration has promised a more humane approach than his predecessor but to still be there is still to be concerned about the number of migrants making this journey and a week off to taking office president donald trump an act of his so-called muslim travel ban we're hearing about there the policy bought entry of foreign nationals from muslim majority countries and led to widespread protests president joe biden has promised to repeal it but critics say the damage might take years to repair and he is in miami. fulfilling a campaign promise to enact extreme vetting president trump signed an executive

order temporarily banning travel from 7 muslim majority countries in january 2017 the president's reasoning to make america safe and this is the protection for the nation from foreign terrorists and into the united nations. in the aftermath protests broke out at airports across the country as those fleeing violence and trying to reunite with their families were prevented from entering the u.s. civil rights organizations branded the ban religious discrimination against muslims . legal challenges were successful in blocking the 1st 2 iterations of trump's travel ban in 2018 the supremes court allowed a 3rd version of the executive order to go into force now nationals from 13 countries including north korea venezuela and several african nations are on the list the travel ban has been particularly hard for those hoping to escape the

violence in countries like syria and yemen when the supreme court made its ruling those trying to reunite with elderly relatives were devastated zaid naggy told us his mother is close to giving up she stayed forcibly in jordan for 3 years and you know green court decision she finally said listen i read it out. this far. i want to go back in it's basically what you started and to be honest with the recruits that evening or any more. president elect joe biden his promise to repeal the travel bans and increase refugee admissions by 125000 civil rights groups say that doesn't go far enough because the same old same old isn't going to work anymore and as hard as we fought against the trumpet mensuration we're going to fight even harder against the biden administration because we expect them to resolve these issues for those still stuck in the bureaucratic limbo known as

administrative processing the incoming administration is promises if filled will bring renewed hope president elect joe biden says the travel ban is morally wrong once he takes office he can rescind the order with the stroke of a pen that reuniting families will be a long difficult and complex process biden says the policy betrays u.s. values undoing its legacy could take years to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida well hundreds of migrants still suffering in the deep winter cold on europe still a step blocked from entering croatia until now bosnia has refused to offer much help even after account was burned to the ground last month but it's now bow to pressure setting up he to tense although many immigrants still struggling or demanding reports. wrapping up against the biting winter coat this building was abandoned during the both the

a war in the ninety's and office these people little protection. they dream of crossing the western border of bosnia herzegovina to croatia a european union state. but with the boken country refusing to accept the best stock in the city of the hatch is really weird harry that is really cold or turning don't have water the international organization for migration says it's helping around a 1000 people sheltering in houses like this one. a few kilometers south is lipa camp the temperature here has been as low as minus 8 degrees celcius in december a temporary camp for hundreds of refugees were set on fire with local authorities unwilling to give them shelter about 900 people were left out in the cold. under pressure from the e.u. authorities have erected warm medical tents and plan to build a large a shelter. this camp is planned for 1500

that number might possibly be extended. the european union is covering the expenses calling it an artificial humanitarian crisis it's a year ambassador says officials need to do more to the need to ensure the dignity of human beings the dignity of migrants and refugees who are here that also means this is an obligation for bosnia herzegovina is a signatory to un conventions it wants to become a member of the european so it has to abide by those walls and by the way there are still a few 100 people out there in the woods who we also need to be taken care. of that's makeshift camp is in a forest further north in belleek a cloud to say here this fire is the difference between life and death and people struggle to get basic supplies last night. very crude we are

suffering very much with dawn's the last night and we are going to. have our. north safe. for children the dangers of winter a greater. local towns and cities refusing to accommodate these families and croatia refusing to let them across the border their only option is to try to survive where they are would go about among the al-jazeera. skepticism in palestinian territories about whether the 1st elections in 15 years well ever happen friday's decision to hold polls in may and july has been welcomed but there are still questions about whether a successful vocal bridge the divide between fatah and hamas led to abram reports on this now from the occupied west bank this might be the closest palestinians of god to holding elections in 15 years a presidential decree setting 3 dates just lot of and presidential elections and

those for the palestine liberation organization or p.l.o. the announcement marks a breakthrough in a palestinian divide that lasted more than 13 years certain fossil versions will meet in car within a week and resolve some important technical issues to ensure fear and transparent elections we are aware that there are problems but we are certain that they will be resolved and if not we can resolve them. previous agreements to hold the elections didn't materialize because attempts are to conservation between the 2 most dominant palestinian parties fatah have how mass feel old. this time they say they will hold elections perced and then discuss how to end their divisions the last time palestinians cast their ballots in general elections wasn't 2006 the unexpected come out a victory triggered the divide in 2007 and paralyze the legislative council. to

mask became the de facto ruler of the besieged gaza strip and fatah actually maimed in charge of the occupied west bank protest leader mahmoud abbas was elected in 2005 and has remained in office ever since well i. mean when there's a concern that fatah and hamas will agree on a unified list this will take the meaning out of these elections and minimize participation of independent civil society and the youth may sort out we works in the palestinian election committee at 32 years old she's never had the chance to vote and. who has i'm optimistic we need new faces to serve we've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time a majority of palestinians want general elections that will fight corruption and to store unity but the recent polls show that they don't believe that's possible more than half of palestinian say that even if they're held they want to be free or fear . the occupied west bank we go to indonesia now where search and

rescue operations have been going on after a powerful earthquake hit the island of syria way see at least 46 people have been killed and more than $800.00 injured authorities are warning there could be more aftershocks as jessica washington reports from jakarta. on indonesia's sulawesi island a major search and rescue effort continues in the cities of montenegro and. the strong shallow quake injured more than 800 people. and teams are working swiftly to rescue those trapped under the rubble of the collapsed houses and buildings that would be that we continue to search and rescue from this morning we have prioritized for target areas for the operations around my journey. at least 15000 people are displaced i'm thinking shelter in emergency centers. is one of them is family survived the disaster but then now homeless by the way my house was

flattened by the u.s. quake many people from my neighborhood did now that's why we're here. in nearby. hospital was destroyed several people were found dead by rescuers. we will clear the area and determine a car hospital after we confirm there are no more victims buried on the earthquake set off several landslides and cut to electricity and her working to make sure all survivors have the essentials we've collected information about what the people needed to back to ation centers they need me to some medical supplies to treat those injured vitamins and other items the local school was also damaged but there were no people in the building at the time just to washington al-jazeera jakarta. so i had on the program after a 9 month delay cameroon is hosting one of africa's biggest sporting events we'll have that story with andy very shortly.

frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there is on the one doctor and one nurse or one to 200 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 good little get the back seat when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera. zeros here it's a report on the people often ignored but who must be heard how many other channels can you say will take their time and put extensive thought into reporting from under reported areas of course we cover major global offense but our passion lies in making sure that you're hearing the stories from people in places like palestine the young and the sahara legion and so many others who go to them you make sure we

care we stay. the all. come back sport now with andy thank you so much marm of the african nations championship has just kicked off in cameroon the tournament was meant to start last april but still a juicer coronavirus the 16 team event is only 4 players competing in their domestic leagues of the group stages stadiums will have reduced capacity due to coverage restrictions. we are aware of the pandemic that is currently raging around the world we will test the plan to have 25 percent stadium capacity on the side of

calf and on the side of the local organizing committee all the arrangements are made. well cameroon will host the africa cup of nations this time next year sports broadcaster gary al smith says that gives this tournament added importance for many reasons 'd to signal the fact this will the school on just like we saw in many countries in europe in the rest of the world this is a signal that despite the pandemic things can't be miley and it is essential for african football to be seen to be trying to you know my mission is to asia rather than give up altogether considering the fact that coming in on able to host the african cup of nations in 2900 as you may recall due to security concerns that let's. turn them into going to egypt and then he really wants an opportunity in

this one to prove that he can do it in about this is what it means itself this is a dry run for the african cup of nations proper which is scheduled to be held next year so for them they have to prove to everybody and pull out all the stops and so far they are bringing in the game the guns and everything to come bust up with this gentleman and also might fail them as it will getting close it's completing his move to turkish cliff and a branch as one has applied for arsenal since march of last year the world cup when it was half a season left on his contract but both parties came to and that their early as well became all stars highest paid player when he joined the london side 3 years ago i became a fast hughes fabrice santoro has set a new world indoor triple jump record thankfully somebody with a smartphone was recording his effort in france zeiger leaping 18.07 metres in every one of the favorites to win gold at this year's top carolyn picks christine teller america's the reigning world. champion. close to 50 players won't be allowed

to leave their hotel rooms for the next 2 weeks in the build up to the australian open is because other passengers on the flight to the tournament tested positive for corona virus all players arriving for the year's 1st grand slam face some restrictions but suit time champion victoria azarenka and former u.s. open champion sloane stephens among those who'd be confined to their rooms for 14 days other players will be allowed out for 5 hours of daily practice on court. india suffered a major bites or the end of play on day 2 of the deciding test against australia in brisbane sorest losing star batsman roach sharma $44.00 they're applying to australia's 1st innings total of 369 sharma's dismissal of nathan lines bowling means india will resume on $62.00 for 2 the winner of this match will take the series is currently level at $11.00. which is. and. goes you know i don't see any reason why we are.

on south africa arrived in pakistan for their 1st tour of the country in 14 years the scot such an down in karate an upright success and 3 t 20 s. team stop visiting pakistan following a deadly going to sack on the sri lanka side in lahore and 6009 international cricket are slowly has been returning to pakistan over the last 6 years. an n.b.a. player who lost his mother and 6 other family members to cope with 19 has himself tested positive colony towns of the minnesota timberwolves has released a statement vowing to beat the illness it symbols game against memphis has been for spine and it's the 13th n.b.a. game to be called off due to coronavirus this season. the ball's in microcosm of society right now and you can do the right things are all wrong art. make sure we. all protocol. spiders

are when it's created. or we're not the only ones dealing with. an m.b.a. world so the real world and it's a lively family they're everywhere on a limb pick legit and ben ainslie has produced another winning performance in his effort so when this is america's cup full time olympic gold medalist ainslie is skipping any same u.k. and here they are winning their 3rd straight race in the challenges series in new zealand this time not beating american magic the overall winner of the series when the right to face reigning champions team new zealand for the america's cup that is coming up in which it's ok let's get back to marry him in london all right andy thanks very much well that concludes the news out by i will be back at $2200.00 g.m.t. with another full blessing if he's around up to the top stories coming up in just a couple of minutes.

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