his life do what bunky say, not what bunky do.onor now. they describe it as a malt liquor and they say the beer is cheap and strong and gets the job done and they think what uncle bunky would like. they call it uncle bunky's grado. what is that? a word he made up that he meant my stuff, my things. they say he died at 65 having lived a life that would have sent a lesser man to his grave decades earlier. once everybody hears about him, they wish they could have met him. his name drew my attention, uncle bunky. >> do as i say, not as i do. >>> a award winning actor amy adams feels a personal connection to her latest role in "hillbilly elegy." she stars opposite glenn close. it has been one of the most popular movies on netflix in recent weeks. but surprisingly critics have tossed almost nothing but hatchets creating what the director ron howard told us is, quote. think about that. we talk with amy adams about this weird gap and also why the movie, nonetheless, resonates with viewers. >> i always feel like i've yet to make a film that

i was walking past my room and it appeared that my bunkie was having a stroke.fficerjust looked pained, like she didn't know what to do, she didn't want to step into the room. i watched her take her last breath. health care came to her with an oxygen tank, and by then, she had already passed. my name isjacara moore. and i'm serving an eight—year sentence at women's huron valley correctional facility. there was about 20, 30 beds back there. they literallyjust bolted bunks to the cement. and they was just filling them up, filling them up. and then it would get so hot in there, to the point that people could not breathe. we didn't have no window to open or anything like that. we're still people, we're still human beings, and we should still be treated like human beings even though, you know, we're doing time and everything. the voices of women prison inmates affected by a coronavirus outbreak in detroit. a group of interpreters who worked with the british army in iraq say their lives have become unbearable since the uk unit they worked for left the country in july.

i was walking past my room and it appeared that my bunkie was having a stroke.icerjust looked pained, like she didn't know what to do, she didn't want to step into the room. i watched her take her last breath. health care came to her with an oxygen tank, and by then, she had already passed. my name is jacara moore. and i'm serving an eight—year sentence at women's huron valley correctional facility. there was about 20, 30 beds back there. they literally just bolted bunks to the cement. and they was just filling them up, filling them up. and then it would get so hot in there, to the point that people could not breathe. we didn't have no window to open or anything like that. we're still people, we're still human beings, and we should still be treated like human beings even though, you know, we're doing time and everything. the voices of women prison inmates affected by a coronavirus outbreak in detroit. a group of interpreters who worked with the british army in iraq say their lives have become unbearable since the uk unit they worked for left the country in july.

take in how quickly they seem to be able to take it and how close they actually are to the capital bunky all reports are indicating that within a 100 kilometer or so it's very very tense in the city right now and we're also hearing that 3 u.n. peacekeepers have been killed by an identified attackers in the country this news just breaking just a short while ago what's your reaction to that i mean how worried are you at the situation. i think this is the most tense the central african republic has been since early 2013 when we saw the last iteration of the cycle of coups which indicates a change of power in that country it's worth noting that the killing of blue helmets the killing of international peacekeepers is in of itself a war crime but the fact that peacekeepers have been killed in these sadly these peacekeepers that you mentioned this is just the latest batch of peacekeepers that have been targeting the c.a.r. the fact that they have been targeted i think it's demonstrative of the impunity that these armed groups continue to operate with within the country the central african repub

people in bunky have been on edge for days now that's after the armed movement. for change threatened to march to the city and destruct the vote the group's leaders didn't want an election but a transitional government and the full implementation of a peace deal signed between 14 armed groups and the government into 1000 despite the. palling stations opened on time and voting in the capital was fairly smooth. i am here to vote for peace i had a board problems in the battle of the country but i had to do my beat president. has been arching people to help security forces stop the rebels the national army backed by un peacekeepers randon forces russian military instructors and private security contractors are all on the ground france also has a military presence in the central african republic. every 5 years central african 3 choose their leader responsible for this mission or the a in each and the constitutional court and the date set is the 27th this is what all central africa is comfortable and i myself came to fulfill my civic duty. and there are 17 presidential

bunky christmas celebrations around the world have been muted this year because of a coronavirus pandemic of the vatican pope francis celebrated christmas eve in a rare section of st peter's basilica urging people to do more to help those in need and italians are under a nationwide lockdown for much of the holiday season. and that hong kong thousands of foreign workers are spending their christmas away from their families because of strict restrictions sarah clarke reports. christmas decorations may be up but large celebrations in hong kong our whole public gatherings of more than 2 people have been banned and borders remain closed. people like nathan cowen will spend the festive season on his or in his family in australia unable to fly in to join him because of strict travel restrictions were very top family and spend a lot of time on together it's been really hard on myself on the family and on the boys as well foreign domestic workers in hong kong have been hit hard by the pen demick there almost 400000 here most of from the philippines and indonesia these women of the breadwinners for

against any rebel attacks rebels are very close to bunky within 100 kilometers based on conversations that we're having with authorities right now in the western part of the country it is such a fragile situation how do you assess the fact oh how do you assess the opposition in terms of how they are going to react to this the opposition that seems to be sort of spearheaded by francois busy. yes i mean look this is. there's 2 there's 2 there's 2 sort of lines of thought here number one is that this is from what was you say he was trying to run in the election and earlier this month the constitutional court ruled that he couldn't so there's one train of thought which is that this is just political jockeying by process what was he saying with his former enemies the silicate core coalition who has now made alliance with and they're simply trying to renegotiate terms of the 2900 peace deal or they're trying to you know recalibrate a transitional government of some sort there's another line of thought which is that this harkens very much that we've seen a lot of echoes in 2013 and that this

politics off their shoulders for just a little while to have a merry christmas catherine al-jazeera bunky millions of voters and will head to the polls on sunday to elect a new president on parliament 30 candidates are running to succeed mohamed do or so who has been in power for 10 years. takes a look at what's at stake. central market business has been in decline traders here say this is a trend they've noticed for more than a year of work and my mom who fixes or broken watches believes the country struggles on the increasing attacks carried out by armed groups. the biggest problem is security without it we are just wasting time poverty can only get worse creating other social and economic problems. boko haram attacks in new just south than border region have killed thousands and displaced about 250000 people strain to 15. and then the west attacks by armed groups affiliated to al qaida and i still have disrupted economic and social life. however is angered by how foreign powers have taken over control of nizkor resourceless he wants the new government to take charge. we have uranium bu

demonstration in the capital ahead of sunday's presidential and legislative elections in march through bunky calling for a peaceful and secure vote tensions have flared in the past week with rebels capturing a large town on cheers state bomb body is now in the hands of u.n. peacekeepers national security forces catherine so-i has been at those protests in only. well the demonstrators say that they are marching for they say that they want a peaceful election they blame their rebellion they've been there rebels who have formed this boy listen and our reckoning to advance to. a raid this a rebel movement called paid chunk of change for the lot of a problem in the countryside particularly the last where they are fighting with other international changes while at the u.n. and government forces of the women are marching to the u.n. headquarters they say that they want to be able to exercise their right to vote and what's very interesting is the flags that they've been carrying many of them a car and you know flags from regional countries but most interesting there's a lot of people carrying russia

about the unfolding political unrest in central african republic violence has escalated in the capital bunky ahead of we can do that actions rebels backed by former president fox were busy or accused of attempting to stage a coup ca our government says russia and rwanda have sent in hundreds of troops with russia providing military support to the former french colony since 2018. doctors in kenya have joined other public health care workers in a nationwide strike they want better protection and more effective equipment for treating the coronavirus nurses and other health care workers began protesting earlier this month saying they won't stop until their demands are met but the government warns they'll be sacked if they don't return to work. 32 years after a bomb brought down a jet over the scottish town of lockerbie the u.s. justice department has charged a new suspect. mohammed massoud is accused of making the bomb that blew up the pan american plane in 198-8270 people were killed most of them americans the u.s. is requesting masood be extradited from libya where he lives the united states h

they are confident that won't be the case final results are expected in the coming days catherine 0 bunky. we're going to weather update next here on ars 0 then israel enters its 3rd national coronavirus mock town to carve a sharp rise in infections there and the sun kissed tyler making a pitch to stay at home workers to make up for tourists being kept away by the coronavirus. hello there we've got some quotes of weather coming into iran now this massive cloud here that was responsible for the heavy snow and the avalanche just to the north of terror but you can see quite a weather does come back into iran at around 10 degrees celsius just one or 2 light showers over the mountains and then further west just around the eastern side of the mediterranean it should be lucky quiet for little in the cool side over the next couple of days quite enough across the raban peninsula but quite a keen schimmel blowing through a fresh 23 celsius here in doha then over the next couple of days well as you drive to across the whole of africa but we have got some showers not too far away and this could bring

they are confident that won't be the case final results are expected in the coming days catherine 0 bunky. uganda's opposition presidential candidate bobby wine says one of his bodyguards has been killed by police after being deliberately run over this picture shows the 2 men whine can be seen on the right while the bodyguard who died is on the left the incident happened while winds convoy was taking a journalist wounded by police to seek medical help militia police says he fell from a speeding car the f.b.i. says the man suspected of setting off a bomb in the u.s. city of nashville died in the explosion officers started searching the premises of 63 year old anthony warner not long after a motorhome blew up on a nashville street early on christmas day the explosion injured 3 people damaged about 40 buildings and knocked up phone and internet services based on the evidence that we've gathered this point we've come to the conclusion that an individual named anthony. warner is the bomber he was present when the bomb went off and that he perished in the bombing. basis conclusion on forensic e

voiced concerns about the unfolding political unrest catherine so our correspondent is in the capital bunky with more on the security situation. if this pays to the general election here in the central african republic and we're seeing campaigns that page politicians trying to now that the head of that election but what people wanted about here the capitol the security situation out by. people particularly wanting to turn. the way. we have formed. and calling them. change a thing frightening too macho thing that they do they want a transitional government we've had done all seen. that both. groups have been met with force by the central central african admi also from the russian government that has stated have lloyd more troops to try and quell that situation. russia's influence is particularly growing with the country to be president what darryl's also say to be leaning more towards russia then we have the french who have also had a strong presence all this country's. economic interests and coming back to the election we've been talking to opposition leaders within that they want the selec

about the unfolding political unrest our correspondent catherine swayze on the ground in the capital bunky with more on the security situation there. if this stays to the general election here in the central african republic and we're seeing some pay that sees a page politicians trying to sell that agenda ahead of that and that's about what people wanted about here the topic was the security situation outside. people particularly wanting to find the place. in the west where we. could use them calling themselves a feature change saying threatening to march to belong you saying that they didn't want a sensational government without president or. that both that both groups have been met with war by the central central african agni also from the russian government that has stated has exploited more troops to try and quell that situation in the west russia's influence is particularly growing with the country stayed to be parole president was there a would also say to be leaning more towards russia then we have the french who have also had a strong presence here all these countries with vast qua

going to translate into real stability outside of the only way we're really going to see stability bunky that i base this is someone who's been watching the c.a.r. of the last 10 years is if our commanders are actually held accountable for what they do what they're seeing now time and time again is that false what was easy is just showing this once again is that it pays to get arms it pays to build up a true base and it pays to prey on civilians and take towns in the c.a.r. because that's what gets you to the negotiating table 32 years after bowman took down them be in scotland the u.s. justice department is charged with a new suspect former libyan intelligence officer. masood is accused of making the bomb blew up the poem plane in 190-8270 people were killed most of them were americans the u.s. is requesting that mehsud be extradited from libya where he is in custody the united states has filed criminal charges against the 3rd conspirator. sued keer. for his role in the bombing of pan am flight 103. let there be no mistake no amount of time or distance will stop the united states and ou

confident that won't be the case final results are expected in the coming days cathy zoi al-jazeera bunky. still ahead on al-jazeera we're going to tell you how india plans to roll out its vaccination program where live in new delhi. the wonder woman simple school is big at the u.s. box office offering some hope to a film industry hit hard by the pandemic. but . how i recall the usual showers across much of southeast asia some lovely downpours still in place across a good part of the philippines wet weather drifting in the east side of the country what's a weather grassy making its way towards vietnam as we go through shoes day and on into wednesday some pavia burst of rain could cause some localized flooding from time to time otherwise the seasonal downpours pretty active as they should be and some wet weather there just coming into a good part of indonesia still rather wet across northern parts of australia some lively storms around blowing away just around the top and through the gulf of carpentaria we have got some rather wet weather in the forecast for a good part of queensland over

peace mission in the country joins us now via skype from bunky obviously before the election took place human rights groups and the united nations as well warned against any violence in the country and about the threat that that posed to civilians to vote says tell us give us more detail in your assessment about the way in which this vote was conducted. to determine not only in the company but. these. banks who already. are the republican. we can with the border guards that we patiently who vote and they hold and make body. beautiful conditions. and countries have demonstrated. time and he's. raised. are you confident that the country can go on to the mall peaceful stable phase that you describe and we were just talking about the background to this story successive waves of violence for some years now since 2013 what might fall into a bush he's a do after the election. you know if there are 14. months do we have 3 over the past week. deliberately targeted. target. population to try. to vote. to former president. for the moment. all of those people who came to vote and we don't know the

take and how quickly they seem to be able to take it and how close they actually are to the capital bunky all reports are indicating that within 100 kilometers so it's very very tense in the city right now i think this is the most tense the central african republic has been since early 2013 when we saw the last iteration of the cycle of coups which indicates a change of power in that country it's worth noting that the killing of blue helmets the killing of international peacekeepers is in of itself a war crime but the fact that peacekeepers have been killed in these sadly these peacekeepers that you mentioned this is just the latest batch of peacekeepers that have been targeting the c.a.r. the fact that they have been targeted i think it's demonstrative of the impunity that these armed groups continue to operate with within the country the central african republic is operating after a peace deal and 2019 that peace deal ceded a lot of impunity to these armed groups and instead of stopping attacks on civilians and peacekeepers they simply ramp them up in the last few weeks and months and r

so important but here bunky everyone is quite worried about the security situation the election if they can't do it for sunday opposition leaders think that this election needs to be postponed because of the security issues but government officials the top 2 are saying that that is not an option and that let's bring in denise brown who's the deputy special representative of the secretary general of the un's peacekeeping mission miniscule she's joining us from buying itself thanks very much denise brown for your time with us on the al-jazeera news hour so since our colleague and our reporter catherine soy filed that report can you just clarify whether there has been a change in the situation and in banbury because as we as we've been reporting eyewitnesses have told i was 0 that the rebel alliance has taken over the city something minister denies well i don't think it's a question of denying we have hundreds of little how many on the ground. as well as cool east. peace keeping mission as well as civilians and you agents there are hundreds of international you and your community and there

politics off this shoulders for just a little while to have a merry christmas catherine so al-jazeera bunky. ok let's take a look at the fragile political landscape in the president. came to power in 2016 and to pursue peace and unity but he has struggled to contain unrest his rival france what was easy was forced from power more than 6 years ago by mostly muslim rebels known as the celica prompting reprisals from christian groups u.n. investigators say large scale killings were carried out by both sides against civilians the subsequent violence worsened the country's ongoing civil war prompting thousands of un peacekeepers to be deployed in 2014 a peace accord signed in february 29th seen between the government and 14 armed groups as lead to a lower level of violence but with armed factions forming a coalition against the government history of the country could see a return to wider conflict that's forced 4 and a half 1000000 people to flee their homes paul mellie is a consulting fellow in the africa program at chatham house he joins us on skype from london paul morley welcome back to the

past week with rebels capturing a large tire known choose to come from so i was not that consistent bunky. with the most straight can say that they are marching for they say that they want a peaceful election they blame their rebellion they bring their rebel groups have formed this boy list on and are threatening to advance 2 words long awaited this a rebel movement called pay chunk of change for the lot of a problem in the countryside with the last where they are fighting with other international while the u.n. and government forces of the women are marching to the u.n. headquarters and they say that they want to be able to exercise their right to vote and what's very interesting is the flags that they've been carrying many of them a car and you know flags from regional can choose but most interesting there's a lot of people carrying russian flags it just goes to show from bolo for this country we have a lot of countries foreign countries the russians have been deploying the military advisers have been. giving aid military aid to this country with the president's advice an opossum all se

peacekeepers and national security forces catherine sawyer has been with the demonstrators in bunky. where this demonstrates i say that they are marching for peace they say that they want a peaceful election they blame their rebellion they blame the rebels who have formed this poor list and are threatening to advance 2 words long already this a rebel movement called paycheck of change help for the model of a problem in the countryside with the last where they are fighting with other international while the u.n. and government forces of the women are marching to the u.n. headquarters they say that they want to be able to exercise their right to vote and what's very interesting is the flags that they've been carrying many of them occur in you know flags from regional countries but most interesting there's a lot of people carrying russian flags this just goes to show from ball out for this country we have a lot of countries foreign countries the russians have been deploying a military. very advisers have been. giving aid to military aides to this country with the president's advice an o

armed groups calling itself the patriots coalition for change has threatened to march to the company bunky the united nations mission says it's pushing back the rebels to prevent the from taking control of important supply routes on strategic towns catherine soy has more from the company. wide quickly spread that troubles could be making their way to the capital who were in the city center when suddenly everyone around us started running and traders were closing the shops many were here 2013 there mostly muslim armed groups arrived in force and overthrew the then president francois so no one wants to be caught unawares at this time it hands out an incident in the p.k. 12 suburb on the outskirts of the city treat that the commotion. we have been told that government troops and trucks came speeding into the city people panicked and started running the soldiers fired into the year to contain the population but that only caused more panic. we went to p.k. 12 and found more of the same this man told us he is fed up and frustrated big. trouble is always a c.r.y. i would like to know what all the