u.k. port of dover waiting to be tested for coronavirus they've been stuck there for days after european nations stopped travel with the u.k. to contain the spread of the highly transmissible strain of coping 1000 that was announced on saturday francis since eased the restrictions now requiring a negative test before entering the country. the united states faces the prospect of a year end government shutdown if the president trump threatened not to sign a massive coronavirus relief bill trying to call the bill a disgrace and ask congress to raise a stimulus payments to individual americans from $600.00 to $2000.00 and $900000000000.00 relief bill was passed by the house and the senate on monday after months of negotiations way but i'm also asking congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation and to send me a suitable bill or else the next administration will have to deliver a covert relief package and maybe that administration will be made. iraq's foreign ministry is urging president trying to reconsider his decision to pardon for military contractor

u.k. port of dover waiting to be tested for coronavirus they've been stuck there for days after european nations whole to travel with britain to contain the spread of a highly transmissible strain of covert 19 announced on saturday france has since eased the restrictions on iraq's foreign ministry is urging president trying to reconsider his decision to pardon for military contractors convicted of shooting dead 14 civilians in iraq in 2007 the former blackwater contractors were among the security team who opened fire on a busy baghdad roundabout while guarding a u.s. personnel. up next people in power right now with hands on talents to working in asia and africa that the day is where i'd be choosing editing my own stories in a refugee camp but know it's interesting and right now we're confronting some of the greatest challenges that humanity has ever faced and i really believe that the only way we can do that is with compassion and generosity and compromise because of the only way we can try to solve any of these problems is together that's why al jazeera is so important we make those connection

u.k. has now been discovered in other european countries to try to contain that variant thousands of truck drivers have spent christmas stranded at the u.k. port of dover and prevented from crossing to france unless they test negative for the virus the backlog remains stubbornly large despite the efforts of military reinforcements. and lockdowns have ruined the festive period for traditional high street retailers with shoppers ordered to stay at home coronavirus has hollowed out the u.k. high street this is oxford street london's primary retail avenue and instead of hundreds of thousands of people out to take advantage of the boxing day sales the shops are closed instead of festivity and bustle it's full on and barren the street empty. with coronavirus europe has enjoyed much the same tories 2020 as the rest of the world the hope is that from sunday things will start to improve. paul brennan al-jazeera london. despite appeals from leaders from poor as during the pandemic the united states has continued to deport central americans back to their home countries they include more than 20000 watt amal ns just this year john homa reports. it's been a despera

u.k. has now been discovered in other european countries to try to contain that variant thousands of truck drivers have spent christmas stranded at the u.k. port of dover and prevented from crossing to france unless they test negative for the virus the backlog remains stubbornly large despite the efforts of military reinforcements and lock downs have ruined the festive period for traditional high street retailers with shoppers ordered to stay at home coronavirus has hollowed out the u.k. high street this is oxford street london's primary retail avenue and instead of hundreds of thousands of people out a good vantage of the boxing day sales the shops are closed instead of festivity and bustle it's full on and barren the street empty with coronavirus europe has enjoyed much the same torrid 2020 as the rest of the world the hope is that from sunday things will start to improve paul brennan al-jazeera london at least 35 people have been kidnapped in northeast nigeria armed men dressed in military uniforms set up a road block and abducted the travelers heading to my degree it's believed the incident could be linked to boko haram. up to $14000000.00 american

u.k. port of dover waiting to be tested for coronavirus they've been stuck there for days after european nations hope to travel with the u. u.k. to contain the spread of the 1st covert theory and the u.s. faces the prospect of a year end government shutdown after donald trump threatened not to sign a massive coronavirus really feel. that the 1st batch of the pfizer bio on tech vaccines have arrived in mexico which is due to begin its vaccination program on thursday the country is battling a sharp rise in infections that are overwhelming its hospitals in the past say the health ministry reported a further 897 deaths and more than 12000 new cases of corona virus. john holeman is live for us in mexico city so it's due to start being rolled out on thursday that's tomorrow but how quickly will the whole rollout a take. yeah it's not going to be quick enough basically to save minutes go right now and that's because the hospitals are almost full there's almost no ventilators here in mexico city where we are and that's obviously going to start affecting people in january especially as people have been g

u.k. port of dover. well there has been some movement but not in the way that the drive is over my shoulder we've seen some trucks arriving from france on the ferries arriving from kalai and going out into the u.k. bringing what appeared to be a lot of the fresh produce to be honest netherlands trucks it's in the spanish trucks as well but i'm going to just briefly stand out of the way and let some the camera man look over my shoulder because in the last half an hour these drivers van drivers and truckers superman facing a few off a single 3rd night trapped here on the outskirts of the vehicles actually blockaded this roundabout in front of the port and friends the police have now persuaded them to move to the central reservation at least and some traffic is at least moving a tempest really fled here the grievances of these drivers are that there is no food the public toilets just a short way down the road are closed there's been no facilities laid on for the people who are trapped here and know where th

u.k. port of dover awaiting to be tested for corona virus they've been stuck there for days after european nations hole to travel with the u.k. to contain the spread of the 1st highly transmissible variant of covert 19 france says since ease that the restrictions now requiring a negative test before entering the country. the united states faces the prospect of a year end government shutdown after president donald trump threatened not to sign a massive coronavirus relief bill trump called the bill a disgrace and ask congress to raise stimulus payments to individual americans from $600.00 to 2000 dollars 900000000000 dollars relief bill was passed by the house and the senate on monday after months of negotiations and iraq's foreign ministry is urging president trying to reconsider his decision to pardon for military contractors serving long prison sentences for shooting dead 14 civilians in iraq in 2007 he's also pardoned 2 men linked to the investigation into russian meddling store owners in the central african republic have shut their doors as panic spreads in bungie a new alliance of arme

u.k. port of dover, as freight links to europe resume delays grow. main after france cut cross channel travel for two days on fears of a mutant coronavirus variant. the ban is lifted but truckers face delays before boarding ferries.- all drivers must be tested for covid-19, adding to their frustration. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: we have breaking news for you now. payment company square is said to be discussing buying the jay-z title streaming service. jack dorsey runs square. he has apparently been speaking with jay-z multiple times during the pandemic about potentially buying this training service, as square looks to diversify. inle was bought by jay-z 2014 for $56 million, so square reportedly in talks to buy the title music streaming service. shery: breaking news out of china right now. beijing is expected to probe alibaba group on suspected monopoly. kinda financial regulators are expec

u.k. has now been discovered in other european countries to try to contain that variant thousands of truck drivers have spent christmas stranded at the u.k. port of dover and prevented from crossing to france unless they test negative for the virus the backlog remains stubbornly large despite the efforts of military reinforcements and lock downs have ruined the festive period for traditional high street retailers with shoppers ordered to stay at home coronavirus has hollowed out the u.k. high street this is oxford street london's primary avenue and instead of hundreds of thousands of people out take advantage of the boxing day sales the shops are closed instead of festivity and bustle it's a long and barren the street empty. with corona virus europe has enjoyed much the same tories 2020 as the rest of the world the hope is that from sunday things will start to improve. paul brennan al-jazeera london. at least 11 people have been killed after 3 avalanches in the mountains north of the iranian capital tehran rescue workers are searching for 7 people reportedly missing since friday and other 7 climbers have been taken to hospital with frostbite. a high le

u.k. port city of dover but 1st let's cross over to nadine barber who joins me now from london and nadine the transition period obviously has ended and it's perhaps new unchartered beginnings for the u.k. . absolutely said in legal terms the a briton left the e.u. at the end of january but right now as of 11 pm local time is when it's happening practically the u.k. no longer in the single market the internal market or the common market you said that paris boris johnson signed the new legislation it was also signed into law by queen elizabeth the 2nd after midnight local time here on wednesday after being rushed through parliament there was a there was an attempt by the opposition labor party to get amendments on things like environmental standards and workers' rights which failed but they generally did back the bill so it went through very easily but lots of questions now being on lost by various sectors of. industry here in britain as well as ordinary citizens people here in britain are being warned to get travel insurance to make sure they're covered if they now go to the e.u. and the bu

strategically geologically attached to europe thousands of truck drivers trying to get to france from the u.k. will remain stranded at the port of dover on christmas day as authority is complete a mass coronavirus testing operation so far only 3 drivers have tested positive while more than $2300.00 have been given the or clash across the english channel. mexico has started its coronavirus vaccination campaign an intensive care nurse received the 1st approved there and argentina is preparing to roll out a russian made vaccine the sputnik v. from monday while thousands of pfizer biotech doses have arrived at hospitals in chile the un security council has approved a temporary deployment of more troops to central african republic ahead of sunday's presidential election earlier women marched to the headquarters of the un peacekeeping mission demanding a peaceful voters attentions of fled ahead about poland this week rebels captured a large town. syrian state t.v. says the country's added fences have shot down several missiles launched by israeli warplanes in the northwest the sunnah news agency says those airstrikes were carried out on the

of that. yousef: right. burden, bloomberg's u.k. economy reporter. vincent chaigneau is with us. it will take days, not weeks, to clear the trucks waiting on the port of dovernd elsewhere. are you seeing perhaps an inflection point for the u.k. as we get into 2021? vincent: well, listen, i do believe that we are getting closer and closer to a deal. i cannot believe that after months and years of discussions, we are going to fail just on this fishing issue. you know, they started quite far apart, where the eu wanted a the eu of just 18% in catch in british waters. the u.k. wanted 60%. now we are going to end somewhere around 25%, 30%, and there will be a discussion in terms of how long that transition toward those new quotas is, but i think, eventually, we are going to get there. but is running very short, i think we will get a deal, and clearly this is something much-needed for the economy on both sides of the channel. we have to face already the covid crisis, a hard brexit, with too much pain right now. ausef: vincent, there isn't currency that traders are worried about more than the british pound. it peeked over the last two weeks. this is by the indicati

u.k. continues to cause chaos at the border the english port of dover is a grid locked with several 1000 frustrated truck drivers still stranded that's this fight france lifting the blockade that it imposed on arrivals from the u.k. because of the new strain only those of tested negative of being allowed on to ferries attesting all the drivers will take some time as paul brennan reports from dover. facing a 4th night trapped in their vehicles and unable to depart for callaway. frustration and anger led one group of drivers to briefly blockade inbound freight arriving from france there was a confrontation at the police trying to clear the road a demonstrator lay down in front of one of the lorries 0 speak to the drivers and time and again the lack of information is what's really causing tempest to flare and i don't know what's going on the police will tell you what's going on all they want the most from are on the ball let these people call them by line no no no no no no it. should be bustling now instead it is ghostly shut down by the impact of the new variant of code in the u.k. the french ban on

of the u.k.'s cargo movement to a halt. this report from dover. >> the cold waters of the english channel have rarely seen more of a barrier. dover is usually one of the busiest ports in the world. countries and scared by the u.k.'s infectious strain have imposed travel bans. francis also banned the transport of accompanied freight. this is the result, stranded lorries and drivers not knowing when they will make it home. >> i have three children and a wife. they need to come for christmas. christmas in poland is a very special holiday. it is combined with religion and traditional. for polish people, it is very hard to be away on christmas. so, this situation caused me very hard. reporter: on the dover seafront, a line of vans not knowing when they will make it home. >> we do not have money to spend money and things like that. because we are waiting, we are sleeping in the car. we want everybody to be all right. >> for the british, this compounds the sense of unease brought on already by tough restrictions, and the cancellation already of christmas celebrations for millions. >> in recent memory, the u.k. has never felt so isolated, lonely, and atomized. now, with th

if they want to travel with their pets or thousands of truck drivers trying to get to france from the u.k. will remain stranded at the port of dover on christmas day as authorities complete a mass coronavirus testing operation so far only 3 drivers have tested positive with more than 2300 given the all clear to cross the english channel fewer than 100 vehicles had left the port though on wednesday evening most drivers are expected to spend a total of 5 nights in their vehicles with limited food water and access to sanitation ronald schroeder from germany was one of the people who was stuck at dover after days he's finally on route to be with his family on christmas day he told us just what it took to get roofing. yesterday i went to get think. test at 4 o'clock this morning i wake up went into the line at the harbor. at 8 o'clock. not accept my test yesterday i had to make. that creek just from h.s. and the result was negative so i could possibly order christmas at home with my daughter with my son with my wife. it's great feeling. out of any ization of the british government during this crisis no shops open you know drinks no cof

outbound traffic at the british port of dover is paralyzed as the u.k. nd european states scramble to reopen severed trade links in new countries shut their borders to british traffic to keep up a new more contagious strain of the corona virus that has been spreading in southern england. and the head of german drug maker biotech says his company can produce a vaccine tailored to the u.k. coronavirus mutation in just 6 weeks but overstocking also expressed confidence that biotech's existing shot would be effective against kerry. coming up next with the long lines of trucks in dover mean for supply chains and logistics steven beardsley has d.w. business. really. pick up. to. the last minute christmas champion reclaiming the be. christmas gift because a bad. storm suffered a major blow. to the back . in 60 minutes w. . why did this person. above there are subject. to the be the result mosque that can be done playing. the big make up your. double. tarrytown. to. the sun for monarch. fantasy. to see. the secrets because it starts december 25th. the. supply cha

between police and angry truck drivers stranded at the english port of dover the french government has eased border restrictions with the u.k. over a mutated strain of the coronavirus but thousands of drivers are still stuck. now al jazeera journalist mark wood hussein has now spent 4 years in egyptian detention without charge or a trial hussein was arrested while visiting family in december 26th seen a number of human rights organizations have joined al jazeera and demanding his immediate release his detention is in violation of both gyptian and international law. now i would have told that rebels in central african republic have seized a major town they say the new alliance calling itself the patriots coalition for change took over after fighting with u.n. backed government troops but the u.n. mission insists the town has not foreign to the rebels well this latest violence comes just days before the country's presidential election our correspondent catherine soy has more for us from the ground in the capital bangui. very thieving conflicting information this is the 2nd largest it's in central are about 400 kilometers from

several truck drivers stuck near the english port of dover have been detained during scuffles with police french government is border restrictions with the u.k. over and mutated strain of corona virus but thousands of drivers are still stuck at the border. al jazeera journalist must watch her say and has now spent 4 years in egyptian detention without charge or trial her saying was arrested while visiting family in december 26th seen a number of human rights organizations have joined al jazeera and demanding his immediate release is the tension is in violation of both egyptian and international law well the number of journalists murdered worldwide has more than doubled this year a report by the committee to protect journalists says at least 30 were killed in 2020 mexico's the deadliest country in the world for the media journalists are routinely threatened down targeted by criminal groups or corrupt politicians afghanistan syria and the philippines are next on the list most of the killers have gone unpunished and politics was the most dangerous subject to cover while murders rose overall this year but number of journalists killed in crossfir

of covid-19. boris johnson says he is working as quickly as possible to end the chaos in dover, the u.k.'s busiest porttries are now restricting flights from britain. in order to secure a brexit deal, the u.k. may be looking to compromise. sources tell us that prime minister boris johnson may give some ground on fisheries if the eu followed suit in other areas. britain could accept the bloc cutting the value of the fish it catches in the u.k. waters by 1/3. previously, it was asking for a 60% cut. global news 24 hours a day, on-air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. we have some breaking lines coming through from several entities. this is from the german institute, the vital health care authority that comments and gives perspective on germany's plan to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus. they are saying in this press conference that the u.k. virus mutation has not been detected in germany. this is at a briefing they are making these comments. at the same time, the he officials -- the officials saying it is very likely that t

of. joining us from durban sir thank you. well meanwhile the 1st covariant identified here in the u.k. continues to cause chaos at the border the english port of dover is gridlocked with several 1000 frustrated truck drivers still stranded that's this bad france lifting the blockade imposed on arrivals from the u.k. because of the new strain only those who have tested negative are being allowed on to ferries but testing all the drivers will take some time as paul brennan reports from dover. facing a 4th night trapped in their vehicles and unable to depart for callaway i frustration and anger led one group of drivers to briefly blockade inbound freight arriving from france there was a confrontation of the police trying to clear the road a demonstrator lay down in front of one of the lorries oh speak to the drivers and time and again the lack of information is what's really causing tempest to flare and i don't know what's going on the police will tell you what's going on all they want to most of the former on the ball let these people follow them blindly no no no no no no no it. should be bustling now instead it is ghostly shut down by the impact of t

. >> nearly 24 hours after france reopened borders with the u.k., chaos is still prominent at the port of dovernd the county of kent, despite drivers finally being able to move, it is believed the backlog will take days to clear. scuffles broke out between drivers and police. complaints of unsanitary conditions. we have reports. reporter: freedom, they shout, with the hope of arriving for christmas growing increasingly vast. frustration increasing after being stuck at the port for two days. >> [speaking french] >> we were here 30's ago -- three days ago. reporter: after abruptly shutting the border with the u.k. on sunday, france agreed to allow essential travelers to cross the channel, provided they tested negative for covid-19 within the previous 72 hours. although fair is resumed transporting passengers and goods, chaos is far from being eased. >> some cars will be denied entrance to the ports because some people do not have negative test results. they do not want to make space. >> there isto do testing. -- there isto do testing. there is no one helping. reporter: french authorities are acce

port of deva in southern england to witness firsthand how cross-channel trade is affected. becomes a practical reality at 11 pm u.k. time tonight it's of places like here the port of dover where its impacts will be most acutely felt 2 and a half 1000000 vehicles use this port on an annual basis you can see them going past me now around 135000000000 dollars worth of trade crossing the english channel and delays can mounts up exactly a week ago i was standing on this very spot just after the europeans had imposed coronavirus checks on any holy as wanting to cross the road that is behind this lorry we'll see it in a 2nd that road there was absolutely gridlocked with traffic lorries vans unable to cross totally stuck because the port of dover had to shut now of course you can see it's open before holi as wanting to get across there is now extra paperwork extra bureaucracy a run through some of it for example the new u.k. license will replace the e.u. community license the c.m.t. permits will now only be issued on a monthly basis rather than previous annual basis there will be a need to register your trailer you'll need to carry the vehicle logbook and registration and you m

between police and angry truck drivers stranded outside the english port of dover the french government has eased border restrictions with the u.k. over a mutated strain of corona virus but thousands of drivers are still stuck at the border al jazeera journalist mahmud her saying has now spent 4 years in egyptian detention without being charged or put on trial for saying was arrested while visiting family in december 26th in a number of human rights organizations have joined al jazeera in demanding his immediate release. israel will be holding its 4th election in 2 years after the collapse of the government coalition parliament was dissolved failing to meet a deadline to pass the budgets a snap election will now be held in march next year. you have to dates with all the latest headlines on al-jazeera we'll have more news at the top of the hour for now is al jazeera world's. i. 'd mean. i thought that's a must but i thought. and i need the head of. the head of c.m. hire. for that amount of trying. to come let me do i have never seen i have seen i mean this mind you have missed a whole lot of why that is about us accountable i'll

of dover. this plan shows you t annual lorry traffic and the eu tra traded all major ports in the u.k., and overby far the biggest. more than 2 million lorries passed through the port every year, and at least 75% of the trade is with the eu, much more than any other port in britain. dover is crucial for trade between the u.k. and the eu. and with those trucks stuck for the moment, many perishable goods are going to waste. their particular concerns about some seafood. fr a business point of view, this is a nightmare. and because of christmas, this is also a problem. a travel writer in spain says i hope port over reopens today so the seafood from scotland can get to spain in time for christmas. on a much greater skill, french industrial lears are worried, too. t's get more from brussels. >> the big supermarket chain on tvave said they have trucks stuck on the u.k. side of the border with all sorts of sh and seasonal seafood produce, scallops, and mug fish, for example, which he said there will be definiteea shortages of christmas, sowrtages tomo shortages on christmas eve, as welcome and he says d

border with britain remains closed because of the coronavirus variant discovered in the u.k. take a look at the port of doveright. trucks backed up there with drivers sleeping inside their vehicles, hoping the border reopens in time for them to make it home for christmas. let's go live with salma about -- abdelaziz. >> reporter: the french government, the british government say they want this fixed as soon as possible. i want to show you what it looks like in practical terms. take a look just behind me here. we're going to pan a little bit for you to see. this street is lined with trucks. this is just one street, and these drivers aren't supposed to be here. some have been spending two or three nights in their vehicles. this is one street. this town has drivers parked all over it. the highway that connects to this port city also 900 trucks there with their drivers as well. the next town oever, kent, dozes more drivers. how is this going to be resolved. i want you to speak to one of these drivers, adrian, who we have been talking to today. you have been sleeping in your car for three nights. tell me what the

u.k. because of concerns about new strain of corona virus francis blocked freight crossings from britain leaving hundreds of trucks stranded in southern england long lines of state 3 vehicles built on highways leading to the port of dover air travel is also being hit to germany among others is imposing restrictions on arrivals from the u.k. causing chaos for lots of travelers here. people traveling home for christmas arriving at berlin brandenburg airport despite the coronavirus pandemic the airport has seen an uptick in passenger numbers now that the holiday season has started but not everyone will make it back this year all flights arriving in germany from the united kingdom have been cancelled well travel to the u.k. is still allowed some of those flights have also been disrupted here in berlin people are more worried about possible travel bans than being infected with the coronavirus while flying. i'm not really worried about the outbound trip but rather the return trip i was here 2 days ago for a coronavirus test and waited outside for 4 hours and i'm much more afraid of catching a cold from standing outside in the called president of possible exposure to the coronavirus is mine. and i'm not afraid to travel i'm r

of a breakthrough in the u.k.'s isolation from the rest of europe as the number of trucks stuck near the british port of dover grows the e.u. has recommended its members reopen their borders despite the new variant of code 19 france is opening the door slightly letting in as ins you can show a negative test. all countries have blocked at shovel from south africa over a variant of the corona virus identified there the disease is now spreading faster cross south africa than when the pandemic began and health officials say the mutation is likely to be behind the recent surge strain is different from the type spreading in the u.k. at least 5 prison doctors and health workers have died in afghanistan when a bomb attached to their car exploded they've been on their way to work at afghanistan's largest prison the taliban which has scores of fighters in that prison denies responsibility for the attack violence in afghanistan a spike recently with a series of targeted killings of prominent figures those top stories might you know as year is the program coming up next more news for you after that. in december 2019 the 1st co

out between police and angry truck drivers stranded at the english port of dover the french government has border restrictions with the u.k. over a mutated strain of corona virus but thousands of drivers are still. eyewitnesses have told al jazeera that rebels in the central african republic have seized a major town they say the new alliance calling itself the patriots coalition for change took over bum bari after fighting with government troops but the u.n. mission insists the town has not fallen to the rebels the latest violence comes just days before the country's presidential election. very conflicting information. about 400 kilometers from the copy where i am now we've been talking to eyewitnesses who are saying that this is now in the hands of this. change this is a movement that. is comprised of groups who joined forces over the weekend and have been threatening to march on. and this is now been controlled by this rebel movement but we have also. the u.n. peacekeeping mission. and they are saying that that is not true in fact there has not fall into that. grouping they say that there has been. fighting. this mornin

between police and angry truck drivers stranded at the english port of dover the french government has eased border restrictions with the u.k. over a mutated strain of corona virus but thousands of drivers are still stuck. in an effort to combat cope with 19 chinese develop vaccines have already made their way abroad brazil has partnered with beijing based pharmaceutical companies and is expected soon to announce the effectiveness of its phase 3 trials as katrina you reports from beijing those questioning the efficacy of china's vaccines will be watching closely. shipments of chinese that seems arriving in egypt many factories have struck deals to supply 400000000 doses to countries around the world despite having not yet released final stage test results more than 1000000 people in china have received doses under the government's emergency program beijing insists they're effective. there have been some out of us reactions but none a serious more than 60000 people have travelled to a high risk areas outside the country and so far there is no serious infection this proves our vaccines are protective. in a race to secure $100

u.k. thousands of truck drivers and travelers trying to get to france are stranded at the port of dover on christmas day or forty's there are trying to complete a mass coronavirus testing operation after a new covert $1000.00 varian prompted france to 1st close and then partially reopen its borders so far only 3 drivers have tested positive ronald schroeder from germany was one of the people stuck ad over and after days he's finally on route to be with his family on christmas day he told us what it took to get moving yesterday i went to get the. test at 4 o'clock this morning i. wake up went into the line at the harbor. at 8 o'clock. except. it creek just from h.s. and the result was negative so i could pass the border christmas at home with my daughter with much time with my wife. it's great feeling. both organizations of the british government during this crisis no shops open. no brings no coffee no facilities at the mall with a good bit of people just very. low. for me to do looks like that the ship's not impede that. that they're looking off pests. that's the only reason why the nuff t

u.k. thousands of truck drivers and travelers trying to get to france are stranded at the port of dover on christmas day off already as they are trying to complete a mass coronavirus testing operation after a nuke over $1000.00 variant prompted france to 1st close and then partially reopen its borders so far only 3 drivers have tested positive. coming up on al-jazeera in a moment u.s. house republicans go against donald trump and block attempts to increase relief payments for struggling americans the at the. blessings from a distance how limited christmas celebrations in bethlehem are impacting the local economy. it's about to snow again for japan the wind has turned around says document of the increasingly cold siberia and northern china which means no a half meter or so snow quite happily on the western side of the slopes for honshu and in her card that for most other places whatever happens over here is just cold sunny by day frosty by not increasing clouds seems likely in some process china was spotting rain every now and again here and there that is it's not significant the winds i th

u.k. government say they're also close to an agreement for freight drivers who have been stuck at the port of dover for days transport links to and from the u.k. were largely cut off after the fast after the outbreak rather of a fast spreading new variant of the corona virus. the united states' top infectious disease scientists anthony felt she had received a covert $1000.00 vaccination is the latest u.s. official to be inoculated during a live streamed event meant to encourage people to take the vaccine president elect joe biden and vice president mike pence also got the short shot rather earlier this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram a t w news or visit our website that steve dot com. or. he's been arrested beaten up poisoned and tried to run against vladimir putin for the russian presidency alexina valley's latest a trick is to do the spies he says try to kill him into telling him how they did it russia denies this of course indeed president putin recently said that if you had tried to kill him the valley would be dead so who is the next move i'm phil gayle in berlin and thi

between police and angry truck drivers stranded outside the english port of dover the french government has eased border restrictions with the u.k. now over mutated strain of the coronavirus thousands of drivers are still stuck at the border. al jazeera journalist mahmud hussein has now spent 4 years in a gyptian detention without being charged or put on trial hussein was arrested while visiting family in december 26th in a number of human rights organizations have joined al jazeera and demanding his immediate release eyewitnesses have told al jazeera that rebels in central african republic have seized a major town they say the new alliance calling itself the patriots coalition for change took over after fighting with u.n. backed government troops but the u.n. mission insists the town has not fallen to rebels and this latest violence comes just days before the country's presidential election and israel will be holding its a 4th election in 2 years after the collapse of the government coalition column and was dissolved after failing to meet a deadline to pass the budget and snap election will now be held in march next year all th

u.k. and france. it reopened on wednesday, but the situation in the port of dover is still chaotic. ting of the drivers already underway. there are now at least 5000 lorriebacked up. it is clearly going to take time to get things moving. here is the u.k. transport >> once we got the army also deploying tests, which began happening this evening, as well from the nhs test and trace system, we can handle the nber of tests a day, but the problem is not the number of tests a day. 10,000 is about what you can get through a day in kent, and we can do that number of tests,th t issue i the logistics of following instructions and get the traffic rolling.o we can again, the more people follow th clear instructions, the faster we will be able to get this resolved. it will take a matter of days, rather than wes or anything else, but there will be se patience required, providing welfare forhe lorry drivers and others, making sure we can do that in thcoming days. after three days stranded, angry.ated and this was the scene earlier. as you can see, groups o protesting drivers clashed with lines of p

of europe has closed its borders to the u.k. this week during travel and cargo transport into chaos thousands of truck drivers have been stranded in southern england as paul brennan reports from the port of dover. along the main 82 road into dover the queue was continuous the u.k. government estimated some 1500 lorries had been stranded but to drive around the approach roads to the porter revealed many many more than that parked up and waiting for news use eventually came with the blockade would be lifted but only for those with proof of a negative code test that is no use at all to the thousands of drivers whose hopes of reaching home for christmas and now gone and now it's. this initial trauma here to go home for we have. almost 2 dozen myers if it's above the $45.00 followers to drive north of the no sliver just right. now we can make it. if covert testing is to be the precondition for reopening the border with france that presents an enormous logistical challenge for the u.k. or forces there are now thousands of truck and van drivers parked up in labor eyes all across the county of kent and getting the testing to them or them to the testing is going to be an enormous task and all this just

of trucks stuck waiting to leave britain the u.k. and france are reported to be restarting freight traffic from wednesday trucks have been backed up for several kilometers at the english port of dover after france board their entry. well let's go straight over to dover where d.w. charlotte chelsea pill is standing by charlotte what's the situation there. terry lorry drivers here stuck on the mesa way approaching the pool of dave waking up now author another night stranded now you might be able to see just behind me that there are long queues going up into the poor that the government said yesterday that they were around 170 lorries stranded ahead seems more like those there are up to a 1000 not certainly what port authorities 1 are reporting here at the moment many of them on able to get hot meals their own toilet facilities of course on the motorway so many of the in the european drivers and european mainland who just want to get home for christmas we've spoken to several of them he was saying that they can send again they're going to be here the days now what you're seeing just behind me is that some of the lorries are starting to move fast because the government has said that is

u.k. thousands of truck drivers and travelers trying to get to france are stranded at the port of dover on christmas day. they are trying to complete a mass coronavirus testing operation after a nuke over $1000.00 variant prompted france to 1st close and then partially reopen its borders so far only 3 drivers have tested positive and france has also sent a team of firefighters with 10000 coronavirus test kits to the u.k. to ease that process more than 2000 others have been given the all clear to cross the english channel most drivers are expected to spend a total of 5 nights in their vehicles with limited food water and access to sanitation iran's top general has dismissed claims his country was behind the recent attack on the u.s. embassy in baghdad and the clips force commander. visited iraq 3 days ago it's a clarify his country is position on the attacks he says he doesn't want to give the u.s. reason to take further action the rocket attack on sunday injured in iraq the security officer and the damaged cars well the u.s. president donald trump blamed iran and is threatening a military

u.k. stranding thousands of passengers at airports brussels says people should be allowed to return to their homes in britain or europe long lines of trucks have built up outside the port of dover in southern england after france closed its ports the u.k. and france are hoping to restart freight traffic on wednesday. well that's across a straight to our correspondent to charlotte charleston pil who is a standing by above a highway in near dover charlotte tell us about the situation where you are. well you can see behind me isn't just an ordinary traffic jam these lorries are at its hotel standstill back to back they haven't moved through for days now that is the situation head lorry drivers getting increasingly frustrated at the lack of information they don't know exactly how long they're going to be here for when france and the u.k. will reach a decision on when the boat is will be reopened there are talks underway at the moment but no firm decision has as yet been made public one thing that is being speculated on is that the drivers might need to have coronavirus tests before they're allowed into france now that might be very an easy thing to say it could prove to be very dif

of a breakthrough in the u.k.'s isolation from the rest of europe as the number of trucks stuck near the british port of dover grows the e.u. has recommended its members reopen their borders despite the new variant of code 19 france is opening the door slightly letting in a uses and it could show a negative test but it's miss in paris says more on the french government's announcement the french government has decided that from midnight choose day french time people who live in france and for.

port of dover. each have been tested negative for coronavirus and will be carrying a letter signed by the u.k. ch authorities, allowing them access to the mainland of europe. last nht, we saw around 800 troops deployed to try and speed up this testing process. dthats seem to have worked, because a lot of roads in the area surrounding dover have cleared, and residents are now able to travel. but this is not back to normal. there a still thousands of drivers stuck here. they may be getting water,oo drinks and but this isn't where they were hoping to be, especially on christmas day. jane: our correspondent in kent. the uk's biggest testing lab has been hit by an outvieak of coronas. a number of scientis at the lighthouse laboratory in middleton keys have been warehouse staff.with admin and the lab, which is being asked to process a route 70,000 tests a day, says it follows cid secure work procedures a parked camper n has exploded the u.s. city of nashville in tennessee,li and what believe is a deliberate act. at least three people were injured andor than 20 buildings were damaged. as i say, the po