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Vaccines worldwide. There is no food, water, shelter, more refugees flee. The theo paean. Army moves to surround the rebel held capital of northern region. Millions of people head to the polls and begin a fast despite threats of violence. And in school theres an unfamiliar name at the top of the Italian League table. So swallow, have moved into 1st place after to know when alice, from around the head of the u. S. Coronavirus Vaccination Program says the 1st americans could receive it. As soon as december 11th months of ways says they plan to issue 20000000. 00 doses before the end of the year. 2 vaccines are up for approval in early december. Early data shows them to be about 95 percent effective. Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval. So i would expect maybe on day 2, after approval on the 11th or on the 12th of december, hopefully the 1st people who would be immunized across the United States across all states. In all the areas where this, the state department of health will have told us where to deliver the vaccine call him is in washington d. C. So are people letting out a giant hole or a it sounds like some finally, some good news in this kind of a story. Its good news, but it comes with a couple cabbie ads. We havent heard yet from a u. S. President. Hes actually not there. Hes gone to his golf course again this weekend, but yes, this could be potentially incredibly good news, the head of the operation warp speed or you just heard from saying, its possible that by may we could reach herd immunity. Now dr. Anthony fauci is come out and said, probably now, because right now he said a 40 to 50 percent of adults get the vaccine thats not going to get us to herd immunity by may. You might be asking, how could they do this . How do they have this just like in a cupboard waiting to go out to 20000000 people . Well, its because when they stood up operation, warp speed, which is basically a group of health and Human Services people, department of defense, theyve been working together. So they found a bunch of vaccines that they thought, well, those could be promising, so they spent billions of dollars building up factories in these private companies. And theyve been producing all of these doses of vaccine from a bunch of different candidates. And just basically storing them in hopes that they go through kind of Clinical Trials be approved in the be ready to go out the door. So thats why they have the stockpile. There are a couple questions, though. One of the biggest ones is there is a small but very vocal group in this country, especially in social media, who just simply doesnt believe in any vaccines. Are they going to take it . A recent survey said more adults are saying that they would take it than in months before this. Right now its only 58 percent, and we dont necessarily know how the supply chain is going to work. Remember when it comes to one of these vaccines, it has to be stored in super super cold containers. And now the company says weve built special containers, but how are they going to get those out . How are they going to make sure theyre thawed correctly . And for the other vaccine, if you get it, you have to wait 30 days, get another shot, and then wait another 14 days to make sure those antibodies are up to speed. So its not a magic, but it is for the 1st time in what 8 to 9 months of horrible news, some positive news. And keep in mind, this is a country that is absolutely reeling with the pandemic. It is worse than it has ever been. But we dont see it, we see it Health Officials say, unlike the spring where they were a bar nurses and doctors from other parts of the country get so far spread all across this country that they cant do that now. And theyre worried that theyre going to run out of hospital beds that are going to have to ration care 9 months into this pandemic. So the situation in the u. S. Right now is dire, almost 200000 people keep that night. 200000 people tested positive on friday, almost 200000. They expect to pass that in the weeks ahead in specially because its a holiday week in the United States. Now the centers for Disease Control said, you dont need to have turkey with your relatives. Its thanksgiving. Great, stay home people, art. There are estimates that 50000000 people are going to travel on friday, a 1000000, people went into airports and airplanes. And so doctors are saying its really, really bad right now. And it is going to get a whole much worse in the coming weeks. All right, thanks so much. Have you call him there . And simon clark is an associate professor inside of the microbiology at the university of reading in the u. K. Joins us now from there. Good to have you with us. So 1st of all, lets start with this. This was kind of done really quickly. How sure is the medical community that its been done right . Well, the research and development has been done quite quickly and thats been done in parts by overlapping certain steps of the developments in the research, not by not doing them a tall. And it also should be remembered that in normal vaccine development, we talk about a 10 year timeframe. A lot of that time is actually wasted. A lot of it is that spent on bureaucracy, a lot of it is spent in the laboratory, not actually putting it into human volunteers, which is whats been happening over the past few months. And from a safety perspective, thats the real the, the really important step in the development of the backseat. Not the rest of their there will be a lot of interest in the decision of the regulators and the dates if i could jump in here for the full for those who skeptics show, he said they can, we address this when you say that, you know, there was a lot of time, usually wasted in bureaucracy, but from tenure is to what, 8 months or something. Was there that much waste of time thats been cut down . It sounds like a lot, right. Well, a lot of that 10 years is the Research Effort is developing the technology, the technology for delivering the vaccines was actually already in place. And like i said, a lot of the trials have actually been overlapped, not missed out completely. So its not that they havent been darr may have just been carried out in parallel rather than scription. Right, right. Now, how does this compare to other vaccines . Because we know other countries are working on a vaccine, right . Russia, china, is it possible to make a comparison at this point . No, i mean, i dont beat the chinese and the russians havent done their trials. That traditional way they will have data in due course. They are using them up their emergency provisions and are putting them into people at the stage earlier than they would have been allowed to in the west. Thats their decision to do it. But we will see in time what happens with those back seats as well. So as have, im following this correctly, this vaccine has gone through more, shall we say, of the proper stages at this point than anything else. And if thats the case, you know, this is obviously potentially quite a breakthrough in fighting covert 19 how long before its available. Worldwide, we know its supposed to get out in december in the u. S. , but what about the rest of the world . And while it will be months away, but of course distributing is going to be the really difficult. Think this week that with the pfizer vaccine, that it requires storage at minus 70 to minus 80 degrees. And of course, that many parts of the world maintaining a cold chain like that its already difficult. Maintaining cold chain is already difficult for the vaccines. We really have that some parts of the world, so that level of severity of colds and our minds, you know, a normal domestic freezer is a mighty minus 20 degrees, adds a serious level of complexity. So, while even developed world, it will be relatively straightforward. Although not without problems along the way in the developing world, it could be more difficult how i mean, how does this work in terms of how long, how much of the population needs to be vaccinated before we can say goodbye to go with 19 and how long might that realistically take well at the moment, all at risk people, anybody from about the age of 60 needs to be vaccinated because we dont know whether its even possible to vaccinate against transmission of this virus. We know from the data that we have from pfizer already, that it gives protection against disease. Its getting sick. We have no idea currently whether it predict protect speedball from actually picking up the virus at all. So its entirely possible that people will be able to pick the virus up and pass it on to others, but not get sick themselves. So if it cant do that, then all of a sudden you need to vaccinate basically everybody. And thatll take a long time. Yeah, that will take years many years. I mean, i think how long it took us to eradicate smallpox and we still havent eradicate polio despite decades of work on this. Kerry thought, thanks so much, simon plant there. Youre welcome. And g 20 leaders of promise to spend no effort in aching shore coronavirus vaccines are distributed fairly around the world, are wrapping up their Virtual Summit hosted by saudi arabia. They gave few specifics on exactly how this would be guaranteed. Discussions also focused on helping poor nations recover from the economic damage inflicted by the pandemic. Our diplomatic out of the james bays joins us now from the United Nations. So james did, there was the sort of consensus thats emerging here from the humanitarian community. They feel that this is lived up to their, their expectations. Well, certainly the g 20 and this is their final leaders declaration that they put out, say all the right words. You just after your last guest there. The whole effort to try and get the vaccine to everyone on earth will spare no effort to ensure there are affordable and equitable access for all people says this declaration, but actually have they put the things that are needed to make that actually happen. And ive obtained a copy of the speech by the u. N. Secretary general in the closed session of the g 20 just before his declaration came out. And he makes it quite clear, he had 2 main asks that he wanted in the declaration one. He said, in terms of getting that vaccination to everyone, there was a financial gap of 28000000000. 00 and we need 4200000000. 00 of that home egypt leave for mass manufacturing, procurement, and distribution around the world. Well, those sums are not those specific sums. The money is not in this declaration by the g. 20. The other thing was dealing with the financial affects of the pandemic and debt relief for the g 20 put debt relief in place earlier in the year for some of the poorest countries on earth. And its now said it may well extend that beyond the middle of next year for those countries. But the u. N. Secretary general again said he wanted that expanded to other countries, middle Income Countries that really need that debt relief again. Thats not in here. So if you look at the benchmarks set by the u. N. Secretary general and whats been, whats been provided by the g. 20, they seem to a foreigner, a little short. Thanks so much. James bays there. Just in darbyshire as chief executive of help page, one of the aid groups that signed a humanitarian appeal to the g. 20 leaders. He joins us by skype from london. Good to have you with us. So did the g. 20 leaders meet your expectations and make the right commitments . Thank you very much for having me on. Unfortunately not, and words were to great, but we actually need to see the action and the Financial Support thats needed to support countries across the world. That debt relief have to be confirmed and it has to be expanded. And the u. N. Secretary general has outlined in his report that your previous speaker only did it in ok when it comes to the vaccine. I think the secretary general as james bass was pointing out, theres sort of, i think a 28000000000. 00 would be needed to make sure 20000000000. 00 to make sure it gets to everyone. Was that theres any idea of where that money is going to come from the g. 20 summit at all, lay the groundwork for any kind of money and along those lines to come together. Now unfortunately now, and this is again where we need to see the support come for a and the us secretary general was very clear in his letter to the g 20 leaders in the run up to this that we needed to see the access to cope with 19 tools accelerator locally a. C. T. A. Accelerator, and it came back facility scaled up to have essential medical and basic have care in developing countries because of their we care systems. And because their economies are lest equipped to cope with a challenge. We need that support and it isnt been forthcoming through this g 20 summit. And fortunately, were going to see further ramifications of the current 1000 pandemic effect populations across lower middle Income Countries. In the coming in the coming months, you will have seen from the report from my self and 10 other a day. Jhon sees we need early action to support the undermount tradition that resulting from a pandemic and the impact of the Global Economic recession. Im glad you mentioned that because now, why do you draw the line . Seems to be a question that many governments are struggling with between trying to contain this virus. But on the other hand, making sure that lockdowns dont create the sort of level of hunger malnutrition, other economic problems which might become an even bigger issue. It is a tough choice for governments around the world, but its also a situation where we need to look at how interconnected we are now globally. And the fact that the g 20 countries in the g 20 leaders need to look at the growing numbers of people who are unable to feed themselves. That has risen through 50 more 4000000 in june to 91000000 in now and the world bank is estimating that it will increase to another 150000000 by me, 2021. So we have to get support out there to lower Income Countries. We have to be able to look at providing social protection to support those who are unable to be able to provide basic necessities to themselves. Or if i may, is the solution to look for more support or is the solution to reconfigure lockdowns and make them smarter and tighter in the way they operate . To allow people to go back to Economic Activity because its seems like the economic burden of lockdowns is, is becoming quite unmanageable. In some cases. You know, you were saying youve no doubt yourself in the situation thats come in pakistan and how that government has. In fact, had to sometimes balance in very clear that it doesnt have the Health System to be able and the Economic System to be able to deal with the fallout of it. So you have to look at each country on a case by case basis. But what we know is that we are seeing people not being able to rely on normal sources of income and death for we need to expand social protection that is provided and get those support of people where we are speaking to some of our partners in ethiopia. And india last week and their reporting, our people are shifting to one meal a day, just with basic priorities and spice to try to surpass the hunger. Youve got serious needs then now and the, the have to try and balance the health in the economic effects. But social protection schemes, cash transfers are a way of and neighboring is to get funds to people that can allow them to be able to secure the basic necessities. So they can provide their families and support our people within their communities with food. Or i think having a thanks so much. Thank you for well coming up in the news, our national embarrassment. A longtime trump ally gives a damning assessment of the president s efforts to reverse joe bidens u. S. Election when pakistans opposition and their supporters put on a powerful show of unity against the Prime Minister. And in sports, an unlikely penalty shootout hero saves this team in this Major League Soccer playoff game. If the o. P. s Prime Minister ahmed says an offensive on the gray regional capital will start in 72 hours unless forces there surrender earlier, the army said it planned to encircle. Make a with tanks and seize it. The city is under the control of the great Peoples Liberation front. Reuters News Agency Says the p. L. O. Office destroyed roads and bridges to shut slow rather than the government offensive, or fighting is forced people to flee for safety. More than 30000 refugees have crossed the border into sudan. How those in addis ababa . He says the plans to surround the kellys seem very advanced. The Government Forces id yet to reach the outskirts of the city of mccullough couple of the ticket a region, but they are already talking about their plan on how they want to see start city, which is not only the biggest city in the to great region, but also the stronghold of the t p l of leaders, Prime Minister. These government does spirit to see that cup should. Now theyre saying to finish the wall that is going to happen in the mountainous areas surrounding mackellar. There will be needing tunks and also to living fired into this city, targeting military installations there on the defenses of the t. P. S. Theyre saying they were also used. Franks and drone attacks against the defenses on its outskirts before if you have been National Defense forces can advance towards the field of the fields on the outskirts of the city. They have been dropping overnight and lift. Lets warning civilians not to go anywhere near military installations and to stay at home. But its not known what the civilians who are already facing, shortage of food and every other basic essential can do. Other than flee polls have closed in the president ial and parliamentary elections. Millions of voters turned out this by fears of attacks, but things were largely peaceful president being challenged by dozens of other candidates. Im going to bring the election from watched by observers and journalists, president Marc Christian goes to cast his ballot, hoping it will help keep him in power for another 5 years. His 1st term has been overshadowed by attacks by armed groups that have killed more than 2000 people and taken over large areas of land. If you live, if you do look, this is about bikini fasces democracy. It is also about the development of a fast, but it is also about peace in our country. So it is important for everybody to go and vote and choose the one who will lead this country tomorrow. That is all that we ask. There to accept for more than a 1000000, people from their homes, the opposition hope the insecurity will work against boris efforts to be reelected. One of his main challenges and the man he defeated in 2015 is different jobbery. He also voted in the capital. He repeated his accusation, the vote has been bricked. All these facts of alleged fraud are before us. This is why we decided yesterday to file a complaint with the prosecutor of the king of us, or were well aware of the slowness of our own judicial institutions. What we want is not to wait 2 or 3 weeks after the elections for a decision. We want it to be decided now. In our homes, the Election Commission called a press conference halfway through the voting process. Everything went well, even in areas we suspected there would be trouble. There was no voter fraud or irregularities, but election to hold in other areas. Despite the allegations is excited. I am so happy to vote for the 1st time. I feel like my ballot will help to change something in this country. Initially, i didnt want to vote, but the election in the us motivated me. This is a 2nd election since for president , please come. Porter was toppled from power in 24. After weeks of street protests, his party said its ready to return to government. But the opposition is seen as divided, and that could hand victory, took a bori and early say, the oppositions best hope is a 2nd round. That will give time to present a united front supporters of the government and the opposition agree this poor, landlocked country needs peace and security. The question of who is best qualified to achieve that could be determined in the next few days. And although many here are relieved, the election has been free of violence. There are no guarantees. Attacks would come in the days and weeks ahead. Aljazeera, one of dark charms longtime allies, has described the president s legal challenges against his election defeat as a national embarrassment. Trumps campaign has had a series of setbacks, the latest being their lawsuit in the battleground state of pennsylvania. A federal judge ruled the case that amounted to strained legal arguments without merit. Theyre not giving up though. Trumps top lawyer, Rudy Giuliani plans to appeal saying it actually helps speed up their strategy to get the case before the u. S. Supreme court. On the former governor of new jersey, a fellow republican, Chris Christie says the Legal Campaign has become facile. The president s legal team has been a national embarrassment. They wont do it inside the courtroom. They allege fraud outside the courtroom, but when they go inside the courtroom, they dont put a fraud and they dont argue, fraud. This is what i was concerned about at 2. 30 in the morning on wednesday night. Listen, ive been a supporter of the president , i voted for him twice, but of the actions have consequences. And we can market to new to act as if something happened here that didnt happen. Opposition parties in pakistan have been holding a huge rally, calling on the Prime Minister to resign. They accuse the military of rigging the election that 12 years ago. The rallies happened in defiance of government bans on public gatherings. Demonstrators say the government is using coronavirus as an excuse to stop them. Higher has more from push out. The Pakistan Democratic Movement is a grouping of very liberal Political Parties. There are very large joy in the provincial capital of op robinson. Theres bad running from the government. That large crowd roared act i support spread the word, but the, our pollution say the government is using that the play in order to deter them from holding these large rallies. The Prime Minister tweeting that did large rallies will not force him to resign. And that the opposition that if youre going to go to ensure that were all afraid of from this coming in, they havent lived up to their promises. They made an impact. But we havent seen any change so far. Today is the day of the friend. And the manhunt coming to suggest that we need free and Fair Elections to jealously guard to this really is from the biggest rally of the opposition parties. With the aim to get rid of the selected Prime Minister, who was in full swing last but not on the count, dont have started. The prices of essential commodities are skyrocketing and theyre hoping to get the public support they need in order to put enough pressure on iran cause government. The opposition, on the other hand, will be trying to galvanize the people step back, given the fact that the government has not been able to live up to its promises. So what, but you know, for the last 2 years we had some roots in this incompetent government of iran, khan, but no enough is enough. We cant afford a living as the princes of essential communities, appealing to reach a new have gathered to send this government home on a sunny stewpot, what we all are demanding resignation from imran khan, who failed to deliver. And today, everyone is suffering from his wrong policies. Look at the economy, look at the poverty. If he stays most peoples thoughts, suicide is the day in my funk. It will be important to see whether these Political Parties will prolong from the far right or go far left. I never did reconcile their ideological and political differences and your night against the government. That did something that everybody had in progress on would be waiting to see, but failed the moment. Yes, by the pressure from the opposition. The government is not backing down. Among the stories we have coming out busy u. S. Airports show americans are ignoring warnings from Health Officials, not to travel for thanksgiving holiday. The big tech investment that greece is banking on to rebuild it sinking economy. The teenage striker from the king of fast is making a big impact on the dutch need for fellows going to street flooding in baghdad resisting went through. Thats now well into iran and afghanistan producing snow on the high ground afghanistan, the sun is out behind. But also this course, a strong breeze, a sure miles per year for a couple of days. Which means dohas temperature will come dive from 30 to about 24 hours, very dusty. But otherwise, its a sunny picture set down the size, those rain showers in yemen to because of a tropical depression. That mark will hit djibouti in the days time just coming on shore in a moment in the horn of africa. Otherwise, east africas fairly dry malawi, and this isnt far away from lake malawi, looking beautiful in the morning for a country that wants showers with it. Get them maybe light ones. The focus of rain has you see is west of malawi, rift valley or beyond that they are congo. And then go to realign down towards lawsuit to including johannesburg, to harrisburg, got showers in the forecast, in fact, thunderstorms all monday evening showers to choose day and wednesday, slow moving. But you know, see, warms up from 19 to 28. So most days enjoying the sunshine, and thats true for most of namibia or western side of botswana, but the are providing a delta is still at least picking up some showers. The b. B. C. s journalism is revered around the world, but its close relationship with the British State has always placed limits on its independence. I love the very existence of a small things indoors. Pro phillips explores the little known sentry long tussle between the b. B. C. In the u. K. Government. And considers the current threats to its future. If the government has, it in for the b. B. C. , it is see, the enemy is on the move. The movers battle for the b. B. C. , a listening post special on aljazeera. When the muse breaks out from when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told, thats why they have increased testing in areas with a high infection rate, with exclusive interviews and indepth reports, people here tell us they are desperate. Theyre hungry at home, aljazeera has teams on the ground more kind of love to impart their 2nd lockdown with power to bring you more Award Winning documentaries and life news. Moving a reward and watching our time to recap our headlines now. The head of the u. S. Vaccine program says the 1st americans could receive it as soon as december, the 11 months of start out, he says the plan is to vaccinate 20000000 people before the end of the year. And the g 20 leaders say theyll spare and no effort to ensure the fed distribution of the crown virus vaccines around the world are wrapping up their Virtual Summit hosted by saudi arabia by 2 specific saw exactly how this would be guaranteed. If he or his Prime Minister ahmed says an offensive on the to great regional capital will start in 72 hours unless rebel forces there surrender, or 30000 refugees have crossed the border into sudan. Morgan reports from sudans get out of state where she spoke to some ethiopian refugees. Since he arrived in this refugee camp in sudans got out of state 5 days ago, haile will be gabrielle has been hoping to have his own properly treated. He says shop will hit his hand while he was fleeing from soldiers in ethiopia. Is northern tigre, a region, but hes now lost 2 fingers. How many i was at the farm where i work, and when i started seeing people running, i didnt know what was going on. And when i went to see there were soldiers shooting at them, hyla says he was also hit by shock. Now in his stomach and fragments are still lodged in his hand. Its now become infected, and hes worried. He may lose it. Fighting in the to green region began more than 2 weeks ago, when the regional to great Peoples Liberation front, launched an attack on a military base. The government responded by launching an offensive that forced more than 35000 people to flee to neighboring sudan. This camp was uninhabited, but sudans government has reopened it to cope with the sudden influx 100 and her 2 children arrived here, after running away from their home and walking for 10 days to cross the border. At night, armed men came to my house and threatened us and told us we should leave immediately or we will be killed. And so i took my turn children and what i could carry more than 15000 refugees live in this camp. Many tell stories of brutal killings and long journeys to escape. If he appears government has imposed a Communications Blackout and blocked access to the region. Since the start of the fighting Rights Groups say civilians have been targeted. Integrate. The United Nations says the killings could amount to work rhymes while not all of those displaced have witnessed the attacks of this recount. They say the stories they heard from family members and relatives were enough to make them come here, rather than staying back home. And those who say they witnessed with their own eyes, people being slaughtered and killed, say they doubt their memory will ever fade from their minds. Tell a home his wife and 2 children were among the 1st to arrive in the camp, fleeing from a khadra. He says the journey took them nearly 5 days and they came with little of what they own to live with. We lived in the suburbs and only heard of the fighting back then. But then people came armed with machetes and knives, and it was chaos from their telephones says he doesnt know which side the people who came to his hometown belong to. Because they were dressed as civilians. And to his children who want to have the comfort of a secure home, he now has to explain that their lives have changed, and they face an uncertain future. He will morgan of his era and the bar of state. Millions of americans will be heading to airports in coming days to travel for the thanksgiving holiday despite Health Officials pleased to stay home. The centers for Disease Control says, already spiraling infection numbers could surge even higher. Some states are imposing new restrictions like california or a nighttime curfew has been put in place. Recorded cases across the u. S. Have surpassed 12000000. There have been a quarter of a 1000000, deaths of souther is a professor of epidemiology and medicine at columbia university. She doubts measures like curfews will have much impact putting in place a curfew demonstrates the concern. So we are concerned by the governor of california. I think the curfew in of itself is not sufficient. I think its one piece of the puzzle. I think its important that curfew will hopefully decrease the numbers of people who congregate to gather. It will probably lead to more people staying at home, staying put, now traveling and meeting up with other people outside their home. So i think it will be of value certainly, but i think it needs to be combined with the other measures that we know work, for example, Wearing Masks all the time as well as congregating and socializing with people in ones own house, although not beyond that. So i think its a one more measure that the governor and i felt compelled to go in place because of the concern about whats going on. Now, in this country regarding go with 1000. 00, what would be ideal is theres a, its north transition and there is an ability between individuals who are now overseeing the covert response to be able to meet with the new administration to put together this smooth transition and to allow for mobilization and to put in place, hopefully the new and more effective measures to control this. But then again, this country the British Government has confirmed what most already know. It wont be a normal christmas this year. Finance minister says theyre doing what they can to help get families together. England is back in lockdown. Prime minister Abbas Johnson is expected to outline his winter virus strategy on monday. Has more from london Prime Minister Boris Johnson will outline the details of whats being called a coded winter plan to parliament on monday. Having discussed it with his cabinet on sunday, that will set out what is to happen when the current lock down comes to an end. On december the 2nd, there had been concern that it might have to be extended with a knock on effect for families of christmas time. And indeed for businesses, it seems though that the government is preparing to put the country into a strengthened version of the tier system. Of restrictions brought in last month when that lockdown ends, that will be a way of preserving and protecting the gains made during lockdown. And there have been games the reproductive number, the, our number has come down. Its hovering at just above one in england, infection numbers and death rates have also come down. And indeed, that will give latitude for some sort of mixing of families at christmas time, allowing households to meet up with one another on some basis details as yet to be announced. It wont be a normal christmas by any means. As indeed the chancellor, she soon pointed out earlier with regard to christmas. And i think frustrating as it is for all of us christmas is not going to be normal this year. But that said, the Prime Minister and every, also looking at ways to see how families can spend some time with each other over christmas period. Obviously thats something that we would like to do. Of course, the u. K. Is not alone in trying to find its way out of these restrictive measures in europe. Barely a country isnt in some form of lock down. Feeling the worst of the 2nd wave in the run up to christmas. Of course, theyre all looking towards the holiday period at the end of the year, looking towards also the tantalizing prospect of a vaccine. When it becomes available. Countries like france, one of the biggest economies in europe, feels that its done enough that here its numbers are coming down during the lockdown that its been in since the 30th of october. And indeed, they are looking at a 3 phased lifting of restrictions boss of possibly beginning on the 1st of december macron, the president to make an announcement in the early part of the week to come not, such good news for germany. Another huge economy in the e. U. , its numbers still stubbornly high. Its been under lockdown since the beginning of november. Dire warnings about the state of the Health Service there with senior politicians suggesting the need to extend its lock down and an announcement due from the chancellor Angela Merkel in the week to come about a possible extension to if not, including christmas itself. With the pandemic crushing the global economy, some countries like greece are facing a 2nd, severe recession in just a decade. But the government believes large Digital Investments may be the answer. John psaropoulos reports unlovely 0. Love is a town of unemployment. The money spent at the local Farmers Market comes largely from pensions because traditional industry is gone. Ancient silver mines were abandoned 30 years ago, so were textile mills that employed thousands. This may all be about to change because Software Giant microsoft may be interested in buying these hollowed out facilities. Its part of a wave of Digital Technology investments thats happening in greece. Was in the netherlands when she heard the u. S. Drugmaker. Pfizer was hiring Software Engineers in her home city of the new house. Im very happy. Its one of just 6 global Digital Technology hubs, where teams of Software Engineers will speed up the analysis of diseases. And the testing of the government is actively pursuing Digital Investment because it has a Multiplier Effect on the economy. Internet speeds and local data centers are expected to attract other investments. And in the age of coronavirus, more and more services are moving online. This old textile mill is one site microsoft is reportedly considering as the location of the massive new data center. The company has said it will spend about half a 1000000000. 00 building 3 such centers in greece over the next 3 years to provide Cloud Computing services for south east europe. Youd have to go as far north as poland or germany to find a similar microsoft investment. Greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 19. So the question is whether its lurch toward the Digital Economy will come quickly enough to replace lost jobs, jobs at all, plus aljazeera love you. Protesters and police have faulted guatemalas caps off the hundreds stormed the Congress Building and set it on fire. Many people have been angered by parliaments new budget bill, law birdman, the reports. What im on is Congress Building a blaze ignited by protesters at a controversial budget. The demonstrators had their way into the empty building from fast day, or they were quickly dispersed by riot police. As firefighters moved to contain the fire. Those further protest, a close watch of the city, thousands gathered in central plaza. They say the party was negotiated in secret and would not benefit the people if there is no way to show our anger how fed up we are, we are tired of so much abuse by the authorities. There getting into debt. The people are tired and will not tolerate anymore. The passionate cuts to education, health spending, and social programs, but increased politicians, expenses. Critics say the budget benefits private companies that have links to the government. The budget was destroyed or broke the camels back, but the thing is that people were upset at the government. Mostly because 2 independent make their Government Back in march, raise money that we were supposed to be for economic aid, but the aid never made it to the people who need it the most. So thats the main concern of people. What im on is president aleksander. They condemned the violent protests on twitter, saying those who participated will be punished with the full force of the law. His Vice President says a budget should be vetoed, but in the end it is in the countrys interests that we both tender our resignations him as president and i as Vice President of the, you know, there is a risk, then theyre not according to what a moments could play the budget was passed when the country was busy dealing with the devastation caused by 2. Hurricanes. Alongside the pandemic, the World Food Program says guatemala is already one of the most unequal countries in latin america. On the streets of the capsule, guatemala city, police cracked down hard on protesters and i was walking and they grabbed me. I didnt do anything. I had my constitutional right to strike but they say they have nothing to lose. I will continue to protest until their demands are met. Nor about a manly aljazeera protest to in chile, people have been demanding the release of hundreds whove been arrested over the past year. Our latin america at its been reports from santiago. This is 23 year old student your at a demonstration last year in santiago at protests. He would act as a kind of fireman running after burning hot tear gas canisters fired by police and extinguishing them in water, mixed with bicarbonate of soda. But at another protest, last december, he was apprehended by riot police and jailed for months alongside hardened criminals under preventive detention measures. Hes now under house arrest, awaiting trial for allegedly carrying molotov cocktails. Whenever youre out of the misery of at the Police Station 4 officers made me turn my back to the wall while 2 others searched my backpack. Theres one i clearly heard them say, lets see how we set the sup, right . I could smell petrol, and i heard the sound of glass bottles, which i wasnt carrying. One might be inclined to dismiss his claims of being framed if they werent so prevalent. Judges and even prosecutors have found evidence of police setups, including edited or destroyed videos. The idea is to justify the suspects arrest, up to 2 years, preventive detention. And finally, a harsh sentence for people close to me. When we spoke to the lawyer, he told us, you know, even in the provinces they condemned prisoners without proof. So its better to cut a deal outside of the supreme court. Families of nearly 700. 00, mostly young men, under preventive detention or house arrest are spearheading a nationwide campaign on behalf of those. They consider Political Prisoners hundreds like most have had milde visiting rights in jail since march. And that its not just wrong question. I dont like a permit prison visit, but actually grant amnesty. But my testers who have been imprisoned and acts of violence by president s of us get it at stake very clearly that a circumstance where they consider the government says its tantamount to good morning violence with impunity. In chile, there are no Political Prisoners. Were in a democracy and its the courts that determine if there is preventive detention. Its not the government, but some human rights organizations disagree. Be some particular sympathy. Political imprisonment always seeks to punish those who rebel against the system, as well as stopping others from participating actively in social protests. This is done in order to neutralize them through fear of the consequences is your goal. Your insists those who fight for social justice deserve their freedom. Those on top who live in comfort and with privileges. Why cant they think of others . We dont want to live the high life, but we want to live decently measured demonstrations for a reprieve, for people like the able or you are growing. But given the violence thats also been associated with many protests passing, an amnesty law for the socalled heroes of chiles uprising will be a hard sell you see in human aljazeera sente out coming up in smaller than day. A lucky escape for this rider of the portuguese grand prix. From france once had, a vast empire spanning several continents. But by the 1940, s. , the french were forced to confront reality and to moms dependence. And a fast part of a new documentary series, aljazeera looks at how the colonial unrest prove conflict in ontario and full scale war in indochina blood and tears french to colonize ation on aljazeera. In a notorious waterside community, what came some thugs . Will one theatre direct eventually is to stage a play there, come a miss out to empower the women down. The old man sitting right debts and and redefine their status in society. This is that nigerias women wacom was witness on aljazeera rule. Its st. Cecilia day. The patron saint of music and in mexico that normally means mariachi is parading through the streets as with many things though. Its been called off by at jesus struggling to get by john hall and spoke to some in mexico city. If youve got a birth, a wedding, or even a serenade to take to your lovers window, this is who you bring with you in mexico. When you lead off slow, shes the sewing twined with the countrys d. N. A. , but its hard to think of a Party Without them. The problem is that since coded celebrations have been thin on the ground and the suffering mochas montas has been playing for 33 years and cant remember a worse time. And most ended up going to get it over. With had to stop working for 4 and a half months. People dont come together boldy because theyre frightened of getting infected. Thats been really tough for us. As other engagements have dropped off, depressingly funerals have become among the biggest earners. This square is the heartland, and it would normally be humming with groups waiting to be hired. Present got about these, like the Spiritual Center for money out tis in mexico. Everybody knows there after youve had a couple of drinks. You can come here and ask your Favorite Song to be played, usually by a universe of different groups that are just waiting for you. But over the last few months, what the money out here telling us is that instead of music coming from every direction, its just been silent here. And its not just the Economic Impact thats hit hard in a job with a constantly exposed to large groups of strangers. I must, but i dont want to go by, you know, that. I mean, weve lost a lot of colleagues because theyve had to go out and provide for their families. I dont have an exact number, but maybe 50 of them, including someone i played with. He was only 29. I mix crew still racking up the cases, but bars and restaurants have been allowed to reopen with restrictions and the money got your slowly returning to places like the to numb the cornerstone of the plaza, the last 100 years. Because normally this place would be full of body art, you know, what a menace, what a little bit the mother to them would have at least 4 groups of mariachi playing here tonight. If things were normal with around 300 people listening to them. 1 police from our course, hes playing a game on the same number of get in on one of the. Its like when youre in love with a woman and you see her again after a long time, you have such a beautiful feeling. Thats what its like. Now im back playing my violin of every songs a possible health risks for all concerned these men and their families depend on the music going on. John home. How does it or makes her city are a sports fan . Its time to catch up with all the game. Has andy, thank you so much. Sammy was an awesome 1000000 name. Thats obvious. Holly in a league table for now at least a solo out in france after its, you know, when i have a hellish foreigner clinic i, berardi was involved in the build up for swallows. 1st goal scored by jeremy boga. Already went on to score his teams 2nd day, so he says one of 8 season in the fight thats seen as never finished higher than 6. Ac milan can withstand top spot in a couple of hours time of a win over natalie. Now Hendricks Ahrens good run of form has continued with roma. The Armenian School twice in a 3 win over palmer rome or 3rd in the table. Their point adrift of swaraj in similar knots come from 2 goals down against serino into scored. All of their goals in a 26 minute 2nd, half last belgian striker, Romelu Lukaku got 2 of them finished for 2 to 3 points off the top spot. Now leicester could overtake sort of the top of the English Premier League to do it. They have to speak defending champions. Liverpool at anfield, liverpool are unbeaten in 63 home league games matching a club record set. 40 years ago. My cellar out for liverpool, he can charted coronavirus wallets and his brothers wedding in egypt during the international break. That game kicking off in a few minutes, but i can say about my players. They are incredibly disciplined. All i have to say as we go out of the bubble is football. Those in general were very incredibly disciplined. There are some cases of course, but they really know about the situation, but sometimes it doesnt work out like this and something happened. So now we are on the situation we are in now theyve got top class where the been playing the players oakum of the brain. She will be really strong as well. So we see that from our own perspective, there we have a whole host of injuries at the beginning of the season, and the players of command of been absolutely 1st class for is x. Resends the top of the dutch league. They beat hurricanes and are 5 nail in 19 year old became a facet strike allicin a try or are still to found another huge talents. He scored 6 goals. Just 9 games this season arcs by danish Team Mitchell and in the champions league. On wednesday, barcelonas troubles continue in the spanish league. Little messy scene, been one, no bias. Lets go madrid, the 3rd league defeat this season, yet it caressingly. The only goal of that game of lets go up to 2nd bar surtout, incense, ok. Your intent . I am trying to put out the best 11 on the pitch, and i think the players did everything until the final 2nd to get a positive result. And thats how we have to continue. But i am not worried about the title. We know we have to improve results and we know we need to get a good draw out of wins. A 16 year old, a set, a new record in germany. You see firmer, koku, making history when he became the youngest player to appear in a German Bundesliga game maker comparing in the 85th minutes as a replacement for holland their holland. I just got 4 goals in dormans 5 to win against her sabella. And its been a very good day and im smiling a little bit now and and yeah, its been a good day and i think is the biggest talent in the world right now in 16 years and one day thats quite amazing. So here is a big career ahead of him. Now i know city found an Unlikely Hero in their major league, Soccer Player against new york city, have see the game of going to a penalty shoot south london is key to fully won the match with that safe. Instead he was pain lies the coming off his line and sense often that meant arjun signed defender rod rigo schlegel. They had to take over. He was more than up to the task, orlando, through to the conference semifinals. The most of the season is finished with a wind firm, a goal of a very at his home grown priest, starting in poll over a lead for every lap of the race on the algarve, on his way to victory 2 on mir had already secured the world title, but he failed to finish this time outs. Take a look at this. A great escape during qualifying for the most so to race. Our encounter at the ryder involves having survived the crash of minutes, a scramble is way to safety. The spaniard did make it through to race day and finished 15th overall a day. He will not forget in a hurry. Ok more from a interview i was talking about is how the sports is looking. Finesse a lucky escape there. Thanks so much on the thats it. For this news hour back with another source from london in just a few minutes, stay with us. d held for over 3 years in an egyptian prison cell, deny the right to a fair trial. No charges have been brought against aljazeera correspondent, mark new saying his crime. 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As soldiers get ready to surround the regional capital mccalla a lot. Why maryam, namazie and london, youre watching aljazeera also coming up on the program a lifesaving development in the u. S. Battle against the coronavirus immunization could begin early next month. A pledge by the worlds richest nations to the worlds poorest g. 20 leaders can