Kashmir accuse soldiers of reprisal attacks against civilians. And a bitter winter puts tens of thousands of syrians without shelter at risk of death and hunger. Bought into the program more than one and a half 1000000 people have died of coronavirus worldwide and the 3rd of them in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting record numbers of deaths among them are italy where nearly a 1000 people died on wednesday the highest since the beginning of the pandemic now new lock down measures are being imposed to curb the outbreak. The inclusion bit is sage in that from the 21st of december to the 6th of january all movements from one region to another are prohibited even to reach a 2nd homes attention on christmas boxing day in january 1st also prohibited travel from one place to another on the whole National Territory there is still a ban on moving from teen pm to 5 am for new years eve however this pressure bush and will be extended from teen pm the night before to 7 am on january 1st and the worlds worst affected country the United States is experiencing a surgeon infections with hospitalizations and deaths reaching new highs more than 210000 new infections have been registered in just 24 hours more than 2700 people have died in california stay at home orders have been imposed from Los Angeles Rob reynolds begins our coverage. With new covert 19 cases surging across the u. S. Californias governor said hes pulling the emergency brake and will order a 3 week stay at home borders in parts of the state based on Hospital Capacity the bottom line is if we dont act now our Hospital System will be overwhelmed we dont act now will continue to see a death rate climb more lives lost governor gavin newsom says the shutdown will go into effect as each Regions Hospital intensive care unit capacity falls below 15 percent most parts of the state are due to past that mark by mid december were bursting at the seams with too many i. C. U. Patients too many patients that need oxygen and the projections suggest were just in the beginning of this new some big people to hold on a little longer till coronavirus vaccines are rolled out we have a light at the end of the tunnel with these vaccines but we need to take seriously this moment this is the most challenging moment since the beginning of this pandemic but Public Health experts say restrictions lockdowns and stay at home orders are useless unless people observe them americans are fatigued we were never very good turns out and abiding by Public Health advice. We just not we have them all the more nasts we have been distancing weve alluded sizing it and been saying its my freedom not to do it. And so were really bad at that and i dont see any indication that were going to change another issue that many states are struggling with is a lack of Trained Medical personnel to handle the siege Rhode Islands governor is begging for help and if a retired Health Care Worker of any kind or a Health Care Worker whos currently under employed maybe have some time to spare or are unemployed or working in a non health care setting. Im asking you to suit up and help us out the nations top Infectious Disease expert dr anthony met via video link with members of president elect joe bidens Transition Team for what he called substantive discussions about dealing with the pandemic here in los angeles the mayor had a blunt message for the citys 4000000 people cancel everything mayor Eric Garcetti told angelenos if its not essential dont do it robert oulds Al Jazeera Los Angeles president elect joe biden says that he will make masks mandatory joining us 1st 100 days in Office Kristen salumi hustle and has been following developments from wilmington delaware. Interesting news coming out late here from wilmington and President Joe Biden saying that he intends to ask americans to mask up once he takes office for 100 days the 1st inkling we have of how his response may be different than the current administrations he was speaking to us network c. N. N. And described his plans he said where possible he would mandate mass for example on interstate travel on airplanes and in federal buildings but otherwise would seek to influence americans by his example and they said it was important for him and the Vice President themselves to wear a mask as an example of course mask wearing has become controversial in some parts of the United States so there could be some pushback on that front but both biden seeming to stress that there would be an end date that this was for a limited time 100. 00 days to get the virus under control he also talked about the fact that his plan was not to close the economy but to offer clear guidance not to impose strict or not to impose specific lockdown so much as guidance he talked about if restaurants and bars need to close for periods of time that they need to know that there would be assistance in what the ground rules were going to be moving forward of course thats perhaps easier said than done for him because any type of aid for restaurants would have to be approved by congress but nonetheless again a clear signal a clear indication of where the administration is heading in terms of its covert plan. Iran has now passed 1000000 confirmed cases of 19 as killed nearly 50000 people but the Health Minister says the actual number of deaths is probably much higher tough restrictions are in place. Guards are imposing a partial lockdown this weekend to curb a rise in the number of infections in most schools will be closed during the day and theyll be a nighttime curfew from saturday a full lockdown is set to begin starting next friday until the end of the month and south korea has reported its highest number of credit virus cases in one day since march 629 year infections half of them in the capital seoul now the government has announced a ban on year end parties and reimpose strict social distancing guidelines in the greater seoul area. The United Nations is holding a special general special session pardon me of the General Assembly to discuss the Coronavirus Crisis the secretary general has accused wealthier countries for not doing enough to help developing nations for the 1st time since 945 and well hes confronted by a common student youve got of us of a nationality at the city off face the world Us Organization provided factual information and scientific guidance that should have been the basis for a quote of the navy Global Response and fortunately many of these recommendations were not followed and in some situations there was a rejection of facts and and a lot of those of the United Nations and when countries go in their own direction of the values goes in everyone action. Americas top Infectious Disease expert anthony found she has apologized for criticizing britains rapid approval of the pfizer biotech vaccine it followed criticism from irregular haters about the u. K. s approach Charlotte Bellis reports. Hope is housed in a belgian factory where millions of doses of the vaccine developed by german scientists from biotech and the u. S. Pharmaceutical giant pfizer being made the u. K. s leading the race to roll out the drug after its independent regulator gave the vaccine emergency approval on wednesday the 1st doses will arrive in britain within days weve got the very best people in this country and weve always got the best bet ical regulators much better than the french have much better than the belgians have much better than the americans and that doesnt surprise me as well because were much better country than every single one well it may be a political win for the u. K. U. S. Infectious disease expert dr anthony felt she appeared to cast doubt over how precious regulators approved it so quickly you know i love the brits theyre great theyre good sign but they just took the data from the wise a company and instead of scrutinizing it really really carefully they said ok lets see it may work with it the scientist hastily backtracked apologizing for what he called a misunderstanding she said he did have great faith in the Regulatory Community in the u. K. Its essentially a temporary approval one that is made under extraordinary circumstances when there are risks to health and no other treatment available. It doesnt mean that the scrutiny is not there it does not mean that the regulators have not acted safely but i think what were seeing right now is a bit of political posturing the rabbit approval had already been politicized by the you who called its approach more thora definitely not in the game of comparing regulators across countries nor on commenting on claims as to who is better this is not a football competition were talking about the life and health of people the World Health Organization has asked british scientists to share their findings the un body which acts as a benchmark for other countries is eager to approve a vaccine as soon as possible we need to. More of i think we should the stuff we need more than these 3 or 4 we need to increase production we need hold the price down we need wed love a one doors vaccine because these all of them actually are so far to dos so the innovation is now finished we need the research to continue we need everyone to support only search i will appoint the sort of the british regulator says the strict standards have been met to assure the vaccine safety and effectiveness the rollout is being cautiously welcomed in the u. K. But the race to regulate exposed rifts between scientists undermining international if its to prove it safe and ready for use shelob ellis aljazeera when i took my advisor has revealed it had to slash its original vaccine rollout target by half due to supply chain obstacles pfizer and partner byron tackled hope to distribute 100000000 vaccines globally this month thats been reduced to 50000000 because they couldnt get enough Raw Materials to make vaccine pfizer hasnt said which materials contributed to the shortfall but vaccines usually contain antivirus agents and the septics there are water and elements of the viruses d. N. A. Drug makers are also facing major logistical hurdles in distributing an estimated 9000000000. 00 says the vaccine needs to be distributed using class file syringes syringe safety boxes dry ice and musing the equivalent of 8000 bearing 7 for 7 cargo planes automatic davis says an Infectious Disease physician at washington universitys school of medicine she says the supply chain issue will affect developing countries and poor regions the most. All of this attention on the development of the vaccines and all of the scrutiny and unfortunately to some degree the pleasure great color expressed then were placed around this made i was not paying much as much attention to the supply and distribution youre seeing now i believe a lot of these issues can be overcome in country parts of the u. S. In the usa who have the resources to do so the good is a big issue from the lower Income Countries were already have challenges in even obtaining the vaccine there is a very big level of difference between what i talk institution and hospital Like Washington university can provide for my patients then a doctor in Rural America can and it requires infrastructure but a lot of whats left out of here is you know like you said a lot of the tools needed to make this happen a lot of the early ages a lot of the injections and things that actually are needed to administer not to mention you know vaccinators that need to be recruited for training that needs to happen is a complex issue that requires a high degree of planning and neglect availability and for some places that infrastructure is just not there and that is where we need to prioritize our funding and support. Well still ahead here on aljazeera a time to avoid in yemen is fast running out a warning from the u. N. About rising levels of hunger in the war torn country. Also unemployment corruption and disillusionment well hear from god nations ahead of an election between 2 establishment candidates to stay with us here on aljazeera. Tropical cycling derive a continues to make its way across southern parts of india it made landfall across the far north of a few hours ago and is going to continue driving further west which is weakened significantly now that it has made landfall 75 Kilometers Per Hour but still plenty of heavy rain coming through flash flooding doesnt likely hey with mudslides maybe another 202300 millimeters of rain for some over the next day or size is the same in strength and you can see there has been a huge amounts of rainfall damaging winds brought down a number of trees Power Outages as per usual as we go on through the next couple of days will see that western weather making its way through time will not be pushing across into character this is fridays picture come the end of friday it will start see just seed out into the open waters of the arabian sea its going to show is still coming back in behind hence there is going to be further flooding that wetter weather started to push up into southern parts of entrepreneurs and well see some wet weather coming through here possibly causing further flooding here similar pictures to go on in syria sunday the showers do become fewer and further between further north it is generally try all the way out towards the himalayas. But. Jump into this stream and julian on Global Community bio diversity is bio security is that essential for our species to survive be part of the debate i know you have 90 days and yet you can be part of this conversation when no topic is off the table and the complaints are not neutral and all of the case goal here is to terrorize and heres the other part of this theres no consequence this stream on out is there. But about you want you all to 0 it means the whole rom the reminder of our top stories the United States has recorded more than 210000 new Coronavirus Infections in 24 hours 2700 people have died u. S. President elect joe biden says hell ask americans to commit to mass squaring for the 1st 100 days of his administration. Italy has an l. Strict measures on movement during the Holiday Season after recording 993. 00 deaths in 24 hours is the highest daily death toll so far. The u. N. Secretary general has called for a unified Global Response to corona virus as the number of deaths worldwide reached 1500000 antonia the terrorist was speaking at a special pandemic session of the United Nations. Aid workers say thousands of ring of refugees are being coerced into moving to a Remote Island off the coast of bangladesh which the u. N. Warns is prone to storms and flooding Navy Officials say more than 1600 Rohingya Refugees are heading to the island of. From coxs bazaar but only 1000000 rangar have been living in squalor camps in southeastern bangladesh after fleeing violence in me and mark theyre refusing to return without guarantees for their safety and dry. Ethiopian Security Forces have reportedly blocked refugees from leaving the country more than 45000 people have fled the conflict in ethiopias northern to grey region for Eastern Sudan but sudanese troops of told the Associated Press news agency that Ethiopian Forces stopped refugees from crossing and border the border early on thursday and ethiopian t. V. Has released footage said to be from inside the t gray region it appears to be from the military and shows life seemingly returning to normal because of a month Long Communications blackout aljazeera is unable to verify the pictures the United Nations says its reached a deal with ethiopian officials to allow aid into the region the u. N. Says famine like conditions have reappeared in parts of yemen and almost half the population is experiencing high levels of Food Insecurity aid agencies are warning time is running out to prevent must ave sion and the outlook for next year is worse famine has never been officially declared in yemen where the more than 5 year old war has left 80 percent of the population reliant on food aid the window to prevent famine in yemen is narrowing is new figures reveal record high of acute Food Insecurity in the country thats according to new information today from the food now Culture Organization the World Food Programme and unicef the agencys new integrated Food Security face classification analysis for yemen indicates that pockets of famine like conditions or phase 5 Food Insecurity have already returned to the for the 1st time in 2 years they warn that the number of people experiencing this degree of catastrophic Food Insecurity could nearly triple from 16500 currently 247000 people between january and june 2021. Egyptian authorities have released 3 human rights workers who are being held on terrorism related charges after an International Outcry they were working for one of the last Rights Groups still operating in the country when they were arrested last month accused of joining a terror group and spreading false news the rest were condemned by western governments activists and the u. N. U. S. Secretary of state might pompei or says washington is appalled by the treatment of prodemocracy advocates in hong kong those comments follow the jailing of 3 prominent activist for their role in protests on wednesday joshua one likeness char and ivan lamb received sentences ranging from 7 to 13 months and on thursday the Hong Kong Court denied bail and detained newspaper publisher jimmy lie evacuations are underway in indonesias northern sumatra province following flash floods the heavy rains have battered the region for a week bursting river banks and submerging communities the government says more than 6000 homes have been damaged in towns surrounding the largest city of medan. Indias military has denied reports it targeted civilians and reprisal attacks after 2 soldiers were killed in indian administered kashmir last week but residents of one area outside schrager told our desire that Security Forces are rounding up and beating innocent men women and children and our ports. Days after an Indian Army Patrol came under attack in 2 soldiers inside this vehicle was shot later died in hospital authorities are looking for those responsible no group has claimed responsibility for the shooting on the outskirts of srinagar in india and mr kashmiri people here say theyre living in fear. Army soldiers have carried out raids in the past week and those who live here say theyve become victims to reprisal attacks. On the day of the attack the soldiers questioned us we told them we didnt know anything a day later around 1 30 am the soldiers write it down neighborhood all men were taken out of their homes and lined up in a neighborhood square we were beaten badly we were separated into 3 groups soldiers took turns beating us at least 5 soldiers beating a Single Person with iron rods battens whatever they could find we were even pushed on the ground and beaten where civilians why would we know anything about the attackers they were soldiers and they should know how to deal with civilians. Al jazeera has spoken to numerous people who say theyve seen many beatings or have been attacked most have the bruises to prove it. Some were tied to electric poles and beaten badly children were beaten in front of their parents sons were beaten in front of their fathers fathers were beaten in front of these sons were ruthlessly beaten always screaming the women were crying and werent allowed to move closer they were abused too. Some say whenever they hear the army coming they now flee their homes. And Indian Army Spokesman has denied the allegations of beatings in this area a local official from indias governing b j p says such complaints are rare when one. Incident i believe if such an incident happened we. Are in the local administration to launch an inquiry to make sure it doesnt happen again but i dont think that sentients event happened as a disciplined force if it has happened there needs to be investigated and the guilty needs to be punished. The. Services have been held to remember the 2 soldiers who were killed as soldiers and civilians alike remain on edge in this disputed region and aljazeera malis interim government has announced the formation of a new parliament with the military retaining a prominent role its part of a deal to return to civilian rule Face International sanctions a group of Army Officers led by a colonel a seamy and overthrew the president in august well ghana is going to the polls and water is expected to be a 2 horse race between the incumbent and the former president unemployment and corruption dominating the campaign so far and with interest reports from the capital across. After months of lockdown restrictions this Food Processing plant is slowly recovering from the impact of covered 90 many others did not survive. 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The United Nations aid is needed for 3000000 syrians living in refugee camps winter can be harsh so they desperately require essential oils and shelter to keep warm and is in a hotel reports theres a possibility many more people could soon become homeless. Winter in Northern Syria can be bitter and harsh it has still not fully set in but already heavy rains have flooded overcrowded camps home to nearly one and a half 1000000 people displaced by war the United Nations calls it one of the biggest displacement crises in the world. We have to find. X. Times im going to. Tax. But peace remains elusive so for now the priority is survival families have been moving into new camps but the u. N. Says it received only 54 percent of the money it requires to provide safe for Living Conditions to all those in need 2020 with the largest mass displacement in the 9 year conflict nearly a 1000000 left their homes because of a months long russian backed Syrian Government offensive in the opposition controlled province of so. You know we now live in a big prison used to have. You dont know how you will find food to eat. A life in exile is what many fear particularly those living close to the front lines a truce reached in march were made for a child. Were freed the regime will launch an offensive to capture the syria then will have to leave and never be able to return. Just there a sure city is on the m 4 international highway which the government wants to be able to connect the coast to the commercial capital aleppo in the offensive earlier this year the regime recaptured the m 5 after. Villages along the route. We saw what happened to the others they were forced from their homes and now they live in the rain with no means to make a living at least half of it lives population have been displaced from other parts of syria people trapped in a small pocket of territory where a humanitarian situation threatens to get worse its a reality that doesnt appear to be temporary there. With me so whole robin a reminder of our top news stories the United States has recalled more than 210000 new credit virus infections in 24 hours 2700 people have died u. S. President joe biden says that hell ask americans to commit to mass squaring for the 1st 100. 00 days of his administration italy has announced measures on movement during the