Debate could undermine public confidence. Also the former president of the Central African republic is barred from running for office over allegations of war crimes. And a major shift in hollywood one of brothers announces all of its films and 2021 will release online and in the theaters at the same time. Become big welcome to the program more than one and a half 1000000 people have died of coronavirus worldwide and a 3rd of them in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting record numbers of deaths and among them is italy where nearly a 1000 people died on wednesday the highest since the beginning of the pandemic new lockdown measures are being reimposed to curb the outbreak. The inclusion bit is sage and 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 are also prohibited travel from one place to another on the whole National Territory there is still a ban on moving from team 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 the walls worst affected country the u. S. Is experiencing a surgeon factions 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 so 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 pass 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 havent all been worn masts we have been distancing weve politicizing it and been saying its my freedom not to do it. And so we really battle back 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 during his 1st 100 days in Office Kristen something me has been following developments from wilmington in 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 not passed 1000000 confirmed cases of it 19 is killing 50000 people in the country but the Health Minister says the actual number of deaths was probably much higher for strictures continue to be in place. Garza is imposing a partial lockdown this weekend to curb a rise in the number of infections mosques and most schools will be closed during the day and therell be a nighttime curfew from saturday a full lockdown is set to begin starting on friday until the next till the end of the month and south korea has reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in one day since march 629 new infections half of them in the capital seoul now the government has announced a ban on new year end parties and reimpose strict social distancing guidelines in the greater seoul area. The United Nations is holding a special session 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 145 and world is confronted by a common student you got us of a nationality a new cd or face the world also going to ization provided factual information and scientific guidance that should have been the basies for a quarter 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 there dont die in action dividers goes in everyone action americas top of disease expert anthony found she has apologized for criticizing britains rapid approval of the pfizer biotech vaccine it followed criticism from e. U. Regulations about the u. K. s approach charlotte dallas has more. 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 to call 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. And fictious 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 ys 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 e. U. Who called its approach more thora we are definitely not in the game of comparing regulators across countries nor in commenting on claims as to who is better this is not a football competition were talking about the life and health a few 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 the least 3 or 4 we need to increase production really hold the price down we need wed love a one doors vaccine because these all of them actually so far are 2 losses so the innovations are finished we need the research to continue and we need everyone to support only search i would think the sort of 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 Efforts to prove its safe and ready for use shelob ellis aljazeera now aid workers say thousands of running the refugees are being coerced into moving to a Remote Island off the coast of bangladesh which the un wards is prone to storms and flooding Navy Officials say more than 1600 refugees are heading to the island of wash and char from cops as bizarre that he want 1000000 really have been living in squalid counts in southeastern bangladesh after fleeing me and maher theyre refusing to return without guarantees for their safety and their rights u. S. Secretary of state my pompous as washington is appalled by the treatment of prodemocracy advocates in hong kong his comments follow the jailing of 3 prominent activists for their role in protests on wednesday Joshua Wong Agnes char and ive never received sentences ranging from 7 to 13 months and on thursday a Hong Kong Court denied bail and detained newspaper publisher jimmy line evacuations are underway in indonesias North Sumatra province following flash floods heavy rains of batter the region for a week bursting river banks and submerging communities 3 people have died so far the government says more than 6000 homes have been damaged in towns surrounding the largest city of medan. Still ahead here on aljazeera why muslims in sri lanka are refusing to collect the remains of their loved ones who died of coronavirus. And time to avoid time in yemen is fast running out a warning from the u. N. About rising levels of hunger in the war torn country to stay with us here on aljazeera. Tropical cycling brevik 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 does look likely here with mudslides maybe another 202300 millimeters of rain for some over the next day oh say this is the same in sri lanka 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 wetter 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 to just cede out into the open waters of the arabian sea finnish 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 on top of desh and well see some wet weather coming through here possibly causing further flooding here similar pictures to go on into sunday the showers do become fewer and further between further north it is generally try all the way out towards the himalayas. Aljazeera well to meet some extraordinary women. Who are making things happen that way. Following their daily struggle to survive. For their families to thrive. Swimmin street sign that is on aljazeera. Welcome back i want you all to 0 it means the whole romney reminder of our top story is the United States has recorded more than 210000 new current virus infection the same 24 hours 2700 people have died u. S. President elect joe biden says that hell ask americans to commit to mass wearing for the 1st 100 days of his administration. Italy has now strict measures on movement during the Holiday Season after recording 993. 00 deaths in 24 hours its italys highest daily death toll so far. And the u. N. Secretary general has called for a unified Global Response to create a virus as the number of deaths worldwide has reached out 1500000 antonio tara she was speaking at a special pandemic session of the United Nations. In sri lanka the families of a number of muslim coronavirus victims are refusing to claim the bodies of their loved ones theyre protesting against the forced cremation policy by the government as it goes against their religious beliefs now fernandez as well. Mammadov uncle well he didnt jeffrey died of cool with 19 on nov 26th the Sri Lankan Government crew meets the bodies of anyone who dies of course with 19 even if its a suspected case it says its technical experts have advised this is the best way to prevent the spread of the virus but cremation is forbidden in islam and some families are now refusing to collect the bodies in protest but he obeyed the law therefore you will do whatever you want we dont come for a need this thing the need of the body with the will and the welcoming a number of other muslims are also refusing to pick up the remains of their relatives on tuesday the Supreme Court dismissed 11 petitions challenging the forced cremations a joint statement by 20 Civil Society organizations on thursday rejected the ruling saying in a statement the fate the victims of forced cremation of court with 191000 suspected dead had been the highest court in sri lanka has been shattered victims and communities are now left without a recourse in sri lanka for the continued injustice they suffer the Health Minister says burials cant be allowed on till the Technical Experts Committee presents its final decision after conducting an indepth study into the virus. Muslim activision says her community has lost patients and will continue to leave bodies organizers as theyre called here at the morgue until the cremation stop almost 18 months the Muslim Community has been asking answer from the government so they are fed up they dont trust the government anymore they feel that it is a punishment so they dont want to be part of this process at all so therefore they are just leaving the genesis and ive been told at least 2 or 3 hospital muslim john as a sub piling up government spokesman. Says the decision to cremate lies to live with the Experts Committee government to. Ensure he just exposed committee that decides finally its all garment to the government to the cabinet ministers the president Prime Minister the cabinet the ministers from nothing to do with it it is just that really we have and we are a team in terms of the. Expert committee but cases like that of mary news are seen here in these pictures are hard for the Muslim Community to accept the 44 year old was cremated within hours of dying at the Infectious Diseases hospital the next day the family was informed her test record 19 was negative her son seen here in this mobile phone footage had the task of burying her ashes losing a loved one to covert 900 is bad enough but many muslims cremating their bodies is a 5th worse than death the government says all covert victims are krimigis on the advice of its Technical Experts Committee and it cant make exceptions for any community with inspections and rising rapidly the dispute is far from over fernandes out 0 colombo. 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 the border early on thursday and ethiopian t. V. Has released footage said to be inside the to gray region it appears to be from the military and shows life seemingly returning to normal or because of a monthlong 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 hundreds of protesters have blocked streets in armenias capital yeah havent they keep up their calls for Prime Minister nicola passion the and to resign several were detained by police they say passion betrayed the country over a ceasefire deal reached with azerbaijan last month the deal handed azerbaijan territory to stop fighting in the disputed new corner of the region. The un says famine like conditions of reappeared in parts of yemen and almost half of the population is experiencing high levels of Food Insecurity aid agencies are warning time is running out to prevent mass starvation 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 aid. The window to prevent famine in yemen is narrowing its 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 malis interim government has announced the formation of a new parliament with the military retaining a prominent role now as part of a deal to return to civilian rule all Face International sanctions a group of Army Officers are led by colonel. Overthrew the president in august. On the former president of the Central African republic francois maziar has been barred from contesting elections in december and his candidacy was invalidated by the Constitutional Court rule that posey did not satisfy the good morality requirement for the candidates on the former leader is also accused of war crimes nicholas hackable. Catch me if you can former president francois taunting authorities at a Campaign Rally last week despite an International Arrest warrant for his involvement in mass killings and torture the former president currently under un sanction for fermenting unrest after he was deposed in a coup in 2013 is not only back in the Central African republic but it wants to become the countrys next president with the slogan the day has come. Except the countrys Constitutional Court has now ruled hes not illegible to run in decembers president ial election his supporters are dismayed at the judges ruling that he lacked both a clean criminal record and the moral character to be a candidate and. Its a bit strange so courts have never summoned him neither has he been charged or sentenced he has been the countrys head of state for 10 years its a bit surprising to question his character mr french troops intervened in 2013 after a boozy fermented religious divisions calling on christian militia groups known as the. To attack progovernment fighters known as the celica University Student who is relieved by the courts decision fearing that busies is candidacy could spark violence on. The other candidates need to exceed the courts decision so that we can move forward with the upcoming election and turn the page from violence the campaign has so far been tense 14 armed groups continued to fight the government and each other despite a Peace Agreement in the presence of 812000 strong Un Peacekeeping force as a result 2800000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance and a 1000000 people are displaced with former president bush out of the race many fear the reactions of his supporters who still include armed militias Nicholas Hawke al jazeera. A Little Hollywood 1st of all a brotherson and says it will make its blockbusters available to stream online at the same time as their theatrical releases is being seen as a major shift in an industry hard hit by covert 1000 lockdowns the companys upcoming titles will be released on the hate b o max platform over the next year may just studios have been forced to bypass traditional movie theaters as closures see their traditional Revenue Streams dry up lets get more on this with john murray a media and pop culture expert joins me now via skype from washington d. C. Good to have you with us on the program seems like a good idea as film studios really are making the money but cinema owners perhaps wont be so happy with the reduced footfall. This is so here i dont know about all over the world but here in america people love to sneak their own snacks in and you know and goodies while going to see the movies and now all there have to do in 2021 is go to their own kitchen and grab some Garrett Popcorn and watch these films on a streaming app in their house its of course of his own want to buy the film so what happened wasnt 2021 of the brothers released him it was a movie by Christopher Nolan the director of the right of the producer and he was adamant that that film had to go into theaters well were in a Global Pandemic and some people are going to theaters and depending on where you live in the world a lot of theaters will close so that movie had a over 200000000. 00 budget but in the United States it only made 20000000. 00 in his Opening Weekend the Global Box Office of the film has been strong theyve made their money back and im sure with the start streaming it the film obviously make money but what is brothers was like no were not doing this again so they already announce wonderwoman was going to this streaming platform h. B. O. Max in december and now all 17. 00 of their 2021 films will go on their streaming out because they are trying to err on the side of caution but also be think up their stream but when did that that may be the case but sort of how does the streaming component work because normally you have to subscribe to one of these channels generally so the bigger question hasnt been cleared up yet is what the viewers will have to pay extra to watch these new releases and if they do that could be a bit of a backlash. What weve seen other streaming platforms like disney plus already take some projects that was scheduled for theaters and added to the disney plus platform theyve done that with several films and for them just getting the unique brand new subscribers is a victory for the overall channel because the belief is if you show up for the matrix on a lot of brothers h. B. O. Max or you show up for distant film on a disney plus app then maybe youll stay in consume all the content and so that subscriber and the long time in the long term sense of things is better than just a one off at the box office and so you know i know a lot of the theater owners across the world a frustrated they feel that theyre losing money but the truth of the matter is Everybody Needs to err on the side of caution so the studios have this product and now they actually have a direct to consumer platform with the streaming apps that they can get the product to them and theyre not losing money or do you think other studios are going to follow suit a bit like want to brothers unlike disney and they if they see that these companies are making money can sort of switch people from going to the cinema to watching at home is it something that is going to be the new normal for people who want to watch a new movie. Well weve already seen a few one offs to be announced in the same type of scenario coming to america is a very interesting pay to film that everybody is expecting and wanted to go to the box office to see but now you can get it on Amazon Prime Video so i think were going to start to see any studio that has a streaming come on it in their Company Structure were probably began to adapt to more to this format because what one of the things that we have been seeing is the on demand a whole box office option that people are going to pandemic wasnt as successful for a lot of the films but if you can put it on the streaming platform where people cant watch at their leisure and theres not a tap constraint on it it could really be a win overall for these Companies Structure and a joy i mean at the end of the day the cinema experience is very unique is that you sit in an auditorium with 2 to 300 other people normally and you all gasp your laugh you all to take the experience of the film all of the same time its very different to being at home do you think that the heart and cinema go will still want to go to the cinema or do you think there is now a cultural change happening because of the pandemic perhaps in america generally globally as well. I think it really depends on where you live like here even in america using our country as an example if youre going to state that has democratic leadership the likelihood of you wanting to go to the theaters is probably slim to none because you are taking this pandemic very seriously republican states however well theyre not as strict in their cold guidelines and so people are wanting to be a little more lax in a Decision Making overall i think that people returning back to the movie theaters and mass will or its not going to happen for most of 2021 even with a vaccine even with progress with colbert because the truth of the matter is people are going to want to jump back out there and be in these confined spaces i dont want to laugh at a movie with a mask on and i dont hear how much youre wiping down the seats and spraying in the air if i can stay safe stay alive and enjoy my favorite feature film im a do that in the comfort of my home and eat my favorite meal while doing it im sure we will see what happens i could get your insight jawn murray thanks for joining us from washington d. C. Good to be with and i was there. Watching officer with me said the wrong reminder of our top stories the United States as reporters more than 210000 new Coronavirus Infections in 24 hours 2700 people have died u. S. President elect joe biden says that hell ask americans to commit to mask wearing for the 1st 100 days of his administration