Troops in somalia raising questions about the fight against the armed group alshabaab. Bangladesh begins shipping Rohingya Refugees to an isolated island in whats being seen as a forced relocation. They made of coal wait says hes happy with the progress made in talks to end the gulf crisis thats after saudi arabias foreign minister said hes hopeful a deal could soon be reached to end the bitter dispute with qatar its been 3 years since saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt imposed a land sea and air blockade on kata but the Foreign Ministers say all parties want to reach a final agreement after holding constructive talks about reports. Crucial days i had full gulf nations talks aimed at and during the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwaits funny minister whose country has been be generally mediate to get. And to the crisis says hes confident. A constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resolutions to preserve the region stability and harmony maintain the interest of the peoples within this context we express our appreciation for the latest efforts by jared cushion or the us president advisor. Qatars point assertion mohammad min of the like manner 30 says he also remains optimistic about the prospect of a deal we have achieved certain for certain point of time more than a year ago and then things has giordano and right now there are some more moments that we hope that this will put and for all of us christ because we see and we believe actually that gulf unity is very important for the security of the region for the stability of that region and for for the sake of our people this need this crisis needs to end a few hours after the kuwaiti and qatari statements saudi arabias point minister also said significant progress has been made and all sides are close to reaching an agreement we hope that. This progress can lead to a final agreement which looks in return i can say i am somewhat optimistic that we are close to finalizing. An agreement between all the nations in the dispute to come to a resolution that we think will be satisfactory to all the Gulf Corporation council has welcomed the news in a statement it serve the development with flecks the strength of the g. C. C. Its cage and and its ability to overcome all obstacles the new developments come a few days after the us president s Senior Adviser jared. Made a visit to the region he held talks with a meet of qatar shift i mean but how middle 30 and Saudi Crown Prince mohamed been so man the visit was widely seen as a last ditch effort by the Trump Administration to end the land sea and air blockade that was imposed by saudi arabia u. A. E. In and egypt qatar in june 2017 the locating countries sever diplomatic ties with doha and issued a list of 13 demands for qatar to implement. They include downgrading ties with iran closing a Turkish Military base and shutting down aljazeera qatar dismissed the demands as a violation of its sovereignty the us has been trying to end the blockade where reared its might undermine its efforts to contain irans influence in the region in the last few months american officials had been hoping saudi arabia would open his space to the tide of flights and move the Trump Administration believes will deny iran an estimated 100000000. 00 in annual fees qatar pays to fly over its airspace the coming days and weeks which show if the gulf rival nations are ready to set aside their differences 1. 00 of the ones of the blockade might take even longer to heal. You know secretary of state white pompei rose says washington is optimistic the deadlock will end but didnt say when. We are very hopeful that the. Dispute between the saudis the countries. Can be resolved we hope so because we think thats important for peace throughout the middle east but most importantly we think its the right thing for the people of each of those countries were going to keep working to do our what we can with the sun thank conversations dialogue us president elect joe biden says americans need help to get through the coming months as coronavirus cases surge nationwide bidens urging congress to act quickly on an aid bill and prevent further damage to an already battered economy as warning comes as november jobs data shows a slowdown in hiring this situation is urgent if we dont act now the future will be very bleak americans need help and they need it now and they need more to come early next year but i must tell you i am encouraged by the bipartisan efforts in the senate around 900000000000. 00 package for relief its a bipartisan effort congress if we congress as they work out the details of this relief package then you have to focus on resources for direct Public Health responses to cover 90 christensen is joining me now from wilmington in delaware that is joe bidens home state this was a very downbeat assessment by the president elect wasnt it. It really was he painted a dire situation based on the most recent Economic Data to come out and attempted to tie that into the situation facing many working class americans and while there was some job growth in november the fact is that the country has lost some 10000000 jobs since the start of the pandemic and many of those people who lost their jobs are now seeing their Unemployment Benefits dry up theyre set to expire before the end of the year if congress doesnt act and thats why things are so urgent weve got one out of 4 Small Businesses here are closing their doors and coded infections are resurging around the country hospitalizations are in so because of that more restrictions on businesses are expected in the coming weeks and that of course will make things even more difficult so in terms of what that means for the working class as biden pointed out not only have many of them lost jobs but theyve also lost Health Insurance and many are at risk of losing their homes as well one out of 6 renters in this country are behind on the rent theres been protections put in place those are due to expire as well and so the president elect is saying that Congress Needs to act immediately he did express optimism as we heard there that some relief would be coming in making its way through congress in the form of that nearly one trillion dollar aid package but hes saying that even that wont be enough hes predicting that more stimulus will be needed in these attempting to reassure the American Public and saying that as soon as hes inaugurated on january 20th that he plans to introduce even more stimulus packages and try to pass more aid for the American People and businesses but of course hell have to work with congress in order to make that happen christine thanks very much to do this christie as soon. Talking to us from wilmington delaware want to bring in robert scott hes a Senior International economist with the Economic Policy institute is joining us live via skype from North Potomac in maryland its good to have you with us on aljazeera thank you very much indeed lets talk about the unemployment numbers 1st of all is there anything in these numbers which is actually a surprise well i think the surprise is the rate at which the job growth decelerated has slowed down from about 600000 jobs in october to just around 250000 jobs in november and that suggests that with the rapid increase in the code pandemic that hospitals filling up and businesses shutting down around the country we can well look forward to the possibility of a return to recession in december and in the 1st quarter of 2021 that would have documents on the forgive me for interrupting you the background to those numbers is also the fact the Unemployment Rate actually fell from 6. 7 percent to 6. 7 percent from 6. 9 percent but im reading that one of the concerns is that thats because a lot of people having been out of work for so long that essentially giving up all effort to try and find work how legitimate a concern is that do you think. Absolutely. Top concern now that unemployment number frankly is a mirage our data suggests that there are 25000000 workers in the United States who been hurt by the recession. The Unemployment Rate to undercounts number of the unemployed in many ways my colleagues heidi shareholders has listed them all her number is that we have 20 between 25 and 26000000 workers injured both of the unemployed those who dropped out of the labor force as well as those who are on reduced wages and hours because of the cobra pandemic these are the workers who need help is 15 percent of our entire labor force joe biden was saying as we were just hearing from kristen there that he was encouraged by the bipartisan efforts to bring together some sort of stainless package at least the 1st part of one is his carriage mint is his belief that that can actually happen properly placed the think well i think this is going to represent a sea change in approach for both democrats and republicans and i think no matter what happens in the georgia elections on january 5th biden is going to have to present a bipartisan approaches to governing when he comes and even if he has a narrow Senate Majority hes going to need republican support and so i think hes going to have to look for measures are going to attract support from both sides of the eye on this exactly what hes done in this instance the backdrop to all of this is that the spread of cova 19 do you think thats changing things are going to change significantly once a vaccine comes in and is it likely that its going to happen quickly. I think it will happen but i think the way in which we get the virus under control really has to focus on Public Health measures the virus will control how quickly the economy shrinks or grows and the best way to control the virus right back now is through widespread use of masks and other Public Health measures social distancing and if we practice it aggressively we can get the virus under control before we vaccinate the rest of the population but were only going to be back to 20 or 30000000. 00 people a month this is a country of over 300000000. 00 people so it theres a long way to go to get to get the population back to backs and that robert scott from the Economic Policy institute as always we appreciate your time said thank you very much indeed thank you nearly all american troops in somalia will soon be leaving President Donald Trump has ordered their withdrawal as part of his plan to reduce u. S. Involvement in counterterrorism the broad that comes after announcements last month to draw down troops in afghanistan and iraq how did you cast one has more from washington d. C. We know that the total number of u. S. Troops in somalia currently is somewhere around 700. 00 and while that number may not be large the pentagon has long considered this mission against al shabaab in assisting the Smaller Government to be a cornerstone in the u. S. Policy against al qaeda and its affiliates around the world and the pentagon statement announcing this this withdrawal it makes takes pains to say that these troops will be relocated to neighboring nations of somalia and in fact cross Border Operations may yet continue and the statement does say that the u. S. Is not abandoning its african allies of course this does fall on the heels of president trumps decision last month to also draw down troops in afghanistan and in iraq down to 2500 u. S. Military troops in either of those countries that too is set to take effect by january 15th. Still ahead an aljazeera pressure mounts on ethiopia to allow aid groups to access editorial refugees in the embattled to greater regional. Conflict box office why a major cinema chain is an urgent talks with the Warner Brothers studio. Hello there weve got Stormy Weather gathering across southern parts of the us at the moment big area clouds here just easing across the panhandle pushing up across the carolinas as we go on through the weekend that wetter wests weeps up towards the mid Atlantic States grassy rolls up towards new york snow on the northern flank of that maybe as much as 15 centimeters of snow for some anywhere from around new york for new england into that eastern side of canada dry weather does come back in behind not too bad crisp sunshine for many whole sunshine down towards the southwest of the u. S. And southern parts of california with strong santa ana winds as dry winds off the mountains we are looking at an increased fire risk here over the next couple of days red flag warnings in force many in Southern California some wet weather some wintry weather a little further north as petering out some wet weather and some which are the 2 into b. C. As we go on through sunday but some places the snow why its was on say we have it was cool back towards the canadian maritimes southern parts the us a good deal dry but a few showers still in play here over the next shell is to continue across the western side of the caribbean will see some wet weather pushing towards honduras towards nicaragua that will say police. In 1958 Charles De Gaulle made a famous speech. Each in algeria. But take a dont hold back the tide of algerian independence all keep frances colonies in africa and the pacific. In the final episode of the series aljazeera explores how the long and bitter fight for the french empire still resonates today blood in tears french to colonize a shadow on aljazeera. Youre watching ill just remind of our top stories this hour the emir of kuwait says hes pleased with the progress of talks aimed at ending the blockade of qatar by neighboring countries the Saudi Foreign minister says all the nations involved dog close to finalizing agreement. U. S. President elect joe biden is urging congress to pass a coronavirus aid bill to help millions of americans struggling join the pandemic hes warning of that 12000000 people could lose their Unemployment Benefits if its not approved by the end of the month. President donald trump was on to the withdrawal of most american troops from somalia about 700. 00 a base there advising local forces in the fight against al shabaab drawdown as part of toms plan to reduce u. S. Involvement in Counter Terrorism abroad. The u. K. And the e. U. Still havent managed to work out a briggs a deal with less than 4 weeks to go until britains transition period ends the chief negotiator michele bomb the aide says theyve agreed to post talks because the conditions for the deal havent been met but as Prime Minister abbas jonsons now expects to hold negotiations with the European Commission president live on the lam on saturday both sides have clashed on fishing rights and fair trade rules sonia gay goes in london with the talks are being held and she says neither side seems willing to back down. They only have so much time with which to guarantee a Free Trade Agreement between the 2 parties and with those 2 particular points that mention the play of the competition rules as well as the issue on fishing rights as well they seem to be stuck on those 2 particular issues now with the competition rules those are of particular importance to the e. U. You know one of the sacred rules that about the blockhouse is the fact that any country that wishes to do a free trade deal with the European Union cannot use state subsidies in order to boost companies and of course an interruption in the competition rules as it were it has to be on a fair on a fair trade on a on a level Playing Field as it were that is an issue which the u. K. Has faced because of her in the press bricks of world it has wanted to use state subsidies to boost Certain Companies in the u. K. To create a sort of a Tech Industry here to rival any other countries in the world where the problem is and using state subsidies is going to contort that competition as well the 2nd issue fishing rights well now further french that is an important issue and to the dutch as well that theyre coastal communities as well they need to go back to their countries and say look we preserve your fishing rights therefore weve weve got armaments in there at the u. K. However fishing industry only accounts for 0 point one percent of g. D. P. In the country but it is an important symbolic. Industry as it were and that is being used to try and appear like a strong arm tactics in these negotiations in order to put across the message that the u. K. Is not going to take any deal at any price. The World Health Organization is warning the vaccines alone will not eliminate covert 19 they say data suggests they may not offer lifelong protection the head of the w. H. O. Says there is light at the end of the tunnel but the worlds poor shouldnt be overlooked. Let me be clear we simply cannot accept a world in which the pool and marginalized are trampled by the reach and powerful in the stamp it. Seems this is a Global Crisis and the Solutions Must be shared equitably as Global Public goods not as private commodities that why dont any qualities and become yet another reason some people are left behind the mayor of mexico city is called on businesses to close their offices to help fight a surge in infections people are being urged to work from home and the local government will scale back operations it comes as the president encourage mexicans to counsel new years travel plans mexico has the worlds 4th biggest caseload with over 1100000 recorded infections by old apollo has more on how the president s been changing his approach to the pandemic. Nationally over 1000000 133000 confirmed cases 108000 confirmed deaths over 108000 confirmed deaths the bottom line here is that the situation in mexico nationwide and in mexico city is quite bad its the worst that its been since the start of the outbreak earlier this year and we should note that mexicos president and this man will look at what other who has been heavily criticized since the beginning of the pandemic for downplaying the the severity of the virus for for questioning the efficacy of wearing a face mask hes had a significantly drastic change in tone as of friday when he outlined a set of guidelines for mexican citizens over the Holiday Season to to to not participate in gift exchanges to not travel on christmas or on new years to to self isolate to avoid going out of their homes unless they have to stopping just short however of urging people to wear a mask when asked about whether or not hed be willing to enforce a lockdown earlier this week the mexican president said that he is unwilling to do so that a lockdown is only is the sort of thing that only authoritarian regimes would do but again on friday morning a very different change of tone from the president now urging people to stay in their homes to only go out if they absolutely have to this is being interpreted by many as as a sign that even though things are quite bad now they may actually be worse than they appear in opinions criticised ethiopia for limiting aid workers access to enter train refugees in the Northern Region almost 100000. 00 refugees were living in camps there many are thought to have flooded during recent fighting between Ethiopian Forces and the Peoples Liberation front but an agreement with the government only grants aid organizations access to federally controlled regions young girl and is the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council he told aljazeera that access to the sea gray region is long overdue. Very worried we had 100. 90 on the ground but many of them had to flee that sense this is been was known for some time now 96000 eritrean refugees came to t. Great because they felt it was safe that they say they fled from persecution in every tree and now we dont know at all and hopefully convoys will reach there is parts of the great now monday just over the weekend we will have access now next week for the 1st time in more than a month if we did this tribute in october. But since then we couldnt do distributions we couldnt be with the refugees and nor the other people. We know are. In there im now in. I was in a refugee camp just came back from the et the people who flee from the great tell about violence they tell about widespread insecurity of course there are many more internally displaced inside the great then there are the 50000 refugees who have come here we need access it seems to happen next week the Prime Minister has been able to come under regional conflicts he mediated peace between at the opiah and eritrea hopefully that will now also be talks really Conciliation Court and in a great we do not need another conflict and not not the refugee on the horn of africa there are up to many people suffering from the poor and. Authorities in bangladesh have shipped the 1st group over here muslims from a camp to a Remote Island despite pleas from some refugees to abandon the move more than 1600 people have boarded naval vessels to the isolated island and shot but the u. N. Is concerned that refugees have been moved against their will not about money reports. These are hinges refugees are stateless homeless and many have survived violence and now their future too is looking on saturday more than 1600 to hinder the move to formally uninhabited islands in the bay penco but their destination bashan china is considered by many to be dangerous. The u. N. Refugee agency born for the only emerge from the ocean 2 decades ago and is proud to still plotting it says no one should go against their will but some are him just say they have no choice. So a merciless sleepy to my brother and broke 23 teeth then they brought him here my brother didnt want to go to push on child. Isnt forced my son in law didnt want to go they literally forced him to board a car they threatened to kill him otherwise. The refugee being both from here in coffins bizarre to the city of chittagong the island is about 40 kilometers by i think some people on the ship say it gives them some hope to run it out how do you know what the Bangladesh Government has given us assurance of a better life theyll give us a Good Environment food and shelter and so we are going there in a coup to prolong camps there are 8000021 1000000 People Living in back in dish and so crowded to to get away from that situation we are going. We are not happy at the camps if we go back to me and more we may have a people but we dont have anything there to prove our citizenship so we didnt agree to go back. We heard from seniors as well as the television that will get much better facilities at the sean charge bangladeshi authorities spent years building shelters on the island to accommodate up to 100000. 00 people they say it will help to ease overcrowding in the largest refugee camp in the world cup 5th dissolve thats home to more than a 1000000 for him. The majority fled 3 years ago in a military crackdown on the muslim minority. Although me a month denies genocide the u. N. Called it textbook ethnic cleansing. The u. N. Says it doesnt have access to the island but Rights Groups say they want to know if the regime too will receive appropriate medical care ensure the human rights freedom of Movement Education and want there then are they able to come back nor about a manly out of thier indias government says its open to amending some of its agricultural reforms as farmers continue to protest outside the capital tens of thousands were out again on friday demanding that the government gives them a minimum guarantee price for their crops theyre worried that legislation passed in september will lead to corporate exploitation the 2. 00 sides will resume negotiations on saturday after a 2nd round of talks on thursday ended without an agreement. The worlds biggest cinema group says its in urgent talks with one of the largest Hollywood Studios in a row over showing films online amc wants Warner Brothers to change its plan to stream new films online next year at the same time as the released in theaters the owner of Odeon Cinemas in europe is Just One Company being bypassed by major studios after they were forced to close for lock times now as restrictions ease cinemas a desperate for exclusive content to me your viewers back. Considering that we were living during right now and a lot of theaters are not open so its a good thing. Getting bigger and bigger i mean it depends on the movie i like seeing them in both but yeah im kind of a t. V. Guy so for the most part you know once in a blue moon itll be worth going to see a movie i think eventually it will come back theres nothing like taking a friday night movie day you know those i know everyone does right now i think people want to stay home you know for the comfort and the safety but i think once you know america can best know that its comfortable for everybody i think everybody will go back to cinema same thing with broadway you know people love the feeling of being able to get out of your house and experience it. This is all just here these are the top stories the emir of kuwait says hes pleased with the progress of talks aimed at ending a blockade of qatar by neighboring countries the Saudi Foreign minister says all the nations involved are close to finalizing an agreement u. S. President elect joe biden is urging congress to pass a coronavirus aid bill to help millions of americans struggling through in the pandemic is warned that 12000000 people could lose their