Highest daily covert 19 death toll since the pandemic began. And well have a report from athens on the measures that some museums are taking to stay afloat during the pandemic. Police in hong kong of detained media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jimmy lai the outspoken government critic has been charged with defaulting government owned businesses will remain in custody until a court case in april earlier this year lie was among 10 people arrested on suspicion of violating beijings National Security lol. The japanese government says that it has grave concerns about the jailing of 3 hong kong activists. Child ivan lamb well found guilty of Unlawful Assembly on tuesday they received 1310 and 7 month jail respectively. Is fluent in japanese well known in japan says that its conveyed its concerns to china several times lets go live to hong kong all of this that lets start with jimmy lie whats he alleged to have done. This is a very significant move here thats being seen against hong kongs proDemocracy Movement jimmy la it is in jail at the moment he on wednesday night reported to police on a scheduled visit regarding this fraud case and the prosecutors saw him as a flight risk so he has been denied bail as you said until april which means hes likely to spend. Christmas and the months after in jail although were hearing that his lawyers are currently currently trying to appeal that decision to try and get him bail this is of huge consequence here in hong kong not just because hes one of hong kongs most high profile prodemocracy activists but also hes a very well known high profile tycoon here he is estimated to be worth about a 1000000000. 00 he said true rags to riches story he made his fortune on the clothing business and eventually built it up to media empire he owns one of the biggest prodemocracy newspapers here and this particular case now his related to an office within his media complex which hes accused of violating a lease with a government and surprise now it is may seem rather insignificant but cases here in hong kong to defraud the government could get you up to 14 years in jail on top of that several concurrent. Case is running against him due to his prodemocracy activities and for taking part in previous protests but whats also raising concern about this particular case is that the judge that has been chosen to pursue this case is one of those thats handpicked to deal with National Security cases although it is being said that this case has nothing to do with the National Security law so there are many questions swirling around whats motivated this latest case against him all of this has to be seen in the context of the white a crackdown against prodemocracy activists in hong kong as we said earlier. Its voice through the chorus of criticism about yesterdays jail to have the 2 prodemocracy activists. Thats right the jailing of those prodemocracy activists definitely did gain or a lot of International Attention and so will this jimmy like case in fact as he is seen as having very close ties to the u. S. And so you know as a huge advocate of democracy particularly trying to rally support for hong kongs to mark received from outside of hong kong and that is one of the main National Security law cases against him for collusion with Foreign Forces and it is seen as a serious violation and were hearing that the prosecution is trying to build that but saying that hong kong is definitely on the back foot particularly when it comes to its Democracy Movement there are countless of cases and charges in a rest against people who took part in protests of last year the sense has been largely silenced by the National Security law which has been imposed by beijing in july and on top of that due to beijings interference or intervening in hong kong said weve seen the prodemocracy legislators walk out of the government so its definitely pro hong kongs prodemocracy camp is in an op hell battle at the moment and it seems that these large number of cases and prosecutions against activists and prosy advocates is definitely sending alarm bells. To be a part of reporting live from hong kong if you have any. Farmers in india meeting government ministers for a 2nd round of talks as protests intensify against proposed laws on farm produce the farmers said theyll carry on with their protests after negotiations on tuesday ended without an agreement theyre worried that the new legislation will put an end to minimum crop prices and they say that it will lead to corporate exploitation Elizabeth Raman has more now from one of the main gathering points for protests. We are at one of 3 border crossings into the indian capital which are completely closed to traffic now because of these protests causing a lot of traffic disruption and fama say they want to continue to create this disruption until the government either repealed 3 recent founder was all rights guarantees of minimum prices for the projects entity or the farmers unions amazing with the government 2nd round of talks this week taking place on thursday and the government says that its going to enter these talks with an open heart they want to. Find a solution thats in the interest of farmers but with Prime Minister that in the moodys recent comments that these were much needed reforms that are in the interest of pharmacists difficult to see right now how the 2 sides can find a middle ground Something Like around a half of the nice 1300000000 people who work in the Agriculture Sector and these protests are getting more and more attention and support now weve had around a 150 athletes including a limp dick Gold Medalist saying that theyre going to go to the president ial building on saturday to return their National Awards again and solidarity with these farmers and this is something that the government is aware of the support of the farmers have which is probably why theyve allowed farmers to come into delhi after trying to stop them for 2 days with tear gas and water cannon and baton charging them and have now agreed to holding talks despite the fact that farmers will not clear the highways the u. S. Reported more than 2700 covered by 900 related deaths on wednesday thats its highest daily death toll since the pandemic began for the 2 thats for the 1st time daily hospital admissions across the u. S. Topped 100000 in a day 200000 new cases also reported bats another record now the head of the u. S. Centers for Disease Control warns by february another 200000 people could die with the virus. So were in that range potentially now. To see if team 100 to 2000 to 2500 thats it dan. From this far so you know mortality concerns are real. And i do think unfortunately before we see february we could be close to a foreign 50000 americans have died from this virus in the u. K. The pfizer bio and tech covert 19 vaccine is to be administered to high risk groups within days its the 1st country to approve a vaccine thats made it through all the current Clinical Trials paul brennan reports from level the approval of a vaccine almost exactly a year since coated 901st emerged in china is a triumph for science the final trial data for the pfizer buy on tech vaccine was only submitted to the u. K. Regulator the m h r a a week ago but as a result of a process of rolling approval examining data even as the trials were taking place the regulator has been able to move swiftly and confidently to declare it effective and safe the safety of the vaccine has been scrutinized independently by our commission on human medicines and no stone has been left unturned so absolute confidence in the Safety Effectiveness and quality of the pfizer violent tech vaccine. Brussels airport has been demonstrating its refrigerated cargo facilities in expectation of a major role in distributing the belgian made vaccine britain has bought 40000000 doses of the pfizer pion tech job in the 1st 800000 doses will be shipped to the u. K. Within days were packing vials of fact seeing as we speak only shipping in the next 2448 hours the 1st batches to the u. K. 10000000. 00 doses will be delivered by the end of the year and the remainder will arrive during 2021 when no longer resting on the mere hope that we can return to normal next year. In the spring but rather the sure and certain knowledge that we will succeed and together reclaim our lives and all the things about our lives that we love there are still challenges this specific vaccine needs to be kept within minus 70 celsius and minus 80 celsius meaning that hospitals will almost certainly have to be the main hubs for distribution but it can be kept for up to 5 days at normal fridge temperature between 2 degrees and 8 degrees celsius individuals need to japs 21 days apart for full protection and in the u. K. A committee called the j c v i says elderly care home residents and their carers will be 1st in line you know order to protect the most vulnerable we have prioritized the most vulnerable individuals 1st the other element is protection of the n. H. S. The health and social care system because by protecting the n. H. S. We osu protect lives the challenge now is to manufacture and distribute the quantities required to meet what will inevitably be extraordinary demand britain has a head start but the United States has ordered 100000000 doses of the pfizer biotech jab and the European Union 200000000 there are several other vaccines undergoing final stage trials and vaccine candidates by modena and Oxford Astra Zeneca have been submitted to regulators with the u. K. s approval pfizer bio on tac are leading the field the options for tackling this Global Pandemic are likely to get even wider within a matter of weeks paul brennan aljazeera london officials in the us allow racing to follow the u. K. And approve the Pfizer Vaccine as early as next week approval for the madonna vaccine could soon follow the u. S. Health secretary says he hopes 40 percent of adults could be an ocular he said within 3 months. We can make our 1st shipments of vaccine to state this month and we are on track to be able to ship enough vaccine for 20000000. 00 americans before the end of the year of course were all eager to have enough supply vaccinate every american who wants it because of operation works hed we expect to be at that point in the spring vaccines will only bring this pandemic to an end if enough americans choose to take these vaccines the World Health Organization is also reviewing the pfizer bio and tech vaccine for emergency listing however it could take developing nations months to get access to it we need to develop more vaccines we should the stuff we need more the least 3 or 4 we need to increase production we need hold the price down we need wed love a woman those vaccines because these all of the i. C. s so far 2. 00 doses so the innovation is a finished we need the research to continue we need everyone to support our research russias president has ordered Health Officials to begin masco that 19 vaccinations next week friday may putin says that his country will have produced 2000000 doses of its sputnik 5 vaccine within the next few days its said to be 92 percent effective but data hasnt been released showing that its gone through the same Clinical Trials as other vaccines russia has reported more than 2300000 corona virus infections us media reporting that saudi arabia is close to reopening its airspace and land borders to cause all the gulf nations but under a land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt since june 27th teen President TrumpSenior AdviserJared Kirshner was in doha on wednesday and is reported to have also visited saudi Arabia Bloomberg and the New York Times suggests that the tentative deal is being broken by kuwait that doesnt include bahrain the u. A. E. Or egypt. A weather update next here on aljazeera then on International Day for people with disabilities well take a look at the struggles of one community in a remote area of pakistan. Picking up the slack for one of the biggest of the tech acquisitions could mean for Remote Working. How i weve got a good wintry blast across many parts of europe at the moment we have cuts a fair amount of cloud and rain coming into the central parts here where we have seen some significant snowfall couple of areas of low pressure here some heavy snow recently over moving parts of italy and that snow has now extended down across a generic out some states a very heavy rain over the lower ground more heavy rain here as you go on through the next couple of days could see another 200 millimeters of rain or so all the sort of the central and southern parts of italy also seeing some very heavy rain pushing across into that western side of greece to the east of that city. But it set me on the cold side minus 5 top temperature in moscow but cold enough for the west as well just 3 celsius in glasgow a 6 there for london some western weather wintry weather started to push into that western side of you quite keen northerly wind diving in down towards the by of biscay western parts of front seeing heavy rain for a time and then well see some significant snowfall developing across the outs maybe 2 to 300 millimeters of rain coming through here lots of cloud of rain across the mediterranean some about what weather also fringing into the mediterranean coast of Northern Africa but for a good part of north africa its fine dry and sunny. Down into the stream and julian on Global Community by. Diversity is biosecurity is that essential for our species to survive be part of the debate i know you have i. D. s he can be part of this conversation when no topic is off the table the police are not neutral and all of these cases youll hear is the terrorized gives the other part of this theres no consequence this stream on out is the. Hello again this is houses are the main news this hour Hong Kong Media tycoon a prodemocracy advocate jimmy lie has been refused bail the outspoken government critic has been charged with the Foreign Government owned businesses. Farmers in india a meeting ministers for a 2nd round of talks this process intensify against new laws on produce the farmers worry that the proposal will end minimum crop prices and lead to corporate exploitation. Of more than 2700 people in the us have died from covert 19 in just the past 24 hours thais daily death toll since the pandemic began hospital admissions reached a record 100001 wednesday and. Thursday is International Day of people with disabilities it marks a new start for a community in pakistans political stand province hundreds of people there who lost their limbs years ago now have a chance at a new beginning coachella pass how they are reports. Its not easy to get to pakistan zara bootie district few people know other way around the rough terrain and for years most of the country was unaware of the Community Struggle hundreds of people including children have lost their limbs because of explosive devices hidden in the dry land from a years long conflict. Now for the 1st time in a years many are locking again on their own a local charity is giving artificial limbs to more than 100 people believe hussein is one of them he was 13 when he lost his legs 12 years ago. I took my goats and sheep to the mountains that day but i didnt know there were explosive devices in the area suddenly there was a huge blast and i lost my legs my parents are very poor so they couldnt afford any treatment ive had to stay home for the last 12 years. The bombs were left behind from a conflict between Pakistani Forces and the Baloch Liberation Army the fight goes back decades the separatist group wants autonomy for the region explosives were placed on the ground through the hears but its mostly poor and martial arts people whove suffered the consequences many have died others left disabled the worst part was this is too far off and the people are too poor theyre like hundreds more patients who came up today they wanted to see legs or you i just saw today those people who are running around you know the most ever have influence on other people and they get from the mountains as well they want artificial lives shazia is trying out her new prosthetic leg her uncle is nearby in case she falls she says she wore her favorite dress to mark the day when she walked again she was 4 years old when an explosive tore off her leg she had to stop going to school but now she says she wants to go back and one day the a doctor knows it is a bit of a sick kid i used to see other children walk to School Every Day but i couldnt go with them i would see them playing but i couldnt join im very fond of learning but i had to stop my studies but now i can go back to school i can walk again. The path ahead may still be challenging but people here say they now look forward to walking through it on their own cartier llopis of the young aljazeera theres been a breakthrough in peace talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban representatives from both sides say theyve agreed on a framework for negotiations the us military will withdraw all its forces by may if a comprehensive cease fire is in place multiple rounds of talks of fail to end facing in the region later secretarygeneral ban stoltenberg is welcomed the news the alliance has around 11000 soldiers in afghanistan that have to go see asian succeed in a cease fire is brokered they too will leave by may along with u. S. Forces. Their remit today is we can discuss whether its a big or small step but important is that its the 1st step is the 1st time actually tall a ban on the Afghan Government are able to sign a document agreeing on the framework the modalities for negotiations at risk being a long term peaceful solution hard to reach peace in afghanistan israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is speaking out against efforts to dissolve parliament and trigger another election the motion was supported by his Main Coalition partner the alternate Prime Minister benny gantz the relationship between the 2 leaders has deteriorated during the coronavirus pandemic the proposal will now be discussed by another committee and could force the country into its 4th National Election in less than 2 years israel has released more than 1000000000. 00 in tax money to the Palestinian Authority the funds are meant to be transferred every month palestine stop the arrangement when israel announced plans to alex parts of the occupied west bank in may of 0 abraham reports now from ramallah. This is the money israel collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and because palestinians do not have more dollars of their own of their own they rely on israel to do these calculations and pay them at the end of every month and thats allowed the Palestinian Authority to pay its public now in may the palestinian president said that the palestinians are no longer abiding by signed agreements with israel including security coordination and the coordination that used to happen between palestinian and israeli officials to allow transfer of that money the result meant that the palestinians were interested in being any. Money since may and that has caused the palestinian public in the only receive half a century for a couple of months and this has crippled the economy now 2 weeks ago the palestinians have said that they received a letter from an Israeli Government official saying that israel will be abiding by agreements signed with the palestinians so they decided to resume coordination and accept receiving that money and im sure we all know that this also has something to do with the fact that president elect joe biden has won the elections and we might be seeing a little bit of an advancement when it comes to the palestinians and israelis now as far as the world bank is concerned the Palestinian Economy is still crippled even though that the salaries might be paid there are a lot of factors that have led to a very weak economy and not to forget that a part of that was the latest restrictions related to the coronavirus. Irans top council has approved a law that would allow for higher levels of uranium enrichment it will also stop unrestricted inspections by instructional Nuclear Watchdog the law still needs to be approved by president Hassan Rouhani but its seen as a show of defiance after the assassination of a Top Iranian Nuclear scientists last friday the former french president valery just a supporter of european integration has died after contracting the coronavirus just understand became president in 1984 he was known for bringing a more liberal attitude on social issues like divorce and abortion but his relationship with emperor because of the Central African republic was criticized he was accused of receiving diamonds as gifts just god was 94. 00 frances Prime Minister sharon caustics is visiting beloit and cali as part of preparations for briggss billions of dollars of goods including pharmaceuticals drink and food flow between the European Union of the u. K. Every year from the region firms on both sides of the channel will be subject to full customs controls for the 1st time in many years Industry Leaders are concerned that a new deal brags it could lead to serious delays and congestion at the ports and channel tunnel the pandemic has forced greece to keep its museums closed depriving them of much needed revenue so one of the countrys most important museums has restored to emergency measures resorted rather to emergency measures in order to avoid bankruptcy john so all Police Reports from athens. The nike museum is the 2nd most visited in greece after the Acropolis Museum it has a collection spanning 2000 years of greek islamic and asian civilization but its in financial trouble 70 percent of its income is from ticket sales restaurants and shops and its 9 venues the pandemic has forced greece to close museums drawing up that revenue so the been a key asked the Living Artists it displays to contribute works for an Online Auction it gathered 240. 00 priced anywhere between 40 euros and 70000. 00 and the auction it says is going well partly thanks to the museums clean records acquisition contrary to all the major european museums this is not a Colonial Museum which it was built on the love for art and history it was not built as the outcome of an imperial power a colonial power that has gathered all those treasures from around the world the been lucky is doing as much Online Business as it can shipping gifts ahead of christmas but the shortfall it has to cover is considerable the Bernanke Museum needs 8 and a half 1000000. 00 a year to keep its doors open every month that it closed it loses half a 1000000. 00 to lockdowns this year have so far kept it shut for 5 months depriving it of almost a 3rd of its annual income and that doesnt include Company Sponsorships for exhibitions like this one which was due to open on the day the latest lockdown began but the binoculars board is determined to succeed because this is the only museum that traces greek identity through all its phases from antiquity through by sent him to the modern state but became a depository of trust for the Greek Society and also the greeks of the diaspora that every single time they had something important to donate and preserve for the new. And race when they would rather give it to the benighted museum the then provide be a. Society. Vision and company and over the years we had this relationship of trust the big nike is now calling on that Global Community of supporters to help it survive during this challenging time jumps out all. Things one of the biggest tech acquisitions of all time is highlighting the growing demand for Remote Working tools the us Business Software giant sales force announced a 28000000000. 00 deal to buy team work platforms slack its new owners so they want to keep up with the Industry LeaderMicrosoft Teams and Video Conferencing out zoom the Global Pandemic is accelerated demand for the software as more people work from home Tech Companies investing in the platforms a betting on the possibility that this years shift in working culture could for many become permanent and it sandman is a tech and Investment Analyst and the cohost of the china tech investor podcast he says the Tech Companies are now rushing to create complete work ecosystems online. Slack is really a collaboration and a chat app its what millennial and gen these are using instead of email but what were seeing in this is this is what Microsoft Teams have kind of created oracle a lot of ways and what sales force is really trying to build is the platform an end of remote work so the idea of creating a full ecosystem with a chat with c. R. M. With your h. R. With your finance and basically everything on one digital cloud ecosystem so that they can run their entire company remotely centrally in a lot of areas these letters when they were neglected even though everyone knew they were kind of going to become more of the new normal over time but now everyone sees it right so you know whether its me or you are or anyone else who is working from home were actually seeing how important these tools are and businesses themselves are saying how important these tools are. The advertisements a few years ago for some of these these you know Workplace Software and then you know we see ok well you know this determine you know how your business succeed now were actually seeing that that used to really do impact whether or not a business can succeed so what with that realization i think weve seen that just some valuations of these Companies Just go through the roof and at that because of that what were seeing is investment is going into it and these companies are and the Big Companies in the room are still are really trying to prioritize it at this point. Chinas luna probe has finished collecting solar samples and is preparing to return to earth the 1st such mission in more than 40 years the long march 5 landa is also mapping the area and using Ground Penetrating radar to search for minerals and war so its unclear exactly when the probe will lift off from the mood surface and begin its journey back to earth. It is good to have you with us hello adrian figure here in doha the headlines and ill just 0 police in hong kong have detained the media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jimmy lai the outspoken government critic has been charged with defrauding the government of businesses will remain in custody until a court case in april