Diplomatic ties have to regional leaders hold an emergency summit. And a test for democracy thailand holds its 1st local elections after months of protests against the government and the monarchy. Again an ass with this forces ac milan is called the fastest in Italian League history and mexican banks s. L. Credit alvarez easily beats calisthenics to unify the Super Middleweight Division. Book to the news our fears over a new more contagious strain of the coronavirus have seen several european nations ban flights all Train Services from the u. K. Belgium italy and the netherlands germany and ireland have already announced restrictions to stop the virus spreading across the continent now the British Health minister has warned the variant strain is out of control the governments put stay at home orders in place in parts of the country closing shops and counseling christmas gatherings in the us shipments of the 2nd covert 19 vaccine have begun but the senate is struggling to pass legislation to help families and businesses hit hard by the pandemic a massive Vaccination Campaign is also underway in israel with the government aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day but that excludes 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza well well get more on those stories in a moment but 1st heres indian barba on the u. K. s effort to stop the spread of the new strain. This is Regent Street in the heart of london and in the run up to christmas it will usually be full of shoppers well the people out and about a generally going for a walk or just looking at decorations because all nonessential stores have been ordered closed as part of these new tier 4 restrictions here in london in the southeast in the east of england thats 18000000 people being told that at christmas they cannot meet up with any other household lots of people have had to cancel their plans theyre very annoyed weve seen crowded scenes at train stations with people trying to get on board transport to other parts of the country at supermarkets there have been crowds as people try to get last minute provisions survey suggest people do support the top of restrictions but do not like the way its been handled just a few days ago the Prime Minister was saying that it would be inhuman to in his words cancel christmas now the government is insisting its acted because in the last few days its got information about a new variant of the corona virus which is responsible for the majority of cases in this area some people are questioning exactly when that evidence became clear what we do know is that its causing a lot of concern the netherlands is now imposed an air travel ban to and from the u. K. And other nations might follow suit meanwhile here in the u. K. The Health Secretary has warned that because of this new variant the restrictions the lockdown might have to actually continue well into the new year until the vaccine can reach more people its being rolled out they hope to have reached half a 1000000 people by the end of sunday but of course thats nowhere near enough well as you heard the u. S. Senators looking to find Common Ground on a trillion dollar released package so lets meet our White House Correspondent kelly hellcat to standing by for us in washington d. C. And the stimulus has become sort of politically linked to a separate negotiation meant to prevent a Government Shutdown i mean what more can you tell us about this conflict. Its confusing but simply put what is being considered in the u. S. Congress the house of representatives and the senate is a package that would include 900000000000 for workers as well as businesses who are dealing with covert 19 and additionally there is 1. 4 trillion in funding to keep the u. S. Government open now whats been happening is that republicans and democrats have been fighting about this since before the u. S. Election on november 3rd now they are facing an 11th hour decision and that is trying to get all of these obstacles between them worked out by midnight because if they dont that means that the government could shut down and also that millions of americans who are heading into the holidays this with renewed lockdowns are really struggling to pay their bills and looking for the direct payments that would come from this 900000000000. 00 thats being considered so were watching carefully the u. S. Congress were told that members of congress are expecting late night votes meaning that this is going to go right to the end and that has to be signed into law by the u. S. President who has indicated on twitter that he is in favor of these truck payments to americans but still theres a lot to be done between now and midnight and its not clear that deadline will be met of course vaccine rollout continues completely but its happening still with the worrying rise in infections that continue to concern authorities. Yeah california is looking very bad right now some of the states in the south and across the board the United States is heading in the wrong direction when it comes to it factions hospitalizations and deaths and so thats why so many are looking to these roll out of the medina vaccine with anticipation hoping that it will bring a little bit of hope for millions of americans but there are some tough decisions to be made even with the vaccine weve already seen with the Pfizer Vaccine that came out last week that it was Front Line Health Care workers and the elderly living in care homes who were 1st on the list to receive the vaccine but now it is socalled essential workers and that is a pretty broad area of the United States a compass is about 87000000. 00 americans across a variety of sectors of the Technology Energy manufacturing Food Processing Even Police Departments and theres a shortage of the vaccines to cover all of that theres only about 20000000 doses by the end of january 20 1000000 people rather that can be vaccinated so some tough choices have to be made we know that the c. D. C. Advisory panel is meeting today with federal recommendations but ultimately it is the states who will have the decision on who will get this 1st and so a lot of americans waiting anxiously and i should also point out the businesses are lobbying governments right now to saying their workers need to be the priority to get the economy back and running again so some tough choices are going to have to be made. That could be how could a White House Correspondent. Well of israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also calling on his fellow citizens to get the vaccine he was the 1st to get the job on sunday as part of a mass Inoculation Campaign but the National Rollout excludes 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza irene also reports western. Idea of hope and celebration in israel this people here received the 1st doses of the pfizer by un take vaccines. Government ministers hospital managers and Health Care Workers received the job in the early hours of sunday when the. Prime minister netanyahu was the 1st israeli to be inoculated so. Its a very big day for the state of israel we have been living for almost a year with the most difficult pandemic that humanity has seen for the last 100 years and now is the beginning of the way out millions of vaccines will arrive in our small state its not trivial millions more up to come and Everyone Needs to get vaccinated but as the Vaccination Program rolls out in israel millions of palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza are waiting to hear when theyll be vaccinated the Palestinian Authority says its in talks with the World Health Organization and Vaccine Developers analysts and human Rights Groups say even if enough doses can be bought the Palestinian Authority will need International Help to distribute them and we know that there would not be a bill you are. A lot of. Hope there and you know assistance. Program countries other partners of the word. And there will be a secure as well. In gaza theres a Record Number of covert 19 cases w. H. Y. As warning the Health Care System there may collapse israel is being asked by human rights organizations to insure all palestinians are also vaccinated in response the Israeli Government says it may donate doses left over after all israelis have had their us. So for now there are celebrations in israel but in the west bank and gaza there is no way of knowing when palestinians can feel the same sense of relief Irene Nasser Al Jazeera western news. Has risen are to the situation in the u. S. Where the virus hit the Africanamerican Community the hardest but despite that studies show that theyre disproportionately less likely to trust covert 1000 vaccines over a 3rd of black adults so they probably or definitely wouldnt receive a job because it if determined safe by scientists among safety concerns a fear that scene is rushed or not properly tested on black people but theres also a historical distrust of how black people have been treated by the Health System the most infamous example is the decades long to ski study into syphilis that ended in 1972 not the effect of the disease zwar studied on 600 poor African Americans many left purposefully untreated in exchange for Free Health Care dr marjorie innocent is the senior director of Health Programs at the National Association for the advancement of colored people the end double a. C. P. As we know it and joins me now from washington d. C. Good to have you with us on aljazeera doctrine is that can we just begin with in your opinion what seems to be the main cause of concern for the black community i mean is it side effects is it sort of getting the covert 19 because some of the vaccine contains the virus or is it just a general mistrust of the vaccine as we just mentioned. Good afternoon and thank you so much fuller for having me join you today it is certainly in part what you have shared that history is one that is well known to a lot of African Americans but frankly there is also there reality what has played out this year that is certainly compounding the problem when we consider that this pandemic as you have said has absolutely disproportionately impacted africanamericans trump cases and especially hospitalizations and deaths throughout this entire year and we see what the response has been especially once those data became more and more evident it really suggests that there isnt a real profound concern ultimately for the well being of africanamericans and i say this in particular in terms of preserving their health making sure that they can be as safe as possible so that reality is just as important in their response to whats happening right now so with all the historical significance you might say if you just put to one side what is it in the hira now in 2020 in this year that obviously theyve seen whats going on this last what 9910 months that is not chilly you might say cool seeing that concern because sometimes that come be just a rumor that come be just a conversation with somebody of influence whether it be a Community Leader or a religious leader is it as basic as that is it really entrenched in historical times. Really its a combination so part of the challenge is also the reality that what weve heard about the development of the vaccines for the most part is tied to the words warp speed and when were talking about the development of a vaccine and historically what that has looked like how it really has played out and were hearing about an expedited process that doesnt have a lot of transparency full range of intervention shared so out the entire process people because her concerns are real and so between that and the reality. Of a lot of misinformation and disinformation thats being shared within the Africanamerican Community and shared by others with africanamericans again thats helping to compound the problem because at the same time we know that there are a number of africanamericans that have taken part in some of the states right that were finding out about this little bit on her on the back end and even some of that information has not really been shared as explicitly and openly as it could have hit ok so you yourself are adopting the public messaging not just in the u. S. But across the world has been very tough certainly in the United States what we have seen in terms of the pictures are black medical professionals either taking the vaccine or. Others how important is that message those visual pictures in terms of getting it across to the black and even Latino Community to say that you know this is whats happening is happening to our community is it an Important Message do you believe in the vaccine. So yes it certainly is an Important Message but i think we need to be very clear black people in this country certainly are very much aware of their role within the medical community they definitely know the role that they play from being 1st responders who might have to go and pick up patients to dealing with patients within the Health Care System as doctors as nurses as orderly as who have to you know clean up maintain the hospitals right now the Health Care Facilities theyre very much aware of the role that they play but i think it is just as important again for the information to really become much more much less ok much more transparent i think its very important for a range of trusted voices within communities to get the information for that dialogue to be much more open at this is especially now weve got you know pretty much 2 vaccines that are becoming available and people are know more but they really dont necessarily know as much as they need to know i myself believe in science i do recognize that what has happened has been absolutely extraordinary in terms of the effort to speed the resources right that better been put in to make this happen but do i also understand their concerns i absolutely do and i honestly we really believe that it is very important for people to get answers before they are you know they rush into getting vaccinated and that they really speak with a medical provider also to get some of that more open information but i do believe ultimately that it will be critical for as many. Of all of us really in the United States ultimately to be comfortable with this vaccine can and to be able to get it so that we can really start to put this behind us in time indeed its good to get your insight dr mondrian its not from the end delay c. P. Thanks for joining us thank you so much. Well plenty more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including still no deal breaks a trade negotiations reach a critical stage as the deadline draws near and voting to change the divided bosnian city of mostar holds his 1st local elections in more than a decade. Blink and youll miss an ac milans called the fastest goal ever in the italian lead that story coming up with german inspired. Somalia and kenya have agreed to hold talks to restore diplomatic ties after east African Leaders held an emergency summit in djibouti somalia cut ties with kenya on choose day accusing it of meddling in its internal Affairs Leaders all that into Governmental Authority on development or i gather as its known but the disagreement at the top of its agenda mohammed to die was covering this force from djibouti. Fishel for the Region Organization calling the summit a success they hailed as a breakthrough an agreement between the kenyan and somali lead us to hold talks and the result of their dispute through dialogue the dispute between kenya and somalia dominate the talks of the summit and president smiling again of djibouti and the ethiopian Prime Minister. Played a crucial role 1st of all meeting the 2 leaders separately and then later on as the day went on bringing them together in the same room so they have face to face talks and it said its there they agreed to commit to talks between them the chairperson of the African Union most of the mohamad in his address to the regional leaders said the dispute between kenya and somalia was undermining their efforts to fight al shabaab of the African Peacekeeping mission in somalia. Which kenya contributes files on soft troops kenya also plays. Host to hundreds of thousands of Somali Refugees and has been in efforts to find peace in somalia in the past kenya has always denied that its interfering in the in town or matters of somalia other issues that were discussed include the present war in ethiopia between the federal government and the to grow Regional Administration something that the government says it has now been up 100 and the leaders who are gathered here in djibouti today pledged to assist the Prime Minister ahmed in dealing with the impact the humanitarian situation that resulted from the war. The east African Regional bloc is also looking at ways to deal with a humanitarian crisis in ethiopia is Northern Region fighting broke out there last month when Prime Minister ordered a military offensive against local forces so far more than a 1000000 people who are thought to have been displaced many have fled across the border into saddam well Jeremy Taylor is a regional advocacy adviser for east africa and yemen the Norwegian Refugee Council he says immediate humanitarian supplies are needed in sudan. The needs at the moment are very immediate what were hearing from from those people who have crossed the border is that they are fleeing with with almost nothing so they arrive with the clothes on their back with very little in the way of. Personal positions so we have to respond with immediate shelter food water. Norwegian Refugee Council were running emergency schooling and weve set up some schools in the omer cooper camp where people who have crossed the border then being moved into a camp some distance away from the border d but obviously we need to be thinking about longer term and how long will these people be here and how will these needs grow over time as the numbers grow and so essentially we will not be able to with our current capacity be able to respond and so we call for more funding and for greater sort of response from humanitarian agencies all around. Another group of children abducted in Northern Nigeria have reportedly been rescued by vigilantes in the local community the children had been returning from a religious gathering in Katsina State comes just 2 days after hundreds of boys were reunited with their family said katsina after they were kidnapped by socalled bandits admitted the us has more from cant see that and says the recent attacks are part of a wider problem. You are having a crisis here and kept in a state in ventura stayed in support or and could understand can go by the way it is just less than 200 kilometers from the i mean a stretch of capital of Nigeria Border and there is hardly a week that passes without a Major Incident of kidnapping or attempt to kidnap passengers on the highway for a lot of people now have to resort to ad transportation or trains and this is causing a lot of problems for him but its meant on the part of the government because this is a recurring problem and then its not only in the northwest for the Nigerian Government and military its embarrassing remember 3 years ago the government declared buckwild are technically defeated but we see continuously how boko haram continues to test the will of the Nigerian Government and its military in the north east of the country and we seeing more cities in the northwest of nigeria. Lose size and also on baccarat monday Research Showing war and conflict studies he says armed groups are taken to crime in nigerias north west because of Climate Change. There are a lot. We understand that. We know Booker Hermes always quick to or not to crimes like these because they want their name to always appear on war and be traded yes these are band aids that existed over a number of the s. In that part of the country they know what in the northwest of major area. Many of them have sprung up in that house due to a number of reasons one is the Climate Change that last affected that particular region. Because of that we have had a lot of conflict between farmers and head as are the heads of cattle that have been hit in the part that were in head in the past by. A particular tribe of nigeria experts crapped out in may but used to depend soley on hitting kettles and protests well then the question on the shoot have or what the government should try to find out is how the more so then lose that source of livelihood many of them where it is processed because that system i mean there was there was a sort of injustice and Opposition Coalition in Central African republic is calling for elections to be postponed just one week before the vote now the request comes a day after the government accused former president francois busy of attempting a coup he claims hes behind an alliance of rebel groups that are moving towards the capital now the rebels say president found steen archons to data hes running for reelection failed to offer them promised government posts. The e. U. Is chief breaks it negotiator Michel Barnier says negotiations with the United Kingdom are at a Crucial Point and will continue trying to agree a trade. Deal but at an impasse over fishing rights the European Parliament has warned that unless a deal is done by sunday night politicians wont have time to ratify it before the end of the year when the u. K. s exit comes into effect and the deal breaks it would mean tariffs on goods crossing the border and possibly shortages of some foods and medicines in the u. K. Really chalons has the view from london where are they at the moment well they are on the face of it deadlocked and both sides are digging their heels in over fishing rights and level Playing Field who really knows whats going on behind those closed doors other than the people involved in the negotiations themselves i mean the u. K. Saying that is prepared to go away without a deal but over the weekend there have been rather alarming pictures on british t. V. Screens of. Lorries and trucks backed up for kilometers. On the motorway is leading into channel ports as companies stockpile in preparation for a possible no deal in january so thats quite alarming and then theres also what happens over the weekend as well with this effect of cancelling a christmas it would be quite a double whammy for Boris Johnson wouldnt it to have cancel christmas and got no deal all in the space of one weekend does that mean that a deal is more likely i dont know but if i were him i would not want that on my political record well the chaser is in power said he says this deadline could pass without any concrete resolutions like many before it. It doesnt look like this European Parliament deadline is going to stick i think youd have did have to look far for the reasons why a president is doing this because much like for Boris Johnson the constituency at his back watching very closely is of course the french fisherman vital for his chances for reelection in the next president ial election in about 18 months time here and so he wants to make quite sure that talks will go on and on and on as long as they can because he wants to make sure theres a proper deal now theyve offered the british Something Like 25 percent of the fish catch by the european fisherman to be repacked related to the british fisherman Boris Johnson the fisherman dont think thats enough they want Something Like 60 percent so thats a huge gap to try and bridge but nevertheless as we approach christmas as we approach the new year i think that there will be a lot of maneuvering a lot of stretching around to try and find a deal with acceptable on fishing both to the british and to the e. U. But of course once again theres another Sticking Point theres that exclusive between 6 miles and 12 miles offshore which Boris Johnson and the british dont want any incursions on. Still ahead on aljazeera a Brutal Campaign against foreign Truck Drivers in south africa we look at why theyre being targeted. Also macao marks 21 year since his return to chinese rule will tell you why beijing considers it a model for its one country 2 systems policy on well tell you why this german football apologizes for spitting at an opponent but still faces a lengthy town that story with jenna in school. The weather slushy set fair across a good part of the middle east we have got bits and pieces a cloud just rattling saudi arabia close to us here in qatar you might just catch a sports or 2 of light rain and nothing must speak of as we go through the next couple of days theyve got maybe a few showers to the north of riyadh having said that showers continue just around the caucasus might see the cloud just thick enough to produce a spot or 2 of light rain in iran and some showers there into that eastern side of turkey bike shoes day could catch a shower or 2 down the southern end of the red sea but again not too much to speak of as is the case to across the somali other seasonal rise they will continue quite nicely across the central and southern parts of africa some lively showers there around the rift valley just noticed some west a weather just coming into botswana tumbling its way into one to maybe that will be pretty heavy at times and then its going to just slide its where little further south whats good parts of south africa will see some wet weather as we make our way into the middle part of the week some heavy rain at times as well and eventually now wetter weather will move over towards the eastern cape as we go on through wednesday gradually sliding out into the open waters brightest guys come back into high fortys this picking up to 25. And disease because 50 percent of all debts children. Status but. That its a bad childhood education that. Used. To. Cease. Bookmark youre watching the i was there you se the whole run a reminder of our top stories several European Countries including germany france ireland and the netherlands are banning transport from the u. K. Because of a new more contagious strain of the coronavirus the u. K. s Health Minister says the variant is out of control. U. S. Lawmakers are set to vote on a long delayed 900000000000. 00 over 1000. 00 relief package there could be a Government Shutdown if no deal is reached by congress on sunday night meanwhile shipments for the 2nd proved covert 900 vaccine have begun across the u. S. And somalia and kenya have agreed to hold talks to restore diplomatic ties after an emergency summit was regional leaders somalia cut ties with cammy on tuesday accusing it of violating itself and to. U. S. Republican senator mitt romney has called a recent Hacking Campaign against the u. S. Extraordinarily damaging and is demanding a response cybersecurity experts say more than 40 organizations were targeted including several Government Agencies they say it could take several months to unravel u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o said it was pretty clear russia was behind the attack President Trump tweeted that china could instead be responsible russia denies having anything to do with it. And they apparently didnt think that we would respond in a very aggressive way and i think all those things have to be addressed i think we have to be much more serious about our Cyber Capabilities off uncivil and defensive and i think we have to rethink about that at the department of defense as well as are other agencies and i think we have to have a very clear eyed approach to how we deal with russia Going Forward this demands a response and the response youd expect to occur would be a Cyber Response i dont know if we have the capacity to do that in a way that would be. Of the same scale or even greater scale than what russia has applied to us but this is something we have to address as soon as possible well correspondent ship returns he joins me now from washington d. C. With more on this and she had romney is very clear on his take with this President Biden says he has a plan to deal with it im President Trump says its a very Different Group lots of moving parts to the story. Right here in fact i can bring you the moving part from wilmington delaware which is where joe biden is currently and its clear from what were hearing here but despite whats being said in capitol hill on couple who. Its a far more nuanced response from those who are actually going to be in charge of Foreign Policy over the next 4 years because there are still major questions that we dont have on sr one who is responsible for this attack and where is the evidence and clearly Donald Trumps tweet has made this even more more difficult to see when he says well ive seen the evidence it could be rush or it could be china and secondly what was the purpose of this attack because surely because the response will be based on that there is if this was to destroy essential infrastructure in the u. S. That yes this talk of power or an act of war on capitol hill may be justified if however this is simply part of espionage then there is an understanding i think about those who actually do take decisions but this is just part of the game everyone does it the u. S. Does it in this particular case the u. S. Is actually out which it but of course the u. S. Doesnt it was the pioneer of backdoor malware and surveilling other countries other countries leaders all of us as we found out from Edward Snowden so i think what we what were getting from the Transition Team right now is a call for more clarity from the white house initially. We should be hearing a clear and unambiguous allocation of responsibility from the white house from the Intelligence Community theyre the people in charge of the ones who should be making those messages and delivering the ascertainment of responsibility and said what weve heard is one message from the secretary of state a different message from the white house a different message from the president s twitter feed we have been briefed on this but again i think in terms of publicly communicating the position of our government that has to come from the current government and should be coming in a clear and unambiguous voice. Now having said that we did have the Statement Last week from the Transition Team which was talking about a response against who is is responsible for this attack we had more much rings among the Transition Team and reports about a high financial cost that will be paid that will be retribution having said that if it does turn out to be russia there is a great deal of care being taken there is going to be an effort not to escalate the conflict further because despite again what you may hear on capitol hill and from the professional putin is the devil crowd perhaps we see in washington we have seen the last 4 years this is ministration like a little bit of stations want to reset relations with russia they want russian cooperation and specifically the bite them instructions look at the russian cooperation almost immediately on renegotiating the new start treaty the almost control treaty that limits the Nuclear Arsenals of each country which expires in february they want cooperation on the Iran Nuclear Deal of the u. S. Returns to iran nuclear do need russias cooperation last time around russia had to take him. From iran as part of the deal of and further down the road they want cooperation on Climate Change in the pandemic so when you ask the people or when you listen to the people who actually will have to govern over the next 4 years its a far more nuanced message than perhaps were hearing from capitol hill ship thanks for the update shepherdstown see that for us in wilmington. Well russian president Vladimir Putin is praising the countrys Foreign Intelligence Service on its 100th birthday despite accusations of being behind several global hacking plots putin says the agency is crucial for moscow for sovereign and independent Development International researchers say there is evidence the Russian Agency is behind several cyber attacks. The issue shit i Research Says to everyone who defends russia in our people from external and internal threats defense of identity and their tional interest and from whom the security and availability of the model and that was is and will be the Main Business of their entire life. Goals of clothes in the bosnian city of last hour after the 1st local election in over a decade the Constitutional Court ordered the city to change discriminatory election rules in 2008 but bosnian and crap parties disagreed on the process europes Human Rights Court intervened in june same must and muslims and christians fiercely fought over the city during the 1990 s. War is there is ivan back of it says in moscow with more on the significance of the vote. This city was the why did during the bloody war in 1925 years later is still reflects all the problems and political strained relations in the country for 10 years a special election rules for the city were upheld originally supposed to ensure that either crowds or bosnians could not hold the majority in power in the city but the problem was that one of all the money electoral units in the city counted this 5 others in other electoral unit to sow Constitutional Court so the country 10 years ago said that the new rules need to be adopted it took 10 years to get to a political compromise on that issue in a state parliament on was and had to go in and it happened on only after European Court for human rights ordered that election issues for the city needs to be solved in these they are waiting there was huge problems in the city the City Infrastructure suffered to the economy weaken the people began to emigrate in huge numbers the city still heavily burned by this the call divisions between bosnia and croats are so its hard to expect a dramatical political changes in the city but still its a kind of. A race for supremacy in the city however on the other side the Civil Society is getting stronger and thats very important. It is a huge step for the city and for boston herzegovina that we do have these elections in mostar today it happened after 10 years of waiting and thats a huge step although thing is underway in thailands 1st local elections since the military coup of 2014 last years general poll drew accusations of manipulation sparking antigovernment protests the provincial vote could indicate the effectiveness of otherwise of those demonstrations tony chain reports from the city of someone. Who. Once he was seen as the savior of thai politics a charismatic leader whose reform agenda captured a culture of the votes in last years election since then his party future has been dissolved and hes been banned from politics for a decade but tenet on jong un is not giving up his party has reformed under the new bern a move forward and is bigger asli contesting local elections across time. For tons of. Antigovernment protests in bangkok and around the country the flared up for the past 5 months but giving the folk new impetus Younger Voters disenfranchised by the military coup in 2014 could turn to candidates bank by move forward and their agenda political reform. But they face stiff opposition local politics in thailand dominated by well established political families well known to world voters and with money to spend on their campaigns which. Is running in the affluent province of chonburi his father convicted of corruption and murdering a political rival held the position before him his brother who failed to win a seat as an m. P. Is currently a cabinet minister and he vehemently denies hes part of a political dynasty. If in fact even they myself and my family have been in politics for a long time every time that we were given the chance to work in politics opposition came from an election. And while the results of the election will unlikely change much it could signify deep shifts in thai Society Thailand has been ruled by rich it. Political hierarchy with the monarchy at the center that holds true. Wing regime now is being tested and the election this and it is just 11. 00 small indicator but also one contests that reflects the broader struggle despite the pretty good showing here voted turnout is not expected to be high so close to the long new year holiday the Election Commission has warned that if voters dont cast their ballots they could well be disqualified in the next general election. And even if voters do turn out in large numbers in reality these elections wont bring much change the governments paid little attention to the demands from the protest movement but this is a chance for ties to make their voice heard at the ballot box which in recent years has preclude really been denied tony chang aljazeera some time and. Health experts in thailand say that theyll test over 10000 people before christmas after 500 new covert new 1000 cases were recorded on saturday now a majority of the new cases have been linked to a Shrimp Market in the Central Province of some whats ahead on a temporary lockdown and curfew has been put in place thailand has recorded only a small number of infections over the past several months due to strict border and quarantine controls in australia have r. T. Quarter of a 1000000 people in sydneys northern suburbs have been placed under a Strict Lockdown in a bid to contain a growing krone Virus Outbreak or gatherings across greater sydney have also been restricted there are now 70 cases linked to the cluster australia had recently gone more than 2 weeks without any locally transmitted cases dr sun jr. Is an associate professor of Infectious Diseases at the Australian National university there he says the outbreak in sydneys northern beaches suburb is likely linked to a super spreader event. Weve got about 68 cases but all the cases in this northern beaches outbreak seem to be linked to the northern beaches im in particular a clump in the northern beaches where we think a super spreading event may have occurred the only thing is some of those people infected at that event live in other parts of sydney and c. V. Is a very big city about the 43rd biggest the world 2034 square kilometers and people could have spread it so the next few days will be very important and its really vital that people get tested if they have the mildest sentence that you know make testing the genetic sequencing of this northern beaches outbreak strain is a u. S. Strain and its very similar apparently to a traveler who arrived in australia around the 1st of december but theres no obviously between that traveler and the northern beaches outbreak so did it spread spillover somehow from that hotel quantity or that home quarantine into the community were not sure yet so yes that is why its so important to get more testing done in the next few days will tell us that at least 9 people are being killed in the Afghan Capital in a car bomb attack another 15 people were wounded in the blast in kabul including m. P. Car bomb of word that now theres been no claim of responsibility targeted attacks have increased in recent weeks last week the Deputy Governor karpal was killed also in a car bomb South African president cinerama poser is being urged to intervene in a Violent Campaign targeting foreign Truck Drivers at least 2 people have died apparently tarsa has more from johannesburg than we do warn you that this report contains images of burn victims that some of us might find disturbing. Collins my sukhumi was on a routine delivery when a car with 3 men inside blocked the road and forced him out of his truck he says hes lucky to be alive but he gave out and neither are any of us good to go and i know honestly i dont know if they are you annoyed they said they mean if they come down. Or been made. When i put the male leg down just someone gave me the air you dont know. Oh. Unions representing foreigners working in south africa say gasoline bombs have been thrown at trucks driven by non South Africans and dozens of drivers have been shot at stoned and even killed south African Union leaders who have condemned the violence insist it is not xenophobia but they say they do want jobs to go to South Africans 1st zimbabwe has been vocal one has been vocal. Has been vocal about it. Of their own citizens in fact literally over there would drop opportunity doesnt include in the particular country the continent should. Be given to. The citizens of that particular kind over the years competition for jobs in south africa has caused tensions between locals and those from other parts of the continent but Africa Economy was struggling he even before the call of a 19 pandemic the Unemployment Rate is down more than 30 percent every year the african this gaping poverty and conflict come here looking for work and a better life economists say instability in the transport sector doesnt help matters the damage to the reputation not only of that particular company but is affected by such violence that the country itself is very massive because then we begin not to be trusted its not like were the only people producing anything you know people all over the world theyve got options they can go to other countries as well president has been asked by unions and Business Leaders to intervene in what is seen as a growing crisis in south africas Trucking Industry the fine drivers say they have no choice but to carry on working violence or nonviolence they have families to feed. Macau is marking the 21st anniversary of his return to china from portuguese control but unlike hong kong the ghana. Brace beijings tightening grip to make the pollen ripples. This is a tale of 2 cities macau a former portuguese colony now a casino powerhouse the other hong kong a former british colony and an International Financial center both returned to chinese rule in the late 1990 s. But while hong kong pushed back against beijings tightening control in the following years that with little opposition in macau macau has a Large Population with a very strong mainland chinese attachment emotion the only politically and culturally having said that in the reason years there are a minority of young people in macau who tend to support western style democracy and one of those is 29 year old sulu sue an opposition member of my cows Legislative Assembly who says gaining support for the fight for democracy is an uphill battle. China many people. Started. By the british in hong kong instilled the idea of democracy in their final years the portuguese largely recognise chinas sovereignty over macau. Mainland china is crucial for the citys economy bestowing favorable policies boosting tourism and building major Infrastructure Projects like the 20000000000. 00 hong kong macau zhuhai bridge perhaps this is the most tangible symbol of the communist partys push to integrate hong kong and macau into Mainland China when it was launched 2 years ago it became the 1st physical link between the 2 former colonies and set them up for the next phase of unification the Greater Bay Area Development plan its part of beijings efforts to knit hong kong macau and southern chinese cities into a tech. More. And ill ask for it to. Do this let me west a strong china. Im. Chinas leaders sheeting paying called macau a shining example of the one country 2 systems policy one that beijing says hong kong outspoken people could learn from difficult poland aljazeera hong kong. Well still ahead in sports tiger woods the son charley continues to impress alongside his down to the best of the gold function coming out with gemma and schools. And the poorest suburbs of 3 european Cities Community tensions often reveal a shop Cultural Divide but they feel they have no future and are sidelined discrimination is a real problem in brussels aljazeera world meet some of those struggling with racism radicalization and life on the margins detroit pulled this young man away from d. C. I think theyre listed the other piece of europe on aljazeera. Weve never had a president who has literally for 4 or 5 years repeatedly attacked our democracy. You know blew through letter to complaints i dont have a narrative i have a question youre hitting there really where people cant get treated and just feel sure even further join me Richelle Carey and up front as my guest from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the weeks top stories in pressing issues here on aljazeera. About tough sport my history. Thanks to how mexican boxing star so can i alvarez was dominant as he returned to the ring for the 1st time in over a year he completely outclassed the british fighter callum smith in texas to win by unanimous decision and unify the Super Middleweight Division smith is 7 inches taller than him because he nothing to prevent the 1st defeat of his career and that is a 4 way 12 champion and is only ever lost once that was to Floyd Mayweather he says he now welcome a trilogy fight against going to get lost in it he beat entry within that 2 previous founts. Didnt approve of the below him in the quarter i dont run from anybody ive shown that i fight against the best of luck and wants the fight to take place and i will take it but ive shown the world that i fight against the best. You know which species probably use to be easy to go fight that i want to help our part stop. But ill just take it could be the best to be beaten i will say that is what it is we to go forward to perform down on hes the best a month away. Ac milan maybe without the injectors lights on abraham and it sure they still go the fastest goal in syria history on sunday their strike iraq fairly are you open to scoring just 6. 2 seconds into their game against us where they break the previous record set by paolo budgies for a quick one seconds appear chans in 2001 that went on to win 21 and they stay top of the league by a point that cross city rivals are in 2nd place and they kept the pressure on with their 6 straight victory they also won 21. 00 they were playing special hear the sounds savory rafiki made and romneys cocky with the goals fit into in that one. In the netherlands i. X. Scored 4 goals in just 12 minutes on the way to a 40 victory against John Hart Clausen huntelaar got 2 of the goals and the win restores their 3 point lead over p. S. V. Eindhoven at the top structure arrogantly i know its impressive unbeaten run was ended by the test asama da followed scored the only goal of the game by north then hit the bar in the closing moments they couldnt find equaliser and they lose in the league for the 1st time since last year leicester are up to 2nd in the English Premier League thats thanks to a 2 no win over the top the that now 4 points behind leaders liverpool and Manchester United there just a point further back in 3rd after a 62 win over leeds told them having won in 3 games but head coach jayson reno is not concerned im sure if you win or lose but does not like there is. There is a target that cannot be achieved our target is to be in the next match and the result of the previous match is going to interfere in our target for the next match the next merge we want to win like we want you to win today. Glad about marcus to rahm has apologized for spitting in the face of an opposition player the forward was sent off after the video referee spotted this incident hoffenheim stephen push his team went on to lose the game and his coach apologized on behalf of the whole club faces a lengthy suspended him find internally by much in love back at 11 years old he may be the youngest player pierce the championship but that doesnt seem to faze Charlie Woods son of 15 times major winner tiger hes been playing alongside his dad in the 2 day event in florida and making shots his old man would be proud of charlie has also had mastered his dads fist from celebration as well if he carries on but like this he could be doing a lot more of that in the future and no surprise to see them both wearing red as tiger always does on the last round of the sort of minutes. Olympic champion skier esther that sky has won the 2nd world cup race of her career the czech triumph in the 1st super g. Of the season about desire and fronts that made history when she won gold in that event in the story board john solomon in 2008 city. In italy alexey pounds right when the mens john saw that it was the french mens a 31st world cup win and puts the olympic bronze medalist at the top of the standings and there was a thrilling finish to the womens team for intervention in the crosscountry wild card with switzerland beating russia home of the law even in the german city of dresden russia still lead the standings ahead of the usa. But winds have played havoc with the final day of Competitive Sailing before the americas cup challenge a series starts in new zealand next month only one of the 4 scheduled races going to the window open on sunday before had to be abandoned Champions Team new zealand and team u. K. Failed to finish the opening race inside the 45 minute time limit the challenge of series is jus to begin mid january before the winners take on Team New Zealand in the americas cup series that is all your sport for now ill be back with more later thanks very much chad of course all of the stories that we cover here on observe by logging on to your website at aljazeera dot com website is updated throughout the day thats the news marina miles is up next with more news from our london new center to learn from the news our team plans for your time and your continued. Discover kazakstan as a new strategic location at the crossroads of europe and asia. Develop and grow your business. In the leading logistics trade and business harbor in 1st in a country with a great Business Climate robust legal system tax regime and advantageous investment incentives employ a well educated highly skilled and multilingual workforce. 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