Scott either in bangkok thailand often described as the venice of the east many of the 10000000 people here use the waterways to get around but the boats are big polluters so the city is putting greener version on the water. Well we begin with the last minute negotiations on brick sets and anticipation is growing in the u. K. As Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to soon announce an agreement on a trade deal with the e. U. Well hes reportedly been on the phone with European Commission president serzh love on the line to seal the final details and see sights in the ghost seats and access to fishing waters Britains Parliament sounds just a week to ratify any deal before it leaves e. U. Trade rules by the end of this year weve got reporters covering the story from both sides Bernard Smith will bring us the e. U. Reaction from paris but 1st lets begin with as a bank joins us live from dining street in london as it was happening but theres still. Well we were hearing but it was coming soon that it was imminent but we havent heard anything yet know that the u. K. Left the e. U. Block earlier this year generally the 31st but theyre still being abiding by e. U. Rules at the end of this year on 30 furthest that 1st of december they will leave the e. U. Internal market and the Customs Union and the hope was that there would be a deal because if there isnt that means they go to World Trade Organization rules which means that there would be tariffs and possible border checks and goods between the e. U. And that u. K. Getting to greece cost and considerable destruction but the snag seems to be now is that around fisheries now the fishing economy in the u. K. Accounts for less than one percent of the u. K. Economy but nevertheless its an important issue and the issues to debate is around the fact that e. U. Member states have access to british waters and those states have quotas of the amount of fish that they can catch but even the discussions are going on right now about what kinds of fish they can catch how much of them they can catch and where they can catch them from a so those are the kind of discussions going on and the reason its an important issues because cheering the brics a campaign to campaign to the for the u. K. To leave europe there with the one who is used as an independent sovereignty and taking back control and at the heart of the backbone of that was british fisherman and british waters and borrows johnson from mr price doesnt want to be seen as compromising too much because it was seen as such an important issue not pass and beg their biggest the latest from london as a thank you lets head across to france tyburn at smith joins us live from paris spend a lot of youve been hearing from officials on your side of the channel. It does seem to be all boiling down to fish and exactly how much of what type of fish can be caught by who and when and in whose waters specifically seoul some deals and herrings and how much of those e. U. Own boats can fish in british waters its coming down to this much detail and its because fishing is just as important psychologically here in france and also in denmark and the netherlands as it is in britain it makes up in front a tiny portion of g. D. P. Just 1. 6 percent of g. D. P. Is found in fisheries and also agriculture and forestry so small portion of frances output but very important for the nation the fishing industry very important politically and just as Boris Johnson wants to say to the british people hes scored this deal that benefits the u. K. With the European Union so macron also has domestic pressures here he doesnt want to be seen to be giving too much away and seems that according to the a. F. P. The French News Agency theyre quoting a source that says its emmanuel mccrum that is holding this up to the a. F. P. Says that he doesnt emmanuel markram was doesnt want to enter into too hasty a settlement so that could be why there is this continued delay ok Bernard Smith live from paris paris to thank you. France is sending 10 thousands covered tests to the u. K. To help clear thousands of truck driver stranded by new coronavirus order restrictions freight drivers been piled up for days in the english port of dover they were cut off after France Closed the border in response to the discovery of a new more infectious strain of the virus well theyre waiting on coronavirus tests so that they can then cross back into fronts. If the o. P. s Prime Minister has deployed military forces to an area where a gunman killed 100 people will call media reporting that the armys killed 42 armed men in the Western Region of benny shango good mood as Prime Minister visited the area the day before the attacks calling for peace and unity forming several deadly attacks between ethnic groups in recent months well those attacks are separate from the ongoing conflicts in ethiopias north and to grow region the un says it remains concerned about the fighting and a lack of humanitarian access the conflict has raised fears of a security vacuum in other parts of the country. Well lets look a little deeper and i at that conflict in. The region border sudan and south sudan is one of ethiopias 9 regional states facing theres been ongoing since 2018 various ethnic groups for supporters of the room or liberation front the violence has displaced tens of thousands of people in the past 2 years malcolm webbs been monitoring the story for us he says this latest violence has caused victims belong to various ethnic minorities to flee the area. More than 100 people were killed in the attack that happened dorn on wednesday and dividers of said the attackers set peoples homes on fire and then shot men women and children dead many of them as they were running away some of the survivors told Rights Group Amnesty International that the attackers were on members of the commutes community down the commercial is the Largest Ethnic Group in that area and they said that the victims belong to the a mara the romo and the ethnic groups who are minorities in that area is the latest in a succession of waves of ethnically targeted violence that happened in the region since september Prime Minister he said earlier today said hed sent troops to try and quell the violence and state affiliated t. V. Had reported that federal troops were killed 42 of the men who were involved in the massacre we havent been able to verify that the local officials also said that those Government Troops had recovered weapons including pows and arrows from the armed men who were allegedly responsible for this attack. Yes President Donald Trump positioned another series of pardons granted granted clemency to 26 people including his 26000 Campaign Chairman pomona for its and just store on his longtime adviser and friends who also pardoned charles commissioner. The father of his son in law gyrates shepherdstown see reports from washington d. C. So do you swear the testimony you are about to give should be the truth this set of pardons includes more figures swept up in the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election Robert Muller and his own words quote did not find that the Trump Campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with the russian government and quote but several in the Trump Campaigns all but were convicted as a result of their conduct during the investigation all for unrelated crimes that were dug up as part of the increased scrutiny of both the trooper former trunk Campaign Chairman paul mann afore he was convicted of obstructing the Russian Investigation but also several counts of bank tax fraud related to his Political Consulting work for the Ukrainian Government before he joined the Trump Campaign. For some other force pardon confirms a suspicion they had during the russian meddling investigation democratic congressman adam schiff tweeting during the investigation trumps lawyer floated a patent amount of what amount of fault with drew his cooperation with prosecutors lied was convicted and then trump praised him for not ratting trumps pub not completes the corrupt scheme nolas until the bitter end it was a witch hunt theres no question about that longtime political operative and friend of donald trump roger stone who was also convicted of lying to congress and to mileage in the Russian Investigation his 40 month sentence had already been commuted by donald trump in july the father of dont trump son in law jarrett is also on the list Charles Kushner was given a 2 year sentence for tax evasion witness tampering and Illegal Campaign contributions you notoriously filmed his brother in law with a prostitute and then sent the tape to his sister in an attempt to prevent her from cooperating with prosecutors had long been an expectation that in the last days of his presidency dole truck would pardon those he felt showed him loyalty during the rush for investigation it has nothing to do with the merits of. The individuals who are being pardoned and everything to do with whether or not donald trump wants to show them special favor based on whether or not they have been loyal to him or whether or not they have a special connection to him as in the case of jarrad cush nurse father it is being used as a Political Tool in this case which was precisely what it was never meant to be also as expected trump vetoed the National Defense authorization act the 740000000000 dollar legislation passed by congress the funds defense spending. President trumpet objected to provisions designed to slow down the withdrawal of u. S. Troops from afghanistan and the renaming of u. S. Military bases currently named off the confederate generals the president also called for the insertion of a provision removing Legal Protections for into that companies into the in the area however both the house and senate are expected to meet next week to override the president ial veto. Washington one of the Worlds Largest Ecommerce Companies a sounds or investigation by china beijing is accusing ali baba of monopole istic behavior he has another blow for the companys founder jack ma as government regulates his attempt to rein in his expanding Business Empire sarah clarke reports from hong kong. He has a net worth of around 50000000000. 00 and is chinas 2nd richest man jack meyer is also the founder of the ecommerce giant alibaba which regulators have accused of using monopolistic tactics they have been signaling for quite some charm that changes are what they do not walk edge of an essence control of market share is filled by 8 percent when stock markets opened the investigation as part of a wider government crackdown on chinas booming internet space its also yet another setback for the Alibaba Group which planned a jewel listing of us and company last month regulators said it didnt meet Disclosure Requirements and the i. P. O. Was shelved 2 days before its market debut. As we all know its already the Largest Online Payment Service provider in mill in china and still have a lot room to grow most of the mainland part and they dont use cash anymore they simply use cell phones to pay everything not only apparel not only look at all the classes but even they buy a car they dont use a mobile phone and group is the crown jewel in the alley barber empire the listing was expected to raise as much as 37000000000. 00 that would have made it the Worlds Largest i. P. O. Since all giant saudi aramco listed last december the largest i. P. O. Today is i believe the Saudi Arabia Oil company which is just a couple of years ago at 28000000000. Sister Company Alibaba went public in 2014 listing on the New York Stock Exchange in a 25000000000. 00 flight this time the company chose the domestic market in china for its debut but the mega float is on hold for now this latest investigation is part of the governments escalating scrutiny of jack expanding empire and represents heightened tensions between chinese president xi jinping and the billionaire in the state but the company says it will comply with the regulators requests its executives are expected to be summoned in coming days sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong. Still to come on aljazeera a man convicted of the murder of wall street journals daniel pearl is set free by Pakistani Courts. And south korea orders its toughest sever measures to contain covert 19 force in the closure of tourist sites across the country. The wind is changing again. For japan its not coming out of the cold interior so its snow showers again maybe half a meter at worst but typically a bit less than that is widespread away on the western slopes of honshu and hawkeye to and if it carries on beyond saturday there will be rather more snows and that most places a dry and cold is an increase in the cloud in southern parts of china which will bring a shower or 2 for hong kong i think youll just see the wind picking up so from such they almost gets probably windy or windy especially brought her yet to monday the skies are clear and is the strength the northeast monsoon it has helped to build some pretty big showers in vietnam recently theyre going to keep hammering on to the east coast so it will see an increase in the amount of rain in central southern philippines and more recently the deteriorating tropical depression that went through Southern Thailand has still left a legacy of showers behind it the showers are really the story throughout india the colbys and persistent fog a cold wave in the north for a dish are up through delhi and that means a long time foggy overnight it lifts halfway through the day the air quality only briefly improves as house does usually the start of the day there may be an improvement in northern pakistan with the whole were getting close enough to see a few showers on sunday. But. Ok calm and make sure youre not hyping the think you ation be part of the debate my main characters are women when no topic is off the table there was in the last allow Child Marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic wrong dads often legitimize them griego was pedophilia on air online jumped into the conversation and out of this stream on out is there a. The. This is aljazeera quick ride of the headlines for you this hour there are signs the trade agreements between the e. U. And the u. K. Is not see far away u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson is reported to be finalizing details by phone with the e. U. Leader yourself on the lion. If you will be as Prime Minister abuja has deployed military forces to a Western Region gunman killed 100 people have been visited the area a day before the attacks urged peace and unity between and us. And us President Donald Trump has granted unseats more all of his allies the list of 26 pardons and commutations include says former Campaign Manager and jarrett krishnas father and his friend vice or just. A Pakistani Court has ordered the release of the man convicted for killing u. S. Journalist daniel pearl in 2002 on our side share his being free fall an appeal is under way earlier this year the high court overturned his murder charge but that was challenge by pearls family their appeal will be heard in early january probably was the shapiro chief for the wall street journal and he was kidnapped and murdered. As sir john listen author of taliban militant islam oil and fundamentalism in central asia he says International Pressure could lead to his imprisonment. There must be a very serious internal middle she ations going on in islamabad between the government the intelligence agencies the military. And of course if this case is sent up to the Supreme Court in islamabad its quite likely that he would be jailed again the problem is that hes being hes been rejected now for several years on 90 day detention order which is not exactly what he you know he would be convicted of murdering daniel. And. And he has been sentenced to 18 years in jail. But you know his actual yelling and being carried out on a on a had not basis or a 90 day today its an order now the question is i mean every 90 days we are having this crisis you know the same high court reason with government tries to block it or if you throw an appeal against freeing him and usually wins. Iowa planes are now this time around. If need be the rift between the government of the court and the intelligence agencies is quite large at least 20 people have died so after boats carrying migrant sank of the coast of china sea and the boat was thought to be trying to reach the italian island of lampedusa when it capsized chinas in coast guard officials said 5 people were rescued the still the king 20 others the 45 people on board the vessel when it sank. Qatar has informs the Un Security Council that bahraini fighter jets violated it say or space every late syrian incidents on december 9th a heinous one of 4 nations along with saudi arabia egypt and the u. A. E. Have imposed a blockade on qatar since 2017 talks to resolve the crisis are reports its have made progress in recently. Women in Central African republic of staged demonstration in the capital ahead of sundays president ial and legislative elections in march through bunky calling for a peaceful and secure vote tensions have flared in the past week with rebels capturing a large town on cheers state bomb body is now in the hands of u. N. Peacekeepers National Security forces Catherine Soi has been at those protests in only. Well the demonstrators say that they are marching for they say that they want a peaceful election they blame their rebellion theyve been there rebels who have formed this boy listen and our reckoning to advance to. A raid this a Rebel Movement called paid chunk of change for the lot of a problem in the countryside particularly the last where they are fighting with other International Changes while at the u. N. And Government Forces of the women are marching to the u. N. Headquarters they say that they want to be able to exercise their right to vote and whats very interesting is the flags that theyve been carrying many of them a car and you know flags from regional countries but most interesting theres a lot of people carrying russian flags this just goes to show crumble out for this country we have a lot of countries Foreign Countries the russians have been deploying the military advisers have been. Giving aid military aid to this country that the president s advice is an opossum all security made up of russia and the london have also sent troops. The french who also have a very strong hold in this country so there seems to be a lot of just social power a lot of people im talking to say. They the interest in the Natural Resources we have these countries are rich in gold and you renny em and those wow but its important to take note that while all this is going on the political dynamics the geopolitics the scramble for resources these women Central Africans themselves are saying that they do not feel that they can through all of that country the one that come to bach and the same they just want peace and to be able to. Well you vote for the leader that they want. New strains of the coronavirus are emerging in africa with separate meets a sions recorded in one area and south africa the variance is believed to be more infectious contributions what experts of called an alarming rate of spread the countrys torso number of infections is rapidly approaching 1000000 a number of nations have restricted travel from south africa as a precaution. Has more on the new strain from johannesburg. This new variant inside africa was identified and was an entire province in eastern cape in the garden it thats along the cape town area the Health Minister says the numbers are alarming more than 14000 new infections in the last 24 hours it is recommending more restrictive measures be put in place the measures already in place include a nighttime curfew are called going to be sold on certain days and at certain times and some beaches have been closed but Health Officials say some South Africans seem not to be listening to the warnings theyre saying some of them are posting pictures on social media photos and videos of them at big parties called superspeed events where they arent Wearing Masks and they arent practicing social distancing the government what is trying to do is to try and make sure enough hospital beds are available across the country in government and private facilities so in some provinces for example some doctors are discharging patients that they think are stable those people have been told to go home to make way for cope with 19 patients additional staff have been put on standby this talk and in some areas military doctors and nurses may be called in if it does get to that stage the Health Officials also warning that if these infections keep rising so therefore could reach its peak within the next 2 weeks is the simplest barrier across the continent infection rates are rising and more countries are imposing more restrictive measures for example but one is the latest country to impose a nighttime curfew malawi as it is closing its borders for at least 14 days officials here are concerned that as more and more people keep traveling especially around the Festive Season they could be at increased infections not just in this part of africa but the rest of the continent as well. Mexico has received as for shipments of the pfizer biotech vaccine is the 1st country in latin america to have a vaccine ready to born lights but states battling a sharp rise in infections as overwhelming hospitals there john homan reports from mexico city. Its what everyone in mexico works for christmas the covert vaccine and the one from pfizer has now finally arrived. As the phrase goes good things are vive in small quantities we have the privilege today of being one of the 1st countries in the world with a vaccine supply to be handed out next year i mexico is the 1st country in latin america to get the vaccine. But for many people it wont be available to the middle of next year and meanwhile the countrys in big trouble. Mexico citys hospitals rule but with very few ventilators left. There are queues outside shops selling oxygen tanks monica evillest trouble from another city desperate to get one like many people shes taking care of an infected relative at home. Weve come from to luka theres no oxygen there we went to 2 places but they didnt have any till tomorrow and i need it for today because my patient my dad cant go without oxygen. Makes her never to go koby cases down after the 1st wave and now theres more than ever the crowds in Mexico City Center around december havent helped. The government just reluctantly declared a red alert for the capital and its suburbs closing nonessential businesses but a lot of people think the authorities the clerk the alert for the cup top notch through like theres been questions over their attitude toward the pandemic from the big a. Knowing the mates can president and the covert so really wear masks and theyve been accused repeatedly of not imposing timely and strict enough lockdowns ok lets get better now but the government has a powerful counterargument mexico has more than 60000000 poor people stopping them from working could leave them destitute especially since federal authorities havent brought out a comprehensive plan and should plan to help them. But he it gussie is selling face masks in the street she says as no race she could stay home was not put in a month in of course not be ashamed to hold out my hand and say help me thats why im here i get 7. 00 a day even if its just to buy tortillas. Instead the governments to try and make sure that when people do get sick theres always a bed for them. Now for the 1st time it looks like that strategy could fail although there were no queues waiting outside at the 6 hospitals that our team visited in mexico city this week all of which were full Health Experts say that could change this january john home and aljazeera mexico city. New restrictions or come into force across south korea as the country tries to control the pandemic during the holiday period and nations been recording around 1000 new cases a day as well mcbride reports to seoul. Having Won International recognition for its handling of the pandemic and setting standards for testing and tracing south korea now struggles to contain this 3rd wave it seems earlier successes may have bred complacency compounded by pandemic fatigue on windy days and an overconfidence had growing on many peoples minds and you lowered their guard when you were relatively successful in dealing with the 1st and 2nd operates and one international praise for each in south koreas 3rd biggest city in chan jang hanna ram is one of a team of traces who were working around the clock what makes this surge so hard to control is how widespread it is often to go out of control even of what i saw all the new confirmed cases and daily b. G. A magickal survey i thought wow this is really getting out of control ski resorts are now being closed and private gathering severely restricted in size the ice skating rink that would normally occupy the space in front of seoul city hall nonexistent this year seoul has its Christmas Tree as usual but not the normal ceremony for switching on its lights that was held online just one of the many seasonal traditions south korea is having to forgo this year families would normally visit beaches or National Parks to see the 1st sunrise of the new year many of those have been closed by a government increasingly concerned by what that new year will bring from a pandemic it thought it had under control Robert Bright aljazeera sold. This is al jazeera these are the headlines and says a patient is growing in the u. K. As Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to soon announce an agreements on a trade deal with the e. U. Johnson is expected to speak later today from downing street hes been finalizing details in a series of phone calls with the e. U. Leader ursula from the lion. Biggest in london he explains whats holding up the final agreement on the deal the snag seems to be now is around fisheries not the fishing economy the u. K. Accounts for less than one percent of the u. K. Economy but nevertheless its an important