Anymore. A Record Number of hong kong residency u. K. Residency to escape tough security laws imposed by beijing. After nearly half a century the United Kingdom has formally left the European Union are sharing in a new era in the new year so far britains departure from the e. U. Single mocking Customs Union has been fairly smooth movement of trucks and ferries between the u. K. And the e. U. Is continued without any major delays thats largely because of the coronavirus pandemic and a long weekend holiday meaning the traffic was lighter than usual a new trade barrier is now operating between Northern Ireland and the rest of the u. K. This means commercial goods require a customs declaration and many british Food Products will need help that if it gets and some physical checks passengers on the 1st eurostar train from london have arrived in paris many of those travelling will now face new restrictions including travel documents insurance to Cover Health Care and limits on how long they can stay in e. U. Countries while paul brennan has more now from the force of dove the main sea trade link between the u. K. And the european continent. The countdown to the new post relationship was projected across the departure gates at the french side of the euro tunnel rail link moments later the 1st lorry was having its documents checked. The trade deal agreed on Christmas Eve means no tariffs and no quotas but there is significantly more paperwork and most of it needing to be done in advance the euro tunnel operator is get a link the change is already about. For many teams now its time there is a truck coming here they have to show us that they have done. Online before coming here its a significant change for logistics and haulage firms on both sides of the new trading frontier the u. K. Is expecting 220000000. 00 additional Customs Declarations every year at a cost to business of some 9500000000. 00 the ferry crossing between the english port of dover and cali and france handle some 2500000. 00 freight vehicles every year but less than a 1000 lorries were said youll to make the crossing on new years day its a gentle start for the new regime many Haulage Companies said they were holding off until the new systems have bedded in my hope is that given the opening couple of weeks in january are generally pretty late for us and we could pretty bracket start bill that we saw going on the dash should enable those people that are trading during the time to to train themselves and get used to working in this new way in fact at the gates of the 4th the biggest Sticking Point on this 1st day isnt rex it related at all. We had a plan all works out already to hold freights to manage the freight but now weve had to initiate testing as well as a number of locations so thats the biggest problem that weve got because that was never expected never planned for the key to keeping the ports open and running smoothly will be the. The speed with which the Logistics Companies get to grips with the new electronic and paperwork requirements the early log jams are likely to be not here at the ports but back at the factory gate or were house with cargo delayed because the correct paperwork hasnt been filled in these 1st quiet days of january an opportunity for companies to familiarize themselves with the new practicalities the real test will come when trade volume ramps up again around the 10th or 11th of the months paul brennan aljazeera. Well not everybody is happy with the trade deal fishermen had been promised they take control of the season around the u. K. But as jonah hill reports from the fishing town of breaks and many now feel betrayed. And all british catch landed at bricks in devon these waters have been fished by british and european boats for centuries making fish a to tell big issue in the brinks it battle for sovereignty but while british fishes were at the forefront of the march to brics it the promise of winning back control of their waters has been broken a small increase in quota after a 5 year transition period some e. U. Access retained many here feel very with a price to be paid for a u. K. E. U. Trade deal its not what we wanted its not what we asked for. I think we all knew deep down that wed get. Shafted. Uses a lever. But the way we all thought it would be this bad. Fishing accounts for a tiny fraction of the u. K. Economy yet its importance in the trade talks has been far greater than that one of the last major issues to be resolved remember the breaks in vision was about taking back control of britains laws of its borders and of its waters its turned out that at least part of that vision was an illusion of probably one of the only remaining voting fisherman youll find there is another couple but now im. Not happily Walking Around the case saying i told you so but i am walking on a piece saying i told you so we were so postboys of rexs. And it was all about plate we train our watches and get our territory back its just nonsense all things not just because im so great and you are safe if you were. A temp now actually eventually this place i will spend probably. For the 40 percent of my year in french war. I will spend kind of weed land in holland we sent our boat to holland for refit never got the infrastructure to refit this boat here. So we are very closely geographically and politically tied with us this whole thing was just a point thats spread to the fishermen we met earlier as a sideline in you tube videos demonstrating how to cook britains abundance of fish species may be more fish on the menu now but the smell in the air is of betrayal jonah aljazeera bricks of. Well the u. S. Has exceeded 20000000. 00 corona virus infections now thats almost 25 percent of global cases according to Johns Hopkins university which has been tracking the numbers since the start of the pandemic so lets get Danny Gallagher whos in miami now another Shocking Development in the crisis for that country how did it get so bad andy. Well i think 2021 was the year that should have brought people of hope vaccinations of being made and approved in record time they are being distributed but look at where we are now 20000000 cases and according to reports ive been reading almost half of those of since the beginning of november but this century what is happening here is an abject failure on part of operation was speed the trumpet ministrations plan to get 20000000 people and of course those people are over 60 fives in Front Line Health Care workers vaccinated by the end of 2020 that figure is closer to 3000000 and there were reports coming in from states across the nation that they just dont have the infrastructure to deal with this President Trump was tweeting out on yesterday that the governors need to get a move on but essentially what youre asking these workers to do in these hospitals and Vaccination Centers is get organized when theyve been dealing with the coronavirus for the past 10 months and people are tired they dont have the money because theyve all been dealing with and now you have reports in here in florida colorado and california of this new variant that was 1st reported in the United Kingdom dr anthony found shes saying thats nothing to be worried about the vaccinations will treat that but the point is and the fact is people arent getting vaccinated nearly fast enough and there were some reports saying at the current pace it would take 10 years to meet the goals set out by the trumpet ministration of course in about just over 2 weeks president elect biden will inherit this this is an object mess at the moment things just arent happening in the way that was promised and people are desperate to get those shots in the arms and potentially save lives while many more lives are still being lost thank you from miami and gallica. One of the worlds biggest Single Markets is open for business after months of delay the pandemic africas Free Trade Agreement came into effect on january 1st while bank says the deal will lift millions of people out of poverty. And interest reports now from now. Workers at this garment factory rushed to deliver thousands of fees mosques the owner says more than 2 and a half 1000000 were made here to control the spread of corporate 90. But as the africa Free Trade Agreement comes into effect the foresees trouble ahead for the continents poor countries. Small and poor economies will always be at a disadvantage hopefully as time goes on we can get special considerations otherwise it will be difficult to compete. Businesses in poor countries may have their concerns but overall experts say the agreement will eventually benefit them they believe the cheap cost of labor in these countries will attract more industries. Into african trade Industrial Development and peace of industrialization among african countries very some will have an advantage over others but african countries need to buy and sell roll and finished products among themselves. Currently imports most of its needs from bottled water to food and machinery from big retail to local markets and the here is flooded with imported products because of infrastructure and. The country will continue to depend on him making it difficult for local industries to grow. Experts say its hard to see european asian Multinational Companies giving up the trade advantage theyve held in africa for centuries. Products from europe asia and africa as large economies lined the shelves at the emmys biggest retail monopoly consumers prefer these brands traders say they would be many local goods on store shelves unless government steps in a bombing we should be given support the government should facilitate easier of land and loans from banks. But its hard to see how governments on the continent can do that without breaching the protectionism rules of africa trade agreement and the World Trade Organization to greece aljazeera yami United States senate has just voted to override President Donald Trump veto the annual defense bill a major defeat for the president just 20 days before he leaves Office Senate shave the 2000 majority required to stop the bill with not a republican members voting against trump for the 1st time trying refused to sign a 740000000000. 00 defense act into law because it retains Legal Protection for Technology Companies lets go straight to alan fischer at the white house what will details do we have about about this move. Well its essentially going to be the law and one of the last things that this congress does and what theyre doing is handing donald trump a defeat both houses of congress supported by 2000 majority to overturn the president ial veto they needed the senate vote after the house vote on monday that has no gone through donald trump has already attacked those republicans in the house who voted to overturn the veto he will not do the same in the senate he attacked the leadership in the house as weak he will not do the same in the senate of course the republicans can defend themselves by saying look this bill actually contains a very important things for the military including peeresses and money for various schemes therefore we had to make sure it went through as clean as possible but donald trump very upset that it didnt include 1st of all protections removing protections from Tech Companies section 230. 00 as its known from those who might want to sue them because hes very angry with the Tech Companies and also he said initially he had vetoed this bill because it included a move to rename bases named after confederate leaders the confederacy of course was a side that lost in the American Civil War so this is really a big defeat for donald trump there is the possibility that more things may be discussed before the congress the new congress is sworn in at midday on the 3rd day of january that sunday just a couple of days away but it looks as if one of the last things that this congress will do is hand donald trump a defeat on a bill that has passed without objection over the last 59 years this time because he vetoed it both houses of congress including the senate which of course remember is republican controlled saying no mr president this time were going to see this goes through and youre a veto is useless and thats exactly what theyve done in the last few minutes thank you alan fischer at white house. Watching out is there a life in london was still ahead grieving families demand answers as they wait for news on libyas missing men. Its probably wintry of a mostly european plane thats not clatter and admitted li and the far east of europe to key west and russia its tomorrow the right expect with that cold front is trying to push the coded doesnt drop temperatures much as levon in book arrest which compared with vienna is a huge difference but the difference between cold and warm water is whats produced the Stormy Weather in the west involves a mad now by the time we get to saturday that strong southerly component there will be all thats left the Stormy Weather you know be showers around through saturday or course current snow up in the Higher Ground of the sky and the still that normally present in Northern Spain but the emphasis on the card has dropped somewhat milans quiet by saturday sun still maybe and then missed a bit of rain returns during monday now the snow because of this cold is pushing up to the adriatic well then reappear as he joins that cold wind coming across the baltic in germany in luxembourg in france for across the luxembourg confirms it does more 3 days youve got sunday monday and tuesday i think london with jordan with equal dismal weather and who knows the rain then pushes through greece in towards the jail in western turkey significant rain some of which were falling in croatia as well. Take the worst possible material eurabia grounded into dust comparable to ours and make a deal out of it and put it into place where people live it is a colossal event i was valid. So many people are thinking this is the silent heat. For those who make you feel like you feel like a movie we have created an enormous amount of mental disaster. And investigation south africa toxic city on aljazeera. The arab. World the a. Welcome back a look at the headlines now britain has formally left the European Union Single Market and Customs Union with no major delays in the movement of trucks and ferries between the u. K. And e. U. 20000000 people in the u. S. Have now tested positive for the corona virus thats almost a quarter of the worlds cases in just one country. And the african Free Trade Agreement has come into effect after months of delays with 33. 00 nations now trading as one of the Worlds Largest Single Market. In all the news Health Experts in india of met to review the safety of the ox Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccine reports suggest the vaccine is close to clearing its last hurdle country has yet to greenlight any vaccine for rollout despite recording more than 10000000 covered 1000 cases which is the worlds 2nd highest caseload there are signs that a final approval could be imminent as elizabeth prana reports now from the capital new delhi. Indias Health Ministry is saying that the Expert Committee of indias drugs regulatory body continuing to meet to consider emergency use all 3 vaccines and that the final decision will be taken by the director of the body they have been meeting for the 2nd day this week considering emergency use approval for the ox of astra zeneca but also for pfizer by own tech and an Indian Company called bought a biotech but we have a local media and voices use agency reporting that the Expert Committee has recommended emergency use approval for the Oxford Astra Zeneca and once that happens that will go to the director for his approval but that is just thought to be a formality preparations have been in full swing for the vaccination drive here theres going to be a trial run with mock drills that Vaccination Centers around the country on saturday to test everything from the transport arrangements for the vaccines to the cold Storage Systems the deployment of work because the app thats used to register and monitor everyone thats going to receive the vaccine the Indian Government is planning to inoculate 300000000 people just in the 1st half of this year and the already has the biggest Vaccination Program in the world where it and its around 56000000. 00 babies and pregnant women every year bought Health Experts say that the cold chain system in many places isnt a bad state that vaccines are always stored or monitored properly power cuts could last for hours leaving vaccines on food for use and that is why the government has been doing trial runs to identify and fix problems for the code that vaccine drive begins here. Now brazil is approaching 200000 deaths from 1902nd the United States but while u. S. Citizens are now vaccinating people in brazil is still waiting for that the president s outspoken views on the virus continue to divide Public Opinion on a chaotic your reports from Rio De Janeiro. Masson dont you do nascimento still visits the house his son used to live in who would have just turned 26 had he survived the couvade 19 pandemic but if hed approach a vision the last time i saw hugo he was in a hospital bed i waved at him showing i was there for him he waved back but an hour later he sent a message on whatsapp telling me that he was losing his strength and he would not make it who died on april 18th while he was fighting for his life in a crowded Rio De Janeiro hospital president jalal so not only was firing the 1st of 2 Health Ministers the 2nd lasted a month both doctors were sacked after they asked brazilians to respect the World Health Organizations guidelines they were replaced by a general who supports both. Since the beginning of the pandemic the president has been downplaying the virus calling it a little flu or discarding the mask and promoting gatherings with supporters and no social distancing 10 days after all was death the president was asked why brazils 5000 called the 1000 related deaths had outnumbered chinas. By june the number of deaths had reached 30000 a brazilian and dug a symbolic mass grave on reels a conic veach of copper combine to college attention to the spike of infections. A bolsa not a supporter started taking down the crosses calling them fake news and propaganda matthew was recovering from a covert 1000 infection and was strolling by rush to replace them one by one by august brazil had reached the landmark of 100000 deaths 2nd only to the United States in cold with 1900 tallaght east brazil still holds its place as the worlds 2nd largest covert 19 pop spot after the United States but contrary to the west and other latin american countries like chile and mexico they have still not started back an aging population despite bosso natters handling of the pandemic and his failure to deliver Campaign Promises like reducing public spending privatizing the economy and promoting a tax reform the president s popularity remains that more than 30 percent experts say he took a gamble by standing up to science to governors who opted for a lock down and by saying it was better to save the economy than lives not Many Brazilians think hes the one to blame. For that since it has been successful and the you know the Cash Transfer program to the emergency payments to the poorest brazilians have had an impact still brazilians know that aid is about to end massoud was apolitical at the beginning of the pandemic but has now made himself a communist mask with 2 more years to go bill so maddow will need to do something to heal this infected and politically divided country monica inaki of aljazeera Rio De Janeiro. Israel says a 1000000 of its citizens have received their 1st dose of a Coronavirus Vaccine so far its the fastest Vaccination Campaign operating in the world beginning less than 2 weeks ago but excludes 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants israel to be the 1st country to overcome the pandemic he aims to do so by february he says just a month before the general election when libyan war 25 to us forces control the city of tire hona hundreds of civilians were forcibly detained killed and tortured by the families dont know what happened to their loved ones as there is a trainer has been speaking to those still searching for the truth many families in libya will be spending the next few days together celebrating the new year but the family and through no will not be heinous as all the men in her family who were either killed or kidnapped by members of the armed group can yet backed by the warlord who leave her have to who made the town his command center before a field military campaign on the capital tripoli i dont know what other should be enough for me 21 men from my family are gone 14 were killed for no reason and 7 of them were kidnapped and until now we have no idea of their whereabouts they didnt bring us their bodies and the government hasnt been able to identify the bodies through tests if there are amongst the dead we want to know. When the un recognized government of Prime Minister faisal so raj retook western libya in june work began to find out what atrocities had been committed when to whom was half their stronghold so far 125 bodies have been recovered from mass graves in the city. Can yet militia is accused of carrying out the killings but the tripoli government has been slow to identify the bodies or begin work on other reported sites the United States blacklisted the kenya militia and its leader in november over the human rights abuses into. Ramadan says he notified authorities of where he believes his brother and 35 other men are buried but nothings been done so far to establish the truth. According to some witnesses they killed them and took them to the waste dump they buried them under the truck 36 men were there thats a lot of men i dont know why the government refuses to take them the lack of a proper investigation by the government has caused a great deal of anger here. Our team is currently working in town who know they are combing a large area and the digging is all done by hand unfortunately we dont have the materials yet to identify the bodies or high tech equipment to speed up the excavation process for the family and many like the mentor who know it could take years to discover what really happened to their loved ones so the closure they desperately seek will have to wait malik traynor aljazeera to whom. Many hong kong residents are packing up to avoid tough new security laws britain is offering refuge to those who no longer feel safe from the end of the month they can move to the u. K. For up to 5 years and apply for residency adrian brown has been finding out why some people plan to take up the offer. Many people in todays hong kong tend to choose their words carefully but fred z. Is not afraid to speak his mind about the reasons for leaving a territory he says he no longer recognizes no place he would say you feel safe anymore everywhere when you see Police Actually you will get tense thats why especially as a parent with kids it worries me a lot fred hopes to soon join his family in the nearby democratic island of taiwan he owns a Market Research Company Another skilled worker who doesnt want to go but says he has to that decision motivated by concerns over the new National Security law especially its impact on Academic Freedom when the true dont come to home you need to know all. What lessons that they had in school would make you very tired to always worry about your kids being brainwashed. Was he took part in protests last year demanding political reform demonstrations that often turn violent amid the subsequent campaign against ascent other families are also opting to leave this one else not to be identified because the fathers worried about the repercussions of speaking out theyve taken up the british governments resettlement offer and will soon leave their home for the last time. There is nothing to make me stay and it is torture to stay and if youre on the opposition side what the government is doing is not for the benefit of the people they have sacrificed hong kongs future for their own interests. Kim watching is an outspoken political commentator also mulling a move to britain in the last few among a lot of people just as wise to me the closer liberal me the the they say maybe you have to be less if you choose to stay because it is too good a little what the government to do for you these kind of outspoken people its not the 1st exodus from hong kong in the decade before the territory was returned from british to chinese rule in 1997 around half a 1000000 left but after securing a 2nd nationality many returned the mood among some of those leaving this time though is one of resignation a belief that they wont be coming back adrian brown aljazeera on call. The headlines now after nearly half a century the United Kingdom has formally left the European Union so far britains departure from the e. U. Single market and Customs Union has been fairly smooth the movement of trucks and ferries between the u. K. And the e. U. Has continued without any major delays but the coronavirus pandemic and a long weekend holiday meant that traffic was lighter than usual. Meanwhile 20000000 people in the United States have now tested pas