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A standoff with the government over crop prices shows no sign of being resolved. Plus a backlash and boycotts the nikkei it for its provoke debate about diversity in japan. And im he said with the sport and then pick organizers say the tokyo games will cost an extra 2400000000. 00 because of the delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Now more than one of the half 1000000 people have died from covert 1000 worldwide a 3rd of those deaths happened in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting Record Numbers of deaths in new cases among them italy which registered its highest daily death toll on thursday since the start of the pandemic its introducing new restrictions including limiting movement between regions in the worlds worst affected countries the United States hospital admissions and fatalities have also reached new highs the president elect joe biden says he will ask americans to wear masks during his 1st 3 months in office. Its on the 1st day im an arguer had to say im going to ask the public for 100 days to mask this 100 days to mask now for over 100 days and i think well see a significant reduction if we encourage that everything that occurs with vaccinations and masking to drive down the numbers considerably considerably well this will run surge means the need to approve vaccines has become ever more urgent but the u. K. Which was the 1st western country to do so thats come under fire from e. U. Regulates is suggested the british approach may have been hasty to have more on that shortly but 1st more on the situation in the us with reynolds the new epi center of california. With new covert 19 cases surging across the u. S. Californias governor said hes pulling the emergency brake and will order a 3 week stay at home borders in parts of the state based on Hospital Capacity the bottom line is if we dont act now our Hospital System will be overwhelmed we dont act now will continue to see a death rate climb more lives lost governor gavin newsom says the shutdown will go into effect as each Regions Hospital intensive care unit capacity falls below 15 percent most parts of the state are due to pass that mark by mid december were bursting at the seams with too many i. C. U. Patients too many patients that need oxygen and the projections suggest were just in the beginning of this new some big people to hold on a little longer till coronavirus vaccines are rolled out we have a light at the end of the tunnel with these vaccines but we need to take seriously this moment this is the most challenging moment since the beginning of this pandemic but Public Health experts say restrictions lockdowns and stay at home orders are useless unless people observe them americans are fatigued we were never very good turns out and abiding by Public Health advice. We just not we have to be more nasts we have been distancing weve alluded sizing it and been saying its my freedom not to do it. And so were really bad at that and i dont see any indication that were going to change another issue that many states are struggling with is a lack of Trained Medical personnel to handle the siege Rhode Islands governor is begging for help and if youre a retired Health Care Worker of any kind or a Health Care Worker whos currently under employed maybe have some time to spare or are unemployed or working in a non health care setting. Im asking you to suit up and help us out the nations top Infectious Disease expert dr anthony met via video link with members of president elect joe bidens Transition Team for what he called substantive discussions about dealing with the pandemic here in los angeles the mayor had a blunt message for the citys 4000000 people cancel everything mayor Eric Garcetti told angelenos if its not essential dont do it robert oulds. Los angeles americas top Infectious Disease experts has accepted joe bidens offer to serve as the chief medical advisor and the president elect and he felt cheated state own in his role and to help his Incoming Administration with its Coronavirus Response plan separately found she has also apologized for criticizing britains rapid approval of the biotech vaccine he says his comments were taken out of context lets look at this place you can speak to an official whos standing by there at the white house. Pedaling furiously. Is that mean its no surprise that hes going to serve in the bight ministration he said of several administrations so it normally is someone he is normally one of those people it just moves over to the next Administration Given hes a career scientist rather than a political appointee as for his comments in the u. K. Its clear that he didnt quite understand how the process when to head the fact that the regulators in the u. K. Were reviewing evidence as it was coming in from the Companies Rather than just accepting what the companys had said he made that comment on thursday saying well that theyve just accepted what the company said in the year in the u. S. We do things slightly differently well in the us they do do things slightly differently in this big new ruling approval process and the u. K. Standards are normally regarded as among the highest in the world so sensually just saying look i got it wrong the brits are doing a good job and he apologized for it in an interview on American Network Television Just in the last hour or so but he says that the process here in the United States will still go through the steps that the expect theres no intent in speeding up that process its still going to be around december the 10th that the f. D. A. Will meet to discuss in a public forum the results that have come from the 2 Drug Companies they will look at the evidence and then they will decide whether or not to grant the americans to use allowance thats almost certainly going to happen which means that the drugs will start to be circulated around the United States very quickly indeed after that remember the u. S. Government the administration of donald trump hoping that somewhere in the region of 20000000. 00 vaccine doses will be issued will be used before the end of the year or island thanks very much so thats a picture from washington d. C. Thank you very. Australia has begun voluntary mass testing in a move that officials hope will help avoid future lockdown this comes ahead of the governments plan to ease restrictions for monday Public Health advisors had opposed the governments move they warned that negative tests could provide a false sense of security ahead of the holidays slovakia and italy have begun similar screening efforts in recent weeks south korea has reported its highest number of new daily cases since march there were 6 129. 00 you infections on thursday half of them in the capital seoul the government has announced a ban on year end parties and impose strict social distancing guidelines in the greater seoul area meanwhile guards or is imposing a partial lockdown this weekend to try and curb a rise in the number of infections mosques and most schools will be closed during the day there will be a nighttime curfew from saturday a full lockdown is set to start next friday which will last until the end of month Drugmaker Pfizer has revealed it had to slash its original vaccine rollout tell you by half because of challenges in the supply chain pfizer and partner buying tech had hoped to distribute 100000000 vaccines globally this month thats now been reduced to 50000000 because they couldnt get enough room to rolls to make the vaccine pfizer has not said which materials contributed to the short drug makers are also facing major logistical hurdles in distributing billions of doses globally vaccine needs to be delivered using several medical supplies including glass files syringes and dry ice well dr marty davis is an Infectious Disease physician at Washington University school of medicine and she says the supply chain issue will affect developing countries and poor regions the most. All of this attention on the development of the vaccines and all of the scrutiny and unfortunately to some degree the pleasure great theres a politics that then were placed around this made i not pay much as much attention to the supply and distribution youre seeing now i believe a lot of these issues can be overcome in country parts of the us in the usa who have the resources to do so the good is a big issue from lower Income Countries who are ready have challenges in even understanding the vaccine there is a very big level of difference between what i talk institution and hospital like Washington University can provide for my patients then a doctor in Rural America can and require infrastructure but a lot of whats left out of here is you know like you said a lot of the tools needed to make this happen a lot of the legion a lot of the injections and things that actually are needed to administer not to mention you know vaccinators that need to be recruited for training that needs to happen is a complex issue that requires a high degree of planning and neglect availability and for some places that infrastructure is just not there and that is where we need to prioritize our funding and support. Plenty more still ahead these are included well tell you why some muslims in sri lanka are refusing to collect the remains of their loved ones who died of cave at 19. The u. N. Says its hearing disturbing reports about refugees inside ethiopia region well have the very latest on that. And the coronavirus disrupt south africa in englands one Day International cricket serious peter will have details that will. So the uns Refugee Agency says that bangladesh must not force ranger refugees to move to an island off the coast which is prone to storms and flooding aid groups have expressed concern that people are being coerced into going that way for the fischel say more than 1600 range of refugees heading to the island bash and child from coxs bizarre the un says its ready to evaluate conditions in the new location if the government will let them. Know that theyre forcing my son and his family to go he didnt want to go before same i came to see him probably for the last time. You know many of my family didnt want to go he they taking them by force if my family goes to the island they will die because the floods. In most of the sleep beat my brother and broke 2 or 3 teeth when they brought him here my brother didnt want to go to the other they beat my brother and they brought my nieces and sister in law here last night. Time a child who has more now from coxs bizarre. Finally the controversial relocation of rowing a reference to remote coastal island a boston charter has started out of 2500 listed rowing out that is 1642 rowing the refugees are on their way to this Remote Island by an adult now the government has come under severe criticism from local and. International human rights bodies as well as the u. N. Despite all those the government is determined to go ahead and relocate at least 200000 growing our refuges there in phases and we know all talking from the growing refugee is a camp as well as. 300 plus who are rescued from the world who are living and as i learned most of them are not happy with the situation preferred to stay in the bartering with me and my where they feel closer to home they can visit their extended families and they can help each other out now there is a lot of controversy here how these shots list were made by the camp leader a lot of growing us told that they were enticed and forced into putting their name in there and we cannot independently verify that now the government on its part says that facilities are good doesnt have a base hospital at least 120 clustered villages with good bottom facilities despite all there is there are still a lot of controversy the government insists the concentration is a major problem in one area and it cites security reason to moving theirs rowing us to a disagreement island. Indias government and protesting farmers have yet to find Common Ground on new laws that could affect crop prices the judge made gate on saturday after a 2nd round of talks on thursday ended without agreement farmers are continuing to protest against the legislation that was passed in september theyre worried it will prevent a minimum crop prices and lead to corporate exploitation this with problem is with some of the protesting from. Where the guard the poor Border Crossing between the states off of their predation and delhi where farmers from the states of all that are kind and other predation where thousands of farmers have gathered here on this highway which means that theres no traffic allowed to come from those states into delhi this is the smallest off the 3 session protests there are still around 2000 farmers as you can see everybody here is being fed theyre fed 3 times a day at all 3 protest sides tens of thousands of farmers remain on the other 2 key highways which are on the borders between the states of how to ghana and delhi and farmers everywhere everywhere say that theyre not going anywhere even as those talks between Farm Union Leaders and the government continue the 2nd round of talks took place on thursday and the main issue for farmers remain concerns over losing a minimum price for their projects losing elektras to the subsidies concerns that private buyers will have an unfair advantage of a farmers and unions and also they worry about who will resolve disputes over procurement over prices of the government has said that they are willing to take all of these concerns into consideration even right amendments to these laws of pharma say that these laws are fundamentally flawed that they were created without consultation with farmers pushed through parliament and that theyre not going to end the sit in protest until the laws are repealed and were expecting the protests to only get bigger theres a nationwide call for protests. On saturday and athletes from the state of punjab where many of these farmers are from planning to go to the president ial building on saturday a number of athletes including a limpet Gold Medalist to return their National Awards to the Indian Government they say in protest against the governments treatment of foreigners. In sri lanka the families of a number of muslim victims of covert 19 are refusing to claim the remains of their loved ones they are protesting against the governments forced cremation policy because they say its against their religious beliefs no fernandos has moved from colombo mom uncle will he be in jeffrey died of cool with dying teen on november 26th the Sri Lankan Government crew meets the bodies of anyone who dies of course with 19 even if its a suspected case it says its technical experts have advised this is the best way to prevent the spread of the virus but cremation is forbidden in islam and some families and now refusing to collect the bodies in protest the lot there for you do whatever you want we dont come for a nice thing the leave the body with you and the welcoming a number of other muslims are also refusing to pick up the remains of their relatives on tuesday the Supreme Court dismissed 11 petitions challenging the forced commissions a joint statement by 20 Civil Society organizations on thursday rejected the ruling saying in a statement the fate the victims of forced cremation of corbett 19900. 00 suspected dead had been the highest court in sri lanka has been shattered victims and communities are now left without a recourse in sri lanka for the continued injustice they suffer the Health Minister says burials cant be allowed on till the Technical Experts Committee presents its final decision after conducting an indepth study into the virus. Muslim activist says her community has lost patience and will continue to leave bodies organizers as theyre called here at the morgue until the cremation stop almost 18 months the Muslim Community has been asking answer from the government so they are fed up they dont trust the government anymore they feel that it is a punishment so they dont want to be part of this process at all so therefore they are just leaving the genesis and ive been told at least 2 or 3 hospitals muslim genesis up piling up government Spokesman Says the decision to cremate lies with the Experts Committee government to. Ensure it is the Expert Committee that decides finally its all garment to the government to the cabinet ministers the president Prime Minister the cabinet the minister from nothing to do with it it is just that really we have a lead and we are acting in terms of the. Expert committee but cases like that of mary news are seen here in these pictures are hard for the Muslim Community to accept the 44 year old was cremated within hours of dying at the Infectious Diseases hospital the next day the family was informed her test record 19 was negative. A son seen here in this mobile phone footage had the task of burying ashes losing a loved one to cause 19 is bad enough but many muslims cremating their bodies is a feat worse than death the government says all call victims are cremated on the advice of its Technical Experts Committee and it cant make exceptions for any community with infections and debts rising rapidly the dispute is far from over in the finance aljazeera colomba. Cutters the foreign minister says there has been some progress made to resolve the gulf dispute the gulf nation has been under an illegal land sea and had blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt since june 2017 President Trump Senior Adviser john cushnie recently visited riyadh and doha for talks Shaikh Mohammed bin abdul rahman tiny says hes hopeful things will move in the right direction but could not predict whether a breakthrough would fully resolve the standoff we have achieved certain father set certain point of time more than a year ago and then things has slowed down and right now there are some more moments that we hope that this will put an end for of this crisis because we see and we believe actually that gulf unity is very important for the security of the region for the stability of that region and for for the sake of our people this needless crisis needs to end. Well following on from that q. Waits for a minister gave a statement a short time ago saying that progress had been made. A constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently when all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resume lucians to preserve the region stability and harmony maintain the interest of the peoples within this context we express our appreciation for the latest if its a pledge or a cushion or the us president s advisor about it well joining us here in the horror is more Bashar Al Jazeera senior political analyst and simone what do you make of where we are at it seems that progress is being made but no breakthrough yet. Yes i think we are. Heading towards the last 3 days if you were before. Clearer more comprehensive statement is made about there is illusion about crisis my sense is that perhaps there are one or 2 issues. To be ironed out and theres going to have to be some sort of an occasion for them to actually sign on whatever the deal is now we all know that there is a gulf gulf summit happening towards and maybe next week or so right usually it is in the middle of the in the beginning a middle of the summer and i think probably going to be a good location for that to witness to introduce a new agreement between got that and the other countries so all in all in probably heading towards that and certainly all the signs of. This middle east envoy george bush was in town was in riyadh and he was in here in doha 2 so what did he bring to the party to help these discussions along the thing. I honestly dont think he brought much of a party but its i think its i thought it was very nice. Of the Foreign Ministers to you know to thank him for his. For his efforts as it were but clearly he came too late in the game and he left too early in the sense that he came to get some credit but it didnt really work out this way because everyone understands that the cut that hes under so it is that most of the work and kuwait of course has been mediating this for years now with 3 years so i think all in all and with the with the Top Administration running out of time its basically a lame duck session now putting all that aside i think its just worth mentioning just for our own sanity that push not played an Important Role in the crisis itself 3 years ago when i patently up more than 2 former secretary of state rex tillerson. Kush not at me when he was in saudi arabia doing that meeting between President Trump and god and hes done by lies that there was something cooking against got up and he remained silent he didnt even tell his own secretary of state so really when it comes to krishna i mean its nice that there are one you know as being thankful and appreciative and all but i think when it comes to the result of this crisis this has been a goal solution to our gulf problem right it seems as if there will be some kind of preliminary agreement initially what kind of shape might that take and would involve all the countries of the saudi arabia bahrain u. A. E. And egypt. Well look ideally it needs to be a comprehensive agreement but it doesnt have to be all implemented at the same time and or execute it at once meaning that it has to be some sort of understanding that this thing this thing has moved to what sort of situation that everyone is turning the page on a crisis that was bitter and and destabilizing forgot security i think too i think this thing can take the form of by a lot better relations between. Negotiations between cut out and Different Countries in order to reach specific agreements with specific countries in the framework of but that are nations 3 i think saudi arabia is the key. Issue and they were the key country here and thats why i cut that i was make sure that discusses whatever he said discuss with riyadh 1st because once youve got you know we goes along its going to be easy for the likes of beheading to do so and probably eventually egypt now could this start was some sort of confidence Building Measures if u. N. Or some good will watch especially for example in the part of saudi arabia where the opened the airspace for qatar to start flying you know treaty if you well i think that the remains to be sent in next few hours or days but certain that nick we are moving in that direction are among preset that mom was farther with his analysis of the currents its worse with the blockade thank you the uns Refugee Agency says its hearing disturbing reports from refugee camps inside ethiopias to a region that home to nearly 100000 refugees from neighboring eritrea but theyve been reportedly flee in search of safety you have his army has been fighting Regional Forces there for about a month the u. N. Has lost access to the reason and previously said food and medicine is running out. Egyptian authorities have released 3 human rights workers who are being held on terrorism related charges after an International Outcry they were working for one of the last Rights Groups still operating in the country when they were arrested last month and accused of joining a terror group and spreading false news the arrests were condemned by western governments activists and the United Nations well al jazeera continues to demand the release of journalists mockery to same whos now being detained without any formal charges in egypt for more than 1400. 00 days saying was arrested while on vacation with his family and current 2016 its attention is in violation of both egyptian and International Law as set out from hussein bomi whos an egypt and libya researcher at Amnesty International and he says that International Pressure helped secure the release of the human rights workers from that egyptian prison. Its simply because it shows what we and other human rights organizations and activists have been saying for years which is that in order to have really change in egypt syria needs to be coordinated and public action from egypt allies in europe and in america when we had set we have a clear example where is this pressure work with egypt and as such its very important that this pressure is maintained by european and north american states that egypt listens to because there are so many human rights defenders of syrian behind bars that are exactly from the already means behind bars muhammad bucket manual musri to fit their lists that never ends and as such International Community is a need to look at this moment as an opportunity not just its not this is a very minor victory but its an import unity because without that Human Rights Movement in egypt is it remains to face an existential threat and we would be in the same location 2 or 3 or 4 months is International Community doesnt maintain that coordinate up to the last 40 years under the trumbull administration we have seen that say u. S. Which is a major ally and partner to egypt has taken a back role on human rights and democracy issues in egypt and other countries and this has materialized in even more oppression in where ization shortys were able to commit much much more violations against human rights defenders members or community christians and many many others including journalists. Lets get a weather update. Hello the weather looks pretty changeable across the middle east over the next couple of days areas of cloud across northern parts of the region around the black sea the caspian sea all the way down to wards the red sea and you can see this line of cloud here that is effectively a cold front look at the temperature in kuwait 20 celsius here in doha we could be up to 30 degrees once again now as got a pet popular make its way further east where its i mean 19 celsius in kuwait on sunday afternoon wetter weather moving into that western side of iran that will lead to widespread flooding you see have pushed right into the heart of the country here in concert we should stay dry but as a system pushes through monday things will freshen up temperatures will struggle to get to 24 celsius crappy woody sweater then on the other side of the arabian sea lions you drive across a good part of india mist unfold problems up towards the north yes but its down into the south where we remain very concerned about a tropical cycle and brevity thats making its way across the tunnel not a grassy rolling over towards carolina red warnings in force here as a result of that there will be further flooding and over the next couple of days some parts could see i mean 100 millimeters of rain were going to see that grassy making its way over towards the horn of africa next week. Still ahead here on aljazeera i just did not know it will seem to plus i didnt see anything that got me to the film. Where in don i where people say they have little hope of seeing any real change ahead of its president ial election. Hollywood a bell was just streaming one of the biggest studios says its going to start releasing films online at the same time as in cinema. And for one dr bell romania kurrajong returns to the bahrain circuit at the scene of this horrifying crash to thank those who saved his life. With a tiny it in cameras criminals are illegally filming and sharing peoples most intimate moments when hes to investigate south koreas spy cam demick on aljazeera. Be the hero the world needs right. Washing. In 2008 traveled across the United States discovering what it was like to be both a patriotic american and a devout muslim can he be muslim and american in the hof to be american 1st i didnt have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that im listening to elected to the United States Congress Want has changed rewind islam in america on aljazeera. Youll. Find our top stories this more than one and a half 1000000 people have now died globally to cope with 93rd of those deaths have happened in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting Record Numbers of deaths and new cases. The uns Refugee Agency says the bangladesh must not force ranger refugees to move to a Remote Island off the coasts which is prone to storms into flooding this navy says more than 160200 refugees are heading to the island a bus in charge from cots is bizarre. The uns Refugee Agency says of eritrean refugees in ethiopia have fled their camps because of the conflict into grey more than 100000 refugees from neighboring eritrea housed in the region lets go live now to mark webb whos been following developments from nairobi malcolm do we know why this is happening whats causing the refugees to run away to flee. And their u. S. Refugee agency itself said its very hard to work out exactly whats going on because of a lack of access for humanitarian workers for the press and for everyone else to get to those camps but there are nearly 100000 eritrean refugees living in camps in northern ethiopia and its a great region just a few days ago the t. P. I. Left it said that ever trained soldiers were in those camps forcing people to go home now its something that the Ethiopian Government has repeatedly denied it said the eritrean soldiers havent been in ethiopia has denied reports that are trained soldiers been fighting alongside the Government Forces but in the absence of any access its hard to know whats going on the un Refugee Agency did say that it was very concerned about what it described as grim reports from those camps. All right mark thanks very much but update reporting from nairobi. Interpol has warned that organized Crime Networks are preparing to target 19 vaccines it issued 100 to its 194 member nations outlining potential criminal activity but physically and on line the Global Police Coordination Agency says that criminal organizations may attempt to fake or steal supplies of new vaccines nations he called for coordination between health regulators vaccines come closer to distribution lets take this on we can speak to jay williams whos president of the rendition of rendition in for a 2nd joins us on skype from augusta in georgia jake should this Global Orange notice which means its a serious an imminent threat to Public Safety who would be the prime targets of supply 1st of all. Obviously some of the vaccine manufacturers themselves but you know while theyve been concentrating on security for quite some time now the actual us supply chains largely have not the 1st time theyve really been involved up to this point and so were going to see criminals target them and all of those cyber offenses probably arent are the same way that we do that the manufacturers and researchers themselves could fake vaccines actually make their way onto the market in the hospitals or could it be that you know the hospitals start giving fake vaccines unknowingly. I think thats definitely a possibility but even beyond that just the suggestion that its a possibility once that its confirmed that some of these organizations happened even successfully targeted that opens up a suggestion of that possibility and decreases coppens overall whether or not its actually happening but answer the question yes it absolutely could happen the thing is that its a mammoth undertaking is that it would take some logistical effort to produce. A scaled up quantity of vaccines are fake. Well sure definitely but early on in the pandemic we saw fake you know i 95 masks we saw he eat stuff that was a you know massively lower quality but at least externally and packaging definitely appeared to be legitimate obviously theres a little more safety around back scenes and you know medical devices there but are a matter of medicine there but still definitely within the realm of possibility for a counterfeit standpoint and of course Cyber Attacks are going to give us the criminals the data they need to manufacture convincing counterfeit right so say that the data youre talking about would be the former that really of the vaccine itself why i think that maybe even a separate issue right we dont know who the clear winners and losers are in the vaccine race here there are many that are making their way through trials internationally there are very clearly will be some that are winners and others that are relative losers with more side effects potentially or a lot for efficacy and so even the formulas themselves are going to be important but separately i think that we will see targets are sorry attacks that attempts to insert things that are not even back seen maybe just you know say when bronsons replacing the actual back scene you know they may have been stolen in transit or incidents or sold on the black market whatever the case as far as i can appreciate the. President of rendition if its a few the u. N. Says conditions a reappeared in parts of yemen aid agencies are warning that time is running out to prevent mass starvation and the outlook is even worse for next year famine has never been officially declared in yemen web to 5 years of full 80 percent of the population depends on a. The window to prevent famine in yemen is narrowing is new figures reveal record high of acute Food Insecurity in the country thats according to new information today from the food Culture Organization the World Food Programme and unicef the agencys new integrated Food Security face classification analysis for yemen indicates that pockets of famine like conditions will face 5 Food Insecurity have already returned to the for the 1st time in 2 years they warn that the number of people experiencing this degree of catastrophic Food Insecurity could nearly triple from 16500 currently 247000 people between january and june 2021. Nation going to the polls and what is expected to be a race between the incumbent and a former president unemployment and corruption a dominating the campaign so far and so much interest now reports. After months of lockdown restrictions this Food Processing plant is slowly recovering from the impact of covered 90 many others did not survive the companys founder says doing business is difficult even when times are good the infrastructure of the company of the nation is such that even if you have money and theyre all. You consular benefit from me its the maras sauce bays that we have is such island which at some enterprise level i couldna contineu so its a National Something because you want Skilled Staff or employees to work with and its not really is the of the anomaly critics of the governments economic policies say is businesses cant grow because of the harsh environment they operate it. Despite the effect of coverage 19 experts say gone as economy would go into a recession thats what ive been predicting a one percent growth this year but concerns from here about point and i for our last month the countrys chief prosecutor quit alleging political interference from the presidency in the fight against corruption is now in hiding saying his life has been threatened yet again it is a wider war lead worried i did see patients of because states are sources by people in positions of power. And their conclusion is that none of the 2 parties is pure i dump your nor rights because im the end as he had been power and corruption was one of the key allegations he lit limaye give them and the government is also suffering from the pack of. The train mechanic and commercial motorcycle operate it. Government as bad commercial to cycle some operating in the city produce accidents and pollution but most of does it anyway because its the only means he says to support his family. When they get. To work for. The government there will be so many. Christian meow hawks to raise money to father age occasion she registered to vote for the 1st time but has decided not. To work for me like i dont get to meet any benefits from it even when we have that little right now weve been given. Want reform but they dont expect power to shift from the 2 dominant Political Parties that they say makes it hard to see a one they will see no real change. Aljazeera gonna. Evacuations are underway in indonesia is no smarter province after flash floods killed at least 3 people have the rains of battered the region for a week bursting river banks and submerging communities the government says more than 6000 homes have been damaged in towns surrounding the largest city. Police in peru who shot dead a 19 year old farm worker during a protest against low wages he was part of a group of striking workers sued blocked the countrys main mine to a with branches and stones and burning tires near the northern town of fear and the protesters want wage increases in the scrapping of an agricultural mall they say limits their rights and their income. Nike is facing a backlash in japan over a commercial thats highlights Racial Discrimination in the country the 2 minute ad has been shared widely on social media and some music calling for a boycott of the company now has the video features 3 teenagers who face bullying at school but overcome discrimination through sport. 2 of the girls are from racial minority groups and for some the ad wrongly portrays japanise prejudiced online criticism accuses nike of creating a false impression of japan from another critic the one thats prejudiced is nike while others have promised i wont buy nike ever again i think that they see the as the unnecessarily negative towards and and i think you have an older demographic it more male who are against one of the featured teenagers belongs to japans ethnically Korean Community mainly a legacy from japans colonial period when it ruled over the Korean Peninsula touching on the troubled relationship between the 2 neighbors always rekindles old animosities especially for the older generation but for younger people in japan there seems to be a greater acceptance of diversity with sports leading the way the success of japans multi racial rugby team in last years Rugby World Cup was widely celebrated and the emergence of biracial tennis star nyoman osaka who is featured in the ad is having a profound impact the images experiences that are project in the air you know i think resonate with young japanese over the summer we had black lives matters marches here japan is served leading towards greater tolerance and diversity but of course there are people are not comfortable. For its part to nike is standing by the ad saying discrimination is a global issue and it exists around the world but clearly some in japan would have been happier if the company had focused on a different part of the world of the broader aljazeera. The trumpet ministrations blacklisted more chinese owned businesses is the trade was. Beijing continues into the president s final weeks in power the white house barred u. S. Investments in top a chip maker. See an oil giant c. N. W. C. Accusing them of having ties to the Chinese Military both companies have rejected the decision saying it was a made off falls or misunderstood information. And the troubling ministration is sued social media giant facebook accusing it of favoring immigrants over americans the lawsuit claims that thousands of high paying jobs were reserved for overseas applicants it says that facebook refused to consider u. S. Workers entirely for some roles facebook has not publicly responded to the accusation. A runoff vote in the usa to georgia will determine whether republicans maintain control of the senate told with democrats can take the trump is planning a ronnie on saturday to bolster the republican vote is also intense push among grassroots organizations to get more people to the polls before mondays registration deadline you can name reports now from atlanta. Order hurt. These signs wallpapering speak to the election fatigue among georgians the 2020 Campaign Cycle is continuing at a breakneck pace the outcome of Georgias Senate runoff on january 5th will determine the balance of power in the senate and how ambitious have an agenda president elect joe biden can pursue our ancestors fought and died for us to vote in the 1st place so its almost like a crime for me and just who i stand for if i dont go out and vote one of the georgia stand up is one of the many nonpartisan grassroots organizations pounding the pavement during this pandemic Holiday Season its target is mobilizing the black vote especially eligible young and women voters we are experiencing a cultural war. Theres a shift in demographics this is a shift in power and so our job is empowered those who have the right to vote the last time georgians elected a democratic senator was 15 years ago but during that time the demographics of georgia have shifted blacks hispanics and asians now comprise more than a 3rd of the electorate i expect that you know both groups will experience a mixed bag of wins and losses Going Forward and that theyre going to be really close elections you know the same thing happened when whites were shifting their Party Identification in. The eightys and ninetys from the Democratic Party to the republican partys drive around libris action is a conservative organization wooing the countrys growing Hispanic Community latinos in georgia overwhelmingly voted for biden however the group points out that support for President Trump in the state jumped 10 percent in the last 4 years were seeing inroads were seeing more and more are beginning to. Take a look at the issues take a look at their at their lives take a look at policy and begin to say you know what the message that labor a is is telling us and conservatives overall that thats thats the direction i want to go whatever the outcome of the georgia Senate Runoff the real winner might be the power of each persons vote to toss it in a aljazeera atlanta. And up the hollywood 1st award of brothers has announced it will make its blockbusters available to stream online at the same time as a cinema already its a major shift in an industry that hauled by cave in 1000 lockdowns the companys upcoming titles will be released on the h. B. O. Max platform in the coming months. The original gun used by the late actor sean connery in its 1st James Bond Film has been sold for a quarter of a 1000000. 00 the holter p. K. Became an icon of the film franchise offer appearing in the 1962 movie got to know its old foot higher than expected at auction more than a month off the up to died at the age of 90. So the head here not separate funds to return to football in england will be in limited numbers itll have that its a more useful. Business leaders is both to buy no brass pop. Business leaders just want to buy no bra spot. Order for the. It on this board is pretty thank you dick organizers of the Tokyo Olympics say delaying the games to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic will cost an extra 2400000000. 00 the unprecedented postponement and a series of new virus Counter Measures have balloon the already controversial budget the extra costs will be shared by the organizing committee the government and the Japanese Central government japans Prime Minister is promising the games will still go ahead with it might not. At the u. N. General assembly in september this year i express my strong determination to host the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of next year as proof that humanity has defeated the pandemic i will continue to spend no effort to bring about the games that are safe and secure. Englands cricket team say theyre concerned about the integrity of their bio secure bubble in south africa of the one south african player tested positive for corona virus the case forced the postponement of the 1st one Day International in cape town just an hour before this did start on friday both teams are staying in the same hotel so the african team is investigating if there was a breach meanwhile the game has now been moved in the series will instead start on sunday and paul arsenal fans have been allowed into their team stadium for the 1st time in 8 months of the lockdown rules change in london 2000 spectators were allowed in to watch them play rapid vienna in the Europa League arsenal won the match for one and the fans were thrilled to be back albeit in limited numbers. Its been a whole its been how its nice not the same still the same the excitement you get you know just when its going to get ready coming up on the train that will care about you missed another thing you realize how much he misses until you can do it tonight its just been i feel like a kid a Christmas Christmas is coming and so im one of the lucky ones mary special and delighted to have them back i think you know them or next years contribution we have 2000 miles in the night again many more there were only 2 or 3 with it seem there will be encouraging to see him. Over in the us Minnesota United are through to the western conference final in Major League Soccer after a superb 1st off display against Sporting Kansas City kevin molina scored twice says minnesota helped themselves to 3 goals in the space of just 12 minutes kansas city never recovered from their good 3 no win for minnesota who move on to mondays western conference final where they will meet the defending arrows champions the seattles sound. Practice for sundays grand prix in bahrain after an eventful week in formula one World Champion Lewis Hamilton isnt taking part having contracted coronavirus but there has been a welcome return to the paddock for a man grows john days after hes horrifying crash gemma goes around School Reports a. Few drivers have walked away from a crash as serious as roman groeschel but just 4 days as he was engulfed in a fireball the french been returned to the track where it happened version spent 3 nights in hospital being treated for burns to his hands and a broken left foot he came back to thank those whod saved his life thank you for coming by giving the banks a price for you when a man across the road. Was. Your reaction but you just say so did you do all your work there so where was a big car thank you for saving my life was. Investigation into the crash is ongoing and this has teammate is happy to see growth back on his feet everything taken in consideration i would say very good i mean. His spirit is incredible after you know what hes just been through is in a very positive and reflective on the whole thing yeah i mean seems pretty strong about it i see as gershon recovers his thought it has will be filled by picturing fittipaldi grandson. Of 2 time f one champion Emerson Fittipaldi and hes not the only replacement for this weeks race current World Champion Lewis Hamilton is isolating after testing positive for the cove in 1000. 00 on monday that has led to an opportunity of a lifetime for williams driver George Russell whos been borrowed by ms sadies and hes confident he can more than fill hamiltons shoes different with a tight squeeze. My size 11 feet were a struggle so having to wear size smaller shape. Would be ideal so thats slightly uncomfortable but im sure i can enjoy all the pain to give us options see. Another change from last weeks races that drivers will switch to bahrains outas circuit for the sick a grand prix it takes less than a minute to go around the much shorter track which could create conditions for another exciting race joining us rasika al jazeera in the n. B. A. Golden state warriors god to stay if the curry is looking forward to returning to action optimising lauds parts of the previous season with a hand injury after 5 consecutive conference titles the warriors missed out on the playoffs last season as injuries are ravage their squad and before preseason even begins theyve been hit with a season ending injury to another star man clay thompson. Was emotional for sure because you want the best for him he deserves the best you know this game has to offer. I know he was working hard to get that help bring that same effort commitment focus to do this rehab and you know were this team mates have to have his back and try to you know the positive. Australias rugby team are not taking anything for granted when they play argentina in the final match of the tri nations on saturday the origin times will be without captain problematic and 2 other players off to racist and xenophobic social media posts from nearly a decade ago resurfaced this week but the wallabies expect their opponents to be fired up as both teams look to end the year on a high terms of their place but theyve got a really good squad who saying that you know from natural matches that we played them in. And then through what theyve what theyve managed to do down here a short notice theyre clearly trying to do well against each other during the wake. And now we certainly up for it and week like that. You know theyre passionate bunch of guys im sure theyll be up for the game thats all the sports news more on the way later nick played it will see you later thanks very much indeed that is it for the news ill be back in a couple minutes with another news we shall see them. And count 50. Children. Of. Likely to be the child. Of people you just leave to. 6. Weve never had a president who has literally for 4 or 5 years repeatedly attacked our democracy. Loosely related to it and finally i dont have a narrative i have a question youre hitting there really where people cant get treated and just even further join me Richelle Carey and outfront is my guest from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the weeks top stories in pressing issues here on aljazeera. 2023 year of lockdowns and social distancing he cant reach across the screen to give someone an alleyway explores one of the Global Pandemic speaking of side effects loneliness everyone who lives alone has been forced to be socially isolated for the 1st time theyre highlighting its effects on physical and Mental Health and discovering the unique ways of taking control in a being and then to get at the same to have all have a knock down on. The global death toll from curb 19 tops 1. 5000002 of the worst hit nations the United States and italy report a Record Number of fatalities. But on the clock this is about 0 a line from the home also coming up in the program the Foreign Ministers of culture and q. A. Say progress has been made in a result in the gulf crisis. Bangladesh transfers hundreds of fijis to an isolated island despite concerns from the un and the Rights Groups