Produce. At a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in the academic calendar. In the past 24 hours more than 2700 americans have died from covert 19 thats the highest daily death toll in the country west affected by the virus since april further to bass for the 1st time hospital admissions across the u. S. Topped 100000 in just 24 hours and 200000 new cases were reported thats another record now the head of the u. S. Centers for Disease Control has warned that by february a further 200000 people could die from the virus. So were in that range potentially now. To see if seen 100 to 2000 to 2500 nasa day. From this farm so yeah the mortality concerns are real. And i do think unfortunately before we see february we could be close to the floor and 50000 americans have died from this virus in the u. K. The pfizer bio and tech coated 19 vaccine will be administered to high risk groups within days its the 1st country to approve a vaccine that made it through all the Clinical Trials paul brennan reports from london. The approval of a vaccine almost exactly a year since coded 901st emerged in china is a triumph for science the final trial data for the pfizer buy on tech vaccine was only submitted to the u. K. Regulator the m h r a a week ago but as a result of a process of rolling approval examining data even as the trials were taking place the regulator has been able to move swiftly and confidently to declare it effective and safe the safety of the vaccine has been scrutinized independently by our commission on human medicines and no stone has been left unturned so absolute confidence in the Safety Effectiveness and quality of the pfizer violent tech vaccine. Brussels airport has been demonstrating its refrigerated cargo facilities in expectation of a major role in distributing the belgian made vaccine britain has bought 40000000 doses of the pfizer buy on tech job in the 1st 800000 doses will be shipped to the u. K. Within days were packing vials of fact seeing as we speak and will be shipping in the next 2448 hours the 1st batches to the u. K. 10000000. 00 doses will be delivered by the end of the year and the remainder will arrive during 2021 will no longer resting on the mere hope that we can return to normal next year. In the spring but rather the sure and certain knowledge that we will succeed and together reclaim our lives and the things about our lives that we love there are still challenges this specific vaccine needs to be kept within minus 70 celsius and minus 80 celsius meaning that hospitals will almost certainly have to be the main hubs for distribution but it can be kept for up to 5 days of normal fridge temperature between 2 degrees and 8 degrees celsius individuals need to japs 21 days apart for full protection and in the u. K. A committee called the j c v i says elderly care home residents and their carers will be 1st in line you know order to protect the most vulnerable we have prioritized the most vulnerable individuals 1st the other element is protection of the n. H. S. The health and social care system because by protecting the n. H. S. We osu protect lives the challenge now is to manufacture and distribute the quantities required to meet what will inevitably be extraordinary demand britain has a head start but the United States has ordered 100000000 doses of the pfizer biotech jab and the European Union 200000000 there are several other vaccines undergoing final stage trials and vaccine candidates by madonna and Oxford Astra Zeneca have been submitted to regulators with the u. K. s approval pfizer bio on tac are leading the field the options for tackling this Global Pandemic are likely to get even wider within a matter of weeks paul brennan aljazeera london officials in the us are racing to follow the u. K. And approve the Pfizer Vaccine as early as next week approval for the madonna vaccine could soon follow the u. S. Health secretary says that he hopes 40 percent of adults could be immunized within 3 months. We can make our 1st shipments of vaccine to states this month and were on track to be able to ship enough vaccine for 20000000. 00 americans before the end of the year of course were all eager to have enough supply vaccinate every american who wants it and because of operation works feed we expect to be at that point in the spring vaccines will only bring this pandemic to an end if enough americans choose to take these vaccines the World Health Organization is also reviewing the pfizer bio and tech vaccine for emergency listing however it could take developing nations months to get access. We need to develop more vaccines we should stop we need more least 3 or 4 we need to increase production we need to pull the price down we need we love a woman those vaccines because they have all of the action so far 2 doses so the integration is not finished we need the research to continue we need everyone to support on the search in Brazil Health experts are warning of a 2nd wave of covert by emptiness authorities continue to struggle to deal with the 1st intensive care units in sao paulo and Rio De Janeiro running out of beds from rio monica yant to care for ports. As summer approaches in temperatures rise the beaches in Rio De Janeiro are increasingly packed. And so are the intensive care units both in public and private hospitals 90 percent of them are occupied many of them by younger patients but thats not stopping countless others who believe the couvade 1000 pandemic could soon im no longer afraid of the coronavirus nobody is just look around ignoring social distancing and the use of masks is a risk that comes at a high price no we are not prepared for the 2nd wave american see field hospitals have been dismantled doctors say existing hospitals in Rio De Janeiro and sao paulo are reaching their limit and may no longer be able to cope with the increasing number of infected unless urgent measures to stop them are taken. Several. Docs that were in the front already that what they are all right here that. Means that we are headed on the other than a peak and i am afraid im really afraid that december chair to brazil this week is so slight or small feeling is that well we are to have. Christmas and beginning of the new year. With 174000 coded 1000 related deaths brazil has the worlds 2nd largest number of fatalities after the United States but just as the curve was beginning to flatten there was a spike more and more young people were seen in crowded bars and at parties and then there was the recent Political Campaign for mayoral elections in more than 5000 cities nationwide as soon as the november 29 municipal elections were over the governor of the state of sawah will announce new Safety Measures a foggy. We want to close down Economic Activities but restrict them to avoid gatherings. As of now shops bars and restaurants will only be able to operate at 40 percent of their capacity and must close by 10 pm. For some it may be too little too late brazil still lacks a National Policy for dealing with the pandemic so even for researchers working on the vaccine like margaret thought of its hard to imagine what will happen if government author and brazilians themselves dont take the necessary precautions i dont. I dont. I am trait i dont know. Experts say the best hope is still the vaccine but in the best Case Scenario mass vaccination in brazil is expected to start only after march of 2021 monica and i give Rio De Janeiro all just 0. Russias president has ordered the fishes to begin mask over 1000 vaccinations next week mayor putin said that his country will have produced 2000000 doses of its sputnik 5 vaccine within the next few days its said to be 92 percent effective the data hasnt been released showing that its gone through the same Clinical Trials as other vaccines russia has reported more than 2300000 infections. U. S. Media is reporting that saudi arabia is close to reopening its airspace and land borders to cattle cattle has been on the land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt since june of 2017 President TrumpSenior Adviser jared cushion i was in castle on wednesday as is reported to have also visited saudi Arabia Bloomberg and the New York Times suggest the tentative deal is being broken by q. Ways that doesnt include bahrain the u. A. E. Or egypt Hong Kong Media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jimmy lie has been refused bail the outspoken government critic has appeared in course hes been charged with defrauding government owned businesses earlier this year life was among 10 people arrested on suspicion of violating a National Security law but was later released. The japanese government says that it has grave concerns about the jailing of 3 hong kong activists joshua wong this child ivan lamb were found guilty of Unlawful Assembly on tuesday they received 1310 and 7 month jail terms respectively this child is fluent in japanese and well known in japan tokyo says theyve conveyed their concerns to china about hong kong several times lets go live now to hong kong i was here as to vehicle pollen is there to be a lets start with jimmy lie whats he alleged to have done. That this is a very significant case here at the moment particularly because jimmy lies not only known for his prodemocracy activities but hes also a huge tycoon here in hong kong he is well known for his rags to riches story hes got a net worth estimated net worth of about a 1000000000. 00 he wants Media Companies previously run Clothing Companies so he is definitely a big fish when it comes to hong kongs Democracy Movements here and his profile here in the city now hes got several cases against him as you had mentioned one of those would be the National Security law but this particular case had to do with an office within his media complex and it was allegedly a violation of. The government now none the less he was seen as a flight risk so he was reporting to the Police Station on a routine charge yes last night and they decided that they would not grant him bail which means that him and his 2 colleagues from that Media Company will be spending christmas behind bars and beyond us the next hearing for this particular for fraud case is not until april 16th which means that he will be spending the next few months in jail and joining that time prosecutors are expected to levy even more charges against him along with the other or. Previous news previously had mostly to do with the protests of last year and that National Security law case that they could be building a very huge case against him now this is a massive blow once again for hong kong and its Democracy Movement seeing one of their most high profile figures someone thats seen as having very close ties with the u. S. Now behind bars to be a part of reporting live from hong kong many thanks to you. Indian thomas amazing government ministers for a 2nd round of talks as protests against new agricultural bourse intensify pharmacy to continue demonstrating how to negotiations on tuesday ended without an agreement follows a worry that the legislation will put an end to minimum crop prices and they say that will lead to corporate exploitation so they system for mountains there is elizabeth peron im whos in to create what is the latest incident. Hello adrian we are to create Border Crossing between the states of pollyanna and delhi with thousands of farmers remain capped out blocking about 5 kilometers of a national highway coming into the capital delhi and more and more farmers are on their way to the borders a group of farmers from the state of rajnath on bush doesnt order delhi have now arrived at one of the protest sites and theyre saying that many more farms from roger stone are on their way we are at one of 3 Border Crossings into the indian capital which are completely closed to traffic now because of these protests causing a lot of traffic disruption and pharma so they want to continue to create this disruption until the government either repealed 3 recent farm that was all rights guarantees of minimum prices for the projects entity or the farmers unions and meeting with the government 2nd round of talks this week taking place on thursday and the government says that its going to enter these talks with an open heart they want to. Find a solution thats in the interest of farmers but with Prime Minister that in the moodys recent comments that these are much needed reforms that are in the interest of pharmacists difficult to see right now how the 2 sides can find a middle ground there are thousands of people the demonstration that they represent only a tiny fraction of those working in the industry across the country whats happening elsewhere. Thats right there are Something Like around a half. Off of the nice 1300000000 people who work in the Agriculture Sector and these protests are getting more and more attention and support we have farmers in the state of maharashtra today who are going on a state wide protest in solidarity with the farmers on the borders of delhi farmers unions around the country have. Called for a protest on saturday and you know weve had a lot of support from the public from musicians from the state of punjab where a lot of these farmers a from and now weve had around a 150 actually the clearing a limb pick gold medalists saying that theyre going to go to the president ial building on saturday to return their National Awards again and solidarity with these farmers and this is something that the government is aware of the support that the farm is have which is probably why they allowed farmers to come into delhi after trying to stop them for 2 days with tear gas and water cannon and baton charging them and have now agreed to holding talks despite the fact that farmers will now clear the highways. As many things are serious and as withdrawn im reporting live from tikrit. Weather update next here ill see about that a breakthrough in the afghan Peace Process find out what it means for talks between the government and the taliban. And the urgent crisis in syria as the cold of winter puts millions of people at risk. Weve got a real mixed bag in the weather across europe at the moment some very thunderous showers across central parts of the but its right in some nasty weather rolling through head choppy seas as well as some very strong winds but some really heavy rain to boot up tools in north west is looking pretty unsettled as well the areas of low pressure sliding through here wet and windy. Increasingly wintry weather piling in cross the northwest as we go on through the next couple of days its going to cloud and rain across parts of france into the by of biscay you can see some snow that just pushing to will see out as that western weather across central parts of the mediterranean edging its way towards greasy adriatic see some heavy showers into the balkans and a line of snowy weather up towards portugal lasso making its way slowly but surely further east which is because through the next couple days look at the temperatures in glasgow and london well down into single figures for london to the top which is a 5 celsius no snow he makes a fair bit of that could see a meter or 2 snow over the alps and then more heavy showers right across the mediterranean pretty unsettled and that unsettled weather just lapping onto the coastal shoals of which you need algeria much of north africa is fine a try but the showers that into the gulf of guinea. Frank assessments youve got colleagues on the ground and in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse or 2200 people informed opinion just how big this Foreign Policy in the early stages of a bomb the destruction he comes into office with a huge amount of Foreign Policy experience indepth analysis of the days global headlines how will a place like it live get a back seat when theres no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on aljazeera. Again this is aljazeera the main news this hour more than 2700 people in the u. S. Have died from the corona virus over the past 24 hours the highest daily death toll since april hospital admissions also reached a record 100001 wednesday. Hong kong media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jimmy lai has been refused bail the outspoken government critic has been charged with defrauding the government and businesses. And Indian Farmers a meeting government ministers for a 2nd round of talks this protest against new agricultural morse intensified farmers worry that the new laws will end minimum crop prices and lead to corporate exploitation. U. S. President donald trump has given a 46 minute speech on social media repeating is unfounded allegations of Election Fraud facebook and twitter placed warnings on the video statement it comes a day after trumps claims were contradicted by the u. S. Attorney general aljazeera as alan fischer reports. It was remarkable this may be the most important speech ive ever made more for how it was delivered than the sentiment donald trump does not accept the result of the 2020 us president ial election but for the man regarded as the most powerful politician in the w