But is accused of turning a blind eye to egypts human rights record. And lives torn apart by war poverty and the pandemic and the urgent appeal for funds to help millions of children in the middle east and africa. And im santa how much with the sport as europe holds its qualifying draw for the 2022 world cup in qatar details coming up this hour. Welcome to the news our hope of imminent Vaccination Programs is doing the thrill to reduce the devastating Global Impact of the coronavirus Record Numbers of people are being admitted into hospital in the us tough restrictions are also coming into force in different parts of the world on monday more than 33000000 people in Southern California in the San Joaquin Valley were hit with stay at home or does restaurants a close to in person dining in many other places like hair and nails salons museums and playgrounds have been completely shot in germany a chance and has hinted that harsher regulations will be required there she said existing measures of partial lockdown and social distancing rules will not be sufficient to get the country through the winter period and then theres been a 3rd wave of cases in south korea the. About new regulations araf is that people are becoming fatigued by them the restrictions on travel and gatherings of so far failed to cut the growing number of infections that well Al Jazeera Rob Reynolds is in los angeles where those tough new restrictions have now come into effect rob just tell us how these new rules are going to work. Well let me get to california in just a moment but 1st some some breaking news out of the white house in washington d. C. Where outgoing President Donald Trump has signed or says he will sign an executive order insuring that americans get 1st did sort of 1st in line to receive vaccinations for the coronavirus this is. Something that Public Health officials have have spoken about repeatedly they are afraid of a. Vaccine war breaking out between countries with each country trying to hoard its own vaccine so well see how this executive order takes effect or if it has really any effect at all past the presidency of donald trump and here in california its a very dire situation as you mentioned more than 30000000 people under the most severe stay at home orders since back in march in the 1st wave of the coronavirus the metric that the state uses is to get to trigger lock downs is when a Regions Hospital intensive care unit capacity falls below 15 percent well Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley have fallen well below that the last figure on sunday for the Southern California area including Los Angeles San diego many other cities was 10. 3 percent and just a few moments ago the governor of california gavin newsom explain to people in a televised briefing that the number of californians now in hospitals has top 10000 and that is a shocking 72 percent increase over the past 14 days so its really all about hospital care and courts when you have overcrowded or filled to capacity hospitals with people suffer. From covert 1000 receiving treatment for that illness theres no room for people who might be in a car accident or or suffer a heart attack or Something Like this so this is the situation here now there are widespread restrictions on businesses thats getting a lot of pushback as well and really quite a dire pronouncement from the head of Public Health the head of the Public Health department here in Los Angeles County the largest county in the United States director barbara frere saying were going to have 3 weeks of devastation before well even be able to assess the impact that these new lock downs in effect have had so its its a long way to go frankly and of course weve seen this done with the crown a virus everywhere in the wild trying to balance what is a Public Health crisis but the that mental Economic Impact tell us more about reaction that particularly from rest on time as and Small Businesses. Yes theres been a lot of pushback theres been a lot of Small Business owners and restaurant tours people who you know barbers shop owners nail salons beauty parlors there theyre complaining that they dont understand why theyre being singled out they they question the Science Behind it and even some Law Enforcement officials for example the sheriff of Riverside County thats east of los angeles went on put it put a video out on facebook saying that the governors rules on the shutdown are all wrong hes not going to follow them and hes not going to have his officers interfere with anyone or any businesses. In in enforcing the shutdown the governor has come under Harsh Criticism for a trip that he made to a fancy restaurant with a group of his friends and associates back in november they were seen dining without masks so there is a question of the park receipt thats raised about gavin newsom and is his ongoing orders but certainly this is not a popular order it is not something that police are going to go door to door shop to shop to enforce rather officials here in los angeles and statewide hope that the power of persuasion will keep people indoors and out of harms way mari much thank you from Los Angeles Rob ronalds well here in the u. K. A country thats in 12 hours away from beginning a mass coronavirus Vaccination Program festo says of the vaccine made by pfizer and biotech will be given out on tuesday those over the age of 80 and cash is going to be 1st 2 in line for this Health Chiefs are also warning that the road out going to be a marathon not a sprint with the majority of Vulnerable People likely to receive it next year eve barker reports now from london. Will be among those at the front. Of the cue to be vaccinated against covert 19 the racial equality campaigner from Newcastle Upon Tyne in northeast england says its a relief and i have received a telephone call i was really excited i feel. Its good you know. The opportunity of doing get and so im not no. I looking forward to final preparations are under way ahead of the largest Vaccination Program in british history of the pfizer bio and tech drug approved for use in the u. K. Last week have been arriving from pfizers factory in belgium the logistical challenge is immense the vaccine needs to be kept to the around minus 70 degree celcius everything we need in england 50 hospitals would facilities to store the super chill drug will be the 1st to administer it scotland wales and Northern Ireland will also begin similar programs and hospitals on choose day its the beginning of the end of this pandemic were not there yet its so important that people keep doing the things we know we need to do following the rules and the basics to make sure we keep this under control but we can now see the light at the end of the tunnel the governments ordered 40000000 doses so far and initial 800000 will be available in the 1st round of treatment this week capable of inoculating 400000 people with 2 injections 21 days apart this is one of several London Hospitals that will begin backs in ating this week because initial supply is a limited those at the front of the line will be elderly people currently receiving treatment in hospital many others over the age of 80 have also been contacted to come forward and get their jobs and care workers who look after the elderly have also been prioritise if there are any doses left to Health Care Workers at serious risk of contracting the virus. Immunity starts to build off to the 1st dose but becomes fully effective a week after the 2nd in later phases of the rollout boxes of the vaccine that come in packs of almost a 1000 doses will be split up shared around the country and defrosted the vaccine could be stored at normal fridge temperature but only for a few days as well as the logistical challenges the government also hoping to build public trust to the vaccine developed and approved record speed. In the wake of the pandemic conspiracy beliefs of going ground a sizable minority of anti vaccination demonstrators believe the pandemic was fabricated by government and the vaccines designed to insert people with microchips i dont. 7 according to researchers at Oxford University up to a quarter of the population could be entertaining such ideas. British Scientists Say stringent checks have been carried out to ensure the vaccine safety and effectiveness the u. K. Is setting the pace for many other countries what happens here could be a game changer in the Global Campaign against coronavirus. London we were us president elect joe biden is building his team to fight the crown a virus pandemic named californias attorney general as his Incoming Health secretary if confirmed by the senate will be the 1st latino to head the department is known for leading a series of lawsuits defending obamacare will take on the top Health Officials prepare for the mammoth task of vaccinating millions of americans our White House Correspondent kelly how care has more on the reaction to buy pick. Its been a combination of surprise and controversy lets start with the surprise given the fact that hes californias attorney general. Many people thought this was an unusual pig given the fact that really this is the health and Human Services secretary oversees a very large and sprawling Health Department but what he would say and what many of his defenders would say is that he was an ardent defender of a key piece of law in the United States that has been under attack for years and that is the Affordable Care act that gives millions access to health care so in that respect he is not a surprise but still there is some concern about his background being legal versus medical in fact number of prominent medical groups including the American College of physicians the American College of pediatrics have sent a letter to joe biden the president elect saying that they were not happy or they were concerned that he was even being put forward as a contender given the fact that they feel there should be a Public Health background in that role but still having a bizarre has the blessing of a top official currently fighting pope at 19 and that is dr anthony found the top Infectious Disease specialist and that certainly speaks volumes as the United States is facing the daunting challenge and the high number of deaths in this country as a result. So i have for you on this news hour from london Nicolas Maduro as coalition sweeps the countrys parliamentary elections but the u. S. And e. U. Refused to recognize the results. Marathon of Fans Campaign for commemorative banknotes a move some economists hope could boost the embattled peso and then later inspire will tell you about the Israeli Football Club now call out by the abu dhabi royal family. Now french president has been accused of failing to challenge egypts president over human rights abuses present. In france for 2 days on an official visit mark owen has confirmed he will allow the sale of weapons to egypt because they have a shared mission in fighting terrorism in the region and reports now from paris. The grandest ceremony at the start of a contentious visit egyptian president Abdel Fattah Elsisi was a school to the lease a palace where he was greeted by the french president Emanuel Michel the leaders discussed regional issues counterterrorism and their shared opposition to turkeys actions in libya and the Eastern Mediterranean mackerel said he also raised concerns about human rights in egypt with sisi but refused to jeopardize pariss Strategic Partnership with cairo. Conditionally. I will not make our cooperation in defense or economic matters conditional on these disagreements 1st because i believe in the sovereignty of people and respect for our legitimate and reciprocal interests 2nd because i believe that it is more effective to have a policy of demanding dialogue than a policy of boycott that would reduce the effectiveness of one of our partners in the fight against terrorism and for regional stability president sisi dismissed accusations of rights abuses. It is not appropriate for you to present the Egyptian State and everything it does for its people and for the stability of the region as no press of regime. The french president says that egypt is a Strategic Partner in the region but activists say unless cairo respects human rights such a partnership is a betrayal of french values. France is one of egypts main suppliers of weapons campaigners say the sale of arms to cairo should be suspended the accused sissys government of using what he calls Counterterrorism Operations to crush Civil Society and arrest thousands of rights defenders journalists and perceived opponents as wrong as the egyptian president uses the fight against terrorism to suppress Civil Society voice. There is no shortage of partnership that can be done with the government. In 2019 michael visited cairo and spoke about human rights in egypt since then relations between france and egypt have been strained macro hopes to repair them but campaigners questioned the cost to frances reputation and its actual butler ill just era powers. U. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson is due to travel to brussels this week in a bid to thrash out a last minute post breaks it deal both the u. K. And the e. U. Of called on their chief negotiators will also attend a meeting to prepare an overview of their remaining differences Boris Johnson as you have on the line spoke by telephone for 90 minutes before releasing a statement confirming that significant differences remained on 3 Critical Issues is the 2nd phone call now and forth hours as they try to reach a breakthrough before you case transition period comes to an end. If one is lets be to really challenge joins me in the studio now not long to go now henri that is a feeling that will be a deal well i mean its high in the balance as i mean how often have we said with these negotiations over the whole brics it saga this was crunch talks or last gasp chance to pull something out of the ashes and it seems to happen time and time again and with this as we are heading towards really the you know the deadline of deadlines on the 31st of december of this year if there is no deal reached between the u. K. In the you then the transition period and on the other side of that the 1st generally 2021 the u. K. And the e. U. Will be trading with each other on whats called w t o terms World Trade Organization terms essential that means that all of these trade barriers spring up tariffs and regulate rechecks accept or it would really throw a spanner in the works of what has been for decades very seamless. Between the 2 sides will there be a deal what i think if youre looking at the statement this is being released by sort of underlying and from a surprise johnson youd say that perhaps the you know the chances are on the up would Boris Johnson really decide that he was going to go to brussels later on this week if he didnt think that there was a deal that was possible i would argue that he probably thinks there is and that he wants to be front and center when the deal is actually start of course group of the other way but thats my go crunch thanks very much rory well now unicef is asking for 2 and a half 1000000000. 00 in new funds to help children in the middle east and north africa Aid Agency Says 39000000. 00 children have been impacted by war poverty and the coronavirus now yemen syria lebanon and sudan have the highest number of children in need most of the funds requested will go towards education nutrition and health care earlier this month unicef issued its largest ever emergency funding appeal for 6400000000. 00 to reach 300000000 people or Nicola Bennett is unicefs regional advisor for emergencies for west africa for west and Central Africa and shes saying the pandemic has deepened the crisis in child health and education. We see malnutrition increasing as f