the new south wales government to urge a quarter of a million residents to remain in their homes for at least the next three days. let's speak to our correspondent phil mercer who's in sydney and joins us via videophone. good to see you feel, what happened? the authorities here in sydney are racing to identify the source of new infections in the city's northern beaches region. the number may be comparatively small but in the australian context as it is very significant stop at the new south wales government says that if this outbreak isn't brought under control within 2— three days there could be more restrictions. we have more than 250,000 residents of the northern beaches are effectively being told to stay at home. residents from other suburbs, other parts of the city, other parts of the state of new south wales have been told to stay away, too, and i think it is telling that the new south wales health minister brad hazzard explaining what has described as an avalanche of complacency for this outbreak. australia, since the pandemic began, has recorded about 28,000 known cases of

about the man is a dairy farmer who lives in new south wales one of the driest regions in the country. for many months now his reserves have been empty. the only solution for feeding his animal is to buy extra water from the private market. or he'll you know . go. to die to run just for my kale and it cost me close to half a $1000000.00 for 12 months of oil $500000.00 can you afford that it would put a great deal this trying on us if we if we did it a great deal a strong. right . like we now if i'm in the last 3 months it's already spent $1000000.00 on bordeaux. a storm could come straight tomorrow up at all and. so it's they've spent the money but still a game of fun with it but it's going to work on all. which basically the chaos alarm goes we've told the board to grow crops for the can . we can't afford a real lot of grinding out there getting very little not a grind at all at the moment. side they're producing. 50 percent less than what they should be but he's told me. it's just save all my drawings of all i keep going. and i am trying to get at the other end of it. strike by the

but the man is a dairy farmer who lives in new south wales one of the driest regions in the country. for many months now his reserves have been empty. the only solution for feeding his animal is to buy extra water from a private. well you know. to go. to die to run just for my kale and cost me close to half a $1000000.00 for 12 months of boredom $500000.00 can you afford that it would put a great deal this trying on us if we if we did it a great deal a strong. fuck we now if i'm in the last 3 months it's already spent $1000000.00 on waldo. a storm could come straight tomorrow up at all and. so it's they've spent the money but still again move on with it whether it's going to work on. which i am basically paid the chaos a lawyer. told the board to grow crops so they can't. we can't afford a real lot of grinding out there getting very little or not a growing at all at the moment. side they're producing. 50 percent less than what they should be but he's told me. it's just save all my drawings of all i keep going. and i am trying it out the other end of it. my somites in helping each oth

the new south wales people so as for many strains who like to travel on the holidays this time of year it's a very difficult time on but look we're all holding this in perspective australia still has less than a 1000 deaths from private 90 this year and we know that in comparison to many parts of the world we're pretty good place yeah indeed correspondent speaking to us from sydney happy new year. thanks. and you're up to date here on data when the news i'm rebecca has it's been an absolute pleasure to have your company owned they send all our programs this year to stay tuned now the date of the business that's coming up after a short break i'll be back at the top of the hour with more headlines until then you can always visit our website devaney dot com happening. in these difficult times it's especially important to us to wish you all a happy new. sadness comes of family and friends or your entries into your last most racially during this holiday season we want to tell you right here when you move. on him this way tsunami new year coming new year and. installed into the news of the n

south wales. good to talk to you. i remember australia was known as the wonderfrom australia was known as the wonder from down under, australia was known as the wonderfrom down under, the one major economy that did not go into recession after the major financial crisis of 2008 but australia could not ride the wave of the pandemic in a similar way. tell us about the outlook. good morning, good to be with you. the outlook is, well, it is mixed, probably the best way of putting it. better thanit best way of putting it. better than it was but still not great. gdp figures have shown 3.3% increase but there are some very mixed figures within that. so improvement in consumption but some very negative information about exports and about capital expenditure. there are pluses and minuses, probably the best way of putting it, to be totally clear. talk us through the impact at the very, very strict lockdown has had in parts of australia, melbourne, for example, restrictions on travel. that will really have ha

south wales police in new south wales agencies that they're aware of of people have breached their basic and nations and we will examine those phases and we will cancel them when necessary the world health organization is warning the next pandemic could be even worse officials say covered 19 has been a wakeup call for the world. just random it has been very severe it's spread around the world extremely quickly in the script at every corner but this is not necessarily the big well. this virus is very transmissible. and it kills people and it just deprives so many people of locals but its current case with our city is read recently look at other emerging diseases this is a wake up call the family of a prominent saudi woman's rights activists say they will appeal her jail sentence was in a huff law was sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison on monday drawing international condemnation she's been held since 2018 and relatives say she's been sexually assaulted and tortured while in prison or about money reports lose a know how good had been a prominent activist the years demanding more rig

south wales with their crew and a large aerial tanker. any support that we have asked for, we have gotten, but because it is a complex environment, there is only so much you can do with crews on the ground because at the same time we don't want to put our crews at risk. some of these areas, literally you cannot get into them so we are going to have to get in from the airand run going to have to get in from the air and run crews can only work in the space they can get to. we are hoping today we're going to hit it with everything we've got, and try to sort of control that fire, and we are hoping by close of business today we may have it under control. we certainly hope so, too. brian cox, thank you very much for your time and we wish you and your crew the best. brazil has the third worst coronavirus outbreak in the world. it means christmas celebrations will look quite different there this year. but as sophia tran—thomson reports, the country's most populous city has — hopefully — found a way for people to enjoy christmas safely. the

the state of queensland is reopening now to the whole of new south wales and the state of victoria. this is the first time in more than 250 days that cleans lands‘s borders have been fully open. as you say, other restrictions in other parts of the country are now being lifted. in the last hour or so we have heard from the western australian state government and they are to reopen their borders with a victoria and new south wales in a weak‘s time. in a week's time. many internal borders in this country were closed in an attempt to curb the spread of covid—19. it wasn't universally popular, the federal government said those state border closures where unnecessary but state and territory leaders were adamant they need to protect their populations. if you look at australia's numbers, this is a country that has recorded about 28,000 coronavirus cases, just over 900 people have died. we understand there are just over 60 active coronavirus cases across the entire country. so australia is now opening up fragmentation brought by covid—19 is being eased and australia now looking forwa

the state of queensland is reopening now to the whole of new south wales and the state of victoria. this is the first time in more than 250 days that clea ns time in more than 250 days that cleans lands's borders have been fully open. as you say, other restrictions in other parts of the country are now being lifted. in the last hour or so we have heard from the western australian state government and they are to reopen their borders with a victoria and new south wales in a weak‘s time. many internal borders in this country were closed in an attempt to curb the spread of covid—19. it wasn't universally popular, the federal government said those state border closures where necessary but state and territory leaders were adamant they need to protect their populations. if you look at australia's numbers, this is a country that has recorded about 28,000 coronavirus cases, just over 900 people have died. we understand they are just over 60 active coronavirus cases across the entire country. so australia is now opening up fragmentation brought by covid—19 is being eased and australia

and fairly wet all the way from queens and new south wales to victoria and a.c.c. with that breeze coming in from the north east the next heavy rains more light to be at neah darwin that's a particularly heavy back on its way through sydney's humid weather with some storms hang on till friday in the wind changes to a southerly and temperatures drop considerably as a result but our eyes are to the east it is tropical cyclone season some accordance to super soccer and it's certainly officially a severe cyclonic storm and it's on its way slowly south towards fiji as a dangerous thing now look at my record a category 5 internationally as a category 4 with winds likely only impact at their worst at 240 kilometers per hour they will gust higher than that landfall for the worst conditions probably going to be right about dusk in fiji but the winds pick up before that so it's an overnight damaging storm heading south and away during friday. the birthplace of democracy but ethnic turks from the northeast tell a different story they. believe their religious leaders jailed jo

and southwest perth around 39 degrees celsius what's about the clearing away from new south wales will gradually push over towards new zealand so some rain is beginning to set in across the south and meanwhile it's going to be snow setting in across northern parts of china through the korean peninsula easing across japan once again then quite a lot of it as well you can see how extensive that is here's that cold air temperatures in seoul go from 3 degrees celsius on tuesday to minus 7 on wednesday . for. a unique perspective on nigeria we have so much more with those dots north of monies this most though we have. through the eyes of the sun liberated african photographer. on the tour enjoy impulse moment in still being us what he just did. it 3 years on how has life changed. rewind ga 30 on al-jazeera. the on world. watching al-jazeera live from london al main story this hour south africa's president has an el stricter measures to combat a surge in corona virus cases driven by a fast reading variant gatherings and the sale of alcohol will be banned and a curfew in forced from 9 pm. new

south wales now is just becoming active in what will be the typhoon or tropical psychoses dipping with your north and south of the equator this is the tropical cycle and it's a big one of the category 5 now that beijing get is about time it gets to fiji is going to be sometime on thursday as potentially of course a destructive tropical cycle we'll watch that very closely. building a new life on a beach living off the sea and. a dream is shared by so many but so few make it a reality. a family business led by a market. with a flair for cooking and disaster living. island kitchen on al-jazeera. home after a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera members are preparing to roll out the pfizer bio on tech coronavirus vaccine as early as christmas european regulators are under pressure to approve the job and are expected to deliver their decision makes week or regulators a clue or close to approving the coronavirus vaccine for use in the u.s. tests show the mother in a jab is more than 94 percent effective when 2 shots are taken within $28.00 days. and u.s. senate majority leader mitch mcc

and fairly wet all way from queens and new south wales to victoria and a.c.t with that breeze coming in from the northeast the next heavy rains more like to be up near darwin that's a particularly heavy back on its way through sydney's humid weather with sandstorms hang on to a frog in the wind changes to a southerly and temperatures drop considerably as a result but our eyes are to the east it is tropical cyclone season some according to super soccer and it's certainly officially a severe cyclonic storm and it's on its way slowly south towards fiji as a dangerous thing now locally because a category 5 internationally is a category 4 with winds likely on impact at their worst at 240 kilometers per hour they will gust higher than that landfall for the worst conditions probably going to be around about dusk in fiji but the winds pick up before that so it's an overnight damaging storm heading south and away during friday. the birthplace of democracy but ethnic turks from the north east tell a different story the green day to control our religion our believe their religious leaders jaile

it is already before the year has ended the wettest year for 13 in new south wales and the rain that's falling is not as heavy as it was in its change its orientation to be still in northern territory and queen's liver not so much in new south wales a few showers around the edges in the future victoria with up onshore breeze but alice springs won't have a day of showers or it becomes generally find in temperatures start to rise to near the end or what 31 degrees and that interior warmth is being blown west into perth 40 degrees on thursday drop or down to the low thirty's by saturday as a card comes in and the wind direction changes the little bit it won't get anything like that warmth further east got $29.00 adelaide but only $21.00 down in melbourne and tropical quince and looks particularly wet for the end of friday and saturday his purse now suddenly. going to change your fortunes for the winter weather in east asia as well that brief warm a spell and it's all relative brings rain to the rather unstable snow fields of western honshu once that's happened the day after on friday that

south wales significant rain in the northwest down through northern territory there's more rain to come in northern territories you can see this representative but it's much drive much sun you're in new south wales and queensland still has what it was either thames up in sydney coming up in melbourne but it is disappointing we are talking about some here talk about 90 degrees in melbourne the rain continues in the 4 showers through queensland and all this time perth is probably about the hottest place that's $39.00. an award winning investigation i mean a worker's room right behind it has been factory when we operate for less and we buy for less we can pass those savings all your customers into the supply chains that produce cheap clothing. with little regard for workers' lives the remains of the fire still everywhere rewind made in bangladesh on al-jazeera. hello again i'm a star let's remind you of our top stories here the salah the us congress has passed a 900000000000 dollars stimulus package to help american businesses and families struggling touring this pandemic and comes as the

south wales there on shore breeze but this is generally warm and it's i think arguably halt in perth now alice springs having had its coldest day will pick up to near average after a few showers on friday but i'll get to sunday which that he 3 just about degree above average i think is a pretty good going and there's 0 for all picture then sunshine for most of australia now with the exception of the tropics where the showers exist and this on shore breeze which means new south wales and eastern victoriously to be sherry melbourne is warm and sydney and as you know it's still pretty warm in perth the opposite shane the opposite seas north of the equator we've got yet more snow to fall in honshu in hawkeye i don't probably will miss the korean peninsula and most of northern china remains in the sunshine after a frosty morning this is maybe half a meter of more snow to fall in the high ground further south in china a lot more clouds fall spots into rain and the windy prospect i think for hong kong . stories of abuse in aged care homes in the west to shock the world that there's no alter

professor mary—louise mclaws at the university of new south wales there. the world heavyweight boxing champion anthonyjoshua has warned that the next generation of boxing stars could be lost to the sport if it fails to be supported financially during the pandemic. he's making a substantial donation, he says, to help amateur clubs, many of which were forced to close during lockdown. it follows his recent successful world title defence which has paved the way for an all—british title fight against tyson fury next year. he's been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan. he may be on top of the boxing world, but anthonyjoshua is now fighting for those starting out in the sport. the heavyweight champion making what he has called a substantial donation to boxing's governing bodies to help amateur clubs survive the pandemic. today, in the finchley gym where it all began for him, he told me why such places needed help. so i am a professional now, but i am so close to, like, the grassroots sport. i believe in the next 10—15 years you will see the next, you know

as you new south wales during chews day was big with waves of it up to 10 metres already sydney's forecast simply says breezy or windy northeast dying down prices say it was showers every day now the season of winter is certainly well dug into the station now this is snow lots of it for costa honshu in her car there has been some in the korean peninsula looking a dry picture now but really cold that's 9 degrees below average for sol minus 5 so daytime max it's equally cold war down through central china. but. an invitation to bear witness to all that life office. the highs the lows the trials and tribulations the unseen movements and everyday miracles the injustices the defiance the test of character and the closeness they trees witness documentaries with a delicate touch on al-jazeera. in the the in the. welcome back a quick look at headlines this hour the u.s. is racing to distribute its 1st shipments of the pfizer vaccine as it's covered 19 death toll rises steadily towards 300000 operation speed officials are hoping to immunize 14000000 people they smiled as many as 100000000 by the en

south wales with their crews and their large aerial tanker. any support that we have asked for, we have gotten, but because it is a complex environment, there is only so much you can do with crews on the ground because at a team of conservationists in kenya has carried out a daring rescue of eight giraffes, who became stranded by rising flood water. a specially—adapted barge was used to float the animals to safety, one—by—one. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. like a carefully planned military operation, the rescue tea m military operation, the rescue team began their work to stop the first priority — find a d raft. the first priority — find a draft. —— giraffe. waiting through the floodwaters of the soon through the floodwaters of the soon enough, they did. if this giraffe, said to be the most vulnerable of the animal stranded here. they are known as ros childs giraffe, an endangered species only reintroduce this area only 10 yea rs reintroduce this area only 10 years ago. there are left to be only 3000 of them left in africa and

south wales sydney sees the sun return for that circulation induces no i'm sure wind with cloud and ray from melbourne a disappointing summer so far for victoria so melbourne the back 18 degrees or so in the forecast alice springs gives you showers on tuesday wednesday and thursday temperatures well below the average that he falls with and about 22 members also below average that's the same extreme but i say that is disappointing 3 days of thunderstorms or showers and probably quite breezy with it now let me take you through wednesday where new south wales sees the sunshine come out melbourne sees it return but look at the curry in perth with a breeze out the interior up to pretty help 39 that's well above the average. an award winning investigation i mean a worker's room right behind the passing factory when we operate for less and we buy for less we can pass those savings on your customers into the supply chains that produce cheap clothing. with little regard for workers' lives the remains of the fire are still everywhere rewinds made in bangladesh on al-jazeera. who. are among th

some big big showers in the full cost in new south wales and the tension perth has come down down to $34.00. mass protests forcing the government's hand but are we seeing not. only just time to change our affairs we follow journalists on the front line establishing a free man commits hate to reporting the fact that this police officer has been pointing guns at john has changed on canning the hong kong fact and fiction in the mist truth is in any way on al-jazeera. were. we're watching out to see a reminder of our top stories this hour a historic victory for women's rights in latin america where senators in argentina of passed a bill legalizing abortion after a marathon session $38.00 senators voted to allow terminations up to 14 weeks 29 senators voted against. the u.k. health regulators approved the oxford astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use the government's already preordered 100000000 doses paves the way for a huge expansion of the government's inoculation program. us president elect joe biden has criticised the trumpet ministration for falling behind in its vaccina

south wales as well there are warnings out of another maybe $200.00 millimeters of rain the waves up to 9 even 10 meters on the coast this is not what you call summary weather but that's what it's like at the moment it's much finer for the southward surtees in melbourne and adelaide the rain stopped falling around bruton but is there further north up towards darwin probably wanted as well the story weather continues down the coast of new south wales jury and tomorrow as well ordering cheese to adelaide down to 29 melbourne 13 about purpose pretty woman 30 fine weather in fact. but. we're told technology can help tackle the spread of cold at 19 but all tech solutions the best solutions we're starting something that seems like it's even in public health very quickly becomes a measuring people what data is being collected. ali ray looks at the limits of time and the potential of other creative ways to deal with the issues we face track it when tech tools go viral episode 3 of all hail the lockdown on al-jazeera. the. clothes on the top stories on all just 0 us as you throw out the 1st d

the state of queensland is reopening now to the whole of new south wales and the state of victoria. this is the first time, mike, in more than 250 days that queensland's borders have been fully opened. as you say, other restrictions in other parts of the country are now being lifted also. in the last hour 01’ so we lifted also. in the last hour or so we have heard from the western australian state government and they are to reopen its borders with victoria and new south wales in one week time. many internal borders in the country were closed in an attempt to curb the spread of covid—19. it was not uniformly —— universally popular. the federal government says those borders —— border closures were says those borders —— border closures we re u nnecessa i’y however state and territory leaders were adamant they needed to protect their populations and if you look at australia's numbers, this is a country that has recorded about 28,000 coronavirus cases, just over 900 people have died, but we understand there are just over 60 active coronavirus cases across the entire cou

south wales. and . they have been doing it with the money that it's boring we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world leaving the scene as congress is debating a bill seeking to raise billions of dollars for the super rich poor families hit hard by the damage counting the cost on al-jazeera really understand the differences on the similarities in cultures across the world and i'm not someone we've been using kind of for. does that matter to you what war the unfortunate . the at. talladega on the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. has become the latest country to approve the pfizer bio intact or in a virus vaccine for emergency use the president says the 1st those could be administered within 24 hours with millions more are set for nation wide distribution. the u.s. supreme court has rejected a legal bit from the state of texas to overturn donald trump's election defeat trumpeted by the lawsuit that sought to throw out results and for the states where joe biden wa

south wales has told everyone to stay home please don't say very and this is all in response to that december 11th outbreak in the north of asia seriously the of course which is made everyone a little bit cautious you know tell us a little bit about the outbreak then moving away from the celebrations if he is in the midst of a covert 19 outbreak how is that affecting life in the city at the moment. well it is affecting los rebecca but it's not mean it's nothing comparable to europe at the moment we're very wary of that down here and we we know we've had it pretty good you mean you have to bear in mind australia's had only around 100 because of gates but it's still there rob order restrictions on people from new south wales the state here i was sudanese the capital all are now banned from traveling to south a strong idea i think is also banned from the northern territory and victoria a southern state very popular start with that have had a major kind of if not seen outbreak here i'm on for god is not letting sydneysiders down there so i hollered at him like isn't this time of year we'

south wales sydney sees the sun return for that circulation induces no i'm sure wind with cloud and rain for melbourne a disappointing summer so far for victoria so melbourne the back 18 degrees or so in the forecast alice springs gives you showers on tuesday wednesday and thursday temperatures well below the average 34 switch and about 22 members also below average that's the same extreme but i say that is disappointing 3 days of thunder storms or showers and probably quite breezy with it now let me take you through wednesday where new south wales is the sunshine come out melbourne sees it return but look at the corral or in perth for the breeze out the interior up to pretty help search you know and that's well above the average. of. the ultranationalist marks connected with one of the world's worst humanitarian crises we don't as a. migrant joining with the military to impose a deadly political agenda we have devoted our nation what has happened to the engine that's one of the biggest stains on the country as a whole. isn't a religion this is a politics. an unholy alliance on al-j

south wales in the southeast of england, and that the southeast of england, and that the overall cases have increased by more than 50%. so a substantial increase in numbers over the period of december. if ijust concentrate now on the southeast and london we will see a picture which i think begins to link into the new virus variant. next slide please. this is hospital admissions per day in london, east of england, and the southeast from nhs data from september through to now. you can see a gradual increase the number of hospital admissions per day and you can see a very sharp increase during december. this virus has taken off, it's moving fast, and it's leading inevitably to a sharp increase in hospital admissions. inevitably to a sharp increase in hospitaladmissions. next inevitably to a sharp increase in hospital admissions. next slide, please. if we now lookjust at the areas that are moving into tier 4 is the prime minister hasjust said and which is areas in london, the southeast and the east, and look at the numberof southeast and the east, and look at the number of cases, the case

bans have been issued in many states for fires, including new south wales, queensland, and south australia. i mentioned the high pressure system in place. it'll continue to usher in some of the hot weather. especially in the central portions of queensland, temperatures in the mid to upper 30s once again. low pressure will be moving in, and it'll bring thunderstorms with a high of 33. still seeing the hot weather pattern as we go through wednesday. meanwhile, we have a deep depression located near sri lan lanka, and this system is expected to continue into wednesday. be on the lookout for that. heavy amounts of rain with strong winds, all a part of the story there. over into the philippines, we have a tropical roll rolling through, and it'll bring a chance for some rain as we go through wednesday. manila with a high of 30. colom colombo, 31 with rain as we go through the day. acrossas et asia, we have high pressure really being the dominant story, coming in from the north. we have a sea effect pattern across the northern portions of japan. hokkaido dealing with a lot of snow as we went thro

it is already before the year has ended the wettest year for 13 in new south wales and the rain that's falling is not as heavy as it was in its change its orientation to be still in northern territory and queens there were not so much in new south wales a few showers around the edges in the future victoria with that on shore breeze but alice springs will have a day of showers or it becomes generally fine and temperatures start to rise to near their know what 31 degrees and that interior warmth is being blown west into perth 40 degrees on thursday drop it down to the low thirty's by saturday as a cat comes in and the wind direction changes the little bit it won't get anything like that warmth further east got 29 adelaide danny 21 down in melbourne and tropical quince and looks particularly wet by the end of friday and saturday his purse now suddenly. going to change your fortunes for the winter weather in east asia as well that brief warmer spell and it's all relative brings rain to the rather unstable snow fields of western honshu one such happened the day after on friday that onshore

south wales now is just becoming active in what will be the typhoon or tropical cyclones he's dipping with the north and south of the equator this is the tropical cyclone and it's a big one of the category 5 now it's a big get is about time it gets to fiji is going to be sometime on thursday as potentially of course a destructive tropical cycle we'll watch that very closely. i care about how the u.s. engages with the rest of the world i cover foreign policy national security this is a political impasse here's the conflict are we telling a good story. really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise and to actually feels that you were there. al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara sarah this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes coronavirus cases surge across europe pressure mounts on regulators to approve a vaccine for use as soon as possible. their local college. top republican senator mitch mcconnell congratulates joe biden and running mate campbell harris on their election victory and i.

new south wales with its capital city has effectively been cut off from the rest of the country. flights have been canceled in and out of the city. the area where the new cluster emerged, northern beaches, is now under local lockdown. we have the details. >> sunrise at bondi beach, on the most iconic spots in australia. during the day, cars lined up by the dozen, passengers looking to get tested for covid-19. in recent days, sidney's northern suburbs recorded a cluster of 80 cases, leading authorities to impose a lockdown in the era and encouraged testing and self-isolation for those at risk. as of monday the neighboring states of victoria and queensland opted to ban all travel from city. the country's prime minister -- from sydney. the prime minister acknowledged restrictions are frustrating for many. >> of course we want everything to be open but the virus had a different idea about that, and that is a practical reality. i should say, in seven states and territories, we certainly will be having christmas in this country like few countries in the world are. and while there are f

as you new south wales during tuesday was big with waves of it up to 10 meters already sydney's forecast simply says breezy or windy northeast dying down process a was showers every day now the season of winter is certainly well dug into the station now this is snow lots of it for costa honshu in her car there has been some in the korean peninsula looking at dry picture now but really cold that's 9 degrees below average for sol minus 5 it's a daytime max it's equally cold war down nasseri central china. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse or $1.00 to $200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bind he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like good little get the back seat when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello i'm maryam namazie or watching the news hour live from l

a quarter of a million new south wales residents are urged to remain in their homes — as the australian state sees a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. with just a week to go until christmas, couriers across the uk are dealing with an unprecedented volume of parcels — thanks to the rise in online shopping. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. health leaders in the uk have urged people to follow the tougher coronavirus restrictions due to come into force across much of the country this month, as concern continues to grow about rising infection rates. northern ireland and wales have announced post—christmas lockdowns, while millions more people in england are set to move to tier 3 rules tomorrow. ministers in scotland have refused to rule out futher measures. doctor katherine henderson is president of the royal college of emergency medicine in the uk. she said it was everyone's responsibility over the festive period for protecting the nhs. we are now at a really dangerous

south wales police in new south wales agencies that they're aware of of people have breached evasive conditions and we will examine those visas and we will cancel them when necessary access to the beach in rio de janeiro will be blocked on new year's eve to prevent crowds from gathering the millions of people typically head to reinstate host line every december the 31st to ring in the new year more than 191000 people have died from corona virus in brazil and rio de janeiro is one of the hardest hit cities. thousands of people in a poll of demonstrated calling for the prime minister to resign. or leave dissolve parliament and called you elections after 40 out with a ruling party he says internal politics have made his job impossible the former prime minister's join protesters saying the decision was unconstitutional demonstrators say if parliament is not restored the movement will grow. a hong kong court has sentenced teenage pro-democracy activist tony chung to 4 months in prison he was convicted of desecrating china's flag and taking part in an illegal protest in may last year in a

unstable weather will be developing towards new south wales and in towards victoria. major concerns with high temperatures, low 30s, maybe a little moisture will come by and thing also get better. things are looking better in new zealand. temperatures around 24. that's all your weather. take care. >>> before we go, a quick stop in tokyo bay, which appears to have regained its olympic mojo ahead of next year's games. a huge model of the event's five famous rings returned to the area on tuesday after nearly four months of maintenance. they were initially installed in january, but then removed in august for checks following the postponement of the olympics and paralympics. the good news is, they're back and better than before. both sides are now painted, allowing people to enjoy the colors from various angles. the rings will be on display until the end of the olympics on august 8th. >>> that concludes this edition of nhk "newsline." thank you very much for staying with us. ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." as the covid-19 pandemic has spread around the world, few i

new south wales reported seven new cases in the cluster and are investigating to others. authorities admit that additional transmission that have yet to be controlled. -- another vaccine has been reported to be effective. a 50% advocacy rate is a minimum set by u.s. regulators for emergency use authorizations. more dharna from and pfizer have produced better results. the

south wales police in new south wales agencies that they're aware of of people have breached evasive conditions and we will examine those phases and we will cancel them when necessary. a man is reopening its land air and sea borders they were shut last week following reports of a new strain of corona virus in the u.k. and other european countries those traveling to oman will need to show a negative covert $900.00 test taken up to 72 hours before entry the law undergo another test upon arrival present on micro has paid tribute to 3 french soldiers who were killed in mali on monday now their armored vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the small town of homebody in the mopti region the troops were part of france's 5000 strong force helping to fight armed groups in the sahara region praised the soldiers for their bravery and said his government would keep up the fight against terrorism the family of a prominent saudi women's rights activists say they'll appeal her jail sentence through has been sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison on monday drawing international condemnation she's

at least 8000 koalas dying in the state of new south wales party do sounds to me did that the country's entire population of the creatures has been decimated. their numbers were already in decline before the bushfires because of endemic disease the destruction of their habitats by uncontrolled logging and illegal wildlife trafficking. while as a species was in their millions european settlement so we're talking only just over 200 years and now we're a seeing such a huge population of quine that we're now within estimates of 830-0000 now obviously significantly less than that due to the recent fires so when you consider such a small amount to what otherwise they have that could occupy they are they are in dire straits like there are species in the climate and certainly you know worthy is being listed as threatened species it's taken a very catastrophic event like these large fires for people to actually realise the situation that i was there it's a little bit assuaged. after months of finance the deluge of rainfall i followed brought only partial relief. the worst france in 3 decades bro

and fairly wet all the way from queens and that's new south wales to victoria and a city with that breeze coming in from the northeast the next heavy rains more like to be up near darwin as a particularly heavy back on its way through sydney she made weather with storms hang on to her frog in the wind changes to a southerly and temperatures drop considerably as a result but our eyes are to the east it is tropical cyclone season some accordance to supercycle and it's certainly officially a severe cyclonic storm and it's on its way slowly south towards fiji as a dangerous thing now locally because a category 5 internationally is a category 4 with winds likely on impact that they were 240 kilometers per hour they will gust higher than that landfall for the worst conditions probably going to be around about dusk in fiji but the wind will pick up before that so it's an overnight damaging storm heading south and away during friday. still ahead in this news all the refugees and migrants are enduring violence and deplorable conditions . want to. revisit the everglades and florida unesco world her

at least 8000 koalas dying in the state of new south wales are to do so as to mated that the country's entire population of the creatures has been decimated. their numbers were already in decline before the bushfires because of endemic disease the destruction of their habitats by uncontrolled logging and illegal wildlife trafficking. as a species was in their millions european settlement so we're talking only just over 200 years and now we're a seeing such a huge population of quine that we're now within estimates of 830-0000 now obviously significantly less than that due to the recent fires so when you consider such a small amount to what otherwise the habitat could occupy they are they are in dire straits like there are species in the climate and certainly you know worthy is being listed as a threatened species it's taken a very catastrophic event like these large fires for people to actually realise the situation that i was watching. it's a little bit assuaged. after months of finance the deluge of rainfall not followed only partial relief. the worst france in 3 decades brought new

least 8000 koalas dying in the state of new south wales party designs to mated that the country's entire population of the creatures has been decimated. their numbers were already in decline before the bushfires because of endemic disease the destruction of their habitats by uncontrolled logging and illegal wildlife trafficking. as a species was in their millions european settlement so we're talking only just over 200 years and now we're a seeing such a huge population acquired that we're now within estimates of 82300000 now obviously significantly less than that due to the recent fires so when you consider such a small amount to what otherwise they have that could occupy they are they are in dire straits like there are species in the climate and certainly you know worthy is being listed is a threatened species it's taken a very catastrophic event like these large fires for people to actually realise the situation that i was just it's a little bit assuaged. after months of finance the deluge of rainfall that followed brought only partial relief . the worst france in 3 decades brought new

south wales over the next couple of days and sinking further south. captaining a leading. team at 16 years old takes determination. to that staying on top of your game at school. the whole family bands together and shares the sacrifices necessary for a son to have a shot at becoming a professional footballer. my tunisia home game on and jersey. hello again this is al jazeera and it's from niger the main news this hour the u.k. government has approved the fire as a bio and tech curve at 19 vaccine which will be rolled out from next week a committee is now working on final advice on who should be immunised 1st. thailand's prime minister for health channel just been acquitted of ethics of ethics violations in a case challenging where he lives the former army chief is still living in military housing despite resigning from his army post 6 years ago. 3 of hong kong's best known pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to prison joshua one will spend around 13 months in jail agnes child and i've received shorter sentences. u.s. attorney general william b

south wales and queensland still has what it was either thames up in sydney coming up in melbourne but it's disappointing we are talking about some here took about 90 degrees in melbourne the rain continues in the 4 showers through queensland and all this time perth is probably about the hottest place at $39.00. still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour finding extreme pot ending extreme poverty excuse me we'll look at whether china's multi-billion dollar plan is working plus a bleak forecast from a top u.n. official on prospects for a 2 state solution for palestine and in sport the n.b.a. could soon expand to more than the current 30 teams peter will explain in sports. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such to mounds as a global power developed into the basement company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against the state we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and firemen to sound energy solutions for future generations the breast

at least 8000 koalas dying in the state of new south wales party desires to mated that the country's entire population of the creatures has been decimated. their numbers were already in decline before the bushfires because of endemic disease the destruction of their habitats by uncontrolled logging and illegal wildlife trafficking. while as a species was in their millions european settlement so we're talking only just over 200 years and now we're a seeing such a huge population of quine that we're now within estimates of 830-0000 now obviously significantly less than that due to the recent fires so when you consider such a small amount to what otherwise the habitat could occupy they are they are in dire straits like there are species in the climate and certainly you know worthy is being listed is a threatened species it's taken a very catastrophic event like these large fires for people to actually realise the situation that i was watching. if there will be this way. after months of finance the deluge of rain followed followed only partial relief. the worst france in 3 decades brough

wales could see some wintry weather to want to see showers into eastern parts of new south wales pushing up into the gold coast as we go on through friday the showers little more expansive as we go on into saturday i mean further east. 2019 sphere fee disputed election for this believe you the indigenous president. right style as ever morale is considered his future and hope to return his party rallied behind new candidates. with a tense new election drawing close in late 2020 people in power went behind the scenes to see if the indigenous movement could pull off a remarkable comeback from livia exile will return on al-jazeera. again this is for much of the main news this hour hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate jimmy lai has been refused bail the outspoken government critic has been charged with defrauding the government of businesses. follows a the india of meeting ministers for a 2nd round of talks as protests intensify against the rules of produce the farmers worry that the proposal will end better on crop prices and lead to corporate exploitation. more than 2700 people

south wales sydney sees the sun return for that circulation induces no i'm sure wind with cloud and rain for melbourne a disappointing summer so far for victoria so melbourne the back 18 degrees or so in the forecast alice springs gives you showers on tuesday wednesday and thursday temperatures well below the average 34 switch and about 22 members also below average that's the same extreme but i say that is disappointing 3 days of thunder storms or showers and probably quite breezy with it now let me take you through wednesday where new south wales sees the sunshine come out melbourne sees it return but look at the corona in perth for the breeze out the interior up to pretty help search you know and that's well above the average rob thank you very much was the lead on the al jazeera news hour a dangerous business why owners of a letter store in iraq are living in fear plus how escaping covert in the city it led to bringing christmas that showed rent in rio de janeiro slums and in sports venues ice hockey fans have been waiting for details coming up later in the program . frank asses

at least 8000 co on those dying in the state of new south wales party due sounds to mated that the country's entire population of the creatures has been decimated. their numbers were already in decline before the bushfires because of endemic disease the destruction of their habitats by uncontrolled logging and illegal wildlife trafficking. as a species was in their millions european settlement so we're talking only just over 200 years and now way seeing such a huge population acquired that we're now within estimates of 830-0000 now obviously significantly less than that due to the recent fires so when you consider such a small amount to what otherwise they have that could occupy they are they are in dire straits like there are species in the climate and certainly you know worthy is being listed as a threatened species it's taken a very catastrophic event log these large fires for people to actually realise the situation that i was watching. it's a little bit assuaging. after months of finance the deluge of rainfall not followed only partial relief. the worst france in 3 decades brought new p

south wales now is just becoming active in what will be the typhoon or tropical psychoses debating with the north and south of the equator this is the tropical cycle and it's a big one of the category 5 now that beijing get is about time it gets to fiji is going to be sometime on thursday as potentially of course a destructive tropical cycle we'll watch that very closely. well still ahead here on al-jazeera warnings that malnutrition related to the pandemic could kill more than 100 children at day over the next 2 yes. and turning day into night thousands gather in chile and argentina to view a rare titles are left out. in sports we hear from the extraneous cab ahead of bass player anticipate a test series against india. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such tomorrow's as a global power developed into the investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against these developments we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and env

a quarter of a million new south wales residents are urged to remain in their homes as the australian state sees a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. with just a week to go until christmas, couriers across the uk are dealing with an unprecedented volume of parcels thanks to the rise in online shopping. and coming up this hour... with most traditional christmas parties cancelled because of covid restrictions, we'll be finding out how some companies are finding alternative ways of bringing their teams together. good morning and welcome to bbc news. northern ireland will go into a new lockdown on the 26th december, lasting for six weeks. the executive said the country faces very difficult times and without the drastic new measures, the health service would be overwhelmed. nonessential shops in northern ireland will close from the end of trading on christmas eve in a bid to stop the spread of covid—i9. ministers will review the measures after four weeks. close—contact services, such as hair salons, will have to shut and pubs, cafes and restaurants will be restricted to takeaway services

south wales i'm also the northern queensland across the top end up towards darwin the showers continuing as we go on through sunday but look at the wet weather that into the southeast and showers there pushing towards melbourne there's a cricket weather 33 celsius fine and dry for sunday but as we go on and see where monday that will sweep through somewhat of weather making its way through at least it does go quickly 19 celsius it will be 5 it's going to be noticeably fresher by this stage temperatures in sydney around 30 celsius with a child's of showers meanwhile the heat continues for the west at 35 degrees just a somewhat weather for a time making its way to new zealand but the fog in dry here over the next couple of days is largely fought in try to across a good part of china alone we have got some western weather pushing out of the eastern side of china as feeding somewhat wet weather into south korea heaviest showers along the spells of rain gradually pushing through q.c. and the possibility of some localized flooding for southern parts of honshu. long before the cove a crisis bro