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Coronavirus: The vaccine roll-out
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![Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo in Michigan [Morry Gash/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP_20348469013818.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
‘Growing up during the Bosnian War made me a journalist’
Alma Milisic was born months before the conflict began; one of the first words she learned was ‘siege’.
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Opinion
![To press for their demands, the farmers' union have called for a hunger strike on Monday across the country. Outside India, protests to support the farmers have been held in Canada, England and Scotland. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0446.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
To press for their demands, the farmers' union have called for a hunger strike on Monday across the country. Outside India, protests to support the farmers have been held in Canada, England and Scotland. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]
![To prevent farmers from marching to New Delhi, security forces blocked the national highway on the Haryana-Delhi border. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0087.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
To prevent farmers from marching to New Delhi, security forces blocked the national highway on the Haryana-Delhi border. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]
![Aerial view of the Singhu border, where thousands of vehicles have been stopped by Delhi police to prevent them from entering New Delhi. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0210.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Aerial view of the Singhu border, where thousands of vehicles have been stopped by Delhi police to prevent them from entering New Delhi. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]
![College students from Haryana and Punjab states paint slogans on the walls, using quotes from India's freedom fighters. "Being educated is to spread what we have learned, this is the way of our protest," Sahil Badgujarl, a 25-year-old student from Batra said. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0191.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
College students from Haryana and Punjab states paint slogans on the walls, using quotes from India's freedom fighters. "Being educated is to spread what we have learned, this is the way of our protest," Sahil Badgujarl, a 25-year-old student from Batra said. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]
!["Publication houses are giving us these books with huge discounts. Some books are funded by student unions that came from across the country," said Manisha, a 25-year-old student. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0273.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
"Publication houses are giving us these books with huge discounts. Some books are funded by student unions that came from across the country," said Manisha, a 25-year-old student. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]
![A group of students working with Khalsa Aid charity came up with the initiative to organise book stalls at Singhu and Tikri borders. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0397.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
A group of students working with Khalsa Aid charity came up with the initiative to organise book stalls at Singhu and Tikri borders. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]
!["I have done hotel management and have good knowledge about Ayurvedic medicines. I suggested to my parents that we should take part in this protest by opening an Ayurvedic stall," said 21-year-old Manveen Kaur from Bahadurgadh, Haryana. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0544.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
"I have done hotel management and have good knowledge about Ayurvedic medicines. I suggested to my parents that we should take part in this protest by opening an Ayurvedic stall," said 21-year-old Manveen Kaur from Bahadurgadh, Haryana. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]
!["We want to mark this protest not only on social media but on the streets of India," Premjeet Singh, 22, said. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0708.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
"We want to mark this protest not only on social media but on the streets of India," Premjeet Singh, 22, said. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]
![Women from villages in Patiala, Punjab, joined in by feeding themselves and the other protesters. "We do this work shift-wise. After two days, we go back to our village and will be replaced by other women," said Parminder Jeet Kour. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0990.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Women from villages in Patiala, Punjab, joined in by feeding themselves and the other protesters. "We do this work shift-wise. After two days, we go back to our village and will be replaced by other women," said Parminder Jeet Kour. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]
![Maan Singh, 50, a Sikh volunteer, heads the community kitchen for nearly 30,000 farmers at Singhu border. "It’s open for 24 hours and we provide food to everyone," he says. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0838.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Maan Singh, 50, a Sikh volunteer, heads the community kitchen for nearly 30,000 farmers at Singhu border. "It’s open for 24 hours and we provide food to everyone," he says. [Vikar Syed/Al Jazeera]
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‘Knockout blow’: UK manufacturers warn of no-deal Brexit upheaval
UK businesses plead with government for time to prepare for possibility of an exit from the EU without a trade deal.
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In Addis Ababa, Sudan PM announces IGAD summit on Tigray crisis
Hamdok becomes first foreign leader to visit Ethiopian capital since fighting began in Tigray region in early November.
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Israel’s status quo and Netanyahu’s conundrum
Likud member Gideon Saar’s announcement to start his New Hope party adds a new dynamic to PM’s political challenges.
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