she told me, i was no longer her son. is it possible to be jewish and critical of zionism? i do palestinian solidarity. think it's the most jewish thing i can. what about the treatment towards the palestinians and the occupation? and i just think it's an embarrassment. cringe frankly. u.s. president elect joe biden says donald trump's refusal to concede will not help his legacy or stop the transfer of power. this is also coming up as azeri

celebrates and armenians protest, russian peacekeepers deployed as part of a cease fire deal to end the fighting. and they're going to care about clashes on the streets of lima. following the swearing in of a new program president and the palestinians lose their chief negotiator who died in weeks off to contract to the us president elect. joe biden has called donald trump's refusal to concede the presidential election an embarrassment, but biden says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january. that's despite the trump administration, reportedly refusing to assist the president elect's transition team. alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . well, donald trump is keeping a low profile, joe biden is putting himself front and center. this was an event to discuss the

affordable care act, but the president elect questions on other topics and he had a message to the man he replaced. and his refusal to accept the result. i just think it's an embarrassment. great, frankly. the only thing that how can we say this tax? i think it will help the president's legacy. i think that i know from my discussions with foreign leaders of us for that they are hopeful that the united states democratic institutions are viewed once again as being strong and endure. and what i think at the end of the day, you know, it's all going to come to fruition in january 20th or foreign leaders, a calling joe biden to congratulate him. trump, secretary of state, america's top diplomat, has called the result into question and it will be

a smooth transition to a 2nd term of mr. action. right, we're ready for the world is watching what's taking place that we're going to count all the votes. when the process is complete, for the electors selected, there's a process. the constitution lays it out pretty clearly. various government agencies and departments it's been reported have been ordered by the white house not to help with the presidential transition. because in its view, the result is still in doubt. that hasn't stopped joe biden, pushing ahead with planning for day one, even without the immediate assistance of the chump administration. and the leader of the republicans in the senate says the dilly, want to create problems. i don't think anything that's occurred so far, iraq's an ordinary process of moving through the various steps that i indicated and allowing if there is a new administration to work through the transition,

all of these steps will be taken at the appropriate time. this election has already seen a lot of legal challenges there might be another one coming as the biden campaign considers going to court to force donald trump's team to start planning for the handover of power. alan fischer. al-jazeera washington. the u.s. supreme court heard a republican objections to the affordable care act or obamacare on tuesday. donald trump has long pledged to scrap his predecessor's signature achievement, but some conservative judges have already signaled they're unlikely to strike down the law. she had firsthand reports. it's estimated that some 23000000 people would lose their health coverage if the affordable care act was found to be unconstitutional. some gathered outside the supreme court as oral arguments were heard virtually by the justices to explain what was at stake. like more, a riley whose past seizures might make her ineligible for health insurance without

obamacare and got hit with about $900.00 again for a one hour for a 5 minute ambulance ride and a hospital bill for almost $30000.00 for one night in the hospital plus every idea of other medical bills from specialists and doctors, and thanks for that, you know, maybe 30 hours and a half. but if the f.d.a. is struck down over the coming days coming weeks, i will finally be without health insurance. a particular focus of the protest as fears was the supremes, coots, newest member, amy kearney, barrett, she's been critical of 2, previous rulings upholding the a.c.l.u. against republican challengers. however, as it turned out, it was a different trump nominee who made the most significant contributions to the proceedings. brett kavanaugh, his questioning, strongly suggested that even if a majority of justices agreed that the plaintiffs had a case and that what's called the individual mandate in the a.c.l.u. . the requirement for all americans to have health insurance was unconstitutional. kavanah didn't feel that would invalidate the rest of obamacare looking or several

buildings. presidents, it does seem fairly clear that the proper remedy would be to sever the mandate provision and leave the rest of the employees. the provisions regarding preexisting conditions and the rest, chief justice john roberts, all circs press skepticism of the republicans, arguments together with cavanagh and the court 3 liberal justices. they could form a majority to preserve the a.c.n. in delaware, president elect joe biden weighed in this effort to bypass the will of the american people. the verdict of the courts in the past judgments of congress, in my view is simply cruel and needlessly device. joe biden was among the 1st to, congratulate his then both president barack obama won the a c., a became law in 20 term against republican objections i put a decade later, even by going except that with at least 30000000 still uninsured,

despite obamacare change is needed. and now his supporters hope he'll be able to keep a campaign promise to use the a.c.s. private insurance model as a basis for reform once the supreme court rules in several months. sure. but hansie out 0. record numbers of people are in hospital in the united states with coronavirus, as the number of new cases continues to saw, almost 62000 people are currently hospitalized with one st. a 1000000 people have been infected in the united states. and just the last 10 days. russian peacekeeping troops have been deployed in a go in a karabakh following a deal to end 6 weeks of fighting. the disputed region is internationally recognized, but it is controlled by ethnic armenians. as aries have spent the day celebrating, what's been seen as a win delivering swathes of territory to their country, but in neighboring armenia, it's been described as a disaster. hoda,

abdel-hamid it's a nation in shock. many baffled that their media has signed an agreement. they see as humiliating and for some the anger was too much to contain. by early morning protestors started to arrive in front of parliament. our. i don't know how this nation behaves. this man says, calling on people to rise up. emotions were high, and soon the anger turned into current prime minister to resign among the people here veterans of the 1st war, thereby jan in the early 1990, s. mothers of soldiers who recently died and displaced people from nagorno-karabakh mina and her mother bear to are dismayed they left their hometown of stepan, occurred by john at the beginning of the fighting. her father stayed behind

the one he saw miss agreement, didn't ask our opinion. he signed in secret, it's a crime. i want to return there. my trained general there, i'm not having a normal education because of current virus and the war. i will only go back if the children of the prime minister come and live there with me. like everyone here, nina and berta want the agreement to be cancelled boardin, a 1200 soldiers lost their lives or deposit 6 weeks. i mean, it has now also lost all 7 as every region surrounding the un clave it had occupied since 994. as well as a title of shusha in the corner. it's her to swallow. this is a very difficult time for me and for prime minister and he called bashing me on that he was already under international pressure, just signed a cease fire agreement. and now he's having an even harder time at home, explaining to people that this was the best option. in the current situation, there was no chance of making another decision. i plan to give more details such as

why and what the reason was behind last month's events. i can't do it right now for one simple reason, because stopping military actions is the main focus right now. and if i say something, i couldn't danger people. but bush in the end hasn't managed to convince many people, even among those who are calling for his resignation. yes, i'm an ordinary mother, but what happened is horrible. every day we were given good news and suddenly this happens. good or bad. i don't know, but i don't want an agreement at the price of all those innocent children who died . it should have been done earlier. he needs to answer our questions. some of the russian peacekeepers have already arrived. they will be deployed in to guarantee to cease fire, but for armenians, this sense of loss that azerbaijan felt for nearly 3 decades is just beginning to seep in. but up that has me as about zones, president says the ceasefire will end what he calls

a year long occupation of reports from the capital backing. a victory dance bridges been years in the making, either by johnnie's or jubilant after the announcement of a deal to end the conflict in the corner. even physical constraints didn't stop some people from showing their joy. hundreds of thousands of displaced people who wanted to return. now that seems possible, i'll return to the place where my mother or grandmother were born from and here is a look to me. i can't even describe this feeling. it's impossible to express all this after steady gains on the battlefield since september, the deal has been made possible largely because of other by john's advanced military power. the president acknowledged his forces as he declared the conflict over god bless heroes as a result of their heroism and self-sacrifice, we return to our lands,

make good soldiers and recover soon and return to normal life. i have called it an armenian defeat, agreed with russian relation, and the deal will hold on to the areas of nagorno-karabakh that it took you in the recent fighting, i mean, year has agreed to withdraw from several other nearby areas in the coming few weeks . russian peacekeepers will remain in the region but an extended 5 years in return other by john will stop its advances and the guns on the front lines have fallen silent. as it will join the army showed that we are capable to liberate our troops . we have liberated our now we also showed that we have the political will to stop the hostilities and to continue negotiations. many people in the very capital don't completely trust russian peacekeepers and wanted their forces to retake all of the disputed nagorno-karabakh region. the turkish foreign minister called the deal a secret success of the president,

the peacekeepers in addition to the russians. but it's not yet decided exactly how those troops will be deployed. other by johnny, see a few weeks of war have achieved more than 2 decades of diplomacy. but maintaining peace is not going to be easy as thousands of people have been killed in both sides . and more than a 1000000 have been displaced in both our media and other right down from a dollar a day out of their own pocket. still ahead on al-jazeera calls for a cease fire in ethiopia, seagrave a region where hundreds have died and thousands are fleeing into sudan. and how the pandemic as impacted consumer spending, as the world's biggest online sales exult. looks like the rainy season is coming across parts of the middle east,

a fair amount of cloud showing up on the satellite picture here anywhere from the caucuses down towards northern parts of saudi arabia. you could see some, but some places afraid possibility some localized flooding as a result of that. there we go. the right, sliding in from the eastern parts of pushing across the caucasus easing over towards southern parts of the caspian sea. well, the areas of iran could see some showers long spells of rain there, feeding down across iraq, kuwait, seeing some of that wetter weather along with saudi arabia. and it will continue to drive its way further eastward as we go through thursday, some heavier rain there running across turkmenistan, uzbekistan tajikistan more than parts of afghanistan. right here in doha for the time big come the end of the week and even may what we might see a spot or 2 of light rain. so that's something to watch out for. plenty of rain. meanwhile, across central parts of africa, lots of clouds showing up across central areas, a seasonal rains doing quite nicely in the process of sinking

a little further south with say you see that heavy rain just pushing down into tanzania some wetter weather, also sliding down into mozambique as we go through the next couple of days, could even see some wet weather for botswana. but dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic. let's start with some of the all the ground realities affecting the news coverage. what's the lay of the land there? stripping away the stand, a gripping story about presidential corruption, it is real reporting is not and your team and challenging assumptions and the official line. we all decided we need to cut. i was of course, we don't want to be authority. and if the media village on out is iraq,

you're watching al-jazeera, top stories this hour. u.s. president elect joe biden has called donald trump's refusal to concede the presidential election. an embarrassment, but he says hill, nothing will stop the transfer of power in january. the u.s. continues to register record numbers of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations . almost 62000 people are currently in hospital with a 1000000. people have been effect infected in the last 10 days and celebrations been taking place. and after a deal of conflict over the region will have to hand over control of 3 districts. prompting an angry reaction by protestors that

the funeral for chief palestinian negotiator will be held later on wednesday. he died on tuesday from a coded 19 complications. was a key figure in talks with israel for more than 20 years before set looks back on his life. was at the center of the israeli palestinian conflict for much of his life. for many around the world, one of the most familiar and effective voices for the palestinian cause. his death came just over a month since he was diagnosed with 19, his wife and one of his daughters. among those who rushed to the west jerusalem hospital where he was being treated from yorkie pide west bank, the tributes began to come in who devoted his life.

so bereket was 12 years old when israeli tanks rolled into his hometown of jericho, part of a war that lasted 6 days and reshaped the region and his life. he attended university in the united states and moved to england to complete a ph d. in conflict resolution. at the madrid peace talks in 1901, he insisted on wearing the coffee are the symbol of palestinian national identity in the decades following as a palestinian chief negotiator, he would be both criticized and praised for his stubbornness over terms for a 2 state solution. based on the 1967 borders being it doesn't negotiate as he was . it was or is the whole there is i would say possible to negotiate because we will well he's real. but the day of his death also

brought fresh attacks from some on the israeli right. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, some called him a terrorist who worked for the destruction of israel. over the years. erekat described a growing pessimism at israel's expansion of illegal settlements. and the steady entrenchment of its occupation. those who really undermine that was that solution. how to play with it, what i call them now, apartheid. i don't think in the 21st century, they would get away with it. but all the while he'd been fighting a more personal battle risperidone disease that would in 2017 require a transplant of both lungs and leave him among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic. on tuesday afternoon, eric hobbs body was brought here to ramallah ahead of his burial in his hometown of jericho. on wednesday, he was aware in his latter years of the failure to achieve

a palestinian state, how effective his standing should have got a tongue transplant. instead of a lung transplant he wants, but he never did give up on his advocacy for a 2 state solution to a conflict that has now outlived ari force at al-jazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank. the u.s. has approved the sale of dozens of f. $35.00 fighter jets to the united arab emirates. the deal now goes before congress where those opposed would need a 2 thirds majority to override a presidential veto. the $10000000000.00 package includes 50 jets, as well as 18 reaper drones, and thousands of bombs and missiles. president trump agreed to consider the sale as a side deal. so the u.s. normalization agreement with israel. the conflict in northern ethiopia is threatening to spill over the country's borders and appears to be fueling a humanitarian crisis. prime minister ahmed, or did an offensive in t.

great last week after accusing local forces there of attacking a military base since then hundreds have been killed. as more from the capital at celebrations on the streets of the tiny town of an ethiopian residents came to welcome federal forces who've just critic in the town from 2 great fighters does show, which is in the region was captured by 2 ground forces a week ago. during fighting with troops along with your peers and often whose bases they talked to or not they, we could have a lot of gunfire. the whole village panicked. but thanks to the heart of regional special forces, who were able to save a lot of the national defense forces. if your peers, federal government continued to claim more victories on tuesday, with its defense forces saying they had seized the airport in to cry. near the border with sudan and eritrea. they also paraded some militiamen from the to cry.

people's liberation front, who they said had defected. from political trend because we must not go to wolf the post reasons we should be defending our national unity to the young men to take ray should not go to war because of a telephone and internet communications blackout. integrate, has made it difficult to verify the situation on the ground. the african union is the latest to join international calls for an immediate cease fire and dialogue to a peaceful solution. a u. chairperson, most of achim hamad, appealed for an immediate cessation of hostilities and called on parties to respect human rights and assure the protection of civilians. the government, however, is adamant that it won't talk until the opposition achieves its objectives of bringing the to great leadership to justice and confiscating or destroying artillery and other arms. the group has, it's in possession. what we know was they had some missiles which could go to 300 kilometers. that means they could to strike

a marriage and they could also strike our followers. they could strike us matter. that's easier, it was insane. so that's why the government asked us to destroy it. hundreds of people have already been killed in the conflict that's been mostly concentrated in western to grow close to the border with sudan and eritrea. according to diplomats, a large number of refugees including troops, us a top, already crossed into sudan. there are fears this conflict could trigger civil war in the most populous nation in the horn of africa, to grant account for 6 percent of ethiopians, but the, dominate the politics for 30 years before prime minister rule rejoined mr. c's prime minister going reforms are tempted to bring about a unitary system of government, which destroys the current federal one. diplomats are now worth it up. the longer the conflict takes, the more difficult it might be to bring back the particular

a region into ethiopians for the russian of regional states. how about the world just discovered at least 6. people have been killed and dozens more wounded in the latest on rice, in ivory coast. more than 40 people have died in election related violence. in the past month since president al assad, a water was announced, he would run a controversial. the un says the number of refugees who fled the country has doubled to over 8000. manuel, merino has been sworn in as peru's new interim president, its 3rd leader in 4 years, his rise to power has been met with nationwide. protests, outgoing president was cholera remains popular with the public, despite accusations of corruption that led to his impeachment. marianna sanchez has more from the anger and outrage, be deuced major cities from lima to cusco to keep. the protesters clashed with riot

police. dozens were arrested violence. also erupting around the perimeter of congress as madrid, maybe no, was sworn in this new interim president. this congress does whatever they want with us. we have to fight the country, can't go on like this. in his message remedial said he'd been entrusted with a legitimate vote to defend the nation. this is momentum we do visit, but at least this is a difficult time for the country. do people have expectations and look at us worried that the crisis isn't deniable, we must act maturely. he knew i should. peruvians elections will be held in april and that he will respect the rule of law. but that's a message. do you believe plausible? 68 of 130 lawmakers face criminal investigations from murder to money laundering, abuse and fraud, among other charges. the new congress president faces $52.00 investigations alone.

peruvians say corruption is entrenched at the highest levels and the outgoing president of the discover, the one person many believe could bring honesty to government, has been impeached and removed from office. because carter was the only president who had the strength to put things in order. the new government is taking power to satisfy the person when missions they knew they wouldn't be reelected. some political foes of this new government say the law makers and gave to shield themselves from prosecution with immunity and eventually change the constitution to allow for their reelection. you know, far from his quite good by a monday. now former president discover who faces 2 investigations for corruption is questioning the legitimacy of the impeachment. he says the votes to unseat him would only be valid if sanctioned by the people around the country. a few peruvians are content with out of office early, every gazan,

it is here that actually discard deserved to be finished. a lot can happen. now. there is a lot of uncertainty. but this by their differences, most people here are certain about one thing. after 3 presidents in the last 4 years, nothing peruvian politics can surprise them. but in a scientist, i just an investigation by the vatican has revealed that pope john paul the 2nd, failed to stop the rise of a disgraced cardinal. despite having knowledge of his sexual misconduct, if you don't know, carrick was allowed to rise through the catholic churches ranks, despite a long history of abuse allegations, against adults and minors. the report does not accuse the current pontiff pope francis of trying to protect the u.s. cardinal a most of northern india has been engulfed by heavy smoke. the capital is suffering the worst egg quality worldwide. last week, new delhi recorded its most toxic and quality in

a year 14 times above the world health organization safe limit. this time of year, the small gaze was due to low wins traffic fumes and farmers burning off leftover crops. there are concerns about the added health hazard. 8 could pose during the pandemic and china's top online retailer has kicked off the world's biggest online sale. the so-called single station up event hosted by the alibaba group is bigger than black friday and cyber monday. in the u.s. can buy name 600000 transactions. a 2nd were recorded at its peak this year it sells a report of the already reached more than 50 $6000000000.00 katrina. you has more from beijing. we're here at a delivery center on the outskirts of beijing where some packages are being processed behind me and they're among the millions and millions of packages that will be shipped across the country across china for the single day shopping. and

that's how it was 1st started 12 years ago by economist giant ali baba at an event stand. in contrast to valentine's day single day is a play on november 11th 1111. it's really a day for those unpartnered people to instead take advantage of discounts and treat themselves to gifts. now today it's much more than that. many more retailers and online shops take advantage of today, and it's a period that lost not only on the number, november 11th, but for a period of about 2 weeks. but there are markdowns on everything from daily necessities to big ticket items such as cars and even luxury apartments. and the reason this event is so significant is that it's seen as a economic boom is a for china's help to really. and especially in a year with president xi jinping, is said that the country really needs a turbo charge, it shift away from relying on exports to the domestic economy, building up the consumer market. people are really being courage to spend as much as possible. and some people have even be given the day off to do that. but then

we're also seeing these wealthier customers in china who have been unable to travel overseas and because of that, the spending a lot more on big ticket luxury items. and of course also wristing a really big shift, the focus you missed by move things to do with taking care of the health service, doing the ship shipment and the buying of things like of vitamins and supplements, sporting goods, and of course, face masks. also this is, 000, these are the top stories u.s. president elect. joe biden has called donald trump's refusal to concede the presidential election an embarrassment, a bug and says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january. i just think it's an embarrassment. quite frankly, the only thing that how can i say this tactfully?

i think it will not help the president's legacy.