from the favelas of caracas. so the battlefields around most of our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge or are. ready u.s. president elect joe biden names a long time aide as his chief of staff. while donald trump continues to insist, he won the election and this is our desire live from doha. also coming up, the u.s. warns of new sanctions against china as hong kong's pro-democracy legislators announce their resignations after a full of their colleagues and disqualified the w.h.o. highlights the dangers of lifting restrictions. as italy, reports $623.00 virus deaths and the u.k.'s death toll passes $50000.00

and branded a traitor over the new go to care about ceasefire deal. the future hangs in the balance for his prime minister. us president elect joe biden has named his white house chief of staff despite donald trump's refusal to concede and allow a smooth transition of power. ron klain served as chief of staff to both biden and vice president al gore during the obama and clinton administrations. however, biden's been unable to move into federal office space or use government funds to hire staff because of trump's refusal to accept the election results. the us state of georgia has announced it will be recounting all votes by hand, which was requested by the trump campaign. joe biden secured the election without

georgia, but he's also leading there by just over 14000 votes. officials say the recount will begin at the end of the week. the current margin stands at 14111 between the president and senator biden, vice president biden. my office will continue to investigate each and every instance of illegal voting, double voting. felon voting, people voting out of state. if you report it, we will investigate it. every illegal vote will count. there's extra attention on georgia because it will have a 2 senate runoff races. in january, they'll determine control of the upper chamber. the republicans currently have 50 seats and the democrats of 48. if they win both races in georgia, the democrats will effectively gain the majority because the vice president costs

the deciding vote in a tie. alan fisher has more from washington d.c. . don't trump isn't giving up the idea that he's won this election, he's been tweeting out in the last couple of hours that servers were allowed into accounts in pennsylvania and in michigan, he says that hundreds of thousands of votes shouldn't have been counted there. therefore he wins. the reality is that the argument about observers has been tested in court in pennsylvania. it was through a note in michigan, the judge said it was simply hearsay that was being presented by the trump campaign . that they were basing their claim on someone who told someone who had something from someone else that is not a legal standard as far as he was concerned. but it sure is that donald trump is running out of room when it comes to claiming that he lost the election because of fraud. that's what the republicans are saying in the main. but every time they go to court, they're not producing evidence of widespread fraud and there are thaws in the white

house who believe that the president options are no becoming increasingly limited. and he may be moving towards the idea of at least acknowledging that he lost the election, although will continue to claim it was stolen from him. richard good stain is a democratic strategist. he says the u.s. government will continue to function as necessary, despite charmes efforts to halt the transfer of power. it is said over and over we have one president that will try for better or worse as our president will january 20th at noon. thankfully, world leaders have called joe by day, at least acknowledging, you know, virtually no elected republicans will that he is going to be the new president and they want to engage with him in a way that they've had a hard time engaging with donald trump. so is there a power vacuum? i mean, again, i think the open issue is don't come to us, been known to break norms and to do things that seem not well thought through. what

might he do as president, he has the power to do that, frankly, will come for joe biden. you probably issue pardons to everybody he knows who's ever got into trouble. that's ok. that's not great, but that won't keep joe biden doing its job, but there are things that he could do, certainly in terms of international relations that could set things back. and there's not a power vacuum. i mean, i don't trust flexing its muscles because it makes him feel important. it just makes the job that much harder for job. i have to have hong kong as a pro democracy. politicians are expected to formally hand in their resignations that the legislative council can't get their ways to god because i am 50000000. that's often china's highest decision making body disqualified full of that colleagues. the government accuses them of being a threat to national security. the u.s. is one china further sanctions off of the may. i was there is

a dream brown is outside the legislative council and explains who the new rules could talk at next. those 15 legislators who announced their resignations on wednesday are now handing in their resignations to the president of the legislative assembly. this is the latest act in the unfolding political drama here in hong kong. and of course, what it means is that for the 1st time since the handover in 1997 will be no effective opposition. all eyes now are on the next here of government as it were. that's to say, the district councilors now the pro-democratic camp did very well in the district council elections. exactly a year ago, they secured 17 out of hong kong's 18 district councils. and many of these councilors a very young, much more radical than the, the democrats who have now been removed or have resigned from let's go. and,

you know, as far as china is concerned, lot of them are not showing sufficient patriotism to the mainland. and carol lam gave a hint yesterday at a media conference that you know, other people, other groups could also be targeted. and the feeling is among many analysts is that this, these young radical district councillors could well be next. of course, along with other elected officials, hiro's thing called a cautionary tale of the dangers of easing coronavirus restrictions. the world health organization issued the warning as the continent is witnessing an aggressive surge in infections. more than 50000, people have now died from covert 19 in the u.k. and in italy. once the epicenter of europe's outbreak, $623.00 people died in the past 24 hours,, a new seven's reports. for the u.k., it's another landmark in the spread of covert, and it's causing a lot more than $50000.00. people who tested positive have died. britain's total of

dead is now the highest in europe. nearly $600.00 deaths on wednesday overtakes pickers, since may in the 1st wave. every death is a tragedy. we everybody who's gone and with their families or friends as well, we're not out of the woods yet. it does still require everybody to follow the guidance elsewhere in europe. the spread is on the increase too, in italy, where hotels are now being used to cope with an over spill of patients. the number of cases has now passed 1000000 and despite increased lockdown restrictions, such as here in florence, spain's number of dead within 24 hours has increased to more than $400.00. it's the highest since the 2nd wave began. france is now using mobile units to treat non covert patients because of demands on its hospitals. germany continues to struggle

. now we have 2 wards that are pretty much at full capacity. and while we are able to do our jobs, hungary is the latest country to increase its lockdown measures. its parliament has called and 3 months state of emergency that imposes an overnight national curfew on the ground counter, measures in the fight against covidien crease and the race to introduce vaccination programs is also exaggerating. the european union has signed a contract with pfizer, which has developed the front runner vaccine, with biome tick. the e.u. says it's buying 300000000 doses. hundreds simmons' our jazeera iran has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll. since the pandemic began 462 people over the past 24 hours died, the health ministry also confirmed a record number of daily infections at almost 12000 new cases. more than 39600,

people have now died from the virus in iran, which is the worst hit nation in the middle east. coronavirus restrictions are being reimposed in several states across the u.s. as infection shots are more records there. according to the tracking project, 131000 new cases were confirmed on tuesday, and texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases. almost 62000 people are currently hospitalized with the virus more than ever before. all measures have been tightened in new york and several midwest states. libya is expected to hold elections within the next 18 months after reaching a breakthrough. during u.n. backed political talks in geneva, it comes after rival factions agreed to a road map to unite libyan institutions. many of the institutions are split among the un recognized government based in the west. and warlord khalifa haftar libyan

national army in the east. this is fire was agreed between the warring sides last month. stephanie williams, the un's acting envoy to libya, says representatives from both sides agreed to a road map for the elections. today the participants of the libyan political dialogue form reached a pulmonary agreement on ever map for ending the transitional period and organize free, fair, inclusive and credible parliamentary and presidential elections. they outlined clear steps for reaching the election. mahmoud. arbil i heard has more from tripoli. the u. n. acting envoy to libya, stephanie williams seems to be optimistic especially. and today, the most important or the most outstanding point she mentioned is that the

elections parliamentary and presidential elections to be hilled. after 18 months, transitional period. but at the same time, she says we still have a lot of work to do it. this is the point because this t. called a meeting in tunisia. they have to choose a presidential council to be composed of 3 members. remember the current presidential council as can include 9 members and also a separate new government. this is the tough task that is facing the stakeholders. 75 representatives of the libyan society meeting in tunisia and sponsored by the united nations. still ahead. does there? oh,

i don't want single person to leave here. doubt any doubt about gail of the humanitarian disaster that we're now confronting. in europe. the stark warning from the u.n. 80 percent of yemenis will face starvation within months. i'm bringing jurassic park to life. we look at and it is controversial plan to turn a world heritage site into a tourism hub. had a we've seen the change of weather type throughout the levant and struggling through iraq and into iran. and it will eventually be south was i think the focus of the heavy showers the next 2 days were likely be bahrain science woods towards qatar and also the southern caspian, a concentration of grain here,

either in this part of iran or in azerbaijan, the coast. but the be brief, northerly blast northwesterly blast into doha. the chances are it will bring a share or 2 with it. the focus is likely to show still a slight possibility of showers on saturday. but a certainty of the strength of that northerly wind. i'm pleased to say the showers that have been sort of enduring, south sudan are easing off to a large degree. the folks still live in lake victoria, further west and got warm and certainly into angola. so the forecast, the juba is a dry one for the next 3 days. the rain is going south, the sun is almost reaches sudden most extent now. so you will see this is the persistent daily stuff in places like the coast of tanzania. dar es salaam has got 3 days in the forecast of moderate rain and there is the science of that. but if you're in cape town, you go at least one david, nice warm my

name is matthew castle. i grew up jewish in america and i support the palestinian struggle against occupation when politics can pass and my mom saw me at a protest in chicago carrying a palestinian flag. she told me i was no longer her son. is it possible to be jewish? i'm critical of zionism, i do palestinian solidarity work. think it's the most jewish thing i can do. what about the treatment towards the palestinians and the occupation about it? al-jazeera correspondent ruth you're watching out. is there a reminder of our top stories this hour? u.s.

president elect joe biden has named his white house chief of staff despite donald trump source fusil to concede and allow a transfer of power. ron klain, is one of biden's most trusted campaign advisers. 15 of hong kong's probably to mock the politicians are expected to formally resign after beijing disqualified 4 of their colleagues. the u.s. has warned china further sanctions after the move. the corona virus continues to mount in europe. the u.k. has reported 595 deaths in 24 hours. 623 new fatalities were recorded in italy, restrictions are being reimposed in several states across the u.s. where more than 130000 cases were confirmed on tuesday. i mean, is, parliament has agreed to discuss protesters demands that the prime minister step down over troops in the disputed region. and there's

a widespread anger towards nicole partin un, people are demanding that he counsels the agreement, which allows us to keep land. it captured, during 6 weeks of fighting hoda abdel-hamid was at the main protests in the armenian capital, yet they stood in freedom square in europe. and it was from here that defers would occur with voice defined in years of soviet rule. this time they were shouting, prime minister yan is a traitor. the rally was organized by his political opponents, including the 2nd largest party in parliament. the message, some of the opposition leaders gave to their supporters, is that there has been national betrayal of the protesters defied the country's martial law under which demonstrations are bad. and that time scuffled with goodies for the prime minister to reside beekeeping louder throughout the day. this is by

agreement signed with russian azerbaijan, course intermediate to pull out of war as it had occupied since 1994. well, as are but keeps has regained doing to military operations. he has to apparent front of the military tribunals with all his team because he secretly in the middle of the night, sold the whole of nagorno-karabakh. he discredited the honor of our soldiers. a prime minister who was not seen in public yet appeared yet again on facebook. the regional capital step on a curt was on the direct threat. the army chief of staff said the city wasn't well defended if it was captured, thousands of our soldiers would be in a blockade. we would have lost even more territory to protesters went to the seat or the government. just say they didn't believe him. this is not a nationwide protest, but the feeling that the prime minister gave away too much is shared even among

those who haven't gone down to the streets marching further towards parliament. protestors try to convince others to join this woman says it is for the sake of saving karabakh and the self-proclaimed republic of the prime minister hasn't responded to that. there was traitors who are also demanding for the agreement to be cancelled. we are saying he has to go home because he is not our prime minister anymore because he cannot sign such an agreement. we're losing everything. we're living in the south of the country, which is the border with iran. i mean, we're unified while the war was going on since the ceasefire agreement ended the fighting. national survey that seems to be fading away for the year over at least 3. people have been injured by a blast at a cemetery in saudi arabia. it happened injured during a ceremony commemorating the end of world war one. the remembrance day event was

organized by the french embassy and diplomats from europe and the u.s. were present. 80 percent of yemen's population will experience famine within months . if more money isn't provided, that's the stark warning coming from the united nations. un humanitarian chief, says an extra $1.00 and a half 1000000000 is needed to avert the crisis. diplomatic it is said james peyser reports from the u.n. headquarters in new york. the u.n. security council, we're told the warning lights were blinking red with the world food program, the winner of this year's nobel peace prize. talking of the risk of famine in months. i would literally like to be pretty clear and pretty blunt about the situation because i don't want person to leave here without any doubt about the scale of the humanitarian disaster that we're now confronting in yemen. so we're on

a countdown right now to a catastrophe in yemen. his comments were echoed by the un's humanitarian coordinator, who made it clear. this was a manmade crisis. yemenis are not going hungry. they are being starved. all of us are used to the conflict council members, donors, humanitarian organizations, and should do everything we can to stop this time is running out. that begs the question. who is starving yemenis? well, the u.n. is not saying, but in recent years, the bulk of the humanitarian funding has come from 2 countries. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates 2 countries that are also bombing yemen. some of called it blood money. but this year, they both reduce their funding significantly something 2 months ago, mr. low, called the humanitarian coordinator, described as reprehensible james al-jazeera of the united nations. as least

$85.00 people are now confirmed to have died in the violence surrounding ivory coast disputed election. that's double the previous estimates. the unrest began in august when president alassane ouattara confirmed he was running for a controversial 3rd term. he went on to win with 94 percent of the votes. the president, the head of the opposition met to try and calm the ongoing tension we've agreed to, he says the thing that is most precious to post of us and to all ivorians. we've decided to work in that direction. and this was a 1st meeting to establish the trust. we've agreed to meet again very soon in order to continue this dialogue, which is started so well. now the trust has been restored. armitage's has more from its more american on the french and of course on a time to buy a very water government to ensure some form of normality across the country where

economy, brady, a former president, was part of the movement to work through with a $21.00 presidential election today, he is here and met with president honest on what i will do. that meeting lasted less than an hour. it was commended by both sides as i progress to some form of progress. and of course the groundwork for future negotiations according to the 2 leaders husband, me initially before coming here. remember since the election, they housed only corner biddy and other opposition leaders have been surrounded by security forces today as we were driving to this venue. in fact, while i was on what i was fooled up in trying to turn during his fight for the supreme a c. of the seat of president with your own bible. yeah, go for tell. we saw that the security forces have been moved away from a mr. bridges, house and also away from the headquarters. so that's

a significant development in terms of the only branch thing we are talking about. and also both leaders agreed that what is more important now for ivory coast peace fights is going to, i still have killed as many as 50 people in attacks in mozambique. local media says many of the dead were decapitated and there's women and children among them. the united nations is calling from the government to investigate the attacks, which happened in kabul delgado province. the region is home to a multi-billion dollar natural gas project. thousands of people have been displaced since armed groups began operating there. 3 years ago on this day, international is also accused mozambique and soldiers of committing atrocities during its crackdown on the violence. the man accused of being a key financier of the $994.00 rwandan genocide, has pled not guilty. an international court in the hague is accused of funding,

militia groups and propaganda before and during the genocide which he denies. the former businessman was arrested in paris in may after 26 years on the run ethnic hutus killed at least $800000.00 mostly tootsies in just a few months during the genocide, catherine so is in nairobi. she described what happened during the court proceedings at police in kabul. guest seemed frail and tired in the courtroom today. he's lawyers have raised concern about his health, the judges awaiting for full medical report. but he did fall or very keenly the proceedings in court. he did fall or as the charges were read out to him. 7 counts all related to the genocide in rwanda with the registrar of the court, a detailing his alleged involvement in that journey, genocide saying how he used his money to give cash,

to provide transport crude, uniform weapons to the entire how one militia participated in the genocide how he passing the attended some planning meetings and how he would get frequent to ports from commanders of that group as well as how his radio station was used to spread hate. and journalists there had labeled to these as cockroaches. the registrar also saying that himself when he was england was saying often said that the seas are the enemy of rwandans. so he listened to that after his charges were read out, he did not speak, but he entered a plea of not guilty, or the prosecutors have asked for 6 months to prepare their case. but i have spoken to some rwandans. they are still happy to see him in the dark, and they are happy that finally he will get his day in court. at least one person

has been killed and several others. a missing after typhoon swept across the northeast for the paines rescue efforts are underway after the storm caused landslides and flooding, and at least $32.00 towns. the country still recovering from a powerful storm that hit just over a week ago, killing around 25 people. environmental groups say indonesia's komodo dragon could be threatened by a major tourism projects. you know, asco, well, heritage site is one of the few places where the world's largest lizard species can be found in the wild. just look at washington reports from jakarta. in the center of the vast indonesian archipelago, hundreds of giant lizards roam islands. fossils indicate that they've lived here and on some neighboring islands for millions of years. the komodo dragon is the world's largest, a lizard known for its venomous bite and aggressive behavior, as well as its size. the majority live here in the motor national park. the

vulnerable species is protected under indonesian law. the park is spread across mostly undeveloped islands, but the government wants to change that efforts to turn this unesco world heritage site into a tourism hub around the way that he grew by accommodated the komodo dragons are not used to seeing heavy equipment. so when they get too close, we try to keep them away so that character won't change. this video reveals what the final result is supposed to look like. said to the music from the hollywood science fiction film dressing park. showcasing what one senior minister has called dinosaur tourism. the government says the project is environmentally friendly. we're not damaging anything. we're improving the facilities and visitor management. officials on the ground say the construction is taking place without disturbing the komodo dragons or the local environment. not in

the construction has been done very carefully. we haven't cut down the single tree, but some are not convinced surviving. and the last minute i'm going into this is a conservation area. that's the basis of our objection. you see the heavy equipment vehicles tearing the place down, others are hopeful that if the project is successful, it will create opportunities for the local community. and then he said colombo haps, with this development, all children can get jobs, richer island is part of the government's plan to create 10 new tourist hubs around the country. the aim is for these destinations to become the next bali upon environmental groups have criticised. the development in the national park will be discussed at the next unesco world. heritage meeting makes year the unesco world heritage center told al-jazeera it has requested more information from the intonation government about the development. it also said it has reminded the

government of the need to carefully assess any potential impacts. construction is set to finish by mid next year and act which some fear will change this park permanently and could put its dragons at risk just to washington al-jazeera jakarta this is out there, and these are the top stories u.s. president elect. joe biden has named his white house chief of staff despite donald trump's refusal to concede and allow a transfer of power. ron klain, is one of biden's most trusted campaign advisers. fish as more from washington d.c. claim or run a very tight ship is expected in the white house. he's very good a partly me gently identifying what the key issues are and taking steps to deal with that and it's expected he'll serve.