on the al-jazeera al-jazeera every. ready ethiopia's prime minister says the military has liberated parts of the 2 great region that agency has won the fighting, it's keeping out supplies i'm convinced all this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up, a possible breakthrough in talks to end fighting in libya. rival sides agreed to hold elections within 18 months. the u.s.

threatens china with more sanctions. after 4 politicians are disqualified from hong kong's legislature. a warning to europe against lifting covert 19 restrictions to quickly the world health organization says that could lead to another resurgence in infections. ethiopia's prime minister says military gains have been made in the northern tick rate region where the federal government is battling local forces. the offensive began last week, after the ahmed accuse the regional government of attacking a military picks, aid agencies are warning there, unable to bring much needed supplies into the region because of the fighting. thousands of people have fled the on rest, many to neighboring sudan triggering fears of a refugee emergency. joins us now live from the capital, addis ababa? just tell us about these gains, liberated areas that it is talking about. well

yes kim is talking about their entire western parts of a region that is years and near the border. it's you have to be a house with eritrea to see it done. he's talking about he towns and cities like which has been the ancient kingdom of them, which has got a lot of his total value to use european then also areas not far away from the border that it's like shooting and shoot out over as well as homemade which is a crossing point into sudan border now is not just they are claiming victory. also in the past few. in the last hour, the parliament in addis ababa has been meeting and remove immunity of up to 39 senior leadership of the security people's liberation front. they include the

president of the us very different so you can get a michael who is the defacto leader of the p.l.o. from the to people as we speak. and as the conflict continues, they also include a former pilot, full minister in the government of the late prime minister. and the now we, he's advised the high, he's also been back as we speak or in the to gravity. and then also who used to be an information minister in the federal government and is now the spokesman for the left. now all these is said to complicate the possibility of talks happening between the 2 groups. and meanwhile, the u.n. says some 10000 refugees have fled into don, but millions of people live in the relative vicinity of the sizing. so they can sense that it could be many more people forced to say to violence.

yes, that is the main warrior of you and agencies and other charities who have been already involved in creating thousands of people who need food aid in the ticket. our region, there is also the issue of country roads of broke roads by the military, as the fighting continues and they cannot replenishment the aid that those people desperately need. and also the board all have been telling us that up to 2000 people have been crossing the border into sudan ever since the conflict began . but another son from the charities is the baldwins of refugees who've been living in europe here for some of them up to 20 years. and some of that comes right now in the middle of the places where these intense fighting is going on.

ok, thank you for that update mohamad over there live from addis ababa. the united states is threatening more sanctions against chinese and hong kong officials over a new law that disqualified for pro-democracy politicians. the group was dismissed from hong kong's legislative council. after beijing gave new powers to local authorities and allows them to remove politicians who are considered a threat to national security. on wednesday, 15 other opposition legislations said they would resign in protest. adrian brown is outside the legislative council and explains who the new rules could target. 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 come, 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 councils could well be next. of course, along with other elected officials, libya's rival factions have agreed to hold elections within the next 18 months.

during talks into the 2 sides also agreed to night to libyan institutions. many are split between the un recognized government based in the west and war holy 5000 libyan national army in the east a ceasefire was agreed between the warring sides last month. today, the participants of the libyan political dialogue form reached a pole limon area agreement on ever map for ending the transitional period and organizing free, fair, inclusive, and credible parliamentary and presidential elections. they outlined clear steps for reaching these elections. somehow d. is the editor in chief of the its national interest and joins us now from london. sami, always good to talk to you. you believe this appears to be a genuine breakthrough, but i'm interested. how do you think this will actually play out with so many armed

groups, militias, local conflicts? do you think this will be easily reflected on the ground? i think it's a breakthrough in so far as it demonstrates that all of the libyan factions are ready and willing to engage in the political process. it's a breakthrough in the political factions that the military solution is no longer possible and that the political process is the best way to go about cementing and trying to cement what they have achieved in influence throughout this conflict. so it's a breakthrough in that it represents a genuine desire among syllabi and parties to choose a political battlefield as opposed to a military battlefield. however, the problem that i have with this announcement is that we have to remember that elections have taken place in better environments. this in 20142011, the problem with those elections was not the fact that there was not the government or an interest in that group ruling libya. the problem was that the roaming

militias that act with impunity to various fiefdoms they desire amongst the political factions to maintain military wings and military arms. meant that these militias were engaged in intimidating the population in ensuring that elections only were conducted in a manner that would benefit their own gains. and i think we've seen a reflection of the impact of these roaming militias with the assassination of a prominent libyan lawyer in benghazi, who threatened to reveal corruption within the administration was a known dissident. you know, other words, we're watching for elections when the military environment on the ground is practically no worse than it was in 2014. and we saw how the 2014 election disintegrated when one militia that didn't like the elections, went in, sees the airport while the other militia went east winds. and then we became east and west and wheat plunged into a civil war. and so i think it's a breakthrough in that we now have a political back battlefield, but it's important to note that the parties are engaged, not because they genuinely want to see a new democratic transition,

but only because this is currently the most viable way to cement big gains pretty good given it's a power sharing agreement. and the final point i'll make on this, and the most glaring piece of evidence of the intentions behind the parties engage with the political process and how they are trying to cement the gains is that we are seeing visits to cairo. but i am a great deal by eugen, a figures, in other words, a recognition that the ones who will decide who rules libya in the coming era. the people who will decide are from outside libya, not inside libya. and what i fear is that what will emerge from this political process is a power sharing framework, whereby the parties or actors proxies for the international power elections will be a proxy influenced, as opposed to reflecting the true will of the libyan people. ok? i want to bring it back to a point you made there about running militias with different aims, different agendas. the u.n. is talking about reintegrating, the armed forces into a single body. i mean,

how does libya even begin to do that? i think the most interesting thing that we've seen with regard to this particular topic is a clear desire from the u.s. led process to ignore the reality on the ground and refused to call things as they are to name things as they are. the reason the political parties are engaged with this political process is because turkey and to intervene, to establish a military balance between g. and a on one site and then a on the other. it is this very awkward military balance between text on one side and the russians in egypt as on the other site that have made the military solution impossible. and that's what's encouraging everybody to go into the political transition of the political process. the reality is that the current political dynamics in the current political frameworks, it's very dark and very crude of me to say the reality is that you need to maintain this military balance. if you want to ensure the survival of the political process, you need the text there and you need the russians there in order to prevent the libyan factions from going back to their preferred option of

a military solution. so any gauge read between the military factions needs the buy in of tech, you need to buy and of russia. ok. how is that insistence on trying to push out turkey and push out russia in creating this vacuum of authority that will enable these militias to have further free reign to cement themselves as opposed to being forced to adopt a unified institution. ok, we've got time for one more very quickly. the plan, as i've been saying is to hold elections within the next 18 months. don't think that will happen. i think it will happen, but it will not be free and fair elections. i think it will be elections that govern by intimidation. i think every party will seek to destroy the forces at their disposal to ensure that whatever result comes out to the election reflects the power sharing agreement between bashar go between make, take between a half that and the like, and the international sponsors of these various different powers will ensure that any government comes from the elections represents their interest as opposed to the

libyan people. and i think we will see force deployed against the libyans to ensure that they do not think for a 2nd that these elections are designed to represent their will. ok, sammy handy. thank you so much for analysis. somehow day there, editor in chief of the international interest still come here on al-jazeera, we visit the remote region and moldova, that's caught between russia and turkey. bringing drastic park to life in the nation's controversial plan, to turn a world heritage site into a tourism home. had over the last 15 hours, typhoon vanco went across luzon, just north of manila, producing widespread flooding and some wind damage. there is currently still

a thai food, but only just it will probably stay that way even strengthen a little in the next 2 days on its way towards the coast of vietnam. there was flooding in metro manila, but clearly it's too useful. the flooding was worse, a bit further east over water. this is just a problem for shipping for the next day or so. but of course, it is heading towards the coast of vietnam that have been central vietnam. it's still flooded here. this is where most of the energy the atmosphere is. so although we have showers, it's 70 percent symbolise here and struttin. these are being the wet season. they're not particularly large or widespread. they are pretty well distance. this is landfall sometime later on. saturday will keep you informed, pretty stormy weather its way through new south wales in particular queensland in the last few hours and i think the next she was well. but once that's gone through temps in queens in the particular will rise though they are hard pressed to do so. in victoria, tasmania is coming up $21.00 in hobart. you'll notice that rail end up going towards the science. the science news,

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watching al-jazeera a reminder about top stories this hour. if you're his prime minister says military gains have been made in the northern tip region with the federal government is battling local forces, thousands of fled, the region, aid agencies won. there are able to bring in supplies. libya's rival factions have agreed to hold elections within the next 18 months. during talks in tunisia, the 2 sides also agreed to 90 libyan institutions. u.s. has threatened more sanctions against chinese and hong kong officials over a new normal disqualified for pro-democracy politicians. the group was dismissed from hong kong's legislative council. after china gave new powers to local authorities. ukraine's president has been taken to hospital after becoming the latest leader to contract covert 19, lot of his alinsky spokesman told the reuters news agency the decision was made so that inskeep could isolate quote, accurately as countries and governments across europe struggle to contain

a rapidly spreading 2nd wave, the world health organization is warning them not to lift restrictions too quickly . the agency says that could lead to, a major increase in cases and or simmons 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 figures since may in the 1st wave. every death is a tragedy. i mean, we mourn everybody who's gone and, and often either with their families as and 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,

as despite increased lockdown restrictions such as here in florence, spain's number of dead within 24 hours has increased to more than 400. 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 as well continues to struggle. yes, but i'd say now we have 2 wards that are pretty much at full capacity. and while we are barely able to do our jobs, hungary is the latest country to increase its lockdown measures. its parliament has called a 3 month state of emergency that imposes an overnight national curfew on the ground counter measures in the fight against covert increase. and the race to introduce vaccination programs is also an accent aerating. the european union has signed a contract with pfizer, which has developed the front runner vaccine with biotech. the e.u.

says it's buying 300000000 doses. hundreds, simmons', al-jazeera, millions of students in senegal are heading back to class. schools had been shut for months due to the pandemic. they were meant to reopen in june, that was delayed after a cluster of corona virus cases with detected among teaches the president of ivory coast has met a main opposition leader of the protests and violence by the recent election at a somewhat tada. and they called pledge to meet again in a bid to diffuse the tensions with dollars decision to run for a 3rd term sparked protests and accusations that he was violating term limits with our claimed victory in october election. but the opposition has rejected. the result has more from abidjan. it's more like an on the french and of course on the time to buy the water, the government to ensure some form of normality across the country. and recon embody a former president was part of the movement toward the 2 with

a $21.00 presidential election. today he's met with president alassane. ouattara will go. that meeting lasted less than an hour and 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 has been made initially before coming here. remember, since the election, the house of our economy and other opposition leaders have been surrounded by security forces. today as we were driving to this venue. in fact, where i lost and what i was for that imprinted 10 during his fight for the supreme a c. of the seat of president with a lot of bug will go for till we saw that the security forces have been moved away from a mr. biggest house and also away from the party's 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 is peace. millions of people in yemen are again facing famine. that is the stock warning from the united nations un humanitarian chief mark local says an extra one and a half $1000000000.00 is needed to avoid the crisis. and diplomatic editor james bangs reports from the u.n. headquarters in new york. the u.n. security council would hold 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 what single 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, i'm not going hungry. they are being starved. all of us artists of the conflict here in council members in this humanitarian organizations and we 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 al-jazeera of the united nations rescue efforts are underway in the philippines. after parts of the north were hit by

a typhoon vanco. this one person has been killed and several others are missing. the storm triggered landslides and flooding, including in the capital manila. thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. the country is still recovering from a powerful storm that hit just over a week ago. most traders says it will appoint a special investigator to examine the possible prosecution of alleged crimes in afghanistan. the prime minister made the announcement ahead of the release of a report on the conduct of australian forces. civilians and prisoners are alleged to have been killed. australian special forces were deployed alongside u.s. and allied troops after the september 11th attacks. the government initially trying to suppress accounts of alleged wrongdoing. anger is growing, improves capital over the impeachment of president martin vizcaya. demonstrators have accused politicians of hijacking the presidency that some of his car was voted out of office of the corruption charges manual made in

a member of the center right party was sworn in and serve as interim president. until july. tensions are growing between russia and turkey over and autonomy as a region of moldova was once part of the soviet union and russia maintains a strong influence. the turkey also wants to exert its influence and has been helping to finance development projects. so new gago when to go with her to meet the people caught up in the middle of this regional tug of war i must start over is extremely proud of her heritage. just told me, she shows us around her house, designed to give visitors a taste of culture. and she tells us why preserving it is so important to her. but i want to preserve the heirlooms of my family left behind. it's so important to pass on our traditions, our folklore, our songs to our children,

so they can remember how our ancestors lived. there are 150000 in moldova, that's almost 5 percent of the population. they are ethnically, turkic. their language is also closer to turkish than any other in the region. but they are also often talks christians and strongly pro russian a hangover from the days when it was an of thomas region within the soviet union. and even claimed its independence as a pro soviet republic of moldova, broke away from the u.s.s.r. . even today, prefers to keep closer relations with moscow. like the central government now, which has been seeking closer ties with the european union. russia's influence is still strongly felt it, its language and culture dominates as do its politics. but there is another regional power to make its market turkey. in recent years,

turkey has also been investing in this corner of moldova, from infrastructure to hospitals and schools. it has even been funding lessons in the gakkai was language, so it doesn't become extinct here. one way of encouraging ties between its peoples . whereas russia continues to focus on the politics of power and political technology. providing assistance for candidates and political parties during the elections and between the elections. this is what russia, while turkey and russia continue to vie for influence in the caucuses and the middle east. that goes as governess says that cooperation here between moscow and the e.u. could offer another way of conducting diplomacy in the region in ukraine. mr. we're in a unique situation. our territory has welcome to the west, aist and other different partners who put in

a lot of effort to develop our ptolemy. it brings huge advantages to our country. if there are economically strong stable regions, it drives better development. this is a region that historically has been caught between great powers for success will come down to which of the competing influences will not only preserve this unique region, but also bring it prosperity so on. and i go al-jazeera that goes here, will die over environmental groups say indonesia's komodo dragon could be threatened by a major tourism project for you nasco world heritage sites heritage raw. this ice is one of the few places where the world's largest lizard species can be found. in the wild, jessica 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 indignation more. 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 are underway that 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 that. this video reveals what the final result is supposed to look like. set 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. and that 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 on the way you know, 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, perhaps with this development, all children can get jobs. rich 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. next

year, the unesco world heritage center told al-jazeera it has requested more information from the indonesian 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 minutely and could put its dragons at risk just to washington al-jazeera jakarta this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. if you know the as prime minister says military gangs have been made in the north and to crave reachin, the federal government is battling local forces. thousands of fled, the region and aid agencies warn there are unable to bring in supplies. has more from the capital, addis ababa on the prime minister's comments. rhys talking about them toil was part of the me of the border with

the sudan he's talking about.