and hold al-jazeera has teams on the ground kind of loves to impart the 2nd down with our to bring you the winning documentaries and light news. al-jazeera this is a news hour on al-jazeera in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. ethiopia says it's made gains in the northern tikrit region way it's baffling. local forces, aid agencies warn the area is now cut off with people running out of food and medical supplies, accusing china of breaking its promise to britain condemns a new law that disqualifies hong kong opposition. politicians from the legislature also this hour warning to europe against lifting covert 19 restrictions too quickly

. the world health organization says that could lead to another resurgence in infections and transforming a world heritage site into a tourism hot. we'll look at indonesia's controversial plan to bring jurassic park to life. i'm going to go with sports after a 7 month delay. the opening round of golf small says tournament is hit by bad weather. but all eyes are on big hitting bryson's schomberg, who is aiming to win back to back me just by out driving his opposition. thank you for joining us. ethiopia's military says it's making gains in the northern tigray region where the federal government is battling local forces. the offensive began last week after i made accused a regional government of attacking a military base aid agencies are warning they can't bring much needed supplies into

the region because of the fighting. thousands of people have fled, many to neighboring. so don, that speaks to joins us about mohammed of course, very difficult to know what's happening and to great because access has been cut off communications lines and down. what are you hearing about this government claim that there's recaptured a number of areas where he has fully the government, the prime minister himself. the defense forces are saying that they have made huge strides in the western part of the region. that is the area close to the border with sudan and also the one it has with troops where they're talking about towns like shooting and shoot out on. also the ancient city of rome, which has got a lot of historical importance and also is a true attraction here. so they're talking about the

fighting old plushest on the ground between ground troops on both sides as well as getting fuel on the poles mainly as well. as the duels that have caused a massive casualties on both sides. so the fighting still going on and the government saying that they will not stop the operation until it reaches its object of ensuring that the p.l.f. this leadership brought to justice and also and a fugitive upper hand. and there's been of course, a lot of concern from the international community, mohamed, especially with a force of thousands fleeing ethiopia now and heading into so don, what do we know about the humanitarian situation currently at math? well, the humanitarian situation is getting more and more dire by the day,

even before the conflict. there were about 600000 people who didn't secure on how to be fed by international charities and u.n. organizations. now, the u.n. organizations are talking about up to 2000000, people needing this to be done that will 100000 people who have already been displaced. there are about 50000, at a train to refugees will come through there some of them for more than 20 years, about 980 workers who have absolutely no contact with the outside world. so the situation is not good. we've also been hearing long queues in mckellar trucks. cutting a vital food supplies remains 100 of the bulldoze of the region. thank you very much for that moment. i don't reporting there live from ethiopia's capital addis

ababa. early i spoke to william davison, who's a senior ethiopian analyst at the international crisis group. he says, the conflict could spread. there's a fairly rural nature to rest. integrate. so is it the case that the government has entirely controlled all of those areas? and then with regard to some of the territorial claims, you know how sustainable is that position? you know, these are the sorts of questions that we can't be sure of answering and moment. so we know that the federal effort has been focused in west a great resource or been an involvement from her region to some extent on our region forces to some extent in that campaign in the west. but it is hard to tell exactly just, just what extent that controlled occurred. the concern is that if you look at the federal government justification of this intervention, that is that the grain leadership, which they classed as illegitimate,

took over forcefully sections of the federal military stationed in, particularly now when that's combined with the existing strong regional 6 security apparatus. and militia integrate, combined with the region's history of resistance and fighting battles. essentially, that raises the concern, the, despite some of the big advantages of the federal government, we might actually see quite a protective conflict that could well last weeks, quite possibly months. and that could be devastating for security. in other world news, the u.k. says it's considering sanctions over a chinese rule to disqualify elected politicians in hong kong. the rule allows hong kong's executives to dismiss politicians deemed to be a threat to national security for opposition. legislators were disqualified another 15, resigned in protest on thursday. the e.u. us and australia have all condemned. the ousting of the u.k. says the move undermines hong kong's autonomy and has summoned the chinese

ambassador to london. it is my unfortunate duty to report to this house. our judgment that this decision breaches the legally binding signer of british joint declaration. it breaches both china's commitment the hong kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy and the right to freedom of speech, guaranteed under paragraph 3 of the declaration. this is the 3rd time the government has called a breach of the joint declaration, since 1997, but the 2nd time we've been forced to do so in the last 6 months or less speak to roderick. why about this? he's an associate fellow in the asia pacific program at the chatham house. think tank in london joins us live from there. thank you very much for being with us roderick. or what do you make of britain's response to calling out china? they've already, we know reached out to hong kong as a want to come to the u.k. . do you think this is the extent of what they're going to do or is there a more they can do? i think that there is more that can be done. your reporter earlier mentioned that

sanctions would be considered. i mean, i'm not sure again how effective they could be. they will make each but again, that is a 3rd idea that might be entertained. and secondly, i think that more diplomatic pressure can still be put out. and i think this is the line and the british government it likely to go down. because we have already made the big gesture towards the people of new terms of british. nothing's overseas and easing their ability to come to the united kingdom. so there isn't much that can be done there. so now it is about putting diplomatic and up the pressure on the chinese government. yet both britain and beijing in $97.00 said they would honor that the one country 2 system agreement that they were great on at the time what mechanisms were in place, a line place to protect any breach of that agreement?

well, there is no mechanism within the agreement about dealing with disputes or potential breaches. and that was often seen by critics as one of the great weaknesses of the declaration. that is, it is registered as the treaty with the united nations. and the british government has decided that china, is it really of those obligations and has a sensor? and that as far as sort of actual things within the context of the joint declaration, it's of that can be done is pretty much what is available. i mean, it is some of the chinese ambassador and all the diplomatic things, and even that kind of pressure will continue. but there isn't some kind of dispute resolution mechanism, right. do you think this is going to alter the sino british relations for our long time? and can britain actually afford to, to change the nature of its relationship with beijing right now, especially at

a time when it's working, you know, to get at the trade deals outside of the united states? can they, can they really push harder on beijing right now? i mean, in many ways it is important for the you gave to a valuable role and managed relationship with china. but the fact is that over this hong kong here and the way that china has behaved, there's been little alternative. but the britain does stand up for the kind of values that it owns, and indeed for the joint declaration and for the people of hong kong. so there is not much choice other than pushing back against what the chinese done that will inevitably really got hands on the wider china u.k. relationship. and as you say at a time when britain is entering into a, an unknown period in its foreign policy, the rules for the european union will cause it had it. but these are headaches that

we have to put up with because the actions of the chinese government with regard to our car cannot be met by one unnoticed or i'm responded to when you look at the big picture right now is,, a really any country in the world today whether the u.s. the u.k., australia that can stand up to china and i think it is a matter of pushing back against what we see as agreed years behavior by china, that bio be behind your question is perhaps the idea that little can be done actually to force changes on china, but that is the whole point of diplomacy to vote on pressure on governments or government dissuading on governments to change their policy. that's what we've missed. thank you very much, roderick, why for speaking to us? roger, why is from chatham house joining us from london?

thank you for your time. and talks aimed at ending almost said, decade of violence in libya, have reached what the united nations is hailing as a breakthrough political agreement. rival factions meeting in tunisia have agreed to free fair and inclusive elections within 18 months. the deal will also unite the country's institutions under one government. they've been divided between the internationally recognized government of national accord in tripoli and a house of representatives in the east affiliated with a warlord. highly for have tar libya has suffered violence since the nato backed uprising in 2011, overthrew longtime ruler, moammar gadhafi. but the situation has calmed down after a cease fire was agreed in geneva last month. alice allouni is a libya researcher at the university of durham monitoring the talks in tunisia. she says she is optimistic about the success of the agreement, including the plan to unite the rival militaries. what really makes me hopeful

about these so you are in the process is the fact of the ceasefire is being on the ground. and we have to remind ourselves that libya was a country until the ceasefire calls emails. so i think that's the 1st indication and what really makes me hopeful. and then the other thing that i think we must look at with very good optimism, again, is a fact that the military truck and the political truck are running together. and this is very important we are expecting to hear tonight. the program that's, that's been made by that going to military committee in sit who has been working on security arrangements around the town. and so that gave us a very good indication. and surely it is an ambitious. and i think the other thing that we really need to keep in mind is that also external powers seem to show their support at the stage for these military trucks. and in

particular here i'm referring to, egypt has been standing by this process clearly. and so i think again, and we will see what these committee will come up with in the coming months and for sure it's a transition. it's a transition. so we will have to see, and these will need to be monitored by the u.n. in the coming plenty more ahead on this news hour, including a grim new record coronavirus infections surge in the u.s. . as texas becomes the 1st state to record more than 1000000 cases, last stuck in waiting for help emergency crews rushed to rescue those left stranded by typhoon vanco in the philippines. and in sports will tell you why australia's cricket is won't be wearing their traditional green and gold in their upcoming series. as coming up later with

the global coronavirus pandemic now and ukraine's president has become a, has been hospitalized after becoming the latest leader to contract over 19 wrote to me is a lenski spokesman told the voices, news agency, the decision to go to hospital was sold as an entity called isolate, quote, accurately 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 fast. the agency says that could result in a major spike in cases. andrew symonds reports for the u.k. . it's another landmark in the spread of covidien. 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 wednesday overtakes figures since may in the 1st wave. every death is a tragedy. we move on. everybody who's gone and with the their families as 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 over spilt patients. the number of cases has now passed 1000000 pounds. despite increased, there are 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. says now using mobile units to treat norm covert patients because of demands on its hospitals. germany as well continues to struggle to have yet spent i'd say 5 starts already. now we have 2 awards 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 exaggerating. the european union has signed a contract with pfizer, which has developed the front runner vaccine with biotech. the u.s. says it's buying $300000000.00 doses. hundreds simmons' out jazeera in the united states. meanwhile, several states of re-imposing restrictions as infections. châteaux more records. the number of infections has been on the rise for 8 consecutive days. texas has become the 1st state to record more than 1000000 cases that speak to john hendren, who joins us from president elect. joe biden's, hometown of wilmington, in delaware, new records. john for corona,, virus infections and hospitalizations in the u.s., the transition and president elect biden's 1st, few months will no doubt be dominated by the response to the pandemic.

that's right, joe biden has made it clear fully that this is his number one priority. there are 10500000 cases in the u.s. 242000. people have died here, and this 2nd wave has been so vicious that where the worst spot is as a matter of debate. if you look at a city, it's los angeles, a state it is texas. new york city has a 1000 cases a day, so this is a vicious 2nd wave that is sweeping across the country in the current president hasn't spoken about it for days. joe biden has and when he did, he announced that he would pick, ron klain, as his chief of staff. ron klain, was the head of his, a bullet task force in the obama administration. and he was also in charge of the economic recovery of 20092, of the most important things that joe biden is going to have to deal with as soon

as he assumes office in january. so the chief of staff job is, is often considered the 2nd most important job in washington, and the most important unelected position. they act as a gate keeper to the president of the united states. they assemble the staff, meaning clane will have a big role in putting together the staff that will take care of the coronavirus. he has been a long time aide to joe biden, knew him back in the 1980 s. . use the supreme court clerk for justice, byron white. so he's a guy that biden has known for a long time in this suggest that biden is going a completely different route. and donald trump, donald trump, has had a series of relatively weak chiefs of staff. and they are people who inevitably end up with his strained relationship with the president and little power in part because the president's son in law, jared cushion or has his own direct route to the president. and the gate keeper doesn't stop that from happening. but biden says that clain has been invaluable to

him in the past, and he'll be as point man in taking on coronavirus as soon as biden takes office. john hendren in delaware, millions of students are heading back to class. schools had been shot for months because of the pandemic. they were meant to reopen in june, but that was delayed after a cost of corona virus cases was detected among teaches. in new zealand office. workers in the largest city have been urged to stay at home after a single case of call in a virus was detected. an investigation is underway to find out how a student in auckland got sick. individual lives next door to a hotel where people are arriving from overseas being quarantined to the philippines. now where rescue efforts are underway, after parts of the north were hit by typhoon, at least 13 people have died. 20 are injured and several reported missing. the

storm triggered landslides and flooding, including in the capital manila, thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. the philippines is still recovering from a powerful storm that hit just over a week ago. jamila island again has more from mari kena, a suburb of manila. i am in medi-cal in the city on the eastern part of the capital manila. what you're seeing behind me are basically residents who remain trapped in their homes. the water here is that at least 5 meters deep. so what's visible right now are actually the 2nd floor and 3rd floor of their homes. there are thousands of civilians, residents, women, and children who are still waiting to be rescued. we're getting reports of many of them trapped on their roofs, really waiting for help to them. we were only able to bring in work loot. it's another problem we have to face. we still have the police. now what you're

seeing here is that was the thing, but imagine this is just a fraction of the devastation of typhoon van. for there are many other cities that have been devastated by just a few hours of this typhoon across different provinces in different parts of luzon . now the philippine government has asked the field for calm and patience because they say they are trying to augment forces on the ground. the philippine army has sent trucks to help with rescue and relief efforts. the local government of murkiness, if he alone actually said that they had 57 rescue boats, but that is not enough. and they're asking for the national government to come in and help. the u.s. state of florida has declared a state of emergency as tropical storm heads in sway warnings of life threatening storm surges have been issued. it's already left a trail of destruction after hitting central america and mexico and 120 people have been killed and dozens are missing. as money a rapido reports. as the floodwaters begin to recede,

few warming scale of the devastation left by hurricane ada in central america is becoming apparent. more than a week after 8, a slammed into the region as a powerful category. 4. hurricane rescue workers in central guatemala, continue to search for people trapped under mudslides and debris. there are thousands of people in shelters. there are already more than 20037 damaged riches. 15 completely demolished. in honduras, one of the country's worst affected by the storm. thousands have been displaced, many of lost everything and are now forced to sleep on the side of the road. some parts of the country are still under water, complicating the ongoing relief efforts. there's over a 100 that have been damaged, so there's no, there's no job passage. there's i think over 70 communities that are completely blocked, which means no food, no food out, no people and not people. over

a period of 4 days, he drenched a huge area of central america from panama to southern mexico. in school on the mexican gulf coast, floods left at least 9 dead and forced thousands of evacuations. but the thing went up, prince, your name is not going to the river, came with tremendous pressure. it was overflowing and quickly flooded the house. some of our neighbors came together and grabbed gas tanks, others a stove and some pick dishes pots and some mattresses. that's sort of what we're using now. as aid a tractor northward terentia, the rains caused flooding in cuba as well. forcing the evacuations of some monk 1000 people and it's not over yet. in florida's tampa bay area, a hurricane watch has been issued. residents bracing themselves for aid as heavy winds. storm surge and flooding rains, and winds up a little al-jazeera. and rob's got an update now on tropical storm.

tropical storm rita was briefly a hurricane yesterday is tropical storm. again, it's battering toppers actually moved a lot quicker than we thought it would be. having north was soon turned to the northeast winds about $100.00 kids for there's been some wind damage, but it's really widespread flooding. this is west of tampa, the city, other side of the by depth at legs about side even. it will be flooding, i think is the main problem that spends the rest of the day go across the north of florida and catching, i think georgia, so it'll be a rain seeing which is not the atlantic seaboard, to be honest. everything's moving in this general direction before friday bragg's, most things are fine. the other big story in the u.s. and it's right across here, is a bit of a cold plunge. again, a significant one. let me give you a background in color. this is the cold and the temperatures well within this tight are easily subzero. they were seen as more than once this season so far. his change of seasons here like this one could be

a big if you like snow because here it is now spreading slowly and lasting quite a while. tickly, focusing on ida, out of habit. going beyond that to wyoming, topless mountains, probably half a meter or even lower ground. i think $5.00 to $10.00 centimeters. rob, thank you very much. environmental groups say indonesia has come, a dragon could be threatened by a major tourism projects. the unesco world heritage site 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 ranger island. both those indicate that they've lived here and gone from neighboring islands for millions of years. the komodo dragon is the world's largest lizard known for its venomous bite and aggressive behavior, as well as its size. the majority live here in the komodo national park avenue.

both 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 are under way that they did that. 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 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 of it, 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's 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 makes you the unesco world heritage center told al-jazeera it has requested more information from the nation 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. an act which some feel will change this path permanently and could put its dragons at risk just to washington al-jazeera jakarta. still ahead on the news hour. anger on the streets of ongoing that protesters defy coronavirus restrictions to call for elections. we visit there the remote region in moldova, that's caught between russia and turkey, and women's golf heads to new and controversial territory with the 1st professional tournament in saudi arabia. to have the details in sports to stay with us. in the 2nd part of identity and exile, matthew council travels to the middle east to retrace his steps. palestinian refugees rise, the heart of the world's palestinian population and see the conflict through the

eyes of those who live it. it breaks my heart to see this man has been like a father to yearn for a place that he may never see. i don't need israel and they go out about my country . 0 correspondent for 23 years. mohsin has collected objects he finds along the coast. enough to fill his museum enough to break a guinness world record. with a story for every object. he's become an environmental activist and inspired artist and a voice for the plight of countless migrants. march music. on al-jazeera. to the world.

the end you're watching the news hour on al-jazeera with me for the back to pull out a reminder of our top stories. ethiopia's military says it's making gains in the northern tier gray region where the federal government is battling local forces. thousands have fled, the region and aid agencies warn it there. unable to bring in supplies, there's been international criticism over a new rule from china that hold for opposition. politicians in hong kong disqualified both the u.k. and the u.s. have said they're considering sanctions in the u.s. several say, sorry, imposing restrictions. asco on a virus infections shatter, new records. the number of new cases has been over 100-0048 consecutive days. and the state of texas has become the 1st to record more than a 1000000 cases. the

end president elect joe biden has already formed a coronavirus task force and named his white house chief of staff. but as we've been saying, fries and trump is making the transition process difficult. biden hasn't been able to move into federal office space or use government funds to hire stuff there. speak to chris haynes about this is an associate professor of legal studies and political science at the university of new haven and joins us now from connecticut . thank you very much for being with us. so the biden team so far is playing this down and saying they're proceeding with the transition, but just how complicated are the next few weeks going to be for them with the trumpet, ministrations, still refusing to begin the formal transition process and operate with thank you very much for having me today, it could get a little bit complicated, though a lot of the wheels are turning already for the biden transition team. they're able to call and try to find who they want to nominate for the different cabinet

positions by the hour. as you've already reported, has already named as chief of staff, walk, clane, and everything is moving. the, the most important things that are not able to happen are number one, obviously, as you stated, they don't have the funding to get office space and 2nd. so to hire staff to smooth the transition, but more importantly, they're on able to do the really in-depth communications with each of the cabinet level departments to make sure that when that decision happens on january 20th, that it's a smooth one. but i do suspect what the at biden still can't access intelligence briefings. so is there anything he can do need to force strong boise going to have to wait until there's a final decision of the electoral college? yeah, that was going to be my 2nd point in terms of what really isn't happening is the inability to get the us the details here to briefings so that he's prepared want to becomes president biden, could go to court. he said he is not going to entertain that option right now. just

waiting, i think on trump to allow this to happen. there has been some pressure from a number of republican senators that it is. so the in the republican senate has begun to crack a little senator james lankford from oklahoma. actually said yesterday that he does believe that biden should be getting these detail security briefings that it's in the national security interest of the united states to do so. so if more republican senators come out, it could happen shortly. but to my republican heavyweights like mitch mcconnell are still handling backing trump, and you know, they're still behind him. with this, with the republican majority in the senate at stake. you wonder what their strategy here is? i mean there's 2 still 2 races to decide in georgia. why would mitch mcconnell and other heavyweight republicans keep alive the possibility that donald trump might have a legitimate claim and risk their chances in the senate?

and it's a great question and the, the only answer that i can come up with is they've been hit. so this rollercoaster already for so long that there's no way to get off of it until it stops. and that's another way of saying that mitch mcconnell, the republican party, while trump is still very visible, right, very much still love beloved by millions and millions of republican voters are on willing to break him in any significant way. and one of just allowed him a graceful exit is as much as possible. and so if that's on his own terms then, but not only is, is signaling been that it's going to be that way. if it takes time, it's going to take time. what do you think to make game plan is he had to do you think he really thinks he can to the result always he doing this to buy time perhaps? you know, who knows, right. what donald trump was thinking, you know, they're the report that you might want to start some kind of an entertainment enterprise or a television station, a news station after he's done with this. there are other reports that he might

want to run again in 4 years. so maybe he wants to stay relevant and sailing in the news so that people don't forget about him. you know, i just think it's just, he's going through the variety of stages of, you know, what's happened, what happens once you actually lose. and it's finally, i think, settling in at this point, that he's not going away and he's just trying to figure out what's the best way that he can get out of this with some what some thought was saving some things. chris haines. very good to talk to you about this. thank you very much for joining us. excellent, thank you for having. well, a number of world leaders haven't yet congratulated joe biden on his when among them brazil's president, who says he is ready to challenge the incoming u.s. president. when he and i have reports from rio de janeiro. when many americans were celebrating, joe biden's recent presidential victory, the presidents of the 2 largest latin american countries stood out by keeping silent mexico's and that is when my locus of i said it was a question of principle,

which we did not want to meddle in america's internal politics in would rather wait until all legal disputes will result not in the most. we have no differences with democratic party candidate, joe biden. no problem with him. not resilient manner gave no explanation for his silence, but made it clear he holds a grudge against biden and was ready to challenge him if you need good on his environmental campaign promises. we've recently seen a chief of state candidate saying that if i don't put out the fires in the amazon, he will impose trade barriers against brazil. how can we confront this diplomacy is not enough. when we're done yelling, when it gunpowder, we don't have to use it, but i must know. we have a ambassador who be she who people who served as brazil's environment minister and finance minister in the 1990. s.

says balsa matter statements are meant to please hard core supporters, but that brazil will ultimately pay a price. our situation will be of more isolation with less possibilities of tracking foreign direct investment. to negotiate trade deals with foreign countries. also now to have also been attacking china, brazil's main trade partner, like trump. he blames the country for spreading the virus and has been warning brazilians that chinese vaccines are not trustworthy. also matter, once more downplayed the virus using derogatory terms to describe brazilians who, in his words were being fearful in the face of death. 19 has claimed the lives of 162000, brazilians,

making it the world's largest hotspot. after united states, monica inaki of all just sera, rio de janeiro. the president of ivory coast has met a main opposition leader amid protests and violence. sponsored by the recent election are somewhat era and they cannot be a pledge to meet again in a bid to diffuse attentions. what are his decision to run for a 3rd term sparked protests and accusations that he was violating term limits? or tara claimed victory in no cobra's election, but the opposition has rejected the results. in angola, protesters have been met with tear gas and live ammunition, as they called on the government to go fed up with the high cost of living, lack of jobs and corruption. they want delayed elections held as soon as possible, pre ports. they marched among homes in the coastal capital luanda and try to stop people from defying a government ban on protests. yet,

when i'm goal is independence day would started off with songs in chunks to demand better living conditions and a new date for local elections. delayed by the pandemic soon turned into this big gas was used to disperse hundreds of demonstrators. at least 15 people were arrested in milan jail in other cities where it was going to come about in the ongoing capital. a person was shot dead. the protesters shout murderers as police fired live ammunition. over the last month, similar protests against rising living costs. high unemployment and corruption turned violent. amnesty international has called on the angolan government to respect the rights of protests and warns it will document any human rights violations, as it monitors the situation closely. this government represses people. we mustn't stay silent. all the m.p.

only government has done since 975 school illegal, and we have to leave. we've had enough and hunger. people are in the birds if you wish, and any solace may know you got it. the government are the real thieves and bandits . everyone knows it. even babies know that you're talking to a presidential decree prevents the gathering of more than 5 people to prevent the spread of coronavirus. but critics say the government has used it to cope freedom of expression. angola is the 2nd largest oil producer in africa, but has been riddled with corruption for decades. president came into power in 2017 on the promise of financing it, but is losing popularity with some accusing him of protecting his aids. was one of the worst to crises in africa, a pandemic that has further crippled and rates weak economy. public anger is growing, sort of anger is growing in peru over the impeachment of

president martin vickery demonstrators have accused politicians of hijacking the presidency. this car was voted out of office over corruption charges member of the center right party has been sorn in and will serve as an interim president until july. there is widespread anger and fear in armenia over an agreement which allows areas to keep and captured during 6 weeks of fighting people who were displaced almost 3 decades ago. say they're not convinced they can return to their disputed region of nagorno-karabakh. a warning, some of you may find witness accounts in osama bin javits reports distressing, but then they go to hand them to how numbers are sums. she says if my sister wasn't breastfeeding when they shot and killed my mother, she would have starved to death. at the road, a job or lost her mother. another sister. her father, an uncle in ha julie, in what human rights watch called a massacre over there. e civilians. after a deal between other by john in armenia,

a village will once again be under as eerie control. but the emotional wounds from nearly 3 decades ago are still fresh. i have great teacher for them today. they say let's go live with their means. i cannot, i even saw soviet troops standing by watching it happen the support of the killers . my father fought in self-defense. that's why they took his call after killing him . many of the displaced people from nagorno-karabakh have vivid memories. this woman says she still has nightmares after watching her relatives been killed in their bodies. burnt. appears mother in law refuses to dye her hair because decades later, she's still in mourning. and her husband sees no reason to trust russian peacekeepers . i mean, it depends on the person with whatever he says. there were nearly 10000 people live in this refugee settlement, which used to be a tent camp azerbaijan. the government says it has spent more than $7000000000.00

to develop 11 settlements for the people displaced from the go on a car after the agreement to retake all areas either by yards or government still has to convince people to return home that's likely to take time because of the deep mistrust that exists between ethnic identity than armenians. and many people here accusing the soviets office, illustrating massacres. while to say no, says the committee he leads for the displaced has designed a project called the great return program. it outlines of voluntary gradual return of the displaced, but he wants the international community's help in reconstruction and rehabilitation of 700000 people. nations, as well as other international actors, demonstrate the importance in implementing it all is a lusus which they have adopted for almost 30 years. they, of course, need to step in and render all support in the systems with the return of internally displaced persons. the question remains how many of them are willing to

try to live in peace. but i think armenians who also regard to go in a car about their ancestral home. some of a job with al-jazeera australia says he 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 tried to suppress accounts of alleged wrongdoing that tensions are growing between russia and turkey over thomas region of moldova goals. that was once part of the soviet union. and russia maintains a strong influence. but turkey also wants to exert its influence and has been helping to finance development projects. sonja gago went to goggles yet to meet people. caught in the middle of this regional tug of war on

a start over is extremely proud of her heritage. just told me she shows us around her house designed to give visitors a taste of god. i was 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 and of thomas region within the soviet union. it 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. and 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 us to make its mark a 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, where as russia continues to focus on the politics of power and political technology, providing assistance for candidates and political parties during the elections

between 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 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. still ahead on al-jazeera in sports, at least for me. i want to drive us, take a spin around based on board, the head of the turkish chronically business leaders. his goal to find a bra spot in the

business leaders is both to buy no bra spot or this was not his job. ali, thank you. the masters golf tournament take off earlier, but in truth 2025 play was almost immediately suspended because of bad weather. this was the gloomy scene very early in the morning. go to gust to national in georgia, former champions jack nicklaus and gary gary player were the honorary starters to

get things going. but since then is go very wet and play is likely to be delayed for a few hours. it's been 19 months since tiger woods won the last edition of the tournament . record a virus pandemic meant had to be shifted from his usual spot in april to november. and there are no fans this year. either. one play does begin. all eyes will be on bryce in december and how far he's getting the ball. he's looking for back to back mage's soft winning the u.s. open in september 1 of his rivals, rory mcilroy says it's not all about distance at augusta. you need to back that up with all other aspects of your game. so, you know, if, if trophies were handed i just for our far, you had a hard much ball speed you have that. and, you know, ben, i'd be worried, but you know, there's still a lot of different aspects that you need to master in this game. meanwhile, the ladies' european tour is about to enter a new and controversial territory. its latest event takes place in saudi arabia.

the 1st of 2 professional women's golf tones being held in the kingdom start today . so home cup play is georgia hole and charlie hall are among those who will tear it up at the royal greens golf club on the red sea coast to events will have a combined purse of one and a half 1000000 dollars. rock n play at my hoodie week is the 1st and only arab woman on the tour, and she says the focus should be on the positive changes being made for women in saudi arabia. it's really something i'm proud of really proud of my region in my region and that, you know, sony is making a step forward. it's a big tournament. it's a big statement. as we know, women's ghar sometimes not getting the recognition just in terms of prize money and having so we put up such a big price to tournaments in a row. it's a huge statement to make that you know, to close that gap men and women. but the tournament has been criticized by human

rights campaigners 19 organizations published a joint letter calling on players to reconsider their participation because of abuses against women taking place in saudi arabia. and it's also men is the director of mena rights group. the issue with the tournament is that players and, organizers are actively participating to a p.r., sports, washing eggs or sides by the authorities. so obviously these golf tournament is not the 1st and will not be the last for its event being held in the country. but what makes it somewhat special is that it's a woman's only event, and at this stage it's no longer a secret. then saudi woman are considered 2nd class citizens. it is no longer a secret. that 5 women's rights defenders are currently in prison for demanding gender equality. and so it's quite hypocritical to have a woman's only event in the cure and context. the moto of the ladies' golf

tournament is ladies 1st. and really in a country where ladies do not come 1st, it is a quite hypocritical way to present this event. i think it's also quite well known that a lot of these sports event also involve a lot of money. and i know that in relation to previous like football caps and events and were held in saudi last year, it seems that the public investment fund invested billions into these events. and ultimately seems that the reason why people came is basically for money. so i guess at the end of the day, for some of these players, money comes 1st and human rights 2nd, maija sportswomen only w. series is linking up with for me the one from next season. the series which launched in 2019 will get 8 support races, a growing print weekends. he uses the same $1.00 lead to cost as in formula,

$3.00 and drivers will be eligible for points towards an f. i a super license needed to race in formula one. meanwhile, f one is in istanbul this week for the 1st turkish grump race since $2112.00 of the drivers salix album care guest. we triumph over the boss 1st bridge, connecting europe and asia, and then took their cars for a spin around the city streets. there was hamilton will wrap up a 7th driver's championship in turkey. if he finishes head of valtteri bottas us take care lympics organizers say athletes taking part will not have to isolate for 14 days on arrival in japan. but a decision about international funds is not expected until next year. the head of the international committee, thomas barr, will visit tokyo next week to discuss coronavirus measures. because there are many foreign friends and having them quarantine for 2 weeks and not use public transport is unrealistic. therefore,

health checks before entering the country, screening upon arrival, checking their whereabouts after they leave, are responding quickly. if they get infected is something that we need to look very carefully at. croatia's football team has confirmed that one of their stop play is played hof of their friendly against turkey with copa 19 defended. who is captaining. the team only found out about a positive test, a half time in istanbul, despite having tested negative just 2 days before he was substituted off and put in isolation. the rest of the team were also isolate before heading to sweden for the nations league match. diego maradona has been released from hospital in argentina, the 986 world cup winner spent more than a week recovering from brain surgery for blood clots and being treated for drug withdrawal symptoms. he'll continue his treatment at home. in bonus itis now to resigning as the head of english football. greg clarke has now quit his role as fifo vice president. he was forced out of his job at the f.a. because of inappropriate comments. he made about race, sexuality and gender during

a british government hearing on tuesday, england manager gary southgate increase. he had no choice, but to step down. the terminology used in, in a number of areas was, was not acceptable and doesn't reflect the view of the f.a. doesn't reflect what we as a team stand for. i don't think he had any alternative, but to take the decision he did to resign. australia's cricket team has a new kit for the upcoming t 20 series against india, and it's not the usual green and gold. they've unveiled a special jersey featuring indigenous arts. it's aimed at recognising the contribution of indigenous australians in cricket. women's team also warren and digitas jersey in a match against england earlier this year. all right, that is all useful for now. we'll have more for you later following link you very much for that, joe. stay with us. we've got plenty more world news coming up on al-jazeera after

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