made us all pay the price, daisy and back on al-jazeera. there are some of the media stories, a critical look at the global news media spread of us here. on al-jazeera. government shut off access to social media, all move forward. 0. hello there on the stand. and this is the news hour live from our headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. ethiopia says it's made military gains in the northern tier region. aid agencies warn people there are running out to move and medical supplies accusing china breaking its promise of brison condemns

a new law that disqualifies pro-democracy legislators. the u.s. reports its highest daily death toll from coated 1000 since early may. health experts warn the pandemic is accelerating. and jerry rowlings the military coup leader who guided ghana's transition to democracy. as time goes small says finally, teazle fortuitously, the most delayed and the law is only beginning drawing was a beings with many jews are so driving these opposition now, ethiopia's military says it's making gains in the northern tikrit region where the federal government is battling local forces this offensive began last week. the ethiopian prime minister, met accuse the regional government of attacking a military base. aid agencies are warning they cannot bring much needed supplies

into the region because of the fighting. thousands of people have since fled, many of them to neighboring sudan, while al-jazeera to morgan is near sudan's, war that with ethiopia will be speaking to her and just a few minutes but 1st. let's go to mohamed atta, he's in the capital, addis ababa. mo, we've been hearing that they're making gains, allegedly, the european military, but obviously it's very hard to get information out of the t grade region. and these are 2 very well sides. just what do we know about how this offensive is actually going on the ground? well, you know, as muslims have the saying, they have gained ground in the western part of the country, close to the border without a tray. and also on the border. if you have your husband with should done say they have taken at the town of just what is they have said they have taken them now they've taken the tal,

which is not far away from the falls. they say they've also taken the tonsil. shoot and shoot out as well as the ancient city of exile, which has got a lot of historical importance here in ethiopia. because most of the fighting school husband concentrated on the western part of the 2 growing region. and it has involved clashes between ground troops, as well as expected to rule and the death tolls, as well as a killer, a dools which have caused so much cultural truce on both sides. the government here in addis ababa maintains this operation until it achieves its objectives of this, that the people of militias, as well as bringing their leadership to justice, will nominate add to his record and would suggest that he really isn't interested. and deescalation, which statements would also seem to suggest that there is foreign leaders are

getting involved they offering to mediate. where do you see this going well, the government here assumes or continuing with this operation. they have been hovering in a situation of no war nor peaceful for most of the posts. 2 years they've been local define, they say from the to grab the leadership and they say they want to see it done and dusted with. but again, how will get done among them are all together because that's a great difference from. well, some diplomats say up to 250000 troops. they have been bottle hardened with not only with the fight against train, twice actually, and also the fight against the war against to highlight the movie. not all. oh

well, if this conflict and trends and gets trucked of many people are feeling for this. but really to review the whole region. mohamed atta is there for us in addis ababa . thanks so much. mohammed. well now let's speak to morgan. she is joining us live from got a race in sudan, which is right near the ethiopian border. and i know you've been traveling all day to get there. can you give us a sense of what you were seeing, especially in terms of this, what appears to be an unfolding humanitarian crisis on the ground? yes, indeed. you know, when talking to local aid organizations who are at the border, receiving those refugees, and they say that the influx of refugees is quite high. they say that more than 10000 have arrived over the last 48 hours alone. and those are the ones who have already crossed the border and crossed the river barrier between sudan in ethiopia, into sudanese territory. now they say hundreds of thousands more are waiting asper

their estimation across the border. of course they see it in border waiting for 4 weans to be able to come into sudan seeking refuge. most of them are women and children, but they're also include former combat zones. people who've laid down their arms to seek refuge here in sudanese territory. so what happens upon arrival, they say is that those refugees are then screened for health reasons, but they also screen to make sure that they're not armed so that this conflict does not spill over the border. then comes the issue of settling them into camps already . there were refugee settlements here in the state of god, out of as well as the neighboring state of kosovo where refugees are already arriving. all of them have been saying that they already were in need of humanitarian assistance, that the systems was already too little. and that with this influx of refugees, which is expected to reach up to 200000 in the coming 3 days, the situation will be dire and that he needs very organizations here in sudan and international relief. and he just step up to what's holding to be a crisis, huge numbers. and we knew,

and i've been speaking for several days now about how this could potentially destabilize the entire horn of africa with conflict, spilling over borders. and i know in the, in the area where you're standing, there have been clashes along that border between a caribbean sudan between various different groups that some of which support the grand force and some of which don't, could we see further clashes? do you think? well the border situation between saddam and here we have always been very unstable, very volatile. there are parts of the border here between us and that is being that's neighboring. ethiopia, that has been disputed on between the 2 sides and which has resulted in officials visiting the took between 2 official visits between the 2 countries to try to demarcate those orders to end such conflicts. we've seen in february and in may this conflict unfolding into what would turn out to be armed clashes and leading to the death of, of military officials here in sudan military officers, as well as if european soldiers. so there are quite some border tensions,

and the border has always been porous to begin with. there were reports of smuggling, there were reports of human trafficking, which is why sudan upon these thoughts of this conflict in the take region announced that it is shutting down its border and goes out of state and also in custody state and deployed more than $6000.00 troops now this comes at a very sensitive time for sudan, the prime minister of sudan up in the hands of is going to be the head of the intergovernmental of origin development. that's the east african block. that brings together various groups of nations here in east africa, including if european and sudan, and he has offered to mediate in this conflict. we've also seen the security and defense, our committee that somebody, that's a sponsor of security. you down. i'm moving an extraordinary meeting discussing the issue that is unfolding here at the border, and they've offered to mediate saying that they're concerned about how this will spill over. but if you visit so far, as for the envoy that came to sudan on tuesday, it is that this is unnecessary and that the situation will be dealt with in the shortest time possible. have been morgan there on the ground for us very near the

ethiopian border on the sudanese side of that. we'll be speaking to have a loss in the coming days, much in that situation for us. thank you. have well now the european union is demanding that china reverse a new rule that's led to 4 hong kong legislators being sacked, opposition. politicians in the city have resigned on mass in solidarity. on wednesday, china passed a law allowing legislators to be barred if they're deemed to pose, a national security threat. now the u.k., which handed the territory to china in 1907, so that move undermines hong kong's autonomy and has summoned the chinese ambassador. the u.s. has also threatened more sanctions against chinese and hong kong officials. adrian brown reports from hong kong. hong kong's legislative assembly was quieter than usual on thursday. now that almost a quarter of its lawmakers have resigned or been disqualified and staging what's likely to be their last protest. the chinese characters say hong kong's leader

carrie lamb has pulled calamity to the territory and its people she'll stink for 10000 years. the slogan was displayed by democratic lawmaker lambchop, who must now give up his office. by the end of the month, i will keep fighting for democracy of hong kong, their version of enda and hand together with all the home people and the civil society to face against the dictatorship. this is what china's leaders want to stamp out. lawmakers behaving badly with those from the democratic camp accused of being the main culprits. china's government has condemned the mass resignation of almost all hong kong's opposition as a farce with only themselves to blame for their downfall. says

a soul. hong kong delegate to china's most powerful political body, eats only a little the year. what china has been doing is based on the constitution and basic law, therefore everything should be done in accordance with the law. we cannot bad mouth one country 2 systems and the chinese government analysts say hong kong's legislature is set to become little more than a rubber stamp parliament, but dissent outside the chamber will likely continue. what does this mean? this means continuing instability. you can push it down with the police, you can push it down with the rest. but it will just it really. it is not clear what this all means for elections supposed to have been held 2 months ago, but now pushed back until september next year. because of covert 19 on thursday, chinese officials here in hong kong warned that legislators who resign or have been disqualified, should not be eligible to stand in that poll. wednesday shake up of parliament

comes just 4 months after china's government imposed a sweeping national security law on the territory that some critics call draconian . and in spite of continuing international criticism, china's leadership remains both confident and defiant. adrian brown, al-jazeera hong kong. more ahead for you this news hour, including anger on the streets of angola. protesters defy coronavirus perfectionism to call for election stock and waiting for help. imagine secrets rushed to rescue those restaurant after tighter invalid kind of battles in the philippines and in sport. we'll tell you why a strain is created as well, not to be wearing a traditional green and gold in their upcoming firies. that's all coming up. what he said.

now ukraine's president has now been hospitalized after becoming the latest leader to contract private 19 revenues. a landscape spokeswoman told voices, news agency, the decision to go to the hospital was to quote, accurately isolate and not expires, anyone? well, 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 fast. the agency says that could lead to, a major increase in cases. anderson's reports for the u.k., it's another landmark in the spread of covidien, 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 wednesday overtakes figures since may in the 1st wave. every death is

a tragedy. i mean we mourn everybody who's gone and 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 over spilt patients. the number of cases has now passed 1000000. that's 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. i haven't yet spent, i'd. only now we have to wards that up 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 e.u. says it's buying 300000000 doses. andries simmons al-jazeera. well now the u.s. has recorded its west daily death toll from harvard, 19th and early may, and health experts are warning that the pandemic there is accelerating. nearly 2000 more americans died on wednesday, taking the total number of fatalities, 224-1800 people. it was also the 9th straight day when the number of new cases topped 100000. now texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases even as the virus surges political paralysis is dominating

washington with president refusing to concede defeat to joe biden. our white house, correspondent can be how it is standing by for us in washington, d.c., but 1st. let's go to john hendren. he's in wilmington, delaware biden's, home state. now, john, i know that joe biden has said that, dealing with this pandemic is his priorities, or do you think then we should be reading into his choice of ron klain, the so-called czar, as his new chief of staff. absolutely, that is probably one of the main reasons joe biden picked ron klain right now. there's a vicious 2nd wave of the covert 1000 virus sweeping across. the u.s., and hot spots are everywhere. l.a., texas new york and the midwest 10500000 cases. 242000 dead, joe biden has been talking about that nearly every day. donald trump has not talked about it in several days. biden picked clane, who was,

a long time aide of his from as far back as the 1980 s., in part because he led the, the task force back in the obama administration. and perhaps one of the reasons democrats say that we haven't heard more about a bola, is that he did such an effective job in stopping it from becoming an epidemic here in the united states. but the president is not, or the president elect, i should say, is not getting all of the information. and that's because since the white house has not acknowledged and certified him as the next president of the us, he's not getting the presidential daily briefings. the intelligence briefings that would tell him, among other things, how bad the covert epidemic is across the u.s. and what the future threats might be. there's as senator senator lankford has said, he's a republican. he said that if donald trump doesn't forces administration to certify joe biden as the next leader so that he can get those briefings that langford will intervene with the trumpet ministration and try to get them to respond. meanwhile,

joe biden has just been acting as if he is the president elect, as you might expect. he's been taking congratulatory calls from the leaders of japan, of australia, of south korea. and he's been talking substantive policy on coronavirus and climate change on the kinds of things that they can do. but he won't have the full picture until he gets those briefings. interestingly, comolli harris is on the senate intelligence committee. she gets a certain measure of intelligence briefings that joe biden does not. john hendren there for us in wilmington, delaware. thank you so much, john. well, let's move over to washington d.c. now and our white house correspondent candy, how that can be. meanwhile, as all of this is going on, trump does appear to be holding fast to his refusal to concede what's on the cards for him today. the u.s. president is expected to have meetings with some of his top advisers as he did yesterday with his top election officials, the u.s. president continuing not to concede and the there is

a growing awareness in the united states and even among his counterparts. that in fact, the president may never concede or accept the election results. this is something that well, it wouldn't affect gratian of the transfer of power. the donald trump simply will not ever make that phone call to joe biden. now in the midst of all of this, the president, while he has been maintaining a low profile, has in fact continued to rail on twitter about concerns about elective election integrity as well as irregularities. the feeling is that the reason the u.s. president is taking this position is because he believes that the 72000000 people that voted for him in contrast to the 77 that voted for joe biden, that they deserve a fight if you will. so that is what the president is giving them, even as he starts to explore options for his future, including the potential for a media network,

something that he believes might be necessary given the conservative network fox news in the united states he believes, did not support him in the 2020 contest, white house correspondent kimberly hocket there for us. thanks so much. kimberly. let's now dig into this with rina shah. she joins me also from washington, d.c. . she is a republican strategist and also a founder of republican women for biden. me thanks for being back with us here on al-jazeera. i want to start with your background as a political strategist. what do you think is trump's ground plan here to be genuinely think you can change the result or is this rather an attempt to construct a narrative ahead of a potential run again in 2024? i think it's a combination of book and to be honest, you know, the president in 2016, many sources that said he was not expecting to win. in fact, if you look at the photos of him and vice president pens from election day, it's one of my favorite things to look at. i mean, they just look action. they couldn't believe they pulled it off. we do know hillary clinton won the popular vote in 2016 by something like 3000000. of course,

joe biden lead a far greater this time when you look at the popular vote. and he is really in broaching upon the number that very number that donald trump clenched in the electoral college 3 o. 6. so if that historic, it's a landslide, that's what transit bikers were saying back in 2016, and joe biden will do the same. it's expected this time around. of course our like tomorrow college is what complicates the entire scenario here. and that's why i say the president, i believe, does partly feel that there may be a chance here. his people have been trying to prolong this for a long time. and they've been very open about it. they've been telling us for weeks that we want to actually see this election go past election day. not just because the mail in ballots, but they want this to be fought in the courts. another part of me also feels like he's been the vote totals in 5 states and he's seen them be so great that numbers from joe biden are, are so large, whether you look at georgia or michigan or new bad or arizona are pennsylvania. you

see joe biden, leading by 5 figures, not just a few 100 like it was back in the year 2000 between bush and gore. so it's really anyone's guess as to what the president's thinking right now. he may be a mix mind. he's often of a mixed mind, it seems while amidst all of this rain, and joe biden seems to be quietly trying to get on with this transition. and a lot of the people that he's naming as part of his review team that the experts who are supposed to help with that transition. a lot of them are very familiar faces, not to mention ron klain, what you make of him. no, i think ron klain is an excellent hake. he is somebody who will be a bulldog. i believe that's what the white house chief of staff position i believe requires somebody who's going to push back on the president. be something of a jerk for lack of a better word, but frankly doesn't come to this with that with what we've seen a lot in the president trump's advisers, a lot of bluster and a lot of chest popping for it for nothing. ron klain, bringing a really incredible background to this position. and i don't think there could be

anybody better suited for the role given his previous experience with the role of pandemic containing it here in the u.s. . but he was also with biden, many years ago when biden was a senator from delaware. so he's somebody that is trusted. somebody who has the right temperament and certainly a background in experience which relies on fact, truth honesty. and really i was looking at some of the other names that joe biden is, is putting forward and as a proponent of women's power in politics, i was thinking, you must be heartened to see that this is a very diverse group of people. no doubt i am and i think that's an incredible thing to do here in the united states. they are 20 twentieth's to acknowledge that women bring just as much to the table as men do. certainly have been part of the working force as long as american men, but that's for a number of reasons. we really proven our power. women deliver the selection of joe biden. i believe women are in all sectors of u.s. life in all industries. and i think what we'll really see is that the biden harris

administration put that on display. we need the brightest minds at the table, given what we've been suffering for so many months with this pandemic on our shores . lack of a plan from this administration. this administration's pandemic task force 1000 task force hasn't met in so many weeks. it's shocking to me how they operate. and i think we'll see a very stark contrast with the women coming into this administration as well as the men. but it does give me incredible pleasure to see that kemal harris was able to achieve what she achieved. and as she said in one of her speeches, and it was truly incredible to just hear from her tipping her hat to biden saying he had the audacity to pick me. and that really means still still means something in 2020. america was serenely looking at the appointments going forward. i've been wondering how does a president elect trying to decide who to appointed to really key positions if he doesn't actually know who is going to be in charge of the senate until january, because of those run offs. if he then having to be conservative about who he thinks

he can actually get confirmed. well, right now we're seeing president elect biden be conservative for other reasons. he's being very measured day and look, he's the same man we saw running the democratic primary. this is the same attitude, the same temperament, very steady hand, which is why i believe so many of us across party lines for him. i'm a lifelong republican. i'm still very much what i consider a small c conservative, but i can appreciate what it, what biden brings to the country, and he brings a vast amount of foreign policy experience. he really is no novice to any branch of government. whether you look at the senate, he is at the east of the senate in so many ways having come from there and having spent so many years there. and when you look at how he's going to enter the oval office, it's going to be markedly different than most modern american presidents. i believe the last person who's coming in with as much sort of national security intelligence and foreign policy experience was george h.w.

bush. because clinton, when he entered democrats, had really been there since the early eighty's. so, so there was a lot of sort of a learning curve. there was a lot of adjusting, getting, getting settled into the oval office even for trump. and that was very different and unique for this president elect that will not be the case. it's all very familiar to him. and that's what i think is that is why he might also be a little bit more conservative. not just because the unusual nature of the moment in which president trump will not concede, but it's that he's a very familiar knows how to pull the levers of government and very a get acquainted more that way to intimately familiar with the power players ran a shot there, republican strategist and founder of republican women for biden, thanks for being with us again on out of there. ana, certainly, thanks for having me. rival factions in libya have agreed to hold elections that within 18 months that dio agreed a neighboring turn is ia will also unite libya's rival administrations into one

government. the un has hailed this deal as a breakthrough and says a transitional government will also be discussed. both sides signed a cease fire agreement last month in geneva, while our correspondent, whatever why it is in the capital tripoli, and says the next step in the process is naming an interim government. there have been a lot of names nominated for these positions, but they are controversial names. the current presidential council includes 9 members according to this roadmap, and i wanted by williams yesterday. the new position council will include only 3 members and also the government should run the country for 18 months before reaching presidential and parliamentary elections to be based on frame that $75.00,

members of the libyan political dialogue forum held currently are due to choose among themselves. the members of the newly to be form of government and presidential council, but also it has to take into consideration the conclusions of the military talks held in sirte it currently by the 5 plus 5 military commission, which is tasked with implementing the geneva agreement, which is entailing get the remove all of all troops in the disputed areas, especially and sit and joyful. and also that there was the will of foreign fighters and mercenaries from libya. so both tracks are going say, melting asli and no one can succeed alone. still ahead here on out of there we visit the remote region of moldova, that's caught between russia and tempting and women's golf heads to new and

controversial territory with the 1st professional, one of them in saudi arabia. peace. we'll have those details for you in the morning and the atmosphere has been stirred. now the change of season is upon us. and the lower limit of where a slice of rain is going south was to us bahrain and towards qatar. but the main rain is, is iran with the course the cold north, but on our above sea level, we'll see stop and asked large enough ghana's done. and all those things have changed in the levant. it's cotton down again. the sun is the next couple of days, a brief, strong northerly or northwest least likely. so showers seem quite likely joining saturday in their high and then the wind these the way temperatures don't change

much, but below 30 this time of the year. southern africa is the place to watch now for proper rains. we've got these seasonal rain like cross and go to towards tanzania, side of that, well, it rains when it feels like it, when you get fronts coming through. at the moment the concentration isn't really much further south than zambia and it's been very warm recently in most of south africa thames back to normal. now 26 in johannesburg in cape town's, you coming back down for your 30 to about 25. in fact, the forecast the cape town takes you even cooler, as the breeze picks up from the showers seem likely during saturday, less so on sunday. so for most to southern africa, south of botswana, it's still quite dry. with jealousy they spoke, she just exquisite. she's very glamorous, it's part of our culture to look at our very, very best for

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i know, again i'm mr. hunt. let's remind you of our top stories here. this hour. ethiopia's military says it's making gains in the northern tikrit region where the federal government is battling local forces. thousands have fled to neighboring sudan and aid agencies are warning there. unable to bring in supplies. china is facing international criticism for a new rule that's led to the disqualification of 4 opposition legislators in hong kong. both the u.k. and u.s. say they will consider sanctions. and the u.s. has recorded its worst daily death toll from cope with 19 since early may. health experts are warning the pandemic that is accelerating. nearly 2000 more americans died on wednesday who are now protesters in angola, calling on the government to resign and have been met by tear gas and live

ammunition. they say they're fed up with the high cost of living, lack of jobs and corruption. and they want to lead elections held as soon as possible. they marched among homes in the coastal capital luanda and try to stop people from defying a government ban on protests. yes, i'm here and when i'm goal is independence day would started off with songs and chance 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, and other cities. whatever god that want to come about in the unknown in capital, a person was shot dead. the protesters shout murderers as police fired live ammunition ok, whatever the guy was 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 warned it will document any human rights violations, as it monitors the situation closely. this government represses people. we mustn't stay silent. all the n.p.l. a government has done since 175 is killing golan's. they have to leave, we've had enough misery and hunger. people are in a bad situation and shows may not got the government or the real thieves and bandits. everyone knows it. even babies know it. 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. and goler is the 2nd largest oil producer in africa, but has been riddled with corruption for decades. president to our right, so came into power in 2017 on the promise of fighting it,

but it's losing popularity with some accusing him of protecting his aides. with one of the worst debt crises in africa and a pandemic that has further crippled an already weak economy. public anger is growing sort of faded. now ghana's, former president jerry rawlings has died at the age of $73.00. the former military leader ruled the country from 1981 to 2001. he led to military curious, but went on to guide gun is transition to democracy. he resigned from the military back in 1902 and became president under a new constitution. rawlings is credited with bringing in a long period of political stability to the west african country. well, let's speak to michael moore. he's a visiting senior fellow at the center for africa at the london school of economics, and he joins us now from kent. thanks for being with us, michael. jerry walling says or has been such a huge figure almost larger than life. it seems when it comes to african politics even beyond ghana. i'd like to start by giving our viewers

a sense of the influence he had over the discourse around the continent. yes he, he, he, he had a very large influence with a continent 1st of all you care and i root for prostrate when yes, he actually successfully, it did a coup, handed him back to be a c.n.n. government. and when he thought of this event, government was indeed, well did a coup again and moved to mass. so that's sort of set the tone on the continent. and he actually came at that time, a very, very strong populist, the guy at a time when he thought that there was too much corruption from the upper and middle classes. he were to reach the gap between the rich and the poor. and he was very popular amount the public to poverty stricken people. and also doing night to sing tonight when he was actually power. he actually and i, safire was quiet and kilt, a military generals, and also, and i think, you know,

graeme 3 high court judges said he was quite used to being very ruthless in dealing with enemies, but also of a rape problem with the poor. and that sort of made him get, have a very, very large influence over the continent as a whole, other time away and some sort of strong leadership was needed on the continent. michael, i want to ask you a little bit more about that because as you say, this is a military man sees power into courage, but then he really became a champion of democracy. i mean, you also mentioned the firing squads that he spoke about sacrificing on the generals if i recall correctly. can you talk us through that seeming contradiction in the way that he approached governing? yes, the contradiction out of time, these betrayed generals 2 of whom were actually former heads of states will see in us either way. i'm happy of the production process of, of the corruption which young american,

the wanted to get rid of somehow eliminate in the east former leaders and 80 generals in dust fashion in east estimations. set us a way of actually turning in the population that no longer what we call the rick des, sort of corruption and bad governance any more. so you want to sit there very sort of strong. so there are mixed feelings. the controversy about the elimination backfires kind of these generals as well as crowd as with us perhaps our case. but that also it would appear that he was one of the few heads of state who after our 7 to 10 and 2 presidential tense, decided not to go beyond the team temps. and i was at least one good example. one sets show that my thought you mentioned that he remains very popular amongst the poor. how do you think he'll be mended on the ground? i'm gonna on the gun who remembered our us,

someone who was quite action oriented, who basically was able to put a lot of people each motion in a very boat and corruptive person. sometimes spoke out of 10. he asked yeah, yeah, called boom. been done. he this out of the family just out somewhere with other where noise or look nice, he'd say what he used to base is saying is mind. but he's also going to be remembered as someone who listens less. he's going to be remembered as someone who actually grants political stability to government us as a whole, for i believe that women were abused by the government. there was some level of political stability done. i actually became a foundation for leading down over into the 4th public in 1930, which brought the next event government. and this was probably has been in place ever since that time. certainly remember, has a very booming voice and dave michael moore,

there from the london school of economics. thanks for being with us and sharing your thoughts with us on out of there. on time in me. now touring the covert, 1000 pandemic, and to the us election, there's been a flood of information, some of it misleading some simply wrong. research is from the forum of information on democracy, call it intimation or chaos, and they are recommending big changes to the way that online service providers operates. they say firms such as facebook, google, twitter, and yahoo should be publicly regulated and they recommend large fines for companies that are not transparent about the way they moderates rank and target content. they are calling for tech firms to operate according to a set of principles based on international human rights law. and they say they should introduce safeguards to stop misleading content spreading around the world. they also say online service providers should introduce an opt in features to stop users receiving mass automated spam. well right now we can speak to christopher wiley, he's a whistle blower and former employee of that data mining from cambridge out of this

book. and he's also a co-author of this report and he joins us now from london. thanks for being with us. christopher, looking at your reports, there is a long list of suggestions here for what social media companies should be doing. i see one of those as fact checking viral posts, that in itself sounds like it would take a huge amount of resources. how do you even try to start enforcing some of these recommendations? well, i think when you look at sort of, there are over $200.00 recommendations in the report and i think they all sort of work together. so when you look at other sections of the report, one of the sort of unique aspects that's one of the ideas that are being proposed is actually creating engineering solutions at the very beginning of product creation. so that we create more friction to prevent, you know, the viral spread of disinflation in the 1st place which, which would indeed actually reduce the need for any kind of content moderation later down down the road. so i think there are, there are a sort of, you know,

many, many debates and issues around, you know, censorship and moderation and all that. but something that's, that's interesting is that, you know, a lot of these, a lot of these problems center around the funky, you know, the design and architecture of these platforms. and something that the report calls for is actually more attention on the part of platforms at the beginning of the design process to consider safety to consider quality. before things are released into the public. you know, when you look at social media, it's one of the few areas of industry that has almost no rules to do with safety. when i, you know, if i wanted to release a toaster or a kitchen appliance, i would have to do more due diligence to consider what the potential impact is on consumers than if i were to create facebook. and so what we're saying is at the, at the very beginning of the design process, you know, these platforms should really consider the potential impact that they would have.

so let me ask you, then that misinformation, as we've been saying, is taken on many new levels of importance during the pandemic friend stands. how do you then try to regulate misinformation when it's being spread by head of state, say well, i think whether, whether it's a head of state or, or a random person or indeed a propaganda network. if something is manifestly untrue, that is a potential piece of harmful information that we can see causes actual physical tangible harm. when you look at what's happening with the codependent, mick, there are countless numbers of examples of where people buy into conspiracy theories about whether or not you know the virus that's true, make decisions that they may not otherwise have made that put themselves and others at risk. and so i think, you know, something that this report does, is it really frames a lot of these problems around the notion of safety and harm prevention. that these forms do have some element or rather should have some element of, you know,

duty of care towards users, regardless of who is promoting harmful content. so let me pick up on something you said there and then it has to cresta that democratic institutions and public discourse essentially requires that we all somehow agree on what is true. but that seems increasingly not to be the case. take the us election the aftermath that we're living through right after example. right. but a lot of the reason why we have sort of this fractured discourse is indeed because of these art forms. so you know that this sort of trends towards a, you know, post-modern hyper reality where anything can be true just if you want it to be true . a lot of that stems from the fact that these platforms are allowing into your reading content that is manifestly untrue and provably untrue. and so, you know, even, even if, you know, we are getting into discussions about, you know, there's, this may be true for one person and another. there are certain facts you know about

what's happening right now. when you particular, when you look at the pens emic, you know, the bias is real, you know, there are certain certain things that i think we can all agree on. and if we go down the road of, you know, the such subjectivity that we can't even agree that there is an underlying truth, then, you know, it really calls into question whether we can have a functioning democracy. we need to at least agree on certain things. in a certain facts in order to have a functioning debate and deed, some very, very big questions that christopher wiley, a former whistleblower from cambridge on a lesson and also co-author of the short thanks for joining us here on out of there . really great to get your thoughts. christopher cheers. thanks for having me. tensions between russia and turkey over an autonomous region of moldova. galatea was one part once part of the soviet union, and russia maintains a strong influence that. but turkey also wants to exact its influence. and has been helping to finance development projects on eggo went to meet people caught in the

middle of this regional tug of war. i'm a start of 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. so i want to preserve the element of my family left behind. it's so important to pass on our traditions 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. there 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, which has been seeking closer ties with the european union. russia's influence is still strongly felt it, its language and culture dominates it 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 ga, ga, is 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. when you kindness towards a we're in a unique situation. our territory has welcome to the west, east 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 the 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 now you go,

al-jazeera that goes year old over now rescue efforts are underway in the philippines. after parts of the north were hit by typhoon. at least 13 people have died, 20 are entered and several others are still reported missing. that the storm triggered landslides and flooding, including in the capital manila, thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. a head hit and spores take like bees formula, one drivers take a spin around istanbul and head up the takesh concreting

part of that, i'm just going to have peace at the stars. thank you so much. the masters golf tournament teed off earlier, but in truth 2020, fashion play was almost immediately suspended because of bad weather. this was the gloomy scene very early in the morning at all. guster national in georgia, former champions jack nicklaus and gary player were the honorary starters to get things going for it since then. it's got very wet and i was delayed for 3 hours, but it's just restarted. it's been 19 months since tiger woods won the last edition of the tournament. because when a virus pandemic major had to be shifted from its usual spot in april to november. and there were no fans this year either. all eyes are on bryson, the shambo this weekend, how far he's hitting the ball is looking for back to back majors after winning the u.s. open in september. but one of his rivals rory mcilroy says it's not all about distance

at all. guster. 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, are much ball speed. you have that. and, you know, ben, i'd be worried, but that's, you know, 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 tournaments being held in the kingdom for the 1st time start today. so home, cup players, georgia hall and charlie hole are among those who will tee it up. bet the royal greens golf club on the red sea coast. the 2 events will have a combined post of one and a half $1000000.00 moroccan player. b. 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,

and i'm really proud of my region and my region. and that, you know, so step forward, it's a big tournament. it's a big statement. as we know it means are sometimes not it's just the price you have to put up such a big price to tournaments. and it's a huge statement to make that, you know, to close that gap with men and women. but the tournament has been criticized by human rights campaigners. 19 organizations published a joint later calling on players to reconsider their participation because of abuses against women taking place in saudi arabia. in a sea of women is the director of mina rights group. and i meant is that players and organizers are actively participating to a p.r.

sports washing exercise 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 care and context. the moto of the ladies, the 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 teams 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. motor sports for women only w. series is linking up with formula one from next season. the series which launched in 29000 will get 8 support races, a grand prix weekend. it uses the same 1.8 liter cause as in formula 3 and drivers will be eligible for points towards and if i a super license needed to race in formula one. meanwhile, if one is in istanbul this week for the 1st turkish grand prix since $2112.00 of the drivers alex albon and ghastly, throw the bosphorus bridge connecting europe and asia, and then took the cars for a spin around the city streets. tokyo olympics organizers say athletes taking part

will not have to isolate for 14 days on arrival in japan. but a decision about international fans is not expected until next year. the head of the international olympic committee, thomas buck will visit tokyo next week to discuss coronavirus measures. my cousin, the warriors, she, there are many foreign friends and having them quarantine for 2 weeks and not use public transport is unrealistic. there for health checks before entering the country, screening upon arrival, checking their whereabouts after they leave, or 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 stars paid half of their friendly against turkey with covert 19 defender who was captaining. the team only found out about his positive test at 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 will also isolate before heading to sweden for the

nations league match. after resigning as the head of english football, greg clarke has now quit his role as feet of vice president. he was forced out of his job at the f.a. because of inappropriate comments. he made about racism during a british government hearing england manager. gareth southgate agrees you have to go. 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 their upcoming t 20 series against india. and it's not the usual green and gold special jersey featuring indigenous ought. it's aimed at recognising the contribution of indigenous australians in cricket. the women's team also wore an indigenous jersey in a match against england earlier this year. that's where we'll leave it for now.

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