you see the headlines from the most humanly possible. cure the disease. we believe everyone has a story. we're hearing aid agencies warn of a looming humanitarian crisis as ethiopia cames military gains in the northern region of oh, there i missed on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up, accusing china of breaking its promise. britain condemns in utah. the disqualifies pro-democracy hong kong legislate says the u.s. reports its highest daily death toll from carbon 19 since may, with health experts warning the pandemic is exaggerating and plans to tunnel under

the stonehenge world. heritage site to ease traffic congestion caused concern amongst akio largest and environmentalist. ethiopia's military says it's making gains in the northern tikrit region where the federal government is battling local forces. the offensive began last week after promise to be offered a cue, as the regional government of attacking the military base aid agencies warned they can't bring much needed supplies into the region because of the fighting where thousands of people have already fled. many to neighboring suit on in the ethiopian capital, thousands of people have also been lining up to give blood for the troops who are fighting in te grey. and it's part of a drive to rally support for the european army. hundreds on each side have been reported dead as well as civilians. a mom and a daughter is following developments and has this update from the capital addis

ababa. they are saying they have gained ground in the western part of the country close to the border with eritrea. and also on the border, if you have your heart with to done say they have taken at the town of america just on wednesday that said they had taken the airport. they are now the 2nd tower, which is not far away from the airport. and they say they've also taken the tons of shit and shoot out all as well as the ocean city of exit, which has got a lot of historical importance here in ethiopia. of course, most of the fighting, so for, has been concentrated on the western part of the to greater region. and it has involved clashes between ground troops as well as strikes targeting fuel and the death tolls as well as the artillery duels which have caused so much

casualties on both sides. the government here, united some of them and pains. this operation will not stop until she has its objectives of this arming the c.p.l. of militias, as well as bringing their leadership to justice. algeria's to the morgan is near sudan's border with ethiopia, where she says, aid workers are already reporting the thousands of refugees have already crossed the sea. hundreds of thousands more are waiting asper their estimation across the border. of course they see open border waiting for means to be able to come into sudan seeking refuge. this the most of them are women and children, but they're also include former combatants, 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 and then comes the issue of settling them into camps already there were refugee settlements here in the state of god as well as the

neighboring states. of course there were refugees 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 $200000.00 in the coming 3 days, the situation will be dire and that he wants very organizations here in sudan and international relief to step up to what's unfolding to be a crisis. now the european union is demanding that china reverse a new rule. that's that to for hong kong, legislators being sacked, opposition, politicians in the territory have resigned on mass in solidarity. on wednesday, china passed a low allowing legislators to be bad. if they have you to propose a national security threat now the u.k. which handed the territory back to china in 1907, says the move undermines hong kong's autonomy and has summoned the chinese ambassador. meanwhile, the u.s. has 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 team 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 hong kong 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 sole 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 coded 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 of the 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 defined. adrian brown, al-jazeera, hong kong to the crown of ours pandemic. and the world health organization is warning europe not to risk lifting carbon $1000.00 restrictions to fast countries and governments across the continent are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading 2nd wave. now, europe has around 10 percent of the world's population, but accounts for almost a quarter of all deaths globally. now standing at war, 300000,

ukraine's president has now become the latest wild. 9 leaders, a contract with 19, a spokesman for britain is a landscape, told the races news agency he's been admitted to hospital. so he could isolate, quote, accurately, japanese can make in a son has cut anticipated losses. jews who global pandemic by 28 percent, but it still expects to lose 3200000000 dollars this year. carmakers have been hit hard by the coronavirus, but nissen says it expects profits to return to prepare to make levels by december . well, the u.s. has now recorded its west daily death toll from 1000 since early may and health experts are warning the pandemic if it federating nearly 2000 more americans died on wednesday, taking the total number of fatalities. 224-1800 people is also the 9th straight day that 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 such as political paralysis is dominating washington with president trump refusing to concede defeat to chair biden, our white house correspondent candy. how could, a standing by for us in washington d.c., but 1st, let's go to john hendren and wilmington, delaware. that's joe biden's home state. john biden has been saying for weeks now that dealing with this pandemic is his priorities are really no surprise as that about his newly announced chief of stuff that's right. he has picked, ron klain, ron klain, is many of the things. one of them is a former supreme court clerk for justice, byron white. he's also a long time aide of biden's, dating back to the 1980 s. . but more importantly, he was head of the a bowl, a task force, the bold, the czar, if you will, under the obama administration. and he got good marks for that. he also headed up the economic recovery to the 2009 debacle. so he's expert in 2 things that are

facing the u.s. right now. one, a virus that's going out of control into an economic downturn that biden would like to reverse biden's, not getting all of the information he could be getting. and that's because he's not getting the presidential daily briefing, that would tell him, among other things about how bad the coronavirus crisis is in the united states and what the intelligence agencies know about it. he's not getting that because the trumpet ministration refuses to certify him as the president elect. so that means he's a bit out of the loop there. and that starting to concern even some recalled wickens in congress, senator chuck grassley said that he should have access to that. and other senators are saying that they might intervene with the trumpet ministration in order to insist that biden get access to those briefings. so he can know what's going on. there's also the republican governor of ohio. mike de wine says that he believes that biden is the president elect something. the numbers don't lie about the chance

of trump being able to overturn any of those states are pretty slim because recounts, are usually in the hundreds. and biden has tens of thousands of votes. more than trump in those states, even the ones that are close. john hendren that on the ground for us in delaware. thanks so much, john. well, let's be white house correspondent committee. how could he joins me now. and kimberly does really appear to be holding fast to his refusal to concede. can you talk us through what his plans might be today? the president continues to keep a low profile as he has since the election. we haven't seen him publicly in front of the cameras speaking since he appeared last week in the white house briefing room. and that is expected to continue, although he has been vocal on twitter railing against election officials as well as the media that he believes have affected his chances in his ability to i didn't do

the projected election results. still, as the president continues to fight odds, there are top democrats on capitol hill that are encouraging fellow republicans in congress to accept defeat. the republicans should stop their shenanigans about an election that president trump has already lost and focus their attention on the immediate issue at hand. providing relief to a country living through the cold and health and economic crises when it comes to the election. republicans, congressional republicans don't have the evidence. they don't have the proof. they don't have anything you do is the president congress, congressional republicans are deliberately casting doubt on our elections for no other reason. but fear of donald trump, the president continues to consult with his campaign staff on the prospects of

undoing even one of the state's projected for joe biden. the chances, according to most analysts slim at best still the u.s. president, continuing to fight, saying that he believes that the $72.00 plus 1000000 people that voted for him, deserve a fight and a battle. and that is what he is promising to give them. candy. how could that white house correspond with all the latest? thank you so much. campbell. well, still ahead here here on al-jazeera, stuck and waiting for help. imagine sceneries rush to rescue those left stranded after typing in bamako back to the philippines. 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 one is, is iran with the course the cold north, but on far above sea level will see stuff. and that's largely in afghanistan. and all those things have changed in the levant. it's cotton down again. the sun is out of the next couple of days, a brief strong northerly or northwest least likely. so showers seem quite likely jewing saturday in die hard and the windies 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 the seasonal rain lie across angola towards tanzania, south 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 temps back that no 126 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. be the hero, the world needs right now. don't wash your hands. a multi-million dollar online. sex scam in the philippines is blackmailing men from around the world. $1.00 to $1.00 east uncovers i was small time syndicate, became a criminal empire on al-jazeera food.

hello again. i'm the stars italian dohan. let's remind you of our top stories here . this hour, aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian disaster in the northern tikrit region of ethiopia. thousands of people have fled as if europe is military, says it's making gains in a defense of that, against local forces. there's been international criticism over a new rule from china that's led to 4 opposition. politicians and hong kong being disqualified. both the u.k. and us say they're considering section and the u.s. has reported its west daily death toll at 19th and early may help, experts are warning the pandemic is exciting, racing nearly 2000 more americans died on wednesday. now the search of her bodies is underway off the libyan coast, after 74,

people drowned when their ship broke down on its way to europe. the un migration agency says the boat was carrying more than 120 people, including women and children. when it left the port of comes, fishermen helped the libyan coast guard, bring survivors back to shore. well, our correspondent mark whatever white head joins me now from tripoli. dozens of people clearly still missing. what do we know at this stage about what happened? well anastos or this is a, according to the international organization for migration that a boat carrying nearly $120.00 migrants and refugees, including women and children that sailed off a homeless town. east of the capital, tripoli capsized in the mediterranean. 74 refugees were rescued, while 31 bodies were retrieved. the other or the other

people are currently unaccounted for. some footage, some actually still pictures were circulated by the coast guard. in the city of sobriety or west of tripoli, they say that they rescued actually that in fact retrieved some of the bodies of the migrants and refugees, their international organization for migration. is it raising concern over multiple cases where migrants and refugees drown in the mediterranean? because for us to place because of a late risk operations and i just spoke to libya's coast guard officers a little while ago, they told me that they have not been conducting good risk and interception patrols before. because they are not encourage it anymore to bring

migrants, skilled migrants, refugees, back to libya, not afford to accommodate them. and amid covert 19 infection would break, did not encourage it to bring the migrants that it is good migrants. and if you back to libya, thanks very much. they're not what i had in watching from those very disturbing pictures. thanks, matt, with all the latest. well, at least 8 peacekeepers are reported to have died after a helicopter crash in egypt. their blackhawk aircraft went down over the sinai peninsula and belong to a multinational force in observers that monitor the 40 year old peace agreement between israel and egypt. 6 americans were among the dead and french and czech, nationals will also have said to have been on board now. u.n., special representative visiting cats on has urged countries blockade in the gulf state to immediately withdraw their restrictions. alina, do one is the special rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights,

in 2017. the u.a.e., saudi arabia, bahrain, and egypt all imposed a boycott on cata, accusing it of supporting terrorism vehemently denies all allegations earch the them of so do the united arab emirates, the kingdom of bihari, and they are approved probably of to immediately withdraw all sanctions measures aimed to establish an restrictions on freedom of expression, more them and access to proper to treat various bunter its quarter. non-tariff measures include in zoos which prevent finances, the purchase of medicine, medical equipment, fleet, other sensual goods, follow people live in qatar in violation of international legal standards. well astray says that he'll 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 as radiant, 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. ghana's former president jerry rawlings has died at the age of 73. the former military leader ruled the country from 1981 to 2001. he led to military careers, but went on to guide ghana's transition to democracy. he resigned from the military in 1902 and became president under a new constitution. is credited with bringing in a long period of political stability to the west african country on protesters in angola, calling on the government to resign, 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 want to lead elections held as soon as possible. sarkar raj reports from 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 and chance to demand better living conditions and a new date for local elections, delayed by the prime. demick 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. whatever god are going to come about in the angolan capital, a person was shot dead, a protester shout murderers as police fired live ammunition. oh, well it 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 warns it will document any human rights violations, as it monitors the situation closely. the law this government through process

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 misery and hunger. people are in a bedsit, you will only shows may not got be government are the real, the 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. 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 fighting it, but is losing popularity with some risk using him as protecting his aides. was one of the worst to crises in africa and a pandemic that has further crippled and already weak economy. public anger is

growing sort of well now, millions of students in senegal are heading back to class. schools had been shut for months because of the pandemic, and they're meant to reopen in june. but that was delayed. after a cluster of krajina virus cases was detected among teachers and office workers in new zealand. the largest city have been urged to stay at home after a single case of corona virus was detected. an investigation is currently underway to find out how a student and cloned got sick. the individual lives next door to a hotel where people arriving from overseas are being quarantined. all roads are blocked and thousands of homes are underwater after made landfall in the philippines. strong winds barrel the cross the north of the main island, killing and injuring dozens of people tomorrow and open ports. this is the village of but on in many key the city. it only took a few hours to submerge more than half of the communities. here. people tell us

they were forced to evacuate when the rivers, a water level rose 18 meters. these volunteers have been rescuing people trapped for hours. but it was called, but we read the waters to make sure residents are safe. there were many children, old people. we started doing this, bringing in food and much needed aid is difficult. the water is neck deep, and our boat had to be attached to a rope, a community that is only accessible by the wall because the current is still quite strong. is a very, very difficult, as it's always fun, not just for surveillance, but for rescuers across the region of the zone. many provinces have been devastated to go brought winds and rains of up to 170 kilometers an hour, cutting power to millions and leaving others stranded in evacuation centers.

officials do their best to implement social distancing. women, the young and the year old, are now forced to take shelter in places like this when the water started to go up very quickly. so we ran out and asked for help. we've lost our personal belongings, now submersion waters but we are grateful. we are all alive aside from the joint task force, the organic joint task force that are already in the navy and the army also contributed more course. aside from the manpower here with this important equipment, van gogh is the 3rd telephone to hit the philippines in less than 3 weeks. the country is still reeling from the impact of typhoon garny in the beagle region, which left thousands of people homeless. government resources are stretched as the country is also still suffering from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. this makes relief and recovery efforts. now even more complicated jim

duggan al jazeera mandela, how a road, a tunnel that would go under the previous star extern circle, that star in henge in england, has been given the go ahead. the idea is that it would divert traffic away from the world heritage size. the 3100000000 dollar project has been widely criticized by environmentalists and archaeologists, as charley and reports ancient mysterious and at the heart of a bitter dispute. stonehenge is one of the most important near lithic landscapes in europe, with one of england's most congested roads running past it. this section of the 83 was designed for around 13000 cars a day, but struggles with double that amount. traffic and local residents say it's unsafe . we have people who will stop their vehicles on the side of the road, in stonehenge, or simply slow to take photographs. so when that it's annoying because you have

trucks trying very hard to get a view of the saw it. so we have speeding because of course, when the traffic stop drawing to a halt, she does tour. and we think can safely the latest proposal to widen the road with a 2.9 kilometer tunnel would remove the sight and sound of the traffic and speed it up. but would also involve boring deep into the landscape. a landscape rich in archaeology still being uncovered. the deep cutting through dual carriageway into the tunnels would cut through assist i say unique in the u.k. group of nearly thick, long virus. possibly also through late, nearly 6 settlements, a place of pilgrimage for over 5000 years. the site is sacred to many. beyond the thousands of tourists that visit arthur penn dragon is a druid, a believer in ancient religion. and he worships here 4 times a year. he says,

a tunnel would ruin what he believes stonehenge was built for directly. there is where the sun comes up and tells you it's a summer solstice and directly opposite, which is where they want to put the portal for the tell me is where the sun sets that winter. so if they put the portal over there where they intend to, the light pollution is going to stop us from observing the sunset on the opposing sides. recognise there is a problem here, but neither believe the tunnel is the best solution. diverting the road north through britain's biggest military training ground is one they all agree on. but the government doesn't. they've been trying and failing since the ninety's to solve the problem of this road, the a 3 o 3. new wristband to be proposed and then dropped the fact that it's unlikely even this decision will be the end of the road in the battle for this ancient site. charlie and al-jazeera stone.

and they are watching out of here. and these are the headlines. aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis in the northern tikrit region of ethiopia, thousands of people have fled as ethiopia's military says it's making gains and an offensive against local forces. prime minister says troops have liberated a key part of that region. monitor has more from the capital, addis ababa on the prime minister's comments these talking about them toil with one part or the graver jim back to the me of the border. your p.r. halls with a trailer on the sudan he's talking about.