al-jazeera where every al-jazeera hello, i'm barbara sara. this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london. thank you for joining us. coming up in the next 60 minutes. thousands of people displaced of warnings of a growing humanitarian crisis. as an ethiopian government offensive in the northern tea greve region continues to be a desperate search for survivors after a migrant boats sink a 6 month old baby is among the dozens killed in twin,

mediterranean shipwrecks. china faces growing global condemnation over new laws that have seen hong kong politicians sacked and a rising death toll plus new record numbers the coronavirus pandemic terror is a tragic past through europe and news $22.00 of defending champion tiger woods is going in search of green jacket number 6, if you pierce prime minister has claimed that massive victory in the northern region of t. gray with the federal government is battling local forces. the air and land campaign is causing a humanitarian crisis with thousands displaced across the border. and misty international has confirmed reports that hundreds of civilians have died. the

offensive in te grey began last week after prime minister are accused the regional government of attacking a military base. aid agencies warn that they can't bring much needed supplies into t. grade because of the fighting phone lines are cut off and transport has been halted in and out of the region. now in a moment we're going to speak with amnesty international, but 1st mohamad though is following developments from the capital addis ababa 1st saying they have gained ground in the western part of the country, close to the border with their tray and also on the border. if you appear house with the done, say they have taken at the town of mayra just on wednesday, they have said they have taken the airport. they are now they've taken the tower, which is not far away from the airport. they say they've also taken the tons of

shit out of the asian city of exit, which has got a lot of historical importance here. because most of the fighting school has been concentrated on the western part of the tigre, a region, and it has involved clashes between ground troops as well as anthrax targeting fuel . and the polls as well as a killer, a dools, which have caused so much casualties on both sides. the government here, you notice about government trains. this operation will not stop until it achieves its objectives of this arming the 3 people of militias as well as bringing their leadership to justice. but the u.n. says about half of those who say they are children should have been. morgan is on the sudanese side of the border where aid agencies are preparing for yet more the space people too, right? they say hundreds of thousands more are waiting asper their estimation across the

border. of course they sleep in 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 sydney. is there a terry? 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 get out of as well as the neighboring states. of course, i know where refugees are already arriving. all of them have been saying that they already were in need of humanitarian assistance, that this is, this was already too little. and that with this influx of refugees, it is expected to reach up to $200000.00 in the coming 3 days. the situation will be dire and that he wants organizations here in sudan and international relief, aid to step up towards an unfolding to be a crisis. well summed up or levy is head of the evidence lab for amnesty

international's crisis response team. he joins me live via skype from berlin. sir, thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera. now, amnesty international has actually released a statement saying that you found evidence of killings in parts of the t grey region. tell us what you found, the war your evidence was. you know, we can confirm that schools, if not, hundreds of civilians were stuck to it today. in a small town called me kudrow, which is in the southwest. europe is the degree region likely most likely on the night of november 9th, these victims appear to green civilians appear to be laborers, no way involved in the ongoing military offensive in the region. so i'm guessing 1st of all, what was your evidence, what? what did you find and also do you have any idea as to who would have been responsible for these killings? indeed, so we spoke to witnesses 2 to the instance. people who came into the town on the

morning of the 10th of november after the army took control and they, they said that the roads were strewn with dead bodies, especially in the, in the center of the town. we then studied audio visual evidence, so videos and photographs that emerged from the region to make sure that these indeed were authentic, were able to actually locate these images ourselves independently, to the center of the town. so, fixing with a meeting grating with those i will stress to minnie's witnesses who saw the dead bodies told us that they had gaping wounds that appeared to have been inflicted by shot weapons, for example, knives machetes, which is also what we should we saw in the imagery and that's imagery we then independently confirmed with, with a pathologist, we're not actually independently yet able to confirm who was responsible for the killings, but we were told by, by the witnesses by 3 people. the survivors of the massacre told, told them that they were attacked by members of the special police force and other 2. great people's liberation front members. ok, i mean you mention, you know,

you want a vault independently verify that and that highlights the issue that it's very difficult to get information out of the t gray every jenrette. now what pressure are you putting on the government to, i guess give more clarity as to what is actually happening there. indeed, i mean, you mentioned in your own reports that the communication to, to grow both telephonic and internet communication to is currently blocked. so we believe it's very important the earth or to restore all communication to degrade him, which would be a step towards ensuring accountability and transparency for its own military operations in the region, but also for any, any crimes being said. and being committed on either side of the conflict and also allow people to communicate with one another, you know, that's their right under the laws of freedom of expression. and as you say rightly this, this internet communication block, integrate, makes our job the job of monitoring the human rights situation in the region even

more hard and makes it very, very difficult for us to monitor what's going on. on either side of this conflict, either side of the conflict and also we were hearing of people heading to say, than we have from our correspondent there at the border between so that any theo p. that they're expecting thousands and thousands of people. so what would be your message to the international community, the african union, anyone really to, to sort of when it comes to this conflict, which certainly has the potential to escalate in many ways it already has. indeed, i mean, we're aware of the statements, some cause of concern that have been issued by the african union and the united nations and those refugee flows into and i think we were hearing today as a, as a dilemma. to know, as of yesterday, some 7000 refugees of fled west into ukraine to into sudan. so our call is on, on all members, very simply on all members of the international community to press ethiopia, to investigate everything that's going on into gray. and to ensure all sides in this conflict, really take the role of protecting civilians very seriously. all parties in the,

in the, in this conflict must ensure full respect for international humanitarian law and human rights law. in all their operations. summed up really head of the evidence lab for amnesty international's crisis response team, sir, thank you so much for your time. thank you. thank you very much. more than 90 people, including a 6 month old baby, have died off libya's coast in the past 2 days and attempted boat crossings to europe. the child originally from guinea was among more than 100 migrants in a dinghy that capsized in the central mediterranean. on wednesday, a search operation is also underway after another $74.00 people drowned on thursday after leaving the libyan port of call. that they were hit, has the latest now from tripoli, about 31, but is, will retrieve, some of them will retrieve the by libya's coast guard. in the city of,

of the capital tripoli, the international organization for migration is raising concern over frequent cases where my grandson refugees, including women and children drown in the mediterranean sea. but i spoke to libya's coast guard officers. they say that they have not been encouraged to conduct a risk you and interception patrols recently because they don't want to bring risk, you'd migrants and refugees back to libya for the safety. they say that they come up afford to accommodate them with detention centers closed for the time being because of fear of covert 19 infection. i would break head with the latest there from libya will. meanwhile, the un says the international community needs to do more to help the plight of migrants. these tragedies repeat over and over again of people trying to

flee libya if there needs to be. i think frankly great empathy for the plight of these women, men and children who are seeking a better life. part of the solution obviously involves dealing with the situation in libya and making it safer. but it is clear that we have a, we have a long way to go that the what happened today was a big step forward. but it also underscores the need for better global management of migration and refugee rights. the european union is demanding china reverse, a new rule which has seen 4, hong kong politicians sacked 15 opposition. politicians in the city have resigned in protest of the ruling on wednesday, china passed a law allowing legislators to be removed if they pose a national security threat. the u.s., has threatened more sanctions against chinese and hong kong officials. the u.k.,

which handed the territory to china in 1907, says the move undermines hong kong's autonomy and has some in the chinese ambassador for talks. but china's government is defending the new rule, patron brown reports now 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 brought calamity to the territory and its people she'll stink for, 10000 years. the slogan was displayed by democratic lawmaker lambchop t., 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 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 reemerge. 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. coming up on this news hour from london,

suffering from the coronavirus pandemic, and surging food prices. brazil falls out of the world's top 10 economies. a country ravaged by successive typhoons, the philippines, struggles to keep its head above water. and in sports, these formula one drivers take a spin around this stumbled before the turkish trumpery the u.k. has reported its highest number of daily corona virus infections. since the pandemic began with 33000, new cases, confirmed, record rises are being seen across europe, which is battling an aggressive 2nd wave. france's warned that further measures could soon be imposed after the prime minister revealed that one person is admitted to hospital with coke at 19. every 30 seconds, the reports in a small town south of brussels,

a funeral director is burying the dead. he says almost everyone dying in the area is a victim of covered 90 something that wasn't the case in the 1st wave. ever. in northern greece, a surgeon infections is pushing the hospital system to its limits with doctors warning they won't be able to give proper care for the difference is that the number of patients is much bigger and so is the pressure on the clinics. and the i.c.u. units, the ages are also much lower than they were. instead of a 2 year old, we now have pretty much 50 and 60 year old in italy, prime minister is resisting calls for a 2nd nationwide lockdown. but here in the south, hospitals are being overwhelmed with more and more people being treated in their cars outside given oxygen or placed on drips, as they wait to be admitted to the outlook is similar in germany to the missing on stuff that we must prepare ourselves for the situation to worsen in the coming weeks,

some clinics could reach their limits on it is possible that patients may no longer be able to receive optimal care everywhere. meanwhile, in ukraine, president vladimir is in hospital in kiev, after contracting the virus on monday. the country's imposed a lockdown at weekends, but it's just reported a new data record of $11000.00 cases. europe has just 10 percent of the world's population, but 25 percent of global cobbett, 19 deaths with winter looming and infection surging. the picture is getting worse. at the paris peace forum world leaders have committed to ensuring equal access to look at tensions back. see something that can't come soon enough. the dba al-jazeera? well, that's the situation in europe. meanwhile, office workers in new zealand's largest city, or clint, have been urged to stay at home on friday after a single case of covert 1000 was the tech did. an urgent investigation is underway into how a student living in

a city center apartment picked up the virus. the apartment building is next door to a hotel where people arriving from overseas are being quarantined. new zealand has so far been widely praised for its response to the pandemic. millions of students in senegal, meanwhile, are heading back to class after schools fully reopened for the 1st time. since the start of the pandemic, senegal was one of the 1st african nations to close its schools. back on middle of march, they were meant to reopen in june, but that was delayed after a cluster of coven $1000.00 cases was the tech did among teachers. well, to talk about the vaccine and crucially how it could be rolled out around the world . we're joined via skype, a bio from the global citizenship program on outbreaks of infectious diseases at u.c.l.a. university college london. madame, thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera, we're seeing that even though europe and the us in many ways remains the epicenter

cove. it is of course, global. we know the international community is a dedicated who is trying to guarantee equal access. in reality, how would that work? seeing how huge the demand this for a vaccine? how can we make sure that all countries get at least a vaguely attempt to get it? you touched on an extremely important point in this is a global problem, and we require a global solution. and we need access to vaccines in lower middle income countries because the virus will just continue to spread and long the end of the pandemic. so the deadly acho is working with gabby and seppi through an allocution framework kovacs facility. and together they have guaranteed 2000000000 doses for some of the poorest countries in the world. and to also help scale up what is going to be the most challenging manufacturing process. this will be the largest pharmaceutical

allocation process that has ever been undertaken. so it is going to be quite a logistical challenge, particularly with some of these new vaccines that we see coming out. and there are specific cold chain requirements. we can talk perhaps later about that the details, the logistics of getting the vaccine because the pfizer, one for example, needs to be stored in incredibly cold temperatures. but when it comes to actually, the low income countries getting their hands on the vaccines in the 1st place, it looks now like the pfizer one is the one most likely to be rolled out any time soon. what is actually in place now to make sure that there will be doses heading for the lower income countries. so against this agreement through the deadly show really does reserve 2000000000 doses of, of the whatever vaccine really reaches the finish line 1st. so through the world health organization and there are agreements with governments and member states this litle work on ensuring access and equity for receiving the vaccine

is really being coordinated by the world health organization. and i do believe that and most pharmaceutical industry companies that are involved in the process, along with other governments recognize that vaccine hoarding will not in the long term bring this pandemic to an end. it really has to be a coordinated approach and not swear deadly shows. leadership is really important here. i don't know. absolutely. but seeing, as even in wealthy countries,, for example, the u.k., there's going to be a priority list because they're not going to be getting all the vaccines that they need a straight away. i mean, you mentioned that 2000000000 doses have been set aside, but do we know how many doses pfizer is even planning to release if and when it does? is there a system to, for example, make it proportional and make it happen? straightaway? i appreciate that the b o h o has plans in place. i suppose my point is do we have

anything place to make sure that, that, that actually happens when the pfizer vaccine or any vaccine becomes available? well, you raise a very interesting point because there is a limited amount of authority in which the debt we chose able to implement that. so when we look at previous the swine flu, for instance, and emic, we did see that although there were multilateral agreements, that scene working did occur. and, and even if we think about the vaccine in itself, the company has come out to say that will take that there are only really be within one year able to produce $1300000000.00. so that's under not anywhere near enough of what we need to back to backs nate the world. so from that perspective, this prioritize ation system that you mention is going to be key. and this again, delicia. how suggested the vuln, the most vulnerable groups, and that includes the most elderly as well as frontline health workers are sort of

at the front of that queue. but even that represents large amount of the population . and another thing that we need to take into consideration is that the elderly, who are the oldest and at highest risk vaccines tend to be less effective in. so there are lots of, again, challenges that lie ahead that we will face every country is going to have to grapple with in terms of making these difficult ethical decisions. i mean, i do think, you know, we can admit that there's probably a risky bet, a lot of the wealthy countries because this is everyone's top priority. a lot of the wealthy countries will try to get as much of the vaccine as they can. but just for a mind. 1 that's how important it is for the whole world to start vaccinating for i guess, global herd immunity to work so that it's even and of rich countries interest to make sure that the poor countries also have access to the vaccine. i mean, that is absolutely essential. we take

a national approach 1st or are going to do is see this very expensive cycle of lock down and release unless all borders physically close and then that also dampens the economy. and so really when we look at the debt, you chose triple 1000000000 objectives in terms of ensuring a global security. and you know, again, access to medicines, etc. all of this is going to be even depend into great it with the economy itself. so there's going to be no global recovery unless we have a hullo bull solution where all countries are able to have at least a perp or sion of their occupation the most vulnerable people vaccinated 1st. and that's how we'll get to the soonish like faster. this individual istic approach is just not going to work because the virus will continue to cross borders. and it is actually that simple. and i think this is the message that has been trying to push

out there in terms of getting the world leaders to realize its significance working together. and it's been a huge political challenge. certainly has upset a piece from the global citizenship program on outbreaks of infectious diseases at u.c.l.a. that i'm thank you. thank you. now the u.s. is top infectious diseases expert says the country can avoid another coronavirus lockdown if people get serious about hygiene measures, including masks and social distancing. anthony felt she is urged vigilance during the wait for effective vaccines, but says they could start having a major positive effect as early as next month. the u.s. is just recorded its highest number of daily death since may. the state of texas alone has passed. 1000000 confirmed cases with california expected to follow soon. while the pandemic is top of the agenda for president elect, joe biden, let's go live to john hendren in wilmington,

delaware. so john court of ours might be biden's number one priority. not the only problem he's facing though, is it not at all? joe biden has left wilmington. he's going to his vacation home in rome with beach delaware. not far from here earlier today, but he's been busy working. he received congratulations from the pope who said he looked forward to working with joe biden in the future. and he also talked to the democratic leaders of both the senate and the house, the house. that would be speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer is the minority leader in the senate because the democrats still have not won the senate majority in any case, but they talked about the need to pass a stimulus plan for plan for americans before biden becomes president. that's looking increasingly doubtful, but biden has appointed his chief of staff and that someone who can help him with a groan of virus problem because ron klain was the former

a bolas are under the obama administration. and he also led the economic recovery of 2009. the president's plan on that, so clane is a guy that biden has known since the eighty's. he's been an aide to biden. he's also been a supreme court clerk and he came up with biden's coronavirus recovery plan, which involves tracing it involves a increasing testing and distribution of a vaccine once that vaccine is available. but the one thing biden can't do is get intelligence briefings because the trumpet ministration has not certified him as the president elect. there is a chorus of voices increasing numbers of republicans in the senate who are saying that he should add access to that even if they support donald trump's efforts to overturn that election and a number of 142. in fact, a number of former intelligence officials and foreign service officials has signed

a document saying biden needs access to that information, but he won't have it until the trumpet minute trip administration certifies him as the next president the united states. and when will that be? john? hendren with the latest there from wilmington, delaware. john, thank you will. let's try to answer that question now. the biden transition still waiting on legal challenges from the trumpet ministration as we were hearing. alan fischer joins us live now from washington. d.c. alan, i don't know if you could hear john hendren there. the question of course, is what is happening with these legal challenges by the trumpet ministration? well, so many of them are a lot up in court, but they're not heading to the bar that they need to for evidence don't trump in the last couple of hours has tweeted out that 2700000 votes were wiped from one of the voting machines. the company that runs those voting machines say that simply not the case. and that's the problem that we've got. we're getting a lot of conspiracy theories. a lot of feelings about how things went,

but no real facts. take michigan, for example, where the republican party have talked about how they have got more than 200 affidavits from poll watchers in michigan. but if you go through those affidavits, a lot of them are people who said that they felt uncomfortable. that one poll watcher said she felt put off because people were staring at her. that's simply not going to be enough to get a judge to start throwing in the ballots. the problem for donald trump is that there are a number of republicans who are beginning to move towards the idea of joe biden, being the president elect, and they're doing it in very small ways by 4 of them. just in the last few are saying they see no reason why joe biden shouldn't be getting the daily intelligence brief. it's not something he's been party to since he was announced on saturday that he had won the election. so the, those who see that the administration has to start making those efforts, but certainly donald trump and others are insistent that they won the election. and

this legal process. it's just that they start, it has to go through several stages. but we know that chuck schumer, who's the leader of the democrats in the senate. well, he's kind of running out of patience because he said on capitol hill in the last few hours, it's time for republicans to accept the result and get back to work. 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 it 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. neither does the president, congress, congressional republicans are deliberately casting doubt on our elections for no other reason. but fear of donald trump and i'm

sure this was probably a mistake, but donald trump has been undermined by someone who's incredibly close to by the 1st lady maloney or trump. in the last couple of hours, the white house has put up a video and also a page, celebrating christmas at the white house. you remember, donald trump made a big deal about how no one says merry christmas anymore. and on that page, there is a line that says if they're celebrating the last holiday season in the trump white house, that's not something donald trump will be very keen to hear. i bet he won't. alan fischer in washington d.c. allan, thank you. now lots more still to come in this news hour, including displaced, sorry, decades ago, why some people will not return to the nagorno-karabakh region. despite an agreement to end hostility,

calls for the young girl and government to respect peaceful protests a day after a demonstrator is killed. plus women's golf is in a new and controversial territory with the 1st professional tournament in saudi arabia. hello much of central and east europe has been sitting under these dismal conditions, but it's bad to be pushed out of the way because we've still got the active stuff coming into the atlantic for the british isles to scandinavia. and it's been down through france and iberia. now that's causing a difference in that is not just stirring up the air, making it a windy condition for a time drawing out reducing but it was from further south. so you've got increasing temperatures and story of the fog. all things should be improving. paris shows the

temperature difference, average of 11 this time of the year. we've got to 15 or 16, probably breezy the next 3 days, showers for a couple of them as that moves in there. you see the sun more obviously in germany and poland and austria, the temperatures will try and try and feel better for you as a result. all this time is wet and windy, the british isles, bits of france, much quaternary and spain and portugal, actually much quieter in the eastern med. it's been very windy recently. you saw the floods just staying create. i show them up. libya will get not so much snow floods slow moving showers, and they'll be persistent for a couple of days. we've also got rain in the former sheriff, still as far north in west africa, sierra leone. but the focus of the thrust is a bit further south. with jealousy, they spoke, she just exquisite. she's very glamorous,

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time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera. if you prime minister says his forces have gained ground in the northern region of gray with the federal government is battling local forces, aid agencies are warning of a growing humanitarian disaster in the region with hundreds killed and thousands displaced across the border. more than $1000.00, people including a 6 month old baby have died off libya's coast in the past 2 days in attempted boat crossings to europe. the u.n. says the tragedy underscores the importance of better global management of migration and its current virus cases continue to surge in europe with the u.k. reporting its highest number ever french prime minister has revealed. one person is

admitted to hospital with covert 19 every 30 seconds, and the u.s. has recorded its worst single day death toll from corona virus. since early may, thousands of homes in the philippines were left submerged when typhoon vanco ravaged parts of the country's northeast. at least 13 people have been killed 15 others are still missing. jimmy duggan reports from one of the worst affected areas . this is the village of but on, in many key in the city. it only took title in vancouver a few hours to submerge more than half of the communities. here people tell us they were forced to evacuate when the rivers, 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

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 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 he 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 the equipment, van gogh is the 3rd typhoon to hit the philippines in less than 3 weeks. the country is still reeling from the impact of typhoon gorney in the 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 even more complicated jim duggan al jazeera manila. the coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the brazil's economy, which is predicted to contract by about 5 percent of this year. economic analysis shows the south american nation is no longer around among the world's top 10

economies. many brazilians face a painful financial future with soaring food and house prices. morning has more now from rio de janeiro. c c c c c c c it's tea time in this slum in the year there's a new. c c baker sounds his horn to announce fresh buns for sale, but they cost 50 percent more than in january food prices in general, have become absurdly expensive. since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment is at a 14 percent record high, and many here are surviving on the government emergency aid, which will only last until the end of the year. for brazil's poor, the future looks bleak,

but investors are also worried. the country is no longer part of the world's top 10 economies. brazilians used to boast the 9th largest g.d.p. . now they ranked 12 on the list. according to a report based on data from the international monetary fund, brazil's productivity has been declining, sees 2015, with the pandemic, the economy will shrink an additional 5 percent. besides that political uncertainty has helped devalue the brazilian reale, making it one of the world's most worst performing currencies this year. busy a weak currency favors exports, but the silver lining is that double edged sword. with less food being sold on the domestic market, prices have gone up. most brazilians, like a shooting in a bed, are not interested in the country's international ranking. they're worried that

staple foods like rice and black beans are 20 percent more expensive. it's not only fuel prices that went up construction material is also more expensive . these rigs, for example, cost 30 percent more than before. the pandemic of the silver lost his job as a truck driver and moved his belongings from an apartment in your neighborhood to a shack. he says, my palace, at least i have a roof over my head in this movie, garden economy minister paulo ganja says brazil will grow once the pandemic is over and he can finally implement market friendly reforms. but for most here, what matters now is putting food on the table. the economic recovery promised by the government still sounds like a long, hard, uphill battle money and i kept,

i'll just sirrah, rio de janeiro. amnesty international has called on the golan government to respect the right to peaceful protests after one person was killed during demonstrations on wednesday. police who deny that anyone died fired live ammunition and tear gas, said crowds, who were demanding urgent, local elections, and new leadership. so hard it 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 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. well,

somebody's going to come about in the angolan capital. a person was shot dead. the protesters shout murderers as police fired live ammunition 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. this government represses people. we mustn't stay silent. all the m.p. and the government has done since 975 is killing golan's. they have to leave, we've had enough. there is misery and hunger. people are in a bad situation, only so much 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. angola is the 2nd long store producer in africa has been riddled with corruption for decades. president to our right. so it came into power in 2017 on the promise of fighting it. that is losing popularity with some accusing him of protecting his aides. with one of the worst to crises in africa and a pandemic that has further crippled an already weak economy. public anger is growing. there is widespread anger and fear in armenia over an agreement to end hostilities concerning the disputed region of the corner back as there is will be allowed to keep the captured during the 6 weeks of fighting. but people who were displaced almost 3 decades ago, say that they're not convinced they can return to their homelands. a warning that some viewers may find witness accounts in a, some of inch of ice report the stress. but then they go to her,

mom's or her numbers, no 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 her jelly, in what human rights watch called a massacre over there is 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 agreed to train for them a lot today. they say, let's go live with this. i cannot, i even saw soviet troops standing by watching it happen. they supported the killers . my father fought in self-defense. that's why they took his call after killing. how many of the displaced people from nagorno-karabakh have vivid memories? this woman says she still has nightmares. after watching her relatives being killed in their bodies burned, 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, your depends on, you know, what you would do with 10000, people live in this refugee settlement, which used to be a tent camp as a right. john. 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 joins the 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 imitating 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. neither nations, as well as other international actors,

have demonstrated the importance in implementing is the only solution which they have adopted for almost 30 years. of course, the need to step in and render all support and assistance with the return of internally displaced persons. the question remains how many of them are willing to try to live in peace? because i think armenians who also regard to go in, a car about their ancestral halls. some of the job it under there are a u.n., special representative has urged the 4 nations blockading qatar to immediately lift their punitive restrictions alina door, and the special rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures measures and human rights by the comments in doha, in 2017, saudi arabia, egypt and the u.a.e. cut all ties with the gulf state, accusing it of supporting terrorism. qatar very mentally denies the allegations. i

urge the kingdom of saudi arabi, the united arab emirates, the kingdom of bahrain, and they are a prick probably of egypt to immediately withdraw all sanctions, mattia us into establishing restrictions on freedom of expression, more than meant access to broker to trade. darrius bunter its quarter non-tariff matches including this which prevents financing the purchase of mattson medical equipment, food, other essential goods fault people live in qatar, in violation of international legal standards. australia will appoint a special investigator to examine the possible prosecution of alleged war crimes in afghanistan, the prime minister made the announcement before 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. still ahead in this news hour

india's cricket tour is arrive in australia for a bumper shed. joke peter will have that story in sport. the as you can

hullo now here is peter at this point. thank you for the 2020 masters golf tournament has teed off some 7 months after the original idea to take place the delay of course because of the global coronavirus shutdown. this was the gloomy scene very early in the morning at all. guster national in georgia, former champions gary player and jack nicklaus were the honorary starters to get

things going soon after play was delayed for 3 hours because of weird weather play has since resumed. and here you can see defending champion tiger woods, beginning his quest for a 6th green jacket, which would equal nicholas's record. but all eyes are on bryson december this week and 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 these 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 i far you had and how much ball speed you have than, 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 has entered a new and controversial territory. the 1st of 2 professional women's golf

tournaments being held in saudi arabia teed off on tuesday. the 2 events will have a combined posts of one and a half $1000000.00, england's a georgia hall card, of course recalled 7 under par $65.00 on thursday, in the opening round to take the lead at the saudi ladies', international moroccan player. hardy. we is the 1st and only arab woman on the 2, and she says, the focus should be on the positive changes being made for women in saudi arabia. it's free something i'm proud of, and i'm really proud of my region and my region. and that, you know, sony is meeting for it. it's a big tournament. it's a big statement. as we know women's ghar sometimes not just in terms of prize money, you have put up such a big prize. chinaman 0. it's a huge statement to make that, you know,

to close that gap between 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. innes, osman is the director of media rights group. the issue with the tournament 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 a 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 previews 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 formula one world champion lewis hamilton will wrap up a 7th drivers' championship in turkey. if he finishes ahead of l.t. bought us on sunday,

that would equal michael schumacher is recalled. brett is already overtaken. shoemakers race wins, record matching an icon like michael would be incredibly proud of that. but i think it's more the message that it sends, hopefully to to people not just kids, but hopefully mostly kids because a future that you have to dream bigger than you think you can dream. and don't let anyone tell you that 2 of hamilton's rivals alex album, n.p.r. ghastly, drove over the bosphorus bridge, connecting europe and asia, and then took their cars for a spin around the city streets. if one is in istanbul this week for the 1st to kish grown presents 2011, motorsports women only w. series is linking up with formula one from next season. the series which launched in 2919 will gate 8 support races and grand prix weekends. it uses the same 1.8 liter cause as in formula 3 and drivers will be eligible for points towards an f i

a super license needed to race in formula one. it's enormous relief really, is that we mean, you know, given the massive start, preparing for by the largest make sport platform in the world, it's a great vacation mission and it's fantastic. we are being encouraged and supported by formula one india's cricket team of arrive in australia for an extensive 4 tour featuring 4 test matches 3 o, d i's and 3 t 20 s. . before play can begin. the indians will have to spend 14 days in quarantine in sydney. the players are allowed to have their practice and fitness training during that period. the series begins with the 1st o.d.i. on november 27th in rugby wales, and ireland will kick off the all 2 nations cup on friday, and it's a new tournament especially arranged to help combat the financial losses due to the coronavirus wales are looking to bounce back after a disappointing 6 nations campaign in which they lost 4 of their 5 matches,

obviously, disappointed after the result. we sort of moved on pretty quickly and see those little stocks you like the situations in preparation for the nation's capital to almost as usual what it would be like without this exchange, but she just wanted to go to a katrina reach. so this was long and then football north macedonia are on their way to a major tournament for the 1st time in their history on thursday that the georgia won no into billy's c. in a year or 2020 qualifying playoff in the final goal, allowing the country ranked 65th to take their place at the european championships set for june and july next year. and that's all the sport barbara. peter, thank you very much for that, and that is it for. this is our number. you can get the latest on everything we've been covering on the website. there it is. al-jazeera dot com. or i'm going to be back in just a few minutes with more of the day's so much for watching. see in a sec since

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protecting it, with thousands of people displaced the warnings of a growing humanitarian crisis. as an ethiopian government offensive in the northern tier, greve region continues the at hello. i'm barbara starr, you're watching al-jazeera live from london. also coming up a desperate search for survivors after a migrant boats sink a 6 month old baby is among the dozens killed in twin mediterranean shipwreck.