plain important are all protecting human. ringback touch face the the in the thousands of people displaced the warnings of a growing humanitarian crisis as an ethiopian government offensive in the northern tea gree region continues. 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 shipwrecks. a

rising death toll. a new record number is the coronavirus pandemic. tears a trade tragic passing through europe and china faces growing global condemnation over a new law rules that have sealed hong kong politicians. prime minister has claimed a massive victory in the northern region of tea gray, where the federal government is battling local forces. the air and land campaign is causing a humanitarian crisis with thousands displaced across the border. amnesty international has confirmed reports that hundreds of civilians have died. the offensive integrate 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. the hum of the dough is following developments from the capital addis ababa 1st thing. they have gained ground in the western part of the country, close to the border with the red tray, and also on the border. if you appear ha's with the done, they 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 town which is not far away from the airport. they say they've also taken the towns of ancient city, of which has got a lot of historical importance here in ethiopia. because most of the fighting sioux has been concentrated on the western part of the to greater 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 cultural truth on both sides. the government here in addis ababa maintains this operation will not stop until it achieves its objectives of this calming that it. people of militias, as well as bringing their leadership to justice. some definitely is head of the evidence. last for amnesty international's crisis response team, he says, massacred as part of the concept. we can confirm that scores if not hundreds of civilians were stabbed or hacked to death in that in a small town called me khadra, which is in the southwestern of ethiopia's, of the degree region likely most likely on the night of november, the 9th, these victims appear to have been civilians appear to be laborers, no way involved in the ongoing military offensive in the region. we spoke to witnesses to,

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 over dio's and photographs that emerged from the region to make sure that these indeed were authentic. and were able to actually locate these images ourselves independently to the center of the town. so fixing with meeting car corporation with those like witness testimony. the witnesses who saw the dead bodies told us that they had gaping wounds that appear 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 the 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 then that they were attacked by members of the special police force and other

2. great people's liberation front members. more than 1000 people, including a 6 month old baby have died off libya's coast in the past 2 days in attempt to boat crossings to europe. to i may be the child, the originally from guinea was among more than $100.00 migrants in a day 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 course, before that there were head has more now from tripoli. about 31 bodies will retrieve, some of them were retrieved by libya's coast guard. in the city of brother was 2 of the capital tripoli, the international organization for migration is raising concern over frequent cases

where migrants and 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 risky, would migrants and refugees back to libya for the safety. they say that the cannot afford to accommodate them with detention centers closed for the time being because of fear of covert 19 infection. i would break here. the covert situation making the plight of migrants even more difficult with the u.n. says the international community needs to do more to try to deal with the situation . these tragedies repeated over and over again. of people trying to flee libya. 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 is that we have a, we have a long way to go on 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 u.k. has reported its highest number of daily corona virus infections. a 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 of further measures could soon be imposed after the prime minister revealed one person is at met at the hospital with covert 19, every 30 seconds. that the bob of 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. greece's 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 4 instead of a 2 year old. we now have 30 or 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. the outlook is similar in germany to the missing on stuff. we must prepare ourselves

for the situation to worsen in the coming weeks. some clinics could reach their limits. 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 covered 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 debugger al-jazeera the european union is the mandating that china reverse a new rule which is seen for home 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 to the u.s.,, a stright and more sanctions against chinese and home. home officials, the u.k., which hand that the territory to china back in 1907 says the move undermines hong kong's autonomy and has summoned the chinese ambassador for talks. but china's government is defending the new rule. adrian 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 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 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. still to come in this half hour, 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. coming hello, the weather is settling down slowly, but it's still unsettled. i think you'd say with this swirl of clouds still going past tasmania and the northern edge of the showers developing in queens and i think will be quite poky. but once it's gone through queens award quite nicely,

but we're talking about friday's was about showers inland here as new south wales victorian a.c.t. but the temperature in hobart has risen remarkably 20 were not allayed. isn't quite up to that stage. purse is going the opposite direction good of the system coming through here. so more rain for the sudden 3rd of western australia. and so good truck or showers, we're still quite warm. not far away from darwin, but it's where i'm indicating no towns and cities are the real wants will be found that think it's going to be overseas spreading into brisbane and such to enjoy it in sydney at 25 as well. obviously which is the opposite season in the equator. and winterreise trying to get in there is just not doing a very good job. so coming off, cross the rest of the warm waters in sapporo. it might feel a bit chilly, but it's 30 degrees and the sun comes out. even though it's 10 on sundays, fine, for most places elsewhere. rain in the far south of china, still rain in a good pass. the bottom half the deccan platter of india.

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time. now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera, ethiopia's prime minister says his forces have gained ground in the northern route region of p. gray, where the federal government is battling local forces. aid agencies are warning of a 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 the attempted boat crossings to europe. the u.s. says the tragedy underscores the importance of better global management of migration and refugee and corona virus cases continue to surge in europe with the u.k. reporting its highest number ever french prime minister has revealed the one person is admitted to hospital with covert 19, every 30 seconds, while the us 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 found 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. says just recorded its highest number of daily deaths since may. the state of texas alone has passed 1000000 confirmed cases with california expected to follow suit. well, gabriel is on the joins us live now from wilmington, delaware, in wilmington, delaware, of course. so the home city of joe biden, the president elect, he's already said. corona virus is going to be one of his main issues. he set up a provisional task force. but what can we realistically do? one till aides in the white house in january. but even now when he's not really dealing with a particularly cooperative white house. yeah, that's right, there's not much that he can do in terms of implementing any sort of government

policy response to coronavirus because he's only the president elect right now. he's not the president until inauguration day january 20th. but what joe biden can do is what he is doing, and that's a signal how serious that he takes this virus disease and virus. and also the fact that one of the 1st things he did this past week was set up this advisory council of medical professionals that he's meeting with. and his team is meeting with almost daily that are giving him advice and guidance on how to move forward with this. and this is a growing crisis here in the united states. it is something that joe biden has said he has to deal with starting on day one, because he has to really get the coronavirus under control before he can deal with any of his other parts of his agenda. just to give you an idea and listen to these numbers on november 1st, there were 400 in 2 coronavirus virus deaths in the united states. so that was

about 11 days ago. yesterday, there were 1534 just in 11 days. the numbers of deaths due to the u.s. is almost more than tripled. the daily number of people infected with corona virus in the u.s. on november 1st was 67700. yesterday, a new record of almost 150000 people in one day with coronavirus. so this is definitely the biggest crisis that biden is going to have to deal with. but again, he cannot implement any of his plans until he officially becomes president. and that's where his decision to name, ron klain, as his chief of staff, is a key decision because ron klain has a lot of experience in washington, a key aide to biden for many, many years. and ron klain lead the u.s. government response to the oboe ebola crisis. so it's expected that he will play

a big role in the biden administration, dealing with coronavirus as well. gabrielle is on the with the latest there from delaware. gabriel, thank you. or as we were hearing, the biden transition is still waiting on legal challenges from the trumpet ministration. alan fisher is in washington d.c. . it's not just that he's not president on january. it's that biden is the thing with a particularly on corporate sieve. white house. how damaging could this be? the fact that this intern, this transition period is proving so complicated. how damaging could it be to the beginning of a biden of ministration? well, there are concerns anough concerns among republican senators that they have said that joe biden should start getting the daily intelligence brief. and if they haven't, if he hasn't, by friday, then they will step in that same, tacitly accepting that joe biden has won the election. otherwise, the be no reason for him to get this briefing. there is a concern because they go back to 2000 when there was the long recount in florida.

and then there was the court action that took $33.00 days. but even then, george w. bush still got an intelligence briefing. even though that whole process was going through the courts, but the $911.00 report highlighted that as a potential that could have left america vulnerable. so you can understand why joe biden in this team want to get this done as quickly as possible. that of course, facing donald trump, who denies that he's lost the election saying recently 2700000 votes were wiped from voting machines. the company behind that says, that's not the case. they've got teen court cases going on. one, an arizona where they said they were arguing that there was widespread fraud, but there was one or 2 issues. one of 2 issues isn't going to overturn the election . and then if you go to michigan, when you look through the pile of affidavits, it includes republican poll watchers who said they felt uncomfortable because people were staring at them or because they were treated unkindly. that's never

going to meet a legal bar in the court. they're never going to be happy with that. and chuck schumer, who is the leader of the democrats in the senate, essentially said in the last couple of hours, the republicans really need to get over this. acknowledge joe biden won 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, that 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. there are plenty of people around

donald trump who say that he should continue to fight. this is just a process the really just at the start of this process now. but there are others within his orbit who say that really this is becoming unsustainable. i was speaking to one republican, i keep in regular contact with he said look, some of the stories that the republicans are spinning. they're beginning to make comical ali look like edward morrow, a very, very rated us news man. so people are beginning to lose patience with the white house, but donald trump insists he won, and he's going to keep fighting until the courts acknowledge that. well, official with the latest from washington d.c. allan, thank you for the coronavirus and that make has ravaged brazil's economy, which is predicted to contract by about 5 percent this year. economic analysis shows the south american nation is no longer ranked among the world's top 10 economies. many brazilians face a painful financial future with soaring food and house prices. monica, yet

a kid has more now from what he has. c c c c c c it's tea time in this slum in the year there's a new. c c c baker sounds his horn 20 pounds 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 rank 12 on the list, according to a report based on data from the international monetary fund. brazil's productivity has been declining, soused 2015. with the pandemic, the economy will shrink an additional 5 percent. besides that political uncertainty has helped dividing the brazilian reale, making it one of the world's most was performing currencies. this year. 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 i should note that they're also are not interested in the country's international rankings. they're worried that staple foods like rice and black beans are 20 percent more expensive. it's not only for crude

prices that went up construction material is also more expensive. these rigs, for example, cost 30 percent more than before. the pandemic or the silver lost his job as a truck driver and moved his belongings from an apartment or neighborhood to a shack. he says more palace, at least i have a roof over my head to move god in economy minister. but again, jewish says brazil, bro, 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. economic recovery promised by the government still sounds like a long, hard, uphill battle money. i'll just sirrah, rio de janeiro. office workers in new zealand's largest city or client 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 at the apartment building is next door to a hotel where people are arriving from overseas are being quarantined. new zealand has so far been widely praised for its response to the pandemic. thousands of homes in the philippines were left to submerged when typhoon valko, ravaged parts of the country's northeast. at least 13 people have been killed. 15 more are still missing. during the island's organ reports now from one of the worst affected areas, 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 80 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 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 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, navy and the army also contributed. from the manpower you with this important vamp go, is the 3rd take food to hit the philippines in less than 3 weeks. the country's 2, reeling from the impact of typhoon garny 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 spent demick. this makes relief and recovery efforts, even more complicated jim duggan al-jazeera. manila governors. former

president, gerry rawlings died at the age of $73.00 or links twice seized power and military coups and 979 in 1901. but he was later a driving force behind his nation's transition to multi-party democracy and winning elections in both 19021996. ghana is now one of west africa's most stable democracies and tributes have been paid to warnings from all political parties. kids take a quick look at the top stories here on al-jazeera. ethiopia's prime minister has claimed that massive victory in the northern region of t. gray with the federal government is battling local forces. be ahmed says his forces have quote, liberated the western part of to great. the brutal air campaign and land campaign has raised fears of a.