solidarity told to journalists sign the petition. busy to say the u.s. election officials say the presidential vote was the most secure in history, dealing a blow to donald trump's allegations of electoral fraud. the whole roman you're watching all just their allies headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 30 minutes. more mass protests in the peruvian capital, against the ousting of the former president over corruption allegations that ethiopia's prime minister declares victory in a security operation in the north, which has left hundreds of people dead and thousands displaced. the

desperate search for survivors after micro boat sink a 6 month old baby is amongst dozens dead in the mediterranean. welcome to the program. we begin in the u.s. where top election officials have released a statement describing the 2020 presidential vote. as the most secure in u.s. history, donald trump has refused to concede and claims without any evidence that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. but authorities on the election and cyber security say right now across the country election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process. prior to finalizing the result, there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost photos changed votes or was in any way compromised. let's get more on this. alan fischer,

he's following events for from washington d.c. . it's a major announcement from an important electoral body. allan, is it a game changer when it comes to sort of ending any election controversy? and part of it done in bold type is well to emphasize the point that there were no votes stall and or transfer that has been what donald trump has been tweeting over the last few hours. citing a report which claims 2700000 votes were transferred away from trump. the company that made the machines said that simply didn't happen. and now you have this watchdog body which is attached to trump all in department of homeland security saying that the elections was absolutely secure. will it change anything? absolutely not. donald trump will continue to insist that the election was stolen from him, that there was widespread voter fraud, or that there were many irregularities and doing all this without any evidence to

back it up. and this undermines that argument. it says the simply wasn't the case. no, we've been told that in the last few days, there is someone who is very close to donald trump, one of his closest aides, who has been looking through the staffing lists at various government departments. and essentially, single people who he doesn't believe are suitably loyal enough to president trump. and the reason he's doing that is because he wants to fire them before there is any transfer of power. if they ever agree to that. and one of the people that was involved in drawing up this report which says the elections were the more secure they've ever been, has been telling friends that he expects to get cold in the next couple of days. donald trump has ignored all the evidence to this point. even when his teams have gone into court, they haven't actually argued that there was widespread fraud. they've identified one or 2 cases here or there. they have affidavits from people who see that they felt in secure that they felt under scrutiny. but there's never been any firm

evidence to back up the claims that donald trump has made. this is essentially his own government. seeing that what the president is seeing isn't true, will it move republican senators to start ignore the election result highly unlikely. they really don't want to alienate donald trump or his base if they're looking to 2024. if you're looking to the runoff elections for the senate in georgia in january, that the, if you're looking for a long term career in politics, in the republican party at the moment, you simply don't go up against donald trump. so it's an important announcement. it's significant, it's a new jle, but it won't change donald trump's mind. alan fischer,, thanks for the update of the show there for us in washington d.c., let's cross over to nate snyder, professor of elections security at the university of chicago. also former counterterrorism official in elections at the u.s. department of homeland security joins me now live via skype from washington. d.c.

. obviously there have been many checks and balances put into position, especially after so much was made about voter interference and possibly election interference from outside sources, mainly hackers from the international sphere or how do you actually gauge this statement coming from this government agency? i take it with full credibility, so it's really under the leadership of chris crab's at the cyber security infrastructure. security agency that's located within d h. s. have taken numerous precautions and lead up to the lection. knowing full well that there would be incoming foreign interference and various other vulnerabilities. learning from the 2016 campaign work very close with state local officials work with election boards work with the election assistance commission to bring resources to make

a very secure election. i think one of the things to point out too is just the size of participation. this is been the largest turnout in 100 years for us presidential election. at the end, the day we're looking at projections of over 66 percent participation and one of the major contributors for making this the most secure election in u.s. history is the fact. there were large numbers with vote by mail and actual having physical paper ballots that has been a lesson learned. and that was taken to heart from what we've learned in 2016, mr. snyder. then what, where do you, where does this leave really the debates about electoral reform? i've spoken to many contributors before and after the election, talking about the way that candidates always complain about the way the vote occurs in the united states, electronic voting, postal voting. the way the votes come in from american citizens from abroad doesn't

need to know the way actually the 50 states all have their own laws about how voting happens in the states. does the electoral reform need to be more re of reevaluated to make sure that it's a plain even the playing field? so i think with every election there always needs to be a real evaluation on what worked, what didn't. so i fully expect there to be an after action report, i think on. unfortunately, what we've learned during the pandemic is then this is our city potentially for standards, specifically in counting and getting results. like i said, i think we had to learn very quickly on a very large participation by vote by mail to take that into account. but also that made the election more secure to the anti myth that this administration is

currently pushing. so i fully expect officials within within state local boards of elections, city county courts to really take a hard look in and learn from their experience that we just had. this is not a great to have you with us on the program and thanks for being so patient with me considering i couldn't get my teeth into that last question. look forward to speaking to you very soon. thank you very much. the u.s. president has banned americans from doing business with companies that could help the chinese military. the move further escalates tensions between the world's 2 largest economies, declared a national emergency to facilitate the executive order. it says beijing forces chinese companies to help finance and modernize its military. the band takes effect on january 11th, just days before trying to show jewels to step down. police in peru's capital,

lima block protesters from reaching government headquarters, marching against the impeachment of the former president. part of this of a scholar was voted out of office over corruption charges and replaced by the former head of congress will serve as interim president until july. but the other son chance has more from lima. we have seen protesters on the streets, not only of lima, but different cities, major cities and smaller cities, all around the country since early today, protesting. and of course, what they want is for the new interim president manuel, maybe not to leave. many people have been peacefully protesting despite in the past few days. we've seen some violence. we've seen protesters throw rocks at police, riot police firing tear gas at protesters and many plain clothes officers, detaining people, something that

a human rights organizations have said it's illegal. but right now people are on the streets of mainly thousands of people saying that they want maybe no, the interim president to leave that they don't feel represented, and people are angry. they say that a mafia has taken over this, the government and especially congress that was able to impeach him at the risk of with a 105 votes. they say that there's, well there's, there are 68 lawmakers that have criminal investigations ongoing with investigations that go from homicide to fraud, to money laundering and a long list of crimes. and people say that they, they should be unseated instead of having unseated president former president martin, he's got a ethiopia's prime minister has claimed victory in the northern region of where the federal government is battling local forces. but there's no fear of

a growing humanitarian crisis with thousands displaced across the border rights group. amnesty international says that hundreds of civilians have been brutally, killed. the offensive began last week after prime minister ahmed q.c., regional government attacking a military base. 11000 ethiopians have already slowed the conflict to neighboring sudan. local authorities say they're preparing for up to 200000 arrivals. mamma did more from the ethiopian capital at the sound of 5. they're 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 with the done thing, they have taken at the town of america just on wednesday that they had taken the airport. they are now, they've taken the tower, which is not far away from the airport. they say they're also taking the counsel

and shoot out which has got a lot of historical importance here. because most of the fighting so far has been concentrated on the western part of the 2 gray region. and it has involved clashes between ground troops as well as air strikes, getting fuel and the polls as well as a killer, a duel which have caused so much casualties on both sides. the government here in addis ababa maintain this operation until it objectives of arming the militias, as well as bringing their leadership to justice. still ahead here on al-jazeera following months of the president and opposition leader coming face to say so, but it's not left. many feeling hopeful. the long term effects of krajina virus suffering from the pandemic and surging sued prices. brazil falls out of the

world's top 10 economies to stay with us here amount as a bit of rain catching taiwan fast south of mainland china and is sherry stuff coming across the sea of japan? this is in half because the come across is quite cold in the sea of japan is relatively mild. so big showers seem like the only coast of honshu if you're on the other side during the korean peninsula, most charities find weather. just a nice time near stop, tickly cold is not very humid either. not much in the sky. enjoy. can. that's not entirely true of the sas china sea. we've still got vanco having run across the philippines. this is still a tie thing. moving fairly quickly towards the coast of vietnam,

it will lose some strength, but when it makes landfall not to be likely on saturday, it will still be a tropical storm. so the potential for wind damage is there, but more likely we've got yet again, the problem of the amount of rain and maybe a storm surge when i was in indonesia being wet season's a good spread of showers, some of them heavy. but they're not really concentrated in any one place or seen. rain is final. there's no law on the last 36 hours. it really is sudden half a deck of patterns trying. and although it's a rather poor start winter in new delhi, and the whole this i think is incoming front will change things since 2030. wish. the world innovation summit to health has gathered health care leaders, titian, arson, and researches together to larry interact and engage with innovative organizations

this year. wish will take place, but chile, under the banner of one world, our health register now at wish dot org dot q.a. . welcome back. you're watching al-jazeera of me cell raman. a reminder of our top news stories top u.s. election officials have released a statement describing the presidential vote as the most secure in u.s. history and deny any form of fraud. donald trump has still refused to concede with claims without any evidence that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. police

improves capitally, may have blocked protesters from reaching government headquarters. they're marching against the impeachment of the former president martin discard. he was outed out of office over corruption charges and replaced by the former head of congress. manuel noriega will serve as interim president until july and ethiopia's prime minister has tried victory in the northern region of t. gray, where the federal government is battling local forces. there's fear of a growing humanitarian crisis with thousands displaced across the border. amnesty international says hundreds of civilians have died. more than 90 people, including a 6 month old baby have died off of years coast and attempt to cross into europe. a search operation is also underway after another $74.00 people drowned on thursday after leaving the libyan port of homs. rescue n.g.o.s say that they've been out at least 8 other ship breaks in the mediterranean sea since the start of october. more about manly has will be the harrowing

cries, the mother desperately searching for a 6 month old baby. just the mother and son originally from guinea, who crammed onto a rubber dinghy. when it started deflating hours after leaving libya's coast, the spanish open arms tweeted this message after baby joseph died on its rescue. boat. it said they recovered him from the sea. hours later, he died. they say she is the mother of joseph openoffice, rescued more than 100 people from the boat, all hoping to seek a better life in europe. 6 people including baby joseph did not make it dozens of bodies washed up in the libyan port of point to another tragedy. the coast guard's and local fisherman did what they could to rescue about. 4335 was sitting clearly in shock on the beach. n.j. doctors without borders said they saw

a loved ones disappear beneath the waves. dying in front of their eyes. for shipwrecks in 3 days have killed more than 120 people. these tragedies repeated 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. there's been a recent result of people taking the migration routes mainly from libya and tunisia to europe. the risk of these people seeking a better life is huge. the un refugee agency says more than 20000 people who attempted to take mediterranean crossing have died in the last 7 years. it's led to

open arms referring to the migrant route as a cemetery, with no gravestones, nor a buzz among the al-jazeera. they president of ivory coast and the main opposition leader have pledged to work together to defuse violent protests to speech at election loss on what hours decision to run for a 3rd term which he won with 94 percent of the vote led to accusations that he violated term limits i would address has more from the 1st day of negotiations lasted less than an hour. as the 2 leaders emerged their statements or brief, but many believe they could be a chance for a return to normality. after months of ethnic and political violence ahead of last month's elections, president ready a the leader of the opposition and myself just had a meeting to restore confidence. so that ivory coast is at peace and we agreed that peace is the dearest thing to both of us and to all ivorians former president. but

he agreed an important step had been taken, but a lot still needs to be done. please in a new day plus we've broken the wall of silence and we'll continue to call each other in the days and weeks to come to meet each other so that the country can heal and achieve peace. but the negotiations of left out key opposition figures president alassane, ouattara, and henri khan and baby, you may have started the healing process, but the country is still far from securing a lasting peace. many are concerned about the fate of opposition leaders in detention or in exile. the legality of president ouattara as election and justice for victims of political violence. these are issues opposition, negotiated just insist must be addressed. a constitutional amendment following a friend. i'm intensely 16 enabled. what turned out to seek a 3rd term in office that sparked violence between opposition and ruling party

supporters and security forces. the government says more than 80 people were killed . the opposition insist the number is much higher and many are calling for justice . to reach a consensus, we need an inclusive dialogue, not a 2 way dialogue, not a 3 way dialogue, but rather a dialogue that includes opposition and government figures as well as civil society . many worried about an escalation of violence, similar to that which happened in the months after the disputed 2010 election when up to 3000 people were killed. there won't be a repeat. in any case, all activities are blocked, nothing is working at the moment. we want peace. but achieving that peace will depend on how well the negotiations and, and whether other opposition leaders and the government will reach a deal. how mighty trees al-jazeera there's widespread anger and fear in armenia

over an agreement which allows aries to keep areas kept adjourning 6 weeks of fighting over the disputed region of the golan in the regional capital panicker. it appears that people are leaving on mass towards the armenian border. we have seen very few civilians all military since we arrived here instead by and i carried now the vast majority of people had left throughout the war and it seems that no one is intent to come back even though there is a cessation of hostilities ever since the ceasefire agreement was signed on november 9th. now driving here, we went through a region called killed by joy. it was a region that or armenia had occupied in 1904 and according to idea agreement is now has to return to azerbaijan. well, on the road, driving in the opposite direction towards the border with armenia. we so a lot of civilians with so trucks carrying beds, cupper cupboards,

all sorts of personal belongings. and we also saw military personnel, most likely armenian volunteers. being bussed out, we still military underground, dismantling their positions. so you do get really feeling when you're driving on the road that people are leaving. are mass, they know they're not going to come back and they're taking with them as much as they can because they know that the life they knew before is not going to be the, same anymore. the u.n., special representative visiting council has countries blockade in the gulf state to immediately withdraw their restrictions. is the special rapporteur on unilateral, coercive measures and human rights in 2017. the u.a.e., saudi arabia, bahrain and egypt imposed a boycott on qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism. there mentally denies all allegations. i search the kingdom of saudi arabi, the united arab emirates, the kingdom of bihari,

and they are a pretty public of egypt to immediately withdraw all sanctions mattias aimed to establish a new restrictions on freedom of expression, movement access to property trade. but are its water non-tariff measures include in this which prevents financing the purchase of mattson medical equipment, food, other essential goods, people living in qatar in violation of international legal standards. new york heard once been the epicenter of covert, 19 in the us. i'm all these situations improved over the past few months. it's recently been seeing a fresh uptick in interactions officials to reimpose some restrictions, leaving many business owners worried kristen salumi has more restaurant owner, jeremy attempting to stay one step ahead of corona virus restrictions and survive the pandemic by combining 2 restaurants into one. we've changed the menus multiple

times, added back up, subtracted items, changed concepts, changed some of the focus of what we're doing. staffing has been up down. up again now. it's going to probably go down. starting friday, most bars, restaurants and gyms in work and new jersey must close early by 10 pm. restaurants and hotels are among the hardest hit sectors of the economy here and nationally. especially those near now empty office towers. transportation in the arts also continue to struggle. given large gatherings are still prohibited. nationally, jobless claims have slipped to their lowest level since the pandemic began in march . the unemployment rate in york city is about twice the national average. and it's not just businesses facing new restrictions. new york residents have been ordered to keep private gatherings to less than 10 people just in time for the national

thanksgiving. holidays and officials are warning, even more closures are possible. new york's mayor urged people to take the new measures seriously. and of course, the city will work to enforce nice new rules and all the existing rules affectively . foresman is a crucial part of the equation. stock markets fell on the news of the new restrictions on the nation's financial capital and the growing realization that it will take months for a vaccine to be widely distributed, leading the u.s. federal reserve chair to predict some challenging months ahead. we've got new cases at a record level. we've seen a number of states begin to reimpose limited activity restrictions, and people may lose confidence that it's safe to go out. we said from the beginning that it will not fully recover until people are confident that it's safe to resume activities involving crowds of people. new yorkers putting their creativity to use, we're about to see what's going to happen over the next 4 months. as the weather is

really changing now, hoping for the best bracing for the worst christian salumi al-jazeera, new york, like brazil is no longer ranked among the world's top 10 economies. after being ravaged by the pandemic, many brazilians face a painful financial future with soaring food and house prices. monika has more from rio de janeiro. c it's tea time in this slum in rio de janeiro. c c baker sounds his horn to announce fresh buns for sale, but they cost 50 percent more than in january. 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'pore 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, 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. 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 bedrock, 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 for crude prices that went up construction material is also more expensive. these rigs, for example, cost 30 percent more than before the pandemic. which bit of the silver lost his job as a truck driver and moved his belongings from an apartment or neighborhood to a shack though he says my palace, at least i have a roof over my head in this movie, garden economy minister paulo ganders 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. the economy recovery promised by the government still sounds like a long, hard, uphill battle money. and i kept,

i'll just sirrah, rio de janeiro watching all of this there with me still romney a reminder of our top stories. u.s. election officials have released a statement describing the presidential vote as the most secure in u.s. history and deny any form of fraud. donald trump still refused to concede and claims without any evidence that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. own fisher house more than washington d.c. . this is going to make happy reading for donald trump and me well to the pressure to him to concede the election. if not concede the election at the very least. acknowledge that joe biden was the winner is the winner and perhaps drop some of the legal actions that he is staging throughout the country just in the last hour of the trump campaign as had another conference call.