be the hero, the world needs washing al-jazeera hello there i missed. and this is the news hour live from our headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes. thousands flee fighting in ethiopia's more than teaberry region. amnesty international reports civilians being hacked to death and what it's calling a massacre. china becomes one of the last major countries to congratulate president elect joe biden. as u.s. election monitors give a resoundingly burst of confidence. one of south africa's most powerful politicians

isn't course accused of corruption involving multi-million dollar government contracts. plus i'm natasha popular in paris for years off to the new premier 25th diva. turks are still painful memories and deep divisions. and it's for tiger woods is in title, contention after day one of the monsters, the defending champion well placed at the final major of the year. but we begin this news hour with the west wing conflict in northern ethiopia. the struggle for the control of tiebreak continues between local and government forces and hostilities countrywide appears to be resting. let's take a look at some of the latest developments. amnesty international says hundreds of civilians have been massacred during the fighting while the human rights group is

there who is responsible. some witnesses have blamed forces loyal to the to great people's liberation front. the un's warning of a humanitarian emergency. as more and more people flee more than 4000 people crossed from ethiopia into sudan and just one day. meanwhile, the o.p.'s federal government has appointed a new leader to take control of the region. prime minister i've gotten, it says the offensive will not end until local leaders are removed. because if not, hundreds of civilians were stabbed to death in a small town called me, which is in the southwest of the degree region. likely, most likely, on the night of november 9th, these victims appear to have been civilians appear to be laborers, no way involved in the ongoing military offensive in the region. well, if you have his prime minister has defended his operation, saying the actions of to grand forces cannot be ignored. the reason is massacure, perpetrate the last week against older men and women in uniform over the northern

command was carried out. while they were at their most vulnerable in their pajamas, and among those a towards where did this search at prisoners acts lived, not of but to mobilize our law enforcement and defense machinery in an operation intended to end. the prevailing lawlessness in the region will have a morgan is on the ground for us. she has more from got a race answered on near the ethiopian border. refugees continued to arrive at the sudanese european border. here in the state of qatar of yesterday. authorities went to check out the situation of the refugees and what is happening at the border. they say that more than 11000 have arrived over the past few days into get out of state as well as neighboring states. and they say that more than 20000 are at the border waiting to cross into those 2 states seeking refuge from the conflict that

is currently unfolding. and it's a great region. and if you appear now, what happens upon their arrival is that they are screened for health reasons, but also for security reasons. because some of those who have arrived so far are former combat sense. who put down their arms, fleeing the conflict and coming to seek refuge here and about if the sudanese authorities say they're quite concerned about what is unfolding once it's started. in these cover, the sudanese government announced that it is shutting down its borders. hearing about it as well as neighboring states and deployed more than $6000.00 troops. and it comes at a time when the sudanese prime minister on the lam dog is the head of that, a god, that's the east african bloc. that brings together a group of nations including sudan, and if you're here, he has called the prime minister and expressed his readiness to mediate in the conflict. and it's a great region expressing concern that is something that the head of the, sovereignty council also expressed in this b.s., the security and defense committee meeting on monday. but the 2 sides, the prime minister of sudan, abdullah and the head of the sovereignty council both met with the security advisor

of these european prime minister abu ahmed, who said that this conflict will get, will be sorted in the shortest time possible. and that mediation by sudan, or by a god, is not needed at the moment. sudan has said that it is worried about the humanitarian situation and its urging all sides for restraint and says that the situation is quite dire and very volatile and that all sides should try to resolve the conflict as soon as possible. let's take a closer look at the strange and grey is in ethiopia, northeastern highlands on the border, as you can see with eritrea and to john, it's home to the iran could mostly grain people together. they make up about 6 percent of ethiopia's population to raise governed by the tiebreak people's liberation front from the region's capital mccalla, a city of nearly 170000 people. the t.l.'s has dominated the country's military and central government before it took office in 2018. it's estimated the t.p.a. life has a quarter of a 1000000 fighters and a large amount of military equipment,

but it is up against ethiopia's military, which says it's already made gains in the west of t. gray in response to an attack on one of its federal military bases, well let's dig into this with matt bryden. he's a strategic advisor of some one research, a think tank covering the region, the horn of africa, and he joins us now from nairobi. i do want to start by taking a bit of a step back here for some context of how to write ethiopia's constitution built on the idea of federalism. so shared power between a number of ethnic groups in various regions but has been pushing this broader nationalist agenda and i know a number of the smaller ethnic groups feel that their self rule is potentially threatened. so is what we're seeing into gray. just the beginning of potentially many conflicts for autonomy. yes, indeed, although it's not, in fact, the beginning since prime minister ahmed took power the tensions between ethiopians who believe in a centralized unitary state. and those who support

a decentralized federal arrangement have come out into the open. this is a long lasting, almost existential question in a few open politics. and with few exceptions, most of ethiopia's ethnic groups seem to favor a form of federalism. so there have been clashes in different parts of the country . there have been uprising in parts of the romo stayed in the region. and there has been some, some friction in the state where there are competing factions for influence to grey is the anchor in the architect of ethiopian federalism. and should be expected to fight tooth and nail to defend that principle. also not given that context, some of the language that we're seeing is frankly rather alarming. i see the european union is already warning about ethnically targeted measures and response to arrests that have been taking place in adults. do you think this could become

a widespread i'm afraid, so i think one of the, one of the alarming things about this conflict is the speed with which it has shifted from a discourse over constitutionalism and political principles like federalism to one that has taken on a a viciously ethnic character, really in the space of a matter of weeks. so where this began, if the dispute, you could say, began with the government of abbey akhmed, postponing national elections because of the coverage 19 epidemic to crazy. saying this is illegitimate. going ahead with its own elections as constitutionally mandated, the federal government calling that illegal, that at that level we're talking about highly sophisticated state functions and issues. but now if you look at the statements from the government and from social

media mouthpieces on various sides of the conflict, this is being characterized less as a kind of precise law enforcement action by the federal government. but as an offensive against that, the people of to gray and to grains outside the region, finding themselves arrested, detained, questioned, some prevented from leaving the country even those some with dual nationality and foreign passports. and so this beginning to, to take the character of an ethnically fuelled conflict and as other ethnic groups see this evolving. i imagine what the, the anxiety and the concern that the federal government could use similar tactics against other regions. other groups is simply going to grow. so mad i do really want to ask you about the african union as well. and their role here. i see it now

sets the security chief, i'm told, is to grant an adolescent friends of me that at a sense to be a unit. sounds fairly threatening. it. it's indeed the tone from out is that has been very defiant, that this will be a precision operation. it's essentially a police action, and that it will be completed very quickly. the organization egads, the african union, the united nations, the european union, have all offered good offices to be, to try to mediate and they have all been rebuffed at this point. the grahams,, the t.p.o. that leadership in today, absent messages and envoys seeking foreign mediation and indicating they're ready for dialogue. but at a stop of a clearly, this latest move against the african union security to suggest

a very uncompromising stance and a confidence that they will be able to win a war that i think most observers think is going to become a quagmire, protracted and perhaps resemble the that decades long war that is to graham's fault, as insurgents against the previous. now ethiopian government, will continue watching those tensions very bryden there from sohan reset to think tank covering that whole region. the horn of africa, thanks for being with us. great to get your insights. thank you. now security and election officials from the u.s. government have released a statement declaring this year's presidential election as the most secure in american history. they say there is no evidence that voting systems will compromised. and despite this, the president on trial continues to make unsubstantiated claims of widespread fire for what allen special reports. it's unusual for donald trump to keep such

a low profile. he's made one appearance, but hasn't spoken in public for a week. his twitter feed continues to push claims of a stolen election on thursday. he tweeted a report alleging 2700000 votes were deleted from voting systems across the country . the company who made the machines says that didn't happen, and a government election watchdog insists the election was the most secured in american history. the elections, infrastructure, government, coordinating council, and the election infrastructure sector, coordinating committees, part of the department of homeland security issued a joint statement and emphasized in bold type. there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes changed votes, or was in any we compromised. 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. one of donald trump's closest aides has reportedly been seeking out officials in various government departments, he considers insufficiently loyal to donald trump, with the intention of firing them. one of the people behind this report has told friends he expects to be called in the coming days. on capitol hill, democrats continue to urge their republican colleagues to accept the election result and get back to business 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. ok, the biden team is pushing for access to the daily intelligence briefing. they got them during the campaign, but have been blocked since the election by a white house contesting the result. will republican senators have expressed

concern that could impact u.s. security well stopping short of contradicting the president? look, one of these 2 men will be the president united states after the election results of coming in. and i think at this point, just as a matter of protecting our nation's interests, i do think that both the president and his and his competition here, the of vice president biden, should have access to those classified reports. president trump's legal team insists there's a process to follow that could take some time and it continues to fundraise to help the president's efforts in court. alan fischer, al-jazeera washington and china has now become one of the last major countries to congratulate president elect by u.s. relations. with beijing have been strained on trade technology and security under the trump of ministration. and the latest past the u.s. president has now banned americans from doing business with companies owned or

controlled by the chinese military. trump signed an executive order that said beijing forces chinese firms to help finance and modernize its military. that ban takes effect on january 11th. that would be just days before trump is due to step down. while there is plenty to talk about with our white house correspondent, can we, how that can be? i'll get to china in a minute, but 1st really quite the vote of confidence that from election losses. it isn't. it isn't because you have to look carefully at what the statement is saying that for the most part what it's saying is, there was no systemic fraud. it's not exactly saying there was no fraud. so in terms of whether this would change the outcome of the election, i think most people are confident that's not the case. in fact, joe biden picking up another state very decidedly winning an electoral victory. but ordinary americans know that given the fact that there was, were unsolicited ballots that were mailed out by the millions. there were ballots that were turned in that were fraudulent people that were dead,

somehow managed to cast a ballot. and there were people that had moved out of states that also cast a ballot. you have to remember that these are bureaucrats that have biases, just like every other american. and you also have to remember that if they acknowledge there's a problem, then they have to fix it. and what we've seen historically in the united states is that when it comes to elections, there seem to be chronic problems. that can never be corrected year cycle after cycle after cycle because each party knows within the chaos, there's an opportunity. and so it's unlikely that there is going to be a statement saying that the president is right. because the fact of the matter is that that would cause chaos in the united states. so one needs to look at these government statements in these voting machines, statements, as with a little bit of skepticism, healthy skepticism, i would say, in order to underscore the reality that you know, if there's a problem, it has to be addressed and no one seems willing to do that right now,

while amidst all of this committee, beijing seems to finally decided to pick up the phone to biden. do we yet have a sense of what a u.s. china relationship might look like under his leadership? i think that a lot of people are going to be surprised when it, when joe biden is finally inaugurated, that the relationship between the united states and china is not going to have a dramatic shift in. there are a couple reasons why. number one, joe biden had tough talk on the campaign trail towards china as well. this is about protecting american jobs when jobs have been lost to, to cope with 19 that americans know originated in china. so despite the rhetoric that we've heard of the last 4 years of donald trump, tough talk on china is a bipartisan issue. will it be more strategic? absolutely, will we see there an effort to combat climate change with respect to the emissions come out of china? absolutely. but in terms of the policy, it may not be as drastic, it may not be as rash, but it will certainly still be

a tough stance. white house correspondent can be how get there for us in washington d.c. . thanks, campbell. well, there is a plenty more ahead for you this news hour and for you to surveying the damage and beginning the cleanup, we take a look at how people in the philippines all creeping up to typhoon found plans for a permanent cease fire and a foreign fighters to leave libya, we'll have the latest on the talks and such and in scores. a goal of the year contender arrives from denmark, and he will be here with that story. and so the coronavirus pandemic now in the u.s. as a top infectious disease expert says the country can avoid another coronavirus lock down. if people get serious about social distancing from wearing mosques, dr. anthony found she called to vigilance during the wait for vaccines on thursday

. the u.s. reported more than 150000 new cases and just 24 hours. it's the 9th consecutive day . the infections have been above $100000.00. new york is one of the states is now seeing a rise in cases. and that's led to the return of some restrictions that leaving many business owners worried christensen has more restaurant owner, jeremy, attempting to stay one step ahead of coronavirus restrictions and survive the pandemic by combining 2 restaurants into one. we've changed the menus multiple times, call them down, add it back up, subtracted items, change concepts, change the focus of what we're doing. staffing has been up down. 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. 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, new 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 the 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, the economy will not fully recover until people are confident that it's safe to resume, to what is involved in 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. and now several european countries have warned it's too early for people to stay on timing and of your holiday travel. that's as record and numbers of corona, virus infections are reported across the continent among those, the u.k. which recorded its highest number of infections on thursday. meanwhile,

german officials have said it's unlikely that when to events including christmas parties, will go ahead. dominic a joins me now live for us from berlin. dominic, can you talk us through some of the numbers that we're seeing across the continent? there's no question that the number of infections that are active right now, right across this continent is very high indeed. if you look at the map of europe. so for example, here in germany, they know that somewhere just over a 3rd of all the infections that have ever happened are active infections cases right now, across the border in poland. perhaps 60 percent of all the infections are active right now in italy, it's a similar situation between 60 percent, perhaps 2 thirds of all the infections are active right now. and then you have situations where the countries concerned are reporting their highest ever daily rates. certainly here in germany,

there's no question that the average number of new cases reported every day has been very high indeed. 5 figure numbers for a very considerable period which explains why you have so many active cases right now. and then there are other stats that reveal quite how deep this particular situation is. the fact that you have hospitals, not just in this city, not just in this country, but russia around the continent saying that a large fraction of all their intensive care bed capacity is taken up by existing coded cases alone. here in the city states of all the one in 5 of all the intensive beds. cat that's currently being used by both patients and the city says it only has another, perhaps 20 percent of intensive care beds available at all times. of that explains why you see all storage use, not just here in berlin, not just here in germany, but right across the continent saying that this, that this 2nd wave is

a particularly vicious 2nd way of course, and dominant, obviously now heading into what would usually and any other year be a festive season, but it doesn't seem like it's going to be very festive this year. well certainly there's no question that the christmas market season, which would be beginning in the course of the next 2 or 3 weeks to come to coincide with the christi and advent season. well, that is under a real threat. you have government ministers saying it can't possibly take place. so that's what's being said here in germany. but of the countries also who would have similar, similar sorts of events taking place. well, they can't do them all so, but then you have the other side of the equation, which is the travel industry. certainly al lines who have been suffering very badly are really concerned about the possible possibility of not having this sort of christmas travel season that they might otherwise have expected u.c.l.

and such as lufthansa, who have today talked about having flights, test flights, where only passengers who can provide a negative test. over the course of the previous 72 hours will be allowed on board, and indeed, one flight, one shuttle flight, would be operating from munich to berlin, while they'd be operating rapid tests, passengers turn up, they take the test and within 15 minutes get told whether it's positive or negative, if it's negative, they can board if it's positive, they can't. so you see that? yes, the christmas market season is definitely threatened. travel season the travel operators 2 very deeply concerned john mccain that with a view for us from the land. thanks so much telling the french prime minister and the marathon have that commemorations to mark the 5th anniversary of the past attacks 140 people were killed. this anniversary comes amid a string of recent attacks, as well as

a vigorous debate about social divisions that are terrible. a somber remembrance, france's prime minister and the mayor of paris led a memorial in the city for victims of the november 2015 attacks their names read aloud me more than a $130.00 people were killed in the city by supporters of i saw shot at cafe terraces in the street and the batek and concert hall, a night of carnage that began at the city's main sports stadium. on nov, 13th, i should have died because of the impact on my body. so each day that i have is a gift. mohamed ramgarh was working as a security guard at the stadium when an attack a blew himself up beside him. 5 years on the recent killing of a school teacher in a paris and 3 people in nice has revived painful memories. like a volcano that's been sleeping inside me but suddenly wakes up the 2015 attack

comes back to me. i see myself then. and i remember my injuries since 2015, more than a 100 people have been killed and dozens of attacks in the country. field police officers, a teacher present a model not cross says what he calls radical islam, is the biggest threat to france's values and freedoms. lawyer sonia mak to fret, presents dozens of survivors and relatives of victims of the november attacks said the aim of the terrorists is the death, not religion. it is not about islam. it is about the ideology of a death cult where the terrorists want is to so there are not only in friends, but in europe and the world for mohammed. it's a doubly distressing situation. the victim of an attack is trauma is ever present, but he also has to cope without some might see him. it's like being a victim twice over. i don't begrudge people, they don't understand, it's difficult. they see a muslim,

they confuse and mix everything. they are lost and we must explain islam to them, but i don't begrudge them the trial of those charged with the attacks of 5 years ago will start next year. 20 suspects are expected in court, including the only surviving attacker, solid dislike of the so long. it will be an opportunity to learn more about how the violence was planned and whether it could have been prevented. it may offer some, but it's unlikely to heal deep wounds and divisions potential butler al-jazeera paris. well, one of the u.k.'s most notorious serial killers has died after refusing treatment for craven 19, peter sutcliffe, known as the yorkshire ripper, had been in prison since 1981. he was 74 sutcliffe carried out a 5 year killing spree and he was found guilty of murdering 131 then and trying to kill another 7 on i. one of the british prime minister's closest advisers is due to

step down at the end of the year. dominic cummings says he had always planned to quit when the brits a transition period was over. understand the 31st is crediting him. he's credited with masterminding writes that, as well as boris johnson's reelection earlier this year, he was also criticised for flouting coronavirus restrictions. at least $42.00 people are now confirmed to have died after typhoon vine coast swept across the northern philippines. another 20 are still missing, landslides and flooding have destroyed homes and left dozens of towns without power . jamal and oregon has this report from the municipality of rodriguez and result problems. this is siegler in village in the road 3 guess the result province. what you're seeing here is just a fraction of a destruction of more than 2000 homes. if 2 hours before, they were able to be rescued by state forces. many of them had to climb on roofs hanging on to dear life. everything that they worked hard for is gone. they said

they had to leave very quickly because the water rose and they only have now are the clothes on their back. now there are still many areas that remain impassable, some as high as waist deep. and it is quite clear just by looking at the daybreak here, that a majority of the destruction of typhoon vanco was caused by logs that were swept down from the mountains. and by looking at the current situation here it is quite obvious that rescue and recovery operations are going to be far more complicated. life will go on the battered the region of luzon, leaving thousands of people homeless. the country is still reeling from the economic brunt. brought by the coronavirus spend demick and resources are clearly stretched, but survivors here tell us they asked for the very basic at this point, food, shelter, and medicine. they hope that the streets will be cleared of debris as soon as

possible, so they can go home to their communities and salvage whatever they can for. let's get more on the weather now. has rob i think we say goodbye to eat and there it is . just being over the water, but this is the truck it took over the last 18 days. there is current stats because over water doesn't really matter, but spent a long time in honduras and its effects stretched back into eastern mexico. these are the current conditions in tabasco, in mexico. this is widespread flooding, which of course affected billie's and honduras and guatemala. and it's rather slow to improve. nothing like what happened in florida because this thing went through far quite quickly. there was some flooding. in fact, the flooding was in homs to the coast of the science east as well. in, for example, north carolina. virginia has some heavy rain as well in homs to, i think by this tropical storm, but the position in north carolina. now we can just about say goodbye to that rain . now east has been is the rain just business east coast, new york,

hands on to it lowest on longest, i should say. but the story now, and we said this yesterday is what's coming in from the pacific coast. widespread snow, not just over the cascade mountains and the rockies. they'll be somewhat lower ground, but on the tops, we're talking about another half a meter on the coldest. bring you spread right across the plain states. so then beyond the snow, we have to look at what's developing in the ohio valley. those could be pretty vicious. so on the storms. well still ahead here on out is there, and the nation has done a high profile court case in south africa. and i'm nicholas hoult in the sinhalese fishing town of m. who are where dozens of families have lost relatives trying to make it by boat to europe. to find out, that's why it's so many continue to make this thing to its journey. and in sports football fans and north of macedonia have been celebrating a head start when you have an option

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you know, the hello again, i'm mr. let's remind you of our top stories here. the salad civilians are reported to have been massacred in northern ethiopia as fighting continues between the military and local forces in the tikrit region. amnesty international says hundreds may have been killed on monday. on top u.s. election officials have described the presidential vote as the most secure in u.s. history, denying any force and comes as more publicans break ranks with donald trump over his refusal to cooperate with president elect joe biden. and record numbers of

corona, virus infections are being reported across europe among those the u.k. which recorded its highest number of infections on the day. german officials have said it's unlikely that winter events including christmas parties are now a senior official from south africa's ruling party. has been released on bail after being charged with corruption, a smuggler? surely the secretary-general of the a.n.c. made his 1st court appearance on friday. the charges a link to allegations of millions of dollars of government funds being misused when he was a provincial leda, he denies any wrongdoing our correspondent for me to mel. i was outside the courthouse and i'm from today. well this case, gaze back. will it leave the aide in every contract? there? millions of brand, hundreds of millions of brands, goes back about 5 years. 3 a trade been here. havens that had, as business briefing were meant to be identified, that root being removed because it's been causing people to become ill. but it

appears nothing was done. and instead money was looted through a number other companies and some contractors over the period of time. it's alleged that some of these inspections, a smoker who was pretty b.x. the time this contract has since been the system and he has been given at inquiry into the state have to again folks actually get basic you to the allegations of corruption. and this is where a smoker surely was to get this potentially having been in this particular issue of corruption. we understand that one of the charges against the full book was not only cover it that they have read of what was happening in this province and did nothing to stop it. and he may be held

responsible. now pro independence troops in western sahara say morocco has ignited a war by launching a military offensive. the moroccan army is moving into the buffer zone on the border with mauritania to combat the policy, sorry, or front. the group is accused of attacking trucks and extorting people. pro independence activists deny the claims saying they were peacefully protesting the policy areas say the operation and a 3 decade ceasefire. so just to all the policy area from their liberation movement made up of ethnic serai, aimed at driving the moroccan presence out of western sahara. they say the former spanish colony is their homeland and they have pushed for independence for decades . morocco claims that is, that is the true side's battle for control of the 16 is before reaching a un backed cease fire in 1991. today more than 2 thirds of the region is occupied by and run by morocco. a referendum on a status has never venture. well, let's bring in because of fabiani. he's in lisbon. he is the project director for

north africa at international crisis group report. it is a really long standing tensions between morocco on the pasar a front. why are we seeing this ignite now? well, what is different? and obviously very warring about the situation right now is that disco be seen probably as the 1st real violation of the cease fire that has actually been in place since 1991. and the ceasefire was actually always pretty much respected by both sides. what is different now is that we have seen over the past few weeks, the area from trying to stop the flow of goods between morocco and mauritania. to has to go through the zone that the police are in front. i would say more or less controls in protests. the fact that the united nations have been, would say, quite negligence towards this issue. there was no nor point meant for several

months now of a un special envoy to try and mediate between the 2 sides. and there was a perception within the police ario that the latest security resolution approved by the united nations security council was to close to the moroccan position and to ante portas arias. so the latest this latest, i would say events have really pushed the police started to take action, and now the moral consumer respond to this publication or initiative. so morocco has also been heaping criticism on the u.n. peacekeeping force there saying that they failed to deal with is alleged blockades by the palace area. how is the u.n. peacekeeping force regarded? well obviously as in any conflict, there are league ations and i keep coming from both sides. this is not really surprising. and i actually the min or so or so to be un mission in the western sahara has been doing

a pretty good job of monitoring the situation and trying to report regularly on what is happening. now it's, i would say probably unfair to blame all the situation of the north. so itself from the mission itself. what is clear though, is that the united nations have been effectively turned a blind eye to a situation has been obviously quite calm and under control for such a long time. but they have neglected to actually step in and intervene and appoint a special envoy before the situation escalated like it has today. right riccardo, i feel like this is a good moment to give out of us some context. this is a very old and as you say, much neglected conflict, it's been going for more than 30 years. so where is the conversation now about the future of western sahara, and do you think that this conflict could escalate further? now the conversation has been, i would say frozen for several years in 1901, there was a cease fire that was cold. that was accepted by both sides because the idea was to

organize a referendum for independence, where the, the local citizens and residents would have voted to decide the future of this territory. now the referendum never happened. and now the conversation is stuck between the police are still supporting the idea of a referendum and the moroccans are actually supporting the idea of the north tanami plan that would fall short of food independence. now the problem is that this conversation has not really moved forward for several years now. and now we are at the point at a potential breaking point where there is a so far, limited military escalation body that there has been 10 show repercussions. and it's very important to understand in the next hours and days what the parties are, is willing to do if they're willing to actually escalate even further, their actions, their initiatives, and how they're of foreign actors can step in to intervene and mediate what the, u.n. what the algerians who have very close ties with the police aria and would have mauritanians

are going to do to avoid an escalation. so the next hours and days are going to be very important to understand whether these actors and the u.n. in particular are going to step in and avoids of what is a potentially a dangerous escalation indeed. and will be watching that for you closely here on out. is there a cut, if that jani there, from international crisis? great, great to get your thoughts. that's a being with us. pardi. well, azerbaijan is taking more control of the areas that it's captured. introducing curfews there, it comes ahead of handover of land to azerbaijan. ethnic armenians have been fleeing the areas that will be hundreds, or even there have also been some reports that people have been burning their own homes as they leave the handover as part of the deal struck between on media and azerbaijan. that's ended weeks of fighting over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh. well, it's big talk or a spot on some of the of a, he's in the eyes area capital baku for us. can you talk us through this curfew? is there a potential concern about further unrest?

well this is a curfew that has been put into place in most cities in other by jan and there is a 9 pm curfew that starts last until 6 am in the morning. and this is something that they're implementing in the areas that others are joining forces have taken as well. the police stations that have been operating in these areas which were not under other virginie control were shifted to areas under azerbaijan's control. now the government, the president has told them that these police stations and their employees should move into the areas which are now under the control of the forces and implement those curfews. they should be maintaining law and order. and also making sure that the area is secure, making a note of the military hardware. there are whether there are any land mines are in secure buildings. so that is why there is a curfew. but most of these bases across the line of contact are not inhabited. by people, because of the fighting, either people from either side,

whether it was the armenian side or the other by the chinese side have moved to their respective countries. so that's why they are going to be going in, regardless of the timings, of the curfew. does void of civilians. so a lot of people are not there and these curfews are going to be more symbolic than actually trying to keep people indoors. somehow. we also know that russian peacekeepers have been back and turkish ones are also supposed to be headed there too. is there any clarity yes, on their role here? well, there is being still negotiated as we speak, a russian delegation is arriving in turkey tomorrow and they will be discussing with their turkish counterparts, the exact details of how it is going to work. we've been speaking to sources close to the other by joining government and they have been telling us that the turkish peacekeepers are going to be in peacekeeping centers, which are not going to be inside the areas which have been liberated, but close to those areas. they are also going to be negotiating and one of working

closely with their russian counterparts to make sure that the cease fire is implemented. civilian lives are protected and all of the fighters and the government forces from armenia have fled the area, and it is implemented for the next 5 years. by some avenger. they are there on the ground for us in the as area capital back here. thanks so much as well to libya now, and there is increased hope for a permanent ceasefire plan after talks were held between rival factions in the city of sirte at the u.n. that military discussions follow an agreement between the 2 science in geneva last month. math and otherwise head for has more for us from tripoli. well the 5 plus 5 military commission that has been meeting in the coastal city of sirte, announces that it has reach conclusions in regard to implementing a permanent cease fire on the ground. and that includes 2 stages to start with

a save passage of the civilians opening the highways between regions and also to remove the landmines in the disputed areas and other unexploded ordinance that's incorporation with the united nations. and the 2nd stage should also start immediately by the end of the 1st stage, which seems to sending all groups and military units to their back to their camps. they have to pull out from the disputed areas, namely inside it and in and around it and go for area and move back to their camps. also, the 2nd stage should also include sending all mercenaries and foreign fighters to tripoli, and to prepare them to leave the country aid organizations

are warning of an unfolding crisis on west africa's atlantic coast, where the record number of migrants trying to make it to europe just last weekend, more than 2600 migrants arrived on the shores of spain's canary islands, reports from the fishing town of bor, where many young men looking for a better life. on his journey to europe, shake him back a sensed there would be obstacles. there were 200 people on board, a fishing boat packed like sardines, when the engine exploded. mobile phone footage shows the boat catching fire off the coast of senegal with fishermen trying to rescue those they could. and buckets of people burnt alive. sitting next to him was a 14 year old boy who drowned as other clung to him in panic. the boy that died and i lived for the same reason. there are no schools to go to the oceans into your fish. there are no jobs, no work in europe, at least there is hope. the father of the dead due to fire,

he has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter for sending his son to europe. among the dead was also 29 year old metal worker, a newlywed, a surrogate. he heard that aging europeans dying a coronavirus were leaving jobs vacant for young african men to take a false rumor. his morning father explains, he warned his son not to pay the $800.00 to the traffickers. for those wanting to go don't go, i have succeeded in my life here with khalid having to leave don't be impatient or, tempted by him. in the fishing town of m., bor, europe appears to be so close with so many tourists who come and go as they wish. but africans are unable to travel with such ease. even legal explains migrant rights activist suffocating. many here consider a synagogue in a prison for europeans barricade themselves,

closing their borders to african countries at the same time, to open markets and borders to them. while some 570 s. have died this year trying to make it to europe almost 1600, mostly west africans arrived in spain, canary islands, just last weekend. in the distance is the house belonging to a family who has migrated to europe and has running water electricity. the internet and here is the construction of another home funded by a migrant that has settled to the united states, compare this to the homes behind that have hardly any electricity or water with that visible difference in wealth with those families that have a relative abroad and those that haven't, that is pushing so many families and parents to send their children on boats to europe despite the risks. despite his ordeal shake him back. he has the blessing of his parents to attempt the crossing again,

fleeing war or poverty. but in search of a different life, a sense of being worthy to his family and to himself. i'm bored. still ahead here and sports. england's paul casey leads the way at gold's a final major championship of the year. and he is here with the latest from augusta business leaders to find the brass paul

business leaders to find the brass paul it is now time for sports mandate looks like tiger is doing fairly well. and he's had a budget shortfall. so bit of a surprise, tiger woods,

and you can sanction to the final my defending champion, putting a pretty poor run of form up behind him to climb the leaderboard during the 1st round of the masters. the masters normally tees off in the spring sunshine. but this has been a sporting year like no other lightning and rain forced a lengthy delay on day one of the final major of 2020. tiger woods put in a performance worth waiting for. the defending champion hit a full par round of 68 to put himself in contention for a 16th major title. i did everything well to hydro while him arns one putted, well. the only real bad shot i had today was at 8. you know, i had a perfect number with 6 figures and went ahead and did everything. well. england's paul casey is the clubhouse leader on 7 under the 43 year old produced

his best major finish earlier this year. when he tied for 2nd at the u.s. p.g.a. championship, he is in with a chance of going one better at the themed or gust a national course. i did the right things when i needed to and to be honest, i mean, you rarely walk off this golf course going. i could have been, it could have been 2 or 3 better, but it kind of felt that way. so i don't to be greedy 65 after hitting problems early in his round us open champion. bryson vote for back to 2 under par this golf course as much as i'm trying to attack it and you know, it can bite back. it's still augusta national and it's the masters. it's an amazing test of golf. no matter what way you play it. the weather and the course may look and feel different this year. but the challenge of mastering this course

remains one of the toughest golf has to offer. so hell malik al-jazeera? now scotland's 23 year wait to reach a major football tournament is over. they beat serbia in a playoff to reach next year's european championship game. finished in a $11.00 draw before the scots won $54.00 in a penalty. shoot out that single face england, croatia and the czech republic in the group stages. plenty of celebrations, post game changing room. scotland also set to stage some of the games during the euros with glasgow being one of the competitions, 12 host cities. since are coming in for me to play outstanding and they should be in the competition and show their best how good that we are. so now that we're there, we can show that to the rest, to the rest of the world, and get back to where we are, where we haven't been for so long. our fans have been celebrating in north macedonia, the national team on its way to

a major tournament for the 1st time in their history, and that is go see them win their playoff against georgia. one nil ranked 65th in the world. they'll face the netherlands ukraine, and austria the following. hungary scored twice in the last couple minutes to be iceland, c one in their playoff. they'll join portugal, france and germany in group effort, budapest, one of the host cities, and slovakia scored a winner an extra times and northern ireland's hopes of reaching the finals. our goal at a slightly lower level of competition has been grabbing global it sanctions. take a look at this effort from nikolai gets during a cup win to day sidling. be well, be a contender for the 5th or push just the wall, which is given out by fals governing body for the year's most quote, beautiful goal. now, australia, cricket coach justin langer says he respects virat kohli decision to exit india's test series. after the 1st match, the india captain will be going on paternity leave in this tour. and posse just arrived in australia before the test. they'll be 3 on the internationals. and 3 t

20 scene or face 14 days in quarantine, but the players are allowed to practice during that period. we are at a human being in our respect his decision. you know, in terms of we have peace in the planet. it's like taking just a barnett. a rich man is a mate. of course it will have an impact, but we also know that india is like vegas last fall and there are very, very good now boxing superstar money packer could fight in qatar next year. legend he provides above arms says he's been working on bringing the filipino to the gulf states a fight. well, so weight world champion service call for the bench follows. i bring saudi arabia staging the world heavyweight title fight between us with joshua and, and he really is last year i had that right. don't make any guarantees. the bible is going to be in the mideast and we had closed the deal. and then the minister of health said,

i'm not going to approve spectate is for i. if parents are successful in this early, i will then go back to them. and i believe by march or april, it will be an all clear red bulls match for stuff that has gone quickest in both practice sessions ahead of sunday's turkish drum, prayed hard later lewis hamilton was 4th in 2nd practice, sebastian vettel was the race winner. but a grand prix was last held any stumble that was back in 2011. will secure the championship if his miss eighty's teammate valtteri, bottas doesn't outscore him by more than 7 points a win will ensure hamilton takes the title. ok more sports in a couple of hours, but that is it for now. so thanks so much sally. that is it for me for this news out of don't go away. i'll be back in just

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