it's interesting this is al jazeera 10100 hours g.m.t. here on al-jazeera. hello, i'm come out santa maria, welcome to the news hour with reports of rockets hitting civilian areas. the fighting in ethiopia region is now raising international concerns over a possible war crimes. also in the news ethnic armenians leave, parts of the going to cut about in droves before it's handed over to azerbaijan. europe's bracing for a difficult winter is the number of corona virus. infections continues to surge and

the changing face of brazil's politics. we're looking at how the black lives matter movement has impacted its electoral process. and in support. a historic win for argentina is rugby team for the 1st time ever. they've beaten 3 time world champions using so we will start with the escalating situation in ethiopia. where forces in the ticker region have confirmed they did attack a military base, which sparked a federal government offensive in the area, an official from the to great people's liberation front. the tea p.l.f. says it was a preemptive strike. well, since this fighting began, it's escalated rapidly with reports of rockets hitting civilian areas, which in turn has forced thousands to flee. the country human rights commission is sending a team to investigate the reports of a massacre. in one area, the government blames forces loyal to, to graze leaders,

which is an allegation they deny. so thousands of people have fled the violence, many of them crossing over into sudan. that's where hippa, morgan is in, which is near the border more if you can refugees arrive at medina in sudan's good out of state. they're fleeing fighting in ethiopia's degree region. arrived here 4 days ago with her children and pregnant sister from a card. she says the fighting in the region forced her and her family to flee with nothing but the clothes on their backs. then that again i learned that we saw people being slaughtered. there was blood all over. we fled because we didn't want to die. some women lost their husbands, we came with nothing but our lives, no money. these clothes were given to me by the people here. thousands of refugees have crossed into sudan over the past week. many recounts similar stories from the region where the ethiopian government has imposed a telecommunication blackout since the start of an offensive against the people's

liberation front. the government wants to get rid of the chief. so we've heard the people are living in conflict. their people have been slaughtered with knives, pregnant women have had their bellies open, and the government is bombing civilians and killing us all. so the news authorities have closed borders with since the start of the conflict. and there are challenges in responding to the influx of refugees, aid organizations say they're shortages in relief services which need that's because up until last week, this place was largely an abandoned town. and even though this is a temporary shelter for refugees before the camps elsewhere arrive seeking safety on an already dark him with their own situation. refugees here say there are shortages of drinking water and food. so dense commission for refugees says nearly 1000 people are being richest to daily, and have called for more action to respond to the situation. resurfacing of refugees here is great, and we're hoping to authorities,

international community chain to be in because the situation is unbearable. there are so many refugees to come in, most of them walking for hours and days. most of them are scattered in farms nearby, sticking their way here. new refugees are being every hour, the day and her family try to settle into what is now their new home. she says she doesn't know how long they'll be here. but until the fighting stops, she says you want to go back to make in ethiopia. people more going on to 0. medina, to money and good life. so damn, let's go back across the border now, muhammad is in gondor, which is on the border of that region. the hi mohammed. so 1st of all this admission from the t p l. s. the forces saying yes, it was us, we struck 1st. yes, come on. this is huge by every measure because from that time the prime minister has accused the tea p.l.f.

that they have cut it out of this on the basis of they have loudly rejected that statement. saying they did not carry out the attack and have actually used the ethiopian defense forces on the 1st bullet. now with this admission from, sicko today, in the traditional of the p.l.o., it shows that there is no i'm in doubt that it was the who carried out and he says that they did that because one side, the wall bows. and if you have been defense, will this round in them on all the other was is highest at 40. that is the president who is most any friendly to them because of the wars their fault with he him when they were in power, the tepee, a lot of fun. he said they did what was supposed to have been done, a preemptive strike trying to change the law. and these days we didn't mobilize

those who did not agree with us that we in 45 seconds, they had finished about the operation altogether. then what does it mean for the conflict more widely? i mean, is there, would there be any sign of things deescalating? i wonder if it could even increase again? well, there's been no letup of course in the fighting with the integrated region. the fighting so far has involved cautious on the ground between ground troops as well as have been carried out by the european defense forces against targets, including the city of mackellar, which is the cup, little of the 2 great region, also through a lot of holes have been targeted and then there is the absolutely do. well, of course we've seen another phase of the war yesterday evening when rockets in london in both the going down and airports, causing some damage. of course,

we have not been told yet of any casualties, but there's been damage to the buildings of both airports, something that also 30 got that figure a liberation front. it is definitely still well armed, despite claims by the government of destroyed their post strikes that have been carried out in the past week in ethiopia. thank you for that. update to another dispute. now, the final day for ethnic armenians to leave areas of nagorno-karabakh, the areas that will be handed over to azerbaijan, some even set fire to their homes as they left the 1st hand-over of armenian controlled land to azerbaijan is expected to happen on sunday, part of a peace deal, which ended the 6 weeks of fighting and indeed decades of differences over that disputed territory. right? it was the only, lots of innocent children are niño crying and want to return home. it's very hard

searches so wrote in the end, we will blow up or put a fire to the house, not to leave anything to muslims. right, so we're on both sides of the starting with hoda abdel-hamid involved in this. she has more on the iraqi wish. well actually coming down this road, heading into our proper and facing uncertain future development. now we've been told the way they're going to care about which is that district where about $4.00 to $5000.00 who are living. and i have to say over the past few days, all we have seen is a village, one after the other. people have already evacuated the area. we've seen some people burning their houses, saying that they were not going to leave them for anyone else to live in meaning as

there is if and when they come back. our lines cut also a really great sense of loss among the few remaining. there chopping wood, they're still taking whatever they have left to join their families across the border. so you really get a sense that people are fleeing. they're desperately scared about what could happen next. even though we have seen the russian peace keepers making their way in, in large numbers, very long convoys for armenians. that would be really a symbol of protection. but they don't feel safe at this stage. still regardless, and they have by and large, already left the district and some of his in the capital, we called it a peace deal, an end to the 6 weeks of fighting. but really,

for us by john, i guess they'll be saying this is a big what they are, and there is anger in azerbaijan, about the reports that civilian infrastructure is being damaged. should be been speaking to a very, who've been who've lost their lands. and how were became refugees about 30 years ago when they were forced out of their lands. and they think they are saying that this shows that the armenians do not want peace and they want to destroy everything which wasn't even there is to begin with. in the areas that are very forces have retaken there, the curfew, which has come into effect on the areas that are under their minute for your forces, their civilian infrastructure. the police stations, which were moved out in 1992, have been asked to come back and try and put some semblance of civilian infrastructure in place. but these are mostly areas where civilians have fled. very few people remain and mostly held by military personnel,

obviously trying to get access to these areas. but we've been told by the minute the ministry of defense that these are littered with not mines and explosives that armenians have now on the way out. we just spoke to some people in the d. mining operation who told us that they have lost in the last 48 hours there who tried to go to the area to make sure that it is safe for people to go back into. guess. there was a note, lot of hope and anticipation that there will be some sort of peace, but it is going to take time. this is being taken 3 decades in the making. and it is going to take possibly a few months before you can actually see people going back and some semblance of normalcy returning. there's a lot of hope from azerbaijan on the inclusion of turkish troops and not just the russians because of the posix period. since the people of the area had been so ripped through, they don't complete the process there are. right. i want to ask you about the peacekeepers. a lot souls on ben doesn't it then to try to keep things under control. what is there, or what is their brief and then how long are they supposed to be there?

so far, what we know is that the russian peacekeepers are going to come in, they're going to push out any fight is from the armenian side, which remain in the various areas. no, go in a car bomb and they're going to move closer to words areas and then the central parts of nagorno-karabakh right after that, the russian peacekeepers are going to tell their border forces that they can come in and secure the border between armenia and azerbaijan. and that is when we will get to see what does it mean we've been speaking to many brits now and they're not even clear on how is it going to work. there is going to be a drawing mechanism of peacekeeping centers, which is going to be close to the line of contact and then turkish troops are going to be present with the russians as well. so there's a lot that is still being negotiated by all sides. the armenians and other by dani's aren't directly talking to each other. they're talking by mediators,

and much of that peace. but it was a wide ranging has to be negotiated on the table to figure out what will it mean for the people of both sides who can come back to these areas which armenians and other by dani's call their own. thank you for that update from baku, azerbaijan, to libya where rival factions have agreed to hold nationwide elections in december next year. this was announced at the u.n. sponsored talks in tunis, final session taking place later on saturday. aiming to appoint an interim government representatives have also been meeting and search in central libya focused on implementing the cease fire deal that was signed last month. here is in tunis, national elections to be held next december on the 24th december 2021. that's christmas eve next year. why that date? well, that's the 70th anniversary of libya's declaration of independence through the united

nation, the united nations, from that in and france there where disputed elections back in 2014, after which the judiciary and law enforcement completely collapsed. so it's imperative that these elections are done are done right. and that the are take place in a free and fair manner, and that's really what's been going on in tunis all this week. 75 delegates have been humming a it's what the u.n. has been calling a road map, a set of mechanisms to put in place to get to that point where those elections can take place and have a meaningful result, which is to see one single unified libyan government. 6 days of talks in tunis are not going to solve all of libya's problems, but as stephanie williams, the acting cut in boy, she says, you know, you've got to try and solve some of the problems. because the status quo is intolerable status quo equals t.v. nation. and that's really what's kind of one of the longer the 6700000 libyan citizen. this deserve better than that. it's 40 minutes past the hour. here's

what's coming up. 5 percent of the folks that they entered the hospital with covais don't make it out. sounding the alarm and urging people to act u.s. states see a steep rise in corona virus infections ahead of the country's holiday season. also digging up the past columbia resumes examinations as the country comes to terms with a dark chapter of its history. and in sport, the pre-tournament favorite had some problems at the masters and he will have bats and the rest of the sport later. coronavirus news now and there are warnings that europe will face a hard winter amid a resurgence of infections that start with which is reported its highest number of new cases, almost 41000 in a single day regional leaders, a warning to health system. there is that breaking point. germany had cases of

surge there as well, almost $23000.00 in the last 24 hours. officials are set to meet on monday to discuss if the current restrictions did. in fact, slow the spread of the disease in france, the 2nd national lockdown won't be eased for at least 2 weeks, but it appears to be working. the country is seeing a drop in infections. and there is some cautious signs of optimism in the u.k. as well. with statistics showing the spread of the virus appears to be slowing down there. so let's go to london and talk to paul brennan and paul. let's start with that. when we talk about cautious optimism, how cautious very cautious. it's very difficult to read much into one day to another statistics when the overall trend is quite clearly still very high. that said though any potential glimmer of hope is always seized upon by both the public and the politicians. and one bit of good news is from monday, family and friends of people who have relatives in care homes, for example, will be able to get regular testing to enable them to visit those relatives in

those cat homes. because at the moment the residents in care homes have been effectively shut away from from the outside world. and it's not good for them or for the people who are wanting to actually see them. but the glimmer of hope has got to be put into context as well because the advice that's been released by the scientific advisory group for it meant emergencies. the government's scientific advisor, sage is saying that if there is a return after the current lockdown, which finishes at the start of december to the previous tiered system, then there will be a resurgence. and we will be effectively back to the where we were before this national lockdown was imposed. so it's pretty bleak advice from the scientific advisors and they're warning that unless the, our number, this reproduction rate is kept very low then christmas and those kind of religious festivals around the end of the year could also be put into down to so far as family mainly goes and also makes me just think about the season as well. i mean, not to state the obvious,

but it looks pretty miserable behind you there today in london. just a reminder that winter is coming. you would already have high numbers of illnesses and flus and then if you add coronavirus on top of that, my goodness. and it is the pressure on the hospitals. that is the biggest concerns . politicians, the idea that hospitals become increasingly and rapidly full of coronavirus patients, meaning that other patients, theoretically even down to car crash victims for example, might be turned away in accidents and emergencies. not clearly, that's an extreme hypothetical example, but it's a, it's a consideration that politicians are actually actively considering and trying very hard to avoid. so when there is the economic damage that is being done by these lockdowns and the population and businesses who are complaining bitterly about the restrictions that are being put on them. boris johnson, the prime minister and the health secretary, matt hancock. keep on coming back to this point again and again about it's about the health service and about maintaining a functioning health service. paul brennan, joining us from london,

the senate. i thank you poll. right. we're going to look at northern ireland now which has been under a coronavirus lockdown for 4 weeks and faces another 2. there are signs the measures have been effective there, but the economic costs, like paul was just talking about. they are great, especially in areas which are soon to feel the effects of bragg's that as well. john, how does a dairy and strapping close to the irish border? this is true burn peeking out of the mall valley of the irish border and just a month ago, the most covert infected town in the u.k. weeks of lockdown in northern ireland has brought the infection rate down by 70 percent. but the cost to the economy of strabane and neighboring londonderry, reliant on cross border trade and soon to face the full effects of drugs. it is hard to calculate. there isn't that spare capacity to deal with a downturn in a city that really is still struggling with the long term impacts of the closure of

the shipping industry. but yes, economically, as i say, 2008, the economic recession was much worst in the areas that were already weaker. dairy is the weakest economy. darien street band of the weakest economies in northern ireland. and they will be the ones that suffered the most hundreds of bombings in a town of just over 10000, people took their toll during decades of struggle against british rule. but one shopkeeper told me this is worse in a clothing shop across the street. another said the lights are on, but no one's buying them honest or even a certain amount of optimism for one of the next 6 months or 3 sort of grasp of the times. even though it's a tough road, i'm trying to be optimistic that we'll all get through it. and of all the thousands of when the peace bridge came to derry nearly a decade ago,

it seemed to signal better times ahead. built with european union funds connecting divided communities, a sectarian past giving way to a european future. but 1st breaks it and now coded 19 have put paid to much of that . we still haven't overcome the fact that belfast is the dominant part of the political culture of northern ireland and belfast disfavored. and that is an inescapable reality of the western part of northern ireland with one in 3 people out of work majority nationalist sentiment in derry, and struck as consigned the area to decades of under development and neglect. there's nothing in its immediate future that's likely to change that go to whole al-jazeera, dairy and strip the

u.s. president has spoken publicly for the 1st time since his election loss to joe biden . donald trump, using the occasion to update americans on his response to the coronavirus pandemic, but he did inch closer to acknowledging he may not be leading the country's next administration. the support of alan fischer in washington incredibly, this is become a rare thing. public remarks by donald trump his 1st since the election. and this was about protecting his legacy, but administration has initiated the single greatest mobilization in u.s. history, pioneering developing and manufacturing therapies and vaccines. in record time, there was no talk of the election result. this was an update on the fight against corona virus, the hope provided by a vaccine. but there was almost the slip almost an acknowledgment. his time in the white house was coming to a close. ideally, we won't go to a lockdown. i will not go, this administration will not be going to

a lockdown. hopefully the, the whatever happens in the future, who knows which it ministration will be, i guess time will tell, but i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown. the president has been adamant, he continues to fight in the courts to overturn an election. he claims without evidence was stolen from him, but he's running out of route. his campaign has dropped its action in arizona where joe biden has been declared. the winner cases in michigan and pennsylvania have run into legal difficulties. law teams have quit the fight because lawsuits being dismissed by judges who seem quite exasperated with lawyers representing the trump campaign. who simply do not have facts. the president's own cyber security experts have declared the election to be the most secured in american history. something the president was keen to take credit for while at the same time, claiming it had been rigged by the democrats against him. another sign, the white house is moving towards acceptance of the result from monday, joe biden will start receiving the daily intelligence briefing. something the

trumpet ministration had blocked since the election. it's campaigns, reaction about each passing day, lack of access to classified operations or back channel conversations that are happening really with the american people's interest as it relates to their national security interests. donald trump is arguably the most accessible president in modern history, but he left the rose garden, refusing to take questions about the election result. and if his days in the white house were numbered, alan fischer, washington. we've got evan resnick with us now u.s. foreign policy expert and a professor in international relations at nanyang technological university in singapore. lovely to have you with us. and i think we will talk some domestic issues as well with you. i know you are an expert on those as well, but let's start with the foreign side of things. i know it's not a high priority now, but it's the by an administration, all the incoming transition team needs to start thinking about what it does from

day one. to well undo and repair a lot of things from the past 4 years. yeah, a number of things that it can do are actually relatively easy. for instance, sending reassuring diplomatic signals that the united states is not going to continue browbeating its democratic allies in europe in asia is an easy thing to do . i think in the same way that when president obama took office in january 2009, he was able to really increase america's allure as the rest of the world restore some of its popularity just by replacing the person that he did. and i think that biden, just by entering office and sending positive signals that the united states is back in a way that it is reassuring allies and friends will do quite a bit of good without any heavy lifting wire. there is a list of things which the united states might have to deal with internationally.

what would you put at the top of the list? i wonder if it's actually just coronavirus something which just affects everyone, and it's clearly affected the u.s. so much that if it, if it looks at that on a domestic level, then that can bleed over into the international response. it's to buy discredit in his campaign statements and writings he, he mentioned that the top foreign policy priority is actually domestic. what the united states needs to get its house in order and the most pressing the urgent matter is to get some control over the corona virus. that is wreaking havoc right now on american society and on the economy. a much centrists and domestic issues with you just based on alan's report, which you would have heard there as well. the fact that donald trump as well, he almost let it slip to me or my set the next administration. do you think it's heading that way that actually this sort of show which has been going on since? what was it november 3rd, try to remember, and that it actually might be coming to an end. well, it seems that he had finally,

the u.s. president is realizing, i think he's the last person to recognize that the writing is on the wall and he lost this election and he needs to leave, and the balloon seems to be deflating quite rapidly. so my sense is that perhaps the worst of his obstructionism is over and he will at least if not explicitly implicitly allow some of the transition to occur. you know, with the. 'd with a modicum of support from the, from the going to administer asia and bureaucracy still so much ahead of us and they haven't resident, joining us from that thing. i thought of i thank you. we appreciate it. before we grab a break on the news hour has the weather with rob. now the whole of africa is not renowned for lush green growth, but after recent rains it's got some. sadly, it's also the latest of the african countries to get an infestation of locusts, which, as you know, will strip this sort of greenery. berry no time at all. now the northeast monsoon

session, the moment that's the end of the rain that giving sas better for the south in africa. surprised to find and alysia just need your screen. there is the 1st of the southern indian ocean tropical storms this season, and it's the northeast monsoon that drives the rain currently in india and sri lanka. this is normal, although is fairly wet this year, but just look briefly to the north this time of year in the north of india and in northern pakistan, the is still still unquiet. and this is the result has, does a call to that of the hole about an hour and a half ago has to say quality that in any way, get rid of this is by stirring up the atmosphere. luckily, it's also the time the year when you get these westerly ways, whether communities in the west, which produces all the rain or snow depending on how hard of sea level you are. it was raining for a couple months even meets the worthwhile amount. and this will cross into northern pakistan later today and especially tomorrow and hang around into monday. so

briefly at least the air quality in the hole will be better. thank you for that. still ahead for you on this news, out of morocco launches a military operation in the western sahara ending and the a 30 year ceasefire. going fia's in ivory coast will tell you what they're feeling better and what it means for the world's chocolate supply and sport horseracing making its return in zimbabwe. as the sport, i'm still recover from the financial impact of coronavirus. one of the most wanted men on the planet masterminded a $4500000000.00 prize. you want to put him in jail, but you cannot help being in the past. al-jazeera reveals never before heard recordings implicating some of the world's most powerful players. everyone post would benefit by the abuse of power and corruption jolo hunt for a fugitive on

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on the news on here at al-jazeera, these are the top stories forces in the to great region of ethiopia have confirmed they did launch an attack on a military base that sparked a federal government offensive thousands of people fleeing the fighting. and there have been reports of rocket attacks, as well as a massacre of civilians. saturday final day for ethnic and medians to leave areas of not going to cut about, that'll be handed over to azerbaijan. some people actually set fire to their homes as they left. the 1st handover is expected to happen on sunday. and rival factions in libya have agreed to hold nationwide elections in december of next year. this was announced at a u.n. sponsored series of talks in china's final session taking place on saturday. now, a near 30 year cease fire has been brought to an end in the disputed territory of western sahara. the pro independence policy area front has declared the deal over. after american troops launched an operation in the region. government authorities

deny any fighting is taking place. there are support from laura, but mentally a conflict frozen for 3 decades, but never resolved. now a fragile truce in the western sahara between morocco and a pro independence group is under threat. the policies are a front has been fighting for an independent state in western sahara. an area where between mauritania to the south america to the north, with a population of around half a 1000000 people. but morocco also claims this vast stretch of desert. robert accuses policy of front of blocking a main highway that's preventing the flow of goods between mauritania and morocco. but the policy sorry of front accuses morocco of carrying out attacks against its people, and of igniting war. has publicly officially the fact

of launching an armed attack on millions demonstrating peacefully in blatant violation that has led to the result of the air force and the brokers government held in the mergence the meeting to address the situation. this road is important when it comes to the movement of civilians and goods. and because such actions were a violation of the u.n. sponsored cease fire agreement, morocco, in order to fulfill its duties, ordered its military forces to intervene and build a sand barrier to protect the area from any future breaches. negotiations between morocco, the policy area and mauritania, have remained suspended for several months. the u.n. is calling for restraint. the secretary general remains committed to doing his

utmost to avoid the collapse of the cease fire that has been in place since 6 september 1991. and he is determined to do everything possible to remove all obstacle to the resumption of the political process, the 2 sides of battle for control of the region. since $975.00, when spain pulled out of the area, took control but barely and led to a war that continued until 1991. when the un broke an armistice. but it's a complex that's left tens of thousands of people displaced from their homes. many of the sarai refugees have been living for decades in vast, sprawling camps, along our border with morocco. the conditions are harsh and they continue to rely on humanitarian assistance to survive. but the political impasse continues, and it's unlikely these people return to their homes anytime soon. among the

al-jazeera for a place to have with us now strategic affairs analyst, former moroccan government minister as well. joining us from, thank you for your time so that the policy area front says the deals over 30 years of ceasefire is done. you concerned about further escalation from that point? i don't think so, and i think the cease fire, i mean that was signed in 1009 to one was just like confirmation of defacto sation of hostilities since 1904, the moroccan out of my head of the books will actually be the hostilities. so the ceasefire was only confirmation if you like, for, for office on the ground. on the other hand they took what happened is that one of the agreements with indices fire is the middle on the military level. the should be, but sort of zones you did on the eastern side of the one on the southern side,

which is like the border with mauritania and those should be militarized zone. so you keep them occupied one of those arms, which is on the essence of traffic between rocket mari-jane and that's a violation, actually, a reckless violation actually of this fire and also of the process because there is a political process. and one of the things that both parties should not do is not try to do anything but would jeopardize the political process. but i mean like, i think come in this was, this was a, this was an ax, i mean, to get was at the evacuation of people that are being sponsored by police. are you women have come on cheerios? and i think the activities when we go back to normal and i think even the political process will go, but it's not. i don't think that this is really so is this the kind of. 'd broader situation, and this is for our audience, which may not know actually that much about the whole area. a kind of situation

which just needs to be managed to describe it as a cease fire as being a de facto deal, which said, everyone hold their places, does it not have a solution to its long term? i think there has been a political process that was started in the 1990 s. that was like direct charts. it was also a cannot idea about referendum and then when they tried to do the identification of the star, you refused the identification of something like 120000. people and trying to block them from voting with help from algeria. so i mean in the process was abandoned the united nations in the early 2000 and asked for the parties to come up with creative solutions. that's why morocco presents in 2007, the autonomy plan and that means like autonomy for the, the provinces, for western sahara and the discipline to prop that was like a win win kind of thing. and that was something that was, that was through that naturally, like really encouraged by united states by france,

by u.k. mother, another participant who are called the friends to the sorry men among them, spain. so i think that is a political process on the way, but i think the police are you getting nervous because morocco sovereignty over western sahara has been recognized recently by so many countries open in consulates in, in the western sahara towns and that made light of the sari, very nervous morocco has invested heavily in western sahara that maybe also like very nervous there are, let's read about other countries which are investing also in the us and our us that are made like a jury and the police are very angry. and so they tried to do these kinds of, i mean, i mean, i find that reckless acts which actually blocked the trade between american and all the quests. african, i think that's, that's something that is not acceptable. i'm a prop was right to try to stop the loss and i had that as a complicated story. i'm glad we could have you wanted to talk with the red. thank

you tony. now iran has denied reports that one of the top leaders was killed on its soil as a new york times report which says, al qaeda is 2nd in command of the bella was killed in teheran. in august he was accused of helping to mastermind the 998 bombings of 2 u.s. embassies in africa. iran's foreign minister described the reports false saying al qaeda has no presence in the country. russia's announced plans to build a naval base on sudan's red sea coast, likely to be small, but it does emphasize the importance of africa as a place for global powers to keep a foothold in space will stand on the northern outskirts of port sudan will be capped at $300.00 personnel and 4 ships, including a nuclear powered vessel. the us has $29.00 military bases across africa, but only one naval base camp. the manja has been operating since 2003. now china also has a naval facility in djibouti,

which has its 1st overseas military base. it's been open since 27 tane. china says it's a support facility, focused on tackling piracy. samuel eto manny is a doctoral research here in international relations at the university of oxford. he explains now the strategic significance of a presence in the red sea, the red sea and the horn of africa. important areas because the babble mandates trade is vital for the supply of global energy resources and global oil supplies. 2nd is also a wide range of security threats that come from the region that could go transnational . for example, the role of non-state actors in maritime shipments or carry a transnational terror attacks in the so there's a mixture security and location is driving great powers to congregate here. well, russia has actually been planning to establish a base for sometime in 2008, putin and moamar gaddafi met which consolidated their foothold in the mediterranean

at the time. and right after that, since he knew russian military officials discussed building a red sea base in south in yemen, around it. and then the yemeni civil war shell that the syrian civil war wasn't refocus in the mediterranean. but over the past couple years, they've strengthened in syria. they've been trying a variety of locations. yemen obviously was their ideal location, but it was a nonstarter because the war they rejected went to eritrea, but that failed. so they settle upon sudan in journey 17, and now 4 years later with the transition, it appears as if they have gotten their breakthrough in ivory coast. so they're running out of role materials. and several times disputed election has led to some serious economic disruption and interest reports from abidjan. at this processing factory workers prepare the last talk of production there where that some of them may be working opposition. protests against president tourist

post manufacturing companies to cut production. the factory manager, they have received only 40 tons of cocoa beans in 2 weeks, instead of a daily consignment of 320 tons before the political crisis. the current political crisis has strangled towns like yemen, so cruel and many others were hit by violent demonstrations. farmers were scared, no one wants to take chances as there are many incidents where truckloads of goods were burnt. constitutional changes enable president water to run for 30. the opposition call it illegal, sparking protests that killed more than 85 people. 2 weeks after a tourist reelection. tensions remain with clashes erupting in various parts of the country, impeding the delivery of raw material. factories need for production, including the country's biggest export. producers say the disruptions caused by the

presidential election as they're struggling with the effects of covered 19 would be felt for a very long time and more damage could be done if the political situation is not resolved quickly. with some considering cutting jobs, market truck driver ends a drought or brings a truckload of yams. he says many of them spoiled because his truck was held up for 3 days. it's hard to the crisis has affected the transportation of products. there were barricades and entire highways cut off for 8 years. i've seen consistent economic growth of 7 percent, making it one of the best performing economies in africa. but experts warn that continuing violence and uncertainty could be devastating for some businesses, both in the short and long term. in the short term, the economy will contract a recession of sorts. even if you don't have a recession in the short term growth will drop. what we see is growth will be around 1.3 to 1.5 percent next year. he says the basic infrastructure,

the country requires is in place. this will help every cause return to decent economic growth. but right now there are growing fears that the political crisis will go on. more people will lose their jobs, and that poverty already 47 percent or rise, greece al-jazeera. brazil will hold local elections on sunday and for the 1st time, black candidates will be the majority. racism runs deep in brazilian history, but activists say change is coming reports from rio. first, there was the murder of my handphone in the brazilian city council shutdown, really does. she need to use a high profile murder, thousands of thanks to brazil's black community. then george floyd's death in the united states last me the only she,

black wives matter protests worldwide. 2 similar but separate events that have helped inspire a new generation of blacks, 20 brazilian politics and shape their own destiny. their in a social be seen on sunday's municipal elections, who are than half of the candidates are people who have color numbering, whites for the 1st time in history. 40 year old age madden said he was born and raised here in the one of reuse favelas or slums. a long time activist, she helped found the favela front, a political movement for blacks from poor neighborhoods. now she's running for city council. don't want to be kept locked. women are extremely active in poor communities, but to make a real difference, you have to be in power. you have to hold a pen in your hand and sign the laws that will change this very equal and racist society. blacks and browns account for 56 percent of brazil's population,

but injure much higher unemployment and poverty rates than whites. and they're poorly represented partly because their underfunded brazilian parties receive public funds and free radio and t.v. time to run their campaigns. the party leaders have been distributing money as they please favoring white men. mostly, a supreme court decision this year is now forcing parties to share the phones fairly. more a suitable got to choose good. as we use the black lives of the movement to played a case that an unequal society leads to power. and in this sense, brazil is doing worse, the united states police fire has killed 236 african-americans in 2019. in brazil, it killed 4353 blacks. during the last elections, black candidates received up to 3 times less money than whites city. council or candidate. almost like ramiro $2.00 says, the parties are not yet fully complying with the new law,

but believes change is inevitable. this old man to have to say happy. we're seeing a current political consciousness amongst blacks, women and minorities. he says their purchase of patient in future elections will only grow and so will their chances of being fairly represented. monitoring and i can all just sirrah, rio de janeiro, whether special justice tribunal has resumed the bodies in the northwest. and of the bay about the tree. officials say at least 50 extra judicial killings were committed there by the army. report brainsick experts from columbia's earthing mass graves near the northwest town of the army officers have testified that at least 50 people killed by soldiers and falsely presented as rebel fighters to boost the sticks are buried. here already $54.00

bodies have been recovered, but only 4 identified the burials tonight for more than 2 decades. after one of the darkest chapters of the country's civil conflict. disappeared in 1997 until today 2020. that means that we look for him for 23 years . family members line up to give blood samples to help identify the dead through d.n.a. matching or still looking for 3 of manuel's children. perhaps we'll find one of the bodies find out where they are. one thing is to know where they're buried. give them a funeral. another is having no idea of what happened to them. official estimates say that some 200000 bodies still need to be discovered in colombia. it's just one of many tasks that the peace tribunal is addressing as the country tries to face its past. the ect that congregates us here and did

a bieber central park goes beyond returning these bodies to the family that reiterate unwavering commitment with truth and justice. yet the tribunals created under the 2016 peace accord with 5 balls has been at the center of the political attacks that some criticize the fact that former rebels to tell the truth and compensate big things can avoid prison terms. others believe the tribunals is biased against the military and politicians allegedly involved in war crimes. former president has been leading the charge recently calling for a referendum to abolish the courts altogether. but some observers say, what critics fear, the most is the i'm bailing of evidence showing collusion between the military paramilitary in powerful elites. former president he said

that stronger proceedings, especially restriction of peace from the commission for millions of victims of colombia's long internal conflict. this is the 1st real opportunity to get a glimmer of justice and relief. i listened. sports news still ahead for you in las vegas is getting ready for the biggest fights of the year. and he has the details in a moment. in the 2nd part of identity and exile that if you cancel, travels to the middle east to retrace his own stamps, palestinian refugees, and buys the baja of the world's palestinian population. and see the conflict through the eyes of those who live it. it breaks my heart to see this man who is going to father to yearn for

a place that he may never see. i don't mean it is real and make you go out about a mile down to 0 correspondent for 23 years, mohsin has collected objects. he finds along the coast enough to fill his museum enough to break a guinness world record. with a story for every object. he's become an environmental activist and inspired artist . and a voice for the plight of countless microbes might use in such an al-jazeera.

he is here with news of the game of rugby which no one wants to hear about. i'm sorry, and they also really quite like it's been a historic day for argentinian rugby for the 1st time ever. they beat in 3 time world champions, new zealand, argentina winning 2515 in this trying to match being tied in australia quite a performance by nicholas sanchez. he scored all of the points for argentina with a try there. 6 penalties and a conversion with 19 men. this was argentina's 1st competitive match in more than a year, after losing to australia last week is the 1st time the all blacks have suffered back to back to feats of 2011. well, the challenges of hosting the masters in november have again been laid bare after 2 days of play. hard of the field still to finish their 2nd round world number one. dustin johnson is at the top of the leaderboard on 9, under par alongside 3 other players. the masters normally takes place in april,

but was delayed due to cope with 19. johnson targeting only the 2nd major of his career. the american believes it could be even better placed. i was up for it. go play a little bit better than the market research and run go. you know, i'm still have be happy with where i'm swinging. you know, control of the golf or, you know, everything. i'm doing your role in the pot are good this year and hopefully could see if you were growing over the weekend. fading light prevented the defending champion tiger woods from finishing his 2nd round. he's on 4 under par with 8 holes left to play. the darkness also catching up with spain's world number 2, john ramey, he's on 800 par, one shots behind the lead. us curried. so i'm in favor of the shambo not having such a good sign. he hit a triple bogey 7 at the 3rd after losing his ball. the u.s. open champion is why over par with 6. 2nd round holes left to play. now

a dramatic comeback in the africa cup of nations qualifying games on friday, sierra leone, who are running outside the world's top, $100.00 recovered from being all nailed down. and they drew for 4 against the 3 time african champions nigeria that year and stars as the no school twice in the last 10 minutes to rescue a point. despite the result, nigeria remain top of a very some of africa's top teams reaction on friday. both morocco and soon as you are winning their games, they remain top of their respective groups. the maintenance that's being ousted by cameron has been pushed back to january 2022, because of the pandemic, horseracing in zimbabwe was suspended in march to, to the coronavirus pandemic. some restrictions have now been lifted, and racing has resumed, jockeys and owners now hoping to revive the sport are met. sasser reports from harare. thomas mason's his horse racing has been struggling here for years.

mainly because as a worsening economy. but the coronavirus pandemic has made things worse. after a nationwide lockdown that lasted months. the government has now lifted some restrictions. that means horse racing can resume, but compared to some other countries in the region, zimbabwe has a lot of catching up to do so africa, others have pressed on and are very, very good. we've standards and we know breeding. we now rely on their racing to survive by their stock to come here and race. but we've gotten the best race cars in the world. so african track is a common written here. guys in the u.k. have come ridin here. soaring inflation, job losses, and the high cost of doing business in zimbabwe have affected all sectors of society. only thanksgiving racing big, otherwise consider allowing years with it can

cost up to $400.00 a month to feed an adult horse that excluding medical expenses. despite the economic challenges, bridge's tired of explains why she has chosen to carry on. because we love it, it's home. you know, we do, we make up our own, i think, and she's a vibrant star, which is what everyone does. you make a plan somehow you're able to keep going. you know, a couple of years ago we did, we went through a bad stage. you were only 3 trainers, but we kept on going, you know, we ordinary lot of horses from south africa. thankfully, we've had a few more trainers come back and start up again. so we are, we slowly growing a back to what we, what we should be. over the years, several jockeys are trained for raced in and one competitions abroad. 11 into a god in massive, passionate love. what are you doing it with your food will come together? they like to say, do you think we have been sitting around

get the food but the one thing missing are the dictators. the government banned large gatherings to prevent the spread of confidante team. but those passionate about the sport say at least for now, they are racing again. and now las vegas is getting ready to stage one of the biggest fights of the year later on saturday, be undefeated. terence crawford, defending his world title against britain's cal broke a fox is making the white on friday about so will be taking place without any fans in attendance. crowfoot regarded as one of the world's best pound for pound fighters. it could face manny pacquiao next year. that fight may well take place in qatar. ok more from a sports, looking for a bank here and a year,, and he's back in our next hour, 1300 hours, g.m.t., which is a couple of hours from now. i'll be there for that as well. right after the break

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a jersey oh. how does one forgave after losing $32.00 family members in a heinous massacre? a survivor of one of colombia's 50 year long conflicts, worst atrocities, dedicates his life to reconciliation with his peace falters around him. lean upon last year's life and mission are in jeopardy. witness buckeye are caught in the crossfire on al jazeera decades ago. manila was called the pearl of the orient. the manila metropolitan theater was once a testament to the city's grandeur. but decades later, the theater has become a symbol of moneyless decay. now the philippine government is changing their government buildings. the universities and monasteries were just some of the many structures that were destroyed in manila, drawing world war 2, but rebuilding

a life and a city from scratch has proven difficult. and some experts say manila has never truly recovered with reports of rockets hitting civilian areas. fighting in ethiopia as morgan over to grey region is raising international concerns of a possible war crimes or whatever. and for good, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up ethnic albanians leave parts of the globe back for a time that overthrew as a by show europe bracing for a difficult winter. a slumber of corona virus infections continues to the.