be the hero, the world needs washing the a in the us admitting they struck 1st, an official in ethiopia, s t gray region acknowledges his side, began an attack setting off a fighting that's killed hundreds and sent thousands fleeing killam fully back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from doha, also ahead mass exodus ethnic armenians evacuate a town in the garden before the area is handed back to azerbaijan. and one week after joe biden is declared, the winner of the u.s. election president,

trump is still refusing to concede his supporters out on the streets of washington this saturday. and libya's rival factions agree on holding nationwide elections by the end of next year. as u.n. sponsored talks wrapped up in tunisia, so we begin with the worsening situation in ethiopia, where after days of denial, a leader in the region has confirmed it was its forces that struck 1st, sparking fighting which has since killed hundreds. he says a t.p.a. left launch a preemptive strike against a military base last week. it prompted the federal government to launch its, offensive in the region. the guy has goods on other gully, mcg. what? you must understand that the 2 great people are at risk, both internally and externally, eritrea on one hand and ethiopian forces on all sides. this move was pure,

a self-defense measure small countries when they feel the risk of a stronger enemy which is about to destroy them. they often carry out a preemptive strike like this one. where the fighting has since escalated dramatically, the government and the t.p.s. are reportedly now trading rocket fire. and the ethiopian human rights commission is now investigating reports of massacres and ethnic profiling. both sides are being accused of atrocities against civilians. we'll hear from the human rights commission in just a moment, but 1st here is al-jazeera. as mohammed abdul, we 14 from the border of the cheek grave reaching this country. i mean, it's not the 1st time we're seeing a pile of ethnic clashes or violence based on ethnicity. and if you actually, even before the operation began, it was an alarming rate. something that has led to the displacement of more than 2000000, people in the past 2 years. but we are seeing a new level of the problem given the huge amount of hate speech and incitement

on forceful media. but also, organizations like the european human rights commission are talking about people being targeted just because of the absolutely office. also of the commission say they visited some prisoners in in prison. and that they fled their complaint that there was only arrested because of which they community they would communicate. they heard from all the killings in my cobra has shocked the nation to the whole show is a senior adviser in spokesperson for the ethiopian human rights commission. he's calling on the government to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to the region. phone lines remain cut off in the region so it's makes, making it very difficult to gather as much information is needed. and corroborate some of the claims made over the last 1011 days. but having said that, there have been allegations that a massacre of civilians took place in my car,

drain south west to cry, and the european human rights commission has dispatched a team already there and that team will carry out an investigation that will be made public pomp occlusion of its work. in the meantime as well, we've continued to receive information from certain parts of the country from people who facing discrimination in exclusion on account of their ethnicity. we've visited police stations, we've spoken to people who are being detained there. and we are monitoring these claims very cosy. in the meantime, the ethiopian human rights commission is calling for due care to avoid the risk of ethnic profiling and in discrimination. the allegations are very, very serious, and that's why we are deploying, deploying

a team to gather the facts. we're also, we've also made recommend, we're also making recommendations in order to safeguard lives. in the point we're making is it's a, it's a vital that there is a swift delivery of humanitarian assistance in services. and for this reason, the ethiopian human rights commission is calling for a prompt creation of a humanitarian assistance desk at the level of the federal government that enable the provision of humanitarian assistance. we also call for the necessary support to be given to the red cross because there are allegations that some of their vehicles have been shot at. so we are calling for them to to be, to be given the supports that provide essential services. in other world news, ethnic armenians have been leaving the head of sunday's handover out to azerbaijan

. some set fire to their homes, left reports from camp. they came for a last pilgrimage. very soon, the monastery of that event will be off limits to armenians nestled in a mountain gorge and killed by john a district west of the unclever corner. that's about to be returned to her. but german, russian peacekeepers are already here giving people a sense of safety, a final prayer, one more memory, a little souvenir to take back home. there's an overwhelming sense of defeat among her mean years, often too difficult to express. stopping the war was the right thing, but not like this. it's unfair, but we have to do it. it was an equal fight. the eyes of the world are wide open, but the world preferred oil and gold instead of justice and they sacrificed us, even though as they were journey has promised to save god historical and religious sites. many fear they will be disagreed. it is still crossed as to tear. for centuries is now being dismantled along the road. and meg's it is towards armenia.

people who were given only 6 days to pack belongings accumulated over a lifetime are fleeing among them retreating armenian forces. and while they head out, russian peacekeepers are being deployed in kill. but many people are not intent on leaving behind what they have built up over the past 3 decades. their sense of despair couldn't be bored, clear smoke billowing from their homes, that they've purposely set on fire. the memories of lifetimes in ashes about $5000.00 ethnic armenians lived here. there's barely any one left village after village deserted. if you still remaining are preparing to leave soon. it's history that repeats itself. somehow, these are the ruins of the house of an azeri family. many others lived in this area, and they had to leave when azerbaijan lost the 1st kind of a whore in the early 1990, s. and armenia occupied this region back then hundreds of thousands of a series,

which is staffed of the under 7 surrounding districts. but some, i mean, is like several men at 2nd yan also had to relocate. and now he's doing so again, we're not leaving, we're being thrown out as a bludgeon expelled us with this war. painful, i was insta penikett fighting. when i heard about the ceasefire, i didn't think about it, but it turns out that i've been displaced once more. i'm going to armenia, but i have no place thrown onto the street. as we head out, an orange globe brightens the night. more houses set ablaze and no one around. i mean in presence here is truly over. this is the story of a capital, a ship, a departure with no date of return. but they still hope that one day they will come back, put up at home, eat al-jazeera, killed by john, and al jazeera osama bin javid is in the as a very capital back. how he explains

a peace deal and what it means for civilians. as the deal is being signed between the armenians, the a very independent of the russians, the turks will not be present inside nagorno-karabakh. the turks will be part of the peacekeeping centers, but will be established close to the line of control the line of actual contact. and that is where they will be based. many of these details are still emerging. how many will they be? what will be their remit? what can they do? what will happen if they find something which is not in accordance with what others by john or the armenians want? so a lot of that is being thrashed out the other even the armenians are not take directly talking to each other and they talking to each other while intermediaries. so yes, it is slowly unfolding as we speak. what we know is deadline is that this 3 surrounding areas around the going to karbala, have to be vacated by armenian forces, have to be handed over to azerbaijan. russian peacekeepers are going to come in.

and then the other by joining forces are going to take control of their borders when there is a curfew that has been implemented in the areas that have been taken by the azerbaijani forces. the police forces for the last 28 years, who are stationed on this side of the divide have been asked to come, and so it is going to slowly unfold. and i asked one of the generals of the other by the only military that what will it take to build trust between these 2 sides? and he stopped paused and he said in a word, tight, rival factions in libya have agreed to hold nationwide elections in december of next year. it was announced that u.n. sponsored talks in tunis, delegates are negotiating the appointment of an interim government military representatives have also been meeting in shirt in central libya. they're discussing the implementation of a cease fire deal signed last month. mali traina has more from the libyan city of misrata. now we just heard that the head of the high council of state called initially welcomed the date set for elections. but i think

a lot of libyans here are also skeptical that elections can actually take place. we saw elections the polity. elections take place here in misrata in september, others over 35 minutes, the polities scheduled to hold elections in western libya before the end of the year. but as far as national elections, there's, a lot of skepticism as in terms of if they can take place. now the u.n. the u.n. has, has said that this is a breakthrough. but also what, what the libyans have discussed so far is the general general kind of general issues coming up, for instance, you know, to stop the bloodshed, to unify all the state institutions to hold elections. but what they're discussing now is appointing a new government and presidential council. and this is where things are likely to get a little bit more a visit. because in western libya, they're seen as

a war criminal. he has failed military campaign, cause over 125000 homes have been destroyed. hundreds of thousands were displaced, many died in the fighting. so any government that is seen to be pro, have to or might be refused here in western libya and vice versa. any, any government that's seen as prob western libya might be refused by eastern libya . so really the next day or 2 is as is really going to tell us whether or not the u.n. sponsored talks will be able to come out with a real political solution in libya. still ahead on al-jazeera faces a choice between russia and europe as it heads into a presidential election runoff. past digging up the past, columbia resumes and simming bodies, and then comes to terms with the dog chapter of its history.

hello the season is changing now and throughout the middle east, the most obvious changes is massacre in afghanistan, where a significant rain has fallen recently. snow at the height of the sea, that's in the forecast too. but usually the things these westerly wages, they end up being cold, come from the eastern mediterranean, across the levant dross, iraq showers there as far south as bordering around the gulf. so you've got the high ground recently, man west and saudi, which will prompt showers. qatar might give the old shower in the north, probably not in the capital. now be the case monday where kuwait looks, a rather wet a place to be. for the most part is still draw the real change, the real blustery stuff. and the cool weather hasn't gotten through most arabian peninsula sees nor right in is now fairly obvious in the satellite picture, a line through and go into the indian ocean. we've actually got to the 1st of the tropical storms of the season, the proper heavy showers,, stretch all the way from lake victoria, down to d.r.,

congo, down towards northern, the maybe not along this coast in coast about going the current and that southerly wind means it's called scouting coast for a reason, it's usually drop, but when talk does get a shower to on sundays a case in point. they go on by monday and tuesday. there are few showers developing again in south africa, but not in cape town, where it's a big cool frank assessments, if other can public opinion piece betrayed by social media platforms after november? what would be good? because if you believe that there are corrosive to our democracy, one obvious solution is to break from an informed opinion as lucas and his dog. anyway, the protestors are going anywhere either it's ability of the revolution, people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines that that's really out there on the street inside story on al-jazeera. what

the law reform the end to the of the watching al jazeera live from doha. a reminder of our top stories, t. grey forces in ethiopia have confirmed they did attack a military base, sparking a federal government offensive. the ethiopian human rights commission is investigating reports of a mass killing in the town of my country. ethnic armenians continue to leave the areas of my carmel cottage boss ahead of sunday's handover of land to azerbaijan. russian and turkey's soldiers are on the ground to monitor ideas to and 6 weeks of fighting. and rival factions in libya have agreed to hold nation mind elections in december of next year. it was announced that u.n. sponsored talks in chinnis,

delegates and go sharing the appointment of an interim government the and now supporters of u.s. president donald trump, have gathered in washington d.c. in what's being called a 1000000 magnum oche, a staging it's the white house in a display of support for trump's effort to stay in power counter. protesters have also turned out to meet them while trump him self drove out to wave to the crowds. it's been exactly one week now since joe biden was declared, the u.s. president elect. yet donald trump, so has been conceded as speak to jordan in washington d.c. . so ross one week on and donald trump still refusing to concede where, where do the things stand as far as the legal challenges and how is this much so-called 1000000 magnum, odd, shaping up today?

well, it's not a 1000000 people really more of a few 1000 people. it's a very nice day here in washington. so why not spend it outside? but what you have seen is a few 1000 people, a few blocks away at freedom plaza. that is where the president drove past in his motorcade on his way to his golf course in northern virginia. and that was in the last 90 minutes or so. but what you have are people who are walking on the street just below our vantage point, who are taunting the people who are opposed to donald trump. there have been a couple of minor scuffles. the local police have broken them up. and for the most part, it's been relatively peaceful now. as for donald trump and his legal challenges against the vote in the battleground states. well, 2 of those efforts were abandoned on friday, one by the trunk campaign,

an hour zona. the other, a judge in michigan throwing out the case. there's still an effort underway on the federal level by the trump campaign to challenge the vote in pennsylvania. but apparently there is no need for a recount in that state. because joe biden's, margin of victory is greater than the one half of one percent a difference required that would force an automatic recount seems to be somewhat of a difficult task for joe biden with the notrump refusing to concede and so on how or how they handling this complicated transition well as best as the president elect can handle it, he is relying on the advice and experience of many senior advisers who have previous federal government experience. and so that certainly is one key element. but the big obstacle facing joe biden is that the administrator at the general

services administration or a stray ssion has not signed a letter that with all the i's members of the biden transition team to actually work hand in glove with current federal employees on making certain that the operations of government continue when the presidency is transferred from donald trump to joe biden. on january 20th, you really want to have a sense of what the problems are of what the ongoing programs are and who isn't the best position to carry out the new incoming president's agenda. without that kind of previous caution happening between now and inauguration day. it basically puts the incoming administration behind as it were on its to do list. thank you for that ross jordan in washington d.c. at the corona virus pandemic which is gathering speed in the united states with wreckage numbers of infections recorded daily habit. county experts are warning the situation could get worse. rob reynolds reports 19 cases are

skyrocketing across the u.s. . hospitals in multiple states are running out of beds and protective equipment. doctors and nurses are once again exhausted. and like every hospital across the country, we're overwound. you are getting overrun governors across the country, issued dire warnings, mandatory mask wearing orders, and restrictions on businesses and social gatherings. the dreaded winter surges here. infection records are being set and states across the entire country. we report, record hospitalizations, and deaths day after day. our hospitals are full. 5 percent of the folks at that and or the hospital with covais don't make it out of one. in 20, california joined texas as the 1st states recording over 1000000 cases. each. meanwhile, president elect joe biden and his cold 900 task force are still barred by the

outgoing trump administration from getting briefings on the situation. it's imperative that our team and our experts have better access. some states like new mexico have imposed a near complete shutdown, but biden will not order a nationwide freeze when he takes office on january 20th. we're not in a place where we're saying, shut the whole country down. we've got to be more targeted. americans are getting ready for the thanksgiving holiday, which traditionally involves big family gatherings. public officials are begging them to limit groups. we must tell you, you must cancel the normal thanksgiving plans. the u.s. centers for disease control forecast deaths could reach as many as 282000 over the next 4 weeks. robert oulds al-jazeera and there warnings in europe will face a difficult winter because of

a resurgence of corona virus infections. austria has announced a new 3 week long down from tuesday, that's after a nighttime curfew failed to prevent infections from spreading neighboring. its lee has reported its highest ever number of new cases, almost 41000 in a single day. regional leaders warn the health system is at breaking point. cases in germany have search as well, almost 23000 in a day. officials are set to meet on monday to discuss if new restrictions have slowed the spread, france says the 2nd national lockdown won't be eased for at least another 2 weeks. but it appears to be working with the country. seeing a drop in infections is paul brennan,, in london. now with more on the situation in the u.k., very cautious. it's very difficult to read much into one day to another's 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 care 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 or admit emergencies. the government's scientific advisor sage 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 doubt as far as family goes, moldova is set for a presidential election runoff on sunday, after no candidate won a majority in the 1st round, a russian incumbent. igor don is up against e.u. opposition. candidate, my son do. it's been a better campaign and the pulse of your country is at a crossroads with many watching which direction it will take. sonia gago, reports from the capital kisha, now a final cheer from the party faithful. the supporters of the socialists giving their candid it incumbent president, he called it on the reassurance that he has their vote from the old guard to the younger generation and mulled over the don is moscow's man. and has campaigned on close relations with russia. he says the country will fare best united under his vision. problems and sisters,

we have something to lose mulled over how something to lose. we must all be united together. ok, he's of enough message, but not one for his political rivals. i want opponents got cocky and now they're gagging for a punch in the face past the only language they understand. that's why we need to be hard on them. i mean, although i may be feeling a lot. i mean, he has them here on this, but he's also lost a leg on this question is enough votes to win? this is the candidate who has given cause for concern by a sound to the leader of the action and solidarity party in a campaign which has seen her being maligned for being among other things. a woman with pro-west and political ideals, she says what moldova needs is, a change from the problems that have held it back. i hope that people will

believe in because there has been so much disappointment in the past. we have had such an opportunity to so i was a 9 when there was a massive support for european political parties. and then these parties, unfortunately disappointed people because they got into correction. reforming one of europe's poorest countries has been a challenge that has defied previous leaders, corruption and poverty are the main concerns. there is also a demographic crisis caused by tens of thousands of people leaving to work in other countries every year. but it means that the moldova diaspora is an important voting bloc, and it's reflected in the numbers of people who mostly live and work in the west. over the last 4 years, almost 150000 swaddled citizens the fled the country. because the way how this country is governed and the fact that this, despite the fundamental along pounds motivated their participation,

definitely shows the link with the country and the with the future of this country . this is a decisive election in moldova. it's a battle for its political soul, a choice that could see its ideals, staying east with all that russia can offer, or go west for a different view. so when i go al-jazeera case, now, colombia's special justice tribe, you know, has resumed the exhumation of bodies in the northwestern town of debate. military officials say at least 50 extrajudicial killings were committed by the army. and he has a story forensic experts from colombia or an earthling 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 up 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, just disappeared in 1997 until today 2020. that means that we look for him for 23 years. family members lining up to give blood samples to help identify the dead through d.n.a. matching and his daughter are still looking for 3 of manuel's children. perhaps will 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 act that congregates us here and did

a bieber central part goes beyond returning these bodies to the family that reiterate and waiver and commitment with truth and justice. yet the tribunals created under the 2016 peace accord with 5 gravels has been at the center of the political attacks that some criticize the fact that former rebel to tell the truth and compensate victims can avoid prison terms. others believe the tribunals is biased against the military and politicians allegedly involved in war crimes. the 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 representing riri and those he said that can be made stronger proceedings,

especially jurisdiction of peace and that is so from the commission. but 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 to her again. i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera. t.v. . great forces in ethiopia have confirmed they did attack and military base, sparking a federal government, a sensitive ethiopian human rights commission is investigating reports of a mass killing in the town of my contract. i think, i mean.