one poster would benefit by the piece of power and jolo on through fugitive on the just, you know, civilians escape conflict and atrocities in ethiopia. now their fears neighboring eritrea could be drawn into the growing crisis by money inside. this is al jazeera life from doha. also coming out, a media says it's for old an assassination attempt on the prime minister's families, burned homes have been forced to leave this part of the cease fire. azerbaijan. hospitals are full, overwhelmed, they were getting overrun. you must cancel the normal thanksgiving plans. states

across the u.s. announced more restrictions as a country hits a new high of daily kovac cases. president trump supporters take to the streets, packing election for claims, but he makes little progress in the courts. we begin with breaking news in a dramatic escalation in the civil war. in ethiopia, at least 3 rockets have been fired from ethiopia into eritrea. adding a regional dimension to the conflict. diplomats in the region say 2 of the rockets hit, the eritrean capital's airport. it comes on the 11th day of fighting between ethiopian government forces and leaders in the tikrit region. the to gray and people's liberation front had earlier threatened to eritrea. of fighting between to grain

and ethiopian forces has killed hundreds and to grand leader has admitted its forces struck 1st, prompting ethiopia to launch an offensive in the region. the p.l.f. also said it was behind rocket attacks on 2 airports in the neighboring. i'm horrid region. there are reports of massacres on both sides and they are accused of atrocities. the t.p.a. left dominated coalition politics in ethiopia for 30 years before prime minister of the lead came to power in 2018. years ago, his goods you own are the gallery, and what you must understand that the 2 great people are at risk, both internally and externally, eritrea on one end and ethiopian forces on all sides. this move was purely 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 of the middle that there is in the city of gondor

on the border if that gray region he sent this update. tell us about that list. 3 missiles have been fired from the very region to the capital at a tray, or 2 of those missiles hit the airport. the us model international airport. while another one, you say, talked to the building housing, the ministry of information and a number of local media houses. but i witnessed this said that the missile that targeted the ministry of information did not actually hit its target well outside the building. we don't have any word on casualties, but what we do know is that this is a community escalation of the conflict that has been restricted to the borders of ethiopia, and particularly to the ticket now in international borders. and it is something that could bring in at a trailer, into the conflict,

and very quickly because of the cruel friendship prime minister ahmed of ethiopia, and the science of, for the president of the trade enjoy. and also the fact that the to greece have absolutely no relationship and a long history of animosity with not just the president of the trip, but eritrea as a whole. this is huge by every measure. thousands of refugees have crossed into sea down as the past week. has moved from the siege on its border . hundreds of refugees continue to arrive here at the border reception center. now the center is just about 2 kilometers away from the sudan. if you appear border in sudan and hundreds of refugees have been pouring in. here in 200, a perception center with the number reaching up to 9000,

just over the past few days alone. now most of them live in conditions like this out in the open with no shelter and no proper sanitation. and this is raising concerns among aid organizations here, especially medics. that this would create a health crisis. medics say that most of the people who are right suffer from chest infections as well as malaria infections due to exhaustion from traveling for days, skipping the fighting in the to grow region. most of the refugees was open to speak of the same horror saying that they have seen people being slaughtered, that they've seen aerial bombardment, which is made them fear for their lives and free here to sudan seeking safety and seeking humanitarian aide. now, medics say that they are quite concerned about the number of refugees and influx. they say that they're expecting more than $1000.00 over the coming days. and that's just here. and it's what a reception center sudan says that it's expecting a total of up to $200000.00 in the coming week between here in kosovo state and out of state with both border if european and its calling out for the international aid

organizations to help respond to what it's calling is turning out to be a refugee crisis. let's bring in former u.s. diplomat william lawrence. he is also a professor of international affairs at george washington university, an expert on african affairs. he joins us from washington. d.c. many thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera, there was this fear that the war would spread beyond the border. how serious an escalation is this? it's very serious. the 1st thing that come to mind when i think about this conflict is 1st worse, usually store one set of reasons escalated for another set of reasons. and then are settled on different terms than the original think the original war was started and also in this part of the world, any war is immediately a humanitarian crisis. because a socio economic situation, a lot of people on the way the borders are all of that. and you've got a lot of different ethnic groups here. the fighting immediately effects sudan

carcieri in ethiopia in sort of counter intuitive ways in some cases, but somalis, there, you've got ethnic animosities and grievances, almost anything as soon as the, the, the killing starts and the atrocities start can spread to other areas rather quickly. if it isn't contained in deescalate what kind of response can we expect from eritrea? now i'm not sure. i think that they would like to deescalate it as much as they can. certainly they don't have grieve, this is grievances, these are the, their original grievances that started this conflict, which was he only governments non-recognition the elections in september that it deemed illegitimate. and then the local state used to be allied with the government's broke with it and launched this preemptive strike. and they retreated . doesn't really have a dog that fight. and even though they share ethnic commonalities with their region,

they're not politically allied with their roles. so if you know, if i'm eritrea, i want to stay out of this is much of possible and prevent spillover as much as possible right into something else. but the to grand administration does seem to believe that the eritreans are involved, hence this, this attack. yes. and you know, it remains to be seen as, you know, people who are either dressing up are accused of dressing up in different civilian clothes or uniforms as what they're supposed to be. reminds me a little bit of the algerian conflict where you said it comes to talk about who's killing, who is it was unclear at times has people dressed up in pose as others. and so all this type of conflict is immediately susceptible to that kind of subterfuge. where you don't even know who you're fighting times. so again, that's a reason for eritrean to have a strong interest in staying out of the building back to the extent possible with

what is your sense now of the move next by the ethiopian prime minister. because of course, he was the winner of last year's nobel peace prize for his part in ending the war with ever trias. so you know, there must be some pressure on him to keep the peace. absolutely, and it reminds me of the pressure on obama after he got the nobel prize under the new age to warfare. and this is, this is a rather common theme in the 21st century. people win the nobel prize, you know, immediately thrust into situations that may not even the spirit of the nobel prize . and i've met is also seen as a mediator as a democratic savior. but right now, i think with all of the coup attempts and threats of his life and other instability around he, i think he's trying to set an example. and i think he's given free rein for those under his command to hit harder. and maybe he needed to,

and i think that will work against the very interest that you're talking about. and it will take the international community i think, to get in. i don't think ethiopians can work this out on their own. i think we will need an engine internationally. nation whether you have the union level or by some other body and i think it's better. angels need to be appealed to by mediators in order to rein in those under his command or those of affiliated with his command. may not be fully under his control, such as the, as we were just so i really get to get your thoughts. william lawrence full, my u.s. diplomats and professor of international affairs at george washington university. armenian state security says it's foiled. an assassination attempt on prime minister nicole passion and police have arrested the former head of state security and 2 others in connection with the plot in is refusing to step down despite large

protests. armenians are angry with him for signing a cease fire with azerbaijan's and 6 weeks of fighting. a peace deal gives out territory in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh to the azeris. ethnic armenians have been torching torching their own homes as they leave villages bordering the disputed region before sunday's handover of land to baku. many have lived there for more than 20 years and are furious at having to leave from college or on the road. out of the disputed region heard reports, they came for a last pilgrimage. very soon, the monastery of that event will be off limits to armenians nestled in the mountain gorge and killed by john a district west of the enclave of the corner. that's about to be returned. 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 the

longer 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 wasn't an equal fight. the eyes of the world are wide open, but the wall preferred oil and gold instead of justice and they sacrificed us, even though there were germ, has promised to safeguard historical and religious sites. many fear they will be disagreed. it is to cross the us to tear for centuries, is now being dismantled along the road and exude a stores are people who are given only 6 days to pack belongings. accumulated over a lifetime are flea among them, treating their minion forces. and while they head out, run peacekeepers are being deployed in killed by john. 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 ethnic armenians lived here. there's barely anyone 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 as aires was just out of the bar and the 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 on to the streets. as we head out, an orange glow 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 that high meet al-jazeera, killed by jar. osama bin laden is in the as ery, capital barco. he explains the peace still and what it will mean for civilians there. 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 way than the armenians are not take directly talking to each other and they talking to each other wired into media is so yes, it is slowly unfolding as we see 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 were 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 john the military that what will it take to build trust between these 2 sides? and he stopped paused and he said in a word, tight still ahead on al-jazeera. lifting the lid on egypt's ancient

secrets, archeologists begin to examine a 100 newly found mummies. how each has gone, the flooding rains are drawn from the atlantic seaboard. and we now watch the weather coming in from the northwest of that is a cold winter storm. there are going trails shows the picture that you might expect of winter in this part of the u.s. and the cold air will keep spreading across the plain states and catch up with what's relatively mild stuff in the ohio valley. and i think those storms could be significant, quite nasty ones. but once they've gone through the air slowly will just a little bit in this late fall sunshine. and the next storm tries to work its way in, but that will be more of a rain event. i think moved out of oregon and into northern california. further

south, it's fine and quiet showers start to return to florida. but all the action is actually further south than that in central america. once again, we've picked up a tropical cyclone. it will become a hurricane during sunday of a major harken, but how it's the coast of nicaragua, the regular sometime on monday evacuations are already taking place in honduras, and that's no surprise because it's a repeat, probably hopeless exactly what each did from the point of use potential for wind damage and the amount of right and to get a half a meter of rain this public radio then honduras. what it does after that, i don't know as donald trump been good for america, everything is in disarray. the media, of course, takin every bit of bait that they can get to mark the fact that america has been a force for good in the world. from the american people get inspiration from him

and the other half cringe you weekly, take on us politics and society. that's the bottom line, unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from our london broadcast center. here are you watching al-jazeera mind top stories this hour, at least 3 rockets have been fired at eritrea's capital in a major escalation of ethiopia's civil war. and after days of denial, an official in ethiopia is to great region has admitted its forces. carried out an attack which sparked a fire as nick,

armenians have been destroying their own homes as they leave. they're going to cut back before sunday's handover of land to azerbaijan. i mean, a state security says it's for oil than an assassination attempt on prime minister . nicole is union and the united states has yet set yet another record for new coke in 1000 cases, reporting more than 180000 infections. in 24 hours, european nations continue to struggle with the 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic prompting more countries to introduce even tougher restrictions. italy has reported more than 37000, new infections in the past 24 hours, and another 544 people have died. it's now added companion and tuscany to its red zones with the strictest lockdown measures. the u.k. has reported nearly 27000 new cases and another 462 deaths. they have now been

nearly 52000 coronavirus related deaths in person. and the death toll in poland has passed 10000 with a record high of 548, deaths reported on saturday and 25 and a half 1000 new cases, almost 2 thirds of the country's hospital beds and are occupied by covert 900 patients. austria is moving from a nighttime curfew to a full lockdown for 2 and a half weeks starting on tuesday. more than 9 and a half 1000 new cases were reported on friday, a daily record, and 9 times the number at the peak of the 1st wave. sure, nobody wants schools to be closed. nobody wants gastronomy, trade, tourism and culture to stand still. and nobody wants to be banned from meeting relatives, family members, parents and friends, especially up to christmas. but we must. and i am convinced of this, take this step together. so i ask you to help out over the next few weeks together,

we can turn the tide because the more consistently we pull through this lockdown, the shorter we will need it to be summoned. and the picture in the u.s. is not much better. the united states has set yet another record for a new cold in 1000 cases, reporting more than 180000 infections in 24 hours. that's also rising fast, and hospital admissions are at their highest levels. yet, some states have imposed a near complete shutdown. the u.s. center for disease control has forecasts that the death toll could jump another 36000 in the next 4 weeks. that's correspondent rob reynolds, who joins us now from los angeles, painted a picture of how bad the situation is across the u.s. as some states west, back to the office. yes, well, you can choose any cerm you want dire, dangerous, disastrous. the fact is that it's bad,

and it's getting worse here. more than 1000 people on a day in the u.s. are dying on average now from cope at 19. and in friday on friday for example, there were more than $13089.00 deaths since october $1000.00 pandemic began. there have been 244000 plus deaths here in the united states, according to official count. and certain areas are getting hurt, hit harder than others. for example, the midwest. the states of north and south dakota, which are fairly sparsely populated, but still have some significant towns and cities in them. these states are now considered in terms of per capita, deaths and positive infection rates, to be among the worst places on the entire planet. for the covert $1000.00 pandemic, the state of wisconsin all in that also in the midwest reported

7777 new positive cases on friday and according to the university of washington's institute for health metrics. by march 1st of 2021, the death toll in the united states could exceed 438000, an incredible number, and actually a number that is higher than all of the military service members who died serving the united states in the 2nd world war. that's how bad it is. and rob, there's still no official government policy in terms of tackling this virus. so presumably it's individual states dealing with it. how are they doing well, it's a patchwork. for example, the state of north dakota has a republican governor. he instituted a mandatory mass wearing order in his state, the state of south dakota,

which you will be surprised to learn adjoins north dakota. the governor there says no, there is going to be no individual man mandate here. it's up to every individual to decide and individual freedoms, trump, public health concerns. the states of oregon and new mexico have instituted what are probably the closest to total lockdowns in the united states. but, you know, unlike other countries in europe, for example, as we were, we were just hearing where there is a uniform sort of guidance from the heads of government here. that hasn't been the case all along. president trump held a briefing yesterday. he talked about the vaccine by the pfizer's pharmaceutical company and plants to distribute it, but made hardly any mention of the surging death toll and infection rates. and is, administration has still not allowed the incoming biden ministration for its covert

task force to receive briefings on the situation. because the president doesn't want to admit that he lost the election, which he did and was declared about a week ago. so again, it's a patchwork. it's not entirely politically based. there are some governors, like larry hogan, a republican who was the governor of maryland who done extremely good job. but in other places, the situation is just getting out of control. and you know that the weather is getting colder. there are holidays coming up, family gatherings likely. so those are not good signs. knife many, thanks for that. rob reynolds for us in los angeles. thousands of supporters of u.s. president donald trump have held a mass demonstration in washington. d.c. many echo drums claims of fraud during last week's election. multiple news outlets

have declared joe biden as a projected winner and u.s. authorities have said the elections were the most secure in history. where any, a trump greeted the crowds as his motorcade drove through the protests. he was on his way to one of his golf courses just outside the city. and president has yet to concede defeat and has issued legal challenges in several states with little success. as case of ruslan jordan, who's in washington. so bring us up to date with these protests, were they peaceful protests? this still going on. the protests are over. the police basically have shooed people out of the areas that they have decided to gather in on saturday. and basically, the only sounds you hear at this point are the people who are holding a constant vigil at the black lives matter. just across from the white house,

a several 1000 people showed up at the height of the demonstration on saturday afternoon here in washington. there were a couple of skulls that we witnessed from our perch, but the police quickly broke them up. there were very much intent on keeping both sides, those who support the president and those who are opposed to the president as far away from each other as possible. resident georgian in washington, many thanks. reporters without borders has cautiously welcomed a decision by egypt to release 5 journalists from prison. but only 2 of them have been actually let go and dozens more remain in prison. last month, a group of american and european politicians called on president abdel fattah el-sisi to release activists. lawyers, journalists, and prisoners of conscious more than 60 journalists are in jail in egypt, which ranks near the bottom of the list on the world press freedom index. one of

those journalists is al jazeera journalists. mahmud hussein has now been held in an egypt in prison for more than $1400.00 days without charges or trial is saying was arrested while on vacation with his family in cairo, 2016. his detention is in violation of both egyptian and international law. in thailand, thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied at bangkok's democracy. monument activists climb destruction draped in a sheet covered in messages. they believe that the prime minister prayuth chan tortures rule is illegitimate and that he should resign. also demanding more accountability from the king. going our way, i want to tell the government to not underestimate the people don't underestimate how power you exist because of the people without the people. but the government

and the monarchy will have no power. don't just look at us as just the dust on the people's feet. we are human, we have power. we have our own thoughts. sovereignty belongs to everyone, not just one person. well, when bangkok, the king and queen were welcomed by thousands of supporters during a ceremony to mark the extension of the city's well network, most people wore yellow to show their loyalty to the monarchy. egyptian officials have displayed ancient treasures found at a world heritage site about $100.00 coffins, some containing well mummies. well, that's the current policy archaeologist. believe the massive burial site still holds more undiscovered artifacts. the find, some of which are believed to be about 2 and a half 1000 years old, will go on display at the grand egyptian museum, which is, i think, next year the condition of the conference looked like the one that we did an ounce of global affairs with those 59 governments know this line,

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