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back to our molly crabapple, meet pomade. then if you obey the market for 30 years, you begin to work with and believe it has power over your life. do you quit date on al-jazeera? armenia's prime minister accept responsibility for the loss of the gold, the color back in the bowl with as a by shown, but continues to resist pressure to quit. and i'm adrian for again, this is al jazeera live from joe, also coming up the leader of ethiopia's tikrit region calls on the u.n. to condemn the government offensive. as more troops are deployed to stamp out the west, we know that we can do this. we can vote the u.n.
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back talks on libya, wrap up with wyvil groups agreeing on a date for national elections, but knows how they'll get that. moldova chooses its next leader. it's another battle between supporters of the european union and russia will have a live update. manias, prime minister is resisting pressure to resign after days of anger, about a cease fire deal will with azerbaijan at his 1st address since signing the agreements. nicole says he takes full responsibility for the loss of territory in the golan okada back. he's faced protests and outrage about the concessions he made russian peacekeepers about been deployed in areas where land is being handed over to azerbaijan. 2000 soldiers will most of the region for at least 5 years. ethnic armenians have burned buildings and destroyed facilities. as they left co-op
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job districts as areas to set to return there after being forced out by albania, in the early 1990, s. al-jazeera has had a maid has more for us now from manias, capital got about he takes responsibility and he says that he won't resign because what the country needs most at the moment is stability and he's sort of kind of positioned himself as the figure of stability here. but he is under a lot of pressure make no mistake. he's due to meet with his own party. later in the day, several members of his party have put forward their resignation. he is also due in the coming days to answer questions from parliament. this is still, i don't think he has been yet convincing enough to armenia. the anger is still there and you know, the handover of killed by john has been postponed for a while, but this is just the beginning of people understanding how much they lost not only
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in terror, but also human toll of this war. there are different figures coming out at the moment. the government saying about 1400 soldiers died, the ministry of health saying no that numbers above 2300 and this still many, many bodies laying on the ground. for example, the international red cross at the moment is trying to bring them back and there's still many missing. so he is under attack. he is still under a lot of pressure and he still hasn't answered really the question of why get into this war? why not pull the plug at the beginning? why have armenia pay such a high price? richard gergel is the director of the original studies center. think tank yet of, and he's with us. now live, richard, what did you make of what the prime minister? well i don't think it was enough bigos in many ways the prime minister's pressure,
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the threat to his position is much less an opposition that's largely discredited and much more a result. 'd of his own rather impulsive, reckless actions and words, the government has gone on far too little to prepare the population for the severity and scale of losses. so that tension is to linger, and unfortunately, the domestic situation eaves, dangerously increasingly on the stable. there was reportedly a plot against the prime minister, a plot to take his life. how long can he remain in position with anger as it is in media? well, in other words, blushing and came to power in 2018 in a rare victory of nonviolent people. our at that point is greatest asset was being greatly underestimated. so i have yet to fully write him off
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politically, eaves, a survivor. and even the plot to assassinate him comes from a marginal, amateurish group, tied to the corrupt form of government. so i think his real political fate lies in his own hands. and it is a top poor statesmanship, and much less impulse to posting on social media. they've already been bought 3 defections from his governing posse. what can he do then to bring people on board to, to, to give him a 2nd chance to get to get rid of this anger? well, on the one hand, he's in the unchartered political territory because the car bought conflict predates even armenian independence, are rotting in the soviet period. further, he has no real experience in terms of national security or defense. therefore,
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the only way open if perhaps almost a snap election in the spraining to remake and reopen the political environment. and until then, will the military continue to back him having suffered the losses that they have in this conflict? well, the good news and why i'm optimistic it is civil military relations that are being the remains fundamentally strong and stable. it's not the military backing him, it's their refusal to enter into the political realm. in other words, they'll defend the constitution. so unfortunately, there is little real danger of either a military coup and even less of a danger up of or a resignation. good to talk to richard many thanks due to being with us, richard got to go see and then, and i hear a very ethiopia's federal government is sending military reinforcements to tikrit where it's fighting regional groups to graze. leda has called of the un or the
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african union to condemn ethiopia's use of what he called excessive force during its near 2 week offensive. earlier the t.p.o. left launched rockets into eritrea and then off saying that's where ethiopian troops were attacking from. out of reports. now from the city of goma, which borders the t. great region, there's no letup in the fighting between the few appears. national defense forces and bad, mistrustful of the, to great region in no fun. ethiopia, here in the city on the ground where we are, we've seen buses full of troops as well as vehicles carrying food and medical supplies headed towards the border. them out of eden has withered to gray region. we've been told they are enforcement for the troops and government troops who are already engaged in the fighting, which is now at the 12th with the to great people's liberation front. the government has been claiming huge victories and in the past 24 hours have said they
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have taken over the town off and say, now they have their sights on mckillop a couple of the region. this is of course something that has been constantly denied by the to great administration, its leader debrecen government. kyle has been speaking in the past few hours and he has called on the united nations and the african union to condemn what he calls attacks on civilians by the ethiopian national defense forces, including the use of drones, something that's been denied by addis ababa in the past few days, the people's liberation from tough taken the war to a new level, using missiles, not just against towns like where we also bought the couple of the region where they targeted the airports. but i've also sent missiles across the border to us model something diplomats say to drop at a trap and make this war into motion. the conflict erupted after an attack on
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a federal military base in the great province by regional forces, a colleague out of it got exclusive access to that base. and we are now inside the northern military base, located in too great a region in northern ethiopia. it was the attack here which sparked current clashes between the federal government forces and the 2 great people's liberation front. this military base, the largest in ethiopia, house's massive military gear, chiefly tanks, simply because it has been for 2 decades. the epicenter of ethiopia's war against every trail. according to the federal army, p.l.f. fighters launched an offensive in an attempt to seize the base along with the weaponry and here they were met with fierce resistance. and as a result, this base has recently witnessed ferocious fighting, marik, but you will be heard at the border be a behind the in the wake of these developments if you know piers pm obviously meant
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declared war against city p.l.f. on november 4th, saying that their assault on the base crossed the red line, then had to go and that her son was a northern military base. great province. meanwhile, refugees from ethiopia's to greater region are continuing to cross into neighboring sudan sudanese state media. said the number of people fleeing the violence has risen to really 25000. i think that in the middle on the other has found that the minute that i'm due to give birth and a doctor has scheduled an operation for me. now i have pos, my due date and conditions are bad. i just won them to examine me with a computer. a bomb came from the direction of eritrea and an attack from the direction of the ethiopian federal government in the city. a lot of people died there and i came on foot to a small city from the hamara area. i fled there. i was afraid of the bombs and the strikes. a lot of buildings were blown up. talks about libya's future have ended
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without agreement on who will form an interim government. the un's acting envoy says that a lot more work needs to be done. both sides have agreed to hold nationwide elections in december next year. and i asked, he is the founder and director of the sadeq institute for public policy think tank on libya. he says he's cautiously optimistic about these talks. this war was not sparked by elections. russian snipers that made their way to tripoli didn't come to stop elections or saw elections. the war that has begun now over 18 months, so you can keep counting. for as many years you would like that i would bring back your memories. 2017, paris hosted a conference between the government of national accord in western libya and the libyan national army of the latino vote forces and his backer in parliament. i get us a lot to negotiate a reform presidential council that is also on the agenda intimacy and it's
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a thin slice of what is being talked about in the agenda. a separate part of the political deal. but let me remind you, this is the most important aspect for a single reason in any democratic state. in the world, the head of the state, the presidency or the prime minister in some cases, is also the supreme commander of the armed forces. and this is really getting at the heart of libya's struggle, but nearly a decade. who decides, is a civilian or not that decides how to control or bring the military to heel. will the military in libya be subservient to a civilian rule irrespective of what they believe politically and they respect of who chooses them. and there is a dangerous precedent that is being set the, his negotiating with helicopter or get us out of all the factors that i guess in the libyan political forum in tennessee, is a dangerous treading of the dangerous part. essentially where you allow your military activity make a decision that only your people can really make. we're going to weather update
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next here and i was 0 then in peru, as the country plunges into its worst constitutional crisis in decades. the worst type food this year, we'll show you the scale of destruction caused by a damn cold in the philippines. that's how we have something of a major change in the weather across china over the next couple of days. still dry for the time bay. but this massive cloud up towards the north is sinking its way down to central areas. seeing some very heavy downpours. still some warmth there in shanghai at around $25.00 celsius to the east of that japan fairing quite nice. the temperature is around 1920 celsius or so that cloud of rain will intensify. further,
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she go through wednesday system, heavier downpours, pushing over towards the yellow sea, pushing across into work at parts of the korean peninsula. and notice febreze snow there on the northern flank of the system. so make the west of the dry weather ahead of that. last you draw down towards the southeast as well, with plenty of sunshine. pretty astonishing across central and northern parts of india, but the showers really gathering across the south. some will not go out to pradesh, seeing some heavy showers the, the big showers continuing to into a good part of sri lanka. further north, fog and smoke problems continue across the northern plains, new delhi with temperatures struggling to get to around $27.00 celsius. we want to see right officially, here it is fine and dry and northern parts of the middle east. still seeing some bits and pieces of clouds and rain 20 year yes,
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of china's transformation. told through one young girl's journey from birth to adult 2 decades following the development of her life and nation. rewind returns to the story of, k.k. the girl from quango on al-jazeera. again, this is al jazeera, that's roger of the made news. this hour media's prime minister is resisting pressure to resign. after days of anger about a cease fire deal with azerbaijan,
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the coppa shinya says he takes full responsibility for the loss of territory in the corner accountable. if the o.p.'s government is sending military reinforcements to take gray where it's fighting regional groups earlier, the t.p.o. left launched rockets into eritrea saying that's where ethiopian troops were attacking from talks to end libya's decade. long war of concluded without an agreement on who form an interim government. the un's acting invoice says a lot more work needs to be done in moldova election and company president to go down on says that he'll concede defeat in the courts find no problems with the poll . with most votes counted pro european challenger, my son do is projected to win. oscar says that it hopes to establish a working relationship with sun do election was viewed as a choice between closer relations with russia or the european union. let's go live now to syria. sania gago is there how convincing
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a victory was this it was a pretty decisive victory from my son do in terms of the direction that she wants to take the country, but if you break it down to the votes that were in moldova, suppose the votes that took place in the diaspora, which is a crucial bloc in this election. how when she gathered about 51 percent of the votes within moldova, itself, yet abroad, it was something close to about 93 percent of the vote. so it shows a real clear demarcation between how those who go to brought to work can live because of a lack of opportunities here, how they see their future and how, perhaps for them, maya sunday's message held a lot more appeal. she spoke a lot about telling rampant corruption in the country as well as trying to set up
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and support opportunities for people. so they can actually stay in the country and avoid going outside in search of these opportunities as well. where is the don focused really on towing, perhaps a more sort of populist line. certainly sort of talking more about in nationalistic sort of terms as well over staying firmly within russia's sphere of influence. and clearly, what the people who voted resoundingly for was for a change in tact from what you got. dawn was offering perhaps trying something new with my son. do you been speaking to the leader of my party? what they say? i just have the opportunity to speak with the woman herself and very briefly just now. and she said that while you know, obviously she was pleased with the results. it really is the time to try and tackle the most pressing concern in the country, which is of course,
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as it is affecting so many countries the coronavirus pandemic. she said is absolutely important to protect the health care system, which is really struggling under the weight of the pandemic. and she also said that the next step would be to give support to small businesses, so they would not really crumble in the economic crisis that always follows the pandemic or wherever it is around the world as well. and when i asked her if she had been surprised by the offer of putin who'd given his congratulations already on monday, she said that she agreed diplomatically that it was important to have good relations established with all kinds of partners around the world. 0 reporting live from many thanks. indeed, peru has been plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in 2 decades. politicians have been able to find a replacement leader after the interim president resigned after just 5 days on the
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job. there were celebrations after manuel, but he no courts. he had replaced martin this cholera who was accused of corruption and removed from office. i have a sanchez reports now from lima for these demonstrators, the departure of interest precedent and will maybe not represent nothing short of a victory. peruvians, including our youth, were able to unseat this criminal. now we want him to go to jail and the same goes for congress because they don't represent us with the no was forced out after the deaths of 2 protesters during clashes with police. he couldn't survive the way for cabinet received nations that followed is the moment, though that plays out what is not at this moment in the country is going through one of its greatest political crisis. i want to announce that i present my irrevocable risk nation of the post of presidency. i call for the peace and unity of all peruvians. my commitment is to peru there have been demonstrations since
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the impeachment and dismissal of the nice gotta over unproved. bribery allegations on sunday discover called the country's highest court to step in. but it will be very careful to ensure that what happened can't happen. again. it's unacceptable that congress led us to this political crisis. it's paralyzed peru for 5 days and led to deaths. younger on the streets is echoed by some of the country's most famous names, peruvian writer, and noble or it before with his guns, you go stark. if you go to young, people were absurdly and unjustly sacrificed by police. this repression which is against all of peru needs to stop and concern is good of continuing police abuses. right. at least 41 protesters are unaccounted for. they say peruvian authorities must allow
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a commission to enter police barracks in search for them. on sunday protesters gathered outside congress, the pressure is now on legislators who have to find an acceptable candidate to become produce, 3rd president in a week. we are angry because everyone, the mayors, regional governments, the state, the government as a whole, everyone steals from us and that has to change. the political crisis could hardly have come at a worse time to have the world's highest per capita covered 19 mortality rate. and its economy is forecast to shrink by 14 percent this year. there will be more difficult decisions for peter's governing class to make. and these demonstrators will be watching. to see donald trump is still refusing to admit defeat in the us presidential election. there was media speculation that he was inching towards a concession based on one of his tweets,
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but on sunday night he posted a message on twitter saying i won the election earlier. his campaign dropped a court claim suggesting that the vote in pennsylvania was unconstitutional. rob runnels reports on sunday president trump golf, but before hitting the links for the 2nd day in a row tropic night, did a short lived media frenzy when he seemed to finally admit defeat. tweeting about president elect joe biden, he won because the election was rigged. but soon that tweet came down and trump sent out a new one saying, i concede nothing. trump's false claims of voting fraud have been refuted by state and federal officials as biden attended church services near his home in delaware. trump's own the former national security adviser indicated trump is sabotaging the transfer of power pretty soon, we'll get the stab in the back theories. we'll get the dark conspiracy theories
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continued, and he will make life as difficult as he can for the incoming biden ministration. i think that harms the country with cold in 1000 cases and deaths sharply on the rise across the u.s. . biden's designated chief of staff said the transition must be seamless there. people, if you're just making plans to implement that vaccine, are experts need to talk to those people as soon as possible. so nothing drops in this change of power. we're going to have a generic 20. several states have imposed severe new restrictions to curb the virus in recent days. a coach chairperson of biden's covert task force said biden would not order a total lockdown when he takes office. the better way to think about the safety restrictions is more sit down and we turn up and down, depending on severity. congress will be back in session on monday, with millions of americans out of jobs and plunged into poverty by the pandemic.
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democrats called on republican senate leader mitch mcconnell to speed up work on a covert relief and recovery bill. the bottom line is very simple. we need a large strong code bill to deal with our problems. we have heard for months, every time we get close to a deal, senator mcconnell says no. he has become the dr. no of cold. it. a transition on hold. as the virus gains the upper hand, robert oulds al-jazeera, the u.k.'s prime minister barak's johnson has gone into self isolation after coming into contact with the past infected with covert, 19, he says he's feeling fine and will continue to work from downing street. johnson fell ill with a virus in april and spent several days in intensive care and shared this updates on twitter. i suppose the good news is that n.h.s. test and trace is working in a more efficiently the bad news is they pin me and i've got to self isolate because
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somebody i was in contact with a few days ago has developed good. and it doesn't matter that we were all doing social distancing. it doesn't matter that i'm good as much as don't feel great. so he would do it in my circumstances. and actually, it doesn't matter that i've had the disease, and i'm bursting with antibodies. we've got to interrupt the spread of the disease and one of the ways we can do that now is by self isolating the 14 days. when you get contacted by n.h.s. test, increase the number of casualties off the deadliest typhoon to hit the philippines . this year has climbed to 67. storm vanco brought heavy rain and triggered severe flooding across the main island of luzon. last week, hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food and shelter. john allen duggan reports now from car graham province, which is one of the worst affected areas. typhoon gorney hit the biko region,
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an area that is often battered by natural disasters, but a region that is also used to responding to extreme weather such as typhoons and volcanic earthquakes, basically now buy food. number one, it was die of the storm was actually manila and the populous areas and provinces around it. and in calgary and province, it took about 2 days before news came that a lot of communities were submerged and that people were asking for help. there are several factors to this, of course, power lines were down and he took a while before the government was able to get to hear from responders on the ground . the focus was very much on manila. the maggette watershed. the dam here was opened, the gates had to be opened there for forcing the subversion of several communities . and of course, the state has always been at the center of deforestation and illegal logging. so many factors have contributed to this. but at this point, the situation is still quite sour. we're talking about thousands of filipinos now
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in many parts of resigning without homes, without livelihood, really without shelter displaced and really with no clear idea as to when they can go back home or where they can have their lives back to normal. again, getting strength as it heads towards central america. it's causing severe flooding in colombia, at least 3 people have died and hundreds have been forced to leave their homes just a week. after her devastated the region, reports heavy rains a proton by hurricane didn't take long to submerge homes in parts of colombia, a severe flooding forced many on 2 groups to wait for help. some had to wade through waist deep water to find safety or use whatever they can find to help the people described how quickly the water rose in their homes after a major rivers burst, their banks, cars and there are those since 12 am. the river has been going up when we least
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expect it. it's the water level was above the house in the tourist city of kut sahana floodwaters powered through the streets, braine the city to a standstill. rising waters triggered landslides in antioch, a province sweeping away trees and cars and burying homes. rescue workers are looking for anyone who's missing or stranded combing through mud and debris. then when i have a niece, was buried shoes tripped in the mud with 2 little children. hundreds of people are now being moved. president, even duke, a visitor, the flooded areas and told people to take precautions. reality is menacing. we need families to go to shelters, understand that the risks have not gone away. in the meantime, we'll continue to provide humanitarian support as well as other tools that the national government has at hand. together with the local government. electricity and phone lines have been cut in many rural areas. local authorities say it could
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hamper recovery efforts. we know that we have gone from an emergency situation with the covered 19 and we're trying to reactivate the economy. and this flood has complicated the situation considerably. the region is still dealing with the aftermath of last week's hurricane eeta. and the recent severe weather system won't let up. forecasters expect hurricane iota to intensify into a category 4 storm as it heads towards central america. for healing mohammed al jazeera it's good to have you with us. hello, adrian. from going to here in doha, the headlines on al-jazeera arminius prime minister, is resisting pressure to resign. after days of anger about a cease fire deal with azerbaijan, the called me and says he takes full responsibility for the loss of territory in the golden.
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