station on al-jazeera, boldin untold stories from asia and the pacific on the al-jazeera. the deadline for rebels to put down their arms passes, you hear of u.s. military swiftly carries out air strikes near to gray's main city. there in combat, al, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up concerns about u.s. president donald trump's plans for a troop drawdown in afghanistan, nato warns, withdrawing too quickly, could be risky. friendship, these debates a controversial new bill to protect police that could start full human rights and severely limit free speech and $17000000000.00 worth of weapons for saudi arabia.

but that's the $6000000000.00 and much needed aid for yemen. in your report, criticizes g. 20 nations rebels in ethiopia's to agree region have refused to give in to government demands to put down their weapons. 3 days ago, prime minister abi ahmed issued an ultimatum stand down will face more attacks on tuesday. he delivered on that threat. the ethiopian air force says it carried out strikes near the region's main city of mckenna. it is the primary begs for the 2 great people's liberation front told pti p.l.f. which governs their bank accounts of 34 institutions. links to, to graze. leadership were phones that be ahmed, says that his forces are now preparing a final attack. he says, the conflict will end when the tb l.f. is brought to justice and its leaders are removed. the u.n.

and foreign leaders have called for mediation, the request which has been largely ignored by both sides. the government deployed extra troops on monday and is more soldiers moving civilians are fleeing. the un has called it a full scale humanitarian crisis. an estimated 27000 people have crossed the border into neighboring sudan. this country's history says the new haven't yet, but 50000 people, you know, right now in the city by the last night we are starting to see services here and it's your job. you see these 3 cars just to meet the new service providers . and you can see some story of an assistance and position and much more needs to be done. how to do has more now, from fish in central, ethiopia. the government forces have their eyes on the killing of the couple of what's

a good region as they say they've been cutting out of products on the outskirts of the capital of the to carry region and their security sources. tell us about the next 48 hours will be really crucial in this flight. the european security forces cut out the most to prolong the talk on mackellar. the couple of particular region goes to great people of the bush and phone trees putting on this has lost from tom's us, closer come to glimpse of hope and cleaning the bill. cleaning for most of the past one off week. government forces are helping prime minister these folks with something buckled in outside where the government, another suburb. but they say they're sure that the 16 divisions from at

a trailer, fighting along party lines in the studies forces. let's take a closer look at the northern region of t. graham. it's a semi autonomous area that's governed by the take rate. people's liberation front is estimated to have up 225-0000 solutions to greywolf the front lines a.t.o. future in his 2 year contract with eritrea and nonchalance of military equipment sting still there. despite, i think the grains only making up 5 percent of the population. they control the national government to nearly 3 decades as before prime minister of the up it came to power in 2018. a shift in power tend to attention to great need is defined by its government twice. once in refusing to join his coalition party and its attended by holding elections against the orders of the central government. that dig is the, ethiopian minister in charge of democratization. he says, the t.p.m., if a force the government to military action, the government has no problem with mediation. you know,

detail is short on the forehead of our defense forces. our soldiers, who are our desire to defend again, people from any possible for innovation, who, what could possibly negotiate away under the horses. you know, well now that you have to know that there is only handoff. so if you just got out of being anything, how little people it is in the mass killing we can cite is done so, but there are conditions, you know, there are conditions that the billet has to meet. they have to hand over those top leadership positively that are involved in supervision of these ground 0 as to should be handed over to us are sort of just what under the people here with should be get. you should also be freed and be allowed to be members, a functioning element of our defense forces. a number of things can be listed. we cannot on that, which is with all these things out and the suspect. and our soldiers

as accountability there with who are out there is open to defend the t.m. people from any possible for innovation. so there has to be condition the chief executives of facebook and twitter are preparing before members of the senate judiciary committee to answer questions about social media and the presidential elections. it's their 2nd hearing in 2 months was called by republican senator lindsey graham in october. when the social networks limited the reach of a new york post article critical of president elect joe biden, in his opening statement twice, his see no admission that it was wrong to block the post. we made a quick interpretation using no other evidence that the materials in the article were taint through hacking and according to our we block them from being spread upon further consideration, we've made a deception was wrong and corrected it within 24 hours. i hope,

desire straits. the rationale behind our actions demonstrates our ability to take feedback and mistakes and make changes all transparently to the public. i believe this was the largest election integrity effort by any private company in recent times. this is what people expect of us. and i'm glad that from what we've seen so far, our systems performed well. but election interference remains an ongoing threat that will never fully be solved. so we continue to improve with each i watch. and our integrity work is really only half the story. we also ran an unprecedented civic engagement program to encourage people to take part in our democracy. let's speak now to our white house correspondent complete how it can be said. this is a republican led committee that's herring from the social media sea. but democrats have also had issues with the social media platforms happening. yeah, that's right. you heard there, this c.e.o.'s defending what many would argue,

both the left in the right is, i'm precedented, subjective, an arbitrary sort of filtering of information. and this is sort of counter to the whole concept of the internet, which is supposed to be this unbridled free flowing flow of information. so this is where both sides are having issues, but for different reasons. for republicans, as you point out, it is the issue of the blocking of a new york post article that was not flattering to joe biden, the democratic presidential nominee, that it really sort of highlighted some concerns about a laptop and the information that was found on it pertaining to his son and whether or not he had exploited his father's time in government for his business purposes. this is something that many argue should have been questioned more freely in advance of the election. and conservatives saying that this information was sheltered, or that they protected joe biden as a result of their actions on the law online and on the internet. now,

for democrats, the argument is much different. they say they're having issues with donald trump's claims that he won the election that the election was rigged, or that there was voter fraud. also concerns about hate speech. so you're right both sides. both conservatives and liberals on capitol hill have issues with the sort of filtering of information, but for very different reasons. can really tell us about more about the new york post poll, which sort of spock's the ire of republicans in the 1st place. yeah, well the feeling of this article is that it really could have led to a broader journalistic discussion, but instead what we saw is that joe biden really had very little scrutiny in terms of tough questioning. he didn't have a lot of sort of press conferences where this could have been delved into, then may have been of interest to voters in advance of the u.s. election. so what we're looking at here, what this hearing could ultimately do,

is it could change things moving forward because both sides are calling for a change to what's known as section 230 of the communications decency act. what this could mean is legislative changes in the future. just not with respect to filtering of information, but also when it comes to privacy, as well as data sharing. thank you that can really help of their i want house correspondent. the head of nato has warned against the removal of u.s. forces from afghanistan, too. cryptic reports suggest the trump administration is looking to have the number of personnel by january, and that would leave around 2 and a half 1000 troops in afghanistan. and that also be a reduction in iraq. the decision has prompted an angry pushback by some senior members of trump's. republican party. erupted with the role of u.s. forces from afghanistan now would hurt our laws and the light,

the light. the people who wish us harm violence of fucking afghans is still rampant . the taliban is not about and by the conditions of the so-called peace deal, the consequences of a premature american exit would likely be even worse than president obama's withdrawal from iraq. back in 2011. which view will fuel the rugs of isis and a new round of global terrorism. meanwhile, iran says any attack on its nuclear facilities would face a crushing response. that's following a report from the new york times that president trump was seeking options to attack a nuclear silage. the article said he decided against it or sanctions remain on the table. and the trumpet. ministration is also reportedly planning to designate yemen's who the rebels as a terrorist organization. foreign policy publication says it's another initiative in the works before joe biden takes over in january diplomatic sources. worry the

move will disrupt international aid and u.n. peace efforts. oh, awk, sam says g 20 min become trees, have sold $17000000000.00 worth of arms to saudi arabia since it intervened in yemen's war in 2015, a report by the charity organization says that is 3 times what's going to yemen in 8 reports being released as g 20 leaders prepare to be virtually this week for a summit hosted by saudi arabia. we spoke to our son, come all from oxfam in london, and he says, action is needed from would be this to end yemen's humanitarian crisis. it's very difficult as yemen rolls into its 6th year of conflict to watch the situation in the country and unravel with the death, destruction and, and level of disease and infection in the country. and as we, as we work, as humanitarian organizations to respond to the coronavirus, we're seeing a dramatic drop in a low level of response for in the humanitarian

funding levels. and we're only seeing around 40 percent of, of the humanitarian appeal being funded today. it's the old cliche of how important these forgotten crises are. and we need to ensure that they are there, they are present and we need to use we need to call on while doing this today to, to take responsibility. use the momentum of the g 20. this week to ensure that there are sufficient talks around the humanitarian funding shortfall and gaps for the response, which is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. it must get their attention . and ultimately, as many yemenis say to us on a day they in day out basis. what is needed in the country is an inclusive peace process and an immediate cease fire. and that should be on the table at the g 20 and given sufficient bandwidth by the world leaders to ensure that happens. still

ahead on al jazeera anger on the streets of bangkok protesters i once again head for the border counted as police try to stop anti-government demonstrations. the most powerful atlanta extolled this year, hit central america, aid agencies are describing catastrophic damage. but the weather remains set fair across japan at the moment like the most of it because we have got cloud and rain that's falling across northern parts of china. pipping up as it does. we have got the cold meeting up with somebody warm air from the south, and this is where the air force to rise. cool condenses gives this massive cloud, massive storm, some very heavy rain pushing towards and northeastern corner of china. some snow on

the northern flank of that it will slide its way through the korean peninsula as we go on through thursday, and eventually the 2nd half of the week, it will make its way across japan. so as i said, make the most of the fine and dry weather that you have here for the next couple of days or change on the way then. for a good part of india is fine and dry across much of central and northern india. but down towards the south, we have still got some very heavy showers rolling through here. northeasterly winds, of course the northeasterly monsoon, big can live the showers, still a possibility into a good part, offshore lanka. as we go on through the next couple of days, similar picture there. as you can see, as we go through thursday, could catch one or 2 spotty showers into central parts of india. little bit of wet weather, some coalescence of some cold air coming. it's northern parts of pakistan as we go through thursday and also affecting the fun, the north of india. i

cannot unlock my phone with my face. you can access your bank account with your voice unique algorithmic measurements of us that are revolutionizing the process of identification. the biometrics are far from perfect convenience and seeming infallibility, comes at a cop's most crucially, our privacy and the 4th of a far far series. i mean radio addresses the appropriation of our most personal characteristics. all hail the algorithm on a 0. the and the your charges are a reminder of our top stories this hour. if you abuse air force says it's carried out as strikes near the main city of the tikrit region for

a deadline passed and the government has frozen bank accounts linked to teach race leadership, chief executives of facebook and torsella right now appearing before members of the senate judiciary committee, also questions about social media. the presidential elections? it is their 2nd hearing in 2 months. oxfam says g 20 member countries have sold $17000000000.00 worth of arms to saudi arabia, since it intervened in yemen's war in 2015. charity says that is 3 times. what is going to get it in aid? at least 80 refugees have been killed and dozens injured when a, when the engine of a boat exploded in the north atlantic. see, it happened near cape verde, off the western coast of africa. around 150, people were thought to be on the boat, maybe from senegal, a gambia. it was said to be making its way from cape to spain. it was hard as following the story from dakar in senegal. nicholas just bring us up to speed.

what's the latest? well, the senegalese minister who takes care of senegalese living abroad has confirmed accidents just moments ago. there's been lots of public anger about the fact that so many people leaving senegal have died in these rickety boats headed towards the european union is headed towards the canary islands. on friday that was on social media and national day of mourning because last week, $145.00 people again died when a boat headed toward the canary island exploded its engine exploded. now, late, early this morning, the coast guard keep furred on the island of sol were alerted that a boat carrying people had exploded off the coast of cape verde. when they arrived on site, they saw men, women, children holding onto plastic barrels for their lives. they rescued some of them, but 80 are still missing. they were on their way to the canary islands where this year alone, 17000 migrants, most of them from west african countries have come to spain seeking asylum. they're

not fleeing war or conflict. they're seeking a better opportunity. they're fleeing the economic situation in their home country this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the economic fallout of it. there's been many job losses, and this has really pushed people to send children, even on these boats. a lot of those that are in custody now and having their papers seen through the spanish authorities. well, some of them are children. last week we met a parent who had sent his 15 year old son to the canary islands. his argument was, well, he has better opportunities there and he's more likely to get asylum as a miner, of course, also last week we saw a parent who had sent to one of these miners were all sent to prison for involuntary manslaughter. just yesterday, the senate police authorities arrested a trafficker who had done 3 trips like these to europe. and the reason why so many

are going out there. well, because so many are making it across spain. now the mayor of the town where all these migrants are in the port you are going to green says the situation is dire with the aid agencies saying that we're on the verge of another migrant crisis on the atlantic coast. jim, thank them. nicholas hunt. there live from dakar. in senegal, the french parliament is debating a proposed law that bans the broadcast of police officers faces. of critics say it's an attack on free speech that could lead to impunity for police violence. and talk about reports from paris. french documentary, the monopoly of violence, exposes and examines police brutality in france, focusing on recent protests, but also taking in the suburbs. the hiring watch, it uses footage shot by journalists or members of the public. showing clips like this though,

may not be possible in the future. the french government has proposed a new security law, part of which would crack down on the broadcast or sharing of images of police officers. filmmaker david de freyne says the bill destroys basic freedoms. that over the lawmakers want to stop the free circulation of information and knowledge because in the last few years, france has discovered police violence. it's something that, in reality, has existed for a very long time in the suburbs, but was not documented in this way. video has been used in several high profile cases of alleged police violence in the country, the death of delivery man, cedric sure, via during a police check in paris and generally was filmed by a possible by footage the lead to an inquiry under the new law. a person could be jailed for up to a year and find more than $50000.00 for broadcasting all sharing identifiable images of a police officer with the intention of harming them. campaigners fear that if journalists and citizens are dissuaded from filming,

the police will make it harder for officers to be held accountable for their actions, and some might act with impunity. but the government says the law is necessary to protect police officers. you say it's not about stopping journalists from working. the law doesn't impact the right to inform for journalists or citizens. but it prevents police officers from having their identities put online with cost violence or to be subject to reprisals that could have grave consequences. protecting the police from violence while on duty is essential says this police union spokesperson, but he says the new law is not the answer. i love to see them on. i've been very communicative. the government would clear on the role of the police what they can and cannot do in this clause would not be necessary. only wrested demonstrations and recent attacks have prompted the government to take a tougher line on security. but instead of working on building more trust between police officers and the public, some say the new law threatens to erode it. natasha butler al jazeera paris. we

think now to william bastone in paris. he is the noir for cedric should be all family, as the man mentioned in a township report who died after being arrested by police. thank you for your time, mr. badon. so i want to understand it was 1st in shit from a passer by. that led to an inquiry of a mr. death. right. so what will this law mean for those victims of police brutality and for their attempts at justice? well, art i do things that are in this very weird. we are in a very critical problems there in atlanta and of course about to keep in mind the complexity of our culture, terry. but what is at stake here is a real,

very damaging form of provision. which in a rush has been incorporated into its no name, global security. she's on with meaning because sim is a consensus for us media reporters and are to denounce this provision as a provision which will question the truth access to families. who are one juror abuse of power from police that would be deprived or to establish a truce to is the new response. and it's it's, it's a real step back in a culture of shouldn't start to structure. it has been existing force to normal in

france, and you're just keep in mind, the fact that it's been done is silly, which is quite expansion will cease special, a couple of special demonstration exadata, united nations friends going expectation and a distro. and so there's a sense than there is a lot of concern. i want to ask you while i've got you as a lawyer to sort of explain to me, the proposed law would criminalize the publishing of images where a police officer could be recognized, right? if there was ha, if there was any intent to harm the physical or mental integrity of the officer as i understand it. so off the bat, i mean, that seems very open to interpretation. how do you prove someone's intent? if all you have is a photograph or a video zillo it has been drafted, you know, with very and when,

when they are your responsibility in your piece to a 3rd know which mitigates need to begin it. you have to be very cautious in the way he dropped the ball then, or here is too blurry. and it's a kind of books which could be used or instrument allies to do, or a goal to be judged on every step. and he is to, to establish rules i use, or i remind you that these last 2 years a question a few shouldn't. she is a big debates. you know, you know, way stoic and it has been absolutely clear that without the major and then sometimes it efficient social media police forces and

the yukky, a critical power would have continues cynically there. but it gets them their policy of death. what is the of these troops? it is certainly a discussion happening, not just in france, but around the world. thank you very much for your time, william, but don't their life in paris. protesters in thailand have rallied in front of the parliament in bangkok as lawmakers consider changes to the constitution. demonstrations calling for the resignation of prime minister prayers that channel have been ongoing since june, like they say here on the constitution drafted under military rule are images from it are also demanding a reform of the country's monarchy of casualties from time from vanco continue to climb in the philippines or than 60 people are confirmed dead. the storm caused devastation across the main island of luzon, including the capital manila,

jamila bergen reports from calgary on province. one of the worst affected areas. people here in alkali see they are burying a hero. larry, our bellows died while rescuing these neighbors from floodwaters, using his own boot. you know the next, but his daughter angela is angry and is calling for justice. she says her father didn't have to die from electrocution. if only power lines were disconnected, early enough, while some call was hitting the entire philippine region of loose on tuesday, someone was the suddenly just this just this bear was the village captain. where was the police? my father wasn't any of those. but why did it to be him and to rescue the residents? none of them showed up. they found this body through these lethal type. one van call was not meant to be this devastating. now days after the typhoon struck, the government is facing widespread criticism from people here. they say the

tragedy could have been contained with more able leadership and was not even and very take warning. when vanco hit the capital region, it was only experiencing once and remains at the time. more than $80000.00, people had to be rescued in this town alone. widespread deforestation has long been blamed for constant flooding here to make shift shelters like this one are now the along the highways of alkali and nearby towns, civilians who have lost nearly everything and during desperate need of aid. inside this small tent, there are 5 families who have to endure nights sleeping on the ground with their children and get nothing to fix. i look at our house is still under water, so we just have to stay here in cramped under the tent. we're grateful for any help . they once said the rice fields and comfortable homes. now this is all they have

left all the hit, the region of luzon for a few hours, but it left a trail of destruction and suffering. jim duggan al jazeera could again, province northern philippines results there, and these are the top stories if here, because air force says it's carried out strikes at the main city of the tikrit region home for a deadline. past the government has frozen bank accounts, links to, to graze. leadership has more from security sources have told visit of the next 48 hours will be some of the european forces, launch a tux on the killing for multiple fronts. the sources say the fighting is expected to get more intense forces near the mountainous areas surrounding the couple of the to greatly.