a recount in georgia confirms joe biden's win in the state after donald trump contests. the results are obvious, and this is all deserve a live from doha. also, coming up, handing back landau mania, relinquishes the district of ag, dumb to azerbaijan. out to controlling it for almost 30 years, mexico takes a step closer to legalizing marijuana and becoming the largest legal market for the drug. and we look at how the conflict in the northern ethiopia is impacting the health and well being of children who fled the fighting.

this idiom, he says it's entered ag sam, a district that's been under a 1000000 control for almost 30 years. it's one of 3 areas that a media has had to hand back as part of a cease fire deal. both countries signed the agreement to end 6 weeks of fighting over no know how to back russia, help to broker the truce, and has peacekeeping forces on hand to oversee the transfer. i mean ian's are angry about giving up the land and they've been protesting to demand the prime minister resigns. on some of the busiest binge of aid is in a summit yesterday on thursday. you were in physically which was one of the areas that was handed back to john. now it's happening in baghdad. just talk us through what's going on. well we've heard from the ministry of defense that a very forces have moved into the 2nd ghost town and the area which is almost the size of new go in

a car about that is being handed over. so in around nagorno-karabakh, there were 7 regions, 3 of them under this deal are going to be handed back over to the is there by journey military. the russian peacekeepers are going to be there. and one of the generals of the very army has told us that it is they are going to make sure that there are no fighters left in these areas as they are handed over. and as you saw in physically, it is more or less the same scenes here as well. the areas that are being under the armenian control are largely deserted. this place was one of the most populated areas in all of new go in a car about almost 200000 people used to live here. and all of them became displaced into other very john, we've been speaking to many who want to return to. but they say that the area is not safe. the government has to make sure that all of the armenian fighters are gone. the infrastructure is rebuild the areas cleared of mine and exploded

munitions so that people can go back and rebuild their lives. some of why is it that these 3 particular areas have been handed over to us, or by strategically, are they so important? well, these are the areas in particular, if you talk about it is huge in terms of area. it was almost the size of all of the go in a car bomb in these places were taken by the armenian military when they came in 1993. so not just going to car, but what a decent districts as well. thousands of people were killed, hundreds of thousands were displaced. people have been wanting to go back, and these were parts before the, as very army moved into the 2nd city shusha, it was able to retake many of those parts which were under armenian control. but what is interesting about is one journey told us that it is now being handed over without any fight. this is being handed over these 3 areas by the armenians,

without any fight under the deal that was brokered by russia and according to the azerbaijani president. this is a victory for either by john and the defeat for i mean, you're obviously seen as the very opposite way. but it is very important because these areas will be the hub of agriculture. and even during soviet times, our dime used to be a hub for merchants, there used to be godowns and depots where people would come in and trade. and that is what the plan is for the future. the as very government wants to rebuild all these areas and wants to use the it, jason, to areas to try and rebuild, not just infrastructure, but livelihoods. so people can go back and reclaim their lives. some, is there any indication that there are any armenians leste in these areas? and you mentioned that there were russian peacekeeping forces who were moving in, is there any indication that these people will be protected?

well, under the deal about 1900 something, the russians are going to come in and they're going to make sure that there is peace in this area in this region. after that journey, border forces are going to move in and make sure that the border is shut down. we've already seen, there has been in extension in the 1st part until the 25th, so people can go back to go back through mountain passes and areas that are covered in this know. so it is open for now for armenian fighters, as well as armenian families to go back in. but the other by johnnie's have been assuring people that if i mean you want to live there civilians, they will have full rights as a very citizens because these are the belong to other by john. but right now it looks like most of the people who have been living in the areas under, i mean, in control are choosing to go back or some of thanks very much. indeed that's a sign of been surveyed in act on us president elect. joe biden has been declared

the winner in the state of georgia for a 2nd time after a hand recount. the audit of ballots was launched after president donald trump's campaign, questioned the results and claimed the widespread fraud was georgia now called biden's extended his lead and won the presidency with 306 electoral college votes in needed, 270. donald trump fell short. was 232 biden is the 1st democratic presidential candidate to win georgia in the early 3 decades. donald trump's legal team has once again promised to produce evidence of what it calls a massive democratic conspiracies steal the presidential election. joe biden has accused trump of being irresponsible for refusing to concede. alan fischer reports from washington. there's no saying from his legal team that donald trump is preparing to concede. in fact, that digging in for a long legal battle, even though almost all the court actions until know, have been dismissed. no claiming without producing any evidence, there's been

a democratic and international conspiracy to steal the presidential election. this is real, it is not made up. it is not, there's nobody here that engages in fantasies. i've tried a 100 cases, a prosecutor, some of the most dangerous criminals in the world. i no crimes. i can smell them. you don't have to smell this one. i can prove it. 18 different ways. donald trump's own election security agency declared the 2020 presidential election the most secured in american history. the president has both taking credit for that and to clear the democrats' stall the election. he also fired the head of the agency. one of his lawyers, baselessly claims. there's been communist interference in the election. what we're really dealing with here and uncovering more about the day is the massive influence of communist money, venezuela, cuba, and likely china,

and the interference with our elections here in the united states. the term campaign says it intends to file a number of lawsuits in a number of states in the coming days. yet in the lawsuits filed so far, it has stopped short of claiming widespread voter fraud and it's produced no evidence of the conspiracy claims it's making no. while the legal battles go on the trumpet, ministration continues to block transition planning. president elect joe biden's, frustration is growing and said donald trump is sending a terrible message about democracy. it is hard to fathom how this man thinks it's hard to fathom. and i'm confident he knows he has one who is not going to be able to. we're going to be sworn in in january 20th, and i just, you know, for, for me to question his motive is just outrageous. what he's doing with new states reporting widespread issues. the term campaign's efforts to prove fraud seem doomed

to fail, but it could delay final confirmation and trump's acceptance of what seems inevitable . alan fischer at the white house, the u.s. has recorded the highest daily covert 19 death toll since may 2200 over 24 hours. as infections soar, health officials are asking people not to travel during next week's thanksgiving holiday. california has announced a month long curfew and thousands of people of lost their jobs christensen in the reports. americans are lining up for food from california to the midwest to new york. with the national thanksgiving holiday, approaching demand for food assistance is increasing along with new filings for unemployment benefits. the labor department says they increased by 742000 in the last week, reversing recent games. since i don't

think you have been on a long, you know, the beginning of the duty of the things that happen, new york has been hit particularly hard. it's one of 15 states, placing new restrictions on businesses and 80 percent increase in new coven infections nationwide. over the past 2 weeks is keeping tourism down. broadway closed and restaurants at limited capacity. experts warn it is likely to be a difficult winter. new york state as a whole, was regaining payroll jobs at a slower rate than any state other than hawaii. through september on a year to year basis. so the recovery was already slow and not quite steady. and these most recent developments have knocked us for a loop. and any reversal of the reopening is going to cause even greater decline in new york subway and bus service could see drastic cuts along

with the layoffs of $9000.00 transit workers. ridership unfair income has fallen in the pandemic, exacerbating prior budget shortfalls. the metropolitan transportation authority is asking congress for $12000000000.00. we know that any reduction in service will hurt the city in the region, including customers who need us most. but without the certainty of substantial federal dollars, there is no recourse. and we must plan for the worst while hoping for the best in the wake of a crisis that has done more damage to our finances than even the great depression in the thirty's. but republicans have been reluctant to put aid to state and local governments in any federal relief package. aid to states like new york could come down to which party wins the senate and 2 contested seats in georgia up for a runoff election in january. if you know a deal is reached, millions of americans are due to lose their unemployment benefits by the end of the year, kristen salumi al jazeera new york. the warring parties in ethiopia's tikrit region

have exchanged rocket fire with both sides accusing each other of putting civilians in danger. the un's children's agency is warning the more than 2000000. young people need help. more than 30000, people have fled to neighboring sudan. al-jazeera has had a morgan reports from got out of states near the border with ethiopia. just 2 weeks ago. lucky to say was preparing for her something now as operation. he was born with a cleft lip, which has affected his ability to drink milk. and along with it his health, but just days before they were due to return to the capital of if he appears not integrated region, the situation changed dramatically when we were due to go back for his last check up before the operation, the fighting started, all the roads were blocked and we couldn't get to macquarie, people were being killed and there were bombs being dropped, so i fled with him and my family. now we can't even get

a doctor to check on him. we can't even get him his vaccination, let alone have hope. you'll get an operation here. the family now resides at this refugee camp in if i should go in sudan. there are more than 15000 if you can refugees here in what was once a largely uninhabited area. thousands more if you have fled to neighboring state to escape the fighting. integrate. but it to hell are you on her 2 children are some of them. her infant son has been suffering from breathing problems and she says she's been struggling to get him the care he needs he has one block knows and doesn't feed except from a bottle. but i don't have formula for him because we tried it in my car. and came here and the health center here doesn't have for me. so i have to go looking around for that. but i don't know where i'll get the money from. the camp has only one health center to cater for the thousands of children here. mothers wait for their

turn to have their children seen by doctors. many children exposed to the horrors of conflict in the 1st years of their lives. according to unicef, 40 percent of the refugees arriving in sudan are children. some have been separated from their families and the process of tracking them has others have arrived with malnutrition because of the days they spent walking with no food and all have been affected by the conflict integrate in a way that will likely impact their childhood. the u.s. children's agency says that chris tricked it access, and the ongoing communication blackout in the tigre region has left an estimated 2300000 children in need of humanitarian assistance. and as more and more refugees arrive in sudan, there's rising concern over their future. remember, this is the time school started, children will actually miss this year's school. and most of those children are school age. unfortunately, they will not have school this year. so we have to come up with alternative and programs already within the next month or 2. we're hoping the crisis will stop,

the fighting will stop. there will be able to go back home. but if that's not the case, we have to be in place to support them. what you do says she hopes the conflict ends soon so that she can return back home with her family. she says she wants her child to be operated on, but more importantly, wants him to grow up with no memories of the horror that's forced her and her family to leave their lives behind and seek refuge here in sudan. people, morgan al-jazeera and of out of state, still ahead an al-jazeera, a language of peace rather than war. hopeful of a breakthrough in libya following talks with rival factions. we are just human and we also have business goals in our lives. a difficult pill to swallow for nurses in the philippines who are desperate to go to work abroad.

hello folks. not been a problem the last couple days throughout much of central eastern europe. it is still in a beer in central part of spain in madrid. this was the case yesterday morning that slopes to shift is but the air is moving fairly quickly. elsewhere in europe, all of it coming from in the atlantic. it will be particularly strong in the baltic . that's easing of the next 24 hours. stormy weather seems likely to develop in the eastern med and also in the central med. indeed, the forecast of any of these morons will take. but i'm, if you like, becomes a wet one by saturday after a rather quiet start. on friday. there most of the european plain is colder. now. sunny. there's the time by day unless you happen to be in scandinavia as to when the night was windy is friday, admittedly, but still breezy and snow is showing up in the way rather than rain. so i was out in the central med will affect the author of africa, tunisia libya,

and increasingly egypt who will see this on shore breeze increasing amounts of cloud and rain won't be particularly pleasant. look at tripoli's forecast him for the 17 degrees magazine, 18. obviously most of north africa is fine, but there is still showers, reaching as far west as liberia even sierra leone, but only really on the coast of. 'd held for over 3 years in an egyptian prison cell, denied the right to a fair trial. no charges have been brought against al jazeera correspondent, must move into saying his crime journalism. to demand my news release and voice solidarity with all detained journalists. sign the petition. 'd 300 hussein

who are watching out is it out of the mind of our top stories? this hour of missouri by john's army says it and his act down a district that's been under a mini and controlled for almost 30 years. i mean is handing over the area as part of a cease fire deal to end weeks of fighting over the i don't know. what about us president elect joe biden has been confirmed as the official winner in the state of georgia. after a hand recount president trump still refuses to recognize biden's victory over the biden says, is totally irresponsible for one party is in ethiopia's to a region, have exchanged rocket fire with both sides, accusing each other of putting civilians in danger. the un's children's agency is

warning that more than 2000000 young people need help. the u.n. is acting in libya, and boy has told security council members, he's optimistic that peace may be achievable and comes after vive all sides met in tunisia last week. diplomatic editor james bays looks at the many challenges the libyans face after a decade of war. this is the 1st security council meeting since developments in libya that the u.n. say may be a breakthrough. a fragile cease fire is now in place, and that talks into miss, we've seen the beginnings of a peace deal, the supposed to lead to elections in about 2 years time. i am optimistic about the way forward in libya, yet clear are right about the many challenges that lie ahead. 10 years of war cannot be solved one week of political talks. but we hear more now the language of peace rather than the language of war. for the sake of libya,

75 libyans came together in tunis last week in good faith effort to start the process of healing their nation. but do a search from the well, a respected international crisis group who's follow developments in libya during its last decade of conflict. says the very many challenges ahead should not be underestimated. heightened by the fact that now we're not seeing open conflict. not entirely optimistic that we've seen the end. devastating destruction or self destruction of the country by the hands of the libyans themselves. it's too early to say that whether the country will come out of this enormous economic recession has suffered. whether they'll be able to go beyond. the ideological divides that still cut through the country. the problems are among the

libyans. there's been no agreement on the new prime minister or a unified presidency council, as proposed by the u.n. . the country remains divided. the prime minister in tripoli fires also. raj has indicated he's prepared to stand down in ben garcia, general charlie for after has made no such pledge. and as the big issue of foreign involvement under the cease fire deal on libyan forces was supposed to leave the country. but early next year. if you are hopeful that will be achieved under the deal that's been done, the u.n. is supposed to provide more knitters to be deployed in libya to observe the cease fire that will need a u.n. security council agreement negotiations a lot. if the difficult one member of the council, a permanent member of russia, has nationals in libya working for wagner, what many consider a mercenary company that's been fighting on the side of general haftar? james pays al-jazeera at the united nations. e.u.

leaders, a locked in a budget standoff, putting a multi-billion dollar coronavirus relief package in deputy. they held a virtual summit on thursday after poland and hungary vetoed the budget. earlier this week, officials around is to approve the 7 year budget to help the e.u.'s economies recover from the pandemic. nurses in the philippines are angry about a government ruling the prevents them from taking jobs overseas. they say medical workers have the right to pursue other opportunities abroad. the government says they must serve their country during the pandemic jamila island organ reports from manila. gary gary, the admits working as a nurse in manila feels like a struggle for survival. for more than 10 years, he's earned around $400.00 a month, and this is barely enough to support his family. gary has been accepted to work as a nurse in ireland for $6000.00 a month,

a salary that is unimaginable to earn here. the philippine government in april barred nurses and other medical workers from leaving saying they were needed to fight the coronavirus crisis, told me working abroad is not make us any less of a patriotic citizen of this country. for me, it is actually a heroic act. we are just human and we also have this goes, you know, very lives the salary here is not to sustain the needs of our families. gary is among the thousands of filipino nurses who have called themselves prison nurses. they started an online campaign to petition the government to reverse its position . they say it is tantamount to forced servitude. filipino nurse says, as some of the most sought after health workers in the world. but this type, this a global study shows that nurses in the philippines receive one of the lowest salaries in southeast asia. the pandemic has highlighted the plight of nurses in

the country. and i mean nurses, there's no one number one nurse to 200 patients. if the government wants to really improve the situation here, they need to hire thousands of nurses in government hospitals. some are nurses who now work in different industries like call centers because these jobs simply pay better. nurses are calling for the chapel band to be removed and for salaries of all nurses in the country to be raised. but the philippine government is defending its decision. it says about 75 percent of cities and towns across the country, lack health workers, and it needs to keep the current pool of health workers. here during a pandemic, health workers tell us no one wants to leave their home country. if there are fair opportunities for all, and most of them had to borrow money or sell their land in order to afford to go abroad. now deep in debt,

they see the government stands is denying them the opportunity to have a better life. jim duggan al-jazeera, manila protesters in colombia marking one year since large anti-government demonstrations. they want to be included in talks with the government on social and economic reform. last year, plans for a labor strike escalated into widespread protests against president even do his policies listen to ramp, yet he has more from bogota. the heavy rains scared the protesters away, but earlier in the day, thousands of people took to the streets here in the capital. good time in number of cities across the colombia, again demanding a number of social and economic reforms to the government and also and to police abuse police brutality. this coming after a very violent protest back in september when 13 people. 13 protesters

also front and center remains the issue of the difficulty implementation of the peace accord and going on. i'm protesting against the killing of social leaders because i believe this government is being irresponsible and is not responding to any of the needs of the people. these protests year after some of the largest demonstrations colombia had seen in decades, hundreds of thousands of people came out last year to pressure the government to protect the peace accord and bring forward a change. now, at the organizers were hoping for this to be the beginning of a new wave of protests. well, there was a decent crowd today. it was nothing close to what we saw a year ago. obviously we're in the middle of them. but there's no doubt in speaking to a number of close observers in colombia, is that unless something happens and bigger crowds come out,

it will be difficult for them to reach what they hope, which is to start formal negotiations with president might because senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill to make it legal to use model one up, the legislation still needs to pass through congress, but the vote is seen as the 1st serious attempt to legalize cannabis in a country that's become notorious for its drug war. john heilemann, husband makes cars been grappling for years with how to regulate this it's been illegal for decades while the war against drugs has raised. now, a new law approved by the senate, which still has to go through congress, proposes legalizing production and consumption with quite a lot of restrictions. i don't would be able to buy up to 28 grams of pole and cultivate full plants for personal use. he could also be imported an export it with a license. this grower, now producing illegally is cool to mystic. if you have

a few other folks here and so i decided to grow because i'm a consumer 1st. and i think that right now the conditions in which marijuana is produced and distributed in our country is very violent and very corrupt. and that's the key question. legalizing marijuana, if it makes cars, cartels and gangs who currently run the business the common consensus is no kind of his production is just a small part of their portfolio which also includes meth, then to new cocaine and other rackets like extortion. have a look at this, these kind of these plants are actually being grown right in front of makes kerry, senate by marijuana activists who are trying to raise awareness with what's going on. and they have another big question, and it's this core of communities in the rural hills of mexico that currently grow their crop for the narcos. now get the chance to go legal and on paper under this

law, it seems like they will because 40 percent of the licenses to grow marijuana in the 1st 5 years that legalization a reserved foot in practice. things could work differently in the mountains and the risk that if you, as a local peasant, princeton say i will only produce legally. now i want to make a living in a licit and legal terms that you will not get away with. because there is frank power off, organized crime with groups in those areas. and the most likely scenario is unfortunately, that if you have a new look at your market coming into play, that they will try and probably succeed in getting their hands on. the new proceeds on the new profits the fear of marijuana activists is that the law will actually only help international corporations get into the mix car market. and so to richer urban consumers. while elsewhere the street could have business continues

is normal. but in a socially conservative country, really talk of drug legalization is deeply controversial. both senators and advocates hope this could be the start of change. john homan 0. mexico city. this is a disease, but these are the top stories. azerbaijan's army says it's entered a district that's been under a 1000000 control for almost 30 years on many and is handing over the area as part of a cease fire deal to end weeks of fighting over nagorno-karabakh. or some a bit of it has more from knock down the very forces have moved into the 2nd.