if you obey the market for 30 years, you begin to believe it has power over your lot. getting around on the other one of 3, being handed over to other by john and i wrote about the same in doha. this is al jazeera, also coming up for a recount in the u.s. state of georgia, confirms joe biden's win there after donald trump contest the results. mexico takes a step closer to legalizing marijuana and becoming the largest legal market for the drug. and we'll look at how fighting in northern ethiopia is having an impact on

children who've been the scaping, the conflict this area army says it's entered my district that's been under a median control for nearly 30 years. it's one of 3 areas that are many a has to hand back as part of a ceasefire deal. both countries signed the agreement to end 6 weeks of fighting over no know how to buck. russia helped broker the truce and has peacekeeping forces on hand to oversee the transfer medians. angry about giving up the land and they've been protesting to demand that their prime minister resigns, the summer binge of it is near down for us. just talk us through what's happening there. 1st of all we're about 10 kilometers away from the border between us by john and armenian on the way. we've been meeting

people who've been displaced for about 27 years now. and there's a lot of excitement people, it is very cold, but people are waving their flags outside their cars. they're walking in the street with the flags waiting to go back into town. this is a region which area is approximately the size of new going to karbala, one of the most populated areas in the region where about 200200000, people in our city and surrounding villages were displaced in 1993. when i mean forces came over today. as russian peacekeepers move in, the syrian army has already said that it is, its forces are inside. we've seen some pictures from all the city, the symbolic mosque, and other areas that are now back under control and other body forces we were speaking to them earlier. and we were asking them about trying to go in there, but they're very reluctant to allow civilians or the media inside because they say that the areas littered with land mines and unexploded munitions. so it is not safe

for people to wonder about, but it is the, the 2nd region that is being handed over under the russian brokered deal to azerbaijan from armenia, a culvert jar has been extended for another 10 days on the printed 5th. that transition will be complete, and once all the lauching will be completed on the 1st of december. so when all of these areas are handed back over, the russian peacekeepers to shore the as areas that armenian fighters and forces have moved back. then the other very tiny border forces are going to go in and seal the border between armenia and other writers. some of why are these 3 areas so significant for us or by iran? well, in the 1990 s. war between i read another by john, almost 20 percent over the territory was taken by armenia. there's been multiple united nations resolutions about this territory which belongs to, according to azerbaijan, belongs to other rajon. and finally,

it is being handed over. so these regions are about 7 regions. 4 of them were taken in the 6 weeks of fighting, and 3 were remaining. and it is significant that as areas are telling us that these regions are being handed over without any bloodshed. it is important territorial gain for us there by john. it is also important in terms of refugees about a 1000000 as there is, were displaced in the war in the 1990 s. . so they will have to go back to these places, rebuild their lives, rebuild their homes. but it is also interesting because this is the 2nd area which we're seeing and close to where we are, which is a ghost town for the last nearly 3 decades. it's been taken over by armenian forces, but largely remain vacant. and very few armenians very living there. so it is symbolic, it is important for the people trying to go back in. and it is going to be important for the other by johnny government to try and rebuild these areas 1st before it goes into newborn acara box. as traditionally and historically are done was the

merchant hub during the soviet times in this region. so it would be logistically, very easy for them to try and rebuild to go in a car about as part of their plans. so it is a big day for the people, and thousands of people are waiting to go back, but it is going to be perhaps months or maybe years before they can actually move back. because of the dangers that surround these places due to the war that has lasted for 27 years, and the number of mines and unexploded munitions in the area. some of things are very talking to us from near in some of thank you very much indeed. u.s. president elect joe biden has been declared the winner in the state of georgia for a 2nd time after a hand recount the ballots were audited after president donald trump's campaign question. the results and claimed widespread fraud with georgia now called biden has extended his lead to and won the presidency with 306 electoral college votes in needed, 270 donald trump fell short of 232 biden,

is the 1st democratic presidential candidates to in georgia in nearly 3 decades. all donald trump's legal team has again promised to produce evidence of what it calls a massive democratic conspiracy to steal the presidential election. joe biden has accused trump of being irresponsible for fusing to concede. alan fischer reports from washington. there's no sign from his legal team that donald trump is preparing to concede. in fact, they're 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. i prosecuted 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 taken credit for that and declared 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 through 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 that's not going to be able to. we're going to be sworn in in january 20th. and i just, you know, for free to question his motives, which is just outrageous, what he's doing with new states reporting widespread issues. the term campaigns 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 there in clashes outside a south african high school where protests are being held over accusations of racism against blacks. students tear gas was used outside the capetown school, which allegedly held a graduation event for only white students and teachers attended. the school denies

this and says the function was a private event. last week, south africa's president called for calm after protests there turned violence. skoda famine and other, she's lived near the school in cape town, founded i can see behind you, the crowds have been gathering. just talk us through what's going on. well, it is quite tense here at the moment the crowd has grown through the course of the morning. these are members of the economic freedom fighters, an opposition party. here in south africa, people here say they're angry about what happened at bracken power high school. and this is a high school in cape town. they had organized a end of your function for final because students, because the official function had been cancelled due to covert regulations. the separate function was organized and there were black students at the school when they it's that it was organized on racial grounds. and that all nonwhite students

at the school or at least in final year, were not part of that function, nor were they welcomed. if members here say this is symbolic of a greater problem specifically in cape town and the western cape province where they say there is a legacy of part 8. races were separated officially. and that legacy has continued on officially. where on paper schools are meant to be integrated, the social norms should have changed, but that's not the case. the brecon felt right where they appeared to be an unofficial segregation. this is what people here are saying. and the reason it's been tense in the last few minutes is this has tried to make its way further down the road to the school. there is a massive police private prisons where they've stopped protesters them from marching down the road to the stun grenades. they've used water cannon and that is tear gas to try and keep this crowd back. but the people here say they're determined to make their presence known and make their way down the road to the school. we're also people there. people, parents,

people from this neighborhood saying they're here to defend the school from this group. family and this has moved on from an issue just in cape town, hasn't it? this is now become part of a much wider national debate, hasn't it? this really came into the national spotlight just because of the dynamics in the street to kill a situation in that racial integration continues to be an issue in south africa. many schools in this country have successfully integrated, as with, with many are organizations, institutions in south africa. but there are places where there continues to be a problem. in this case, an alleged problem around racial integration, south africans, black, south africans in particular have long complained of not being fully integrated and they say this is an issue around space. while the school does have people from all races, they're not actually welcome and this is about making

a statement. they say that this is about a broader problem around south africa. but specifically here in the western cape, the local government is run by the democratic alliance has long been accused of being racist. and this of course is part of this debate from and i know we're going to be checking in with you. obviously as the protests go on, but for now thank you very much. indeed that's found a mellow talking to us from cape town. still ahead on al-jazeera. we are just human and we also have this goals in our lives. a difficult hill to swallow for nurses in the philippines desperate to work abroad. while the security crisis in became a fossil could mean for thousands of voters in the upcoming elections. and though the good news continues in is no development of any sort. sunder storms,

all cyclons in the south china sea or the philippines. you know, there are a few showers coming on land in the forecast in central and southern philippines. be a little bit of rain in the far south of vietnam in cambodia and some parts of thailand, but the majority is heavy showers for the science. right? sumatra, java, for example. and over much of borneo, it is the rainy season. this is what you might expect after all. in australia, there's still excessive heat. in the red hot down towards a little bit is $39.00. it should be about $36.00. that's not too bad, but 3723 off the record for november. for adelaide, it will not last now lay back down to 31. come sunday. but in the outback of queens and in northern territories certainly ran out of springs. we are well above where we should be. but coastal queensland much of use has well it's nothing like as warm as been fairly stormy in the last 24 hours in sydney. the city a few showers around a c.t.

and victoria that's come sunday person joining warm sunshine. you'll notice rain is being diverted down to new zealand. it's pretty wet on saturday, and the big swell is coming up to 5. some have been jack. some have simply disappeared. others have been found dead. one to one east investigate the plight of thailand's distant on how to the be the hero. the world needs right now. washing way too early.

they're watching. 00 a reminder of our top stories this hour as about john's army says its enters the district that's been under armenian control for almost 30 years. armenia is handing over the area as part of a cease fire deal to end weeks of fighting over nagorno-karabakh. us president elect joe biden's been confirmed as the official winner in the state of georgia. after a hand recount president. trump still refuses to recognize biden's victory. a move that biden says is totally irresponsible. police in south africa have fired tear gas of protesters outside a south african high school. they accuse the establishment of racism against black pupils. the cape town school allegedly held a graduation event that was attended by only white students. the warring parties in

ethiopia's tikrit, a region have exchanged rocket fire with both sides accusing each other of putting civilians in danger. to rebels are accused of bombing a neighborhood region. and then government has been blamed for an airstrike on a university, in as a nation's as one of a humanitarian crisis and says more than 2000000 young people need help. al-jazeera is hit, morgan reports from god, states in sudan near the border with ethiopia, where tens of thousands of taken refuge just 2 weeks ago, while heated saturday 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 a few of his 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 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 a special guy in sudan of state. there more than $15000.00, 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 into great. 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 nostril and doesn't feed except from a bottle. but i don't have formula for him because weeks cage fighting, ethiopian came here and the health care center doesn't have formula. so i have to go looking around for that, but i don't know where i'll get the money from. that's

a good. 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 started. 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.n. children's agency says that restricted access and the ongoing communication blackout in the region have 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 schools are started, children will actually miss this year's school. and most of those children we saw yesterday at home, there are school age. unfortunately,

they will not have school this year. so we have to actually come up with alternative programs already within the next month or 2. we're hoping the crisis will stop in ethiopia. the fighting will stop. there will be able to go back home, but it was not the case. we have to be in place to support 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 e.u. leaders are locked in a budget standoff that's jeopardizing a multi-billion dollar coronavirus relief package. they held a virtual summit on thursday after poland and hungary vetoed the proposal earlier this week. officials are anxious to approve the 7 year budget to help you economies recover from the pandemic. nurses in the philippines are angry about a government ruling that prevents them from taking jobs overseas. they say medical

workers have the right to pursue opportunities abroad, but the government says they must serve their country. during the pandemic, jamelle and organ imports 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 growing a virus 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 goals in over 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 and to amount to forced servitude. filipino nurses are some of the most sought after health workers in the world. but this fight, 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 operational for a nurse, the 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. dugan al-jazeera, manila, mexico's senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill to make it legal to use modern. 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 holdren has more makes

kerry's been grappling for years with how to regulate this one. 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 be able to buy up to 28 grams of pole and cultivate food plants for personal use. it could also be imported an export it with a license. this grower, now producing illegally is cool, surely up to mystic. you appear out of 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 make scary senate by marijuana activists who are trying to raise awareness with what's going on. and they have another big question. and it's these poor 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 i reserve for that it's, but in practice, things could work differently in the mountains imminent risk. that if you as a local peasant, princeton say i will only produce legally. now i want to make a living in a lisette 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 them, your 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 as 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, zillah city protesters in colombia are marking one years since large anti-government demonstrations. they want to be included in talks with the

government on social and economic reform. last year, plans for the labor strike escalated into widespread protests against president evo, undo case policies. the demonstrations are being led by unionists, students, teachers, and members of colombia's indigenous communities. alison the m.p.'s, he has more from bogota. the heavy rain scared the protesters away, but earlier in the day, thousands of people took to the streets here in the capital, good time in the number of cities across the columbia. 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 blaming taishan of the peace accord and good enough, 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 in 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 millions of voters in brooklyn

are faso will head to the polls on sunday, but activists say all going violence will make it difficult for the country's 6000000 registered voters to cast their ballots even if they wanted to. and the dangerous reports are too much to do yellow and have family fled. the village or 2 after a night attacked by gunman. although the family was lucky to make it to a good to good life. many other villages did not. * the mother of 4 says she fled without identity documents, and without them would get a say in the elections. i don't have a birth certificate and don't know how to get one. i need to get a new national identity card which will allow me to receive my voter card. i won't be able to vote on sunday because there's nothing that proves i'm from burkina faso . she's one of hundreds of thousands of broken obvious who have lost voting rights because of the violence sweeping across the west african nation. attacks by armed groups in 2015 marked the beginning of

a violent campaign battle qaeda isolette there. feeling that has so far killed thousands and displaced more than a 1000000. people in particular, activists say about 1600 communities have been uprooted because of the attacks against civilians and backing of us the security forces. it's a difficult situation. it's complicated and it's the 1st time in our history this many people will be disenfranchised. but it's the reality not because they don't want to vote, but simply because they count them. 400000 new voters could be added to the register this year because of the violence and widespread displacement. the elections commission has already given up on conduct in the polls and hundreds of villages across the country, back at the shelter for the delos for too much as only one wish, that whoever becomes president after sunday's vote will end the violence so that they can go back to build their lives. not an impossible dream,

but like millions of other victims of the violence sweeping the sahara region of west africa, the family may have to wait a bit longer to see this dream come true. but if greece is here, this is all it is, even these are the top stories about john's army says it's entered a district that's been under a mini in control for almost 30 years. i mean is handing it over as part of a ceasefire deal to end weeks of fighting over. now gone, akala buck has more from the very forces have moved down an area which is almost the size that is being handed over. there were 3 of the.