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human rights record, also faces fresh scrutiny and an eye in the sky to record waters on the rise, a new tool in the fight against global warming is launched into space. a complete program. i still says it was behind rocket attacks in afghanistan's capital, kabul that killed at least 8 people and injured dozens more. the attack happened just hours before the u.s. secretary of state might be on peo, was jus told, talks with the afghan government and taliban negotiators in cata. the us earlier this week said that it planned to pull out 2000 troops from afghanistan. video contre free has more from the afghan capital kabul schoolgirls running for their lives after a rocket lands near their school. part of

a coordinated attack on the capital, kabul. the more than 20 rockets landed in residential areas near the green zone, where many embassies are based. it was a little after 8. 30 in the morning when the 1st rocket landed in the afghan capital for the next 10 minutes, it felt like kabul was under attack. witnesses say the attack during the morning rush hour was timed to cause maximum damage. so what they got was morning and we were leaving our home when an explosion happened 2 of my sisters and my mother wounded. so we took them to hospital because i would have thought the way it was around 9 am. rockets hit the bakery, wounding an employee who needed hospital treatment. lots of shopkeepers are going to suffer financially because of this. i still has claimed responsibility for the attack. it came just hours before the u.s.

secretary of state mike arrived in qatar is capital doha. he's talking to both afghan government and taliban negotiators involved in peace talks. there. it shows richie's and security that are just breathtaking. yes. again, the sort of weaponry gets into the city. and secondly, it's part of the trend where greater violence in the suits is mainly assassinations . martin, it's all caught on even at a time when taleban said that they won't be launching attacks on incentives. i, i so has been behind recent attacks in the capital. gunmen stormed university 3 weeks ago. at least 22 people were killed. and the government says in saturday's attack, fighters fired the rockets from the back of 2 trucks. it's investigating how the vehicles managed to enter the city undetected. posing more questions about the

government's ability to keep the capital city secure. the contrary, i'll just say of kabul. well, stephanie decker has one hour from the qatari capital, doha, on my pompei as talks with the afghan government and taliban negotiators. my compare wrapped up saturday with meeting the taliban delegation involved in intra afghan talks, see it met an hour earlier with the afghan government delegation. these are talks that were who greeted back in september the u.s. secretary of state where he was here for that as well. but it's been a difficult process moving forward, the told still stuck on the technicalities of what kind of islamic law will govern the govern the framework of these 2. i think the message certainly for my pompei will be that they are keen to get the 2 sides to sit down to really get to the difficult issues when it comes to a long lasting cease fire and a power sharing agreement between the 2 sides. of course you also met the pattern

or is it me or he had a lunch with him and also met with the deputy prime minister to be discussed issues like iran. this is a ministration that's been very much an anti iran. and a cutter is a country that has very good relations with iran. it's also one of the issues when it comes to the gulf blockade the blockade in countries demanding that qatar cuts ties with iran, something they have so far, refused to do. this is also did mr. asian, that has said it wanted to perhaps get some movement on the lifting of the blockade that certainly at the moment hasn't happened. not to the full extent anyway. and of course, also in a way might pump a oh, of course, and u.s. president donald trump not having conceded defeat, but patters. amir has already called the president joe biden, to congratulate him on his way. the government in ethiopia has rejected attempts by the african union to mediate in

the conflict in northern ethiopia. government launched an offensive against the 10 gripe people to the liberation front just 2 weeks ago in neighboring sudan aid agencies. there saying about 2000 refugees fleeing the fighting, arriving in the border states of gutter if every day and as morgan, our posters from the gutter. if say many bear the scars of the horrors they've escaped since he arrived in this refugee camp in sudan's got out of state 5 days ago, haile will be gabrial has been hoping to have his own properly treated. he says shop will hit his hand while he was fleeing from soldiers in ethiopia's, northern to grey region. but he's now lost 2 fingers. i was at the farm where i work, and when i started seeing people running, i didn't know what was going on. and when i went to see haile says he was also hit by shock mill in his stomach and fragments are still lodged in his hand. it's now become infected,

and he's worried. he may lose it. fighting in the to green region began more than 2 weeks ago, when the regional to great people's liberation front, launched an attack on a military base. the government responded by launching an offensive that forced more than 35000 people to flee to neighboring sadam. this camp was uninhabited, but sudan's government has reopened it to cope with the sudden influx. and her 2 children arrived here after running away from their homes and walking for 10 days to cross the border. at night, armed men came to my house and threatened us and told us we should leave immediately or we will be killed. so i took my turn children and what i could carry more than 15000 refugees live in this camp. many tell stories of brutal killings and long journeys to escape. if he appears government has imposed a communications blackout and blocked access to the region. since the start of the fighting rights groups say civilians have been targeted. integrate. the united

nations says the killings could amount to work rhymes while not all of those. this have witnessed the attacks of this recount. they say the stories they heard from family members and relatives were enough to make them come here, rather than staying back home. and those who say they witnessed with their own eyes, people being slaughtered and killed, say they doubt their memory will ever fade from their minds. tell him his wife and 2 children were among the 1st to arrive in the camp, fleeing from a kudrow. he says the journey took them nearly 5 days and they came with little of what they own to live with lives in the suburbs, and only heard of the fighting about the number. but then people came and it was chaos from their own. telephone says he doesn't know which side the people who came to his hometown belong to because they were dressed as civilians. and to his children who want to have the comfort of a secure home. he now has to explain that their lives have changed and they face an uncertain future. he will morgan of his era and for sugar,

the blood of state. elsewhere, hundreds of refugees and migrants have been transferred to a makeshift camp on a military site. in spain's canary islands follows a record seargent. people arriving by sea from africa, which has overwhelmed the local government car like has more it's the tourist season on spain's canary islands. but despite the coronavirus pandemic and the lack of visitors, these apartments and hotels haven't been left empty. they're being used to house a growing number of migrants arriving in record numbers from africa. there is word, but the problem is was not good for her. so i guess it's a new, i guess it's an ultimate doctors will go to a also the best to have a family. the government forgot to look after ghost written words. but tell us at least $18000.00 people have landed on the shores this year alone. more than half

of that in just the past month. and that's put a strain on government facilities and left thousands stranded in the main port without basic services. yeah, right now it's also angered local authorities. and many of the island's residents who've criticized the government's slow response was these people simply not being here. but what can do? the government says it's urgently setting up makeshift camps on military sites in a little pajamas about we think that by the end of this year we will have temporary camps to house $7000.00 migrants set up. this is the 1st solution. it blames the increase in arrivals on e.u. agreements with turkey, libya and morocco that have stopped many migrants using established routes. the interior minister has held talks with his moroccan counterpart and the foreign

minister is to meet u.n. officials ahead of a visit to senegal. that's become one of the main points of departure for those willing to risk a perilous journey in the hope of a new life on european shores. car leg al-jazeera. well covered, $1000.00 is expected to dominate a highly unusual g. 20 summit in more ways than one. the pandemic means the event is now virtual, although saudi arabia is technically the host and tackling the virus, is almost certain to be the main topic of discussion amongst wild leaders. but they have also been calls to boycott the meeting in protest against saudi arabia's human rights record. our diplomatic editor james bays has more. this was very different from the normal g 20 summit world leaders meeting virtually because of coded 19. with the pandemic and the economic fallout from it at the center of all the discussions. this has been an extraordinary year. the

cold at 19 and demick has been an unprecedented shock that affected the entire world within a short period of time, causing global economic and social losses. our peoples in economies are still suffering from this shock. back in 20082009, the g 20 led efforts to get out of the last global recession. some say they haven't shown the same leadership this time. and the u.n. secretary general antonio could tell us who's been calling for them to extend the debt relief program they passed earlier this year. and to increase funding so that vaccines can reach the poorest people on earth for saudi arabia, the host of the summit. this will probably be seen as a missed opportunity to improve their tarnished reputation. they put on

a fly past over riyadh, but the normal pomp, formal dinners and face to face meetings haven't taken place because of the virtual and truncated nature of this year's event. sitting next to the king as he opened the summit, his son, crown prince mohammed bin, some man, as the man in day to day charge of the kingdom, human rights. campaigners say he should be held responsible for much of the civilian death toll in the war. in yemen for the death of the journalist, jamal khashoggi, and for the continued repression inside saudi arabia, during what's been described as a counter summit on human rights in the country, the sister of imprisoned humanitarian worker abdul rahman al saud han described what happened when she went public about his detention. i posted on twitter. where's my brother? and the moment i did that, i started to receive threats. saying if you say one more word, you're going to regret it. even though many u.s.

citizen and living in the united states, i was still receiving threats. and i was also threatened that i'm going to be thrown in the sewer system with my brother. this is likely to be president trump's last over international summit. his 1st foreign visit in 2017 was to saudi arabia, and he's never criticized the kingdom's human rights record. the royal family will know that it's likely to be very different when president biden takes office. james zira of the united nations. some news from guatemala. now police are clashing with anti-government protesters in the country after hundreds stormed the congress building and set it on fire. police fired tear gas to clear the demonstration which was led by university students. there's a widespread anger at the new budget which protests to say disenfranchises poor and indigenous people. watching al-jazeera live from london still ahead

a rock star reception for uganda's pop star turned politician supporters' chair, but we whine after his arrest and release. there was that erupts in brazil after another black man is killed at the hands of security guards . hello temperature variations are listing the moment. it's got cooler in sydney now, is warming up in adelaide, another system coming through system of thunderstorms and she represents a change in temperature. this is no exception. so 34 is a temperature forecast for adelaide 30 for melbourne. this is both a sunday. now a person 20 per cent will probably warm up on monday and freight adelaide and

melbourne was a huge drop about 10 degrees for both significant thunderstorms and travels through a city bits of victoria. and his new south wales are the main rays. going to see the tasman head towards news even for a couple days time. more active weather now. as winter comes across the wall morse's, the sea sea of japan, produces rain or showers significant ones. that's like to be saturday night and sunday. you see proper rain come across and form. well, i would think reflooding in parts of northern honshu and snow may well be more evidence of your card as it will be in parts of north korea. mostly this winter than shows itself is cold by day colder by night. with the sun i have this rather more cloud further south in china was snow for some, but beijing enjoys no more. cooling

demain, the intersection of reality and comedy and post revolution to newseum. a mission to entertain, educate and provoke debate through a weapon of choice and intimate. look at what inspires one of tunisia's most popular comedians to make people laugh. miten is head on al-jazeera. the old come back. the headlines now. i sill is claiming to be behind rocket attacks in afghanistan's capital, kabul that killed at least 8 people,

dozens more have been injured. it took place just before the u.s. secretary of state might pay. it was going to hold talks with the afghan government and taliban negotiators in kandahar after those peace talks stalled. if europeans government is rejected attempts by the african union to mediate in the conflict in northern ethiopia, the fighting has triggered what the united nations is calling a full scale humanitarian crisis. and police are clashing with anti-government protesters in guatemala, after hundreds stormed the congress building and set it on fire. police fired tear gas to clear the demonstration, which was led by university students after it turned violent. now to the pandemic, the united states has recorded its 1212000000 kovan 1000 case. there are fears the figure could rise sharply as families ignored vice not to travel for the upcoming holiday weekend for thanksgiving. meanwhile, in iran, they are struggling there with a 3rd wave of the chrono virus. the government now introducing

a 2nd lockdown to try and slow the spread, said beg reports from tehran. nearly 500 people have been dying from covert, 19 every day in iran as it battles of 3rd wave of coronavirus and daily infections number more than 13000. that's the highest the country has had since the start of the outbreak. current prevention measures don't seem to be working. now the government has imposed a 2 week lockdown that had more the main goal is to control the spread of the wireless and reduce it to a minimum. and to reduce the number of gathering from people commuting. and for some places we had no other choice than in the past, we asked people to abide by protocols for their own health and of a newscaster and medical staffs. people to abide by protocol, so this pressure can be removed as soon as possible. only essential businesses are allowed to remain open and some people say they need help

to assure when it's closed. we have no other source of income, but there is no other choice. we should do something to curb the chain of the virus . it's tough, but there's no other choice. we need to be patient to find the infection rate reduced, but i don't think 2 weeks is enough to control the situation. i agree with the idea of closing down 100 percent, yet many other problems will be created that i don't agree with. like financial problems for people. shopkeepers still have to pay rent and their employees will receive no salary. private vehicles are banned from the roads from 9 pm until 4 am . travelling outside cities is also prohibited. the government says people found to be breaking the rules will be fined, but it's facing criticism over its handling of the pandemic. 2 officials in the health ministry have resigned and issued open letters. reza says the government has mismanaged the crisis and disputes statements made by the health minister about the

country's progress in finding a vaccine. the closure of businesses is making life worse for many in what was already a tough economic situation because of u.s. sanctions. the grand bazaar here in iran would usually be packed with shoppers, but it's closed. many agree the lock down is needed, but livelihoods are at stake. $10000000.00 families are to receive around $4.00 a month for the next 4 months on a $40.00 loan. but many say that's not enough. the challenge the government faces is whether it can persuade people to keep abiding by restrictions when they need to work to feed their families as a break to her own. astra zeneca has started final trials of a corona, virus prevention treatment for people whose immune systems would be too weak to tolerate a vaccine. the pharmaceutical giant says the antibody cocktail aims to provide up to 12 months protection and could be used for cancer patients. trials involving a 1000 participants are currently being held in the u.k.

. now a prominent opposition figure in uganda who says he was tortured in detention, has told supporters he will continue fighting for freedom. the wind has been charged with breaking coronavirus restrictions is arrest part to mass protests in which dozens of dozens were killed in a crackdown by security forces. reports a hero's welcome in uganda's, capital kampala, as the wine arrives to address supporters. the musician turned politician had been released on bail 24 hours earlier and says he was tortured in detention. his message for president you where iemma 70 he's been in power for 34 years. was he wouldn't be intimidated into giving up on what he says is a fight for freedom. and that

just the very words 37 candles were lit to remember the people killed in protests, sparked by winds, detention on wednesday at a campaign rally. james was who his brother was shot dead, people tried to help him, but they said his brain was badly damaged. we couldn't get an ambulance in time to save him. the government says one brit coronavirus restrictions by holding the rally in the district that attracted thousands of supporters. many more than the limit of 200 and it blamed demonstrators for rioting and attacking police offices and says, the response of the security services was proportional. one supporters accused the government of trying to stop him sweeping to victory in presidential elections jus

in january but they say the crackdown has strengthened their resolve to make wine uganda's next president, victoria gay to be al-jazeera 2. security guards are being investigated of the killing of a black man outside a supermarket in brazil. joe alberto still there for a test, was held by one security guard, and repeatedly punched in the face by another. the killing was captured on camera and has received widespread condemnation online protest as in sao paolo, a focus the anger at the french supermarket chain called for where the incident occurred. but rights activists say the killing is part of a wider issue of systemic racism that exists in brazil. well, i spoke to tell grandpa human rights law professor from the f.t.v. law school in sao paulo. he says, the community is in mourning. it's very brutal when we see it and it looks like

very much what we saw in the case of george floyd. it's basically some people here in brazil were calling me that. so it was just basically 2 security guards, one of bendix actually also policemen. there just struggling like mad or 2 year old like they're all bad and it's all very violence in their group. so i think the in terms of the public debate and also the mass mobilizations yesterday one day after what happened on thursday. it's very clear that these actually reached the public debate and also it reached people's minds and hearts and they are actually going to streets and protesting. now are bringing more on that disputed region. i'm not going to car back because as i jon's military is saying that it's defused more than 150 mines of the night as its troops to control of the i get down region. one of 3 areas being handed over by all mean irresponsive of russian brother could feel a solid,

then generate reports from act on another town back in the hands of azerbaijan. it may be uninhabited, but it's still dangerous. the military says more than 150 landmines for diffused along a few kilometers of this road. these units are taking control of. once a busy city in one of the most populated areas around the corner kind of out. for them of them is an important victory achieved without filing and displaced people, the right people will be able to longer shakey's that infrastructure to learn how to use about the court about how much you know, how beautiful roads and buildings are going to get the government to provide full support for the return of i.d.p.'s it's one of the 3 regions being handed over by armenia under a russian brokered deal. about 2000 russian peacekeepers are tasked with ensuring

no armenian troops are left in the territory. most of them has been under the, control of armenia since the 1990 s., according to the un, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to see or azerbaijan, the territory occupied by armenian forces during the war. and with as many as 200000 a series wanting to return politicians in azerbaijan want to also assure our 1000000 civilians they can stay at the end of the day. they are citizens thrive. and juliet represents an estimated 1000000, a series displaced from the car of our region in spite of being subjected to ethnic cleansing, in spite of being expelled from our homes. and we bring as i.d.p.'s for 30 years. we have, nor any feelings of animosity, we have, nor any feelings of hatred against armenians. that's why i have always been saying to armenians in i want to cry about a region of azerbaijan, that please remember all the walls about dan's landmark mosque are covered in

graffiti and soldiers. here see animals have recently been kept in the centuries old place of worship. as cities and towns come back to as a control, the destruction is becoming apparent. people are eager to return, but they realize that it will take time. and those who do from the area say that the physical scars might be removed, but they will always carry the burden of this war with al jazeera. now, a new earth observing satellite, built to monitor changing sea levels launch from california. the sentinel 6 satellite left california is vandenberg air force base on board a space x. falcon 9 rocket. it's in barking on a 5 year missions in that sea level changes that are related to global warming. and it's all part of a project that is running between nasa and the european space agency jointly. it's the 1st of 2 space launches this weekend. another rocket is going to launch from

cape canaveral in florida on sunday, carrying a full stack of 60 starting satellites. now almost 2000 years after they died in the pomp a volcanic eruption bodies of 2 more the victims have been uncovered. frozen in time, italian, archaeologists made the discovery in the excavation of a villa, which is just north of the center of the ancient city. it's believed they are a rich man and his slave. pompei was buried in the eruption of mount vesuvius in, the 1st century a.d., preserving a unique record of life in the roman empire was drawn to 2 victims of an incredible, an extraordinary testimony of the morning of october. the 25th, when the of what plume took place, these 2 men were probably seeking refuge when they were swept away by the volcanoes current at 9 am. when the plume reached destroying the higher part of the city

completely killing everybody in its path. and there's more in everything right here, al jazeera dot com. there's a comment in the analysis there that takes you behind the headlines and you can watch us on life stream as well. just a quick look at the headlines this hour i sill is claiming to be behind rocket attacks in afghanistan's capital, kabul that killed at least 8 people and injured dozens more witnesses say the attack during the morning rush hour. it was time to cause maximum damage. it happened just hours before the u.s. secretary of state might be on peo, is due to hold talks with afghan government and taliban negotiators in cata, the united states this week said it would soon pull about 2000 troops out of afghanistan.