symeon see academic and political activist can see killing a journalist on al-jazeera millions of people head to the polls and became a fast. but the threat of violence and voter fraud hangs over the election. hello from doha everyone. i'm kemal santa maria. this is the world news from al-jazeera, and it's another defeat for u.s. president donald trump, a lawsuit challenging pennsylvania's postal votes this time is dismissed to set fire to the congress building in question miles, capitol, demanding the president will sign. and greece is betting on a digital revolution to help the struggling economy through

a pandemic recession. so millions of voters in between afonso casting their ballots this sunday in an election, which is taking place under the shadow of violence and allegations of voter fraud. president obama is seeking a 2nd 5 year term in office, but 2 of his challenges have accused him of trying to rig the vote. hundreds of thousands of people in the north and the east will be unable to vote in sunday's elections polling stations. there are closed for fear of attacks by armed groups. let's talk to following the elections from nigeria today. maybe i'll start with that actually made the point about the north in the east where all these people simply can't vote just their voice just not get heard. absolutely hundreds of thousands of them have been disenfranchised because of the ongoing violence in the north and the east. these people have been forced out of

their villages. some have moved to safer areas. some have travelled as far as to the capital. we're going to go to seek safe havens. and right now we hear that nearly 1600 villages have been affected. and the election commission has early on and now is that it will not be able to conduct voting in hundreds of villages like that. and us absolved. hundreds of thousands of working obvious will not be able to vote, although they are concerned about security. most of them we spoke to over the last few days before the elections insisted that their main concern is that restriction of peace. so that they can go back to their villages and would be of their lives. let's talk about the players in this election as well. i mentioned the president is seeking a 2nd term in office now, but these allegations of, of trying to break the vote. exactly these

allegations were made by the 2 leading opposition candidates, jeff brady and the pharaoh who addressed a press conference showing what appears to be a video on a phone which they claim to be plans by the election commission and the government to rig the vote. there said hundreds of ballot boxes that are unmarked, being timed for the rigging exercise in order for president to win reelection. although there are no independent confirmation about this video, they are still going ahead with the allegations assistant of the international community must intervene right now. our president has voted and we expect jeffrey and the furnace always to vote in their respective areas, but christian cavorted despite the insurgency, despite the violence going on in this country, is widely expected to perform better. and they are. the accusation by the

opposition is that they failed to organize themselves to present a common formed to challenge president up order for his election. it's not clear where the couple is going to win outright in the 1st round. but if he does that, it's simply because the opposition has failed to organize themselves and tackle these. remember, there are a dozen candidates facing in this election, so the votes will be divided among the scanned it is that they will have success or will win this election. what's not clear, like we said, is whether he will win this outright or it has to go into a 2nd round. that's the hope of the opposition for now that it goes to stick around and maybe then they can organize themselves to confront the boring. ok, excellent stuff and had interests on the elections there to pakistan where opposition parties are gathering, to hold a major rally to call on prime minister mon khan to step down. they're accusing the military of backing khan in a rigged election. 2 years ago. demonstrations are taking place despite

a government ban on public gatherings to the rising coronavirus tases protests to say the government's just using covert, 19 as an excuse his been talking to you throughout the morning. come on how the numbers building yet their numbers are definitely better today. and there's a democratic movement all to rally likely to be attending today's rally and read. however, the minute that this is a dangerous game that they're playing, read the lives of the people, given the fact that there's been a 100 percent increase in the number of you we he said or done another $140.00 rally government. however, to go much beyond 11 of them have not

long ago did not have a common cause, the government there the covert situation come all we need to talk through that obviously as we say with numbers rising and then you have a great big rally like this the seeing sees i'm chill, is no social distancing going on. still saying, in fact we've seen even children participating in the rally. crowd is ready, but we have not seen anybody waiting any face. all the safety measures. we have seen none of the 3rd will be important to see what they've done is concerned because grave now if

they can wave of control is keeping an eye on the pakistan. thank you. defeat for donald trump in the courts. his attempt to overturn the results of the u.s. presidential election carries on a federal judge in pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the campaign that tried to exclude millions of mail in ballots. the judge issued a scathing ruling saying it failed to provide any evidence of voter fraud. has now lost all withdrawn. dozens of similar lawsuits across the country has mike hanna, with more from washington. it counters more than 30 since the elections brought in various key swing states. but there's very significance because it's a ruling by a federal judge and also significant because of the extremely scathing language he

used. he likened the tramp appeal to a frankenstein monster which had been put together haphazardly. he made very clear that he believed there was no grounds for the trump claim whatsoever. and this makes it very unlikely that it can go on an appeal, given that there are no grounds. nevertheless, tramp's lawyer says personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, who argued the case before the judge says he wants to take it to the next level, the 3rd district and from there to the supreme court. but very difficult to see how he's going to achieve that. and very significantly to the senator for pennsylvania, pat toomey has issued a statement saying that the judge in this particular case, matthew brand, is a lifelong republican with no legal bias whatsoever. he considers the whole matter . now closed the legal position over and he congratulated president elect joe biden and his administration looking forward, he says, to working with them it from congress. what about the present president himself

when he made a brief appearance at the virtual g. 20 summit dominated by covert montane, but as other world leaders went on to talk about the crisis, he was out playing golf in virginia. on sunday. it is expected, the world's 20 biggest economies will pledge their support to poor countries, to help pay for the distribution of vaccines medicines and tests. the united states is the worst affected country in the world with more than 12000000 infections and a quarter of a 1000000 deaths. another u.s. centers for disease disease control is urging people not to travel for the thanksgiving holiday on thursday. but millions of people are expected to ignore those warnings. california those imposed a statewide curfew, requiring people to stay at home during the night. and one final note there, the u.s. food and drug administration has issued emergency approval for the antibody therapy from general. and this was the one used to treat president when he was in hospital . the agency said it should be used for mild to moderate cases of covert 19. donald

trump has often in correctly described the therapy as a cure protesters and police a force in guatemala, as capital of the 100 stormed the congress building and set it on fire tear gas was used to clear the crowds. many of them angered by the parliament's new budget bill that protesters say disenfranchise is poor and indigenous people. and supporters from laura burton manley was a man as congress building a blaze ignited by protesters. i guess at a controversial budget, the demonstrators had their way into the empty building from fast day, or they were quickly dispersed by riot police as firefighters moved to contain the fire. those 1st protests across what tamal the city, thousands gathered in central plaza. they say the party was negotiated in secret and would not benefit the people there is no way to show our

anger how fed up we are. we are tired of so much abuse by the authorities. they are getting into debt. the people are tired and will not tolerate any more. the budget cuts to education, health spending and social programs, but increased politicians, expenses. critics say the budget benefits private companies that have links to the government. the budget was destroyed or broke the camel's back, but the thing is that people were upset at the government. mostly because to read it and then make their government back in march, raise money that we were supposed to be for economic aid. but the aid never made it to the people who need it the most. so that's the main concern of people. guatemala's president alexander, they condemned the violent protests on twitter, saying those who participated will be punished with the full force of the law. in

his vice president says the budget should be vetoed, but in the end, by its it is in the country's interest that we pay tender resignations him as president and i as vice president of the republic. you know, he said, what a moment's complained the budget was passed when the country was busy dealing with the devastation caused by 2. hurricanes. alongside the pandemic, the world food program says guatemala is already one of the most unequal countries in latin america. the streets of the capsule, guatemala city, police cracked down hard on protesters and i was walking and they grabbed me. i didn't do anything. i had my constitutional right to strike but they say they have nothing to lose and will continue to protest until their demands are met, nor by the manly al-jazeera. and there's other protests to look at in just

a moment on al-jazeera chile where people are calling for activists to be freed and are accusing the government of using detention as a political weapon. tales of long journeys to escape, and bearing witness to brutal violence. we'll meet some of the thousands of refugees fleeing the fighting in ethiopia. all ally the shells are building again in the south china sea and the philippine sea, but then not just because they were so we back down to proper northeast monsoon, actually is quite warm in hong kong, but it's still cold enough for the top of the cloud to give you showers and the coast of vietnam shows them, they're not big ones. the bigger ones off for the south are ever born here. and particularly over sumatra and peninsula malaysia in fact is just part. and in the

2nd bay of bengal, we've got active weather active, i mean proper storms. but let's be that behind now because the proper storms, south the equator of a different character. quite heavy thunderstorms often violent me full of hail, better on their way through victoria new south wales during monday, leaving behind cooler weather significantly. so 20 in melbourne, 24 and adelaide as a drop of about 10 degrees on sundays values. person, the other hand is warming up to about 35 degrees and there's a good chance of showers in the northwest of the continent. not yet wet season, but we're watching. however, this storm on its way to its newsier. now that's telling 1st of all you have a lot of your forecast for monday's quite a nice one gentle suddenly a breeze good deal of sunshine, but by the end of choose to say, you can see what's coming a great deal of rain. but there is a huge group of people at work behind our screens and the power they have is

massive that urge to keep swiping through your twitter feed. that's just the way we all click. i agree to the terms and conditions that's just to most of us never even give it a 2nd floor. and actually that's designed as well. ali re-explore is how designers are manipulating our behavior in the final episode. all hail the algorithm on a new roof. these are the top stories this hour on al-jazeera voting on the way in the presidential election where president mark christian cavour is seeking

a 2nd 5 year term in office 2 of his main challengers of accused of trying to rig the 1st opposition parties in pakistan began gathering for a major rally, calling on prime minister manmohan to step down rallies are going ahead despite a government ban on public gatherings to curb the rising coronavirus cases. and a judge in pennsylvania has thrown out of the suit filed by the trump campaign that had sought to exclude millions of mail in ballots. skating really from the judges. the lawsuit failed to provide evidence of this story, evidence of photo fraud. if europe has rejected an african union offer to mediate in the conflict in the north and to grow region, the government launched an offensive against the to grow people's liberation from the 2 weeks ago. and also about 2000 refugees a day are arriving in neighboring sudan as here in morgan reports from gutter of states. many are bearing the scars of the horrors of escaped since he arrived in

this refugee camp in sudan's got out of state 5 days ago. highly will be gabrial has been hoping to have his would properly treated. he says shop will hit his hand while he was fleeing from soldiers in ethiopia as northern region. but he's now lost 2 fingers. i was at the farm where i worked when i started seeing people running, i didn't know what was going on, and when i went to see the real soldiers shooting them, hyla says he was also hit by shock. now 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 particular 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's forced more than 35000 people to flee to neighboring sudan. this camp was uninhabited, but sudan's government has reopened it to cope with the sudden influx 100 and her 2 children arrived here, after running away from their home 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 crimes. while not all of those displaced 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 a home his wife and 2 children were among the 1st to arrive in the camp, fleeing from a khadra. he says the journey took them nearly 5 days and they came with little of

what they own to live with. we lived in the suburbs and i had only heard of the fighting back then. but then people came armed with machetes and knives, and it was chaos from the 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 bar of state. i saw, he said, it was behind the rocket attacks in afghanistan's capital kabul on saturday. or at least 8 people were killed and dozens more injured. 20 rockets and all landed in the residential areas near the green zone,, where many embassies are based. the attack happened just hours before u.s., secretary of state might compare was due to hold talks with afghan government and taliban negotiators here in qatar. while the coronavirus pandemic is dominating the virtual g.

20 summit, which is being hosted by saudi arabia, leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies are expected to pledge their support to poor countries to help pay for vaccines medicines and tests. more now from, a diplomatic etta james bass. 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 covert, 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 good terrace, has been calling for them to extend a 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 being 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 hosted on twitter, whereas 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 ever 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

pays out zira of the united nations. while the pandemic is fueling a global recession, something else for the g. 20 to think about. of course, for some nations like greece, it means a 2nd major economic downturn in a decade. but the government there is hoping big investment in digital technology may be the way out and support from jump start up less. now video is a town of unemployment. the money spent at the local farmers' market comes largely from pensions because traditional industry is gone. ancient silver and book site mines were abandoned 30 years ago. so were textile mills that employed thousands. this may all be about to change because software giant microsoft may be interested in buying these hollowed out facilities. it's part of a wave of digital technology investments that's happening in greece. as of a couple who was in the netherlands when she heard the u.s. drugmaker, pfizer was hiring software engineers in her home city of the i

see here is my own your house. i'm very busy and let me it's one of just 6 global digital technology hubs, where teams of software engineers will speed up the analysis of diseases and the testing of cures.

the government is actively pursuing digital investment because it has a multiplier effect on the economy. high internet speeds and local data centers are expected to attract other investments. and in the age of coronavirus, more and more services are moving online. this old textile mill is one site microsoft is reportedly considering as the location of a massive new data center. the company has said it will spend about half a $1000000000.00 building 3 such centers in greece over the next 3 years to provide cloud computing services for south east europe. you'd have to go as far north as poland or germany to find a similar microsoft investment. greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 9 team. so the question is whether it's lurch toward the digital economy will come quickly enough to replace loans. job's jump rope you. in australia, they're moving

a step closer to normal life. the government is easing restrictions in many regions affected by the pandemic. after no new infections or debts were detected for weeks around now just 88 active cases across australia, almost half of them in south australia, which is lifted its quarantine rules for thousands of people. also from monday, people in the state of victoria will no longer have to wear masks outside and rules on large public gatherings of being relaxed. in the state capital had 3 months of lockdown, which kept people at home, and most businesses shot a funeral is being held for the leader of serbia's orthodox church, who died after contracting coronavirus patriarch. it in a court. the virus after leaving an open house service for one of the churches, senior clerics who also died to these pictures coming in live from belgrade right now. at the age of 90

israel launched airstrikes into gaza, or of the night he digs several hamas targets. israel says the attacks were in response to rocket fire from the gaza strip. according to the air force, the targets were 2 rocket ammunition manufacturing sites. and no casualties have been reported. funny, more demonstrations this time taking place across chile, where people are demanding the release of hundreds of people arrested during protests for social reform. over the past year. a latin america editor to see in human reports from santiago, this is 23 year old student give will your, at a demonstration last year in santiago at protests. he would act as a kind of fire man, running after burning hot tear gas canisters fired by police and extinguishing them in water mixed with bicarbonate of soda. but at another protest, last december, he was apprehended by riot police and jailed for months alongside hardened criminals under preventive detention measures. he's now under house arrest,

awaiting trial for allegedly carrying molotov cocktails. whenever you're out of the city of at the police station 4 officers made me turn my back to the wall while 2 others searched my backpack. there's one i clearly heard them say, let's see how we set the sop, right? i could smell petrol, and i heard the sound of glass bottles, which i wasn't carrying. one might be inclined to dismiss his claims of being framed if they weren't so prevalent. judges and even prosecutors have found evidence of police setups, including edited or destroyed videos. the idea is to justify the suspects arrest, up to 2 years, preventive detention. and finally, a harsh sentence for people claiming that when we spoke to the lawyer, he told us, you know, even in the provinces they condemned prisoners without proof. so it's better to cut a deal. 6 outside of the supreme court, families of nearly $700.00,

mostly young men, under preventive detention, or house arrest are spearheading a nationwide campaign on behalf of those. they consider political prisoners. hundreds like modise, which have had no old visiting rights in jail since march. that it's not just one question, i don't think the public president visits, but actually grant me this. but my testers who have been imprisoned and acts of violence by presidents of us get it at stake very clearly that the circumstances really consider the government says it's tantamount to good morning violence with impunity. in chile, there are no political prisoners. we're in a democracy. and it's the courts that determine if there is preventive detention. it's not the government, but some human rights organizations disagree. be sympathetic. a simple of the political imprisonment always seeks to punish those who rebel against the system,

as well as stopping others from participating actively in social protests. this is done in order to neutralize them through fear of the consequences. it's difficult, your insists, those who fight for social justice deserve their freedom. that is on top, who live in comfort and with privileges. why can't they think of others? we don't want to live the high life, but we want to live decently massive demonstrations for a reprieve for people like the able you are growing. but given the violence that's also been associated with many protests passing, an amnesty law for the so-called heroes of chile's uprising will be a hard sell you see in human al jazeera sent out these are the top stories on al-jazeera reversing, has begun and became a false as general elections, president ma.