none of us capitalism is the pandemic cause so much of the exploited to protect the people for the profit episode, one of the full hail the meltdown on the era of this is the news hour live from our world headquarters in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes more good news in the search for a coronavirus vaccine astra zeneca, an oxford university in the u.k. says there is up to 90 percent effective and could be rolled out israel's public broadcast. it confirms an unannounced visit by prime minister benjamin netanyahu to saudi arabia. to meet crown prince mohammed bin. also this hour u.s.

president elect joe biden, is set to announce his cabinet anthony blank in a former obama administration official is expected to be appointed secretary of state. and ethiopia's government gives northern forces 72 hours to surrender. it's needed dismisses the ultimatum and in school walnut before danielle medvedev has won the last big title of the men's tennis season, the russian beat dominic to claim the a.t.p. finals as the term and says goodbye to london. thank you very much for joining as we begin this news hour with promising results in the search for a corona virus vaccine. astra zeneca says late stage testing of its covert 1000 treatment shows. it can be up to 90 percent effective without any serious side effects. the company has been developing the vaccine with oxford university and

says it can be stored at fridge temperatures, making it easier to distribute the u.k.'s health secretary, matt hancock, says $100000000.00 doses are on order and could start to be rolled out from next month. let's bring in john a whole line for us in london. so join a more important vaccine news. but what about the results? well, largely as you've laid them out there with a couple of specific kaviak, what one that astra zeneca, the pharmaceutical company that partnered with oxford university to produce this vaccine have said this morning that they received the great caution data on saturday night is still a lot of it to stroll through trolls through in order to try and understand a discrepancy over dosing regime. one dosing regime, which is off a dose, followed by a full dose a month later produces an effect efficacy up to 90 percent. the other dosing regime, one full dose, followed by another full dose, a month apart,

produces much lower results, so they have gone for the moment with the average efficacy figure of 70 percent, which is lower than the other vaccine results that we've seen so far from pfizer and modernity, a couple of points to make about that though in the 1st, in the 1st case, the other 30 percent in that 70 percent ratio have been shown to have mild symptoms in the large scale trials that they've been conducting in this country in brazil. and in south africa involving many thousands of volunteers suggesting that this vaccine is effective in eliminating any serious cases of the disease. that's very important. it's also been shown, it seems now to be far more practical than the other vaccines that are going for regulate free approval in the united states in the sense that it is able to be stored at $2.00 to $8.00 degrees celsius, as opposed to minus $72.00 degrees celsius the pfizer vaccine, for instance. and indeed,

it is also going to be able to be produced much more widely scaled up, much quicker, and much cheaper than the other vaccines. these have hugely important implications for the developing world for distribution of this vaccine globally. because reports of in parts of the developing world simply aren't the facilities to store a vaccine at minus 70 degrees. there may not even be electricity. this one could be put in an ice box. so hugely important regulator approval being sought immediate. they reckon they can produce up to 3000000000 doses in 2021 with the 1st vaccine doses going out late in december. sent me this could be very good news for developing countries. don't have promise of boris johnson is due to announce this afternoon. what to expect when they're all down and on december 2nd, what new plans on being considered and yeah, he'll speak to parliament a bit later. he'll outline for parliament the coded winter plan as it's been called after he posted by his cabinet on sunday. we know that that will mean that the lockdown in england will come to an end as planned on to the 2nd of december. it

will be replaced by a strengthened tier system of localised restrictions, similar to the one launched in october, but as a strength and as a way of protecting the gains made in that 1st lock down and leading up to in a providing some latitude for households to mix on some basis over the specific chris christmas period before the 2 system continues. after that there will also be significant announcements about mass testing following on from trials that take took place in livable mass testing will be offered. it said to places put in the highest tier system to weed out asymptomatic cases and help them get out of that restriction as quickly as possible. and they'll be testing offered to contacts as part of the test in place system to try and eliminate the mandatory 14 day isolation. paid all of course, in an effort to on an ongoing effort to control and suppress this virus. even as this promising vaccine news suggests, the possibility that vaccines could be rolled out as early as late december. john,

i thank you very much for that, john hall in london. and as you heard, there's also good news in the u.s. health officials there say they are hoping to begin a vaccination program as early as december 11th. the head of the white house vaccine task, or sponsor vaccinate 20000000 people. before the end of the year, mike hanna has more from washington hundreds of thousands of americans are heading home for the thanksgiving holiday. and health officials view these long lines in the airports as ominous predicting that the already calamitous coated figures could rise even further. as the consequences of this mass travel of measured despite an urgent call from the centers for disease control for all americans to stay at home . more than a 1000000 passengers traveled on friday alone. not didn't stop them in now and i am nervous. but i want to be with my babies. i feel safe to fly. i think i think we

should all 5 british the nation's top infectious disease expert at the round of sunday talk shows right now. the curve is like that. it's going up at a very rapid rate and you looked at almost every single day. in fact, gives you another record. the long lines at persistent testing stations around the country are tangible evidence of the absence of any federally controlled testing program. just one of the reasons, say, health experts, why the virus has not been brought under control. the only ray of hope in a bleak winter, the possibility of new vaccines show is on the way. traditionally, historically, the wreck scenes have crushed epidemics like smallpox and polio, and measles. we can do that with the scenes that are going to be coming online. experts from the food and drug administration are reviewing the data from what the

makers claim are highly successful vaccine trials. the f.d.a. will meet with independent experts next month. and if it's decided to grant an emergency use authorization, it's possible doses of the vaccine could begin to be distributed within days. our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval. so i would expect maybe on day 2, after approval on the 11th or on the 12th of december, hopefully the 1st people to be immunized across the united states across all states . president trump has claimed the unprecedented speed of vaccine development as a personal triumph. but while continuing to play golf for the 2nd week in a row, he still refuses to accept the outcome of the election and with no formal transition and place. there is the real danger of the pandemic continuing to bloom

in a vacuum of national leadership. mike hanna al-jazeera washington in other world news, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made an unannounced visit to the arabia to meet crown prince mohammed bin solomon. the head of these really, intelligence agency, mossad in the u.s., secretary of state mike, bonn, pale, were also present on bail as in israel just last week. and this follows recent, washington brokered normalization deals between israel, the u.a.e., and the hurricane. let's bring in harry fossett who is in ramallah in the occupied west bank. so gary, a secret trip to saudi arabia by the israeli prime minister. the fact that we found out about it so quickly is unusual and surprising what details have emerged. that's right. i mean, it's important to say that we have no official confirmation of any of this from any of the governments involved, but no denial from the israeli government. in fact, it seems no attempt to stem this flow of information at all. multiple political

reporters in israel. i have sourced it to israeli officials. it all came out initially from the tracking of a flight a business jet that has been used by benjamin netanyahu in the past leased by the israeli government from a friendly businessmen which traveled from tel aviv to the future resort. town of neon, on the saudi arabian red sea coast to mohammed bin someone. the crown prince of saudi arabia wants to make into this giant futuristic seaside city. and it was there where he was already meeting the u.s. secular state by pompei o. and according to these reports, benjamin netanyahu traveled there with his head of mossad to have what is being referred to as a watershed moment. a visit to saudi territory to meet that if facto leader with very little attempt to conceal it as far as the palestinian reaction to all of this . because of course there are concerns here about the potential for normalization

of relations between saudi arabia and israel. something we've already seen in, recent weeks from the u.a.e., from bahrain and sudan. they pointed to the fact that senior officials here point to the fact that the foreign minister of saudi arabia recently said that it was sticking to its approach that there had to be a palestinian state before there would be any such normalization. but another one said that if this were true, if netanyahu had made this visit, it would be heartbreaking. and certainly they're not looking at any guarantees. there's often been talk of hostile relations between israel and saudi arabia, between the jewish state and the home of islam's holiest sites publicly. that's the talk. but what about privately, is it the case? well, certainly there have been long reports of high level meetings of a good deal of clandestine relationship building between the netanyahu administration and the saudi royal family. of course,

we've seen it pretty explicitly with the attempts by the travel ministration, the last 4 years to, to make those ties ever more public and firmer. and we've seen here with this, this meeting, that presumably the saudis knew just as well as the israelis that this would come to light. so there is an acknowledgement there that they are prepared at this stage despite saying that they stick to the precept of a palestinian state before official normalization. but they were present this to come out. so it could be a message from, from them towards the incoming by did ministration. it could be a way for the u.s. and israel in these last weeks of the trump administration to try to arrange or off strengthen some sort of anti iranian position. these are all things that are being speculated about. it's also worth noting that netanyahu made this visit without any notification to his coalition partners, the defense minister all to the prime minister benny gantz and his foreign minister . that's being reported in israel as a sign that the coalition government is due for a break up pretty soon,

so another round of elections in offing, harry fosset in ramallah. let's discuss this further now with our senior political analyst, ron bashar, who joins us live on the news hour. marwan. what do you read into this 1st, this surprise visit by nist? now how does it fit in you think to the foreign policy more coming at the end of the trump administration? well certainly it's part of the race with time. i think everyone understands the spiked. his strength isn't at the top and mrs. sheehan will come to an end january 20th, and i think that top administration is trying to cement it's whatever legacy he's leaving behind him. at least, especially in terms of the so-called deal of the century. that basically underlines potential normalize issues between arab states and israel. now,, despite all the hoopla about rain or the u.a.e.,

normalizing relations with israel, everyone understands that without saudi. this is all just thin air, hot air in the end of the day without riyadh coming into the fall. this would be earlier, this would remain shaky and weak and i think it's important for circuit to bump you and the top administration to bring in that the neo and the conference in order to see if there are ways by which to convince the ambitious crown prince that it is in the best interest of saudi arabia to normalize relations with israel. 'd before genuine, when can it be? can he be convinced, i mean long standing ab unity that resisted making negotiations with israel is basically no more. i mean, we've had, as you said, the u.a.e. sudan. if the saudis do normalize relations with israel, what does that change look, saudi has more important public opinion, even though there is no democracy dead, but it has an influential public opinion,

especially within the various establishment, but in the just another wise. and so when it comes to palestine, i think the rulers of saudi arabia don't pay attention to the fact that they've already promised that they would not normalize without an independent palestinian state. so for them to walk back their promise, if you will, that they wouldn't normalize unless that is read a real peace with written by the dissidents. they show it means that the americans and the israelis are trying to convince them that israel could protect them from the wrath of abidin blink. an administration by then and his opponent, secretary of state. what critical of saudi arabia were critical of trump, administration's approach to the so-called autocrats and a middle east while distance themselves from the democracies of europe. and hence, everyone understands that saudi arabia might be facing less friendly if not hostile to the new administration in washington. come january 20th,

could these are to protect saudi arabia just like they hoped that israel might protect them or not, then yeah, i should say might protect them in washington at least in congress, if not by then admission comes through it to me is to be seen i am not as convinced yet that with them or not, with, with king solomon staying in power, that saudi arabia might move as quickly as on paper and that the neo might hope. because as i said, there are more than a number of factors that are important for the saudi, then to be appeased or pressured by the company or another. now, thank you very much for that mound. the shah is a senior political analyst yemen's who the rebels say they have fired a missile on a ram, coal fuel distribution station in saudi arabia's western port city of jeddah, video circulating on social media show a large fire in the city. saudi arabia has not commented on the claims. the

spokesman says foreign companies operating in the area should exercise caution warning. military operations will continue still ahead on this al-jazeera news hour. a little decades after being forced from their homes as aries, head back to rebuild their lives and revive their culture. ross kept in custody hong kong, pro-democracy activist. josh will want peace, guilty to his role in on thai government protests. and in sports, this search 9 year old swedish striker remains unstoppable. finally, how the story has a senior political analyst alluded to earlier. we're starting to get an idea of who will take the top positions in joe biden. sub ministration in the u.s. to president elect is expected to announce anthony blinken as the new u.s. secretary of state. reagan has a long served as long served as

a foreign policy adviser to biden and held here. olds under president obama reports also suggest jake sullivan is being lined up to take on the role of national security adviser sullivan has served as a longtime adviser to george to joe biden, and former u.s. democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton. to discuss this nom, joined by joseph, who is an associate professor of political science at texas a and m. university. here in doha, joseph, very good to have you with us. so anthony blenkin, a defender of global alliance is expected to be nominated as secretary of state. what do these for a support ments reveal to you about which direction biden is going to take you and for u.s. foreign policy? will traditional allies you think, be reassured? yeah, i think the names being floated for secretary of state, national security, advisor and u.n. ambassador seem to be a return to the sort of long standing principles of american foreign policy that

presidents, republicans and democrats, had practiced before the trumpet, ministration, sharply changed course. and i think this will reemphasize and recommit the united states and its major alliances with partners in western europe and throughout the world. and also clinton in particular, seems to be of the same. i'm president by president elect biden. excuse me. about the 1st important 1st steps administration will take about reentering the paris climate accords, perhaps reengaging with iran, and trying to undo some of the major changes that the trumpet ministration brought . right. but let's zoom in on the middle east for a bit, middle east and foreign policy. these are people blinken and others who know the issues. well, of course, spankin is the one who actually developed the american response to the political crises in the middle east in egypt, iraq, syria, and libya. and the results as we're seeing have been mixed even catastrophic,

in the case of libya and syria. so, you know, can we expect any real big changes any significant new strategy when it comes to the middle east? i mean, the american foreign policy in the middle east has always been a mix of principles and pragmatism. but i think you, president, by a president like by and he's been, has emphasized trade is willingness to make deals his willingness to reach out and try to reestablish partnerships. so i think the united states will, will essentially return to the same course that president obama tried to steer again as you point out, there were some notable failures and hopefully the biden ministration will learn from those. but reengaging with iran probably being a little more suspicious of saudi arabia. and i think both of those will be themes of the early buy and foreign policy. so you say returning to obama era policies, how will progress is within the democratic party who have been wanting to break

away with the past, be viewing these appointments biden is going to have to reach out to them at some point to and make them happy somehow these appointments won't make them happy. i imagine what's hard is that, you know, the progressive agenda in the united states is certainly through the election was largely focused on domestic politics. i'm sure biden and his team are acutely aware of the need to preserve the democratic party's like for a coalition to offer a key cabinet positions to progressive allies. i would imagine that they are i very strongly of people like bernie sanders and elizabeth warren for positions like secretary of the treasury and secretary of labor. and i suspect they'll use those more inward looking cabinet positions that to balance the coalition. but certainly on these outward looking positions related to national security and foreign policy are, these are very establishment choices, very centrist choices, and very much choices that align with with joe biden's, personal politics over the last 3 decades that he served in public life. joseph or

i thank you very much for talking to us about this. thank you. on meanwhile, u.s. president, donald trump's legal team is appealing against a pennsylvania court ruling that dismissed an attempt to invalidate millions of malian votes. still refusing to concede a federal judge said the campaign lawsuit was without merit. it's another legal setback in trying to overturn the results of the presidential election. and another senior republican senator is urging the president to begin a transfer of power and it suites alaska. senator lisa murkowski says it's incumbent upon everyone to ensure the integrity of the system is respected and to uphold americans. faith in electoral processes. she went on to say president had the opportunity to mitigate his claims, and the courts have so far found them without merit. and she says it's time to begin the $4.00 and $4.00 more transition process. president tom sawyer, rudy giuliani says the ruling held spring their case closer to the supreme court.

but the former governor of new jersey, fellow republican, chris christie, says the legal campaign has become a farce. they won't do it inside the courtroom. they allege, fraud outside the courtroom, but when they go inside the courtroom, they will pollute fraud in the road, argue, fraud. this is what i was concerned about at 2. 30 in the morning. listen, i've been a supporter of the president's. i voted for him twice, but elections have consequences. we kill our kids when you to act as if something happened here. hong kong pro-democracy activist joshua wong has pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly during last year's protests. he was joined in court by 2 fellow activists, agnes chauhan, and ivan lam. the 3 will be held in custody until sentencing next week and could face 5 years in jail. last year's protests outside hong kong police headquarters were triggered by the introduction of a controversial extradition bill palin has more from the prosecution spent most of

the day's proceedings, presenting evidence mostly in the form of video footage, showing the events of the night of june 21st 2019 it shows thousands of people who had surrounded the police station, blockading the police headquarters. but the footage mainly focused on joshua warren, ivan lamb, and i can this child chanting slogans and calling on the police commissioner to come out and face the public. they all have pleaded guilty and could face up to 5 years in jail. perhaps a foretaste wish me to stay in prison. but i would 1st say that neither person boss, no election baez, nor any other avatar apollo would stop us from activism. this would be the 4th time joshua long. he's being sent to jail. his 1st prison sentence is back in 2017. he was just a teenager then. but it was also for protest related offenses. back then,

he was seen as one of hong kong's 1st political prisoners, and it sends shock waves across the city. but this is a very different hong kong, especially in the past few months where the arrests and detentions of political and democracy activists have become a frequent occurrence. under the calling you a crackdown against the city is. this is this generation of you've go from protests to prison, to safeguard liberty for the place that we are. all of them have made silas, but we got less 2nd, feis, this is just the latest in a growing number of activists being taken to court for relatively minor offenses. stemming from last year's protests, since 2091 than 10000, people have been arrested with the least 2000 of the charge for protest related activities. last week, armenia and azerbaijan signed an agreement to end 6 weeks of fighting over the

disputed region. deal armenian troops have withdrawn from district as it comes back under azeri control. many displaced from their decades ago are preparing to return osama bin job. it has a story. since the 1970 s., has been known as a car about google on 1000 music went quiet in the 1990 s., when bombs and bullets echoed through lugo in a car bomb. in a conflict between other by john in armenia. the folk singer was forced from his home, but since then the award winning artist has lived close by on the armenian other by john border here on the a very controlled region. the recent conflict saw shells rained down on villages on both sides. but that didn't stop him from doing what he loves most, all of them as they are done as my heart and soul. that's why i live

here on never stop singing, even when the shells rains down after getting back. i'm very happy. many of his friends were forced from their homes in the 1990 s. as well. an estimated 200000 were displaced after more than 70 percent of our was taken by armenia. now they plan to go home when armenian forces have a draw on. the wagons are still there and have aged as well. people lived inside and under the railcars for years. it's the end of the line now, but this used to be a real link between unkind can the us to find a kurd. the tracks have been severed, but not the links famous for racing and riding the car about horses are a symbol of the region inhabited by ethnic armenians. and as there is the horses exercise for an hour a day. and now this step farm has more than $260.00 thorough bred, refuted daily in their words, so much that selling 10 a year before the horde stable, displaced from his home and e.u.

has been echoing trainer for over 40 years. now eager to return, he says the weather in water and will be like white de mint for the horses or what the business. even the horses are i.d.p.'s, like people very sensitive, and i could tell the horses felt they were being kicked out from their own land. i feel very emotional. one of them is cleared of mines in infrastructure, is redeveloped the plan to review worldwide auctions. in car of the people of the horses, their music, the singing is all displaced from the region where it originally belonged to. and they can't wait to return home down to 0 for check on the world whether he has edited france. hello there, the weather, slushy fight in dry across the middle east. at the moment we have got some basin pieces of cloud and ray, with the snow to just pushing across northern parts of iran, easing across into afghanistan, westley wavelets,

and that will continue to drive its way further research just to celsius. the bull will see some wetter weather stretching down into pakistan, but behind that there we go with our drier weather. so hard top temperature of around 28 celsius. quite keen winds still blowing here for choose day freshening up as we go on into where to stay would struggle to get to 25 degrees celsius. grabby jumpers that maybe want to show is still in play just around the gulf of aden. as a result of tropical cyclone gatti, which is still bringing some very heavy rain to northern parts of somalia, that will ease a little further east words further flooding. issue certainly a possibility here as we go on through or tuesday and the date on into awareness day. you can see more showers there just pushing into that eastern side of ethiopia . by this stage, a rash of showers. this sliding their way down into kenya into uganda. some very heavy rain around the rift valley. downpours into that eastern side of the democratic republic of congo. we've also got some wet weather into the eastern side

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you're watching the news are on al-jazeera are with me fully back to you are a reminder of our top stories. israel's prime minister has made an unannounced, visit to saudi arabia to meet crown prince wanted been soundman. u.s., secretary of state mike on fail was also present, and this follows recent washington brokered normalization deals between israel. the u.a.e. and bankrate. u.s. president elect's joe biden is set to make key cabinet appointments. in the coming days, his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, is expected to be named secretary of state. want jake sullivan is being lined up as national security advisor. both served in the obama administration and astra zeneca and oxford university say, late stage testing of its covert $1000.00 vaccine shows it can be up to 90 percent effective in the 1st dose. the company says it can be stored at frigid temperatures, making it easier to distribute, to developing countries, or let's speak to dr. patrick tang about all this is a medical microbiologist and the division chief of pathology sciences that senior

research center here in doha. i think you very much talk to tang for being with us . so we have the vaccine results coming off the back of pfizer and were announcing 95 protection in their vaccines last week. but this one is said to be cheaper and easier to store. but what about safety, that the vaccine has been developed in iran, 10 months time, a process that normally takes a long time a decade. how safe is it? well, i think all of these vaccines have proven their safety profile in some of their early studies or the faces of years that is that they were not if they're not allowed to go to the phase 3 trials if they hadn't demonstrated their safety. so i think that that would not yet issue at this stage, but what about the significance of this one? the oxide vaccine said to be cheaper and easier to store then the, the additive. so i think all of this news is very encouraging. we now have 3 back

scenes that have shown advocacy to be useful in the fight against the pandemic. the fact that this vaccine from oxford is stable at a lower temperature ongar period of time is, is very beneficial because that's going to allow it to be distributed, bored easily into more parts of the world. and also it will make that whole process cheaper as well. to say, but as with the other 2 vaccines with medina and pfizer, that there's a question about immunity, how long will the many people remain protected? all will they need and out of both so i think that's a question that still remains to be answered in terms of the very long term immunity from these vaccines. but there have been some very encouraging studies where people have all of health care workers and other people that have had antibodies against covert 90. and they've shown that this for correction last at

least 6 months if not longer. so we know that some natural infection, we have a long lasting unity, so we should not expect any different from these vaccines. thank you very much, dr. patrick tang for talking to us. thank you for having. if the opium now and the leader of the northern tea grey region has dismissed a 72 hour deadline to surrender, which was issued by the government, that's according to the reuters news agency which quotes michael saying that to get to grain, people are ready to die to defend the region, ethiopian prime minister, abu ahmed told the chief or a people's liberation front to lay down arms by wednesday or face a final assault on the city of may. kelly local media is reporting that t.p.s. forces have destroyed an airport in the town of to stow the government's advance. let's get the latest will come. webb who is following developments from neighboring kenya for us flights. about what's happening. this was

a town that was retaken by government forces just a few days ago. what are you more you're hearing about what happened at the airport? there were government forces and said they took the town on saturday. just 2 days ago is about 200 kilometers northwest of the regional capital of mckinley. it's a small town, but it's famous for being a unesco world heritage site and home to some 1700 year old stone structures belonging to the ancient x. my kingdom. and it's actually a popular tourist destination in peace time. not so right now. and on sunday, the to gray and regional t.v. state t.v. claimed they were still in control of the town and that they were fighting there. but today we've seen on state owned federal state t.v. video of the airport there that shows that some damage to buildings have been destroyed. and the federal government forces say that grain forces have destroyed

the airport retreating. but it's very difficult to further verify these different claims and counterclaims, because communications throughout the whole of the gray in province have been cut, off for all of the last 3 weeks. and how p.l.f., reacting to prime minister, made him to surrender. well, they've refuted that demand for them to lay down arms. there's certainly no sign of that. and neither sides have been talking to each other for months now and not part of the issues that led up to this conflict. that completes a breakdown in the breakdown in communication, the total refusal of both sides to recognize the other's legitimacy. now, for the $300000.00 people that live in the town of micheli, if there's to be heavy fighting or a battle there, it'll certainly be quite dangerous for them. now the federal troops have insisted

that they're only targeting to gray and leadership, and it's a grain, military and aligned militia, but certainly hundreds, possibly thousands of people have been killed in this conflict so far in fighting a nasty drugs. and certainly the movements of people show that people, the civilians living in the area certainly don't feel safe about 40000, people, refugees have already crossed to neighboring sudan. thank you. markham, for that markham way of life for us in nairobi. and as malcolm mentioned, then nearly 40000 refugees have fled, fighting in ethiopia to neighboring sudan. the united nations is warning that that number is likely to increase and 2000000 people in tikrit urgently need food, medical supplies, and fuel. the european union has nearly 5000000 dollars in aid and aid groups are calling for immediate action in a new report, refugee international wants a ceasefire urgently negotiated. it warns that if the conflict isn't resolved, it could spread to other regions of ethiopia. the group also wants access to,

to gray for aid to be brought in without restrictions across the border in sudan, refugee international says more camps are needed for refugees along with a big boost in humanitarian assistance. a sudanese authorities have opened 2 camps to cope with the influx of refugees and as he morgan reports from god, every state's some have experienced life like this before refugee camp in sudan's got a lot of state is need too many refugees, but not it has this fight her parents fled to the camp in 1085 to escape war and famine back in their home country. she's back to the same old camp this time with her 10 day old child who she gave birth to while fleeing conflict in ethiopia's degrade region. and then more leader i went to america to give birth to my child, but then the fighting started and you had to flee. i gave birth to my child while i was running away to come here. he was born on the road. now i'm back to the camp

where i was born as a refugee and my new born is at the same camp. also, refugio was closed in the year 2000, following the return of most of the refugees who once lived in the capital back to ethiopia. but 20 years later, the camp is open again to cope with an influx of ethiopian refugees who started arriving to sudan. 2 weeks ago. all here have escaped from various parts of degree . nearly 40000 refugees have fled to sudan altogether, following a government offensive on the to great people's liberation front. the offensive was a response to an attack by the front on a military base, which came after months of tension between the regional government and the federal government. take the top not to come back to the camp when he left here, 2 years before it was closed. but he says the fighting has left him with no option has a home on how to they're killing us. integrate. there are people being killed. our own children, bombs are being dropped on buildings. it's sad that many of us are displaced again,

but we want to live. we don't want to dry and warm. more than 6000 refugees now live in the camp. it's opened less than 2 weeks ago. even though receiving refugees isn't new for the owner of the number of those arriving here has been increasing so fast that many of them are still without shelter access to basic services such as clean water, food and healthcare is also challenging. for many, this place is once again providing them with a refuge to the united nations says it expects 200000 refugees to arrive to sudan in the coming months if fighting into gray along with lack of humanitarian access continues. so these authorities say the camp has a limited capacity and more camps need to be established. but we're urging donors and international organizations to help us cope with the situation because it's very dire. some organizations are provided aid, but there's too many people for the state, and for a few we're going to zation. they need services and they need care,

which we can't provide alone. sudan already has its economic problems. so we need the international community to help us with this crisis. that has says, she took her children would never live the life she had lived. but with 3 generations of refugees in her family, she wonders when the search for a permanent refuge and stability will and people morgan al-jazeera get out of state . to france now and former president nicolas sarkozy is due to go on trial in paris on corruption charges. is accused of attempting to bribe a judge. the trial is set to last until december 10th is following it for us. well joins us live from the court in paris. so a high profile case opening in paris today. what are we expecting as well, we are expecting nicolas sarkozy to appear in court in less than 2 hours time. it is possible, though, the proceedings may be delayed, almost as soon as they've begun because it is be reported that one of the key witnesses is suffering from kobe. and so we'll have to see either way,

this is going to be a very closely watched trial. indeed, nicolas sarkozy, of course, a former french president and someone still very much in the public eye here in france, he has very widespread support. amongst many people in the conservative party, his political party, he tried to run in the last presidential campaign. he's also somebody that of course, made something of a break of tradition when he became president in 2007 with his energetic style he was often filmed jogging, with a baseball cap. many people used to call him sarkozy, the american was so close. he was also a former french interior minister, and in his 1st years as president in france, he carved out a reputation as somebody being very hardline when it comes to crime, nor an order president. but here he suddenly finds himself on the other side, facing allegations of corruption at this tribunal in paris. let's take a look back at those accusations. during his 5 years in the lease a palace, nicolas sarkozy gained a reputation as

a tough talking conservative french president with a taste for luxury. but since leaving office and 2012, some of cozies been dogged by legal woes in 2014, police questioned him for alleged corruption. he was accused of trying to influence a magistrate to obtain information about a league case against him. he denied the accusations i set in the chair that was in front of these 2 ladies judges, without even asking me a single question. they gave me 3 reasons for datum and before i had responded 20 things on examiner sarkozy's alleged attempts to influence the magistrate were uncovered by police who tapped his phones. they've been investigating accusations that sarkozy had received illegal funds for his 2007 campaign from former libyan leader. mohammed gadhafi sarkozy's trial in paris for corruption in the phone, tapping case is the 1st to release 3 other corruption trials that he faces. but

despite his legal problems and a failed, a 2017 presidential bid saw kosi seems determined for a political comeback and ambition. boyd earlier this month, when in a surprise you turned a key witness in the campaign funding case. siyad taki dean withdrew his accusations against sarkozy reacting in a tweet. sarkozy said the main accuser admits his lies. he never gave me money. there was no illegal funding of my 2007 campaign. political commentator pierre haski says that although france's political right is seeking leadership, it's unlikely that sarkozy would be the answer. you have probably the same for them and that you had with donald trump, where they were is failure is or is, is a fragile thing is he had supporters who were with him until the end. so that will remain in his cab, pentagon events, the rest of the country that is really harnessed, i'm not sure is ready for

a 2nd. sarkozy will hope that he can clear his name during this trial and future ones that he faces and relaunch his political career. for now, though, his immediate battle will be to avoid jail, he faces up to 10 years if found guilty of influence peddling. former french president nicolas sarkozy's, sunday not the 1st former leader to face a corruption trial. shocked chirac. a former president was found guilty of corruption in 2011. and earlier this year, nicolas sarkozy's, former prime minister from feel, was found guilty of 4 dental. they say these high profile cases really feel this sentiment amongst many french people, many politicians and simply abuse their positions of power. nicolas sarkozy, for his part, has always said that these allegations all, i'm sure that they all politically motivated. natasha. thank you. the co-creator of the ice bucket challenge patrick quinn has died at the age of 37

. the challenge became one of the biggest social media campaigns in history, raising hundreds of millions of dollars for medical research. and in the summer of 2011, shortly after playing in a softball. tournament patrick quinn felt a twitch in his arm that didn't feel right. symptoms progressed, but doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong. 2 years later, at the age of 38 quinn, was diagnosed with the motor neuron disease, a last more commonly known as lou gehrig's disease. which destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord eventually ending the brain's ability to control muscle movements. there is no cure and most people with the condition die within 3 to 5 years of diagnosis. after i was diagnosed shortly after, i was young and peeved. at the how c.v.

responds, pat and pete for eighty's decided to fight the disease while they still could and began raising money for research. they founded the ice bucket challenge, where people would pour cold water over their heads and perhaps imagine experiencing the kind of muscle stiffness they suffered from and challenge others to do the same. and everyone to donate the campaign had its critics at the time. but the money poured in, the challenge became a viral sensation raising more than $115000000.00 for the association. and more than $220000000.00 for research. since then, several genes have been discovered that contribute to the disease. the idea of legacy may bring your mind to death, but it's most certainly not about death. it's about creation. you create your legacy every day in the way you live and how you live. that spoke about the legacy he hoped to leave behind, namely, to fight against a less until there is

a cure at work continues, even though he's no longer on the front lines and are chappelle al-jazeera to pakistan. now environmentalists are warning a government plan to develop 2 islands in the arabian sea could create an environmental disaster. the island's neck arachchi are known for their mangrove forests that provide national cover from storms and pollution reports. they are known as karachi's green lungs. but these mangrove forests on the shores of one of the most polluted cities on earth, washington fast. and now environmentalists say they are also try to end by a $50000000000.00 housing project plant by the government. i think if you're going to do land reclamation here and phyllis with cern and mind that it's nothing short of equipment, that's the mangrove forests that form a protective barrier. it's the mangroves that protect us from the storms and

cyclists. and the ecosystem here is essential for the livelihood of the fishermen become. illegal logging and pollution have already damaged the smog rules and their diverse ecosystem. tens of thousands of people depend on them for commercial fishing. they see they no risk losing everything. the allotments on the look of the sea will be spoiled. there will be a lot of pollution at the construction of the city. hundreds of thousands of official men will become unemployed. prime minister imran khan's government says the project to create thousands of jobs and ease pressure on karachi, a city of 20000000 people, but it has put prime minister iran consequent at old speed. provincial leaders, government believe that yes, development has to be live. but the development not in the cost of your property, market, the cost of your people and mark and the cost of your environment. monsoon floods

this year have caused damage in many areas of karachi and environmental. see if the matchup offered by the islands is also a role. did the city could face an environmental disaster still ahead on al-jazeera in sport, we'll hear from the new 8 finals champion after winning the biggest title of his career.

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of this was to have santa thank you very much. a present of the home of the has been handed the 5 year ban by the sports world governing body full financial misconduct. it follows an investigation into the 60 year old conduct ascap present between $2172019.00 by fevers ethics committee, which found that he had breached various codes of ethics, including offering and accepting gifts and abusing his position. the news comes as a damage has been campaigning of her reelection of 4 more years as the head of african football decaff elections are set for march in rabat, morocco go to football action. now on beat in ac, milan are top of the tally league table. after clinching their 1st win in naples for more than a decade, zlatan a brain hemorrhage, it was the start of the night that a 9 year old scored 2 goals in a $31.00 win over. napoli move it and now has scored 10 goals at the season. 3

though, picked up an injury and left the game in the 2nd half resulting in milan top assyria on 20 points. and that win takes them 2 points clear of such holo. earlier they beat a hollow sphere are not to nail them in was involved in the build up of soldiers. a 1st goal scored a by germany broga. their idea went on to score 2nd. it is only solace. a season in the italian top flight defending a premier league champions, liverpool have moved level on points with tottenham at the top of the table. they beat leicester city 3 no, and field. tony evans a scored an own goal. and roberto from in your gut on the scoresheet. liverpool have now set a new club record of 64. top flight home matches without defeat except for the reds is the champions league. performance wise is absolutely credible. and it's the only reason for the number and obviously it's pretty tricky. and pretty difficult to do,

said records for both this incredible clout, because our fathers and grandfathers they develop is a pretty good. so having this record, no, i have, i'm happy political players, but it doesn't feel like this in a moment. like a big moment to be honest because i'll be playing on wednesday. and that's why i actually only concerning the most awful games and all the sunday evidence, it's on the carpet alone is top of the scoring charts on 10 goals. he added 2 more to his total and $32.00 win over for them often is on the happiest is and continues . they stay in the bottom hall. fosco goalless draw with leeds in major league soccer, sporting kansas city beat the san jose earthquakes to reach the semifinal round of the m.l.s. cup playoffs the earthquakes and managed to tie the match. real game eventually went to penalties. spot is goalkeeper, tim minear saved all 3 of san jose shootout attempts,

while the kansas city pairs made all 3 of their attempts. but says danielle medvedev has won the last big title of the men's tennis season. he beat dominant team to win the a.t.p. finals, as the tournament says goodbye to london or world number 4, medvedev follow up, but he's a semifinal win over rafael nadal in style. the match went to 3 sets, medvedev fought back to take in the side, the 6 ball and win this title for the 1st time in his korea. 24 year old is the only player to beat the 3 highest ranked players. this is an ending effect. probably my best weeks, 3 of my life. not even talking about the title itself. i mean to win the masters being on this unit. i mean, honestly i would even, i know i can play good, but i would not believe it. if you would tell me this before the tournament saw a great boost boost of confidence for our all the slams coming up and all the

tournaments, hopefully i can, can continue this way. if you use the 3 or are still still will play 4 for every time i hope, but i guess they're still going to be a time when, when those guys will retire and annoying 345 years. and then i guess we will be the favorites for all the big titles, and i think for tennis is some exciting times are coming. and while the partnership and clay says inequality make, i think one of the success story is that all the yeah, they beat you're going mills and then to claim the double stroller fee at the end of the 1st season to get them and that's it for me. funny, santa thank you very much for that. that's it for this news hour on al-jazeera to stay with us right now will be with you after this very short break. one more day

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