just being eco friendly seditions to combat threats to our planet on which is even after weeks of delays, the us president elect joe biden has finally given the formal go ahead to begin his transition to the white house from doha. i'm kemal santa maria, and this is the world news from al-jazeera. life in prison for a former militia leader has been found guilty of war crimes and mass rape in democratic republic of congo. we'll also look at the experimental project on the greek islands that could revolutionize green transport and renewable energy. i mean

and lotsof and china launches its 1st unmanned spacecraft to the moon and aims to bring back from the lunar surface. so many weeks of delay and uncertainty, but finally the u.s. president elect joe biden is formally beginning his transition to the white house ahead of the g.s.a. . the general services association has now designated biden as the apparent winner of this month's presidential election. so that clears the way for the transition to finally begin. joe trump has refused to concede, of course, but he has authorized the administration to initiate the process while still vowing to keep up the fight. he's insisting without evidence that the election was, quote, corrupt for their part joe biden's team welcoming the decision which now frees up millions of dollars for his new administration. it means it can now work with the

existing federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as a national security strategy that some of the support from patty in washington. this is the letter president elect. joe biden has been waiting for giving him the federal resources he needs to begin putting his administration in place. trump loyalists. emily murphy had delayed for weeks, but monday in this letter, she says she decided on her own. not the biden was going to be president, but that he can start planning in case he is u.s. president tweeted out, he gave her permission to move forward, adding their own case strongly continues. we will keep up the good fight. but almost all of his legal cases have been quickly thrown out of court. i do think that he did have some interesting legal cases that he could have brought in a lot of these really close states in michigan in pennsylvania. but he didn't bring any of them his, his legal team resorting to these while, you know, series of conspiracy. president trump is also losing momentum in the states on

monday in michigan, the results were certified giving joe biden, that critical win. this letter means that biden can now actually plan to be president, but the most important thing is getting all the people who need to be approved to get soetoro approval to get security clearances and there are thousands and that's process has been stalled until now. so the fact that we now have an ability through the g.s.a. to begin the process of doing all those clearances and getting all across, it means that the by the ministry, hope we hit the ground running on the afternoon of january 29th. the money will flow to the biden transition team. it will enable the team. so you have offices to have access to the federal agencies that they will be transitioning, the biden teen into officially on january 20th. so it's a significant change. it basically means donald trump and his administration recognized that joe biden was the victor in this election. this is important

because since the election, every signal from u.s. president donald trump and his team has been that he won the election that he's going to continue to live in the white house. this is the 1st indication that he may be beginning to realize that he didn't and come january 20th. he will no longer call this home. political hay al-jazeera, you know, the white house. but any suggestion of a backdown was followed up with the street. donald trump said, what does g.s.a. being allowed to do? preliminary work with the dems have to do with continuing to pursue our various cases on what will go down as the most corrupt election in american political history. we're moving full speed ahead, he said, and then will never concede to fake ballots and dominion demeans a reference to the company which supplies vote counting machines and software. meanwhile, joe biden's newly unveiled national security team in the expected cabinet nominees . all the names are out there and they are diverse in race and gender. that

includes americans, 1st female heads of intelligence and treasury of the 1st latina chief of homeland security, and several obama era officials returning now. state department correspondent, jordan ahead of tuesday's announcement of his cabinet members, president elect joe biden spoke briefly to reporters. but there is a national security biden's team of diplomats and military leaders. it's a mill year to washington, insiders and foreign leaders alike. former deputy secretary of state tony blinken, nominated to be the u.s. is top diplomat, ambassador linda thomas greenfield, chosen to represent the u.s. at the united nations and former secretary of state john kerry, back in government once more. this time as biden's point person on climate change beneath a photo of his granddaughter watching him sign the paris climate accords in 2015,

kerry told his twitter followers the climate crisis demands nothing less than all hands on deck. foreign policy experts say it will take the us years to repair the damage caused by the current president, donald trump, whose america 1st foreign policy shredded relations with the european union. the u.n. and nato. for the honor to be with you trumps affection for strongman leaders such as vladimir putin and kim jong un. horrified both his political opponents and the u.s. as allies from a refusal to grant asylum seekers. safe haven to deciding to abandon both the paris climate agreement and the iran nuclear deal. experts say trumps foreign policy ultimately undermined the u.s. his reputation overseas. you know, i think repairing and renewing america at home is critical. if we're going to be model soft power influence. countries want to work with us. the biggest

challenge facing the new white house getting too comfortable. the only slight concern is that this team may convince itself that they've got the right answer because they all sort of look at the world the same way. they've all been through a lot of the same experiences, and they're going to have to ask, how do we bring in fresh ideas? some recommendations, finding ways to restart. denuclearization talks with young, young, updating, and improving the nuclear deal with tara hahn and keeping the afghan peace talks on track. no matter how long it takes. what may be most important, say foreign policy expert, reassuring the u.s. allies that it is reliable, and then proving it from day one. rosalyn jordan al-jazeera on to other news and a former militia leader in democratic republic of congo has been sentenced to life

in prison for war crimes. in taba into barry sheck a was charged with murder, rape, sexual slavery, and enlisting children under the age of 15 years. old, this was in north kivu province, his rebel group and 2 others are accused of raping nearly 400 people. during a series of attacks in 2010, of this trial was a special military court trial that started 2 years ago. not to let out the 7 colors that many eastern to your city has never experienced a trial on this level. it's a historic moment chuck has been found guilty of war crimes. he is someone that no one thought they would ever see in the dark. so just for that, it's a huge step forward for justice. so yes, there are certain aspects of the verdict which we are not so happy with. for example, the recognition of the crimes against humanity for raping a longer. but the fact remains that in general, it is a very positive verdict and a great message for the victims. that justice is being served. more on the story with malcolm webb who is in our nairobi bureau and in kenya today. that list of

things which i list right out there, i mean what an extraordinary number of awful crimes. tell us more about that story and how it's got to this point. what a lot of the charges relate to a series of attacks that can topple into barry who is known locally as shaq and his militia carried out 10 years ago. that was in 2010, but it was the following year 2011, that a un investigation documented a lot of these crimes. and that was when an arrest warrant was 1st, put out for shekhar, but he remained at large for another 6 years after that not say yet, 2011. even campaigned for public office he ran, he ran in the congress election to try to get a seat in the national assembly. he campaign rallies in front of police officers. he was a sea moving around by un peacekeeping troops, but it was only to hears later that he surrendered himself. the u.n. peacekeepers. that's when this military trial began. it's lasted for 2 years and

ended up with his conviction today. so, well, some victims' rights groups are certainly welcoming this sort of element of justice . it's being presented. certainly still a lot of questions of why he was allowed to remain at large for so long, and certainly by no means eastern congo has problems over. there are other people who filled his boots, who are still at large today, and there's still a lot of questions over exactly how why it is these people do get to operate apparently freely for so long. extraordinary. thank you, malcolm. in nairobi in the news ahead, defying covert 19 warnings are just number of people traveling in the u.s. . as the holiday season officially begins. and yemen's hooty rebels hit an oil facility of saudi aramco in jeddah. those stories in the headlines moment.

however, because something of a mixed bag and i weather across europe at the moment. lousy, dry and quiet into central pa so will be i've not missed some folk to watch out for because high pressure is in charge. so light winds here, way to get the fog, it'll be about 11, 12 o'clock before it does clear away. so linger through a good part of the morning. some wintry weather, some wet weather. it's eastern parts of the very wet weather over towards the a west. then we got a little rumbling of showers continue across, central and eastern areas of the mediterranean. the main weather action will be spilling in from the atlantic. so i will sit clouding over turning increasingly wet and windy times into wollensky western parts of scotland coming into weil's and the western side of england to west. whether to say that will drape its way down across portugal,

pushing into spain as we make our way through wednesday will be heavy at times. breast potentially also seeing some of that west. so weather quiet there still and cold into central parts of wintry mix. continuing, i would towards the northeast and there was some showers continue across the side of the mediterranean. now the shows that we have in the med will also a lap dance of the shores of northern africa, libya and it is still seeing some showers and west of weather that say, coming into a tape and sending increasingly wet from iraq. i jumped into this stream and julian on global community bio diversity is bio security. is that essential for our species to survive? be part of the debate. i know you have my days and you too can be part of this conversation. when no topic is off the table, the police are not neutral and all of these case goal here is to terrorize. and here's the other part of this. there's no consequence, this dream on out,

is there the top stories this hour on al-jazeera 3 weeks after the u.s. elections and president elect joe biden is finally beginning his transition to the white house. donald trump still refusing to concede, but has authorized the general services agency to declare biden as the apparent winner biden's newly unveiled national security team and the expected cabinet nominees are diverse in race and gender include america's 1st female head intelligence, treasury, and the 1st latino chief of homeland security and a form of english militia,

leader in democratic republic of congo has been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes. in taba, in the barry sheck that was charged with murder, rape, and sexual slavery in north kivu province. coronavirus news in the scientists behind a 3rd major covert 1000 back scene of revealed the results of the late stage trials . this is oxford university and the drug company, astra zeneca, which say the back scene is on average 70 percent effective. but depending on the dosage you could be looking at up to 90 percent and at $2.50, cheaper than the other 2 us vaccines we've been told about. the company has now pledged it won't make a profit from the vaccine during the pandemic, which is raising hopes of it being distributed more widely around the world. now this month we had the american pharmaceutical firms, pfizer and mcdonough. they were reporting around 95 percent effectiveness in their late stage trial of experimental vaccines. i joined a whole has more now from london. it's being hailed as

a vaccine for the world pharmaceuticals firm astra zeneca in partnership with the university of oxford says interim trial results will be sent to regulators immediately in the hope their product is approved for rollout. before the end of the year. we've got a vaccine which is a fact it prevents a live action. and intriguingly, in result of a headline is that we do have as our after. and then of all those of the where we saw 90 percent or more data may be needed to confirm the 90 percent subgroup results, but cheaper to mass produce easier to distribute, to more moderate temperatures than its competitors. the british vaccine is good news for poorer parts of the world. in time the astra zeneca oxford vaccine could lead to an end to the pandemic world wide reaching parts of the world. the other

vaccines on offer simply can't, but on a much shorter time scale, it's already being projected by the government here. that vaccine technology may lead to a resumption of normal life by easter for sure students in england was on the 2nd of december, addressing parliament remotely while serving a period of isolation himself. prime minister morris johnson outlined a post lockdown plan for england, a return to the regional system of tiered restrictions introduced in october, but strengthened this time to guard against a further surge 1st. we must get through winter without the virus really out of control. very hard by the gate at exactly the time when the burden on the n.h.s. is always great to plan is designed to carry out safely. just so from december, the 2nd until april shops will reopen,

parts of the economy will be allowed to breathe again and the government has promised the trammels can meet up over the christmas period. there is more than cautious optimism the didn't and to all of this is inside jonah, how al-jazeera london. but in the united states, millions of people are ignoring warnings to stay home for one of the busiest holidays spot a surge in corona virus infections. many people are traveling across the country to see family and friends at thanksgiving. kristensen, any reports from new york getting together for a big meal in person with loved ones is what the thanksgiving holiday is usually about. but given, traveling and eating together are considered high risk activities in a pandemic. public officials are encouraging people to play it safe. but public service announcements like this one. why don't we hear her chilling and warnings like this one. this is not a normal thanksgiving. nationwide,

daily coronavirus hospitalizations are at record highs in the united states and deaths continue to climb. you put that rate of increase together with an additional increase from the high level of social activity. that is a dangerous situation even in new york with one of the lowest infection rates in the country. private gatherings are being officially limited to 10 people, amid reports of large forbidden events like this orthodox wedding, attended by thousands. but restrictions vary from state to state are clear, public health is to see this thing to do is is not to travel. and that is also a very important message along with our message to get travel is being strongly discouraged, but if you must fly, the c.d.c. recommends covert testing one to 3 days before airline passengers are required to wear masks and airports are supposed to enforce social distancing. no one and 6

feet apart, like everyone kind of 3 feet apart. are, you know, part it's horrible. but with no end to the pandemic in sight, many travelers appear willing to risk. it just felt like ok, it doesn't seem like it's getting any better. i mean, mine's relative, chided us, have a little bit of fun without getting sick. transmission concerns are likely to drive some to travel by car, but with intensive care units becoming overwhelmed in many parts of the country and the bodies of the dead still unclaimed from new york surge in the spring. officials are hoping many americans, especially those most at risk, will just stay home. christian salumi al jazeera new york. the u.n. security council is expected to discuss the unrest in northern ethiopia. later on tuesday. leaders in the region are denying government statements that the military's surrounding the regional capital, mckayla prime minister, ahmed,

has given the 2 great people's liberation front 2. women see to surrender. but the t.p. that has refused saying its people are ready to die in defense of their land. saudi aramco says, the attack on one of its facilities won't affect oil supply. humans who the rebels fired missiles at the north plant on monday, one of the tanks, causing a fire company says it was put out in about 40 minutes, but that particular tank is now out of action. travel 20, saudi officials in connection with the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi has been adjourned, were being tried in a turkish court without their presence, and it's now on hold until march next year. the defendants include 2, former aides to the saudi crown, prince was killed inside saudi arabia's consulates. in istanbul, in 2018, turkey has stopped german forces from searching one of its cargo ships suspected of

bringing weapons to libya. the turkish cargo vessel was boarded in the mediterranean. but the inspection was abandoned when turkey protested to the, european union. the e.u. sorry, the germans are operating as part of an e.u. mission, which aims to stop arms from reaching the warring factions in libya. and libya is that rival politicians are in a 2nd round of un backed talks in morocco. this is after last week's meeting in tunisia where they did agree on holding presidential and parliamentary elections late next year. have so father failed to appoint an interim unity government. that is something the newly appointed u.n. envoy for libya will have to deal with the bulgarian diplomat. nicole, i'm not enough. will be leading u.s. efforts to secure a diplomatic solution in libya. up until now, he's been the u.n. special coordinator for the middle east peace process. diplomatic editor james bays reports on the many challenges he will face in this new role.

libya has been consumed by violence almost a decade. in recent weeks, after talks in tunis, the u.n. has come up with an ambitious plan for nationwide elections in just over a year's time, while things look a little more optimistic than they did a year ago. there are many challenges ahead. there are challenges that will now face the new u.n. envoy, nikolai mladin off, once one of europe's youngest foreign ministers for his country bowl garia. he previously served as the u.n. representative in iraq and is currently based as the secretary general's special coordinator in jerusalem. diplomats regard him as capable, but he's also a realist. these were his comments a year ago when i asked about the prospects of progress between israelis and palestinians. you are the special coordinator for the middle east peace process. is there actually a middle east peace process right now? i seem to be the only one stuck with it on my business card. the last person to

lead the un's operations in libya, gas, and salami resigned at the beginning of march, saying a number of nations including members of the security council, were undermining his efforts to seek peace. his deputy stephanie williams has been filling in ever since. it took the u.n. secretary general, antonio caetera so long to make the appointment, because at 1st the u.s. wanted to change the structure of the u.n. mission in libya. then when mr. milligan office name was 1st suggested, african members objected saying they wanted an african counted for the job. finally, they have dropped their objections. it all illustrates the deep divisions in the international community on libya. one item that will be taught to list the militant off the list of priorities, also involves international actors under a recent agreement, all foreign forces are supposed to leave libya by early january,

something that may prove extremely hard to actually accomplish. james barry's ouches era at the united nations, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will visit bihari in soon after an invitation from the state's crown prince. but the foreign minister of neighboring saudi arabia is denying reports of a secret meeting that apparently already happened between the kingdom's crown prince and the israeli leader. according to israeli media, benjamin netanyahu flew to the saudi city of new elm on sunday for talks with mom and salomon, and u.s. secular state might on peo, however, the foreign minister prince feisal been solid, says only americans, and saudis were at that meeting. iranian president, hassan rouhani is term is due to expire mid next year in the country is now starting to look at who might replace him. a top advisor to iran's supreme leader has announced his candidacy candidacy. he's part of the military, which would mark a departure from recent convention. the soldier hasn't served as iran's top

civilian leader since the 1979 islamic revolution. the greek island fast. to see if renewable energy can be used to transport the german car like a volkswagen in the great government say if it's successful, you can help your revolutionize transport and reduce carbon emissions and support from john psaropoulos. but in your view, says he works 365 days a year and so does his car carrying feed corn and water to his goats spread across many hillsides. to do this, he spends at least 7000 dollars a year on diesel. so the idea of an electric car that costs less to run appeals to him. if something is good for this island, not that it should happen. if it doesn't bother the goats and the grazing grounds and it's good for the island that it should happen. german comic a volkswagen. it will sell people as that trick cars and factory prices,

which the greek government will further subsidize charging stations will be installed in the islands parking lots. the idea is to eventually make all transport electric and to create a system of mobility on demand, whereby people can book a ride on a publicly owned car or scooter through a mobile phone app. there's no need for everybody to own a car to do 5 kilometers, having 3 kilometers there. the point of this whole experiment is to see whether we can have fewer privately owned cars and less energy spent on transport. the man who wants to go further, like most islands, is powered by diesel generators during peak demand in the summer. they burn up to 7000 liters of fuel a day. it's an expensive way to produce electricity and electric mobility would further raise demand. so the mayor is seeking an investor to build a wind and solar power plant, going back to a nubile energy tradition because of its isolation,

as the buyer has always been self-reliant, just like greece's ancient city states. it produces most of its own food and has dam to this lake for water. the petrol economy made it dependent on fuel imports for its energy and transport. now it has to revert to the self-sufficiency. it has always known. this is not music to everyone's ears. lease rents cars that run on petrol. and 3 years ago he built a petrol station again because most of these are for the betterment. this frightens us a bit. it happened very suddenly, we weren't informed this decision came from the government and the mayor seems to have gone along with it. our island is unspoiled and our businesses are small. we worry that an enormous corporation could upset that for the next 5 years, electric cars will be so cheap here, though, undercut conventional ones. but it marks the beginning of the end of the road for the fossil fuel economy. and if the experiment works in a stick,

it could spread rapidly across europe. al-jazeera by that politicians in guatemala, have voted to suspend a controversial government budget. that sparked violent protests in the last few days. hundreds of people stormed the congress building on saturday, setting parts of it on fire. it was widespread anger at the $13000000000.00 budget, which critics say supports big business without addressing poverty and the coronavirus and china's launched a mission to the moon to bring back lunar rocks. the 1st such attempt by any nation in more than 40 years. ok. i mean, that's an unmanned spacecraft blasting off from the wenchang center in southern china, beijing spending billions of dollars on its military run space program and hopes to more demand mission to the moon by $26.00 his katrina a year with more. the goal of this rover is to land on the moon, explore

a bit that region and to pick up one to 2 kilograms of lunar rocks to take back to china for tonnage, to better understand the moon's surface. now, what's different about this mission compared to say, previous missions to pick up samples by the russians? is that the way it's coming back is a bit more complex. it's not coming directly back to, it's going to go back up, go into a nother module and then be transferred again to another capsule before returning to earth. and the reason is that china is testing out a pathway to send up its own chinese astronauts to the moon, which it plans to do in the next 10 to 15 years. and the long term plan is to have a permanent chinese presence there or colony. there going forward, but it hasn't all been smooth sailing. china did test its long march rocket out at least 3 times this year, and each and every time it had been tested, there were some failures. so there has been quite a long road to to get to this point. china has made no secret of the fact that it wants to join the elite ranks of space exploration nations and it's not just the

government invested in this. there are at least $2.00 to $3.00 commercial companies, a kinda sort of the us space x. program, which are also invested in space exploration. and this is not the only feat that china has made so far. it also had a very impressive mission, kurian the moon in general, 29000 china became the 1st country to send its own rover to the false side of the moon. and up to today, almost 2 years later, it's still there, exploring that region. the top stories on al-jazeera is 3 weeks off. the u.s. elections and president elect joe biden is beginning his transition to the what else? donald trump's refused to concede, but he has all 4 eyes. the general services agency to clear by the parents with all eyes are going to be on the republican party leadership in the coming days because really we're seeing.