he seeks out his senior bringing the needs and current that matter th al-jazeera weeks of delays, but now us president elect joe biden has been given the formal go ahead to begin his white house transition over an income of santa maria, here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera life in prison for a former militia leader and democratic republic of congo, he's found guilty of war crimes and mass rape. also in the news, ethiopia, where the government says to him, forces are giving up the fight, but the t.p.o.

life is adamant. they're battling on and anger in brazil, a black man dies after being beaten by 2 security guards at a supermarket. hello, everyone. after weeks of delay and uncertainty, u.s. president elect joe biden is finally formally beginning, his transition to the white house. they head of what's called the g.s.a. . the general services agency or administration has designated biden as the apparent winner of this month's presidential election. it clears the way for the transition to get underway. donald trump, he has of course, refused to concede defeat, but he has authorized visit ministration to at least start the process. he says is going to keep up the fight, insisting without evidence we must say that the election was, quote corrupts joe biden's team for their part of welcomed the move. because, well, it frees up millions of dollars for his new administration,

which can now work with the existing federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as a national security strategy. this report from washington d.c. now with political and 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 us 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,

theories 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 senatorial pruitt get security clearances and there are spouses, and that's the process has been stalled until now. so the fact that we now have an, ability to g.s.a., begin the process of doing all those clearances and getting all those processes. that means that the bible is finished and hopefully at the ground running on the afternoon of january 29th, the money will flow to the biden transition team. it will enable the team to have offices to have access to the federal agencies that they will be transitioning. the biden team 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. to call him al-jazeera or the white house. any suggestion of trump really backing down was followed up by this tweet. he said, what does g.s.a. being allowed to preliminarily 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 are moving full speed ahead. if inish with this line will never concede to fake ballots and dominion, which is a reference to the company which supplies vote counting machines and software. let's hear from brendan o'connor, who's an associate professor of american politics at the united states,

studies center that's at the university of sydney. he says, the biden campaign will soon be able to really hit the ground running. i think people of fear that trump would just refuse the trump would maybe try to instruct republicans of michigan and elsewhere to simply just to clear him. the wenna to put forward elect was loyal to trump. but that hasn't been occurring. some have had dark feeds of trump calling in the military, but it looks less and less likely as the day sky by. and i think the sort of wearing fact is of just the sheer weight of evidence. the fact that no american major television networks and cable networks have been on trump side, fox news, has not been backing trump's claims of conspiracy, or at least not all of their own kids and certainly not most of their reporters. so the since, so. 'd of the game being for trump, i think it's very much upon us and i think it's in looking in some regards like

a 3rd. 'd term of the obama administration. sort of an alternative government in waiting a lot of these people of pain podcasting or writing reports or out going on to us talking about how negative the trumpet ministrations impact particularly is on alliances. tony blinken, whose main foreshadowed as the secretary of state is someone has a long history working with joe biden in the of ministration. a big advocate of the atlantic alliance, the knight, how alliance, and so a lot of safe hands, a lot of people are very much experienced in government, and a lot of people know joe biden pretty well. joe biden himself, just turning 78, has had a long experience with a number of these papers. on top of the news, and a former militia leader in democratic republic of congo has been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes. in taba in tibet, he was charged with murder, rape, sexual slavery, and in this thing, child soldiers in north kivu province. his rebel group and 2 others are accused of

nearly 400 rights during a series of attacks. and 2010, trial by a special military court began 2 years ago. not to let it out. they said uncle that made eastern to r.c. has never experienced a trial on this level. it's a historic moment. checa 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 says, 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 rape in luganda. 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. some thoughts now from thomas fessing, who's a senior researcher with human rights watch. he told us this case will give some confidence to civilians who've been affected by years of conflict. this verdict has sent me a major step in the fines against impunity in congo. i think this trial is shocking that this fight the many challenges the congolese judiciary was actually capable

of taking on such a complex case such a high profile case and that you know, with multiple security issues at stake. and that sits, so we through and so that's a major step counts ability in congo. and he'd also goes to show you that, you know, the work of the many survivors. an activist who took great personal risks in the pursuit of justice, actually paid off victims and the families who see that, you know, the crimes have been acknowledged have been recognized, and that their suffering has been recognized. that that is the 1st part. the 2nd part is obviously, and now to see that the reparations, that the court has ordered it, in favor of the victims, will actually reach the victims. and there is still

a lot of work to do in that regard. you know, in congo each time that's of course is during reparations for the teams. it is extremely rare that the victims actually see any penny of it to ethiopia, where the government says, regional forces have started to surrender. it follows a deadline by parliament for them to lay down their arms or face an attack on their main city of mckayla. leadership though, says they're fighting back and actually destroyed an ethiopian military division, including a helicopter and 2 tanks. it is difficult to verify either account because of a communications blackout in the region. malcolm web following developments from nairobi are you having any more luck? malcolm figuring out what's actually going on. both sides are making claims of advances. the ethiopian government has said that many to gray and special forces and militia surrendered to its side in the far region,

which is just to the east of the 2 grain region. you haven't heard a response on that claim yet from the 2 great leaders. but as you said, they claimed to have destroyed an arm of the tally in a mechanized italian of tanks. but that's something that prime minister person has refuted just a short while ago. there's been a statement released by the un's human rights chief in geneva. and they've expressed deep concern about what they say is a military buildup a buildup of tanks and artillery around the city of mikhail a. that's the gray in capital on sunday, prime minister issued an ultimatum. he said the forces should surrender and lay down their arms. otherwise, he said within 3 days, the government federal forces would launch a final assault on the regional capital of mccauley. on monday, government site claim that they didn't circle the city and were about 50 kilometers away. that was refuted by the to grand leadership. but now we've got the un human

rights chief expressing concern about a potential conflict here about half a 1000000 people live in this city and a spokesperson for the un human rights chief said some of the rhetoric coming from both sides indicates, will suggest there's a risk real risk of war crimes being committed with the latest on the situation in the north of ethiopia. thank you, malcolm. in the news ahead. a look into the future in iran, perhaps a top adviser to the supreme leader could become the next president and life by the sea, how the absence of foreign tourists given one community, a new lease of life. how i will say the weather quieting down nicely for japan as we go through the next day

or 2. we've had a few showers long spells of rain just around the east side of the country. this weather system is pushing out into the open waters. so we'll see more in the way of sunshine, fresh enough. having said that 40 celsius in tokyo, still a few showers here as we go through wednesday. it's fine and try across the korean peninsula seoul, at 10 celsius, and for the try to into northern parts of china for central china, there is a different story cooler than of light temperatures at around 16 celsius in shanghai 7, that just 7 degrees. it will hot with the cloud and the rain atl sink is where little further south, which in a sweats, you know, west of weather coming, is that a suicide off china? by this stage it is essentially dry tap warmer there for tokyo at around 17 degrees celsius. now for india, the big story is developing a tropical system here as sightlines likely never, which is pushing towards tom will not. it will run up towards chennai wednesday going on in stay bring some very,

very heavy rain storm surge. we can expect to see flooding here as we go through the next outside. as you can see, that wet weather pushes a little further north on the protests, and then right up towards southern parts of addition, france once had, a vast empire spanning several continents. but by the 1940, s., the french were forced to confront reality and to mom's found dependence. and a 1st part of a new documentary series out is there a look at how the colonial unrest grew. conflict in algeria, a full scale war in indochina, blood and tears. french to colonise ation on al-jazeera woof.

you're with al jazeera. these are the top stories, 3 weeks after the u.s. elections and president elect. joe biden is beginning his transition to the white house. donald trump's to refuse to concede, but he has authorized the general services agency to declare biden the winner. a former militia leader in democratic republic of congo has been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes, and bring to bear was charged with murder, rape, and sexual slavery in north kivu province. and the ethiopian government says to regional forces have started to surrender. meticulous leadership says they're actually fighting back and destroyed an ethiopian in a tree division, including a helicopter and 2 tanks. so that became a fast so we're votes are being counted in the presidential and parliamentary

elections. millions of people turned out despite fears of attacks. there has been a rise in violence across the country ahead of the polling president not seeking another term but challenge by 12 candidates and they have been allegations of fraud . his manager is following the story from a budget in nigeria. we were talking about this the other day about how a whole lot of people in the north and east of the country weren't even going to be able to vote because of the violence. how is it now looking a few days after the votes actually happened? how much or how many people actually managed to get out there will be sickly in those areas voted, did not take place this much has been confirmed by the election commission, hundreds of thousands. the election commission has struck a book, hundreds of thousands of people who are disenfranchised because of the voted. he said, those areas are not saved. you can don't vote. and even when people are still living in those in villages affected by violence,

they couldn't find officials to conduct elections in those places. you know right now what we are hearing from the opposition is that they did not agree from what they saying that you don't agree with the results. preliminary results being announced by the election commission. remember the opposition a day before the election said there was a plan to rig the election using unmarked ballot boxes and ballot papers that would be stuffed by the election commission to favor a president can boring. now, they are again stating the fact that they don't accept the results of the elections, even before the final tally is med. and a lot of people i expect in that maybe they will be calling out their supporters onto the streets. and if that happens, it could raise the possibility of violence and even open the window for the armed groups of been attacking booking office for the last 5 years. the opportunity to hit to targets inside brick in a fossil election spots done peacefully without much violence across the country.

but any opportunity would be taken by these groups to inflict damage on either civilian population or the military. and if us and any word from either the president or any of the candidates, well, basically the complaints mostly are from opposition. presidential candidates, the president, what we're hearing right now from the preliminary results president is in the lead . and the fuel for the opposition is that he wins in the foster. if he wins in the 1st round, then there would have the opportunity to knock him out of the presidency. their best chance. and their best hope is that this goes into a 2nd round. maybe they can organize themselves and present a single candidate or unite behind a single candidate to present to 2 to tackle president border in the 2nd round. but from the looks of things, the opposition is not organized at the moment, and they keep complaining that the vote is raked. right. thank you for those

updates are made interests in a budget. saudi aramco state owned oil company around khost says a, the attack on one of its facilities won't be affecting oil supplies, yemen's, hutu rebels, 5 missiles at the north jet. the plant on monday hit one of the tanks and caused a fire around close. is that the fire was put out in about 40 minutes and that tank is now out of action. and no casualties were reported. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will visit behind soon after an invitation from the state's crown prince. the foreign minister there of say, neighboring saudi arabia is denying reports of a secret meeting between the kingdom's crown prince and netanyahu. according to israeli media, netanyahu flew to the saudi city of nails on sunday, for talks with mohamed bin solomon and the u.s. circuit to state my pump a 0. however, the foreign minister prince fossil been found only americans and saudis were at

that meeting. now the trial of 20 saudi officials, in connection with the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi, has been adjourned. they were being tried in a turkish court without being present, 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 consulate in istanbul, in 2018. the term of the iranian president, hassan rouhani 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 hossein has announced his candidacy. he's part of the military, which would mark a departure from recent convention. a soldier hasn't served as iran's top civilian leaders since the 1979 islamic revolution, 63 year old, a long military history. in fact, he was a commander in the revolutionary guards and the air force. during the war with iraq, on the 1980 s. he played

a pivotal decision making role with the revolutionary guards. was the defense minister as well under president rouhani before moving on to become the supreme leader's advisor. and he has actually been under sanction from the united states treasury since last year. recently said he wasn't interested in negotiation for the sake of negotiation with the united states. is a senior research fellow at the center for middle east strategic studies is also hossein taken as a strong candidates, but by no means guaranteed to win. he has had good relations relative with different facts of the country. he has strengths and weaknesses. he has good relations with the office of literary. he is an advisor to the there he has good relations with the heads of branches in the country as well as armed forces. so this can be a important point for a person who wants to serve as a president in the country. in some factions he is considered to have

a charismatic authority. very people think that this can be a strength point to tackle with the corruption or management mismanagement in the country. and this point being a military man, he enjoys a tone, a diplomatic tone that when he talks on foreign of foreign policy issues. but on the other has a hand, he has also weaknesses. he is not a major player at the political stage in the country at best. he can be considered a medal clay year. so if he wants to win the presidency in the upcoming months in the country, he will need to secure the and or cement and support of some measure players in the morning. mostly the conservatives, because he is considered to be leaning toward conservatives. by himself. he's not that much popular or well known in the country, and he will need a kind of coalition with others in order to win the elections. the head of the

united nations is calling for an immediate and unconditional cease fire in afghanistan. and turning to terror says he hopes to create a can do some environment of the peace talks between the government and the taliban, which are going on here in qatar. they want to help to build a short range unified and democratic in any sense doris christianity concerns tonight. when it's time to just reject, we must preserve democracy, can you won't read to gain seats 2001 most markedly. i regard women's and children's rights as united nations. she quit, you conscious that any attempt to restore an islamic and we wait. and then you back to know a political and financial engaged in the united states. millions of people are ignoring warnings to stay home for one of the busiest holidays despite a surge in corona virus infections, many are still traveling across the country to see family and friends for the thanksgiving. we can't kristen salumi 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 with public service announcements like this one. why don't we care, giving them their virtual and warnings like this one. this is not a normal for any given. 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 guidance is to seek 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 code 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 more more, 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. the 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. there is anger in brazil after a black man was beaten to death by 2 white security guards last week. the government's response to the killing of sparked a wave of demonstrations as monaco, you not have reports from rio de janeiro. the order came shortly before lunchtime walk the gates and keep protesters out. one by 13 carrefour supermarkets in rio de janeiro closed doors. the stores were heavily guarded, but crowds outside promised the siege would be long. today tomorrow and the day after we will continue to show up at their stores and show them that we will not tolerate racism. the protests began last thursday, after

a black man was dragged out of a care for supermarket in the city of the naked in the south of brazil. he was beaten and choked to death by 2 white security guards. a new video shows the moment who will back you sylvia to free this was pleading for his life. i'm dying, he said, was great this death is being compared to george floyd's in the united states. protesters accuse carrefour of murder, but they also blame the government for not acknowledging and finding racism in this protest. not only about the death of one man out of 10 killed by the police or black brazilian vice president. a mill to morrow said that contrary to what happens in the united states, there is no racism, you are still was on the run. you're in brazil, there is no racism. this is something they want to import,

says morons. a statement is proof that there is racism was racism because one black person in brazil every 12 minutes. by the time we finish today's protest, many will have died. black police officers are also more likely to die than their white colleagues according to the brazilian forum of public security. mainly because the occupy lower positions during a pause in the protests boy says, poignant, tells the policeman that they should all be on the same side for the other people you were fighting for my black skin, your black skin, children's black skin. you must show brazilians that black lives matter. they parted with a handshake and a silent promise of meeting again. at the next protest, meineke an i.q. of al-jazeera, rio de janeiro. china has launched a mission to the moon to bring back lunar rocks 1st attempt by any nation in more than 40 years. if there was

a manned spacecraft blasted off from the wenchang center in southern china, edging spending billions of dollars on its military run space program. well, some communities have been given a break by this pandemic. nugent's people on thailand's lobbyists island, for example, have seen fish stocks return. and the sounds of nearby construction silenced thanks to the lack of foreign tourists. but with the prospect to visit is returning. people are once again worried about the possibility of being kicked off their ancestral lands and supporters from all in the blue waters of the andaman sea. some chung uses a harpoon to catch fish, including lobster and other shellfish. from the charlie, people have lived off the bounty of the seas for hundreds of years since migrating from what are now malaysia and indonesia. they are known as the sea gypsies, the people of the sea. but times have changed me. but we are surrounded

by national parks and tourists. so our fishing zone is limited. this is a child, a religion rely on the southern end of thailand's largest island paquette home to the community for generations. but they don't own the land believing that no one person should own the land and sea. many haven't even registered for thai citizenship, making it that much more difficult to fight off. developers who want to build there . more than 9000000 foreign tourists visiting pook at last year. but 8 months ago the thai government closed access to visitors because of the corona virus pandemic . in the wild life is quieter now, and the sea gypsies can reflect on their past and better times. this village elder knows the history of the bones. some that belong to his ancestors are on display in the village. others are traditionally buried on local beaches so they can still hear the sound of waves. but the villagers fear what will happen when building work starts again. the construction will affect our lives block access to our religious

sites and we won't be able to get to the jetty where we float. our boats will have a huge impact on our community. there are around 1200 charlie in the area who face eviction of property developers get their way this year has given them a bit of a break with no foreign tourists or chartered boats. it's been easier to fish and with construction projects on hold. the air has been cleaner. these people of the sea would like it to stay that way. and al jazeera this is al jazeera, these are the top stories, 3 weeks after the u.s. elections and president elect joe biden is beginning. his transition to the white house. donald trump has refused to concede, but has authorized the general services agency to declare biden the apparent winner of the headlines. a former militia leader in democratic republic of congo has been

sentenced.