witness on al-jazeera, be the hero, the world needs washing. president elect joe biden, jus to announce more of his cabinet picks after the transition of power formally begins. i'm sam is a, than this is out just here on live from doha, also coming up. already staggering airline loss is on track to grow even bigger, almost 120000000000 dollars this year alone. we'll look at the potential for discrimination as governments consider issuing vaccine passports, handy,

theo piers government says to ground forces are giving up the fight, but they're adamant. battling on the u.s. president elect joe biden plans to reveal more of his cabinet choices within hours after his transition to the white house formally began, the head of a government agency responsible for this process is finally acknowledged by then as the apparent winner of the election have reports from washington d.c. . 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 deltron 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 and 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 soetoro approval to 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 these processes. that 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 to 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. patty calling al-jazeera, you know, the white house. but any suggestion of backing down was followed by this tweet. he said, what does g.s.a. being allowed to do? preliminary work with the dems have to do with continuing are 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. be finished by saying, we'll never concede to fake ballots and dominion. that's a reference to the company which supplies vote counting machines and software speak now to our white house correspondent, kimberly how could so kimberly, we know that the trumpet ministration was withholding things like intelligence briefings from team biden. now that he's been recognized as the winner, does this team get all the privileges of the transition? yeah, and just to underscore that point, the chief of staff, mark meadows sending out a letter to anyone who might not be clear about the process moving forward, saying that this is an illustration will uphold the integrity of the office and working to make sure that this is a transition that is seamless. so what does that look like?

it will look like access. that is the critical piece in all of this. but there's also the important background checks that need to take place. because many of these policy positions involve top secret security clearances. so that will be something that can also take place and there will be the money to fund it. and we do know there has been a confirmation already from the department of defense that that transition has already begun in order to ensure that u.s. national security remains on track something. that was a grave concern to many of the top security officials in the united states. given the fact that donald trump was dragging his heels and residually blocking this transition from taking place, they argued putting u.s. national security at risk. all right, thanks so much. kimberly, how can news of potential covert 19 vaccines. nearing completion has raised hopes and markets around the world, but the aviation industry says the damage is already been done and it will take

years to bounce back. the international air transport association or arthur earlier predicted the industry would lose around $100000000000.00 by the end of 2021. well instead it is now looking like $157000000000.00. that's after losing nearly 2 thirds of passengers. the number plummeted from 4500000000 in 2019 to fewer than 2000000000 this year. in an effort to increase international travel, i after is calling for better testing programs and wants governments to foot. the bill. qantas says it'll require international passengers to be vaccinated once it's publicly available. governments and companies worldwide are considering the eventual introduction of so-called vaccination, passports, and some experts are questioning immunization certificates. so people who hesitate to get the vaccine could become victims of discrimination. or is

a senior lecturer and global health advisor at the university college london school of pharmacy. she says, not everyone resisting the vaccine, subscribes to conspiracy and anti science movements. this group in the middle may be pro-vaccine, but just uncomfortable with the current timeline of development in human history. we have not been able to develop a vaccine within 10 months. but one thing i would point out is that also in history, that we haven't had this type of emergency where all countries in the world have halted to screech. and for every pharmaceutical company of the industry coming together, researchers scientists to focus on a singular problem. there are or were 210 that candidates in development, so it just shows what's possible when we have urgency and the resources to fund a specific problem. so that 10 year usual timeline is

under usual conditions. and i think we all have experienced a very unusual 2020. and this is what has led to absolutely historic scientific innovation, but for others to hear that it sounds like well, something must have been skipped safety measures must have been caught. and the blakely is a research fellow in the department of infectious diseases at imperial college, london. she says the timeline shouldn't warning people. it's actually not really the time that's necessarily important. it's the number of people and the outcomes from that. so the reason normally takes 10 years is just because the clinical trials, you know, they and roll out a slower pace. and they can take more time to analyze the data if they need to, by all the same standards are being met with these chemical trials, just as oksana said, it's all hands on deck now. right? so everybody who can possibly be contributing to these clinical trials is which

makes it a much faster speed. the way we look at vaccine hesitancy as antibacterial versus pro factor is kind of raw actually because i think it's much more of a gray area in between. scientists are taught to be critical of the data and till they see it and can make a conclusion. and i think part of the problem is that the general public doesn't necessarily have the same access to this data or may not be able to interpret it in the same way. so i think it's really important for scientists to make themselves available to answer these questions. you know, is it rushed? is it safe? how do you actually make the vaccine? what's in it? and this helps to build confidence in vaccines and the science behind them. the theo paean government says to grow in regional forces of style to do surrender. it follows a deadline by the prime minister for them to lay down arms by wednesday, or face an attack on their main city of mackellar. to graze. leadership says they're fighting back. they say they've destroyed an ethiopian military division including a helicopter and 2 tanks. so difficult to verify either account because of

a communication blackout in the region. which means military wise, it is easier to strike. that's the simple fact there as it has been due to it's a people's up once that happens, then it's human choice introduce themselves. joyce was 6 years future. so why is that happening? when it's actually the book throws, then they will go, which is a course, an action i'm sure is sort of pushing these forces in the future. and, you know, our new force is getting stronger and more powerful. it is acquiring additional weaponry and building its capacity. it's making history, but this is not a battle of armies. this is a civil war,

and all of us has to gran's by supporting each other side by side with their army. we must defend this and complete victory. malcolm webb is following developments from nairobi in neighboring kenya. so start with the 1st obvious one who's telling the truth here, malcolm, who's winning this so far? it's very hard to verify the claims made by either side because the phone lines in the internet have been cut off throughout the to grey region for weeks now. but the ethiopian government, following a deadline given by prime minister ahmed on sunday, he gave to green forces 3 days to surrender and lay down their arms. he said ahead of what would be a final attack on the regional capital of me, kelly the deadline will be up in just under 24 hours from now. an ethiopian government has said that in the last day or so, to green, special forces and militia have been surrendering in the region to the east. that's called a far. but this was refuted by the 2 great military leadership may,

as you mentioned, say that they've had a couple of key victories, including destroying a division of tanks. but it's very hard to know which side is telling the truth. but just a few hours ago, the un's human rights chief did weigh in. she said that she was alarmed. a build up of tanks and artillery around the city of micheli, home to about 500000 people. and certainly if there was to be heavy fighting in or around, the city could be very dangerous for all of the civilians living there. and malcolm, we've got reports of civilian massacres. tell us what we know about that. just a short while ago, the state appointed human rights commission in ethiopia published a report into an attack that happened 2 weeks ago. now that commission, his report said that 690 grain civilians had been killed in

brutal ways, some strangled with ropes bludgeoned to death and starved. some people burned in their homes. in a small town in the west of the province, it is said that or to green youth group was responsible collusion from local officials, police, and militia. now, at the time this attack was reported by the rights group, amnesty international. they put together a report based on videos and photos, which they cross checked with satellite imagery to pinpoint the location as well as speaking to people who fled to neighboring sudan following following this violence . the commission says that the green militia are responsible, but at the time to graham's military leaders denied that they were responsible for this particular massacre. thanks so much malcolm webb there still, i had an al-jazeera. it was the worst attack in the u.k.

history. now a posthumous appeal for the only man ever convicted of killing 270 people is underway in scotland. revolutionizing grace, we found out about an experimental project that could change our own life forever. but we've got the rain clouds gathering across central parts of china. big, massive cloud here, just pushing through hanna, that's going to extend its way towards east coast over the next cold enough to have it around 7 degrees celsius. that will push that wetter weather to war. shanghai as we go through wednesday and on into thursday, some very heavy rain coming into the east side of china, pushes out to the east china seas. same time clear with skies coming into japan. so things will improve here. tony, drier and brighter,

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a government agency responsible for the process said knowledge biden. as the current winner, the international air transport association is predicting the industry is on track to lose more than $150000000000.00. that's after the numbers of passengers plummeted from 4 and a half 1000000000 in 2019 to less than 2000000000 this year. the theo paean, government says to gray and regional forces have started to surrender. to graze leadership says they're fighting back the destroyed new theo military division, including a helicopter, and 2 tanks. at least 7, people have died in 2 separate car bombings in northwestern, syria. the 1st was in the bab in aleppo, province monitoring group say, most of those killed were police officers. the 2nd happened there are free in. both cities are under the control of turkish backed opposition forces. at least 13

people have been killed in twin explosions at a market in central afghanistan. the interior ministry says more than 40 others were injured in the blasts in bamiyan city. the un secretary general is calling for an immediate and unconditional cease fire in afghanistan and turn over. terrorists says he hopes to create a conduce of environment for peace talks in qatar between the government and taliban. he was speaking at a donors conference in geneva, where the european union pledged nearly one and a half $1000000000.00 in aid. afghan president says he's committed to negotiations with the taliban. despite those suffering, i want to be big, clear that our commitments to negotiations with the taliban remain our negotiating team remain stets. in their commitment we must bring an end to the violence that is something in robbing our children of the joy of

video in eastern afghanistan with the latest, all it takes is just to go out of all out the afghan capital to realize that after almost 20 years of international support to this country and billions and billions of dollars that have come in this country, afghanistan is still in need of international aid on many fronts. we're going to places that i have been ravaged by war. there's so much destruction, so much death and what the people were telling us there is they really want and need is a hospital. they have not hospital and a school because what they have is so small and it cannot accommodate all those hundreds and thousands of children that they have in the area. and this is happening 19 years after the international community came to afghanistan. so there's still so much to be done and we've already been countries making their i just to afghanistan, for example,

that you can pledge 105000000 or 2021. i think that it will be used for development programs in press structure programs including health services, the european union. so far has pledged the biggest amount on $1500000000.00. and the european union has a vested interest here to see the country being able to see more development because it is hosting millions of afghan refugees who are leading up to an extent trying to find a better life. on that you continent a post a posthumous appeal on behalf of the only person ever convicted of the lockerbie bombing has started in scotland. the family of mccarthy is fighting to clear his name. 8 years after his death, a libyan was found guilty of mass murder after 270 people died when a flight from london to new york exploded over lockerbie in 1988,

under simmons reports, abdel baset died 8 years ago after his release from jail on compassionate grounds. he had terminal cancer, yet his family have continued campaigning to get him cleared of causing the lockerbie bombing. in 1988, he was found guilty of murdering 243 passengers, 16 crew and 11 residents of lockerbie, when pan am flight 103 fell from the sky in pieces. now the high court in scotland is hearing a 3rd attempt at overturning the verdicts. his family's lawyer said the u.k. and u.s. governments have lived a monumental life for 31 years. they describe the verdicts as the biggest miscarriage of justice in british legal history. and they maintain that iran was behind the bombing, not libya. that finger of blame has long been pointed in the direction of iran.

having ordered the syrian palestinian group to carry out a revenge attack for the downing of an iranian air bus by the united states. 6 months, which killed all she wanted in 90 people on board mcgraw, his lawyers claim u.k. intelligence documents may show that the bomb was made by a member of the p. f. l, p, the palestinian front for the liberation of palestine. britain's foreign minister dominic robb had signed a secrecy order last august to withhold intelligence documents relating to the case on the grounds of national security. mcgrath his lawyers say the those documents should be before the court. instead of being held in the foreign office. it was in 2009 just before his return to libya, the mcgrath, he abandoned his 2nd attempt at a live preview. in this the 3rd attempt to prove his innocence. lawyers say the documents that have been kept secret are at the center of their case. andrew

symonds, which is a 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 germans are operating as art of an e.u. mission, which aims to stop arms reaching. the warring factions in libya, police officers in paris are being investigated after they were filmed, forcefully removing refugees and migrants from a campsite. the incident has drawn nationwide attention. aid groups are now trying to find temporary accommodation for hundreds of people. after they were pushed out on monday night. it comes only days after police cleared out a bigger camp near the national sports stadium. and tasha butler is in paris live for us, sir natasha. this is not the 1st time a camp has been cleared out. why is this one proving so controversial?

well, what happened was on monday night, hundreds of migrants, mainly afghans or decided to pitch their tents in on a square in central paris. now this was a protest that was being staged with the support of n.g.o.s and charities, who were trying to draw attention to the plight of these migrants who most of them were sleeping on the streets ever since they'd been cleared out from another camp last week. now, the problem is a few hours after the migrants pitched their tents. police arrived and forcibly evacuated them from the square, and some police officers using what many people have said was excessive force and video images show some police officers using batons against the migrants, pulling them out of their tents, trying to tip out their belongings. one video image even seems to show a police officer tricking up a migrant who was trying to clutch his sleeping bag and get away also pictures of

police officers seeming to use excessive force against some journalists who were filming, and taking photographs at the time that these video images of circulated, of course, widely in the press here on the news on social media. and the french interior minister gerald ammonite has called them shocking, and that is why he has called for a police inquiry into exactly what happened. it's also comes at a very sensitive time for the government, doesn't it? well, what's particularly interesting about this situation is the fact that the reason that most people know what happened with that evacuation of the camp. and the reason that some people talk about excessive force by the police is because so many people saw the video images and the pictures that were taken from monday night sir, camp clearance. now the thing is, those sort of pictures all of the police caring way these migrants may not be able to be disseminated so freely in the future. because the french government is trying

to push through a new security law or part of which would crack down on the broadcast or sharing of images of police officers on duty. now what the government says is that this is to protect the identity of police officers. but many journalists, unions, associations, and other activists are saying that this is, in fact an erosion of press freedom. it is an erosion of rights and without such videos and pictures. the police will not be able to be held accountable for their actions in the future. and in fact, interior minister that has called for an inquiry into this particular incident, calling those images shocking is one of the main supporters of this security law that the government is trying to pass with a vote in parliament today from paris. of all militia leader in the democratic republic of congo has been sentenced to

life in prison for war crimes and the shakos charged with murder, rape, sexual slavery, and enlisting child soldiers in north kivu province is rebel group and 2 others are accused of very $400.00 rapes during a series of attacks in 2010, his trial by a special military court began 2 years ago. now the greek island of as is experimenting to see if the nubile energy can be used to transport german carmaker vaults, fog and the government say if successful can help europe revolutionize transport and reduce carbon emissions. al-jazeera as john psaropoulos reports me here. yes, 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 $7000.00

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. this is 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. has always been self-reliant just like greece's and he states it produces most of its own food and has damn 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. very least 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, jumps out, opal us, al-jazeera. i stick by that. let's take you through some of the headlines now. the u.s. president elect joe biden is set to reveal more of his cabinet within hours after his transition to the white house formally began the head of a government agency responsible for the process, acknowledged by then as the apparent winner kimberly halkett has more from the white house there's also the important background checks that need to take place because many of these.