the death of journalism is the signal for the death of democracy on al-jazeera. the prime minister orders a final offensive on t. gray as a deadline passes for regional forces to surrender. kyle, this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up. donald trump, former national security advisor, michael flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. and the russia investigation tributes pouring in for football legend, diego maradona, who's died of a heart attack at the age of 60. so close borders.

thousands of bombers try to reach new delhi to protest against the rules they say, will affect their livelihoods if he is prime minister says the final phase of defensive of the northern region has begun in a statement that is telling residents to stay indoors as the army is ordered to move in on the regional capital. a government imposed deadline for to ground forces to surrender expired on wednesday. it's been nearly 3 weeks of fighting with hundreds killed and tens of thousands displaced. malcolm webb has war from neighboring kenya. prime minister abu ahmed tweeted a statement a short while ago saying that this 3rd and final stage would begin. now this follows the ultimatum that he issued on sunday. he said the ground forces should

lay down their weapons within 3 days. otherwise, regional capital of mckelway was used as far as you know, the headquarters of 30 p.l.f. . he said it would be assaulted. now in the statement that he tweeted a short while ago, he said that thousands of the grain fighters had defected, had surrendered. but this contradicts claims that we've heard in recent days from the to gray and military leadership itself. the other thing that's also not clear is the position of the 2 sides at the moment. the federal government forces had said that they surrounded the city of mckelway, that they were about 50 kilometers away. but gray's military leadership had refuted that and they said that they've managed to push back on some side. so we don't know exactly what the military positions are, but rights groups are warning that any kind of assault on this city of about half a 1000000 people could be very dangerous indeed for the people living that have been growing calls for dialogue and for peace. african union envoys, some african union employees arrived in the capital, addis ababa on wednesday,

a prime minister. i mean, ahmed is said to be open to anything except talking to the grain leadership. and he said that they needed to be either defeated or they needed to give up. one of the, most recent voices to join in in the diplomatic pressure is u.s., president elect joe biden's, new national security appointee. he said he was urging both sides for dialogue and was also said he was concerned about the risks for civilians and also potential war crimes. here president donald trump has pardoned his former national security advisor. michael flynn is done this 8 weeks before he leaves the white house president elect. joe biden is pressing ahead with his transition plans is delivered a thanksgiving speech urging precautions. drawing the pandemic. i'm jordan reports from washington d.c. . thank you very much. even as he refuses to concede that he lost reelection to joe biden, u.s. president donald trump gave a gift to his 1st national security adviser, general michael flynn. a pardon for flints crimes, namely,

prolonging to federal investigators about his contacts with the former russian ambassador to the u.s. sergey kissling at flynn's case was part of a legal black cloud that hung over trump's entire presidency. flynt son responded on the conservative social media site parlor. thank you from the bottom of my heart president trump, and a big middle finger to judge emmett sullivan, and tropes ally, republican senator lindsey graham, cold flu, and a political victim. back to the mean time democratic congressman adam schiff blasted trump's decision. it's no surprise trump would go out as he came in crooked to the end. earlier trump called into a hearing convened by pennsylvania republicans to see whether president elect, joe biden's victory can be thrown out. there's no election was rigged, and we can't let that happen. we can't let it happen for our country to be turned

around because we want pennsylvania by a lot and we won only by a lot. anybody watching television the night of the election? which thing? wow, i was called by the biggest political people. congratulations on a big win, and all of a balance. we jumped all over the place down a lot of honorable things. newer, bolder, more compassionate chapter tropes, complaints about politics. far cry from the incoming administration's call for national unity and resilience on the eve of the u.s. is suck your holiday. thanksgiving. vice president elect called a lot harris and her husband visited in washington foodbank, while biking delivered a speech calling on americans to find their resilience in the face of the culbut 19 pandemic. this is the moment where we need to steal our spines. redouble our

efforts and recommit ourselves to the fight. together, joe biden's call for reconciliation and unity. a marked contrast in both style and substance from that of donald trump and jordan al-jazeera, the white house. a court in turkey is handing down verdicts for hundreds of people accused of plotting to overthrow president. 4 years ago. it's one of the biggest cases related to the failed coup with 475 suspects. well, the 250 people died in the attempted takeover on the 15th of july 2016, parliament and presidential buildings were fired upon and the turkish military chief was taken hostage. taking says u.s. based political figure for to coordinate the attack with a faction of the military. it's a charge he denies. nearly 80000 people have been arrested since accused of links with and more than 130000, including military personnel have been sacked,

all suspended from the public sector. its collapse, and of course, she's in istanbul for them. what are the verdicts that are being handed down? well, the verdict is a sure to be the aggravated life sentence for those involved in the failed coup attempt. and those defendants were actually charged with a crime, including murder as more than $250.00. people were killed across the country on the night of defense courts and attempting to violate the constitutional order. and attempting to s.s. nate, president don, and there were 10 civilians. in this case, which is named as a conduit race trial, and those 10 civilians who are linked to fit to lock on the us based cleric were present at the air base where the f. 16 s, which killed the civilians to go from. that's why this case is different compared

to the other. hundreds of cases that were filed after the failed. quit temped as it is set to be proving fit to law, who lands in womans and his close team members being enrolled in the quit sand while being present at the air base. and having talks with good land based in the us, which a parent be set to be by the prosecutors, that those civilians who were named to be as the civil in mom's, of the girl and group were taking orders from pitts a lot of good men and giving the orders to the military personnel that were attached to them and which ended up killing people. a bomb being to turkish parliament bombing to special forces had quarters, attacking the turkish intelligence building and the capitals main police department building on the night of the failed core temp. but most of them are charged are sentenced to aggravated life sentences. there are among them some of them have

acquitted from from some of the crimes that they were accused of. but i missed it fits a lot and others 6 in followers of fema who are fugitives right now are separated in a different different file according to what we have read from the court order. ok, so the many thanks for that update from istanbul. one of the greatest players of all time and an inspiration to millions, just some of the tributes flooding in for argentina's football legend, diego maradona, who has died of a heart attack at the age of 60. millions of fans have been remembering his achievements around the world. sports stars, politicians, and the head of the catholic church, pope francis have given their praise for the man, argued to be the best ever to play the game. fellow football, great! and one time rival pele said he had lost a great friend and the world has lost a legend. maradona kept in argentina to victory in the 1986 world cup and his work

to help poor communities in his country. tour is about reports from buenos aires. the what anya is in disbelief. he's devastated that player. the home i don't know has passed away anything. i'm sad because i knew this was coming. not so soon, but the people that surrounded him never helped and he didn't want to be helped. i can't believe it is my god. it's the worst of my life. thousands of people gathered in the center of want to site is to celebrate, might have on us knife and his love for argentina's national team. not only, not just the food of power for argentina, he was a national hero, a man who came from kind of the forest service. i'm going to focus on need to talk to the buffalo in the world that many of those who came here to say goodbye to him on the from some of those are just very poor. i'm very favorably going to when i was one of them is from a snob in the capital. i mean, from

a lot of them is it? for me, he was like the love of my children. i did not want to have this news. i am destroyed. i was too young to see him play, but i know every goal by heart, he gave us dignity so many times. people here celebrate the goals against england in the 1986 world cup. 3 years after the war between both countries over the magazine, us folk in silence. a goal that continues to be celebrated today. you never knew when i came because i felt it. he was from here representing us. he waved our flag, gave us choice. he filled us with joined from the english. we did not wage war against them, but with the hand of god, he gave the people back their soul to a man who supported leftwing leaders in modern america. like he then got on with chalice and vindicated their fight. against imperialism. i think that

being older, they were got all right. if he hadn't met, i don't, i would receive a hero's farewell. he'd be lying in state in the presidential palace around the world. he's referred to as the best football player in the world for his fans. he was a man who in spite of his enormous struggles feel argentina with pride. i just said i had held out of their life farmers in bangladesh protesting to repair it.

but we've got a spread of showers across southeast asia. now. plenty of wet weather there. it's malaysia, down to wards indonesia to russia, showers to feeding in all this eastley almost eastley went into a good part of the philippines. showers. continue there just around coastal parts of vietnam war the same as you go through sas. they pass piping up a little you notice into central and southern parts of vietnam of that state. the widespread showers continue elsewhere across the region. i also affect the far north of australia basin a little bit of wet weather here. but for much of the story over the next couple of days, it's really going to be about the building heats. we have got a little area of high pressure down towards the southeastern corner. northerly winds picking temperatures up in adelaide to around 40 celsius $42.00 in alice, and that was also extending across into queensland. more parts of new south wales,

also seeing a fair bit of hate. melbourne sit around 33 celsius on friday. warm sunshine here. cause of a little as we go on into saturday. but adelaide, on the other hand, as you can see, picking up to around 40 degrees, increased bushfire risk. as a result of that, there we go with showers across the open entia just around the top and the perth is fine. dry and sunny romania's, ancient forests. some of europe's most pristine. they are crucial for our society and crucial for battle against the climate crisis. but illegal logging by a ruthless to the mafia is destroying both the landscape and people's lives. logging in romania is our drug gangs violence, killing whistleblowers, amidst claims of corruption and the role of powerful multinationals. people in power investigates, rumania, break of the forest on al-jazeera. form

again, you're watching. reminder of our top stories this hour. prime minister says the final phase of the offensive on the northern region has begun. 3 weeks of fighting, people have been told to stay indoors as the army moves in on the regional capital . and donald trump is guilty in 2017 during an investigation into russian meddling in the presidential election . and the world is mourning the death of a daughter who was passed away at the age of 60 kept in his country to victory in the 1986 world cup and is widely regarded

as one of the greatest players of all time. germany's chancellor angela merkel says coronavirus restrictions probably won't be eased in time for the holiday season. she warned politicians just a few moments ago that the measures are likely to continue into january bars and restaurants a close. but schools and some shops remain open. mosques will be mandatory public areas. john mccain live for us in burden. so to make, not good news from angela merkel. no, and not the sort of thing that quite a few people on the benches around in parliament wanted to hear. no question about said opposition to what angela merkel has agreed with. not just with her own federal government, but with the prime ministers of germany states that agreement reached last night.

and she was talking about it this morning saying that she felt that germany was now as it used to midnight in so far as the corona pandemic is concerned. but that some parts of the lockdown light that this is being called have helped to stop the exponential growth of the 2nd wave of corona, which was a great concern to all, to all forces here in germany. but as i say opposition, nonetheless, from the far right, but also from another center, right. the free democrats who believe that the measures that have been taken to go to attention, cripple business. and that's something that obviously, that anglo-american her colleagues are aware of. but the clear point that she's making is that these, these decisions had to be taken. and she's also, as it were, with that stage, she's dangling the carrot of the vaccines that she says may start to be rolled out as it were before christmas, but only to certain key workers,

emergency workers, that sort of thing. no guarantee of that. but certainly an aspiration, at least from anglo-american and any decision taken on europe ski resorts and whether they will remain closed well, the german government certainly angle americal and many of her colleagues right across the country. believe that european ski resort should be closed. they fear that the sorts of things that happened at ski resorts around europe, particularly some in germany, say in austria, at the beginning of the pandemic, were responsible in some way for the growth in cases that, that's happened at the start of the pandemic. so the german government wants them closed, but their problem is that other governments and many other officials in other capitals around europe really don't open close. so officials in vienna, for example, in austria. well,

they really want to be where possible to see ski resorts remain open so you have a clear as it were, a collision of ideas said the german government very much for closure. but others are not fairly that sort of decision of the european level. well, that might be very difficult indeed to enforce it. ok, john mccain? joining us live from berlin. thanks ali. turkey has seen its westerly increase in new coven 1000 cases. since the start of the pandemic, more than 28000, new cases were registered on wednesday. many of those people, many of those are people who are asymptomatic as the 1st time since july. that the health ministry has included asymptomatic cases and it's total thousands of angry farmers are trying to reach new delhi after a 200 kilometer march calling for a change in the law. demonstrators are marching on the capital despite facing police. they will the central government to scrap 3 laws,

which they say hurt. farmers are removing a guaranteed minimum sole price for the blues. the problem is in new delhi, there is a big police presence around here in new delhi's main approaches police and taking the protest way they had gathered to show their solidarity with their opposition to found laws passed by the end government in september. and it's not just here, the police are stopping people from protesting. police have closed state borders around water cannon and tear gas on the borders between punjab and haryana. but farmers there undeterred, have thrown police barricades into the rivers. now delhi police deny permission for people to protest here because of the number of people in the virus cases. but these farm laws are a huge issue and india, where around kabul,

the 1300000000 people working in the sector. they say that these take away gallivanting to foreigners, guarantees around prices and leave them at the mercy of private investors and opposition parties too much angry about what they say. the way in which the b.j. government passed these laws, they say they pushed them through without time for proper debate. thousands of people in bangladesh are protesting against a government plan. they say will have a negative impact on their livelihoods. officials build a dam on assura bill lake last year, and many who live in the area, so has created hardships for them. tom, the child who reports this may appear to be a small protest in a remote village, but it could have far reaching consequences for farmers land rights across bangladesh. these people are protesting against government plans to repair a dam. this is damaging their farmland and livelihood. thousands of others whose

families have also from this area for generations have staged a week long hunger strike. one elderly protester died and several others have become very ill. but they're determined to continue off was a big, i'm saying there has been famine in the area. and their very existence is at stake . now. i have raised an educated 3 children by working on this farm land with my husband. now i can't pay school fees for my children and we can't feed ourselves because we are not able to cultivate in this land anymore. due to the dam, we beg you all, please don't take our land. we will never give up our land. in 2010, the government declared this area and national park, a decision that's been challenged in cote. a dam was then built last year to create a lake and local people say, that's when the life changed. in bangladesh, where a large portion of the rural population is already exposed through a range of natural hazards and the affects of climate change,

the construction offered them without environmental impact study has caused widespread concern. it's not threatening the livelihood of thousands of farmers. really just say the dam has also damaged water supplies, but not the pollution from the nearby coal. mine flows through the slick. but since this is natural, free flowing water, the pollution generally don't stay here or affect us because of this dam. the water now gets stagnant and polluted and there is hardly any fish or earlier this year. rain and floods damage the dam. the government say it's an essential resource and storage, perry and the protestors actions are misguided. there's been a lot of work investment by the government and developing this area like improving the waterways, building across town and tourism facilities is purely state owned land. but in the last 2 years to fill, it has failed to show us any legal land ownership documents. but the villagers say they're defined and united and for saving the environment and their way of life is

a matter of survival. al-jazeera, bangladesh approaches a story in scholars being freed from an iranian prison after more than 2 years ago . but was convicted of spying and sentenced to 10 years back in 2018. she's maintained her innocence and has held repeated hunger strikes in exchange. tehran has secured the release of 3 iranian nationals held abroad. i have spoken as the prime minister said to dr. morgan, but on the final this morning, she's in a healthy, she's healthy and she is in good spirits. on her return, she will quarantine, but she will not be alone. and she is well supported by release as rain, an absolute priority for the government. more than the last 2 years, we have consistently rejected the grounds on which the government of iran arrested and to challenge dr. morgan but, and we continue to do so. these are points i made strongly to foreign ministers

arranged during multiple meetings on this issue. so don's former prime minister has died at the age of 84. his family has confirmed his passing at a hospital in the united arab emirates lathi, had tested positive for covert 19 by limited has this report subject came from a family of religious and political figures. his grandfather was the leader of the movement to end the british occupation. mati led sudan for 2 turns in the 1960 s. and eighty's. he was removed both times by military coups sudan buckled under the pressure of religious, linguistic, and cultural divisions. a civil war in the south led to a famine that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. after his 2nd term ended in 1909, omar al bashir ran the country for almost 30 years, but only with the threat and use of brutal military power. throughout the continued

to lead the opposition party against bashir, although often from outside the country and when economic hardships bit, he was quick to back protests against bush years government. in 2014, marty was arrested, accused of conspiring with armed rebels, a charge that carries the death penalty. he spent time in south exile in cairo, but returns just a don greeted by a large crowds ahead of another mass uprising of a crippling food and fuel prices in $28000.00. the most important demand is that this regime mostly leave and be replaced by a transitional national government whose judy is to achieve peace and human rights and liberties. the government must implement an economic program that will relieve the suffering of the people, a reform program and a national conference to draft the constitution. the protests eventually led to

the ousting and jailing of omar al bashir full corruption. mati then pushed for a transfer to civilian rule political active until the pandemic arrived tested positive for covert 19, he was taken to the united arab emirates for treatment, but succumbed to the virus. he will be remembered as the leader of sudan's largest political party and sudan's, last democratically elected prime minister at least 14 people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a truck. in brazil, it happened in sao paulo state where so the victims died at the scene. it's not yet clear how many people survived. rallies have been taking place in cities across latin america, calling for an end to sexual and gender based violence is being called the silent pandemic and activists say lockdowns have led to an increase in cases in san human reports on the 2 land capsule. santiago,

these women are chanting what has become an international feminist anthem? it's called a rapist in your path. it was 1st performed a year ago. here in chile to paris says it wasn't my fault or because of what i, who are, or where i was. the great beast is used all the law that will performances and demonstrations to mark international day for the elimination of violence against women. tens of thousands of children, women have been victims of gender, violence in harris meant more of the not carried out with total impunity these purchase represent victims of femicide. but today we have each other and we, today we have a movement that we have come to the table and have it be able to be detained. things being the first of change.

for years, julian will into the back seat in the feminist movement, but not anymore. no, not allowed to go by. we didn't talk about it before. how could we say that a cousin or priest was doing something so awful to you? but that's changed dramatically thanks to the younger generation. these women are demanding protection and stronger penalties for domestic violence, rape, and sexual harris meant. but despite growing awareness, violence against women is on the rise, particularly domestic violence. and this has been put to kill only extreme during the pandemic. here and in practically all of latin america, and while the government and all makers promise that things will take action legislation that could make the difference continues to sit at the bottom of the pile in palm beach. in mexico, which tends to massage a committed every day women march to demand in into puberty as we've gone yellow.

also like that. i mean, i live in fear of going out and never returning and live to see my mother and family. that's what living in mexico is like for a woman. yet to one end of latin america that 2 young women are standing up to say enough's. you see in human al-jazeera santiago, deal with al jazeera. these are our top stories. if you piers prime minister says the final phase of the offensive in the northern tier, grey region has begun. after nearly 3 weeks of fighting, residents have been warned to stay indoors as the army moves in on the regional capital. u.s. president donald trump as part of his formal national security.