asked prime minister orders a final offensive on the deadline for regional forces to surrender. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up oxford university in astra zeneca admit errors in how they administered vaccine trials raising questions about their findings. warns germany's coronavirus restrictions could remain in place well into next year. and huge crowds gathering in the arjun time capsule to

pay tribute to football legend daughter. after he died of a heart attack. 60 prime minister has ordered the final phase of the offensive on the northern region to begin in the statement telling residents to stay indoors as the army is ordered to move on. so mckayla a government imposed deadline for the grand forces to surrender, expired on wednesday. be nearly 3 weeks of fighting with hundreds killed and tens of thousands displaced. what's agree is a northern semi autonomous region of ethiopia. it's a great people's liberation front govern the region and are estimated to have up 225-0000 faces. they had controlled the national government for nearly 3

decades before prime minister to power in 2018 to grey was the front line for ethiopia and its decades long conflict with eritrea and large amounts of military equipment still stored in september 2, great leaders defy the central government and his other by holding elections escalating simmering tensions between the 2 malcolm webb has more now 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 mattel, a. as far as you know, the headquarters of 30 p.l.s., 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. 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 mcalary, that they were about 50 kilometers away. but great 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. prime minister nabil ahmed has said he'd be open to anything except talking to the great 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 us 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. health experts have raised doubts over the covert. 19 vaccine produced by british drug company astra zeneca, an oxford university. they say a manufacturing error during the trial process makes it difficult to assess its effectiveness more than 2 and a half 1000 volunteers receive half a dose followed by a full days in this great. the vaccine was 90 percent effective. and the 9000 others received. 2 full days says, and in this group it was 62 percent effective. seneca said when combined, the results said the vaccine is 70 percent effective. but oxford university now says some of the viles used didn't have the right concentration of vaccine. and that's leading to questions about the validity of the results. and the university says it discussed the problem with regulators and has agreed to complete the late stage trial with 2 great. management is

a volunteer at lancaster university. he says, more research needs to be done on the vaccines f.o.c. . certainly the research story because again, but those are confusing and require quite a lot of interpretation before we can count on to this or so that make a vaccine. particularly because the data has become only available either through the press releases or through the newspapers onto the, the original that is not available. it would be really hard to pin down independent opinions. but having said that, the, that the manufacturer has made and the trial was carried on is certainly something really concerning because half of those could have gone into double those that you've heard. i recall some volunteer recruitment resident that was in the trial. that is certainly our concern, and one of the problem is that the law, those regime has been only in a very small number of people, 2800 people, and none of them is over 55 years old. so this put a question mark, even if it is

a 90 percent, fact 90 percent effective, mid lower, those would be still be valid enough to be deployed into the field for a larger population when it is tested on what scale germans are being warned, a coronavirus restrictions put in place earlier this month probably won't be eased in time for the holiday season. chancellor angela merkel told parliament the measures are likely to remain into the new year. a chief of staff has said a mix and even longer, possibly to launch bars and restaurants are close, but schools and some shops remain open. the mandatory and busy public areas. dominic casey has the latest from not good news in so far as the measures that she, her colleagues in the federal government and the state governments agreed on last night that the lockdown that's been in place, which is a life form of lockdown relative to the one that was imposed when the pandemic 1st started. well, this life's a lockdown will extend right up to just before christmas. and then during the

christmas period it will be loose and ever so slightly. but the very clear suggestion might very well as you say, have to extend beyond into january into february perhaps into march. i want of the other things that i'm going to matthew is talking about in the parliament behind me this morning. the need to, to follow science, but also saying that, well, possibly, the vaccines that we know on their own being put into stage 3 and then, and potentially being fast tracked. well, if they're fast tracked enough, she says that maybe some key workers in the emergency sectors, doctors, nurses, those sorts of professions, might be the 1st to get them and may indeed get them before christmas. here supreme court has temporarily barred the state of new york from enforcing restrictions on places of worship in areas designated as coronavirus hotspots. ruling said,

an executive order issued by governor andrew cuomo was a discrimination against religious institutions. were made the decision last month in an effort to curb the spread of covert 19, the court spent $54.00 with a new conservative justice, a macone barrett tipping the scales for the majority. this year the court heard up held restrictions affecting churches in california and nevada. 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 is died of a heart attack at the age of 16. millions of fans have been remembering his achievements around the world. sports stars, politicians, and the head of the catholic church. pope francis, given the praise for the man, argued to be the best ever play the game. for football, great pele says he has lost a great friend, and the world lost a legend. a captain argentina to victory in the 1986 world cup and has worked to

help poor communities in his country try as a pro reports from what us ayers do you are nearly in disbelief. he's devastated that player the home i don't know has passed away 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 day of my life. thousands of people gathered in the center of one a site is to celebrate my governess knife and his love for argentina's national team. not only for argentina, he was a national hero, a man who came from one of the forest areas in one of folders and made it to the top for the buffalo club in the world to many of those who came here to say goodbye to him. 7 so from some of those are just very poor, and they favor people, not only when i was one of them is from us now in the capital.

and while i'm out of the suit 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 mud of venus. fulton's islands, a goal that continues to be celebrated. today. i came because i felt it. he was from here represented us. he waved our flag, gave astroid, he filled us with joint from the english. we did not wage war against them, but with the hand of god, he gave the people back their soul. and men supported leftwing leaders in that in america. like he then got on with chalice and vindicated their fight against imperialism. i think you need not be. i think i dream that being

or being a reporter or that i'm winning or god. oh, all right. i don't know will receive a hero's farewell. he'll be lying in state in the presidential palace around the world is referred to as the best player in the world for his fans. he was a man who in spite of his enormous struggles field, argentina with pride and hundreds of people have been given life sentences by a court in turkey for plotting to overthrow president 4 years ago. it's one of the biggest cases related to the failed coup with 475 suspects. more than 250 people died in the attempted takeover on the 15th of july 2016. parliament and buildings

were fired upon and the turkish military chief was taken hostage. so he says u.s. based political figure for coordinated the attack with a faction of the military. it's a charge he denies. nearly $80000.00. people have since been arrested. accused of links with more than 130000, including military personnel have been sacked or suspended from the public sector. as more from istanbul, most of those defendants of the smain trial, which is named also based trial, have been sentenced to multiplied aggravated life sentences. some of them have acquitted from the crimes that they have committed. but there are too many crimes that they are accused of, so may need to trial. the defendants in the trial are charged with crimes including murder, attempting to violate the constitutional order,

and attempting to assassinate the president on the night of the failed coup. attempt in this case is very important, race case 1st because it involves people who were present at a raise in the turkish capital, where the prosecutors believe it was the had quarter is the comment center of the failed coup attempt the f. 16 s that the turkish parliament, the special forces had quarters and the police department built a police department building all to call from this air base. so this will set an example and this is for afford it. turkish officials at this is a proof that this is not only a coup trial, and these are not only coup cases, but a coup cases plot. cases perpetrated by mr. fit a law. you learned there who has always denied his involvement in difficult to still ahead here on

say they have many children from this protest because laws they say will affect how i think we'll find the weather. a little more changeable for japan over the next couple of dates. bands of cloud of the rain sliding outs of central china fading across the korean peninsula and just rolling through the sea of japan towards home. she was caught by the side of home. she was a go on 3 friday night to some winfrey, whether sliding out self, north korea, pushing over into the open water 7 celsius. the full so sick celsius for beijing,

as we go on, it's a saturday that west the weather will make its way further east with so it does cloud over, it does turn rather wet, not just over the high ground. we'll see some snow still covering a snow coming to mt fuji then as a result of that is cooler, still struggling to just 4 or 5 degrees charge. on the other hand, then we're looking fine and try to not to fight in parts of india at the moment we have cycling and making its way inland. now fading in across a good part of rolling over towards maharashtra in the process of weakening but still plenty of heavy rain there will be flooding. we do have red warnings in for so much of the pushing up into entrepreneurs eventually it will make its way out towards the arabian sea, but plenty a shot was behind that

in a notorious waterside community. what came of them thugs, rule, one, theater director ventures. to stage a play there, come a 1000000, have to empower the women all month, sittin round jets, an hour and redefine their status in society. this is that nigeria's women walk on water. witness on al-jazeera. top stories this hour. prime minister says the final phase of the offensive in the

northern region has begun. after nearly 3 weeks of fighting, people have been told to stay indoors as the capital. the football world is mourning, the death has passed away at the age of 60. he kept his country to victory in the 1986 world cup and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and probably won't be anytime soon. the measures are likely to stay in place until january bars and restaurants are closed, but schools shops remain open. the world food program is warning more syrians have become increasingly dependent on food assistance point. 3000000. syrians don't get enough food to eat reports. jimmy hoffa, a children 6 months old ways, 3 and

a half kilos of malnutrition is becoming an increasing fury of children. aid agencies warn nearly 5000000 across the world. country don't get enough food to eat as poverty needs milk with that's not all she needs. she needs diapers, we need food and we have nothing displaced by war have been particularly vulnerable and able to afford basic necessities. workers who visit the camps a never before have many cases of malnourished children. international aid agency save the children, 65 percent, have not had meat, fruits and vegetables for at least 3 months. we know this is a combination of years of conflict, a very weak health care systems of a cold outbreak. and the dire economic situation has really affected syria. so when

you put all those factors there, what we're seeing children, especially in very young children, just aren't getting to go out in government held areas. there is a bread crisis. the cash strapped state has been forced to reduce subsidies and ration that more families can no longer buy, distribute food across 1600 countries. and so at some point around that they can also receive the syrian currency has lost much of its value that affected food prices, which are now the highest ever recorded the world food program says $9300000.00

syrians don't have access to sufficient food and an additional 2 point $2000000.00 are at risk across the country. that is half the population expired meal because it's cheaper. we also buy the cheapest food for the other kids, so they don't cry from hunger. it's been 10 years of war and displacement. there's still no peace. the battle now is against hunger in every corner of the divided country. senator there a british scholar has been freed from an iranian prison after more than 2 years. gilbert 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 who had been jailed in thailand over a failed bomb plot. in 2012,

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, despite facing police tear gas, water, cannons, and blockades. they want the central government to scrap 3 laws, which they say hurt farmers by removing a guaranteed minimum sul price for their projects. there's a pro on them. there is a big police presence around here in new delhi's main approaches. police are taking a protest as a 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 delhi . there was a canon and tear gas on the borders between punjab and haryana. but farmers there undeterred, have thrown the police barricades into the rivers. now delhi police denied

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 here where around kabul, the 1300000000 people working in the adult cultural sector. they say that these take away guarantees 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. p. government passed these laws, they say they pushed them through without time for proper debate. the bodies of 8 migrants have been recovered on spain's canary islands after their boat capsized on tuesday, a boat as one of 17 intercepted in the island's waters in just 24 hours. charlotte dallas reports that these migrants hit rocks and capsized off lands or wrote in spain's canary islands. they had travelled 1500 kilometers in

a small fishing boat from north africa. the one young main series out full of optimism to the tourists. paradise 8. drowned in their quest on tuesday, hundreds have suffered the same fate in the last month. in 24 hours, 7000 boats were intercepted off the canary islands, 450 people were rescued with the search continuing into the following day. more than 17000 migrants have arrived here this year. it's a 1000 percent spike on 2019. politicians blame the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and opportunistic traffickers for the sewage. the italian and spanish prime ministers discuss the crisis on wednesday. border controls of the italian and spanish governments are a fish and an effect of the problem is what we do with these human beings that are trafficked by mafias and that run the risk of dying in this case, for example,

in the atlantic. as a consequence of trying to reach the canary islands, the european union has struggled to come up with a plan which eases the burden on the mediterranean countries taking most of the strain. we want to work so that the mechanism of responsibility at a european level is met with solidarity. and we need to work in order to have affective mechanisms on the european level, because it can't be the country of the 1st arrival that bears the burden of all the migratory flows. back on the canary islands, shanks's a stretched beyond capacity. spain says it will provide more tame. hotels are being turned into temporary accommodation, but it's hard to keep up. more migrants have arrived in november than the last 4 years combined. charlotte ballasts, al-jazeera rallies have been taking place in cities across latin america, calling for an end to sexual and gender based violence. that's been called the silent pandemic. and looked out and said, led to an increase in cases alas,

in america. and it's in your own reports in the chill encapsuled 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 paris says it wasn't my fault or because of what i wore or where i was. the great beast is used all the performances and demonstrations to mark international day for the elimination of violence against women. tens of thousands of chilean women have been victims of gender violence and harris meant more of the not carried out with total impunity. these purchase represent victims of femicide, but today we have each other every day. we have a movement that we having come to and we have never to need to change things. being

the first change for years, jillian will into the back seat in the feminist movement. but not anymore. no, not allowed to go. we didn't talk about it before. how could we say that a cousin or a priest was doing something so awful to you? but that's changed dramatically thanks to the younger generation. these women, demanding protection and stronger penalties for domestic violence, rape, and sexual harris meant that despite growing awareness, violence against women is on the rise, particularly domestic violence. and this has been politically extreme during the pandemic here and in practically all of latin america. and while the government and lawmakers promise that they would take action legislation that could make the difference continues to sit at the bottom of the pile. in part in

mexico tends to permitted every day women march to demand in troop unity. every bit of borneo also that i mean, i live in fear of going out and never returning alive to see my mother and family. that's what living in mexico is like for a woman. yet from one end of latin america to me, other women are standing up to say enough's al-jazeera santiago. colombia's peace corp has summoned senior ministers to a public hearing, looking into the deaths of former fox rebels. at least $243.00 have died since the government signed its peace accord with the group in 2016. as under m.p.'s, he has more from bogota. 3 ministers deter any general and other high level officials were summoned for the 1st time by colombia's peace court. but in the end, mostly deputies arrived to respond to

a thorny question with killing the mobilize fighters in the country and what can be done to protect them. x. fighter is being killed every 5 minutes by nor dulled. more than 200 m. 44 more fighters have been killed since the story of the colombian peace deal. 4 years ago. hundreds more have been tracked and a worsening of security in areas where reciprocal criminal groups fight for control of drug trafficking routes and other illegal activities. the court ordered the government to increase protective measures back in april, but the killings continued visibly emotional fark, senator victorious. and dino said the government is to blame. it was a point when, i mean, unfortunately, this sort of being here celebrating the advances of concentrating peace. we are holding this hearing for the killings and prosecution of those who gave up their weapons. these are systematic killings, not isolated incidents. there are clear patterns from of the only fledgling peace

corps has been at odds with the right wing government of uganda. a critic of the peace accord, the judges repeatedly questioned the government about the lack of effective measures. but officials say there's, it's an uphill battle when they're not being killed due to the negligence of the state or its lack of concern. all x. fighters need to understand that we are doing everything we can, and we want to do more. there's much debate about this killing the ex-parte combatants and by the government. you can see that these murders are not systematic in nature and respond to a number of both. but others are servers. thing says that these killings instead show that the conflict in the country is not over. and he said it is simply mutated the unwillingness of the convent government to recognize the system and to society of the killings basically ignores other experiences of transition to peace around

the world in which this sadly is a common feature. and i believe it, it hampers their kombi in state's ability to provide the protection. the return of violence in many areas of colombia means that the spike accord real peace in the country, remains elusive. anderson m.p.a. says al jazeera, these are our top stories. prime minister says the final phase of the offensive in the northern region has begun. after nearly 3 weeks of fighting, people have been told to stay indoors as the army moves in on the regional capital . welcome webb has more from neighboring kenya. the prime minister.