be the hero, the world needs washing. the ethiopian prime minister orders a final offensive on tikrit and announces a humanitarian corridor to help those fleeing the fighting. this is out there, live from doha. also coming up in the program, a turkish court hands down hundreds of life sentences that the 2016 failed coup, accusing some of trying to kill president about a country in mourning. thousands in argentina bid farewell to football legend vehicle murdoch, his body is now in line and preliminary results from the king of france says

presidential elections show a couple winstein come. and so the ethiopian prime minister's ordered a final offensive on the northern tier a region and says a humanitarian corridor will be opened to help those fleeing the conflict that has warned residents to stay indoors. after ordering the army to move in on the regional capital of meccania, a government imposed deadline for to ground forces to surrender expired on wednesday. there has been nearly 3 weeks of fighting with hundreds killed and tens of thousands displaced. and the united nations is one of critical aid shortages in the region and says it fuel cash and food are running out. and many, there's a space of already fled over the border to neighboring sudan. and when morgan reports from the where we are is a camp that's not far from the sudan, is here border. and it's where more than 15000 refugees have arrived over the past

3 weeks. all of them saying that they're escaping shelling that they've seen people being slaughtered, that they've left family members behind and came here for their safety. they say that because of the lack of telecommunication and because of lack of access to many parts of to grieve, they can't confirm whether their relatives who they've left behind are still alive or not. but most of them say that when they came here, they had to wait for more than a week to be able to access aid and aid aid groups and international organizations . say that that's largely because this influx of refugees happened. all of a sudden they were not expecting it for there. for example, the world food program said that it had to get food from other programs. it has in the country to be able to supply aid for those people who are here more than 40000 . refugees have already crossed into the sudan into the sedan side of the border here and got out of state as well as neighboring. that's a state. now the biggest challenge when it comes to providing aid for those

refugees, is the fact that most of the roads are very difficult to access. logistically, let's not forget that sadam had a very exceptional flood season just a couple of months ago where most of the roads were damaged. so aid groups say that logistically speaking, moving many of their songs to this area in response with the rise of the refugees would be very challenging. and there are concerns that they would be more than $200000.00 refugees in sudan in the next 6 months. 8 are going to dish and they are trying to step up so that no refugee is left in need. let's get some more on the conflict now from oakum web, who's in the caribbean capital of nairobi. he issued the ultimatum on sunday and said that to graham fighters had 3 days to surrender and lay down their arms and head of what he said would be a final salt on the final assault on the regional capital of mackay, which is a city of about half a 1000000 people now since then we've heard conflicting claims from both sides about how close the federal forces are to the city 70 kilometers 50 kilometers,

even as close as 30 kilometers. but we haven't yet heard any reports of shelling on the city itself. but this is something that rights organizations have expressed, grave concern about because it's such a dense population of civilians. they're saying be very dangerous if there's heavy fighting there at all. and in case of amnesty international said that shelling of the city could even potentially constitute a war crime. the statement from the prime minister of the prime minister's office has said that the federal government started giving out humanitarian assistance, food, water, and medicines in the areas that it controls. it said it's setting up for camps for the displaced people. now the u.n. said that about more than 800000, people in the region were dependent on humanitarian assistance. even before this conflict began and estimates an additional 1000000 are going to need assistance because many of the people have been displaced by the fighting in some of the smaller towns over the last few weeks. because it's not. the u.n.

says it's not possible for their partner organizations to access these people. all these places that it's not known exactly at this moment. how many people need help or where they are. hundreds of people have been given life sentences by a court in turkey for plotting to overthrow the president ressa tupper, 14 years ago. it's one of the biggest cases related to the failed coup with 475 suspects. more than 250 people died during the attempted takeover on july, the 15th, 2016 parliament presidential buildings were fired upon the turkish military chief was taken hostage. so he says, u.s. based political figures for to look good in coordinating the attack with a faction of the military. it's a charge he denies, nearly $80000.00 people have since been arrested. they're accused of links with killing, and more than 130000, including military personnel, have been sacked or suspended from jobs in the public sector. so let's get some reaction from turkey now, starting with relatives of some of those who were killed. so it's

a lot of reason we believe adequate punishments were given in accordance with existing laws. we think that justice has been served. the state did not leave martyrs, families, veterans blood on the ground. this trial for years was pointless. this court passed its verdicts as if only approving the prosecutor's notion without keeping any statements or evidence in consideration. we are not happy with this verdict. we will carry it to the appropriate places i want to turkish people to be sensitive about this city. because who has more on the trance ignorance. from istanbul, it is the biggest trial among more than 280 cases that have been filed following to failed coup attempt back in 2016. almost 270 of them have been concluded. there's a verdict for each of them, but a court of because that is waited for an approval. but this, today's trial, which is the high profile, will be setting an example because so far,

all those trials, of course, named as trials. and the defendants have been named as being members of killin a screw, or having organic ties with mr. fitz, a lack of u.s. space, turkish cleric. but the trial is important because in this trial, goodman is the main defendant. he was tried in absentia, along with other 6 people who are fidgeting. some of them are fidgeted more than 300 people have life sentences, and 19 of them are charged to aggravated life sentences. there are almost 70 people who have acquitted in this trial, which is an important development of course. but this is setting an example for the others because old, those other trials were waiting this case to be finalized, so that there will be in nor refuses no rejections. but according to the turkish

officers at the somali, among the, among all the cases since the failed coup in 2016, germany is imposing stricter a lot from measures as it struggles to suppress a 2nd wave of corona. virus infections from december, private gatherings will be restricted to 5 people increasing to turn during christmas. the chancellor angela merkel has warned that void of measures are likely to continue into january because germans to be patient. as in restaurants are closed schools and some shops they remain open. well, merkel is also pushing for a european vote. european union vote on shutting ski resorts over worries. they could become coronavirus super spreaders. but also, his government has rejected that idea, saying that winter sports will go ahead with precautions there. and france has kept its results open though it has shut down all chairlifts. england will replace its national lockdown with the system of regional tis in december. there are 3 levels with different restrictions, large parts of the country,

mostly in the north and in the center, will be under the strictest level. brennan is in 7 x. in kent, which will be under $23.00. he says there is some frustration over how the restrictions have been applied. the end of the national lockdown here in england won't come a minute too soon. for many people and many livelihoods who have been impacted quite severely by the restrictions that have been imposed upon them in the past several weeks. but there are winners and losers from the new system. for example, liverpool will come out of the highest level of restriction that's 23 and move down to tier to london will stay interior to manchester will stay in tier 3, but only 3 areas will move to the lowest level of restrictions to warm the thick of sheppey of whites and cornwall, and many other areas will move to tear to 3. and i'm in one of them. this is kent, the garden of england, as it's described, the county of kent in the south east of england. here there will be 2 or 3,

but that is causing a lot of angst here because there is a big difference in fiction rates from one end of the country, county to the other. for example, ramsgate has a rolling 7 day average of around $570.00 infections per 100000 here in sevenoaks. it's just 76 per 100000 that has an impact because staying in 3 means restaurants like this bar and probably over my shoulder, the restaurant that's behind me have to stay close. they can only do take away a massive impact on their business. in the run up to christmas m.p.'s for the local area on a happy. people are also not happy, but the government says it's absolutely necessary to stay on top of this infection . and it has been 3 days of national mourning for one of its greatest ever football players. that is, diego maradona is a live picture from what is or is where his body is lying in state at the presidential palace. millions of fans around the world have been remembering his achievements. sometimes that scuffle with police as they lined up to say goodbye.

and he said a 1000000 people are expected to pay their respects to the legendary number 10 in the coming days. organizers have been struggling to manage the crowds during the problems created by a coronavirus, the current vice president omar dona died of a heart attack on wednesday. he was 60 years old. he scored the infamous hand of god, goal all the way to winning the 986. well, battled addiction off the field, sports stars, politicians, and even the head of the catholic church. pope francis has praised the man many argue is the best to ever play the game. turns a base outside the presidential palace in part to say well i didn't to not is in mourning under stalin and some thousands of people that are coming here. they are longing and this long line here, the calm here to go inside the presidential palace and be able to say goodbye to him. doing so is a national hero. the government of progress surface acuity up the road from to try

to prevent not only violence, but also both the coronavirus hungry argentina as one of the most affected countries. people are worrying phone stuff. some of them are not, there's no social response from so suddenly versus from notre concern, but still the rest of the world. what's happening here shows the enormous closer that is being done. i don't want to harp on people's mind when you talk to some of those people. many of them come from poor neighborhoods, not only in one of soldiers, but in other parts of the country. that's what happened to them, but i don't, i'm not, i don't, i came from one of the poorest areas of one aside us. and he needed to have a report to some of the world's most famous football closely also made the war in iraq not known to the army yet in order singing british very family, including argentine, afterglow, song, people here say that not alone up was a hero to them mostly because of those 2. famous gone after the mardi north fork

and run toward a goal that after losing the war on al-jazeera, the millions going hungry aid agencies in syria say they've never seen so many malnourished children. you know, you want to be slightly representative. that is a moot point. she won't be for the american art installation that humanizes the cave at 19 death toll and provide space for the hollow. we've got more rain on the cards fall to pan over the next couple of days somewhere to weather now. pushing out of eastern china will continue ease its way

over towards you as we go on through friday. what's the weather? just sliding out of the korean peninsula. easing of it's was the western side of conscious and what's the weather? the 2 just sliding out of the east china sea joining up what to whether they're coming into that western side of some snow over the other, the mountains for a time. colder weather comes in behind temperatures struggling to get to 4 celsius in seoul, just 5 degrees there for beijing. losey dry for a good part of china by this stage as the cloud and the rain moves away may well we have cloud of rain moving across southern parts of india in the form of cycling. and that's going to continue making its way further west with a father warning has now been issued, so we're not concerned too concerned about the winds, but still plenty of rain coming through another 100 millimeters of rain. also pushing into southern parts of under protest. it'll run across whether to coming into connecticut for a time, but you can see the,

i was there on saturday. they do remain in place the flooding rights possibly coming in a notice in the open water war, right. it was for the american people have finally for poking america as i slid off balance or become more dangerous. the world is looking at us with a mixture of sadness and maybe with the election behind us. will the republican party dump truck to the feel weak? take on us politics and society. that's the bottom line. holding the powerful to account. as we examine the new receipts role in the world. you're

watching out there. a reminder, our top stories this hour. prime minister has announced a humanitarian corridor over the northern tikrit region to help civilians caught in the fighting that has also ordered a final offensive against ukraine forces that argentina has begun 3 days of national mourning for one of its greatest ever football players. right now, diego maradona's is lying in state, as you can see from his back. at least a 1000000 people are expected to pay their respects. but his court has handed down hundreds of life sentences for those accused of plotting to overthrow president reza typer. 214, years ago. it's one of the biggest cases related to the failed coup. in 475 suspects. qatar has signed a deal with turkey to buy 10 percent of shares in the as temple stock exchange. the

boss closed at an all time high following the news. 9 other agreements were signed . joining the emir of qatar to mean been how i dealt on his visit to turkey, covering the energy defense and food sector. it's because if i say, as president has won re-election, that's according to preliminary results. the electoral commission says that iraq aboard a has secured more than 3 times as many votes as his nearest rival. the former finance minister is different. the opposition has claimed mass fraud in sunday's poll, but this has been dismissed by the electoral commission. hundreds of thousands of people who are unable to vote because of fears of violence and speak not i would address is live for us from nigeria's capital of abuja. so i'm glad the president has been speaking. what's he been saying? well basically he acknowledged that he acknowledged the and i'll stand by the independent electoral commission in birkenau faso this morning about his victory in

the polls saying that he did a case this to work, not his home and abroad for their faith in democracy and also said this is not only from some but for the country and mystical order also said that he's willing to work with all sections of broken afonso to move the country forward. he probably, he's handing an olive branch to the opposition, who by the way, as we speak, trying to address hundreds of supporters in the capital, what they had to go to express their dissatisfaction with the conduct of the election that they caught fraudulent and was raked to favor president coorey wall, the opposition was hoping for was this election, or at least announcement could lead to a 2nd round of voting and putting a fossil then they can't have what they didn't do at the opportunity to do what they didn't do in the 1st round which is to unite behind a single candidate to face cavalry in the election. however, they didn't do that and they didn't get that either. because of the announcement

from the election commission today, they now have 7 days to challenge the results of the election in court. and the constitutional court has 15 days on its part to consider whether to approve or reject the outcome of the 2020 presidential elections. meanwhile, vote tally for the parliamentary election results still continues after the announcement. of course, when i would address thanks very much indeed for that. thank you. the world food program is warning more syrians to become increasingly dependent on food assistance to survive a record $9300000.00. syrians do not get enough food to eat and send a whole reports nearly home for those children. 6 months old, a hoodie or waist 3 and a half kilos of malnutrition is becoming an increasing spend a month hearing in children. aid agencies warn nearly 5000000 across the world

ravaged country. don't get enough food to eat. as poverty deepens the flick he 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. health workers who visit the camp say never before have they seen so many cases of malnourished children. the international aid agency save the children, says 65 percent, have not had meat, fruits and vegetables for at least 3 months. we know this combination and years of conflict, a very cold outbreak and the dire situation has really affected. so when you put all those children, especially very young children just aren't getting your chance to grow up in

government held areas, there is a bread crisis. the cash strapped state has been forced to reduce subsidies and ration a main staple that more families can no longer buy. distribute food across 1600 countries. on this at some point can receive the syrian currency has lost much of its value that the affected food prices, which are now the highest ever recorded the world food program says $1300000.00 syrians don't have access to sufficient food and an additional $2200000.00 are at

risk across the country that is half the population mcdyess on after we've all expired meal because it's a cheaper we also buy the cheapest food for the other kids so they don't cry from hunger and of that it's been 10 years of war and displacement. there's still no peace. the bathroom now is against hunger in every corner of the divided country. senator the u.s. supreme court has temporarily barred the state of new york for imposing limits, some places of worship. the governor andrew cuomo had restricted attendance to as few as 10 bush was in areas designated as coronavirus hotspots. the court ruling said that that was a discrimination against religious institutions. new conservative justice. i mean anybody to the scales for 5 to 4 majority in the court before her appointment. the court had upheld restrictions, affecting churches in california, and in nevada. night clubs have closed in hong kong for at least 7 days as

a city tackles a new spike. in cases of covert 19, many have been linked to a cluster of infections in dance venues. the government's ordered mandates retesting for people who recently visited those clubs. the only cases in the city of hit a 3 month high over the past week truck drivers in a border town in western kenya have been queuing for days to cross into uganda. due to the pandemic queues in brucia winding back for 60 kilometers. so a border guards are now demanding drivers present negative covert 19 tests, all agree to testing at the border. and this means a journey that would have taken a few hours is now taking days. british drug company, astra zeneca says its coronavirus vaccine testing has been done to the highest standard that says concerns were raised over the effectiveness of their vaccine produced in partnership with oxford university. the university says that some of the trial injections did not have the right amount of vaccine due to manufacturing error, and that's leading to questions about the validity of the results. the university

says it's discuss the problem with regulators and has agreed to complete the late stage trial with 2 groups. meanwhile, france's health minister says the country will need to be transparent about its immunization program because of public skepticism towards vaccines. the government says it could start rolling them out by the end of the year. france began its 2nd national lockdown last month and the since seen a drop in cases. chris smith is a consultant for all exist at cambridge university and an editor of the naked scientists. he says the era could end up working in ashes and it could favor astra zeneca. so this may be a serendipitous positive because what they found when they actually analyze their data was that they had one group of individuals who had a 90 percent plus response group response rate to their vaccine. and another group that responded a bit less well than 60 or 70 percent. when they've analyzed the data,

they have found that the individuals who got a smaller amount 1st and then a bigger dose next actually responded better than people who got to higher doses. and the face value that seems a bit paradoxical, and indeed it has got academic scratching their heads. but there are some possible explanations. in addition to it being just a typical chance, although that seems pretty unlikely. so people are now looking into this to say, well, if this does turn out to be the case, then the 100000000 doses of the vaccine that the u.k. has already prior purchased from astra zeneca. instead of treating half the population will actually have enough coverage to go through the entire population. we've known for a while that we should anticipate some degree of what is dubbed vaccine hesitancy. there was a recent survey conducted in the u.s. in which about half of respondents said that, well they offered a vaccine tomorrow. they wouldn't take it. i think that number has shifted a bit, particularly as we've seen the responses to the trials improve, you know, the data come back and very,

very high levels of response and protection conferred to some extent. i think this may take care of itself because the people who's, who tend to be most likely to say no to a vaccine initially are not those people by and large are in the highest risk groups. more than 120 people are on trial in cambodia on charges of conspiracy and treason. the case is linked to attempts by an opposition leader to return from exile. defendants have ties to the cambodia national rescue party or human rights activists. the un has said it's concerned the trial is politically motivated and violated the due process. cambodia's prime minister said in its history of jailing political opponents and activists. a british australian scholar has been freed from an iranian prison after what she says has been a long and traumatic ordeal. collymore gilberts was convicted of spying and sentenced to 10 years behind bars in 2018. she's thank those who fought for her release,

but also praised the iranian people as warm hearted and generous despite her experience and exchange her on to secure the release of 3 nationals who had been jailed in thailand ever failed a bomb project in 2012. but have spike in as the prime minister said to dr. morgan, but on the fine, it's morning she's in the healthy, she's healthy and she is in good spirits. on her return, she will quarantining, but she will not be alone and she is well supported. i relate, has been 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 try and stop them or get over it and we continue to do so. these are points i made strongly to foreign ministers arranged during multiple meetings on the more than 260000. people have died from code 19 in the united states. as those numbers keep increasing. one artist has sought to humanize the statistics through an art

installation, so that she can, i reports the science in washington. d.c. has also become a space for mourning. the wind and flapping of the flags create a kind of meditative, using the sun shadows dance across their mostly blank surfaces. each of the shin high memorials marks a covert 19 deaths to be counted a heartbreak to be remembered. this is an opportunity to consider what has happened to us as a nation. this isn't america. this is not the america i grew up in. we are now the greatest country on earth because of our movie dad. suzanne brennan furstenberg created and finance the art installation. in america, how could this happen? the white flags are intended to represent the purity of those who died. she says

they also signify the government certain render when it comes to its response to the pandemic. we need to think about being american as looking out for the common good and looking out for each other. this and demick offers as a pivot point to rethink who we are and what we want to be. on this day, natalie carter came with a handful of her students. the teacher planted a flag, an honor of her on a no one merit who died 2 months ago. the family was unable to hold a funeral due to pandemic restrictions. but this is a memorial ceremony, and if you watch it is there so many people that drive by here every day and to know what each one of the flags represent that is a memorial. she won't be forgotten. she's not just another person that contract passed away, running furstenberg is exploring, creating another work of art with these flags. a portion of the installation will

be preserved at the smithsonian museum, but the artist says, what negs that her is, the more responsibility she has to those who die from code 19 after this memorial is just me, i told at the end of november, you are my sunshine, you always found a way to help others are among the messages written on the flags, a few photographs. but the most common expression of grief is we missed. the talks are going to al-jazeera washington d.c. so this is out there. these are the top stories on ethiopia's prime minister has announced a humanitarian corridor in the north integrate region to help civilians caught in the fighting. i'll be ahmed has also ordered a final offensive against ground forces. malcolm webb has more from neighboring kenya. prime minister.