here are now just your understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. al jazeera hello, i'm barbara sarah. this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london. thank you for joining us. coming up half a 1000000, people in the firing line, ethiopia's government says the final offensive in t. gray has begun. a turkish court hands down hundreds of life sentences to people accused of involvement in the 2016 failed coup. the coffin carrying diego maradona leaves the presidential palace and begins its journey through the streets

of winners iris. it follows a day of mourning and high emotions as thousands queue to say their final goodbyes to the legendary football. and it's all downhill for a german proposal to close europe's ski resorts for the winter to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. and as the world of sport pays its respects to diego maradona, we look back at his career and what made him such a special foot tanks are rolling across northern ethiopia, while rebel forces are reportedly digging trenches in what could be a devastating battle in a conflict that is threatening to engulf east africa if your peers friend minister, has ordered a final assault on mecca, lay the capital of tikrit province after a 72 hour ultimatum for local forces to surrender, expired. ahmed says he'll open

a humanitarian corridor for those who want to flee, but he hasn't offered any details. hundreds of people have been killed since a power struggle between 2 graham leaders and on meds government exploded into full blown conflict. 3 weeks ago. communications have been cut all fall fuel and cash are both running out or than $1000000.00. people have been displaced and grey, which is also home to more than 100000 every tray and refugees. now they're almost entirely dependent on aid, but could run out of food in a week. meanwhile, another crisis is unfolding across the border where more than 40000, people who have fled. great for eastern, as sudan, where aid agencies are struggling to feed it treats and shelter them. malcolm webb is following developments from nairobi in neighboring kenya. he issued the ultimatum on sunday and said that to graham fighters had 3 days to surrender,

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. well, as we were hearing there from the u.n. is warning of critical aid shortages. here again is in one of sudan's poorest regions where many ethiopian refugees have arrived. where we are is that cam that's not far from the sudan is here border. and it's where more than 15000 refugees have arrived over the past 2 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 this down side of the border here and go out of state as well as neighboring gessler states. now the biggest challenge when it comes to providing aid for, 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 there would be more than $200000.00 refugees in sudan in the next 6 months or 8 are going to show that they are trying to step up so that no refugee is left in need. some you'll get the true is a journalist based in ethiopia's capital joins us now over skype sir, thank you for joining us here in al-jazeera, we were just hearing from our correspondent that already this is causing a humanitarian crisis because of the people escaping the violence. and yet the, it's really imminent or we've just heard that the prime minister has ordered a final assault or mecca lay because of the difficulties of getting any kind of information out of tikrit right now. how much do we actually know about this assault? we don't, you know, many of us are interested in travelling to the, to great state to see exactly what happened, but we're not being allowed. so instead,

we're focusing on the report that's coming from human rights watch, undersea international, respected ethiopian human rights commission. and daniel burke and there was a former political prisoner, and the victims are going to sudan. there's telling us the horror they've gone through and all kinds of experiences. they've lived through to go to the sudan. but every ethiopian rifi jeep reminds us of those trailered to make the journey all the way to the sudan in their younger to all out. so it's just a tragedy. reminding many friends of your viewers who are also our sister, that you are in our time of need. you need a to open time in some 40 years ago. evan, you mentioned all of this. we are getting reports, of course, of hundreds of people dead. and as you say, thousands who have already been displaced, but now there is this assault planned or perhaps going on on a city of 500000 people. now the prime minister has said that there is

a strategy where they're going to try and minimize civilian casualties, which presumably is pretty difficult to do in, in a densely populated city. any more detail that has been released by the government, or at least the strategy that they are hoping or going to try to adopt. let me just remind your viewers. 500000 was at the last count which was in 2007. there was a year, the cuban government counted its population, so it must have grown to many more than 500005. now, when we say 40000, if you don't sell travel to the sudan, we're not even counting the uncounted the people that just are not counted by the u.n. . so the government, you know, we've been reading the tweets coming from the government. they're saying they're trying to protect civilians. the focus has been from day one to fight anti pill of leadership. but with the will they be able to accomplish such a conflict without

a freezing civilians? i mean, you have to tell me, you have to remind me of any kind of conflicts in the world where it hasn't affected the most innocent people. the majority of people reside until right to agree are so innocent. visit to the state a court 4 times in the last 4 years. why and then simply left as a legacy of human rights abuses, not of democracy. the people of to grow the most peaceful people bet on them. so when, when we see real, when we can't numbers, when we say 15040000, when we begin to understand there are thesis behind these numbers. we're going to understand that conflicts really affects the most innocent people among us. absolutely, and of course you were speaking to us from the capital that ethiopia is a country, unfortunately, with a history of divisions with a history of famine as well. so humanitarian crisis. i'm just wondering how the

people that you speak to in the capital are reacting to it and to the fact that they don't actually have all that much information about what's going on and being done in the name and by their government. like any conflict, this complicate your, it's a weight issue. you know, in the open there are many people that are so short of it. they understand many of the population of ethiopia are younger than 25. they've lived in an era of t., p.l.f. which our views to their human rights of democracy, the 2007 election, ethiopia was the most violent election. you can find, it wasn't even counted when the t.p.n. decided to indorse themselves. us government then continued. so they lived in that era, they're trying to understand, they're trying to fight that the people of government. but you have to understand the fight is not really between the 2 great people in the rest of europe, and it's between t.p.a. level government and the ethiopian government. in many people seem to miss the whole point. why the conflict?

because the purpose of the conflict and many people are being affected. you know, when we see when we speak to victims, you know, when we use bitter mom whose kid went to mcauliffe, who are vacation, she is stuck and she doesn't know if the child is still alive or dead. when we speak to a young guy who is helping his father get basic medication that used to come from at the cellar and, and now he can suddenly send 2 to metallica. and he's not sure if his father is dead or alive. so when you put faces behind the numbers, it gets becomes a weight issue among if your and, and the open want to defeat it. you can have government. certainly it is obvious, even with all that we don't know that the humanitarian toll of the fighting even just now as has been devastating for so many samuel get a true journalist based in ethiopia's capital, addis ababa. thank you for joining us. thank you for inviting me now the body of

football legend, the diego maradona has been driven through the streets of this. we can see some live shots there from the argentinean capital. you can see the lie, the streets lined with people waving flags to say a final goodbye to someone. that is definitely a hero. an icon in argentina, while the country has begun. 3 days of national mourning for the man who also led their team to world cup glory back in 1806, and who many look up to as a national hero mariner maradona died of a heart attack on wednesday at the age of 60, and his body has been lying in state at the presidential palace, tens of thousands of mourners line lined the streets to bid a final farewell to the legendary number 10 reports. now from when osiris for one day,

argentina's presidential palace was filled with food bowl fans. thousands came here to pay their respects to the going to the owner, the man, the myth, the coffin lane state, and born with the number 10, juicy that made him famous. the u.n. says he was filled with emotion when he saw the coffin. we don't judge him for what he did with his life, but what he did for us, he gave the people happiness, something that no politicians has ever done. but i don't, i came from the poor slums of one of the scientists and reached the top of the game . for many he was a mirror of latin america, an example of the extremes that exist in this part of the world. but for his legions of argentine, fans might have owner was like them god is did the god of the people of the poor, the one who represented all of us. that's why i'm so sad. argentina is in mourning,

many of those who are holding back the years, others are crying and others for every team here to celebrate life. and that's why they're singing songs about what you will not. i want to have a special place in people's hearts in this country. and that's why i wasn't on to say goodbye and it's not just in argentina, in italy, in the city of naples, when my donor played for several years, people also got together to bid him farewell. he fully married the city. he really understood the essence and the soul of neapolitans, therefore, he's seen as one of us might have known as passing comes as a shock to most arjen times. because it puts an end to a part of this country's history. for many deal will become the day that some claimed he was while he was alive. he was our one of society's.

well, let's go to daniel shriver who joins us live now from buenos ayres. so daniel, a very sad day for many people, of course saying their final goodbye to diego maradona, but also a day full of tension. tell us more what some of the emotion that you saw expressed in their interest as package did get so slightly overblown. people frustrated, they couldn't get into the government, powerless to see the, to see the coffin and pay their final respects. they did clash with police fairly close to here where i am now outside the presidential palace was for all to cabins were used. some people climbed over the fences outside the presidential palace and did manage to get inside very briefly. so it did more in many ways what had been the overall a peaceful day. people going to the reference points around when osiris, which have some relevance to the able matter of donors life,

the slum where he was born. these are the 2 football clubs where he played out containers, juniors and buckley jr. as they were lighting candles, laying flags, photographs, many people still crying more than 24 hours after diego maradona died. but the violence that has been prevalent has blighted argentine football, did perhaps inevitably spill over. but now people are drifting away as the funeral cortege heads towards the cemetery. and a ceremony which has been brought forward mostly because at the request of the family because of the violence that we've seen and the pressure on the orthorexic is from these people wanting to say their final goodbye to the number 10. and of course, all of this is happening while a pandemic is still ongoing in argentina has been hit quite hard by that 19. how is all of this affecting social distancing? for example, what i think you know, you can see in some of the images behind me not very well i think is probably the

simple answer to that. i mean, just the very fact that tens of thousands of people have gathered here in the center of the city. fighting to get into those cues to go and see the able matter doner efforts were made to keep people apart. appeals have been put out for people to wear their masks, but i think inevitably, well, with so many people wanting to express themselves, the emotions spilling over some of those measures really haven't worked very well. you know, shrine where with the latest from when a zionist, than you're saying well coming up on this news, hour from london outrage against police brutality in france, where officers are accused of attacking and racially abusing a black music producer rock bora is the clear winner of sunday's elections in booking a fossil, but the opposition continues to question the legitimacy of the vote. and in sport, pakistan's, cricket team is placed in isolation. after some players break. quarantine

the a hundreds of people have been given life sentences for attempting to topple turkey's government 4 years ago. and the finding moment in the rule of president threats of type at bar. it's one of the biggest cases related to the failed coup with 475 suspects on trial. while than 250 people died in the attempted takeover on july 15th, 2016 parliamentary and presidential buildings were fired upon and the turkish military chief was taken hostage are on the 80000, have been arrested. the government says they worked with the us based political figure who coordinated the attack with a faction of the military. he denies the charge, and more than $130000.00, people including military personnel, have been sacked or suspended from the public sector. seen emco say glue reports.

now from istanbul, it's a case that's taken 4 years to conclude this court and uncorrupt acquitted 70 people before that sentence, 310, military officers and civilians to life in prison. they were all facing charges stemming from a failed military coup in 2016. a total of $475.00 defendants were tried for running the failed coup from arkansas, your base northwest sobel. turkish capital. prosecutors say that's where f. 16 fighter jets to go off and flew low over on korea, sending out sonic booms before attacking parliament and other government buildings to denmark. remember, watching this trial of 4 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. defendants were charged with a long list of crimes from murder and attempts to violate the constitutional order to an assassination attempt targeting president dredge up say, brad john. but the number one defendant was u.s. based turkish religious figure puts a luck with the turkish authorities lame for the failed coup. he and others will have a separate trial because they live approach of. the trial also brings charges against so-called civilian in mom's secretive non military figures, accused of being the coordinators between good men and those in turkey who took part in death attack. according to the indictment, those civilian moms had direct talks with cuba and while it's a raise on the night of the failed coup, to receive orders and pass them along to the military members. mark, you made it clear in as the crimes were detected by the court,

we would expect the defendants to apologize to the turkish nation and the families of the veterans and ask for their blessings rather than denying. but we didn't see any sign of regret. the field who killed 250 people and injured nearly 2200 others top military brass, including then chief of general staff car, were held hostage at the air base throughout the night. the turkish government has since arrested nearly 8000 people accusing them of having links with goodman and more than a 130000, people, including military personnel, have either been sacked or suspended from their jobs in the public sector. relatives of the defendants are not happy with the court's ruling. but the families of the victims had wanted death sentences, but many people here in turkey believe the court decision could serve as a lesson to those who intend to harm the constitutional order in

a country that has bitter experiences with military coups and its modern history. see now, console al-jazeera stumble. the drug company astra zeneca is planning to test its potential coronavirus vaccine again. days after grabbing headlines over its reported 90 percent success rate, which is now being questioned by scientists. astra zeneca insists the vaccine that it's produced with oxford university walls tested properly. but concerns were raised after it was revealed that some of the trial injections didn't have the right amount. the university says the mistake was the sky with regulators who agreed to continue testing. it still needs to receive final approval by regulators . well, the u.k.'s chief medical adviser says he remains confident in the trial results so far. really, you could look at the whole thing. those results said to see some ridiculous

no, no, don't make decisions around it. so i think it was all this fantasy books that's very exciting and it's going to be put forward for approval rating. we just will not be truthful. and well, for more on this we can speak to simon clark. he's an associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading and joins us now live via skype . sir, thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera is just a few points to start with. what was put in question was the efficacy, the number that astra zeneca gave for efficacy, not the safety. and it all hinges around basically giving a half dose or a full dose. could you just explain a little bit more in simple terms if you can? what exactly the issue here was so when they were manufacturing the vaccines for the trials, it seems that some of the vials got filled with half dose of vaccine,

not full. those. so you had most people get 8 to shots of the full dose, which was what they intend it. and some people got a half those 1st followed by a full dose. and they think that there is an indication that maybe those people who got the heart followed by the full, their use, had a better protection against coronavirus disease gates cases 19. the problem is that it appears that the numbers for this one very small and really set a friday this up, instead of telling people that it was an effect, they should've opened up and said, we see this interesting effect. we need to follow it up and we're going to watch this space. they didn't do happen. instead, they refused to answer to these questions on air, which i think was

a mistake at the but do you have question? let me may have question marks about how they handle them, but they have question marks over the vaccine itself and its efficacy or what they were. it's just a question of by how much people are. i think fixating over these said its efficacy to be further about that could vaccines that of be released the absolute weeks by pfizer. and by and the they are said to be about 98.5 percent effective. where is the normal regime for the ox's backs? it is about 62 percent. when he started inoculating people on mass, tens of millions of people, hundreds of millions of people, you can almost guarantee that those numbers will change. they won't be the say. and also we're not living our lives. we only do there isn't much effect should societies, it's more difficult to show an effect. so i wouldn't worry too much about missed

the census figures b.c. . i think it's a mess is the answer. yeah, because i mean, you mention the figures, you know someone 90 or 62 percent, but all of that is well above what the f.d.a. for example, the us regulator suggests that any covert vaccine needs to be and that's about 50 percent effective to try to fight the pandemic, i mean, when you take all of this and put it together, when do you think that we are going to have some kind of effect, they have a vaccine, i guess we can divide, you know, in the sort of wealthier countries. unfortunately, that are likely to get their hands on it 1st and then the rest of the world. you know, i think most of the wealthier countries start a small handful of cases in the hands of about see this december and slowly that increase their coverage into next year. i don't think we will be substantially all in there, richard, least until the 2nd half of next year. now we've begun with the way the spring,

but that if you would actually be there and for the rest of the world, when do you think that we could look at a situation where most places in the world have access to a vaccine based case is getting access to a vaccine, possibly 12 months time, i thought about 80 knots time. really, we have to remember that when we look at the exact polio smallpox, it took decades to in fact say everybody around the world tried to stop, it is out and done it. smallpox, we need to employ, you know, if organizations like world health organization decide they want to do this sort of thing with the coronavirus that it will take quite a long time. someone clark associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading here in the u.k. . so thank you. you're welcome. still ahead in this news hour, the pandemic forces schools to close across pakistan again. but how do you complete

online lessons? if you can't afford a computer, a serious starving population war, a collapsing health system, and the coronavirus pandemic leave half the country free. and diego maradona tributes continue to come in from around the world, including calcutta in india, a city with which she had a special connection. there's not a lot of sunshine for the costa del sol over the next couple of days. laws to clear skies across central parts of here with high pressure still in play, mist and fall dense fog that down towards the southwest. some very active weather rolling in from the atlantic. this nasty little area of low pressure will bring

some heavy rain into spain and portugal. canary's also seeing some pretty wet weather as a system slide its way 3 to protest against seeing some wet weather. and let me go just around the costas nasi storms rumbling away here. much of the western med seeing some rather disturbed weather is because through the next dial tone has been pretty unsettled too. for the eastern med push further north, this generate dry ice on the cold side. got some snow there for good measure across moscow, western side of russia. well, of the sign, the wintry mix just sliding a little further south, which for poland down towards ukraine. as we go on into saturday, find a dry, if a little cold side of it was that western side, if you have a more wet weather, as you can see there for spain and portugal, and that does a lot for socials of morocco, other side of the med, this was cairo, we saw some very heavy rain. that rain is in the process of retreating away. but more wet weather for the west. africa

from the outages here in london broke out to special guest in conversation. when you say a lie a 1000000 times, that becomes the fact. you then can create whatever narrative you want, unprompted uninterrupted, and i realized i was working for something that was evil, you know, being a part of the creating our maria ressa meets christopher. why? the death of journalism is only the 1st signal for the death of democracy studio, unscripted news. while not all of those displaced have witnessed the effects of the recount. they say this time many members and relatives were enough to make them come here rather than staying back detail coverage challenge. the government faces is aware that it can persuade people to keep abiding by restrictions from around the world. the so-called swedish model may be under some pressure, but a full lockdown is unlikely on perhaps even impossible.

back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera prime minister i.b.m., . it has ordered a final assault on the capital of t., great profits after the expire, you have a 72 hour ultimatum for local forces to surrender, and says he'll open a humanitarian corridor for those who want to being a score to buy police through the argentinian capital after lying in state at the presidential palace, the country has begun 3 days of national mourning for the legendary footballer who died on wednesday. and drug company astra zeneca is planning to test its potential

coronavirus. again. after grabbing headlines over its reported 90 percent success rate, which is now being questioned by scientists. astra zeneca insists the vaccine was germany is imposing stricter lockdown measures as it struggles to suppress coronavirus infections. chancellor angela merkel says restrictions are likely to continue into january. she's also pushing for an vote on closing ski resort resorts over the winter holidays, but that's getting a chilly reception in other european countries. as dominic cain reports from berlin, samut in winter means snow and skiing. at this result, the danger of coated 19 has not prevented the slopes from opening and these skiers from enjoying them. because although cove it has killed more than 4000 people in switzerland, officials here do not want it to kill the economy too. and they say they have

protection measures in place. we're trying to make it possible to do to skiing vacations, are a skiing day in 7 months. and we're trying hard at the moment to improve every possibility that it's been offered. so with the distance socialistic masks, whatever, because we believe we have to live with 19, but across the border in france, the view is different. more than 50000. people have died with covert 19 and ministers here fear a repeat of the kinds of super spread a ski events that occurred in austria and elsewhere at the start of the pandemic in europe. of course it will be possible for everyone to go to ski resorts to enjoy the pure mountain air and the shops will be open except bars and restaurants. simply put, all the ski lifts on public facilities will be closed to the public. in burnin 2,

there is a determination to try to prevent mass participation events, whether in ski resorts or not right across the river. and we will try in europe to get an agreement on closing all skiing areas. unfortunately, judging by what the oceans are saying, it does not look like it is going to be easy to achieve, but we will give it another try. the feeling in the austrian capital is that those who want to close their ski resorts should have to compensate people whose revenue will disappear. that's unlikely to please many politicians here in the german capital, who are already worried by the spiraling costs of the pandemic here, particularly now that they've just agreed to extend the current lockdown until just before christmas. dominic kane al-jazeera, berlin. the us supreme court has temporarily barred the state of new york from imposing limits on places of worship. governor andrew cuomo,

restricted attendance to as few as 10 worshippers in areas designed this coronavirus hot spots. a court ruling said that that was a discrimination against religious institutions. new conservative justice, a macone, barrett tipped, the scales for a majority in the court. before her appointment, the court had a peled restrictions affecting churches in california, and nevada. alan fisher has more now from the white house. if people are saying this is a victory for the groups that suggested that some of the coronavirus restrictions were position on their religious freedom, that's what they argued under the 1st amendment. most people immediately think that's the freedom of speech, but it also. 'd includes the freedom of religion as well. and so the roman catholic diocese, but also orthodox jewish organizations, took new york state to court to say this is not the sort of thing you should be doing. the court, in a surprise, 54 decision decided that's exactly right. and said that new york can't impose these

restrictions on places of worship. what was surprising of course, is that john roberts, who is the chief justice nominated by a republican president. he, he sided with the liberal wing of the supreme court, essentially saying look, this is not something we need to be concerning yourself with at the moment we need to see how this plays out. but 5, all of the justices more conservative. nature said no, no, no, we can't be doing this. we've really got to step in. and so the orthodox church for the jewish church in new york and also the diocese in new york, the catholic diocese see this as a significant victory for them. and so does donald trump, because just in the last couple of hours, he tweeted out, a retreated to news of the court went with happy thanksgiving in capital letters just above schools and universities in pakistan have closed again. this coronavirus cases surge across the country. the government says classes will resume on january

11th following an extended winter break. they have risen this month's large gatherings have been banned, then the government will reassess. current restrictions in the 1st week of january, pakistan has registered nearly 387000, confirmed the cases and more than 7800 deaths reports august on and on the closure of educational institution for the 2nd time as the country to carve the highest number of covert 19 in the large grant before taking it to the highest figure. now the government had made a move in order to contain the spread of the wire to the prime minister has requested the opposition party not to avoid radar acting at

bugis thought at the moment. on the 26th of november, only educational institutions of pakistan have been closed from universities to schools, from tuition census to religious seminaries. all studies will be carried out online to further notice. the government wants their children's birth start dear tome. many of them will have to depend on started online, but dad fertility may not be available to the far flung region. do not have difficulty. and way communication fall. government would have provided the students with alternatives if they have decided to shut down schools as a living for my family. so how could i buy smartphones for online clauses? due to the 2nd wave of code in 1000 schools are now closed again, students have already suffered during the 1st phase. the internet connectivity is either very poor or not even available. so how could it be possible to study online? and as parents, we've been very worried about our children's education budget on its coming to

grips with the 2nd wave of forward 19. it had ramifications, of course, particularly for the private school which may have to shut down. and they're already complaining that they do not have a bailout package from the government. the pakistani prime minister had already said that business and in fact, trade will remain open. but that the government had no other option, but to close down the educational institutions in order to contain the 2nd wave of go ahead 19. 0, highly contagious, and deadly strain of bird flu is spreading rapidly in europe, putting the poultry industry on high alert. previous outbreaks, assault tens of millions of birds killed and significant economic losses. the disease has been found in more than 10 countries so far, including france, the netherlands, germany, sweden and croatia. the vast majority of cases are in migrating wild birds,

but outbreaks have been reported on farms leading to the deaths of at least 1600000 animals. france's interior minister has ordered the suspension of police officers who allegedly attacked and racially abuse the black music producer inside his own studio. the incident was recorded by security cameras and widely shared online. the producer told reporters that police followed him inside after seeing him on the street without a face mask which is against french health protocols. video shows the officers punching and kicking him and hitting him over the head with a truncheon. the producer himself was initially arrested and held for 48 hours accused of violence. what doesn't make you want to see? there are 3 people who came and attacked me and these people are supposed to protect us. i didn't do anything to deserve that. and i just want these 3 people to

be punished by the law because we have a good justice system in france. it exists and i was lucky and like many others to have videos that protect me, cannot pass us president mark christian cab or i has promised to move the country forward after he was re-elected for another 5 year term. but less than half of registered voters cast their ballots, while thousands of polling stations were closed because of threats of violence. at where they dressed reports. the supporters of president brought us m.p.p. party, celebrated at their headquarters. shortly after the preliminary results of last sunday's presidential election, where the election commission says president boris secured more than 3 times what his close a supporter and received, there were 13 other candidates separate. after this proclamation,

mr. rock christian martyrs declared provisionally elected in the 1st round as president of turkey in a fast way with 57.8 percent of the vote. in the election of november 22nd the result means spared the uncertainty of producing a united opposition in a runoff. addressing his supporters, he promised an all inclusive dialogue to move the country forward. border called the vote. he story. yeah. so the context first is the context. it was held, the insecurity everyone is aware of. secondly, it's the 1st time people of work in a fast when diaspora participated in elections. 3rd, a confirmation of democracy, taking firm roots here. the opposition party raised concerns about the validity of the vote, count and reserved their right to challenge the results in court. we think

the opposition heard what the election commission said and was ready to use all illegal means to get justice about all the irregularities in the election of november 22nd. we however, reaffirm all commitment to preserve peace and stability in between a fast. so by placing the interest of the country above all consideration, the opposition had hoped for and of so i united opposition could field a single candidate than i have a week to challenge the results in court. 1300 polling stations were closed in the east of the country, due to fears of the constitutional court has to rectify the results of the 15 days from the date of the announcement of the results, the world food program is warning become increasingly to survive

a record 9300000 and a half of them are children. 6 months old ways, 3 and a half kilos. ok, malnutrition is becoming an increasing spread among syrian children. aid agencies warn nearly 5000000 across the world. country don't get enough food to eat as poverty. she needs diapers. we need food and we have this place by war have been particularly vulnerable and able to afford basic necessities. workers who visit the camp say never before have 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 is

a combination of years of conflict, of very weak health care systems of a cold outbreak and the dire economic situation that 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 grow up healthy in government holding 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 sites across the country. 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 a 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 now is against hunger in every corner of the divided country. senator lots more still to come this hour, including more than a number, the arse installation flying the flag for us victims of the coronavirus. and then

sports. diego maradona's, former clubs are all paying tribute to the argent time. peter will be here with more sports

more than $260000.00, people have died from coronavirus in the united states, and the toll is rising every day. one artist in washington d.c. assault to humanize the statistics. so one art installation, it's also become a space for morning that's going to name has more the wind and flapping of the

flags create a kind of meditative music. 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're 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 pandemic offers us 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 it's huge. it is, there are 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 because of it and 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 dismantled, 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 even photographs. but the most common expression of grief is we miss you. the talks are going to al-jazeera washington d.c. . it's time to get all the support now. here. space are in goma. barbara, thank you so much. there really is only one place to start. as we have been reporting argentina is at the start of 3 days of national mourning after the death of one of the greatest players in football history. the a go marathoner on thursday and hundreds of mariners fans waited to enter government house where his body was lying in state until the funeral. 186 world cup champion died at the age of 60 on wednesday, after suffering a heart attack. argentina's president also paid the he's lost respect to marijuana

on thursday. alberto fernando is rooted marathoners cough and at the presidential palace. marathon is best remembered as one of the world's greatest ever players. however, he also tried his hand at coaching rather less successfully. his most recent job or set him in the arjun time premier of the v.c. on players from him last year also paid their respects to their former coach. it was not all orderly, though. things turned sour when some in the crowd came to blows with the police. marathoners family were keen to move his coffin to the cemetery, and the police were on hand to disperse. a mass gathering the casket has since been moved. many held a vigil outside his former club, aka juniors, at an international level marathoner school, the infamous hand of god. goal on the way to winning the 1986 world cup in mexico

for his country. but on his former agent says there were many sides to the gifted football that he was to be he was diego lovely. and he got time when he was just very and then when you crossed that while he was, he was the enormous talent while physically reaction has been coming in from all over the world. especially in those cities where diego marathoner played. he spent 2 years barcelona in spain, in the 1980s, has made headlines in the city and fans have been offering their own tributes and memories both good and bad. i was very little when he played here. every kid dreamed of being married on that. when it

comes to the person, there are lights and shadows, the artist on the pitch, and the demon outside of it. former barcelona player, samuel eto, has also paid tribute to marathon of the cameroonian describing him as one of the car. your not. when i was a kid, i didn't have many chances to watch him, but the few times i saw him when i was older, when i have a chance watchman video. well, i saw myself that what he was capable of doing was not possible. staying in spain side, sivia have also held a minute's silence, followed by applause for the former player, carried on a represented the spanish club 26 times between 90929093 school 5 goals for the club. in their time, naples is the european city where marathoner is based clubs. he helped napoli to, city are titles and the u.a.e. for cup in the 1980 s. and early 1990 s.,

the city's mayor has already called on napoli to change the name of their san paolo stadium. to on a marathoner, one fan has gathered hundreds of pieces of memorabilia at his home, which has become something of an unofficial museum. former argentina, national team coach and current leeds, united boss, marcello, be out, has also offered he thoughts. he also says matter, donna was incomparable for prayer in the short it was in the lead role. he couldn't be better. he was for us and will continue to be an idol. and the fact he's not with us anymore gives us great sadness. the loss of an idol makes us feel week. the egg a marathon also had a huge following in india. and that was largely because the 986 world cup was the 1st to be broadcast live in that country baritone. i had a particular connection with cole cutter, having visited the city twice, including in 2017 to unveil a statue of himself. and those was the scene at that statue earlier on thursday,

hundreds of fans gathered and showered it with flowers in tribute to their hero. if i understood i understood my, i don't know because the minute you do you hide something and i'm growing up listening to stories from my own, from my father. people who have seen him play with vision, eyes, or modern eyes with as you leap, to more than a month. personally, it's not just football tributes. i've been coming in from other sports to spanish tennis star after little tweeted that marijuana was one of the greatest sportsmen in history and that he states has left a void in the world of sport. and argentina's rugby team are currently in australia preparing for their rugby championship game against new zealand. coach martelli there says the world stopped when marathon i was there. he was watching you go and watch the rugby football. everything. everything there was injuries. he was there. i like i said before,

he was an example jersey and he had the worst job when he was there you was. it was like magic. just one other story to bring you pakistan's cricketers have been saying to isolation of the 6 of the team tested positive for covert 19 while on tour in new zealand. they won't be allowed to train for next month series son. so they get the all clear, all members of the squad had earlier tested negative for times before leaving the hole. it has emerged that some pakistan players were caught on c.c.t.v. breaking isolation rules. that's all the sports news. barbara. peter, thank you very much for that. and that is it for this news hour. remember, you can get the latest on everything that we have been covering on the website. there it is. al jazeera dot com. and i'm going to be here in just a few minutes with more of that hope you'll join me then. thanks for watching.

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storytelling of the biggest issues have to do with the at last the coffin, carrying diego matter though, and that leaves the presidential palace and begins its journey through the streets of when i was alone. barbara starr, you're watching al jazeera live from london, also coming up half a 1000000 people in the firing line. ethiopia's government says the final of friends 70 great has begun.