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ferocity of the aggression. well, the united nations wants ethiopia's government to give access to a growing up there in the north of the border with eritrea. and that's revived, much needed food and shelter. there's also concern for the 100000 refugees who've been living in too great for years. and the conflict has pushed more than 40000, people from ethiopia into sudan, and the u.n. is appealing for $150000000.00 in aid to provide water and shelter and health services. let's get more now from michael ware, who's monitoring developments from neighboring kenya in nairobi, and malcolm 1st up, it seems the offensive is well and truly underway. what more you're hearing about what's going on in tikrit we heard several reports of fighting on the outskirts, the city, and of there being explosions in the northern part of the city. it's a green people's liberation, liberation front. their leadership described it as a heavy bombardment. short while ago,

we spoke to prime minister ahmed spokesperson, she refuted this claim and said, a blanket bombardment wasn't part of their operation and said that the ethiopian government military was taking great care to protect civilians. but this pending attack on the city of macquarie that we've been waiting for for the last few days, rights groups and diplomats have expressed great concern about this. some rights groups have said that this would be an assault on the city, and shelling of the city would break the rules of war or possibly even constitute a war crime. if america is an incredibly complex situation in the region, especially now obviously tell us a little bit about how we got to this point. p.l.f. who are fighting to keep can right now dominated the ethiopia's politics and its military for almost 30 years. prime minister ahmed took over 2 years ago that was following waves of protests across the country. he promised reforms. he also ended

a longstanding conflict with neighboring eritrea. he was awarded the nobel peace prize for that. he promised reforms home. now the t.p.s. less said that those reforms have fairly targeted them as part of a crackdown on past abuses and corruption. they say that they're being pushed out of being increasingly modernized marginalized. that's the origin of this conflict that's brood over quite some months. now both sides refused to stop talking to each other, but because the tea p.l.f. was once so powerful within the military, that's why they are command a significant number of soldiers. now they have a lot of armaments. so even though they're surrounded and it's going to be difficult for them to hold out, not situation. and certainly analysts say there's quite some risk of a, quite a heavy and sustained fight for the city of mackay, which is started just a few hours ago. or really there for a moment, thanks very much mark and with their reporting from nairobi. let's take this on. we can speak to dina, me,

who's the deputy director of the africa program. the international crisis group joins us now via skype also from nairobi. mr. time the so the offensive clearly very much under way. what are you hearing about what's happening and what are your concerns about the safety of civilians? well, hearing very much what your correspondent malcolm weber has as reported. artillery fire heavy bombardments on the outside of fringes of the town of the city rather. and the prime minister of ethiopia yesterday had made a pledge that any such fire would not land on civilian areas of the city. that's not clear whether that is actually the case during a period of rather messy war. and really that the concern is for the 500000 civilian residents of what will be best states. will they be forced into the

wilderness and clean from such conflicts and into, you know, humanitarian catastrophe. will they stay close to the forces that they see might be there better might be better, better place to protect them, in which case they could also be caught in the crossfire. i just, bombardment goes on as you say, the prime minister's office said the ethiopian forces have said that they will not bombard civilian areas, but given the density of the city of mackellar, it seems that it would be almost impossible not to yeah, well there's, there's also the fact that the ethiopian army is not necessarily working alone. there are other axes in this conflict between besides the ethiopian government forces and, and, and it's a great forces diplomats in the region that are now confirming the involvement of

the eritrean army. they've also been allied militia from neighboring region. and you know amara special forces from the neighboring region, these 2 regions, amar and also have, you know, between them. and there's been contested territories that both their political leadership sounds have claims these disputed territories. as then, as you know, enormous and ethnic on the ground and we've seen reports earlier this month of, of the massacres that have taken place in western to grow. so, you know, notwithstanding this particular days military campaign, there's a lot of other actors in, in the, it is part of this conflict who don't answer necessarily directly. so that brings me to my next question. those are given these disparate interests, if you like, these disparate actors in the region and the ethnic difficulties that are presented

there. what do you think game plan here is? should he prevail? and how would he set about ruling to great? well, he's already been in, in the last few weeks appointed a new to grand administration and practice hasn't been applied because they're still holds the capital city and much of the hinterland, of the greys though under the control of various allied militia. but you know, if he, if he's banking on defeating the last thing, them out of meghalaya, then he probably will once or install a more compliant grain elites who will be accountable to his new political party, the prosperity party, however, that that's no guarantee that that is going to be easy to rule, you may have a continuing insurgency carrying on. what is the population also going to do?

and of course, then there are numerous ethnic militias or to grant militias all over the countryside. made also need quelling. and as i say, if he's going to rely on, on other sources besides federal government troops, this might be, you know, really risky. not yet. of course, at that point, they could be a long way to go before we even start considering that thanks very much indeed. tunney. thank you. what? tens of thousands of people have fled the fighting? have a morgan is in the remote camping together, if in sudan, which is where many of them are being relocated. all morocco, but a refugee camp here in sudan got out of state has expanded since it was 1st opened just over 2 weeks ago. now when it was 1st, open it hosted about a few 100 if european refugees fleeing from the conflict in that sacred region. now the camp hosts more than 7000, its european refugees, and this place is becoming sort of

a permanent shelter for them until things ease back home and they say it's safe for them to return. now this is the only formal refugee camp here and about of state despite saddam hosting more than 43000. if you can appreciate over the past 3 weeks escaping from the conflict in the tiger region, the other centers reception center in neighboring customer states and look to hear god out of state are all just reception centers, including village 8, which is about 30 kilometers from the sudan is the opium border that hosts more than 15000, if european refugees now most of them here stand under the scorching sun waiting for food aid and waiting for food distribution. but they say that this is much better than being back home, not knowing what they could have faced. many families speak of leaving their loved ones behind of witnessing people being slaughtered of atrocities. they say that forced them to flee and come here to sudan seeking refuge, but aid organizations say that they need help in terms of responding to the influx

of refugees. they say that in the coming 6 months, they expect up to 200000 escaping refugees to come here to sudan seeking refuge from the to great region. because of the conflict. should the fighting continue. they say that they need financial assistance or funding for the program to be able to respond to this refugee crisis that is unfolding. because sudan as a government, despite hosting them already hosts nearly 1000000 other refugees in various other states and therefore will not be able to cope with this crisis on its own. so while the aid organizations are sounding the alarm and calling for supposed to be able to respond to this current unfolding refugee crisis, people here say they will wait to hear and till things are safe before they go back home and take their region in ethiopia. to be morgan earlier my colleagues ali, but you both spoke to fully program the, the united nations high commissioner for refugees. and he says that more support is needed for the refugees. i want to join those who are calling even

more urgently for mediation and end of conflict, because this is what these people around me are fleeing and they're still fleeing. the numbers have decreased the numbers of our rivals, but still they're in their hundreds for a day yesterday, i was at the border and i met people just arriving more than 500 arrived yesterday through the various crossing points. i want to be on record to praise sudan for having kept its borders open. sudan already has a 1000000, refugees, countless displaced people, and yet it kept its borders open. it provided the 1st assistance, and now i'm here to coordinate and boost international support to sudan and mobilize resources for this response to be effective response or was a little maids. many reporters were on the ground before your own teams, including our own reporters. why is that? why was it difficult for you to get this operation under way? i think we actually moved quite quickly. it's

a very remote area. as your correspondents know, all the logistics is difficult, so we have to gear up. but i think that now the response is, is functioning. we have some challenges. people are arriving at the border in various points. we have to transport them to sites like this one where i am. it's an 8 hour drive through difficult, broads, on flimsy buses. it's not easy to do all this. it takes a bit of time, but i had meetings with the authorities here in the region today. and i think we are beefing up by the way. i'm returning to how to tell him tonight. and i am going to appeal on behalf of all humanitarian agencies for $150000000.00, for the next 6 months. we need to be ready for a few months of assistance, hoping that the eventually people can go back. but many of the refugees aren't using official border crossings from what we understand. so how is the u.n. a.c.r. able to ascertain the number and the current needs,

the sudanese government receiving them or so at an official border points wherever they have access and then they transport them to the official once where screening occurs, registration 1st assistance and then for those who want transport to a more stable place. many people don't want to move from the border there, watching what the situation, how the situation develops in the gray region of ethiopia and making a decision whether they want to go back or stay in sudan for another while it's complex. more still to come here on news hour, including thousands of farmers protesting in and around india's capital for why they fear new rules will leave them. big corporations and convicted of corruption in venezuela. while the u.s. says the 6, nothing more than political courage is the spirit of the family devoted to the auction time football legend. that story came up with peter. and

all right, now iran's supreme leader says there will be retaliation over the killing of its top nuclear scientists measure. the fact is that he was ambushed by gunmen while in a vehicle with his bodyguards in the capital, tehran on friday. western and israeli intelligence have long suspected fact result of masterminding the secret weapons project. the president hassan rouhani says that terrans nuclear program is peaceful and the killing will not slow it down. immediately blamed israel, whose embassies around the world have been put on high alert. in an initial, a severed, assess the nation, shows that our enemies are experiencing anxious weeks if feeling that the era of the a precious is fading away and the world circumstances a changing they want to make the most of their remaining weeks and days so that they can create uncertain conditions in the region when the assassination threatens

to increase tensions between iran and the united states in the final days of the donald trump presidency. let's go live now to us about who's standing by for us in tehran. so i said 1st up the iran's president is pointing the finger of blame it israel, the killing causing anger in the country. but it's not clear how it will retaliate . absolutely, we don't know how iran with the retaliate, but we have had the supreme need to the hominy saying that the that the country will respond and he made a brief statement. he asked for 2 things. one was for an investigation and for the perpetrators of the attack to be firmly prosecuted. and the 2nd one was for the country to continue fuckers are this work in the fields of science and technology. now, as you've mentioned, president hassan rouhani has blamed israel, but he's also said that iran won't fall into a trap. that this is s. . a nation of iran's leading scientists isn't like the assassination we saw earlier on in the year of general cos. and so the money that was

a military strike on iran responded militarily. now there is some dispute within the political factions in the country about what the response should be. now the conservatives who dominate parliament, now they're calling for a tough response, but also for iran to stop i.a.e.a. inspectors. in fact, there was a protest outside parliament where people were asking for revenge. and for those i.a.e.a. inspectors to be stopped inspecting nuclear sites. now that's referring to the 2015 nuclear deal, which iran has been reducing its commitments to. and what's left of that is the fact that i.a.e.a. inspectors can inspect iran's nuclear sites without any prior warning without notice. and conservatives are calling for them to be stopped. the reformist, under president hassan rouhani, now they want to wait. they also want to response, but they want to be restrained. they want to wait until president elect joe biden comes into office. and hope that the united states will rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal and lift those sanctions as far as they're concerned. that would be

a victory for iran. but there is a view in the west that iran is a belligerent country. but the reality is iran is very restrained, is very strange and precise and its decision making. but what we do know is that the supreme leader of this country has called for a response, and there will probably be one we just don't know when that would happen where that will happen and what it will be. all right, said thanks very much as i beg the entire on. let's bring in our senior political analyst bashara now he joins us live from the moment. so 1st up, iran says israel did this, israel not saying at the united states, not saying anything. what you're thinking about who, how and why this was done well, if it is by precedence for by actor and it is, is rather if it is by new york times, rather serious reporting depending on not to intelligence sources and one israeli

source. it is again in israel, if it is by the usual judgment of who benefits it is. israel, if it's judged by prime minister netanyahu was rather i don't get 3 spawns today that i have a lot of great things to do, but there is 2 things i cannot talk about. he is basically emphasizing affirming that he did give the order to carry attack. so in probably every possible way he could say that israel did carry the and last but not least, when a number of former u.s. officials like cia, a former ad, john brennan, at that, that tax condemned attacks and others say, why aren't you could then make it because israel did it clearly, israel did it. but what about the timing of this said shortly. of course, before joe biden takes office. that's where they say least,

an absolutely look. you know, the israelis would tell you as others would agree with that, that whenever they get the chance to carry such an attack that they've been planning for, for a long time, they carry their gardeners. but which today yesterday or next week. but clearly the israelis have been escalating their planning against iran in order to take advantage of that window between when the elections took place. another 3rd and january 20th, when president biden, thanks place, there's a bit of a vacuum there. and clearly, trump and mr. should, would support what ever israel does as it's been made clear by some degree tweeting on the part of the american president, basically giving a tacit support for such actions. so the israelis, you know, quite can like a dog walking like a dog, acting like a dog with

a timing that be fits the israelis clearly, you know, it's a duck, right? all the while the iran leadership promising a response. is it correct to say that they will not be drawn into anything to provoke a tip? well, a free kick, president hassan rouhani his word for it. then clearly the iranians are intelligent enough and sober enough not to forego 40 israeli trap for that. then you now strap, which is to draw iran into some major confrontation with them. but mr. mission, at this point in time has little to lose. but to basically do a take on iran. i think that kind of a statement on the part of the iranian president, it's clever, but that doesn't mean that the hardliners or revolutionary guards or i don't have any himself. no one would actually think such

a decision. i agree with the iranian president, my sense is they probably would have division of labor now, some condemning. but mostly what they're saying is we have the right to respond. but we will choose when and how. yeah, and budding that time, that might be the case with waiting until joe biden comes into office. how different will his approach be to that of the trumpet, ministration? $180.00 degrees different. i think president trump basically embraced netanyahu was arrogant approach to iran, almost come to the almost coming to a confrontation, military confrontation. the fight in of course, was to take the obama dialogue, diplomacy, and return to the allied nuclear deal with iran. he said so in so many words and an

article in an interview and the quotations a speech that he made already. so we know where a president or the next president biden is going. now. this will also depend on what happens with the iranian elections come june next year. because if the green elections produce some hard line leadership that might complicate that bit of how exactly are they going to go about it. but going about it, meaning the diplomatic route is definitely where ribeye that is going. we've also heard that from his next, but secretary of state 20 drink. interesting. thanks man for that day. appreciate it. mom bashara. it's been just the whole taking place in france against a new bill aimed at restricting the filming, and publishing of police officers, images, police force has been under scrutiny for its heavy handed tactics. critics say the law would stifle attempts to expose police misconduct and brutality. of the

protests have been fueled by a recent video of paris police beating a black music producer in his studio. 4 of the officers involved have been arrested resident, a man on that crown says the incident has brought shame on the country and attach a butler is live for us in paris and tell us more about these protests and what's been happening with thousands of people were packed on the bus, i repeat the big square behind me. they're actually mostly moved along now because they're walking through the city to the past. and it was, it is, i should say, a very big turnout. a lot of young people in the crowd. and what the message is is that they would like the government and scrapped the part of this is new security law that is planned because they say it's simply unfair and erosion on freedoms, particularly press freedoms, are the clothes in this law would mean that it will be far more difficult for people to broadcast and share images and videos of police offices while on duty.

the government says it's important to have this law because police offices are so often at risk. any protection, particularly in demonstrations in those kind of circumstances. they do very difficult job for many people. these protesters are just saying that this is simply an erosion of rights without videos and images of police on to see they can't be held accountable for their actions and can sometimes act with impunity. and that is why we saw those images, for example, this week of police officers beating up this back of music producers. earlier in the week, we also saw images of police officers acting rather heavy handedly with migrants and journalists at a camp clearance in the city. many people pointing out those video, those were absolutely key in the inquiries that then followed into the police officers actions that were involved. the president has said that the incident has brought shame on the country has called for the government to, to act,

to fight discrimination. and restore confidence in the place, but that's pretty straightforward by any means. but i think for many people in, for our there is a sense in which the police probably need to be reformed because there is, among some offices, this culture of impunity, racism in the police force is something that is only debated in france. the idea that police violence is often excessive in many circumstances, and many people in france believe that more needs to be done to crack down on police officers who act at times with excessive force. of course, this is not all police officers in the police force, but there is growing sense that something needs to be done more than words, more than perhaps, postings on facebook all that we saw from the french government. he, that the president has almost has asked his government to try and do something

about this to try and make sure that the police outpolled the values of the republic. but what many people here are saying is that even this, nor that is being proposed in itself goes against the values of the french public because it goes against values such as rights and freedoms. all right, that's a picture in paris. thank you very much. still ahead here on al-jazeera, a rare protest in the cuban capital. dozens of artists join a demonstration calling for the release of a jailed rapper and egyptian football club. al-ali are crowned african champions after beating the bitter cairo rivals. they don't have more that it's has been raining heavily in eastern iraq and the western side of iran, less have elise who sat its great deal of clout around. you'll notice this figure

$109.00 millimeters in the last 36 hours on the western side of iran is significant . this is a mountainous area. this would have caused flash floods. this would be rain. the snow with some highs in on sunday will be more snow falling in iran up into azerbaijan as well. the following weather is largely fine. not particularly colder up to nearly 20 in beirut. and this line here, through saudi arabia is focused scattering of breaks of light rain. i suspect this clears syria, which took my list and then the next better shot is coming through into cyprus and the levant will be sunder, stalls as well. i suspect tanzania did catch some pretty big rain earlier in the month. and zanzibar, surprisingly has been a focus in the last couple of days, $43.00 millimeters since yesterday, didn't see much this month. 205 doesn't seem much, it's a bit more than the average, but not a huge amount. so, east africa's not particularly worth the moment. there is significant rain inland in the rift valley dancer's andrea and towards south africa. i'd like to see some

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challenging the official line. you're ok, you're watching al-jazeera reminder the top stories this hour, the 2 great people's liberation front says his military is using artillery and past rights to touch the regional company, making the un's appealing for immediate access to funds to help those who fled the fighting. iran's president is blaming the assassination of his top nuclear

scientists on israel gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying mention parties that he and his bodyguards were on friday. iran said it was honey and large rallies are being held in france against the new billing to restrict t.v. film. the publication of peace officers images, pressures comes from french police. officers were detained after the video matched the beating of black music to say hundreds of police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed to control protesters in and around india's capital. thousands of farmers have refused to move to a designated area and they're blocking roads and border crossings around new delhi . they're angry about new laws. they say could put them out of business. it is agriculture minister has agreed to talks. this with iran has more from the protests . we want, the single border crossing between the states of haiti and delhi with thousands of farmers remain camped out. this busy national highway has become

a track to city with pharmaceuticals. as far as the eye can see, and a very close have been converted to temporary homes because the phone a say they're not going anywhere. they are refusing to go to the grounds on the outskirts of the city that the government allocated to them to protest. they say that if they aren't allowed to march into the center of the capital, new delhi, they're going to block highways around the capital and they're going to cause as much disruption as possible until the government repealed these farm laws. here they are raising farm union flags. they are making speeches, criticizing the beach, if you government and its policies. the government, meanwhile, is appealing to them to stop the protest. they've invited them for talks on december the 3rd, the farmers say the 1st round of talks didn't go anywhere. and that's because they say that the government is not a sure and that a guaranteed minimum price for their projects will remain. and that this is not

good for farmers, and it's going to leave them at the mercy of large corporations, allowing private companies to buy from farmers directly with fewer than 60 days until president elect joe biden takes office. the u.s. justice department has scheduled a number of federal executions and it's expanded the methods that can be used. the only lethal injection that clears the way for poison gas and firing squads where it's allowed under state law. joe biden is against the death penalty and says he will work to end my kind of has more now from washington d.c. . news of the new protocols only came out because it was printed in the federal register as it has to be by law. the impact off this though, is to give the federal government a far wider range of methods of execution to use normally, it has been by lethal injection, but the justice department is now saying that it has got to keep the option of using a form of execution used in each particular state. now states decide what form of

execution they use most have used a lethal injection. however, some have moved away from that because of the shortage of the drugs needed. so the justice department is attempting to say that it needs to do this to fall into line with protocols exercised by the states in which a federal execution will be carried out. now this is significant because the finite executions have been shared between now and the 20th of january when joe biden comes into office 3 of them this month and 3 to next month. so this now the justice department is able to exercise what form of a death sentence is pickable to a particular state where it's carried out. it must be noticed as well. is that the death sentence, federal death sentence was on hiatus from 2003, before justice department reinstated federal death penalties earlier this year. and

since then, there have been more people executed by the justice department. then there were in the last 50 years, new restrictions will be imposed in los angeles county in california from monday in response to a surge in coronavirus cases. health officials have issued a stay at home order, which will last for 3 weeks. all private and public gatherings of people from different households have also been burned. and this comes as the number of recorded infections rose by 2000000 in 2 weeks, bringing the total number of cases nationwide to $13000000.00. well than 400000, people have now died from corona virus in europe, as the continents undergoes a 2nd wave of infections. despite that, france's reopening stolz ahead of the holiday season. the president emanuel micron says the peak of the wave has passed in the u.k. . that accounts for nearly 2 thirds of europe's death, telling its price fall. and he looked down protests. and he said on saturday. well, because it is in have gone on strike in several countries,

demanding better pay and working conditions. garment workers in bangladesh say they want to be paid for what it is that we completed, even though many would cancel june to coronavirus and trade unions in the united kingdom, according for a parliamentary inquiry into what they call dehumanizing working conditions, protests kinds hide it black friday, that's one of the company's biggest sales events. chris moles is a former amazon employee, and he's also founder of the congress of essential workers. and he says that consumers should pressure the company to better protect its employees. standing solidarity with their sense of workers, you know, essential workers are amazon employees and the company failed to protect us. so you stand in solidarity with the workers were asked in the boycott, the cancel your prime membership stop order from amazon. and so they do better by employing. we have a warehouse workers that are out here, workers that have died to mark, things have started abrogating in the very beginning. they failed to protect us and

thousands of employees worldwide have been tracked. and many are out your supper is still so well as soon as they stand this hour a day where it's them to work with. ready and boycott the company, this company is a monopoly. they could change to grow and control the market control of the mare or to control the propaganda. that's out there. they have way too much power. they hire all this the valence. they do union busting tactics. they fire and employees like myself that speak up for things that are very important and they could show them narrative to the point where they're good. so consumers know speedy stories. don't care about it. so we don't continue demonstrations, they would never know the truth. and so that's what we have to do. we have to continue to speak our true, tell the stories that speak up what a boy so that unheard of is still working what it called me. and hopefully one day we have gets up point where we have be able to organize and unionize, be protected as workers. china has imposed taxes to 212 percent of all strain in wine. and they had an escalating trade round. china has accused

a stranger of flooding the market with cheap wine and humming local producers which can bring tonight, the taxes, the latest in a series of sanctions from china that include cuts in australian beef imports and other products. the measures are widely seen as a retaliation against australia support for coronavirus investigation and also criticism of a security crackdown on hong kong. yoonjung is the managing editor of the china story at the australian national university and former treasury official. she says the rift between the countries goes back several years. the trite tension is really just one part of the broader tension between australia and china. and that tension has its history go back to 3 years ago now. and australia has been put into basically the greens since then. but this year it has escalated hotly because the australian government's call for an independent inquiry into the

origin of copa. and that has really angered the chinese government and the chinese government pocket australia for a strong export and why they do that. it's because it gnome's that the australian government is if exports to china, week ago, the chinese embassy and the release of 14 previous to the australian media. so buckles back all the way to the possible interference legislation in 27 tape. when ben 2080 and the wrath of the foreign investment decision. so all of these bills out to all 14, these are gradients. those that china is basically polishing australia for it is using trade as a weapon at the tool to punish australia. politically, washington has condemned the conviction of 6 u.s. oil executives in venezuela on corruption charges. the secular state might prepare this court if their immediate return to the united states,

the men were arrested in 2017 or working for the u.s. based refining company. citgo that's owned by venezuela's state oil for john holmes is for these 6 oil executives. 5 of them u.s. citizens and already been stuck in venezuelan prison 3 years. now they've finally been tried, found guilty of corruption and received sentences of between 8 and 13 years. he wants to do this letters from one of them to mobile though it's the 1st public message from any of the men since their arrest. he wrote it just before his trolls . conclusion is lawyer. now reaching across race where justice is done, i'll be able to rebuild my life and try to compensate my family for the last moments, the light is intense, the hope is great. give me freedom. freedom was denied to him. human rights advocates say that venezuela's justice system is plagued with corruption inefficient simply school bias. his lawyer again,

the male white woman not even being intimate case. there is no evidence. it's not there is no 2nd stanch evidence or no in direct evidence or flawed evidence. there is no evidence, none period, game or him be out. how does it? i asked the team of venezuela's attorney general topic williams to his response about the cases. the answer, no comment. the men work for oil company sic, go. they were arrested and charged with embezzlement. after being glued to a business meeting in venezuela 3 years ago, the case is played out against the backdrop of the acrimonious relationship between president nicolas maduro and the trumpet, ministration. like many other countries, the us supported mcdougal's rival point quite those claim to the presidency. we want to give every american but us secretary of state might compel you has indicated that he believes the 6 men are being used as political hostages. despite

before the trolls verdict, but those family were hopeful. he would be home for future thanksgivings, just like the ones they used to celebrate together. so i think my father wants to shatter the world that he message out. lots of hope and of justice. he's been held for at you know, over 3 years i'm just lee, and now there's a glimmer of hope. with the trial i'm going. now the trial is over for the 6 men and their families hope appears to be waning. john homan, how does it more than 100 cuban artists have held a protest outside the culture ministry in have on or against what they say is a state crackdown on dissent. it comes off, the police broke up, a hunger strike calling for the release of a jailed rapper carload has more than 85 was a rare show of public dissent on the streets of havana. protests like this are not

allowed on the island, but many of cuba's most prominent artists say they've had enough of what they're calling a government crackdown mainly against younger people. you know, i would argue that it's time for dialogue and i think it's important that young people are heard and we're going to work for that. this demonstration follows a police raid on the headquarters of a prominent dissident group. its members were holding a hunger strike, demanding the release of a rapper, jailed for 8 months for insulting a peace officer. cuban authorities say they violated coronavirus measures, but they accuse the government of using restrictions as a pretext. the government authorities dressed as doctors and got into the ambulance and came here and into the houses doctors there broke down the door of the house and beat them rights groups and the international community has criticized the action with a top u.s. state department official calling on cuba's government to respect human rights. the

artists say they won't back down until they've met high level officials. the government monopolizes mass media in cuba and claims. these groups are funded by the u.s. government to subvert the state. those protesting hope the rallies like these will help take their course to a wider, international audience. cari leg al-jazeera. antigovernment protests has been back on the streets of thailand's capital of bangkok, calling for political change. they're demanding the resignation of the prime minister, prayuth a gentle cheer. a new constitution and reforms to the monarchy. demonstrations have stepped up this week despite threats of league election. several protest leaders were challenged earlier in the week. voters in indian administered kashmir are heading to the polls for the 1st time since the indian government revoked the region's autonomy last year. but opposition candidates say police have been preventing them from campaigning freely. rhetorical as more it's been more than a year since new delhi stripped the autonomy of indian administered kashmir.

effectively an exciting parts of the disputed territory. these local elections the 1st since then seen by many in this region as a test of how unpopular that policy is and opposition coalition. the group car alliance has been campaigning for the area, special status to be restored. but candidates, say police have used security concerns as an excuse to harris them. it's been very difficult right from the word go we had picked up by the local police and put into the whole court. it takes me almost from the morning we're going to go back to the supposed to be in the india's decision to revoke self rule. in the majority, muslim populated region has caused anger, and many kashmiris are determined to make their voices heard. what is i thought? i wanted to buy a car going out. we'd planned to buy a car, the elections,

but after the group got alliances, fog,, it come perilously think. we decided the real cost i would get to be d.p., a big number of the members of india's governing hindu nationalist. b, j p, have been campaigning hot the both the parties you've joined hands under the good car alliance are corrupt parties, delivering justice. people have understood this and are now following us. political analysts say there's a lot at stake for the government in this election. if you have significant waters to an out, you will, the government of india definitely show the world that yes, people of kashmir have gone silent for some reasons with the situation. and now they are back to life, not only for their normal life, but even for the political and democratic life. everything is back to normal and that is what the government of we haven't tried to project out of these elections. the elections are happening across the region in 8 phases and will end on december the 19th with results expected 3 days later. the tory gating be al jazeera

cycling dutchy has killed at least 8 people and displaced thousands more northeastern somalia. the storm is the most powerful to hit the horn of africa since records began 2 years worth of rainfall in just 2 days. and the u.n. is warning the cycling could worsen. a locust infestation sweeping across the region are using a greater threat to somalis, food supplies well, 3 days of national mourning have ended in argentina following the death of the football star diego maradona. it's been a time of reflection for many fans on both his magic on the pitch. and the controversies offered. the no one reports from the neighborhood on the outskirts of one of the areas where it all began. the residents of e. a few would be insulted if you called their neighborhood a slum for their proud of what they have proud that one of their own lived and played here before leaving to become the greatest footballer the world has ever seen. diego maradona's death on wednesday. hit them hard. so not on the other

morning when you feel it's in the neighborhood its side, many people are crying. the whole place is practically in silence. usually it's happy music, but now there's a terrible silence. of course, everyone of a certain age has a memory of the cheeky little boy who could do incredible things with the football . played regularly with him when they were 1213 years old. he wasn't surprised to see diego school, his wonder goal against england in the 1986 world cup was was me. it was a great goal, but it was normal for us to see it here. as a keeper, i'd give him the ball and he'd go past 123. all of us and score, he says the eagle gave them joy a real commodity in a place like this. he live on in our hearts and minds, not just for arjun times and here in fiorito,

but in the hearts and minds of the whole world. the people here say they're proud that marathon never forgot the never forgot where he came from. it was on pitches like this, one him, covered in dust and stones, that diego maradona, the boy formulated his footballing skills to one day, display his magic in the best stadiums in the wilds. maraton, his precocious talent was spotted, and he made his professional debut aged just 151. osiris club continues. dounia is in the heart of the law, but the l. neighborhood where his memory continues to inspire. 1 i was given this space to fill it with what i felt. so i did the world cup, the dear god brought us. it has to be here from where he played from when he became so big. he outraged many with his behavior, both on and off the pitch accused of being arrogant, aggressive a cheat. but he enchanted many more with his artistry with the football and continues to inspire after his death. both here and via. i'm beyond that.

one of cyrus coming up in the couple of minutes new zealand's rugby team pay their respect heated up and tells in sport you know, blew through that area. i don't have a narrative. i have to rush to join me richelle carey and up front as my guest from around the world take a hot seat and we debate the week's top stories in pressing issues here on al-jazeera december on al-jazeera. it's 10 years since a revolution in tunisia ignited the arab spring. al-jazeera looks back at the uprising and asks, what really changed across the middle east. the stream is where al jazeera has global audience becomes a global community. a year after the 1st coronavirus case in china will examine the

devastation caused by the virus and the efforts made to eliminate covert 90 people in power is back with more investigative documentaries and in-depth stories. climate leaders will gather online to press ahead with a new stage of the paris climate agreement and examine the possible global solutions december on al-jazeera rule. forewarn let's get on sports biggest anybody. nick, thank you very much. will start with boxing and the return of 2 ladens to the ring . mike tyson and roy jones jr, will face it you a bit later on saturday, but it's not clear what the rules are. and there are concerns how safe it is for 2

men in their fifty's to be fighting each other. david stokes reports on one of the only our mike tyson, mike tyson, age 54, back on the scales for the 1st time in 15 years. he's taking on another former heavyweight champion roy jones jr. who himself is coming out of retirement. we know it will be an exhibition fight of 82 minute rounds. but this confusion over the rules with some reports suggesting that knockouts won't be allowed. tyson hinted, that might not be the case though. it could be entertaining. you know, within them, i'm afraid the players and a cushion when they need those punches. and then i personally think tyson is training videos have been going for i wrote what's known as the baddest man on the planet. he was the most fit name in boxing. and in 1986 became the youngest heavyweight world champion in history. now

you know who is like miss boxing, you realize and he's seeking to get them back now because we need 4 layers, you find people, he was really a master to be and we want to master one of them to him. now to find better. now he has the desire to want to come out and be we want to do, we knew he was good. do jones jr? is 3 years younger than tyson and the 4 white world champion, but like his opponent, he's well past his prime and many a questioning how safe it is for them to fight. as the brain gets older, tissue is not quite as pliable as it was before, so i think they probably are at at greater risk of more serious injury like brain bleeds. the pay per view bout will cost $50.00 for fans in the u.s. with tyson set to earn $10000000.00, which he says he'll donate to charity. he may be in his fifty's,

but he still box office. i don't look at life with a life in the energy you know, go me 59, you know, such as certain he did, i wouldn't do the 2000000000 to the enemy and they will grab a tomorrow night because of kobe 19 restrictions. the fighters were separated at the way in by a plastic screen, but it won't be long before the punches froyo it one of the most intriguing matchups of the year. david stokes al-jazeera english football champions. liverpool have gone top of the premier league, but they were denied a victory by a controversial late penalty at brighton. pascoe grose scored in the 93rd minute to, rescue a 11 draw. the penalty was awarded via v.a.r., which earlier in the game, was also used to rule out a little pull go for offside. you can club scene go top by a point, but top them chelsea and leicester all now have a chance to overtake them. egyptian lastly have been crowned champions of africa

for a record extending 9th time after beating their better local rivals. at zamalek, the karo darby was held behind closed doors because of the coronavirus pandemic. took the lead in the game through a mirror. but as i won, i kept back with a stunning goal from captain to drop the level. there is a lottery left that late, but it was worth it. the spectacular strike from mohamed mag seal the $21.00 victory in the 1st ever one legged african champions league final. the win also means the represent the continent of the fifa club world cup in qatar, in february. with fans locked out of the stadium and many packed nearby cafes sitting shoulder to shoulder, to watch the match on t.v. screens in strictly the team's fans on to cairo streets. to celebrate, they win,

the football world continues to pay its respects to argentine legend, diego maradona, who died on wednesday. the spirit of marathon it lives on in a home in buenos aires with 29 year old girls named after him. mara and donna have their own argentina shoots with the number 10, and they named the twins were always going to be named after him, according to their father one, the one i see when i'm with their mother. i said at some point, we're going to have 2 daughters. one is going to be called model and the other is going to be called donna. after 10 years, she gets pregnant and we became parents. it's very beautiful for me to have this name and what i like the most about this name is knowing why he called me that. i feel like this team is wonderful when i was, i can't believe that he died or why he died. he was a very good person and he didn't deserve that. marathoner transcended football. the new zealand rugby team paid their own tribute earlier. they were playing origin scene in the rugby championship, and before kick off captain sam kane presented their opponents with an all black

suit with merit on his name and a number tame. as for the match itself, argentina were looking to beat new zealand for the 2nd test in a row, but it was a very different story. this time they rested 10 players out of last week. stronger, strayer, no. blacks hammered them. 38 mil scoring 4 tries to win a bonus point and secure the trial for mr. and will finish with formula one and yet another dominant performance by miss avies. no 1000 may have already won the world championship. he was quickest in qualifying to take hold position for sunday's bahrain grand prix. his teammate valtteri, bottas, will start 2nd. it is mercedes live in the front row, lockout of the season. we'll leave it there for now, a beer again, in a few more hours with more sports news, nick, appear to look for the simulator. thanks very much, david. that is it for this new south africa web site. alger talk column is the address, plenty of commentary analysis and all the news recovery to be back in

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