treatments and of that seed, keeping you up to date with what's happening on the ground in the ward and in the lab. now, more than ever, the world needs w.h.o. . making healthy a world for you to everyone. the in the in ethiopia is prime minister declares victory as the military takes control of gray's regional capital, but forces that vowed to keep on fighting. hello there. i'm starting to tell you this is al jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha. also coming up protests in paris against a noodle,

making it illegal to publish pictures of police officers, turn into demonstrations against police brutality in iran, of the assassination of a top nuclear scientist, and a promise for revenge in due time and private $1000.00 infections. a break more records in the united states health experts warned that the west may still be yet to come. but if your fears prime minister says the 3 week long military operation in the northern tier, a region is now if this, after the army announced it's now gained full control of the regional capital. but the leader of the people's liberation front has vowed to keep fighting against government forces. the t.v. l.f. says the ethiopian military used artillery and air strikes to capture the city. and thousands of people are believed to have been killed in that offensive. the united

nations is pushing for access into t. gray to provide much needed food and shelter, and also appealing for $150000000.00 in aid. this conflict has already forced more than $40000.00 people from ethiopia into neighboring city don. i will have more on the humanitarian situation in a moment, but 1st, let's hear from malcolm webb, who's following events for us from neighboring kenya, the pending on the, on the whereabouts of the grand leadership. and also the, i mean they, i mean, just a few days ago, we understood they controlled tens of thousands of fighters and substantial military hardware and they have had several months to prepare for this conflict. it was, it was, it was in the pipeline for quite some time. now the t.b.i. left began their story in the 1970 s. as a guerrilla rebel movement hiding out in the mountains in the to great province of ethiopia, they overthrew in 1901, a marxist government controlled ethiopia in the seventy's. in the eighty's. then they dominated ethiopia's politics. and its military for almost 30 years into

a prime minister and the army took over 2 years ago. now if they do indeed still control substantial numbers of troops and military hardware, then the certainly a fear that they will have taken those back into the mountains. and may continue or may resume this conflict as they began as a guerrilla force fighting from those mountain hideout, the united nations high commissioner for refugees. filippo grandi has visited the oracle, the camps near sudan's, eastern border with ethiopia. he says much more support is needed for the refugees that i want to join those who are, 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 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. 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 her tone tonight, and i am going to appeal on behalf of all humanitarian agencies for $150000000.00, for the next 6 months. well, that's now the horn of africa analyst and also

a senior research fellow at the institute of studies. he joins us now from london. martin, i want to start in itself. i know information is scarce, given the communications blackout we've been seeing. but what do we know about the situation actually inside the city and, and the potential civilian toll that this could have wrecked? well, if indeed the artillery began at about 10 o'clock this morning and by late afternoon they captured the city. this is the federal forces, then that is a considerable achievement. and it would suggest that the as have pulled their heavy artillery and most of their people out of the city because they're said to have had something like 200000 men at their disposal. now if they really thought too cold the city, you wouldn't have been able to take it in just a few hours. so a month from the tape l.f. is also valid to continue the fighting. is that realistic? do you think in the face of what abby is calling victory or will be potentially to

see a shift in the nature of the conflict itself? i think it's highly likely we will see the shift in the nature of the fighting back to a guerrilla war. as malcolm was telling you a bit earlier. and there is some other news which is just come in. may i read it to you? it is from the u.s. embassy in eritrea website, and it says as follows, at about 10, 13 pm on november 28th us today there were 6 explosions in s. mara, the embassy again advises all u.s. citizens in eritrea to continue to exercise caution remain in their homes now that would suggest this is after mccully would have fallen. so this is yes that the to gray and still have rockets under their control, are still able to hit the eritrean capital. and as you say, this is already perhaps, unsurprisingly, given the history here spilled over into eritrea. and we've also seen these tens of

thousands of refugees crossing over into, through don. can you give us a sense of what this might mean for the broader beaching going forward? well, this clearly is a regional war. now, the eritreans had a number of divisions on the northern border and were involved in the fighting. we have heard substantiated reports that some of the refugee camps for that the eritreans were living in that they were raided by eritreans. and that they took some of the young people on to the frontline in mckellar. and we're using them to fight, which would be of course, completely against humanitarian law. as the u.n. representative was saying to earlier, he is now inside sudan. the real question now is, will the sudanese allow aid and assistance into to grey including perhaps things like fuel which the 2 grands will desperately if they're going to mount a guerrilla war as they did for nearly 2 decades,

until 991. is that going to happen? so already this is a regional conflict or just coming back to take great self. i meant i went to great held elections back in the region in september. the ones that addus refuses to recognize. the t.p.a. life itself won an overwhelming public mandate. something like more than 98 percent of seats. how do people who are living, integrate, feel about abby and the politics here going beyond the conflict itself? well, of course, he's deeply unpopular in iran and you know, you don't exactly love someone who's waging a war against you, but in the rest of ethiopia, of course, it is popular, they would be popular now, if he had genuinely has managed to win this victory, that he claims, but if it descends into a long term guerrilla war, then people in the rest of the country are going to turn around and say, do we really want to send our sons and daughters to the northern border into those deep mountains? which the to gran's of health care, so many years,

and let them fight there and die. so what could be popular now? might, in the longer term, become very unpopular dever already saying violence and unrest in other parts of the country. and plan out there from the institute have come off, study with great care you inside. turn on to there. thanks for being with us, michael. thank you. i'm moving on and thousands of people have been protesting across france against us security, all restricting the filming, and publishing of place officers faces anger against the law has also been fueled by video of the beijing racial abuse for black music producer by a police correspondent attash about reports from the capital. despite some clashes between demonstrators and police, this protest in paris was largely peaceful. thousands of people gathered in the center of the city to rally against part of a planned law that would crack down on people's freedom to film and publish images of police on duty. the french government says it would protect the identity of

police officers. those here say it's an erosion of rights, it's out of bounds. it's important not to let this law pass because it would destroy our freedom to inform, especially when we're seeing lots of police violence. and even if those offices are minority, it is too much coverage of dora tarion trend is pushing us to say to the government . they must stop and change direction and let the police know that there are these red lines. the protest comes just days after the broadcast of this shocking video, a black music producer, brutally beaten by police. and earlier in the week, an inquiry was opened off to some officers were filmed, beating migrants, and journalists, as police cleared a migrant camp. without such videos, people here say some police officers could act with impunity. it's not only these protesters that are angry about the lure, a number of employees and senators of also expressed concern and even the un seamen

rights council has called on france to protect freedom. so bad, it's putting a lot of pressure on the french government. the crisis prompted french president emanuel macro to post a message on social media. he condemned the recent images of police violence and urged his government to propose solutions, restore public confidence in the police force, and protect rights. but those here say, unless the government scraps the laws controversial close, they will continue to protest. the al-jazeera paris, iran's supreme leader has a valid to retaliate for the assassination of the country's top nuclear scientist. most in fact, result, i was killed on friday and tear on spending. israel accusing it of trying to create chaos. prime minister benjamin netanyahu hasn't commented, but has put all israeli embassies on high alert at a sabbat reports from tehran. protesters outside parliament,

demanding revenge. and for iran to stop nuking spec sions by the international atomic energy agency. the anger follows the killing of top scientists to most in fact it is gunned down by attackers in his car in, a suburb in easton to her on friday. his family speaking on state t.v., also called for revenge. he was a scientist and at the same time, a very kind and affectionate husband who loved his country. i plead to others to continue his path and to not let his blood go in vain. his pot was very important for him and his blood was spilled for it as fixed borders on you. i tell the world arrogance that if they were afraid of this mosque and this country's progress, and if they were worried about progress made by this mosque, you must be scared of his blood a 1000 times more. the world's arrogance has to know that by killing people like factories are the this path of progress will not be stopped. president hassan

rouhani blamed israel for the assassination of iran's, most senior scientist been more am what i would say. the relevant authorities will respond to this crime in a timely an appropriate manner. the iranian nation is smarter and wiser than falling into the trap of the zionist conspiracy. the supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini, also pledged to retaliation, asking for the perpetrators to be firmly prosecuted for the work of others to continue. iran has launched an investigation in what is an embarrassing breach of security. but political factions differ about what the response should be. this latest incident will impact on any plans u.s. president elect. joe biden has for talks with iran on the nuclear deal known as a joint comprehensive plan of action or j.c. reached in 2015. i think you will make any negotiations on the j. c. p. a way, much more complicated and not just from the american side. i think it's going to be difficult enough for president biden, but it's further complicated by the reaction in iran to this killing are one of

their most senior scientists. and you have the upcoming elections in iran in a few months. so it's going to make it even more difficult for the moderates. who would like to see a pattern up in the j c.p.o. way. for now, the world is watching and waiting to see what iran will do next. iran's reformists want to save the 2015 nuclear deal. that means waiting for joe biden to take office and hope the u.s. rejoins undef sanctions. the conservatives seem to have run out of patience. i want to stop i.a.e.a. inspections. others want to strong response. the country has fired one, but no one knows where, when or what form that will take assad. big al jazeera, the front well still ahead here on al-jazeera by some remote latin american communities fair. a long recovery from the coronavirus identical despite optimistic that seeing new it was

an artist take part in a red demonstration in cuba. a country with a little tolerance for protests. the santa ana winds are blowing again, quite strongly particular in the afternoon. and this is just north of los angeles when this happens. of course, particular when it's dry, there's big fire risk. the disconnect the power to stop the power lines shorting out, which sometimes does start the fire as people accept it. as significant weather the forward rain is, is down. the texan coast has been running twice actually from texas towards the the florida panhandle. the next forecast takes a bit further, the further east and north. we suggest flash flooding. we've had street flooding in new orleans or ready, the one that keeps going northeast with it tucks in behind. it's going active

system. fairly cold weather. it was significance there, reaching down to georgie on the it is not quite atlanta, which means the war in the wet here on the east coast. be replaced by this coldest air. moving off with the biggest document out of the cascades as well as come off the pacific, but doesn't get much further south until the middle of the week. in the caribbean, things are now much quieter than they were. this general refuse showers in honduras and nicaragua, particular east coast, and it's probably wetter in costa rica than panama. but beyond that, there's nothing significant. this frontal system does come in your notice, and i think western cuba will be rather wet by the end of monday. american people have finally spoke in america as i see it. there it is all around the world becomes more dangerous. the latest looking for the next year of sanderson with the election behind us,

the republican party. don't trust your weekly take on us politics and society. that's the bottom all told an untold stories from asia and the 1st civic on the al-jazeera. the in the world. hello again on the style. here's handoff. let's remind you of our top stories here . this hour. ethiopia's prime minister says the week's long military operation and the northern region is,, or if the army says it's in full control of the regional capital, met l.a., but the leader of the people's liberation front has vowed to keep fighting government forces. there were violent scenes during protests in france against

a security law restricting the filming, and publishing of police officers faces anger against the law has been fueled by video of the beating and racial abuse of a black music producer by police. and iran is vowing retaliation for the killing of its top nuclear scientist. terror on blames israel for most in fact, result is assassination. the european union has described the killing as a criminal act. the e.u. and the un are calling for restraint. now, corona virus infections in the u.s. have almost doubled in november compared to october and for the 1st time on friday, the number of new cases topped 200000 that takes the total over $13000000.00. the number of people hospitalized with 1000 has also doubled in the past month. to pass 90000 and experts here, the record rate of hospital admissions. after the thanksgiving weekend, mike hanna has more from washington d.c.

. the pandemic is spread out pretty evenly throughout most of the united states, and certainly these figures are utterly horrific. in november alone, there were 4000000 new cases of corona virus reported. now that is double the number in october, which in itself was an all time record for the month in all on average, some $170000.00 plus new cases are being reported every day. the 205000 cases reported on friday the slightly skewed because a number of states didn't report on thursday, which was thanksgiving day. so that was 2 days data. but this is offset by the fact that a number of testing centers have closed for this holiday period. so the amount of testing being done is down, so the figures may well be even higher than they appear at present. so of great concern to health workers and health officials and pointing to to the fact that the impact of the massive travel during this holiday week can only be properly gauged

in a week to 10 days. and they are fearing that the use horrendous statistics are likely to get even worse. there's been nothing from president directly seeing the situation for a period of time. now. friday he spent playing golf and then went to the weekend retreat at camp david for the holiday weekend. he has been tweeting in the course of the day, but this is, continue your baseless charges about election fraud. no mention whatsoever about the coronavirus epidemic. well, let's speak now to dr. maria elena bhutanese. she's the associate dean at the national school of tropical medicine and also co-director of the texas children's hospital center of full vaccine development. and she joins us now from houston. maria, we were hearing there about these numbers heading towards the wreck or daily death toll that was set back in april and even though proportionately understand fewer people are dying, the infection numbers are enormous. where do you see this going in the coming weeks and months? well, thank you so much indeed. where are the definitely

a little bit worried the good news is that i think that we're going to starting to hear that possibility of having are the state of texas being one of the 1st. 'd locations of new of the vaccines that are being evaluated, including for example, that pfizer in the more dare now. so we'll, we'll definitely hear about that pretty soon. but in the meantime, you know, the hospitals, there are getting worried. our 1st responders are getting worried and i think that they're, we should all try to raise our awareness that we have to be a little bit more conscious about how we can protect our community. new mention the vaccine. what i know president trump has been talking about that starting as soon as next week, but i mean, given the logistics, the sheer numbers, even if that is the case, that's not actually going to help this pandemic in the u.s. . well, that's correct. i mean, definitely the states have been preparing, you know, certainly that medical center, you know, as an example in houston we have been preparing our where,

of course need to wait to see whether we get the authorization for use from the, you know, the appropriate agencies and indeed, you're right, i mean, we do have to continue using distancing and wearing masks, but i think it brings a level of optimistic level off that people, you know, pretty much see that there is so are a little bit of a light at the end of the tunnel, but again, i think we have to be, you know, quite aware that there is not going to just disappear because the bechstein is going to start being distributed, which is also going to be, you know, very limited. right? that mean, and at least we're going to be able to protect the 1st responders and those who are the front lines. well, you say everyone should still be careful that there were warnings about the impact of thanksgiving travel, but i guess we'll have to see how that's worked out over the next couple of weeks. and then of course, this christmas that given that the pandemic is now touching so many more people across the country. do you get the sense that people are taking precautions will

seriously or are they just fatigued and fess up? you know, i think it is so hard, right? i mean, we all definitely are fatigued and i think where we're seeing most of the translation is even believe it or not, amongst our own families and in our own gatherings, you know, within our community. you know, you know, it's not really within our helps health centers. that we're seeing any transmission, but that just raises a concern that you know, those who end up of course, having to be outside in our community working and providing services are the ones that are the most exposed. and then you, of course you bring it back home. so we have to raise awareness amongst primarily the young populations that when they come back home, you know, if you have your father, your mother, your grandparents, that you have to be pretty careful. and i think that we just need to make sure that we put a little bit of more patience that we all contribute. so that you said,

you know, during this holiday season, which is very hard, you know, we have to put a little bit more sacrifice. you know, and i think it's going to be much, much better year next year. she mentioned health centers the how all the hospitals coping and i ask because once they're overwhelmed, presumably they will see a very sharp increase in mortality rates. you know, i think that in the last, certainly now, 11 months or so, we have learned a lot more about how to clinically manage that these we know a lot more from what we knew at the beginning of the year. that is certainly not an excuse, right. but i think we, we have our primary care providers knowing you know, how to really manage it a little bit better and how we have been, of course, testing and trying how to be prepared. but it is how it is a big burden. you know, you have to remember our health care providers. that's wrong liners you know,

are just exhausted. and i think that as of respect, i think we all have to put a little bit of our own individual contribution to protect not only ourselves our families, but also those who are really at tending to those who really get sick. and it's like a russian roulette, we don't really know who will get it of bad and who will not get it as bad. and therefore, i think that, you know, we should just assume that we should all be be, you know, conscious of being protected. of course, a tough winter ahead there, doctor, and an a, but as he's speaking to us from houston, thanks so much for joining us on al-jazeera, dr. and all the best. thank you. the same experts are warning that there could be challenges and getting a future back seemed too remote areas and latin america. communities in the amazon jungle and andes, mountains have been hit hard by this pandemic. and for many people, they're impatient for life and business to return to normal. as daniel simon reports from one is there before covered 19. many indigenous communities in the

colombian, amazon have developed eco friendly tourism to supplement their traditional hunting and fishing. when the pandemic hit business died, the tourists came mostly from europe. europeans came in a we said he did jungle and came to our community. and when the permit to write everything collapsed they struggled on and now with a vaccine on the horizon, they're planning for a new start, a better tomorrow. one of the some of it. but we are preparing for the future. organizing as a community, as is our tradition, to welcome our visitors. but, and also to us, you know, for us this pandemic has been a pose for us to reflect. but it's also been very important because it helps us to protect everything that we have been working on in terms of tourism. however, health experts have warned it will be difficult to get the vaccines to some of latin, america's more remote corners,

where conditions might not exist to store them. that's not what these potato farmers working high in the peruvian andes. want to hear the best thing? personally, i have some savings from the potatoes i've sold. so with that, i'm maintaining myself. if my savings dry up, how will i sustain myself as i hope that the pandemic goes away? the coronavirus is hit remote peasant and indigenous communities, particularly hard with economy struggling. they see the price of their produce tumble. studies show that 90 percent of those living in remote rural areas are eating less well off in the main impact is pizza cured. and if there is that at unemployment and the poverty levels will increase, peter curity will be complicated for perjury and the rest of latin america that's in america has recorded nearly 30000000 cases of covered 19. we more government measures to contain the virus are coming under increasing pressure. a future beyond

the pandemic is in sight, but it's strewn with hope and obstacle was 0. when osiris an hour protesters have gathered in jerusalem for the 23rd week, demanding prime minister benjamin netanyahu step down, they're angry over his handling of the pandemic, and the corruption charges he faces. many of the protesters lost their jobs amid the 2. lockdown was imposed to prevent the spread of covert 19 and india's government has now agreed to meet with leaders of farmers unions following days of demonstrations. there thousands have been rallying in new delhi to protest against a bill. they say could devastate crop prices and they don't plan to leave until that law is scrapped. hundreds of police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed to try to control the protesters. and more than 100 cuban artists have held a protest outside the culture ministry in havana against what they're saying is a state crackdown on dissent. it comes after police broke up

a hunger strike calling for the release of a jailed rapper. tarlac has 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. getting older. 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. but 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 the 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, got into the ambulance and came here and into the houses doctors. they broke down

the door of the house, beat them rights groups, and the international community has criticized the action with a top u.s. state department official calling on cuba's guy from and to respect human rights. the artists say they've gone 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 rallies like these will help take their course to a wider, international audience. cari leg al-jazeera polemicist al jazeera and these are the headlines. if europeans prime minister says the week, strong military operation in northern tigray is over, the army says it's now in full control of the capital mechelle a. but the leader of the tigre, a people's liberation front has vowed to keep fighting. government forces the to be

left says the year the ethiopian military used artillery and air strikes to capture the city which it denies our army.