neutral and all of these cases here is to terrorize. and here's the other part of this. this street on out is the to graze leaders vows of fight on despite the ethiopian government saying it's taken control of the regional capital says al jazeera live from doha. also coming up thousands of farm workers killed in northeastern nigeria and the worst attack in months blamed on boko haram violence in paris. as protesters oppose a new security bill that is seen to restrict reporting on police brutality. and why

the failure of 2 satellites above the polls because of what we know about climate change? the head of the 2 gray and people's liberation front has vowed to keep fighting. he said it's had gained full control of the regional capital. mccalla, a tens of thousands of people were forced to flee. join the 3 week offensive about morgan reports from the search on the ethiopian border. 2 days after the end of the deadline. if you piers government gave to do to group people's liberation front to surrender, the federal army launched what it called its final phase of the fighting. these videos were handed out by the ethiopian government on saturday afternoon. hours later it announced victory, and that its taken over the capital of the northern region, mecca our army after having prepared yesterday on how to control nicholas city

without incurring collateral damage on the civilian population of niggly, have not fully taken control of mcgillis city as of this afternoon, our army is hunting them and going after and searching for the elements that are hiding in the holes. and that's the battle for michael. it comes after weeks of fighting integrate. it began in the 1st week of november following a government offensive against the 2 great people's liberation front. the offensive was a response to an attack by the front on a military base, which came after months of tension between the regional authorities and the federal government. a communications blackout was imposed and access to the region blocks since the start of the fighting. even prior to the attack on the to grand capital. fighting in other places in the region forced tens of thousands of civilians to flee. more than 43000, people cross the border into sudan seeking refuge is one of more than 15000, who fled to this camp in sudan's got out of state. obviously,

they were losing our properties and wanted to kill us. so we all fled. we heard our people being short, we saw dead bodies, so my family and i took what we could from our properties. we are farms that we should be harvesting, but we left everything behind. some even left their family members. the united nations says it's expecting up 220-0000 refugees to arrive to sudan by april. should the conflict in the region continue? they head of the u.n. refugee agency told al-jazeera that support is needed to cope with the refugee crisis. they tell us, we want to wait and see how the situation develops in degree, in order to make a decision. concern is legitimate, so we continue to be with them. here, we're stepping up the operation. the beginning emergencies are always a little bit slow, but i think it's stepping up quite quickly. and if we get the resources that i'm calling for a 150000000 dollars for the humanitarian community and the government for the next 6 months, we'll be able to have a well organized response here. but we do hope that the situation improves in their

country, so they can go back, says it will continue fighting against the federal government. it seems, even with the government forces appearing to take control of the region's capital. the conflict integrate may be far from over. morgan al-jazeera let's get more developments from the kenyan capsule to keep fighting how we do that. it's been widely reported that they controlled substantial numbers of fighters and substantial quantities of weaponry at least until just a few days ago. and also this conflict has been brewing for several months. so there's concern that they could have used this time to hide these military resources in the surrounding mountains. and then from there, they could wage guerrilla warfare. now that's exactly how they began more than 40, years ago. in the 1970, s., they launched an insurgency against ethiopia's marxist rulers at the time that

brought them to power in 1901. and they dominated ethiopia's politics and military for almost 30 years until just 2 years ago. where following waves of protests across the country and a violent crackdown from the government prime minister, it took over another to p.l.f. of complain that they've been marginalized and sidelined since then. so that's one of the genesis of the conflict that's being fought right now. and unconfirmed reports malcolm that eritrea has been hit again, overnight near the capital. what role does that country play in this fight? reports of one explosion in the capital last mar on friday and of 6. late on saturday. the p.l.f. is accused eritrean soldiers of being involved. fighting on the government side, ethiopian government has repeatedly denied that eritrea has been involved with the t.p.a. left in eritrea or old enemies. when the t.p.a.

left it control ethiopia, they fought a war with neighboring eritrea. there was a longstanding border dispute, and prime minister fixed those relations when he came to power. that's what he was given the nobel peace prize for was for normalizing relations with neighboring eritrea. the p.l.f. been pushed back to 2 to gray. and now even out of the regional capital micheli thought to continue to have conflict relations with their neighbor. and they do accused just yesterday they accused eritrean. soldiers of raiding comes in to grey and forcing eritrean refugees lived there for many years to return home. ok, welcome. what many thanks for joining us there with that update from nairobi, funerals have been held for dozens of farmers killed whilst working in rice fields in nigeria's north east. local officials, blame baka fighters for murdering at least 43 people. some were tied up for being

sorted. at least 6, others were injured and 8 people are missing after the attack, nearby doggery in a 2 and a half 1000000, people have been displaced by more than a decade of violence in the region. digits has more from the capital. these groups are families like migrant families who are contracted to walk on farms in borno state. remember, areas around my degrees, a bit of money, for example, where the bodies were taken is not very far from the capital. cocoa, bushay is where the incident happened. they were contracted to go and harvest rice from the fields and then book your arms around. rounded them up, tied them up, and then see this throat. this is a typical book or a metallic when it's close to a like city or a military base. we've seen that over the years in the northeast of nigeria, and it's still happening. using guns or heavy weapons will attract the military

attention. so that's, that's the situation. what, what we hear now is that at least 8 others have been missing, 6 have been seriously injured. and we expect the death toll to rise because of the severity of some of the injuries that the victims got at the, at the scene of the incident. actually, when reporters suggesting that these families or other these controversies were in fact people who traveled some hundreds of kilometers from so-called estate to come and work on these farms. in borno state, at least 23 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in central afghanistan. it's hack a destination explosives inside a car in the city of gus, me injuring at least 16. others has yet claimed responsibility. a u.s. appeals court in pennsylvania has thrown out donald trump latest attempt to contest the presidential election results. judges unanimously dismissed the lawsuit that

sought to challenge the state's malin voting will also say charms. lawyers failed to prove a single mail in ballot was fortunately, cost. all counted by one the state by more than 80000 votes. the top campaign has now lost all withdrawn dozens of similar cases. corona virus infections in the u.s. have doubled in november compared to last month. more than 205000. new cases were confirmed on friday, but many people were concerned. those numbers will rise significantly in the next 10 days following the thanksgiving holiday weekend. more than a 1000000 people transferred through u.s. airports on friday, the most in a single day. since the start of the pandemic grows of the prospects of a covert 900 vaccine. so the warnings of accessibility and availability in latin america wrote remote communities in the amazon jungle. and these mountains have been hit hard by the pandemic, and experts are now facing further challenges in how they'll get a vaccine to those who need it the most. and there are reports from

the 4 call with 19. many indigenous communities in the colombian armisen have developed eco friendly tourism to supplement their traditional hunting and fishing . in the pandemic hit, business died there or the tourist. europeans came in a recently did jungle and came to our community. and when the president make a right 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 for us this pandemic has been a pause 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 would 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 ana think? 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 economies struggling. they see in the price of their produce tombaugh. studies show that 90 percent of those living in remote rural areas are eating less in the main impact is pizza curity. and if there is that at unemployment and the poverty levels will increase, peter curity will be complicated for pre and the rest of latin america. latin america has recorded nearly 30000000 cases of covered 19 me 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 obstacles. when osiris still ahead here on al-jazeera, why bangladeshi workers hit hard by the pandemic are arriving back home without wages, physically tortured, or in coffins. i'm just seeing as how we can help people right now in a crisis. because skills to fix them and laid off workers take their skills to a news day and find it could help the climate we have now been getting a parenting again from heavy rain. nothing like as heavy as it was

a couple of weeks ago. just talking about big showers, but you see the mass of white and that is the shower tops. so typically just over a 100 new beaches in the last day and a bit nearly 2 days will get, i think, more of the same in central and southern vietnam even cambodia during monday and the other masses just here in the west of jobs which might tip into a proper circulation, much of sumatran borne is not particularly worse at the moment. and that next massive, right, which has 120 beaches in vietnam is on its way down to the far side of thailand or peninsula malaysia. during tuesday, australia has been injuring a sheerly short. he twice that the nights were pretty warm. sydney's not the woman's 462 years for a november day time. we were up to 40 degrees and of course, farces now. so days had be fought just a variety of small ones outside sydney and they were thwarted by these helicopters, but the thames is already changing now. suddenly wind means it's $25.00 degrees. the heat hasn't gone completely with $32.00 in adelaide. you'll notice during

monday and tuesday that goes down the next frontal system comes through all the action is in tasmania, victoria. but the cool prevails in sydney coated 19 is a public health crisis that has been compounded by capitalism, navigates the big questions, raised by the global pandemic. how the system based on private ownership of profit, the world in a time of us, capitalism is the pandemic. the mark of the current exploit. it could take a people for the profit episode, one of the full hail the meltdown on al-jazeera. hello

again. you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour. a leader of ethiopia's to a region has found to fight on despite the prime minister declaring an end of a 3 week military operation. if europeans army says it's gained control of to graze capital macallan, dozens of farmers have been killed whilst working in rice fields in. nigeria's northeast. local officials say boko haram fighters killed at least 43 people. some were tied up before being slaughtered and at least 23 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in central afghanistan tack a destination explosives inside a car in the city of gassed me injuring at least 16. others in the group has yet claimed responsibility rights groups say thousands of migrant domestic workers in

the middle east are at risk of physical and sexual assault and poor working conditions. and human rights free agency, brack says the bodies of a number of female workers have been sent back to bangladesh from the gulf in the past 3 years. time to challenge the reports from bangladesh. the cries of relatives as another coffin arrives from the middle east at the international airport terminal in september 2019. manuel khan's wife for him. a cotton was found hanging from a selling friend at the home where she worked as a domestic helper in saudi arabia. her body has still not been returned home and i would like me more discipline of this as the employers paid for her 1st 8 months of work. but since then she worked without any salary. she even complained to the saudi police about not getting paid and being abused, but they took her back to the same employer. in september 29th, i was informed of her death in november last year,

dozens of bangladeshi female workers sent a video message from saudi arabia, pleading for help to be rescued. nor john used to work as a domestic helper in saudi arabia, unable to cope with their buz. last year she managed to escape back to bangladesh. a model does a little work over there, they would frequently abused me, never gave me enough to eat. i suffered a lot, i worked in that house for 10 months. whenever i demanded my salary, they used to beat me up. once they hanged me by a ceiling fan with a rope. i almost died, but got saved by they sure, and many woman are also victim to human trafficking, gangs, and unscrupulous recruiting agents. a recent study has shown more than 50 percent of female workers paid money to go abroad with jobs. that this by the woman not being required to pay for government sponsored jobs overseas. and most poor woman

from rural areas take along with a high interest rate to pay for the cost. social advocacy groups are trying to help improve the situation for the workers because the rewards of domestic work must be recognized as a legitimate form of employment. workers' rights must be respected. many women are dying, committing suicide or being abused. there should be 0. tolerance for this. at the beginning of november, bangladeshi woman's body of us found in a garbage dump in amman, she worked as a domestic helper for saudi embassy staff in jordan. jasmine fell victim to south asian sex trafficking gang in the middle east. she returned home 7 months pregnant, while khaled the biggest returned home with a head injury. now she suffers from post-traumatic disorder like jasmine and colored are big on many others who manage to survive through these ordeals also face social stigma. and in some cases,

their families do not want to accept them while others face long term mental health issues, trying to charge $3.00, money gone bangladesh. the u.k. and france have signed a new deal aimed at limiting the number of migrants crossing the english channel. human rights groups of criticize the deal that increases surveillance, calling it profoundly disappointing this year, hundreds of people have been caught trying to cross the channel in small boats. this new package today that i have just signed with my french counterpart, the french interior minister effectively doubles the number of police on the french beaches. it invests in more technology, so more surveillance mall radar technology that supports a law enforcement effort. and on top of that, we are now sharing in terms of toughening up our border security. so on the french side, in particular, they are now focused on strengthen the border security because we are seeing fewer migrants now in small boats,

but we're seeing displacement into other areas such as lorries. more than 100000, people joined demonstrations across france on saturday, protesting a controversial new security law. a proposed legislation aims to limit people's right to take video recordings of police officers and protests come after 2 high profile incidents of police brutality that a butler reports from paris. 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 abrasion 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. 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, nor a number of m.p.'s and senators of also expressed concern. and even the un's human rights council has called on frons to protect freedoms. all that is 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 to restore public confidence in the police force and protect rights. but those here say, unless the government scraps the laws controversial clause, they will continue to protest. the tasha butler al-jazeera paris shops in france have reopened. some of the country's lockdown actions are eased. customers at one stall met with applause as they entered, but there are still the minutes on the number of people allowed inside. france's partially easing measures after its 2nd nationwide lockdown. more than 600 delegates of attended germany's far right party conference despite surging kovan $1000.00 infections there. those attending were required to wear masks after a top court dismissed a complaint against the regulation. most political parties in the country have moved their conferences online or delayed gatherings in an effort to curb

infections. $150.00 people have been arrested the anti vaccine, anti knock down protest in london. demonstrators gathered in the capital, demanding coronavirus restrictions and mask regulations be lifted. england's current lockdown is set to end on wednesday. one industry that has been hit hard, by the pandemic has been life fair term. well, the half of, if it is in the u.k., will close permanently leaving thousands out of work. but a project in the city of manchester is helping former backstage workers to retrain . and as jonah hill reports, it could also help the u.k. cut carbon emissions. when code 19 brought the curtain down on live entertainment, thousands of story trans technicians and set builders found themselves out of work . some made their way here because my partner was also made redundant and i had to bring in the money for the families so that we could be

able to eat for it or it's in the northwest of england. former theater workers are turning their hands to a pilot program that with government support could create energy efficient homes across britain and jobs to replace many of those lost our housing is about to the worst performing in europe. if we're going to get $27000000.00 houses, so that to enough of a reduction energy demand for us to be able to fill the space of what we can count of the supply of usually we need an awful lot more than our current construction workforce. i estimate that if we're going to bring houses to this kind of standard nationally, we need about a 1000000 people working over the next 18 years to get us to 0. when charlie met former theater technician and drew glass, would he knew where to start looking for that enormous new work force. i see people build sets every day of our lives when i was working, you know, building, beautiful, magical things, entertain. people also have to be structurally strong because you know you've got to do a tough number on it. it's got to lift people, but this guy, i just thought,

well, i bet they could at least have a go at this, and call a silver lining. maybe is a bit mccard situation is i'm just seeing as how we can help people right now or in a crisis. they've got skills, let's use them to fix this. i was alarmed for 16 years and i feel i feel as though i don't live in theatre if you like. it's all right. it's similar to what we used to do billing stuff. but what's different about what we used to do in theatre instead of on the trailer with a piece of set that's only built when you're just putting stuff together with physically making things for a property which is night. it really is nice. no one could be quite sure when theaters and live entertainment venues will reopen and play to capacity, audiences, nor what levels of funding may exist to help save the arts after the pandemic. what seems clear is that not all those who worked in the sector before could afford to

wait and find out some of put their skills to good use of the to put the new green economy that they hope will help save the planet. instead joined a whole al-jazeera, manchester, balkan neighbors, serbia and montenegro have expelled each other's ambassadors in a tit for tat rao montenegro made the 1st move, saying the serbian ambassador continuously meddled in the country's internal affairs and gave his counterpart. 72 hours to leave. montenegro is currently governed by a pro european party, but next week a pro serb coalition will take office. a referendum is being held in switzerland on whether businesses should be held accountable for rights violations committed abroad. voters will decide if firms should be liable not only for their own actions, but those of their foreign subsidiaries and partners. supporters say swiss loans, many large corporations should be held to account for environmental and human rights violations. the government opposes the measure and is backing a watered down alternative. and finally,

he's been called the world's loneliest elephant. and after decades in a zoo in pakistan, he's being moved to a sanctuary and cambodia carven was freed. after years of lobbying by animal rights activists, including american singer, share, let's say the overweight bull elephant is an emotionally and physically damaged after his partner died. 8 years ago. she has met prime minister imran khan to thank him for making carbines move possible. david prowse, the actor who played darth vader in the original star wars trilogy, has died at the age of 85 at just under 2 meters tall. he was cast as darth vader for his physical appearance in the 1st film in the series. premieres in 1977. the character was voiced by james earl jones to death, reportedly followed a short illness. a mysterious, a metal monolith that appeared in the middle of the world's list in the u.s.

state of utah, has disappeared. 3 and a half meter tall pillar was 1st discovered 2 weeks ago, but has now been removed according to utah's bureau of land management. and they say they weren't the ones who moved it. the mystery object has been firmly dug into the ground when it was spotted from the air by people counting sheep. scientists are calling for urgent action to replace 2 key satellites saying their breakdown could hamper research on climate change as satellites measure. the thickness of ice at the top and bottom of the world. scientists have called them witnesses to global warming, but they may be decommissioned before any more launched. any thomson is a science writer and space dot com. she explains why the current satellites need to be replaced. there is actually 2 different types of ice that they monitor the ice sheets which are formed by compacted snow fall and sea ice, which is frozen ocean water. so these 2 in particular fly over the

poles, the arctic, and the antarctic. and there are the only satellites i can look at those particular regions. so there's a nasa satellite called i sat 2 which uses laser beams to measure the ice height. and then cryo sat 2 which is a european satellite that uses radar. so i sat launched and 20 team, its mission was for 3 and a half years, but it has enough fuel onboard to make it to 2025. so it could record measurements until then. cryo sat. 2 has been in space for 10 years now and it's running out of fuel and it's having some battery issues. so in order to continue these types of crucial measurements, scientists need to start now on the next generation of satellites are going to do this job, sea ice. and these types of things govern many climate issues all across the world

. ocean currents, whether they like hurricanes and different types of storms like better all, you know, dependent upon sea temperatures. and that ice is a big factor in that this is al jazeera, these are our top stories. the leader of ethiopia's to grey region has vowed to fight on despite the prime minister declaring an end to the 3 week military operation. if europeans army says it has gained full control of to graze capital, mackellar has been monitoring developments from the kenyan capital nairobi with the b.l.f. . it's been widely reported.