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government's agreed to discuss greater tolerance for independent expression after days of unusual protests. have all the sports former world heavyweight champion, mike tyson makes his return to the boxing ring at the age of 50 for a draw against a fellow boy. and we begin in ethiopia, where the government tells al-jazeera opposition fighters could still be hiding out in the to grain capital mccalla. however, officials are ruling out the possibility of grew the warfare. they say they seized the city on saturday. it says it now has gained full control and federal police are searching for members of the 2 grain people's liberation front, hundreds going on in the city and surround the areas. the group itself though,

well they're vowing to fight on in another development, the u.s. state department says 6 explosions were heard in the eritrean capital are smaller on saturday. there's been no claim of responsibility. but to ground forces confirmed firing missiles at the city just under 2 weeks ago. animosity between today and eritrea runs deep as it was ethiopia's frontline in the 1998 border war. the u.n. says it's concerned about unconfirmed reports of violence against nearly 100000 eritrean refugees living in today are also set to run out of food by monday. the theo, the military says it's seize control of the airport to make. it also says it has taken buildings belonging to the t. p.l.f. . the city of half a 1000000 is in a mountainous area. and let's say that a grain forces may have retreated into the hills undetected. from here, it's thought they could launch guerrilla attacks. well,

earlier i spoke to bill any so you she's the spokeswoman for the ethiopian prime minister's office. i asked her if they expect retaliation by to ground forces no warfare. a component of this is part of the history that they have enjoyed with all guards. and there is a popular support for this kind of thing within the region that people have to go. i have been exhausted for so many years and in fact, over the past 3 years, what you would see is that there's been quite an economic devastation and social norm station is one because the p.l.f. clinic has been gearing them for this moment. a lot of services and a lot of attention that needs to be paid in terms of provide for lazing. the people whose lives in the region has not been paid do with attention to saw there. isn't that that initiation for anybody to know wolf is what you're saying, but at this point, we don't believe that there is any chance of that. and if there was, it would be also wild with the national defense forces and the security apparently

that's being set up. what you say to allegations government shelling has killed and wounded a lot of civilians. that's not something that's corroborated because as you can see, the entry into the kelly has been with the least amount of civilian damage. and in fact, a lot of civilians have been, as i stated earlier, supported within the city and as well as all of the other cities as well. one thing that we have tried to make clear before as well is the reason that this operation has taken a little bit more time than it was supposed to is because the national defense forces, strategically have been avoiding towns and cities to avoid civilian casualties. so they have been when they're being rushed to reeds, and anybody who's familiar with that region does understand that it's quite a heavy terrain. the area. so they've been cutting across all of that. and also with all of the public infrastructure and other forms of infrastructure, you're allow, despoiling, when will you begin to move, wring their way out of harm's way for civilian sake. right?

so if that's the case, it sounds like from your perspective, the government has nothing to hide. will you allow journalists into the area, journalists that we have not been not allowed to go in? one of the things we have to be clear about is that while the, so this is an area that's under state of emergency, so there is a security threat. that's why a state of emergency was an act constitutionally. so a security threat means that the federal government, whoever that they are settling into the region needs to be protected as one journalist international journalists have been also going to the areas under federal commitment have been reporting in those areas. all right, but our correspondent, i believe, has been in touch with you will you let him in? because as you just said, the conflict is over and you don't think there's any chance of guerilla warfare. so it sounds like security is not a major concern with you. our correspondent, as i mentioned to you, the state of emergency has got its own command chain as well, that it's under a command post at the gregg region as well. so entry to that area is going to be

something that's administered through the command post. so these requests are coming in, the government has got a clear request mechanism that they're handling through that your print broadcast authority as well as relevant government entities sort through that process within due time and ensuring the security of people going to that region. there would be no reason not to allow journalists, as well as humanitarian assistance actors to enter the area. william davidson is seen the ethiopia analyst at international crisis group. he joins us via skype from cambridge. good to have you with us. so 1st of all. what do you make of the suggestion that it's a great people's liberation front is defeated, wiped out. there's no possibility to right now. the government spokesman told me, i don't see a possibility right now of even greater warfare emerging. well, some of the details of this situation of very hard to come by, as you know, because of the telecommunications blackout. some other aspects are clearer. what we

have is the federal forces have taken control of all major cities integrate, finishing up with the regional capital mentally. and they've done that by going along the main roads. primarily, yesterday we had bombardments of meckling, but there was no sustained, heavy fighting as we understand it. it does appear that it's a grand leadership and it's a ground forces decided not to fight heavily in metal a to defend it. they therefore given up the regional government and essentially become a rebel force. the question is now we have seen the intent from that leadership to keep up the armed resistance. we do not know what state their forces are written, but we know there is the intent. and to the leadership and then we also have to see what level of support there is from the to growing population for the imposition of a transitional. got, but you know, at that point we will be able to tell, you know, what, this looks look what looks like happening next. and that segues nicely into another point, which is how much do we know how much popular support the tea p.l.f.

have according to the government spokes person i was speaking to, they said they really don't have the support of the public. there's no doubt that many people will have major concerns about the secret efficacy, which has been in power for the best part of 3 decades. and i think that the concern that we have votes at international crisis group is that, you know, for example, when this election that was called illegal, that was run by the secret government, the federal government called it illegal. we had 2700000 to gran's voting in that and they voted for that he could have government. so the concern is that on some of these core issues of autonomy or to gray and this self-determination of the grand people, there's actually quite a lot of support for the t.p. left despite concerns about the party. so, you know, we will, we will see how this plays out, but there's reason to think that there is support for those core positions that

it's a great leadership holds. are they getting any international support, especially when it comes to military hardware there's no indication of major international support or indeed any, you know, although it's still evidence, all of that side of international support. and that's, you know, going back to this issue of the get out and then integrate government and it supports the t.t.l. . it is not just a small leadership group. it certainly has a core leadership which is very experienced. but the t.p. l.f. is the party that runs the entire grain government and security apparatus. so as well as this issue of how well the people respond, we also have to see, you know, how to grant civil servants and how it's a green security apparatus respond to the removal of that growing government and the imposition by the federal government of a provisional government in secret, how crucial are these events that we are witnessing and this battle that was going

on to the future, united federal system of ethiopia? well, potentially very significant. ethiopia is a very polarized political country, the huge divergence in political perspectives. so for example, you know, some people who support this war, they are looking for the end to what is known as an ethnic, or multinational federal system that the t.n.f. was instrumental in instituting that system. others see that this federal intervention integrate to remove the government. there is a blow against self-determination and regional autonomy. so we could see very seismic political changes stemmed from this. but ultimately, really a lot will depend on the course of the situation in tikrit. now, will there be a concerted insurgency that results from this defeat of the t.p.a. left and the government and the removal of the government that it runs. and how will that take reign people response. these are important factors in shaping it

what sort of political consequences stemmed from this intervention with a grain government. thanks so much for analysis. thank you very much. tens of thousands of civilians displaced by the fighting have taken refuge in neighboring so than 100 vaal is live for us in the camp for displaced people in so than get out of state. so what kind of conditions are people facing there? well, rough and tough conditions, it's very, very scorching sun here. tropical heat is affecting the lives of people. here we have 10000 refugees in this camp where i stand and it is one of 4 up to 40000 here in sudan. i think it is even more than that. 43, according to some statistics behind me, you can see the distribution of rations we have seen also a bit earlier. this solution, the distribution of food cooked by the refugees themselves. they are also building

their own homes. the material, the construction material being provided by local volunteers and n.g.o.s. we ask some of them about the news that came yesterday from about the fall of the capital to great in the hands of the federal military. and whether they want to return back and their response was no, they don't want to return any time soon because it will be, they think it will take a lot of time for the situation to cheat into a favorable situation for them. i think not so long as the head of the military is in charge along with what they call the regional militia of the arm. how are they can't go back because they're not safe there. are we seeing the numbers of refugees now starting to trickle down? yes, according to the statistics, it came down from a few 1000 a day,

couple 1000 even more into a few hundreds. and we don't know the meaning of that. some interpretation say that it is because the roads are blocked now that the government army and the militia are in charge of the border crossings in, in the cities close to the sudanese border. another interpretation is that probably because the big that the bulk of the fighting is now over. and now we have this clearly shows that we have the rounding up of the rebels. so different interpretations, but indeed yes, as you said, the number has trickled down. thanks. so much mohammed val, there are plenty more still ahead on the news hour, including bangladeshi workers hit hard by the pandemic, are arriving back home without wages top should all in confidence concerns. remote communities in latin america could face major challenges accessing

a coronavirus vaccine. spanish class paid tribute to argentinian football star, diego maradona funerals of been held for dozens of farmers killed while working in rice fields in. nigeria's north east. local officials, blame boko haram fighters for murdering at least 43 people. some were tied up before being slaughtered at least 6, others were injured, and 8 are missing. after the attack, they are made to go to nearly 2 and a half 1000000. people have been displaced by more than a decade of violence in the region. military's has more from the capital abuja on why officials suspect the attack was carried out by boko no claim of responsibility yet. but the way the victims were killed, of course,

showed that boko haram probably be, is the main suspect in this the a, or was about a mighty, it's not very far from my degree. and in all cases in over the last 10 years, what we've noticed with boko haram, when they were losing ground to the nigerian military. at tacking a community close to a military base or close to a very heavily populated area would suddenly draw attention with the choice of weapons that's and to guns and make it $47.00 in this case. but what i would go into a community use knives and machetes and cut down their victims. and that's exactly what happened. and that's the reason why civilian or the local militia that's been supporting the military and realize that this could be boko haram and with 8 missing quote, i'm has recently lost a lot of members and they are on a recruiting drive, both in the lake chad region and in nigeria, and particularly i don't buy the area and make

a great solve the been known to abduct highways and picked up passengers from buses and taxis and run into the bushes with them. so basically from all indications, it looks like the act was committed by boko haram. at least $31.00 afghan soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the rise in the province and one of the bloodiest attacks in recent months. local health officials say another $24.00 were injured. it happened when the attacker detonated explosives inside a car. it targeted a public protection force compound belonging to afghan security forces. no group has yet claimed responsibility. 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 are concerned. those numbers will rise significantly in the next 10 days following the thanksgiving holiday weekend. more than a 1000000, people traveled through u.s.

airports on friday the most in a single day since the start of the pandemic. maria elena, but that he is a doctor and co-director of the texas children's hospital center for vaccine development. she says frontline workers are exhausted. where definitely a little bit worried. the good news is that i think that we're starting to hear the possibility of having the state of texas being one of the 1st locations of new vaccines that are being evaluated. including, for example, the pfizer and the more dare nestle will, will 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 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. i think that in the last, certainly 11 months or so, we have learned a lot more about how to clinically manage these. we know

a lot more from what we knew at the beginning of the year. that is certainly not an excuse to write, 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 a, it is a peak burden. you know, you have to remember our health care providers are on 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 act, ending to those who really get sick as hope grows for a covert 19 vaccine, so are warnings about accessibility and availability in latin america, remote communities in the amazon jungle and andes. mountains have been hit hard by

the pandemic and experts are facing further challenges. how to get any vaccine to those who need it most. don't you file a report 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, europeans came in a we said he did jungle and came to our community. and when the pandemic of right everything collapsed, they struggled on and now with a vaccine on the horizon, they're planning for a new start, a better tomorrow. 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 pose for us to reflect, but it has 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 in a better 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 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 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 pre and the rest of latin america. latin

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 obstacles. when osiris north korea is toughening its border measures at sea in an effort to fight off coronavirus. it's working out new rules for venturing into open waters to prevent what it calls unhygenic materials from being brought back. experts of question north korea's claim that no coronavirus cases have been found on its territory. earlier this week, south korea said the north had banned sea fishing to control covert 19. france's highest causes ruled, the government's 30 person limit in places of worship is too restrictive. a complaint against the measure was brought to the council by the catholic church.

several french bishops said they would refuse to enforce the limits issued to curb covert 1000 infections. the government has been given 3 days to make the decree more proportionate. one industry that's been hit hard by the current virus pandemic is live theater. more than half of theaters 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 explains, it could also help the u.k. cut carbon emissions when coded 19 brought the curtain down on live entertainment, thousands of stagehands 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 not the worst performing in europe. if we're going to get $27000000.00 houses to enough of a reduction and a 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 theatre technician and drew glass for it, 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 that entertain people also have to be structurally strong because you know you've got to do a tough number on it and it's got a 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 more 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 theater if you know it's all right. it's similar to what we used to do in building stuff. but what's different about what we used to do in theater, 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 tip of the new green economy that they hope will help save the planet. instead. joe,

how al-jazeera manchester a mass car will be carried out in english turkey farm after an outbreak of bird flu . the british government says all $10500.00 birds at the farm will be humanely culled to limit the spread of the disease. fears are growing that the h 5 n 8 strain of the virus is spreading rapidly in europe. wipe out chickens and other poultry. this winter virus is not harmful to humans. brazil is holding its 2nd round of municipal elections after months of campaigning, which have been overshadowed by violence and coronavirus. voting has opened across major cities in a runoff which could show a swing away from far right. candidates aligned with president ford sonera. large public campaign events have been blamed for spreading covert 19 cases. it's time for the weather now. has rob's fear down to getting

a pounding 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 millimeters in the last day and a bit nearly 2 days we'll get, i think more of the same in central and southern vietnam even cambodia during monday. and the other mass is just here to 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 rain, which goes 100 millimeters in vietnam, is on its way down to the far side of thailand or peninsula malaysia. during tuesday, australia has been enduring a sheerly short twice that the nights are pretty warm. sydney's not the woman's 462 years for a november day time. we're up to 40 degrees and of course fire season now. so they have be fought just a variety of small ones outside sydney. they were thought 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 in adelaide. you'll notice judy monday and tuesday that goes down. next frontal system comes through all the action is in tasmania, victoria, but the cool prevails in sydney. well, still ahead on al-jazeera. fed up with the status quo thousands call for change in guatemala and sports. pandemic and pollution couldn't stop some of the world's best long distance runners from teaching in the indian capital details. coming up in sports dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic. let's start with some of the on the ground realities affecting the news coverage. what's the lay of the land there? stripping away the steam reaping story about presidential corruption. it is real with. it's not if you keep challenging assumptions and the official line. we all

decided we need to tell our score, look, we don't want to lie. and if the listening post on out is the right getting close to the people most affected by those in power is often dangerous. but it's absolutely frightening stories to be told. lots of subsided in this area, we pushed fall for this weekend to the frontline. now the smell of day is overpowering. a lot of the stories that we cover all high the conflicts, so it's very important that we make them is understandable as we can do as many people as possible no matter how much they know about a given crisis or issue. as al-jazeera correspondents, that's what we strive to do. rule oh

no, come back, you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now. ethiopia's government says it's gained full control of to its capital. mccalla, continue to look for members of the to grain people's liberation front. the front is vowing to fight on though the prime minister declared an end to the 3 week military operation on saturday. thousands of farmers have been killed while working in rice fields and nigeria's northeast. local officials say fighters killed at least 43 people tying some up before slaughtering the $31.00 afghan soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in vastly province, local health officials say another $24.00 were injured in the attack. a targeted a public protection force compound belonging to afghan security forces. no group has yet claimed responsibility. artists and activists in coober say they've

reach what they're calling a historic agreement with the government over freedom of expression. 2 sides held talks following a rights protest outside the ministry of culture. we are to say they've won an unusual government promise of greater tolerance for independent art. i never asked for any of what we were bringing the 2 agendas together to see if we can reach a consensus between the world of independent art and the world of government institutions in cuba. nor should we, along with people who have much more experience debating the government, think that in spite of everything, even though we didn't agree on all points, what has happened today is historic in this country. now is a cuban artist from heaven, or is also a member of the san isidro movement, which is a group of artists, academic and journalists against curbs to civil liberties, joins us from berlin,

where he is currently good to have you with us. so 1st of all, can you explain for us what exactly has the government agreed to extend to artists that is being described as greater tolerance? well this is very complex because what happened is that the government supposedly agreed to do certain things. but especially yes, today the government has started to somehow to denigrate to the lead to be you know, in the, in the larch, in this awful media activism somehow supposed to deal with that. we have to understand that the government in cuba have to control the total control of the press information to the larger public opinion inside cuba. it's very dangerous. one day they said that they agreed to do one thing and the other one they are competition in the media, in general, disqualification on the activities of the specially the movement of sudden see

there. so this is very complete. this. we are very aware and ready. afraid of what's going to happen. also, there are reports of the same day when the activists were piling on the other ones . people trying to enter to join the manifestation in front of the minutes of pepper spray. there were basically police forces around the ministry of culture. so we can see here in a clash between the traditional political repression to the individual artists. so i think that we have to remind here what is going to happen and what happened. the movie is just claiming for dead release of one of the companions, and then he least, he's an activist that he's in jail by the charges. that's why everything is started . also another movement, clane, basically the fundamental rights that the mental rights of

a species manifestation of somebody is some of miscible that we have to step what the government saying. this is whether we were really worried. this is also not only the community which, asking for it that a many different groups, this is basically the cuban society itself. so this is very important and you know what, you're saying all the protests over. well now there are reports that some people wanted to join the manifestation in different parts. you know, we are basically blind, they caught all the channels of communication in cuba. there are reports that they shut down twitter telegram basically that it's almost not communication in if you are working on minutes, they're going to be a press conference off. one of the 32 member got to be in there inside the minister of culture, because until now we don't know what really, where did the man so they just came from. if you would statements about how that

meant to write, we have to know what happened there. showed this group of activists and friends, they're going to set something. what's the drawing of our demands? they try to set the governments talking about dialogue. but i think that we have to talk about demand is just very important because in the universe or charkha chart, demands are. 'd consecrated, and also in the cuban constitution, supposedly these are elements to take into consideration, but the government don't respect the low. and this is what is happening. traditional that wall have to see that the cuban government is a tried to tackle all possible dissidents, free assembly, a manifestation in sight. i think that this is new, but we have to hope more for the international community, not also inside cuba to push more of those rights rights. guess we'll have see what is announced a press conference in a few hours. thanks so much for see what happened. this week,

thank you. thousands of protesters have marched through at the modest capital one week off 100 stone, the congress building and set pods it on fire. many people have been angered by government budget, they say supports big business without addressing poverty. coronavirus victoria gays, in the reports than actually are still defiant and determined. $7000.00 protesters come on the capital,, guatemala city. they want to present a 100 g.m., a tape to resign. he's been in office for 11 months and supports a 13000000000 dollars budget, that cuts spending on education, health and social programs, famous people, because it's important that people speak out and take to the streets and demand the resignation of these government officials. because it's the only way we can make a change. days of protests have forced the government to delay approval of the

budget. and talks are underway with analysts and academics about how it can be revised opposition. politicians say ministers should focus on policies to deal with poverty. and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic come on. people who are outraged by a government that does absolutely nothing for anyone. the people afraid up and tired was police guarding the national palace had to retreat from protest as he confronted then and degree set a bus on fire. angry about a budget, they say penalizes the poor but increases funds for politicians, expenses, and the little this budget is more concerned with feeding the congressman who have a salary. the people pay for their parties, their transportation absolutely everything. and now they want to take away resources from people suffering malnutrition, and give more to themselves. protesters say police have been violent, tondo demanding. the president sat, the interior minister, giamatti. he says,

minority groups are trying to stage a coup. he's asked for help from you, but i think you know, the americans the protesters say the demonstrations are about fairness and justice . and ellen stop. when the president quit, the tory gate in the al-jazeera a referendum is being held in switzerland on whether businesses should be held accountable for rights violations committed abroad. voters will decide this should be liable not only for their own actions, but those of their foreign subsidiaries and partners. supporters say switzerland, 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. exit polls indicate that voters in a majority of swiss cantons, rejected the initiative though it's got 50 percent support. overall. switzerland is

home to a number of global corporations that are among the largest in their field mining company, glencore ploys, 160000, people in more than 50 countries. it has 150 oil and mining sites around the world with its headquarters near the swiss town. zoop nestlé has some 300000 workers nation worldwide with more than 400 factories in 84 countries. its headquarters are near lake geneva and global agricultural technology. firms in genter has its head office in switzerland. in basil it employs 28000, people in 1900 countries. and in the double is a legal advisor for amnesty international switzerland, and a supporter of the initiative. she joins us on skype from bernd. good to have you with us. so as i read out there looks like, according to the exit polls, the voters may have gone against this law. do you still?

are you still hopeful it will pass? i am still hopeful that we will get a mentor, a t. of the people that vote in favor of it in a certificate, which would already be a great success for us. so i am still hopeful in death sense, but it is clear from what we see now that we will have lost cantons, the majority of the cantons, which we need to have to stop a majority, did this request it here in switzerland. why, how do you respond to those businesses which were saying they are doing this in switzerland alone will just put switzerland and swiss businesses at a disadvantage rather than enforce a standard for everyone? well, i would say to them that we already see that we have a law in france and that is working at the moment that we have countries like the u.k. or us that can about what we have case this. some cases have been decided, some cases are pending in front of the courts and we can see that now ready and you level they are discussing this. we are having discussions in term any. so we see

that everywhere it is media topic. and that is being discussed, and i think it's just a question of time until we will have also regularly sent on that you elaborate, for instance, how effective do these sorts of laws prove in reality when it comes not only to the national businesses but the entire supply chain, do they clean up the environmental and human rights issues or do supply chains? just switch to different companies. i think what we can see what is different from what we'll now, you know, in incident when we lose, we will have a counterproposal that says there is only with courting. however, what we can see with these kind of lost that ask we need for this to diligence and also have liability. but what we're really aiming for is to prevent cases from happening in the 1st place. but if they happen, there needs to be also some sort of mechanism that you can bring those companies that pollute the reverse. for instance, that really destroy the life he has of people that you can bring them in front of the court. and so i am very optimistic, of course it won't solve all of the problems,

but i think it does really something that will change the reality in terms of the companies. they put it in a different perspective where within their company it will be something that is taken seriously, and they have to analyze the risks and look at where their biggest problems are. so in debt terms, yes, i think it would change something. all right, thank you. so much for your time. thank you very much. rights groups say thousands of migrant domestic workers in the middle east face poor working conditions and risk of physical and sexual assault. the human rights agency brack says a number of bodies of female workers have been sent back to bangladesh from the gulf in the past 3 years. savage child 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 carton 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 will be 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. lord john used to work as a domestic helper in saudi arabia, unable to cope with debuts last year. she managed to escape back to bangladesh and 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 women are also victim to human trafficking, gangs, and unscrupulous recruiting agents. a recent study has shown more than 50 percent of parents 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. and social advocacy groups are trying to help improve the situation for the workers. what the mood to receive like 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 color the big and returned home with a head injury. now she suffers from post-traumatic disorders like jasmine and khaled, the bigger many others who manage to survive through these odell's also face social stigma. and in some cases, their families do not want to accept them while others face long term mental health issues, which are very well just money gone bangladesh. now india's government says it will meet farmers union leaders next week following week days of demonstrations. thousands have been staging a sit in near the capital, new delhi to protest against a bill. they say could devastate crop prices. farmers haven't agreed to the talks so they don't plan to leave until the last scrap protesters are on the streets of

thailand's capital. once again, keeping up pressure for the prime minister and his government to step down. hundreds are rallying in bangkok to doing months of on and off demonstrations. many of been carrying bright yellow darks. symbol of the anti-government movement. activists in pakistan are celebrating the release of an animal dubbed the world's loneliest elephant. after decades of mistreatment in islamabad zoo, he's being moved to a sanctuary in cambodia. come are high. the reports from the capital dubbed the loneliest elephant cow on spent almost 37 years hair and pockets on car one was in solitary confinement for 8 here and in chains. it had already traumatized the l. a very forward bringing it head from site to site, which is also a sign of distress by the never heard by ford,

ford and animal rescue organization. and also the pop gardeners who head in pakistan to bed farewell to call on who will be going to come board and day will be staying at a 10 acre facility which had been set aside for this and the french, it of course will find company there it will be progress on last asian elephant gifted by the to lankan government and $985.00 would be, i know it is emotionally for all of us. but i think also when we call it really, it is, i mean we're kalani is going to to be retired. so we are really very glad to be that we are able to move on to come badia, who we'll have, i will see a bigger place when we have other means to where it would be a medicine. and of course groups and social rights activists around the country and across the world have been campaigning to free carbon from its misery. yes,

it's sad that he'll be leaving pakistan, but it makes me happy that he's going to be living a better life in a better place in a natural habitat with fellow elephants. it is a story of neglect, cruelty and barbarism and speak. walliams about the incompetence of islamabad, goon. and it is also a tale of corruption, which has now become institutionalized, here in pakistan, as he is leaving pakistan. as you can see in the background, we are, we're giving him a farewell and also be a saudi. because we couldn't really take care of them are free to sell, says do do anything in terms of protecting animals, wildlife, making, national parks. that wasn't on the cards, but just government straight away, kicked off a great initiative called one, maybe finding a refuge and somebody else. but there will be serious concern about the plight of animals in this country. saddening us because you don't want the land to grow here

. and then the man who brought a lot of joy to pakistan and the people of the children of our islamabad. but i think this or that i disagree big that barack obama at this age of 37 years. and let them go to a sanctuary where the hague can be with other elephants, the entrance to a slum or bog, who may be welcoming. but if you come inside, you will find that most of the animals are already gone. only 2 bags remain. and they of course, will be going to georgia and got here to save your mother. unfortunately, many of the animals died shifted to other countries too, to our government incompetence. and sadly, today the lonely elephant is also going away. it will leave no place for all kids and families to go from to time. their government areas saying that they now will be a sanctuary for local indigenous animals. but they will be concerned about day treatment to david prowse, the actor who played darth vader in the original star wars trilogy has died aged

85 with just under 2 meters tall. he was cast as darth vader for his physical appearance when the 1st film in the series premiered in 1977. but the character was voiced by jane's old jonas, david prowse as death, reportedly followed a short illness. a mysterious metal monolith that appeared in the middle of the wilderness in the u.s. state of utah has disappeared. the 3 and a half meter tall pillow was 1st discovered 2 weeks ago, but has now been removed according to utah's bureau of land management. they say they weren't the ones who moved it. the mystery object has been firmly dug into the ground and it was spotted from the air by people counting sheep. kong kongs leader carry lamb says u.s. sanctions are forcing her to keep large quantities of cash at home is one of the highest paid leaders in the world. $672000.00

a year. she says sanctions make it impossible to have a bank account. the u.s. measures took effect in august in response song kong's crackdown on free speech and political reform still ahead on al-jazeera in sports, we hear from the baddest man on the planet after his return to the ring at the age of 54. frank assessments. you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries. what is the situation? there's only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00, people informed opinions. how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bi ministration? he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience. in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines. how will a place like you live, get a back seat when there's no money at all? the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera. when the

music breaks through, when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told, that's why they have increased testing in areas with a high infection rate, with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports, people here tell us they are desperate. they're hungry and al-jazeera has teams on the ground kind of loves to impart the 2nd law to bring you move toward winning documentaries and light news. the end of sports fans that's catching up with the guy in santa samuel mike tyson made his

return to the boxing ring on saturday at the age of 54, heavyweight champion, the boxing legend, 51 year old to avoid jones jr. in exhibit matt to los angeles. it was the 1st time tyson had fought for 15 years of the bout self. was essentially a safe session, a spare requirements of the authorities and did in the till then one to go to distance the distance. and that's what i wanted to do. really, i'm really interested in, i've been training for and i got older i was, i'm training for duration. now, before i could be interested in the quick and i really did before, i really found that in no, not when i was champ, it was, you know, my body feel splendid. i want to beat it up for more clubs. and spain's top football league i have been paying tribute to legendary forward diego maradona,

who died on wednesday. at one of his formative were number 10 just ahead of their match on saturday. they also observed a minute's silence along with a number of clubs including real madrid and on a of the argentinian or cup winner. real madrid themselves didn't have the best of nights. they were beating at home to one by a laugh as a result means a los blancos 4th in legal off to 10 games. 6 points behind surprised us realises that it's alan champion's eventis dropped more points on saturday despite taking the lead. thanks to a viral morata, were held to a $11.00 draw by bin even to the new promoted cup scoring a 1st half injury on result means this area holders have now drawn 5 times a season and its 5th on the table to one of pyrenees oldest and best supported

football clubs have been relegated from the country's top division for the 1st time in more than 80 years to no home loss. still their fate prompted the clashes between fans and the police have won the peruvian league title $23.00 times. however, they've endured a turbulent year in which they were coached by 5 different managers have apologised to their supporters promise in to make the changes necessary to revive the club. well, some of the world's best long distance runners i have taken part in the delhi marathon for the 1st time, the traditional course. it wasn't open to the public, as the indian capital struggles to deal with the surgeon coronavirus cases. but those wanting to take part were giving a novel alternative correspondent, elizabeth for on the medal was at the race in new delhi, india. this is the smallest of the delhi half math and

16 year history. it also contains some of the world's fastest $52.00 athletes around the 21 kilometer course through central new delhi, the female world record holder for the math and told al-jazeera, it's been a difficult year because of the coronavirus pandemic. she hasn't been able to trade in a group and has had to race without fans win last year. he does not then their funds. and then we get more and more to get them more energy to run, to stay in the athletes are traveling and staying in so-called. biosafety bubbles with a have no interaction with anyone who hasn't tested negative for clothes. they came in with the government could have said if it could be tested twice before the run

on sunday, and members of the public want allowed on the main racecourse this year. as the indian capital struggles to deal with the surgeon coronavirus cases bought amateur took part in the 5 and 10 kilometer and half marathon at locations of their choosing, using a mobile app to record their time. more than 13000 people from all over and via registered for the app based on a 3rd of the number who ran delhi course last year. yeah. actually miss that year. and all that happens during the race and during the expo in which people from all the states and countries come together and we get a good time doing that. i mean more people darting was missing. we missed it a lot. but actually, this was the goal of the times. but despite the challenges, both amateur and professional vonn has achieved personal bests. the pandemic may

have prevented spectators from attending, but it hasn't stopped in rec, ords from being broken. the female winner has just broken the record for the delhi half an hour then. and the top 3 men also beat the course record, running the 21 kilometers in less than 59 minutes. elizabeth piron, an al-jazeera new delhi. while said to have claimed a one day international series win over the visitors to india, he also has crossed their opponents in the 2nd o.d.i. stephen smith smashed a century as they posted 389 reply india could on the muster. $338.00 is still one more match in the series, which will be followed by a $320.00 and that's always full for me and which some will have more for you later on, but for now it's back to sammy. thanks so much. sanna, but search for this news hour. i'm back in a moment with another for both of us in just

a couple of minutes. so do stay with us here and i'll just share these explosions were not an act of war. these nuclear bombs were experiments by the soviet union to the kazakh people who lived in the vicinity. the motives might be little different. rewind, silent on down to 0. coded 19 is a public health crisis that has been compounded by capitalism. hourly wage navigates the big questions raised by the global pandemic. how is the system based on private ownership and state of profit, surf the world in a time of bust? capitalism is the pandemic act. like if the exploited to protect the people for

the profit episode? one of the 4 hailed the meltdown on al-jazeera. afghanistan is on the cusp of a new chapter in its history. after the us on the telephone signed an agreement to pave the way for the withdrawal of international troops. the high cost was paid to get to this point though. over the past few years, the u.s. has increasingly conducted its part of the war from the sky. was more bombs dropped last year than any other year in the past decade. but with that, came a rise in civilian casualties. this is war accidents do happen. mistakes do happen, and that this is about owning our mistakes. this is about saying, sorry, in this about accountability, in a largely unaccountable war. for families, we interviewed not receiving adult humans from the u.s. left without closure. they told us that they so like what happened to their loved

ones was a crime. and they want justice and answers something war too often, tonights be the open security forces home from the remaining 5 is hiding in the 2 grain capital off to the military seizes control this is al jazeera live from coming up thousands of farm workers killed in northeastern nigeria, the worst attack in months, blamed on those in switzerland decide whether to make companies liable for rights violations or environmental damage across the world.