they told us that they saw a liquid happen to their loved ones, was a crime. and they want justice and it's really something war to us and to the open security forces hunt for any remaining fighters hiding in the to grain capital. after the military seizes control, i'm sami's a dan. this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up thousands of farm workers killed in northeastern nigeria and the worst attack in months blamed on voters in switzerland. decide whether to make companies liable for rights, violations, or environmental damage across the world. and cern's in bangladesh as many migrant

workers hit hard by the pandemic arrived back home without wages, tortured or in coffins. to begin in ethiopia, where the government tells out just 0 opposition fighters could still be hiding in the 2 grain capital. dismissing the suggestion of guerrilla warfare, the military sees the city on saturday. now says it has game for control of federal police are searching for leaders of the t p l f. looking in the city and surrounding areas. well, the group itself is vowing to fight on. in another development, the u.s. state department says 6. explosions were heard in the eritrean capital asmara on saturday. it's been no claim of responsibility, but the growing forces confirmed firing missiles at city just under 2 weeks ago.

animosity between 2 gray and eritrea runs deep was if yo yos front line in the 998 border war. well the u.n. says it's concerned about unconfirmed reports of violence against nearly 100000 eritrean refugees living in 2. great. they're also set to run out of food by monday . the theo military says it seized control of, the airport to make l.a., so also taken buildings belonging to the left. the city of half a 1000000 is in a mountainous area, and amla say that the ground forces may have retreated to the hills undetected. from here, it's thought they could launch guerrilla attacks. so earlier i spoke to bill and so you shoes the spokeswoman for the ethiopian prime minister's office. i asked her if they expect retaliation by to ground forces this so guerrilla warfare,

a component of this is part of their history that they have enjoyed with all the guards. and so when there isn't 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 isn't quite an economic devastation in social, no stationers one because the t.p.a. letter clinic has been giving them pretty small, meant a lot of services and a lot of attention that needs to be paid in terms of providing lazing the people's lives in the region has not really do with attention to. so there isn't that that initiation for anybody to mobilize, no chance in a war for is what you're saying. then at this point we don't believe that there is any chance of that and if there is, it would be also quote with their national defense forces and the security imperative that's being set up. what do 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 belly 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've been weathering rock to reeds, and anybody who's familiar with that region does understand that it's quite a heavy terrain in 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, we believe that maneuvering 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 that we have to be clear about is that why the so this is an area that's under state of emergency. so there is a security credit, that's why a state of emergency was an act that constitutionally so a security 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. vaal has more from the old what are called a camp for displaced people in sudan's get out of state. he says the refugees are facing further hardship. 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 russians. 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 as well.

we ask some of them about the news that came yesterday from about the fall of the capital artillery 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 federal military is in charge along with what they call the, the regional militia of the they can't go back because i'm not safe there. and i don't want to go back. we don't want to go back because we so the administration of met a lot of digging a speaker with the help of everything and government we have met in not elected by the people. he's a soldier, he's a soldier,

he's not nominated by the people. that's why we don't want to be killed. we don't want to go back to the people, the power to the people. we don't care of in addis ababa. we don't care in our heritage and we are just we need dr. deborah. he is elected by the people ferals have been held for dozens of pharmacies killed while working in rice fields in nigeria's northeast. local officials, blame buckingham fighters for murdering at least 43 people. some were tied up before being slaughtered at least 6. others were injured and 8 some missing after the attack, they might a goody. nearly 2 and a half 1000000. people have been displaced by more than a decade of violence in the region. and the drinks has more from the capital on why officials suspect the attack was carried out by boko haram. 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 or was about to marry is 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 certainly draw attention with the choice of weapons. that's anti aircraft guns and make it $47.00. in this case boko haram will 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 realized that this could be boko haram and with 8 missing book arm has recently lost a lot of members and they are on a recruiting drive, both in the lake chad region and in nigeria,

particularly i don't buy the area and make a great solve the been known to have blocked 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. balaam of the car tears, an analyst at the tony blair institute for global change. he says the failure to control back on her arm has devastated lives and the economy. security forces are obviously losing this war and this particular attack and that we have seen in the last 8 months or so. all went out at times where you do forces constructed last year, which is really 19. yeah, of course. what's that about $800.00 security forces were cute, must be in the 1st up must i'm going to read, you forces responded by changing. so i walk into these,

well, all the super construct it by which they will do soldiers from remote communities and rural areas and constantly detect them but can't actually use military fit tightly to us. undistracted the succeeded in reducing time. it didn't but decide that it didn't military as effectively seized control. and so i don't know what, why don't fight it out. but what i am not is the nigeria and criminal gangs, north western nigeria communities or northwestern or judea. and i can tell you this . i think if that the country at least $31.00 afghan soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in has an improv. and so one of the bloodiest attacks in recent months, local health officials say another $24.00 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. 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 for those of their foreign subsidiaries and partners. supporters say switzerland's, many large corporations should be held to account for environmental and human rights violations. the government opposes the measure. backing a watered down alternative exit polls indicate voters in a majority of swiss cantons, rejected the initiative. so it's got 50 percent support. overall, switzerland is home to a number of global corporations that are among the largest in their fields. mining company glencore employs 160000 people in more than 50 countries. it has 150

oil and mining sites around the world with its headquarters near the swiss town of suv. nestlé has some 300000 workers worldwide with more than 400 factories in 84 countries. its headquarters are on lake geneva and global agricultural technology. firms in genter has its head office in switzerland. in basil it employs 28000, people in 90 countries. and in the d'albert is a legal adviser of families, the international, switzerland, and the supporter of the initiative. she doesn't agree with criticism, the bozo would put swiss businesses at a disadvantage. we already see that we have a law in france. that is working at the moment that we have countries like the u.k. or us that can about where we have cases. some cases have been decided, some cases are pending in front of the courts, and we can see that now already on that you level they are discussing this. we are

having discussions in term many. so we see that everywhere it is a topic and that is being discussed. and i think it's just a question of time until we will have also regulation on the human level. for instance, i think when we can see what is different from what we'll now, you know, in incident when we will have a counterproposal that tester is only reporting. however, what we can see with these kind of lost that ask for you to diligence and also have liability. but what we really aiming for is to prevent this 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 loot the very 1st for instance, that really destroy life, the host 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 if this really is something that will change the reality in terms of that companies, they put it in a different perspective. where in, within their company 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. still ahead on al-jazeera, fed up with the status quo thousands call for change in guatemala. thanks. thanks for the hello winter weather in the for the low temperatures, a sunk into the northern half of china, all the korean peninsula. and just about all of japan as well. not only was going to get snow from with this, certainly snow in her carter. and increasingly the cloud thickens and the western side of china, you get a mixture of rain, sleet, and snow. otherwise, well, this is colbert slash the sunday measure in taiwan. and then the rain falls. so forecast wise support. 3 days of likely snow showers with tension not much above freezing by day or by night. whereas shan shows a little bit less color,

can't say warmer really, can i with these figures with snow, all right, right on the cusp of that difference. times the tropics. of course, it's always going to big, big thunderstorms. they recently been particularly heavy in vietnam. that massive clouds that massive sundry rain is moving through cambodia towards facets of thailand or peninsular malaysia. soloway sea looking fairly wet as well. and there's an increase in the potential of fairly heavy thunderstorms in central philippines. i think jakarta's also give a wet target. come choose day in the southern bay of bengal, potential cyclists developing only at the moment. potential was rain just coming ahead of it. but dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic. let's start with some of the all the ground realities of back in the news coverage. what's the lay of the land there? stripping away the spam a gripping story about presidential corruption. it is real reporting. it's not,

and your team and challenging assumptions and the official line. we all decided we need to cut. i was of course, we don't want to authority. and if the media village just on out is the right. welcome back. you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now. ethiopia's government says it's gained full control of to gray's capital and will continue to look for members of the 3 grain people's liberation front, vowing to fight on. the prime minister declared an end to the 3 week military operation on saturday. dozens of farmers have been killed while working in rice

fields in nigeria's northeast. local officials say boko haram fighters killed at least 43 people before slaughtering them. at least 31 afghan soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the past. me province, local health officials say another 24 were injured in the attack. a targeted a public protection force compound belonging to afghan security forces. no group has yet claimed responsibility rights groups say thousands of migrant domestic workers in the middle east face poor working conditions and are at 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. thirdly, a child who reports from bangladesh, the cries of relatives as another coffin arabs from the middle east at the international airport terminal in september, 2019,

mongol camps. why for him 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 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 some in november last year, dozens of bangladeshi female workers sent a video message from saudi arabia, pleading for help to be rescued. nor jon 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 have a little 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. what they were 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 are being abused. there should be 0. tolerance for this.

at the beginning of november, bangladeshi woman's body was found in a garbage dump in amman. she worked as a domestic helper for saudi embassy staff in jordan. jasmine sold 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 just being in color that big and 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. 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, continuing months of on and off demonstrations. many of been carrying bright yellow dogs, a symbol of the anti-government movement. thousands of protesters of march throughout

the capital one week after hundreds, storm the congress building and sat parts of it on fire. many people have been angered by government budget. they say supports big business without addressing poverty in the crowded virus and that make it tory gays. in the reports defined and determined, 7000 protesters converge 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 $13000000000.00 budget that cut spending on education, health and social programs. because it's important that people speak out 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. people are outraged by a government that does absolutely nothing for anyone. people of faith and toyah police guarding the national palace had to retreat from protest as he confronted them. and degree set a bus on fire. angry about a budget, they say penalizes the poor, but increases funds for politicians expenses a 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 jim at

a says minority groups are trying to stage a coup. he's asked for help from the organization of american states. the protesters say the demonstrations are about fairness and justice. and ellen stop when the president quits victoria gates and the al-jazeera scientists are calling for urgent time sions, or a place to keep the satellites saying they break down could hamper research on climate change. the satellites measure the thickness of ice at the bottom and top of the world. scientists have called them witnesses to global warming, but they may be decommissioned before any more launched. lamie thompson is a science writer and contributor at space dot com. she explains why the current satellites need to be replaced. there is actually 2 different types of ice that they monitor 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 they're the only satellites that 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 set to 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 that too 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 where there are things like hurricanes and different types of storms like that are all, you know, dependent upon sea temperatures. and that ice is a big factor in that. activists in pakistan are celebrating the release of an animal dubbed the world's loneliest elephant. after decades of mistreatment and slime about zoo, he's being moved to a sanctuary in cambodia. 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 for paul 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 this will be progress on large asian elephant gifted by the to the lankan government at 985. good day. i know it is emotionally for all of us, but i think also we call it the, the it is, i mean will cause one is going to, to be retired. so we are really very glad to be that we are able to most of them to come badia, who we really have. i will see a bigger place when we have other means 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 is 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 did 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, income badia. but there will be serious concern about the plight of animals in this country, starting out because you don't want government to grow. he is an animal who's brought a lot of joy to pakistan and the people of and the children of our islamabad. but i

think this was that i disagree big that barack obama at the age of 37 years. and let him go to a sanctuary where the he can be with other elephants, the entrance to a slum or bad to maybe welcoming. but if you come inside, you will find that most of the animals are already gone. only 2 beds remain and they have caught will be going to jordan garcia to save your mother. unfortunately, many of the animals died shifted to other countries too, to our government incompetency. and sadly, today the lonely elephant is also going away. it will leave no place for all kids and families to go for into a time. their government area is saying that they now will be a sanctuary for local indigenous animals, but they will be concerned about their treatment to a mysterious and 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 pillar was 1st discovered 2 weeks ago, but has now been removed according to utah's bureau of land management. now lay say they weren't the ones who moved it. the mystery objects been firmly dug into the ground when it was spotted from the air by people counting sheep. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now just 0. now, if the o.p.'s government says it's gained full control of tikrit capital mcalary and will continue to look for members of the 2 grain people's liberation front to valve's, a fight on the prime minister declared an end to the 3 week military operation on saturday. welcome web is monitoring developments from the kenyan capital. nairobi has more.