yeah mines and legal field are narrow online. and. this street on out is the area ready. this is al-jazeera. this is a new life and coming up in the next 60 minutes president yoweri museveni is officially declared the winner of uganda's election the main opposition candidate says soldiers will not let him leave his house germany's ruling christian democrats elect a. new leader will be the top contender for chancellor merkel news later this year . india launches the world's largest coronavirus vaccination campaign but there are

concerns over the safety of a locally developed vaccine. and the united states carries out its 13th federal execution in just 6 months donald trump is now overseen more executions than any president since the 19th century and in sports the delayed african nations championship is about to kick off cameroon hosting the event after a 9 month delay caused by coronavirus. uganda's electoral commission says the most of any has officially won a 6th term as president extending his 35 years in power according to the final results a 76 year old won nearly 59 percent of the vote his main challenger bobby wine he got almost 35 percent but he says the election was rigged and soldiers are preventing him from leaving his house candidate you were in 7 to have a couple times having the highest number of votes in the lection and the votes cast

in his favor being more than 50 percent ready to vote cast. the little commission the killer. in the. winter. was the republican. or cousin so i joins us live now from composer and katherine no surprise really that mr bennett has been declared the winner bring us up to speed with the reaction to the results. yes we did expect that the president was 70 has been leading decisively from the very beginning and after that declaration by the electoral commission the commission has stayed back to take some questions that were asked about how fair and free the election could be with all the pre-election violence that we've witnessed but they did meant tain that to their estimation the election was free and fair they say that they also received they also got a lot of intimidation from some opposition candidates but they did get the job done

and the commission of also said that they how to put enough systems in place they were particularly asked about how that turns the been transmitting results without internet because internet has been down they say that they had a system they had to bust the system that could go to school necessarily did not was not could not use the internet did not use that internet aust to explain father they said that they answer was very vague but they said that they had a system that could bypass the internet they were also asked about come pain restrictions we've seen a lot of violence during campaigns opposition leaders blocked from complaining they said this was all because of called good 19 regulation and we're also expecting to hear from president with 70 in the next few hours we expect him to sign the voters

for electing him again call for peace and tell you guns basically the job is done let's move on and get back to work so there's more global the opposition has had to say and what the reaction has been across the country. well i did speak to bobbie y. in our lives and he maintained that he has evidence that there has been masi rigging in favor of presidential weigh in with 70 he also said that security forces particularly the military ask ill surrounding his home he's not being allowed to leave these because i'm not being blocked from accessing his compound as well and he had the tally sent i spoke to a representative benjamin bratt tama who talked a little bit more about this irregularities he says that in some areas they have information that there are pre max ballot papers in other areas people are being intimidated to vote in fact in ways and so on so he says that they're gathering

this evidence and will present them once the internet is back up and they're considering all the options going forward. that is one of the. express that he's going to. provide. and i think. i'm sure force. it was given. was an. express. express. structure. to germany where the ruling party has elected a new leader i mean rush it has been chosen as the new head of the christian

democratic union and that makes him the top contender for chancellor in elections later this year zeigler merkel steps aside after 16 years in power but when it came has this report now from berlin. he's led germany's most populous state for nearly 4 years soon it will be leading his national party with a clear direction in mind he'd seen it all needs to see you in the c.s.u. or the last remaining parties which can guarantee social cohesion which is under threat right now we see it out on the streets with the coronavirus lots of aggression people who deny the virus exists and others who are lying in the charity hospital 500 meters away who are fighting for their lives and we feel this polarization of society in many other areas too and the c.d.u. as always been about bringing different positions together. although saturday's vote needs to be confirmed by the entire party membership for many armyn lash it is a continuity candidate his slogan was there the representative of the executive

branch so if you vote for me you can be sure you get a leader you get someone actually who had won election so none of the other 2 candidates actually ever won an election governing in his state during the pandemic has been an ordeal for lashing out the numbers of infections and deaths have been among the highest in germany and back when the incidence of covert was much lower he argued for less stringent lockdowns hoping to protect the economy as much as the people now his message is changed as he eyes the general election. it's important to point out that winning the party leadership on its own does not bring with it the right to work here the german chancellor angela merkel has already said she intends to serve out her term here so in order to replace the new party leader must win september's general election but before he can do that may have to deal with another leading conservative marcus' head of the c.d.u. sister party in bavaria the christie and social union he could be the center right

candidate in the autumn and many conservatives say they would rather vote for him as chancellor than any other candidate so far has played down the suggestion but not ruled it out completely meaning arm in lash it has much to do if he wants to replace angela merkel in the autumn dominic cain al-jazeera. let's speak now to mark a voter up who's the author of angry merkel europe's most influential leader joins us from london for skype. lash it gets his party's selection do you think he can go on to get the big ticket of chancellor. i think that's an open question really didn't speak ill just because i mean the german magazine said it's going to be what he has in front of him that is the battle of his life there is marco certifying the c.s.u. as a c.s.u. whenever they've had the chance to candide that they have lost big so in that sense

historically he would have a better chance but they also again spawn who is the most popular politician in germany has the health minister and he is been doing a really good job so i think it's going to be quite tricky for him to to get the. get the role of the cat charles for camp at the sea. and dr markel when she was elected leader back in in the beginning of the century did not get the chance to run the 1st time around she had to way wait. 2 to be the camp culture can do that i think what would count in his favor of is that he is a centrist he is somebody who understands in the sense that the of having a multicultural society is sometimes known as turkish flash it because it's got very good connections with the turkish immigrants in germany he is somebody who would be very good. work with the green party he's currently in coalition with the liberal party but he would need to be able to work with the green party at the you

can whereas the guy who who won the 1st round of the internal party vote but then lost to 2nd round would be somebody who have provided very hard to work with the green party and in germany politics at the center and also very importantly in germany being a little bit dull. and not exciting is a big plus right just as a check box. he does he is sort of you know he's a family man he used to work as an editor for a a church newspaper he is a staunch catholic but he's not sort of to staunch about it he is somebody who sort of personifies dole competency somebody that you know he studied to do all ritually then worked as a german before he became editor of this church newspaper and he needs somebody who some people have say that he is very much like sort of an accountant he's not

somebody who is a bomb storming speak but you know in germany as i said they have tried to balance the make speak and that frankly didn't work out that whoever ends up taking over from america has as big shoes to fill is anybody likely to last as long as she has . traditionally german chancellor as a lot of or a long time helmut kohl who with the previous as a but one was that tree longer than he was known as the eternal chancellor and then we had schroeder for 7 years i think so so to be prepared him to come in after that it's certainly possible that he's 55 so he probably he said the relatively good chance of last being full for 10 years he is also interesting he the somebody who speaks french on to let me after who's not good. at the french took not speak french not in accord so going back to odd now who is the one to forge the alliance

with the prince spoke french comes from a family that is originally from belgium and and therefore he is oriented towards the french very much and does speak their language the few months up to september that's what's up thank you. probably more still ahead on news hour including we'll look at what the future could hold for donald trump's so-called muslim travel ban. the dutch government resigns after a child benefit scandal that led to thousands of families being falsely accused affording the state. coming up of course the olympic sailing legend plotting a course to another america's cup challenge and he will be here with that. so the u.s. government has carried out its 13th and final federal execution under the trumpet

ministration dustin higgs was executed by lethal injection in indiana he was convicted of killing 3 women in 1906 president donald trump resumed federal executions in july after a 17 year course let's speak to alan fischer joins us now from washington d.c. and there really has been a determined effort by this administration to see these executions completed. well they flagged up they were going to do in $21000.00 bill barr who is the attorney general at the time said that if people didn't want to the death penalty to be applied then they should remove it from the statute books police long as it was part of the law and as long as juries decided someone should be executed they would carry out their job now the last one that was carried out was as you say dustin hicks he killed 3 women in maryland in 1906 it was at a nature reserve which was owned by the government that's what made it a federal crime that is why he ended up being executed by the federal government

the argument of course was that he didn't actually fire the gun and the person that actually killed the 3 women physically fired the shots that murder them a set of a life sentence he's not going to be executed but the jury decided that higgs was the man who ordered the killing and therefore he should be executed as well his final words were i am innocent i did not order a killing his judge his lawyer said only tried to get the execution postponed they were looking for a 90 day delay that is because that would take that end to the realms of the joe biden presidency and he of course has said very clearly that he is against the death penalty and against the federal death penalty there's every possibility that on january the 20th he will announce that he is stopping the federal death penalty across a number across all offenses where people are waiting in prison and there are still a number of them it's unusual for a president to push ahead with executions during any transition in fact it's been

more than 130 years and donald trump has used the death penalty more prolifically than any president in more than a century but that will all change come january the 20th what is interesting is that when he went to the supreme court they said that the execution could go ahead by a margin of 6 votes to 3 the dissent written by sonia sotomayor the justice there and she said this is not justice. all right and thanks for that an official there in washington d.c. strict security measures are in place across the united states ahead of wednesday's presidential inauguration road closures and parts of washington d.c. have already begun including major bridges and some metro stations how to handle how many reports now from the neighboring state of virginia where residents have been on edge since the still me all of the u.s. capitol. it's early morning in a new america arms stores is packed here all sorts of weapons on display from

machine guns and semiautomatic rifles to disturb the revolver which jennifer when all this carries with her and it's very small as you can see if it's in the palm of my hand. and we would typically consider this a caliber that you would use for self-defense and you'd want something more substantial however a bullet is so polite and if this discharges to someone it will cause damage and depending on the shot placement it could cause lethal harms americans bush's supporters 17000000 firearms and 2020 a record number the spike in sales started during the coronavirus pandemic and continued to rise during the black lives matter protests over racial injustice the november election has flirted divided the country with both republicans and democrats suspicious of each other more than ever there are those politicians who basically if you boil it down to really want control and so we know historically

that control cannot be achieved without disarming a population there are many examples of that where a while and so we're seeing the extreme left. want to disarm the populace and the whole point behind it is for control and that's the truth of it nobody wants to admit that robert louis thinks this is a defining moment in the history of the united states you can see already in american politics of. rubber. on the reasonable republicans supported by. another common popping off point where. i can see the point of. a lot of the people who are opposed to. well what so i'm just trying to. well you know. he wanted his children to witness how different this city is does days with this empty streets and barriers this is

a scene that's repeated across the country does seat of the state government shut down to the public and sealed off and that's because the f.b.i. has warned of potentially large scale and violent demonstrations this is something most americans have never lived through before and it's causing a lot of apprehension. one block away a bomb scare divert genius supreme court building authorities sealed off the area but no explosives were found just an example of how the country is on it this is the council has banned firearms at demonstrations many say their rights are being stripped away and vow to rally in support of the secular amendment in the days leading up to the no gration of joe biden with the country deeply polarized the image of public parks and buildings closed is one of

a nation in fear of itself but at that house. in richmond virginia. now one week after taking office president donald trump today's so-called muslim travel policy barred entry of foreign nationals from muslim majority countries and led to widespread protests president elect joe biden has promised to repeal the controversial move her critics say the damage may take years to repair and he got occurs in miami and looks at what the future may hold for the policy. fulfilling a campaign promise to enact extreme vetting president trump signed an executive order temporarily banning travel from 7 muslim majority countries in january 2017 the president's reasoning to make america safe and this is the protection of the nation from foreign terrorists. including. in the aftermath protests broke out at airports across the country as those fleeing

violence and trying to reunite with their families were prevented from entering the u.s. civil rights organizations branded the ban religious discrimination against muslims and i do know that legal challenges were successful in blocking the 1st 2 iterations of trump's travel ban in 2018 the supremes court allowed a 3rd version of the executive order to go into force now nationals from 13 countries including north korea venezuela and several african nations are on the list a travel ban has been particularly hard for those hoping to escape the violence in countries like syria and yemen when the supreme court made its ruling those trying to reunite with elderly relatives were devastated zet naggy told us his mother is close to giving up she stayed forcibly in jordan for 3 years and you know that ship dream court decision she said she finally said listen i rated out.

this far. i want to go back in it's disagreement you started and to be honest we couldn't see anything any more. president elect joe biden has promised to repeal the travel bans and increase refugee admissions by 125000 civil rights groups say that doesn't go far enough because the same old same old isn't going to work anymore and as hard as we fought against the trumpet mensuration we're going to fight even harder against the biden administration because we expect them to resolve these issues for those still stuck in the bureaucratic limbo known as administrative processing the incoming administration is promises if filled will bring renewed hope president elect joe biden says the travel ban is morally wrong once he takes office he can rescind the order with the stroke of a pen reuniting families will be a long difficult and complex process biden says the policy betrays us values and doing its legacy could take years to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida let's take

this on and we can speak now to mike hussein who's the special counsel and 2 muslim bigotry muslim advocates and joins us from san francisco now welcome to the program in your view how harmful has the muslim. thank you nick for having me today the muslim band have for nearly 40 years separated families we just heard a story as you reported that this kept families apart infant children have been unable to see their parents spouses have been unable to reunite people have been unable to attend celebrations and in many cases people have also been on able to receive critical medical treatment or pursue educational opportunities or job opportunities this is had a serious impact for millions of people around the world and unfortunately as we expected this will continue for many months to come and that's. when he

becomes president can just reverse the order rescind the order with the stroke of the pen but presumably there's only the beginning absolutely that is a critical 1st step and we are very glad to hear that president elect biden is running to fulfill his promise and repeal the muslim ban went in a day with it on the 1st day of his administration but as you said that's just the 1st step we need to ensure that a discriminatory ban like this can never happen again and that's why it's critical for the for congress to actually pass a piece of legislation known as the no ban which is as the 1st muslim civil rights bill of its kind that would prevent future presidents from enacting a discriminatory ban based on religion or nationality could such a civil rights bill be implemented given what we've all seen in u.s.

politics currently and what you know of u.s. politics. we feel very hopeful that that congress can actually make serious progress on the no ban i have to i think president elect biden signing an order that repeal some of the ban is sending a very strong message to the american public and to legislators that bans like this are not acceptable and that's not what our country is about and in fact that america allows people to be here regardless of their faith or their background and i think that message will go a long way in ensuring that we can hopefully have legislation like the no ban act passed to ensure that we don't have to deal with a ban like this again in the future discrimination got worse and doubled from the time do you think unfortunately we have seen serious increases in the targeting of not just the american muslim community but immigrant communities boss

black communities and so many others that has faced. rhetoric that we've seen since donald trump was on the campaign cycle so even before he actually took office we've seen how our communities have been targeted simply because of how they look or how they pray and it's really hard to place a number on exactly how to quantify really the impact of that rhetoric but i think the events in the united states that we saw take place in just the last week or 2 you have really. put people on edge about what that could mean for even the days to come meeting up to the inauguration and even after because of that rhetoric that we've seen from the white house. saying we appreciate your perspective thanks very much. thanks. still ahead here on al-jazeera a search for survivors after a powerful earthquake in indonesia dozens

a deadly toll is expected to rise. in sport coronavirus concerns are already affecting the build up to the 1st grand slam event of the tennis season. the last few showers i think afford not to the sky in the arabian peninsula largely because all the action is going on up here in the eastern med it's looking fairly stormy for the next couple of days out of the water they'll be so affected north major that story levant to turkey where it's particularly snowy. the city it's like to be fairly windy for a couple days 3 days maybe some showers of blows through i think it's going to look worst and this might suggest to be quite honest this is quite an active system it will blow through so all monday you still got a fairly breezy picture in syria but the sky is will be clearing drop

a guess there in the far north of iraq or just in iran still in turkey but there's more rain to come that's coming out of the tuesday or wednesday. the active wet weather in southern africa's changes orientation a bit the southern indian nations looking more active now i think we've got developing tropical cyclone here to take a few days but it's eventually forecast will take it towards madagascar south africa looks quite dry but if you get to go tang and dance through the suit to this fortini that looks fairly wet and that come straight the area of heavy rain is moving into southern mozambique and suddens in bob way and botswana on sunday. kenyan journalists and a suitable press freedom and justice i have this thing it's great secure. someone seeking but they hope you can afford maine coon and investigating government

corruption and the national health care system some of the transactions espionage and the killing. of money that is unexplained to africa uncensored and publish we'll see what's up people want to publish even if it doesn't add up to jaska who's truth is it anyway on al-jazeera. london is one of the most unfortunate cities in the world and decisions made here have an impact on fright all round the globe and so here at al-jazeera we will show you the true impact of those decisions on people but how it affects their everyday that. we are free to put them on air and to really engage those stories because we know that all audience is interested not just in the mainstream news but also the more hidden stories from parts of the world that often go under reported. rule. 4.

but again you watch out 0 or mind about top stories and uganda's electoral commission he says and you're right he was a very has officially won a 6 term as president extending his 35 years in power officials say the 76 year old won a 58.64 percent of the vote his main challenger 411 to 5 percent. germany's ruling party the c.d.u. has just elected on the national as its new leader and that as chancellor angela merkel prepares to step aside off the 16 years at the helm germany will hold a general election in 8 months time. the us government has carried out its 13th and final federal execution under the trump ministration that's the most by one president more than $120.00 is justin higgs was executed by lethal injection in indiana. india has begun its vaccination campaign one of the biggest and most

challenging in the world the country's aim is to have 300000000 people vaccinated in the next 6 months that's nearly the entire population of the united states but some are questioning the use of one locally developed vaccine that has not yet completed trials india correspondent is with purana and this report. these health care workers are registering to receive one of 2 vaccines approved for use in india 3 100000 medical professionals are being vaccinated at 3000 sites around the country on saturday including kitten driver. i'm a little bit scared but i'm also happy that we're being vaccinated 1st i've been named as one of the 1st so i'm happy about it and i want everyone to get back to nature it so we can end up it the government is planning to vaccinate 300000000 people in the 1st half of the sierra 30000000 front line workers in health care

sanitation the police the army and disaster management will be inoculated in the 1st few months they'll be followed by people over the age of 50 and then those under 50 underlying health conditions promise to that in the more you describe the scale of the program. as. there are more than $100.00 countries whose population is less than $30000000.00 and enjoy will be vaccinating $30000000.00 people in the 1st phase of vaccination itself. the drugs regulator has approved the use of oxford astra zeneca as kind of a shield vaccine and one that's been made and via there are questions around wide the indian vaccine by a local company called bought a biotech was given approval when it hasn't finished its final phase trials the government has said that it will be administered under clinical trial conditions but independent health experts say there's not a lot of information about what that means. india is the only country other than

russia and china to be administering a vaccine that hasn't completed trials and that is from because of the concern among scientific. disciplines that why was that decision expected in such a way should we have a good a few weeks to get that data doctors at one of new delhi's biggest government hospitals have the same questions they want the oxford astra zeneca vaccine and not bought a biotechs but india's health minister says a lot of work had gone into making the vaccines and people cannot choose which one they'll receive elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. a 2nd branch of the russian made a sputnik vaccine has right in the argentinean capital one is areas it was the 1st country in latin america to prove the vaccine last month began inoculating its citizens after receiving 300000 doses medical workers were the 1st to receive the job and officials insisted it was safe president alberto fernandez called it the

largest facts nation campaign in the country's history and that's. one is or isn't done so the rollout of the sputnik vaccine continues. yes it does now 1st batch arrived on the 24th of december has been a big christmas present in many ways the way i got many options and store it and then it was distributed in refrigerated trucks right across the length and breadth of this huge country the 2nd batch arrived as you mentioned a little under 2 hours ago at the international airport that same operation will be on the way putting it into putting the doses into refrigerated trucks and then the long haul right across the country about 300000 doses it is a big move as president alberto often and this has said but this is a country of 45000000 inhabitants there's still negotiations going on to bring in our vaccines from some of those other come companies pfizer us to seneca to try to

make sure that the whole population is vaccinated the numbers of deaths of infections is rare is rising still but is relatively stable especially when you compare the situation in neighboring countries such as brazil i think guilt or it's these here feel it serious but it is more or less under control and that batch the 2nd batch arrived just as it was confirmed by the healthful dorothy's here the 1st case of the extra virulent strain called 901st discovered in the united kingdom that's called some cause for alarm but the fact is 2nd dose of 300000 has a right does something to allay those fears of the introduction of this but far more virulent strain of cobbett 90 so things proceeding in argentina how things mickie across the rest of us who are. well it's coming in fits and starts it really depends on the country brazil i think hoping tomorrow

sunday to try to approve their vaccination program still nothing big on that the chilean authorities are saying that they have now done deals to bring in $30000000.00 doses of the vaccine and with negotiations for a further $10000000.00 after that that's in a country with a population of $18000000.00 so they think they will have 80 percent of the population vaccinated by the end of march the whole population they say by june paraguayan with a much smaller population has just agreed to take in the russian vaccine the sputnik in the next few weeks and we have. depends on the country as i say colombia has just gone into a very tight lock down closed its land and river borders to neighboring countries and other countries really just plodding along really big countries sometimes inaccessible populations are difficult to access populations bringing in the vaccines from different companies in fits and starts but getting there as the

numbers rise as the infections rise but it is a slow process but i think most of the countries feel that they are slowly getting that. thinks about things when with one of their lives well i don't know mention brazil and the military has brought much needed oxygen to hospitals treaty coronavirus patients in amazonas states average daily cases in brazil are up by 44 percent in the past 2 weeks as 2 new variations of the virus rapidly spread for tour again because this report. these people have been queuing for hours to refill an oxygen tank that a relative suffering from cave in 19 depends on to survive normally hospitals would supply oxygen to patients but many have run out so people having to buy them from private companies each oxygen bottle cost $68.00 and demand is outstripping supply as people's temp is rise police have been deployed to. the wreckage so we can't

wait any longer there's no service at the hospital. the health system in the brazilian state of amazonas is on the verge of collapse and a national vaccine rollout has yet to begin the air force has flown emergency supplies of oxygen from sao paolo to the city of menow sea and air lifted a permit to all babies to other states from hospitals overwhelmed by a surge in corona virus infections. on friday people in cities across brazil health protests and appealed for more help from the government . brazilians are dying this is total neglect it is unacceptable we are dependent on neighboring countries for oxygen it's an outrage. president jiah has repeatedly played down the risks of covert 19 and he's defending his handling of the pandemic responds. we're always doing what we have to do the problem is

terrible but we've done our part by providing resources and means today the armed forces have launched a field hospital that the health minister was that on monday and provided oxygen with. these help to a close or celebrating because some of the patients are being transferred to hospitals in other states that are better equipped than but not everyone is being lifted to safer environments and the world health organization is warning. hill's health system is beginning to employ victoria gate and be al-jazeera. the head of the netherlands national health counselors urging the government to revise its vaccination program currently health care workers in care home staff are prioritized but with the rollout already behind other european countries many elderly worried that their chance won't come any time soon so fast and reports now from the hague bit of on the poll is waiting for is inoculation but the 71 year old

doesn't know when that will be in other countries the elderly are 1st in line for vaccinations against govt at 19 but not in the netherlands many of beatles fellow residents have died in the past year and month of quarantine and restrictions are taking their toll for the hateful and makes me very emotional it really hurts me not seeing my children and grandchildren i've not seen my grandson for 6 months. they have also been delays in organizing vaccines because all $120000.00 residents in dutch nursing homes have to give special consent for their covert $1000.00 japs a time consuming procedure especially because 75 percent of them are suffering from dementia peter has no doubt he has survived one covert infection and is worried he won't be so lucky next time. i really don't understand that in neighboring countries people have been vaccinated for weeks and we're only just starting we are much too late especially for as vulnerable people are on

a very high risk especially in such a closed living environment the nursing home has a special covert section where residents who are tested positive are kept in strict isolation many of them die behind these doors because of their age and vulnerability doctors have advised against taking them to intensive care units in hospitals hundreds of residents in that care homes are dying of covert every week but not a single one has been inoculated yet the so-called flexible dutch vaccination strategy has led to great confusion about who will be vaccinated 1st and what faxing will be used this has not only created frustration and anger but also fear now the british variant as the country bar ologist say it's a race against time before the nat'l and will face a serious outbreak of the new strain and they're urging the government to get a proper vaccination strategy in order but accusations of managers and office workers in care organisations jumping the queue have turned this into

a more personal battle household coach i know hostess was invited by her employer to be among the 1st to be vaccinated but when she realised that care workers on the frontline working directly with patients and elderly are still waiting she said no . when i cancelled my appointment the health authority said they are not involved in gets back 1st that made me angry this is one of my. any examples where things have gone wrong during this crisis both because of strict privacy laws in the nablus for both employers and how the authorities it's difficult to know who was vaccinated and who it's not how worried are you about a delay of a couple of weeks how serious is that for the people concourses very serious because if you see how many people in this category of age. have big problems with disease and kind of overall also or can die about. this is really important that we go on very very quickly because on the poll is

reading the reports about what's happening in the u.k. and holding his breath his nursing home a schedule to start inoculations in 10 days time unless the government changes its plans again step fasten al-jazeera the hake the u.n. refugee agency is calling for fights in central african republic to stop they say the number of people fleeing to neighboring countries has doubled to 60000 in just a week on wednesday rebels tried to attack the capital bangui but were pushed back by security forces the coalition of armed groups wants to overthrow president foster or challenge 2 of their who want to 2nd term in office in december marking web resembling the capital of central african. fighters from the coalition of rebel groups just down the road a few kilometers away on the outskirts of the city and another significant group of them about 12 kilometers in that direction also on the edge of the city and in both areas there was heavy fighting 3 days ago now security sources say they also now

have several cells here within the city in preparation for an attack coalition of armed groups has given an ultimatum to the government to give them 48 hours to get out that ultimatum expires on sunday evening now this comes ahead of the constitution ruling that the one she used a week for potentially. the office of president there bringing him in for a 2nd following the announcement of his victory in elections last month but that victory is disputed the civilian opposition say the election was rigged and the armed opposition it was just down the road defeated the legitimacy of the whole election in the 1st place as the situation is tense the u.n. of reported widespread rights abuses kidnapping tortures killings of civilians because many people to flee their homes now more than 60000 is the un refugee agency said and people are still on the move right now people are waiting to find

out what's going to happen here in the next couple of days but many of them aren't risking it on sticking around to see what will actually go down a marker mare is a visiting fellow at the london school of economics and political science and he says all groups in central african republic a well resourced and will likely keep attacking the capital if the constitutional court upholds the election results. these rebel militias have a lot of money gained from to sign out gold and diamond mining. have a lot of money traffic gold and diamonds and as well as amps and i've come in the least of these last a trace and have always been kind of the safe haven has allowed them to actually just basically reform and regroup and breed and be approach in the city i think a lot of effort was put into just keeping them a bit to make sure the elections were helped. and by explains part of the reason

why do you actually mean money to move the capital but also previously the u.p.c. the 3 r. and b m p c representatives were actually part of the government asked me to advice and there are some sort of joint special forces to help you know where money these territories but i think because they didn't represent themselves in the elections be as somehow disenfranchised no longer part of the government oppression and therefore these areas are back in the control of the rebel forces. mexico has deployed extra soldiers and police to its southern border after thousands of honduran migrants began walking north towards the u.s. mexico's government and others in the region say they're worried about the migrants spreading coronavirus many in the so-called caravan of trying to escape violence and the lack of opportunities in their home country guatemala has already detained hundreds of migrants i did order with on doors. search and rescue operations

continue in indonesia after buying it you'd 6.2 earthquake hit the island in sulu a.z. at least 46 people are confirmed dead and more than 800 others injured and authorities are warning of continuing aftershocks jessica washington reports now from jakarta. on indonesia's sulawesi island a may just search and rescue effort continues in the cities of margining and. the strong shallow quake injured more than 800 people. and teams are working swiftly to rescue those trapped under the rubble of collapsed houses and buildings. that. we continue to search and rescue from this morning we have prioritized for targeted areas for the operations around my journey. at least 15000 people are displaced i think in shelter in emergency centers. is one of them his family survived the disaster but then now homeless by the way my house was flattened by the youth quake many people from my neighborhood did now that's why we here. in nearby my. hospital

was destroyed several people were found dead by rescuers. on the part that we will clear the area to try magna carta hospital after we confirm there are no more victims buried on the earth quake set off several landslides a car to electricity and her lay her working to make sure all survivors have the essentials we've collected information about what the people needed evacuation centers they need medicine medical supplies to treat those injured vitamins and other items. the local school was also damaged but there were no people in the building at the time just to washington al-jazeera jakarta. at least 29 people have died in afghanistan in a series of attacks a car bomb at kabul university killed at least 2 members of the local police and on friday authorities in gori and in herat province say taliban fighters killed at least 30 members of the security forces and then the man in kandahar or thought is

safe or attackers were killed in a car bomb attack on a police station it all comes a day after the u.s. announced its reducing its presence in the country to 2500 troops u.s. president donald trump has ordered the pentagon's middle east command to its expanded to include israel these military dealings were previously handled by the europeans and pro israel groups have been pushing for this for some time calling for a coordinated front against iran for last minute changes the departure from decades of u.s. military command structure palestinian president mahmoud abbas has issued a decree setting dates for the 1st elections since 2006 the political faction has mass that rules the gaza strip is welcome the announcement comes after recent talks between hamas and fatah to end the palestinian division it read reports now from the occupied west bank this might be the closest palestinians have got to holding elections in 15 years

a presidential decree setting 3 dates just lots of and presidential elections and those for the palestine liberation organization or p.l.o. the announcement marks a breakthrough in a palestinian divide that lasted more than 13 years certain fossil factions will meet in car within a week and resolve some important technical issues to ensure fear and transparent elections we are aware that there are problems but we are certain that they will be resolved and if not we can resolve them. previous agreements to hold elections didn't materialize because attempts at reconciliation between the 2 most dominant palestinian parties felt to hand how mass failed this time they say they will hold elections pursed and then discuss how to end their divisions. the last time palestinians cast their ballots in general elections wasn't 2006 the unexpected a massive victory to give the divide in 2007 and paralyze the legislative council

the mass became the de facto ruler of the besieged gaza strip and fetish remained in charge of the occupied west bank protest leader mahmoud abbas was elected in 2005 and has remained in office ever since well i. mean when there's a concern that fatah and hamas will agree on a unified list this will take the meaning out of these elections and minimize participation of independent civil society and the youth may sort out we works in the palestinian election committee at 32 years old she's never had the chance to vote and. who has i'm optimistic we need new faces to serve we've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time a majority of palestinians want general elections that will fight corruption and to store unity but the recent polls show that they don't believe that's possible more than half palestinian say that even if they're held they want to be free or fear.

the occupied west bank. sports coming up next here on al-jazeera and cameroon is getting ready to who's one of africa's biggest sporting events and it will be here with that and more. when all that seems to matter is the headline there's always 2 sides to a story when narratives and counter narratives of just curiosity the leader on the one hand the enemy is all believe they're on the other hand the listening post strips away the spin what kind of reporting if you can see on the ground misinformation is right place better the bias a lot of people believe things because they want to believe that a done covers the uncomfortable truths do you think they did enough to scrutinize the case for war the listing posts on a. she was a society hostess in beirut in the 1940 s. she was in touch with a lot of people from the lebanese the recrossing to make this work code name was

the power and she spied for mossad in lebanon for 14 years what she was doing it was something brave as a woman algis you know well douses story of shoon acoa. the beirut spy. the on. again school time heals it will be thank you so much nic when we african nations are championship kicking off in a few minutes time now the tournament was meant to start last april but was delayed she's coronavirus cameroon is hosting the 6 the same event which is only for

players competing in their domestic league the group stages stadiums will have a reduced capacity coverage restrictions. we are aware of the pandemic that is currently raging around the world we will test the plan to have 25 percent stadium capacity on the side of calf and on the side of the local organizing committee all the arrangements are made cameron will host the africa cup of nations this time next year sports broadcaster gary l. smith says that gives this tournament added importance. for many reasons is to signal the facts of this illness school on just like we saw in many countries in europe and the rest of the world this is a signal that despite the pandemic things can't be miley and it is essential for african football to be seen to be trying to you know managed this situation rather than give up altogether considering the facts of that country have been on able to

host the african cup of nations in 2900 as you may recall due to security concerns that let's. turn them into going to egypt and then he really wants an opportunity in this one to prove that he can do to member this is what it means itself this is a dry run for the african cup of nations problem which is scheduled to be held next year so for them they have to prove to everybody and pull out all the stops and so far they are bringing in the game the guns and everything to come bust up with this gentleman's arsenal midfielder mesut ozil getting close to completing his move to turkish club and a batch as well hasn't played for arsenal since march of last year the world cup winner still has half a season left to run on his contract but both parties now in an advanced talks to end the deal. as a became highest paid player when he joined the london side 3 years ago.

are close to 50 players won't be allowed to leave their hotel rooms for the next 2 weeks in the build up to next month's australian open it's because other passengers on the flight to the tournament tested positive for corona virus all players arriving for the year's 1st grand slam event in melbourne face restrictions but suit time champion victoria azarenka and a former u.s. open champion sloane stephens are among those who'll be confined to their rooms for 14 days of the players will be allowed out for 5 hours of daily practice on court. india suffered a major by its was the end of play on day 2 of the deciding test against australia in brisbane it's a risk losing style bassman right sharma $44.00 as they are applied to australia's 1st innings total of $369.00 sharma's dismissal of nathan lines bowling means india will resume on $62.00 fifth's to the winner of this match will take the series it's

currently level at $11.00 the pitch is going good we just need to back us has to do that and we've got the guys to do it so i don't see any reason why we can do better you will of the day 3 an n.b.a. player has lost his mother and 6 other family members to covet 19 has himself tested positive confident sounds of the minnesota timberwolves releasing a statement vowing to beat the onus the temple's game against memphis was perspiring and is the 13th n.b.a. game to be called off due to chronic virus this season basketball's a microcosm of society right now and you can do the right things are strong arts. make sure we. follow protocol but spiders are when it's created. or we're not the only ones dealing with this. an m.b.a. world so the real world and it's

a lively families everywhere. well one game that did go ahead was the l.a. clippers against the sacraments are kings awhile and it had 27 points while paul george had a 26 more of his beating the kings won 38100 on friday the same now 115 consecutive fraud games against the kings haven't lost in sacramento since 20. analytic legend bangs lee has produced another winning performance in his efforts to win this year's america's cup full time olympic gold medalist annually is skippering any all seeing the u.k. they won their 3rd straight race in this challenger series in new zealand some outpacing american magic the overall winner of the series will earn the right suffice reigning champions team new zealand for america's cup coming up in. ok but that is how your sport is looking for now nick tell us the we will see a bit later that's it for me in the club this news hour but i sure will be back in a couple minutes with another half hour of news press will see them but without.

the american people have finally for poking around here as i see it when america is off balance or become more dangerous the world is looking at us with a mixture of sadness and. with the election behind us will the republican party dump truck with your weekly take on u.s. politics and society that's the bottom line. halfway between tokyo and now she's a little girl was then relatively sleepy place not

a lot of violent crime and so when 4 people get killed on one occasion in as bloody a massacre as this was in the trucks a lot of the board. the task force of eat police officers was created to find out what happened. police counted more than 40 stab wounds all together the victims . ringback. on counting the current president she's got ambitions to turn china into a 30 trillion dollar economy by 2035 india witnessed the biggest migration since

partition with workers returned to cities and canned goods for farming the world. counting the cost i'll just. put that in usa most of any is officially declared the winner of uganda's election the main opposition candidate says soldiers won't let him leave his house. and i mean this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up germany's ruling christian democrats elected to the new leader will be the top contender for chancellor when angela merkel leaves later this year. india launches the world's largest coronavirus fractionation campaign but there are concerns over the safety and.