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a license on the story. i got the 23 a p and government troops took control of the city of mckelly last year. prime minister abbey am a declared victory over the to grand people's liberation. front 7 months of conflict followed. thousands have been killed and then it all changed. on monday, when the tpr left took mckelly back, the government appointed administration fled and then asked for a ceasefire. who will fall into the academy? honda but we asked the name of to try and all peace loving people, the federal government for a cease fire based on humanity in such a way that prevents further damage. so that it is possible for people to find respite and become part of the solution that has the, among the most recent death around 40 people killed in an asteroid. last week, the army said those killed the fighters. survivors said the form his market around the same time, the t p left began it's offensive to retake mckelly,

which is the capital of the 2 great region. is fully under the control of our forces government forces and the government is back in control of the capital. and so when he, he held election last week to grey was one of 4 out of the country, 10 regions that didn't vote. the conflict began partly because the elections due last year was delayed before that the t p, a laugh at dominated ethiopia, government, and military for nearly 30 years. and so prime minister, ibm, it took power 3 years ago, a power struggle followed which erupt it into a civil war. the conflicts displaced nearly 2000000 people into gray. widespread reports of attacks on civilians burning of crops and looting. the un says dance left 90 percent of the population in urgent need of food. he said there's already

a famine, and it's expected to get worse. doctors without borders said 3 of his staff were killed last week. unicef says government troops entered his office in mckelly on monday and dismantled communications equipment. we condemn any and all attacks on humanitarian workers and assets, and remind again all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian law. all parties must ensure the protection of civilians and that all humanitarian assistance provided by the united nations is provided according to humanitarian principles. much of the conflict has been fought in small towns and villages where right groups, say thousands of civilians have been killed. people are waiting to see if the ceasefire will bring peace and the help they desperately need. malcolm web al jazeera martin cloud is a horn of africa analyst and

a senior research fellow at the university of london. he explains how to grand forces managed to take back control of the region. when the 2 brands fled from mikella and they were pushed out at last november, everyone thought they were finished. they would mount a small group authoration from the hills in the mountains of 2 grand, the best day is indeed how they reformed and then reorganized themselves. but 10 days ago, they launched an offensive life, which i think we haven't seen in many years. but they simply swept everything head of them, and yesterday they marched it back into their own capital. and that was just an extraordinary achievement. on their behalf, they said that they have taken something like 6000 pins, prisoner and killed 33000 enemy troops. i mean, this is just on a scale we haven't seen in africa for a very long time. however,

morgan has reported extensively on the refugee crisis, is tens of thousands of to grands crossed into saddam. she has more on their reaction to the sci fi from cartoon. a majority of them who've been speaking to say, they just want to be able to go back home. they want to be able to access the farms that they've left behind. many of them have told us her roofing stories of being their families and relatives being killed, of neighbors being shot to death of farm that they see a ready for harvest, but being burned by the obey who they say were malicious and by retreating forces. so lots of horror stories that we heard from the refugees. but those who we've been able to reach out to over the past few hours to, to hear their views on the latest developments. say that they don't know what this means. does this mean that they can go back home and be able to access their farms and return to their normal lives? they're not sure if that's what it means, because the t p left and the p d f are yet to announce that they have accepted the fire. the unilateral fire that was announced by the government of prime minister abbey met some of them also see

that they want to know, what does it mean that to great is now an independent country. they say that's what they want to see happening after the month of war. that is seen what they say, the ethnic targeting of degree and by fellow or europeans and by a return troops former south african president, jacob zoom that has been given 5 days to hand himself in off. the judge sentenced him to 15 months in jail. soon has been found guilty of contempt for failing to appear before an inquiry investigating corruption during his time and office saying bas robbie reports. for the 1st time, a former south african leader is facing jail time. jacob's humor has been ordered to surrender himself to police within 5 days. he was sentenced to 15 months for failing to appear at a corruption hearing. the constitutional court judges decision leaves the former president with few legal options and the extent to which mister myers attempted to

justify fire through public statements. nor did i live in the statements were not for my defeat, it so far to be disregarded. the constitutional court can do nothing but conclude that mister may is guilty of the kind of contempt of court. never zoom resigned from office in 2018 who after his own party threatened to pass a vote of no confidence against him over allegations of high level financial corruption and grabbed tax during his time as president and deputy president, he's always maintained his innocence, but has not co operated with investigators, may i ask you then as to how you feed to the charges that have been put you need not to do to to one by one allegations against you may include many tightens of industry whom he has said to have allowed to plunder state resources and influence state policy, south africa, the chief justice has described zoom as defense and his attempt to garner public support as insulting to the people of the country. the years of corruption scandals

have left south africa, new leaders with an unenviable task of restoring investor confidence in africa. most industrialized economy in basra. vi 0 as rarely forces have demolished a palestinian business. and the phil while neighbourhood a bulky parties, jerusalem, a butcher shop, was knocked down on tuesday morning. the homes of 13 palestinian families faced the same threat and israeli court has ordered they be demolished after ruling. they were built without a proper permit. hurry for it is in so on. he spoke to the owner of the demolish, but to shop for more than 10 years. this was the butchery. nador rodge abbey. it is a business which sustains the life of 15 people. but last nights, monday nights is ready for his came here and said that it had not been demolished according to a demolition order that was imposed on the 7th of june. and so they would come

within days and demolish it. that's what happened early on tuesday morning. they were pretty violent confrontations as it's ready forces arrived between some of the family members of the raj. ivy said they were there was tear gas used and once people were cleared away it was demolished. mister ra, job himself says it's bad enough that this business has gone. but there are more buildings that he owns that people live in 25 family members that are also on the imminent threat. and that i didn't muscle. this is not the only place that is under threat. we still have 4 other homes in another business that belong to the family. today they said next time they will demolish the other properties. we are still waiting to see what will happen. beyond that, there are political consequences both. so the new israeli coalition government, which contains a palestinian israeli policy that is argued against demolitions of this type, at least within israel, is less so here in occupied east jerusalem. and there are the broader tensions that took place. the violence in april,

so war between israel and hamas in may much of that century around israeli actions here in occupied these through some more such actions. on tuesday though, limited in scope so far, there is threat of more to come that could see tensions rise again. israel's foreign minister, husband, in the united arab emirates, smoking the highest level visits since the 2 countries normalize relations. 9 months ago, you know a lot pete integrated israel's embassy and often jobby. the consulate in dubai expected to discuss iran, which both countries view as a top regional threat. to get to know one another, we need to respect and learn each other's culture. we need to let our economies connect and prosper. we need to maintain open dialogue and open mind is right, want spaces, its neighbors with all its neighbors. we are going anywhere. the middle east is

a home and we have to stay. so we call on all the countries of the region to recognize that and to come to talk to a lot small coming out, including china, marx, a century since above the communist policy. we look at how the nation has fed on the one party model, mexico legalizes nimbus and use of marijuana. and they support to say, will had drug cartels. ah hello, good to be with you. here's an update on the south west mon soon as has been the case or the west coast of india, a bit of a breather. that's not to say that there won't be rain there. it just won't be as aggressive as we have seen. but still, the south was monsoon, wreaking havoc toward nepal, northern and eastern areas of bangladesh,

right through into baton on wednesday, and also some pretty intense rain as we had towards me and mar as well. asia pacific, you know, let's keep in mind the darker the colors we see on the map. that's a more intense rain that we have out toward the yangtze river valley east trying to see impacting kyushu and chicago on wednesday. but watch, as we get toward thursday, even brighter colors popping up your heavy concentration of brain, especially for eastern areas of horseshoe next, se, asia, and our intense range on through the ways that has led to some land slides across the island. heavy rains have also been falling for borneo, but i think we're going to get some spells of sun across the region, particularly for indo china and across sumatra and jakarta as well. next step, we're going to go to the middle east. we're going to end the weather story here, where we've got some temperatures in the fifty's, baghdad, 52 weight 50, and we'll deal with a bit of humidity around the gulf states and the dates to come that your forecast to you soon. the

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you're watching out there remind of our top stories this. our evan celebrations across ethiopia as t gray region, as regional forces, claim victory off and nearly 8 months long. conflict with federal troops and that allies. on monday the federal government announced it would immediately begin a ceasefire. form of south african president, jacob zoom has been given 5 days to hand himself in the judge and sentenced him to 15 months in jail. he's been found guilty of contempt for failing to appear before an inquiry investigation corruption during his time and office is ready for us, have demolished a palestinian business in the phil one neighborhood of occupied east jerusalem. the homes of 13 palestinian families fight the same threat itself in the court ordered . they be demolished and out they are a mass, a family and occupied east jerusalem that faces the prospects of becoming homeless under chappelle has that story. the jobs have called this home for decades

along this quiet road in the area of l. boost on the palestinian family has been told to demolish it on the grounds. it wasn't built with the proper permits. if they don't, the municipality says it will do it for them and send them the bill. that was the cost. financial and emotional are already too high for family facing, forced expulsion from their homes. sorry. did them had a bit. it's really hard to describe how i feel. i cannot put it into words. you never know what it means to see, to whom you built and reduce ruins in love, we are living in fear. there is no security. i wish we could just free time. it's next to impossible to obtain a construction permit unoccupied east jerusalem. as families have grown over the years, homes have grown with them without a building permit, both the old and the new are under threat of demolition, which looms over the homes of 1500 people is really settler. organizations want to

raise the neighborhood and replace it with an archaeological park and settlements. and had the foss with, we'll do a video. lineage of the aim is to cleanse the area of palestinians entirely. this is part of israel's holy basin plan for jerusalem. it starts to shake, you're an engineer and so on. passing through the ancient town is nothing short of ethnic cleansing is a plant uproot to palestinians from their lands and replace them with jewish settlers. many of the families in this neighborhood settled there after they were pushed out of their homes, following the 19481900. 67 wars. the hills along the southern walls are home to more than a 100 families who are once again faced with force displacement and are chappelle al jazeera foreign ministers of the group of 20 major economies, amazing face to face for the 1st time in 2 years. the summit in italy, city of ma, tara is looking at ways to tackle that pandemic, and accelerate the recovery of the global economy climate crisis,

international trade and food security. also on the agenda, the talks come ahead of a g. 20 lead a summit in rome at the end of october. ah, let's take you now to the u. s. congress in washington dc where the house committee of foreign affairs is holding a hearing on the conflicts in e t. t great region. let's have a listen and you'll be in. as you all know, the situation, if your via and the to gray region in particular, is dynamic and appears to be entering a new phase. we are reminded of this stalk reality over the last 24 hours. when to gray and forces overtook the regional capital, and if it, if the open government costs humanitarian cease fire. i've been cautiously optimistic about this development and i can only hope it open the door to

a peaceful resolution. however, i am hearing a report that the t p l f is threatening to enter a retreat, which would be a clear and dangerous escalation in this conflict. i strongly condemn any efforts not to be clear any efforts by the t p l f. and any other on the group that would attempt to, for the escalate violence, we need to de escalate the violence. we need a ceasefire. only one week ago today the if the open government launched and strike against unarmed civilians and a market into gray. to make an outrageous situation worse, government forces, and arm groups, denied ambulances carry in the cavities of this attack, passage to the middle to the medical facilities for hours. all parties of this

conflict, all party to this conflict, are responsible for the unmitigated violence unfolding into gray, including ethiopia in an era tree and forces a t p l f, and a mara regional for forces. these parties are responsible for reprehensible acts including extra judicial killings, sexual and gender based and violence against women and children, torture and false disappearances. on the receiving end of this violence over the last 7 months or innocent, vulnerable civilians who have been rendered refugees or id fees and are now facing a man made famine. i've heard reports of farmers being forced off their land and not the opportunity to harvest their crops instead of time when millions of people

are facing acute hunger. and mound attrition. beyond the gray regional militia and arm groups and other ethiopian regions including armor amara and overall mo and benny schon, coo and most also involve an ethnic violence that has killed hundreds of people in this place. thousands but the grey presents a particularly grave and insidious form. of violence that constitute ethnic cleansing. a secretary blinking said he a month ago, and the u. e. u. special envoy for the reiterated it and recent statements where we sit and fall into gray bears the hallmarks of crimes against humanity. and quite possibly a genocide. and those responsible must be held accountable in this disaster is not a beta by an inclusive national dialogue and

a political sentiment soon. we could witness one of our closest and most powerful allies in africa, mont, toward civil war. and eventually, a state collapse such an outcome would be catastrophic for e, c, o, p, as people, and for the horn of africa. and that is why it is important that this administration and this congress remain focused on this issue until a solution is found. ethiopia has been a longstanding part into the united states and prime minister abi a noble peace prize winner represent at promise and hope, but more for more unified country. when he rose to power in 2018 prospects for a durable piece. and if you and it's wrote as a responsible regional leader now in question, as is prime minister bees legacy. but we will not abandon our collective

efforts, find a better outcome for easy obvious people. other pressing matters further complicate dynamics in this volatile region. the decade long negotiations over the grand ethiopian renaissance, there remain store while tensions over regional board of disputes continue to similar. and i'm to hear what more of the united states can do to support the a, you and other multilateral institutions and their drive to solve these crises. and finally, i conclude by acknowledging ethiopia as historic elections on june 21st and addition to the clear and predictable security of a district issue that arose. i agree with the administration assessment a process that this in franchises, constituents, and opposition can late can not be considered free, fair or credible the united states will continue to champion the pursuit of true democracy for the people to be the opium. but i am unconvinced that these elections

alone will correct the course if he is now worn out to billing this hearing. and our engagement on this issue in general is not about picking sides, not at all. our chief concern, our focus is for the people of ethiopia and how the united states can help pay the path toward reconciliation, peace and stability, and p o p. and i turned to my colleague in ranking member a call for his opening statement. thank you mister chairman, and thanks for calling the support of hearing on the conflict and ethiopia, and drawing attention to what is happening there and this very violence situation. i want to think are witnesses ambassador, go deck and assistant administrator charles for being with us today. this is

a pivotal point, any p o p as future, ethiopia has long done a strategic alloy. as a chairman said in the horn of africa, vital contributor, view in peacekeepers and a strong economic partner. hundreds of thousands of ethiopian americans call the united states home. unfortunately, deep seated ethnic sentence, economic challenges and grievances from decades of ethiopian peoples, revolutionary democratic front have role has undermined fragile progress. and e, c o, p, and in early november fighting broke out between ethiopian national defense forces and the grand people's liberation front retreat in defense forces were also deployed, fighting alongside ethiopian security forces. and what has been described as a law enforcement operation. a few weeks later and days before thanksgiving holiday, then chairman angle and i rode to prime minister abi we commended his commitment to

reforming ethiopia for pursuing accountability for human rights abuses, improving media, freedom brokering, piece with every tree and recognizing his nobel peace prize. we also express deep concern over reports of heavy civilian casualties and t grey. and as for his decisive leadership to ensure the safety and security of all it opens, answered as peace instability. 7 months later, almost 1000000 people are starving. and according to the un, systematic rape and sexual violence is ranted. what a change from the nobel peace prize to this in my assessment, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of genocide have been carried out against the to urine people last week.

prime minister abi stated, quote, there is no hunger in tea, grey, unquote, the stunning denial of the catastrophic conditions on the ground and t gray is appalling. i'm cautiously optimistic of reports of a cease fire situation and see grey remains fluid. and i'm concerned by reports at 2 grand defense forces intend to leverage this for strategic game whether the cease fire will facilitate much needed food and medical aid to the t. graham people remains to be seen. a political situate solution is needed and all parties to the conflict must prioritize addressing the dire need of civilians. the u. s. has provided almost 500000000 in life saving food aid and medical supplies. our international partners, including allies in europe and the members of the un security council need to step it up. we must continue to increase the pressure on all sides to bring an end to

the fighting and suffering into grade. this includes targeted sanctions against those responsible for committing heinous atrocities and re examining support through international financial institutions. all sides have committed gross human rights abuses, numbers of the te, gray people's liberation front, ethiopian security forces, and airy trim, security forces, and horror, regional forces. the joint investigation by the office of the un high commissioner for human rights in the opium human rights commission have must have full access and independence to investigate these crimes and other human and human rights abuses. any of the conflict is also unraveling for a fragile stability in the region, including increased border tensions with sudan, like a progress of girl negotiations of egypt, sudan, n e t o p, at the impact of the withdrawal of the t o. p,

a national defense forces from counter all sure. bob operations and small you reports of rising ethnic tensions across ethiopia. the us special envoy to the horn of africa. jeffrey shelton stated recently that the, the e c o in crisis can make syria look like child's play. as a diplomat who spent the entirety of your 30 year career in the middle east, this was no small warning. the world needs to wake up to the gravity of the situation before us. millions of wise are at stake. so again, was chairman, thanks for calling attention to this grave situation and i look forward to the testimony that you're back. thank you, mr. mccall. i'm now turn to the chair and the ranking members of the subcommittee on africa. i'll yield one minute to chat with bass. thank you. i also

think about now. ok. all right, i want to thank the chair and the ranking member for holding this hearing, but also for joining me and ranking member smith in leading house resolution for 45 that condemns all violence and human rights abuses, calls for unfettered humanitarian access to hold people accountable for human rights violations and calls on e t o p, to pursue a political solution to convene a credible and country wide process of national dialogue and reconciliation, inclusive of all non violent parties, ethnic communities, religious groups and civil society in ethiopia, to work toward a sustainable resolution of grievances and char to democratic.