boy thomas stuart's december 4th, this is delia news live from berlin. more civilians flee the fighting in ethiopia. as refugee numbers grow, the u.n. warrants at the situation could be spiraling out of control and fears are growing of a prolonged conflict over the t. drive region. we'll get the latest from addis ababa also on the show. u.s. president donald trump makes his 1st public remarks in more than

a week. but he refuses to concede the election saying time will tell who takes office in january. and in beijing, the nightclubs are packed coronavirus fears have largely subsided in china's capital, but the government is keeping a close watch over the celebrations. i marry in evanston, welcome to the united nations, says the conflict in ethiopia is at risk of spiraling out of control. it's a struggle between the central government and regional authorities in the northern region. if the opiah is now accusing the forces of firing rockets at cities in neighboring regions and civilians fleeing the fighting, say they were bombed by government forces. despite claims that they are only

striking military targets, they've come with just what they can carry ethiopians from the region make their way to safety across the border into sadar and then most of them, if it wasn't for sadar, many would be dead. where do we go? if we go to eritrea, they will slaughter us. if we go to other parts of ethiopia, they will slaughter us. some had to make the heartbreaking choice of leaving loved ones behind the mother, i left her in a church. she is an elderly woman. my brother is blind. we left him there as well. there was no food or water that everyone ran away. and on the way we found murdered people with weapons and that's why we ran. what were we to do? we want to save ourselves thousands of exhausted refugees have fled to

siddharth, after fighting broke out between the ethiopian military and their to grab people's liberation front, the militant group in the region. the conflict erupted in early november when the government sent troops into the region. after an alleged attack by local forces on a federal army base into grass capital, the ethiopian prime minister says his army is close to victory. highly, this mischievous force is surrounded on all sides, that it is a force in its final throes of death. your children are suffering deaths, injuries on the front line, lots of them of the united nations is concerned that war crimes have,, been committed in the fighting between the government and t.p. l.f., and many voices in the region are calling for a deescalation. but what information is coming from the isolated region indicates

that the situation is deteriorating? let's go now to the ethiopian capital, addis ababa, where journalist samuel guitar show is standing by hello to you, samuel. now it has been difficult for outsiders to get accurate information on what's going on. what is the latest you can tell us on this conflict? while the media and the angel kind of travel to the region, what we are reflecting on is the report that's coming from mr. international human rights watch. the n.g.o.s, the people at half late telling us, telling the world that this is heading to a potential civil war and money. many people are dying in sudan, it's getting up to $20000.00 ethiopians to the sudan looking for shelter. so this is becoming a disaster, not just for ethiopia or the region. it's heading to too,

it's affecting everyone. so everybody is overwhelmed with the need that they have. they can't even transport to their so you can imagine the impact it's having on the ground. what exactly sparked this fighting, what is at the heart of the conflict? it looks like it's, you know, the government leadership and government has placed a condition for a cease fire, which is to handle leadership of the region which the central government sees as being illegal. and also the destruction of all arms. they have been storing for a long time. you have to, you have to remember the t.p.a. lip was in try to government in charge of the ethiopian federal government for 27 years. so they've only left, they've only gone back to their own state the last 3 years. so it looks like it's

a mixture of power, struggle and not wanting to accept the changes that are happening. you know, it's a mixture of all of those. but again, impact it's having on the ground is just huge. it goes beyond the governments of our suburb and the state of to agree. well, we also know that gras is not the only region in the opiate that has seen tensions in recent months. saniel, how is this latest conflict affecting ethiopia's overall stability? there was gunfire or, you know, a standoff fire or a scene in the heart of for the region. the bottom dollar, which is a tourist attraction, we can't confirm anybody has died, but it's tickling down all over the nation. but beyond the conflicts, there's also conflicts all over region people dying. so it's becoming

a huge disaster. a listers, wait to be a cease fire. you'll see thousands or people being affected. a reminder of what happened to ethiopia some 30 years ago with the your credit from a doctor freak to so many people and beat in the study with thousands. but he chose a field trips all over the world. journalists sang on guitar too, in addis ababa,, thanks so much for your reporting. thank you. thank you. well, u.s., president, donald trump has made his 1st public statements and t.v. networks called the election for his rival democrat, joe biden. trump spoke at the white house about efforts to develop a vaccine against covert 19, though he did not concede in every friends of the presidential vote, trump said, quote, time will tell which administration will be in the white house in january. this was

the close is that trump has come to admitting defeat since media outlets called the election for biden last week. also on friday, media outlets projected that i had won the state of georgia and that north carolina had gone to trump. that would give biden 360 votes in the electoral college and trump 232 years in record time. our washington correspondent oliver salant was following trump's press conference and we asked him what we should make of trump's 1st public statements in days. and it was the 1st speech, in fact, since election night. so a very highly anticipated event where he again refused to concede. he said, i guess time will tell who will take office in january. so still trying to create that impression that he might be there for another 4 years. he took no questions then, but what he took is all the praise for this new coronavirus vaccine,

where he obviously ignored also that german companies behind the bio and tech who developed the vaccine together with the u.s. pharmaceutical maker. pfizer then went on in his typical style of talking about the great job he did with the endemic in handling. the pandemic. talked about the stock market, the dog numbers, unemployment. so nothing surprising you really seemed like the complain is not over yet. meanwhile, the corona virus continues to spread relentlessly in the u.s. . more than 177000, new cases were reported friday, breaking the daily record for the 4th straight day. new york city has now imposed restrictions on bars and restaurants and a new push to limit the spread all establishment license to sell. alcohol have been ordered to close their doors at 10 pm. w. correspondent bussin harnick spoke to me yorkers and asked them what they think about the new restrictions for york city. with the worldwide epicenter of the

pandemic back in april. more than 24000. people here have died of the virus so far, and the horrific images of appalling trucks lined up outside the city's hospitals that were overwhelmed by the number of bodies are still on many people's minds. for months, the city's been able to control the number of new infections, but now it's on the rise again. and that's why many new yorkers agree with the new restrictions that the city is putting in place. i think it's necessary. these sort of been the fatigue of people saying we've been protecting ourselves and nothing's happened and people are side it to relax. so i think it's really necessary for this restriction to be put in place. maybe somebody to shut down because of the water. i'm not sure the lady, so you think they were over the top, i would be a favorable complete lockdown curfew to hold her. if i need to put a mask on, if i need to follow the rules, if i need to stay home,

that's what i have to do. we live in a community, i share this planet with other people. and that's the part that i have to do in each and every one of us needs to play their own part in this. i mean the son nourished by even being i will hear you. this 1 may show you my own circle yourself in a bubble, because you don't want to be too close to some iow. you don't know what is sick or has to call the writer is. so it's just you never know who you talk to. even my going to restaurants going, you fool, you still never know because some people, oh no sentence. as new yorkers are bracing themselves for a potential 2nd wave, the new restrictions might just be a 1st step. new york's mayor bill de blasio has already told citizens to prepare for possible school closures as early as this coming monday. well, with covert numbers rising around the world, there is a tough winter ahead for many countries, but it seems not for china. it's where the coronavirus 1st emerged, but you would know it by judging by daily life. there it's the weekend.

and people are flocking to beijing's party district most to put the pandemic behind them. and mask wearing has never been out of the ordinary here. we head to a busy beijing club and inside it's packed among the clubbers, just one person is wearing a mask and there's no sign of any one social distancing. that's because the city of 20000000 reported its last infection 14 weeks ago. and because back then everyone followed the rules out of respect, but also fear of the author, terry, and regime china's government. i think there's a good are bad. they can, they control our movement of people. you don't go out our way, don't go out. but in germany they say you don't go out or you don't listen because you think you have the freedom, right? there's a problem. the vast majority of chinese didn't question the government's orders,

and now there's some pride that their country is fairing so well. the weekend is over and it's 6 o'clock in the morning. the chen family has invited us to breakfast. they didn't step outside their property during the 1st 7 weeks of the pandemic. not because they weren't allowed to, but because they felt safer staying inside. just like most beijing residents, these are the videos. the mother sent us of homeschooling, which lasted from the end of january until the end of august. her son didn't go to school for 8 months, shrunk, shrunk. chen is now taking 8 year old dzhokhar to school. she tells us that he didn't complain once during his time at home and that she looks back on that time fondly order and then i shift and fisher. i was a lovely time. i could see what he was learning and i had the chance to check up

and see where his weaknesses lay joke. i will keep his mask on the whole day outside in the playground and in the classroom. part of the battle against the pandemic includes the constant checking of data. some phones are traced and health apps like this one have become a fact of life without the official ok, you're not allowed in. and when you do get in, you still have to get your temperature taken here. additional surveillance is the price of the return to normality. and you're up to date now and d.-w. news this hour. don't forget you can get more in-depth stories and reports on our website. just go to w dot com leading now at pictures of hindus around the world, celebrating the festival of lights. america ever stand. thanks for watching.

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