but you told when 2020, 5th anniversary on this is doable. your news live from berlin. here's amount of a wider conflict in the field. as refugee numbers grow, the government accuses rebel forces in the northern tikrit region of firing rockets into other parts of the country. also coming up u.s. presidents, 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 america. evanston, it's good to have you with us. easy. opiah is now accusing t. grier regional forces of trying to escalate the conflict there by firing rockets at a neighboring region. the struggle between the central government and he cried began last week after addis ababa claimed the regional forces had attacked national military bases. thousands of civilians have fled the fighting. many of them with harrowing stories are sprawling, camp and sudan. as another refugee crisis unfolds. thousands of ethiopians have been streaming across the border, fleeing the fear and chaos of the latest fighting in the north. many who arrive here bring stories of escalating violence and atrocities.

forces entered and burned our homes and killed people. they left us with nothing. so we fled here to sudan. i left with my parents and my child with only what we wore. now we have nothing. we fled from death and murder . the exodus comes as embassy international reports. evidence of a civilian massacre. in the town of my kudrow in the northern region, witnesses say the victims were hacked or stabbed to death. most of believed to be ethnic. i'm horace, a region with a long history of tensions with the un's human rights commission is voicing alarm. the high commissioner is calling for a full inquiry if confirmed as having being deliberately carried out by a party to the current fighting. these killings as civilians would of course,

amount to war crimes. it's still unclear who is responsible for the mass killings follow days of clashes between federal troops into ground forces. the region has become the latest flashpoint, stemming from ethiopia's complex, if any politics to groans controlled, if european central government for 30 years. but their power has waned under prime minister ahmed. he came to power in 2018. increasing resentment in tensions became open. defiance in september went to grow, rejected the central government's authority and held its own elections. now the feud has descended into conflict with the government valen to crush what it calls a rebellion. if the criminal decide a legitimate part of mr. vision is, it is taught and fugitive hinted and brought to justice,

where government has civilians flee fears amounting that ethiopia could be at the beginning of a protracted and bloody civil war. 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 in juneau kinder 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 that have fled to sudan, 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 that have moved 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? looks like it's, you know, the government, the government has placed a condition for a cease fire, which is 200 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. left was in trade all 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 in the last 3 years. so it looks like it's a mixture of power. struggle not wanting to accept the changes that are happening in the suburbs. 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. samuel, how is this latest conflict affecting ethiopia? has overall stability. there was a gunfire or, you know, a sound of fire or a scene in the heart of, for the region and gondor and the butter, which is a tourist attraction. we can't confirm anybody has died, but it's trickling down all over the nation. but beyond the 2 great conflicts,

there's also conflicts all over or, i mean, a region people dying. so it's becoming a huge disaster. and a lister is going 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 chopin, a famine that afflicted so many people and bait, an instant retreat with thousands, many thousands of ethiopians all over the world. journalist samuel, good touch you in addis ababa. thanks so much for your reporting. thank you. thank, you. well, u.s. president donald trump has made his 1st public statement since t.v. networks called the election for his rival democrat joe biden. trump was speaking at the white house about efforts to develop a vaccine against covert 19, though he did not concede in a reference to the presidential vote,

trump said time will tell which administration will be in the white house in january. it was the closest trump has come to admitting defeat since media outlets called the election for by the last week. also on friday, media outlets projected that biden had won the state of georgia and that north carolina had gone to trump has an issue that would give biden 360 votes in the electoral college. and trump 232, developing and manufacturing are washington correspondent, all over salad 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 the election, it's all 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 the impression that he might be there for another 4 years. he took no questions,

but what he took is all the praise for this new coronavirus vaccine, where he obviously ignored also that a 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, talking of all the great job he did with the handling to put them in, talked about the stock market, the drop numbers, unemployment. so nothing surprising you really seemed like the comparison is not over yet. well. meanwhile, the corona virus continues to spread relentlessly in the united states. more than 177000, new cases were reported on friday, breaking the daily record for the 4th straight day. new york city which suffered the country's worst outbreak in the spring, has now reimpose restrictions on bars and restaurants in a new push to curb the spread all establishment license to sell. alcohol have been ordered to close by 10 pm. correspondent button harvick spoke to new yorkers and

asked them what they think about the new restrictions 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 the cooling trucks lined up outside the city's hospitals are 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 a fatigue of people saying we've been protecting ourselves and nothing's happened and people are started 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, but i'm not sure we delayed it for you the favor of the law. 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 of every one of us needs to play their own part in this. it was so nervous like even being our here. you just want me 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 right wrist. so it's just, you know, you know, when you talk a little, even my going to restaurants being a fool, you still never know because some people show no symptoms. 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. all right, let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic operations at sri

lanka's main ports have been delayed by a major outbreak among workers. nearly a dozen ships are waiting to dock. south korea has recorded more than 200 daily cases for the 1st time since september. most of them in and around the capital, seoul and australia has recorded no new local transmissions for the past 7 days. it's a significant milestone for the country which experienced a resurgence of the virus back in july. all right, some sports now and liverpool star mohamed salah, has tested positive for the coronavirus while on international duty with egypt. the egyptian football association confirmed the news on friday. the forward has no symptoms, but will self isolate. it's a huge blow for coach. you know, that club is liverpool's top goal scorer and could miss the club's next 2 matches of the pandemic has forced contact restrictions was again on much of europe here in

germany. those restrictions are set to last, at least until the end of the month. meaning that the backbone of sports here, which are amateur clubs, have had to shut down temporarily. professional football leagues like football's bundesliga are allowed to play on, but amateur clubs fear they may be on the brink of collapse. the lights rarely go up these days in jimmy's iams like this one in cologne, where members of a team in a strong regional basketball league remain in street clothes, their clubs, pieces an uncertain future. also, as i was just as upset about the from our point of view, there will be no matches in the forseeable future. we have no practices, no training right now, and we don't know what will happen. the snohomish least on the high games all in one pandemic times, teammates see each other at least 5 times a week. but coronavirus rules mean that games and training are on ice. you notice a kind of advanced loneliness because you just don't have the guys around the teammates who always see how to the corona crisis is not only an exceptional

situation for athletes, but also threatens. the existence of many clubs, schedule has been counseled, but that means individual sports is experiencing a boom. cycling in jogging have taken the place of club sports for many people. yelling out it's who the longer the situation lasts. the ban on sports operations in general. the more difficult it will be to retain old members and to attract new members is almost impossible, but who wants to join a club? now? the clock is ticking for sports clubs in germany, ideas and solutions urgently sought. because without them, the whites could one day be doomed forever. for many clubs. you're watching the w. news. i'll be back at the top of the hour with another update for you. oh, we leave you now with pictures of hindus around the world, celebrating the festival of lights called america and esteem for me and the entire team here in berlin. thanks for watching

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