this is day that we newsline from berlin fears mound of a wider of conflict in ethiopia. as thousands are displaced, the government accuses rebel forces and the northern region of firing rockets into other parts of the country also coming out armenian villagers. and the disputed region of not or no caravan burned down their homes, rather than handing them over to answer by john as part of a controversial peace deal.

i'm to go for good to have you with us in ethiopia. fears are growing about the escalating conflict and the northern t. cry region. the central government is accusing regional forces of firing rockets into the neighboring on harvey gen, fighting between ethiopian troops and the people's liberation front began last week . after atta's abba claimed the regional forces had attacked national military bases. thousands of civilians have fled, many with harrowing stories to tell the sprawling camp in sudan as another refugee crisis unfolds. thousands of europeans 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's responsible for the mass killings

followed days of clashes between federal troops and to ground forces. the region has become the latest flashpoint stemming from ethiopia's complex. if nick, politics to groans, controlled ethiopia's central government for 30 years, but their power has waned under prime minister who came to power in 28 increasing resentment and tensions became open defiance in september. when to grow rejected the central government's authority and held its own elections. now the feud has descended into conflict with the government varying to crush what it calls a rebellion. it is, it is stored and fugitive and brought to justice. as civilians flee, fears are mounting that ethiopia could be at the beginning of

a protracted and bloody civil war. a lot to talk about here. let's get to it with a semi i will get you is a journalist based in athens, avoca standing by for us. samuel, thank you so much for joining us. it's been difficult for outsiders to get accurate information on this conflict. communication and the teak rive region shut down. journalists aren't allowed to move freely there. what's the latest you can tell us . the league this is unique. you're going there. lance has suspended any flights close to grant, including going to go under the 2 cities were attacked last night. engine people have so far because of the incident and even really well at the historic city of lalibela. so you know, the information we're getting is very limited because we can't travel to too great for instance. but we're getting the information from his international people are

sending us information. once we share the sudanese side. but we are certain that people are dying, and more people will be heading to sudan because that's the only option we have this conflict has been building up for quite some time. now. what led to it, ultimately, escalating in the way we're seeing now? well, you know, the state of the great held election in september wasn't accepted by the government or the parliament of your by the house of federation. so since then, and even before that for the last year they've been having different, you know, social media or staying, you know, conflicts a general, those of pointed by the federal government to head mccully was rejected us sent from a bug to the cell of our so and the prime minister and the president who has just

immediately go, he's a wanted man, according to the federal government. they've been having this kind of conflict. so you have to know that both of them run for the to be prime minister of 2 years ago . and they shouldn't have the support of the hard leadership. so they've been having this back and forth for a while. it was building up to these conflicts. that's barely becoming deleon, making many people miserable and it's silly them to say that for safety. today we started receiving reports of the fighting spilling over into neighboring region. how could this conflict affect the stability of ethiopia as a whole? it's not just people should be worried about 2 to one city, a question. it's a faith in the heart of egypt. has been a confluence of the great leadership for alone time, but it's also the future is it might even spill to south sudan, sudan,

which was a part of your one point. and even this migrants with so little resources, since you done might be force to go to european nations. so this is a concern of international perspective, and that's where the oaken even even washington d.c. . he's trying to be the also it's to some kind of ceasefire because people are just miserable just in need and the resources are just they don't even eat in the u.n. has been wholly for a ceasefire, or even to be a load of goods. it's a great so they can actually save lives. this is a difficult situation. there are some really got to show and as abba, thank you so much for your analysis. thank you. let's now take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. u.s. president donald trump has made his 1st public statement since t.v.

networks called the election for his democratic rival. joe biden. though he did not concede, trump said, quote, time will tell when talking about which administration will be leading future efforts to contain the corona virus and to make it past. mr. dozens have died in the philippines after typhoon vanco unleashed floods and landslides. it's the deadliest storm. the country has seen this here. more than 400000, people had to flee their homes. bit naam central coast is now bracing for the typhoon to make landfall early on sunday. thousands of anti-government protesters and thailand have gathered at bangkok's democracy monument. the festive demonstration is the latest and months of rallies that are also calling for reforms of the country's powerful monarchy. protests began in july, initially seeking the removal of the prime minister, a former leader and in india's capital, new delhi smog has taken to on the day of diwali,

the hindu festival of lights. the city's air quality is currently considered hazardous. previously, authorities have banned the use of firecrackers on the most important hindu festival. environmentalist have called on the government to do more earlier this week, a peace agreement put an end to a month and a half of bitter conflict between john and armenia and calls for armenians to leave large parts of the longest fugit nagorno-karabakh region. that's provoked outrage in armenia, where people see themselves betrayed by their government and by russia, which oversaw the deal. those forced from their homes say they're leaving nothing for their enemies. one last look before leaving it all behind. while their home might still be somewhat intact, after 6 weeks of conflict, their right to live, there is not. now many armenian residents of the region are intentionally burning

their homes before they're forced to hand them over to their enemies. after decades of raising their families here and fighting to keep the territory, the new peace deal says it's time to leave. in the end, we will blow up or put a fire to all of this. we will not leave anything to them. who i didn't want to now the children in armenia are crying, they want to return home. it's hard, this depth of sorrow. for decades, the nagorno-karabakh region has been the source of bloody conflict between the 2 countries. under the ceasefire agreement signed by the leaders of azerbaijan and armenia, and russia on tuesday, as a by john will regain control of the calibers our region,

and several other areas. as armenians their fleet, many say they want to know why russia has abandoned them. this great cities, it was soviet russia that originally declared nagorno-karabakh part of azerbaijan, 100 years ago. but the majority of people who lived there remained armenians. now under the new russian brokered peace deal, that is set to change defending the new deal. putin is calling for a humanitarian response to the chaos. the conflict has unleashed turn our attention to the serious humanitarian problems in the nagorno-karabakh region. over 4000 civilians were victims to the fighting over 8000 were injured estimates show the number of refugees is in the 10s of thousands. armenians are

furious with russia and their own government for signing the deal. since it was announced on tuesday, thousands have taken to the streets of year of on daily to demand prime minister nicola pasha neon resign. as this latest turn in history plays out, people on both sides are mourning the thousands who have died in just the past 6 weeks of battle for control of nagorno-karabakh. meanwhile, europe is in the middle of a 2nd wave of the coronavirus and demick with a number of infections continuing to rise in many countries, governments are turning to even tighter measures to control the spread of the virus . greece is set to close all its goals, while austria, which currently has the highest infection rate of any major country, is planning a tough 3 week lockdown in other parts of the continent. crim scenes, reminiscent of those 1st seen and italy and spring are now starting to play out

another life. lost to the pandemic. primitive organs in the czech republic of having to keep pace with the country's covert $1000.00 death toll, which is now the worst per capita in europe. and the number of deaths is rising in many places. and there are problems now with cremations, lives to make it out to me. in the french city of bordeaux students queue for food handouts at the university campus. many of lost a part time jobs in bars and restaurants. due to pandemic, lockdowns. i have to pay 545 year olds for rent. that leaves me with $100.00 euros a month to live off. life in france is dominated by the battle to stop the spread of the virus. the number of patients being treated in hospital is also hitting record highs. all new patients are being hospitalized at

a rate for about one every 30 seconds with about one every 3 minutes being admitted to the i.c.u. . italy's health system is also reaching breaking point. again, this footage from an overcrowded cleaning can naples my father had oxygen saturation levels of 60 percent, but the hospital turned him away. we begged them to take him, but they refused until he got even worse. yesterday he died. he no fears a repeat of spring when the country became the global if the center of the virus it's so up to date on d. w. news at this hour. but remember, you can get more in-depth stories and reports on our website. just go to w dot com . we'll leave you now with some pictures of hindus around the world, celebrating diwali, the festival of lights, and the fairly for me and the entire team here in berlin. thanks for watching.

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