group say 25000, people have no fled to sudan since fighting broke out. half of them are children. some may not see their fathers or husbands again. well, i don't think it is yearly. we came with the clothes on our back. i don't know where my husband is. i've been looking for him for 5 days. i don't know where he is now. had to have the ethiopia's government says its fight is with rebel groups in the rebellious region. least a t.v. pictures claim to show its forces liberating towns, but hundreds are reported to have been killed. officials in the capital have resisted calls for external mediation. or we don't need any mediation until we bring that in leaders through court, because any mediation would incentivize impunity . n t great t.v. appear to show captured eritrean troops with him. rebel forces have also been

fighting. ethiopia says some of its soldiers have also been taken prisoner cutting our soldiers. our commanders generals, we don't know where they are. we don't know. our commanders in jail. we don't know maybe is that what they are like? ethiopia's prime minister has promised a final military operation in the coming days and said he's ready to reintegrate the swelling numbers of refugees. now trying to survive on the banks of the river in sudan. kenya, your debtor is ethiopia's defense minister. he joins us from this ababa or welcome to d.w. on this. i'll be on the main by a final military operation. well, thank you all in much the final military operation,

fresh to enforcing the rule of law across the nation. particularly kind of getting on the integral who has been violating privacy and if you're highly competent groups, therefore the operation is going on and is going to be completed. call lovely within a week 7 days. why is ethiopian government unwilling to accept external mediation? well, these in the interim do not fear. and if it doesn't meet the institutions war, nations have to intervene in egypt and solve it. because that is, that is a matter of internal except it's not entitle is it? because it's already affecting sudan as tens of thousands of refugees pour out of

ethiopia, and it's affecting eritrea to the north as a rock and so on. lone star region. so this is no longer an internal matter for ethiopia. we define the concept of internal love issue is not to be to an independent nation taken to it's not independent nation. it is that it is a region, not one of the region not of states, and therefore we cannot define it. as i said, conflict ago and want to q. and a different independent countries, it is going on the internet matter. and this internet issue annulus. ok, so ethiopia will not accept external mediation and will also not allow aid agencies into the country or journalists into the country. some question why?

well, just. 3 do that, this is an issue, a letter to the so the only or internal affairs. so and also it doesn't take many, many times. it is really be going to be a complete get within a week. therefore we don't consider it. it is a big, it is something internet mark. so he, the united nations begs to differ with you. the united nations thinks this is a big deal that the united nations has described this as being on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. well, practically, this is not, this is until it's your p.r. . the military forces are professionals and get on the on the groups, the group,

not the civilians who are some other social infrastructure that the focus is on. that that may be the theory. it may be that that is what you wish to happen, that these are focused attacks, but that the united nations says, and this is on the verge of being a full scale humanitarian crisis. do you not recognize that the carnage that is going on on the ground? no, i don't think. 'd 'd really, we are so much i would give a picture for such issues and i don't feel that that comes up and because this is very in a very short time, i will finish all the operation. and i said, char, we don't have such as china fear, and what will victory and look like in this conflict. it is not the model keep it, but the market often it should include the rule of law and rincon,

that this was a court of law. it's not that kind of big, that it is about ensuring a whole lot of law. so again, when will it finished and will it finish when you arrest people when, when, when they surrender, when everyone is dead, when will it finish? then sure saddened, and they should just to give their hunch tools out. so if they are willing to surrender, they'll pressure will be completed. thank you for joining us. death or defense minister. if you don't give out much we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. a meteorologist so warning of the risks of flooding and landslides is how it can iota, a moves across central america. the storm made landfall in northeastern nicaragua, with winds of more than 260, kilometers an hour. it's now been downgraded to

a category one storm. the region is still reeling from hurricane atter, which hit just 13 days ago. protesters in the peruvian capital leaving a calling for former interim president to manuel merino to face charges. over the deaths of 2 anti-government demonstrators. centrist lawmaker francis 30. some francisco was named to replace marino after his resignation. on sunday, it's a ghastly, becomes the on the in the nation's 3rd president, in a week of political turmoil. riot police in the thai capital, bangkok of fired water cannon, the demonstrators trying to break through a brazen wire barrier. outside parliament. the protesters wearing helmets and masks, responded with fire bombs, demanding reforms to the constitution on to the monarchy. and it was one of germany's biggest, a jewel heist for decades. now, it looks as though there might have been

a breakthrough in the case of the green vault to break in one of the country's most a famous museums. last november, thieves made off with an estimated 1000000000 euros worth of precious gems from the museum in dresden. and then early this morning, suspects got a pre-dawn wakeup call from police in berlin. but lived in the early hours of the morning, heavily armed police stand guard on cordoned off streets. $1600.00 offices from around the country were on the scene, searching apartments, skating laptops and arresting suspects. arrested 3 people in total 3 men on german citizens who belong to the so-called criminal clan, seen in recent years, so-called clans have become a particular focus, but ballen police organized crime networks whose members and mainly of middle eastern origin. now they're being blamed for last year's spectacular heist in dresden. in november, 2902,

people broke into the city's world famous green felt museum stealing priceless diamonds and jewels. sent to reste this was where the region's royals kept the collections of trash is an art works. the robbery made headlines across the well after a year of investigations of thirty's could now have found the culprits. but experts believe it's highly unlikely the stolen objects will ever be recovered. it is all, very exciting. scott rocks from d.w., arts and culture is here to tell us more. welcome scott. let's start with the heist itself, which was pretty spectacular. yeah. but a year ago now, 25th november last year and early in the morning and 1st, the feeds are 2 little tricity junction point. so that it cut the power to the, to the streets of the lights were out. and they went to the ground floor of this museum, they tore the bars off the window, smashed the window went straight to an exhibition case, which they also smashed with an axe,

grabbed the jewels and took off. and the only took a couple of minutes. the police were there in 5 minutes, but they were already gone and their getaway car was found. torched. sure, sure. way away. how valuable as a stolen jewelry? yeah, i mean the financial value that they put on is up to a 1000000000 euros. but really, i mean the price, i mean if you look at these, these jewels, this is a collection from the collection of the strong who is the saxon leader of the 18th century. and in terms of on its cultural as well as probably financial worth. you compare them to the british crown jewels, i mean, that's sort of their significance cultural significance and the government of saxony said right after the robbery, that these are priceless pieces on the air, they can never be replaced. and if we had think about that, we had a thing about this is, this is not the 1st, a big museum robbery in germany. they said in the sense in which the german museums are being targeted. i think definitely especially for this particular in this particular case, one of the person people who's arrested today in connection to this robbery in

dresden, has already been convicted of a museum robbery just a couple of years ago. here in berlin, where you might remember 2017. they robbed a huge, massive gold coin of the boat of museum, which is where they were like a 100 kilograms worth like $4000000.00 worth of gold. also a sort of a crude smash and grab robber. this ran and got it packed on a wheelbarrow and rolled it out. one of the people who was convicted of that crime early this earlier this year, but has not yet been put in prison, was picked up in the raids today in connection to this crime in dresden. so obviously, organized criminal gangs in germany are targeting these museums, probably because they see them as low hanging fruit that they're easy targets, easy to go in and grab this incredibly valuable artwork. and it does sound all very organized, doesn't it? the jury hasn't been found. so far, is that now, is that gone forever? do you think most likely, the last year when the robbery occurred, art expert said,

because these pieces are so well known, it would be virtually impossible to sell them even on the black market. so they assume that they've probably been broken down and, and the pieces sold off the valuable jewels and the, and the, and the gold connected to it. there is maybe a small chance that some of the jewels could be ready to be found again. but they assume they might also been riccati and so full dressed in the public prosecutor's office has been speaking about these arrests outside. the city's higher be gentle court to d.w. correspondent, you know, is that wealth of data? and what do we know about the suspects? 2 of the 3 people who were detained in berlin district this morning. what in fact sent to prison by a criminal court judge today, the person that's where the public prosecutors said is probably also going to be going to see his arrest warrant enforced. and 2 people are still at large, so the police are looking for 2 male twins age 21,

who also belong to this remo family. the criminal gang from berlin, and one of them is said to have fled in a gray car. so the police have issued the number plate, that's a car that's registered in berlin and the police are hoping that the public might find the car, helped them find more clues. and so we don't know what that's going to mean. but of course, there's an international arrest warrant that has been issued for these 2 twins. any sign of the stolen jewels? no, and the public prosecution didn't sound very optimistic. you have to say, but they say that the search is obviously ongoing and they have detained and they have confiscated several storage devices where they're hoping that they might find some clues. but we heard scott, the likelihood of them finding those really precious jewels that you can't easily sell on the, even on the black market is very, very slim. i mean,

what else did we learn about this morning's right? it was a massive raid. there were more than $1600.00 police officers who mainly searched black 18 objects in berlin, kern district mainly, but also cars and carriage is where they were hoping to find more clues. and they said that they found several links, several clues that could be clearly linked to the suspects that were then detained in berlin's, like current district. so the police came from all over the country to help the authorities from saxony. and they hailed it as a matter of effort, and they hailed it as a breakthrough in this massive case. because of course, it is important. they say to show this criminal gang from the cone that they can't run the streets. and so it's important to occasionally stop them and dress and thank you. all right, let's take

a look now at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemics. our german chancellor angela merkel failed to convince regional leave a thorough except to tough a krone virus restrictions. on monday, the heads of 16 states said they want to see whether current measures on reducing the spread of the virus passed. restaurants, museums, and galleries and ships are halfway into a 4 week national law. schools and businesses in austria are close from today as the country returns to a nationwide lockdown of its surging coronavirus numbers. the measures will remain in place until at least the 6th of december. austrian hospitals are said to be nearing capacity as the country struggles with a 2nd wave of the panda and us president elect. joe biden has warned of fatal consequences for americans because of delays in the presidential transition process. mr. biden has urged the trumpet ministration to allow his team

to coordinate on pandemic response plans. president trump, a so far declined to begin for 100 of the proceedings focusing instead on disputing the election result is joe biden. during a speech in delaware, more people may die if we don't coordinate the vaccines in fort solution to your vaccinated. so how do we get the vaccine? how do we get over 300000000, americans vaccinated? what's the game plan? it's a huge, huge, huge undertaking to get it done, prioritize those greatest need and working our way through it and also cooperate with the world health organization and the rest of the world in dealing with this. if we have to wait until january 20th to start that planning, it puts a speed high over a month, month and a half. and so it's important it be done at the be coordination now now or rapidly as we can get that done. well, mr. biden scientific advisor is

a planning to meet with drugs manufacturers to map out so nationwide vaccination plan without assistance from the trump administration. the situation's becoming increasingly serious as the u.s. sees its biggest spike in corona, virus infections and deaths. since the pandemic of began new cases of more than doubled over the last month, midwestern states like north and south dakota, iowa and wisconsin have seen the sharpest increases relative to their population size, all reporting record numbers of hospitalizations. in terms of the actual number of cases, well, with more than a 1000000 and more than 20000 deaths, the state of texas continues to be one of the worst hit. d.w. correspondent, catalina chinmoy, has been to el paso, where hospital managers say their facilities are close to being overwhelmed. at basle is on the border with mexico, but no one is talking about the wall anymore. the pandemic is raging. numbers are

soaring. right now we have about 241 in-patient covert 19 cases. now, to contrast with about 45 days ago, we only have 30. but a lot of those people that you see going into these tents behind me. they will wind up inside our hospital, have authorities are already arranging to move patients to other cities. if the hospitals become overwhelmed, planning for months of history, there's going to be a long period before a vaccine is here. so we have to make sure that we are ready for this winter, not only here in el paso, but also around the country. resources are finite. there is already a backlog in dealing with the dead refuge here a bit more. the hospitals serve as makeshift mortuaries funeral homes in el paso are so overwhelmed that families sometimes have to wait a week to bear. last one funeral director sam selves are struggling to cope

earlier. this is the level of stress is very high because it is not comparable to how it used to be. some months ago we had around 30 services for months. right now we're having around 18 of us who were made. this 2nd wave of the pandemic is not only hitting record numbers of people, many of whom could die. local lockdowns in the basle to try and curb the spread are wreaking havoc a business. here in el paso, there's a 10 pm curfew. but even during the day, many people stay at home. this is where the economic effects of the pandemic can most clearly be seen. downtown el paso seems abandoned. also this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of its soft. now the owner has to attend a few clients himself. the current situation had a clear impact on his political decision. he voted for joe biden. i knew he could

do better than donald trump from, and i think we all hope the same. we hope for a different government that supports us focus or some money of all works just around the corner. for him, the presidential race is not over yet. no author implicit in the button is not going to be the president of women currents going to be donald trump. he feared his business might be hit by the pen demick, but now he has orders until july next year. republicans, he says, are good for the construction sector, despite his support for trump. he has his own opinion on covert 1900, specially after he tested positive. everyone is going to get the virus and we're going to fill up the hospitals. testing this one of the crucial instruments to avoid to this problem, we get cordy needs 10 testing centers. in that passage he works for a private company that is being paid by the state of texas. but his main concern in the pen demick is not political. no,

i don't have fully knowledge of what joe biden is planning to do in his administration. but until now we haven't had any kind of difficulties with the current administration. i don't think it's a matter of resources. the main concern is how to communicate to the people what to do or not. supporters. biden supporters to different sites that seem to come together in the past. in fear of the coronavirus. carlina chinmoy reporting in football, a top sports of the nation's league is up for grabs. later when germany face spading group for the tournament with the winner advancing to the next round, germany hopes to build on saturday's victory over ukraine. but they need to get their act together. after some other inspiring performances. germany's nations meet. fate is in their own hands. at least according to coach joachim, of a drug and spain would be enough to top the group and book a place in the semifinals. but love says it could be tricky against

a team like spain, you know, is full of the challenge didn't end. well, i especially because the spaniards i stream you variable in the games. they are extremely confident and that can, of course, pose big problems for any opponent can. spain did pose a big problem for germany in their last meeting. they scored a late equaliser much of the chagrin of the germans. your whole field here. i mean the, they've got to keep all the trust that was a team in the playoffs are aware of who we are playing. then it is about playing on the pitch, which is the most difficult, especially in this case where the opponent is of an extremely high level of these in germany may have an extremely high level, but they don't always play like it. perhaps the players should listen to live when he says that they fate and smith didn't make grasping. or staying with the nations

league, tonight's match between switzerland and ukraine has been cancelled after 6 ukrainian players that tested positive for covered 19, ukraine's football federation confirmed the cancellation. adding that the entire team is now in quarantine. wafers disciplinary panel may order ukraine to forfeit the game. asteroids flying with iran. musk's aerospace firm space x. have safely docked at the international space station. after a fully automated 27 hour journey the dragon capsule and carried 3 nasa crew members and one from japan's space agency, a space x. flight, it marks the 1st time the company has delivered a crew for a full 6 month stay crew here and the team you're on admit, it's time to remind you of a top story. this. if you know piers defense minister has defended the so-called final offensive against rebels in his country's teens. right. region. speaking to the w.b. said, the operation would be completed in a very short period of time, and described the conflict as an internal affair,

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