this is it every news life for a girl and a gruesome attack, a heinous and senseless massacre in nigeria. that's how the un describes the killings of more than a 100 farm workers murdered by armed men on motorcycles. also coming up tens of thousands flee the deadly fighting in ethiopia's. great region, refugee groups say half of those displaced are children. plus the long road to recovery, some covert 1000 service members who overcome the infection and struggled with long

term after effects will hear about the toll it's taking on their health. and a spectacular crash leaves racing fans breathless. but formula one driver of a mountain or shot escapes and walk. so wait a great qualifier. thank you so much for joining us. this hour. we begin in nigeria where more than 100 people have been killed in what the u.n. did, describes as a massacre in the country's northern borno state. eyewitnesses there say militants on motorcycles rounded up and then killed farmers who were bringing in their harvest. the victims of a gruesome massacre laid to rest in

a mass burial the 13 pool, say the farm workers were attacked by armed insurgents on motorbikes. while they were harvesting rice, some were shot others at their throats cut. it is that there were 6 of us in the bush, then we headed back into the village. we were shocked when we got there. the moment we found the bodies and that was where the main killings took place. then we went through a nearby village called good though. we met so many people fleeing from our village without knowing where they were going. a huge amount of harvested rice was set on fire used as you well know. this is the most violent attack on civilians and bonus state this year. the region in northeastern nigeria has been gripped by a jihad africa province operate here. the 2 groups have been blamed for attacks on

fallen isn't fisherman, and they accused of spying for the army and pro-government militia. but so far, there's been no claim of responsibility. but us, i came down, work around it, killed many of our people. we need assistance. we need weapons because we have young men who cannot guard our farmers while they work it out. please, please, for god's sake. the democrats don't like it. when the nigerian military has been unable to quell the insurgency in which tens of thousands of been killed or abducted. there are reports that several women may also have been kidnapped in the latest incident. and the number of men remain missing, raising fears that the death toll from this brutal attack could still rise. and the west africa correspondent of funny, fisher says this attack follows government airstrikes, targeting the hardest insurgents in the country's north. it remains unclear just

how many people have been killed in this horrendous massacre on saturday in borno state in the north east orphanage area. the state governor there speaks of at least 70 people killed. and regardless of the actual death toll, one thing is certain. this is one of the worst attacks in recent years. he nigeria, a country that is suffering because of violence because of jihadism because of the uprising that began in borno state in 2009. now, so far, no group, no militant group has claimed responsibility for this attack, but it definitely does carry to trademark the signature or of its splinter groups that associate themselves with isis. the nigerian army has actually carried out several air strikes in november saying that they do see and observe a resurgence of terrorist activity. and president, who are you seeing that the all me has received all necessary support to protect

the citizens, to protect the population of nigeria. unfortunately, this massacre tells you a different story. and that is that this situation here in a remains very volatile, very unstable, very secure. unfortunately with no improvement in sight. from the fish are reporting there, want to turn now to is a researcher in the africa division at human rights watch a very good day. i mean, how in secure is northern nigeria i'm particularly in the area where these attacks occur, which is the northeast. as you know, the correspondent has said this area has informed the balance for the last 10 years in the final, not area of where a new state reports and that it is completely in a stressful for our government forces anyone humanitarian workers. and because you have pockets of villages and communities in that area completely in control by

insurgent groups. now it's many community members who may or may not want to be associated with these groups are left with very little, very little, very little chance to say no, essentially, because they fear for their lives. and in parts of the state that are controlled by the security forces, you find that there is still a sense of insecurity because people cannot go out into violence outside of their immediate vicinity of security forces. or else you have massacres. like what you saw, what we've seen a cope with the weekend now being reported. and what can we don't to stop these massacres like the one that we sadly saw from happening again? well, i think there is no simple answer to this. it is a multifaceted issue. on the one hand you have the issue of the ability of the nigerian security forces to actually respond to the violence and ensure that

they're protecting civilians while carrying out this counterinsurgency operations. and there's really been no sense of the ability to be able to do that. and there is a problem transparency in terms of military action and you know, what kind of support they have or are lacking or a need. and then there is also the question of what some of the main drivers of the insurgency is the question as to why you still have, you know, the groups we creating and having, you know, the sort of presence that they have in many of these communities. and it is actually a fundamental question of, you know, trust in the wondering authorities. and as a person who, you know, these and some that have taken over fears of the country and are controlling, you know, arrogance and a few moments that we have left together. now, nigeria's army has been heavily policing and to police brutality protests in recent weeks. have they been too distracted to police or norse?

i mean, there's no clear indication of the fact that, you know, they've taking considerably considerable attention away from the north east conflict to be able to respond to that. and i police brutality and protest. and in any event, the question of whether or not they should be responding to the anti-police with the protests we're trying to get to get called by citizens for accountability and reform of a completely abused. the police unit is one that has these protests which took place in major cities across the country where largely peaceful and the sort of brutal spots that have come from here. parties have been majorly criticised, but nationally and internationally a longer from human rights watch. thank you. for joining us, thank you very much for having me. we go now to east africa with the top rebel leader in the region of ethiopia insists his troops are still fighting government

forces. and this the day after ethiopia's government there, the cleric victory military leaders say they have seized control of key installations, including the region's main airports and that they are now trying to track down any last rebel holdouts of the red cross and civilians are struggling with shortages of food and medical supplies. and earlier we spoke to the ethiopian minister for democratisation and asked him if in fact the greyer region really is entirely in the government's control. we are in control of the already begun. their last holdout was making it. now we have been through it and every minute i want to status at the one only thing straight. by the way, we are not the one who got the really going to divvy it or it is. if that's got the illegal going to be with a view to give the dividend, it will mean going to go through the rest of the world. does do going to be going

to be paid on the force. if a livable ghana, now we are working with export this. when is it illegal going to beat it and then sample it? it has already been restored. well meanwhile, the fighting and she gray has sent tens of thousands of refugees streaming into neighboring sudan seeking a safe haven while figures show that half of them are children to have years. mary, a mother reports now from a camp just outside the sudanese puerto likes to sing songs he learned growing up and he misses playing with his friends and especially with his older brother, us you know, i miss them all and i want to go back home because i want to play with my brothers, i miss my friends and my brother us it's been 3 weeks since a.o.p. last saw his family. his mother had brought him to his teacher's doorstep when the

bombs started falling on the hometown and home era. she said she had to search for her 2 older sons a safe way. yasser recalls without a 2nd thought. she took him and ran recess again. we jumped over dead bodies, our neighbors were dead, but we couldn't bury them. so we just kept running. and europe saw a lot of things, a 7 year old shouldn't see, says i see for us when she's close, friend of his mother has known him for years. he trusts her many other children who flatly die when not so lucky. do you an estimate. it's almost half the $40000.00 refugees from the region. actually, it's not clear how many of them arrived in sudan on their own, but the health ministry is currently registering all these as especially vulnerable . because we face multiple problems 1st, an important one. we have to find out whether the family came to sudan or not. if the family was killed, we need to explain that to the child. after that,

we look for a solution as safe for us, so hopes that she will never have to explain that to a europe. she believes his parents live, but with no phone and no communication blackout in t.v. right. she can't reach anyone in their hometown. if god lets me live long enough, and if there's peace, i'll take the boy back to his mother. now i'm a refugee, but i will do what ever i can for this boy. he's like, my own son. life at the campus, heart up in s.f. was still wearing the same clothes as when they left home. often they have to try 3 or 4 poems to get water, but still sometimes a safe or manages to get a up something special that i love her because she takes care of me and she buys me their squits fruits and candies. i really love you.

our time now are some of the other stories making headlines this hour. iran has held a funeral for the country's top nuclear scientists killed in an ambush last week, was in fact as a day it was credited with establishing iran's nuclear program in the early 2000 terror on his way into israel for the killing is valid revenge. french media say authorities are charging 4 police officers in connection with the beating of a black music producer. the incident sparked outrage after the release of security camera footage, showing the assault nationwide rallies against police brutality been overshadowed by clashes. dozens of demonstrators were injured and more than 80 arrested. a riot sparked by raising corona, virus infections broke out at a short walk and jail on sunday. at least 6 and mates were killed and dozens injured. it follows weeks of growing unrest in prisons across the country, over surging virus cases and overcrowded facilities.

here in germany and the latest quarter virus hotspots include the variant city of pasto and hill burkhauser in the country center. most of those affected make a full recovery, others show symptoms for weeks, maybe even months. w. were met, one covert 1000 patient who told us about the long term effects she's endured. piggy good and is battling the long term effects of coated 19 when she became sick in march. she had few symptoms, but it's now devastated her life. but he's confident yes, i'm leaving. i only became really ill months later in june. but at the time i thought that everything would eventually be fine, but things didn't improve. i was extremely ill for many, many weeks, which turned into months. and i never got better. is what

a nice piccy is one of 40 covert survivors here suffering from long term effects of the illness on germany's baltic sea coast. their symptoms are being treated at a rehabilitation center. after the virus piggie felt burnt out. she suffered from dizzy spells and chronic pain the cognitive i'm staying in some cases. i also had cognitive difficulties that my head wasn't functioning properly. i couldn't hear at povich and, and couldn't follow conversations. well often covert patients like peggy say, their concerns aren't being taken seriously by their doctors.