samuel, let's 1st talk about the government's military offensive in the tigra region. president says he's starting what he calls a final operation. what does he mean by that? he thinks the crisis will end. there's 5 days, you know, it's been almost 2 weeks since it began. i believe today's that 2 weeks or so, he believes it will end because a crisis on the ground is reaching a level even the un can't even be in a position to help them. you know, so far above 30000 ethiopians official numbers because they are more open officially longer than hasn't been. he's looking for shelter because of the crisis . so it's an old, great crisis. that's just so many lives. even the infrastructure generation to be old is being destroyed in this crisis. so he believes it will end very soon and the government will reach its mission and just end it. so everything least gets to normal in people won't be in a position to either killed or destroyed. a number of countries have urged to ethiopia to resolve this conflict through negotiation. is there any sign that president nobel peace prize la

ros: in a few minutes on "outside source," we turn to the ethiopian crisis, particularly focused on tigraa reported massacre of 600 civilians. ♪ ros: monday's announcement that the astrazeneca university h covid-19 vacci developed to be highly effective. itesaised hn india, the second-most infected country. tens of millions of doses are in production there. our correspondent has details. t:correspondompared to the pfizer vaccine, this one is cheaper and can be stored at regular refrigerator ures, which means so fa is the only usable option for a country as vasand populist as india. 40 million doses have been made. the company says it aims toward 100 million doses by the end of this year and after that, it is trying t make 100 million every month. the boss of the company says india will get a p tority as far vaccine is concerned. andt t million doses will be given to bangladesh. and by july here, 100 million doses will be distributed to under developing countries through the global vaccine alliance. ♪ ros: i'm ros atkins with "outside source," here in the bbc newsroom. our lead stories fro

hussein more than 43000 if you can refugees over the past 3 weeks escaping from the conflict in the tigra region. the other centers have reception center in neighboring customers state and look to hear god out of state are all just reception centers, including village 8, which is about 30 kilometers from the sudan is the opium border that hosts more than $15000.00 if european refugees. now most of them here stand under the scorching sun waiting for food aid and waiting for food distribution. but they say that this is much better than being back home, not knowing what they could have faced. many families speak of leaving their loved ones behind of witnessing people being slaughtered of atrocities. they say that forced them to flee and come here to sudan seeking refuge, but able organization say that they need help in terms of responding to the influx of refugees. they say that in the coming 6 months, they expect up to 200000 escaping refugees to come here to sudan seeking refuge from the to great region. because of the conflict. should the fighting continue. they say that they need financi

well as malaria infections due to exhaustion from traveling for days, skipping the fighting in the tigra region. most of the refugees will speak of the same horror saying that they have seen people being slaughtered that they've seen aerial bombardment, which is what made them fear for their lives here to sudan seeking safety and seeking humanitarian aid. now, medics say that they are quite concerned about the number of refugees and influx. they say that they're expecting more than $9000.00 over the coming days. and that's just here. and it's what a reception center sudan says that it's putting a total of up to $200000.00 in the coming week between here and state and out of state with both border. and it's calling out for the international aid organizations to help respond to what it's calling is turning out to be a refugee crisis. the 1st transfer of land in the disputed region of the go back is taking place as part of a deal to end 6 weeks. of fighting between armenia and azerbaijan, media is handing over the district of jobs, anger, among people living. there are so deep that many suc

well as malaria infections due to exhaustion from traveling for days, skipping the fighting in the tigra region. most of the refugees was brought in to speak of the same horror saying that they have seen people being slaughtered, that they've seen aerial bombardment, which is made them fear for their lives and plea here to sudan seeking safety and seeking humanitarian aid. now, medics say that they are quite concerned about the number of refugees and the influx. they say that they're expecting more than 1000 over the coming days. and that's just here. and one day it's what a reception center sudan says that it's expecting a total of up to 200000 in the coming week between here in kosovo state and out of state with both border if european and it's calling out for the international aid organizations to help respond to what it's calling is turning out to be a refugee crisis. well, the military said to be getting drawn surprisingly, united arab emirates for use in the to great offensive. the associated press is causing a spokesman from the people's liberation front to say the drones are bein

provide evidence of that ethiopian government forces are marching towards the capital of the rebel tigra region, mccaleb, ignoring international appeals for talks to end. the conflict footage here shows an earlier era fences by government fighter jets box to grow us forces say they've captured tanks and artillery and are vowing to quickly defeat government troops. thousands of pro-democracy protesters have gathered in the toilet, thai capital, bangkok as lawmakers vote on possible constitutional reforms. protesters are seeking the removal of the country's prime minister and changes to the role of the monarchy. today, tuesday. so police used tear gas and water cannons on demonstrators spot, they say they will not be counted. but here in germany, in the capital berlin, thousands of people have been gathering to protest against government plans to increase its powers to enforce coronavirus and strict restrictions. protesters, men without masks and not social distancing, amassed at the edges of the code of parliament grounds. thousands of police have been deployed to secure the area, demonst

disgraced by this evil force this force should be brought to justice and therefore i call on you the tigra youth to stand against it and support us so that we can finish this task and move on with our endeavors to develop our nation in a short period of time. opposition candidates in ivory coast's presidential poll could face charges of terrorism and life imprisonment for denouncing the results of the vote according to the public prosecutor the constitutional court has extended the deadline for objections to last weekend's election result president has been declared the winner has a posse say they'll set up a transitional government interest is in abidjan with more on how people are reacting to the political uncertainty. the streets of the economic capital much calmer than they used to be in the early days of the election now there is less security presence on the streets however there is significant presence of the security forces around the homes of opposition leaders in abidjan here and apart from that there is because of the calm situation you cannot make activities are picking up here

approach apply the toughest missions where good is most the leader of forces in ethiopia is no than tigra. region is denying that government troops are in the process of surrounding the regional capital. mccalla a, the government though insists its soldiers are within 50 kilometers of the city on sunday, it gave it to great people's liberation front, a 72 hour surrender ultimatum. the c.p.l. of is refusing. u.s. president elect joe biden has picked a number of people for top cabinet. some white house posts, he's nominated longtime adviser, anthony blinken to be secretary of state. while jake sullivan is being lined up as national security advisor, both served in the obama administration. the corruption trial of former french president nicolas sarkozy is being perspire on shortly after it began in paris. sarkozy is accused of attempting to bribe a judge hearings will start again on thursday. they've been disrupted by the pandemic. hong kong pro-democracy activist joshua warner's pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly during last year's protests. it was joined in court by fellow activists, agn

hosting more than 43000 if you can appreciate over the past 3 weeks escaping from the conflict in the tigra region. the other centers, reception center in neighboring customers state and look to hear about of state are all just reception centers, including village aid, which is about 30 kilometers from the sudan is the opium border that hosts more than 15000 its european refugees. now most of them here stand under the scorching sun waiting for food aid and waiting for food distribution. but they say that this is much better than being back home, not knowing what they could have faced. many families speak of leaving their loved ones behind of witnessing people being slaughtered of atrocities. they say that forced them to flee and come here to sudan seeking refuge, but aid all organizations say that they need help in terms of responding to the influx of refugees. they say that in the coming 6 months, they expect up to 200000 escaping refugees to come here to sudan seeking refuge from the to great region. because of the conflict. should the fighting continue. they say that they need financial

advance in the conflict is forcing thousands of people to flee from tigra into neighboring sudan. a day agencies say about 2000 refugees are arriving every day. about morgan reports from sudan's get out of state where she spoke to some ethiopian refugees about what they've seen. since he arrived in this refugee camp in sudan's got out of state 5 days ago, haile will be gabrial has been hoping to have his wood properly treated. he says sharp will hit his hand while he was fleeing from soldiers in ethiopia. has not been to gray region, but he's now lost 2 fingers coming in that i was at the farm where i worked. when i started seeing people running, i didn't know what was going on, and when i went to see them, hyla says he was also hit by a shark now in his stomach and fragments are still lodged in his hand. it's now become infected, and he's worried. he may lose it. fighting in the region began more than 2 weeks ago, when the regional to great people's liberation front, launched an attack on a military base. the government responded by launching an offensive that forced more than 35

really, the leader of tigra says his forces launch rockets into eritrea and is threatening to carry out more attacks. those who attacked you great will not just attack and return home. we will retaliate while they are here and strike the airports from which they launched attacks. there is no place that we can't reach and we will continue to attack selected targets that the invading forces are using against us. well, it is now fighting both eritrean and ethiopian government troops says ethiopia will achieve its goals on its own. he tweeted those who commit crimes against humanity and peace will be held accountable. the number of people fleeing the violence into sudan has risen. are still at least 20000, according to the united nations. they have also been reports of ethnic profiling, of massacres, both sides accused of atrocities we should point out. so let's go to mohamed atta, he's in the city of gondar on the border of that region. the 1st mohammed, the latest on this bus attack? well yes, it happened in the devout gunman who saved 2 of the the bus stop was carrying passengers. and th

and the leader of ethiopia's tigra region has urged the u.n. and the african union to condemn ethiopia for using high tech weaponry, including drones and his military offensive against the region. the 2 week conflict threatens to trigger a civil war that could destabilize the region. a man accused of trying to carry out a terror attack aboard a high speed train is going on trial in paris. he was tackled by passengers after he emerged heavily armed from the toilets of the amsterdam to paris train overstaffed 2050. he joined the islamic state group earlier that year. and the last few years there's been a spike in the number of people flying drones close to airports. is, can cause travel chaos if runways are forced to close, not to mention the potential danger of flying a drone close to an approaching aircraft. german research is looking into ways of stopping this from happening, say experiments using radar technology. have shown some success. drones flying over frankfurt airport, but they don't signify danger. unlike key center team from germany

well as malaria infections due to exhaustion from traveling for days escaping the fighting in the tigra region. most of the refugees was brought in to speak of the same horror saying that they have seen people being slaughtered, that they've seen aerial bombardment, which is what made them fear for their lives. here to sudan seeking safety and seeking humanitarian aid. now, medics say that they are quite concerned about the number of refugees and the influx. they say that they're expecting more than $1000.00 over the coming days. and that's just here. and it's what a reception center sudan says that it's expecting a total of up to $200000.00 in the coming week between here in kosovo state and out of state with both border. and it's calling out for the international aid organizations to help respond to what it's calling. it's turning out to be a refugee crisis. have a closer look at the main concerns. it is worried that democratic reforms threaten the current federal arrangement which gives the tikrit region its so forth . one of a status on top of that, the g.p.l. or forms more of a say

hussein more than 43000 if you can refugees over the past 3 weeks escaping from the conflict in the tigra region. the other centers have reception center in neighboring customers state and look to here in lot of state are all just reception centers, including village 8, which is about 30 kilometers from the sudan is the opium border that hosts more than $15000.00 if european refugees. now most of them here stand under the scorching sun waiting for food aid and waiting for food distribution. but they say that this is much better than being back home, not knowing what they could have faced. many families speak of leaving their loved ones behind of witnessing people being slaughtered of atrocities. they say that forced them to flee and come here to sudan seeking refuge, but aid organizations say that they need help in terms of responding to the influx of refugees. they say that in the coming 6 months, they expect up to 200000 its european refugees to come here to sudan seeking refuge from the to great region. because of the conflict. should the fighting continue. they say that they need fina

at the headlines and ethiopia's air force says it's carried out strikes near the main city of the tigra region. the prime minister said 3 day ultimatum given to take our forces to surrender. is now over and an estimated 25000 people have fled into neighboring sudan to escape the fighting. this intrusion is very deep in the, you know, what if you know, i wasn't thinking you have no reason to live. why do you have standing to use the services you initially ordered copy of the cease fire? it was just a minute and all the service providers and you can see some stories of the system. so provision much more needs to be done. they have a headlines and at least 80 people have been killed and dozens injured after the engine of a boat exploded in the north atlantic city. it happened near cape verde off the weston coast of africa, but 150 people thought to be on that boat, mainly from senegal and gambia, said to be making its way from cape head to spain. police in thailand of used water cannon to disperse anti-government demonstrators in bangkok, protests calling for the resignation of prime minis

due to exhaustion from traveling for days, skipping the fighting in the tigra region. most of the refugees with open to speak of the same horror saying that they have seen people being slaughtered, that they've seen aerial bombardment, which is made them fear for their lives and free here to sudan seeking safety and seeking humanitarian aid. now, medics say that they are quite concerned about the number of refugees and influx. they say that they're expecting more than $1000.00 over the coming days. and that's just here. and it's what a reception center sudan says that it's putting a total of up to $200000.00 in the coming week between here in kosovo state and out of state with both border if european and its calling out for the international aid organizations to help respond to what it's calling, it's turning out to be a refugee crisis. well, let's not speak to muster while today say she's an ethiopian joy and research, and she's also worked extensively with the ethiopian federal attorney general's office, and she joins us now from new york. must. i do want to start by

say a closer look at what led to this military operation integrate, that has been friction between tigra and leaders, and prime minister ahmed since he took office in 2018 until then the t.p.m. left had run the country as part of a coalition that dominated politics for nearly 30 years, but things escalated in september when the t.p.a. left held its own regional election and the government called the vote illegal since it had already perspire in the national poll because of covert 19 and then to ground forces attacked a federal army base in the north triggering triggering a full scale military response from the government and tens of thousands of to grant had fled to neighboring sudan to escape the fighting. but speaking out to murtha, who's the international crisis group's project director for the horn of africa, joins us live by skype from nairobi. mr. moti good to see. any rooted to peaceful resolution. the government seem determined not to have any international intervention. well, we certainly did, but it's a really, it's up to that terry who taught hundreds, possibly thousands dead