abu ahmed ordered the offensive last week. and palestinians are bidding farewell to their chief negotiator side erekat. his body has arrived in jericho waste, you know, is being held right now. their cat died on tuesday from call the 19 complications. bahrain's long serving prime minister has died in the united states. 25 been solomon, our holy father was 84 years old. he had been head of government in the gulf kingdom for more than 50 years. he was receiving medical treatment in the united states. his body is not being sent to bahrain for a funeral. the government has announced a week of mourning that speak to my job's wary about this. he is the director of the gulf studies center at qatar university. my job always good to have it on. there have been sound prime minister for 50 years. what did he represent, and what legacy does he leave behind? while he was, you know, the main witness on the basic milestones on contemporary bahrain are all the formations transferring from mara to even the constitution. ready to 2000, which ba

and so when there isn't popular support for this kind of thing within the region, prime minister abu ahmed came to power 2 years ago, taking over from nearly 30 years of t.p.m. left dominated rule reforms introduced, have reopened old conflicts. ethiopia has seen growing tensions between the peoples of its various regions and the federal government. the concern is that on some of these issues of autonomy, so its elevation of the people, there is actually quite a lot for that. despite growing concerns about more than 40000, people have fled to neighboring sudan. some of them say they don't feel safe to go home. as long as federal government forces are in control. the government says its military operation is over. many others fear the conflict may have only just begun malcolm web al-jazeera. well, the international committee of the red cross has visited one of the many hospitals in mecca, lay across the wells as the african spokeswoman for the group and says around 80 percent of people there are suffering from trauma injuries. the last a good i have from our team and mccully is from this af

prime minister abu ahmed has accused the great people's liberation front of treason and terrorism, and says the offensive won't end until they're removed.

if you've been prime minister abu ahmed hasn't commented yet on whether he's helping getting help, saying only that his country is capable of fighting by itself. meanwhile, refugees from ethiopia's to greater region are continuing to flee into neighboring sudan. as the conflict was once sudanese state media say, the number of people fleeing the violence has risen to nearly 25000. the un's acting envoy to libya says that she's pleased with the outcome of talks aimed at ending nearly a decade of violence. that's despite rival factions being unable to reach an agreement on who leads the country through a transitional period. but both sides have agreed to hold nationwide. elections in december next year. delegates failed to agree on the makeup of an interim government until then through the interim president, manuel merino has resigned. just 5 days in the job. he replaced martinez carla who was removed from office of allegations of corruption. it's led to days of mass protests here up after witness next on the charge of the cost, the once mighty financial capitals of the world have been reduc

mackay late prime minister abu ahmed has given that he great people's liberation front until wednesday to surrender or face an assault on the city. now the t p l f a. so far, refused to stand aside. china has launched a probe to the moon to bring back the lunar rocks the 1st, such attempt by any nation in more than 40 years. now, beijing hopes to mourn a manned mission to the mission, to the moon before 2030. those the headlines, the news continues here on out as they are off to witness on countering the cost. sambir becomes the 1st african nation to default on its debts of the pandemic era. but a stance pileups central banks think the unthinkable. negative interest rates plus brazil was dumped out of the rankings of the world's top 10, economies. countering the cost on al-jazeera. people away encourage people who want to take it in we went with pot that was spades everywhere. but that does that make a good mayor burns? we went out in the morning hard to find displays because we know that what tell a lie is no contest to see most of the executives are you going to say this? i was an ol

if the opium prime minister abu ahmed says the military offensive had, quote, liberated the western part of to gray. and the region's leaders have been stripped of their immunity from prosecution. but thousands of people a day off fleeing the unrest many to neighboring. so don, as surrogate fears of a refugee emergency aid agencies are warning they're unable to bring in much needed supplies into the region because of the fighting. the offensive began last week after the central government accused the region's forces of attacking a military base. we are told that communications continue to be disrupted. there are also reports of inter in term an electrical electricity supply shortages, as well as shortages of basic commodities such as flour and fuel also being reported. banks remain closed in the shortage of vailable. cash is becoming much more acute. we urge governments in the neighboring countries to keep their borders open for people, forced to flee from their homes and u.n.h. shores. also asking if you open authorities to take steps to allow the agency to keep providing assistance to

s prime minister abu ahmed ordered the immediate replacement of top government officials the foreign affairs minister the head of intelligence and the army's top commander of all been removed from office the decision comes after the order in military action in ethiopia's region earlier this week and the polls have closed in maine miles general election the 2nd there since the end of direct military rule the national league for democracy led by young son suchi is expected to win the 2nd term and believe his new president has been sworn in at a ceremony in the palace is landslide victory in october signaled a revival of bolivia's socialist mass posse you have today with the headlines on al-jazeera one on one he sed is next. the strategy is jailing children as young as 10. most youth detainees from poor indigenous commissions. like they're saying year old adam what things did you say that you think a kid should be subjected to a lot of 10 year olds then bashfully 16 year olds i saw. in the 2nd of 2 special reports one o one aced visits western australia's used child and remote communiti

s prime minister abu ahmed says the army has been ordered to move on the capital of the northern region in what he's calling the final season of the offensive or some half a 1000000 residents of the capital, make a way of been warned to stay indoors it comes after an ultimatum, expired for regional leaders to lay down their arms or reports. we are only 80 kilometers away from the border into the region of ticket. i was heavy fighting, still continues this year and can call it our call back home once housed refugees who fled if you're just famine in the 1980 s. . now the camp is expected to house several 1000 refugees. as the u.n. refugee agency told us many more than the original capacity of 6000 people here desperate they tell us water, food and shelter scares. some of them have to sleep on the ground, struggling to get enough food and medical aid. the new refugees crossing the border to sudan, worry aid groups representative told us we are able to respond to a growing influx once housed refugees who fled if your peers famine in the 980 s. . now some 9000 people have saved themselves o

remain oceans the pot even though his prime minister abu ahmed has announced what he says would be a final military operation against, i think, great province after local leaders ignored his surrender ultimatum. the federal government carried out what he called a surgical strikes against to rise regional capital mckayla. the government to so far resisted international pressure for mediation in the conflict, but forward from 2 weeks of fighting has the potential to destabilize the entire region and has already started. what the u.n. says is a full scale humanitarian crisis. kenya, you had better is ethiopia's defense minister. he joins us from this ababa. but welcome to d.w. on this abbey ahmed made by a final military operation. well thank you voting, what the final military operation, fresh to enforcing the rule of law across the nation, particularly on the left intact little who has been valid to its unit europe. yeah. and highly club groups there for the operation is going on and it is going to took a complete to acquire lovely within a week 7 days. i suppose what i'm really tryin

and prime minister abu ahmed, who said that this conflict will get, will be sorted in the shortest time possible. and that mediation by sudan, or by a god, is not needed at the moment. sudan has said that it is worried about the humanitarian situation and its urging all 5 for restraint and says that the situation is quite dire and very volatile and that all sides should try to resolve the conflict as soon as possible. staying in africa, a senior official from south africa's governing party is in court on corruption charges. supporters of a smuggler, sholay who is secretary and all of the a.n.c. appeared outside the court, protesting the charges. it's linked to a multi-million dollar government project. one magazine surely was a provincial leader. he denies any role in the alleged scandal. 7 others have been charge. let's go straight to family to miller, who is outside the courthouse in bloemfontein forest. so a high profile suspect in court today. family. remind us 1st, what this case is all about and how emotionally said to be involved. hopefully this goes back to about 20142015 when t

prime minister abu ahmed tweeted a statement a short while ago saying that this 3rd and final stage would begin. now this follows the ultimatum that he issued on sunday. he said the ground forces should lay down their weapons within 3 days. otherwise, regional capital of mckelway was used as far as you know, the headquarters of 30 p.l.f. . he said it would be assaulted. now in the statement that he tweeted a short while ago, he said that thousands of the grain fighters had defected, had surrendered. but this contradicts claims that we've heard in recent days from the to gray and military leadership itself. the other thing that's also not clear is the position of the 2 sides at the moment. the federal government forces had said that they surrounded the city of mckelway, that they were about 50 kilometers away. but gray's military leadership had refuted that and they said that they've managed to push back on some side. so we don't know exactly what the military positions are, but rights groups are warning that any kind of assault on this city of about half a 1000000 people could be very dan

prime minister abu ahmed launched a military campaign in the rest of the great northern region, 11 days ago, to great leaders have admitted that they initiated the offensive. the fighting has now led to the deaths of hundreds of people on both sides in the sent thousands of civilians fleeing into neighboring sudan. there are reports of massacres and ethnic profiling. both sides are accused of atrocities. al-jazeera habit. oh, the habitat reports. if you ask the t.p.s. leadership in the ticket, a region that will fly at a train forces are already involved in the fighting. according to the t.p. left leader mikhail, he's 16 divisions of the editorial forces are already fighting in the on the border with the trainer. and he says that they are part and parcel of the conflict already support of prime minister ahmed. of course, those missile strikes that struck us money came just hours after they threatened to carry out attacks against us. mara saying that it was a legitimate target. of course, there's no love lost between what a key and the t.p.m. leadership for nearly 2 decades have not seen

ethiopia's prime minister abu ahmed says, those who commit crimes against humanity and peace will be held accountable. and how to do reports from the city of gonda. that mission by the to korean leadership thought they cut it out. missile attacks against a smart of a couple of eritrea means that the war, integrated regional, funny, theo p.-a house officially spilt over international borders. diplomats say at a track could get involved in the fighting quite soon. but when you talk to the to grand leadership, they are adamant that better trained forces are already on the ground. given to mikhail, the leader of the tip, p.l.f. maintains that they're up to 16 divisions from the editorial forces who are fighting in support of prime minister ahmed forces. there's no love lost between the 2 great leadership and the president of the trail for would have not seen eye to eye for almost 2 decades. ever since the ethiopia, eritrea war ended, and a period of no war more peace began. of course, the past 2 years criticised the prime minister of hastily signing a peace agreement with a full wilkie.

leadership didn't accept that and they said a failure to hold an election meant the prime minister abu ahmed and his government were no longer legitimate they went ahead and held their own regional elections in the to grey region which the federal government didn't acknowledge they didn't accept the results to have a situation where both sides were refusing to accept each other's legitimacy and they stopped communicating now to great demand a militia of about 250000 fighters over a significant part of ethiopia's military including a lot of its tanks and a lot of it artillery was stationed in the to grey region that's because of the past decade long conflict with neighboring eritrea now that the grand leaders say that a big part of that military is called the northern command. the fact to do with thought i'd been sent to government. it's not clear if there have been defections or how many thought in fact they did but it is clear to both sides in this conflict the heavily armed they have think never can forgive and there's a high risk of a bloody unprotected civil war. all right let's bring in

the fighting started when prime minister abu ahmed ordered an offensive against t. gray's rulers for defying his authority. his government has refused calls for negotiations from some african leaders, including uganda's president. the take great people's liberation front which governs the region of 5000000 people was in power for decades before i.b.m. . it took office in 2018 phone lines, and the internet have been kept in the t.v. region since the offensive began. mohammed the doe has been monitoring developments from the city have gone that on the border of t.k. . there is no letup in the fighting between the few appears, national defense forces and that mistrust of the to great region in north an ethiopian. here in the city. where we are, we've seen buses full of troops as well as vehicles carrying food and medical supplies headed towards the border. them out to begin with it to grow a region. we've been told they are enforcement for the troops and government troops who are already engaged in the fighting, which is now day 12 with the to go right people's liberat

s prime minister abu ahmed says, the army has been ordered to move on the capital of the northern region, in what he's calling the final phase of the offensive some half a 1000000 residents of the capital. michaela has been want to stay indoors. the move comes just hours after an ultimatum expired for regional leaders to surrender to the central government. the u.n. is warning, it's running low on essential supplies for the nearly 1000000 people who've been displaced by the conflicts. piece baby boy is just 2 weeks old. the newborn doesn't even have a name yet, but he's already been through much more than he should have. and i gave birth in the hope that is it with no one to help me. his mother says, she says people brought here in the baby to a refugee camp and that she's been waiting for help for 2 weeks. many people here have similar stories and there are new arrivals every day. more than 40000, people have fled the fighting in the ethiopian region of teague right across the border into sudan. people have come in all sorts of conditions with absolutely nothing. no money, no more cloth

prime minister abu ahmed hasn't commented yet on whether he's getting help saying only that his country is capable of fighting by itself. meanwhile, refugees from ethiopia's to grey region are continuing to flee into neighboring saddam. as the conflict was since sudanese state media say, the number of people fleeing the violence has risen to nearly 25000. rather up in the middle on the other had found out the myth that i'm due to give birth. and a doctor has scheduled an operation for me. now i have pos, my due date and conditions are bad. i just won them to examine me with a computer. and a bomb came from the direction of eritrea and an attack from the direction of the ethiopian federal government in the city. a lot of people died there and i came on foot to a small city from the hamara area. i fled there. i was afraid of the bombs and the strikes. a lot of buildings were blown up. in moldova's presidential election, the pro european challenger sandu is projected to win with most votes counted. she's ahead of incumbent president, igor dong still waiting on the final result. but sanders

have to prime minister abu ahmed the qs, the regional government of attacking a military base. 11000 ethiopians have already fled the conflict to neighboring sudan. local authorities say they're prepared for up. 220-0000 arrivals. is following developments for us. this update from added. they're saying they have gained ground in the western part of the country, close to the border with their a train and also on the border. if you appear with done, say they have taken at the town of america just on wednesday. they have said they have taken hold, they are now they've taken the town which is not far away from the airport. they say they've also taken the town. so she should out as well as ancient city of exit, which has got a lot of historical importance here. in ethiopia, because most of the fighting school has been concentrated on the western part of the to great region. and it has involved clashes between ground troops as well as anthrax targeting fuel. and the polls as well as a killer duels which have caused so much casualties. on both sides, the government here in addis ababa maint

we heard prime minister abu ahmed say that the people who fled in recent weeks should be able to return. but how and when do you think this could be possible? how is very simple because, you know, the border area is cleared of office. you know, the area is very calm and the fighting has moved into the center of the capital city. the regional capital saw it is easy for us now to repatriate them and we are trying to do that and it is possible to disprove most of them they fled from the border areas not run by golly. so we would prepare for any eventuality. even those who would be displaced from but the border towns, now it's calm, they will come back and most of them are from those areas. and where do we will say in africa, ugandan opposition? politician bobby wine has been released on bail after being charged over actions likely to spread. coronavirus. officials have accused a presidential candidate of violating covered $1000.00 restrictions while campaigning for the elections scheduled in january. at least 20 people have been killed during protests sponsored by his arrest on wednesday.

mckayla prime minister abu ahmed has given the people's liberation front until wednesday to surrender or face an assault on the city that has so far, refused to stand aside. john has launched a probe to the moon to bring back luna rocks the 1st. such attempt by any nation in more than 40 years phasing in spending billions of dollars on its military run space program. and it hopes to launch a manned mission to the moon before $20000.00. those are the headlines. the news continues here on out 0 after the street. realistically, how can you do it? institutionalize corruption in this country. if we listen, if this breaks up into a conflict between pakistan and india, this has implications for the rest of the world. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al-jazeera to me. ok, you're watching this stream home getting a lot of respect for the way it has handled the pandemic now, small fleecy, and its rewards. and a neighbor, partying with and landslides are next in. but african supplanting out that idea and who made eradicating cho, one of the key missions s

head of the sovereignty council both met with the security advisor of these european prime minister abu ahmed, who said that this conflict will get, will be sorted in the shortest time possible. and that mediation by sudan, or by a god, is not needed at the moment. sudan has said that it is worried about the humanitarian situation, and it's urging all sides for restraint and says that the situation is quite dire and very volatile and that all sides should try to resolve the conflict as soon as possible. how will alow is a senior lecturer in law? i'd key a university. he says the crackdown on the to gray and people is worsening. the government started by taking measures against its nuclear and who work for the national intelligence security agency. they were initially told not to report to work and those. ready who are out of it as part of their job, what disarmed this happened? not just within security and intelligence stomach, but also within the police and the armed forces. and the latest that we heard in your government asked the african union mission in somalia to basically require its he

prime minister abu ahmed ordered the offensive in the northern region last week, accusing local forces there of attacking a military base. since then, hundreds have been killed, and several 1000 people have fled to neighboring sudan. let's bring in our correspondent in khartoum, sudan's capital hippa, morgan. so what's the reaction of the sudanese government here back to, to this report of thousands crossing the ethiopian border into sudan. well foley, most of the refugees that have come in so far have fled to the state of colorado, which is on the border with if you can region of to grow. but there is also another region where local authorities say that they are also expecting more refugees. now they say that over the past few days, more than 6000 have arrived, but they say that they're expecting up to 200000 in the coming days. let's look at the reaction of sudan when this incident started unfolding. and if you'll be the 1st thing, the sudanese government did was close the borders between sudan and if you appear in the states of the seller. and that's because those orders have been l

in the on tuesday, prime minister abu ahmed announced what he called a final offensive to end. the conflict in the region to grand fighters have refused to comply with government demands to put down their weapons. those are the headlines. the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story, by the keno fast. so is heading toward elections, but spiraling insecurity is overshadowing the vote. hundreds of thousands can register and much of the country is off limits, thanks to roaming groups. so what real change can these elections bring? join us as we assess now on the phone to africa's most troubled states. another promising sign in the fight against covert 19 u.s. drugmaker. madonna says it's vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective. is there an end in sight to the global pandemic? this is inside story. hello, welcome to the program and burn. it's a 2nd potential covert 19 vaccine is raising hopes around the world. u.s. drug maker, madonna, says trials have shown its vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective against the virus . last week announced similar results, but many chall

head of the sovereignty council both met with the security advisor of the ethiopian prime minister abu ahmed, who said that this conflict will get, will be sorted in the shortest time possible. and that mediation by sudan, or by a god, is not needed at the moment. sudan has said that it is worried about the humanitarian situation, and it's urging all sides for restraint and says that the situation is quite dire and very volatile and that all sides should try to resolve the conflict as soon as possible. let's not take a closer look at the range and gray is in each of these northeastern highlands. you can see there on the border with eritrea and sudan. it's home to the iran, the chronometer, and to grain people. together. they make up about 6 percent of ethiopia's population is governed by the people's liberation front from the regions capital macallan, now the t.p. l.f. dominated the country's military and central government before that took office and 2018. it's estimated the t.p.a. left has a quarter of a 1000000 fighters and a large amount of military equipment, but it's up against ethiopi

hour where to carry rebels have refused to give in to the government. 3 days ago, prime minister abu ahmed issued an ultimatum. he said, stand down or face more attacks. and on tuesday he delivered on that the air force says it carried out strikes near the region's main city of mecca. this is the primary base for the left, the ticket, a people's liberation front which governs there, said his forces are now preparing a final attack and says this conflict will only end when the t.p.o. life is brought to justice and its leaders have been replaced. the u.n. and foreign leaders have called for mediation, a request which has been largely ignored by both sides. and in fact, these pictures show the extra troops that the government deployed on monday. and as most soldiers move in, more people are getting out. the un has called it a full scale humanitarian crisis, an estimated 27000, people crossing the border into neighboring cities. disrespect. yes, but since you know, when it's your job, you have another service providers. and you can see some of the sort of additions much i now know from home to

prime minister abu ahmed came to power 2 years ago, taking over from nearly 30 years of t.p.m. left dominated rule reforms introduced, have reopened old conflicts. ethiopia has seen growing tensions between the peoples of its various regions and the federal government. the concern is that on some of these issues of autonomy, so its allocation of that's a grand people. there is actually quite a lot of support for that. despite growing concerns about the party, more than 40000, people have fled to neighboring sudan. some of them say they don't feel safe to go home as long as federal government forces are in control. the government says its military operation is over. many others fear the conflict may have only just begun . malcolm web al-jazeera. now the united nations says at least $110.00 civilians have been killed and many more injured. and attacks on 2 villages in northeastern nigeria, security forces are looking for dozens more villages who are missing. many of them are women boko haram is suspected of being behind the west attack on civilians and borno state. i'm address re

head of the sovereignty council both met with the security advisor of these european prime minister abu ahmed, who said that this conflict will get, will be sorted in the shortest time possible. and that mediation by sudan, or by a god, is not needed at the moment. sudan has said that it is worried about the humanitarian situation and its urging all sides for restraint and says that the situation is quite dire and very volatile and that all sides should try to resolve the conflict as soon as possible. saying in africa, a senior official from south africa's governing party is in court to face corruption charges a smile that surely is secretary general of the a.n.c. . the charges relate to allegations of the misuse of government funds. while he was a provincial leader, is supporters have gathered outside the order holding signs protesting the charges . my guy surely has denied any wrongdoing. here is saddam milledge joins us now live from outside. the courthouse in bloom fontaine, so a high profile suspect in court today. family to remind us 1st what this case is all about, and how my guy surel

course this is just before the deadline that was imposed, that was imposed by the prime minister abu ahmed, which is due to expire later today. and so there are concerns that more refugees will arrive, should the fighting escalates. and so these authorities are saying that they're not sure how they will be able to handle that employed shouldn't happen in the coming days. thank you. morgan. with that update from gathering in sudan. in other developments, ethiopia has pulled 3 of its soldiers of if ethnicity, i'm sorry, from a un peacekeeping mission in south sudan in the same somalia, where several 100 to go in. soldiers serving in a peacekeeping force were disarmed. on to other news, hong kong's chief executive, kerry lam has defended beijing's national security law. she said her urgent priority now is to restore order in the territories political system from what she says is chaos. in a speech outlining plans for the coming year said her government will begin a public education program too in hunts the understanding of the rule of law. this is, of course, beijing's law which imposed the n

the world's loneliest elephant ethiopia's prime minister abu ahmed is addressing members of parliament about the 3 week long conflict in the to agree region to ground forces, say they're still facing the federal army near the regional capital. the army said that they've taken full control of mcalary on saturday. the t p.l.f. has now told the which is news agency that they've captured eritrean soldiers who are fighting alongside federal forces. hundreds of people have been killed and thousands forced to flee to neighboring sudan. let's go live to what nairobi other serious web is following developments in ethiopia from what's the prime minister been saying? we haven't been talking about the government and the army as he took it over when he came to power 2 years ago about some of the reforms that he has introduced since the p.l.f. dominated ethiopia's politics for nearly 30 years into a minister took over 2 years ago he's been saying that as he took over about 80 percent of the soldiers and the commanders in the military were all from t. gray complained about other problems that there w

ethiopian central government launched a military offensive against a local, warring party prime minister abu ahmed accuse that party the t.p.m. of attacking a military base. a key p.l.f. dominated ethiopian politics for decades until abbey came to power in 2018 when the party in 1900 been persecuting them, and purging them from government and the military. the conflict is centered on the ticker, a region which the t.p.m. governs. according to the united nations, hundreds of people have been killed and thousands of refugees have fled into sudan . assume much to talk about today. we have a humanitarian disaster. the t p l. s. and the routes that ethiopia could go to peace. if you're watching on you tube and you want to be part of this conversation, jump into the comments section to my 3 best to get your comments into today. let me bring in today's guess i will say hello to them and they will introduce themselves to you. welcome back to the street. well, remind, remind everybody who you are and what you do. think you're fighting with and i'm from washington. this network for a second rise, it's good

the prime minister abu ahmed took over 2 years ago that was following waves of protests across the country. he promised reforms. he also ended a long standing conflict with neighboring eritrea. he was awarded the nobel peace prize for that and he promised reforms at home. now the t.p.i. less said that those reforms have on fairly targeted them as part of a crackdown on past abuses and corruption. they say that they are being pushed out and have been increasingly marginalized marginalized and at the origin of this conflict that's brood over quite some months now. but as we heard, tens of thousands of people have fled the fighting here, but more good news in the campaign. going to refer in sudan, which is where many of them are being relocated. refugee camp here in sudan's got out of state has expanded since it was 1st opened just over 2 weeks ago. now when it was 1st, open it hosted about a few 100 if european refugees fleeing from the conflict in the region. now the camp hosts more than 7000, if european refugees and this place is becoming sort of a permanent shelter for them and till thin

the prime minister abu ahmed, he spoke perfectly, just told us do not have a mission to bombard terence, appealing to people. they said that the effort to bring to justice,, what they described would be criminal clique of the t.t.s., will not entailed discriminatory bombardment refuting the claims of their leadership. their own supreme leader is vying retaliation for the killing of a top nuclear scientists. tehran is blaming the assassination on israel. gunman burst of vehicle carrying on friday has more from tehran. there is a general sense of shock and disbelief that this could actually take place in the country. but we heard from president hassan rouhani. he issued a written statement earlier on saturday in which he blamed israel, and also said that the country's nuclear and defensive programs will move forward despite this assassination. he said that this will only increase the will and the determination of it wane in scientists down the line and that factories that they will be replaced and his replacements will work even harder to try and make up for the fact that he has been assa

is now fighting both eritrean and ethiopian government troops, prime minister abu ahmed says, ethiopia will achieve its goals on its own. he tweeted those who commit crimes against humanity and peace will be held accountable. now the united nations meanwhile says the number of people fleeing violence interested on has risen to at least 20000 ethnic profiling and massacres have been reported. both sides are accused of atrocities committed those in the city of that's on the border of the tikrit region. this takes the conflict to a whole new level. it has spilled across the borders of ethiopia. and now another country, or a trailer, is allowed to be sucked in. if you would go with the version that you have been under a drain, governments are given right now, but the t.p.m. have how most of the past week maintained that they have been fighting divisions of eritreans army on the ground on to korean regional soil and saying eritrea was involved in the fighting from their own set. of course, this is something that's been refuted by the advice of our government and also as matter with prime mi

prime minister abu ahmed has accused the great people's liberation front of treason and terrorism, and says, the offensive won't end until they're removed. amnesty international says scores of civilians have been massacred during the fighting, going to doe's near to grey in the city of gonda. we're talking about since it started about 9 days ago, called the kushal tooth, under civilian casualties. in some parts of the piggery region, i'm not giving any confidence to the people who are already 100000 people who were already in connally, displaced within the region, even before the conflict. how it did, and what must parka happened. just about a 100 kilometers from where we are right now. you know, a small column called my cobra. in our other headlines, more than 40 people have been killed and 20 others a missing after typhoon vanco battered the philippines. extensive flooding has destroyed thousands of homes and emergency workers are still trying to rescue trapped residents. it's the 3rd typhoon to hit the country in just 3 weeks., top u.s. government and election officials say the pres

and prime minister abu ahmed, who said that this conflict will get, will be sorted in the shortest time possible. and that mediation by sudan or by egads, is not needed at the moment. sudan has said that it is worried about the humanitarian situation, and it's urging all sides for restraint and says that the situation is quite dire and very volatile and that all sides should try to resolve the conflict as soon as possible. let's take a close look at this region to grey is in, ethiopia is northeastern highlands on the border with eritrea, and still it's home to be eaten and could armor and to claim people together, they make up about 6 percent of ethiopia's population to graze, governed by the 2 great people's liberation front from the region's capital mckayla, the lift dominated the country's military and central government before it took office in 2018. it's estimated the p.l.f. as a quarter of a 1000000 fighters, and a lot of military equipment was up against ethiopia's military says it's made gains in the west to agree and response to attack on one of its federal military bases. bryd

the federal government in the capital, addis ababa, but the federal government, and prime minister abu ahmed had issued this ultimatum on sunday. they gave the green forces 3 days to lay down their arms and the government had said that its tanks and artillery had surrounded the city that were about 50 kilometers away and ready for this assault that the to grow in military leadership actually disputed these claims and because the phone lines in the internet are being cut off for weeks, very little access to the area is very difficult to, to verify any of these claims and counterclaims. but what we have seen in satellite imagery is in the city of mackay, which is home to about a half a 1000000 people. you see queues of vehicles lining up at fuel stations. which would suggest that possibly there's rationing of fuel or a shortage of fuel, which could easily have resulted from the conflict in the insecurity on the roads connecting the city over the last 3 weeks. with the latest there from there will be about them saying you well, meanwhile, ethiopia's government has pulled 3 soldiers of the grain

abu ahmed told the left to lay down arms by wednesday or face a final assault on may. kelly, malcolm webb has more now on the group's refusal to surrender. well, they've refuted that demand for them to lay down arms. there's certainly no sign of that. and neither sides have been talking to each other for months now. and that was part of the issues that led up to this conflict is a complete breakdown in the breakdown in communication, the total refusal of both sides to to recognize the other's legitimacy. now for the $300000.00 people that live in the town of me, kelly, if there's to be heavy fighting or a battle there, it'll certainly be quite dangerous for them. now the federal troops have insisted that they're only targeting to gray and leadership in the to grain military and aligned militia, but certainly hundreds, possibly thousands of people have been killed in this conflict so far in fighting an airstrike. and certainly the movements of people show that people, disability living in the area certainly don't feel safe about 40000. people refugees have already cross

head of the sovereignty council both met with the security advisor of these european prime minister abu ahmed, who said that this conflict will get, will be sorted in the shortest time possible. and that mediation by sudan, or by a god, is not needed at the moment. sudan has said that it is worried about the humanitarian situation, and it's urging all sides for restraint and says that the situation is quite dire and very volatile and that all sides should try to resolve the conflict as soon as possible. now to our other top story this hour, more than 40 people have been killed and 20 others a missing after typhoon. vanco battered the philippines. this is the 3rd typhoon to hit the country in just 3 weeks, leaving extensive flooding and destroying thousands of homes as jamila. allen duggan reports from wondering as a result, province emergency workers are still trying to rescue trapped residence in the town of rodrigo's in result, we met eric and they were able to evacuate their home before it was submerged by flood waters living on them where the boys could have done no matter how hard it is

deny the claims that they have actually begun surrendering well here appears that prime minister abu ahmed is asking the international community not to interfere in this conflict. he says, while he appreciate it's the interest to assist involvement in the conflict must be done in accordance with international law. and that means countries should stand by until the government submit a request for assistance to the international community. it's also said the reported massacre in the town of my cat. there is evidence of lefts criminality. newly released video appears to show graves and bodies. european state appointed human rights commission accuses members of a youth group of killing about 600 civilians there earlier this month. united nations is calling for an impartial investigation. well, some of those fleeing micah into sudan spoke to our correspondent here morgan. here is her report when fighting came to her hometown of make out there and if the degree region to testify fled with most of her children. but she had to leave her 2 oldest daughters behind integris capital, another high then

s prime minister abu ahmed says, he will only talk with legally appointed to gray and leaders as african union envoys push for peace to end weeks of me fighting a show of strength in iraq's capital, by supporters of the cleric. after he announces they'll run in autumn entry elections next june, and going it alone. we report from a remote region of afghanistan where local troops are trying to maintain security without the help of u.s. forces. and we begin in india where thousands of farmers have gathered in the capital to demand the government scrap new market friendly laws, which they say damage their livelihoods. police have a lot of protesters to gather in the city after initially trying to hold off the crowds. farmers across entire states to fight the changes they face barricades, water, cannon, n.t.a. gas, as police, try to stop their advance and is withdrawn and has more from new delhi. there is a huge police presence here. in fact, so far, there are still more police officers here than there are farmers and testers. there are a large number of police buses to take anyone away. they

major challenges accessing coronavirus like scenes welcome to the program, ethiopia's prime minister abu ahmed says the 3 week long military operation in the northern to grey region is over this, after the army announced it has gained full control of the regional capital mccarley. but the leader of the 2. great people's liberation front about to keep fighting. government forces above all the reports now from the sudan, ethiopia border 2 days after the end of the deadline. if you piers government gave to do to group people's liberation front to surrender, the federal army launched what it called its final phase of the fighting. these videos were handed out by the ethiopian government on saturday afternoon. hours later it announce victory, and that its taken over the capital of the northern region, mecca our army after having prepared yesterday on how to control nicholas city without incurring collateral damage on the civilian population of niggly, have not fully taken control of nicholas city as of this afternoon, our army is hunting them and going after and searching for the elements that are