venezuela, cuba, and russia have rushed to ortega's defense. >> when the voting was over yesterday eveningthe white house announced its refusal to recognize and called on other countries to do the same. we consider unacceptable and condemn such policies. >> the biden administration and the eu was already considering going beyond the current sanctions against vice president -- who is ortega's wife, or the chief of police who is accused of gross human rights violations. in neighboring costa rica, a television journalist was accused of terrorism and released from prison following a brief amnesty. she continues to broadcast from exile. she says restoring democracy in nicaragua will will be difficult. >> nobody wants to die. nobody wants to rot in jail in nicaragua. the ortega's have gone out of their way to spread fear and spy on people going house to house. i have faith in god. i am waiting for a miracle. the miracle of freedom. >> while they wait for that, opponents of ortega and his wife acknowledge that what they also need is to put aside their differences and join forces, something has --

however, to president ortega defense, that is president nicholas my loot of venezuela, which you would have expected, but also the russian government, which earlier today issued a statement by the foreign minister saying that it rejects and condemns the claims by the united states government. that this was election was a hoax. it'll be interesting to see what happens in the coming days and weeks. thank you very much. lucy newman live for us in costa rica. still ahead on al jazeera former us president. barack obama warns of a dangerous lack of urgency in climate tools. we'll have the latest from the summit in glasgow, whatever. and in sportive people day in the race, to win the formula one will championship all those details and more coming up a little later. i well, the rainy season has star cindy around the gulf. and i recorded that probably 2 or 3 days of rain and for the few showers on tuesday might be the 1st of those, particularly ran the emirates and possibly amount maybe, but not very likely in qatar or bahrain, but is more of a breeze picked up here you notice so and to set you

to defense for children international, at least 12 palestinian children have been killed by israeli occupation forces in the occupied west bank so far this year. in nicaragua, president daniel ortegaappears to have secured his victory in sunday's election after unleashing a months-long crackdown on his opposition. in early voting, ortega has received 70% of votes. he was seeking a fourth term. dozens of opposition figures, including seven presidential hopefuls arrested since june, prompting international outcry and sanctions from the u.s. euro and union and other nations. this is an exiled nicaraguann san jose, costa rica, at a protest denouncing sunday's election. >> in nicaragua, there are no elections. there is an electoral circuit where ortega chose those who will accompany him in this political circus. he let his political allies go free. he imprisoned those candidates who formed and genuine opposition. amy: the u.s. state department has told all american citizens in ethiopia they should leave as soon as possible as the prospect of widescale conflict mounts. the embassies of the u.s. and other countries evacuated all non-essential personnel. this came days after ethiopia's go