analysis by reuters found the account was connected to thousands of others created in recent weeks, all spreading posts in favor of the king. a sample of some of the new accounts shared bot characteristics, according to reuters, only re-tweeting promoting royals hash tags. on sunday, about 2,000 protesters marched to the base of a military unit that takes its orders directly from the king. protest leaders have argued that the armed forces should report to a government chosen by the people. the parliament rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to reform the monarchy, ramping up the tension in the country. >>> a giant statue of a robot from the popular animated tv series "mobile suit gundam" has been unveiled to media in yokohama near tokyo. >> 34 moving parts in the 18-meter statue allow it to walk or move its fingers and arms. visitors can also try their hand at operating gundam while looking at images from a camera in the robot. it will be on public display from december 19th to march 21st, 2022. it's part of a project launched last year to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the f

reuters reports christopher krebs, the top cybersecurity official at the department of homeland security, has told

ok on the reuters wire. so i called you, i think at that time and i asked you to call not be able because i couldn't get through to i think it was in syria. maybe behind me is older brother now below was in charge of the reuters operation in mosul. we used to be a team. the 3 of us traveled around together reporting on the growing insurgency time in mosul, streets into a bloodbath. 2003000 farm. it's good. yeah. look like that now. and nothing like in 2000, something very difficult to believe that the amazon and just when it was starting to happen. yeah, exactly. when i think, yeah, you save me your hand as the situation deteriorated to me and was moved from mosul. but he continued to document life and occupation and the violence that had unleashed much more of the sort of that he was not behind the me and the 30th of the airlock. and just knocked out somewhat. john, who just came for the sword in the me, that's about that within 3 years, me and was killed by u.s. forces in baghdad. his death captured foreve

brandy: we have a follow-up question from reuters. that,t a follow-up on other than the prop line heaters , was there anything else that you detected during flight during the docking sequence that kind of looked off or something that was unexpected that you didn't see in the prior tests? >> there was only one other thing of note and it was shortly after launch. it had to do with the thermal control system. there's a loop a and a loop be and there are segments of the thermal loop that are isolated. based on differentials with the temperature essentially, when you have certain parts of the loop that are exposed to different temperatures and they are equalized on the ground at the same temperature, maybe they were exposed to different temperatures at loads during the early phases come once the isolation of the loop was opened and no longer isolated, it caused a pressure transient which ended up a fault detection to trip and because one loop to go off-line temporarily. there was no issues. it was one of these cases where the problem was i

the reuters news agency has been reporting that to gray and forces have destroyed roads and bridges to slow the government offensive down. the ethiopian military plans to surround the city with tanks and artillery in an effort to end the nearly 3 week war. this is, according to a military spokesman, and in an address on state t.v., residents were told to save themselves and leave the city while they still have the time to do so. prime minister ahmed says, all humanitarian needs will be addressed and that his government would help with the eventually return and reintegration of refugees. as mammadov brings us more now from ethiopia's capital. the government forces idea to reach the outskirts of the city of mccullough couple of the to grow region, but they are already talking about how they are planning on how they want to see start city, which is not only the biggest city in the to grow region but also the stronghold of the 2 p.l.o. leaders. prime minister of this government does spirit to see cup should. now they're saying to finish the wall, what is going to happen in the mountainous

let's start with reuters. >> congrats on a successful flight. i guess this question could be for anybody who wants to add to. i was wondering if there's any like quarrels over who gets to sleep in crew dragon? as when he what kind of value having some sleep in crew dragon provide to spacex and nasa? are you guys getting any data out of that are what kind of tests are you going to perform with that? thanks. >> i think our plan is to have -- sleep in the dragon. it's been checked out operationally. inhalation in the mornings moro force would be an excellent opportunity to use and test it out as a habitable module. that's our current plan and look forward to learning a lot and we think it would be very comfortable modern accommodations for him. >> several of us would like to be sleeping in there tonight. next we'll go to business insider. >> thanks for doing this and congrats, everybody. this question is for kathy. you have long mission ahead. what are you most looking forward to what's going to keep you up at night, if anything, over the next six

the reuters news agency reports that to grind forces.

yukin, reuters who we use its their figures without actually reuters haven't called wisconsin yet but just put that into blue for now. let me show you pennsylvania. what really interesting over the last few hours, i'm good to go back to this and bring it up here. what really interesting about pennsylvania is there is still about a million votes to go. 86% of the vote counted. there is that absentee ballot i was talking about for the 58 —— a2. it leans heavily towards joe biden. when he came out of this press c0 nfe re nce biden. when he came out of this press conference you remember just a short time ago he said, 7596 just a short time ago he said, 75% of the mail in ballot is going to us. and it's all mail in ballot to count from places like delaware county, philadelphia county. deep lu democrat areas. what's been happening over the last few minutes, i've scribbled on my page when we were on air about an hourago page when we were on air about an hour ago 3a3,000 was the lead that he had in pennsylvania. it's come down to 320, it's now two 760. it's coming down our to our in 20,000 ch

auntie grace leader has told reuters reuters they have shot down an ethiopian military pilot at a plane or should say, capture the pilot. and at least $31.00 afghan soldiers have been killed by a suicide car bomb. at an army base in afghanistan in central gaza. a province. it's one of the bloodiest attacks in recent months. the u.s. has reported more than 150000 cases on saturday. of coronavirus as families celebrate the thanksgiving weekend. as the nation top infectious disease expert warns americans to brace for a surge upon a surge after millions traveled home for the holiday, dr anthony found she said it was an ominous trend with the christmas holidays and end of year travel coming up next month. at least 266000 people have died of code, 900 in the u.s., making it the hardest hit country in the world. south korea's banning end of year parties and tightening restrictions after a surge. in coronavirus cases, the disease is spreading at the fastest rate. the country has seen in nearly 9 months with spikes connected to military facilities, churches and schools. 450 new cases were report

cbs has called michigan and reuters who use the system it's their figures.ers have not called yet. let's just put that into blue for now. let me show you pennsylvania. what's really interesting over the last few hours, i'm getting back to this and bring it up here. what's really interesting about pennsylvania is there is still about i interesting about pennsylvania is there is still abouti million votes to go. 86% of the vote counted. there is the absentee ballot i was talking about. 58 —— a2. it leans heavily towards joe biden. talking about. 58 —— a2. it leans heavily towardsjoe biden. when he came out of his press conference you rememberjust a came out of his press conference you remember just a short came out of his press conference you rememberjust a short time ago he said 75% of the mail in ballot is going to us. and it's all up mail in ballot to count from places like delaware county, philadelphia county. deep blue democrat areas. what's been happening over the last few minutes, i scribbled on my page, 3a3,000 was a lead about an hour ago. it's come d

this is according to reuters. they are saying it involved north korean hackers using russian links and emails, some email addresses that they would send via sites, linkedin and what's app to employees at astra-zeneca. the british drug maker. the obvious connection here is that those staff members, many were working on the covid-19 vaccine. so when they would click on the link or if they followed it, the idea is it would give access to the internal systems of astra-zeneca, and potentially give information that is sensitive dealing with covid-19 vaccine to north koreans. it seems they were not successful, north korea, that is, in their attempts according to reuters, but goes to show the level of desperation happening within north korea. we know that according to one south korean lawmaker, they've even executed an official for their lack of ability in containing the covid-19 outbreak within north korea. seems perhaps that's more of a scapegoat than anything else. it also shows they're trying desperately to get their

here's how reuters reports it out tonight. "president donald trump's strategy for retaining power, despite losing the u.s. election is focused increasingly on persuading republican legislators to intervene on his behalf in battleground states that joe biden won, according to three people familiar with the effort." "having so far faced a string of losses in legal cases challenging the election results, trump's lawyers are seeking instead to enlist fellow republicans who control legislatures in michigan and pennsylvania, a senior trump campaign official telling reuters that the campaign's plan is to cast enough doubt on vote-counting in big democratic cities that republican lawmakers will have little choice but to intercede. the campaign is betting that many of those republican lawmakers who come from districts trump won will face a backlash from their own voters in they refuse to act. the campaign believes the longer they can drag this out, the more they will have an opportunity to persuade lawmakers to intervene," said the sen

government forces efforts to capture the regional capital mccalla every indication forces including reuters, as you mention are telling us they took and troops are in mclean. oh, they're. 2 in a bottle for the heart of the t.p.m. enough capital, which has been mentally for the last 3 decades. and the team p.l.f. is not giving up easily. and the ethiopian forces and the ethiopian government feels like this is within reach. and they'll be done within a few days by monday they've been telling us of the record, so it's getting very close. but again, people are just that diamond if tonight. right. and that's where we are. as you no doubt or where a spokeswoman for prime minister had, has given assurances that civilian targets in macnelly would not be beyond how realistic is that? i mean, i don't know of any conflicts during my own time and even going as far as a century ago, we didn't books where there has been conflicts that hasn't really affected ordinary people who are the most innocent, even the poorest among us in this conflict will be annoyed, exception you know, we've been hearing of erit

the reuters/ipsos poll has the former vice president up by four, within the margin of error, 50%-46%. in ohio, the latest quinnipiac poll shows biden ahead by four, 47%-43%. in arizona, the latest reuters/ipsos poll has biden with a two-point advantage, within the margin of error, 49%-47%. in the nbc news/marist college poll, the two are tied at 48%. and in north carolina, the latest reuters/ipsos poll shows the former vice president up by one, within the margin of error, 49%-48%. it is a close race in these swing states, folks. >>> meanwhile, the latest national polls show biden maintaining a substantial lead over president trump heading into election day. the quinnipiac university poll shows biden ahead by 11, 50%-39%, and reuters/ipsos poll gives biden a seven-point advantage, 52%-45%. joining us now, the senior writer at politico and co-author of "the playbook," jake sherman. he is also an msnbc political contributor. jake, good morning! we just -- it's great to see you. we just ran through the battleground polls, which are incredibly close. the national polling hasn't really been

pers agreeing to pay $18.34 vaccine candidate according to reuters.y are setting officials as saying that we will get a lot of the vaccine news coming out from around the world. that's take a quick look at what is going on in markets this morning. we have futures moving to the downside. a lot of this happened after we saw the spat between the fed and the treasury. s&p 500 futures down .6% this morning. treasuries are not moving much. we are 83 basis points steady on the 10 year yield. coming up, no-deal looming. the e.u. makes no progress on brexit trade talks or stimulus. really, a twin tobacco for the e.u. we will discuss that next from -- twin tobacco for the e.u. we will discuss that next from brussels. this is bloomberg. ♪ businesses today are looking to tomorrow. adapting. innovating. setting the course. but new ways of working demand a new type of network. one that's more than just fast. you need flexibility- to work from anywhere. and manage from everywhere. advanced technology. with serious security. and reliable coverage, nationwide. forward

the reuters news agency reports that to grind forces have destroyed roads and bridges to slow down the government offensive. civilians have been told to get out while they still can. in our other headlines this hour, the united states is hoping to begin a sweeping program of vaccinations against the coronavirus early next month. the head of the white house vaccine task force says it plans to vaccinate $20000000.00 people before the end of the year. 2 vaccines of approval in early december. both of them are said to be 95 percent effective. our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval. so i would expect maybe on day 2, after approval on the 11th or on the 12th of december, hopefully the 1st people who would be immunized across the united states across all states. in all the areas where this, the state department of health would have to told us where to deliver the vaccine. g. 20 leaders of promise to spend 0 efforts in making sure coronavirus vaccine to distribute it fairly around the world. but concluding their virtual summit hosted

now reuters was the 1st to report the f.a.a. could lift the grounding of the troubled jet. as soon as november 18th in a statement, f.a.a. administrator, steve dixon said, quote, even though we are near the finish line, i will lift the grounding order only after safety experts are satisfied that the aircraft meets certification standards. even after the f.a.a. approves these new changes to the $737.00, max airlines will still have to finish software updates and pilot trading a process which could take another month before the jet can fly again. southwest airlines, the largest $737.00 max operator, says quote, says it expects it will take several months to follow f.a.a. requirements and doesn't plan on scheduling the jet until at least q 2 of 2021. other regulators across the globe are expected to make similar decisions. soon. the 737 max has been grounded since march of 2019 after 2 fatal crashes killed 346 people. now it's an accusation we've heard in the past that lalo, we're hearing it again as the european union says e-commerce. amazon violated antitrust laws by using i

he still fighting one day after ethiopia declared victory in the province to bret's, michael told reuters news agency his forces are operating near the regional cap on, the k.l.a. which ethiopia says it has captured. now the red cross says mackay is struggling with shortages of food and medical supplies. ethiopian troops have been closing in on to grow its regional capital since forces that ignored an ultimatum to surrender on wednesday. they say they've seized control of all key installations, including the airport and to free thousands of troops allegedly, being held hostage by to cry in forces. the ethiopian army says its main aim now is to track down any last holdouts to fully controlling mechel, a city. our army is hunting and going after and searching for the elements opposed to peace that are hiding in holes and pits are with wood or with all your goods are. but despite the ethiopian army's declaration of victory to go in for says said the conflict is not yet over. they told reuters news agency that they would continue their fight from areas not yet under government control. as som

reuters is reporting that destroyed roads to stop the advance. and a federal judge in pennsylvania is thrown out a lawsuit filed by the trump campaign that sought to exclude millions of mail and ballots. the judge says the lawsuit failed to provide evidence of the 4 millions of voters in picking a fast so are casting their ballots in an election, taking place under the deal, shadows of violence and allegations of voter fraud. president mark christian couple raise seeking a 2nd 5 year term in office 2 of his challenges of accused him of trying to rig the vote. also hundreds of thousands of people in the north and the east will be unable to vote in sunday's elections. the polling stations there are closed for fear of attacks by armed groups. despite that, and let's talk about this. how has the early or how have the early hours of voting been going? well, voting is holding on. it's holding and it's going on peacefully in many parts of the book in a fossil way. voting is taking place, especially in the capital. the fear of a type still remains, but t

reuters is reporting the tip e.l.f. saying it's standing firm and it's destroyed roads and bridges to stop the government. advance has more from private is calling for you saw the funnel and say that the government different.

ok on the reuters wire. so i called you, i think at that time and i asked you to call not be able because i couldn't get through it and i think it was in syria. yeah. maybe you know me is older brother now below was in charge of the reuters operation in mosul . we used to be a team. the 3 of us traveled around together reporting on the growing insurgency timing, mosul streets into a bloodbath. 2003 doesn't follow it's good. yeah. look like there now and nothing, not like in their 2000 something very difficult to believe that their most of them just went starting to know exactly what to do. you save me if the situation deteriorated to me and was moved from mosul. but he continued to document life under occupation, and the violence that had unleashed much more sort of the team on the, me and the unjust. when i said, what's that to john when one of us well, i just came for the sword in to me and that's about that. i'm the one within 3 years me and was killed by u.s. forces in baghdad. his death captured forever

told reuters the unit will be sold to the shenzhen government, digital china, and others. the $15000000000.00. all cash sale will include almost all assets, including brand, brand research and development capabilities, and supply chain management. now this comes as u.s. restrictions against weiwei have forced the company to focus on high end handsets and corporate oriented business. main under distributor digital china group will hold nearly a 15 percent stake of honor terminal, which was incorporated in april and is currently fully owned by while away. digital china shares hit their maximum upper trading limit of 10 percent on the news. the sources said an announcement could come as soon as sunday. and meanwhile, china has launched the 1st experiment of 6 g. satellite in a plan to roll out the next generation of ultra fast network technology in 10 years r t s. john hardy has more the university of electronics science and technology of china, along with the chinese embassy in the u.s. and chinese state media. posted this video of a rocket carrying 13 satellites into orbit

according to "reuters," the north korean hackers were not successful.thing else in north korea and their determination how to curb the outbreak within that country. we know there has been an extreme level of desperation there. while there's not a lot of transparency, we see through actions such as what we've heard of today, such as the execution of a north korean official for their lack of ability to control the outbreak. so it shows you what they're doing there to try to curb all of this. more than anything else, the determination to try to get ahold of the vaccines is becoming increasingly apparent here. >> and, look, i have to say, david, this had been something that many feared and perhaps anticipated throughout this year, so many companies have been trying to quickly get a vaccine together. so this shouldn't necessarily be a surprise, nonetheless, this does show you the determination of the north korean regime. obviously a bad few days for astrazeneca as well. their reports say they released in their research so far had not been as promising they h

reuters news agency is reporting the life is standing firm. it's destroyed, roads and bridges to slow any government offensive. fighting has forced people to flee for safety. more than 30000. refugees have crossed the border into sudan. have an audio is an address abba. he says the plans to surround mccalla, seem very advanced. the government forces i've yet to reach the outskirts of the city of mackellar couple of the to grow region, but they are already talking about their plan on how they want to see start city, which is not only the biggest city in the to grow region, but also the stronghold of the 2 p.l.o. leaders, prime minister, these government does spirit to see corrupted. now they are saying to finish the wall, what is going to happen in the mountainous areas surrounding the killing? there will be needing tunks and also to living fired into this city, targeting military installations there on the differences of the t.p.s. . they're saying there were also use for x. and drone attacks against defenses on its outskirts before. if you ha

here's reuters at the time has lining, uk's worst reuters at the time has lining, uk's woi’st coronaviruss worst coronavirus total is 50,000 dead but uk is not on course for that. now we know the nations death toll has passed that figure for that figure for top the bbc‘s health editor is hugh penn. that figure of just over 50,000 is those that have died within 28 days of having a positive test. there is a broader definition covering others that who may not have had a test at all where covid is listed on the death certificate. that figure for the uk is now about 61,000. what's the international comparisons relative to uk is pretty high among those leading economies. belgium, spain and brazil have a higher death toll relative to population. but the uk is ahead of the us and france and well ahead of germany. of course, each country does measure these things in slightly different ways. will have to wait a bit longer for what's called excess dance. that's everything over and above a long—term average. case numbers and new hospital admissions, if you look at those charts they do appear to be fl

they told reuters news agency that they would continue their fight from areas not yet under government control. as some analysts believe, they could also be planning to conduct a guerrilla war from the mountains. the fate of civilians is also causing concern. tens of thousands have fled to neighboring sadanand are very uncomfortable. being many of them, as i've said many times already, are left behind everything. the relatives there work, most of them are farmers, and it is the harvest time and they cannot do it. so a major source of livelihood is lost. another source of anguish for many refugees is the lack of information about what is happening to their loved ones back home. because the government has cut, internet and phone links to the region, aid agencies are also urging the authorities to open a humanitarian corridor to allow them to help people on the ground. turner have a look at some of the other stories making news at this time. at least 30 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan. in the eastern city of guys in the attacker drove a vehicle full of explosiv

huawei is poised to sell its budget smartphone are on or in a deal with $15000000000.00 according to reuters that is digital china is leading a consortium of buyers the sale comes as the u.s. continues to restrict its companies from supplying electronic parts to the chinese company. now the european commission has filed antitrust charges against amazon accusing the commerce giant of attempting to gain an unfair advantage over merchants on its own platform the commission says amazon used nonpublic data to leverage its dominance in its 2 biggest markets in the u. france and germany the european union started looking into amazon in $28.00 team it faces a possible fine of up to 10 percent of its annual worldwide revenue which could amount to billions of dollars the company rejects the accusations the challenge facing the tech sector is diversity workers at technology businesses in berlin have set up a network to try and improve that $600.00 members are pushing for better representation at the top of tech. virtual conference has to do for. her colleagues these days because of the irish pandemic.

that's according to a defense ministry document seen by reuters. the news agency says 3 of the soldiers have been banned from further military employment. frank's president has described the beating of a black man by police officers as an unacceptable attack that shamed his country music. producer michel was trying to enter his parish studio when 4 police agents started punching him. the incident was caught on camera and it took place during a nationwide debate about a new bill which restricts the filming of police while on duty. it's a disturbing video. 3 french police officers beating up a black man for 5 minutes in his own music studio. what the police officers don't know michel's, a claire has a security camera in the lobby. the entire scene is caught on film. it is sad to say, but my client was lucky to have a video to report these acts which may be isolated, but still otherwise my client would have been when it's his word against the officers. we know very well that it's the words of the officers that carry more weight a pattern that initiall

moment they get approval, they can start to distribute the vaccine against covert 19 and according to reuters, the f.d.a. approval committee is set to meet between december 8 and 10. the companies are saying they can actually produce as much as 50000 doses of the vaccine that would mean that some 25000000 people can actually get vaccinated until the end of this here, of course, next year will be the big question. their potential is, as they're saying, up to 1300000000 doses, financial correspondent, and advice back there. now, from a pandemic to a plague of locusts have been plaguing the african continent for almost a year now. and now they're swarming across the somalian capital of mogadishu, destroying vegetation and pastors in an area that's also popular with tourists. the u.n. food and agriculture organization warns of harsh consequences of a continued plague. and not just for somalia. this latest invasion of the flying pest started in the de nile district on the 1st weekend of november, the local administrator fears if the problem is not dealt with. the national scape here could be destr

now at some of the other developments in the crown of ours and deming, reuters news agency is reporting that the european union has agreed to pay $15.00 euros $0.50 per dose for the code. in fact, seen from the pharma companies, pfizer and biotech in india, the total number of people infected with kobe has passed the 9000000 mark in the u.s. states of california, and ohio ordered residents to stay at home and avoid non-essential social gatherings between 10 pm and 5 am the number of new infections is surging across the u.s. . that's your news from no stay tune for our documentary film. looking back 75 years ago to the beginning of the norm, but i'll try a documentary, the 3rd reich in the doc. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching in mexico many pushed most loves us right now in the world. climate change isn't harmful story. this is my place and went from just one week to us going to really get it we still have time to and i'm going.

ethiopian government troops have begun an offensive to capture the regional capital mccalla, he told reuters news agency the city was under heavy bombardment. it comes a day after ethiopia's prime minister warned he would soon launch a final phase of military operations. 3 weeks of fighting between the government and regional forces have had a devastating impact on civilians. tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes, many flee to sudan, where they end up in camps that lack even the most basic facilities. on friday, the u.n. said that the 1st of 4 humanitarian airlift for refugees at landed in the sudanese capital khartoum. i'm joined by samuel, get a true, a journalist in addis ababa capital of ethiopia. samuel, it's nice to have you with us. what can you tell us about government forces efforts to capture the regional capital, mccalla forces telling us the troops are there for the last 3 decades is not giving up easily forces. the government feels like this is within reach a few days telling us it's getting very close, but people are just dying if that night. and that's

poised to sell its budget smartphone arm on or in a deal worth $15000000000.00 that according to reuters digital china's leading consortium of buyers of the plan comes amid u.s. government shutdowns on supplying electronic parts to huawei. or we can air says it's fighting for survival after the government turned down a last minute plea for a bailout according to the leaders the struggling airline was on track for a profitable year in the coronavirus hit in february last month a low cost air carrier operated less than 20 percent of its entire fleet. well the big week for electronics retailers 2 new game called souls are hitting the market just in time for christmas season microsoft's new series x. console's lead on shelves tuesday and sony's play station 5 arrives on thursday both systems are already seeing record sales for. half the world in lockdown and week long quarantines sounds like perfect conditions for the makers of computer games consuls even before the coronavirus struck sales were phenomenal as hundreds of millions of people around the world played computer games now microsoft

it was quickly fixed and dragon -- also a follow-up question from reuters. >> just a follow-up on that. other than the product line heaters, was there anything else you guys detected during flight or the docking sequence that looked off or something that was unexpected in prior tests? >> there was only one of the thing of note and it was also shortly after launch. it had to do with the thermal control system. on each of those loops, there are segments of the thermal loop that are isolated from other segments and so based on a differential with the temperature essentially, when you've got a certain part of the loop that are exposed to different temperatures that are equalized when on the ground at the same temperature, they were exposed to some different temperatures during this early phase of flight. those wasion between a transientsused which ended up causing a fitter detection to trip and cause one loop to go off-line temporarily. there was no issue and was one of these cases where the problem was identified quickly. looking back at previous tests and the previous mission, it was som

a reuters headline over the summer, vaccines of bikers face biggest medical manufacturing challenge in history. the president talked about the next big risk, how to get ready to mass-produce a vaccine that wasn't even through clinical trials in sufficient quantity. >> simultaneously accelerating its manufacturing and manufacturing process, we are getting ready so that when we get the good word that we have the vaccine, we have the formula, we have what we need, we are ready to go. we are gearing up. it is risky, it is expensive but we will be saving massive amounts of time, we will be saving years if we do this properly and that is what we are doing so we are gearing up on the assumption that we will have in the near future relatively near future -- >> companies answer the call to make things like files, lots of them for the anticipated vaccine. by early summer the democrats had settled on a nominee, and operation warp speed was attracting new scrutiny by democrats and the media. >> white house operation warp speed phraseology is just awful. i worry, the numbers support this, reuters p

they told reuters news agency that they would continue their fight from areas not yet under government control orders. some analysts believe they could also be planning to conduct a guerrilla war from the mountains. the fate of civilians is also causing concern. tens of thousands have fled to neighboring sadanand are very uncomfortable. being many of them, as i've said many times already, are behind everything. the relatives they're working. most of them are farmers, and it is the harvest time, and they cannot do it to major source of livelihood. is lost. another source of anguish for many refugees is the lack of information about what is happening to their loved ones back home. because the government has cut, internet and phone lines to the region, aid agencies are also urging the authorities to open a humanitarian corridor to allow them to help people on the ground. let's have a look at some of the other stories making news at this hour. at least 30 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan in the eastern city of gaza. need the attacker drove a vehicle full of explo

according to reuters the interior minister has said that several suspected perpetrators of what the governmentcalling a terror attack are on the loose. and a manhunt is underway. that is according to the interior minister who has described those attackers as heavily armed and dangerous. there is a direct quote from the interior minister who spoke to the austrian state bar across the quote is, we have brought several forces together that are now searching for the presumed terrors. the call goes on, and therefore not limiting it to an area of vienna because these are mobile perpetrators. he's urging the public to stay indoors until the all clear is given. we are now going to show you the austrian chancellor who is making a statement in germany and it's worth saying what he has said in the last few minutes he said in last few minutes, we are going through difficult times in our republic, i like to thank all the emergency services who risked their lives for our safety especially today. our police will act decisively against the perpetrators of this terrorist attack. i'm glad that our police office

reuters news agency is reporting that ethiopian police in the neighboring harvey are asking international agencies for a list of ethnic to grandstand. because these images, broadcast on ethiopia's state television shows the national forces, reportedly pushing into the west of the country's tikrit. our region in the army says it's made a big advances there in its fight against the people's liberation front or t p l f . it's currently tough getting information out of tikrit. since the fighting broke out last week, communications there have been down transport blocked and media. but a new report from amnesty international says scores and probably hundreds of civilians have been massacred in the fighting. there. witnesses blame forces backing the t p l f for the killings. however, the group denies this. we are very confident with saying that several 100 civilians were stabbed to death. who did this, where we're unsure all the people have told us that it's members of the to grab people's liberation front. although we cannot independently confirm that on friday, the united nations human rights

the reuters news agency is reporting that ethiopian police in the neighboring. i'm hari asian are asking international agencies for lists of ethnic to gras and start off united nations human rights chief is calling for an inquiry and full accountability. saying friday, if confirmed as having been deliberately carried out by a party to the current fighting. these killings of civilians would, of course, amount to walk ups also since flared last week after the government accused people's liberation front of attacking a government military camp. as we reported, the stability of the whole region is said to be at stake. this is a country sliding into civil war. these ethiopians have come not to enjoy themselves, but to give blood for their soldiers fighting in tikrit stays. the main aim of the blood donation program is express. our affair for our out of the conflict is not with this, not with people, not with bravery. it's rather with who attacked our army in f.l. form way. and the conflict erupted in early november. the government said troops into the region after an

he told reuters news agency the city was under heavy bombardment. it comes a day after youth e.o.p. is prime minister warned he would soon launch a final phase of military operations. 3 weeks of fighting between the government and regional forces have had a devastating impact on civilians. tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes, many flee to sudan, where they end up in camps that lack even the most basic facilities. on friday, the u.n. said that the 1st of 4 humanitarian airlift for refugees had landed in the sudanese capital. khartoum, i'm joined by samuel, get a true, a journalist in addis ababa capital of ethiopia. samuel, it's nice to have you with us. what can you tell us about government forces efforts to capture the regional capital mccalla? every indication sources including reuters, as you mention are telling us the joke and troops are in mclean. no, they're in, a bottle for the heart of the t.p.m., left qatar, which has been meant to live for the last 3 decades. and the team p.l.f. is not giving up easily. and the ethiopian forces and the ethiopian g

according to reuters. what it does is restrict funding and investment from u.s.nvestors into those companies, the u.s. saying that what we have been seeing over the last few years is investment and money flow from the u.s. coming toward and helping to fund some of china's military and security ambitions. is build outdoes this picture we are seeing now. it is being heavily reported that the trump administration is keen to lock in this china policy before biting and that administration takes over. you are also seeing the jewel track approach where it is the regulators or the house working on these plans to delist chinese companies. we also heard from reporting that sanctions may be put in the rice abusers. the u.k. has essentially called huawei a giant security risk. tell us about their plan to ban huawei gear and whether it will upset beijing. upsett is guaranteed to beijing. absolutely. the details that we have from the end of september, 2021, the u.k. will ban the installation of huawei equipment in the telecom equipment network there. what this does is it build

all told reuters news agency, his forces are operating near the regional capital mackay. but ethiopia says it has captured the open government forces, say they have seized control of key installations including the airport and that they are now are trying to track down any last holdouts with the fate of civilians remains a concern. meanwhile, the red cross as mckayla is struggling with the shortages of food and medical supplies. for more we can now go through, i disobey the end of the ethiopian at minister in charge of democratization is a take a prayer. and i welcome minister. let's talk about the current situation in the country. if as prime minister i'll be off met has said the fighting is over. but to brian forces, claiming that's not yet finished, is the region entirely in the government's control or you know, it is a normal night when saddam hussein's iraq was under the control of the american. you use force spokesperson used to say we are in control of the whole complexity. so those of the same man are propaganda. we are in control of those who are the very last ho

howie: we saw the president snapping at the reuters correspondent.e is a pretty mild-mannered guy. do you think he deserved that tongue lashing? >> they both know what they're doing. ben is absolutely right. this has become a cottage industry for reporters who covered this president. it's the jim acosta model. you don't have to be long on talent to really turn this into a lucrative career. the window for both of them is closing. the president is going to be president for very long so he has to engage as much as he can and say wait, i'm the president and the press, they're not going to have access to joe biden the way they have with this president. so there's never going to be exchanges like that. it's going to be very, very different and probably quite boring covering joe biden for this press pool. you've got to milk it while you can. it's like being an instagram model or tiktok star. you may have many followers now but next week you're going to be a hobo. howie: one of the dilemmas for the media is it's a mixed message. a few days ago the president

. >> shannon: but there was another problem, a reuters headline over the summer. vaccine makers faced medical manufacturing challenge. the president talked about the next big risk, how to get ready to mass-produce a vaccine that wasn't even through clinical trials yet. >> we will be simultaneously accelerating its manufacturing and manufacturing process. we are getting ready so that when we get the good word that we have the vaccine, we have the formula, we have all we need, we are ready to go. we are gearing up. it's risky. it's expensive. but we will be saving massive amounts of time. we will be saving years if we do this properly and that's what we're doing. we are gearing up on the assumption that we will have in the near future relatively near future of vaccine. >> shannon: companies answered the call to make things like vials, lots of them, for the anticipated vaccine. by early summer at the democrats had settled on a nominee and operation warp speed was attracting new scrutiny by democrats and the media. >> white house operation works. i worry and the numbe

reuters news agency says that in the battleground state of pennsylvania, biden's lead has grown to over saying around 9746. the bbc‘s michelle fleuryjoins us from philadelphia, pennsylvania. i'm not sure if you just heard what isaid i'm not sure if you just heard what i said there and if you're hearing anything similar about biden's lead growing? we knew that this was going to happen, and here's why. in the building behind me they've been counting mail—in ballots for the la st counting mail—in ballots for the last one to four hours. that was always going to contribute significantly towards joe biden because postal votes were seen as trending in favour of the democrats. that seems to be boring out dust morning out. 87% of those votes that have been counted have gone in favour of joe have been counted have gone in favour ofjoe biden. have been counted have gone in favour of joe biden. that have been counted have gone in favour ofjoe biden. that was higher than people had expected. that matters because when we were going and talking about this before election day, we always knew the rural