or mohammad that though is in the city of guns are on the boards or over that seagrave region. and he sent through this update. tell us about that list 3 missiles have been fired from there to a region to the capital or at a tray, or 2 of those missiles hit the airport. there are some other international airport, while another one is a tall building housing, the ministry of information, and a number of local media houses. but i witnessed this said that the missile that targeted the ministry of information did not actually hit its target, but well, outside the building. we don't have any word on casualties. but what we know is that this is a community escalation of the conflict that has so far been restricted to the borders of ethiopia, and particularly to the ticket now in international borders. and it is something that could bring in at a trailer, into the conflict. and very quickly, because of the cruel friendship prime minister ahmed of ethiopia, and the science of corky, the president of the trade enjoy. and also the fact that the to graze have absolutely no relationship. a

military declared victory in its military campaign against seagraves ruling party. the tikrit people's liberation front admitted previous rocket attacks on the rich area, accusing it of sending troops to support ethiopian forces. ethiopian troops have been closing in on to gries regional capital. since forces there ignored an ultimatum to surrender on wednesday, they say they've seized control of all key installations, including the airport and to free fountains 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 mechelle, 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. it wouldn't work for your kids or despite the ethiopian army's declaration of victory to go in forces 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 orders. some analysts believe they could also be planning to conduc

ethiopia's, the prime minister, has announced what he says would be a final military operation against seagrave province. that after local leaders ignored his surrender all to meet him. earlier the federal government carried out what it called surgical air strikes on regional capital. the government has so far resisted international pressure for mediation in the conflict, but falwell from 2 weeks of fighting has the potential to destabilize the entire region and it has already started. what the united nations says is a full scale humanitarian crisis. ethiopian air force fighter jets on a mission in the skies above tikrit i captured by d.w. journalist on the ground. local t.v. later showed what appeared to be buildings damaged by the air offensive. the escalating violence has sent thousands spilling out beyond ethiopia's borders. aid groups say 25000, people have fled to sudan since the fighting broke out half of them children. some may not see their fathers or husbands again. well, i don't think, you know, we came with the clothes on our backs. i don't know where my husband is. i've been lookin

it follows earlier, threats by the seagrave people's liberation front. the un can mr. we will conduct missile attacks to full military movements in misawa and a smart one. we will undertake every other kind of message, a full efforts to subjugate the take rate. people inside see grey or other places which the t p l f is also locked in. fighting with ethiopia's government. if you know p.s. 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

among the al jazeera, if you have his prime minister has claimed victory in the northern region of seagrave, where the federal government is battling local forces. us international says that hundreds of civilians have been brutally killed. the offensive began last week, after prime minister ahmed accused the raised all government of attacking a military base. 11000 ethiopians have already fled. conflict in neighboring sudan . local authorities say they're preparing for up to 200000 arrivals. some double a is at the head of the evidence. for amnesty international's crisis response team, he says there is evidence that there have been mass killings of civilians by government forces. we can confirm that scores if not hundreds of civilians were stabbed or hacked to death in that small town called me khadra, which is in the southwestern of ethiopia's, of the degree region likely most likely on the night of november, the 9th, these victims appear to have been civilians appear to be laborers, no way involved in the ongoing military offensive in the region. we spoke to witnesses to, to the instance

earlier an official in ethiopia, seagrave region threatened eritrea and admitted that.

admitting they struck 1st, an official in ethiopia, seagrave region of knowledge is his side began an attack setting off fighting. let's get $0.10 and thousands flee mass. exodus ethnic armenians evacuate a town in nagorno-karabakh before the area is handed back to azerbaijan.

still ahead on al-jazeera calls for a cease fire in ethiopia, seagrave a region where hundreds have died and thousands are fleeing into sudan. and how the pandemic as impacted consumer spending, as the world's biggest online sales exult. looks like the rainy season is coming across parts of the middle east, a fair amount of cloud showing up on the satellite picture here anywhere from the caucuses down towards northern parts of saudi arabia. you could see some, but some places afraid possibility some localized flooding as a result of that. there we go. the right, sliding in from the eastern parts of pushing across the caucasus easing over towards southern parts of the caspian sea. well, the areas of iran could see some showers long spells of rain there, feeding down across iraq, kuwait, seeing some of that wetter weather along with saudi arabia. and it will continue to drive its way further eastward as we go through thursday, some heavier rain there running across turkmenistan, uzbekistan tajikistan more than parts of afghanistan. right here in doha for the time big come the end of the we

earlier an official in ethiopia, seagrave region, threatened eritrea and admitted that its forces carried in attack spot. the fighting with just south of one can measure, which i'm good at will conduct missile attacks to foil military movements in massaro and asmara through undertake every other kind of measure to foil efforts to subjugate the take rate. people inside say gray or other places, thousands of people are back on the streets of perugia, protesting the dismissal of former president martin. this kara process have been ongoing for days. now at least one person has been killed in the unrest. this car has been banned from leaving the country last week to doesn't teach them it. allegations of corruption protests to say. his removal is politically motivated. thousands of supporters of u.s. president donald trump have been demonstrating in washington. d.c. many echoed trump's claims of frauds during last week's election. multiple news outlets had to clear joe biden, as the projected winner for the president's hasn't yet conceded the election. i think armenians have been destroying the

af held regional elections despite the government's perspire mintz gita coronavirus seagraves rulers say that was a paragraph by ethiopian prime minister william davison this is a senior analyst for ethiopia at the international crisis group he says ethiopia has entered a conflict situation that can only be resolved through dialogue. unfortunately that clash of the election really was a very serious constitutional disputes over the rights of take rate to autonomously hold an election and that was as it happened against federal rulings so this is a very serious constitutional disputes ends with the federal government saying that to grace government was unlawful and to raise government saying that the federal government is out of a state its constitutional mandate so you can see what a serious of a legal position that is within a federation that is built upon a very toxic political disputes emanating from a power struggle within the ruling coalition with the tea party losing a lot of power so unfortunately this me also is not produces for dialogue these people in power were previously

seagraves rudest say there was a power grab by the prime minister. the death toll from tropical storm etta has climbed to almost 70 as a pulls away from central america this was the scene in honduras where the president reports and shocking devastation as the left homes and streets submerged and triggered mudslides across the region it's one of the faces storms to hit central america in recent years. this is al-jazeera and these are the top stories u.s. president donald trump is claiming that if legal votes were counted when the elections at a white house news conference he said legal challenges filed by his campaign may end up in the supreme court if you count the legal votes i easily win if you count the illegal the us they can try to steal. the election from us if you count the votes that came in late we're looking at them very strongly but a lot of votes came in late i've already decisively won many critical stage yes democratic presidential candidate joe biden is edging people to be patient as the final votes from cheese days election continue t

the warring parties in ethiopia, seagrave region have exchanged rocket fire with both sides accusing each other of putting civilians in danger. the united nations children's agency is warning that more than 2000000 young people need help. iran's acting in libya and voice says peace in the country is achievable, a fragile cease fire is in place and that we have that elections are to be held in about a year's time. mexico has become the 4th country to have more than 100000. people die from covert 19 complications behind the us, brazil and india. but health officials fear the true figure is much higher human rights groups say more medical workers have died in mexico than in any other country. protesters gathered in colombia's capital to mark one year since large anti-government demonstrations. they want to be included in talks with the government on social and economic reform. those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera. it's the stream of boy we realistically, how can you do with institutionalized corruption in this country? if we listen, if this breaks up and real conflict be

ethiopia's defense minister says the military offensive on seagrave will be over within a week. and huge police raids in berlin in connection with last year's a labyrinth theft of precious jewels. police have arrested 3 suspects in the green vault robbery, but they say no. of these spectacular stole an 18th century worth more than a 1000000000. i'm burnt off. it's good to have you with us. the united states has announced that it will be bringing some troops home from iraq and afghanistan by mid january u.s. president. donald trump suggested that he wanted to accelerate the troop withdrawal from both countries by the end of his term in office, which is mid january. the pentagon says just $2500.00 troops will remain in each nation. u.s. troops have been stationed in afghanistan since 2001, and in iraq since 2003, the acting u.s. defense secretary says the troop drawdown fulfills an election, important to the outgoing president. before years ago, the president trump ran on a promise to put a stop to america's endless wars. today it's just announced at the pentagon, president, tropi

earlier, an official in ethiopia, seagrave region threatened eritrea and admitted its forces carried out an attack that sparked the fighting without a suburb or 11 commission will conduct missile attacks to foil military movements in a small run through undertake every other kind of measure to full efforts to subjugate the take rate, people inside say, gray, or other places which after 8 years of negotiations, 50 in the asia pacific nations have signed the world's biggest free trade agreements. the regional comprehensive economic partnership was agreed securing a virtual summit hosted by vietnam to syria's floors. louis has more from kuala lumpur and what it hopes to achieve it wants to progressively lower tariffs within the coming years. it also aims to set one just one set of rules that will make it easier for member states to trade with each other and to invest in each other. now this where this agreement fails though, if it doesn't go far enough, it doesn't mention environmental protection and labor standards. and that's where the criticism of this deal comes in. thousands of peo

of these claims it's very difficult because the phone lines in the internet, in the whole of the seagrave region of being cut off for weeks, has been very little access. press and for humanitarian work. left contradicts prime minister. its claims, as they say that many civilians have been killed, including civilians being targeted in government airstrikes, something that the government side denies. both sides have been accused of massacring hundreds of civilians. both sides have denied it with the t. . p.l.f. made some more claim they've said that they shot down an ethiopian government military aircraft. they say that they're fighting on all fronts around the city of macquarie, and that they've retaken a small town. these are claims that the prime minister's spokesperson has disregarded delusional. all right, thanks so much live for us from nairobi. aid agencies and volunteers are helping tens of thousands of ethiopian refugees in makeshift camps in eastern sudan, regain a sense of normality. in this report from one of those camps. there is no blackboard or chalk or notebooks, but there's

the objection there is to try and remove the leadership from power we have seen fighting in west seagrave along the harley region border over the last couple of days there was also some sort of clash around the airport. so this is an active conflict situation the fighting is not be that sustained and widespread so understanding yet but the intent is there in the federal government to push ahead and try to remove the leadership and there's every possibility it's a great leadership is going to put up very stiff resistance and why has it escalated so much i had to get to this point because if that the tipping point was holding an election that at the wrong time. isn't it easy enough to just to just dial this back or have these 2 sites really been spoiling for a fight and this was an excuse. well you would like to think so but unfortunately that clash over the election really was a very serious constitutional dispute over the rights of take re the autonomous lee hold an election and that was as it happened against federal rulings so this is a very serious constitutional disputes ends with the

seagrave, they say is help to its enemies.

me fully back to bill a reminder of our top stories breaking news out of the capital of ethiopia, seagrave region which is reportedly being heavily shelled. the government announced on wednesday would launch a final assault after its deadline for the to go in. need a ship to surrender ex-pirate. iran's president is bringing the assassination of its top nuclear scientist on israel gunmen ambushed a vehicle, carrying must in fact resign and his body causing a tehran on friday. iran has said it will retaliate and india's agriculture minister has agreed to meet farmers as they hold a 3rd day of protests in and around the capital. thousands are rallying against new laws. they say could take away their livelihoods. voters in indian administered kashmir are heading to the polls for the 1st time since the indian government revoked the region's autonomy last year. but opposition candidates say police have been preventing them from campaigning freely to be reports. it's been more than a year since new delhi stripped the autonomy of indian administered kashmir effectively and exciting parts of the di