we have the kira forces, the t p l f se they are pulling back to take ride from neighboring regions. is this a turning point in the war? it's certainly a very important moment. i think it reflects the fact that the plan by the take the leadership to capture this and impose the transitional government or at least to take control of that, your booty, car door have proved unachievable and they've come under pressure from drone attacks is what is popular mobilization on the i'm hara and federal side. so definitely a significant moment and it will say the fact that they've made this explicit call presentation of hostility is also adjusted that positions in some important ways giving up immediately on the return of the territory and the west. and so now we have to see how the federal government respond. what does this retreat tell us, william about the relative strength of to grow and forces compared to those of the if the opium government there's very different interpretations of, of that, that take i leadership is claiming that this withdrawal was, was orderly. and that while they did fa

the pro government forces are advancing towards the city of well dia, that's a strong hold of the t p l. f. still come here on this program. tourists are back in the us, but will that be enough to help high street businesses recover from the cupboard pandemic. and a giant sapphire has been discovered in sri lanka. it is said to be the largest ever found. ah hello there, it's a much settled picture for south asia over the next few days. you can see from the satellite image, it's lots of dry weather to be found. we are seeing a few showers pull into southern areas of india, so rain which an eye for the next few days. but along that west coast is much dry at lots of sunshine and the temperature in by and go at hedging up to the mid 30. some. most of the warmth can be found here for the south, sri lanka was seen some heavy storms roll around the south west, some of that rain pushing into the mall deeds. but the further north we go, the dryer it is, is going to be cooler up in northern areas of pakistan. and india, by the time we reach the mid week, we've got some cold air blowing across and do

the to grind people's liberation, frontal t p l f. if it is re retreating in them. horror and a far regence for the spokesman says it's according to the pun. dameion police are fired, tear gas to disperse supporters. we're losing presidential candidate who's refusing to concede defeat the electoral commission declared incumbent adama barrow the window with 53 percent of the vote. i would address reports now from bundrum. this is the moment or position supporters say police choir t, i guess. as they gathered at the home of acquisition, u. d. p leader, who said, you dabble. the test kind of happened at dublin hall just across the street from the united states embassy in the set of quinn bay area. support his claim, their candidate was robbed in such a day's presidential election and they won't back doubt incumbent item. a battle has again been declared precedent. his 1st arm came after the oppressive 22. we are all a former lead, a jump mot barrow to step down. they rigged the election. the results are worse than what was announced duri

t. p l. f appears to be retreating and hotter on a far regions, but a spokesman says that it's according to their plan. security forces in sudan used to gas to discuss thousands of protesters and come to me on monday, demonstrates to say the prime minister, the trade them by agreeing to a government dominated by military generals. the u. s. france, germany, britain, that italy say that the united front is needed to face the threat of russian hostility. the group of nato countries called on moscow to deescalate tension on ukraine's border and reaffirm their support for its territorial integrity. russia's military build up on the border with ukraine will be the top focus of video league talks between vladimir putin and joe biden. on tuesday. south africa's president has criticized sweeping travel bands imposed on his country because of the omicron variant. several rum oppose, also accused western governments of failing to deliver coven 19 vaccines that they promised to the african continent. what

t. p l. f. disputes this for ministers from the g 7 group of nations, a warning that russia faces what they're calling massive consequences if it invades ukraine. a statement came on the final day of gathering of talk, diplomats from the wells richest democracies. moscow denies any plans of the military offensive. as the headlines this hour, i'll have more news free later on off to witness, which is the program coming up next. ah ah oh ah oh. ready ready ready ready i'm sorry, i don't mean shamefully. ready ready ready ready ready ready ready deanna bondo jeanine june it. ringback ready should be nickel, so a tin gun, joe. a gore? the kill me. and then galvin with the answer and the plug, shining humble. oh, we door, cham. echo our boy deep st. garage door. i am sorry, i never did that with you, but did a combustion, nico, whom board said above the shipper presented thunder. so quash big girl got my meal, a dish uncle bus to if i am his uncle or you had his 20 da. she can. he's described in sha

strategically important towns along a national highway the to ground that people's liberation. frontal t p l f appears to be retreating and i'm horror and a far regions. but as my husband says, it's all according to their plan. you are today with headlines, more news coming up here on out 0 right after out is her world news. ready ah, a nurse athenian, who moves it eats that would be as if you had m it less c m r a s u a from class when it was a bit of an emergency. when i was up and then leaving him look very stealthy, said me to let them in the house, you know, and we'll start with, hey, andrew, we did an american net and met give a reason why didn't come home of godaddy, but it's, it's more of katerina was just word from wooster, mom and i mean he say any money that he said, it wasn't worried that he set the le let me know when she went to me in the leap. oh zip rack. and sophie a will, will the more and will start, i mean, it will hired we lead. we may have some little cyber american net american set him out fee. she will not be here. when we have, we have to, you know, have moved to us an

more battlefield victories against rebels from the north, the to graham people's liberation front or t p l f appears to be retreating in um, harder and far regions. but a spokesman says that that's according to their plan. security forces incident of his tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters in khartoum demonstrate to say the prime minister betrayed them by agreeing to a government dominated by military generals. the death toll from indonesia is volcanic eruption has risen to 22 with many more injured. but others still missing the body of a 13 year old boy is one of the latest to be recovered from the ash and mud man, maza ousted civilian liter uncensored. she has been sentenced after a trial that was largely held the hell behind closed doors. she was initially handed for years, but that was hard by the john to chief and south africa as president is criticized sweeping travel bands imposed on his country because of the only cron variant. so or i'm a poser also accused western governments of failing to deliver cove 19 vaccines that they have promised to the african continent. others we

the dry and people's liberation front or t p l f appears to be retreating in the fall regions for the spokesman says it's according to their plan. police and the gambia have fun tear gas to discuss. supporters of a losing presidential candidate is refusing to concede defeat the electoral commission declared incumbent down botto the winner with 53 percent of the vote. serious state news agency says that air defenses of reacted to an israeli attack on a port in the takia province of the mediterranean coast. the report quoted a military source saying that a fire broke out of the port after the attack, but no one was injured. israel regularly launches, strikes in syria, but really confirms its operations leaders of nato allies, the u. s. the u. k. france, germany and italy of held a joint phone call about ukraine. the statement says they agreed that the united front is needed to confront what scene is washing hostility. a build up of russian forces on the border as raised fears of a possible invasion, which the kremlin denies me on mas ousted severely, the own sensor. she has been sentenc

and a far t p l f says it's pulling out of those areas to open the door to humanitarian aid. took his lira, has gained in valley off the government announced measures to ease the currency crisis. prisoner gretchen tire per to one, announced a series of steps, including a promise to compensate savers for losses incurred. he says that exporters will also be protected. there are warnings that people may resort to looting. if aid doesn't reach storm affected regions of the philippines, tens of thousands are without food, water or electricity. since typhoon rise landfall on saturday, 375 people have died. 56 are still missing. people in the worst flood hit region of malaysia being moved to safety. 17 people have died. the government has been criticized of a slow rescue efforts that it says a due to a lack of boats at manpower and those, the headlights. these continues here on out as era. after out a 0 correspondence, once upon a time in sarajevo. ah ah. he just fair that you're going round in circles. mom will only meet him bow grade. one was on the meeting, sat eva one bologna meeting, lo

a means of veiling pregnant people and in ethiopia or the t, right people's liberation front, the t p l f says it will withdraw from several regions. it had captured in the last few months, and the withdrawal could mark a turning point and a possible step towards a cease fire after 13 months of brutal war. in government says the t p. a left announcement is a cover up tactic for its recent military set back. if yoga has been engaged in civil war for over a year, which has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions. well, both sides in this conflict have been accused of atrocities with reports of rape and gender based violence being used against girls as young as sex that you feel in human rights commission has launched an investigation. and their commissioner for women's and children's rights is miss graham. gassett, who joins me now from i disobey bye. thank you so much for taking the time to come onto the show. what have your investigations found? thank you very much, claire and as non to a many, we have launch it a joint investigation with the un office of the high commis

as forces quite liberated many towns and villages in the north that were under the control of the t p l. f. the government says it's rebuilding some towns damage during the fighting. additional reinforcements are also being sent to join a major offensive against t p l or forces me onto the pandemic now. and my jury and health officials have found the new on the cron variant of credit 19 was present in the country as early as october. the center for disease control says retrospective sequencing of previously confirmed cases identifies the variant that amongst travelers. because most populous country has also discovered 2 more cases this week. the army con variant was also in europe before south africa last at the wells health organization. last week, in the netherlands health hours, he said they detected the various to samples from the 19th on the 23rd of november . scotland fast minister also says 9 cases reported. there are linked to a single event on november 20th. well now more than 20 countries have so far reported cases, health expense in the u. s. are also testing samples to see if i

according to local residents and the t p l f. have said that they have launched wide spread counter offensives in numerous locations, including the road that links gus shayna and lally baylor, in the region of am hora. but communications have been cut off in the conflict zone and that makes these reports difficult to verify. residents are saying to grind fighters are in the town center, but that there is no fighting in south africa's present 0 rama poster is tested positive for corona virus. he is receiving treatment for mild symptoms and is said to be in good spirits. i'm a poser is fully vaccinated. as the headlines studio be unscripted is next. if america held up a mirror to itself, what would it see in the center race is the story of america what's working and what's not? a lot of people were only talking about that. it wasn't at the top of the agenda. if america can't handle multiple challenges on multiple fronts, we need to go back to school. the bottom line on al jazeera, ah, i cannot easily accept sums. it is not politica

he says, reclaiming some other towns in the region may be more strategically important to the t p l. f labella doesn't hold any military pretending significant assets, but it is a symbolic it tall as it is a well known unit school world heritage site. and so it nationally, it is available. so in that regard it is drawback obviously is that the government lost control. but there are other towns like because and now which might be more strategically important for t d f and for the military offensive, they are currently undertaking it is an intensive military campaign ongoing as we speak for the last 23 days, the territory has shifted again and it seems to be that the t d f, the tactical retreat, so week a week ago has managed them to regroup, to wreath grad to john's. and now to push back on the government offences against ticket and held territories where it will take them, we don't know yet, this is on the western front line. we see the most intensify things over the last couple of days. and that might indicate that they are possibly heading to earth's the state. government controlled

although despite their withdrawal, the t p l f could still have the capability to fight again. jonah, so i day i data is the director of the institute for peace and security studies at the addis ababa university. any join says now sir, thank you for your time. the to gray forces the t p a left for say their point back to, to gray from neighboring regions. as we've been reporting. is this a turning point in the war? i think the framing must be corrected. is it really withdrawing, or is it being defeated? i thought that must be clearly in for and then yes, it's going to be turning point honestly speaking, as you might have heard some nearly 3 or 4 weeks ago, we were told that our this is to be cultured. tv has come or propaganda was almost deafeningly. on the so they were being defeated and i had to just go back and that is only way for them. so yes, i can say that it just seems to be the beginning of the end, the beginning of the end. this has been a very, a surprising development just a couple of weeks ago. as you alluded to, there were reports that the to great forces were inc

more battlefield victories against rebels from the north, the tig, ryan people's liberation front or t p l f appears to be retreating in. i'm harder and are far regions which neighbor to guy where the rebels based soldiers, loyal to prime minister abbey, are met of doubt taken back control of the towns of dessie and come boucher their strategically important because they sit on a national highway or a spokesman for the to graham forces confirm that they have withdrawn saying we left north shore come bolger and dca. as part of our plan, there was no organized unit to liberate these towns and the residents know it, and abby's generals know it. things are going according to our plan. it says on thousands of returns the streets, maintaining protests against october's military takeover. a subsequent deal of reinstated the prime minister. they say that abdullah hum dog betrayed them by agreeing to a government dominated by generals al jazeera hebrew, morgan reports from khartoum. it started with a few 100 people in different parts of the dance capital cartoon. but soon the numbers to wealth to 100

t. p l. f is shown, it's not easy to defeat. they have been pushed out many, many times and they have come back to strike again. and so, you know, this is just not very credible kind of information because i mean bottles are one, but the water may not be one. this is a situation that is still evolving and, and the propaganda water is also its cream, the heat at the and so it's hard to believe what is being told by the government because the government has been taught to lie a lot to gram place and will never because it's, and it's essentially crisis for them. and so, you know, this is, this is just not the end of it. i mean, they can lose battles like they will not work for you. and i mean, you know, i'm in a few months ago, they were, it was, we were taught completely theater. and then they reached the rate watcher, one shot in combustion. and they reached all kinds of places. and so this is, this is, this is part of, i mean this is just the media campaign by the government to try to revive it. sounds viable a viable but really

will further stream bilateral relations and in ethiopia, the t gr, i people's liberation front, the t p l f says it will withdraw from several regions it had captured in the last few months. the withdrawal could mark a turning point and a possible step towards a cease fire after 13 months of brutal war. ethiopian government says that tpl f announcement is a cover up tactic, or it's recent military setbacks. if yoga has been engaged in civil war for over a year, which has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions on both sides. in this conflict, have been accused of atrocities with reports of rape and gender based violence being used against girls as young as sex. that yield in human rights commission has launched an investigation and their commissioner for women's and children's rights is miss graham gassett, who joins me now from i disobey bye. thank you so much for taking the time to come onto the show. what have your investigations found? thank you very much, claire and as non to a many, we have launch it a joint investigation with the un office of the high commissioner in their co

office says force is quotes liberated many times villages in the north, the, on the control of the t, p l, f. the government says it's rebuilding some towns damaged during the fighting. additional reinforcements are being sent to join a major offensive against tpl forces. nigerian health officials are found the new omicron variance of cobit 19 was present in the country as early as october. the local center for disease control says retrospective sequencing of previously confirmed cases identified the variant among travelers, africa's most populous country has discovered 2 more cases this week. the new variant omicron was also in europe before south africa alerted the world health organization last week in the netherlands health authorities there say they detected the variant in 2 samples from the 19th and the 23rd of november, scotland 1st minister nicholas sturgeon, also says 9 cases reported, they're all linked to one single event on november. the $21.00 than 20 countries of so far reported cases of omicron health experts in the us also testing samples to see if it is present there. alan f

are going to bring you much more on developments, their integrity after that withdrawal from the t p l f. of course they have just announced that to all try and get some reaction from the region a little bit 8 wrong in the program. ah the u. k. government has warned that further corona virus restrictions might be needed with record case levels reported over the past week. prime minister boris johnson is described. the situation is extremely difficult and urged caution that senior ministers are believed to be pushing back on implementing any measures before christmas journal. how has our point now, so far in england, government guidance against the omi kron variant has focused on the boost vaccination campaign and the pace of the rollout has shut up in recent days, the rate of only grown infection has soared to with scientists warning the new year could bring thousands of hospital admissions and deaths each day if strict measures are brought in soon. at a cabinet meeting on monday, the prime minister boris johnson was found himself caught between the scientists and rebellious ministers an

does this withdraw by the t p l f mean that they are going to dis on that there will be an end to the fighting and hostilities. thank you for having me on when i think that the security forces have been stuck between hot place and iraq because on the one hand and the the international community has been making enormous pressure on them to withdrawal. so that the 18th and government could be convinced into delivering it because they had been government conditioned the delivery of 8 on the ground forces withdrawing on the weekend. although they had to go there to pursue the enemy that would otherwise invade them to gripe. so they had that on the other hand, the pressure but on. ready the other hand, they know that this army would mean that the origin and the different government would invade to grade that the next day and visit the kind of devastation that they had when they returned anita, bow horses were integrated last year. so i don't think disarming is with, within the cost of the to grapples is because if they do that, that would be a better addiction of duty to protect that, to g

office as forces quotes liberated many times and villages in the north were under the control of the t p l f. the government says rebuilding some towns damaged during the fighting. additional reinforcements are being sent. join a major offensive against forces. there was more and more countries detecting the new covered 19 variant. ami kron the latest nigeria, brazil saudi arabia and japan, which is tightening its travel restrictions. the well health organization is warning against temporary travel bands, saying they will not prevent the spread of the disease and could discourage countries from sharing data about evolving variance. no cases have yet been detected in the u. s. however, the centers for disease control says is working to impose stricter cobit 1900 testing rules for air travelers entering the country. alan fishing now from washington. the guided by science is a new variant, but familiar advice from the united states. if you're not vaccinated, get vaccinated, get boasted if you are vaccinated, continue to use the mitigation methods, namely masks. avoiding crowds and poorly ventil

t. p. l. f invaded the territory in june and said on monday they will withdrawing in order to create an opening for peace and enable the flow of humanitarian aid. about 400000 people are facing famine inside. tier gray libyans are scheduled to vote in the presidential election on friday, but it looks as though it's going to be delayed after the head of the high national elections commission. dissolve the electoral committees ending their work, adding to the tensions rival armed groups have been mobilizing in the capitol. troops in the philippines, a res seem to deliver food and water to ravaged islands after typhon ry pummeled the southern in central regions. survivors of the deadly storm was slowly returning to their destroyed homes. at least 375 people were killed. oh, the headlines the south. the stream is coming up next. ah. i think. hi uh for me. okay, today on the street, we focus on security in uganda. a week after a deadly attack in cam paula his alger series, catherine, soy, police and

the degrees people's liberation front will t, p l f appears to be retreating in both am hora and a far regions that neva t grey, where the rebels are based. now soldiers loyal to prime minister abbey af meds have taken back the towns of dessie and come bolger. they are strategically important because they sit on a major national highway. meanwhile though, a spokesman for the to ryan forces confirmed, they have withdrawn saying, we left north show our culture and jesse as part of our plan. there was no organized unit to liberate these towns and the residents. noah's and abby's generals know it. things are going according to our plan. the rest is just circus. well ensued on protest as their say, they won't give up demonstrating against october's military takeover security forces fied, tear gas to disperse crowds marching near the presidential palace on monday. people there also angry about a deal involving a military leader that reinstated the prime minister, they say de la hun dog has betrayed them. by agreeing to a government that is dominated by generals, have been morgan reports now

more battlefield victories against rebels from the northeast to grant people's liberation front or t p l f appears to be retreating in. i'm harder and a far regions which labor to gray, where the rebels based soldiers loyal to private us to abby ahmed, have now taken back the towns of dca and compulsion. the strategically important because they sit on a national highway or a spokesman for the to ground forces confirmed that they withdrawn saying we left north shore, can boucher and dca. as part of our plan, there was no organized unit to liberate these towns and the residents know it. and i, b. s. generals know it, things are going according to our plan. william davison is a senior, ethiopia analyst for the international crisis group. he says, despite how the rebels of characterizing the withdrawals, it's clear that on the back foot of the moment the key thing to look for now, i think is what is the ability of the tick forces to maintain positions in the region? i think they would be a very difficult position if they were forced to withdraw back to take right entirely. if the 2 great 4th i

you will nation back t p l f in to grey. there's food security in eritrea pursuing an independent path. with all the caveats that he thank ira did take 8, he took usaid relief, gimme the 8 things that are not associated with great revolutionary and ever after all, um, do you believe that it is legacy really lives on the fact that he wanted more participation from women in african societies all across the continent and his obsession with environmental politics, which arguably would fit in with good effie and the importance of green politics. yeah, i mean, i think those are really, really good points. i mean, i think that is the car had a certain kind of vision of society, almost of utopian vision. you know, $11.00 which, you know, women to be equal to men in which, you know, the citizens would be good custodians of their natural environment as you're suggesting. he went to in the kitchen. yeah. i mean, i think there was a lot of pushback against that. i mean, you had this head of state who was preaching from discourse and lob

it is reporting more gains against the rebels, bought the t p l f. disputes this or professor cotillion tron, vo is sir head of peace and conflict studies at oslo new university college. and he specializes in this region also traveled widely in the region. he joins me via skype from oslo. now tara tree keeps changing hands as we were just reporting where it's going back and forth. how much of a blow is the loss of lively baylor to the federal government? where labella doesn't hold any military store, attending significant search, but it is a symbolic it tall as it is a well known unesco world heritage site. and so it nationally, it is available. so in that regard it is a drawback, obviously that the government lost control. it but there are other towns like gus and now which might be more strategically important for t d, f and, and for the military offensive they are currently undertaking. so where is the, where is the focus likely to shift to now, what are the t p s force is going to be doing next? well, i think what we hear, it is an intensive military campaign ongoing as we speak for

that to grind people's liberation front will t, p l f appears to be retreating in the m hara, and a far regions that neighbor t y, where the rebels based soldiers, loyal to prime minister. our b of men have now taken back the towns of dessie and con boettcher. their strategically important because they also sit on a major national highway on a spokesman for the d. ryan forces confirmed they have withdrawn saying, we left north show a culture and dessie as part of our plan. there was no organized unit to liberate these towns and the residents. noah's and abuse generals know it, things are going according to our plan. the rest is just circus ensued on protest, as their say, they will not give up demonstrating against october's military take over security forces via t, aghast to disperse crowds, marching near the presidential palace. people are also angry about a deal involving the military leader and the reinstated prime minister. they say abdullah hum dog has betrayed them by agreeing to a government dominated by generals. him. morgan reports now from cartoon. it started with a few 100 p

one more battlefield victories against rebels from the laws that grown people's liberation front or t p l f appears to be retreating in am, horror, and a far regions which labor to grow where the rebels are based. soldiers loyal to prime minister aubrey hoffman have now taken back the tons of dessie and can boucher, their strategically important because they sit on a national highway. a spokesman for the to grand forces confirmed, they have withdrawn, saying, we left north sher can vulture and darcy as part of our plan. there was no organize unit to liberate these towns and the residents note, and abby's general's night things are going according to our plan to suit on where thousands of returns of the streets, maintaining protests against october's military takeover in a subsequent deal that reinstated the prime minister they say that abdullah ham dog betrayed them by agreeing to a government dominated by generals. hipaa. morgan reports now from culture. it started with a few 100 people in different parts of the dance capital cartoon. but soon the numbers swelled to 1000. protesters return

they want to more ground against rebels from the north that a guy in people's liberation front or t p l f appears to be retreating in the hot and far regions. its neighbor today for the rebels, a base soldier's law departments are aubrianna and have now taken back the times with jesse and compulsion there strategically important because they sit on a major national highway, a spokesman for the grand forces confirmed, they have withdrawn and saying we left no show a commotion, and se, as part of our plan, there was no organized units to liberate these times, and the residents know it. and now these generals know it, things are going according to our plan. the rest is just circus. russian president vladimir putin has visited new delhi for talks with prime minister in ramadi. several trade and ons deals have been signed. one of those will see india produced more than 600000 soul trifles. elizabeth, put on him, has more from new delhi. this is in the annual summit between the leaders of the 2 countries, but as the 1st time in the 21 years that the summit has been taking place. that the defens

one more battlefield victories against rebels from the north to grant people's liberation. frontal t p l f appears to be retreating and, and hara and afar regions which neighbor to grey, where the rebels based soldiers loyal to prime minister abbey of met. have now taken back the towns of dessie and composure. their strategically important because they sit on a national highways, but a spokesman for the to grand forces confirm they have withdrawn saying we left north show can boucher and dessie as part of our plan. there was no organize unit to liberate these towns and the residents know it. and abby's generals know it. things are going according to our plan on to sit on where thousands of returns of streets, maintaining protests against october's military takeover and a subsequent deal that reinstated the prime minister. they say that abdullah hm doc betrayed them by agreeing to a government dominated by generals. if morgan reports now from call to it started with a few 100 people in different parts of the dance capital cartoon. but soon the numbers swelled to 1000 protesters. returning b

so you think that it's unlikely that the t p l f that the, the to ground fighters of given up no, absolutely need from me and absolutely not to grant will never do that because it's an existential crisis for them. and so you know, this and this is, this is, this is not the end of it. i mean, they can those battles, but they will not with the war. but, you know, i mean water, you know, i mean, a few months ago they were, it was completely defeated. and then they reached a new one child in combustion when they reached all kinds of places. and so this is, this is mrs. peitner from the just the mean media campaign by the government to try to revive it. sounds viable a viable, but really not far from to you. think that this is not going to be resolved any anytime soon. is there a place for external diplomatic efforts here in trying to solve the crisis externally providing something very effective for me because i mean this, but the point that this has to be, you know, basically getting the literally wasn't within, within the, sadly that's the case because the, the responsibility to protect the in

the dry and people liberation frontal t p l f. appears to be retracing in a mata and a fall regions which neighbor to grey. and that's where the rebels are based. soldiers loyal to prime minister, i'll be, i'll magic, have now taken back to towns of jesse and come bolger. the strategically important because they sit on a national highway will a spokesman for the decry and forces confirmed. they have withdrawn saying, we left north shore, combo cher, and dusty as part of our plan. there was no organized unit to liberate these towns . the residents know it, and these generals know that things are going according to plan. or william davidson is a c, d, e c o, p, or analyst for the international crisis group. he says, despite how the rebels are characterizing with jewels, it's clear on the back force of the moment. the key thing to look for now, i think is what is the ability of the tick forces to maintain positions in the region? i think they would be in a very difficult position if they were forced to withdraw back to take right entirely. if the great 4th is able to maintain position, then

capital, addis ababa on wednesday. government is reporting more gains against the rebels, but are the t p l f. dispute this for ministers from the g 7 group of nations, a warning that russia face is what i calling massive consequences if it invades ukraine. this statement came on the final day of the gathering of foreign ministers from the wealth, which is democracy's g 7 in the city of liverpool. russia's military build up in the ukraine border is dominated the talks. moscow denies any tons of military offensive out there is when we challenge has more from the city of liverpool. so the chief of nations, the united and cali on russia to de escalate to return to diplomatic channels and to abide by its international commitments. they also reaffirms ukraine's sovereignty is territorial integrity and the right to be free to choose its own way in the world. there was a warning, a direct warning to rusher as well, not to invade crane if it did so, it would suffer severe consequences. we can hear how this trust u. k. foreign secretary put it. we've sent a very clear united message to vladimir putin

the government says it's making progress in is captured, more towns, state media reporting the t p l f has lost all of its positions inside the are far region. but the rebels leader has denied his troops of withdrawing and is called the government claims war propaganda of ally r. v. in war there is progress and regression. this is the nature of war. the recite that we have seized, and others that we've evacuated. and within the framework of the strategy that we set, we withdrew from some positions and we re deployed. this is not because of military pressures changing these positions was our decision. friends present, manuel micron is in saudi arabia where he has joined the phone call. that's been hailed as an important 1st step towards resolving a rift between the kingdom and the lebanon. but con, met, crown prince. ma hm had been sell man, and the leaders also spoke with lebanon's prime minister. it's the 1st such communications in saudi arabia of the gulf. countries and lebanon became locked in a diplomatic dispute. on friday, lebanon's information minister resigned, hoping to ease t

deborah michael is a writer. french got dot com, which is aligned the t p l f. it's been documenting the fighting. now he says, but while they might have retreated, it doesn't mean they're going to disarm. when i think the courses have been stuck between hot place and iraq, because on the one hand the, the international community has been making enormous pressure on them to withdrawal . so that the governments could be converted into age because they depend government conditions the delivery of a joint of though they have to go back to the, to the enemy that would otherwise invade. right. so they have that in the other 100 percent. in the other hand, they know that this would mean that the government will base to drive the next day, visit the kind of devastation that they have when they return from hoses where integrated not yet. so i don't think this is within the cost. in this example, because if they do that, that will be a better duty to protect mr. grant against poses that made it clear that they would invade. if there was an opportunity to do that, ah, you

right now what we're seeing is mainly a conflict between the gulf meant and a t p l. f forces target to gray and rebels from the north. are they signed so that it might be evolving into communist violence? one thing we should note is that it was sort of very serious insurgency, counter insurgency, situation that has been growing and are a mere region and the country's largest. but indeed, i'm, that has been a civil war ongoing between the federal government and take great government for over a year. now, just in the last few days, you've seen the significant what looks like a potentially significant shift in the complex dynamics and possible. it's a gray forces advance and partnership with those or rebels on the cap to do i just have a book that does not look likely to be happening imminently. i suspect your forces have made some game, but in terms of communal violence, yes, there is a strong into community elements. so there's a very significant political problem between the horror and the great leadership and the people at large and as part of its complet because they

despite criticism from human rights groups and an ethiopia the to grind people's liberation front, the t p l f says it will withdraw from several regions it had captured in the last few months. the withdrawal could mark a turning point and a possible step towards a ceasefire. after 13 months of brutal war, the eeoc and government says the t p. a lapse announcement is a cover up tactic for its recent military setbacks. ethiopia has been engaged in a civil war for over a year, has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions. well, both sides in this conflict have been accused of atrocities with reports of rape and gender based violence being used against girls as young as sex. that you feel keen human rights commission has launched an investigation. and there commissioner for women's and children's rights is mascara, and guess it who joins me now from i disobey bye. thank you so much for taking the time to come onto the show. what have your investigations found? thank you very much, claire and as non to a many we have and launch it a joint investigation with the un office of the hi

and in ethiopia, the te gray people's liberation front, the t p l f says it will withdraw from several regions it had captured in the last few months. the withdrawal could mark a turning point and a possible step towards a ceasefire. after 13 months of brutal war, ethiopia government says the tpr last announcement is a cover up tactic for its recent military setbacks. ethiopia has been engaged in civil war for over a year, which has killed a tens of thousands of people and displaced millions. well, both sides in this conflict have been accused of atrocities with reports of rape and gender based violence being used against girls as young as sex. that yield in human rights commission has launched an investigation. and their commissioner for women's and children's rights is miss graham gassett, who joins me now from i disobey bye. thank you so much for taking the time to come onto the show a what have your investigations found here. thank you very much, claire and as non to a many we have and launch it a joint investigation with the un office of the high commissioner in their covering in