Meet to calm election tensions which have now claimed that least 85. 00 lives, plus the armenian Prime Ministers future hangs in the balance after thousands them and his resignation, branding him a traitor over them, and corner cutting back ceasefire. Deal with your support with less than a day until the delayed masters Golf Tournament. Tiger woods is on the prowl as he looks to defend these green jackets well hear from the World Health Organization has described europe as a cautionary tale of the dangers of easing. Coronavirus restrictions the continent is experiencing in aggressive surgeon infections with daily fatalities steadily raw, ising towards the peak of the 1st wave back in spring or than 50000. 00. People have now died from covered 19 in the u. K. Alone. And initially, once the epicenter of europes outbreak, 623. 00 people have died in just the last day. Andrew symonds reports for the u. K. Its another landmark in the spread of covert, and its causing a lot more than 50000. 00. People who tested positive have died. Britains total of dead is now the highest in europe. Nearly 600. 00 deaths on wednesday overtakes figures since may in the 1st wave. Every death is a tragedy. I mean we mourn everybody whos gone and with their families or friends as well. Were not out of the woods yet. It does still require everybody to follow the guidance elsewhere in europe, the spread is on the increase too. In italy where hotels are now being used to cope with an over spill of patients. The number of cases has now passed 1000000. Thats despite increased lockdown restrictions, such as here in florence. Spains number of dead within 24 hours has increased to more than 400. 00. Its the highest since the 2nd wave began. France is now using mobile units to treat non covert patients because of demands on its hospitals. Germany as well continues to struggle. Now we have 2 awards that are pretty much at full capacity. And while we are barely able to do our jobs, hungary is the latest country to increase its lockdown measures. Its parliament has called a 3 month state of emergency that imposes an overnight National Curfew on the ground Counter Measures in the fight against covert increase. And the race to introduce vaccination programs is also exaggerating. The European Union has signed a contract with pfizer, which has developed the front run of vaccine with bio tech. The e. U. Says its buying 300000000 doses, hundreds simmons aljazeera. Well, iran meanwhile has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll. Since the pandemic began, 462 people died over the past 24 hours. The Health Ministry also confirmed a Record Number of daily infections at almost 12000 cases. More than 39600, people have now died from the virus in iran, which is the worst hit nation in the middle east. Coronavirus restrictions are being reimposed in several states across the u. S. Says infections a shatter more records there. According to the covert tracking project, 131000. 00 new cases were confirmed on tuesday, and texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases. Almost 62000 people are currently hospitalized with the virus thats more than ever before. Measures have been tightened in california and several midwest states after the onset of Colder Weather threatens to overwhelm some hospitals. I tell you this in all sincerity, oklahoma. We are in trouble. Our local and state Health Care Resources are approaching their limits. And if nothing is done soon to slow the rise in cases, our hospitals will be more overwhelmed than they already are. And we wont be able to be there for all of those who need it. Well, lisa america case is the senior director of Infection Prevention at the Johns HopkinsHealth System. She joins us via skype from baltimore. Madame, thank you for joining us here on aljazeera. Well, were just hearing the situation in europe where obviously the was very inspiring then lockdowns were slightly ease that now were seeing a 2nd wave that threatens being forced worse than the 1st. Are we seeing, a similar situation in the u. S. Or how would you describe the situation there . We are seeing a similar situation in the united states. Unfortunately, were having Record Numbers of hospitalizations and cases. And one of the most disturbing things is that it is really across our entire country right now. With the vast majority of states seeing increases in cases so obviously get some kind of easing of the lockdown. Could be the reason what do you think the main factors are for the record breaking numbers that were seeing now in the u. S. . Well, as youve described, we too had relaxed restrictions in many of our states. And people quite frankly are fatigued. And we also have some that are quite angry about the restrictions and resisting recommendations to wear masks, and to practice physical distancing. So the combination of that along with the turn in the weather to colder months. And people gathering inside have all contributed as well. Schools reopening and businesses reopening in europe. Weve seen National Health systems that were certainly under the threat of being overwhelmed and the, the Health System in the u. S. Is their friend. So what is a situation like there, are there any states where it looks like the Health Facilities might be overwhelmed then . I guess what precautions will there be in that case . You know, we are starting to see overwhelming numbers in certain geographic regions, and i think they the capacity of hospitals and our Health Care System is of primary concern. The sharp rise in the number of cases and hospitalizations is threatening to overrun and the available beds and staffing. So staffing shortages of Health Care Workers are one of our most critical concerns at the moment. In the 1st wave, new york is one of the hot spots, one of the hot spots. Now unfortunately though, earlier in the pandemic, we had different geographic areas in our country involved at different times. Now its widespread, really throughout the country. We do have some areas across the midwest that are struggling more than other states, but really the vast majority of states are seeing sharp increases in the number of cases hospitalizations and deaths. We are just really at the beginning of winter, which is quite worrying me somewhat. I got a senior director of Infection Prevention at the Johns HopkinsHealth System. Adam, thank you. Thank you. Now at least 85 people are now confirmed to have died in the violence surrounding ivory coasts disputed election. Thats double the previous estimate. The government updated the death toll ahead of a meeting between the president and the head of the main opposition designed to calm tensions. The clashes began in august when president Alassane Ouattara confirmed that he was running for a controversial 3rd term. What data won the election on october 31st with more than 94 percent of the vote. After an opposition boycott. We have agreed that peace is the thing that is most precious to both of us and to all ivorians. Weve decided to work in that direction and this was a 1st meeting to establish the trust. Weve agreed to meet again very soon in order to continue this dialogue which is started so well. Now the trust has been restored and i dont want to go to i todays meeting, we broke the wall of ice the silence, and that we will in the days and weeks to come, we will continue to call each other meet in order to bring the country back to what it was before. And i think the dress has more now from our vision. Its more american on the branch and of course on a time to buy we work for government to ensure some form of normality across the country. I recon im brady, a former president was part of the movement to work through with a 21. 00 president ial election. Today hes met with president alassane. Ouattara will go. That meeting lasted less than an hour. It was commanded by both sides and a progress of some form of progress. And of course, the groundwork for future negotiations according to the 2 leaders has been delayed initially before coming here. Remember, since the election, hows of our economy and other opposition . Leaders have been surrounded by Security Forces today as we were driving to this venue in france, where an awesome water was for the infant to turn during his fight for the supreme of the of the seat of president with laurent gbagbo. Go for till we saw that the Security Forces have been moved away from a mr. Bridges house and also away from the its parties that quarters. So thats a Significant Development in terms of the only branch thing were talking about. And also both leaders agreed that what is more important now for ivory coast peace. At least one person has been killed after angolan Security Forces used live ammunition to disperse antigovernment protesters. Several others were injured when police and one that opened fire on the crowd of young men. Demonstrations were held in the capital in several of the cities to mark the countrys independence day. Protesters had the fide coronavirus restrictions on large gatherings to demand the better jobs and local elections the conflict. 7 in northern ethiopia is threatening to explode into an all out civil war, which could ingolf the entire horn of africa. At least 11000 people have now fled the fighting in te great province for sudan. And officials there fear that number could swell to 200000 in the next few days, that theyre fleeing a brutal air and Ground Campaign ordered by Prime Minister ahmed hundreds have died in communications and transport routes have been cut of the operation began after abby accused the tea great Peoples Liberation front which controls the region of attacking a military base, but the t. P. M. Left denies that calling it an excuse to deploy the military. That the p. L. F. Dominated ethiopias Ruling Coalition for 29 years until victory in 2018. Since then, it says its been sidelined when i view postponed this years election because of the coronavirus, the regions leaders went ahead with local elections anyway. He but morgan is in sudans capital hard to, she says there are concerns that some of the ethiopian refugees crossing into sudan are fighters fleeing the conflict. The bordering states, of course, already had camps that were housing or hosting refugees, even prior to the conflict that had broken out in the tigre region in ethiopia. Last week there were already hundreds of refugees there waiting to be processed, saying that they want to be moved to a 3rd country and they were receiving humanitarian aid. And they were already saying that the aid that they were receiving is not sufficient for them. Now the Sudanese Government is saying that the number of refugees that are flowing are just too much for them to cope with. They say that more than 1000 have already crossed over and have been processed, but there are more than 6000 that are still waiting processing. They say that thats because 1st of all theyre worried about the health precaution. This is, of course, happening during a pandemic, the global coronavirus pandemic. And theyre saying that theyre concerned about those who could potentially be infected. Theyre also worried about how they would be able to cope with the number of refugees, especially the women and children who may be carrying diseases such as cholera. Thats something that they say theyre concerned about. The ministry of health is saying that its taking all precautions to make sure that they have access to clean water and that there is some kind of dense the distance between the refugees. The other concern is who among the amongst those refugees are militants. And one of the who amongst them are civilians, they are have been reports from local authorities. That some of those people who have crossed over into sudan are waiting to be processed are militants who have surrendered their weapons and are waiting to be housed in camps. The United Nations has expressed its concerns over the humanitarian situation in the region. We are told that communications continue to be disrupted. There are also reports of inter in term and did electrical Electricity Supply shortages as well as shortages of basic commodities such as flour and fuel are also being reported. Banks remain closed in the shortage of vailable. Cash is becoming much more acute. We urge governments in the neighboring countries to keep their borders open for people, forced to flee from their homes and u. N. H. Shores. Also asking if you open a thora, has to take steps to allow the agency to keep providing assistance to the safety, safety for refugees, and internally displaced people who are in te great. The United Nations is calling on the mozambique government to investigate reports of a massacre in the north of the country by fighters. Linked to eisele. Local media says as many as 50 people have been killed, many the capitated in cabo delgado province in the past few days. Including women and children, the region is home to a multibillion dollar natural gas project. Well, thousands of people have been the splay since armed groups began operating there 3 years ago, seizing key towns for brief periods, and hoping to set up a caliphate. Amnesty international is also accused mozambique and soldiers of committing atrocities during its crackdown on the violence. French president , the man who in mccrone has tweeted about the violence in french and portuguese. He recounted details of the attack and said it highlighted the threat posed by quote, barbarians, who hijack a religion of peace to sow terror. And he said, islamist terrorism is an International Threat that calls for an international response. Wasnt i that machado is a Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch and joins us now from mozambiques capital. Im a put a madam, sank you so much for talking to us about this horrific crime and one that had some precedents a few months ago. Tell us what more we know about this recent attack. What we know about the recent attack is that it took place in a district called movie doomed b. Its very difficult for us for a good to know the details because my understanding is that people running away from what is like when do me almost seem either by or karma as seeking refuge in a place called mandeep. Wish. While other people are seeking refuge in pemba, so we havent really been able to speak to many people in one deployed by the few we spoke to explain to us that the insurgents have been attacking we dont since last week. Its believed that they have control of some of the areas of the district. And as they do in many areas that they attack, they have beheaded people also in the numbers. We cant really confirm the ones that have been reported so far, but they dont really surprises because unfortunately didnt have been using beheadings as a weapon or after of war. They appreciate you may not know exact answers and like you say, this is happening in very inaccessible areas. For example, very difficult to get any kind of images out of the area. But as far as you can tell why you would these groups target these areas and these people for 4 different reasons, one can speak with later, that is because those areas allow for conflicts to take place. These are people that have lived in poverty for many years, but in the recent decades, those areas have discovered the not of wealth, including guy as oil, and some precious stones like rubies. But none of those wells has benefited the majority of the people. So there is clearly a large number of people that the students that arent happy, a large number of youth unemployment and theyre ready to join any type of group. And this group is recruiting, for example, using money, which is what the us needs. Its usually girauds ideology, which some of thats the majority of that population because my jollity of people in those areas that theyre being at that are muslims. And the ideology that these dear describes, are using that unfortunately, somehow link it to islam. Weve seen International Pressure on this. The u. N. Is calling for the government to investigate reports of the massacre. We saw the french president manuel mccrone tweet about how really its an international problem. What kind of response has there been both to this attack and previous ones . By the government of mozambique, the government has been saying that it has made some military gains. But all came there have been various costs in terms of detail of those military gains. And even when, for example, there was a press conference to tell as that dean surge and serve, for example, killed civilians or be handed so many people. They still dont tell us who the people be had had. They dont tell us all those. How are they going to do to make sure that nobody else is that kept on the same way . And again, when they talk about military gains, those ones contradict what were hearing from the city where finally managed to find their way to our way out of those areas of insecurity. What theyre telling us is that they have been running away from them for days, weeks, months they have been, i think, in the bush, and during the time theyve been running away, they saw not presence of soldiers or any state apparatus whatsoever. Senator machado Senior Researcher of Human Rights Watch speaking to us from approach to the capital of mozambique, madam sank. You for sharing your knowledge of this case with us. Thank you. Coming up on this news hour from london, hong kongs prodemocracy lawmakers resigned on mass in protest of the