A new law that disqualifies prodemocracy legislators. The u. S. Reports its highest daily death toll from coated 1000 since early may. Health experts warn the pandemic is accelerating. And Jerry Rowlings the military coup leader who guided ghanas transition to democracy. As time goes small says finally, teazle fortuitously, the most delayed and the law is only beginning drawing was a beings with many jews are so driving these opposition now, ethiopias military says its making gains in the northern tikrit region where the federal government is battling local forces this offensive began last week. The ethiopian Prime Minister, met accuse the Regional Government of attacking a military base. Aid agencies are warning they cannot bring much needed supplies into the region because of the fighting. Thousands of people have since fled, many of them to neighboring sudan, while aljazeera to morgan is near sudans, war that with ethiopia will be speaking to her and just a few minutes but 1st. Lets go to mohamed atta, hes in the capital, addis ababa. Mo, weve been hearing that theyre making gains, allegedly, the european military, but obviously its very hard to get information out of the t grade region. And these are 2 very well sides. Just what do we know about how this offensive is actually going on the ground . Well, you know, as muslims have the saying, they have gained ground in the western part of the country, close to the border without a tray. And also on the border. If you have your husband with should done say they have taken at the town of just what is they have said they have taken them now theyve taken the tal, which is not far away from the falls. They say theyve also taken the tonsil. Shoot and shoot out as well as the ancient city of exile, which has got a lot of historical importance here in ethiopia. Because most of the fighting school husband concentrated on the western part of the 2 growing region. And it has involved clashes between ground troops, as well as expected to rule and the death tolls, as well as a killer, a dools which have caused so much cultural truce on both sides. The government here in addis ababa maintains this operation until it achieves its objectives of this, that the people of militias, as well as bringing their leadership to justice, will nominate add to his record and would suggest that he really isnt interested. And deescalation, which statements would also seem to suggest that there is foreign leaders are getting involved they offering to mediate. Where do you see this going well, the government here assumes or continuing with this operation. They have been hovering in a situation of no war nor peaceful for most of the posts. 2 years theyve been local define, they say from the to grab the leadership and they say they want to see it done and dusted with. But again, how will get done among them are all together because thats a great difference from. Well, some diplomats say up to 250000 troops. They have been bottle hardened with not only with the fight against train, twice actually, and also the fight against the war against to highlight the movie. Not all. Oh well, if this conflict and trends and gets trucked of many people are feeling for this. But really to review the whole region. Mohamed atta is there for us in addis ababa. Thanks so much. Mohammed. Well now lets speak to morgan. She is joining us live from got a race in sudan, which is right near the ethiopian border. And i know youve been traveling all day to get there. Can you give us a sense of what you were seeing, especially in terms of this, what appears to be an unfolding humanitarian crisis on the ground . Yes, indeed. You know, when talking to local aid organizations who are at the border, receiving those refugees, and they say that the influx of refugees is quite high. They say that more than 10000 have arrived over the last 48 hours alone. And those are the ones who have already crossed the border and crossed the river barrier between sudan in ethiopia, into sudanese territory. Now they say hundreds of thousands more are waiting asper their estimation across the border. Of course they see it in border waiting for 4 weans to be able to come into sudan seeking refuge. Most of them are women and children, but theyre also include former combat zones. People whove laid down their arms to seek refuge here in sudanese territory. So what happens upon arrival, they say is that those refugees are then screened for health reasons, but they also screen to make sure that theyre not armed so that this conflict does not spill over the border. Then comes the issue of settling them into camps already. There were refugee settlements here in the state of god, out of as well as the neighboring state of kosovo where refugees are already arriving. All of them have been saying that they already were in need of humanitarian assistance, that the systems was already too little. And that with this influx of refugees, which is expected to reach up to 200000 in the coming 3 days, the situation will be dire and that he needs very organizations here in sudan and international relief. And he just step up to whats holding to be a crisis, huge numbers. And we knew, and ive been speaking for several days now about how this could potentially destabilize the entire horn of africa with conflict, spilling over borders. And i know in the, in the area where youre standing, there have been clashes along that border between a caribbean sudan between various different groups that some of which support the grand force and some of which dont, could we see further clashes . Do you think . Well the border situation between saddam and here we have always been very unstable, very volatile. There are parts of the border here between us and that is being thats neighboring. Ethiopia, that has been disputed on between the 2 sides and which has resulted in officials visiting the took between 2 official visits between the 2 countries to try to demarcate those orders to end such conflicts. Weve seen in february and in may this conflict unfolding into what would turn out to be armed clashes and leading to the death of, of military officials here in sudan military officers, as well as if european soldiers. So there are quite some border tensions, and the border has always been porous to begin with. There were reports of smuggling, there were reports of human trafficking, which is why sudan upon these thoughts of this conflict in the take region announced that it is shutting down its border and goes out of state and also in custody state and deployed more than 6000. 00 troops now this comes at a very sensitive time for sudan, the Prime Minister of sudan up in the hands of is going to be the head of the intergovernmental of origin development. Thats the east african block. That brings together various groups of nations here in east africa, including if european and sudan, and he has offered to mediate in this conflict. Weve also seen the security and defense, our committee that somebody, thats a sponsor of security. You down. Im moving an extraordinary meeting discussing the issue that is unfolding here at the border, and theyve offered to mediate saying that theyre concerned about how this will spill over. But if you visit so far, as for the envoy that came to sudan on tuesday, it is that this is unnecessary and that the situation will be dealt with in the shortest time possible. Have been morgan there on the ground for us very near the ethiopian border on the sudanese side of that. Well be speaking to have a loss in the coming days, much in that situation for us. Thank you. Have well now the European Union is demanding that china reverse a new rule thats led to 4 hong kong legislators being sacked, opposition. Politicians in the city have resigned on mass in solidarity. On wednesday, china passed a law allowing legislators to be barred if theyre deemed to pose, a National Security threat. Now the u. K. , which handed the territory to china in 1907, so that move undermines hong kongs autonomy and has summoned the chinese ambassador. The u. S. Has also threatened more sanctions against chinese and hong kong officials. Adrian brown reports from hong kong. Hong kongs Legislative Assembly was quieter than usual on thursday. Now that almost a quarter of its lawmakers have resigned or been disqualified and staging whats likely to be their last protest. The chinese characters say hong kongs leader carrie lamb has pulled calamity to the territory and its people shell stink for 10000 years. The slogan was displayed by democratic lawmaker lambchop, who must now give up his office. By the end of the month, i will keep fighting for democracy of hong kong, their version of enda and hand together with all the home people and the Civil Society to face against the dictatorship. This is what chinas leaders want to stamp out. Lawmakers behaving badly with those from the democratic camp accused of being the main culprits. Chinas government has condemned the mass resignation of almost all hong kongs opposition as a farce with only themselves to blame for their downfall. Says a soul. Hong kong delegate to chinas most powerful political body, eats only a little the year. What china has been doing is based on the constitution and basic law, therefore everything should be done in accordance with the law. We cannot bad mouth one country 2 systems and the Chinese Government analysts say hong kongs legislature is set to become little more than a rubber stamp parliament, but dissent outside the chamber will likely continue. What does this mean . This means continuing instability. You can push it down with the police, you can push it down with the rest. But it will just it really. It is not clear what this all means for elections supposed to have been held 2 months ago, but now pushed back until september next year. Because of covert 19 on thursday, chinese officials here in hong kong warned that legislators who resign or have been disqualified, should not be eligible to stand in that poll. Wednesday shake up of Parliament Comes just 4 months after chinas government imposed a sweeping National Security law on the territory that some critics call draconian. And in spite of continuing International Criticism, chinas leadership remains both confident and defiant. Adrian brown, aljazeera hong kong. More ahead for you this news hour, including anger on the streets of angola. Protesters defy coronavirus perfectionism to call for election stock and waiting for help. Imagine secrets rushed to rescue those restaurant after tighter invalid kind of battles in the philippines and in sport. Well tell you why a strain is created as well, not to be wearing a traditional green and gold in their upcoming firies. Thats all coming up. What he said. Now ukraines president has now been hospitalized after becoming the latest leader to contract private 19 revenues. A landscape spokeswoman told voices, news agency, the decision to go to the hospital was to quote, accurately isolate and not expires, anyone . Well, as countries and governments across europe struggle to contain a rapidly spreading 2nd wave, the World Health Organization is warning them not to lift restrictions too fast. The agency says that could lead to, a major increase in cases. Andersons reports for the u. K. , its another landmark in the spread of covidien, 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 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 as and 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 over spilt 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. 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. I havent yet spent, id. Only now we have to wards that up 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 runner vaccine with biotech. The e. U. Says its buying 300000000 doses. Andries simmons aljazeera. Well now the u. S. Has recorded its west daily death toll from harvard, 19th and early may, and Health Experts are warning that the pandemic there is accelerating. Nearly 2000 more americans died on wednesday, taking the total number of fatalities, 2241800 people. It was also the 9th straight day when the number of new cases topped 100000. Now texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases even as the virus surges political paralysis is dominating washington with president refusing to concede defeat to joe biden. Our white house, correspondent can be how it is standing by for us in washington, d. C. , but 1st. Lets go to john hendren. Hes in wilmington, delaware bidens, home state. Now, john, i know that joe biden has said that, dealing with this pandemic is his priorities, or do you think then we should be reading into his choice of ron klain, the socalled czar, as his new chief of staff. Absolutely, that is probably one of the main reasons joe biden picked ron klain right now. Theres a vicious 2nd wave of the covert 1000 virus sweeping across. The u. S. , and hot spots are everywhere. L. A. , texas new york and the midwest 10500000 cases. 242000 dead, joe biden has been talking about that nearly every day. Donald trump has not talked about it in several days. Biden picked clane, who was, a long time aide of his from as far back as the 1980 s. , in part because he led the, the task force back in the obama administration. And perhaps one of the reasons democrats say that we havent heard more about a bola, is that he did such an effective job in stopping it from becoming an epidemic here in the United States. But the president is not, or the president elect, i should say, is not getting all of the information. And thats because since the white house has not acknowledged and certified him as the next president of the us, hes not getting the president ial daily briefings. The Intelligence Briefings that would tell him, among other things, how bad the covert epidemic is across the u. S. And what the future threats might be. Theres as senator senator lankford has said, hes a republican. He said that if donald trump doesnt forces administration to certify joe biden as the next leader so that he can get those briefings that langford will intervene with the trumpet ministration and try to get them to respond. Meanwhile, joe biden has just been acting as if he is the president elect, as you might expect. Hes been taking congratulatory calls from the leaders of japan, of australia, of south korea. And hes been talking substantive policy on coronavirus and Climate Change on the kinds of things that they can do. But he wont have the full picture until he gets those briefings. Interestingly, comolli harris is on the Senate Intelligence committee. She gets a certain measure of Intelligence Briefings that joe biden does not. John hendren there for us in wilmington, delaware. Thank you so much, john. Well, lets move over to washington d. C. Now and our White House Correspondent candy, how that can be. Meanwhile, as all of this is going on, trump does appear to be holding fast to his refusal to concede whats on the cards for him today. The u. S. President is expected to have meetings with some of his top advisers as he did yesterday with his top election officials, the u. S. President continuing not to concede and the there is a growing awareness in the United States and even among his counterparts. That in fact, the president may never concede or accept the election results. This is something that well, it wouldnt affect gratian of the transfer of power. The donald trump simply will not ever make that phone call to joe biden. Now in the midst of all of this, the president , while he has been maintaining a low profile, has in fact continued to rail on twitter about concerns about elective Election Integrity as well as irregularities. The feeling is that the reason the u. S. President is taking this position is because he believes that the 72000000 people that voted for him in contrast to the 77 that voted for joe biden, that they deserve a fight if you will. So that is what the president is giving them, even as he starts to explore options for his future, including the potential for a media network, something that he believes might be necessary given the conservative Network Fox News in the United States he believes, did not support him in the 2020 contest, White House Correspondent kimberly hocket there for us. Thanks so much. Kimberly. Lets now dig into this with rina shah. She joins me also from washington, d. C. She is a republican strategist and also a founder of republican women for biden. Me thanks for being back with us here on aljazeera. I want to start with your background as a political strategist. What do you think is trumps ground plan here to be genuinely think you can change the result or is this rather an attempt to construct a narrative ahead of a potential run again in 2024 . I think its a combination of book and to be honest, you know, the president in 2016, many sources that said he was not expecting to win. In fact, if you look at the photos of him and Vice President pens from election day, its one of my favorite things to look at. I mean, they just look action. They couldnt believe they pulled it off. We d