The desperate search for survivors after a migrant boat sinks. 6 months old baby among the dozens killed in the mediterranean shipwreck, ethiopias Prime Minister has claimed a massive victory in the Northern Region of t. Gray with the federal government is battling local forces. The brutal air and Land Campaign has raised fears of a humanitarian crisis. With hundreds killed and thousands displaced across the border. Made says his forces have quote, liberated the western part of t. Gray, and that the army is now providing humanitarian assistance to those in the area. Its fighting the tikrit Peoples Liberation front, which the government considers illegal. 11000. 00 ethiopians have already fled the conflict to neighboring sudan. Local Authorities Say that theyre actually preparing for up to 200000 the rifles. Well, the offensive began last week after Prime Minister are accused of regional government, of attacking a military base. Aid agencies warn that they cant bring much needed supplies into t. Grade because of the fighting phone lines are cut off and transport has been halted in and out of the region. The harbor though is following developments and has this update from ethiopias capital, addis ababa . They are saying they have gained ground in the western part of the country, close to the border with their tray, and also on the border. If you appear house with the done, they say they have taken at the town of mayra just on wednesday. They have said they have taken the airport, they are now theyve taken the town which is not far away from the airport. They say theyve also taken the towns of sugar out as well as the asian city of exit, which has got a lot of historical importance here. Because most of the fighting school has been concentrated on the western part of the to gray region. And it has involved clashes between Ground Troops as well as anthrax targeting fuel. And the polls as well as a killer, a dools, which have caused so much casualties on both sides. The government here in addis ababa maintains this operation will not stop until it achieves its objectives of this calming the 3 people of militias as well as bringing their leadership to justice. For what it does, there was a u. N. Says about half of those are children. Even more than is on the sudanese side of the border where aid agencies are preparing for yet more displaced people. The sea, hundreds of thousands more are waiting as per their estimation across the border. Of course, if you can border waiting for 4 weans to be able to come into sudan seeking refuge. This the most of them are women and children, but theyre also include former combatants, people whove laid down their arms to seek refuge here in sydneys 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 and then comes the issue of settling them into camps already there were refugee settlements here in the state of get out of as well as the neighboring states. Of course, i know where refugees are already arriving. All of them have been saying that they already were in need of humanitarian assistance. That the assistance was already too little, and that with this influx of refugees, it 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. To step up to whats unfolding to be a crisis in the u. K. Has reported its highest number of daily corona virus infections. Since the pandemic began with 33000. 00, new cases, confirmed, record rises are being seen across europe, which is battling an aggressive 2nd wave. Frances warned that further measures could be imposed soon after the Prime Minister revealed that one person is admitted to hospital with kovan, one team every 30 seconds. That he reports in a small town south of brussels, a funeral director is burying the dead. He says almost everyone dying in the area is a victim of covered 90 something that wasnt the case in the 1st wave of greeces surgeon infections is pushing the Hospital System to its limits with doctors warning they wont be able to give proper care for the difference is that the number of patients is much bigger and so is the pressure on the clinics and the i. C. U. Units, the ages are also much lower than they were. Instead of a 2 year old that we now have 50 and 60 year old in italy, Prime Minister is resisting calls for a 2nd nationwide lockdown. But here in the south, hospitals are being overwhelmed with more and more people being treated in their cars outside given oxygen or placed on drips as they wait to be admitted. The outlook is similar in germany to the missing on stuff. We must prepare ourselves for the situation to worsen in the coming weeks. Some clinics could reach their limits on it is possible that patients may no longer be able to receive optimal care everywhere. Meanwhile in ukraine, president vladimir skeet is in hospital in kiev after contracting the virus on monday. The countrys imposed a lockdown at weekends, but its just reported a new data record of 11000 cases. Europe has just 10 percent of the worlds population, but 25 percent of global cobbett, 19 deaths with winter looming and infection surging. The picture is getting worse. At the Paris Peace ForumWorld Leaders have committed to ensuring equal access to look at tensions that see something that cant come soon enough. They didnt bother aljazeera. The u. S. To stop Infectious Diseases expert says the country can avoid another coronavirus lockdown if people get serious about hygiene measures, including masks, and social distancing, antenna found chairs are urged vigilance during the wait for us, the vaccines, but says that they could start having a major positive effect as early as next month. The u. S. Is just recorded its highest number of daily deaths since may. The state of texas alone has passed 1000000 confirmed cases with california expected to follow soon. But the pandemic is surprisingly top of the agenda for president elect. Joe biden. Lets go live to john hendren who is in bidens. Hometown of wilmington, delaware. As a john corner virus might be bidens number one. Priorities even started setting up a task force to deal with it, but its not the only problem hes facing. Is it thats right, joe biden isnt able to do anything formally in terms of policy until january 20th, when hes inaugurated, but hes doing what he can. Hes appointed his new chief of staff, ron klain, and thats key because claim was the head of the a bullet task force under the obama administration. Hes also a long time aide of oh, by biden. And he is a help biden craft his response to the virus which is spinning out of control in the United States right now with a 69 percent increase in cases just over the past 2 weeks. But bidens got other problems. Hes not getting all of the information he could be getting about whats going on in the u. S. Because hes not getting the president ial daily briefings. Normally when you become president elect, you get the same briefing that the president does. Hes not getting those in because donald trump has not allowed his government to recognize that biden is the president , president elect. So that means among other things, he doesnt hear all the latest information about whats going on in the coronavirus. So now 8 republican senators, even many who are supporting Donald Trumps effort to overturn that election, are saying that he needs to get those briefings that biden does and 142 former National Security officials are saying this same. They say this dangerous for him not to get those briefings in the fact that george w. Bush had a 37 day delay because of the dispute in the 2000 election. That meant that as president , he was less prepared to deal with the 911. 00 attacks when they occurred. That was the finding of the 911. 00 commission, a Congressional Commission that came up with that finding. So biden, meanwhile, is receiving congratulations like any other president elect with the latest comes from the pope who said he looked forward to working with joe biden on a number of issues. Biden has just left wilmington, within the past hour or so on his way to his Vacation Home and beach, where were told hell be working through the weekend on sunday. 100 with the latest from wilmington, delaware, john, thank you. And as we were hearing there, the Biden Transition Team is still waiting on legal challenges from the Trump Administration to resolve themselves. Lets cross to our white house correspondent, kimberly halkett. She is in washington d. C. For us. So kimberly were, are we at with these legal challenges . Well, the u. S. President continues to meet with his Election Team as recently as wednesday, looking his, his prospects for overturning the projected election results. But joe biden would rather donald trump would have to overturn states joe biden. Won michigan, nevada, wisconsin, pennsylvania, and those are projected to be long shots in terms of doing that. Still, the u. S. President continues to raise money and continues to rail on twitter against not only the media companies, but also the electoral process in and of itself that it was not fair that there was widespread voter fraud and irregularities still on capitol hill. There are some republicans that are now akhil weighing support for the bid for joe biden to be getting intelligence briefings. And there are also some Top Democrats that are urging other republicans to begin to accept the election results. The republicans should stop their shenanigans about an election that President Trump has already lost and focus their attention on the immediate issue at hand. Providing relief to a Country Living through the cold, the health and Economic Crises when it comes to the election. Republicans, Congressional Republicans dont have the evidence. They dont have the proof. They dont have anything you that is the president congress, Congressional Republicans are deliberately casting doubt on our elections for no other reason, but fear of donald trump. Now in terms of a concession phone call by donald trump to joe biden, that still appears unlikely. Many are now suggesting that don top may never accept the results of the election. The argument being that he believes that 72000000 plus people that voted for him deserve a fight, and that is what he is delivering. He is indeed can really help you with the latest from the white house can really thank you. A major search operation is underway off the libyan coast, after 74 people including a 6 month old baby drowned when their ship broke down on its way to europe. The Un Migration Agency says the boat was carrying more than 120. 00 people, including women and children. When it left, the port of homes, fishermen helped the libyan coast guard, bring dozens of survivors back to shore. What it has the latest now from tripoli. About 31 bodies we retrieved, some of them will retrieve the by libyas coast guard. In the city of, of the capital tripoli. International organization for migration is raising concern over 3 cuenta cases where my grandson refugees, including women and children drowned in the mediterranean sea. But i spoke to libyas coast guard officers, they say that they have not been encouraged to conduct an interception patrols recently because they dont want to bring risk, youd migrants and refugees back to libya for the safety of the say that they come out of 4 to accommodate them with Detention Centers closed for the time being because of fear of covert 19 infection. I would break still to come this half hour this place that 3 decades ago, why some people will not return to their corner karabakh region despite an agreement to end in the thousands and the prehistoric monument with a modern problem, archaeologists and environmentalists battle a plan to divert traffic from england. Whats your central and east . Europe has been sitting under these dismal conditions, but its back to be pushed out of the way because we still got the actor stuff coming off the atlantic for the british isles, for scandinavia has been down through france and iberia. Now thats causing a difference in the days, but just stirring up the air, making it a windy condition for a time, drawing up reducing bit of water from further south. So youve got increasing temperatures and story of the fog. All things should be improving. Paris shows the temperature difference, average of 11 this time of the year. Weve got to 15 or 16, probably breezy the next 3 days, showers for a couple of them as that moves in. Then youll see the sun more obviously in germany and poland, and austria and the temperatures will try and try and feel better for you as a result. All this time is wet and windy, the british isles, bits of france, much quaternary in spain and portugal, actually much quieter in the eastern med. Its been very windy recently. You saw those floods just staying crete. I show them up. Libya will get not so much snow floods slow moving showers, and theyll be persistent for a couple of days. Weve also got rain in the form of showers still as far north in west africa, sierra leone. But the focus on the thrust is a bit further south. In the 2nd part of identity and exiled nephew council travels to the middle east to retrace his steps. Palestinian refugees in the baes, about half of the worlds palestinian population and see the conflict through the eyes of the living. It breaks my heart to see this man was going like a father to yearn for a place that he may never see. I dont mean it is real for me to go out about my gun to 0 correspondent the, you know, the, the, all the time after reminder of the top stories on aljazeera, ethiopias Prime Minister says his forces have gained ground in the Northern Region of key gray where the federal government is battling local forces, aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian disaster in the region with hundreds killed and thousands displaced across the border. Coronavirus cases continue to surge in europe with the u. K. Reporting its highest number ever. The french Prime Minister, meanwhile, has revealed that one person is admitted to hospital with cope with 19 in france every 30 seconds. And the u. S. Has recorded its worst single day desk toll from coronavirus, since apparently may 74 people drowned off the libyan coast when the ship broke down on its way to, you know, 120 people, world board meeting, women and children. Fishermen helped bring thousands of survivors to the shore. The European Union is the man then china reverse. A new rule which is seen for hong kong. Politicians sacked 15 opposition, politicians in the city of every zinedine protests that the ruling on wednesday, china passed a law allowing legislators to be removed if they pose a National Security threat. The u. S. , has threatened more sanctions against chinese and hong kong officials. The u. K. , which handed the territory to china in 1907, says the move undermines hong kongs autonomy and has summoned the Chinese Ambassador for talks. But chinas government is the fending the new rule. 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 brought 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 hong kong 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 sole 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, or you, 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 reemerge. 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 code 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 of the 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, thousands of homes in the philippines were left submerged. When typhoon, vancouver ravaged parts of the countrys northeast, at least 13 people have been killed in 15 others are still missing. Generally though, there are reports now from one of the