President elect joe biden. Surveying the damage in the philippines, the cleanup operation begins after typing. Class, im natasha popular in paris is off to the new member, 2015, and turks are still painful memories and deep divisions. In ethiopia, the struggle for the control of the 2 great region appears to be west wing. Amnesty International Says hundreds of civilians have been massacred. And while the Human Rights Group is unclear, who is responsible, some witnesses have blamed for says, loyal to the 2 great Peoples Liberation front. The u. N. Is warning of a humanitarian emergency. More than 4000 people crossed from ethiopia into sudan and just one day, ethiopias federal government has now appointed a new head of the region. Prime minister ill be off, had says the offensive will not end until local leaders are moved. Well, our correspondent have a morgan is on the ground for us. She has more from got a reef in sudan, near the ethiopian border. Refugees continue to arrive at the sudanese european border. Here in the state of qatar of yesterday, authorities went to check out the situation of the refugees and at what is happening at the border, they say that more than 11000. 00 have arrived over the past few days into get out of state as well as neighboring states. And they say that more than 20000 are at the border waiting to cross into those 2 states seeking refuge from the conflict that is currently unfolding. And its a great region. And if you appear now, what happens upon their arrival is that they are screened for health reasons, but also for security reasons. Because some of those who have arrived so far are former combat sense. Who put down their arms, fleeing the conflict and coming to seek refuge here and about if the sudanese Authorities Say theyre quite concerned about what is unfolding once its started. In these cover, the Sudanese Government announced that it is shutting down its borders. Hearing about it as well as neighboring states and deployed more than 6000. 00 troops. And it comes at a time when the sudanese Prime Minister on the lam dog is the head of the eagle. Thats the east african bloc. That brings together a group of nations including sudan and ethiopia. He has called the Prime Minister and expressed his readiness to mediate in the conflict. And its a great region expressing concern that is something that the head of the, Sovereignty Council also expressed in this b. S. , the security and Defense Committee meeting on monday. But the 2 sides, the Prime Minister of sudan, abdullah and the head of the Sovereignty Council both met with the security advisor of the ethiopian Prime Minister abu ahmed, who said that this conflict will get, will be sorted in the shortest time possible. And that mediation by sudan, or by a god, is not needed at the moment. Sudan has said that it is worried about the humanitarian situation, and its urging all sides for restraint and says that the situation is quite dire and very volatile and that all sides should try to resolve the conflict as soon as possible. Lets not take a closer look at the range and gray is in each of these northeastern highlands. You can see there on the border with eritrea and sudan. Its home to the iran, the chronometer, and to grain people. Together. They make up about 6 percent of ethiopias population is governed by the Peoples Liberation front from the regions capital macallan, now the t. P. L. F. Dominated the countrys military and Central Government before that took office and 2018. Its estimated the t. P. A. Left has a quarter of a 1000000 fighters and a large amount of military equipment, but its up against ethiopias military, which says its made gains in the west of tikrit in response to an attack on one of its federal military bases. Really, i spoke to matt bryden, hes a Strategic Advisor of research. Thats a think tank covering the horn of africa region. He says this escalation is a cause for concern not only for to grans, but for also other ethnic groups. One of the alarming things about this conflict is the speed with which it has shifted from a discourse over constitutionalism and political principles like federalism to one that has taken on a a viciously ethnic character really in the space of a matter of weeks. So where this began, the dispute you could say began with the government of abbey akhmed, postponing National Elections because of the coverage. 19 epidemic to graze. Saying this is illegitimate. Going ahead with its own elections as constitutionally mandated, the federal government calling that illegal, that at that level were talking about highly sophisticated state functions and issues. But now if you look at these statements from the government and from social media mouthpieces on various sides of the conflict, this is being characterized last as a kind of precise Law Enforcement action by the federal government. But as an offensive against that, the people of to gray and to grains outside that to great region, finding themselves arrested, detained, questioned, some prevented from leaving the country even those some with dual nationality and foreign passports. And so this is beginning to, to take the character of an ethnically fueled conflict and as other ethnic groups see this evolving, i imagine what the anxiety and the concern that the federal government could use similar tactics against other regions. Other groups is simply going to grow now security and Election Officials from the u. S. Government have a nice to statement, declaring this is president ial election. The most secure in american history. They say theres no evidence that Voting Systems were compromised. Now despite this president , donald trump continues to make unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud. Alan fessor reports. Its unusual for donald trump to keep such a low profile. Hes made one appearance, but hasnt spoken in public for a week. His twitter feed continues to push claims of a stolen election on thursday. He tweeted a report alleging 2700000 votes were deleted from Voting Systems across the country. The company who made the machines says that didnt happen, and a Government Election watchdog insists the election was the most secured in american history. The elections, infrastructure, government, coordinating council, and the election infrastructure sector, coordinating committees, part of the department of Homeland Security issued a joint statement and emphasized in bold type. There is no evidence that any Voting System deleted or lost votes changed votes, or was in any way compromised. One of the major contributors for making this the most secure election in u. S. History is the fact that there were large numbers with vote by mail. And actual having physical paper ballots, one of Donald Trumps closest aides has reportedly been seeking out. Officials in various government departments, he considers insufficiently loyal to donald trump, with the intention of firing them. One of the people behind this report has told friends he expects to be called in the coming days. On capitol hill, democrats continue to urge their republican colleagues to accept the election result and get back to business when it comes to the election. Republicans, Congressional Republicans dont have the evidence. They dont have the proof, they dont have anything. Neither does the president , congress, Congressional Republicans are deliberately casting doubt on our elections for no other reason. But fear of donald trump. Ok, the biden team is pushing for access to the daily intelligence briefing. They got them during the campaign, but have been blocked since the election by a white house contesting the result. Will republican senators have expressed concern that could impact u. S. Security well stopping short of contradicting the president . Look, one of these 2 men will be the president United States after the Election Results of coming in. And i think at this point, just as a matter of protecting our nations interests, i do think that both the president and his and his competition here, the Vice President biden should have access to those classified reports. President trumps legal team insists theres a process to follow that could take some time and it continues to fundraise to help the president s efforts in court. Alan fischer aljazeera washington and now tyler has become one of the last major countries to congratulate president elect joe biden. U. S. Relations with beijing have been strained on trade technology and security under the trumpet ministration. The latest spat, the u. S. President , has banned americans from doing business with companies linked to the chinese military. His executive order claims that beijing forces chinese firms to help finance and modernize its military band takes effect on january 11th. That would be days before trump is due to step down. Lets speak now to our White House Correspondent can be how it can be. So it seems beijing finally decided to pick up the phone to buy yet have a sense of what a china u. S. Relationship might look like under his leadership. There is the sense that there wont be a dramatic shift when joe biden is inaugurated in the reason for that is that there has been for many, many years. Stephen preceeding, Donald Trumps presidency, bipartisan support. That means democrats and republicans both agreeing that there needs to be a tougher stance on china, particularly when it comes to your areas of privacy when it comes to concerns about technology. And so while there has been obviously in the last 4 years or dramatic stepping up in the tit for tat trade war. In the fact that there has been a heightened rhetoric towards china in terms of the actual policy. There should still continue to be a tough stance now, maybe more strategic because the sort of the practice of governing by joe biden is much more traditional. We know that from his experience in legislative affairs already, but in terms of the policy, many expect that many of the policies put in place by donald trump could continue as some exceptions to this could be in the area of climate change, which is something that we know is an important issue and platform for joe biden that he is likely to put into effect. In fact, we may even see more pressure on china to see that in this area. There is a more collaborative approach and can really separately it sounded like quite the vote of confidence today from election monitors. Yeah, with respect to the claims that donald trump has been making that, you know, 2700000 votes may have been miscast. It was important for the agency to come out and say that they have no evidence that there has been widespread glitching in terms of the Voting Machines that have been used in the, the broader electoral system. But i think it is important to note that while the statement says theres no systemic fraud, its not saying there was no fraud. In fact, there have been multiple instances because of the fact that there was a broad use of mail in ballots that were unsolicited. In many cases, these voters registries where they got these addresses from have not been updated. So sure. There have been some isolated instances of people casting ballots that might have been deceased or even had moved out of the state. But no one is saying in this statement that this would in any way change the outcome of the election. In fact, we have more results from elections officials. Now another state for joe biden, putting him firmly. 2 as the projected winner, our White House Correspondent back can be how come, thanks so much company. Still ahead for you here on aljazeera. A warning for people making Holiday Plans as private 1000 cases continue to spike and many European Countries. And morocco launches a military operation in western sahara. Could this be the end of a past year . Cease fire . Hello whilst winters wandering through 2nd in the winter storm, there will affect you if youre in sapporo prone to go surprise the temperature at 9 degrees going to be a chill in the air. Otherwise, the sun is at its dice with the most in southern china, with the approach of vanco to the coast of northern vietnam, likely on they suck the early sunday. The rain will wrap into rangi, maybe into your not. So parts of southwest china will see a bit of late season, right. Otherwise its fine looking whether theres vancouver as it sits at the moment. And you know now where its going south of that pretty widespread showers. Its the wet season for malaysia and indonesia from co itself is light to make landfall near doha, with the sort of status rainfall potential up to half a meter means yet again, is going to make the flooding already in the area and vietnam in this season. Even worse, right. So theres a general picture then of a wet season and still with the typhoon in it. Now the northeast monsoon maintains the wet season. If you like or in homs, is it from chennai size was but if you further north and through the gazan example, its an old indian northern pakistan. Its rather murky. This isnt just morning mist. This is rather a dirty year, particularly bad in new delhi in the hole, but it will now improve frank assessments if other can Public Opinion pieces betrayed by social media platforms after november. What would be because if you believe that there are corrosive to our democracy, one obvious solution is to break the law informed opinion lucas and his dog. Anyway, the protestors are going anywhere either with the bill. If the revolution people indepth analysis of the days global headlines kilobit, thats really out there on the screen. Inside story on aljazeera the, the little i value watching aljazeera. Lets remind you of our top stories here. This hour civilians are reported to have been massacred in northern ethiopia as fighting continues there between the military and local forces in the tikrit region. Ethiopias federal government has now appointed a new head of the region. Top u. S. Election officials have described the president ial vote as the most secure in u. S. History and comes as more publicans break ranks with donald trump over his refusal to cooperate with president elect joe biden. China has now become one of the last major countries to congratulate biden. It comes as president , donald trump banned americans from doing business with companies linked to the chinese military. Now the u. S. Has a top Infectious Diseases expert says the country can potentially avoid another coronavirus lock down. If people get serious about social distancing and wearing masks. Dr. Anthony found she called for vigilance. During the wait for the scenes on thursday, the us reported more than 150000 new cases in 24 hours. And the 9th consecutive day infections have been above 100000. 00. Now several European Countries are warning. Its too early for people to stop planning, end of year holiday travel. Thats as record numbers of corona, virus infections are reported across the continent among those the u. K. Which recorded its highest number of infections on thursday. Meanwhile, german officials have said its unlikely that winter events, including christmas parties, will go ahead. Nadine baba has more from london. Well, people across europe are being warned that its too early to make plans, because governments simply dont know what restrictions will be in place here in the u. K. Northern ireland is now moving. Its now extending its toughest restrictions for one more week. Theres been a fierce debate over there between government and between business. They are going to allow some places like hair salons to gradually open from next friday. Other parts of the u. K. Are under their own mini lockdowns and this weekend the authorities are now worried about the possible impact of a festival of lights device which is going to be celebrated by millions of hindus as well as sikhs, and joins. There are being urged to observe lockdown rules wherever they are, and to only meet people online rather than in person. Very difficult circumstances. And thats a reminder that theres another festival, another holiday in 6 weeks time of christmas and governments all across the continent telling people its not going to be a normal christmas. Swedens top state. P. D. Epidemiology has people that they should expect travel restrictions between different areas to protect Regional Health services. Similarly, the Prime Minister of france, john kass stix, says that he does not advise people to make bookings to fly back to france over christmas. And hes saying that there will be no lifting of the Strict National lockdown for at least another 2 weeks. France really is in trouble. Theyve now got more people in hospitals. Weve covered 1000. 00 than they did during the spring at the height of the pandemic. The 1st wave. Now one of the british Prime Ministers closest advisers is to step down at the end of the Dominic Cummings says he had always planned to quit when the brits, a transitional period was over on december 31st. He is credited with masterminding brets it as well as Boris Johnsons reelection. Earlier this year there, he was criticized for 1000 coronavirus restrictions. And now one of britains most notorious serial killers has died after refusing treatment for private 19, peter sutcliffe, also known as the yorkshire ripper, had been in prison since 1981. Hes was 74. 0