Were live in sudan where thousands of ethiopian refugees who fled fighting a struggling to survive eyeing the rising sea levels. The new satellite blasting off with a mission to keep track of one of the most challenging effects of Global Warming and on fire and small have all the days sport including counting down to kickoff. Its now exactly 2 years to go until qatars world cup, and organizers say preparations have been largely unaffected by the crowd. A virus pandemic. Welcome to the news. A rocket attacks in the Afghan Capital have killed at least 8 people. The interior Ministry Says dozens of people have been injured Victoria Gate and he has the latest schoolgirls running for their lives after a rocket lands near their school. Part of a coordinated attack on the capital, kabul. More than 20 rockets landed in residential areas near the green zone, where many embassies are based. Witnesses say the attack during the morning rush hour was time to cause maximum damage. This over the what they call it was morning and we were leaving our home when an explosion happened 2 of my sisters and my mother wounded. So we took them to hospital and we thought it was around 9 am. Rockets hit the bakery, wounding an employee who needed hospital treatment. Lots of shopkeepers are going to suffer financially because of this. The taliban has denied responsibility for the attack, but it came as the u. S. Secretary of state might pompei you arrived in catalyst capital. Doha. He said you will to talk to both Afghan Government and taliban negotiate is involved in peace talks that i know has been behind recent attacks on the capital gunmen stormed kabul university. 3 weeks ago, at least 22 people were killed. The government says, in saturdays attack, fighters fired the rockets from the back of 2 trucks. Its investigating how the vehicles managed to enter the city and gets an ear to the heavily fortified green, zone, a victory gate and be aljazeera. While for more on the u. S. , secretary of state compares visits and consulates, speeches, stuffing, decorah correspondent, who joins me now from the city where the meeting is taking place. Of course, the secretary of state has been meeting the emir and other top officials. And one assumes that ill be discussing a whole range of topics, but keeping an eye of course of whats happened in kabul this morning on the stalled Afghan Government talks with the taliban. Here in doha. Yes my compares to you to meet with the Afghan Government side in less than half an hour or so from now and then an hour off of that for the taliban side. These 2 sides. Of course, as you, you know, mentioned decades of war, there is no trust even just now weve had a statement from the taliban condemning some of the voices in kabul that have a call from the u. N. Security council to extend sanctions on some of the Senior Leadership of the taleban so you know, it just goes to show how difficult its going to be, how much secretary of state will pay. You can do what he talks about sides. Of course he will be urging them to get to the serious discussions that hasnt even started yet. These talks were great in september, and its been about a pools of a month, and theyre still talking about the technicalities when it comes to what kind of rules. Its not make new who is going to govern these talks. So huge challenges ahead. I think, you know, its going to take a very long time and a lot of patience went out to be ironed out. But certainly the message for sure from the secretary of state to both sides, to really get to the table and Start Talking about the serious issues. But of course of the pressing issues that both sides want to push for. But israel wants to talk about the blockade. Yes, i think the concern for your state is coming with a couple of topics. And of course this is an administration my comparison civically very much. This is a country that has good relations with iran. In fact, when it comes to the blockade that, of course there will be discussing as well the gulf located. Thats one of the demands of the blockade in countries that cutter cuts, ties with iran, something it has refused to do. So they are, of course on opposite ends of many subjects that they will be discussing, but they are allies. Qatar hosts the biggest u. S. Base in the region. But of course this is also did ministration, that is outgoing. So hale, i think also interestingly, the mayor of qatar has called president elect joe biden to congratulate him on his weight. And of course, this administration has yet to concede to so i think whether they discuss that or not, we dont know. But of course, serious issues being discussed years, but yes, it is not going, but theyre still trying to, clearly with this tour of 7 countries, trying to make some kind of different stuff together in doha for us. Think its a, lets get more on this from kate clark. Shes the code director of the Afghanistan Analysis Network and joins me now live via skype from london. Good to have you with us on the program. And if we just look at the attack that happened in kabul earlier on on saturday, if its not the taliban because theyve denied involvement, then the most recent suspects would be, i saw at the top of the list, whoever it is, is being given space to operate while there seems to be a sort of security and intelligence vacuum. Yeah, i mean what, i would stress, you cant take taliban and i once they start you in the past, theyve denied attacks that we traced to individual taliban commanders or some count them out. If they are problematic from a propaganda point here, which this is clearly, then if it was the taliban, they wouldnt be accepting. And as you say, it could also be the islamic state. Dying could also be behind it. We just dont know at the moment, i think what you can say, i mean a couple of things. One, it shows riccis and security that are just breathtaking, yet again, that this sort of weaponry get into the city. And secondly, its part of a trend where greater violence in the city is mainly assassinations. Magnetic phones can even at a time when taliban are said that they wont be launching attacks on incentives. And weve seen a rise in what looked to be insurgent attacks and determined then large. Its kind of a hoax that concept time that someone has been saying they are, theyre not, theyre not one of them contacts me. There seems to be a very well coordinated attack, certainly today. And so this group or groups are able to get arms and munitions into the country into the city. They must be very well financed and one wonders where that sort of money chain where that supply chain starts and stops. Well, fortunate, theres always money for fighting in afghanistan. If you look at the taliban, for example, theyre very, very efficient system to collect what they call taxes from people. Of course, the money doesnt go into education or health or development thats will still funded by the government and by international donors. It goes into fighting that war and its efficient and its, its widespread even, you know, weve heard examples of people on the outskirts of town are part of that he had to pay money to the taliban, so its across the country. This is the drugs, of course, its huge money going to all sites that will be farmed out. And indeed of course, it would be fair to say that there are sort of many tribes and warlords beyond the taliban that might be insulted, that theyre not part of this Peace Process or this negotiation process between the, Afghan Government, the taliban, and dare i say the u. S. , theyre making their voices heard on saturday if it is indeed a disparate group. I actually really disagree with that. If you look at the government side and it doesnt really reflect all political groupies, its very diverse ethnic. Mary gentle isom woman that has technocrat representatives from the ultimate you do groups and the groups like dostum still bash so much and so no one actually disagree with you for all its faults. The government, the public has much to put together a team that does reflect that message actually much more than the type of monsters that all male that all men thought of religious education not just in the south market crashed in the so i dont think i dont think thats the issue in this particular case, where we see what happens, its always good to get a whole range of views and yours is very valuable as to take part. Thats very much for joining us from london. Plenty more ahead here on the news hour, including over 1000. 00 cases in sweden saw why the government says it will not change. Its no lockdown approach to fast so prepares to pick its next president on sunday. But many people are scared of heading to the polls. And the worlds top 4 ranked mens tennis players will. All feature in the a. T. P. Final semifinals in london far will be here with all of the sports action later the United Nations says a full scale humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in northern ethiopia. The un has called on warring sides to halt fighting immediately. So more aid come be delivered and refugee safe zones can be set up the government and the 2 great Peoples Liberation front, both accuse each other of killing civilians and airstrikes and indiscriminate attacks during the 2 week long offensive. Lets bring in paul sun. Hes the head of the program at the world. Food Program Joins me now from gathering in sudan, thanks for joining us. Sometimes seeing the situation for yourself is far better than being in an office. How big is the task to help those arriving from ethiopia . But the task is big current, the human nature reports that some 35000 people have a right as of yesterday and probably more of coming across the border today. What were doing right now is trying to assist them at the Border Crossing and then trying to continue to distance once they set them in one of the camps with longer term assistance. So initially we do have to contribute to your nature or for hot meals. And we also provide them at high energy biscuits. Once they settle in the camp setting, we provide them with a monthly ration that should sustain them. Here we also have to work with partners rather than human nature working with the minister of health. We do need to work on the nutrition programs to make sure that women and children get the right. Attrition should have suffered before or was coming here when we actually talked to various other aid agencies earlier in the week they talked about, for example, is only one very small medical clinic. What sort of medical needs infrastructure are required at the moment . Are you able to bring those into what is quite a remote part of sudan . Right. I think both the United Nations agencies that work on the medical side n. G. O. S are working hard right now to cover the medical needs. W p focuses right now on food and nutrition, but just stick support to some extent. Also providing city support for agencies responding to this crisis. While you are trying to feed and look after the many thousands of people that are coming, i see that youre wearing a mask. So 19 must be also top of the agenda. Must be in the top, your mind as well as your colleagues when youre dealing with so many people it is certainly a big concern for all of us for those who are responding to the crisis post, most importantly, for those who are arriving here, you see youve probably seen the footage, the situation is not helping the people are crowded. People are, its not a situation that is perfect, be aware or approach or address the issues or cohabit but hopefully things settle down the situation. Real people have their own accommodation. There will be more social distancing, etc. But at this initial stage, you probably have seen it. Its not ideal. Its a huge task and a huge burden for the host country sudar. How much help are you getting from the let me say this. I have been berry impressed by the host population, the people in living in the areas where the refugees are going. They have been providing their own food and sharing that theyve been sharing clothes and then shelter as well, which is a great, you know, they opened their doors to the refugees, which is think credible. The government of sudan is also trying to facilitate. But this is a task that needs all hands on deck, the international community, whether that is United Nations or n. G. O. S, the rest of humanitarian. Human Community Needs to address this together in a coordinated fashion called paulson from the world food program. Thanks so much for joining us. Thank you very much. Not the resurgence of covert 19 across the globe has many countries tightening restrictions. Polands Prime Minister is urging families to cancel travel plans, schools, bars, restaurants and theaters will remain closed until after christmas. Canadas largest city toronto is going back into lockdown. The Prime Minister says a normal holiday is out of the question. In order to get through this winter without overwhelming our health systems. Without losing too many more of our loved ones. We need to do one last big effort these coming months and it starts with the coming weeks of really tightening up, which is why im back here in front of my house telling you its time. Its time to tighten up singapore and hong kong office. Spawning the launch of their quarantine free travel bubble after a spike in infections in hong kong and japan is scaling back. Its government backed campaign to encourage Domestic Tourism and daily cases have reached record numbers for 3 straight days. While in sweden, the rise in infections is putting its no lockdown model under pressure, and for the 1st time the government has rejected advice from the Public Health agency poll results more from stockholm. Commuter rush begins in stockholm with little evidence of concern about swedens mounting coronavirus crisis. Its just a couple of months since the decision not to impose a lockdown seemed to be working. But with the 2nd wave of the pandemic building momentum, it could be a long cold winter ahead. For the approach that has been dubbed the swedish model. A record 7240 new cases were reported on friday, with 66 more deaths taking the toll to almost 6 and a half 1000 who have been getting more and more patient visit procedures for taking care of them there. Late with that intro, we are far behind. Swedens government is starting to impose tougher restrictions. No more than 8 people can now attend a fishbowl event, while pubs and restaurants abound from serving alcohol after 10 pm. There are new limits on visits to old peoples homes. After infections again started spreading rapidly in places where thousands died in the spring or fall, the government will continue to take all necessary decisions to reduce the spread of infection. Swedens strength in this crisis, however, is that every person takes their responsibility. Does the juice for their fellows, and for our country . About personal responsibility has been at the heart of swedens fight against the pandemic. But now many are questioning whether people should be forced to comply with tougher measures, including having to wear masks something that most swedes have so far shunned. Thats after the Royal Swedish Academy of sciences released a report showing that masks could prevent the spread of infection indoors, as we found so far, yearly supports the fact that its just really close to 5 in the main issue. Its not that its actually preventing this spread by us, but thats in contrast to recommendations made by the Public Health agency and the chief epidemiology. Understand yell, who has repeatedly said masks, can make people more careless about social distancing. Not everyone has listened with masks, sales tripling at one pharmacy chain in november. Even if the government does bow to pressure on masks, that could be as far as its prepared to go. The socalled swedish model may be under some pressure, but a full lockdown is unlikely, and perhaps even impossible. Such a measure is guarded against by the swedish constitution that protects citizens, freedoms, even in a time of crisis. Paul recent aljazeera stock hard pandemic is expected to be a top priority at the g 20 summit which got in the way just a short time ago. Saudi arabia is hosting the virtual event, but theyre hoping calls to boycott the meeting in protest against the kingdoms human rights record. Are diplomatic editor james bays joins me now from the u. N. In new york. And really, james lots to look out for. We begin with the saudi hosts, and of course its a Virtual Meeting there in the limelight for many a wrong reason, the war in yemen, human rights to name, but 2, but really covert 900 seems to be topping the agenda for the moment. Yes, absolutely. And in the last few minutes, we saw king solomon of saudi arabia, open the g 20 summit, with his crown prince mohamed, been summoned beside him. He described this as an extraordinary year. There are many though that do not believe that the g. 20 so far has risen to that challenge. They say the g. 20 should do more perhaps as it did in 20082009, where it was credited with helping the situation in the last financial crisis. The areas that i think people are looking closely at was one, is debt suspension. There is suspension already in place, but some want it to be extended in scope and in generation. And the other aspect is trying to get the vaccine to everyone on earth. And theyll need much more money for that. It is a very different sort of g 20 watching the start of it moments ago. It didnt look like a normal summit. It looked like a zoom call between World Leaders who are attending this g. 20. That means its truncated. There are the normal, theres not the normal pomp. Theres not the formal dinners, theres not all the bilateral meetings that normally take place. And that means its not such an occasion for saudi arabia, which i think had been hoping to use this to rehabilitate its reputation, which has been battered by its own human rights abuses the war in yemen. The murder of Jamal Khashoggi and continued repression at home in saudi arabia. And of course, one of the sort of these side issues or signs is that the relations between saudi and turkey have warmed slightly for the sake of the g 20 meeting. But its a very tentative peace. Yeah, theres