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Cuts for health services, dedication, desperate for food and aid. We report from sudan where thousands of refugees who fled the fighting in ethiopia are getting help. President donald trump has suffered another court loss in his attempts to overturn the results of the us president ial election. A District Court judge in pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the Trump Campaign, which sought to exclude millions of mail in ballots. In the states, the judge issued a scathing ruling saying that it had failed to provide evidence of those of fraud. From campaign is now lost or withdrawn, dozens of similar lawsuits. 0 as mike hanna reports from washington account is more than 30 since the elections brought in various key swing states. But this very significance because its a ruling by a federal judge and also significant because of the extremely scathing language he used. He likened the tramp appeal to a frankenstein monster which had been put together haphazardly. He made very clear that he believed there was no grounds for the trump claim whatsoever. And this makes it very unlikely that it can go on an appeal given that there are no grounds. Nevertheless, trans lawyers, his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, who argued the case before the judge says he wants to take it to the next level, the 3rd district and from there to the supreme court. But very difficult to see how hes going to achieve that. And very significantly to the senator for pennsylvania, pat toomey has issued a statement saying that the judge in this particular case, matthew brand, is a lifelong republican with no legal bias whatsoever. He considers the whole matter. Now close a legal position over and he congratulated president elect joe biden. And his administration looking forward, he says, to working with them in from congress earlier, President Trump made a brief appearance of the virtual g. 20 summit, which is being dominated by the global pandemic. While other World Leaders went on to discuss the response to the crisis, trump was spotted playing golf in virginia. On sunday, its expected that the worlds 20 biggest economies will pledge support to poorer countries. The aim is to help to pay for the distribution of vaccines that sns and tests where the United States is now the worst affected country infections that have surpassed 12000000 thats on top of a quarter of a 1000000 deaths. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control is urging people not to travel for the thanksgiving holiday on thursday, but millions of people are expected to ignore the official warnings. California has imposed a statewide curfew limiting nonessential travel to daytime. The u. S. Food and Drug Administration has issued emergency approval for a general wrongs antibody therapy. Used to treat President Trump. Agency said the treatment should be used for mild to moderate cases of covert 19 troubles often in correctly described the therapy as a cure. Earlier we spoke with a professor of epidemiology of medicine at columbia university. She says, the curfew alone isnt sufficient for tackling the rise and infections putting in place a curfew demonstrates the concern. Certainly the concern by the governor of california. I think the curfew in of itself is not sufficient. I think its one piece of the puzzle. I think its important that curfew will hopefully decrease the numbers of people who congregate to gether. It will probably lead to more people staying at home, staying put, not travelling than meeting up with other people outside their home. So i think it will be of value certainly. But i think it needs to be combined with the other measures that we know work, for example, Wearing Masks all the time as well as congregating and socializing with people in ones own house. Although not beyond that, as i think its a one more measure that the governor and i felt compelled to do in place because of the concern about whats going on. Now, in this country regarding go with 1000. 00, what would be ideal is theres a, its north transition and that there is an ability between the individuals who are now overseeing the covert response to be able to meet with the new administration. To put together this smooth transition and to allow for mobilization and to put in place, hopefully the new and more effective measures to control this. But then again, this country Guatemala Police have clashed with antigovernment protesters after 100 stormed the Congress Building and set it on fire tear gas was fired to clear the demonstration. After a violent, it was led by University Students widespread anger at the new budget in the country. Which were tasked to save disenfranchises poor and Indigenous People of zeros are some of them. Parity is monitoring the situation from bogota, colombia explains why the protests are likely to continue. A number of protesters were able to storm into what the my last congress burn. Part of the building, but flames seen shooting out of a window. Security forces move then fired tear gas on the protesters thats carried around downtown Guatemala City and continue to confront the police. All this seen as part of the growing them astray. Sions against president 100. Today and lawmakers and what sparked them is the fact that they have passed a budget deal on ways wednesday night that cuts many benefits for regular guatemalans, while increasing benefits for lawmakers, which has seriously angered a lot of people. And also say that a priori, its a serious of a project that will profit according to the protesters, a private company is close to the government. Vice president has offered his resignation, calling on the president to do the same. He said, ford the good of the country and now this goes beyond this particular bill. Its clear that there is widespread rage and the country also the fact that the congress has pushed this be a while. The country is still dealing with back to back hurricanes. That have created a widespread devastation in guatemala. Its clear that the protests will continue in coming days and will continue to put more pressure on president john metairie. And his administration and go ortiz is addressed to the freedom and Development Foundation in Guatemala City. He says the protests to see the budget as benefiting politicians and not the people budget was distraught. A broke the camels back thing is that people were upset that the government mostly because 2 independent make their Government Back in march, raise money that he was supposed to be for economic aid. But the aid never made it to the people who need this the most. So thats the main concern of people. And now the Congress Approves these budget bill, you know, a very unusual way they, they did it during night emergency session. And that was to make people in one of my love very, very upset. The thing is that people perceive that these budget, these tailored for the lawmakers, you know, is not tailor for to peoples wealth for and thats, thats what this is striking people. Ethiopia has rejected an African Union offer to mediate in the conflict in the old and to gray region. The government launched an offensive against the great Peoples Liberation front 2 weeks ago. Aid agencies say that about 2000 refugees arriving, arriving in neighboring sudan every day. And a super bowl reports from government stays very bare, the scars of the horrors theyve escaped. Since he arrived in this refugee camp in sudans got out of state 5 days ago, haile will be gabriel has been hoping to have his own properly treated. He says shop will hit his hand while he was fleeing from soldiers in ethiopias northern region. But hes now lost 2 fingers. I was at the farm where i work, and when i started seeing people running, i didnt know what was going on. And when i went to see there were soldiers shooting them. Hyla says he was also hit by sharknado in his stomach, and fragments are still lodged in his hand. Its now become infected, and hes worried he may lose that. Fighting in the to green region began more than 2 weeks ago, when the regional to great Peoples Liberation front, launched an attack on a military base. The government responded by launching an offensive that forced more than 35000 people to flee to neighboring sudan. This camp was uninhabited, but sudans government has reopened it to cope with the 3rd, an influx. And her 2 children arrived here after running away from their home and walking for 10 days to cross the border. At night, armed men came to my house and threatened us and told us we should leave immediately or we will be killed. So i took my turn children and what i could carry more than 15000 refugees live in this camp. Many tell stories of brutal killings and long journeys to escape. If he appears government has imposed a Communications Blackout and blocked access to the region. Since the start of the fighting Rights Groups say civilians have been targeted. Integrate. The United Nations says the killings could amount to work rhymes while not all of those displaced have witnessed the attacks of this recount. They say the stories they heard from family members and relatives were enough to make them come here, rather than back home. And those who say they witnessed with their own eyes, people being slaughtered and killed, say they doubt their memory will ever fade from their minds. Tell him his wife and 2 children were among the 1st to arrive in the camp, fleeing from a khadra. He says the journey took them nearly 5 days and they came with little of what they own to live with. We lived in the suburbs and had only heard of the fighting back then. But then people came armed with machetes and knives, and it was chaos from the telephone says he doesnt know which side the people who came to his hometown belong to. Because they were dressed as civilians. And to his children who want to have the comfort of a secure home, he now has to explain that their lives have changed, and they face an uncertain future. He will morgan of his era and for sugar, the bar of state a weather update. Next here on aljazeera, then hundreds of migrants transferred to a military sites in Spains Canary islands. As a local government that is overwhelmed and arrivals, and growing warnings about deteriorating Mental Health calls for urgent action to help those who are merely clinging on well a bit more right to the eastern side of the med, into north nicci from the van is going across now and the remains it really apart from want to show isnt curator really in iraq with ground gamester just circulating of the whole of africa or is a potential tropical depression which will give some rain on the coast of yemen. And maybe at the same time pop for a few showers, its largely a fine picture that all the way from lebanon right across to iran. But if blowing such a couple days, a strong northwest state out a curate into bahrain, qatar into was the u. A. E. , but it looks like itll be a dry wind just a windy one. So this is whats happening in the horn of africa, which probably will bring flooding to somalia. Doesnt take very much to do that and this is concentrated, slow moving, right . Otherwise the heaviest is down the rift valley very obviously. So rather, less in tanzania and abit of onshore breeze will produce a bit of rain here, rather less one go to as well. But there is rain here and you go sas. That is a nice line of we say which means rain all the way down to the search cape town looks temporarily. Fine. Well certainly breeze means a few showers coming up on the 21 degree. But even though do you feel validated in south way in the type of performative activism . Lets go back to specifically you calling white supremacy. The lights are on. Theres nowhere to hide. Join me richelle carey, is up to the questions to my special guests and challenge them to some Straight Talk and political debate from her times on aljazeera the murder war, the war hello again. This is al jazeera. Lets remind you of the main news this hour. A District Court judge in pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the Trump Campaign which sought to exclude millions of mail in ballots in the state. A scathing ruling handed down by the judge says the lawsuit failed to provide evidence of full votes of all. U. S. Health officials are urging people not to travel for the thanksgiving holiday is this week thats the countrys passes 12000000 coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, the u. S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency approval for the general antibody therapy. Police clashed with antigovernment protesters in guatemala, after hundreds stormed the Congress Building there and set it on fire officers fired tear gas to clear the demonstration, which is led by University Students. After a turned violent as about charles military says that this defused more than 150. 00 mayans territory, that its regain after weeks of fighting with media over the go back is one of 3 areas surrounding the disputed region being handed over by albinia under a russian brokered deal from there, a solvent job that reports another town back in the hands of azerbaijan. It may be uninhabited, but its still dangerous. The military says more than 150 land mines were defused along a few kilometers of this road. These units are taking control of. Once a busy 50 in one of the most Populated Areas around the corner, credible of them with an important victory achieved without violence and displaced. People are writing peace will be able to return long. That infrastructure to law has a quote, our plan, roads and buildings will be rebuilt. The government will provide full support for the return of i. D. P. s is one of the 3 regions being handed over by armenia under russian brokered deal. About 2000 russian peacekeepers are tasked with ensuring no armenian troops are left in the territory. Most of them has been under the control of armenia since the 1990 s. According to the un, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee or azerbaijani territory occupied by Armenian Forces during the war. And with as many as 200000 azeris wanting to return politicians in azerbaijan want to also assure armenian civilians. They can stay at the end of the day. They are citizens, drug and jolly have represents an estimated 1000000, a series displaced from the car bomb region in spite of being subjected to ethnic cleansing. In spite of being expelled from our homes and living as i. D. P. s for 30 years, we have no, any feelings of animosity, we have, nor any feelings of hatred against armenians. Thats why i have always been saying to armenians in, i want to cry about a region of azerbaijan, that please remember all the walls about dams, landmark mosque are covered in graffiti and soldiers. Here see animals have recently been kept in the centuries old place of worship. As cities and towns come back to as a control, the destruction is becoming apparent. People are eager to return, but they realize that it will take time. And those who do from the area say that the physical scars might be removed, but they will always carry the emotional burden of this war. With al jazeera, i source says that its behind rocket attacks in the Afghan Capital that killed at, least 8 people and injured dozens more. The attack came just hours before u. S. , secretary of state, my pump a. O. , held talks with the Afghan Government and taliban to go see it as in. Earlier this week, the pentagon said that it would soon withdraw. Around 2000, troops from afghanistan failure, contra food reports from kabul. 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. It was a little after 8. 30 in the morning when the 1st rocket landed in the Afghan Capital for the next 10 minutes, it felt like kabul was under attack. Witnesses say the attack during the morning rush hour was timed to cause maximum damage. So what they could, 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 because i would have thought the way 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 i still has claimed responsibility for the attack. It came just hours before the u. S. Secretary of state might bump a 0. Arrived in qatars capital, doha, hes talking to both Afghan Government and taliban negotiators. Involved in peace talks. There. It shows reach peace and security, but it just pressed yes again. So that the sort of weaponry gets into the city. And secondly, its part of the trends were greater violence in the city this minute, such nations, markets phones, hong kongs. Even at a time when taliban have said that they wont launch attacks on incentives. I, i saw, has been behind recent attacks in the capital gunmen stormed university 3 weeks ago. At least 22 people were killed. And 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 undetected, posing more questions about the governments ability to keep the capital city secure. Contrary, ill just say of persistency in thailand have been demonstrating again to keep up pressure on the government, demanding changes to the education system, which they say is archaic. Student led rallies have been held since july, calling for a new constitutional reforms to the marquis of the removal of Prime Minister playoffs channel. Check. The change is on the demonstration in bangkok. Its another day. Another night of managers here on the street, bangkok today as the turn of the past is the 1st place. Many of them are under the age of 18, but despite the fact theyve shot down a major commercial doubt that no sign of the police today the atmosphere is that much more relaxed. Unlikely that were going to see the tensions on the belly or in the wake. But this is a week where those tensions have ratcheted up. Particularly on the clashes on tuesday. Thats when i see government protesters, the yellow shirts from a kiss on the police that says more than 50 people to the hospital. And those protests a lot need to be repeated again after the protest. Leaders announced that this coming wednesday, going to head to the front from the g. P. Or it is a fundamental importance to them, only keep its enormous matches and not need to be the 1st need to bend it like the police and the bell. See yellow shirts coming out on the street. Many people are concerned, the class is going once again are up. These birds are the simplest of them. Its a model. Demonstrations are taking place right across chile protesters that are demanding the release of hundreds of people arrested during demonstrations for social reform over the past year. In eyes of patients and rights, organizations accuse the chilean government and using detention as a political weapon. China is testing 3000000, people for covert 19 in the Northern City of tianjin. It follows the discovery of 7 locally transmitted cases and 9 from overseas travel. As the government a sealed off residential area, a hospital and a kinda guy. Nigeria is in recession following coronavirus restrictions at a drop in oil prices. Africas biggest economy was last in recession 4 years ago and has to recover the following year, but growth has been fragile since geria is africas top oil exporter relies on the sales of crude for 90 percent of its earnings. The number of people in the u. K. With Mental Illness has increased since the start of the covert 19 pandemic. Experts say that as winter sets in and more restrictions are introduced, there are fears that up to 20 percent of the population may soon need extra support. Im seriously barker, reports suicide has been very close on probably 3 or 4 times to in the course of my life. Julian harrison remembers the day he was prepared to die, lost in the deepest reaches of depression. I was on the middle of a bridge. I was contemplating, throw myself into the water and then think it might well thats it. No one will fire me. Ill drift out to sea and that will be the end of it. He now teaches others how to cope with Mental Illness. The number of those in crisis is soaring because of covert 19. Change is something that for lots of people i think with Mental Illness, its a really difficult thing to, to, to adjust to. The perverse thing i think was that there are actually you have was that ive never been afraid of covert itself. What scares me at the time when it 1st happened, is how did you, how do you have a change in society . The pandemic is putting people under a crushing pressure. The uncertainty of it all is making people physically and mentally dull to charities. And the police have warned, of a rising tide of distress. People with existing Mental Health problems are getting worse than others who have never had issues in the past. And now in despair. According to research by the u. K. Center for Mental Health, a staggering 10000000 people, almost 20 percent of the population will need either new or extra help as a direct consequence of the crisis. One and a half 1000000 of those are children and teenagers. We know there are many people being treated for the direst people reach at this time, people who lose if its not going to be straight away, only mentioned house. And we really may, well see kind of be increasing need help, pay for the next year. As those things begin to affect people psychologically those worst affected from disadvantaged backgrounds and discriminated against communities, stockport in the north, west of england as the accolade of the most depressed place in britain. Its also one of the most deprived on a street full of shuttered shops. The only thing opens a Crisis Center offering quick access to those who fall in through the cracks. The commute having not, but im not being 21 for 4 weeks sometimes. You know, thats, you know, thats and its not of him as a house when your dissolute sits saying the same for was, you know, they, they, they, they have today Health Charities are crying out for extra Government Support for Mental Health. But state farms are already overstretched. Shielding the economy from ruin even when it comes. A successful vaccine will only be a partial 1st step in restoring the Nations Health needs barker, aljazeera, stockport. The attorney and government has issued a final warning to egypt to cooperate in the investigation into the murder of an italian researcher. It comes nearly 5 years after julie origine went missing. His body was found with signs of torture in the desert outside cairo. The italian Prime Minister has reportedly told president that egyptian agents involved in the crime must choose a lawyer in italy. Thousands of people have marched in cities across france against a draft security laws. The proposals could brave it media from publishing of filming Police Officers on duty. Critics say the bill is an attempt to stifle press freedom, and to prevent journalists from documenting police brutality. Spain is mounting a diplomatic offensive in africa, sending syria ministers to morocco and senegal. Following a record surge of the number of refugees migrants reaching the canary islands, i see hundreds have been transferred to a makeshift camp on a military size with the local government. Overwhelmed aljazeera skara leg reports. Its the tourist season on Spains Canary islands. But despite the coronavirus pandemic and the lack of visitors, these apartments and hotels havent been left empty. Theyre being used to house a growing number of migrants arriving in record numbers from africa is not good for us to do. So we are just sitting there just as well as we have to tell me the government, i forget what you saw africa at least 18000. 00 people have landed on the shores this year alone. More than half of that in just the past month. And thats put a strain on government facilities and left thousands stranded in the main port without basic services. That was, its also angered local authorities. And many of the islands residents whove criticized the governments slow response was these people see not being here. But what can we do . The government says its urgently setting up makeshift camps on military sites in italy for the most about. We think that by the end of this year we will have temporary camps to house 7000. 00 migrants set up. This is the 1st solution. It blames the increase in arrivals on e. U. Agreements with turkey, libya and morocco that have stopped many migrants using established routes. The interior minister has held talks with his moroccan counterpart and the foreign minister is to meet u. N. Officials ahead of a visit to senegal. Thats become one of the main points of departure for those willing to risk a perilous journey in the hope of a new life on european shores car leg aljazeera. Russia has declared a state of emergency in its far east region for more ski to snowstorms left more than 150000, people without water and electricity. Sick ice is formed on trees and power lines after 2 days of extreme weather. Its the 1st time in decades that the reason ive seen such severe conditions its good to have you with us. Hello, a dream to get here. In the headlines, a district judge in pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the Trump Campaign, which sought to exclude millions of mail in ballots. In the states, a scathing ruling handed down by the judge says the lawsuit failed to provide evidence of those of fraud mike hanna reports from washington. But this is very significant because its the ruling