Election demonstrates is that 5 of the Congress Building in guatemala is capital angry over cuts to health and Education Services and in sport. Rafa nadal his quest for his 1st ever a. T. P. Finals title has ended. A 20 time grand slam champion was stunned by russias Danielle Medvedev at the season and examined. We begin this news hour in ethiopia, where Government Forces say they plan to encircle the capital city of the northern tier, a region with time and then seize it. Mckelway is controlled by the Peoples Liberation front Government Troops launched an offensive on the group this month. Now the Reuters News Agency is reporting that the t. P. I. Left says its Standing Firm and has destroyed roads and bridges to stop the government advance. 100. 00 ad is in for more on the fighting for us and mamma tell us about the advances that the government says its making. In t. Gray. When more on Government Forces vans in on the city of from the north, south and west than parts. And they say to finish the war on the mountain is sounding the city that would need tons to fire into the defenses of the 2. Great Peoples Liberation front flight is they also saying they would need to fire to live into the city and have overnight drop leaflets across mackellar warning, the citizens and civilians living in the city to be as far away as possible from the military is above the mckellar as the ultimate price in this war, its not just the main city to go right. Also, the stronghold of the tibial of leaders who they are fighting. And they say they now advancing from a list of 3 different fronts. To Peoples Liberation front leadership says that they are holding farm on the cell phone front, which is at the border. They share with the region and say theyre ready to die for their principles and there were no buses. And so this isnt of the mccann i have been warned through leaflet drops of this impending advance. But where can they go to be safe . No way out unless they cross the border. Us follows us. Others have done in the past 2 weeks is a situation of panic and tension is really high in the city of mackay down. Its not just the panic and the advancing its European Defense forces on the city and the impending bottles that is only affecting the people. Its also a shortage of almost everything. Internet and Telephone Networks are down. And there are long queues for president. These basically a shortage of everything essential, not just in mckellar, but the course the region because no vehicles are allowed to carry essential supplies into the entire region. Ok, for the moment well leave it there. But many thanks for the update was mohamed was just saying this conflict is forcing thousands of people to flee this region into neighboring sudan aid agencies are saying around 2000 refugees are arriving every single day as ever. Morgan reports from get a rest state. Many bear the scars of horrors theyve run from since he arrived in this refugee camp in sudans got out of state 5 days ago, haile will be gabrial has been hoping to have his own properly treated. He says sharp 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 shock. Now in his stomach and fragments are still lodged in his hand. Its now become infected, and hes worried. He may lose it. Fighting in particular 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 the dance government has reopened it to cope with the 3rd, an influx. Her dad 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 this place 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 staying back home. And those who say they witnessed with their own eyes, people being slaughtered and killed, say they doubt the memory will ever fade from their minds. Telephone, his wife and 2 children were among the 1st to arrive in the camp, fleeing from a katra. 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 i 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 truth. 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 on his iran and the bar of state. Donald trump has suffered another legal setback in his bid to overturn the results of the us president ial election. A federal judge dismissed a trunk campaign lawsuit in the crucial state of pennsylvania. He said the claim to prevent state officials from certifying results was without merit. Boss, drums, legal team isnt giving up when the giuliani plans to appeal and says it actually helps speed up their strategy to get the case before the u. S. Supreme court. Meanwhile, twitter and facebook say they will transfer control of the official us president ial accounts to the Incoming Administration of joe biden. All of the 20th of january thats inauguration day. Well as elliot brennan, his Research Associate at United States, United States studies center at the university of sydney. Very good to have you with us. Rudy giuliani seems set to taking this case to the supreme court. The pennsylvania case. Can he get it if its already been thrown out by a federal judge . Look at it looks quite unlikely that going to be what plays out here. The court, the case itself was thrown out very, very quickly. Doesnt have much of a legal standing. The, the words of the judge actually it was almost as if he was insulted by, by having to, to hear the case at all. So it is not a very strong case if they bring in pennsylvania. And of course, the skies and this state is a crucial one in that electoral map. So its looking more and more unlikely, and its been on unlikely since the start that any of these legal avenues were going to bear fruit for the trump campaign. And were really just getting to the point now where theyre running out of options. Theres always been talk of the supreme court. President trump said on Election Night itself, that we will fight this in the supreme court. But its not clear that theres any pathway there for them now. Quite simply, theyre running out of time before the Electoral College has a safe harbor deadline on december. I and then mates on december 14th. If that is so, if it has always been. So why is it that republican lawmaker has a server luck to box on donald trump . So what happened this election while it was a rejection of donald trump . Its quite evident that he has lost the president ial election. It wasnt a rejection of trump ism, we can really say that there was an incredible mobilization behind donald trump, the candidate that brought out record numbers of voters for the republicans. The problem was that democrats brought out even more people. So right now, the republican institutions in this sort of status where they dont want to challenge president trump, because they can see how much power he whales in solving what was previously a demographic problem for republicans. He brought out really high turnout among latino voters, high rates of turnout among africanamericans, and really brought out people who werent involved in the political system previously. So republicans are looking at this situation, knowing that trump, the writing is, is on the wall for president trump. But they know that hes in a situation where for the next 4 years, he could carry an immense amount of power in the way that the Republican Party itself is wrong. So that, or that body, that songs at the moment, ok, yes. And given that hes got this huge support base in the United States health excess. But is he being in questioning the legitimacy of bidens when amongst these vices . Yeah, i wouldnt like to use the word successful because whats happening at the moment is so damaging the amount of turnout the United States had at this election should be a cause for celebration of democracy. Having that level of Voter Participation in a country that doesnt have mandatory voting should be a celebre, tory moment. By immediately calling into question the legitimacy, legitimacy of the democratic dr. It is quite approaching areas moment in the United States. Now where you have so many people who time out for donald trump, who are being told that the elections being taken away from them by going to various forces. So then how much more said joe biden be doing to these claims . I mean, hes saying a bit here and that, but he will be getting out on the front foot. Its a tough question for biden, and the campaign because they know that eventually this will come to them. They know that there is a bureaucracy that has stopped apps to stop this, but at the same time, what they are not getting at the moment is really important from a National Security perspective. As far as on where that joe biden still isnt getting his intelligence briefing, they are working on transitions on things like pandemic control, which is obviously an immensely important issue at the moment. So its really interrupting the administrations start right now. Come what may they will be starting from behind compared to the way that other president s have been able to assume the office on, on inauguration day. The other side of that is that joe biden knows the white house insider. He spent 8 years, there is the Vice President , so he has that sort of advantage behind him. But in terms of National Security terms of the pandemic and the integrity of that Health Care System in the United States. This is quite worrying, but he doesnt want it to devolve into a, into a civil disturbance by coming out too hard against trumps claims while he still is going through his legal mechanisms. Ok eliot browning, great speak to, thanks for taking time to join us there from slipping. Thank you. Theres been a trace says its deployed new pick a full ball as to the middle east. The bay 52 h. Bomb as took off from north dakota on friday. It was not specified where they went, but the planes have been based in castle in the past. Comes days off the pentagon said troops numbers would be reduced in both afghanistan and iraq. U. S. Lots of play. The planes in january join heightened tensions with attack iran. Eisel says it was behind a rocket attacks in afghanistans capital kabul at least 8 people were killed and dozens injured. When more than 20 rockets landed in residential areas near the green zone. Many embassies a base. Their attack happened hours before u. S. Actually was due to hold talks with Afghan Government and taliban negotiators in kaesong 70 deca has more on those talks in doha. My pompei are wrapped up saturday with meeting the taliban delegation involved in intra afghan talks. See, it met an hour earlier with the Afghan Government delegation. These are talks that were integrated back in september, the u. S. Secretary of state where he was here for that as well. But its been a difficult process, moving forward to hold, still stuck on the technicalities of what kind of islamic rule will govern the govern the framework of these tools. I think the message certainly for my pompei will be that they are keen to get the 2 sides to sit down to really get to the difficult issues when it comes to a long lasting cease fire and a power sharing agreement between the 2 sides. Of course you also met the path or is it me or he had a lunch with him and also met with the deputy Prime Minister to be discussed issues like iran. This is a ministration thats been very much an anti iran in a country as a country that has very good relations with iran. Its also one of the issues when it comes to the gulf, blockade the blockade in countries demanding that qatar cuts ties with iran, something they have so far, refused to do. This is also an administration that has said it wanted to perhaps get some movement on the lifting of the blockade that certainly at the moment hasnt happened, not to the full extent anyway. And of course, also in a way pump a oh, of course, and u. S. President donald trump not having conceded defeat but patters. Amir has already called the president joe biden, to congratulate him on his way as bunty most still ahead on this news hour, including held without trial processes in china, is a detention is being used as a political weapon. And opposition demonstrators gathering in pakistan accusing the minutes of stealing the last election also in sports. This football star has put the italian champions back on track. Far away here with the details. Millions of voters in became a faster all costing their ballots in the election. Taking place under the shadow of violence and allegations of voter fraud, president christian cub or a is seeking a 2nd 5 year term in office 2 of his challenges have accused him of trying to rig the vote. Hundreds of thousands of people in the north and east will be unable to vote in sundays elections polling stations. There are closed for fear of attacks by armed groups. That it just is following these elections from the nigerian capital, a blue chip festival at meters of the voting is going there today. When laura, for the past 5 hours, there has been no Major Incident in terms of violence in areas weve monitored so far, especially in the capital were going to go. But there are genuine concerns that armed groups that have been that have wrecked havoc and damage to this poor west african country for in the past 5 years will attempt to disrupt the voting today. However, things appear to be going on smoothly in many parts of the country will still have some hours before polling ends, but so far so good president , couple reams of voted and we expect the 2 main opposition challengers to couple. His presidency will also vote in the next few minutes or so in his speech shortly after the voting. So this is a democratic process cannot be, it should not, and must not allow of the kind of situation to discourage them from voting. Its their civic responsibility. Its about democracy, so east encouraging them to vote in the election. So the voting process is being monitored by international observers, including the echo of the African Union and representatives from europe and other parts of the world who are watching this election closely. And many people in iowa in booking a fossil expect mr. Kapoor to do well. Ok, and what are the main issues that are on vacations minds . The most important issue, of course, is security for the last 5 years. Groups including local militias, have killed more than 2000 people, and now forced more than a 1000000 people out of their homes in the north and east of the country. Now the issue is, is ivory is in a position to deal with the situation for the last 5 years. That was not the case despite the presence of 20000. 00 International Forces in the cell, which of course. d include a break in a fossil. These attacks still continue from local militias to armed groups like affiliated to al qaida in iso who are based either in britain of us or across the border in mali, have been carrying a caring out a tyrants. And recently as recent as 10 days ago, the Security Forces in that country. So a lot of broken up, its are worried about the security situation. This is what the opposition, by the way is campaigning on. They want putting up a street judge president or his failure to rein in these attacks. However, it looks like the opposition is not clearly is clearly not in a position to challenge him unless of course this voting goes to a 2nd row. They failed to agree among themselves to present a formidable opposition to mr. Candidacy by presenting a single candidate to challenge him in this elections. So security basically is the most important thing on the mind of every voting today. And theyre just that many thanks for joining us. There from a page on the kenya. Fast as polling day. Well, its the countrys 2nd democratic elections since the 2014 uprising that ended former president plays campari is 27 year rule. Has been in power ever since hes been campaigning for reelection on his programs of Free Health Care and better roads. His challenges include former finance minister seth are in and can be a go and leader of companies passe. The run up to elections has been marred by attacks by armed groups linked to alqaeda and eisel. These 20