Is dismissed and saying to survive, mexicos mariachi bands struggle to make ends meet on the pandemic restrictions and sports. Rafa nadal is quest for his 1st ever a. T. P. Finals title and 20 time grand slam champion with done by russias. Danielle medvedev at the season ending event. We begin this news in ethiopia, where Government Forces are pushing ahead with their advance on the capital city of the northern. They say they plan to encircle, mccalla a with tanks in order to seize it. Its under the control of the Peoples Liberation front. The government says it is already taken the town of a diet or hummus about 100 kilometers from the Reuters News Agency is reporting that the t p l f says its Standing Firm and has destroyed roads and bridges to slow the government advance. Now the fighting has forced people to flee for safety more than 30000. Refugees have already crossed the border into sudan. Speak to mohammed. Hes standing by for us in this. Tell us a little bit more mohammed about what the government is saying on its advances in the region. Well, all of the Government Forces ive yet to reach the outskirts of the city of mckenna cup with all of the region, but they are already talking about how they are plotting on how they want to seize start city, which is not only the biggest city in the to grab it in, but also the stronghold of the t. T. L. Of leaders Prime Minister of this government. Desperate to see cup should. Now theyre saying to finish the wall that is going to happen in the mountainous areas surrounding mckenna, there will be needing tunks and also to live in fire into this city. Take getting military installations there on the defenses of the t. P. S. Theyre saying they will also use strikes and drawn up tucks against the defenses on its outskirts before. If you have been National Defense forces can advance towards the field of fields on the outskirts of the city. They have been dropping overnight to lift. Lets warning civilians not to go anywhere near military installations and to stay at home. But its not known what the civilians who are already facing shelter food and every other basic essential can do other than flee. And what mamma do we hearing from the to grey inside . Well so far theyve been saying that they are not ready to surrender the will fight to the last month and that they will die for their principles already. Theyre talking about holding farm on their defenseless, on the sultan part. If youre going to show Defense Forces advancing on the killer from the south of the west and the north, and theyre saying so far theyve been able to hold fire on their defenses. On the solve that was of been claiming victories in many of the bottles theyve had with if you have been National Defense forces. But its very hard to independently confirm some of the victories the tea p. L. F. Have been claimed by the government as well. Absolutely. These sapient government has repeatedly said its not going to enter dialogue with the t. P. M. Left, despite International Efforts to bring the 2 sides to the table. Why is that . Well, Prime Minister insists that from the beginning of the war, this is an internal matter. It is, he says, a security operation, which is meant to clear impunity and what he calls law and order in the region. And as such, not been ready at all to discuss and still is not ready to listen to the pleas from the International Community for a dialogue between him and his or points. So hes promising a very swift operation. This could be a protracted war through should Peoples Liberation force was also a big ok mommy brain is the very latest there from. Thanks mohammed. Well, as we mentioned, this conflict is forcing thousands of people to flee from grey into neighboring sudan aid agencies say around 2000 refugees are arriving every day. Morgan reports from cattle, red states, 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 gabrielle 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 the real soldiers shooting them, hyla says he was also hit by shrapnel 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 dam. This camp was uninhabited, but sudans government has reopened it to cope with the 3rd, an influx. 100 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. And 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 you please, 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. Others 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 their memory will ever fade from their minds. Tell a home 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 i had only heard of the fighting back then. But then people came armed with machetes and nerves, 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, the bar of state. Now millions of verses in back in a faso consing the ballots in an election taking place under the shadow of violence and allegations of voter fraud. President rushed christian couple or is seeking a 2nd 5 year term in office. 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. Stations that close for fear of a tux by armed groups. Well, correspondent, after that, it just is following these elections in the nigerian capital of bija. But how we, having the vote is going, is it peaceful so far its been peaceful, largely peaceful, especially in the capital of the president has voted to his main challenges of also voted of all these challenges of earlier claims that there were plans to rig the election in favor of the president , they said the president s party and its supporters went about buying voters cups of market women and a lot of individuals before the election. And there also, they also showed photos of what they said was empty ballot boxes unmarked, which they believe could be used to rig the election. But generally the elections have been peaceful in most of the places we have monitored. And we have also seen and spoke to International Observers from the African Union and other organizations who were participated in the elections and lots of new voters. And also all voters who really are keen on electing somebody who can and the critical situation the country is facing now, which is the violence from ethnic militias from also from groups that are affiliated with eisel and alqaeda. So do they think that kapoor is the man to do that . How likely is it that hes going to win a 2nd term . Well, whether or not youll be able to deal with the situation is a difficult. Its a different matter altogether. For the last 5 years, kapoor has been struggling, and its clear to see that the bulk of Us Armed Forces and the government are incapable of dealing with the situation. Thats why we see the presence of more than 20000 International Forces in the cell. Countries that include, of course, working a fossil trying to defeat the armed groups there. A lot of people still dont know exactly who to trust with this on responsibility of securing but king of fossil many of them have seen tried and failed to bring peace to the country. And theyre not sure whether new elected representatives will also do that. However, insisted that hes the man to do that, and a lot of people are putting their trust in him to see if he can deliver in the next few years or so. The issue of whether or not he will win is a big question. But of course, many people expect to win this election because of a divided opposition. They failed to organize themselves to present a single candidate to face in this election. And many believe that this could have easy path to victory or to reelection for the next 5 years. Thank you. Following developments on election day from the well, this is becoming a 2nd democratic election since a 2014 uprising ended. Former president blaise con borys 27 year rule. Christian kapoor a has been in power since hes been campaigning for reelection on his programs of Free Health Care and better roads is challenges include former finance ministers affair in the opera and eddie congo, the leader of campari posse. The run up to the elections be marred by attacks by armed groups and linked to alqaeda and eisel. At least 2000 people have been killed this year. And more than 1000000, displaced by violence. As a is the executive director of the west African Network for peace building. He says the countrys fragile security will in bolton, the armed groups in the long regime of president. Lets compare our really been a lot of these grow to maidens among the citizens. And these issues that we have bottled throughout the 27 years of single rule that a lot of people describe us and they are for like every other movement from autocratic within to consolidate that democracy. You know, that is that citizens expressions because they are not well, money just we always go in the form of violence. And then of course we cannot. Feisal is also in the side harry john, which is already exposed to a lot of violent extremists. And that is why in this instance into the selection on each of these candidates, we have you soon wounds to heal. And of course need to start a force very distant and john electorates one 5th of the conferees, not going to be able to vote on one that they will continue to feel alienated from the ministry in government. And then on your part, its also the perception of the extremists that they have actually succeeded. Because if they are on to food, then it means that the, the, they are winning the war as it were. Because the state machinery is not to not allow the citizens to work, which is what they have been has been to law still had on the news hour, including greenspan saying on a digital revolution to help a struggling economy to have pandemic rest session opposition. Protesters gathering in pakistan occasional militants stealing the last election and then supporting this premier league champions, liverpool and to break another record of more not so it also coming up the hour. 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 Trump Campaign lawsuit in the crucial state of pennsylvania. He said the claim to prevent state officials from certifying results was without merit. But drums legal team isnt giving up yet. Rudy giuliani plans to appeal and says it actually helps beat 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, on the 20th of january. Thats inauguration day. And it is a Research Associate at the United States studies center at the university of sydney. He says the lawsuit filed in pennsylvania has little chance of progressing further. The case itself was thrown out very, very quickly. Its 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, this case, 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 and then meets on december 14th. 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 states is where they dont want to challenge president trump, because they can see how much power he wields in solving what was previously a demographic problem for republicans. There is military says its deployed palmas to the middle east. The b. 52. 00 bombers took off from north dakota on friday. It was not specified where they went, but topping based in qatar in the pasta comes days off the pentagon, said 2 numbers would be reduced in both afghanistan and iraq. U. S. Last deployed, the planes in january join heightened tensions. But the u. S. Centers for Disease Control is people not to travel for the thanksgiving holiday on thursday for fear of further spreading. The coronavirus. Millions of people are expected to ignore those warnings. California has imposed a state wide curfew, requiring people to stay at home during the night. United states is the worst affected country with more than 12000000 infections and a quarter of a 1000000 deaths is a professor of epidemiology and medicine at columbia university. She says the curfew isnt enough to stop the rise and infections putting in place a good few demonstrates the concern. So if you are concerned 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 together. 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 household and not beyond that. So 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, is smooth transition and that there is an ability between individuals who are now overseeing the coverage response to be able to meet with the new administration to put together a smooth transition and to allow for mobilization and to put in place, hopefully the new and more effective measures to control the mc in this country. There is fair and Drug Administration has, i should imagine say approval for a general and antibody therapy used to treat president trump. Isnt he said the treatment should be is for a while to moderate cases of in front as often incorrectly describe the therapy as a cure. A normal christmas is being ruled out for millions of people in the u. K. Because of the coronavirus chance of the exchequer. That says the government is looking at ways to help families spend time together under a Strict Lockdown as the government struggles to contain rising infections with regard to christmas. You know, i think frustrating as it is for all of us christmas is not going to be normal this year. But that said, the Prime Minister and everyone else were looking at ways to see how families can spend some time with each other over christmas period. Obviously thats something that we would like to do or dont hold, joins us live now from london and join a Cabinet Meeting as we speak, the government facing increasing pressure to ease these restrictions in the run up to christmas. Yes. Well, you have the chance of their whatever they come up with, it isnt going to be a normal christmas, but theyre in mind at the moment under lockdown, you cant mix it all in household groups. Theyre hoping to do far better than that for christmas. The Cabinet Meeting with promise to Boris Johnson this afternoon to go over