Politics and the pandemic. She lays out her roadmap for the year ahead welcome to the program. Joe biden is forging ahead with preparations to take over as u. S. President. His margin of victory keeps growing. Pennsylvania and nevada have become the latest states to certify the president elect as the winner. And by now has formally unveiled some of his top team that she had written, see reports. President elect biden was unequivocal as he presented his National Security appointments and nominees. Its a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. Once again, sit at the head of the table, ready to confront our adversaries, and not reject our allies ready to stand up for our values. Much was made of the backgrounds of the nominees as examples of the american dream. Linda thomas greenfield, nominated as u. S. Ambassador, a 100 mile costs are latino immigrants nominated to lead the department of homeland security. And avril haynes, the 1st female director of national intelligence. If confirmed mr. President , you know that i have never shied away from speaking truth to power. But for all the talk of diversity, this is a National Security team that symbolizes the return of the washington Foreign Policy establishment after 4 years in the cold. None more so than secretary of state nominee tony blinken, deputy secretary of state under president obama, and a long time Foreign Policy adviser to biden. Hes known to be far more of an advocate for u. S. Military intervention around the world than the president elects lincoln has spent the last few years consulting for weapons manufacturers and big tech america at its best still has a greater ability than any other country on earth. To bring others together to meet the challenges of our time, but biden has pledged fresh thinking on Foreign Policy. Perhaps a recognition that a key reason that some voters switched from the democrats to trump in 2016 was their disappointment that president obama had not brought the change in Foreign Policy. He promised, and bidens incoming National Security adviser did speak of an approach to Foreign Policy, not traditionally expressed in washington, the alliances, we rebuild the institutions. We believe the agreements we sign all of them should be judged by a basic question. Will this make life better, easier, safer for families across this country . Our Foreign Policy has to deliver. Its biden is making one key change, a special president ial envoy for climate. John kerry will sit on the National Security council with a pledge to make the environment central to policymaking across government. But there is some skepticism, but the washington insiders being chosen will be the one with to deliver a fresh policy thinking. The president elect is promising. The aljazeera wilmington, delaware in a brief white house appearance u. S. President donald trump pounced taking credit for a record day in the markets. The dow jones index reached an historic high on choose day following the transition developments and progress on the coronavirus vaccines. The stock markets just broken 30000 never been broken. That number, its a secret number 30000. Nobody thought theyd ever see it. Thats the name time since the beginning of 2020. And its the 48th time that weve broken records in doing the trumpet ministration. And i just want to congratulate all the people within the administration that work so hard. And most importantly, i want to congratulate the people of our country because there are no people like you. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. All for the news hour. The government says to grain, Regional Forces have started to surrender. The government gave them until wednesday to lay down their arms all risk. A final assault on the main city in the tally. Its warning people to leave the area to raise leadership, denies, surrendering, and claims. An Ethiopian Military division has been destroying it. If you piers, Human Rights Commission is accusing members of a 2 grain youth group of massacring some 600 civilians earlier this month. In a report it says the attackers targeted to grown residents of my can drive a small town in the west of the region. It says victims are killed with the collusion of local security forces. The government threatens what it calls a final offensive Rights Groups are becoming increasingly concerned about the possibility of war crimes from both sides. When conducting cooperate outside of a gully, there are some fruit should be respected. So International Human rights laws, standards and International Humanitarian law standards. So that didnt work arrives. So violation of basic standards about civilian protecting civilians. What targeting t. V. s can amount to according to that open law and according to the International Laws say indeed about a fight. Many of the families fleeing the fighting into growing have been separated in the exodus. Now, more than 40000, people have fled to neighboring sudan. But morgan met those trying to find missing family members. When fighting came to her hometown of make degree region to testify, fled with most of her children, but she had to leave her 2 oldest daughters behind integris capital, another high then they went to study mccully with this school in the fighting started and there was no way for me to contact them. Now i dont know where they are and how they are doing. They said they didnt have enough money before the fighting started. 1. 00 is 14. 00 and 1. 00 is 15. Are they being feed . Are they being taken care of their only children . Since the fighting started integrate in early november . More than 40000, people have fled to sudan states of say more than 5000000 are trapped in the region with no access to humanitarian aid. Sudanese Authorities Say nearly 3000 people arrive every day. It is the head while i arrived here 2 weeks ago. Since his arrival has been searching for the parents of these 3 children. When the fighting came to the town of moore, kendra everyone started running. These 3 siblings were in the town and seemed lost. So i took them with me. I tried to look for the appearance, but i couldnt find them or even used loudspeakers among those displaced. When all failed, i came with him to this camp. If you piers government has imposed a Telecommunications Blackout in the to green region, since the start of the fighting with malfunctioning 4 lines of internet access, families who have left loved ones behind say theyre not sure if theyre still alive. Most have started the process of tracking their parents or children, hoping theyve arrived in sudan, but are in a different camp. And as more of arrive, the number of families separated by the conflict is rising. Sudanese Authorities Say theyre not sure how many children have been separated from their parents or how many mothers and fathers left their children behind. Aid organizations efforts are being made to reunite families. Unfortunately, as you know, children and women are always the, this reporting, the impact of influx of refugees. And we have social workers who are working with them as well as the police. And actually they are in safe place at the moment. And were going to be starting tracing their families with i. C. R. C. But for those like my had it who have left their children behind, the process is yet to start. She says she can only pray her daughters are still alive and someday make it to the camp. If not, she has to wait until the fighting and to go back and look for them. And shes not sure how long that will take people. Morgan aljazeera, that out of state 14 people are being killed by 2 explosions at a market in central afghanistan. That happened in the historic city of balmy and the mainly shia has are a minority. The group has claimed responsibility and the taliban has denied involvement. Secretary general has called for an immediate and unconditional cease fire in afghanistan while he was speaking to us. Foreign donors pledged 12000000000. 00 at a Virtual Conference money thats conditional on protecting human rights and making progress on peace talks to fury has more the boughs are in jalalabad in eastern afghanistan is awash in color, but life for most here remains stark. Thousands of daily workers struggle to get by day to day. You know, when i see the government is taking us next and wants to kill us, theres no help for us. The poor dont have rights. Poverty levels have shot up to 70 percent from 54 percent last year. Many afghans say corruption, deprived them from benefiting from the International Aid that has been keeping up gani stand alive for almost 2 decades. The government deals behind the curtains, whatever they get, they distribute among themselves. Look at these children here. They sell plastic bags, they need to go to school. Corruption is also the main concern for the International Community. And its funding in afghanistan. Billions have been lost to abuse, fraud and waste. In programs set up to develop the country in communities. Like providing, know how when equipment to some afghans here to learn how to make all of oil and sell their all lives. For years, the International Community and donors worked to make afghanistan selfreliant, but nearly 20 years says this conflict began. It remains one of the most dependent countries in the world. And it remains so fragile that during his years donor conference, dozens of countries pledged their support for the next 4 years. Despite many economists affected by the cava, 1000 pandemic and uncertainties over the Peace Process between the government and the taliban. Afghan president ashraf ghani, tried to reassure donors despite the i want to be very clear that the commitments to negotiations with the taliban remains for our negotiating remain steadfast in their commitment that we must bring an end to violence. The European Union pledged almost 1500000000. 00 for the next 4 years conditional on preserving the human rights and democratic gains of the last 19 years. E. U. High representative joseph oral send a warning to the taliban. United nations sick with you cultures that any attempt to restore an islamic and the right would have any bad political and financial engage. Other countries like britain, the netherlands and canada, stepped forward with hundreds of millions for afghanistan. But as donors pledged their support to blasts in the heart of ghana stands most peaceful province by meon, killed and injured dozens, and made the call for a ceasefire more urgent than ever for your country. For aljazeera, jalalabad, eastern afghanistan, both still ahead here on out as our allies predict larger than expected losses due to the current virus pandemic calling the crisis devastating. Also we have in mexico fight back against rising violence during the pandemic. Well bring you one survivor story to stay with us here on aljazeera. We got some rather nasty weather across eastern parts of canada. Quite a bit of cloud here. Parry of low pressure thats been swirling away, tightly packed ice about strong winds that are just around the canadian maritimes. Him and he, wintry weather for many handsome Winter Weather to across the western side of candidate coming down across the the Rocky Mountain states of the u. S. As well in between. Weve got some very heavy rain pushing up towards the appalachians rod across the plains easing the east was make the most if youll read, 30 celsius in d. C. , 12 celsius for new york. Head of thanksgiving dry come thanksgiving. Well, wet weather around the eastern seaboard all the way along the east coast, looking rather wet, dry weather, talking back in behind. You notice a few showers north of the border of a wintry night, so there will be some snow there into central parts of canada. But its ontario could see some snow with piles of quebec as well. But i would say was basically some heavy snow just pushing up towards the rockies heavy rain as well just around the coast. Further south, we got some rain in texas. I still got plenty of right into the western side of the caribbean, long line of cloud, coming out of hispaniola, down towards nicaragua and more rain there, the honduras women mothers, some performers christmas from their prison on the plateau argentina. Inspiration is a force to food was stifled, invisible, my party. Did you find a lot to me . Seems to know. Just welcome back. Youre watching or just are with me. So home run a reminder of our top stories. Joe biden is forging ahead with his preparations to take over as president and his margin of victory keeps growing. Hes formally unveiled some of his top team while pennsylvania and nevada have become the latest states to certify him as the winner. In a brief white house appearance, u. S. President donald trump has taken credit for a record day in the markets. The dow jones index reached a historic high on tuesday. But ethiopias government claims of forces into grey have begun to surrender. Theyve been given until wednesday to lay down their arms, but to graze. Leaders are denying the claims and say theyve destroyed a government official. Hong kongs chief executive kerry line is laying out her policy program for the coming year in her annual address to the legislative assembly. The speech was originally shuttles to last month, but land delayed it. Due to consulting with beijing, adrian brown joins me now from hong kong. And adrian miss lamb took to the stage just as we went on air, lots of topics that she needs to address. What has she been discussing so far . Well, thats right. You began talking so hell about 20 minutes ago when the scene actually outside the legislative assembly. Very different, of course to the one you would have seen exactly a year ago when there were protesters outside this building. As well as of course protesters inside the chamber, forcing caroline to cut short her address and then deliver it via video link. Shes going to be talking so held for about 2 hours a lot to discuss. She began her address by referring of course to president xi jinping, thanking the chinese leadership for the support theyve shown hong kong during the past few months. Shes going to be focusing, i think, on trying to deliver a message of hope to the people of hong kong, because she cant really do much more at the moment. That 19 means that many businesses are still being affected. Many businesses have closed. Thousands of people have been thrown out of work, but until china reopens the border with hong kong, which is something its not going to do until hong kong has completely eliminated covert. 19 is making it very, very difficult for the hong kong economy to recover. Now carol lam of course is a diminished leader at the moment in very much a shrunken legislature. I say shrunken because of course shes delivering her address to a parliament that is now basically minus any opposition. The prodemocracy camp have either been disqualified or have resigned. On mass carry lams popularity is now what a dismal 26 percent compared to what . 68 percent. In the months after she came to office more than 3 and a half months ago, sue, her report card is terrible. But for the moment, she retains the support of president xi jinping. And thats important because for the moment it seems say im listen. He believes shes still the leader that hong kong needs, even so many people here in hong kong of course, feel very differently. I think one of the focus or very much the focus of our address today is going to be on what is happening across the border in whats known as the greater bay area. This is a very ambitious project of chinese leaders to connect the cities of nearby macau, in hong kong to 9 cities in Guangdong Province across the border, creating so the theory goes vast i. T. And Financial Center of which perhaps hong kong would be at the center or perhaps not, but of course none of that can really happen. Those promises cant be fulfilled or delivered upon until hong kong gets a handle on covert 90 later. And its a long address by carry law, and we know that your monitoring it will join you later in the day. Thanks very much. Police in thailand have summoned 7 protest leaders to face charges of insulting the molecule. Itll be the 1st times that charges have been applied in the country. In more than 2 years. Anyone found guilty faces up to 15 years in prison. Antigovernment protests that began in july have increasingly turned to demands to curb the powers of the monarchy. The Aviation Industry is reporting larger than expected losses due to the pandemic describing the crisis as devastating and unrelenting. The International Air transport association had predicted a 100000000000. 00 loss by the end of 2021. Its now raise that to 157000000000. 00. Passenger numbers are expected to drop below 2000000000 this year. Thats less than half the number of 2019. Alexander, the kid is the director general and chief executive of the International Air transport association. He says, an industry wide plan is needed to deal with coronavirus. We do not think that this is a rip, was it . What with it that if we want to have a liable or so of systematic testing of the one pet plus vaccination, it has to be completed by the 3rd, which is if he should, the process that will certify that in the lab test objects in the negative or that the back to work in this information should be transferred to the injured could be also shown to governments who could request for me. So you know, its necessary complement east works this Information System that will be that we take it for now. But will be ready in 2 weeks from now to certify and to manage the flow of information regarding of passengers and will remain under control messages to maintain credibility of these very sensitive but could be transferred requests to governments or alliance to allow our governments to live very far or italy has reported its highest daily death toll. Since march 853, fatalities were confirmed on tuesday, but Health Ministry also registered more than 23000, new infections, more than 51000. People have died so far. The 2nd highest in europe, but a surgeon hospital admitted admissions are slow to, while pressure on intensive care units is easing, france will start easing its not done from the weekend in a televised address to the nation. President said, the worst of the 2nd wave is over, shops, theaters and settlers will gradually reopen, but restaurants cafes and bars have been ordered to remain shut. The National Vaccination campaign will begin in the coming months, but will not be mandatory. Russia says sputnik. 5 corona virus vaccine has proved 95 percent effective in clinical trials. It says the todays inoculation will be sold internationally for less than 10. 00 and will be free to russian citizens. The country plans to start mass vaccination. In january. The European Union has reached another deal to secure millions of covert 19 vaccines. E. U. Leaders are expected to sign an agreement with the American Biotech company, but are to supply up to 160000000 doses. But owner said last week its experimental vaccine was nearly 95 percent effective. Now the pandemic is taking a toll on londons black taxi cabs demand has collapsed. Many drivers are quit and socalled taxi graveyards are starting to appear around the capital. Paul brennan reports in a field just outside london is an extraordinary sight. There are more than 200 london cabs here, gridlocked in the green belt. This is one of the citys growing number of taxi graveyards vehicles that no passengers want to hire and no driver wants to rent. We are struggling with some finance companies because they need their funds paid in. However, if youre not renting the vehicle, you cant. You cant pay whats not coming in between june and november of this year. And then he 4000. 00 of these iconic london black cabs came off the road. Thats more than 20 percent of the total. And theyre ending up in graveyard such as this a couple of 100 here. Hundreds more in other garages on lock up areas all around the capital. And the question is whether any of these vehicles will ever make it back out onto the road again . Among those drivers still clinging on at the taxi ranks. The view is bleak. Yesterday i worked 6 hours. I went to only were 28 pounds. So today, out nearly 4 hours now i have done only 2 jobs. Cab leaders warn that with more than a quarter of the Current Fleet being 0 emission electric vehicles. Taking taxis off the road is actually doing more harm than good. We were an industry back in march. That was in investing 50000000 pounds a week in new electric vehicles, a new electric infrastructure, and those vehicles now are in danger of being repossessed. Were in position where we could be going backwards rather than forwards. An absolute disaster that sentiment is indorsed by this clean air campaign. I have not had the support that other sectors of the economy had of had. And what i would like to see is the government putting support in and using this moment that the billions and hundreds of billions of money that are being spent into driving the taxi industry and other, industries towards much cleaner vehicles. Since its introduction in the 1950 s. , the london black cab has been a british design icon. But now stelter and style cannot by themselves keep these vehicles on the road. Paul brennan, aljazeera essex. Were going to mexico have been facing high levels of violence during the current virus pandemic. Of 10 women are murdered every day with nowhere else to go. A group of victims as occupied a government building in the capital. Mexico city is one of the women that stand refuge there. We want to show all the women that we are not scared anymore. When my name is eddie, come out of the mist in my daughters, in a victims of violence. And those in the women on november 2nd 2017, my 7 year old daughter was 6, fully abused by my brother in law. She was 7 and my brother in law was 43. I reported it to the police, but i had to spend 2 years fighting for justice just for the investigation against him to begin with. But we lost our home, our job, and everything we had when i started making deals for women. And sadly, most of them told me stories of this exile violence that they too had suffered. And when they lent to what happened to my daughter, they said that they were proud of my struggle to save me is this is the still day though, that the situation is worsening. Right now. Jule independent, gender violence has increased. He believed it would have followed these is the natural of the authorities did apathy. Theres no wanting to work for women. But we decided together with other women to occupy the building. On september the 4th, the building has been converted into a shelter for women who are victims of violence with their children. They can come here without being judged. On the contrary, they are left because we speak to understand them. All of these changes and you have 2 options, you either stay at home crying or you go out and fight. I realize that if you want to change things, you have to go out, go out and burn things, break things, go out and scream. Because if not, no one sees you know, when he is you and that apathy is the worst thing in the world. A posthumous appeal on behalf of the only person convicted of the lockerbie bombing has started in scotland. The family he has been fighting to clear his name. 8 years after his death, Andrew Symonds has more. Abdel baset al mcgrath. He died 8 years ago after his release from jail on compassionate grounds. He had terminal cancer, yet his family have continued campaigning to get him cleared of calls in the lockerbie bombing. In 1988, he was found guilty of murdering 243 passengers, 16 crew and 11 residents of lockerbie when pan am flight 103 fell from the sky in pieces. Now the high court in scotland is hearing a 3rd attempt at overturning the verdicts. His family, his lawyers have said the u. K. And u. S. Governments have lived a monumental life for 31 years. They described the verdicts as the biggest miscarriage of justice in british legal history. And they maintain that iran was behind the bombing, not libya, if that finger of blame has long been pointed in the direction of iran. But having ordered a syrian Palestinian Group to carry out a revenge attack for the downing of an auburn iranian by the united states, 6 months earlier, which killed all she wanted in 90 people on board macgraw, his lawyers claim u. K. Intelligence documents may show that the bomb was made by a member of the p. F. Lp, the palestinian front for the liberation of palestine. Britains foreign minister dominic robb had signed a secrecy order last august to withhold intelligence documents relating to the case on the grounds of National Security. Mcgrath, his lawyers say those documents should be before the court, instead of being held in the foreign office. It was in 2009 just before his return to libya, the mcgrath, he abandoned his 2nd attempt at an appeal in this the 3rd attempt to prove his innocence. Lawyers say the documents that are being kept secret are at the center of their case. Andrew symonds, which is a your child, is there with me still romney . Remind volatile stories, joe biden is for your head with his preparations to take over as president as his margin of victory keeps growing. Hes formally unveiled some of his top team while pennsylvania, a nevada, have become the latest states to certify him as the winner. Its a team that will keep our country and our people safe and secure. Its a team that reflects the fact that america is back
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