Trials raising questions about their findings and police in indias capital. Those borders asked thousands of fall must protest against laws. They say what affects their livelihoods. And joining us, roscoe with sports as tributes pour in for diego maradona. We look back at the career of the argentine legend, want to have made him such a special football player. Thank you very much for joining us. Ethiopias foreign minister says the final phase of the offensive on the norgate northern to grey region. As begun in a statement made is telling residents to stay indoors as the army is ordered to move in on the regional capital make a government imposed deadline fatigue. Reenforce sister surrender expired on wednesday of a nearly 3 weeks of fighting with hundreds killed and tens of power disgraced. Lets take a closer look at where all this is happening to gray is in northern semiautonomous region of ethiopia. The tea, great Peoples Liberation front govern the region and are estimated to have up 2250000 fighters. They had controlled the National Government for nearly 3 decades before Prime Minister ahmed swept to power in 2018. Tikrit was the front line for ethiopia in its decades. Long conflict with iraq and knowledge amounts of military equipment are still stored. Bam, in september to graze leaders defied the Central Government in addis ababa by holding elections, escalating simmering tensions between the 2 sides. Lets get the latest from aljazeera is malcolm webb who joins us from nairobi. Thats why hes monitoring developments from this offensive. We have been expecting for some time it seems to have begun. What more are you hearing about what is involves well, we havent heard any reports of bombing on the city of me, kelly, but Prime Minister allawi, i mean, did tweet that statement earlier today saying that the offensive would begin with that follows the ultimatum. It was given by the federal side, on sunday, calling for to green fighters to lay down their arms and surrender. His statement did say that thousands of to graham fighters had surrendered just a couple of days ago to raise leadership were disputing these claims. They said that their fighters werent surrendering, and they also disputed the, the governments claim that the city was in fact surrounded that on wednesday there was fighting about 70 kilometers from the city. Ethiopias government had said that its surrounded the city about 50 kilometers away. So weve got contradicting claims, and with all the communications cut off as they have been for weeks, no phone, no internet, very difficult to verify these claims of whats going on. The Rights Groups have expressed concern that it will be very dangerous in the night. It was going to be shelling on the city of mckayla is about half a 1000000 People Living there. It would be quite dangerous. Indeed, it is a 1000000 people. Malcolm lives in make a very crowded city. And now the un had asked Ethiopian Government to protect civilians. Whats been the governments response well, in that statement, as you mention of the government had said that civilians must remain indoors. It also said the people should turn against the government, which is described as a, as a jointer. But the us was, you know, civilians have been killed in this conflict so far there was an attack just over 2 weeks ago that the rights group, Amnesty International reported it said that hundreds of civilians, mostly from the ethnic group have been killed. And they allege that theyve been killed by to grain militia, or to graze military leadership at the time, denied responsibility for that. But since then, a report by the ethiopian state appointed Human Rights Commission has blamed the grain militia for this massacre. And theres also an unknown number of people who have been harmed in area bombardments, and also fighting with artillery and tanks thats going on across the region over the last 3 weeks. And certainly the movements of people suggest that they dont feel safe at all more than 40000 have crossed to neighboring saddam, or their sheltering in refugee camps and an unknown number of people have been internally displaced because of the lack of access to the region. Its very difficult for the humanitarian organizations to find out whos in need and where they are. Malcolm way of bringing us the latest say on the situation in northern ethiopia. The Coronavirus Fund demick now and Health Experts have raised doubts about the covert 1000. 00 vaccine produced by British Company astra zeneca and Oxford University. They say in manufacturing error during the trial process makes it difficult to assess its effectiveness more than 2 and a half 1000 volunteers receives half a dose followed by a full dose. In this group, the vaccine was said to be 90 percent effective. Nearly 9000 others received 2 full doses. And in this school it was 62 percent effective. Seneca says, when combined, the results showed the vaccine is 70 percent effective. But Oxford University now says that some of the vials used didnt have the right concentration of vaccine. And thats leading to questions about the validity of the results. The University Says its discussed a problem with regulators and has agreed to complete the late stage trials with 2 groups that speak to mohammad more near about this. Hes a virus, a university and his eyes caught from lancaster. Always good to have you on aljazeera. There was a lot of hope that the vaccine could be a game changer, of course, globally, because its cheaper and more easily stored than the fazer in woodburn, of vaccines on all sorts say there was a manufacturing error. What does that mean and how much does it undermine the Overall Results . They will thank you very much for you for having me on the show. Certainly the reserves are because again, but those are confusing and require quite a lot of interpretation before we can count. Having gone to the sources that make a vaccine, particularly because the data has become only available either through the press releases or through the newspaper. So on to lives that were originally that is not available, it would be really hard to independent opinions. But having said that, the error that the manufacturer has made and the trial was carried on is certainly something really concerning. Because the half of those could have gone into double those that would give her the old some volunteer recruitment within the, within the trial. That is certainly a concern. And one of the problem is that those regime has been only in a very small number of people, 2800 people, and none of them is over 55 years old. So this put a question mark, even if it is a 90 percent, fact 90 percent effective, mid lower those were, they still be valid enough to be deployed in the field for Larger Population than it is tested on what scale. And what was quite surprising also is that the group of volunteers, apparently that got to know a dose, seemed to be much better protected than those who got to full doses. How do you explain that . Yeah, absolutely. We dont really know the molecular mechanism behind why this is the case, but its probably just finding the right balance between the engine, which is the spark routine of the corona virus. That it doesnt overwhelm the immune system, but induces the end of the sponsors that or sufficient to neutralize the virus when it comes into the vaccinate people. But that is something being explored. But i think most of the bacteria vaccine, which includes 5 sign over for johnson and asters anika. All the lexeme would have the same problem there because these are back to the vaccine, which means there is another carrier that is taking b. And taken of the virus onto the human body. This will always be a problem that needs to be sort of saturday before really we will move on these confusing results. See things likely to affect half astra zeneca. And after getting the approval for their vaccine in countries like the us for its all, you have to do very important point because if we look onto 62 percent of the casey that is based on say, 1000 volunteers. The trial that is probably good enough to be looked at, but 62 percent efficacy is a really acceptable to 95. 00 by modern man either. And it would, if we talked about 90 percent, because the back is only piled on 2800 people, that isnt sufficient enough for the regulatory body to approve it. Right . So either they have to back around 60 percent, which wouldnt be very impressive. Or if they were 90 percent, it would not be true. And we know about the efficacy. But what we dont know, as with the modern ion pfizer vaccine, is that whether you know how long it will last immunity of these vaccines is, is it any clearer to you . Oh, absolutely. Thats a very important question. I mean, we dont know at the moment for all of the immunity were lost, because the only data that we have about the claims of immunity and along your longevity of these antibodies into the human body is only a few months and anything beyond a few months. Is merely something that we dont know based on the natural course of infection. We do know the end, youve already lost from it, months to 12 months. And also the same case we have observed previously, mokoena lives and summers, but particularly speaking with the vaccine induced immunity. We dont really know all along it would last and that is one of the concerns. Probably we need to repeat the vaccine every year like a modern one. Yr. Always good to get your thoughts on this issue. Thank you so much for joining us there. From lancaster university. The germans are being warned coronavirus restrictions put in place earlier this month probably want to be ease in time for the holiday season. Chancellor Angela Merkel told parliament the measures are likely to remain into the new year. As chief of staff has said, they may extend even longer, possibly march bars and restaurants are closed, but schools and some shops remain open. Masks will be mandatory in busy public areas. Thats bringing dominic cain in berlin for us. So dominic, not good news from chancellor merkel. What have been the reactions not good news in so far as the measures that she in the federal government and the state governments agreed on last nights that. The lockdown thats been in place, which is a life form of locked and relative to the one was imposed when the pandemic 1st started. Well, this lifes a long time will extend right up to just before christmas. And then during the christmas period, it will be loose and ever so slightly. But the very clear suggestion might very well as you say, have to extend beyond into january into february perhaps into march. I want of the other things that im going to use talking about in the parliament in may this morning was the, the needs to, to follow science. But also saying that, well, possibly the vaccines that we know on there are being put into stage 3. And then, and potentially being fast tracked. Well, if theyre fast tracked enough, she says that maybe some key workers in the emergency sectors, doctors, nurses, those sorts of professions, might be the 1st to get them and may indeed get them before christmas. But clearly, mrs. Merkel is saying that people need to be aware of the fact that, as she said, she feels as though the coronavirus prime pandemic people are now at 5 to midnight. Which could be the good or bad, depending on your perspective. And the German Government also warning today to delay the opening of the ski season and dominate, but theres resistance from other e. U. Countries. Yes, the German Governments pretty clear about what it believes is something that is too risky, which is the idea of lots of tourists and ski love is going to ski resorts like they did apps the beginning of the pandemic, many in germany point to what happened in austria to surface in the famous results, for example, where many people came together in what was seen afterwards as super spreader events. And then went their separate ways to airports, train stations, and then spread the virus around europe. So the German Authorities keen to prevent anything like that, but their problem is that elsewhere in europe and other capital cities, for example, in vienna, officials that they want to keep the ski resorts open because they generate a great deal of revenue. What they would normally, if there wasnt a pandemic, generates a great deal of revenue and they dont want to see that revenue lost. So its clear from a european perspective, from a unitary european perspective. Its hard to see how the German Government could force through a ban on ski resorts being open when many elsewhere in other e. U. Member states. Dont want that to happen. Dominick, thank you very much for that. Dominic cain live in banking. Theres lost more head on this al jazeera news hour, including donald trump moderns, his former National Security advisor, Michael Frayn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the f. B. I. In the russian investigation. We look at the divisive dutch christmas tradition that is increasingly leading to violent protests to the end 1st one of the greatest play is of all time and an inspiration to millions, just some of the tributes flooding in for argentinas football legend, diego maradona, who died at the age of 60 of a heart attack, millions of fans have been remembering his achievements around the world. Sports stars, politicians, and head of the Catholic Church will find his have given their praise for the man, argued to be the best to ever play the game. Fellow football, great and one time rival says hes lost a great friend and the world has lost a legend. Captain, dodgin team to victory in the 1986 world cup and has worked to help poor communities in his country today. Several reports, some by the size. The deal with onion is in disbelief. Hes devastated that player the home i dont know has passed away. Anything. Im sad because i knew this was coming. Not so soon, but the people that surrounded him never helped. And he didnt want to be helped. I cant believe it is my god. Its the worst day of my life. Thousands of people gathered in the center of want to site is to celebrate, might have on us knife. And his love for argentinas national team. Not only, not just the food of power for argentina, he was a national hero, a man who came from one of the forest service. Im going to focus on made it to the top for the buffalo in the world to many of those who came here to say goodbye to him on the from some of those on this very poor. Im very favorite going to when i was one of our group is from us now in the capital. I mean, im, well, im out of the suit for me. He was like the love of my children. I did not want to have this news. I am destroyed, i was too young to see him play, but i know every goal by heart, he gave us dignity so many times. The people here celebrate the goals against england in the 1986 world cup. 3 years after the war between both countries over the magazine s fultons islands. A goal that continues to be celebrated today. You never know if i came because i felt it. He was from here representing us. He waved our flag, gave us choice. He filled us with joint from the english would not wage war against them, but with the hand of god, he gave the people back their soul. And men supported leftwing leaders in modern america, like he then got on with chavez and vindicated their fight against imperialism. Ive seen a lot yet and i think that being a writer or god. Oh, all right. I dont, i would receive a he rules farewell. He would be lying in state in the president ial palace around the world is referred to as the best food pulled player in the world for his fans. He was a man who in spite of his enormous struggles field argentina with pride and just a court in turkey is handing down verdicts for hundreds of people accused of plotting to overthrow president bush. 4 years ago is one of the biggest cases related to the failed school with 475 suspects. More than 250 people died in the attempted takeover on july 15th, 2016 parliamentary and president ial buildings were fired upon and the Turkish Military chief was taken hostage. Turkey says u. S. Based political figure coordinated the attack with a faction of the military. A cianci denies. Nearly 80000, people have since been arrested, accused of links with glenn. And more than 130000, including military personnel have been sacked or suspended from the public sector. Lets bring in cynical so little in istanbul for acim, so a high profile, an important trial in turkey. Tell us about the verdicts so far and what have been the reactions . Well this, most of those defendants of the main trial which is named also can get a base trial, have been sentenced to multiplied aggravated life sentences. Some of them have acquitted from the crimes that they have committed. But there are too many crimes that they are accused of, so may need to try of the defendants in the trial are charged with in its crimes, including murder, attempting to violate the constitutional order, and attempting to assassinate the president on the night of the 5th corps, attempt in this case is very important, race case 1st because it involves people who were present at the, at can a raise in the turkish capital, where the prosecutors believe it was the hat corridors to commit center of the failed coup attempt. The f. 16 s. That won the turkish parliament, the special forces had quarters and the Police Department or Police Department building all tuco from this air base. And according to the prosecutors evidence files, there were 10 civilians inside the airbase that night of the failed coup attempt and those civilians are, are named as civil in moms of the good. And its group civil you moms off. Its a lucky man who are an inner circle, a circle in his society, and according to the indictment that the prosecutor has submitted. 2 years ago, those people, those 10 civilians, had phone conversations with such a lucky man who is based in united sends and to the order from fit a lucky man to perpetrate. This failed coup attempt gave the order to the military members. This trial is important because this will also set an example. There were more than 280 cases filed after their defeat c