President ial election show a confortable win or incumbent among my heavily if the o. P. s Prime Minister says a humanitarian corridor will be opened in the Northern Tier grave region, telling residents to stay indoors and has ordered the army to move in on the regional capital, make kelly a government imposed deadline for to grant forces to surrender expired on wednesday. Its been nearly 3 weeks of fighting with hundreds killed and tens of thousands, displaced. Northern semiautonomous region of the field p. A at. , great Peoples Liberation front, govern the region and are estimated to have up 2250000 fighters. It controlled the National Government for nearly 3 decades before Prime Minister ive had swept to power in 20 teen to grey was the front line for ethiopia in its decades long conflicts with eritrea and large amounts of military equipment. Australias soared there in september to grays leaders defied the Central Government in addis ababa by Holding Elections escalating simmering tensions between the 2. Lets get the latest now from malcolm webb, whos monitoring the situation from neighboring kenya. Malcolm, what more you hearing 1st about the offensive on may kelly has it actually began we havent heard any reports of shelling in the city of mackay just yet. Prime minister had issued the ultimatum on sunday, and he gave to green forces 3 days to lay down arms. Now Ethiopian Federal government side has since said that thousands of to gray and fighters had surrendered. Theyd moved to some of the moved to other far region, which is to the east of to great to great leadership in recent days, have refuted that its also not clear exactly how close the federal forces are to the city. They said that they surrounded it. They were 50 kilometers away. Other reports said that there was fighting about 70 kilometers to the northwest on wednesday. Others saying that its much closer, but Rights Groups have warned that shelling the city which is home to half a 1000000 people could be very dangerous indeed to the civilian population there. And International Said it could even constitute a war crime aid organisations had been complaining about not getting access to. We have ethiopia spy minister, announcing any more details on this the Prime Ministers announcement said the government started giving humanitarian aid to the people that need it. For camps were being opened for displaced people over the last 3 weeks of fighting. We know that have been several battles in some of the smaller towns throughout the region. Not included airstrikes and fighting with tanks and artillery. We know that people have been displaced. We dont know how many or where they are, because the humanitarian organizations say they havent been able to reach them because of a lack of access. But that statement from the Prime Minister said that aid had started started to distribute aid and that that humanitarian humanitarian corridor would be opened up. And it said that there would be cooperation. Weve u. N. Humanitarian agencies, but we dont know yet what form that will actually take in nairobi. Thank you. Well, the un is warning of critical aid shortages in ethiopia, estie gravy. Jenny says hell cash in food are running out for the area of 6000000. 00 people. Tens of thousands have fled to neighboring sudan. He morgan has more from sudans border with ethiopia. Where we are, is that combats not far from the sudan is here border. And its where more than 15000 refugees have arrived over the past 3 weeks. All of them saying that theyre escaping shelling that theyve seen people being slaughtered, that theyve left family members behind and came here for their safety. They say that because of the lack of telecommunication and because of lack of access to many parts of to grow, they cant confirm whether their relatives who theyve left behind are still alive or not. But most of them say that when they came here, they had to wait for more than a week to be able to access aid and aid aid groups and international organizations. Say that thats largely because this influx of refugees happened. All of a sudden they were not expecting it for there. For example, the World Food Program said that it had to get food from other programs. It has in the country to be able to supply aid for those people who are here more than 40000. Refugees have already crossed into the sudan into the sedan side of the border here and got out of state as well as neighboring desolate states. Now the biggest challenge when it comes to providing aid for food for those refugees is the fact that most of the rules are very difficult to access. Logistically, lets not forget that saddam had a very exceptional flood season just a couple of months ago where most of the roads were damaged. So aid groups say that logistically speaking, moving many of their songs to this area in response with the rise of the refugees would be very challenging. And there are concerns that they would be more than 200000. 00 refugees in sudan in the next 6 months later going to dish and they are trying to step up so that no refugee is left in need. In other world news, hundreds of people have been given life sentences via courts in turkey for processing to overthrow a president or a ship type bet on 4 years ago. Is one of the biggest cases related to the failed coup with 475 suspects. More than 250 people died in the attempted takeover on july 15th, 2016, parliament and president ial buildings were fired upon. And the Turkish Military chief was taken hostage to, he says, u. S. Based political figure, if its an ugly name, coordinated the attack with a faction of the military, a charge he denies nearly 80000. 00. People have since been arrested, accused of links with him. And more than 130000, including military personnel have been sacked or suspended from the public sector, is in istanbul with more on the proceedings. It is the biggest trial among more than 280 cases that have been filed following difficult coup attempt back in 2016. Almost 270 of them have been concluded. Theres a verdict for each of them, but a court of custody is waited for an approval. But this, todays trial, which is the high profile one, that will be setting an example because so far, all those trials, of course, named as trials. And the defendants have been named as being members of Colonist Group or having organic ties with mr. Fit to live in the u. S. Space, turkish cleric. But the struggle is important because in this trial, goodland is the main defendant. He was tried in absentia, along with other 6 people who are fidgeting. Some of them are fugitives. More than 300 people have life sentences, and 19 of them are charged to aggravated life sentences. There are almost 70 people who have acquitted in this trial, which is an Important Development of course. But this is setting an example for the others because all those other trials were waiting this case to be finalized so that there will be in or refuses no rejections. But according to the turkish officers, this a milestone among the, among all the cases since the failed coup in 2016, argentina has begun 3 days of National Mourning after the death of one of the greatest players in football, diego, madona. These are the latest pictures from buenos aires where bodies lying in state at the president ial palace. Millions of fans have been remembering his achievements around the world. Sports stars, politicians, and the head of the catholic church. Pope francis have given their praise for the man, argued to be the best to ever play the game, the infamous hand of god, goal on the way to winning the 1986 world cup, but battled addiction off the field in buenos cyrus now terry says so. Body lying in state at the president ial palace. Tell us about the mood there and how argentina is remembering its favorite son, tara said, weve lost the terrace of our unfortunate healthfully will get her back on as move on to the corona virus pandemic now. And germany is warning that coronavirus restrictions put in place any of this year earlier this month probably wont be in time for the holiday season. Chancellor Angela Merkel told on amanda measures on likely to remain into the new year. As chief of staff has said, they may extend even longer, possibly much bars and restaurants are closed, but schools and some shops remain open. Masks will be mandatory in a busy public area is dominic cain has more from bennett. Not good news. In so far as the measures that she, her colleagues in the federal government and the state governments agreed on last night, that the lockdown thats been in place, which is a life form of lockdown, and relative to the one that was imposed when the pandemic 1st started well, this lifes a lockdown will extend right up to just before christmas. And then during the Christmas Period it will be loosened 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, that im going to have who is talking about this in the parliament behind me this morning, was about 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 other 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. Still ahead on aljazeera hour hear from the palestinian families fighting to be allowed to bury not one died in israeli custody. And we look at the divisive christmas tradition that is increasingly leading to violent protests. Weve got more rain on the cards for japan over the next couple of days, some west of weather now pushing out of eastern china. I will continue to just ease its way over towards honshu as we go on through friday. Whats the weather . Just sliding out of the korean peninsula, easing of its was the western side of honshu or somewhat to where the 2 just sliding out to the East China Sea joining up what to whether theyre coming into that western side of conch shell, with some snow over the other, the mountains for a time Colder Weather comes in behind temperatures struggling to get to 4 celsius in seoul, just 5 degrees there for beijing law as you drive for a good part of china by this stage as the cloud and the rain moves away may well we have cloud of rain moving across southern parts of india in the form of cycling and thats going to continue making its way further west with the fog. A warning has now been issued, so were not concerned, not too concerned about the winds, but still plenty of rain coming through another 100 millimeters of rain. Also pushing into southern parts of under protest. Itll run across whether to coming into cannot the for a time, but you can see the showers there on saturday. They do remain in place further flooding, rains possibly coming in. And notice in the open waters more rain to watch for lanka. After world war 2, frances great empire began to unravel vietnam to know, but he was throwing themselves into the streets, bursting with joy, kissing each other, and algeria 2 years until she was. If the indochinese managed to beat the french army, why not that . The decline continues in episode 2 of blood and tears french to colonize a shadow. On aljazeera the arab league. Welcome back. Youre watching aljazeera, a recap of our top stories. If the o. P. s Prime Minister says, a humanitarian corridor will be opened in the northern tikrit region, i. B. M. , it is telling residents to stay indoors after he ordered the army to move in on the regional capital. A german chancellor Angela Merkel says coronavirus restrictions probably want to be eased anytime soon. The measures are likely to stay in place and in january and argentina has begun. 3 days of National Mourning after the death of one of the greatest play is in football. Diego maradona crowds have been lining up outside the president ial palace in point a size to pay tribute to him and live to win osiris once again with teresa bowl. So teresa, tell us about the mood in the city today and how is argentina remembering its favorite son over here, outside the profit on show how life its a very emotional day for argentina, those long lines of people, thousands of that are from your to pay their respects of your marijuana is going strong still to inside the president ial palace. People are being allowed to go inside the room, flowers, some food for t. Shirts, and long other things. The government has tried to set up a security operation in a way to try to prevent violence, but also because of coronavirus. People are wearing face masks, for example, but theres no social difference in europe. This is the military concern in a country thats one of the most affected because of coronavirus. We talked to people here in a way you get the draft of theyre feeling like their love for their mother and are they do not clearly talk about the full trailer of the triumph that he brought to argentina back in the 19 old folks world cup. But also hes had about dignity. He said that global in scope of all his enormous problems. They say that one of the many other people that are cons here are coming from one of the coral areas of worth out of money after the flood. Many of them from slums, you know, madonna, home from extreme poverty and humiliated could have very happy and thats something that people care deeply about. They see how brutal murder and i want to be on that are not a skirt of argentinas collective culture of part of argentinas collective history. If you go back into argentinas history, you can think of the funeral of f. A. Dawn back in the 19th freeze. You can think of the military dictatorship back in mountain fall and the 3 of the world cup in 986. And now you can see what i do on another bus pass course among the argentinean population around the world are coming years ago. He told me a respect and the most important thing that people are telling ourselves that they hold here to say thank you. Thank you, terry. Ok, no fossils president has won reelection according to preliminary results. The Electoral Commission says a mock cabaret has secured more than 3 times as many votes as it is nearest rival, former finance ministers, if young japanese, the opposition has claimed mass fraud in sundays poll. But this has been dismissed by the Electoral Commission. Hundreds of thousands of people were unable to vote because a few hours of bonnets. A major assist following developments for us from neighboring nigeria. So i went for rock, my cabaret, a big when is this a surprise . I meant khomeinis not to surprise the opposition failed to unite in the 1st place to present a common front to challenge the board for the presidency. And of course, a lot of broken obvious realize that this is where its headed. The more the opposition started crying foul just even before the elections. Now with this development, a could borys avoiding a situation he faced in 2015 of going into a 2nd round, something the opposition had hoped, would happen so that they can unite and present a common candidate to defeat cup henri and change the presidency. Now we hearing that cavorting is due to address his Party Supporters as a whole of the drums, the opposition to always expected to address supporters. Shortly after the announcement, and by the way, the opposition had no representation when the Election Commission was and also the provisional results. These results will now be really dated by the constitutional court, all rejected by the coast situational court, which could order a new election if it rejects the results. And i was today, and the opposition also have in the next 15 days by the way, and the opposition of one week to challenge the results in court. Which of course, its what they planned to do because they rejected the results provisionally when it started, when they announced mr. Did. And also when the Election Commission is announcing the results today. So thats the situation now. But there is also fear that the opposition leaders may be calling out their supporters on to the streets. The biggest fear of course is that despite the fact that the election, what conducted peacefully in much of the areas where the election is way out there is that fear that and concern that any prolonging crisis, any demonstration that lasted for a very long could be the opportunity looking for tomorrow, just strike against burkina faso. This is a country that has suffered several attacks in the past 5 years, ahmed, in a butcher. Thank you. The family of a palestinian prisoner who died in israeli custody of this month. As its Planning International legal action to have his body returned, kmov a wise, one of 7 prisoners bodies being withheld only israel says a National Security grounds. Howie fossett has will from western islam. Knew that his son would never return home from prison alive. 46 year old kemal was sentenced to 6 life sentences plus 50 years by an Israeli Military court in 2003 for killing 6 israelis. During the 2nd intifada, or uprising in early november, he died from throat cancer, but his body has not been returned to his family. How the shaheed i just want to see his body. This is for hidden pray for him. This would comfort me to bury him according to religious law. Even the crows bury it. In total, israel has withheld the bodies of more than 300. 00 palestinians going back more than 50 years. The majority lie in numbered graves. Its a practice that attracted widespread condemnation as a form of collective punishment of palestinian families until 2017, the bodies of prisoners who died in custody in military jails would routinely be released. A change in policy meant that if a prisoner had carried out an attack deemed exceptionally severe, or was identified as a hamas member or sympathiser, their body could be withheld. Currently, there are 6 prisoners bodies, news really morgues. Another who died in 1980 has never been accounted for 2019. Israel Supreme Court ruled that the practice of withholding what it calls terrorists remains was justifiable under israeli law in the service of National Security that was understood to be using the bodies as bargaining chips. In negotiations, a mass which controls the gaza strip calls israel stance shameful. It continues to withhold the bodies of 2 Israeli Soldiers captured during the 2014 war 2 israeli civilians who entered gaza or in 20142015 have also never come back. This is something is totally different because its going off a goodish, you know, from the Israeli Forces on, on gaza strip and hamas succeeded to, to kidnap or to so those who nor the alive or dead. The soldiers families have kept up a long Running Campaign for their return, as israel and hamas have held years of so far fruitless talks through 3rd parties about a swap deal. For now, the closest come to recovering his sons body has been to retrieve his reading glasses. He says, israel has thousands of palestinian prisoners to swap. It does want to do a deal with hamas keeping the dead, he says, is merely a punishment for their families. Are a force it out west jerusalem to india now as thousands of angry farmers have been trying to reach new delhi after a 200 kilometer march on and for a change in the law that went straight is or marching on the capital, despite facing at least gas water cannon and they want the Central Government to squat 3 last which they say hurt farmers by removing a guaranteed minimum self ice for their bodies. Elizabeth lanham is in new delhi with more. There are the big Police Presence in and around here, new delhi, main approaches like government there. Believe that taking the protest a little a they had gathered to show their solidarity with farmers, their opposition to found laws passed by the end government in september. And its not just here, the police are stopping people from protesting. Police have closed state borders around water cannon and tear gas on the borders between punjab and haryana. But farmers there undeterred, have thrown the Police Barricades into the rivers. Now Delhi Police Deny Permission for people to protest here because of the number of the morning virus cases. But these farm laws are a huge issue and india where around the table, the 1300000000 people who work in the hunter sector. They say that these were taken away counties to foreigners, guarantees around prices and leave them at the mercy of private investors and opposition parties too angry about what they say, the way in which the government has these laws, they say they push them through without time for proper debate and the controversial dutch christmas tradition of black increasingly led to violent confrontations across the netherlands. It involves a white person dressing up as a black help of a santa clause, and is widely considered to be racist. Protest against a tradition have been cancelled out of fear for peoples safety. So fast and has a story from amsterdam. Most people in the netherlands have grown up with these images of black faced white person who scares and to think small children this time of the year. But black be to slowly making an exit of the dutch libraries have decided to remove books with this image of her for these books have to be removed because of the current discussion in our society. And the new insights we have. They will now be part of our archive and be replaced with portraying peace in a more neutral way. The removal of these books has led to such controversy and threats that libel, i dont want to be interviewed on camera. This shows how deeply divided the netherlands is about. This dispute a tradition. Increasingly protests against black people have turned violent with supporters attacking opponents and police baton. If one e was threatened after supporters of black pete burst into his shop and shouted racist remarks that night. His windows were smashed its clear that ive become a victim of what you can see. And i have been a victim all my life with the tradition of black people. I have no words. I think enough has been said, its now time to change and people should wake up. A recent survey shows that a majority in the netherlands want to stick with the traditional character of black pete. Many also reject the compromise already used in several cities called chimney pete, whose face is covered with some black stains. For while the home bird beak has to be black. And i dont want to discriminate against anyone. To me. Black, pete is a mysterious figure, not a person. Its a masquerade and not a skin color. So you can be unrecognizable on the street and children. See you as a fairytale figure for nearly 30 years. Yes, transformed into black people in the weeks before the dutch santa claus celebration, reaching its peak on the somber fare. Like most supporters, he says, it is not a racist tradition when it is lack of awareness, because yeah, white people dont get to decide what is racism . Racism is racism, and it doesnt matter what the intention or we are incorrect. You know, even though you dont, you dont mean it is a body impact and with the best intentions toward you to protest the organize over recent years, songs like these about black people have been changed and i figured that was long accepted in Dutch Society has now become controversial, but as long as libel is, cant openly speak about removing books with black images. Opponents of black people still have a long way to go. Step lassen aljazeera amsterdam more than 2 160000 people have died from covert 1000 in the u. S. As those numbers keep increasing. One artist has sought to humanize the statistics through an art installation. Tasha go name reports. The science in washington. D. C. Has also become a space for mourning. The wind and flapping of the flags create a kind of meditative music. The sun shadows dance across their mostly blank surfaces. Each of the shin high memorials marks a coven 1000. 00 deaths, to be counted a heartbreak to be remembered. This is an opportunity to consider what has happened to us as a nation. This isnt america. This is not the america i grew up in. We are now the greatest country on earth because of our movie dad, Suzanne Brennan furstenberg, created, and finance the art installation in america. How could this happen . The white flags are intended to represent the purity of those who died. She says they also signify the governments surrender when it comes to its response to the pandemic. We need to think about being american as looking out for the common good and looking out for each other. This pandemic offers us a pivot point to rethink who we are and what we want to be. On this day, Natalie Carter came with a handful of her students. The teacher planted a flag, an honor of her on a no one merit who died 2 months ago. The family was unable to hold a funeral due to pandemic restrictions. But this is a Memorial Ceremony and its huge. It is, there are so many people that drive by here every day and to know what each one of the flags represent that is a memorial. She wont be forgotten. Shes not just another person that contract because of it and passed away. Brought in furstenberg is exploring, creating another work of art with these flags. A portion of the installation will be preserved at the smithsonian museum, but the artist says, what negs that her is, the more responsibility she has to those who die from code 19. After this memorial is dismantled, at the end of november, you are my sunshine. You always found a way to help others are among the messages written on the flags, a few even photographs. But the most common expression of grief is, we miss you. The talks are going to aljazeera washington d. C. No, again, im fully battle with the headlines on aljazeera. If you o. P. s Prime Minister says a humanitarian corridor, all will be opened in the Northern Tier gravy, jenn hobby ahmed, is standing residents to stay indoors after he ordered the army to move in on the capital mckenney, aka my of has more from neighboring kenya. Prime minister had issued that ultimatum on sunday, and he gave to grain forces 3 days to lay down arms. Now the federal governments side has since said that thousands of to grain fighters had surrendered. Theyd moved to some of the move to other for
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