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Say its an attempt to gag the media and iraq protests in cubas capital. Dozens of odd historian, a demonstration calling for the release of a jailed, spotless government has begun what its calling it final assault on the regional capital of t. Great leaders of the Peoples Liberation front say the city of mckenna is being bombarded by heavy weapons and artillery. But the government rejects allegations and says it is carrying out that allegation that is carrying out indiscriminate shelling the u. N. Has appealed for access to the area as concern grows about civilians and thousands of refugees from eritrea who live in tikrit in neighboring sudan. Meanwhile, authorities are struggling to help more than 43000 refugees who fled the fighting and up to 200000 more i expected in the coming days as get the latest from aljazeera. As malcolm webb who is monitoring developments from neighboring kenya, malcolm, what more 1st say to hearing about the situation currently in tikrit and these reports of heavy bombardment. We have had several reports of fighting in the regional capital of macquarie, that city of half a 1000000 people there have been reports of explosions in the north of the city. A few hours ago, the Spokes Person for the t. P. L. F. Appeared on the regional to grain state television. But that television went off around the time that the reports of the bombardment started with the t. V. Left leadership have said that the attack has begun and they have described it as a heavy bombardment of the city. Now this is a description has been refuted by Prime Minister Spokes Person she told us Ethiopian Government has no mission to its own people and that its operation to bring to book the leaders of the tea p. L. F. Wouldnt involve any kind of blanket bombardment. She did say that the Ethiopian Military taking control of some towns around the outskirts of the city last night and that forces were continuing with its operation as the bombing of the kelly is something that Rights Groups and diplomats have been very concerned about in recent days. And weeks they said that this could be very dangerous for all the People Living densely populated. And some Rights Groups have said that an attack on the city would break the rules of war or possibly even constitute a war crime, very densely populated city. Mccain is also a region where there are lots of every tree and retie g. s. What is a rich position as the fighting escalates . There were nearly 100000 refugees living in camps in, in an integrated region of ethiopia. Now the t. P. A. Less leadership of said the eritrean soldiers are now inside ethiopia, raiding those camps, and forcing eritrea and refugees to return home. The uns Refugee Agency. It said it cant confirm this because it doesnt have access to the border or to the camps. Access has been heavily restricted for journalists and humanitarian humanitarian workers made it very difficult to verify these kinds of claims that the un refugee to the Refugee Agency said it would be deeply troubling if these claims were indeed true. Now the rules have been accusations from the tea p. L. F. Of eritrean involvement on the government side. Thats something that the government has repeatedly denied, but its important to bear in mind history. Here the other tea p. L. F. And the government are old enemies. The t. P. O. Left dominated ethiopias politics and military for nearly 30 years until Prime Minister took power 2 years ago. And it was Prime Minister, his reforms that have marginalized the tepee less, so theyve been marginalized, and thats the origin of this conflict. Starting now. With the latest say on the situation in ethiopia from nairobi. Thank you, malcolm. Now, earlier i spoke with felipe, will grandy hall is the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, is calling on the Ethiopian Government to give the un access to now one of the requests that we have made to the european government and they want to make it again is to give us human ether and access. So we can also help make an assessment. And if people go back, we are also be present as an additional sign over your sure. And may i also say you mentioned it in your report. We are very worried about the eritrean refugees, almost 100000 hosted in a region for many years very you know, very good way by the european government. They are exposed to this conflict in many different ways. We are not able to access them and that they are also exposed to potential acts of violence. We heard some reports there, unconfirmed. We are very concerned and appealing to the european government to continue to fulfill its responsibility in hosting these refugees and Al Jazeera Stephen morgan is in the campaign, got every, when many of the refugees are being shouted, oh morocco refugee camp here in sudans got a lot of state has expanded since it was 1st opened just over 2 weeks ago. Now when it was 1st, opened it hosted about a few 100 if european refugees fleeing from the conflict in the sacred region. Now the camp hosts more than 7000. If youre a peon refugees and this place is becoming sort of a permanent shelter for them until things ease back home and they say its safe for them to return. Now this is the only formal refugee camp here and about of state despite Saddam Hussein more than 43000. If you can read over the past 3 weeks escaping from the conflict in the tigra region. The other centers, Reception Center in neighboring customer states and look to hear god out of state are all just Reception Centers, including village 8, which is about 30 kilometers from the sudan is the opium border that hosts more than 15000. 00, if european refugees. Now most of them here stand under the scorching sun waiting for food aid and waiting for food distribution. But they say that this is much better than being back home, not knowing what they could have faced. Many families speak of leaving their loved ones behind of witnessing people being slaughtered of atrocities. They say that forced them to flee and come here to sudan seeking refuge, but aid organizations say that they need help in terms of responding to the influx of refugees. They say that in the coming 6 months, they expect up to 200000 its european refugees to come here to sudan seeking refuge from the to great region. Because of the conflict. Should the fighting continue. They say that they need Financial Assistance or funding for the program to be able to respond to this refugee crisis that is unfolding. Because sudan as a government, despite hosting them already hosts nearly 1000000 other refugees in various other states and therefore will not be able to cope with this crisis on its own. So while the aid organizations are sounding the alarm and calling for support to be able to respond to this current, and for the refugee crisis, people here say theyll wait to hear until things are safe before they go back home. And if we appear in other world news events, Supreme Leader says the country will retaliate against the killing of a top Nuclear Scientists, whom the u. S. And israel accused of masterminding, a secret weapons program. Gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying the same fact. Rezai and his bodyguards near the capital on friday. Present us on rouhani says the killing will not slow tehrans Nuclear Program that he says is peaceful. Course. The aftermath of the killing holds in a car and blood on the floor. Injured in the attack must in fact result there was taken to hospital, but later died. He had been one of irans most Senior Nuclear scientists and had already survived a previous assassination attempt. As i wanted. Based on the report made by the gods 1st they opened fire to enough to 10 to 15 seconds. A truck carrying explosive materials exploded, continued after the explosion. Officials admit his death is a blow to the countrys defense program. Im a douche, man. Only iran. All of irans enemies should well know the people of iran and those in charge of this nation are braver than to let this criminal action go without a response. In the right time, a response to this crime will be given and likewise, the people of iran are wiser than to fall in the trap of the zionist conspiracy. This really Prime Minister had named for president 2018 as the director of Irans Nuclear weapons program. A key part of the plan was to form a new world is ations to continue the work. This is how dr. Who most in fact is the head of project about put it, remember the name for his address. So heres his directive right here. And he says, the generally is to announce the closure project, but then he adds special activities. You know what that is . A special activity will be carried out under the title of scientific know how developments previous assassinations of 4 ring and scientists between 2012012 have also been blamed on israel with u. S. Officials briefing the press about his rating involvement. So based on the background briefings to the press, there is very strong reason to suspect both israeli and possibly even u. S. Involvement. Given the very public pronouncements of u. S. Officials that they will use this time between the end of the trying to ministration in the beginning about in ministration to do whatever they can to punish iran and to set. d irans progress in the Nuclear Field and other factors are they had been under a u. N. Security council list of sanctioned individuals. Iran had never allowed him to be interviewed by the International Atomic agency. Hes whereabouts also kept secret. The killing will also raise questions about the countrys internal security. Iranian officials are already vying to respond while saying the Nuclear Program will continue. But the timing of this assassination comes when iran is waiting for president elect joe biden, to return the u. S. To the 2015 nuclear deal. A treaty intended to keep irans Nuclear Program peaceful. Most in fact, is the most senior and crucial scientists killed to date. This threatens to complicate any future talks and further increased tensions in the region. Aside, big al jazeera, the iran to france, now where large rallies are being held against a new bill aimed at rest, wrecking the filming, and publication of Police Officers images. These are live pictures from the protests in paris. Critics say the legislation is an attempt to gather the media and shield Police Officers from having scrutiny. And this comes after the detention of 4 Police Officers after a video emerged of them beating a black music producer in paris. A sponsor outrage against police against a police force already under scrutiny for heavy handed tactics, present, and acceptable. At the protests in paris, forrest tell us more about what the protests today are about and whats been happening. There are thousands of people here in central paris on earth, the famous class, deliberately they are making their way through parts of the city and they really have one message. And that is that they would like the government to scrap this article in this new security law that would basically make it much harder to crack down on peoples ability to publish broadcast and disseminate images or Police Officers on duty. Now what people here are saying is thats going to make it very difficult indeed for the press that is approaching press rights. Now many journalists unions taking part of this march today. But also of course, its very difficult citizens to fill police and practical exits in turn, very hard for those police to be held accountable. What the government is saying though, is that this law is very necessary in order to protect the identity of Police Officers who do difficult work often in demonstrations like these present very controversial law and particularly comes in a week in which weve had 2 high profile incidents of Police Violence here in france, one of the clearance of a migrant camp only this week in which many officers were accused of using excessive force. And then of course, this video youre referring to in which 4 officers were arrested after beating a music producer. And whats been the governments response natasha . Well, the very next response, it is a government under a lot of pressure and in something of a crisis because the interior minister sharon darman as been a strong supporter proponents of this law. Yet he has had a week in which hes had to constantly apologize for Police Officers on duty who have been seen to be using excessive force. And the only reason we know about that is because those images of those Police Officers have been circulated. So hes under a lot of pressure is going to be answering questions in the National Assembly on monday, the Prime Minister talked about putting a commission to try and change this article in the wall, but hes been talked down by the rest of his party. So its a government that is certainly under pressure. The french presence, a man on my cross, has called on the government to try and come up with some solutions. Who have to see though whether or not those solutions will be adequate enough for some of the people that have come to demonstrate today. Thank you very much for that matter. About my life there in paris. Still ahead on aljazeera, thousands of farm as protests in and around indias capital for a 3rd day of hearing new laws, relieve them at the mercy of big corporations and grapes and wrong. Australias Wine Industry becomes a natures casualty of an escalating trade waves with china. Hello the cold wind is blowing, taking winter off the land across the still warm waters and then forming shows rain showers on the whole for the coast of honshu snow showers over hawkeye down increase in the high ground honshu. But if youre not in japan, the chances are its fine looking whether its certainly cold at night. Indeed its frosty in northern china, but its sunny by day is there not very warm the cold or is reached about here . I would say shanghai and then of course is the start of the northeast monsoon. Thats going to keep blowing for a couple of months at least now its coming over increasingly warm water. So was it produces rain showers in hong shewn, snow in her car and it produces rain proper persistently in taipei as a porous forecast shows just steady wintry blown. I think increasing wind on tuesday and wednesday was more likelihood of snow. South of all this in the northeast monsoon is generating some showers in the south china sea, but this massive cat here is ready maybe more relevant this persistent rain on the coast of vietnam down towards cambodia as well. Now keep moving slowly west to the next day or so further says big showers, moving eastwards through central java. But the American People have finally poking around here as i see it when america is off balance or will become more dangerous. The world is looking in fairness, mixture of sanusi with the election behind us, the republican party, dumptruck, the weekly take on us politics and society. Thats the bottom line. To die 1st range of stories from across the globe. From the perspective of the networks, journalists on aljazeera the earth, it is the live in watching aljazeera, a recap of our top stories leaders of the Peoples Liberation front. See the ethiopian city of macarius being bombardment by is being bombarded rather by heavy weapons and ought to rebut the Ethiopian Government is rejecting allegations that it is carrying out indiscriminate shelling. Irans president is blaming the assassination of its top Nuclear Scientists on israel gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying most impact result. He and his bodyguards, the tehran on friday, iran essayed, will retaliate and not drown, ease of being held in france against a new bill aimed at restricting the filming, and publication of Police Officers. Images. Critics say the legislation is an attempt to gag the media and shield police offices. From public scrutiny. The hundreds of police and paramilitary 1st now have been deployed to control protesters in and around indias capital. Thousands of farmers have refused to move to a designated area and are blocking roads and Border Crossings around new delhi. Theyre angry about new law, say, say, could put them out of business. Indias agriculture minister has agreed to talks. Elizabeth has more on the protest. We are at the single Border Crossing between the states of hardy and delhi, with thousands of farmers remain. Camped out this busy national highway has become a track to city with farmers vehicles as far as the eye can see. And a very close have been converted to temporary homes because the phone and say theyre not going anywhere. They are refusing to go to the grounds on the outskirts of the city that the government allocated to them to protest. They say that if they arent allowed to march into the center of the capital new delhi, that theyre going to block highways around the capital. And theyre going to cause as much disruption as possible until the government repealed these farm laws. Here they are raising farm union flags. They are making speeches, criticizing the beach, if you government and its policies. The government, meanwhile, is appealing to them to stop the protest. Theyve invited them for talks on december the 3rd, the farmers say the 1st round of talks didnt go anywhere. And thats because they say that the government is not the sure and that a guaranteed minimum price for they produce will remain. And that this is not good for farmers, and its going to leave them at the mercy of large corporations, allowing private companies to buy from farmers directly. Voters in indian administered kashmir are heading to the polls for the 1st time since the Indian Government revokes the regions autonomy last year. But opposition . Candidates say police have been preventing them from campaigning. They turn against me has more its been more than a year since new delhi stripped the autonomy of indian administered kashmir effectively and exciting parts of the disputed territory. These local elections the 1st since then, a seen by many in this region as a test of how unpopular that policy is and opposition coalition. The good car alliance has been campaigning for the area. Special status to be restored. But candidates, say police have used security concerns as an excuse to harris them, you know, has been very difficult right from the word go on and it got picked up by the local police and then put into the whole court. It takes me almost from going to mourn to were going to hear and then were back to this supposed to be in the indias decision to revoke self rule. In the majority, muslim populated region has caused anger, and many kashmiris are determined to make their voices heard. What do you read plan to boycott the elections after the group got alliances, fog it compulsory thing. We decided we will cast our word good to be d p a d m. One of the members of indias governing hindu nationalist, b j. P. Have been campaigning hard on the both the parties youve joined hands under the good car alliance are corrupt parties delivering justice. People have understood this and are now following us political analysts say theres a lot at stake for the government in this election. If you have significant waters torn out, you will begin to feel you have a definitive show, the world that yes, people of kashmir have gone silent for some reasons with the situation. And now they are back to life, not only for their normal life, but even for the political and democratic life. Everything is back to normal and that is what the government of we havent tried to project out of these elections. The elections are happening across the region in 8 phases and will end on december the 19th with results expected 3 days later. Victoria gating be al jazeera, more than 400000, people have died from corona virus in europe. As a continent undergoes a 2nd wave of infections, despite that, france is reopening stores ahead of the holiday season. Present a man you might call says the peak of the wave has passed. Meanwhile, the u. K. Is preparing for an time knocked on protests later on saturday. Challenges in london with more on the future of restrictions say on december 2nd, england comes out of its 2nd National Lockdown and it goes back into a 3 tiered system where different regions of the country will be put under different tears over lock down. Now weve had one of these tiered systems before before the 2nd National Lockdown, and its going back to that, but the tears are slightly tougher. And in some cases, and there are many m. P. s, particularly on the right wing of the governing tory party who are not happy about this. And think that this is sacrificing the economy on the altar of Public Health and that the 2 should be better balance. Theres going to be a vote on it in parliament on chuse day. There are also protests being planned against these lockdown measures for the for englands are on saturday. Michael goves, one of the big hitters of the governments cabinets, has basically come out saying that this is absolutely necessary that you have to do this to protect the National Health service. I think the warre, amongst some m. P. s and worry amongst some people in the public, is that there seems to be no exit from these tears that its some kind of purgatory and that you might get as the Sun Newspaper or a paper is reported. The country might be languishing under these lockdown measures through until, say, april of next year, and thats a rather grim proposal for many people around the country with fewer than 60 days until president elect joe biden takes office. A u. S. Justice department has scheduled a number of federal executions and its expanded the method 2nd be used beyond lethal injection clearing the way for poison gas and firing squads. Wheres allowed . Under state law. Abidin is against the Death Penalty and says he will work to end it. I can every, for some Washington News of these new protocols only came out because it was printed in the federal register as it has to be by law. The impact of this though, is to give the federal government a far wider range of methods of execution to use normally, it has been by lethal injection, but the Justice Department is now saying that it has got to keep the option of using a form of execution used in each particular state. Now states decide what form of execution they use most have used lethal injection. However, some have moved away from that because of the shortage of the drugs needed. So the Justice Department is attempting to say that it needs to do this to fall into line with protocols exercised by the states in which a federal execution will be carried out. Now this is significant because the finite executions have been shared between now and the 20th of january when joe biden comes into office 3 of them this month and 3 to next month. So the smell, the Justice Department is able to exercise what form of a death sentence is pickable to a particular state where its carried out. It must be noticed as well. Is that the death sentence, federal death sentence was on hiatus from 2003, before Justice Department reinstated federal death penalties earlier this year. And since then, there have been more people executed by the Justice Department. Then there were in the last 50 years, china has imposed taxes of up to 212 percent on australian wine a made an escalating trade. China has accused australia flooding the market with cheap wine and harming local producers which camera denies. The tax is the latest in a series of sanctions from china that includes cuts in australian beef imports and other products. The measures are widely seen as a retaliation against australia support for a coronavirus investigation and criticism of a security crackdown on call. You know, john is the managing editor of the china story at the Australian National university. She says the rift between the 2 countries goes back several years. And the trades tension is really just one part of the broader tension between australia and china. And that tension has its history go back to 3 years ago now. And australia has been put into basically the greens since then. But this year it has escalated partly because the Australian Governments call for an independent inquiry into the origin of coal. But really and good of the Chinese Government and the Chinese Government pocket australia for the exports and why they do that. Its because it knows that the Australian Government is if exports to china, week ago, the Chinese Embassy and the release of 14 grievances to the australian media. So buckles back all the way to foreign interference legislation in 27 tape when ben 2080 and the right to all the Foreign Investment decisions. So all of these bills out to all 14, these are grievances that china is basically polishing australia for it is using trade as a weapon at the tool to punish australia politically. More than 100 cuban artists have held a protest outside the Culture Ministry in havana against what they say is a state crackdown on dissent. It comes after police broke up, a Hunger Strike calling for the release of a jailed rapper. Kalik has a story a rare show of public dissent on the streets of havana. Protests like this are not allowed on the island, but many of cubas most prominent artists say theyve had enough of what theyre calling a government crackdown mainly against younger people. The older they are, that its time for dialogue and i think its important that young people are heard and were going to work for that. But this demonstration follows a police raid on the headquarters of a prominent dissident group. Its members were holding a Hunger Strike, demanding the release of a rapper, jailed for 8 months for insulting a peace officer. Cuban Authorities Say they violated coronavirus measures, but they accuse the government of using restrictions as a pretext. The government authorities dressed as doctors and got into the ambulance and came here and into the houses doctors. They broke down the door of the house, the Rights Groups and the International Community has criticized the action with a top u. S. State Department Official calling on cubas government to respect human rights. The artists say they wont back down until theyve met high level officials. The government monopolizes mass media and cuba and claims these groups are funded by the u. S. Government to subvert the state. Those protesting hope the rallies like lees will help take their clothes to a wider, international audience, cari leg al jazeera i know, again, im fully back to go with the headlines on aljazeera leaders of the great Peoples Liberation from say, the ethiopian city of mckellen is being bombarded by heavy weapons and artillery for the Ethiopian Government rejects allegations that it is carrying out indiscriminate. Shelling has more from nairobi, kenya we have heard several reports of fighting in the regional capital of mckayla, that city of half a 1000000 people. There have been reports of explosions in the north