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Thousands rally in france against Police Brutality and a new law that could ban sherry, images, Police Officers, firing squads and poison gas, the trunk of ministration, expanding methods to execute prisoners so the city at the center of a weeks long conflict between ethiopias government and Regional Forces is now under attack, the great Peoples Liberation front says that ethiopias military is using artillery and air strikes in its efforts to capture the regional capital of mecca. It follows weeks of fighting. The spheres have left thousands dead. As is a thats how today the city of mecca lay was subjected to artillery. Shelling and airstrikes targeting the city. The Regional Government announces that the attacks against the city and its residents are a violent attack and we pledge to respond to it and we will hold out to the ferocity of the aggression or the United Nations once ethiopias government to give access to it to provide much needed food and shelter. Theres also concern for the 100000 eritrean refugees whove been living integrate for years. The conflict has pushed more than 40000. 00, people from ethiopia into sudan, the u. N. In subpoenaing for 150000000. 00 in aid to provide water shelter and health services. American web is monitoring developments from the kenyan capital of nairobi. Weve heard several reports of fighting on the outskirts of city and of there being explosions in the northern part of the city. Its a green Peoples Liberation, liberation front. Their leadership described it as a heavy bombardment. The short while ago, we spoke to Prime Minister ahmed spokes person. She refuted this claim and said, blanket bombardment wasnt part of their operation and said that the Government Military was taking great care to protect civilians. But this pending an attack on the city of mcalary that weve been waiting for for the last few days, Rights Groups and diplomats have expressed great concern about this. Some Rights Groups have said that this would be an assault on the city and shelling of the city would break the rules of war or possibly even constitute a war crime. With the t b l. S who are fighting to keep control of me. Kelly right now dominated ethiopias politics and its military for almost 30 years. The Prime Minister abu ahmed took over 2 years ago that was following waves of protests across the country. He promised reforms. He also ended a long standing conflict with neighboring eritrea. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for that and he promised reforms at home. Now the t. P. I. Less said that those reforms have on fairly targeted them as part of a crackdown on past abuses and corruption. They say that they are being pushed out and have been increasingly marginalized marginalized and at the origin of this conflict thats brood over quite some months now. But as we heard, tens of thousands of people have fled the fighting here, but more good news in the campaign. Going to refer in sudan, which is where many of them are being relocated. Refugee camp here in sudans got out of state has expanded since it was 1st opened just over 2 weeks ago. Now when it was 1st, open it hosted about a few 100 if european refugees fleeing from the conflict in the region. Now the camp hosts more than 7000, if european refugees and this place is becoming sort of a permanent shelter for them and till things ease back home and they say its safe for them to return. Now this is the only formal refugee camp here in the bar of state, despite sudan hosting more than 43003 trees over the past 3 weeks escaping from the conflict in the tigre region, the other centers Reception Center in neighboring states and look to hear a lot of state are all just Reception Centers, including village aid, which is about 30 kilometers from the sudan if youre a border that hosts more than 15000, 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 phrased 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 abel, 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. If 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 programs 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 unfolding refugee crisis, people here say theyll wait to hear until things are safe before they go back home and take their region. And if you appear well earlier, my colleagues in the United Nations high commissioner for refugees and he says more support is needed for the refugees. I want to join those who are, who are calling even more urgently for mediation and end of conflict. Because this is what these people around me are fleeing and theyre still fleeing. The numbers have decreased the numbers of our rivals, but still theyre in their hundreds for a day yesterday, i was at the border and i met people just arriving more than 500 arrived yesterday through the various crossing points. I want to be on record to pray for having kept its borders open. Sudan already has a 1000000, refugees, countless displaced people, and yet it kept its borders open. It provided the 1st assistance, and now im here to coordinate and boost International Support to sudan and mobilize resources for this response to be Effective Response or was a little maids. Many reporters were on the ground before your own teams, including our own reporters. Why is that . Why was it difficult for you to get this operation under way . I think we actually moved quite quickly. Its a very remote area. As your correspondents know, all the logistics is difficult, so we have to gear up. But i think that now the response is, is functioning. We have some challenges. People are arriving at the border in various points. We have to transport them to sites like this one where i am now. Its an 8 hour drive through difficult, broads, on the flimsy buses. Its not easy to do all this. It takes a bit of time, but i had meetings with the authorities here in the region today. And i think we are beefing up by the way. Im returning to how to win tonight. And i am going to appeal on behalf of all humanitarian agencies for 150000000. 00, for the next 6 months. We need to be ready for a few months of assistance hoping that they eventually people can go back and, but many of the refugees arent using official Border Crossings. From what we understand. So how is the u. N. A. C. R. Able to ascertain the number and the current needs . Well, the Sudanese Government is receiving them or so at an official border points wherever they have access and then they transport them to the official once where screening occurs, registration 1st assistance and then for those who want transport to a more stable place, many people dont want to move from the border there watching what the situation, how the situation develops in the great region of ethiopia and making a decision whether they want to go back or stay in sudan for another. While its complex. Irans Supreme Leader says there will be retaliation over the killing of its top Nuclear Scientists motion factories and it was pushed by gunmen. Well, in a vehicle with his bodyguards near the capital, tehran on friday. Western and Israeli Intelligence have long suspected factories already of masterminding, a secret weapons project. President Hassan Rouhani says it turns Nuclear Program is peaceful, and the killing will not slow it down. He immediately blamed israel, whose embassies around the world have been put on high alert. An initial severed assess the nation, shows that our enemies are experiencing anxious weeks. They feeling that the era of the appreciates is fading away and the world circumstances a changing they want to make the most of the remaining weeks and days so that they can create uncertain conditions in the region. When the assassination threatens to increase tensions between iran and the United States in the final days of the, donald Trump Presidency said barack has more now from cairo. This is s. , a nation of irans leading scientists isnt like the assassination we saw earlier on in the year of general kasem for the money. That was a military strike. And iran responded militarily. Now there is some dispute within the political factions in the country about what the response should be. Now the conservatives who dominate parliament, now theyre calling for a tough response, but also for iran to stop inspectors. In fact, there was a protest outside parliament where people were asking for revenge and for those inspectors to be stopped inspecting nuclear sites. Now thats referring to the 2015 nuclear deal, which iran has been reducing its commitments to. And whats left of that is the fact that i spect is, can inspect Irans Nuclear sites without any prior warning without notice. And conservatives are calling for them to be stopped. Now the reformist, under president has done rouhani, now they want to wait. They also want to response, but they want to be restrained. They want to wait until president elect joe biden comes into office. And hope that the United States will rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal and lift those sanctions as far as theyre concerned. That would be a victory for iran. But there is a view in the west that iran is a belligerent country. But the reality is iran is very restrained, is very strange and precise and its decision making. But what we do know is that the Supreme Leader of this country has called for a response, and there will probably be one we just dont know when that would happen. Where that will happen and what it will be. Rather is it taking place in france against a new bill aimed at restricting the filming in publishing of Police Officers images through its force of scrutiny for its heavy handed tactics. Critics say that would stifle attempts to Expose Police misconduct and brutality. The process of being fueled by a recent video of paris Police Beating a black music producer in a studio 4 of the officers involved have been arrested. The president of mental micro says the internet has brought shame on the country called for his government to fight discrimination and restore confidence in the police in central paris where the protests taking place. But for many people in from there is a sense in which the police probably need to be reformed because there is, among some offices, this culture of impunity, racism in the police force is something that is wholly debated in france. The idea, the Police Violence is often excessive in many circumstances, and many people in france believe that more needs to be done to crack down on Police Officers who act at times with Excessive Force of parole. The president has almost, he has also his government to try and do something about this to try to make sure that the police oppose the values of the republic. Many people here are saying is that even this, nor that is being proposed in itself goes against the values of the French Public because it goes against values such as rights and freedoms. Because in this small would mean that it would be far more difficult for people to cost and share images and videos of Police Officers while on duty. The government says its important to have this law because Police Officers also often at risk they need protection, particularly in demonstrations in those kind of circumstances. They do very difficult job for many people. These protesters are just saying that this is simply an erosion of rights without videos and images of police on jussi. They call be held accountable for their actions and can sometimes act with impunity. And that is why we saw those images, for example, this week of Police Officers beating up this black music producer. Well, still ahead here on out, there are a protest in the cuban capital. Dozens of artists join a demonstration in havana, calling for the release of a jailed rapper plus grapes and roll. The Wine Industry becomes the latest casualty of an escalating trade rift between australia and china. How the cold wind is blowing, taking winter off the land across the still warm waters and then forming showers, 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 days though 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. It produces rain proper persistently in taipei as a porous forecast shows just steady wintry blow. Now, i think increasing wind on tuesday and wednesday was more likelihood of snow. South of all this and the northeast monsoon is generating some showers in the south china sea, but this massive cad 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 rumania ancient forests. Some of europes most pristine. They are crucial for our society. A crucial fall battle against the climate crisis, but illegal logging by a ruthless to the mafia is destroying both the landscape and peoples lives. Being in the main areas, our bungs violence killings are goals amidst claims of corruption and the role of powerful multinationals. People in power investigates, rumania of the forest on aljazeera. Youre watching out there, a reminder of our top stories this hour and the Peoples Liberation front says of ethiopias military is using artillery and strike to capture the regional capital of mckinley. The u. N. Is appealing for 100 50000000. 00 in aid to help refugees who have fled the fighting. Iran Supreme Leader is retaliation for the killing of a top nuclear scientist. Tehran is blaming motion factors that is suspension on israel. European union describe the killing as a criminal act and as a restraint rallies are taking place in france against a new bill aimed at restricting the filming. And publishing of a Police Officers images cant live images of the protests now which come as 4 french Police Officers were detained after a video emerged of the beating of black music producer. In paris, hundreds of police and paramilitary personal have been deployed to control protests in and around indias capital. Thousands of farmers have refused to move to a designated area. Theyre blocking roads and Border Crossings. Or a new telly that i read about new laws. They say could put them out of business. Indeed, 2nd culture minister has agreed to talks. This with ana has more from the president. We want the single Border Crossing between the states of haiti and delhi with thousands of farmers remain camped out. This busy national highway has become a track to city with pharmaceuticals. As far as the eye can see, and a very close have been converted to temporary homes because the farmers say theyre not going any way. 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 government and its policies. The government, meanwhile, is appealing to them to stop the protest. Theyve invited them for december, the 3rd day, the 1st round of talks didnt go anywhere. And thats because they say that the government is not a sure and that a guaranteed minimum price for their projects. 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 to voters in indian administered kashmir, or heading to the polls for the 1st time since the Indian Government revoked the regions autonomy last year. But opposition . Candidates say police have been preventing them from campaigning freely has more its been more than a year since new delhi stripped the autonomy of indian administered kashmir. Effectively an exciting parts of the disputed territory. These local elections the 1st since then seen by many in this region as a test of how unpopular that policy is and opposition coalition. The group 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. Its been very difficult right from the word go we have picked up by the whole court. From the morning were going to go back to the 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 is i thought i wanted to buy a car going out. Wed planned to buy a car. The elections were after the good god alliance was fog. It come by literally, think we decided the real cost of war to get to be d. P. , a big number. 6 of the members of indias governing hindu nationalist, b j. P. Have been campaigning hot for bobo, who got up and got aboard. The partys, youve joined hands under the good car alliance, our corrupt politics 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 the government, if we 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 have been 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, with fewer than 60 days until president elect joe biden takes office. The u. S. Justice department has scheduled a number of federal executions and its expanded the methods that can be used beyond lethal injection. Clearing the way for poison gas and firing squads, where its allowed under state law, biden is against it a penalty and says he will work to end it. My kind of has more from washington d. C. The news of the 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 5 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 this now the Justice Department is able to exercise what form of a death sentence is a pickle 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 will be imposed in Los Angeles County in california from monday in response to a surge in corona virus cases, Health Officials have issued a stay at home order, which will last for 3 weeks. All private and public gatherings of people from different households have been and this comes as the number of recorded infections rose by 2000000 in 2 weeks, bringing the total number of cases nationwide to 30000000. And that more than 400000, people have now died from current arsen. Europe has the continent undergoes a 2nd wave of infections despite that, france is reopening stores ahead of the holiday season. The president says the peak of the wave has passed the u. K. That accounts for nearly 2 thirds of europes death tally is braced for and he looked down, protest later on saturday, rory chalons is in london with more on the future of restrictions there. On december 2nd, england comes out of its 2nd National Lock down 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 systems before before the 2nd National Lock down, and its going back to that. But the tears are slightly toughened 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 worry among 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 know, 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. Workers at amazon have gone on strike in several countries, demanding better pay and working conditions. Government workers in bangladesh say they want to be paid for orders that were completed, even though many were cancelled due to coronavirus trade unions in the u. K. Calling for a parliamentary inquiry into what they call dehumanizing working conditions. The protests coincided with black friday, which is one of the companys biggest sales events and government protesters have been back on the streets of thailands capital of bangkok, calling for political change, demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister, probably within china and new constitution and reforms of the monarchy and stray sions have stepped up this week despite threats of legal action. Several protest leaders were charged earlier this week. China has imposed taxes of up to 212 percent on australian wine amid as an escalating trade route. China has accused australia of 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 include cuts in australian beef imports and other products, measures and widely seen as retaliation against australias support for a coronavirus investigation and criticism of a security crackdown on hong kong. Where human jang is the managing editor of the china story at the Australian National university and former treasury official. She says the rift between the countries goes back several years. The trite 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 brains since then. But this year it has escalated policy because the Australian Governments call for an independent inquiry into the origin of covert. And that has really angered the Chinese Government and the Chinese Government pocket australia for a strong exports and why they do that. Its because if you know that the Australian Government values, if exports to china are week ago, the Chinese Embassy and the release of 14 grievances to the australian media. So buckles back all the way to pacify or interference legislation in 27. 00 take. When ben in 2080 and the wrath of 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, and have against what they say. Its a state crackdown on dissent comes after police broke up a hunger strike, calling for the release of a jailed rapper garlic. He was a rare show of public dissent on the streets of havana protests like this one 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. You know, without a little doubt, its time for dialogue and i think its important that young people are heard and were going to work for that. 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. So the government authorities dressed as doctors and got into the ambulance and came here and into the house as doctors. They broke down the door of the house and beat them 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 want to back down until theyve met high level officials. The government monopolizes mass media in cuba and claims. These groups are funded by the u. S. Government to subvert the state. Those protesting hope the rallies like these will help take their course to a wider, international audience. Cari leg aljazeera, so this is observing the top stories in the great Peoples Liberation front, says ethiopias military is using artillery and air strikes to capture the regional capital of mecca. Lay the uns appealing for 150000000. 00 in aid to help refugees who fled the fighting. Michael ware has more from nairobi in kenya. We have had several reports of fighting in the regional capital of mcalary, that city of half a 1000000 people. There have been reports of explosions in the north of the city. A few hours ago the spokesperson for the t. P. S. Left appeared on the regional to