Worlds First Companies to file for emergency authorization for their coronavirus vaccine. We begin in ethiopia where there are warnings of an escalated conflict and unfolding humanitarian crisis. The United Nations has called on both sides to stop fighting immediately so aid can be delivered and refugee zones can be set up. The government and the tigre Peoples Liberation front accuse each other of killing civilians in airstrikes. Ethiopian forces say they have taken two major towns on friday as they advance towards the tigrean capital. The uns Refugee Agency says it is preparing for as many as 200,000 people to seek refuge in sudan. So far, more than 30,000 have fled there. Millions of children are at risk, and refugees are in serious danger of an outbreak of disease. Pippa morgan is in sudan near the border with ethiopia and has more on the conditions children are facing. Pippa just two weeks ago, she was preparing for her sons operation. He was born with a cleft lip, which has affected his ability to drink milk. Days before they were due to return to the capital of ethiopias northern tigre region, the situation changed. When we were due to go for his last checkup before the operation, the fighting started. All the roads were blocked. People were being killed, and bombs were being dropped, so i fled with him and my family. Now we cant get a doctor to check on him. Pippa the family now resides at this refugee camp. There are more than 50,000 refugees here in what was once a largely uninhabited area. Thousands more have fled to neighboring states to escape the fighting. This woman and her two children are some of them. Her son has been struggling from breathing problems. He has one blocked nostril and does not feed except for a bottle, but he does not have i do not have formula for him. I dont know where i will get the money from. Pippa the camp has only one Health Center to cater to the thousands of children here. Mothers wait for their turn to have their children seen by doctors. Many children exposed to the horrors of conflict in the first years of their lives. 40 of the refugees arriving in sudan our children. Some have been separated from their families. Others have arrived with malnutrition because of the days they spent walking with no food, and all have been affected by the conflict in tigre in a way that will impact their childhood. The u. S. Agency says that restricted access has left an estimated 2. 3 million children in need of humanitarian assistance, and as more refugees arrived in sudan, this rising concern over their future. This is the time school would have started. Children have missed this years school, and most of the children we saw yesterday are school aged. Unfortunately, they will not have school this year. We need to come up with alternative programs. We are hoping the fighting will stop, and this year, they will be able to come back home. Pippa she says she hopes the conflict will end soon so she can return home with her family. She says she wants her child to be operated on, but more importantly, wants them to grow up with no memories of the horror that has forced her and her family to leave their lives behind. Pippa morgan, sudan. Imran the battle will prove decisive in the conflict. If they cant hold the capital, it means they are defeated, and michele is considered the ultimate prize by the Ethiopian National defense forces, who are said to be about 100 kilometers from the capital and are saying they will launch attacks from at least four different fronts. What is going to be a huge opportunity is that the city is surrounded by hills and mountains where they have mounted their defenses and are hopeful they can stop their advancing opponents. Of course, both sides are heavily armed, and it might not be easy according to security analysts as it has been for the Ethiopian Defense forces to take other towns. Any protected protracted conflict would affect not just ethiopia, but the entire horn of africa region. Imran the u. N. Secretary general has warned that yemen is inching closer to the worlds worst famine in decades. Antonio guterres called for immediate action to stave off the catastrophe. Yemenis are already suffering after six years of war. Guterres says a crumbling currency is obstructing efforts to avoid a famine. Weve seen a humanitarian situation, and the risk that was expressed this morning in the my statement this morning, the risk of a famine that probably would have no parallel in recent history, except the famous famine of ethiopia many decades ago. Imran a prominent opposition figure in uganda has been released on bail and said he was tortured in detention. A president ial candidate was arrested at a Campaign Rally and has been charged with breaking coronavirus restrictions. The arrest sparked contests. Dozens of people have been killed in ugandas capital since protests broke out. They began after popstar turned president ial candidate bobby wine was arrested. He held a Campaign Rally just over a hundred kilometers from the capital. As usual, it attracted thousands of supporters, many more then the 200 limit allowed under covid19. The police intervened. The deaths were a result of the confrontation with police. Bobi wines supporters didnt see it like that. They think the government is trying to stop him sweeping to victory in president ial elections in january. He is challenging the president who has been in power for 34 years. After two days in jail, he was charged in court with breaking the covid prevention rules and released on bail. I have news for you and those who sustain your dictatorship. You cannot pepper spray our bodies, but you cannot capture our souls. We will not stop fighting for uganda. Four other candidates have suspended their campaigns in protest against the actions of the security forces. The government blamed the demonstrators for rioting and attacking police officers. Police have a right to shoot you and kill you if you reach a certain level of violence. The elections are meant to be held in just under two months from now. It is not clear if the campaigns will continue or how, but it is clear they got off to a violent start. Malcolm webb, al jazeera. Imran u. S. President donald trump is meeting Republican Party leaders from the state of michigan at the white house in his latest bid to overturn the election. The constitution does not permit a state legislature to do what donald trump wants the Michigan State legislature to do. The state legislature is prescribed the manner in which the electors in 2020 were to be chosen, and that is to the popular vote. They cannot after the fact turn around and change those rules retroactively. Imran alan fisher is live for us from the white house. Donald trump has been appearing for the first time in a week. He has been meeting with people from the state of michigan, but no concession speech. One might describe it as continued belligerence. Alan he was hosting an event in the White House Briefing room to talk about Prescription Drug prices, but he couldnt help himself from talking about the election. He said big pharma had decided to delay news of a Covid Vaccine to hurt him politically. The companies have said that is simply not the case. He also said that both Drug Companies spent millions of dollars to stop him at becoming president because he said he was going to cut drug prices. He said everyone was against him including the media and a number of enemies, and he said we won the election. In the last few hours when georgia certified joe biden as the winner, after a 5 million vote hand recount, making joe biden the first democrat to win that state in the president ial election since 1992 the fact that donald trump has been meeting these senior officials from michigan was dismissed as nothing more than donald trump meeting lawmakers from across the country, the white house insisting it was routine. Sadly, a number of congresspeople from michigan were concerned about it. Debbie dingell said that what trump was trying to do was to put pressure on these officials to try and make sure that michigan, which is a republican run state when it comes to sending voters to the Electoral College, vote for donald trump rather than the popular vote. There are laws in place to stop that. Mike sharkey, the leader of the republicans in the senate in michigan, has already said they will not be certifying donald trump as the winner. He will follow the popular vote. This might have been shirkey taking the opportunity to go to the white house. He has already said he is not going to vote in any other way but with the popular vote, which means joe biden wins michigan. Recounts underway in wisconsin, but they are unlikely to overturn the result, which means joe biden will win that state. As it stands, joe biden has 306 Electoral College votes. That is exactly the figure that donald trump had four years ago, and you will remember in the days after the election donald trump kept talking about 306 Electoral College votes, in his view, that was a landslide. Imran alan fisher live at the white house in washington, d. C. Still ahead, perus police face allegations of rights abuses during last weeks protests. Armenia relinquishes land to azerbaijan after controlling it for almost 30 years. Its really cold in new york. We are up to the middle teens. Its about to get colder again. Winter is easing south and easing east. Of course, it is still quite warm. In some states, youve got this contrast from about nine to 24. Somewhere, that produces big thunderstorms as the cold pushes south. You will see the showers go through, and a change of temperature from 22 on saturday down to 12. That line is potentially dangerous showers, and then there is snow to come through after that. Not a lot of it, but notable all the same. Up to this time, we have been fine on the pacific coast. More rain coming into Washington State and oregon. Further south of that, nohurric. There is still an area of potentially nasty weather. Weve got the potential for heavy rain in honduras, guatemala, el salvador, and down into panama and costa rica. Unfortunately, honduras is not rainfree. One of the most wanted men on the planet he masterminded a 4. 5 billion fraud. You want to putim in jail, but you cannot help being pressed. Al jazeera reveals never before heard recordings implicating some of the worlds most powerful players. Everyone would benefit by the abusof powernd corruption. Hunt for a few new dig fugative, on al jazeera. Imran youre watching al jazeera. A reminder of our top stories. The United Nations is warning of a humanitarian crisis in northern ethiopia, this as more than 10 million children are at risk from fighting in tigre. Ugandan opposition politician bobi wine has been released after being charged on actions likely to spread the coronavirus. Police say at least 37 people have died in protests sparked by his arrest. U. S. Republican Party Leaders from michigan have met with president donald trump. His lawyers say state legislatures should ignore results in swing states like michigan and give their votes to trump. However, the politicians say they are not aware of any information that will change the outcome. This as the u. S. Recorded 2015 coronavirus deaths thursday. Meanwhile, Pharmaceutical Company pfizer and its german partner biontech have filed emergency authorization in the United States for their covid19 vaccine. Health secretary alex azar has described the news as light at the end of the tunnel. If the request is approved, a vaccine could be available in weeks. Mike hanna has more from washington, d. C. Mike what happens when pfizer registers the request with the fda . It looks at the data pfizer has collected through its tests of 40,000 people. The fda then calls a meeting with a group of independent scientists who will decide whether or not to grant the emergency use authorization based on the data they have been given, but the difficulty is that this is not a routine vaccine trial. This is a new technology, which the scientists are going to have to look at. It is uncharted water. Its not a vaccine in which a muted version of the virus is injected into the system, allowing the body to create immunity. This is a case where spike proteins are created in the humans dna, which replicates the coronavirus and trains the body to recognize it should the coronavirus enter the body. This is a totally different technology, and this is going to maybe extend the period. The speed at which these vaccines can be rolled out, that is difficult because this treatment requires tubing injections two injections over the period of two weeks. A lot of the vaccine needs to be distributed across the country. Imran the World Health Organization has removed remdesivir from its list of recommended treatments. Its another setback for the manufacturer gilead after the drug received early attention as a potential treatment. The azari army says it has entered an area armenia has held for 30 years. The other two districts are to return by the first of december. While azaris celebrate, armenians are grieving the loss of land that they say is theirs. Theres a sense of defeat here. Armenia will soon lose control over this strategic district. Very few civilians are left in town, and armenian soldiers are transiting through on their way out. He is a businessman turned volunteer fighter. It is a bittersweet day for him. He will soon meet up with his wife, but the district he was deployed to at the beginning of the world war is being returned to as her vision. Azerbijan. In reality, no one in the public knew the real situation. We now have the result that we deserved. All of the Armenian Forces have to evacuate before december 1. A mere 70 kilometers away, celebrations in a district on the eastern flank of the enclave, which armenia occupied and considered a buffer zone. This man was among the 16,000 azaris expelled at the time from here. I lost for words to explain my feelings. Its the best day of my life. The first place i want to visit is the theater. It was destroyed, but it was really nice and we will rebuild it. A stark contrast here. Here, tens of thousands of azari s were expelled. This was the First District captured by the armenians in the early 1990s, and it will be the first last one handed back to azerbaijan. This will remain open for armenian civilians and russian peacekeepers who are going to guarantee their safe passage. Its a lifeline of the enclave, and it is through this road that the bulk of the peacekeepers are deployed, taking up positions along the corridor. Azerbaijans forces will be just kilometers away. She came to the municipality with her neighbors to ask for help. I dont want to leave here. I have a deep connection. My husband and my son are buried here. I want to be able to visit their grave, and i want to stay, and i want my generation to be moved again. About 12,000 armenians settled into this district over the past three decades. Azerbaijan said it will ensure the safety of those living along the corridor, but after all of what has happened, no one is willing to take the risk. Imran saudi arabia is hosting this years g20 summit. Drafting a covid19 action plan will be top of the agenda for the worlds richest nations, but there have been calls for leaders to boycott the event over the kingdoms human rights abuses. A counter summit is being held online to highlight some of those. James bay reports from the United Nations. James readd ryad, the place where the g20 summit would have been held. They are using a projector to display the participants, but because of covid19, they will be taking place virtually, lessening the impact of this annual meeting of World Leaders and the efforts of its host saudi arabia to rehabilitate its reputation. The red lines were certain issues. James a counter summit has been held online to highlight human rights abuses ranging from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to its attacks on civilians during the war in yemen. The sister of a womans rights campaigner is among those who spoke. She was electrocuted, waterboarded, sexually harassed, threatened with rape, murder, and this was done by saudi officials, one of them being mbss righthand man. James mbs, a reference to crown Prince Mohammed bin salman, he will be wanting to see u. S. Leaders in the Democratic Party at this event. The Incoming DemocraticPresident Joe Biden has promised a much more clear eyed policy regarding the kingdom. I asked one participant of the g20, secretarygeneral, for his view of saudis human rights record. Im talking about the lack of accountability for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the detention of political prisoners, reports of torture. Secretarygeneral, you have a chance to address all of this fully, or you can dodge my question. Wouldnt that be effectively green lighting more abuses by the saudis . It is not by chance. In what i said, there is a clear reference to the needs of all of these programs to have one objective that everybody should be able to enjoy full human rights. For human rights apply to all countries, including those countries in the g20. James what about specific abuses in those countries . That is what i am saying. We want human rights everywhere including in those countries. James the secretarygeneral will take part in the summit from new york. He wants the g20 to extend in duration and scope debt relief to some of the worlds poorest countries. However, an early draft of the communique suggests he may fail in that event. James bay, al jazeera. Imran voters in burkina faso are preparing to elect their next president sunday. Lastminute preparations are underwear across the nation. The president is up against a dozen other candidates, but some 400,000 people, 7 of the electorate, will not be able to take part. Polling stations will not open in areas where there have been recent attacks by al qaeda,