Russian peacekeepers are deployed as part of a cease fire deal to end the fighting in nagornokarabakh and calls for a ceasefire in ethiopias, a region where hundreds have died and thousands are fleeing into sudan. About he discovered in doha, with your support as the head of english football, resigns of the using a racist slur while speaking about the game in his country. U. S. President elect joe biden has called Donald Trumps refusal to concede the president ial election an embarrassment, but biden says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january that will see him take on the worlds most powerful job. As despite the trumpet, ministration, reportedly refusing to assist the president elects transition team, and blocking them from accessing vital resources, biden himself has been calling some of americas biggest allies, including the leaders of the u. K. , germany, and france, who all congratulated him on winning the election. I just think its in the barest quite frankly, the only thing how can i say this tactfully . I think it will help the president s legacy. I think that i know from my discussions with foreign leaders of us for that they are hopeful that the United StatesDemocratic Institutions are viewed once again as being strong and endure. And what i think at the end of the day, you know, its all going to come to fruition. In january 20th, bidens comments came after the u. S. Sector state joined the chorus of republican voices denying joe bidens election when mike pompei was asked if he would assist a smooth handover and gave this surprising answer. There will be a smooth transition to a 2nd trouble, mr. Action, right, were ready, but the world is watching whats taking place that were going to count all the votes. When the process is complete, theyll be electors selected. Theres a process, the constitution lays it out pretty clearly. The world should have every confidence that the transition necessary to make sure that the state department is functional today successful today. And successful with the president whos in office on january 20th, a minute after noon will also be successful. Meanwhile, the u. S. Supreme court has begun hearing arguments in a case which could strip 20000000 people of medical insurance justices have already signaled that theyre unlikely to strike down all of the Affordable Care act. A key piece of president obamas legacy thats known as obamacare. President , trump and other republicans want the last shutdown and expanded Public Health care programs and enable more people to obtain private insurance. A decision is expected by the end of june next year. In them well hear from alan fischer in washington, d. C. But 1st to mike hanna, in wilmington, delaware where biden was speaking. So might tell us more about ted bidens comments on the election or biden made some prepared comments on the Affordable Care act. But then he took some questions, his 1st News Conference effectively as the president elect. And he was remarkably calm and unfazed by the problems with the transition by President Trumps refusal to accept defeat by many of the republicans refusal to accept defeat. And also by the refusal of the General Services administration to signal the formal beginning of the transition process. Biden said his administration is well enough funded not to need this some 7. 00 to 10000000. 00 that it would receive for the processes of the transition. He said as well that he and his Vice President elect were going ahead as they would even if it was already a formal transition. He says they are doing what theyre doing. They have not been affected in any way. He was asked directly with the what he would say to President Trump, should President Trump be watching . And he said, president , trump, i look forward to speaking to you. So certainly very unfazed in terms of the problems facing this whole transition period. The problems of nonacceptance, of the election result, absolutely adamant that come the 20th of january. He and his Vice President elect will be in place and theyll be able to put their agenda into action. And mike is also there to talk about obamacare and that a challenge in the court. Tell us about that, how thats panning out and what signals were getting from the supremes. Well, it does appear that number of the judges student not believe that the act should be overturned, certainly from some of the questions that they were asking. Some of the common set were made. It does appear that with those conservative leaning judges, appearing skeptical about declaring this act constitutional. Its unlikely that the Supreme Court is going to effectively remove it, but that will only be known, perhaps at the end of june when the Supreme Court hands down its final decision as far as the incoming biden and ministrations concerned. Well, spoken briefly at the beginning of that news briefing, saying that the republican, the temps in the Supreme Court is a blatant attempt to undercut the will of the American People by did himself said that Health Coverage is a right. Its not a privilege. He said as well that he and his Vice President elect were putting new Health Proposals into place, which once again they would introduce when they come into power, which would massively increase coverage for american citizens. But above all, he was sustaining that the need for health care in this time of pandemic is absolutely essential. And he expressed the hope that there would be no action that would reduce the levels of health care for the average american citizen at the moment or impinge on the Affordable Care act, saying as well that he would be introducing in verdun, enhance coverage. Once he and his Vice President elect come into power generally 20th. I can, i thank you very much indeed. Fisher joins us live from washington, d. C. And alan with might compare that we heard from mitch mcconnell, some Senior Republicans very much tying themselves to trump. Still. Mitch mcconnell less so than might compare my compeers comments, were definitely an audience of one. Hes doing that even though foreign leaders are calling joe biden to offer of their congratulations. Hes doing that with an eye to 2024 when its thought that he may well unknowns that he wants to run for the presidency. And he doesnt want to alienate trump, supporters at this point, it was not surprising, but it is perhaps shocking that he said it out loud there in front of many people because hes right. The world are watching is watching what is happening here in the United States. Over the next few days, as for mitch mcconnell, hes got one eye on january the 5th. So you saying ok, whats that . Thats when theres going to be a Senate Runoff in georgia, theres 2 seats that could be up for grabs there. If the democrats win both of them, it will tie the senate, so hes always looking to the next election. And he really wants to make sure that the bases energized and united going into those elections. And by suddenly turning round just now and saying, joe biden has won, were not going to bother with recurrence. Were not going to bother with legal efforts that would undermine what the party is trying to do. But certainly he says theres no need for panic that youve got to take these things, these things take time. There are stages to go through. Something that was there could by joe biden is going to be said in the last couple of hours. Just saying, look, well deal with this as it goes along, but he is still pushing ahead with his plans for the transition, even though its been reported and we are hearing as well. The donald trump has said to all Government Agencies and all Government Departments not to work with the transition until the results are verified and he Still Believes he can win this election. And alan to talk us through then the details, although the latest on trunks legal challenges to this the 1st thing youve got to point out with or any of the legal challenges. Although donald trump in is twitter feed, a number of republicans are saying that there is widespread electoral fraud. None of these court cases actually addresses that. In fact, lets just look at pennsylvania for a 2nd. Theyre saying that there was problems with mail in voting, and there was also problems with the way that people had access to polling places. And they see that this got in the way of their Constitutional Rights though speaking to some independent legal scholars there saying that courts are really reluctant to get involved. Busy and start invalidating legally cast ballots, and many of these ballots were legally cast. The other thing theyre concerned about is that these rules these, these facilities for want of a better word for want of a much better word, have been in position for a number of elections. And saw the fact that to see know that they are unconstitutional because you lost the election maybe not reach that barrier of constitutionality that needs to win a successful court case. So theres definitely problems with what donald trump and his team are trying to do in a number of states at the moment, legally. And fisher, thank you very much. Indeed. Russian peacekeeping troops have been deployed to nirvana karabakh after a deal to end 6 weeks of fighting. The disputed region is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan, but controlled by ethnic armenians. As there is, have spent the day celebrating, whats been seen as a win delivering swathes of territory to their country. But in neighboring armenia, its been described as a disaster. Under the deal, azerbaijan will keep all its territorial gains, including a going to car backs. 2nd city shusha, armenia must hand over a number of other areas starting with the region on november, the 15th and the adam region. And guess that district 5 days later on december 1st, it will have to handover the let in district that includes the important car door which connects the go to a car back to armenia and will remain under armenian control. Nearly 2000 russian peacekeepers will be deployed along the socalled line of contact in a corner car back for at least 5 years. In a moment, well hear from some a binge of age in the as a very capital a coup. But 1st, this report from harden had made in yerevan armenia. Like it or not. Its a nation in shock. Many baffled that their media has signed an agreement, they see as humiliating. And for some the anger was too much to contain. By early morning, protestors started to arrive in front of parliament. I dont know how this nation believes this man says, calling on people to rise up. Emotions were high, and soon the anger turned into calls for a Prime Minister to resign. Among the people here veterans of the 1st war, thereby journ in the early 1990 s. Mothers of soldiers who recently died and displaced people from nagornokarabakh mina and her mother bear to are dismayed. They left their hometown of stepan, occurred by jan at the beginning of the fighting. Her father stayed behind the other to watch hearts as many articles of the one he signed. This agreement didnt ask our opinion. He signed it in secret. Its a crime. I want to return there, my trained general there. Im not having a normal education because of current virus and the war. I will only go back if the children of the Prime Minister come and live there with me. Like everyone here nina and berto want the agreement to be cancelled boardin, a 1200 soldiers lost their lives order. Past 6 weeks has now also lost all 7 as every region surrounding the un clave it had occupied since 994. 00, as well as a total of shusha in the corner cupboard. Its hard to swallow. This is a very difficult time for me and for Prime Minister, and he called passion here. And now he was already under intense international pressure. Just signed a cease fire agreement. And now is having an even harder time at home, explaining to people that this was the best option. In the current situation, there was no chance of making another decision, a plan to give more details such as why and what the reason was behind last months of vince. I cant do it right now for one simple reason. Because stopping military actions is the main focus right now. And if i say something, i couldnt dangerous people, but hasnt managed to convince many people, even among those who are an ordinary mother. But what happened is horrible. Every day we were given good news and suddenly this happens. Good or bad. I dont know, but i dont want an agreement at the price of all those innocent children who died. It should have been done earlier. He needs to answer questions. Some of the russian peacekeepers have already they will be deployed in to guarantee to cease fire. But this sense of loss that azerbaijan is just beginning to see a victory dance for ages. Been years in the making. Journeys are jubilant after the announcement of a deal to end the conflict in the corner. Even physically stop some people from showing their joy. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people who wanted to return seems possible to return to the place where my mother or grandmother were born from. And to me, i cant even describe this feeling expressed after steady gains on the battlefield since september. But he has been made possible largely because of other by johns advanced military power. The president acknowledged his forces as he declared the conflict over heroes. As a result of them and selfsacrifice, we return to our learns that soldiers can recover soon and return to normal life have called it an armenian defeat, agreed with russian relation and with a deal will hold on to the areas of nagornokarabakh that have the feeling that hes fighting, well, i mean, you know, has agreed to withdraw from several other nearby areas. In the coming weeks. Russian peacekeepers will remain in the region for the next 5 years. In return, other by john will stop its advances and the guns on the front lines have fallen silent. As a johnny army showed that we are capable to liberate our territories, we have liberated our territories. Now we also showed that we have the political will to stop hostilities and to continue by negotiations. Many people in the are very capital baku dont completely trust russian peacekeepers and wanted their forces to retake all of the disputed the region. The Turkish Foreign minister called the deal a secret success as he is very president , hinted peacekeepers in addition to the russians. But its not yet decided exactly how those troops will be deployed. Azerbaijanis say a few weeks of war have achieved more than 2 decades of the global sea. But maintaining peace is not going to be easy as thousands of people have been killed on both sides and more than a 1000000 have in this place and with armenia. And azerbaijan, some of the other there are we can speak now to former u. S. Ambassador carey cavanagh. He helped lead the peace talks on nagornokarabakh in 2001, joins us live from lexington, kentucky via skype. Thanks very much for being with us. And tell me what do you think the significance of this deal is . I think its very important because they think what we saw develop over the weekend was their budgets that says that capturing these 2nd largest city in the border of prayer and imminent threat to the capital city of the world occurred about the planet cared. So this deal started a major bloodletting, and i think also reduce the risk of that further is collation infighting that could have gone so far as the brilliant russian and Turkish Military forces in an active manner know that Russian Forces as a peacekeeping element. We saw, i mean, not to anger from some people in on me, but this sudden i felt kind of betrayed by the deal. And then that seemed to calm down how much of a crisis is this still there for . I mean, you think politically domestically is significant, but i think the bigger reflects the reality and the expectations of would ever come about to bring peace to this land. And it was always in vision that the occupied territories that as a by john resort by force were going to return to their version. The way we see it is because he knew and took a step that he feels keep the ability for beatings to get to dilute. Encouraged by, you know, made to disappeared in a matter of days with enormous loss of life and destruction that there not been arrangement for peace. You mentioned of the role of tech in russia. How much was this deal really a deal between tech in russia . Things not to escalate, i think very big says the deal between pressure that are really in azerbaijan, and i think russias the potential that desperate times create lead people to take Desperate Measures that you ran. The risk of the population care about was threatened nearby and might make the decision to do something more drastic an attack and that will play to attack and sound the charge that will and Gas Processing facility. So as above who are maybe been in a tent and but who itself then would lead to a similar response, which would instantly brought Russian Troops into their lives, in their defense or with their immediate and potentially turkish troops. Just support as their version of the limited along with the bloodletting. What you want to make of the Russian Troops roll in terms of the pay scale of a cease fire. What do you think of that . What will they do in mediation efforts . It had always been in their shoes and there would be a rule for certain peacemakers keepers, but then had always been in there was agreement on this. It would not include koocher countries, u. S. 1st friends or neighbors in iran. So the one difference, something that wasnt on the table before was russian peacekeepers. So that is a new level of care of how can i thank you very much indeed taffeta from could i thank you. Busy coming up on this news hour from london, our clashes on the streets of peru after president Martin Vickery is ousted and a new leader is sworn in the palestinians, lose their chief peace negotiator. Erica was died weeks after contracting caved, 19 and Tokyo Olympic organizers say they feel a positive sense of relief over news of a coronavirus vaccine. The deadly conflict in northern ethiopia is threatening to spill over the countrys borders and appears to be fueling a humanitarian crisis. Prime minister ahmed ordered an offensive into great last week, after accusing hopeful forces there of attacking a military base. Since then, hundreds have been killed and around 3 and a half 1000 people have fled the region from neighboring sudan. My dough reports from the capital, addis ababa celebrations on the streets of the tightly enough. An ethiopian residents came out to welcome federal forces who have just read the can. The town from to great fighters does show which is in the region was captured by to be armed forces a week ago during fighting with troops along with your peers, north and command whose bases they are tucked as a ridge about them or not they, we could have a lot of gunfire. The whole village panicked, but thanks to the harbor of Regional Special forces, who were able to save a lot of the National Defense forces. If your peers, federal government continued to claim more victories on tuesday, with its Defense Forces saying they had seized the airport integral near the border with sudan and eritrea. They also paraded some militiamen from the to cry. Peoples liberation front, who they said had defected from political trend because we must not go to wolf. The post reasons we should be defending a national unity. So the young men to take ray should not go to war. Of a telephone and Internet Communications blackout. Integrate, has made it difficult to verify the situation on the ground. The African Union is the latest to join International Calls for an immediate cease fire and dialogue to a peaceful solution. To a huge chairperson, most of achim hamad appealed for an immediate cessation of hostilities and called on parties to respect human rights and assure the protection of civilians. The government, however, is adamant that it wont talk until the operation achieves its objectives of bringing the to great leadership to justice and confiscating or destroying artillery and other arms. The group has, its in possession. What we know was they had some missiles which could go to 300 kilometers. That means they could strike a marriage and they could also strike our followers. They could strike us matter. Thats easier. It was in syria. And so thats why the government has to rush to destroy it. Hundreds of people have already been killed in the conflict. Thats been mostly causes treated in western to grey, close to the border with sudan under the train. According to diplomats, a large number of refugees, including troops are said to already crossed into sudan. Their fears, this conflict could trigger a civil war in the most populous nation in the horn of africa, to go and account for 6 percent of ethiopians, but the dominate the politics for 30 years. Before Prime Minister rule rejoined mr. Sharon sees Prime Minister obese and going reforms are tempted to bring about a unitary system of government which destroys the current federal one. Diplomats are now watered up, the longer the conflict takes, the more difficult it might be to bring about the particular a region into the field best for the nation of Regional States. How about the world is the area of the suburb from on this so we can speak to news on monday, hes an independent analyst who said, just returned to london from ethiopia. He joins us on the phone. Thanks very much indeed for being with us now. Its quite difficult to get independent information out of the region. Whats the latest that youre hearing . Im told so last week, the to great Peoples Liberation front, took control of personnel and military hardware and installations of the Northern Command of the ethiopian army. So in the 5 divisions of the Northern Command, stationed integrate, this is split into 3 groups of aligned with the t. P. S. , a quarter of the loyalists fled to eritrea. And the rest refused to fight the thing contained in military barracks in tikrit. So a week before the t. P. Left took control of the Northern Command, they created a new regional command in a Regional State just just south with 2 divisions of the Northern Command, already stationed in an hour a plan transfer to that you command. And then rumors sisted that the Northern Command would be further slimmed down and that additional divisions would be transferred from to greater eritrea. Thats when the altercation started. And thats when weve got the situation of civil war unfolding. And also the risks of Vice President are in crisis with that, with the suggestion have several 1000 people fleeing into sudan. Yeah. So there are reports about people fleeing and that sudan, the complicated thing is that sudan officially at least has closed its borders. Ready with great on the customer side. And also, i mean, i think theres a tiny border with a look at it and sudan to close those borders as theres going to be a massive humanitarian issue there and who including and it applies. And so yeah, the idea here, the need to has a Nobel Peace Prize for resolving the conflict with eritrea. Why do you think he chose to go down this route with t. Ray . Well, i mean the confrontation has been brewing for some time. Be to grans, have being building up their special forces and it seemed, i mean, it seems that there was, there was a chronology that seems to suggest that this was a premeditated attack on the part of. Beyond that, i mean the proper problem now is that i mean, so a little over a year ago, a little over a year ago we won this little peace prize, but now it very much looks like the whole eritrean dimensions triggered. Youve got ethiopian troops who defected to eritrea, and now youve got reports of the ethiopian. If European Military figures appearing at selham bursar on the border, they can only come from eritrea. So it very much looks like either the European Military are going to attack to grow from eritrea, or theyre going to attack tigray in conjunction with their trade forces. So dangerous territory than his on my neck. Thank you very much. Indeed for talking to us about the situation there in ethiopia. Thank you. At least 3 people have been killed in violent clashes in ivory coast. A further 26 people were wounded in the unrest in a town outside abidjan. The u. N. Says the number of refugees whove fled the country has doubled to more than 8000 since last months election. More than 40 people have been killed since president on what are announced that hed seek a controversial 3rd term. But she then won the opposition, boycotted the electoral process, as was more still to come this hour, 11 and prepares to lock down again as hospitals overwhelmed with coronavirus cases and the economy is pushed towards total collapse. Are some of the most powerful leaders of the catholic church, dismissed reports of a sexual predator. And Diego Maradona could be released from hospital later that night. Daytona a former world cup winners condition in sport. However, it got some rather cloudy weather across a good part of europe. At the moment. Its generally low clouds, calm and quiet, to central parts, some fog problems and the early on, but brightness by the off. The news with that High Pressure in charge. Further west, we have got bands of cloud of gray weather systems rolling in from the atlantic and they would have a greater influence on i weather as we go through the next couple of days. So there we go with that cloud and that rain spreading its way across the island, wiles western parts of england and west of scotland as we go through where the state runs right down across the breast, potentially the northwest despite also seeing some of that wetter weather which will make its way further east, which as we go through thursday, making way for the next system as we had a tools, a lot of parts of the way for central areas. There we go. Still last a quad, almost in bits and pieces of rain will just push in from the northwest as we go on through the 2nd half of the week. Still a few showers down towards the east, the side of the mediterranean. The wanted to those showers also affecting the far north of africa, the northern parts of egypt. You see some showers now there is of libya, but in catch shero 2 coastal parts of algeria, the showers continue maymont across the central part of africa. Sliding a little further south was but more wet weather there all the way over towards liberia. Again like this was our foundation. I tried to do something different. When i made a daisy, it was the best day of my life. I wish that day could have gone on forever. But my past caught up with me and made us all pay the price. Daisy and box on aljazeera held for over 3 years in an egyptian prison cell, denied the right to a fair trial. No charges have been brought against al jazeera correspondent, must move to saying his crime journalism to demand news release and voice solidarity with all detained journalists. Sign the petition 300 who say and one of the top stories here now jazeera u. S. President elect joe biden has called Donald Trumps refusal to concede the president ial election. An embarrassment, but he says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january. 2000 russian peacekeepers have been deployed to the disputed region of theyre going to come back after most can negotiate a truce between armenia and azerbaijan. The cease fire holds 6 weeks of fighting, and thats azerbaijan keep recaptured territory. And around 300000. 00, people have fled, ethiopia is a region for sudan. Central government troops. Battle the local forces. Hundreds of people have died and the areas communications have been cultural. Mass protests are taking place across peru after marty and his car was removed from the presidency or testers of fault with Police Outside congress in the capital, lima where the scars replacement, when youre married, you know, is sworn in a few hours ago. There were also clashes reported in the cities of a keeper and cusco iscar remains very popular with the public. This fight, the accusations of corruption that led to his removal and impeachment vote. Under a millionaire who was head of congress will stay in power until july, which of would have been the end of vickerys term. The next president ial election is in april. His car was accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes when he was regional governor. It greed to step down without appealing the decision, but denies any wrongdoing. The end of sanchez is in lima. She says protests are taking place across fruit. There are protests erupting in different cities from school to i keep to trujillo, to all the major cities apart from lima in peru. Have people marching in the streets of people being arrested in the Northern City of pewter. And people have clashed with police in the perimeter of congress this morning when maybe no one has been sworn in as the new president. There is a recent history that of course, pollute rians, have very presently there in their minds of corruption among the top leaders of the country. From who he morty in jail, from your taking his life when he was going to be arrested. From whos under house arrest and the list goes on of precedents and also now with members of congress that have a so many criminal investigations, 68 of 130 have criminal investigations. The president , the new president of congress, alone, 52 criminal investigations pending. So people say that they will be protected, they will have immunity if they continue to be in congress, if they are able to now change the constitution to have another election to be reelected, which is bound by the constitutions of people are worried and theyre very angry the coronavirus pandemic has now seen a 1000000 people infected in the United States in just 10 days. 10000000 case was confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours with hospital admissions and at least 16 states at record levels. The u. S. Is by far the worst affected nation in the world, reporting 239000 deaths. European nations continue to grapple with a 2nd wave of infections. Officials in italy are appealing for foreign doctors to fly in and help operate ventilators. The country reported more than 35000, new infections on tuesday. Hospitals are even under strain in countries that largely escaped the high caseload earlier this year. Like poland and sweden, new restrictions are being imposed in several cities, including the russian capital, moscow, where bars and restaurants will close early lebanon will impose a 2 week nationwide lockdown from saturday. As it battles, a surgeon, coronavirus cases, hospitals across the nation are overwhelmed. But the government had been reluctant to shut down the country a 2nd time evidence. People were already struggling with a near economic collapse before the pandemic. So how to reports from beirut . Lebanon is losing its battle with corona virus. And the winter season has yet to set in doctors are treating patients in this hospitals emergency wards in beirut because beds are no longer available. That countrys Health Sector is overwhelmed. We are seeing so many patients that are being going from hospital to an all therefore may need 2 days, 3 days over, over 245 days. Just looking for a hospital to receive these patients. And they are not finding a place to be admitted. And at the end, they are coming to the left hospital where they are admitted and they are not doing good more than half of the nearly 50000 active cases in the nation of 6000000. People have occurred in the past few weeks. The main gate for they are is completely closed because we cannot anymore for today, or for at least the coming hours to receive any new patients. People are not abiding by the rule of preventive measures, and there is no court order from the authorities that is know whats on the board, major city. But in the remote area, the authorities have responded to a call by Health Workers to shut down the country. The lockdown excludes the airport and essential businesses. It will last 2 weeks before being eased. The private sector is not happy. Already, businesses have been closing down as an economic crisis impoverishes more than half of the population. And i know you all know, put your money where your days people come in, so to eat, its a difficult time. A lockdown hits many people. Instead people should cooperate and we mosques. And the authorities should be strict in forcing rules says it will be the 2nd nationwide closure since march. At that time, the cash strapped government couldnt help the poor since then many more have become vulnerable, but Authorities Say they have little option to contain the outbreak. Intensive care units have reached a critical capacity. The Positivity Rate is high relative to testing, which means the virus is spreading quickly. A few months ago there were dozens of cases a day. Now it reaches 2000. Infection among Health Workers is also rising. The lockdown may give hospitals time to prepare for the difficult days, but without a long term strategy. It will create new challenges for many lebanese, on the brink of bankruptcy. Senator there, beirut 3 days of National Mourning have been declared in palestine after the death of erica at a veteran peace negotiator and champion of the palestinian cause, died at the age of 65. 00. After contracting corona virus, he was involved in nearly every round of peace talks with israel in the past 3 decades as harry force that reports from ramallah in the occupied west bank account was at the center of the Israeli Palestinian conflict for much of his life. The many around the world, one of the most familiar and effective voices for the palestinian cause. His death came just over a month since he was diagnosed with 19, his wife and one of his daughters. Among those who rushed to the west jerusalem hospital where he was being treated from your keypad westbank, the tributes began to come in. It was somebody who persisted this by promoting this are who stood up to extremely cruel attack. Who devoted his whole life to ensuring that palestinian lives and palestinians are right. I say. And ive indicated that was 12 years old. When israeli tanks rolled into his hometown of jericho, part of a war that lasted 6 days and reshaped the region and his life. He attended university in the United States and moved to england to complete a ph d. In conflict resolution. At the madrid peace talks in 1901, he insisted on wearing the coffee or the symbol of Palestinian National identity. In the decades following as a palestinian chief negotiator, he would be both criticized and praised for his stubbornness over terms for a 2 state solution based on the 1967 borders being it doesnt negotiate or was it was or is that all there e, i would say possible to negotiate to the team because we all knew well, well hes real red lines, but the day of his death also brought fresh attacks from some on the israeli right. Prime minister benjamin netanyahu, some called him a terrorist who worked for the destruction of israel over the years. Erekat described a growing pessimism at israels expansion of illegal settlements and the steady entrenchment of its occupation. And thats what really can undermine that was that solution that it play with it . What i call one step closer to them, maintaining the threat of court now apartheid. I dont think in the 21st century, they will get away with it. Its about all the while hed been fighting a more personal battle. Risperidone disease that would in 2017 require a transplant of both lungs and leave him among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic. On tuesday afternoon, a records body was brought here to ramallah ahead of his burial in his hometown of jericho. On wednesday, he was aware in his last 2 years that the failure to achieve a palestinian state had affected his standing. Should have got a tongue transplant. Instead of a Lung Transplant he wants, but he never did give up on his advocacy for a 2 state solution to a conflict that has now outlived, im sorry, force that aljazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank. Lets talk more about this with khaled, again, the whos director of the program on palestine and Palestinian Israeli Affairs at the middle east middle east institute. He worked with sari, america when he was in divisor to the palestinian leadership and joins me now via, skype from washington. D. C. , thank you very much indeed for being with us. So you tell us is a bit about your personal experience of working this out before we move on to his legacy. Yeah, well 1st of all, i just want to express my personal condolences to the wife and to is children and to his grandchildren and to all the Palestinian People for this loss which is deeply felt by many of us. You know, i worked with side for 6 years, i listened to the various attributes to him and whats written online and the common thread. And i think this is absolutely true. Is that side . It was absolutely tenacious. He was a stubborn, certainly he was an absolute believer in a diplomatic and peaceful resolution with israel. His legacy. I think everything that he did was poured out and he was someone who believes very much in diplomacy, who hated violence and still held out hope, you know, as we heard from dr. Ashrawi against all odds. And i mean in recently theres been no, the recognition of israel by the u. A. E. And bahrain. Well, it replaces a eric that, you know, has enough on their plate. What kind of do you think that the palestinian causes will take up to after him . Well, its certainly the end of an era is far as palestinian politics and diplomacy go. However, i think its important to note that, you know, there was no Peace Process even before it became hill, even frankly, before donald trump stepped onto the scene. The Peace Process has been dead for many years. Even under the obama administration, its not been ministration a simply added, i think, some final nails to the coffin so that whoever comes after assad, i certainly will have big shoes to fill. But i will already be starting from a clean slate since we really have nothing that could reasonably be called a Peace Process. And in that context, what does it, what does a president elect biden mean full of the palestinians . Well, i think it allows them to breathe a sigh of relief, trumpet, ministration has has been one of really unparalleled hostility toward, toward the Palestinian People toward palestinian political aspirations toward goal of palestinian freedom. And so weve seen one major assault on palestinians and their rights after another by the trump administration. And so by the administration will certainly bring some relief. It wont necessarily lead to an immediate resumption of a Peace Process or negotiations, but it will, i think it least give palestinians some breathing room perhaps to, to put their own house in order and to rebuild their or their national movement. How did it get in the thank you very much indeed for talking to us. Thank you. The french president emmanuel back home and german chancellor angela merkel, both calling for a rethink on europes open border policy. After recent attacks, michael and austrian chancellor Sebastian Cortes took part in a Virtual Summit with machall and Top European Union officials. All 3 nations have experienced attacks in recent weeks. My course as europe needs to come up with coordinated security measures and reexamine, the schengen area, which allows open travel across most of the e. U. A vatican report has revealed failures to stop the rise of a disgraced cardinal, including by pope john paul, the 2nd, 3rd, or mccarrick. A former archbishop of washington was one of the Catholic Churchs most prominent u. S. Cardinals. Before being expelled from the priesthood. 2 years ago. Hed been promoted despite being found guilty by the church of abuse of minors, along with other allegations. The church acknowledged, the former pope knew of allegations, but doesnt accuse the present pontiff of trying to protect him. The European Union has filed antitrust charges against amazon, accusing it of abusing its control of its massive online marketplace. Regulators say the ecommerce giant used its size, power and data to gain an unfair advantage over other merchants. Using its platform could be fined up to 10 percent of its global revenue, which was around 300000000000. 00 last year. And the denies the accusations still ahead. This news. It was destined to be an airport. Now, an unused chunk of mexico city could give its residents a breath of fresh air instead. And tiger woods is preparing to defend his masters golf title. Peter, well have more in sports what has begun on what could become one of the Worlds Largest pocs . Its hoped the project will offset mexico citys polluted air and sprawling footprint. But its still proving controversial, a stronghold in the polls. Well, minutes, because government cancelled a 13000000000. 00 airport midway through its construction. It caused immense controversy. Have a look at what they are now planning to put in its place. One of the biggest urban parks in the world, if it works out to be twice the size of manhattan architect in yuckier. Tiffany. Is the man with the vision . What a lot of obamas had a lot of quibbles like this. We are going to recover bodies of water and that will help us recreate a bit of what the valley of mexico looked like before an experience that even though he shouldnt be, will be almost new. Mexico citys inhabitants, 500 years ago. Vast areas of the capital were underwater to the extent that a prime mode of transport was the canoe. The park aims to bring some of that prehistoric flavor back. Recovering 600. 00 hectares of lakes and lagoons, but theyll be more than just water on offer. The plan is for basketball courts 5 a side football pitches, gyms picnic and camping areas to the hope is that some of mexico citys poorest neighborhoods, which partly surround the park, will benefit with bus routes planned from those communities. Because we will not do it, which is a story. Many of us think that its a bit of social justice bringing cultural support and Environmental Facilities to population to where traditionally, abandon, or very little care for. Many of the workers like to stay a basket live close by us to what she thought the part shes hoping to create. I think theres good and safe, but the hope is that this is for my children and grandchildren that they can enjoy this because if they do what they say they will, itll be a very big, i trust to god that ill see it. But if not, at least my family will be the part should have an impact on the whole capital. The idea is that the boss, quantity of water and plants here will help reduce air contamination and heat in the city who sounds promising. But so far theres little more than this nurseries of local flora, just starting to grow. It doesnt look like much now, but the hope is that these little native plants are going to be the seed from which entire barren areas all this natural part of reforested to be as full of life as they were centuries before. The aim is to open by next year and have it finished by 2024 the end of the current governments term in office. Many still believe that government made a big mistake in scrapping the airport if the park pans out. At the very least, it will be a real consolation john home and how does it, or mexico city film lovers in the Afghan Capital . Kabul are mourning the loss of a historic movie theater. The park cinema built in the 9050s, survived the taliban regime. But its now been demolished by the local authorities. The head of afghanistans state film company unsuccessfully staged a sit in protest in a last ditch effort to save the building. She says the sentiment was part of the citys cultural identity. So his speech over the last port lauren, thank you so much. The head of english football greg clarke has resigned after using inappropriate language when discussing racist abuse. Clark, who is also a fee for vicepresident , quit just a few hours after apologizing for his inappropriate comments. He was being questioned by u. K. Members of parliament when he used the words colored footballers. And that wasnt the only awkward moment. If i look at what happens to high profile female 4 corners high profile, colorful, and the abuse they take on social media. If you look at talk little football, the Africanamerican Community is overrepresented versus the south asian. If you go to the only team to come to the n. F. L. And theres a lot more south, asians, there are african or abuse. They have different career interests. Later in the same hearing, clarke apologized for using the word colored one. If i said it, i deeply apologize for secondly, oir and a product of having worked overseas. I worked in the usa for many years where i was required to use the people of color and sometimes because that was the product of their diversity legislation opposed to discrimination format. Sometimes i trip over my words, but it wasnt long before he stepped down saying my unacceptable words in front of parliament were a disservice to our game. And to those who watch play referee and administer it. This is crystallized my resolve to move on. We spoke to a piece Global Sports correspondent, Robert Harris in manchester, who was following todays proceedings and the backlash that followed clarkes comments. Youve got to get out the anti Discrimination Organization saying that is resorted to using lazy stereotypes. That was when he was claiming there are different career choices can between south asian people and black people about you know, where youre choosing a career in football or in i. T. Is equal to him. And he also caused offense with other comments to her to College Football as and he tried to blame that on some of these crass work in the United States and terminology used there. But also he was referencing the lack of openly gay male clay is in the game and reference it being and life choice. So while it might be in quite a low cheek a ring in the British Parliament with great club speech remotely, his words will resonate and his role in the game is one of significance and it white, it maxes and those organizations like to get out and want to be more where the impacts of is his language and indeed his outlook on diversity in discrimination in football donna will be released from hospital in argentina soon according to hes psychologist who headed that marathon is being visited regularly by his daughters. The 1986 world cup winner and win brain surgery for a blood clot last week, and has also received treatment for drug withdrawal symptoms. The 60 year old family has been supporting the former argentine star and stress that he is being shielded from corona virus. While in the hospital in buenos aires, the masters golf major is set to tee off on thursday and the top players have been out on the course practicing, including defending champion, tiger woods, who has won the 5 times previously. The masters usually takes place in april, but was moved to november because of the pandemic. Things will be a lot quieter than usual, as they wont be any fans this week. This is an unprecedented circumstance. Were all dealing with and its been incredible to have the jacket and to have it around the house and share with people but to have a slam dunk. Its not the way i want to have it. Now how is the verse for one of the best birthday presents you could give yourself . Yes, you are so not see me here. Thats courtesy of john or on the now 26 year old. He was 4th at augusta in 2018, and hes actually a former world number one, but is yet to win a major title. The 2nd in the world rankings. Currently, your eyes are not deceiving you. That ball is on its way to the hole. And its in and just judging by this incredible short run, should feel quite confident about his chances going into this years masters. Tokyo lympics organizers say they feel a sense of relief. The news of a possible breakthrough in the search for a covert 900. 00 vaccine. The games were postponed by one year until next july, because of the pandemic, but they remain dancers to whether they can take place or with the fans will be allowed to attend. But officials, they were boyda by mondays announcement from Pharmaceutical Company pfizer, that the vaccine appears to be around 90 percent effective at preventing covert 19 and canadian tennis player then a social pov, a lot of ladies tantrum, get the better of him once again. On monday, shapovalov was beaten by roy to albert in the severe open in bulgaria, 6264 shopov, a lot of taking his frustrations out on his record. He has a history of doing this. He was guilty of similar behavior at the Australian Open in january and in 2017, he was disqualified for hitting a ball into an umpires face, one on davis cup duty. Ok, well leave it there for now. More sports news on the way again later. Laura, thanks very much and thats it for me for this news hour. I have more in a moment since 2030 wish. The World Innovation summit where health has gathered health care leaders, practitioners and researchers together to larry interact and engage with innovative organizations this year. Wish will take place spiritually under the banner of one world, our Health Register at wish dot org dot q. A. The u. S. Is deeply divided. Millions of americans feel disaffected and ignored by both political parties. And the Political Class is point scoring. The game is a dangerous game, but its a game of the sick list for kleins examines the political currents ripping through American Society in a description for a novel, the publisher would send it back and say its too unbelievable. Trump versus biden, the race to the white house on a just, you know, do you feel validated in south way . Is a type of performative activism. Lets go back to specifically you calling donald trump a white supremacist. The lights are on the, theres nowhere to hide. Join me richelle carey, is up at the front questions to my special guests and challenge them to some Straight Talk and political debate. Front on aljazeera understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the bomb. So no matter how you take it, well bring you the news and Current Affairs that matter to you. I just think its in the barest. Great, frankly, u. S. President elect joe biden says Donald Trumps refusal to concede will not help his legacy. There will be a transition to a 2nd troubling distraction. This is trumps adviser refused to back down im darn tired of this is out