A government offensive. Also, morocco launches a military operation in the Western Sahara endangering a nearly 3 decade long ceasefire in the region. Plus dozens of People Killed and many injured as typhoon leaves a trail of death and destruction in the philippines. Welcome to the program. The u. S. President has spoken publicly for the 1st time since his election loss to joe biden. During his press conference, donald trump updated americans on his response to the crone virus pandemic. But he also inched closer to acknowledging he may not be leading the countrys next administration until now. Has a ledge voter fraud and claimed without evidence to have won the president ial election. According to some estimates, a National Lockdown course 50000000000. 00 a day and hundreds of thousands of jobs every single day. Ideally, we wont go to a large and i will not go, this administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully the, the whatever happens in the future, who knows which administrator will be, i guess time will tell, but i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown or more than a week after election day. The state of North Carolina has not been called for trump. Hell hold on to 15 Electoral College votes, not trump, more than 73000 votes over joe biden or 1. 4 percent. Thats significantly less than 2016 when he won by 3. 6 Percentage Points over hillary clinton. Well, with North Carolina called for trump is the current state of the race. Hes got 232 Electoral College votes. Thats way behind president elect joe biden, who now has 290. Meanwhile, the state of georgia is continuing its hand tally of ballots cast for the election. Theyre being recounted as required by law, not because of alleged vote fraud. Georgias secretary of state says the votes must be audited as joe biden is only in the lead by a tight margin guidance already secured the presidency without counting georgias Electoral College votes. Lets cross over to alan fischer in washington. D. C. For the very latest. I mean that the president really said fast in his position of putting on a very brave front with no real indication of concession when he spoke earlier in the day. Well i think theres a change in tone. There was a tweet earlier in the day where he said, talking about one of the reasons that it was a very narrow loss. Thats the 1st time hes ever used, the phrase lost. And then during the news conference, when he was talking about the next administration, he stopped short from just going that little bit farther and saying, well, the next administration, my order a lot, dont he realized the path he was on . Weve all done it when weve been speaking live and then just and suddenly decided he was going to hit reverse and just move back under fair turn. All the donald trump line. Well, well see what happens. But it was almost on the knowledge of that close to saying that he didnt think hed won the election. He realizes now hes running out of roads. When it comes to his legal efforts, he saw a case in michigan tossed by the judge in the last few hours. Theres a case in pennsylvania that ran into legal difficulties as well that abandoned all legal efforts and i resign over joe biden was the clear winner overnight. A number of his legal teams have decided to quit the fight. And so theyre running into problem after problem. And so he must begin to realize that hes not going to be able to overturn the election even when it comes to the recount in atlanta. Hes so far behind that i think even those closest to the president realize that theyre not going to be able to flip that result. And when they are presenting evidence to the courts, the judges in many cases are saying that the case simply isnt strong enough. Let me give you one example. The top campaign has been talking about how a woman and atlanta managed to vote, even though she had died while a local t. V. Station atlanta actually tracked down the woman. And she hadnt died. She voted for joe biden, and so its just things like that that continue to undermine the credibility of the legal case that donald trump is making. So when he says the election has been stolen from him, hes doing so really with no evidence. And its been almost a week since joe biden was declared the winner. And we still havent any significant evidence from the Trump Campaign about the white spread voter fraud that they have claimed. And of course, 24 hours ago, we were talking about how the governments own cybersecurity watchdog had said it was the more secure election in american history. And of course, the discussion also seems to be varying towards National Security and the need really for joe biden to be in the loop. The pressure really is on the republicans to do what some or many believe is to do the right thing for the country. And not so much the right thing for donald trump. Of course, the Biden Campaign was saying, look, this will get sorted, joe biden didnt want to make a huge deal about it, although there was some concern on their part. And what phone dont know last few hours that joe biden from monday will start receiving the daily intelligence briefing that he got it during the campaign. Thats a norm. But immediately after the election, donald trump said there had to be no cooperation with the by your campaign, while in his view, the result was still in doubt. That meant stopping the daily intelligence brief. Now joe biden is an old hand. He knows what the situation room is in the white house. He knows who to call in the National Security emergency. But he wouldnt be aware of the day to day threats that america was facing in the day to the action that america was taking about. Those threats and so know what weve got is that joe biden will from monday start receiving those briefings. I think thats a relief to many people who are concerned that any sort of gaffe leaves america vulnerable, particularly when it comes to questions of National Security. So joe biden will get that briefing, and of course hell be able to make better plans for various things as he approaches january 20th and the inauguration where he will be sworn in as the next president of the United States elevation in washington. D. C. Thank you. Now the United Nations says its concerned war crimes are being committed in ethiopias, north and grey region than fighting between the Ethiopian Military and the 2 great regional forces. The 10 day conflict has already killed hundreds of people. Thousands of fled to sudan Prime Minister there. Hundreds accuse the Peoples Liberation front of treason and terrorism. Mr. International says scores of civilians have been massacred during the fighting, but more from the Northern City of gold, near tikrit, a region. These fighting words has had no letup ever since it started about 9 days ago has caused massive casualties. And the civilian casualties that are being witnessed in some parts of the region are not giving any confidence to the people. There already. 100000 people who were already internally displaced within the region even before the conflict started. And that was the most likely happened just about a 100 kilometers from where we are right now in a small town called mike cutler. Of course, the government is blaming the t. P. L. F. Fighters for these killings of people, most of it done through beheadings and using all kinds of crude weapons. But on this evening, the t. T. L. Of leader depletes your own. Given michael held, released a message where he said that it was not his forces who carried out these masaka and said that there was need for an independent inquiry into the killings in my country. Of course, the government is claiming huge victories in the western part of the 2 great region, particularly areas near the border with eritrea. Today they claim that they have taken the town of the ambassador and have their sights on the capital mackellar, the Prime Minister, says this is going to be a very quick operation. But when you look at how heavily armed both sides are, it looks like its going to be a protracted war. And that is what is causing concern for many people. Something that the main fear is that this conflict is going to have ramifications far beyond the borders of if you have to a 30 year ceasefire of iraq has volatile Western Sahara region could be in jeopardy. Were all says a Pro Independence group has blocked a main road on the army, has moved in to stop them. Now the policy front are reporting fighting in the buffer zone and say morocco has ignited war. The countrys authorities deny any fighting the group wants Western Sahara to be independent. While morocco as Prime Minister describes some of the measures that were taken after the government held an emergency meeting to address the situation. In another, this road is important when it comes to the movement of civilians and goods. And because such actions were a violation of the u. N. Sponsored cease fire agreement, morocco, in order to fulfill its duties, ordered its military forces to intervene and build a sand barrier to protect the area from any future breaches. The operations been finished as safely as we abided by the principle of not entering in any type of confrontation with the other forces. We built the barrier 4 kilometers away from their location. The un secretary general says he is committed to ensuring the decades old cease fire is respected as our diplomatic editor james bays explains. The un is deeply concerned about the situation right now in Western Sahara. A territory, as you say, used to be a spanish colony, a territory where theyve been u. N. Personnel based for 29 years originally sent there for a referendum that never took place. This was the comment from the Spokes Person of the u. N. Secretary general. The secretary general remains committed to doing his utmost to avoid the collapse of the cease fire that has been in place since 6 september 1991. And he is determined to do Everything Possible to remove all obstacles to the resumption of the political process, the United Nations at the u. N. Mission, the your so is committed to continuing implementing its mandate. And the secretary general calls on the parties to provide full freedom of movement for me. Your so in accordance with its mandate, well, ill just, there is a tainted copy of a letter from the head of the policy front to the un secretarygeneral. They were supposed to have a phone call taking place about now a phone call. It seems has been told by these latest developments is also worth telling you that the u. N. Normally has an envoy from Western Sahara known as the secretary generals personal representative. That job has not been filled for 18 months. The u. N. Said thats not the fault of the secretary general. He needs to find the right candidate, but also get agreement from the u. N. Security council. And certainly in this letter, theres a call from the policy front for that u. N. Security council to meet. Im told right now, no meeting is scheduled. So the omagh is from the policy front representative based in new york. Now the groups accuse moroccan forces of attacking civilians. More although have publicly and officially a clone of the facts of launching an ardent attack on a group of 3000000 demonstrating peacefully in western far blatant violations that the father has next to her results in office. Diluted between the moronic plan for schools and the fortunes of the atlantic parties as the which continued as we speak. And now, what you have is a situation of an evil occupation by military force. What moron course has been trying to move beyond its military wall, living worse with our acts and grab more land was armed often and acceptable. And thats why we have denounced this act of aggression which puts in danger the International Peace and security and violence of the cease fire leading to the resumption of a standard. So there was no militia of their action. And protest has been aired all around the will. There were no women and men the 1st live. Well the morons have opted for using violence against them. And they are the ones to blame. And they are the ones to be held accountable for their aggressive actions. Well, still ahead here on aljazeera, this is the time with the most current virus infections in the u. K. Months ago. But as it recovers and carried 19, it seemed to face the full effects of bricks. It plus the prizes peace ethic, armenians free pass on to go on a car or bus, lost to azerbaijan. Those stories after the break hell of the fine weather continues for most the exception being the finals of japan where every now and again the winner gets cold starts to blow new c. B. S. There on the tops of the high ground is a power. But actually looks like a fine day on saturday. 9 degrees youll feel this is the breeze is quite strong in the morning, but otherwise look, its lovely. Looking along the south coast from grand or from taipei through grand order. Rangi. I think the sea showers next couple of days last induced by vanco, which is going to make landfall in north vietnam. But beyond that is a largely fine looking picture. Vanco currently is in the middle of the open, warm water. It will make landfall, i suspect, on the late saturday or early sunday in northern vietnam, does a tropical storms. Theres potential for wind damage, but rains the mains are going to get a hof. A meter of rain is still to fall resisting makes landfall and there, showers the south, and i dont see another development in the philippine sea, which is a nice thought for the time being because weve seen one after another for the last couple of months. Otherwise big showers, of course its wet season for indonesia. In particular. The rain continues from just also chennai southwards, down towards sri lanka, and useful rains coming to the north of pakistan, which will improve their quality in the 2nd part of identity exile Matthew Castle travels to the middle east to retrace his steps. Palestinian refugees rise from the worlds palestinian population and see the conflicts through the eyes of those who live. It breaks my heart to see this man was going to father to yearn for a place that he may never see. I dont need israel to make me go out about my country as iraq correspondent. Looking back, i want you all just there with me as a whole robin a reminder of our top stories. U. S. President donald trump has admitted that he may not be leading the countrys next administration. He was speaking publicly for the 1st time since joe biden was named, president elect. The United Nations says its concerned war crimes being committed in ethiopia is north of the gray region where Government Forces are battling local leaders. The 10 day conflict has already killed hundreds of people. Thousands fled to saddam Northern Ireland has been under lockdown for 4 weeks. Now. And faces another 2, but while there are signs the measures have been effective, the economic costs a great, especially in an area which will soon feel the full effects of bricks. It showed a whole visited london dairy and close to the irish border where infection rates have been brought under control. But at a cost peeking out of the morning valley at the irish border. And just a month ago, the most covert infected town in the u. K. Weeks of lockdown in Northern Ireland have brought the infection rate down by 70 percent. But the cost to the economy of stroke ban and neighboring londonderry reliant on cross border trade and soon to face the full effects of drugs. It is hard to calculate there isnt that Spare Capacity to deal with . I downed in a city that really is still struggling with the long term impacts of the closure of the shipping industry. But yes, economically, as i say, 2008, the economic recession was much worst in the areas that were already weakest. Dairy is the weakest economy areas for band of the weakest economies in Northern Ireland. And they will be the ones that suffered the most hundreds of bombings in a town of just over 10000. 00. People took their toll during decades of struggle against british rule. But one shopkeeper told me this is worse in a clothing shop across the street. Another said the lights are on, but no ones buying things. As christopher must only have reopened in june, there was a certain amount of optimism. One of the in the future, the next 6 months, or 3 sort of the fact of the time that even though its a tough race in this sort of race, of often times we optimistic that well all get through it and of all the thousands of gambles as well, when the peace bridge came to derry nearly a decade ago, it seemed to signal better times ahead with European Union funds connecting divided communities, a sectarian past giving way to a european future, but 1st briggs it and now coded 19 have put, paid to much of that we still havent overcome the fact that belfast is the dominant part. The political culture of Northern Ireland and belfast is favored and that is an inescapable reality of the western part of Northern Ireland. With one in 3 people out of work, majority nationalist sentiment in derry and strub am as consigned the area to decades of under development and neglect. Theres nothing in its immediate future that is likely to change that go to a whole aljazeera dairy and strobe germany has dampened hopes that a 4 week lockdown will end as planned. More than 23000, new infections were recorded on friday, the highest daily search since the outbreak began. Chancellor will meet with state leaders on monday to review the current lockdown, which is jus to be lifted at the end of the month. As of jan has enforced a curfew in areas that its captured in the going to kind of bath. It comes out of armenians, handover of land to azerbaijan. Scores of Ethnic Armenians have begun fleeing the area that will be handed over somerset fire to their former homes. Now the handover as part of the deal between armenia and azerbaijan, that ended 6 weeks of fighting over the disputed region of the abdelhamid, hires more from the conic iraqs region. Regional capital to panic at this city has been hit hard by this during the last days that this shelling became most intense as various forces were getting closer and closer to stefana care. And you see scenes of destruction like this randomly all over the city. Now we were told that this specific area was hit on november 8th. So one day before the cease fire agreement was signed, we spoke to the owner of this furniture shop. He is going to load whatever he has left to salvage onto the truck and take it to your member and we are outside of the pond occurred on the road. And actually it is a russian checkpoint, a few 100 meters away from here that were not allowed to film. Now as there in force is when the vicinity went to cease fire agreement came into effect Prime Minister and he called pushing and has been saying that thats exactly why he signed that agreement. But the people we spoke to here said that they received little support by either armenia or the International Community and that they feel betrayed some of the well, this is a curfew that has been put into place in most cities in other by jan and there is a 9 pm curfew that starts at last until 6 am in the morning. And this is something that theyre implementing in the areas that are by joining forces have taken as well. The police stations that have been operating in these areas which were not under azerbaijani control were shifted to areas under azerbaijans control. Now the government, the president has told them that these police stations and their employees should move into the areas which are now under the control of the forces and implement those curfews. They should be maintaining law and order. And also making sure that the area is secure, making a note of the military hardware there. Whether there are any land mines are in secure buildings. So that is why there is a curfew. But most of these bases across the line of contact are not inhabited by people because of the fighting, either people from either side, whether it was the armenian side or the other by chinese side have moved to their respective countries. So thats why they are going to be going in, regardless of the timings of the curfew. These are void of civilians. So a lot of people are not there and these curfews are going to be more symbolic than actually trying to keep people indoors. Rival factions in libya have agreed to hold nationwide elections in december of next year. The other day it was announced by United Nations official and its considered a sign of progress in talks in neighboring tunisia. Thats what 75 libyan delegates have been negotiating a road map out of civil war. Both sides signed a cease fire agreement last month in geneva. Now russia has announced plans to build a naval base on sudans red sea coast. Its likely to be quite small, but emphasizes africas importance as a place for global powers to keep a foothold the russian resupply base will stand on the northern outskirts of port sudan. It will be capped at 300. 00 personnel and 4 ships, including a Nuclear Powered vessel. The us has 29. 00 military bases across africa, but only one naval base also on the horn of africa. Lemony air has been operating in nearby djibouti since 2003. China has also a naval facility in djibouti, the 1st overseas base open since 2017, trying to insists its just a support facility and has been focused on the piracy missions. Samual ramani is a Doctoral Research in International Relations at the university of oxford in england. He says, the port of sudan is an important location for russias naval base, so it can compete for a foothold in the region. The red sea and the horn of africa. Important areas because the babel mandate straight is vital for the supply of Global Energy resources and global oil supplies. 2nd is also a wide range of security threats that come from the region that could go transnational. For example, the role of nonstate actors in the maritime shipments or carry a transnational terror attack in the case of us. So theres a mixture of security and used. Your location is driving great powers to conquer. Well, russia has actually been planning to establish a base for sometime in 2008, putin and Moammar Gadhafi met which consolidated their foothold in the mediterranean at the time. And right after that, some senior Russian Military officials discussed building a base in south in yemen, around and then the yemeni civil war shelved that the Syrian Civil War constant refocus in the mediterranean, over the past couple years. In syria, theyve been trying a variety of locations. Yemen obviously was their ideal location, but it was a nonstarter because the war they were ejected from djibouti went to eritrea, but that failed. So they settled upon sudan in journey 17 and now 4 years later, with the transition, it appears as if they have gotten their breakthrough. Shelling between indian and pakistani troops has killed several people, including soldiers on both sides of the disputed region of kashmir. India and pakistan. Are accusing each other of violating a longstanding ceasefire. We tour again because more artillery shells have just dropped on a village in pakistan. Administered kashmir as cross border fighting intensifies. Pakistans military says india fired 1st, forcing it to respond. But Indian Officials have a competing narrative. They say pakistan fired about roger moved his along the line of control after indian soldiers fuld their attempt to cross the de facto border. Theres been deaths and injuries on both sides in indian administered kashmir. People say there was panic when shelling started on friday morning and continued late into the evening. Many civilians have been entered. Those seriously hurt have been moved to the district hospital, the less seriously injured undergoing treatment elsewhere. Some of the injured say theyre worried, this has the potential to escalate into a full scale conflict with, you know, fighting. Im asking the government to stop firing at the border. People are very frightened, theyre scared if this continues, there will be huge damage. Kashmir is claimed by india and pakistan each a controlled part of the region. Since the end of british rule in the partition of india in 1947. Tensions increased in february last year after dozens of Indian Paramilitary forces were killed in an attack. New delhi, playing dumb pakistan back to fight is pakistan has summoned a senior indian diplomat to protest what it calls indias latest violation of the 2003 cease fire agreement. An accusation india denies. Unless the 2 countries engage in meaningful discussion, kashmiri families who continue to suffer on either side of the disputed border aljazeera at least 42. 00 people are confirmed to have died after typhoon van carries swept across the northern philippines. Another 20 still missing, landslides and flooding, have destroyed homes and left dozens of towns without power. Going to poles. Rodriguez in the town every day gives in result, we met eric and lisa mcdaniel. They were able to evacuate their home before it was submerged by floodwaters. And i mean, they had no mater how hard these to get here because really that to get the race and eggs we had in the storage, at least they have something to eat this week. But Everything Else has been destroyed. They know it will take them years to rebuild, so they see they hold on to what gives them hope. Next door evangel in my lowly order is in despair. All her belongings have been damaged too, and she still has her mortgage to pay. Please help us. We need clothes, food. We dont even have Drinking Water tight food vanco barreled across many areas in the zone, destroying homes and leaving thousands without power. More than 200000, people were evacuated, but many others had to scramble onto rooftops and wait to be rescued. What were seeing here is just a fraction of a village of more than 2000 homes, but it is quite obvious already just by looking at the daybreak that a big part of the destruction of 5 core was caused by logs that were swept down from the mountains by phone, vanco is the 3rd typhoon to hit the philippines in 3 weeks. The country is still reeling from the impact of typhoon connie nearly 2 weeks ago. At least 20 typhoon strike each year. And earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are common. Scientists say weather disturbances in the philippines have become more extreme over the last few years because of climate change. And thats raising concern among many that they could become victims to an endless cycle of loss and despair. Jamelle in dugan aljazeera result province, northern philippines. In turkmenistan, a rather unusual structure has been unveiled. The huge golden star of the countrys beloved dog, now overlooks one of the countrys busiest roads and become painted by a screen that shows the Central Asian shepherd dog in action. The reminder of our top stories, u. S. President , doll trump has admitted that he may not be leading the countrys next administration. He was speaking publicly for the 1st time since joe biden was named, president elect tribes