No more. No more than 18 months. U. N. Led to a preliminary role for libya aimed at ending a decade of violence. Also this hour as Coronavirus Infection soar last year of the World Organization warns against lifting receptions quickly and a controversial plan to turn a World Heritage site in indonesia into a Jurassic Park style tourist attraction. Forces golds mosque is finally gets underway for a 7 month delay. All eyes are on big number who is aiming to win back to back mages out driving his opposition. Thank you very much for joining us. We begin this news hour in ethiopia, where the Prime Minister says military gains have been made in the northern teague, a region where the federal government is battling local forces. But the conflict is raising fears of a humanitarian crisis. Phone lines are cut off and transport has been halted in and out of the region. If the opium Prime Minister abu ahmed says the military offensive had, quote, liberated the western part of to gray. And the reg
Democracy functions. I think it is. Well, i dont know his motive, but i just think its totally irresponsible. My compare has become the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to visit an illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank and the occupied golan heights. Its the latest and most controversial leg of his 10 day tour of the middle east and europe. At least 16 people have been killed in uganda during protests marked, but sparked by the arrest of Opposition Leader bobby wine. 3 150. 00 people were arrested. Security forces shot at supporters of the pop star turned politician. Officials have accused him of violation coronavirus restrictions while campaigning for the upcoming president ial election. The fight for ethiopia is northern tigre. A region is moving ever closer to the areas capital. Prime minister, ill be off meds, says his forces are closing in on metal a. Hes also promised to bring back more than 30000. 00 refugees who fled to neighboring sudan. Leaders are locked in a bud
Pop star turned politician. Us president elect joe biden has been declared the winner in the state of georgia for a 2nd time after a hand recount the ballots were audited. After president Donald Trumps campaign questioned the results and claimed a widespread fraud. Biden is the 1st democratic president ial candidate to win the state. In nearly 3 decades, georgias secretary of state said, as a republican, hes disappointed in the results but asserted that the numbers dont lie. Im a passionate, conservative, and as i said before, im a proud trump supporter. I was with him early in the 2016 election cycle and his government nation. But the same conservative principles that i hold dear. Like other republicans, im disappointed our candidate didnt win georgias electoral votes. China has warned, it will respond if the u. S. Continues to send a senior officials to taiwan. The Chinese Foreign Ministry Says it opposes all official interactions between washington and taipei. After it was announced
Steph told us is 50000 and branded a traitor over the nagornokarabakh ceasefire. Deal the future hangs in balance. As Prime Minister us president elect joe biden has named white house chief of staff despite Donald Trumps refusal to concede and allow a smooth transition of power. Ron klain is one of bidens most trusted advisers. Hes already served as chief of staff to both biden and Vice President al gore during the obama and clinton administrations. Biden has been most recently congratulated by the leaders of australia, japan and south korea. The state of georgia has announced it will be recounting old votes by hand, which was requested by the trump campaign. Now joe biden is to kill the election without georgia. Theres also leading that by just over 14000. 00 votes. Officials say the recount will begin at the end of the week. The kind of margin stands that 1310911 between the president and senator biden, Vice President biden. My office will continue to invest the group each and every
Party. Later in the day, several members of his party have put forward their resignation. He is also due in the coming days to answer questions from parliament hill. I dont think he has been yet convincing to anger is still there and you know, the handover of it has been postponed for a while, but this is just the beginning of people understanding how much they lost not only in terror, but also human toll of this war if europeans government is sending military reinforcements to t. Gray where its fighting regional groups earlier, the t. P. O. Lef launched rockets into eritrea saying that thats where ethiopian troops were tracking from. Talks to end libyas decade long war of concluded without an agreement on who will form an interim government. The uns act again, voices, a lot more work needs to be done before elections are held. Next december, no, dovers incumbent president to go dong, says that he will concede defeat if the court finds, if the courts find no problem with the election.