i think they ve been through enough. they don t need this to be dragged out. baby sophie doesn t realise yet how much drama has been packed into her first seven weeks. phil mackie, bbc news, rugby. viewers in the uk who were expecting to watch newswatch right now, that can be watched instead on bbc iplayer, and, over the weekend, on the bbc news channel. let s take a look at some of today s other news from around the world rebel forces fighting in northern ethiopia have agreed to a government offer of a truce, in order to allow aid to be delivered to millions of people. both sides have accused each other of blocking supplies which have not reached the tigray region since december. thousands of people have died in the sixteen month war, and more than two million people have been forced to flee their homes. over the course of the conflict, the warring parties including government soldiers and rebel tigrayan fighters
to be isolated. the marks of the war are still visible on the roads here, and we heard similar stories in other towns. this woman lived about 100 km to the north with her construction worker husband and baby son when rebels took control of the area. she said she was beaten and raped by two fighters in the presence of her child, and her husband was killed when he tried to stop the assault. my body was bleeding, my legs couldn t move. i couldn t even get up and move towards my son. they did inappropriate things on me. there are so many scars in my mind. they ve made me hate that i was created. she s now trying to rebuild her life in a nearby town where she befriended two other rape survivors. tigrayan forces have not responded to the bbc s request to address these accusations. many of these places and the people that live in them are trying to recover.
sometimes i dream about it, maybe it s because i stress over it. i feel like the attackers are still here. in august last year, amnesty international accused the government of using rape as weapons of war against women and young girls in tigray. injanuary, a group of alleged tigrayan fighters raped women and girls in amhara at gunpoint, actions it said could amount to war crimes. the government called amnesty s report flawed but said it was committed to ensuring accountability. tigrayan forces also said they would welcome further investigations. here in tigray, thousands have reported to health facilities of being sexually assaulted. according to the un, many more cases remain unreported. those working to help the survivors say the scars run deep. translation: we have found survivors from all age and social groups. - there is always fear hanging. there is suspicion of others. and there is a desire
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and the longer that we wait, the more risk we have of other variants of concern like this one developing and causing harm to all of us. dr maria sundaram speaking to me a little earlier. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the chilean currency, the peso, has fallen by 4% to a record low against the dollar following the victory of the left wing candidate gabriel boric in sunday s presidential election. mr boric won 56% of the vote, beating the far right candidatejose antonio kast. rebel tigrayan forces fighting the ethiopian government say they are withdrawing immediately from neighbouring regions. it comes after pro government forces made significant military gains. the rebels say they are hoping there will now be a ceasefire. the english premier league and football league have chosen to go ahead with their christmas and new yearfixtures, despite ongoing disruption caused by the pandemic. 90 players tested positive in england s top tier