Government in the nicholas hall. In the similes, fishing town of poor, where dozens of families have lost relatives trying to make it by boat, through europe. The, as we start with reports, civilians have been massacred in northern ethiopia as fighting continues between the military and local forces in the region. Amnesty International Says hundreds may have been killed on monday. Its unable to confirm who was responsible, but witnesses blame, forces loyal to the great Peoples Liberation front. Thousands are fleeing the violence many crossing the border into neighboring sudan. The offensive against the greys leaders began last week after they were accused of attacking a military base. Gold, hundreds of civilians with heart today in a small town called me which is in the southwest of the degree region likely most likely on the night of november 9th, these victims appear to have been civilians appear to be laborers. No way involved in the ongoing military offensive in the region. If he appears Prime Minister has defended the Ongoing Operations saying the actions of take great forces cant be ignored. That the reason is massacure perpetrator last week against older men and women in uniform of the Northern Command was carried out while they were at their most vulnerable in their pajamas. And among us was a thought. Where did this search at the dinners acts live us not of but to mobilize our Law Enforcement and defense machinery in an operation intended to end the prevailing lawlessness in the region. Al jazeera, as had been, morgan has more from gary fane, so darn near the ethiopian. Border refugees continue to arrive at the sudanese European Border here in the state of god. I would guess that the authorities went to check out the situation of the refugees. And thats what is happening at the border. They say that more than 11000 have arrived over the past 3 days in to get out of state as well as neighboring states. And they say that more than 20000. 00 are at the border waiting to cross into those 2 states seeking refuge from the conflict that is currently unfolding. And its a great region. And if you appear now, whats happened upon their arrival is that they are screened for health reasons, but also for security reasons. Because some of those who have arrived so far are former combat sense. Who put down their arms, fleeing the conflict and coming to seek refuge here and about if the sudanese Authorities Say theyre quite concerned about what is unfolding it started in these gover, the Sudanese Government announced that it is shutting down its borders. Hearing about it as well as neighboring states and deployed more than 6000. 00 troops. And it comes at a time when the sudanese Prime Minister on the lam dog is the head of the eagle. Thats the east african bloc. That brings together a group of nations including saddam and a few of the he has called the Prime Minister and expressed his readiness to mediate in the conflict. And its a great region expressing concern that is something that the head of the, Sovereignty Council also expressed in this b. S. , the security and Defense Committee meeting on monday. But the 2 sides, the Prime Minister of sudan, abdullah and the head of the Sovereignty Council both met with the security advisor of these european Prime Minister abu ahmed, who said that this conflict will get, will be sorted in the shortest time possible. And that mediation by sudan, or by a god, is not needed at the moment. Sudan has said that it is worried about the humanitarian situation and its urging all sides for restraint and says that the situation is quite dire and very volatile and that all sides should try to resolve the conflict as soon as possible. Saying in africa, a senior official from south africas governing party is in court to face corruption charges a smile that surely is secretary general of the a. N. C. The charges relate to allegations of the misuse of government funds. While he was a provincial leader, is supporters have gathered outside the Order Holding signs protesting the charges. My guy surely has denied any wrongdoing. Here is saddam milledge joins us now live from outside. The courthouse in bloom fontaine, so a high profile suspect in court today. Family to remind us 1st what this case is all about, and how my guy surely is said to be involved in it. About 5 years ago, a multi 1000000 rand contract about 255000000 rand about 15. 00 to 20000000. 00 was granted parole was given out through a joint venture here in the free state province. And this sort of joint venture was meant to identify homes in this province that had as best as roofing. Identify those homes, remove the reefing because its dangerous for the people who live there. Ultimately, nothing was done. Approximately 10 percent of that money was spent on actually assessing the homes. No region had changed and in said, no hundreds of millions of rand was allegedly lead search. And according to testimony, given in what is a cap, an inquiry into whats been called state capture against south africa. All corruption. One of the testimonies given was that a smuggler surely could have benefited by about 1000000. 00 in this particular case. Hes also been linked to other corruption charges where he hasnt told corruption allegations rather, well he hasnt been charged with this is a high ranking politician who this isnt the 1st time that hes facing scandal and similar allegations this time he is being charged. Hes in court proceedings, gets a start, but we do have thousands of supporters outside the court ready to defend him. Certainly a high profile case, which has, of course, put the spotlight on the African National congress once again. What does this mean for the governing party . Well this is a governing party, the African National congress that is already split. You know, president a little more coarser has said that hes standing against the corruption in his administration. Theyre going to fight corruption here outside the courtroom. We have thousands of people including the, the men we see standing in fatigues. They are members of the country who sees, a good choice. Once the armed wing of the a. N. C. , they say they go to the fans, the secretary general, that this is an attack, not just on a smoker, surely, but to the a. N. C. As the only hope. And that this is about stopping black empowerment for black economic empowerment. They say that these are politically motivated charges and so the a. N. C. Is going to continue having a difficult time trying to unite the party. We know that there is a split much of it to do with what is being called the states capture. Again, a lot of allegations against the a. N. C. , a party really trying on one side trying to clean up its act. And another girder commentators would argue that little can be done because this alleged corruption, graft and looting is so deeply entrenched within the party. But it really is a party in crisis. Thank you very much for that. From a demeanor reporting there live from bonfante named south africa security and Election Officials from the u. S. Government have released a statement declaring this years president ial election was the most secure in american history. They say theres no evidence Voting Systems were compromised. This us President Donald Trump continues to make unsubstantiated claims of a widespread voter fraud. Alan fischer reports. Its unusual for donald trump to keep such a low profile. Hes made one appearance, but hasnt spoken in public for a week. His twitter feed continues to push claims of a stolen election on thursday. He tweeted a report alleging 2700000 votes were deleted from Voting Systems across the country. The company who made the machines says that didnt happen, and a Government Election watchdog insists the election was the most secured in american history. The elections, infrastructure, government, coordinating council, and the election infrastructure sector, coordinating committees, part of the department of Homeland Security issued a joint statement and emphasized in bold type. There is no evidence that any Voting System deleted or lost votes changed votes, or was in any way compromised. One of the major contributors for making this the most secure election in u. S. History is the fact. There were large numbers with vote by mail and actual having physical paper ballots. One of Donald Trumps closest aides has reportedly been seeking out officials in various government departments, he considers insufficiently loyal to donald trump, with the intention of firing them. One of the people behind this report has told friends he expects to be called in the coming days. On capitol hill, democrats continue to urge their republican colleagues to accept the election result and get back to business when it comes to the election. Republicans, Congressional Republicans dont have the evidence. They dont have the proof, they dont have anything. Neither does the president , congress, Congressional Republicans are deliberately casting doubt on our elections for no other reason. But fear of donald trump. Ok, the biden team is pushing for access to the daily intelligence briefing. They got them during the campaign, but have been blocked since the election by a white house contesting the result. Will republican senators have expressed concern that could impact u. S. Security well stopping short of contradicting the president . Look, one of these 2 men will be the president United States after the Election Results of coming in. And i think at this point, just as a matter of protecting our nations interests, i do think that both the president and his and his competition here, the of Vice President biden, should have access to those classified reports. President trumps legal team insists theres a process to follow that could take some time and it continues to fundraise to help the president s efforts in court. Alan fischer, aljazeera washington commemorations are underway in france to mark 5 years since the countrys worst terror attacks. Prime minister sex is among those paying tribute to the victims. 130. 00 people were killed in 2015, made coordinated attacks across paris. The commemorations this year come as france is dealing with a wave of recent attacks. Still ahead on aljazeera a 3rd day of demonstrations in support of heroes. Former president who has 0 to down taking is the corruption of the world. Hello typhoon is still with thai food, still of open water and still marching towards vietnam. And though it probably wont be the last of the season, as Current Conditions are still just into tough in kashmir, criminal hearkened category one. And it probably wont lose much in the way of strength to heads towards that coast, which to take away day to day or day saturday to do so late. Saturday, landfall then was safe. Could significant wind and rain. Otherwise, this is standard practice. Now we see daily showers in but ice and indonesia, a pretty big one to some sumatra is a good focus every now to get west and java were back home west in java, i think for this sunday as well. Now moving south, very active, stormy weather, recently in queens, in the new south wales. And as a temperatures rise to create a in the back increase and big showers, a large developed and big potentially dangerous thunderstorms night. Otherwise it looks far and sickly. Thats true. Sasa straightly and most of victoria new south wales, still rain coming into the south of western australia. But the heat is generated in the middle is quite significant. Alice springs, for example, up to 41. 00 and quite windy with it, and those temperatures are what about the average, which at this time of the year 34 thereabouts. A multimillion dollar online sex scam in the philippines is blackmailing men from around the world. Want to one nice time cover. I was small time soon became a criminal and on aljazeera. Played an Important Role in checking in with each face to the end. To welcome back. A recap of our top stories on aljazeera this hour as civilians are reported to have been massacred in northern ethiopia. As fighting continues between the military and local forces in the tikrit reach. An amnesty International Says hundreds may have been killed on monday. A senior official from south africas ruling party is in court to face corruption charges over the misuse of government funds. And supporters of a smart guy, surely who is secretary general of the a. N. C. , have been protesting outside the court. And top u. S. Election officials have described the president ial vote as the most secure in u. S. History denying any fraud. It comes as more republicans break ranks with donald trump over his refusal to operate with president elect joe biden. And the u. S. President has banned americans from doing business with companies owned or controlled by the chinese military. Donald trump declared a National Emergency to facilitate the executive order. It says beijing forces chinese firms to help finance and modernize its military. The ban takes effect on january 11th days before to step down. Katrina you is in beijing and has more now on which companies will be affected by the bat. So weve got 31. 00 companies that are affected here in china, and some of these are the Biggest Companies in china. And many of these companies a stage are and that is to say that this move really targets the Chinese Communist party itself. Now we had donald trump stop the trade with china in 2018. We saw several chair of hikes, the really impacted the way that a lot of u. S. Companies did business with china. Many of them moved their operations out of china. And chinese manufacturers in turn also are lessons in their reliance on the u. S. Market. But that being said, the u. S. Economy and the chinese economy still remain very tightly intertwined. You may not have american investors individually investing in chinese stocks, but you do have a lot of index funds and mutual funds with investments in china because it seems favorably as a such a large market and a growing market. So the trumpet, ministration doesnt like that. They really want to tear apart these 2 economies, and this move is designed to do so, although we still have a lot of questions about this as, as to how will be enforced, what will the penalty be for violating this . , and of course, the big question whether u. S. , president elect joe biden, will enforce this once hes just take office. Meanwhile, the chinese own video sharing app to talk can keep operating in the u. S. For now, after a ban was halted, the Commerce Department says it will abide by a temporary ruling pending further legal developments. President called the apple security threats because of its chinese olver ownership. Coronavirus now in the u. S. Says top Infectious Disease experts say the country can avoid another knock down if people get serious about social distancing. And wearing masks. Dr. Anthony found she called for vigilance during the wait for vaccines. Unfair to say, the u. S. Reported more than 150000 new cases in just 24 hours. Its the 9th consecutive day cases have been above 100000. 00. New york is one of the states seeing a rise in cases, and thats led to the return of some restrictions, leaving many Business Owners worried christian salumi reports Restaurant Owner jeremy d. S. Attempting to stay one step ahead of coronavirus restrictions and survive the pandemic by combining 2 restaurants into one, weve changed the menus multiple times, call them down, add it back up, subtracted items, change concepts, change some of the focus of what were doing. Staffing has been up down up and now its going to probably go down starting friday, most bars, restaurants and gyms in work and new jersey must close early by 10 pm. Restaurants and hotels are among the hardest hit sectors of the economy here and nationally, especially those near now empty office towers, transportation and the arts also continue to struggle. Even large gatherings are still prohibited. Nationally, jobless claims have slipped to their lowest level since the pandemic began in march. The Unemployment Rate in new york city is about twice the national average. And its not just businesses facing new restrictions. New york residents have been ordered to keep private gatherings to less than 10 people just in time for the national thanksgiving. Holidays and officials are warning. Even more closures are possible. New yorks mayor urged people to take the new measures seriously. And of course, the city will work to enforce needs, new rules, and all the existing rules affectively. Forsman is a crucial part of the equation. Stock markets fell on the news of the new restrictions on the nations Financial Capital and the growing realization that it will take months for a vaccine to be widely distributed, leading the u. S. Federal reserve chair to predict some challenging months ahead. Weve got new cases at a record level. Weve seen a number of states begin to reimpose limited activity restrictions, and people may lose confidence that its safe to go out. Weve said from the beginning that the economy will not fully recover until people are confident that its safe to resume activities involving crowds of people. New yorkers putting their cr