Isnt course accused of corruption involving multimillion dollar government contracts. Plus im natasha popular in paris for years off to the new premier 25th diva. Turks are still painful memories and deep divisions. And its for tiger woods is in title, contention after day one of the monsters, the defending Champion Well placed at the final major of the year. But we begin this news hour with the west wing conflict in northern ethiopia. The struggle for the control of tiebreak continues between local and Government Forces and hostilities countrywide appears to be resting. Lets take a look at some of the latest developments. Amnesty International Says hundreds of civilians have been massacred during the fighting while the Human Rights Group is there who is responsible. Some witnesses have blamed forces loyal to the to great Peoples Liberation front. The uns warning of a humanitarian emergency. As more and more people flee more than 4000 people crossed from ethiopia into sudan and just one day. Meanwhile, the o. P. s federal government has appointed a new leader to take control of the region. Prime minister ive gotten, it says the offensive will not end until local leaders are removed. Because if not, hundreds of civilians were stabbed to death 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. Well, if you have his Prime Minister has defended his operation, saying the actions of to grand forces cannot be ignored. The reason is massacure, perpetrate the last week against older men and women in uniform over the Northern Command was carried out. While they were at their most vulnerable in their pajamas, and among those a towards where did this search at prisoners acts lived, not of but to mobilize our Law Enforcement and defense machinery in an operation intended to end. The prevailing lawlessness in the region will have a morgan is on the ground for us. She has more from got a race answered on near the ethiopian border. Refugees continued to arrive at the sudanese european border. Here in the state of qatar of yesterday. Authorities went to check out the situation of the refugees and what is happening at the border. They say that more than 11000 have arrived over the past few days into get out of state as well as neighboring states. And they say that more than 20000 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, what happens 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 once its started. In these cover, 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 that, a god, thats the east african bloc. That brings together a group of nations including sudan, and if youre here, 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. Lets take a closer look at the strange and grey is in ethiopia, northeastern highlands on the border, as you can see with eritrea and to john, its home to the iran could mostly grain people together. They make up about 6 percent of ethiopias population to raise governed by the tiebreak Peoples Liberation front from the regions capital mccalla, a city of nearly 170000 people. The t. L. s has dominated the countrys military and Central Government before it took office in 2018. Its estimated the t. P. A. Life has a quarter of a 1000000 fighters and a large amount of military equipment, but it is up against ethiopias military, which says its already made gains in the west of t. Gray in response to an attack on one of its federal military bases, well lets dig into this with matt bryden. Hes a Strategic Advisor of some one research, a think tank covering the region, the horn of africa, and he joins us now from nairobi. I do want to start by taking a bit of a step back here for some context of how to write ethiopias constitution built on the idea of federalism. So shared power between a number of ethnic groups in various regions but has been pushing this broader nationalist agenda and i know a number of the smaller ethnic groups feel that their self rule is potentially threatened. So is what were seeing into gray. Just the beginning of potentially many conflicts for autonomy. Yes, indeed, although its not, in fact, the beginning since Prime Minister ahmed took power the tensions between ethiopians who believe in a centralized unitary state. And those who support a decentralized federal arrangement have come out into the open. This is a long lasting, almost existential question in a few open politics. And with few exceptions, most of ethiopias ethnic groups seem to favor a form of federalism. So there have been clashes in different parts of the country. There have been uprising in parts of the romo stayed in the region. And there has been some, some friction in the state where there are competing factions for influence to grey is the anchor in the architect of ethiopian federalism. And should be expected to fight tooth and nail to defend that principle. Also not given that context, some of the language that were seeing is frankly rather alarming. I see the European Union is already warning about ethnically targeted measures and response to arrests that have been taking place in adults. Do you think this could become a widespread im afraid, so i think one of the, one of the alarming things about this conflict is the speed with which it has shifted from a discourse over constitutionalism and political principles like federalism to one that has taken on a a viciously ethnic character, really in the space of a matter of weeks. So where this began, if the dispute, you could say, began with the government of abbey akhmed, postponing National Elections because of the coverage 19 epidemic to crazy. Saying this is illegitimate. Going ahead with its own elections as constitutionally mandated, the federal government calling that illegal, that at that level were talking about highly sophisticated state functions and issues. But now if you look at the statements from the government and from social media mouthpieces on various sides of the conflict, this is being characterized less as a kind of precise Law Enforcement action by the federal government. But as an offensive against that, the people of to gray and to grains outside the region, finding themselves arrested, detained, questioned, some prevented from leaving the country even those some with dual nationality and foreign passports. And so this beginning to, to take the character of an ethnically fuelled conflict and as other ethnic groups see this evolving. I imagine what the, the anxiety and the concern that the federal government could use similar tactics against other regions. Other groups is simply going to grow. So mad i do really want to ask you about the African Union as well. And their role here. I see it now sets the security chief, im told, is to grant an adolescent friends of me that at a sense to be a unit. Sounds fairly threatening. It. Its indeed the tone from out is that has been very defiant, that this will be a precision operation. Its essentially a police action, and that it will be completed very quickly. The organization egads, the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union, have all offered good offices to be, to try to mediate and they have all been rebuffed at this point. The grahams, the t. P. O. That leadership in today, absent messages and envoys seeking foreign mediation and indicating theyre ready for dialogue. But at a stop of a clearly, this latest move against the African Union security to suggest a very uncompromising stance and a confidence that they will be able to win a war that i think most observers think is going to become a quagmire, protracted and perhaps resemble the that decades long war that is to grahams fault, as insurgents against the previous. Now ethiopian government, will continue watching those tensions very bryden there from sohan reset to think tank covering that whole region. The horn of africa, thanks for being with us. Great to get your insights. Thank you. Now security and Election Officials from the u. S. Government have released a statement declaring this years president ial election as the most secure in american history. They say there is no evidence that Voting Systems will compromised. And despite this, the president on trial continues to make unsubstantiated claims of widespread fire for what allen special 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 we 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 and china has now become one of the last major countries to congratulate president elect by u. S. Relations. With beijing have been strained on trade technology and security under the trump of ministration. And the latest past the u. S. President has now banned americans from doing business with companies owned or controlled by the chinese military. Trump signed an executive order that said beijing forces chinese firms to help finance and modernize its military. That ban takes effect on january 11th. That would be just days before trump is due to step down. While there is plenty to talk about with our white house correspondent, can we, how that can be . Ill get to china in a minute, but 1st really quite the vote of confidence that from election losses. It isnt. It isnt because you have to look carefully at what the statement is saying that for the most part what its saying is, there was no systemic fraud. Its not exactly saying there was no fraud. So in terms of whether this would change the outcome of the election, i think most people are confident thats not the case. In fact, joe biden picking up another state very decidedly winning an electoral victory. But ordinary americans know that given the fact that there was, were unsolicited ballots that were mailed out by the millions. There were ballots that were turned in that were fraudulent people that were dead, somehow managed to cast a ballot. And there were people that had moved out of states that also cast a ballot. You have to remember that these are bureaucrats that have biases, just like every other american. And you also have to remember that if they acknowledge theres a problem, then they have to fix it. And what weve seen historically in the United States is that when it comes to elections, there seem to be chronic problems. That can never be corrected year cycle after cycle after cycle because each party knows within the chaos, theres an opportunity. And so its unlikely that there is going to be a statement saying that the president is right. Because the fact of the matter is that that would cause chaos in the United States. So one needs to look at these government statements in these voting machines, statements, as with a little bit of skepticism, healthy skepticism, i would say, in order to underscore the reality that you know, if theres a problem, it has to be addressed and no one seems willing to do that right now, while amidst all of this committee, beijing seems to finally decided to pick up the phone to biden. Do we yet have a sense of what a u. S. China relationship might look like under his leadership . I think that a lot of people are going to be surprised when it, when joe biden is finally inaugurated, that the relationship between the United States and china is not going to have a dramatic shift in. There are a couple reasons why. Number one, joe biden had tough talk on the campaign trail towards china as well. This is about protecting american jobs when jobs have been lost to, to cope with 19 that americans know originated in china. So despite the rhetoric that weve heard of the last 4 years of donald trump, tough talk on china is a bipartisan issue. Will it be more strategic . Absolutely, will we see there an effort to combat Climate Change with respect to the emissions come out of china . Absolutely. But in terms of the policy, it may not be as drastic, it may not be as rash, but it will certainly still be a tough stance. White house correspondent can be how get there for us in washington d. C. Thanks, campbell. Well, there is a plenty more ahead for you this news hour and for you to surveying the damage and beginning the cleanup, we take a look at how people in the philippines all creeping up to typhoon found plans for a permanent cease fire and a foreign fighters to leave libya, well have the latest on the talks and such and in scores. A goal of the year contender arrives from denmark, and he will be here with that story. And so the coronavirus pandemic now in the u. S. As a top Infectious Disease expert says the country can avoid another coronavirus lock down. If people get serious about social distancing from wearing mosques, dr. Anthony found she called to vigilance during the wait for vaccines on thursday. The u. S. Reported more than 150000 new cases and just 24 hours. Its the 9th consecutive day. The infections have been above 100000. 00. New york is one of the states is now seeing a rise in cases. And thats led to the return of some restrictions that leaving many Business Owners worried christensen has more restaurant owner, jeremy, attempting to stay one step ahead of coronavirus restrictions and survive the pandemic by combining 2 restaurants into one. Weve changed the me