Donald trump faces another setback in his bid to overturn the Election Results legislators from michigan. So joe bidens win in the state will stand on the u. N. Warns of a humanitarian crisis in northern ethiopia. As the government pushes forward its offensive into gray and on fire as well. Have all the days support, including counting down to kick off. Its now exactly 2 years to go until katters world cup and organizers say preparations have been largely on the fact and by the crown of iris. And welcome to the news multiple rocket attacks in several parts of the Afghan Capital have killed at least 8 people. One rocket landed near a School Forcing students to run from the building. The interior history says dozens of people have been injured. The taliban has denied responsibility for the account of fury, joins us now. A correspondent in kabul, weve been following the monitoring this for the last few hours. So lets just start with the circumstances around this rocket attack. What do we know also how, like you mentioned this is a developing story as everything happened only a few hours ago. So there is an investigation still going on we, what we do know is what happened this morning . A little bit after 8 is something that ive been coming here for 15 years. And what i witnessed was something of breasts, an unprecedented and brazen as that leads to 23. Rockets started flying all over calpol. And what it really felt like it was like the city was under attack. I was on the leaven floor of a highrise and i could, we could see actually the rockets landing everywhere and smoke coming from different parts of the city. Like you mentioned at least 8 people have been confirmed dead now. 31. 00 have been injured and one thing about those rockets because phuket attacks are not uncommon in kabul, but usually its just want to is that they were all coming at the same time. And usually theyre fired from tubes that its really hard to make sure that they will land where the intended target is. So wherever they were targeted near schools, near hospitals, in the center of kabul, near cafes, it was a time where afghans were having their breakfasts. Maybe it was not the intended target, its just where they landed, but whoever is behind or was behind this, its for sure that one of the real motives and targets was to terrorize afghans and make them feel that theyre not safe anywhere even here in the heart of kabul, kabul, the Afghan Capital is considered the safest part, although afghanistan. So imagine when Something Like this happened. So how in secure all this afghans in kabul residents. But of course comes when you, when you talk about who could be behind this, various finger pointing begins, the taliban have also denied in the last few hours that they have nothing to do with this. It leaves a void, doesnt it . As to who is behind this because nobody takes responsibility and the authorities call really target any individual or group. Exactly, and that has been one of the big, big issues here for the past several months. There have been so many attacks all across the country. And even here, especially here in kabul, where the security situation is kind of like getting out of control. There have been so many attacks, whether its targeted killings, whether its bombings, whether its i. D. s that are being planted in cars. So many people, innocent civilians are being targeted and nobody claims responsibility. In fact, the u. N. Recently released a report saying that such attacks that remain unclaimed now make up 70 percent of all attacks that are taking place all across the country. And thats why afghans are beginning to question the governments security plans. I mean, in kabul, theres a helicopter flying right now. Security is supposed to be tighter. There are those blimps what afghans call op american balloons. Theres 2 right here behind me. Theyre supposed to have some sort of surveillance all across the Afghan Capital just to try and monitor whats going on in terms of security. So there is this issue and a lot of questions among afghans about what has been going on. There has been this big. All of attacks, all 1st the country, and again, especially here in kabul, considered the safest part of this country surveil controvert, thanks for joining us course will be dating the story or through the day. Well meanwhile, the u. S. Secretary of state my pump arrived in qatar just a few moments ago. He showed you all to meet negotiators from the Afghan Government and the taliban separately. Visit to doha, as part of a 10 day tour of the middle east and europe. Stephanie decker is following events for us and joins me now from doha, where the meeting is taking place. And of course, secretary of state, pompei was arrived in doha stuff on top of the agenda. Obviously will be to try and get traction on these stalled Afghan Taliban peace talks. What seem to be the Sticking Points in the light . Certainly of whats going on in kabul this morning. Also well be keeping an eye on not too. Yes, i mean the taliban have officially denied that they were behind that attack on the Afghan Capital. But coming back here, Sticking Points, really they havent even begun to discuss the difficult issues. And remember these, the interim afghan talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban. Theres a lot of mistrust. There a lot of issues. What the Sticking Point is at the moment this started in september and actually secular state, my pompei. I was here in doha for the Opening Ceremony of this into talks and theyre just trying to lay the foundations of how these talks are going to be governed under what nor the taleban want to specifics for me, islamic law to be applied. That is something thats proving contentious with the Afghan Government saying that certain groups like the has our community cant be discriminated against because they are she argued its very complicated. So they havent even begun to talk of the difficult issues. So sector pay 0 will be meeting with both sides will certainly, i think be trying to push them to get haass. These are sort of the technicalities if you want to start. They real difficult negotiations. Of course, nobody expects are going to be easy. Is expected to have lunch with the amir of qatar as well. I presume we can take a pretty good guess that both sides will be pressing their own agenda. Other issues, for example, qatar will want to see traction on the arab blockade. Been lifted. The u. S. Might want to see how fall qatar is willing to recognize israel. If its all yes, top of his agenda 1st stop will be lunch with the american will then also be meeting the deputy Prime Minister for sure they will be discussing things like the gulf blockade. Now 3 and a half years in issues like iran, we know the hard line that my own pay on this u. S. Administration takes against iran. Capture is very close to iran. In fact, its one of the criteria of the blockade in countries that are cuts its ties with iran. So a lot of things will be a will be discussed at the has been told from this administration that they want to try and push an easing of the blockade, particularly talking about what they call an easing of the the flight corridor. Of course, this is a country thats how does land borders an arab borders blockaded by the countries . There was some talk from officials that perhaps it could be opened over saudi arabia and bahrain. None of this confirms i also, i think, you know, certainly as the u. S. State is here in the dying days, if hed been a stray should of course these are also countries that have recognized joe biden as the president elect something that neither child nor sector pompei or have agreed to so i think theyll be interesting discussions, but yes, i think certainly still a lot to talk about and i think on paper will be trying to push through certain things before they leave office because were checking in with you go through the, day a correspondent now, 2 weeks after joe biden was named, u. S. , president elect the outgoing president. Donald trump is still refusing to concede, but hes face to significance that backs in his push to undermine and overturn the Election Results. Michigans Republican Party leaders say theyll back bidens win in their state. Thats after they met trump in the white house where he reportedly tried to persuade them to appoint pro trump electors instead. And on friday, georgias top election, official certified results are meant in a bind when a hand recount, he says, despite being a trance supporter, the numbers in georgia are clear, are clearly in favor of biden. But trump refuses to acknowledge defeat. With most of the Republican Party supporting him and his legal team has filed about 30 lawsuits throughout various states, none of which have proved his claims of widespread fraud. Alan fischer reports are from washington d. C. Thank you very much. The event at the white house was to talk prescription prices, but donald trump couldnt help talking about the election claiming pharmaceutical companies. The lead news of a covert vaccine to her temple it eclipsed. Big pharma ran millions of dollars of negative advertisements against me during the campaign, which i won by the way, but find there are almost 74000000 votes. We had big pharma, i guess we had to mediate against we had big check against us. We had a lot of dishonesty against us, while joe biden spent his birthday meeting with Democratic Congressional leaders to talk postelection plans. Donald trump was meeting republicans from michigan to the white house denying reports the president wants them to stop the state certifying bidens win. There he routinely meets with lawmakers from all across the country, but one democrat from michigan says this is anything but a routine meeting. Joe biden won 14 times greater in download truck winner state 4 years ago. The president is trying to, i dont know what word you call it, is cheat his way to victory by pressuring local officials. After the meeting, the 2 republicans said that had no new information to change joe bidens victory in the state. Adding the result certification process should be free from threats and intimidation. And joe bidens legal team called it an abuse. Of course, the use of office. Its an open attempt to intimidate election officials. Georgia is the latest state to certify a joe Biden Victory after a manual recount of 5000000 votes. He becomes the 1st democrat to win the president ial race in the state since 1992. There are 2 recounts underway in counties in wisconsin, but its unlikely they will change the result there. President elect joe biden know stands on 306 Electoral College votes. Exactly the same number. Donald trump achieved 4 years ago when he claimed a landslide victory. Alan fischer aljazeera at the white house. Well, lets bring in evan resnick. Hes an assistant professor in International Relations at the new young, young Technological University in singapore, and joins me via skype. Good to have you with us on the program with resnick again. I mean, a setback in georgia and late on friday, michigan as well for president trump. I mean, how much of a political game changer of a, because we sort of knew those states were sort of heading in the direction of joe biden . Yeah, i mean, the writing which has been on the wall for us since pretty much the 1st couple days after the election. And i mean the, the realization that this is over is increasingly permeating the holdouts in the Republican Party. But ever so slowly. I mean, how worrying is it that a sitting president is trying to sort of circumvent the popular vote by trying to coerce it seems republican legislators to go against the peoples choice . Yes. Unprecedented. Its the sort of behavior that 2 big dictators of banana republics engage in that the u. S. State department routinely condemns for that sort of behavior. So this is were really in uncharted territory now in terms of this president s behavior. But we shouldnt be altogether surprised, given the manner in which hes comported himself over the last 4 years in office. Of course, over the last few weeks, certainly since the election, maybe even before that as what weve seen, fractures appear within the Republican Party. Those voices seem to be getting louder. Certainly when it comes to talk of concession and transition, they have gotten louder and there are a few more voices you see. Some of this is sort of the more moderate reasonable characters in the party. People like senator mitt romney, senator ben sasse, of nebraska being a little bit more overt in their criticism of the president. But its still the law mostly minor in comparison and is sort of it when you recognize the regis misbehavior that the president is engaging in. So its quite disappointing that the Senior Leaders in the party, especially in congress, have not finally stood up and said enough is enough. I mean, conceding fold president , trump is a bitter pill to swallow. He cant do that right now. But when does his in crunch . Intransigents really become an issue for, for the transition in terms of National Security and domestic policy. It already is, i mean, this is a transitioning from one administration to another, especially from one from, from the administration of one party to another. Is a massive undertaking. I mean, if you look at just the department of defense alone, its the largest agency, the largest employer in the world. So the extent to which a transition is seamless allows the Incoming Administration to better deal with emerging crises and other sorts of domestic or international problems. That occur in the bin, its very early months. And so given that we are that the u. S. Is already deeply in, matched, in a terrible domestic and international crisis. In the face of the covert, 1000. 00 pandemic, every minute counts. And this and for the transition to be delayed as a result of the president s personal pique or ego bruising is, is really upsetting. Its obviously frustrating for joe biden to being rather diplomatic so far, but his tone is changing as well. It is, i think everyone is just getting very frustrated on, understandably so on the Biden Transition Team side and, and the, and its supporters. Whats making this, whats making matters exponentially worse is that the Current Administration is doing almost nothing to combat the pandemic. And so its for the vast majority of American People that this is a will having to wait another 2 months or so until i get competent ministration to enter the white house and start doing something about this illness that has already taken a quarter of a 1000000 lives its getting worse by the day. Its really it, its just honest, unbelievable. Or is it your importer, evan resnick from nanyang Technological University in singapore. Thanks for your time. And if you plenty more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour, including 25 years after bosnia as leaders signed a Peace Agreement, the war is over. But the tensions that led to it are not also this years g. 20 summit is taking place virtually. But that hasnt stopped it from generating controversy. And the worlds top 4 ranked mens tennis players will. All feature in the a. T. P. Final semifinals in london will have all of the sports action they took due to the United Nations is warning of a humanitarian crisis in northern ethiopia, the government and the to great Peoples Liberation front, both accuse each other of killing civilians and as strikes and indiscriminate attacks during the 2 week long offensive, the un has called on warring sides to stop fighting immediately. So more aid can be delivered and refuge safe zones can be set up. His in the ethiopian capital, addis ababa. He says the battle for mckinley will prove decisive in the conflict. If they cant hold the cup at all if they are defeated. And mackellar is considered the ultimate prize by the if European National defense forces, who are now said to be roughly about 100 kilometers from the capital. And they are saying they will launch attacks on mackinnon from a place for different fronts. But what is going to be a huge opportunity to the t. P. S. Is that the city is surrounded by hills and mountains where they have mounted their defenses and are hopeful, they will stop their advancing opponents. Of course, both sides are heavily armed and it might not be is easy. According to security analyst, a technicality. Its been for the European Defense forces, other towns like and war, which they have just claimed to have taken control of and any protracted conflict. Many here fear would not just affect a few appear, but the entire horn of africa. Region, canadas largest city is going back into lockdown on monday after a rise in corona virus cases, gyms and sullens are closing in toronto and restaurants are limited to takeaways. There are fears that daily inspections could rise to 12 times the current level of social contacts increased during the holiday season. The sun has tested positive for corona virus. Donald trump, jr, is the latest in the president s cycle to be infected. A spokesman for the trump family says that he hasnt shown any symptoms, but has been in quarantine since finding out that he had the virus. At the start of the week. The state of South Australia is ending its 6 day lockdown early after it was revealed. A pizza worker with corona virus had lied about his movements. The infected man told the contact traces that he went to buy a pizza rather than the fact that he worked at the store. They believed he caught the virus afte