Drawing close. The deadly bombing underscores the challenges in afghanistan. International donors meet to commit billions of dollars in a welcome to the program, joe biden is forging ahead with preparations to take over as u. S. President has his margin of victory keeps growing. Hazell, veiny of the nevada have become the latest states to certify the president elect as the winner and biden has formally unveiled some of his top team as she had returns. He reports, president elect biden, was unequivocal as he presented his National Security appointments and nominees. Its a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. Once again, sit at the head of the table, ready to confront our adversaries, and not reject our allies ready to stand up for our values. Much was made of the backgrounds of the nominees as examples of the american dream. Linda thomas greenfield, nominated as u. S. Ambassador, a 100 mile costs are latino immigrants nominated to lead the department of homeland security. And avril haynes, the 1st female director of national intelligence. If confirmed mr. President , you know that i have never shied away from speaking truth to power. But for all the talk of diversity, this is a National Security team that symbolizes the return of the washington Foreign Policy establishment after 4 years in the cold. None more so than secretary of state nominee tony blinken, deputy secretary of state under president obama, and a long time Foreign Policy adviser to biden. Hes known to be far more of an advocate for u. S. Military intervention around the world than the president elect. Lincoln has spent the last few years consulting for weapons manufacturers and big tech america at its best. Still has a greater ability than any other country on earth to bring others together to meet the challenges of our time. But biden has pledged fresh thinking on Foreign Policy, perhaps a recognition that a key reason that some voters switched from the democrats to trump in 2016 was their disappointment that president obama had not brought the change in Foreign Policy. He promised, and bidens incoming National Security adviser did speak of an approach to Foreign Policy, not traditionally expressed in washington, the alliances, we rebuild the institutions. We believe the agreements we signed, all of them should be judged by a basic question. Will this make life better, easier, safer for families across this country . Our Foreign Policy has to deliver. Its biden is making one key change, a special president ial envoy for climate. John kerry will sit on the National Security council with a pledge to make the environment central to policy making across government. But there is some skepticism of the washington insiders being chosen will be the world moved to deliver a fresh policy thinking. The president elect is promising. She returns the old 0. Wilmington, delaware . Well, in a brief one times appearance u. S. President donald trump has taken credit for a record day in the markets. The dow jones index reached a historic high on tuesdays following the transition developments and progress on coronavirus vaccines. Hong kong chief executive, caroline urgent priority is to restore the territories political system from chaos. Shes giving her annual policy address to the legislative assembly. Shes the government would begin a Public Education program to enhance understanding of the rule of law comes as high profile opposition activists are awaiting sentencing for their roles in prodemocracy protests the world on poncy funds. I have thought through collaboration with various stakeholders at more targeted Public Education activities will be carried out, including educating the youth on the proper understanding of the rule of law and promoting their law abiding awareness and research on the rule of law and related Data Compilation will be conducted with through enhanced efforts in promotion and explanation to clarify misconceptions and understanding the department of justice will continue to showcase how horrid, maintain neutral and effective internationally for deal making. And this be a resolution services. Well, a dream joins us now live from hong kong in a drink. Harry lime speech is expected to be a very long one, with lots of topics, as we say, the rule of law. Shes just sort of mentioned. What else are we expecting her to brooch . Well that clip you just played was quite interesting. So held because i think what it means is, expect, you know, the dead hand of the party to be felt in more and more areas of hong kong in the coming weeks and months now carry around, referred right at the top of her address to the protests that began more than 18 months ago. She said that hong kongs National Security had been endangered by what she called external forces. Without elaborating on what they were. But she did say the new National Security law that was imposed on hong kong on july, the forced had now restored stability in the city. Now carry on has been addressing what in many ways is a shrunken legislature because no opposition now sits inside that chamber because the prodemocracy camp has either resigned or been disqualified. So that means that we have, in a sense, the chief executive addressing what is it all more than an echo chamber and carry on herself, say analysts so hell has become something of a diminished political figure. Her report card is not good. Her popularity rating, the moment stands at a dismal 26 percent compared to 64 percent after she took office more than 3 and a half years ago. Carrie lambs real thrust today, though, has been to talk about what is going on across the border. Her message to the disaffected youth here in hong kong, and there are many of them. Is essential go north because thats where the opportunities and the real jobs are. So in a sense, shes telling the youth of hong kong to go across the border and find work there. And theyre going to find those jobs he believes in whats known as the greater bay area. This is this vast ambitious plan by chinas leaders to connect this city to 9 other cities in Guangdong Province just across the border and create what is essentially going to be a vast ikea and financial hub. But before any of that can happen, hong kong has to bring kobe had 19 under control, because chinas leaders are making clear until that happens. The border between hong kong and the mainland will remain closed. Or caroline continues to speak. Of course, well monitor what shes saying with you adrian through the day. Thank you. Now, the Ethiopian Government says to grow in Regional Forces have started to surrender. The government gave them until wednesday to lay down their arms all risk. A final assault on the main city of mackellar. Its warning people to leave the area to grays leadership denies surrendering, and claims. An Ethiopian Military division has been destroyed. In other developments, ethiopias Human Rights Commission is accusing members of a to gray and youth group of massacring of some 600. 00 civilians. Earlier this month in a reporter says the attackers targeted non to grown residents of my cadre, a small town in the west of the region. It says victims were killed with the collusion of local security forces. As the government threatens what it calls a final offensive Rights Groups are becoming increasingly concerned about the possibility of war crimes from both sides. When conducting cooperate outside of i got it get out of place, but it so International Metal stand at the International Humanitarian law standard. That is what it claims. So violation of basic standards about, civilian political c. V. S. , whatever, getting t. V. s can amount to according to their law, and according to their International Laws that affect many of the families fleeing the fighting in de grey have been separated in the exodus more than 40000. People have fled to neighboring sudan as there is here, but morgan met those trying to find missing family members. When fighting came to her hometown of make degree region to testify, fled with most of her children. But she had to leave her 2 oldest daughters behind integris capital. And that they went to study mccully with this school in the fighting started and there was no way for me to contact them. No, i dont know where they are and how they are doing. They said they didnt have enough money before the fighting started. One is 14 and one is 15. Are they being feed . Are they being taken care of their only children . Since the fighting started integrate in early november, more than 40000, people have fled to sudan states of either going to say more than 5000000 are trapped in the region with no access to humanitarian aid. Sudanese Authorities Say nearly 3000 people arrive every day. There is the head of well, i arrived here 2 weeks ago since his arrival has been searching for the parents of these 3 children. But when the fighting came to the town of mark kendra, everyone started running. These 3 siblings were in the town and seemed lost, so i took them with me. I tried to look for their parents, but i couldnt find them, or even used loudspeakers among those displaced. When all failed, i came with him to the scamp. If you piers government has imposed a Telecommunications Blackout in the to green region, since the start of the fighting with malfunctioning 4 lines of Internet Access into grey families who have left loved ones behind say theyre not sure if theyre still alive. Most have started the process of tracking their parents or children, hoping theyve arrived in sudan, but are in a different camp. And as more of these arrive, the number of families separated by the conflict is rising. Sudanese Authorities Say theyre not sure how many children have been separated from their parents, or how many mothers and fathers left their children behind. Aid organizations efforts are being made to reunite families. As you know, children and women are always the influx of refugees. And we have social workers who are working with them as well as the police of the moment. And were going to be starting with i. C. R. C. But for those like me who have left their children behind, the process is yet to start. She says she can only pray her daughters are still alive and someday make it to the camp. If not, she has to wait until the fighting and to go back and look for them. And shes not sure how long that will take. Morgan aljazeera, out of state, at least 4 people have died during migrants capsized off Spains Canary islands. 35 people were on board when it smashed into rocks off the coast of long local media, say 14 people still missing more than 18000. Refugees and migrants arrived in the canary spicey from africa. Well, still ahead here on aljazeera allies predicts larger than expected losses due to the credible as a pandemic, according the crisis, devastating and unrelenting women in mexico find bias against rising violence during the pandemic. Well bring you one survivor story of how their which i believe weve got rain in the forecast for the middle east over the next couple of days. Doesnt that say about at the moment . I know largely clear skies lots of hazy sunshine as we go through wednesday into thursday. Showers will increase across the eastern side of the mediterranean there, pushing towards the levant. Some wetter weather coming in here. As we go on through thursday. So syria, lebanon, jordan, israel, palestinian territory, seeing some wetter weather, back cloud and rain, that stretches all the way across into southern parts of the caspian. Northern areas of iran down across cuba, a line of heavy rain could see some flooding here all the way down into central parts of saudi arabia. South of that, itll be fine. And dry dry here in qatar quite a stiff wind. 27 celsius, either side of the water, much of iran will actually be dry along with pakistan and afghanistan, and a good part of india by this stage, but down into the south for the cool cyclon and never makes its way in as we go on through wednesday into thursday, some very heavy rain coming through here. Read warnings in force for tamil nadu on wednesday. Those warnings extend up across on top of us as we go on into thursday. Some parts could see 200 to 300 millimeters of rain in that wetter weather. Pushing right up the east and gets jump into the stream. And julian on Global Community bio diversity is biosecurity. It is that essential for our species to survive . Be part of the debate. I know you have ideas and you too can be part of this conversation. When no topic is off the table, the complaints are not neutral and all of these cases goal here is to terrorize. And heres the other part of this. Theres no consequence to this stream. On out. Is there welcome back. Youre watching our visit with me. So romney a reminder of our top stories. Joe biden is forging ahead with his preparations to take over as president as his margin of victory keeps growing. Now hes formally unveil some of his top team, pennsylvania and nevada. Become the latest states to certify him as the winner. Hongkong chief executive kerry land says her urgent priority is to restore the territories political system from chaos in her annual policy address. She also said the government will begin a Public Education program to enhance understanding of the rule of law. But here because government claims that forces into gray have begun to surrender, theyve been given until wednesday to lay down their arms to graze. Leaders are denying the claims and say they have destroyed a government official. Now 14 people are being killed by 2 explosions at a market in central afghanistan. It happened in the historic city of bamiyan home to the mainly shia hazaar. A minority, no group has yet claimed responsibility, and the taliban have denied involvement. The un secretary general has called for an immediate and unconditional cease fire in afghanistan. He was speaking as foreign donors pledged 12000000000. 00, a Virtual Conference thats conditional on protecting human rights and making progress on peace talks, feel called to fury, has more in jalalabad in eastern afghanistan is awash in color. But life for most here remains dark. Thousands of daily workers struggle to get by day to day. You know that for 31 of our lives, when i see the poor people, the government is taking us next and wants to kill us. Theres no help for us. The poor dont have rights. Poverty levels have shot up to 70 percent from pity for a person. Year. Many afghans say corruption, deprived them from benefiting from the International Aid that has been keeping afghanistan alive for almost 2 decades. The government deals behind the curtains, whatever they get, they distribute among themselves. Look at these children here. They sell plastic bags, they need to go to school. Corruption is also the main concern for the International Community. And its funding in afghanistan. Billions have been lost to abuse, fraud and waste. In programs set up to develop the country in communities like providing, know how and equipment to some afghans here to learn how to make all of oil and sell their all lives. For years, the International Community and donors worked to make ghana stand selfreliant, but nearly 20 years says this conflict began. It remains one of the most dependent countries in the world. And it remains so fragile that during his years donor conference, dozens of countries pledged their support for the next 4 years. Despite many economists affected by the cava, 1000 pandemic and uncertainty. Over the Peace Process between the government and the taliban. Afghan president tried to reassure donors despite the i want to be very clear that commitments to negotiations with the taliban remains for our negotiating remain, steadfast in their commitment that we must bring an end to violence. The European Union pledged almost 1500000000. 00 for the next 4 years conditional on preserving the human rights and democratic gains of the last 19 years. E. U. High representative joseph borel sent a warning to the taliban, United Nations sick that you cant use any attempt to restore land. We can, we wait to have a new bad political, financial and other countries like britain, the netherlands and canada stepped forward with hundreds of millions for afghanistan. But as donors pledged their support. 2 blasts in the heart of ghana stands most peaceful province by meon, killed and injured dozens, and made the call for a cease fire. More urgent than ever. For your country, al jazeera channel, about eastern afghanistan. At least 7 people have died in 2 separate car bombings in northwestern syria. The 1st attack happened in the city of aleppo, province of the troops. A 5 people were killed, mostly police officers. The 2nd blast killed 2 in nearby a 3 in 2 cities are under the control of Turkish Backed opposition forces. Around 40 people were wounded in the attacks. Politicians from rival libyan factions will hold a joint parliamentary session for the 1st time in years. Representatives from both factions agreed on the united session during talks in morocco, based in both tripoli and to broke will meet in the libyan city of a goddamn mess in the coming days. Libyas parliament was elected 2014 but split during the ongoing civil war. A posthumous appeal on behalf of the only person ever convicted of the lockerbie bombing has started in scotland. The family of a blockbuster doesnt know what he is fighting to clear his name. 8 years after his death under summons reports, abde