Of there, i missed on the a tape. This is al jazeera live from doha. Also coming up, donald trump fires the Cyber Security chief who rejected claims of Election Fraud. International condemnation of the ethiopias government targets rebels in the north with airstrikes and hurricane ears that bass has Central America. Tens of thousands of people are forced to flee their homes. Now the pentagon has confounded shop productions and the number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan and iraq, by mid january that would be just before president on trumped leaves. Office had wanted a full withdrawal from americas longest war by christmas. Now instead, 2000 will come out of afghanistan, 500. 00 from iraq leaving 2 and a half 1000 in each country. Let us remind those who question our resolve or may seek to interfere with this prudent well planned and coordinated transition. The United States armed forces remain committed to protecting the safety and security of the American People and supporting our like m
But thats the 6000000000. 00 and much needed aid for yemen. In your report, criticizes g. 20 nations rebels in ethiopias to agree region have refused to give in to government demands to put down their weapons. 3 days ago, Prime Minister abi ahmed issued an ultimatum stand down will face more attacks on tuesday. He delivered on that threat. The Ethiopian Air force says it carried out strikes near the regions main city of mckenna. It is the primary begs for the 2 great Peoples Liberation front told pti p. L. F. Which governs their Bank Accounts of 34 institutions. Links to, to graze. Leadership were phones that be ahmed, says that his forces are now preparing a final attack. He says, the conflict will end when the tb l. F. Is brought to justice and its leaders are removed. The u. N. And foreign leaders have called for mediation, the request which has been largely ignored by both sides. The government deployed extra troops on monday and is more soldiers moving civilians are fleeing. The u
Hurricane weeks of across Central America and a record breaking year for atlantic storms. Oh, welcome to the program, our top story, u. S. President , donald trump, will reduce the number of u. S. Forces in afghanistan from 4 and a half 100228, half 1000 before he leaves office. But it wont be the complete withdrawal by christmas that he promised the announcement on shoes day was anticipated, and it was preceded by warnings from military officials that any significant changes in those troop levels could undermine security in afghanistan and threaten peace talks with the taliban. The number of troops in iraq will be cut by 500 in ousmane was made by the acting u. S. Defense secretary, christopher miller, who was only installed in the post last week by january 15th, 2021. Our forces, their size in afghanistan will be 2500 troops, or 4 sides in iraq will also be 2500 by that same day. This is consistent with our established plans and strategic objectives supported by the American People a
A standoff in northern ethiopia. Government forces prepare for a final assault on the city of mckenna. To grant forces refused to step aside. And the president s of african football ahmed ahmed has been banned for 5 years. Footballs world governing body farming amid guilty of breaching its code of ethics. Begin here in the u. K. Where theres more good news in the race to find a Coronavirus Vaccine. This time from the drug company astra zeneca working in partnership with Oxford University. They staged testing shows. Its candidate vaccine is on average 70 percent effective in protecting against code 19, but that increases to 90 percent depending on the way its administered. Russias and it has vaccine is the least expensive so far. And crucially, it can be stored in the fridge, which makes it easier to distribute on the vaccines need to be stored at much lower temperatures. The firm says it can have up to 200000000 doses ready by the end of the year. Possibly 3000000 by 2021. Turn how rep
Swing states. Have a have a tactics from police in argentina evicting hundreds of families make jobless and homeless due to the pandemic. We begin with new details about what happened in the moments leading up to an attack in a church in the french city of nice where 3 people were killed frances chief antiterrorist Prosecutor Says the attacker was a tunisian born man who arrived in paris earlier this month with an italian red cross documents he traveled to nice find train before changing his clothes and then walking to the church hes now in custody president in money a micro has called the incident an islamist terrorist attack its prompted the government to raise the security alert to its maximum level. Those days attack follows another this month a teacher in paris was beheaded days after 7 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to some of his pupils president calls defending frances secularism and the right to mock religion david chasseur reports from nice. A place of worship now a crime s