A quarter of all cases worldwide its. A generally smooth starts for trade and travel after the u. K. Completes its separation from the european union. Following new era of free trade begins in africa which aims to one day become a 3. 00 trillion dollar economic block. But 1st the u. S. Senate has delivered a significant defeats to President Donald Trump forcing to override his veto of a defense policy bill the senate switches controlled by Trumps Republican Party easily achieve the 2 thirds majority requirements of this reflects a growing rift between some Congressional Republicans and trump who has 20 days left in the White House Well that speaks to a White House Correspondent kimberly harkat street joins us now from washington d. C. Kimberly defeats for the president says 1st off this new year how is he reacting. Not too happy about what went down essentially a bipartisan rebuke of the president s attempt to veto this legislation overridden by not only the house controlled by democra
Im Barbara Starr youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up. Anger in iraq after President Trump pardons for military contractors jailed for shooting dead 14 civilians in baghdad shops close and people hurried home fearing more violence ahead of Central African republic selection. The u. K. Is now facing the threat of to covert 1000. 00 variants after the tech thing a new and potentially more infectious strain in 2 people who traveled from south africa this comes as the u. K. Reports its highest increase in cases since the pandemic began with 39237 new infections the government also recorded another another 744 deaths on wednesday thats the highest death toll since april and it announced that another 6000000. 00 people will be put under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from the same but 26. 00 we are quarantining cases and close contacts of cases found here in the u. K. 2nd were placing immediate restrictions on travel from south africa and finally and most i
Suspected of fueling cases in south africa has now been detected in the u. K. 00. 0000000000000000 this is angry Truck Drivers protest at the english port of dover worth thousands are still stranded after a covert blockade. Hello thank you for joining us we begin with reports of a brutal attack in western ethiopia gunmen are reported to have killed more than 100 people one farmer in the town of bouillon in the. Region told the Reuters News Agency he counted 82 dead bodies in a field another man said he saw 20 bodies in another location the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission confirmed at least 100 died its the latest deadly violence between rival ethnic groups in the region well the gunmen struck hours after the ethiopian Prime Minister ive visited the region affirming his plans to stop the recurring violence there one of the recent deadly incidents in the area was an attack by gunmen on a bus last month which left so he 4 people dead. Since the beginning of november the Ethiopian Milita
Violence ahead of Central African republic election. Were going to start in ethiopia where more than 100. 00 people have been killed in an attack in a western ethiopian region where ethnic tensions have been escalating thats according to the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and Amnesty International the attack took place in the region of it benny shanon. Amnesty International Says dozens of people are still unaccounted for this comes a day after Prime Minister abu ahmed visited the area calling for peace and unity following several deadly incidents in recent months and its weak he said enemies are trying to divide ethiopia along ethnic and religious lines no group has claimed responsibility elsewhere in the country Government Troops have been fighting the 2 great Peoples Liberation front in the north and to gray region since the beginning of november its raised fears of a security vacuum in other areas of the country elections june next year have further raise tensions over land and p
And it appears to mutated further the strain of corona virus suspected of fueling cases in south africa has now been detected in the u. K. This is angry Truck Drivers protest at the english port of dover worth thousands are still stranded after a covert blockade. Montana hamas now have all the sport including. Aiming to finish the year on a high note then it is a dance man it be another one nil to go level on points with leaders that lexical. We begin this news hour with reports of a brutal attack in western ethiopia gunmen are reported to have killed more than 100 people one farmer in the town of bullen in the region told. Reuters news agency he counted 82 dead bodies in a field another man said he saw 20 bodies in another location Ethiopian Human Rights Commission confirmed at least 100 died its the latest deadly violence between rival ethnic groups in the region while the gunmen struck hours after the ethiopian Prime Minister visited the region affirming his plans to stop the recurr