how is saudi arabia thing to deal with such a nita? well, i'm sure that we will be developing a good and strong relationship with mr. biden's ministration in the same manner that's we have developed good as strong relations with tens of administrations before that since the time of president roosevelt and until now. so i'm confident that's all the american relations have. a lot of foundation has and principles in common interests and common values that will govern that relationship in the, in the next and the next few years and doing that by that ministration. not to send about any particular statements that may have been made on the threshold of the campaign in one form or another with trunk, expected to leave the white house in january. do you think that that's a challenge that the iran can appeal can be revived? we've had, you know, foreign minister say that saudi arabia wants to be a part of the future negotiations. what are your expectations from that? i think they are a nuclear deal, as is, or as it was, is dead already. the absc

the coronavirus pandemic dominates the g 20 summit and a virtual meeting hosted by saudi arabia. world leaders focus their efforts on finding covert 19 and its economic consequences. countries are reportedly drawing up plans to fund a fair distribution of coronavirus vaccines around the globe. also coming up 15 years ago today, i love battle accepted, believe role in german politics despite the many crises she's faced. the often a nickname to the mother of germany is down more popular than ever and will take you to the war torn region of nagorno-karabakh work ethnic armenians are being forced to leave behind their homeland. correspondent, emily short one reports on the mixture of grief and defiance. there welcome to the program. leaders of the world's wealthiest countries have been meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. the virtual gathering is dominated by efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic and deal with its economic fallout. a draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of cope with $19.00, vaccines and testing

so i think it's unlikely that we're going to see full normalization between saudi 8, saudi arabia and israel before trump leaves office. but it certainly can be seen in, in terms of those wider efforts to try to shore up what 4 years of trump has meant in terms of foreign policy. thank you very force that the news, the reports at least of prime minister netanyahu misting saudi arabia. on to other news in hong kong, pro-democracy activist joshua long has pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly during last year's protests. he was joined in court by 2 other activists. agnes child and ivan lamb. the 3 will be held in custody until sentencing next week and could face 5 years in jail. last year's protest outside hong kong's police headquarters, which triggered by the introduction of the controversial extradition bill and the head of his appearance in court long promised to continue his fight for freedom. perhaps wish me to stay in place. but i'm persuaded that the election is not any other activists. and what we are doing now is freedom to the world through our compassion, the home we love so m

we have never, in the history of saudi arabia, had a citizen of saudi arabia murdered. we just don't do this as a government, that's not our policy. i must ask you about loujain alhathloul. today her photograph is being, is on the louvre museum in paris. she's become a symbol of the call to release some of the activists. an interview in 2018, mohammed bin salman said that she was a spy. why hasn't the evidence been presented? in our legal system the evidence is presented after the verdict is rendered so that you don't embarrass somebody who turns out to be innocent. so that's how the system works. loujain alhathloul was detained because of issues relating to national security, dealing with foreign entities, supporting entities hostile to saudi arabia. it has nothing to do with advocating for women's right to drive. if every woman who advocated for the right to drive in saudi arabia was to be jailed, half the women in saudi arabia would be jailed. so this has nothing to do with advocacy or women's rights, this has to do with national security. friday marks a major event

have world leaders raise the issue with saudi arabia directly? no, at least not in the official meetings. they are having many leaders indicated that human rights issues are being raised by a literal meetings with saudi arabia. i also asked the commission where there are going to talk about it and was also told by literally yes, but not during the g. 20 summit because they told me to look for all events or with many important issues at stake. so that was there and sort of the topic. this is of course, the last 20 summit for u.s. president donald trump. you already talked briefly about his remarks regarding vaccination efforts. overall, how is ebola about going out of the international arena? well i think that he's statement yesterday was quite awkward. he told the leaders he was looking forward to working with them together for a long time. so still not conceding his defeat. so he missed basically the chance to probably say goodbye will see what he has to say today. he also skipped part of the video conference with the leaders and went gold thing

the world for campaigning, for women's rights to drive in saudi arabia who's been in prison in saudi arabia since 2018. and who, according to the family, has been tortured while she's been in custody. that that clampdown is exactly what these activists are saying. needs to be looked at more closely in particular in the light of the g. 20 being that what they're essentially saying, if i can sum it up, is that saudi arabia presents to the outside world. a kind of whitewashed presentation of what the situation is like in the kingdom and the image of the kingdom to the outside world, while internally and gauging in repression. and sort of, you know, the lack of proper penal code and judicial process. at least 88 migrants have been killed and dozens injured. when the engine of a boat exploded in the north atlantic see it happened off the western coast of africa. well, up about 150 thought to be on board, mainly from senegal and gambia. a boat, apparently making its way from to spain has nicholas is following the story from the car in senegal. what more details do you have nicholas? well,

saudi arabia allowed women to drive for the 1st time. the step was part of a series of sweeping reforms. the kingdom carried out. images of such changes were broadcast widely for the world to see. during this weekend's g. 20 summit, the country is making efforts to further flaunt progress regarding women's rights. but human rights groups say saudi women are still oppressed and often subjected to imprisonment and torture. it was this video that got jane. i'll have flu thrown into prison. the 1st time around, back in 2014, she was driving a car, something that was then still illegal for women in saudi arabia. and men who want to stop us from driving are doing us an injustice by our oppressing us. after she was released, i'll have through continued to campaign for women's rights at home and publicly while abroad. that's why in 2018, she was put in prison again. there she's been tortured and raped according to her sister who lives in exile. now lou jane has apparently gone on hunger strike. he wants to say, and the only way to do it is to br

arabia who's been in prison in saudi arabia since 2018. and who, according to the family, has been tortured while she's been in custody. there. that clamp down is exactly what these activists are saying. needs to be looked at more closely in particular in the light of the g. 20 being that what they're essentially saying. if i can sum it up, is that saudi arabia presents to the outside world, a kind of whitewashed presentation of what the situation is like in the kingdom and the image of the kingdom to the outside world, while internally and gauging in repression. and sort of, you know, the lack of proper penal code and judicial process. 3 decades before the current conflict, nagorno-karabakh was mired in another war. it left a dead deadly legacy. as a by john estimates that 14000 square kilometers in and around the region are contaminated with mines and unexploded munitions. they pose a serious danger to civilians and to the crews tasked with clearing the sites. and some of the german reports now from tartar near the border, come about the

and the crown prince of saudi arabia, muhammad bin salman, were both there. usually if there is a story that the israeli security establishment doesn't want to come out, there are strong national security military censorship laws in israel, which gives you all sorts of strange wording in israeli media reporting about foreign sources, according to foreign reports and the like. there was none of that. this all came from domestic political israeli journalist. so there's obviously a real will to have this leak out and certainly no denial of it as far as the reaction coming from here. the palestinian leadership hasn't said anything on the record because again, there's been no official confirmation. but speaking to some senior officials, one of them said that if it were true, it would be heartbreaking. another said that while they do point to the language used by the saudi foreign minister recently when he said there would be no normalization with israel before a palestinian state. he also said that there were no guarantees when the u.a.e. and israel signed their n

an online summit of the world's biggest economies is under way in saudi arabia. top of the agenda — the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout. an alternative to a covid vaccine for people without functioning immune systems is entering its final stage of trials. a rocket attack on the afghan capital, kabul — at least eight people have been killed and more than 30 injured. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is facing further criticism for disregarding an independent report which said home secretary priti patel broke the ministerial code by bullying staff. number 10 has rejected claims, made by a whitehall source, that borisjohnson had asked for the inquiry findings to be toned down. it has insisted that the conclusions made by sir alex allan — who has now resigned as independent advisor on ministerial standards — were "entirely his own". our political correspondent helen catt has more. the findings of sir alex allan's report into priti patel were stark. one of the government's most senior ministers had shouted and sworn at s

an online summit of the world's biggest economies is under way in saudi arabia. top of the agenda — the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout. the nhs starts setting up coronavirus vaccination centres, and the first doses could be delivered next month. a rocket attack on the afghan capital, kabul — at least eight people have been killed and more than 30 injured. the firebreak is over, but the visitors remain locked down. how tourism businesses in wales are struggling to stay afloat. and coming up, barack obama discusses his long—awaited memoir a promised land with historian david olusoga. the prime minister is facing further criticism for disregarding an independent report which said home secretary priti patel broke the ministerial code by bullying staff. number 10 has rejected claims, made by a whitehall source, that borisjohnson had asked for the inquiry findings to be toned down. it has insisted that the conclusions made by sir alex allan — who has now resigned as independent advisor on ministerial standards — were "entirely his own". our pol

, took place in neon saudi arabia and u.s. president elect joe biden is set to make key cabinet appointments. in the coming days, his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, is expected to be named secretary of state, while jake sullivan is lined up as national security advisor. there both obama era of fish now to indonesia, where more than half a 1000000 people have been infected with the coronavirus daily cases are now passing $4000.00 only this month. president joker, we don't know, announced mass vaccinations will be rolled out by the end of the year. indonesia has a region's highest number of cases and deaths. south korea, meanwhile, is introducing new restrictions to try and stem a 3rd wave as winter starts. daily cover 1000 infections have topped 300 for much of the last week and officials here, they could rise further. rob mcbride records himself on south korea's 5 tier scale for social distancing restrictions, are being raised to level 2 for the sole metropolitan area which is home to around half the country's population.

this is in saudi arabia's western port city of jeddah. saudi arabia's not commented on the claims. the spokesman says foreign companies operating in the area should exercise caution. warning military operations will continue. in the news ahead, frustration grows in latin america over the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. and the children's lives at stake as international donors consider the future of aid to afghanistan. but the weather remains largely fine in trying to cross into china at the moment. northern parts of the philippines as well. not fairing too badly. we have got some showers, as with respect coming into central and southern parts of the philippines. show us driving their way into malaysia. some of these on the big side, some active weather coming through here. as we respect to say, some are stressing some lively heat of the day showers and more of the same as we go on into wednesday. indonesia are also seeing some of that western weather, but you pushed further south into australia and here it is largely fine. and dry high pressure, pretty much dominating

and outspoken critic of saudi arabia's government murder in a saudi consulate. blogger arrived by darwin publicly flogged and sentenced to 10 years in prison. paul legit, lee, insulting islam activist lucchino lotro all detained for seeking the right to drive . those are just 3 examples of human rights violations in saudi arabia. the country hosting this year's t 20 summit since assuming the g 20 presidency, the government of saudi arabia has been hard at work trying to rebrand its image. so there's a large public relations campaign underway in order to encourage investment in the country. and yet behind these initiatives and reform, the reality on the ground is that there is a brutal crackdown being led by the a society authorities against its own nationals. that's the reason why you appeal lawmakers are taking a stand. you cannot remain silent. last month they passed a resolution calling on the u. officials to downgrade their presence of patients in the summit, even though it's only a virtual event, mokhtar a bell is spearheading, they can pain. we are asked f

region, thousands are seeking refuge in sudan, but the aid agencies can't keep our saudi arabia hosts a virtual g. 20 summit where the focus is likely to be the pandemic. but the kingdom's human rights record also faces fresh, scorching the earth, and the anger erupts. in brazil, after another black man is killed at the hands of security guards or come to the program, our top story, i still says it was behind rocket attacks in afghanistan's capital, kabul that killed at least 8 people and injured dozens more. the attack happened just hours before the u.s. secretary of state might on peo, was due to hold talks with the afghan government and taliban negotiators in cattle . the united states this week said it would soon pull about 2000 troops out of afghanistan. figure controversy has more now from the afghan capital. schoolgirls running for their lives after rocket lands, new school, part of a record needed attack on the capital. kabul, the more than 20 rockets landed in residential areas near the green zone, where many embassies are based. it was a little after 8. 30 in the morning whe

continues to send political tremors across the political establishment in saudi arabia now if you go to twitter since yesterday the only hostile which has been trending in saudi arabia is the surge which translates saudi arabia a great nation basically is trying to say that we don't tailor our foreign policy to words around a person biden or trump we don't care saudi arabia will continue to fight for its own national interest but there are statements from biden during the campaign is creating some sense of anxiety in the riyadh for for many reasons saudi arabia when the start of the campaign in the year in 2015 could only do that with intelligence support from the from the americans and what the. flow from the americas without that there would have been able to launch that military campaign and with all that support they haven't managed to make any significant gain on the ground there who things are still the political force that has a massive say over nor the part of just been in touch with the scene that healthier fishel of what it means for them that's biden is now taking over the

throughout his term in the office, he was extremely loyal friend to saudi arabia. whether came to the world in yemen or getting the crowd cover over the murder of the saudi journalists. he had said -- i asked about comments that joe biden had made about saudi arabia being a pariah state. he said that people say things during an election campaign. there is such a long-standing, strategic relatioehip between kingdom and the united states, he does not expected t there will have to be a relationship with saudi arabia,h world's top oil exporter. there is a lot of shared concerns when it comes to counterterrand ending the war in yemen. president elect biden has made it clear he will be tougher human rights. when it comes ts,human rig it is the question of what people say, and what they do? anchor: we willthe watching all . thank you so much from riyadh. back here the u.s., georgia is the latest state to certify that joe biden has won the presidency. donald trump continues to claim that the election was right against him. enthere has been no ev to prove his acquisitions s

arabia, i am wondering because saudi arabia and israel are aligned in their views towards iran, as you articulat articulated, is there a chance for saudi arabia's real deal? >> weird he said we would be per tail underprepared once israel except the establishment of the palestinian state in the palestinian territory and give the rights to those palestinian people, once that happens not only saudi arabia the all the islamic countries will be prepared and normalize relations with israel and to strike a peace deal with israel. we think this is a nice way to go and we are committed to that. leland: what you make of the fact that bahrain and the united emirates in the council and key allies of saudi arabia had made this deal with israel without those conditions being met? >> their independent countries, their sovereign countries, there the right to decide for themselves what they think is right and what they think is good for them for the palestinian people and we will respect their decisions, their independent decisions and they had made those decisions by themselves. leland: we appreciate

arabia saudi arabia is the most powerful country in the region it prides itself on being the protector of sunni islam but the taken into account that biden was part of the same ministration that abandoned there were barak in 2011 the when there was a wind of change in this part of the world king abdullah of saudi arabia because of the 1st book with obama and said we want you to support our friend obama said i'm sorry that i want to be able to do that in 2015 the americans struck a deal with the iranians that was seen as an ultimate act of betrayal i was in saudi arabia in 2016 when obama was there it was a somber atmosphere the saudis felt like they were betrayed a year later when trump was in saudi arabia i was there covering his visit for english the feeling suddenly change they saw in him a someone who could suddenly position saudi arabia as. a key player in the region what happened after that was phenomenal by all proportions. sidelined his cousin who was a crown prince he became the crown prince of saudi arabia now there is a new guy in the white house and they are pretty much con

it's the final day of the virtual g. 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. and the quote of us pandemic has been dominating the event. leaders of the walls. 20 biggest economies are expected to pledge support for poor countries to help pay for the distribution of vaccines medicines and tests. the event has also seen calls for saudi arabia to also international criticism over its human rights record. but climate change was also on the agenda. u.s. president, donald trump addressed g 20 leaders, defending his decision to pull out of the paris accords to protect american workers . i withdrew the united states from the unfair and one sided, paris climate accord. a very unfair act for the united states. the paris accord was not designed to save the environment. it was designed to kill the american economy. i refuse to surrender millions of american jobs and send trillions of american dollars to the world's worst polluters and environmental offenders. and that's what would have happened. senior political analyst has more on the back class. saudi arabia is facing t

codein tain, is also dominating the virtual g 20 summit, held by saudi arabia. leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies are expected to pledge support to poor countries to help pay for the distribution of vaccines. medicines and tests. police are clashing with anti-government protesters in guatemala, after hundreds stormed the congress building and set it on fire. police fired tear gas to clear the demonstration, which was led by university students after it became violent. nationwide demonstrations are taking place across chile, demanding the release of hundreds of people arrested during protests for social reform. over the past year. they know its additions and rights organizations are accusing the chilean government of using detention as a political weapon. presidents have been detained without trial of a certain rights in america, and it's lucien human reports from santiago. this is 23 year old student your at a demonstration last year in santiago at protests. he would act as a kind of fire man, running after burning hot tear gas canisters fired by police

has the latest on that attack in saudi arabia. thank you. now, to other news, hong kong is facing further crisis after more than a dozen pro-democracy politicians called it quits. their resignation was in solidarity after the territory's government disqualified 4 of their fellow legislators. there were, you know, the, china's congress has passed a patriotism resolution allowing the removal of legislators who pose a threat to national security and challenge the rule of beijing. pro-democracy activists say that just amounts to the end of the one country 2 systems. principle is defeated pollen reporting from hong kong. that was a very emotional press conference. some of them announcing the resignation with tears in their eyes, saying those resignation letters will be in the hands of the government tomorrow, which essentially will deem hong kong's legislative council without any opposition voices anymore. they say they're doing this because it's what beijing's actions have essentially done is rendered hong kong government ineffective in the maki

anchor: call for a boycott as the summit is hosted online by saudi arabia. in75 years the first war crimes travel of nazrmany. ♪ america."me to "world news on pbs and around the globe. pharmaceutical gia pfizer it is determined partner by an attack are the fst -- biontech are the first to ask for approval. whe this news gives many people hope, to worltihealth organi says that vaccine is only a part of the solution ike s with a representative who says that she is seeing mixed results when it ngmes to flattehe curve. >> i tnk at some places it is getting better, and in some places it is getting worse. and the number of countries, we are seeing an increase inan cass our hospitals and icu's reaching capacity. in europe alone, we have recently seen an 18 in -- and 18% increase in mortality. in many countries across asia, in many countries across africa, we areaying that they have control over covid. wee he hope that the measures that are put into place could really bring tder control. it is a mixed picture across the world. anchor: there has been some positive

iran, the gulf pay these now traveling on to saudi arabia before he heads home. but a lot of talk in the u.s. media, people watching saying that this is also perhaps a more productive, a message from peo to the american audience. perhaps a message to 2024. he's looking ahead potentially to run that, that this is really a particular back to what he did in israel, the 1st sector of state to visit a settlement of the occupied west bank. the language used into the occupied golan heights. of course recognized as israeli sovereign sovereignty, so very much also pandering to a base there. but yes, of course we can't move away from the fact that he's also still trying to achieve certain issues in the last months of office. i know this is ministration has been saying that they would like to see some kind of movement on the new. ah, but hey, that was into its 4th year folly. there's been some talk about potentially seeing patter is being allowed to overfly saudi arabia and bahrain airspace. but again, nothing has come out, nothing concrete. all these things that have been

how is saudi arabia thing to deal with such, anita? well, i'm sure that we will be developing stronger relationship with mr. biden's ministration in the same manner that's we have developed good as strong relations with tens of administrations before that. we have declared that one sided ceasefire several times in yemen, talking about who initiated the situation and the threats of famine. all of that is happening on the territories controlled by the who sees. because of the fact that there, hindering and obstructing the delivery of international aid to the, to these affected areas. back in march, we saw that was an oil price down tof between moscow and riyadh. and the result was that moscow and aipac failed to agree on a production caught which led to a crash in the global price of crude. many people worried, how can such disputes be avoided all prevented in the future? i think cross-court of the nation is taking place between the kingdom and the russian federation. and we have all of proven to ourselves and to the entire warrant that

saudi arabia,, a host of virtual g., 20 summit, where the focus is likely to be the pandemic. that the kingdom, human rights record, also faces fresh scrutiny and an eye in the sky to record waters on the rise, a new tool in the fight against global warming is launched into space. a complete program. i still says it was behind rocket attacks in afghanistan's capital, kabul that killed at least 8 people and injured dozens more. the attack happened just hours before the u.s. secretary of state might be on peo, was jus told, talks with the afghan government and taliban negotiators in cata. the us earlier this week said that it planned to pull out 2000 troops from afghanistan. video contre free has more from the afghan capital kabul schoolgirls running for their lives after a rocket lands near their school. part of a coordinated attack on the capital, kabul. the more than 20 rockets landed in residential areas near the green zone, where many embassies are based. it was a little after 8. 30 in the morning when the 1st rocket landed in the afghan capital for the next 10 minutes, it

she began by asking if saudi arabia had been disappointed by calls to boycott the summit. we are not disappointed, not many countries called for it. all the g20 countries are going to show up, we have a great statement that will come out. we have achieved great things during the year of our presidency as head of the g20.

and it was hosted by saudi arabia, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the g 20. together. those countries make up 85 percent of the global economy in a closing declaration that they pledged to help low income countries deal with the economic impact of covert 19 and support the distribution of affordable dark scenes . earlier. my colleague saskia taylor discussed a range of issues with saudi arabia's permanent representative to the u.n. . your country's hosting of the summit hasn't been without control of a say to national no to that women's empowerment feat says predominantly on the t 20 agenda. despite the fact that activists have spared had to campaign for women's right on languishing in jail facing trial, that's that quote. what's your response to the odds? the strides that have been made by saudi arabia over the past few years are impeccable and unprecedented. we have bordeaux pushing, this is for women economically for women in the workplace, in the field of education, in many aspects of human life in places of leadership, in government and in business. and

an online summit of the world's biggest economies begins today in saudi arabia. top of the agenda — the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout. amazon and other online retailers postpone black friday discounts in france to help protect traditional retailers during lockdown. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. i'm shaun ley. stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. we begin in the united states. republican officials in two us states have re confirmed in the last 2a hours that the results of the presidential election hold — joe biden won in georgia and in michigan. they said they found no evidence of any problems with voting or counting votes. president trump on friday asked a delegation of republicans from michigan to come to washington to see if they could help him challenge the results. they told him they were going to certify mr biden‘s victory. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. since losing the election, donald trump has largely confined his displeasure with

the global pandemic is dominating the virtual g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia . leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies are expected to pledge support a poor countries to help pay for the distribution of vaccines. medicines and tests are diplomatic and said james bays has more. this was very different from the normal g 20 summit world leaders meeting virtually because of coded 19 with the pandemic and the economic fallout from it at the center of all the discussions. this has been an extraordinary year. the cold at 19 and demick has been an unprecedented shock that affected the entire world within a short period of time, causing global economic and social losses. our peoples in economies are still suffering from this shock. back in 20082009, the g 20 led efforts to get out of the last global recession. some say they haven't shown the same leadership this time. and the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrace, has been calling for them to extend the debt relief program they passed earlier. this year and to increase funding so that vaccines can reach the poo

also coming up, there's been an explosion in saudi arabia. a ceremony attended by european diplomats, france is calling it a cowardly attack to protest and arrests in armenia, where people are angry about a deal with azerbaijan to end the fighting in a form of carbon and bidding farewell to side erekat, the chief palestinian negotiator who died on tuesday, after contracting private 19 hong kong is facing further crisis. after more than a dozen pro-democracy politicians called it quits. their resignation was in solidarity. after the territories government disqualified 4 of their fellow legislations. yet there we are. now china's congress has passed a patriotism resolution, allowing the removal of legislators who pose a threat to national security and challenge beijing's rule. pro-democracy activists say that amounts to the end of the one country 2 systems. principle polland has more for us from hong kong. that was a very emotional press conference. some of them announcing the resignation with tears in their eyes, saying those resignation lette

nobody in saudi arabia wants a citizen to be murder. we investigated, we held people accountable, and people will bet punished fs. we will try to ensure that something like this never happens again. we have never in the history of murdered.udi arabia had someone we don't do this as a government, this is not our policy.s it tragic and i think people have used it in order to cast sions on saudi arabi i don't blame them, but i don't think it is being fair or equitable. the phograph in paris.ou about she has become a symbol of the call to release some of the activists. in an in 20 mammed bin salman said she is a spy. why isn't that being presented? >> inur legal system, the evidence is presented after the decision is made. it has nothing to do with advocating for women's right drive. if every woman who advocated for the right to drive in udi arabia was to be jailed, half the women would be jailed. is has nothing to do with advocacy or women's rights. it is national secury. >> why don't you present the evidence? the crown prince said in 2018

saudi arabia hosts a meeting of the world's biggest economies— but can boycott calls take the shine off the 620 summit online? be and, 60 million streams in a day, south korean band bts prove the k—pop bubble‘s far from bursting. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. donald trump's efforts to overturn the result of the us presidential election have suffered further setbacks. the state of georgia has certified its results showing thatjoe biden beat mr trump by over 12,600 votes. and after meeting mr trump at the white house, senior republicans from michigan said they had seen no information that would overturn mr biden‘s victory in their state. the bbc‘s nomia iqbal is in washington. she says that despite them confirming victory for joe biden, president trump will still want to pursue any recounts. that's not stopping him from still pushing ahead so today, we saw that georgia had certified the votes, confirmed that it will go tojoe biden. but donald trump can still demand a recount, that is still his right because, in terms of numbers of votes thatjoe bid

now, most to saudi arabia, most of the rave, it yours is fine, but you'll find these shows do which sas was. and the wind picks up ahead of them at a probably affect bahrain, possibly even qatar, later on friday or early on saturday, specific forecast. because i'm just gives a small chance of showers will sustain that wind really house down the doors off again on sunday. so it's not persistent. this is a weapon of african i really and it's from us, uganda. always science was we seen some good rain recently in johannesburg as an example. there are showers forecast now eastern side, far eastern side of south africa, malawi, zimbabwe. i'm sure you like that, but it's hampshire further south to get cape town. a bit of a breeze off the interior. you got certain degrees. guess what? the average temperature should be in cape town's, tommy $23.00, c. a well above because it doesn't last it down to $0.19 below average by saturday. frank assessments, if american public opinion piece betrayed by social media platforms after november . what would be good? because as if you believe that there corros

still ahead on al jazeera, accused of harming saudi arabia's interests. one woman finally faces trial after 2 years in prison. for how we've got something of a change taking place in the weather across the middle east. at the moment, a little more cloudy. notice across northern parts of the region, but it, within the next couple of days, many of us can expect to see a spot or 2 of rain there because some western weather, some windy weather moving across cyprus, easing towards the levant, syria, lebanon. jordan, not the way into israel palestinian territories, seeing some very heavy showers, showers there, pushing across northern parts of iraq, easing over towards the caspian sea. northern parts of iran, also seeing some showers. but you can follow this line of wesel, weather, just out of kuwait, across northern parts into central areas of saudi arabia. heavy downpours down towards mecca could cause some flooding here that will sneak a little further southwards. as we go through friday, i said something to watch out for even haven cotta we might see a spot

. $17000000000.00 worth of the arms for saudi arabia. but less than $6000000000.00 and much needed aid for yemen. you, report criticizes g., 20 nations. begin this hour with the situation in northern ethiopia, where rebels into grey have refused to give in to government demands to put down their weapons. 3 days ago, prime minister ahmed issued an ultimatum to stand down or face more attacks. on tuesday, he delivered on that threat was new airstrikes and his government froze. the bank accounts of 34 institutions links to to greece, leadership. the ethiopian air force says it carried out the strikes near the region's main city of mikhail lay. it is the primary base for the 2 great people's liberation front, or t.p.s. if which governs there are. the ahmed says that his forces are now preparing for a final attack. he says the conflict will end when the t. b.l.f. is brought to justice and its leaders have been replaced. the u.n. and foreign leaders have called for mediation request, which is largely been ignored by both sides. the government

wrapping up their virtual summit hosted by saudi arabia. take a few specifics on exactly how this would be guaranteed. i'll have more on that little bit later, but 1st, let's go to. she has a townsend, who joins us live from wilmington, delaware, the home state of president elect joe biden. shihab, so the white house that same task force says the plan is to vaccinate what $20000000.00 people before the end of the year. i mean, how would that even work? that is a massive undertaking it's really difficult to judge these projections because they also stunningly rapid in some ways. what they also said was that what the task force had said was that they were the aim was 70 percent of herd immunity by april may of next year with, i mean 70 percent of americans would have had the vaccination, which is kind of astonishing because in the other experts to even today were saying a former f.d.a. official saying they didn't really expect there to be such widespread vaccine usage mid to late 2021. so we're trying to judge these projections, whether they'

saudi arabia hosts a meeting of the world's biggest economies but can boycott calls take the shine off the 620 summit online? and, 60 million streams ina day— south korean band bts prove the k—pop bubble's far from bursting. donald trump's efforts to overturn the result of the us presidential election have suffered further setbacks. the state of georgia has certified its results showing thatjoe biden beat mr trump. and senior republicans from michigan said they'd seen no information that would overturn mr biden‘s victory in their state. our north america correspondent david willis reports. since losing the election, donald trump has largely refined his displeasure on twitter. big finer ran billions of dollars of advertisements against me during the campaign, which i won, by the way, but we will find that out. the president wants to see results in swing states such as michigan overturned and republican lawmakers from that state were given a noisy reception as they arrived in washington for a meeting at the white house. joe biden one michigan mobile than hundred and 50,000 votes an

arabia's western port city of jeddah, saudi arabia hasn't confirmed or denied the claims. the spokesman says that foreign companies operating in the area should exercise caution warning that their military operations will continue. the u.s. says that it's hoping to begin a program of vaccinations against covert 19 as early as december 11th. the head of the white house vaccine task force plans to vaccinate 20000000 people before the end of the year. the announcement comes during a surge of new infections across the u.s. are serious mike, hanna reports from washington. hundreds of thousands of americans are heading home for the thanksgiving holiday. and health officials view these long lines in the airports as ominous predicting that the already calamitous coated figures could rise even further. as the consequences of this mass travel of measured despite an urgent call from the centers for disease control for all americans to stay at home . more than a 1000000 passengers traveled on friday alone. and now i am nervous. but i want to be with my babies. i feel safe to fly. i th

the saudi monarch, not so much because they, as a public opinion include a saudi arabia has a certain standing in the muslim world. you could only imagine sign me, you know, the next season, how millions of muslims won't feel that the saudis, who always talk about the occupy jerusalem are normalizing relations. not with israel, but with there is an occupation of jerusalem and palestine. what's the incentive for the timing now coming at this transitional period between u.s. administration this probably a sense in the trump administration that they need to cement some of what they consider to be that achievements which is making some inroads into the trump deal of the century and that is basically setting out a country whose normalizing relations with the israeli occupation. now we all know that the likes about her reign and the u.a.e. wouldn't dare normalize relations with israel if the soldiers weren't championing. if she were there normalization. so i think it's important or it was important for the top and mrs. shin, for the soldiers to perhaps make another step, a more daring step