Death of a poet singer who was banned for supporting the antigovernment protests and the human cost of a conflict hospitals in the disputed region of her going to cut about the field victims of the war between armenia and azerbaijan. To the World Health Organizations announced a record one day global jump in corona virus infections nearly 339000 people diagnosed with covert 19 over the past 24 hours heres the Johns Hopkins university tracker the red number on the left up above 36000000 infections the white number to the right is the 1000000 or over 1000000 people who are known to have died but there are also a lot more than 25025000000 who have a cough it. But were going to take you through europe with the pandemic is getting worse as winter approaches france 1st of all recording more than 18000 new cases for the 2nd day running pressure growing on hospitals especially in and around paris germany that had been praised for so long for its response but it seemed 4000 new cases in the past day and the u. K. Is considering even more restrictions 2nd wave their 17 and a half 1000 new infections in the past 24 hours spreading particularly fast we should say in the north of england and thats where jonah hill sent this report from oldham in great imagist. Ive come from the Council Street by street door to door this is what it takes to contain an outbreak because this been a rise in this particular area with a team of testers with us and these are mainly unpaid volunteers working with the council in oldham Greater Manchester an area turning the tide on rising covert infection rates while the rest of manchester remains the current u. K. Hot spot i think its brilliant and i hate it and just. Think its brilliant should do it this everywhere manisha. Theres doorstep testing here but severe testing shortages elsewhere confusing local restrictions are having little effect so oldham is doing for itself what the government is struggling to keeping people safe the Central Government needs to learn from us in oklahoma about what weve been doing and whats been successful by dieter to listen to us and rather than doing broadcast survivors room where they tell us what we called what is there in which its not always clear whether or not its backed up by the science that dialogue needs to be 2 way we need to be feeding back into the government what were doing on the ground thats working and then they need to learn from that and roll out some other areas rather than imposing kind of top down restrictions that are not always but by the science and appear legitimate to the vast numbers of people. Another aspect to why infection rates are spiraling so alarmingly up here in the north is that when the National Lockdown was lifted touring the summer it was done on a london centric basis leaving infection rates still uncomfortably high in parts of the north well social and economic inequalities have combined since then to do much of the rest its known as the north south divide higher levels of unemployment overcrowding and poverty that are now contributing to rising hospital admissions too in the north west regions are. Using translators for example thats really quite rapidly started but it was 15 plays being used in the northwest and but at that moment it got to about i think about it so almost a factor of 10 increase and there are students lots of them back on campus since september most know confined to cramped apartments and halls of residence a predictable wave of student infections increased mencia overall rate 10 fold some may be tempted to think this is all happening a long way from the capital but as the government prepares to announce new lockdown rules that could be economically disastrous up here the predictions are that london could be just 2 weeks behind jonah hill aljazeera manchester and the dominic kane in berlin reporting on the situation there in germany and across europe. This is the reality of covidien ukraine another life claimed by a virus whose 2nd wave is now sweeping across europe here in the town of stepanek a hospital designed for 100 people now has 106 corona patients alone. We are catastrophic li short of doctors the pressure is incredible and the Infectious Department we have one doctor per 47. 00 patients. Around the continent the number of new infections is surging austria has announced its highest daily figures so far in poland 2 unprecedented numbers of people are testing positive for the virus prompting the government to say it will introduce a general mask rule for all people outdoors and perhaps impose a state of emergency elsewhere as here in belgium the spike in cases has forced ministers to say no more than 4 people will be allowed to meet together in public but in spain the rate of new infections has slowed in recent days and a partial lockdown for the capital has been thrown out by a madrid court which said it infringed peoples fundamental freedoms whilst in germany a surge in cases is causing deep concern at the highest levels. Of the Current Situation worries me a lot we dont know how things will develop over the next few weeks its possible that we will see more than 10000 cases a day its possible that the virus spreads uncontrollably in the german capital Officials Say that Testing Capacity has reached 95 percent with little scope for greater testing if numbers continue to climb. One of the measures being suggested the whole country is already in place here in the socalled trickle of traffic like Warning System where 3 different criteria want to see the number of intensive care beds occupied by corona patients the awful reproductive rate of the virus and the number of info. Sections 100000 residents for the moment the federal government believes its existing measures are enough. Germany so far managed this crisis well when you look at the map of europe youll see until now germany is a solid rock in this pandemic but we are seeing rising numbers across europe so far theres no suggestion of another National Lockdown politicians are perhaps fearful of the damage such a step would wreak on an already suffering economy and they know there are many people here who believe the existing measures are too strong dominant kain aljazeera berlin. In the United States democratic Vice President ial nominee come. As once again criticize Donald Trumps handling of the pandemic just as she did in her debate with Vice President mike pence heiresses trumps refusal to contain the virus has wreaked havoc on americas economy and while this president of course didnt bring the paris to our shores is reckless disregard for human life. And for the well being of the American People as allowed it to spread the way we have seen and the casualties have been in. So lets not make any mistake his refusal to contain this fire is what has wreaked havoc on our economy. In iran hospitals are running out of beds in their intensive care units the worst affected middle Eastern Countries reported another 230. 00 coronavirus deaths with new infections also above 4000. 00 for the 3rd day in a row restrictions are being tightened in mosques will become mandatory outdoors in teheran from saturday. The the restrictions on public gatherings did not stop thousands of iranians from flooding the streets of teheran to mourn the death of a legendary singer hundreds gathered outside the home of mohammad president johnny and had been barred from performing and releasing albums for supporting the antigovernment protests back in 2009. Was number. Of the movie the. Show journey in a 2 time grammy award winner died at the age of 80 his career spanned more than half a century his voice was regarded by many as one of irans National Treasures he sang in support of irans Islamic Revolution in his early career im very pleased to welcome they got a mortazavi 20 iranian american journalist political commentator and columnist for the independent joining us from washington i freely admit to not knowing anything about him until today but the more i read sounds like a fascinating character and the level to which he was revered in iran is really quite something. It really was a towering figure and i would say probably one of very few Classical Musician and who needs so larry status he was very popular and large not because of his legendary boyz or his mastery of Classical Music but also. Stood with the people although he tried to keep the distance from politics or stay out of bar that but hes also an important political junkie. He took the side of the other people and the combination of all of that his mastery his the level. Of popularity and also his correct and timely political stance of the with me when a really popular and respected among a lot of our right so tell me about them particularly what happened in 2009 we remember the antigovernment protests what happened to him then. So what exactly happened was the election that was contested and iranians were taking to the street calling where is my mullet and then president oh it was the actual base of the cult the protesters dirt and dust and witnesses sat there and he came out basically in support of the protesters and said and the state television to start right at casting his voice one of the most popular place in the entire country a supporter of those joining us he basically said my voice is the voice of the dirt and dust media people also please start by asking if you are going to play next to such statements and that was basically the most important political position of his life and what caused a ban on his concert and basically the country nation. On state t. V. But even in his popularity even more. That are in t. V. To be seen as such but and so he stayed relevant i mean 2000 and so thats 11 years ago even without being able to perform and being able to release music he was still you know a big voice for iranians a very relevant voice. Well you why do you know a lot of his recordings oldsmar decades and generations and i knew he would also whole concerts of rock ive been to his concerts here in the United States and across the world is there a world where not you know as a master also a virgin you say he continued to be able to you know was. Present in certain. Settings but then at the same time because the courting was and is. That it is lloyds is something thats going to stay with iranians are a variation aeration from all walks of life and even among different political factions. Just didnt stop with mission who he was a lot but at the same time we also see the iranian president the current president bush that in math book i dont see this for him so he was really trying to stay above politics and was a national or a cultural figure of the entire country fascinating to learn about him with you know i got to thank you for joining us and got mortazavi in washington d. C. Thanks for having me come. Stay with iran the United States has tightened its sanctions on irans Financial Sector measures against 18 banks that were already under american sanctions have now been ramped up they have now effectively been cut off from the International Financial system well irans foreign minister java the reef immediately tweeted his response this is what he said amid covert nineteens pandemic the us regime wants to blow up our remaining channels to pay for food and medicine iranians will survive this latest of cruelties but conspiring to starve a population is a crime against humanity culprits and enables a block of money will face justice more now from roslyn jordan in washington d. C. Perhaps the biggest criticism of the trumpet ministrations sanctions regime against iran is that the culminating impact is that this is hurting the iranian people certainly we have seen that criticism coming not just from e. U. Nations but also from a wide range of humanitarian organizations around the world now the Treasury Department went in announced this latest round of sanctions against these 18 iranian banks said that these banks would still have exemptions so that they could bring in funds to facilitate the purchase of emergency food and medicine to serve the iranian people of course people have criticized the u. S. For making it much harder to get that sort of humanitarian aid to the iranian people but leave no doubt the trumpet ministration has made one of its key Foreign Policy objectives the International Isolation of iran because of what it says is irans attempts to develop a viable Nuclear Weapons program and it believes that by cutting off all avenues of getting cash into the hands or the under the control of the iranian government that the trumpet ministration ultimately will be successful but we have not seen that at least not as of right now. In the news ahead swear to tell you about an alleged plot to kidnap the governor of a state in the u. S. Rights groups in colombia say conditions for activists need worse. But. How i would also very wet some windy weather making its way towards japan over the next couple of days in the form of typhoon chan home thats the position of the storm and its going to drift up towards q. C. Not quite making landfall in center of the store but its been a huge amounts of rainfall very very strong winds as well storm surge always an issue with these things move that close to land. The wettest weather on friday the little gradually make its way across much of honshu as we go on into saturday thankfully its moving pretty quickly brightest guys do come back in behind more in the west sunshine sunny and fight across much of the Korean Peninsula maine moderate along with the good parts of china say no such problems here but you follow that system down and were actually see the waves coming in from the north easterly direction driving croppers showers in across india china there you go theres that northeasterly that on shore breeze faded some big downpours into Central Vietnam heavy showers there also running across thailand but a little clutch just storms a just noticed over towards the philippines brings some potentially flooding rains here as well for the same china still to pushes out since in the andaman sea and a gamble looking at some very heavy rain coming through here now this may well develop into a tropical system affecting the east coast of india. But for. The crime that shook japan or people get killed on one occasion in as bloody a massacre as this was in the tracks a lot of reporting there was just a current drumbeat of who did it who did it who did it the hasty conviction that led to the worlds longest held the throw prisoner and his sisters 47 year long battle to save him from execution witness a come out of japans death row on a jazzy into. The editor of the. With al jazeera these are the top stories this hour the World Health Organizations reported a record daily rise in global coronavirus cases with more than 338000 cases in 24 hours 5 and a half 1000 deaths this is warnings or sounded about the rise in cases across europe france alone reported 18000 new cases in 24 rounds the u. K. At 17 and a half. In the u. S. To tighten sanctions on irans Financial Sector measures against 18 banks that were already under american sanctions have now been ramped up now effectively been cut off from the International Financial system. Russia has invited the Foreign Ministers of armenia and azerbaijan to moscow for talks in an effort to end their increasingly violent conflict mediators from the u. S. Russia and france have also met in geneva to find a resolution at least 30 more soldiers are reported to have been killed on thursday the 2 sides of course fighting over this disputed region Nagorno Karabakh which is officially part of us about john but is ethnically armenian smith has our report from the regions main city stepanek it. Will. Theres not much time for anything else but dealing with new casualties at stepan kurtz main hospital. Its 10 times busier than normal since the 1st shells started falling 11 days ago the head of the emergency unit was telling us as this patient came in more than 350 armenian soldiers have been killed and hundreds more injured since the start of fighting with azerbaijan theres aries do not release figures for their killed or wounded soldiers. Some of my friends were injured in our 1st and 2nd wars and i can say that then we had more gunshots or rather like williams now they using different types of missiles and the wing did have big injuries but we have not stood still in medicine has improved so we try to save lives and human organs and not leave people with disabilities the stresses etched in the faces of the medical staff here the human cost is mounting on both sides after the collapse of an easy 26 year long ceasefire this modern hospital and stuff and i heard has been or stretched to the limit by the bombardment of this town. A convoy of people injured. During the fighting in the bombardment. Armenian missiles have hit towns and villages in azerbaijan well away from the conflict zone this is barbara around 20 kilometers from the line of contact that separates nagornokarabakh from azerbaijan. And this is gone boy more than 30 kilometers away. Karabakh is azeri territory but has a selfgoverning Ethnic Armenian majority. Wants to restore its sovereignty there. Good for more than day and it will more than a shell fragment came in hurt my arm and also killed the animals as you can see if we are staying at home women and children we have not left we are not going to run away why should we leave our lands. Russia france and moscow have been holding talks to try and bring about a cease fire but with tensions rising between armenia and azerbaijan the hopes of that sima shattered as the missile deborah littering the streets Bernard Smith aljazeera stepping nagornokarabakh. 6 people have been charged with trying to kidnap the governor of the u. S. State of michigan the f. B. I. Says the men were planning to take Gretchen Whitner from her Vacation Home in a buy explosives and try to make improvised bombs and official has our report good afternoon thank you attorney general Michigan News of the season to rest last night the f. B. I. And Michigan StatePolice Arrested 6 individuals charged in a federal complaint with conspiring to kidnap the governor of michigan Gretchen Whitmer the man had been identified as having links to michigan Militia Group called the wolverines the democratic governor of the state and what more was their target according to the criminal complaint he plans to kidnap part of the whole of the home and try her for treason fox and croft in particular according to the complaint discussed detonating explosive devices to divert police from the area of the home and fox even inspected the underside of a michigan highway bridge for places to seat an explosive. The complaint further alleges that fox purchased a taser for use in the kidnapping and that the Group Successfully detonated an improvised explosive device wrapped with shrapnel to test its antipersonnel capabilities as they were meeting to pull money to buy more explosives Law Enforcement moved in the f. B. I. And an undercover informant. Men members of socalled right wing Militia Groups staged protests at the Michigan State house earlier this year they were carrying swastikas and nooses when governor whitman and stay at home orders to combat the spread of covert 19 donald trump gave his support to the protests to the note liberate michigan governor thank the f. B. I. For keeping her family safe said the president s words encouraged actions like this just last week the president of the United States stood before the American People and reached fused to condemn White Supremacists and hate groups like these 2 michigan Militia Groups stand back and stand by he told them. Stand back and stand by hate groups heard the president s words not as a rebuke but as a rallying cry as a call to action in a big concerns about the growing influence and the strength of Militia Groups in the u. S. And some of those from michigan have appeared in protests in other parts of the country if convicted 6 men face a sentence of up to life in prison Alan Fischer Al Jazeera there are questions over how or even with donald trump and joe biden will debate each other again before next months election the president refused to participate in next weeks head to head off the organizers said it would be held remotely his challenger joe biden says the debate should be delayed by a week and held in person in the Truck Campaign is happy with that however that was on the condition that the 3rd debate be held in the week before the poll and joe bidens team doesnt like that now im trying to physicians has in the last hour said that the president s completed his course of therapy for coronavirus and can return to public engagements from saturday of Sean Kelly Conley also said trump has remained stable since returning to the white house on monday after a 3 night stay in hospital following his carven 1000 diagnosis. In new york members of the Orthodox Jewish community continue to protest after the state announced strict new coronavirus related restrictions this week the measures were put in place just days before a major jewish holiday triggering tension between the community and the citys natives you know Governor Andrew Cuomo insists the new restrictions are based soley on science. Protesters are marching to the us city of minneapolis softer the former Police Officer charged over the death of george ford was released on bail Derek Chauvin had been in counts today in a minnesota prison ahead of his trial in march but he was released after posting a 1000000. 00 bond floyd was killed off the show and pressed his knee against his neck for several minutes during an arrest in may. A kidnapped molly and politician and a french aid worker have landed in malis capital bamako after being released as part of a major Prisoner Exchange somalia since they was kidnapped by gunmen while campaigning in the Northern Region of timbuktu in march Sophie Pedder ran a charity for children and was abducted near the Northern City of daraa in 2016 the exchange was announced by the countrys new Transitional Government on tuesday. But human rights activists in colombia of want they continue to face threats and attacks on their lives a new report from Amnesty International accuse the government of doing little to protect them. In fact 33. 00 activists at least have been killed since the beginning of the year. He reports from. 5 members of a Rural Community in the volatile region of the 19 yo were killed by armed men 2 weeks ago the perpetrators filmed in this tributed images of the aftermath to further instill fear the west the latest mass killing in colombia where violence is spiraling in remote Areas Community leaders are fighting to defend themselves and their land against criminal groups involved in Drug Trafficking illegal gold mining and other illicit activities but often deadly results in a new report by Amnesty International condemned the colombian government for inaction. A narrative has been billed especially internationally that colombia is now in the post conflict process in reality we see that colombia is on conflict unfortunately continues to be a daily reality for millions of people. Who leads an Indigenous Group in the Amazon Region of says she received countless threats as she tried to confront Oil Companies in her territory. For the simple reason of working for human rights we made enemies from wanting to lead and defend the community i have received Death Threats have been forced to leave the area the coronavirus banned them it has only made matters worse without reducing levels of protection such as state provided bodyguards and armored vehicles. A peace deal between the colombian government and the countrys main rebel group the fark in 2016 was supposed to and decades of bloodshed but only a fraction of its provisions have been implemented and violence continues as other armed groups in cartels fight for control a recent report by the International Crisis group also accuses the government of. Social by allowing the exploitation of natural resources. Crops which have prompted retaliations. The government has not answered their reports rectally says its working to establish the rule of law in conflict areas but activists believe the traits will continue until structural issues like deep inequality are addressed. People fear assuming leadership in their communities we continue but always fearing for our lives if things remain as they are the violent people when. Its a cycle of violence continues to be tray the promise of peace in colombia. And finally one of the biggest honors in World Literature has been awarded to an american poet Louise Brooks become only the 16th woman to win the nobel prize for literature since it was launched more than a century ago a professor of english at university her work focuses on childhood family life and the bond between siblings were going to leave you now with some of her words. Which. To which i responded that. d discovery is the way. The headlines now on aljazeera and the World Health Organizations reported a record daily rise in global coronavirus cases with more than 338000 cases in 24 hours as well as 5 and a half 1000 deaths warnings are being sounded at the same time about rising cases across europe france reported 18000 new cases in the past 24 hours infections in the United Kingdom surged