The disputed region nagornokarabakh filled with victims of the war between armenia and azerbaijan. A record rise in corona virus cases across the world led by a surge in infections in europe. We begin in mali where a kidnapped politician and a french aid worker have landed in the capital bamako after being released as part of a major Prisoner Exchange the deal was announced by the countrys new Transitional Government on choose the hostages had been held by an alliance of groups linked to alqaeda has the story of. The end of their ordeal. Wrapped in a white scarf is french aid worker Sophie Pickler not free at last after spending almost 4 year hostage in the hands of Al Qaeda Affiliated fighters in northern mali is desert. Shelter 51 year old son sebastian. Before. He had lost hope of ever seeing her life something to do it well says to her son they held me for almost 4 years you were there with me i could hear you say hold on dont give up here among those released are also italian missionaries Somalian Army soldiers and opposition leaders who say all were held by armed groups affiliated to al qaeda. I want to think the new authority in mali which changed during my captivity Vice President ame president was sworn in on the 25th of september and the next day my abductors asked me to see the proof of life video the president was a fish and and quake. Outside hundreds chant sumi champion. The vehicle carrying si se is mauled by his supporters. Young position leader was abducted near his hometown during aprils parliamentary elections despite months of negotiations kate his government failed to bring his release critics of the former president says this was intentional the new government of transition set up by the military that overthrew orchestrated the hostage release with the help of french Intelligence Officers in exchange almost 200 alqaeda affiliate fighters held in prisons were released earlier in the week despite the exchange fighting between armed groups and the money an army as well as 14000 french and u. N. Troops continue in the center of the country. Under pressure from the United Nations the government of transition also released dozens of political officials held after august this coup including former Prime Minister who we see 3. Weeks after taking power malis new leadership is proving that it can succeed in deliver where the former regime failed bringing to an end for some the anguish and suffering that so many are experiencing in mali Nicholas Hawk al jazeera. The u. S. Says impose more sanctions on irans Banking Sector its the latest move to curb what washington describes as terrans Nuclear Ambitions and terror activities the measure blacklists almost all of irans Financial Sector irans foreign minister zarif tweeted in response saying the United States wants to sabotage irans remaining channels for buying food and medicine he maintained that the iranians will survive the sanctions and said the u. S. Action amounted to a crime against humanity he warned those who blocked iranian money will face Justice Rosen jordan has more indecent. 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 russia has invited the foreign minister and as of eyes on to moscow for peace talks its the latest effort to end the increasingly violent conflicts of the region of were going to cut above. Accuses eery forces of shelling the historico you save a cathedral and theyre going to care about hundreds of people have died in fighting over the last 2 weeks the disputed territory is officially paws of us of a zone but its controlled by i mean you. Bernard smith reports on the regions main city of stepanek. So theres not been much time for anything else but dealing with new casualties at stepan kurtz main hospital its 10 times busier than normal since the 1st shell 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 either medicine has improved so we try to save lives and human organs and not leave people with disabilities the stress is 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 that convoy of people injured. During the fighting and 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 airy territory but has a selfgoverning Ethnic Armenian majority. Wants to restore its sovereignty there. A shell fragment came and hurt my arm and also killed the animals as you can see 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 ceasefire but with tensions rising between armenia and azerbaijan the hopes of sima shattered as the missile littering the streets burnitz met aljazeera stepping nagornokarabakh. Kyrgyzstans president says hell resign and once a new cabinet is appointed parliament has so far failed to get enough members together to agree on who should be Prime Minister protesters forced the resignation of the government on tuesday theyre angry over a disputed election the results of sens been an old russia says its obliged by a security treaty to prevent a total breakdown in kyrgyzstan the World Health Organization has announced a record it one day global jump in corona virus infections nearly 339000 people were diagnosed with Johns Hopkins university tracking here shows the total has passed 36000000 more than a 1000000 people are known to have died while more than 25000000 have recovered the rise in cases is led by a surge in infections in europe theyve been almost 100000 new infections thats the highest recorded single day total for the region britain is amongst the countries considering further restrictions the virus is spreading fast particularly in Northern England from oldham and Greater Manchester journal reports. Come from the Council Street by street door to door this is what it takes to contain an outbreak it has this been a rise in this particular area weve got to miss test this with us 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. Hotspot i think its brilliant i hate it and i still. 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 those in local government about what weve been doing and whats been successful they did to listen to us and rather than doing broadcast surveys room where they tell us what the government is doing 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 that out to other areas rather than imposing kind of top down restrictions that are not always but by the science and appear legitimate to vast numbers of people another aspect of why infection rates are spiralling so alarmingly up here in the north is that when the National Lockdown was lifted tour in 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 to the northwest reaches of all the Events Places for example actually quite rapidly so it started but it was 15 plays being used in the northwest and but at that moment it got to about i think about it say almost a factor of 10 increase and there are students lots of them back on campus since september most now confined to cramped apartments and halls of residence a predictable wave of student infections increased manchesters 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. Still ahead on aljazeera. Thousands of iranians mourn the death of a poet singer who was banned for supporting antigovernment protests. And a fire rips through a high rise Apartment Building ringback in south korea but only minor injuries are reported. Hello the weather subtle and sunny across much of the Arabian Peninsula as per usual lousy clear skies coming through we have got a few showers up towards northern parts of iran thats been sinking out of the caucasus sliding a little further south was somewhat to weather to just making its way across to if you live this should fizzle out as we go on into sassed i thought and try to by saturday across much of iran and indeed across europe in places like here in doha winds coming in from a northwesterly direction they are going to pick up a little bit lifted dust and sand certainly a possibility over the next few days but as i said lottie fine and dry might just catch into the western side of yemen once again as per usual my just catch your shot into eastern parts of somalia over the next day or so the show is join up with the seasonal right that we have across Central Africa through south sudan running across into the gulf of guinea some wetter weather coming back in the cross much of the democratic republic of congo a long way the good parts of angola heavier showers returning that to uganda see the showers a little further south which is well still want to showers in the forecast for a zombie you want to see showers still in the forecast for that eastern half of south africa wetter weather moving through the southern cape along with the eastern cape sliding out to open waters. In the next episode of techno the team looks into the Environmental Impact of Waste Management trash is a big business and an unfortunate smelly business to the complexities of recycling when these different plastics are blended together then the recycling becomes difficult to impossible and the science that offer a solution is very easy for us to have 100 percent recycled material techno on aljazeera. Youll want to go is there a reminder of our top stories this hour. A kidnapped tomalin politician a french aide worker of landed in malis couple bamako after being released as part of a major Prisoner Exchange the deal was announced by the countrys new Transitional Government on choose. The u. S. Has imposed more sanctions on irans Banking Sector its the latest move to washington describes as to irans Nuclear Ambitions and terror activities the measures blacklist almost all of irans Financial Sector. The World Health Organization has reported a record daily rise in global corona virus cases with more than 338000 infections and 5 and a half 1000 deaths. New yorks imposing new restrictions to try and curb a surge in infections in several hotspots the latest measures have sparked protests in some communities who feel theyre being unfairly targeted kristen salumi has more. New york has yet to fully reopen after experiencing the most corona virus thats and strictest lockdown measures in the country the overall infection rate is low slightly more than one percent but recent surges in some neighborhoods have officials concerned so lets give you a picture now of whats happening right now in this city many of the affected neighborhoods include large close knit Orthodox Jewish communities officials have accused them of flouting maston social distancing requirements when you see the cluster you have to stop it at that point whats our strategy crush the cluster and stop the spread. And were announcing a special initiative to do just that. In addition to again shutting down nonessential businesses and 169. 00 schools in these areas the governor is also restricting gatherings and houses of worship to just 10 people. But some in the Orthodox Community arent having it demonstrators have gathered for 2 nights in brooklyns borough park neighborhood burning masks and allegedly attacking a journalist the protests were called for by a local radio host who feels the community is being unfairly targeted then he shuts down my stool as in people have no money and i have to feed them yes well that will come in afterwards and threaten me you know what ive created an army. Many point to other groups that were allowed to gather and flaunt coded restrictions city Officials Say the difference is the coded rate which is now going in the wrong direction and approaching 6 percent in these hot spots but many in the Jewish Community dont believe the numbers are accurate show google is dangerous sure you have to be careful but it is my state bottom line point you know these numbers alone the orthodox arent the only ones complaining about new lock downs but theyve been the most vocal and most willing to risk a 2nd wave in an area that suffered so much from a disease thats killed so many christian salumi aljazeera new York Hospitals in iran are running out of intensive care beds as new corona virus infections rose above 4000 for the 3rd day in a row. Its the worst affected country in the middle east restrictions are being tightened and mosques will become mandatory outdoors in tehran from saturday. Ah in the am a on the restrictions on public gatherings didnt stop thousands of iranians from mourning the death of one of the countrys most celebrated singers Mohammed Reza shah gerry and was a Grammy Nominated composer a singer and instrumentalists but for many iranians his legacy extended beyond music so that by this reports. The he was the voice of a generation and when he died many iranians could not mourn alone Mohammad Reza should cerium died in tehran on thursday after a nearly 2 decades battle with cancer for more than 50 years he was an ambassador of persia new zick and resonated with iranians through song. The maestro was an owner for our country his value was not appreciated as much as he deserved it a felon and years must come for the value of such a person to be truly perceived was as word spread mourners swarm to the hospital despite much of the capital being almost down to counter rising covered 19 infections. I am very upset he was a very good and popular person and he was with people and he was the voice of the people. After should jerry and body lift the hospital his son addressed the crowd. Im sure that. My father has been transferred to tehran symmetry there will be a prayer for him there on friday then they will be transferred to his birth town mashad we want to bury him beside fidel say the great poet. The 1st verse during his career should gerry and trying to stay above politics and with the people but in 2009 he had to choose during antigovernment demonstrations he spoke out in favor of protest is the iranian government reacted by banning his music state media boycotted him and yet his popularity. He took the side of the people and the combination of all of that is mastery of the little. Popularity also is correct timely political scene with me and really popular and among political options. That respect was witnessed upon his d. S. President Hassan Rouhani and foreign minister zarif tweeted in condolence serif wrote maestro should jerry and was a great and true ambassador of iran who children and most of all her culture i extend my deepest condolences to iranians across the world and particularly to his loved ones. Included this video should gerry and singing the famous persian ballad. The. Its a song the iranians know well they sang it to him from outside hospital in his final days the its about a bird that sings caged in the nice to bring about a new doom for the priest. Out the organizers of next weeks u. S. President ial debates he refused to overturn their decision to hold the event virtually thats despite dont trumps doctor stating in a letter that he would be clade to resume public activities on saturday his challenger joe biden said the debate should be delayed by a week and held in person something the Trump Campaign agreed to. 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 a great sandwich from her Vacation Home they even improvised bombs alan fischer reports. Thank you attorney general Michigan News of a series of a ref 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 men have been again to fight is having links to michigan Militia Group called google the reins the democratic governor of the state and what more was their target according to the criminal complaint the judge 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 in 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 they have been 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 aljazeera. To south korea where a fire has engulfed a 33 story Apartment Building hundreds of residents in the city of all sun were forced to flee their homes the blaze has now been put out with only minor injuries and like smoke inhalation reported an investigation is underway. Chinas annual golden week holiday is saying hundreds of millions of people taking advantage of relaxed coronavirus restrictions to make a quick getaway Domestic Tourist trips are 80 percent are prepared to make figures offering hope of a recovering economy to the ago reports. Coming home this crowd is part of an estimated half a 1000000000 people who celebrated the golden week holiday as tourists the Railway Station is packed scenes that would have been unimaginable just a few months ago because of the pandemic nearly 10 months after the croon a virus 1st surfaced in china the country is on the move again a sigh of relief for the millions who faced some of the Worlds Toughest lock downs as the government fought to contain the outbreak with the declaration that the outbreak is under control and no new domestic infection since august the government relaxed travel restrictions allowing millions of families to take trips around the country and take advantage of being out in the open but i saw some fish in coral and the waters 3 different colors you feel is great according to the ministry of culture and tourism 425000000 people have traveled domestically in the 1st 4 days of the holiday generating around 45000000000. 00 in tourism revenue that shows that the consumer is coming back because thats been the missing leg at the economic recovery troy manufacturing has been doing well so this is a speedy recovery but the consumer hasnt been going out to spend so it bodes well for the economy im remember that probably out of the major countries in the world choice that was the only one is going to show growth this year but in hong kong a walk through one of the citys main shopping districts tells a very different story the rows of shuttered shops are evidence of a struggling economy one that relied heavily on tourism hong kong is under strict social distancing and border restrictions visitors to the city need to quarantine for 2 weeks thats put off most of the mainland taurus 2 would usually spend their golden week vacation shopping or sightseeing here in previous years the city would have at least a 1000000 arrivals during the holiday period from Mainland China this year that figures dropped to less than i thought. 1000 china has the worlds biggest population and has managed to give its economy a boost by getting its people moving again but thats not an option for many other parts of the world which are in various stages of lockdowns the United Nations conference on trade and development is estimating the Global Tourism industry will lose that least 1. 00 trillion dollars this year if you go paul in hong kong one of the biggest owners in World Literature has been awarded to an american poets louise gluck has become only the 16th woman to win the nobel prize for literature since it was launched more than a century ago cook is a professor of english at Yale University her work focuses on childhood family life and the bond between siblings. That i had finished with. Us as to which. My heart. To which i responded that. Discoveries the way. I like burma is a professor of World Literature in english Oaks University she believes the Nobel Prize Committee is sending a strong message with this choice to work has been very significant as an articulation of the female voice for a number of decades shes one of the big prizes an american. Voice is important and resonance of the female experience i think that the Nobel Committee is really trying to tell us something about. You know youre choosing her in this year theyve already chosen several other women nobels this year. And i think the choice of blue just adds a really deep a mistake resonance to to the choice this year. This is all just there and these are the top stories a kid not somalian politician and a french aide workers have learned in mollys couple bomb a coat after being released as part of a major Prisoner Exchange the deal was announced by the countrys new Transitional Government on tuesday. The u. S. Is impose more sanctions on irans Banking Sector its the latest move to curb what washington described as terror Nuclear Ambitions and