Office to step down to end protests and the power vacuum following a failed election. On the human cost of a conflict hospitals in the disputed region of new gonna cut about filled with victims of the war between armenia and azerbaijan. We begin in mali where a kidnapped politician and a french aide 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 al qaida nicholas as the story of. The end of their ordeal. Wrapped in a white scarf is french aid workers so people are not free at last after spending almost 4 year hostage in the hands of al qaeda affiliate fighters in northern mali is desert. Shelter 51 year old son sebastian. Before he had lost hope of ever seeing her life something to put 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 100 chant sumi champion. The beagle caring she say 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 kaita orchestrated the hostage release with the help of french Intelligence Officers and exchange almost 200 alqaeda affiliate fighters held in prisons early east 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 its under pressure from the United Nations the government of transition also released dozens of political officials held after all. This is kook including former Prime Minister 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 aljazeera. The u. S. Is impose more sanctions on irans Banking Sector its the latest move to curb what washington describes as terror on its Nuclear Ambitions and terror activities the measures blacklist almost all of irans Financial Sector irans foreign minister javad zarif tweeted in response saying the United States wants to sabotage irans remaining channels for buying food and medicine he maintained iranians will survive the sanctions and said the u. S. Action amounted to a crime against humanity he will know those who blocked iranian money will face justice. Hillary Mann Leverett is a former white house and u. S. State Department Official she says the trumpet ministration is deliberately targeting the iranian population to try and weaken the government. I think there is there is not really no doubt that the trauma ministration is going after the iranian people the hard what i would call the hardliners in the tribe in ministration in that me seem a little bit hard to believe many would think casting a wide brush over the entire Top Administration is hardliners but there has been a split there are real hardliners in the Administration Like the recently appointed or elevated envoy for iran affairs Elliott Abrams who ive worked with in the white house in the 1st Bush Administration and its important to understand that these hard liners someone like Elliott Abrams they were around in the 1990 s. It was their thinking it was their policy advice that led the clinton and Bush Administrations to impose these kinds of sanctions on iraq in the 1990 s. From 1902003 these type of sanctions were imposed on iraq where over a 1000000 people died 500000 of them children and nobody cared nobody in washington cared at the time the secretary of state Madeleine Albright said it was worth it worth it for what the point here is not to change behavior it wasnt to change saddam husseins behavior in iraq its not to change irans behavior its to fundamentally weaken these countries by weakening the population that was what was done in iraq and that is what is the intent here with iran kyrgyzstans president says he will resign once a new cabinet is appointed poem and has so far failed to get enough then this together to agree on who should be Prime Minister protesters forced the resignation of the government on tuesday. Well strafford now joins us from the capital bishkek tells it was just hours ago when his press secretary said the resignation wasnt on the cards how come the sudden turnaround. Yeah an incredible turnaround of events a statement from the president saying that once the legal parameters. And the constitutional according to constitutional law have been set up and established he is ready to resign now this statement interestingly comes only hours after it was reported by the Russian News Agency interfax quoting him a putins press secretary. Saying that there had been a telephone conversation between the head to move Russian Security the f. S. B. The federal Security Service in russia and the self appointed pages of intelligence head of security in this country a man called opec souvenir league now as i say he appointed himself as head of security only a couple of days ago. And that statement. Was saying that it is in russias interests to prevent the situation in the country from sliding into chaos seems like russia is very concerned about the situation here it seems that it is indorsed a man as head of security here a man that. Basically took over the position himself only a couple of days ago in all this chaos but its an indication. Of how serious russia is taking the situation here lets not forget that russia has big interests in kyrgyzstan geo politically and in terms of investments as well this country buys russian gas russian Gas Infrastructure is all here as well as maintained by russia russia has a big military base here as well which we understand security was increased in recent days. Around there also has interests in the gold industry a gold mine that is trying to be set up by the russians seem to say flooded may putin is a very concerned about how this situation could deteriorate and it seems as if hes reins jeenbekov in the president in and said look youve got to play by the law him play by the constitution in order to have further chaos and it seems like jeenbekov is listening. Playing by the constitution playing by the law does that mean that there will be an end to the chaos weve seen in recent days. Well the situation is far from clear. The big concern. Supporters of the man. This is the supporters behind me that. Fully behind the selfappointed new Prime Minister this man. Now as we know he was freed by supporters from jail a couple of nights ago he was then hastily voted in as the new Prime Minister in a parliamentary session that the opposition say was illegal now to power off in the last couple of days said what he describes as a Council Revolution is trying to be mounted against him he says he is the only legitimate Prime Minister of this country and interestingly enough last night Close Associates of him on their facebook pages were saying that there were fears of an assassination attempt on your power off so there are big concerns how he will respond to this statement by the president there are also concerns about the former president. Who was also released by opposition supporters a few days ago from jail hes expected to give a press Conference Today and hold a rally the 1st time weve seen him in public since he was released from jail were expecting potentially some quite far east statements made by him not only against. The new Prime Minister also president because he was arrested and put into jail on the. Watch were also expecting a rally from opposition groups under a title of anti criminality so there are theres a potential flashpoint. And were also expecting a statement by another group of opposition parties who seem to be rallying support behind their own candidates for Prime Minister so. This statement from the president. From clear here. Although it does seem as if jeenbekov has been reined in by the russians and hes prepared to act according to the law. For there in bishkek hell be keeping us up to date throughout the day russia has invited the Foreign Ministers of armenia and azerbaijan to moscow for peace talks its the latest effort to end the increasingly violent conflict over the region and now going. On thursday armenia accused as eerie forces of shelling the historic holy savior cathedral in nagano car about hundreds of people have died in fighting over the last 2 weeks the disputed territory is officially part of our surveys on but its controlled by armenia burnet smith reports from the regions main city of stepanek. Will. This not be much time for anything else but dealing with new casualties at stepan curts 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. 00 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 gunshot or other 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 of daily 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 barda 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 as wants to restore its sovereignty there. Good people and it will look good on the show 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 deborah littering the streets. Burnet smith aljazeera step nagornokarabakh. Still ahead on out 0. Declares an all out war on covert 19 as the virus infects at least a 1000 people a day. Thousands of iranians mourn the death of a public singer who was banned for supporting and teacup. Hello the weathers 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 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 he went down ha 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 might just catch you out shah 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 resin b. A want to see shalah 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 and. The. Stories of struggle stories of achievement. From opposite ends of europe contrasts in the past and stories of arab refugees seeking a new life abroad. Aljazeera will travel to australia and sweden meeting refugees and those who welcomed them. A place of refuge. And nichelle still on aljazeera. Youre watching out is there a reminder of our top stories this hour a kidnapped molly and politician a french aid worker and in mollys couple of being released as part of a major Prisoner Exchange the deal was announced by the countrys new Transitional Government on tuesday and. The u. S. Is impose more sanctions on irans Banking Sector its the latest move to curb what washington describes as tehrans Nuclear Ambitions and terror activities the measures blacklist almost all of irans Financial Sector. Courtesans president says hell resign once a new cabinet is appointed protesters forced the resignation of the government on tuesday parliament has failed to get enough members together to agree on who should be Prime Minister. The organizers of next weeks u. S. President ial debate have refused to overturn their decision to hold the event virtually thats despite Donald Trumps doctor stating in a letter that he would be cleared to resume public activities from saturday his challenger joe biden says the debate should be delayed by a week and held in person something Midterm 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 gretchen with from her Vacation Home they even improvised bombs reports. Thank you attorney general Michigan News of the citys address 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 remains the democratic governor of the state gretchen 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. At an undercover informant. Armed 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 steve whom orders to combat the spread of covert 19 donald trump gave his support to the protests to the note liberate michigan the governor thank the f. B. I. For keeping her family safe that said the president s words encouraged actions like this just last week the president of the United States stood before the American People and rich 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 there 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. The World Health Organization has announced a record one day global jump in corona virus infections nearly 339000 people were diagnosed the Johns Hopkins university truck here shows the total has passed 36000000 more than a 1000000 people are known to have died while more than 25000000 have recovered well man more is according least to 1000 infections a day case numbers have been soaring since mid august after the country appeared to avoided the worst of the pandemic and now has more than 22000. 00 infections and 535. 00 fatalities just a month ago had less than 10 deaths the reports. Officials declared an all out war on covert 1000 as the number of cases continue to steadily increase in yang gone myanmars largest city in the countrys 2nd wave that started in august new infections and deaths are increasing faster than anywhere else in the world yangons a stay at home order is in its 3rd week a member of the yangon coded 1000 control Committee Says their hospitals are struggling to keep up a city of 7000000 it only has hospital beds for 8000. Well weve managed in terms of covert 9000 management we have to imitate china they controlled very systematically to get things back off to the outbreak thats why we have to imitate them myanmar has one of the worlds most underfunded Health Care Systems most people initially seek care at fever clinics run by volunteers from american banks. Depending on the situation we used to refer to suspected. Hospital. Until the earlier days of the 2nd week but now we cant wait for them to the hospitals anymore as there is no room critics say that the decision to push forward with the november election in the shadow of the pandemic favors the ruling party led by on song suchi human Rights Groups in the Main Opposition Party have urged Election Officials to delay the polling the requests were rejected the general election is just a month away we dont see any safety preparations as a citizen and a voter im afraid of going to the ballot as im afraid of the potential crowd the mbo 2020 was launched to provide candidate information the head of the Election Commission saying it was a way to help voters amid the coded 1000 restrictions but some rights and democracy groups have criticized the app for its inclusion of categories listing the candidates race and religion and labeling candidates as bengali but for now in addition to the growing concern about the safety and accuracy of the election the people of yangon are waiting to hear when its safe to go back outside scotland aljazeera. Lets speak today i mean kings very hes a professor of International Relations a Deakin University and he led australias Observer Mission to the elections in may in 2016 significant challenges ahead with this rise in infections plus the elections coming up. They certainly are not really developing countries has a very poor d infrastructure particularly around the south and once youre outside of the big city its virtually nonexistent so the problem in the cities is great but in the countryside no suspects much right. So damien just talk us through what the significant challenges there are going to be and we know the you said theres infrastructure theres this but all these going to be free and Fair Elections i mean you were the you left the Observer Mission in 2015 what were they like then. In 2015 the elections were effectively free and fair there were some problems with them organizationally but by and large there were pretty good elections particularly given me in my hand had a history of democratic elections since they might not in fiftys the real issue is with the constitution which guarantees 25 percent the parliamentary seats the military as well as a number of key ministries and that is again an election issue although i dont see the National League for democracy the ruling Party Challenging that any time soon given kingsbury thank you very much thank you hospitals in iran are running out of intensive care beds as Coronavirus Infections rise above 4000 for the 3rd day in a row its the worst affected country in the middle east restrictions are being tightened and mass will become mandatory outdoors in terror on saturday. Ah ah ah but the curbs on public gatherings didnt stop thousands of iranians from mourning the death of one of the countrys most celebrated singers Mohammad Reza shah gerry and was a Grammy Nominated composer singer and instrumentalist charlotte dallas reports. The it 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. With the maestro was an honor 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 on lockdown to counter rising covered 19 infections. Or thought i am very upset it 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. That was 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 save a 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 commies and all of that is mastery of the little. Popularity and also his could rock timely political scene with me and really popular and respected among political options. That respect was witnessed upon his days president Hassan Rouhani and foreign minister zarif tweeted in condolence serif wrote maestro should jerry and was a great and true ambassador of iran her children and most of all her culture i extend my deepest condolences to iranians across the world and particularly to his loved ones. Zarif included this video should gerry and singing the famous persian ballad dawn bit the. Its a song the iranians know well they sang it to him from outside hospital in his final days. Its about a bird that sings caged in the nice to bring about a new doom for the a priest. To south korea where fire has engulfed a 33 story apartment building. Hundreds of residents in the city of olsen were forced to flee their homes the blaze has now been put out with only minor injuries and light smoke inhalation reports that investigations underway. Britains largest Ballet Company will be back on stage later after a 7 month absence. Theyre all ballet in london streaming a performance online around 500 people are expected to attend the event in person while others will watch virtually the last major was performed in march just days before promised a Boris Johnson economy and told the country to stay. Probably the longest time other than. May have had. That weve been away from our daily routine. Training as we know it. On stage say i think the fact that we feed away from it. Has made us hungry and. Appreciate. How much we enjoy. This is all just there and these are the top stories that kidnapped molly and politician and a french aid worker landed in malis capital bamako being released as part of a major president ial change the deal was announced by the countrys new Transitional Government on tuesday the hostages had been held by an alliance of groups linked to al qaida. The us has imposed more sanctions on irans Banking Sector its the latest move to what washington describes as terrans Nuclear Ambitions and terror activities the measure blacklist almost all of irans fine art