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A disputed general election. The World Food Program wins this years Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace. I mean this is the 1st time a lot of the big speeches of. The. French aid worker is back home after a prisoner swap deal ended 4 years of captivity in mali. The Foreign Ministers of armenia and azerbaijan are holding talks in moscow over nagornokarabakh its the latest effort to end the ongoing conflict over the disputed region the worst since a cease fire in 1994 and were going to go to Alexandra Steele janowicz go try and moscow shortly 1st lets go to sin cos the other whose life was in monk guy for man gets of the cheer as a by john as every president has been addressing the nation in the past few minutes since im just bring us up to date with what he has been saying. Well he has been saying the same thing actually but his speech today was a little bit stronger than his previous speeches he was very confident saying that john is after its lands that have been occupied by iranian sources either that way or this way they will regain control of the or of those lands he said he said we dont want war we dont want blood but war is the only way to solve this problem he called out to push the. Prime minister saying that you were saying no good record about is our main your land now in moscow try to repeat the same thing and try to say the same thing that theyre going to care about is our men your land and then there will be no trees basically here on the line that johns precondition is that there are a 1000000 forces withdraws from the going to and other adjacent 7 regions regional territories which is which is also underlined in the same way by the United Nations resolutions he said that if only this is the way for a truce and there is no other way he also he also said that is military is Strong Enough to bear against it he mentioned that there is no the people are talking about start to go but there is no more anastacia goal we destroyed it people are talking about context land the socalled contact line is actually. Lets say the from the border between the golan occurred about this and. This in cities he said they are talking about context land there is no more context with the straw that we went through it so basically. Apparently hes saying that they have the upper hand but of course we dont know what the talks in moscow will bring in the rest of the day but he was so sure that there was so sure that he has the upper hand and are many i will come around the table with the. Backing off from the precondition. As they have presented so far and they will they will withdraw from what they call the occupied territories but of course when it comes to these kinds of National Addressing speeches you know its also a message to your own domestic only nation so if there is a truce also there might be some reactions because there are many civilians who have been killed who have been injured still there is no information on the figures about. How we dont know how many soldiers have been killed or have been wounded and thousands of people have been this way so as a leader of the country he also needs to give a message to his own people some some of them might be against a truce because many in a jar when you speak to civilians they believe that for the 1st time in the last 30 years they have the upper hand because now compared to 30 years ago they have a proper military they have the sophisticated weaponry and they have the International Support that they need for a week 3 they call probably if there is a truce that there might be some reaction as questioning why are we having a truce why we have the upper hand so probably this this address to nation also was a message to his people but of course within a couple of hours we are going to hear from moscow what the result of these milt meetings will be so inconsiderable bring us up to date from ingrown severely in zone. Well lets bring in journalist Alexandra Steele in the visuals for shes joining us now live from moscow so we understand these talks have begun and i mentioned before that france was in the hope that a cease fire could be agreed soon but from what cinema was just telling us there is any president has absolutely no intention of negotiating on anything is there any chance that some kind of Common Ground some kind of understanding can be reached. Well earlier today armenian Prime Minister nicole question ian said there are many ways ready to go back to the negotiating table but he repeated that what we are witnessing is as he said turkish aggression against iranian people and he said that nagornokarabakh people are on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe that todays talks are were announced yesterday on the kremlin website as actually consultations they start tried to avoid the word negotiation probably for the sake of both sides to agree to come and sit at the same table so and they said that they are going to be talking about possibility of a ceasefire but a ceasefire in order to Exchange Prisoners and collect bodies of People Killed since the 27th of september now the press service of meenie and minister of Foreign Affairs ahead of this talk says this is the only thing that they are going to be discuss in moscow however we dont know what will be the outcome of this direct talks the very fact that theyre talking with each other directly with the mediation of the russian minister of Foreign Affairs mr lavrov and sitting far apart but at the same day the same table is small step but it is still a step that could lead and that could lead to some and maybe more permanent cease fire and maybe indeed war to the world has been calling. For and the. Group saw in the u. S. France and russia for these parties to stop fighting and to go back to negotiating table to go back to a diplomatic solution for the conflict and the santos scion of his gold for talking to us from moscow on the sound of thanks very much a curfew is just come into force in kurdistans capital bishkek hours after gunshots rang out at a protest at a city square the office of the former president. Says his car was targeted in an apparent assassination attempt. Has been growing unrest over a disputed election demonstrations against the president have been held in the city square on a separate rally supporting a new selfproclaimed Prime Minister who is also held protesters forced the resignation of the government in tuesday and the results of the election have since been a known. Well lets take a look at the key players kurdistans president sort on by the call insists he is in control of the country said the example of is the new Prime Minister protestors freed him from jail earlier this week the veteran politician had been serving an 11 and a half year term for kidnapping also freedom tuesday was former president. He was close to president gen because they fell out following the 27000 president ial election opposition groups have failed to agree on a common candidate so far the 2 of them say they will Work Together in a power sharing deal shall stratfords in bishkek for the state of emergency has just come into effect. There were gunshots coming from the far right hand corner behind me in the square and there is video footage that has appeared that we cannot independently verify this seems to show a gunman indeed firing a gun now the incident happened during. A meeting of various different opposition supporters here in the square and it was pretty full at the time and it was a peaceful demonstration going on. Around about a 100 yards to my left is the Prime Ministers office and over the last couple of days there have been supporters of the new Prime Minister gathering around there a new Prime Minister being. Part of who supporters of his freed from jail. On monday he was 11 years for taking that. He was voted to become the new Prime Minister in an emergency parliamentary session. A session that most of the opposition groups say was completely illegitimate because there werent sufficient enough number of m. P. s to participate in that vote however he says that he is the legitimate Prime Minister and he says that there are what he describes as a council revolutionary forces trying to to move him out of his position and it was his supporters that came into the crowd there were some scuffles there were some stones and bottles thrown and pretty much the majority of the other protesters with the other opposition parties have left the United Nations World Food Program has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and Food Insecurity around the globe its also been credited for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict zones the u. N. Agency says winning the prestigious award is a proud moment and nothing short of a feat. Well the w f ps chief says hes deeply humbled to receive the Nobel Peace Prize David Beasley says the award is an incredible recognition of the u. N. Agencies work in more than 80 countries around the world i mean this is the 1st time in my life a bit speechless but. This was a little talk about the most exciting point in time in your life is the Nobel Peace Prize it is because of the w. T. Family theyre out there in the most difficult complex places on in the world where this war conflict climate extremes it doesnt matter theyre out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow here well leave it one of the countries the World Food Program has been warning about is in bob way but it says more than 8000000 people wont have enough food if there isnt urgent help by december its blaming recurring dried sun an economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic has made things worse out of a toss of reports from national and West Province where impoverished communities are mostly affected hed be. One head of cabbage some cooking oil a little bit of salt and about 3 cups of rice is all in a cut she has left in her kitchen she says shell have to make it last as long as possible to feed her family of 8 yet all life is had we dont have mashed to eat theres nothing cute about thomas situation we are barely surviving the uns World Food Program says more than 8000000 zimbabweans would not have enough food by december if theres not urgent intervention thats roughly 60 percent of the population. Mel nutrition of course something that sex mostly Young Children converting women in zimbabwe also notice a large number of people who are dealing with chronic illness of course their needs an Additional Needs are different from people who are otherwise healthy so its very important that we keep an eye close eye on those in the current circumstances basic goods and now beyond the reach of many people growing enough food is not an option for some years of drought the economic crisis rising unemployment soaring inflation and now corona virus that hit families hard millions across the country are struggling in bud light cities and rural areas. Desperate families. Eating less she has to feed 10 grandchildren her own kids either died or left the country to look for work i plan on lifting the one is involved i can only hope my neighbors take pity on us and give us food even if its their loved overs we really dont know what were going to do. The job is cash strapped government gives food aid and a cold 1000. 00 allowance of about 20. 00 a month to some vulnerable families local officials are worried. Sick sometimes. 2 years ago or on the dom i remember marriage was the situation thus if i think its rid of it a bit. Back in the kitchen the children wait for supper frustrated they grandmother says she hopes to never have to say to them one day she has nothing to give them. Aljazeera much other languages province zimbabwe. Still ahead on aljazeera donald trump looks to get straight back onto the campaign trail after his doctor says its safe for him to resume public engagements. Typhoon chan home continues to move very close to japan now you can see a swarm away just running up towards the fos out of q shoe has intensified a little over the past 24 hours 135 Kilometers Per Hour going to see it making its way further north which in the east which as we go on through the next couple days this is the thing tonight that it is staggering along 5 kilometers an hour so that means once that rain starts to set in itll be with you for a long time heavy rain garage really pushing across the good side parts of that eastern side of the honda share some very big downpours coming through here a lot of people affected by the system it does gradually make its way out for sunday drive brought to weather coming back in behind try and right to across the Korean Peninsula across a good parts of china some showers over towards the western side of china having said that we could actually see some want to weather pushing into the fosse out as we go on through the weekend really heavy rain meanwhile across the philippines and more so with this circulation just moving through the South China Sea heading towards vietnam we have seen flooding recently into central parts of vietnam for the heavy downpours as we go through the next couple of days and much of late as we push across the by a goal some very wet weather also pushing into that eastern side of india. Cyprus a european island open offering citizenship to those who can afford it in august aljazeera made global headlines with the cyprus papers confidential documents that reveal a murky passport by. Obviously the whole point is that. Now aljazeera is Investigative Unit goes undercover to expose further revelations that go to the heart of the cypriot state aljazeera investigations the cyprus papers on the cover. You want to go to 0 a reminder of our top stories this hour talks are getting underway in moscow between the Foreign Ministers of armenia and azerbaijan its the latest effort to end the ongoing conflict over the disputed region oh no no collar back. Gunshots have been fired in kurdistans capital bishkek after the president declared a state of emergency and ordered the deployment of troops the office of former president almost paid the town bio says his car was targeted in an apparent assassination attempt theres been growing unrest following a disputed election. United nations World Food Program has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and Food Insecurity around the globe the u. N. Agency says its work in providing food and supplies during the coronavirus pandemic had gone over and above the call of duty. U. S. President donald trump is trying to arrange a Campaign Rally for saturday night in florida trans doctor says hes now completed his course of treatment for corona virus and that by saturday it will be safe for him to resume public engagements the president is expected to take another covert 19 test on friday is Campaign Appearances were perspire and after he was hospitalized last week. Well the speaker of the u. S. House of representatives is looking to introduce legislation that questions whether donald trump is fit to serve in office nancy pelosi says that trunk may be in an altered state and his judgment impaired because of the store of steroids hes been taking for covert 19 nancy pelosi is holding a press conference now lets listen in. After the assassination of president kennedy with strong bipartisan support members of congress have a duty to take all necessary action to preserve continuity of government and protect the stability and integrity of our democracy for the future that is why today again it is my honor to welcome congressman jamie raskin up maryland a constitutional scholar as he introduces legislation to establish a commission on president ial capacity to just charge the duties and the powers and duties of the office this is not about president trump. He will face the judgment of the voters but he shows the need for us to create a process for future president s throughout americas history our leaders have created and strengthened guardrails in the constitution to ensure stability and continuity of government in times of crisis the 25th amendment creative path privilege serving a stability if a president suffers a crippling physical or mental problem and is on float in the amendment for an able to just storage the powers and duties of his office and transfers his powers pacifically section 4 of the amendment empowers congress to set up an independent body to confront such a crisis congress has a constitutional duty to lay out the process by which a president is president in capacity and the president of any party is determined this bill honors the duty by stress us create in a standing commission. Of top former executive officials and medical experts selected in a bipartisan via camel way a president s fitness for office must be determined by science and sex this legislation applies to future president s but we are reminded of the necessity of action by the health of the current president with this bill the Congress Honors our oath to support and defend the constitution and protect the American People and we uphold our responsibility to preserve our republic for generations to come now it is my honor to yield to the distinguished gentleman from maryland a Constitutional Authority by teaching it honoring it and and again legislating to honor our constitution and reskin thank you for your leadership. That was. The leader of the house of representatives in the United States making initially initial remarks ahead of suggestions for putting together a commission under the 25th amendment of the constitution lets go to our White House Correspondent kimberly halakhah. Almost the 1st thing that nancy pelosi said there that this was not about the president she emphasized stability and said it any decision must be supported by science. Yeah i literally am watching this. Oh wow if americans were frustrated with their government they probably just got more frustrated right now this is a political stunt in advance of the u. S. Election because what she setting up a sensually already exists thats the the short of it the bottom line is there already is a mechanism within the 25th amendment to monitor the president s fitness. And its called the cabinet or the congress and if a majority of members along with the Vice President deem the president to not be fit then they can invoke this and put in place the succession so its hard to see this is anything other than sort of a reminder that is the u. S. President is trying to say im ok im back im going to be campaigning will also be invasive about the timeline for when he contract of covert 19 and you know the irritation on the part of democrats that the president is not being forthcoming about his medical condition theyre striking back any way they can and this is what were seeing and the bottom line is is is the short of it is that the American Publics not being served by either side theyre not being served by the president whos not being transparent about when he contracted if you still contagious not releasing those results and congress is now kind of doing a political stunt instead of making sure that covert relief gets pushed through right now those negotiations of shutdown and we should also remember that the president put forward a nomination to the Supreme Court which doesnt seem to be getting a whole lot of traction at the moment although that is set to begin but theres even infighting there so you can see why the American Public is divided why theyre so frustrated basically they dont know who to believe anymore because theyve theyre essentially being lied to every time a politician gets in front of a Television Camera thats whats really going on here we could try to play this straight but its just not here lou thank you very much indeed kimberly whole couldnt avoid those correspondents. Well the state of texas has been a republican stronghold for decades and the last democratic contender to win there was jimmy carter back in 1906 but im going against donald trump in cities and suburbs as well as a rising minority population and giving democrats hope this time round alan fischer reports from austin texas. The face of texas voters is changing their younger more diverse and that puts what was a solidly republican state in play democrats are spending time and money hoping that the 2020 president ial election will bring a breakthrough the thing that were so excited here about at the Texas Democratic party from a National Perspective is when you put texas you dont take control of the white house for a term you take control of the white house for a generation and we think thats worth fighting for a lot of people have been moving to texas a Strong Economy a growing tech sector cheaper property prices all driving a change in the way the state lukes and that means new voters from 14000004 years ago to more than 16000000 know an increase about the size of the entire state of connecticut its estimated there somewhere in the region of 2 and a half 1000000 and registered voters in texas the Democratic Party is trying to track them down and give them a voice believing if they can do that it will fundamentally change the face of politics in texas and by extension the United States recent protests across the country have increased calls for change in america and the nonpartizan group move texas which registers people to vote says those on the streets see a path to change through the ballot box i think the black lines matter protests that reenergize folks brought them back into the critical importance of voting. I think by each match or of our organization we are seeing increases as a direct result of this protest texas went for donald trump in the last election its 2 senators a republican 22 of the 36 congressional seats are filled by republicans statistics which should be a warning to overconfident democrats the emphasis on demographics and even energy in the Democratic Party typically underestimates the ability of republicans in the state who are still very powerful very well funded and very well placed to mount. Counterresponse you dont get to just make your play and see how it works. See texas will be a tight race but donald trump is still slightly ahead but that means he has to spend time money and effort suring up what used to be a safe bet for the republicans and even that may be enough to ensure texas was the election one way or another alan fischer aljazeera austin texas the African Union has lifted its suspension of mali which went into effect after president abel him before he was ousted by military leaders in august this comes 3 days after the west African Regional bloc ecowas announced a lifting of sanctions that have been put in place because of the coup a french aid worker whod been kidnapped in mali and held hostage for several years has returned to the country so he puts on and was welcomed by president s emanuel now home she and molly an opposition politician some analysts say say one among several people whove been released as part of a Prisoner Exchange deal between on groups and the money in government. Home of the reza. One of the irans most celebrated singers has died in tehran the 80 year old was a Grammy Nominated composer singer and instrumentalist but for many iranians his legacy extended beyond music supports. 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 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 perceive god as word spread muna swarm to the hospital despite much of the capital being almost down to counter rising covered 19 infections. During his career should gerry in 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. Each took the side of the people and the combination of all of that is mastery of the little. Popularity. Could rock timely. And really popular and respected among. That respect was witnessed upon his death president Hassan Rouhani and foreign minister javad 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. 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. This is a disease or a days other top stories talks are getting under way in moscow between the Foreign Ministers of armenia and azerbaijan its the latest effort to end the ongoing conflict over the disputed region of the horn okada by gunshots are being fired in kurdistan is capital bishkek after the president declared a state of emergency and ordered