Forces battle to stop taliban fighters closing in on the capital of Helmand Province and flooding and landslides kill or least 36 people in Central Vietnam with more heavy rain forecast. We begin this news hour in europe where many countries are seeing coronavirus cases surged to their highest levels in months and with that comes a wave of new restrictions france will reenter a state of Health Emergency on saturday with weeks of nightly curfews imposed on paris and 8 other cities you know the 23000 new cases were recorded in the past day but president mccrone insists the outbreak is not out of control meanwhile in the u. K. A new 3 tier alert. System has come into force in england only one city is in the highest level but with almost 20000. 00 new cases in the past 24 hours other areas look set to join it is in the meanwhile has seen its highest daily increase yet with more than 7300 new cases its infection rate has more than doubled in the past 2 weeks and germany hit a 6 month high in new infections which passed 5000 for the 1st time that live reports from paris on the new restrictions in france. French president emanuel mark cross that france was in the grip of a 2nd wave of coronavirus he urged people to be more responsible and announced a nighttime curfew for paris and 8 tell the cities the could last until december 5th. If we stick to this curfew for 6 weeks if we take collective responsibility for reducing our contacts we think it will be able to progressive the reopen at that stage and. The curfew adds to a raft of restrictions already in place in the countrys big cities where cases of new infections are rising rapidly in the past couple of weeks queues outside the board trees like this one in the city have been getting longer and more paris Health Officials say is the one in 5 tests is coming back positive soon after moving to paris in september these british students fell sick with coronavirus they began having symptoms after attending University Events and welcome parties every station distancing while Wearing Masks but it sometimes that doesnt stop if youre in a crowded place and you havent stopped going to lectures the c. D. C. Very tired and between needy half the students in a year were infected for some recovery has been slow i mean i was covered before but even i just want to get it again there for a new there im a lot more like conscious of it micro hopes the curfew will help ease pressure on hospitals in paris intensive care beds capacity. The problem says this epidemiology just is that the government is taking the wrong approach relying on restrictive measures rather than whites protesting the solution would be to assign to test message really the population and that can be done both using p. C. R. Test with group just doing what you put in one to the samples from 20 or 30 people. Also the one to test so thats whats being done in the countries where the virus has been contained for some new restrictions will deal yet another blow to an already ailing economy for others theyll be welcomed as a sign that after months of urging people to live with the virus the president is hardening his tone Natasha Butler al jazeera paris. Will schools have closed along with bars and restaurants in the Czech Republic which currently has the highest per capita infection rate in europe the country reported more than 8300. 00 new cases on wednesday its 2nd highest daily total of the pandemic so far shutting classrooms was seen as an unpopular but necessary measure students represent 16 percent of all infections and the Health Ministry says the number of cases among teachers and other staff has been rocketing since september over the life of every local the decision was difficult but i think we have a clear vision of how to return to normal im convinced that we will succeed together with your help and that we will defeat the virus as we did in the spring we have experience we have clear plans but now the priority is for our hospitals to cope with the growth of hospitalized people. The u. K. Is facing up to the possibility of a hard winter ahead it reported nearly 20000. 00 new cases on wednesday which also saw the start of a new sri tier restriction system social mixing is out while bars and gems are closing in the one region to enter the highest level as donahoe reports now from liverpool public misbehavior by a few could have very real consequences for vulnerable residents. Normal talk of the coming 2nd wave political drinkers its arrived pubs and bars forced to shut as the city becomes englands 1st to face the highest level of new restrictions. Away from the drunken revelry these are moments when heavily on the lives of many livable is the 1st with its hospitals filling up and Critical Care beds almost at capacity it wont be the last theres talk of a possible full scale nationwide lockdown for a short period at the end of the month and all the while the hidden toll is being counted the Mental Health of millions held in the balance people support mechanisms and their coping mechanisms just arent there anymore and i think that is something that we are going to see Going Forward i think the Mental Health implications from the cove it all go to far outlast the actual virus itself i think were going to be picking up the pieces for this for quite a long time its just the opposite offer to give the offer of say facility so these kids can get some acceptance of exercise and activity what we found in the 14 weve lost our now some are some of our members of their cell farm because he does had meltdowns at home in the previous life and the previous one down old so obviously but the 2nd stampers again now. Jims and Leisure Centers up shut their doors but this facility continues for now waiting for clarity on the rules. Well it helps me with my eyesight. And all our. Gail my anger arms because everyone has a lot annoyed. That. I dont like the 5 s. Guys or iraqi guards. They are i want to be there but to the normal. Caroline couldnt walk on her own when she began weekly visits to the kirkland centers inclusive coming from a few of my never done things i can even dream of doing when i was busy at home with my mom i used to desmond do absolutely everything for him. You know now. Available. Well. On the physical activity as well. Liverpool iran reported 279 coronavirus tests on wednesday thats its highest daily toll since the outbreak began another 4830 people tested positive both days were record high numbers its caused the government to announce a travel ban to one from 5 big cities that are the worst hit by the virus including the capital tehran on saturday the wearing of face masks was made compulsory in all large cities nationwide. At least 36 states in the u. S. Are now reporting a rising number of new coronavirus cases in the northeast of the country hospital beds are also filling with new virus patients around 50000 new cases have been reported each day for the past few days since the beginning of the pandemic the virus has infected more than 7800000 people in the us killed more than 216000 put millions out of work. U. S. 1st Lady Melania Trump has revealed that her 14 year old son barron also contracted for a coven 1000 this month but exhibited no symptoms President Trump and the 1st lady tested positive on north tobar 1st all sorry have since tested negative in a couple of hours thousands of people are expected to defy virus restrictions at a Trump Campaign rally in iowa cases and deaths remain at high levels across the state which is one of the highest infection rates in the u. S. The governor issued an emergency proclamation for people to keep their distance in Public Places it from Campaign Says there will be temperature checks and masks will be distributed or President Trump is racing to make up for time lost while he was recovering from covert 19 at a rally in pennsylvania on tuesday even begged suburban women to like him because he repealed an obama era and the segregation wall so could i ask you to give me a very suburban women would you please like. I say their neighborhood ok the other thing i dont have that much time to be that night you know i can do it but i got to go quickly we dont have time they want me to be politically correct all yes lets discuss it lets talk about it over the next 10 years no no no no we save your we save suburbia in the u. S. So i live now to mike hanna in washington d. C. A so interesting what the president was saying there but beyond that trump on another Campaign Rally while cases are continuing to spike in a number of states. Deviousness just look at the figures in the past 2 weeks the infection rate has risen by 12 percent across the country theres on average nearly 50000 new cases of corona virus every day this is not a new wave this is previous infections continuing to spike in a large number of states and part of the troublesome factor as well is that in some of the states that were very sharply hit at the beginning of the pandemic then appeared to recover such as new york state you see new spikes again now this is deeply concerning remembering too theres no real federal program in place to deal with these hot spots in the pandemic its being lifted individual states to try and work out some kind of process to try and beat the pandemic back but very clearly in a number of states its not working the president but hes on his way to iowa where its eventually the hospital admission rate is rising incredibly sharply by some 30 percent over the past week so that is one of the states that is spiking at the moment when President Trump arrives and will hold a rally to a crowd few of whom are Wearing Masks well mike thats just the point is the people showing up a transfer rallies of this the supportive and obviously approve of the ways handle the pandemic but the fact that he is continuing to rally in such a public way and like you say a lot of people showing up not Wearing Masks what impact is that having on being the projections for Election Results you know between republicans as well. Well it is a very partisan issue it would appear that to many republicans will support President Trump whatever he does regardless of whether or not to use dealt with dealing with the pandemic of the most vast majority of democrats will oppose him specifically on the issue of the pandemic now one must remember that these crowds we see a trump rallies are fairly isolated we cannot draw any real corelation from them to trumps why there is support they are. As one could put it like that they will go out of their way to attend rallies but the vast web of support for president according to every poll has been waning considerably particularly on the issue of coronavirus where polls indicate he holds his home with regard to his handling of the economy as opposed to his current turned on the issue of coronavirus most polls disapprove of him some 75 percent as 25 percent approval now these are politically killing figures in terms of support for President Trump and yet hes pushing through it he appears to believe that by going out showing that he is in his view strong that is by not wearing a mask he is showing that he has conquered the pandemic that is his view because he states publicly he believes hes immune he feels it would appear that this is a good tactic in the closing weeks before the election many would disagree. I can i would the latest from washington d. C. Mike thank you. Saying the u. S. Justice department probe ordered by the trump of ministration into alleged misconduct by obama officials has ended with no evidence of wrongdoing the Washington Post says the investigation into the quote unmasking of american citizens mentioned in intelligence reports in 2016 has now concluded for months republicans of hyped the unmasking requests as a huge scandal the President Trumps u. S. Supreme Court NomineeAmy Kone Barrett is into her certain day of confirmation hearings shes again facing tough questions from Senate Committee members on capitol hill so far shes been pressed by several democrats on key issues including Health Care Abortion and election disputes barrett was also asked whether a president should be able to pardon themselves of a crime. When. Nobody. Got to play. Right now and. Right to pardon. Me after. Senator leahy so far as i know that question has never been litigated the question has never risen that question may or may not arise but its one that calls for a legal analysis of what the scope of the pardon power is. Coming up on this news hour from london the few signs of a ceasefire as arena in azerbaijan continue their battle over nagornokarabakh and the death toll keeps rising and protesters in cyprus demand the speaker of parliament to resign after al jazeera is that cash for passports exposing. Afghanistan now where tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes after heavy fighting between Government Troops and taliban fighters both sides have reported casualties and the aid agencies say hospitals are becoming overwhelmed taliban fighters have been battling their way towards lashkar gah the capital of Helmand Province in recent days Government Forces have launched a counter offensive to stop them with u. S. Airstrikes supporting afghan troops on the ground this coincides with talks being held in calcutta to end americas longest war and could complicate president plans to have american soldiers home from afghanistan by Christmas Well in another blow for the government to Defense Force helicopters crashed into each other earlier while setting off for helmand killing 9 people on board journalists feel for free is in the capital kabul she says Health Services are overwhelmed in the area where the fighting is. They main trauma hospital in provincial capital. Has been operating at full capacity cannot treat anymore people and the m. S. F. Supported another m. S. F. Supported hospital in the area has been serving as an overflow facility with over 20 people have been admitted there in the past 24 hours and among them are even pregnant women and children in terms of the displaced according to the u. N. And local sources 35000. 00 people have been forced to flee their homes a lot of them with nothing but their clothes weve seen pictures of them trying to load as much as they can in some model bikes and try to escape the fighting now are you in assessment teams are on the air in the try to assess the situation and its extremely difficult to get information and a lot of the infrastructure of the telephone lines have been damaged so its hard to a says what exactly what the exact needs are the laces from afghanistan there meanwhile out been divided has more now from doha where the peace talks began last month. There has been some headway in the talks and to discuss that further we have a theres a Senior Advisor to president musharraf going in with another another he was also a member of the Peace Negotiation Team thank you very much for taking the time ive heard you describe this as this ongoing violence as an impediment to peace in afghanistan is the afghan Negotiation Team willing to leave the table if the violence doesnt stop well our brief National Defense and Security Forces are doing the job of protecting our people or our constitution. That this level of violence that weve seen in the past 3 weeks is a clear indicator of less care about peace by the side more about the violence its acceptable to people to see civilians dying to see Public Properties and Public Infrastructure be destroyed and thats not injecting a good sense of confidence in the Peace Process that we are so willingly in generally and faithfully gauged and the other side doesnt inject that with the same level of genuine mr stop the violence we need to get this violence level down or stop it completely or people demand cease so that they can build a level of trust and confidence that a Peace Process will lead to a shared future for all of our friends thats what we are. Engaged and looking forward to to work with the taleban. To get it you. Know for more we can speak design of home mom shes the c. E. O. Of afghan action and joins us live from istanbul via skype adam thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera i hope you could hear there the adviser to the president and the of the day who described the violence as an impediment to peace in afghanistan i mean what do you make of the fact that on the one hand theres peace talks going on in calcutta between the government and the taliban but then what we see is a horrific increase in violence with of course as usual unfortunate afghanistan and intolerable strain on human life there what do you make of that. Thats correct. Well i have to go a little bit back today Peace Process that initially was the deal that was signed between taliban and us and there and then that was understood that the Peace Process was only between us and the taliban subserving mostly the u. S. Interest and i kind of i just hope that our u. S. Allies see now that that is there that process did not it was not and is not and the favor of people and the violence is still continuous and on the other hand in the process i mean tell this Peace Process itself and the government the taliban sitting around one table it contradicts everything that has been said so far and i think that so far from a few discussions and debates that that as been happening on an ongoing basis and where people had lots of hope and things may be coming down a bit sadly thats not happening as we can see with the case in helmand and people are really fleeing the area because of the Security Issues so definitely not good news for afghanistan and people. Around the country i mean as you say the original p. C. L. Was signed with the u. S. And we know that certainly the trumpet ministration is quite keen to pull out of us of afghanistan so its unlikely that they would change their mind if donald trump remains president but what do you attribute the increase violence in Helmand Province a specifically to. Well what could say this afghanistan sadly theres a people of dealing in all provinces not just helmet with all sorts of issues including covered 19 and the security that social peace peace with the people we have there has been cases of of violence amongst people and who knows there could be depression there could be covered 1000. 00 and employments all sorts of issues that sadly afghanistan and people have gas and have been dealing with an ongoing face and the latest violence is definitely not helping and that the the length of the discussions with the Peace Process i dont know what what will the ministries make it into a ministry of conference that is coming up in finland but i just do hope from somewhere. The aid workers and trying to villainize ations human toll workers who are working hard in supporting afghanistan the afghans inside afghanistan as i just hope there is some hope that. Some day thats all we could you mention hope a lot of n. G. O. S are actually pulling out or thinking of pulling out because of the violence i mean youve done a lot of work representing women and female empowerment in afghanistan presumably a lot of the advances are so frightened by a resurgence of the taliban what do you think the International Community could do to help the women in afghanistan. Thats a very good question and i was actually moderating a debate we had with a lot of women key. Figures in afghanistan who are representing not a woman in afghanistan and also part of the prison today and im quoting this message from nitrate who is the representative of women and Afghan Government of the Afghan Government and she said that women agenda does not belong to women only too so it is going to say that in an ongoing basis peace talks. Will effect if well field peace talks that youre saying that well affect everyones freedom in afghanistan and she kept saying that imprisoned afghan Afghan People has got at least some freedom they can vote they have got a voice they can work but. The Current Situation the peace talks so far in the conditions that the taliban unfortunately are putting on the table has not proved to be and in our favor and in terms of humanitarian that is true where its absolutely and safe for a lot of aid workers to be going outside specially in helmand and reaching out to people and be herded earlier and then uses all that the connections are not. Transport and transportation and above all the safety so definitely definitely not good not just for women but what people in helmand especially as specifically have large sign a hormone hereditary and worker and c. E. O. Of afghan action madam thank you for sharing your views with us. Fighting is escalating in the corner about the spies of russia brokered humanitarian ceasefire that was agreed on saturday as a by john is accused me of trying to attack its oil and Gas Pipelines while armenia says azerbaijan is trying to occupy the disputed area or than 600. 00 people have been killed since fighting over the enclave broke out last month turkey has vowed full support for its as every ally while russia is appealing for a diplomatic resolution Bernard Smith reports now from glorious in armenia theyll be a memorial like this in perhaps every one of the homes of the more than 530. 00 armenian men killed since fighting restarted on september the 27th. Was a 19 year old conscript sent to the front lines just as fighting with azerbaijan started. We last talked on the phone on the evening of september 26th and he said everythings all right after that we heard nothing on the 27th i wanted to go volunteer where my son was serving but i wasnt allowed then on the 30th i got a call and was told everything is finished all the young men ingeborg School Yearbook are doing their Compulsory Military Service now michael most every young man in armenia and nagornokarabakh to my book up to now i think he will cool he will come back i dont know i cant imagine hes not with us anymore. I mean as Prime Minister says theres been some retreats from frontline positions and the situation is what he described as quite difficult for his country. I spy in misery right now the number of our carrollton is a very high no more. Victims armenias adversary azerbaijan now has the open and full support of turkey. President. Says 26 years of diplomacy have failed to resolve the conflict and its time for armenia to return land it took in the 1991 to 4. You know a lot of you 3 members of minsk the United States russia and france are still putting this off with their stalling tactics just give them the occupied lands. Russia has rejected requests from us about turkeys involvement in future negotiations on the go in a car about. The father of combat how jeff plays a popular mourns their dead soldiers their son was killed on the 1st day of fighting. Otherwise. Most of the people especially those from places close to the contact line suffer like this theyve all suffered from the armenian separatists its not only us like hundreds of thousands of his areas this family was 1st displaced from armenian territories in earlier conflicts you have no no the fighting shouldnt stop there are so many members inconsolable like me so much blood of our soldiers if we take our lands back ill say i didnt lose my son on both sides of this conflict the pressure on leaders not to give way is intense. John on wednesday accusations the armenians are trying to attack oil and Gas Pipelines the armenians saviors areas are trying to seize nagornokarabakh and above this angry rhetoric russia is appealing to both sides to observe the humanitarian ceasefire but it seems no ones paying attention Bernard Smith aljazeera corus armenia. Thats also more still to come in this way he said hed go so why hasnt he supporters of kurdistans new Prime Minister demand that the president leave office and thousands more settler homes are given the go ahead by israel the 1st since its normalization deal with bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. However weve got some dry weather pushing into the northwest of here a pipe with the next couple of davis and very heavy right now its was that a society of quite an intense area of low pressure here taught a practice abbas or some very strong winds coming in across the Baltic States into germany through poland and some other weather to just around more than parts of it is not is it a general life in some very heavy right across the north of italy running across the balkans some snow coming back on the tail end of that and that was the weather just not in its way a little further east was up towards the northwest but we do have that high sinking in still quite a chilly breeze it must be said 13 celsius in london with that northeasterly wind rolling in off the north sea stays dry and fine as we go on through friday this weather system getting held by by our High Pressure showers long dispose of christ into central and eastern parts with more snow over the alps and some showers there its a central parts of italy for nor the parts of africa where it stays fine and dry usual crop of showers through Central Africa sinking a little further south as they should do there will be some heavy downpours into southern nigeria could cause some localized flooding here cameron also seeing some big downpours the showers around here and across the west of africa pushing all the way into sierra leone. Last protests rage across america more black lives are lost despite the promises of Police Reform faultlines hears from those demanding justice the truth accountability transparency thats what i desire from the city and desperately need to change i have no faith and if its a fan that needs to be reminded not to tell cool moment of reckoning racism and police in america on i just get up. Of defiance it really touched my heart deeply when she started to see you although not. Aljazeera world remembers a palestinian singer who reached audiences beyond the middle east born into a creative family in nazareth she sang out a powerful and Emotional Message the possible story of reinventing the voice of palestine on aljazeera. To. Welcome back heres a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera president mccrum has announced a wave of new coronavirus restrictions for france including weeks of nightly curfews in 9 major cities the country will enter a new Public Health state of emergency on saturday after reporting on those 23000 new cases in 24 hours the u. K. Meanwhile has reported almost 20000 new infections on the 1st. 3 tier restriction system while the Czech Republic has closed schools to curb its rise in case numbers. And tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes after heavy fighting in afghanistan Government Forces backed by u. S. Airstrikes are trying to stop taliban fighters battling their way towards the capital of Helmand Province. Prime minister said they are yet but over has begun his term by immediately calling for the resignation of the man who confirmed his position president sort of by you have been called by the president dismissed that the man saying he will stay on until the political situation stabilizes parliament had to vote twice for you up at all because his 1st nomination was rejected over concerns about voting procedures was freed from prison last week during protests against that the sputum election result im days ago well trust stratfor it is in the whole region in northern kyrgyzstan explains some of the concerns surrounding the new Prime Minister. So parliament is officially indorsed souther was a part of as this countrys new Prime Minister an incredible couple of weeks for this man who was serving an 11 year jail for kidnapping before he was freed by protesters supporters of his jury in those post election protests we saw hes described by many as having strong nationally sympathies a great deal of support amongst the rural population of kyrgyzstan many of whom see that he was say that he was wrongly jailed they see him as somewhat of a hero to many other opposition groups that he is considered to be a bit of a straight he has already made public statements about potentially changing the constitution to give the president more president ial powers and there are analysts that are already saying that they believe this may be a move by him setting himself up to potentially be a president of this country in the future hes also accused of having links with criminal networks only amongst some of the other opposition groups that weve seen protesting. This rigged election he historically denied those accusations and actually said that hes going to go off to some of the big criminals in this country that were widely believed to be involved in election rigging meanwhile as i say other opposition groups in this country that do not support japan are off still feel very betrayed they are still waiting for an announcement of another election a rerun of those parliamentary polls and it remains to be seen if and when they are held they will be clean and fair. The European Union has reportedly agreed to impose sanctions on 6 russian officials allegedly responsible for poisoning the kremlin critic lakes in a volley the New York Times says 2 Deputy Defense ministers and the head of the domestic spy agency are among those that the e. U. Will target with asset freezes and travel bans. The is now recovering in berlin after being poisoned in siberia in organist russia denies being behind the attack and says its not prepared to tolerate the way that its been treated by the e. U. Well son greene is the rector of the Russia Institute at Kings College london and also of moscow in movement of power and opposition infusions of russia sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera so we are getting these reports of sanctions on 6 russian officials do you think theyll be effective and i suppose the answer the question d is based on what we think that the e. U. Is actually trying to achieve with this. Well i think the reserves and is trying to just ensure that moscow understand theres a sense of consequence and by moscow i mean not just the kremlin or in the kremlin obviously has lots of considerations as you sentients but to a certain extent some of these people that you have as you reported are in the Security Services and expect you know to be targeted by these sorts of things others coming from the presence of ministration other parts of the brickell system some people who even think of themselves as liberals or in some way a protester being a bear responsibility for how politics are managed and in the country and so when Something Like this happens when a leading opposition figure is poisoned the right message that. That europe is sending really is that everybody can and will be held responsible for the way that russia conducts bears im not sure national if youre seeing sanctions before and things having to happening in ukraine or in solitary here in the u. K. But but but you know for our concepts. Domestically as well oh and presumably their stuff a measure is that the you could take a construction the see this escalating or do you think that relations between russia and the you will sort of stabilize now. Well i mean i think your services this is what they say relies upon someone who decides to do the you know the reality is that. Europe has to balance this i think that it does want to send a message that there are consequences of this kind of behavior does want to. Fix something on some level with the system but it does not want to inflict pain on the russian economy as a whole which sport is doing very well right now to begin with but it doesnt want to it inflict pain on average russian citizens i think it wants to communicate that its a quarrel it is with with the ground and with those who make its power possible but not with ordinary russians with the end of the day you know dont really have the opportunity to have much of a say in russian politics interesting hearing from russia saying theyre not going to tolerate the way that the country is being treated by the e. U. What steps do you think would need to be taken at this point to normalize relations between the 2. Im going to defer to the normalization of relations is on the cards for the reality is that you know russia has occupied and is not going to be shipping back to crimea russia is prosecuting a war of one way or another in ukraine and theres no indication that theyre going to stop doing that and russia you know has been implicated in things like the notorious act and the u. K. Murders and brought it in other places and so. The reality is that the kremlin has built a rebuilt was that it was a large extent his domestic popularity on the back of conflict with the west so i think this is there that a lot of that we can expect russia to do that to pivot new direction i think what it requires is a degree of strategic patience from europe. To the broader constituency and in russia that there is a future for a different kind of relationship between europe and russia that it can play to the interests of ordinary russians but that is probably not going to happen for as long as the Current Power structure remains at less sandrine director of the Russian Institute a Kings College london sir thank you for your time and. Protesters in cyprus are demanding the resignation of their Parliament Speaker over a contentious cash for passport scheme during and on the cover aljazeera investigation the mitri said norah said he had to offer a passport to a convicted criminal similar is the night any wrongdoing in his acting president while nicholson s yeah this is in brussels he said hell step back from the parliamentary duties from next week while an investigation takes place well after serious Investigative ReporterDavid Harrison was among the protesters outside parliament in nicosia. Chancy they want resignations of corruption they want their country back and this is an amazing turn around when we 1st arrived here and we did a trailer for all film there was sort of conspiracy theories being put around oh what zoologists is agenda oh theyre picking on cyprus and then the film came out and theres just been this incredible turnaround everybody seems to think the evidence presented is for miserably strong and theyve got on board and theyre full of praise for aljazeera though i think some of them are saying things like its galvanized them its galvanized into action they want to clean a cypress they want these people out they want the demitra salute as the president of parliament who stepped down from his duties but hasnt actually resigned they want him to go they want to clean out and they say its given a new hope that cyprus can actually become a better place what ive been impressed by is just the pression and theres a sense of cutoffs is here people have been waiting for this opportunity for years and little did we know that our investigation would be the thing that would trigger it. Leaders of the far right Golden Dawn Party in greece have been sentenced to prison for hate crimes and running a criminal gang the party said. Also was among those sentenced to 13 years in jail another member was given a life sentence for the murder of an anti fascist rapper golden dawn members entered parliament at the peak of the greek financial crisis in 2012 it tapped into anger against austerity measures and had a fiercely anti immigrant agenda israel has approved the construction of thousands of new illegal settler homes in the occupied west bank its the 1st time that israel has approved the building of settler homes since a normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates and bahrain as part of that agreement israel promised to suspend plans to an exparte of the occupied west bank the settlements are considered illegal under International Law the abraham is near ramallah in the occupied west bank with a reaction from palestinian officials. The spokesperson of the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the israeli move saying that israel is using the silence of the International Community and what he called the free normalization deals with israel this is the 1st announcement of its kind after the u. A. E. Thawing the agreement with israel to normalize relations and the u. A. E. Has said that this agreement has put an exception plans on hold but for Palestinians Israel is moving forward with building more and more illegal israeli settlements including this one this is the settlement of its one of the settlements thats going to be expanded asper the new plan and palestinians are saying that more and more settlements are being built on palestinians person in grounds rendering any future palestinian contiguous future palestinian state almost impossible palestinians are hoping that the democratic candidate will win the u. S. Elections and. The palestinian Prime Minister how much say stay has said if trump wins a 2nd term god helps us all flooding and landslides of killed at least 36 people in vietnam Tropical Storm karen made landfall earlier adding to the damage done by heavy downpours in recent days and the country is braced for rain and the chapelle reports entire villages submerged but even Tropical Storm struck this region hundreds of thousands of families in Central Vietnam are struggling to cope 2 weeks of rain have left communities isolated many can only be reached by boat. Close to a 1000000. And. 9 cars expected to drop up to 400 millimeters of rain in north and Central Vietnam by friday 200000 homes have already been flooded along with rice fields that people depend on to earn a living thats on top of hardships brought by the coronavirus this. Continues. Because these. Already. So so. Many. Risky workers are delivering food and other supplies in the worst affected provinces in twatt been hey province search and rescue teams are looking for survivors following a series of landslides a landslide at a hydro power dam left some workers dead and others missing a 2nd landslide trapped rescuers trying to reach them with more bad weather to come many are concerned about what will happen in the days ahead and should help al jazeera. In the last half hour thailands government has announced an emergency the cre over the ongoing protests there it means gatherings of 5 or more people will be banned this after sounds march through bangkok demanding political reform the protesters want the thai Prime Minister. To resign and a complete overhaul of the electoral system also calling for reforms to the monarchy and laws that protect the king from public scrutiny scot hi there was at the demonstration in bangkok. As promised in the thousands the antigovernment protesters are marching now down from democracy monument and were headed toward Government House as they promised them again as weve been seeing throughout the day the Police Presence has been building up we know that there are 14000 Police Officers out for crowd control and there are Certain Court on on the way to Government House there are buses there are fences and there are lines of calling. This is the 1st Police Barricade that the protesters met with on their way to the Government House knows is a bridge here now they stopped the protesters just before they reached this line of police and they pulled up here and even more are coming down from democracy monument so they negotiated their way through the Police Blockade they have marched and now in the middle of the police they cross this bridge now and theyre on their way to the government. Today is very important because if we dont come out to help these students we wont get a true democracy we want to change and we have been fighting for a long time for it pains the many although i dont know much about history the will play an Important Role for our future where equal nobody higher or lower. So this march in protest solidifies the common goal that spanned generations here in thailand and that is cabinet resigned that theres a new constitution and theres reform in the monarchy. Then a jury and governments decision to abolish a police squad implicated in extrajudicial killings and torture has failed to placate protesters theyve been on the streets for the 7th stay condemning Police Brutality but some demonstrators say they were attacked by hired thugs admitted risk reports now from a. On the streets of atlanta a group of young men im with clubs and other weapons arrive a busy intersection already cut off by protesters they set about smashing a particular house. The jays protest against Police Brutality. But the. Protest of the tigers to get to the truth. Yet you look at the running battles last of the cover. By the police less than 200 meters away but just to say theyre brought to the sea to trucks. Because it was the toughest of the legs its the demonstrators who turned around to victims of the. This womans car was one of several badly damaged. The protest began in the back as nigerians of all ages press for the demand for accountability from the government Security Forces nationwide rallies which started last year against her Class Research that implicated in extra judicial killings and closure succeeded in getting the government to abolish the special enterovirus court. But the announcement of replacement swat unit to fight Violent Crimes father anger protesters. This week and for us we dont want him to go to we dont want him to come on the only disadvantage enough is enough to know how do how do the police dealing with Violent Crimes like redbrick could not original. Guess are many ways to do we think there are so many ways if not by killing people thats the end criminality cant stop to let you go you dont kill everybody the latest protest destructive trafficking businesses in parts of the butcher no mr to say Police Reform is just a part of the arguments they want to push father to hold not only security agencies accountable but to demand Good Governance from nigeria is collected looters. In the countrys most populous state lagos protest or largely peaceful. Well. But its attacks such as these in a pooja what protests to see. That are raising particular concerns of instigating a new crisis in a country already dealing with several others such as the coronavirus in book one on one with the trees. Of which are. A congolese activist in france has been fined a 1000 euros for trying to take a 19th century african funeral staff from a museum in paris was ordered here bans us said he had no intention of keeping it but wanted to protest against the plunder of africas Cultural Treasures by French Colonial era rulers it tried to remove the polling jew during the global protests that followed George Floyds death in the United States. Still ahead in this news hour. Im Andrew Simmons in the scottish fishing port of peterhead ill be assessing the mood here over the fishing rights the main obstacle to post trade talks with the e. U. And swimming it with robots the plan to replace marine park creatures with hollywood style electronics. On a plate with chips fish is one of britains favorite meals but its also one of the main sticking points that could lead to a no deal brecks it french fishermen are leading the resistance to any deal that means reduced access to british waters and a go see it as a fail to Reach Agreement before a summit of e. U. Leaders on thursday Andrew Symonds has more now from britains busiest port peterhead in scotland. Fishermen in scotland say they found the going to tough for too long on sure the scots may have voted to remain in the e. U. But i dont see their looking at bricks it is their savior in peterhead the port was once filled with fishing boats its different now 60 percent of the fleet was lost after the u. K. Joined what was then known as the community in 1973 skipper brian bochum whos fished the north sea for 4 decades remembers the bad times vividly after europes common fishing policy gave fishing rights to other countries now he believes its all about to change its good to be an old. Touch what we decide when. It should be a free for all fishermen in the u. K. Government look across the north sea to a new agreement with norway which is not an e. U. Member as a model or how they think it should be with the e. U. Negotiations every year with the u. K. As an independent coastal state a mutually agreed exchange of quotas and access to each others waters we have some of the best fisheries in the world in u. K. Waters and for 14 years weve been giving those fish away the majority of those special caught by other nations we shouldnt be doing that but like most brits it related issues the fishing sector is complicated Seafood Processing Companies could lose access to e. U. Markets and heart of all u. K. Fish production is exported to the. Dutch the people in the and the e. U. Wanted of course they do its where the boy in the 1st place of people of the market politicians can make all the body of the work but what its about is the people wanting the fish to pay up to be the plate braced for that theres a mood of Great Expectations here although with a realisation that some concessions are likely to be made but there are red lines and if theyre broken or blurred theyll be uproar and shouts of betrayal aimed at the u. K. Government planning i think this is the u. K. Prime minister borrows johnson here at peterhead fish market a year ago making one of many promises to regain full control of fishing in british waters and his bracks it negotiators still seem to be abiding by that pledge if the e. U. Doesnt do a u. Turn that could be a no deal brecks it and all the uncertainty that could bring Andrew Simmons aljazeera peterhead scotland. Environmental groups in russias far east are using underwater drones to investigate a suspect the toxic spill greenpeace said they found evidence of mass poisoning on the 1st day that they assess the bottom of the bay income checks have peninsula carcasses of Sea Creatures have been washing ashore there for nearly a month last week rush opened an investigation of the scientists said the nearly all arena life on the seabed had been killed for those things could soon replace the real thing at summary in parks around the world a u. S. Technology firm created this hyper realistic dolphin forseen parks currently being built in china the team worked with marine biologists to best replicate the animals movements its hoped the move to animatronics may bring back ordinances turned off by parks keeping dolphins in captivity if youre a normal day consists of swimming 100 miles in the ocean and now youre swimming 75 feet and thats your entire existence its just so Natural Environment you can dress it up you can make it look. Like but its a fact of being social. And then constrained with based basically a bath tub and i think its a psychological physiological. You know impact. And that is it for this news hour stay with the stuff going to be back in just a few minutes with more of these things. 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