Events on the night they were supposed to face off in a 2nd president ial debate. Yemens largest prisoner swap finally takes place its being described as a milestone in efforts to end the 5 year old act. Recorded corona virus infections have reached a new daily high of more than 380000 worldwide numbers also take lehi in europe italy set a one day record for infections and its highest death toll in months. Germany also saw an unprecedented spike with 6600 new cases in france 12000 police have been deployed to enforce curfews in paris and other large cities where infections are rampant and from saturday more than half of englands population will again be subjected to strict rules on where they can go and who they can meet and from saturday more than half of englands population will again be subjected to strict rules Charlie Angela reports from london. This city of 9000000 is moving into high gear to have a 3 tier system meaning no one can meet indoors with anyone outside their household is the governments latest attempt to rein in a runaway infection rate which is doubling every 10 days we must act now delayed action means more deaths from it means more. Deaths and it means more economic pain later because the virus comes down slower than it goes up but there are questions over whether this goes far enough with the opposition and many scientists instead advocating a short sharp nationwide lockdown not just regional restrictions here in london the new measures will impact 3000 pounds and 7000 restaurants the city will we were viewed every 2 weeks but most of these businesses have already made their orders for the months ahead and this stopping and starting to cripple that many in europe find theyre in a similar situation france has declared a Public Health state of emergency and impose an 8 pm curfew in paris and 8 other cities hospital admissions are at their highest level since june. The curve has nearly taking a vertical shape and thats why we knew we needed to arc because this reality would have an impact on hospitals. Very strong impact on intensive care unit. Infection rates also rising in spain the region of catalonia is closing all bars and restaurants for 15 days and limiting the number of people allowed in shops in its attempt to curb the surge germany Czech Republic italy and poland are all looking at a Record Number of daily cases since the pandemic began and from the World Health Organization a bleak warning that governments mustnt shy away from nationwide lockdowns projections from reliable. Models or not so optimistic. These models indicate that the launched relaxing policies propelled by generally 2021 daily mortality levels 4 to 5 times higher than what we recorded in april quoted 19 is now killing a 1000 people a day in europe with winter fast approaching this exponential increase is everyones concern aljazeera london and the pandemic has disrupted an summit in Brussels European Commission president van de lay and abruptly left the talks on break that after discovering shed been in contact with an infected person the meeting itself was centered around trade including tricky negotiations on fishing rights Natasha Butler reports. A deal but not at any price the message to britain from e. U. Leaders in brussels on the brits that we are united and determined to reach an agreement but not any trust any agreement on our future allusion ship would have to be based on our mandate in particular or any terms to the level playing fields fisheries and developments fishing is one of the most divisive issues in the trade negotiations for decades fishermen in the u. K. And you have shared waters but the u. K. Says it now wants to control access to it sees the e. U. Says that would destroy its coastal communities on a gun in those circumstances what are fishermen be sacrificed to price it its a choice made by the british people so preserving access to british waters for fisherman funny a good compromise for a fisherman and im talking for all of the countries in europe who are concerned including france is an important point in these discussions for us. The e. U. Is breaks in negotiators said compromise was possible on fishing and other issues but more time was needed the u. K. Said it will issue a formal response on friday make new time clear whether it will take up the ease offer of a new round of talks next week the biggest 2. The u. K. Is a totally sovereign country and we respect this just as the u. K. Must respect our own autonomy i think that between the parties the u. K. And the e. U. That have autonomy and sovereignty in a respectful fashion we can build a framework of transparency and trade but you can. See this summit talks on breaks it would prefer than usual perhaps because the focus was elsewhere several either countries are battling a 2nd wave of coronavirus reflected unexpectedly by the abrupt departure from the meeting of the e. U. Commission chief i have just been informed that a member of my front office has tested positive to covert 19 this morning i myself have tested negative however as a precaution im immediately leaving the European Council to go into self isolation the pandemic has battered the blokes economy and the Health Crisis is clearly far from over you leaders will be all too aware this should they fail to agree on a deal with the u. K. Before the december 31st deadline the economic turmoil will only get worse Natasha Butler aljazeera paris. Some across advised president ial candidate come. All in person events to members of her Campaign Team have tested positive for corona virus shes since been addressing supporters remotely both harris and white house hopeful joe biden have tested negative. Theyve been scuffles between thai police 90 government protesters who have defied a ban on public gatherings. The demonstrations in central bank all come a day off to thailands government announced the bounds for an image to seem to crave its failed to quell the growing protest movement which is calling for the Prime Ministers resignation reforms to the monarchy scott hardly reports from bangkok. Police leave a long night out front of thailands seat of power Government House as street cleaners wash away what was left behind by the thousands of antigovernment protesters from the night before several 100 protesters camped out overnight and just before 5 am they were pushed out with calls from protest leaders for calm they left peacefully but later in the day some of the most high profile protest leaders were arrested the protester clearing operation was given the green light when an emergency decree was announced at 4 am saying that gatherings of more than 5 people it was now illegal. The decree cited that the protests were illegal public gatherings causing chaos and disorder and threatening state security part of the justification for that decree was this hundreds of protesters using a 3 finger salute as the motorcade of queen city da past by the salute has become a symbol of the protests the calls for government and monarchy reform at the daily life that even removing the Prime Minister. Old child would not result in order long long crises in thailand because. You know deep problems east timor now thats why the. Case that has moved on now from stockholm checking on the news there each one is this whole tool becoming a decisive when i want to reform or now as we are now in New Territory where the protests is directly in strongly calling for reform in the monarchy the government no doubt is feeling immense pressure from the pouts to find that new emergency order and risking arrest protesters took over a major intersection one of the high end shopping districts in central bangkok they set up a stage where they called for their protest leaders to be freed saying theyll continue their protests making sure that they are heard by those in power its got harder aljazeera bangkok. A state of emergency has been declared in the sudanese states of todays a 58 people are reported to have been tales and rest started after the local governor was dismissed protests were also held in court so don. And imposed. The un is describing a person a swap between yemens warring sides as a milestone in hopes to end the 5 year war there more than a 1000 prisoners are being exchanged as part of the deal 1st agree back in 2018 its being seen as a trust Building Measure aimed at reviving peace talks has some has. A long awaited moment in yemen prisoners held in captivity for years read in the largest Prisoner Exchange between the warring factions the deal was brokered by the un in 2018 but never implemented but this time who feel rebels and the government representatives set aside differences hoping the swap could lead to thousands of detainees being liberated in the future. The implementation of this agreement will build confidence and indeed momentum by demonstrating a simple truth that peaceful dialogue. Between the parties and deliver the road to peace. It was a carefully arranged operation saudi sudanese and government detainees boarded a plane that took off from who the hell son our airport their destination airport in saudi arabia are the same time who 3 rebels were transferred from say yoon airport in southern yemen to sana any delay could have jeopardized the whole agreement there is one very important element in this we need to place its taking place why the conflict is ongoing most of the time release of detainees happen at the end of a calm not during. And i think we should stress this. And now. Take it as a positive step i think theyve done something really hard a separate Prisoner Exchange took place on wednesday brokered by oman the deal allowed more than 200 heard these stranded in a man to return home in exchange for the release of 2 u. S. Citizens detained by the whole thiis the rebels also sent back the remains of a 3rd american who died in captivity. Citizen living working in yemen and. Was imprisoned for 899. 00 days 2 years and 6 months in solitary confinement. And it was hell really have bad bad experience and i think. His majestys. For his assistance in getting us. The u. N. Held the Prisoner Exchange as a milestone its hope is to convince feuding parties to restart political talks to end the war in yemen. Un envoy Martin Griffiths faces a delicate task ahead encouraging the parties to do just that. But yemen is now more divided than ever the iran backed her thesis control most of the north the saudi backed government is losing ground and secessionists backed by the u. A. E. In the south whitening to declare a state of their own. Still ahead on aljazeera. President resigns from the Prime Minister is now in charge well look at what comes next after weeks of chaos. Israel approves more homes for the 1st time since a promise to an extension. Palestinian reaction. However weve got some wet weather rain clouds gathering across central parts of china big massive cloud here down towards the southwest of course thats where we had our Tropical Storm recently moving across northern parts of the not loss of cloud to Central China come out into the East China Sea pushing over towards japan well see some wet weather coming back in here as we go on through sas day big and heavy downpours so the day temperatures struggling to get to 13 celsius saturday there in tokyo we got plenty of wet weather to into Southeast Asia the philippines the same some flooding recently received heavy downpours once again 122 millimeters of rain here a little area cloud here just into the south china seas and that was like another Tropical Storm developing now pushing sway to the central parts of vietnam heavy showers where we already have the flooding into northern parts of vietnam where weather is set to continue over the coming days youve also seen weather of course into central parts of India Hyderabad 13805. 00 millimeters of rain in 24 hours thats what it looks like on the streets west the weather over towards the western side of india as well out west the weather well not just way up towards glitterati over the next couple of days theres another disturbance pushes out into the arabian sea. Accused never convicted and yet incarcerated. Confined in a zombie in prison. Follows the journey of a man. Who after losing his freedom and his marriage is left to mend it with concern. Over the future if hes doing. The reminding. Youre watching aljazeera mind of our top stories this hour the World Health Organization says number of coronavirus deaths in europe could be up to 5 times higher by january if containment measures on stepped up france germany and the u. K. Among countries tightening restrictions after us infections. Huge crowds are defying a ban on gatherings in thailand the government issued id to create end opposition demonstrations 6 protest leaders have been arrested. Here as democratic Vice President ial candidate come out harris has suspended in person evidence after 2 members of the team tested positive for k. That 19 she has self has tested negative. Joe biden and donald trump are now holding competing town all style events on the night they were supposed to be facing off in a 2nd debate biden and donald trump and now holding those events on night they were supposed to be facing off that debate well speak to heidi castro in philadelphia shortly on biden 1st lets go to gallup in miami where the u. S. President is a vest so where about 15 minutes into both those town hall events trump being questioned by florida votes is he maybe facing some tricky questions youve been listening in what can you tell us so far. Well they havent got to the portion of this town hall debate where audience members actually get to ask the president questions of the moment hes defending q. And on essentially saying he does know much about it that is the Conspiracy Theory that says democrats are paedophiles and devil worshipers and trump is their savior he also said that he disavowed white supremacist something hes been out several times before that was of course after the last president ial debate that was seen as pretty disastrous but i think when we get into that portion where audience members in what is the biggest battleground state in the nation begin to ask him questions thats where President Trump tends not to do so well because he may get asked very pointed questions of course the covert 19 pandemic is at the top of everyones list this states at one point was the be sent to about 16000 people in the state of diet an infection rates remain at about 10 percent but this town hall debate for the president is extraordinary important at this juncture because nationally hes about 10 points behind in the polls i mean needs to win florida there are other paths for former Vice President joe biden to win the nomination by not winning florida but for President Trump this is an essential state hes losing support among older voters hes losing support among hispanic and latino voters but its very tight at the moment the margin of error between him and joe biden makes them about neck to neck with biden possibly far ahead but there is another big question about what this is doing for democracy both the candidates on 2 Different Networks at the same time if youre an undecided voter you really dont know what to do who youre going to watch i suspect most people will watch president trying to see how he handles what pointed questions may come his way and to get together for us in miami lets go to heidi de castro in philadelphia where biden has begun his town hall session. Goes into that in a very confident position. He certainly does because as andy was saying the National Polls do show that biden has a double figure lead on President Trump pretty consistently and if you ask the trunk camp the Biden Campaign rather as andy would say the majority of viewers may in fact be tuning in to the rival network to watch President Trumps. Town hall which is happening also as we speak but that might just be fine for biden because he is in a defensive position where he has the lead and really this race appears at the moment if you believe the polls to be bidens to lose but no surprise as 1st 2 questions coming in from voters in this philadelphia town hall zeroed in on the coronavirus pandemic with the 1st question being asked for a critique of President Trumps handling of the virus joe biden said that a president s words matter and that the example set by the president matters in the fact that trump doesnt wear a mask despite his having a positive diagnosis just a few weeks back the 2nd question on the vaccine that American Health officials are hoping to distribute sometime early next year interesting that biden in the past had said he would mandate mask wearing for all americans but having taken a step back now on this town hall stage saying that rather hear her tell or try to convince governors and local officials to impose those mandates so again were seeing a conservative approach as biden is answering these voters questions his campaign has said that this is bidens strength talking one on one with voters and certainly so far the feel of this event is so different from the debate that biden had with trouble when they were attacking each other a few weeks back this so far has been focused on policy with biden explaining his perspectives on tax cuts and on how. He would handle the coronavirus pandemic in a very different way from President Trump but i have to add that overshadowing all of this of course is the recent news that 3 people who are in the Campaign Circle if you will of the biden and camelot harris campaigns they have tested positive in the last 24 hours or the coronavirus both candidates though have tested it has tested negative but we know that Connally Harris canceled the remainder of her in Person Campaign events through this week out of an abundance of caution biden still here but certainly trying to draw a distinction between the way his campaign is handling this pandemic and the way that the president is doing it. Casts are there for us in philadelphia many things. A Senate Version on whether to appoint Amy Kearney Barrett to the u. S. Supreme court will be held next thursday less than 2 weeks before the president ial election has faced days of tough questions from Senate Committee members on Capitol Hill Senate Judiciary Committee decision to move ahead with an october 22nd vote was made despite objections from democrats who augie the Court Vacancy should be filled to the election as a by jones president says his army will take all of the Major Regions unless amina agrees to withdraw within a specified time frame. Comments for that dashed hopes that a moscow mediated ceasefire could bring an end to the conflicts in 600. 00 people have been killed since fighting over the disputed region broke out last month. The Prime Minister has assumed the powers of the president after the countrys leader resigned. Only became Prime Minister on wednesday and he was in jail until last week. And has been gripped by political turmoil since a disputed election earlier this month after reports from bishkek. God must know the celebrations on the streets of the cutest capsule bishkek to the president soren by jeenbekov resigned. Becomes off to more than 2 weeks of chaos in a country that has seen 2 of the president s forced out in revolutions in the last she was in the news but i do eat you just people are ruling the country and we got rid of it and it inshallah now everything will be fine we are happy we want to be there a. Jeenbekov and progovernment polities a widely accused of rigging the old show with a 4th column enter elections im the Central Election Committee im no the results in this cold for a rerun of the polls. But the man seen is finally forcing the president s resignation the new Prime Ministers son there are 2 parts of hes considered by many as a threat to what little remains of his countrys fledgling democracy part of it been serving 11 year jail term for kidnapping before he was freed by supporters june recent postelection protests. His supporters now Want Parliament to be dissolved is lovable which has more value than thank god people are happy now were calling for 120 lawmakers to make a statement for there to be a self dissolution of parliament because people dont want them here they want to do your part of to take power and start working because they only support him when we make in this that in just hours after president jeenbekov resigned the parliamentary speaker who along with Prime Minister to cough was voted into office in recent days refused to take up his role as acting president the parliamentary speakers refusal to be interim president gives acting president ial powers to the new pm so there japan are of a man many in this country oppose the political crisis and deep on certainty that kyrgyzstan has suffered in recent weeks is not over yet Charles Trafford aljazeera bishkek israel has approved the construction of thousands more illegal settler homes in the occupied west bank and brings the total number of homes approved to almost 5000. 00 over the past 2 days the palestinian leadership has condemned the move as of us time settlers homes have been authorized since israel suspended plans to annex Palestinian Land as part of a deal with the u. A. E. Made abraham has moved from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. The number of illegal israeli settlement units promoted this year is the largest in nearly a decade both students say that the Israeli Government is emboldened by the Trump Administration settlement activity has increased by 25 Percent Since Trump Took Office one of the largest expansions and the latest israeli decision is in this supplement over here built over the lands of delaware as a village near bethlehem over 950 new units will establish a neighborhood that is larger than the settlement itself they moved. To build this certainly but. Anyway that they can busy. Visit. Between jerusalem and the west bank between communities behind the green line. Certainly within the west bank this is the 1st announcement of its kind since the u. A. E. And behind a normalized relations with israel the deal was full based on freezing annexation but for palestinians the ongoing supplement expansion is the fact that panic stations were not only talking about settler homes but roads infrastructure the separation barrier is an Israeli Settlers eating a palestinian resources. The European Union and the u. K. Have imposed sanctions on 6 russian officials close to president Vladimir Putin its in response the christening of the russian opposition leader. The kremlin has promised retard 3 measures volleys recovering in berlin after being poisoned in siberia in august moscow has denied any responsibility. People protesting against Police Brutality in nigeria have been attacked by armed gangs Rights Groups Amnesty International says at least 10 people have been killed since protests began last week Security Forces have been a key is using Excessive Force against demonstrators in several nigerian cities. Twitter says its investigating a mass outage of its systems users were unable to send any tweets for more than an hour twitter says theres no evidence the problem was caused by a Security Breach or a hack. Facebook says its stepping up the fight against mis information and interference ahead of tanzanias upcoming election a new election day reminder will be introduced to the top of facebook and instagram feeds when polls open on october 28 official voting information will also be shown major restrictions have increased since tanzanias president john mughal fully came to power in 2050. This is al jazeera these are all the top stories the World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus deaths in europe could be up to 5 times higher by january if containment measures on stepped up france germany and the u. K. Among countries tightening restrictions after infections due for a big search. On faith in europe with exponential increase in daily cases and matching but a simple
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