And joe biden appear in rival question and answer sessions on the night they were supposed to face each other in a president ial debate. Yemens largest prisoner swap finally takes place its being described as a milestone in efforts to end the 5 year old conflict. Recorded corona virus infections have reached a new daily high of more than 380000 worldwide numbers are surging particularly 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 and in france 12000 police have been deployed to enforce curfews in paris and other major 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 charlie annual 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 jobs and 7000 restaurants the city will be reviewed every 2 weeks but most of these businesses have already made their orders for the months ahead and this stopping and starting to cripple them 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 or 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 optimistic. These models indicate that putting launched relaxing policies could propel but generally 2021 daily mortality at levels 4 to 5 times higher than what we recorded that in april close in 1000 is now killing a 1000 people a day in europe with winter fast approaching this exponential increase is everyones concern to aljazeera london where u. S. Cities are in a downward spiral financially as the economy feels the impact of the pandemic even as some jobs return each week new jobless claims top 800008 historically high number a stimulus bill that could help is held up in congress and may not arrive until after the election john hendren reports now from chicago the pandemic has scarred chicagos historic landscape plywood replaces neighborhood haunts sports bar the rain forest cafe all gone the citys famed willis tower is mostly empty it shuttered navy pier the ferris wheel is indefinitely stalled. 40 percent of registered runs nationwide expect to close in the next 6 months according to the National Restaurant association its going to be fixed 3 maybe even 80 percent because. Right now a lot in the warmer days we can sort of hit a break even. If people if the business goes down people are going to run out of money pretty soon you have to be creaming your house. After 3 decades in chicago celebrity chef rick bayless whose trim staff it is numerous chicago be strohs it is bracing for worse to come and his pockets are deeper than most restaurants especially independent own restaurants are sort of the fabric of the neighborhood come next spring if we dont get some sort of Financial Assistance from the government those neighborhoods are downtown area theyre going to look very different and its going to take a few years to rebuild restaurants are getting creative with street closures and outdoor seating and heat lamps theyre trying to keep people coming as long as they can but in cold weather climates like chicago nobody really knows how long they can go on chicagos once bustling magnificent mile shopping district is a shadow of its former self with even open shops boarded against recurring social unrest. Their protest chants echoing in one American City after another violence is up and it is causing some minor flight out of the major cities were seeing more and more people moving to suburbs outside urban landscapes and i think that is a real concern on the other side of this virus this spiraling economy spans across the u. S. As once for low jobs are gone for good each day the pandemics losses mount in lives and livelihoods the latest here is central camera Chicago Institution opened it 899 closed in 2020 and hoping to reopen again john hendren aljazeera chicago. Here is President Donald Trump and his white house challenger joe biden have been quizzed by the public during rival televised town hall style events they were asked about issues ranging from the coronavirus to conspiracy theories the Supreme Court and trumps finances they were supposed to face each other in a 2nd president ial debate but trump withdrew from that and his format was changed to virtual rather than in person and i got to go has more from miami where the trump forum was held. The answers that the president gave were fairly a very. Very good there were some interesting moments he didnt really get many tough questions from the audience on the coronavirus he kept the line hes always kept that hes done a great job save thousands if not millions of lives that he acted quickly when he put travel bans in place for china and europe once again he blamed china on his taxes which was a big issue in the last debate he didnt deny that he was 400000000 dollars in debt that was an interesting moment on masks he didnt really say or commit to the fact that masks help stop the spread of the coronavirus in fact he came up with some fake statistic that 85 percent of people Wearing Masks actually caught covert 19 but one of the more interesting moments was about q. And a Conspiracy Theory from the right that says the democrats have paedophiles and devil worshippers and that trump is their savior heres what the president had to say i know nothing about it i just tried your very little each of me but what you tell me doesnt necessarily make it shocked i hate to say that they know nothing about it but you do know they are very much against it. They should fight it very hard but they know nothing and they believe that if you like an example run by actually i think ill tell you what i do know about i know about him and i know about the radical left and i know how violent they are in opposition as they are and i know how theyre doing them cities run by democrats if youre an undecided voter im not sure how much you would have taken away from the president s debate last night i think it was a pretty solid performance even though he was quite vague about things but the big loss here is that these 2 men biden and trump didnt meet as was planned they were supposed to meet in miami on thursday night of course the president didnt do that so im not sure what voters would have got out of this 2 separate julan debates. Well how does your castro followed joe bidens town hall event in philadelphia she says biden was measured compared to trump but didnt miss his opportunity to criticize the president the predominant topic that biden really seized upon here in philadelphia was a particularly knowing that 3 Staff Members or people who work or close to his campaign and that of his running mate can only harris tested positive for covert just within the last few hours and in fact that caused harris to cancel the remaining of her in Person Campaign events for this week well jill biden really focused on president trumps handling of the pandemic with 217000 americans having died of the virus and joe biden defending his own stance on encouraging everyone to wear masks you and i know and i think you do too as well the words of a president matter absolutely no matter whether theyre good bad or indifferent they matter and when a president doesnt wear masks or makes fun of folks like me when i was wearing a mask for a long time then you know people say well it must be that important so biden is leading significantly in National Polls 10 to 11 Percentage Points over trump his Campaign Setting out tonight to not really stir that pot much and they may very well have accomplished that. Early voting continues to be a popular choice in the upcoming u. S. President ial election long lines formed outside of Voting Centers in North Carolina on thursday on the 1st day of early voting in the state across the country more than 14 and a half 1000000 people have already cast their ballots thats compared to less than one and a half 1000000 at the same point 4 years ago the Israeli Knesset has overwhelmingly approved a deal to normalize ties with the United Arab Emirates israel and the us the u. S. Brokered agreement in august signing a deal in a white house ceremony last month it will only come into full effect when the u. A. E. Formally says it. Saudi arabias foreign minister has suggested the normalization of ties between the kingdom and israel is unlikely any time soon as been speculation about whether saudi arabia will follow in the footsteps of fellow gulf countries the u. A. E. And bahrain speaking to a washington based think tank prince faisal been said the main focus of peace efforts should be to restart talks between israel and the palestinians. I believe that the focus now needs to be on getting the palestinians and israelis back to the negotiating table in the end the only thing that can deliver lasting peace and lasting stability is an agreement between the palestinians and israelis if we dont manage to achieve that we will continue to have that festering wound in the region we have committed to the. Process of peace peace we see is a strategic necessity for the region part of that is an eventual novelization with israel as envisioned in the arab peace plan as envisioned even in what the kingdom proposed in 1950 s. So we have always indigent that normalization would happen but we also need to have a palestinian state and we need to have palestinian and israeli peace plan that will we strongly believe that the focus now should be on getting the palestinians and israelis to the table and i believe. You know everybody is committed to trying to find a way to achieve that not more so to come here and aljazeera including living in peaceful coexistence until now how fighting is affecting minority groups in azerbaijan minus things. Weve got plenty of haiti sunshine as per usual across the middle east but its got to be on the cool side over the next couple pleasantly cold i should say find a driver she can say barely a cloud in the sky will see temperatures here in doha for example struggling to get to 33 degrees celsius cola still on saturday no higher than around 32 as i say pleasantly warm fluffy sunshine coming through well its a bad little further north as well baghdad in kuwait around that is 637 and some lovely weather around the levant with temperatures into the the mid to high twentys him meanwhile we have some showers such as be used. Just around the ethiopian highlands rolling over towards the gulf of guinea some big down poser to southern parts of nigeria cameroon seeing some lively showers along with the democratic republic of congo where weather once again here they ram their way up towards the rift valley will see some western weather for a time in to uganda just around like victoria one of 2 showers into showers that to the east aside of kenya and some showers to to the north east of tanzania south of that it is generally looking fine and dry with pleasant sunshine coming through on the wall side as well for some johannesburg around 30 degrees celsius on friday and warmer still by saturday afternoon. To he not Global Community we are out of this conversation elbow. Grease is the response that looks like the part of the debate issue in each of you can jump into the conversation right away when no topic is off the table youre not afraid of anyone taking just what. You see these 3 targeting richer and the poor getting poorer its not to destroy the system its just to look at this is. This tree on out is they are. Welcome back or come out of the top stories here on aljazeera 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. Are among countries tightening restrictions. U. S. President donald trump is want. Challenger joe biden and chris by the public during a rival televised town hall style events are asked about the issues ranging from the coronavirus to conspiracy theories the Supreme Court trumps finances. Now the pandemic has disrupted an e. U. Summit in Brussels European Commission president and the lion abruptly left talks on brags that after discovering she had been in contact with an infected person the meeting was centered around trade including negotiating fishing rights reports the deal but not at any price the message to britain from e. U. Leaders in brussels on the bridge that we are united and determined to reach an agreement but not any trust any agreement on the ocean sure lucian ship would have to be based on our mandate in particular where the terms to the level Playing Field fisheries and divergence 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 very circumstances what are fishermen be sacrificed to price it its a choice made by the british people so preserving access to british waters for our fisherman finding 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 it negotiator said compromise was possible and 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 kids too. 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. The summit talks on braggs 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 e. U. Leaders will be all too aware there 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 bottler aljazeera paris a wave of demonstrations has erupted across venezuela people are flouting lockdown restrictions to demand an end to severe shortages nearly every area of life has been affected from electricity and water to fuel and household supplies to isabeau reports. The begins one tane is leaving small cities across venezuela. Protests like this one are spreading throughout the country people demanding access to basic goods like food water electricity and gas for cooking. Protester mary missler says over 1000. 00 families here in las vegas just outside caracas have been without gas for 3 months. Later for now i think of what property cialis but me see the police come here to try to force us to lift the protests but nobody comes to solve our problem they come and tell us they will try to solve it but they dont do anything we will continue protesting is the only way we have. And they are not alone they have been over 7000 protests in the country in the past month yes that was the number one of us and i like that you dont have gas and there are power cuts every day without that we cannot cook thats not right for a country like we have lost our dignity. Years of corruption mismanagement and economic sanctions have decimated the oil industry this opecs nation main source of income the government is finding it difficult to provide gas water and fuel to its people because infrastructure is crumbling across the country a months long coronavirus lockdown is complicating the Economic Situation even further for many its too late for protests theyre seeing a future across the border and even the worsening conditions in neighboring colombia have forced many venezuelan migrants back to their homeland others like the edis coleman natus are determined to try their luck in minnesota i dont believe in the union whoevers living in venezuela doesnt live off a salary they live off the people send them from abroad thats a reality for venezuelans my children know that when we have to use a bathroom we go to the bushes and we sleep on the floor if were out on the highway we always try to be a checkpoint to be a little protected by the police and guards the United Nations says that over 5000000 people have left the country in the past 4 years people responding to a dire economic reality and wanted someone to stay and fight for a Better Future others decide to move on. An operation is underway to return home more than a 1000 prisoners across the front lines of yemens civil war planes carrying hooting fighters whove been held by the saudi u. A. E. Led coalition have been arriving in the capital sanaa a swapper seen as a trust Building Measure aimed at reviving peace talks are somehow barak has more for. 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. And the government representatives set aside their 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 back 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. By the same time who feel rebels were transferred from say human airport in southern yemen to sunnah 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 result detainees happen at the end of a calm not during. And i think we should stress this and be 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 amman 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 in prison 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 majesty some fun for his assistance in getting us. The u. N. Held the Prisoner Exchange as a milestone it is to convince feuding parties to restart political talks to end the war in yemen. Un envoy Martin Griffiths faces a delicate task to hand encouraging the parties to do just that. But yemen is now more divided than ever. Back to theists 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. Libyas un recognized government is threatening to enter certain for south fighters loyal to the warlord only for have to are it comes off to have task forces fired 4 missiles that the region west of town thursday the tripoli administration is accusing have to repeatedly violating a cease fire. For the 6. The ceasefire was breached by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar by fighting for grad rockets at the area this comes as we are in talks in switzerland tunisia and egypt mediated by United Nations and attended by delegates from both the site and we are committed to the ceasefire but if these violations continue after the dialogue then we will wait for the orders of be employed and we will enter sirte and expel the wagners ring jonjo wed mercenaries be expelled them from tripoli. Azerbaijans president says his army will take all of nagornokarabakh Major Regions unless armenia agrees to withdraw. His comments appear to have dashed hopes that the moscow mediated ceasefire could bring an end to the conflict more than 600. 00 people have been killed since fighting over the disputed region broke out last month what has been the scene of conflict since the early 1990 s. I mean a cessna going to care about must be an independent state while azerbaijan says its as their a territory and cost the only looks at how the fighting is affecting azerbaijans minority groups. This is where the Jewish Community gathers in azerbaijan 2nd largest city again. There are 150 jewish families who live here and call themselves mountain jews a reference to their origins and their carcasses this was the place where they prepared for the festival of show men outside us on october the 10th but a rocket hit a school board and across the street from them that morning they say theyre now scared to come here in crowds because they fear their city has become a target. Throwing the media since that day we havent been sleeping through the night were watching our every each other i have a bunker in my house i gather my neighbors so all of us are safe weve been sleeping with our clothes on with piled up some supplies including our childrens clothes if i had to say your essays as a reason armenians had lived in peace until the fight for negron a car bought began in tonight in ninetys she says peoples ethnicities and religion was never an issue here the reason why im a warlock we used to be all together at festivals weddings funerals but some of the armenians change suddenly were not fighting the armenian people but the fascists. Jews account for less than one percent of us our big population after 10200000 watching the show the Jewish Community here who like other azerbaijani citizens has been uncomfortable since the rockets hit here remaining as of the rocket also causes damage in the nearby buildings windows were broken we had to cancel our gathering our children are scared. Before our mania and as our break john attained their independence from the soviet union in 1991 there were 390000 are millions who lived in a great job including the 145000 in nagano cordoba. But the latest official data says there are 120000 armenians left and the country figures say 160000 as there is from our mania had to escape back to our survey job and a further 800000 were displaced after Iranian Forces well cuboid their 7 cities around the horn a crowded bar into early ninetys are made in churches have been preserved as Historical Structures in a survey john but they are not open for service locals say the remaining are manias here do not like to reveal themselves and some of them have even changed their names many iranians and as it was say they have lived in these ends in peace before but the last 3 in their case have been years of dispute and conflict some say quite existence is still possible if azerbaijan has control of the car about the others a pause that arguing that there has been too much killing and suffering in africa so all of us here i mean get us average on twitter says its investigating a mass outage of its systems users were unable to send any sweets for more than an hour the social media platforms theres no evidence the problem was caused by a Security Breach or a hard. Hard time for a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera the World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus deaths in europe could be up to 5 times by january if containment measures on stepped up france germany and the u. K. Are among countries tightening restrictions. Fall winter search continues to unfold in europe with exponential increases in daily cases and matching percentage increases in daily deaths the evolving it be demolished