Crisis and a no longer prohibited from trading in arms e. U. Embargo on iran expires despite major opposition from the us. Thank you for joining us a new cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan is now in place the humanitarian jews came into force several hours ago after an attack on the as eerie city of ganja which killed at least 600 civilians its a 2nd attempt to stop nearly 3 weeks of violence theyve been fighting over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh just a week ago they agreed to a russian mediated ceasefire but it failed to hold aljazeera has been as smith is in armenias capital year of ott. This information about the nature is has come from the armenian side it is the armenians that have been pushing for a cease fire in the last few days is the armenians that have been losing territories of is areas is areas have taken now we understand territory that is essentially in the buffer zone between the go on or care about. This is territory that armenia has controlled since the 1994 ceasefire armenia considers it a buffer zone a security zone but it is as airy territory for the last 26 years at least both sides armenia and azerbaijan have supposed have been negotiating the future of this territory as well as nagornokarabakh now its the armenians its the armenians who say that this is a security and a buffer zone is the azeris say that after 26 years nothing has been done theres been no solution theres been no resolution as to what to do with this territory and so with turkey support they have been moving militarily and they have succeeded in taking territory and the armenians and foozie out them to push for a ceasefire domestically here in armenia the government under enormous pressure because of a large number of casualties in terms of soldiers because of the loss of territory so it seems that the armenians have now with azerbaijan brokered another cease fire even though the previous one wasnt formally. Formally over and now well have to see if this one holds and they can go on to talk. With just 2 weeks over 2 weeks before the u. S. Election President Donald Trump took his reelection bid to 2 different states just 2 hours upon his 1st stop was. At a rally in michigan before heading to wisconsin with his democratic challenger joe biden leading in Many National polls the pressure is on trying to sway undecided voters his way john hendren reports. Donald trump play defense returning to 2 battleground states he won by a whisker in 2016 truck took his campaign to wisconsin and to michigan where he criticized the states democratic governor 13 militia members were arrested just over a week ago in an alleged plot to kidnap or youve got to get your governor to open up your stay it was an jet ski. Jet you schools it was schools have to be all right it was that prompted a now familiar chant it was it was as the president laid into michigans governor he was skirting the strict limits on crowd size as the she had set by calling his rally a peaceful protest with few masks and little social distancing among his supporters. Drugs democratic rival joe biden pursued a cautious make no mistakes approach taking a break from the campaign trail on saturday instead he tweeted viral videos like this one i lose im never coming back to using trump for threatening in state after state never to return if he loses the election would make us have to leave the country in posting the video biden writes promise biden is running mate come away harris spent the weekend quarantining after members of her staff tested positive for corona virus her office says she tested negative more than 26000000 americans have already cast their ballots still in washington thousands gathered on saturday for the womens march urging women to vote on the issues that affect them it is not hyperbole to say that everything is on the line this november. We cannot afford 4 more years of this administration attacking our access to Reproductive Health care and rights with just over 2 weeks to go in the campaign trail fans at the rally in michigan taunted his critics for chanting 12 more years an amount that would violate the u. S. Constitution john hendren 0 washing. Well a Record Number of americans have already voted nationally 26000000 people have cast their ballots by mail or through in person voting as according to the United States elections project thats a huge jump from the same time 4 years ago when less than one and a half 1000000 had voted. For months raise concerns about Election Fraud is encouraging his supporters to vote by mail in a new social media blitz Gregory Koger is professor of Political Science at the university of miami he explains the controversy surrounding mail in ballots and how it could affect the election. What President Trump is trying to do is discredit the practice of 1000000 voting and hes clearly signaled that after the election hes prepared to File Lawsuits to canada to stop the counting a mail ballots and in doing so to try to preserve what he expects will be an advantage in the vote count as of election day for himself in key states and the democratic advantage in early voting really you know puts an end to that strategy because they make sure the democratic votes are counted and reported in the totals on election day so that if donald trump files lawsuits suffer vote counting he will be walking in democratic advantages that are already in place some states have rather complicated standards for whether or not a mail in ballot is considered valid you know maybe you need a witness to also sign your ballot maybe you needed a signature on the outside of your ballot so theres a lot of ways that people who are is can mess up a mail in ballot and especially if theyre doing it for the 1st time because of the pandemic there is a risk that voters will make a mistake when they cassar mail of ballots so one of the advantages for them of filling out the ballot and 1000000 early is that then there will be time to check those ballots and make sure that they have to are done correctly and to fix them if theyre not and the wild news its been a year since is sort of major antigovernment demonstrations in lebannon on saturday protesters marks the anniversary as a widespread anger at politicians with calls for a complete change after years of corruption and mismanagement but as they know how to report some boats there is no sign of faith or. The determination to fight for political change is still alive. Its been a year since what some lebanese call a revolution was born. 7 some year allows our says she hasnt left the streets Economic Hardship was what triggered nationwide protests it turned into a revolt against what many call a corrupt willing elite that has been in power for decades were not going to stop before. 6 these people in power just leave and so we will make sure basically thats the. So we we do this change and push dung to resign in any way because we will not go back to before a over 70 in the leaderless and Spontaneous Movement was a turning point in lebanons history sects came together in this divided society and for the 1st time people rose up against their leaders in traditional strongholds but the numbers werent enough they were up against the sectarian based power sharing system this bridge one of the capitals main arteries came to symbolize the battle it is near the square where our tents were burned because we want to literally bunnys together it is a cause that 7. Is a way to connect everyone together the bridge was a frontline between those calling for change and supporters of sectarian parties protecting the status quo the largely Peaceful Movement faced a counter revolution the ruling elite called the protesters foreign agents Security Forces clamp down hard on gatherings they made arrests and there was intimidation i was called in the effort to occasion this is one of the ways people that evolution dont. Think through to find one with saying they doing. To get a. Meanwhile the economy continues to collapse people are hungry and more sink into poverty politicians who have blamed each other for the crisis are promising much needed reforms but they 1st need to agree on a new cabinet the government resigned after the explosion of beirut ports in august that killed 200 people it was blamed on negligence by officials. There is no conscience there is no responsibility there is no accountability and as you can see continues on for them and theyre back to their old ways as if none of us exist that is why people have returned to the streets they insist on being heard their peaceful resistance wasnt able to remove those entrenched in power but they are keeping the resistance alive. Beirut. Is a professor of communications at the American University of beirut he says the movement reflects a major change in how the. Politics. All the current leaders are late and their age they have lost credibility they have destroyed the economy and theyre massively incompetent so i believe the war generation the warlord leaders and their mafia friends have run out of bullets to shoot at the population and currently there are massive movements all across have been distinct in being very youthful very engaging and very active on social media in addition the principles of their choice of being citizens which is refusing the sectarian system and speaking their own opinions in the face of all those politicians i think this is a massive systematic change its a new paradigm of how we want to run the country as citizens and what type of leaders do we want and what type of Political Parties we would create in 5 years this will be a different country without the warlords suddenly the Mass Movement is getting more leadership more people with skills of running the government and basically those people are becoming the official opposition all International Delegations started meeting the opposition instead of considering them street crossers protesters theyre being asked what is your solution for this country and we are starting to find answers i think in the coming weeks and months lebanon will be split between the regime and the opposition and that opposition will be supported by the street that has been protesting for a year. Still ahead on aljazeera caffeines close restaurants a new limits on gatherings. Rising over 1000 cases and growing concerns of more violence in guinea as hold his head to the polls the next the next president. After disappointing start to the weekend well see the weather cheering up in japan with got a lot of dry skies now coming through cloud and rain in the process of pulling away 2021 celsius for a good part of honshu tokyo 20 degrees a similar value there for so add also for the basin we got a few showers into central parts of china they will sink their way further southwards tending to pay to route was double that keen northeasterly or eastley breeze sliding across the South China Sea still pumping some very heavy rain into a good part of flood hit vietnam more heavy downpours here with 269 millimeters friday 24 hours in fact over the last week and a half we have seen a staggering 2000 millimeters yes 2 meters of rainfall so there has been widespread flooding these pictures coming out to cambodia actually but its a similar picture here law says very heavy rain and im afraid there is yet more rain in the forecast as we go on through the next few days something of a convergence line just squeeze in those winds together lots of cloud and rain coming into central and northern parts of vietnam as a result of that say some flooding recently into india that this system here is making its way a little further east was more wet and windy weather pushing into eastern pass by monday. Frank assessments if other can Public Opinion piece betrayed by social media platforms after november. It would be this if the cultures if you believe that theyre heroes into our democracy one obvious solution is to break them up informed opinion mr lucas said his dont go anywhere the protesters arent going anywhere either its ability to get a resolution people will call indepth analysis of the days global headlines who is it thats really out there on the street inside story on aljazeera. Move. To. The a. Welcome back a recap of our top stories on aljazeera a new humanitarian seaside between armenia and azerbaijan is now in effect a fall as violence over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh a previous shoes agreed on a week ago failed to home in the u. S. President trump is campaigning in 2 swing states see address supporters in wisconsin after rallying in michigan the pressure is on as his democratic challenger joe biden is leading in Many National polls with just over 2 weeks ago before the election and protesters have marched in lebannon to mark a year since the start of mass on Thai Government demonstrations calling for a complete overhaul of the political system after years of corruption and mismanagement. A new coronavirus related restrictions have come into force in parts of france belgium and poland countries across europe have hit new records for the number of daily infections for some one. In belgium the Coronavirus Crisis is deepening. And restaurants are closing for a month as infections double every week belgium follows from sin imposing a nightly curfew and doctors have warned of a shortage of intensive care beds within weeks the german chancellor prays for her governments handling of the 1st wave of infections told germans to prepare for hot days ahead as the number of cases there rises steadily its rawest asking i ask you to refrain from any trip that is not absolutely necessary from any celebration that is not absolutely necessary and know that this not only sounds tough but in individual cases it is a severe sacrifice but we only have to do this temporarily and we ultimately do it for ourselves. Infections a soaring across europe with around a 100000 new cases a day and the confidence of power brokers seem increasingly powerless on saturday the Austrian Foreign minister Alexander Schellenberg confirmed he tested positive for the virus raising fears an e. U. Meeting he tended on monday may have been a socalled super spreader event the belgian Foreign Ministers also go into isolation with suspected symptoms. It comes a day after 3 e. U. Leaders including the Prime Minister of finland were forced to drop out of a brussels summit as a precautionary measure most future meetings will now happen remotely more than half of englands now under tougher covert 19 rules in london and other areas a ban on households mixing inside including bars and restaurants came into force on saturday as the capital moves from being at moderate risk to high risk in the governments 3 tier system the county of lancashire in the northwest moves to the top tier very high risk meaning no socializing outside a household bubble and the closure of bars or restaurants but the mayor of manchester the u. K. 3rd largest city is resisting the toughest restrictions warning of dismal consequences for the local economy. The new restrictions are all part of the governments localised response in dealing with the rising infection rate design so the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson to avoid the misery of a full national law but given that 28000000 people half the country are facing these new restrictions for many its already beginning to feel like 1 may have work out jazeera london. Nearest actions are also expected in italy the Prime Minister said to announce them on sunday the governor of the southern companion region has banned halloween to start the virus from spreading and the care few will be imposed on the region the young people can use freeness at the amount of your top im telling you in advance that on that weekend in october well close everything at 10 pm its halloween weekend how is this immense easier see this immense stupid american extravagance that weve imported into our country that seat halloween is a monument to imbecility well since we have to face reality and since i feel people are already getting ready to have parties that we can develop tobar from 10 pm it will be closed it will be a curfew. Now u. N. Arms embargo on iran that span in place for 13 years has expired it was lifted as part of the 2050 nuclear deal with 12 hours despite strong opposition from the u. S. Which has withdrawn from the pact Iranian Foreign minister jobs every fall from the developments calling it a win for Regional Peace and security and the us has been trying to bring in polls a ban on iran since august but failed to convince other countries including members of the u. N. Security council diplomatic editor james bass has more from the United Nations. The arms embargo against iran was 1st put in place in 2007 the decision to lift it this year came back in 2015 as part of the Iran Nuclear Deal in return for rum giving up its Nuclear Weapons capability one of the things iran got was a lifting of the arms embargo the ability to sell and buy weapons now the u. S. Didnt like that idea at all the trumpet ministration which pulled out of the iran deal and thats why the trumpet ministration trying to trigger something called snap back in fact they claim that they did trigger it in september that was a clause in the Iran Nuclear Deal that said that any one of the participants could force all International Sanctions to snap back in place the problem for the trumpet ministration is the rest of the International Community and the vast majority of the Security Council say snap back has not taken place i can tell you diplomats here tell me that the lifting of the arms embargo they think will not have a great deal of effect they dont think iran has much money its economy is bad to buy many weapons anyway they say theyre much more important date coming up is the 3rd of the u. S. Election day joe biden if hes president says hell come back into some sort of Iran Nuclear DealPresident Trump though has made it clear he doesnt want to deal and the future if there is a President Trump for a 2nd term is much more uncertain. Or less speak to James Patterson about all this hes a former u. S. Diplomat and a golf specialist is via skype from washington d. C. Very good to have you with us mr patterson so i want to thank you know your reaction 1st and what do you think about the even ian reaction tehran saying it will not go on a major shopping spree after the end of this embargo do you believe that. I think thats a very wise statement by the foreign minister he said specifically that the unconventional arms weapons of mass destruction and a rapid purchases of conventional arms do not fit into irans defense doctrine at the moment and probably also do not fit irans surf and their. Situation. But the United States is very much aware of this and we are very eager the drop in ministration is very eager to have a verifiable Peace Agreement with her and that totally excludes Nuclear Weapons and so i hope we are all very hopeful that these discussions can take place as soon as possible yeah before we talk about what could happen next with the us how do you think other signatories of the 2050 nuclear deal including the e 3 russia and china will react to the lifting of this arms embargo on iran you think the russians for instance or the chinese even would could rush to sell on see iran or will they be cautious and take geopolitical considerations into account. I think they have to be very cautious because china has a number of internal problems at the present and its also suffering reputational damage from other parts of the world because of. Their lack of transparency regarding the code 19 and the russia also has multiple problems in the bill or ruse as a. And occurs or because extend it so i feel that they have to be very cautious. In offering any credit or arms to iran that would be in violation of the u. N. Sanctions that have been unilaterally imposed by the United States so what is the u. S. And likely to do next washington and we know in israel also strongly oppose the end of this on symbolical and have repeatedly tried to stop it as we saw at the United Nations u. S. Sanctions on iran of course is still in place what is washingtons objective and how do you think the next Administration Whether its chump administration or Biden Administration well deal with the of any mission. I think a trumpet ministration is going to stress a verifiable agreement a verifiable deal where there are instructions within iran regarding those Nuclear Facilities and its also going to stress human rights in iran human rights that were denied to wrestler not deed. After death cari and to the very popular singer mohammed such aryan so there has to be either whether its a trumpet or died and. They future of the u. S. With the rand has to include strong human rights. Resolutions restoration of human rights the people of iran and so very very confident that in a future negotiation. These issues will be resolved to the satisfaction of their big signatory thank you for speaking to us mr patterson James Patterson hes a former u. S. Diplomat joining us from washington thank you very much for your time thank you good day. And just a few hours people in guinea will vote. Violence in the lead up to the poll president. But the opposition says hes violating term limits and they accuse him of tearing up ethnic divisions. In the. One below and down for a couple of stories these are lyrics to a Catchy Campaign for getting his president. For his opponents its a call for violence so unless we are not here to fight we are there to have fun were not here to go off to anyone. But opposition candidates believes otherwise in an interview with al jazeera he accuses come day of for men to ethnic divisions if you lost given undertones of his speeches there is a real risk of post electoral violence hes trying to mobilize people against those that have the same ethnic origin as use main challenger. Jello is full of the who make up the ethnic majority of getting population he was unable to campaign in eastern giving hope to the after the president s supporters barred the road this supporters they can go back home we are. Back till the end i will die for his party shortly after this interview holmes in business is owned by i think full on these in concow were attacked the police not only failed to stop the violence but stood by anyone but if a lobby has been a rallying call it call their supporters doing what human Rights Groups describe as a divisive campaign. You know resorting to resorting to. Its a good way to get people mobilized its not a good way to go away but its certainly effective on the ground and thats. After 30 people did communal violence during februarys constitutional referendum the uns office for prevention of genocide expressed alarm and condemned Security Forces for their use of deadly force on protesters. Over 50 people were killed and scores were tortured many of them full audience with a new vote underway kubba sorry im a dinky is now worried for lonnies may seek revenge. So i wish that even if jello wins this elections that we can walk hand in hand unite as people politics shouldnt tear us apart while some hope for change others for continue 80 maybe 1st time voters want to call out a culture of politics that is pitting gideons against each other because hawking aljazeera in ivory coast supporters of president Alassane Ouattara and his opponents have clashed ahead of the election it happened after an op after opposition candidates called for a boycott of the vote scheduled for the end of this month president ouattara has rejected talks with rival parties and kicked off his campaign on friday hes accused of violating the constitution by running for a photo. They are scared of losing the election as we say here in ivory coast if they are man enough to come to the election and let the ivorians choose instead of staying in the air conditioned lounges in their air conditioned offices and their air conditioned chairs let them come here and talk to the people let them come and we will beat them Prime Minister just into our day and has won the biggest victory in new Zealand Politics in decades her labor party secured a majority of seats in parliament in a vote that was days by a month because of the coronavirus government has been praised for its handling of the pandemic which has killed 25 people in a population of 5000000. Protesters in thailand volleying to rally again in the coming hours despite a ban on large gatherings the own on saturday Police Closed main intersections and metro stations in a bid to stop the demonstrations dozens of people have been arrested or injured in 4 days of protests demonstrators are demanding new elections and reforms to them on iraq. The end. Of. The end again im fully back to go with the headlines on aljazeera a new humanitarian ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan is now in effect it follows violence over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh a previous truce reached a week ago failed to hopes and the u. S. President donald trump has been campaigning in 2 swing states