And israel. And one of the biggest election wins ever in new zealand i just send our dens friendly politics abroad contrast and success. And you cease fires come into effect between armenia and azerbaijan the 2nd attempt to stop nearly 3 weeks of violence that follows renewed fighting over the disputed region of the horn or caught a bug that includes an attack on the city of guns which killed at least 13 civilians the 2 countries had agreed to a russian mediated cease fire a week ago but that collapsed within hours Bennett Smith is in armenia as capital yet about. This information about the nature says come from the armenian side it is the armenians that have been pushing for a ceasefire in the last few days is the armenians that have been losing territory to these areas these 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 in 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 tell us. What is less than 3 weeks before the u. S. Election and President Donald Trump has held Campaign Rallies in 2 swing states his 1st stop was in michigan before heading on to wisconsin. As democratic challenger joe biden is leading in Many National polls and the pressure is on tom to sway undecided voters 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 state it was and get your schools off get your schools off it was school rules have to be open right it was that prompted and 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 trumps 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 minnesota im never coming back teasing trump for threatening in state after state never to return if he loses the election made us to leave the country in posting the video biden writes promise bidens running mate come 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 aljazeera washington. A u. N. Arms embargo on iran has expired after 13 years that was lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers the u. S. Withdrew from the pact in 2018 and its voice strong opposition to any easy of sanctions Iranian Foreign minister zarif a Welcome Development calling it a win for Regional Peace and security well the u. S. Has been trying to reimpose the ban on iran since august but its failed to convince other countries including members of the u. N. Security council diplomatic editor james bays 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 the much more important date coming up is the 3rd of november 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. But im going to suggest some to undern has won the biggest victory in new Zealand Politics in decades for labor party secured a majority of seats in parliament the vote was delayed by a month because of coronavirus downs government has been praised for its handling of the pandemic 25 deaths in a population of 5000000 during her acceptance speech are down has called on the country to remain united. We are living in an increasingly polarized world a price we hear more and more people who have lost the ability to see one anothers point of view i hope that this elite new zealand has shown that this is not who we are there is a nation we can listen and we can debate after all we are too small to lose sight of other peoples perspective. Olexiy always allegiance and always right it bringing people together but they also dont need to tea one another apart ok lets bring in paul b. Common who is in oakland hes a strategic analyst at 36. 00 powell assessments is a geo political consultancy good to have you with us on aljazeera the bigger events that just into our dan has faced in the 1st time that shes had have essentially required a personal response but if she was dealing with more monday in things like a failing economy the overheated housing markets and and unpopular decisions like bringing in a Capital Gains tax do you think she would have been as successful. Well no i dont but we need to understand that. Her popularity really servers with government response to the coronavirus it is true that she unify the country after the crash church terrorist attacks and then again she did a little bit of that after the white island book a no explosion but what really sealed the deal if you will was the response to corona virus because there was a lot of criticism of this government from the right about shutting down the economy as dramatically as they did and yet its been proven on a worldwide scale that response was the correct one and so she is reaping the rewards not just of our own popularity but of very Good Government policy based on science so the directory was not hers alone. Was this based predominantly though on essentially a referendum on just send a darn is there a mismatch or a disconnect if you like between just seem to od on as Prime Minister and her leadership and the labor party itself. A no the labor party has coalesced around her leadership i should point out that her leadership style can be characterized as killing them with kindness. Even though her opponents and her critics have often been very ugly and their commentary about her including dishonest it comments she is unflappable and has always responded calmly has always saw to behave in a civilised manner and what that did was it stood in stark contrast to the increasingly hysterical remonstrations of the National Party leadership which apparently towards the end decided that it would pull a page out of the trump book and went full populist harangue the Prime Minister on agr ritually every subject and failed miserably and this is where this is more than just just seem to argue in the labor party picked up 18 seats its unprecedented in the modern era for labor as a party including seats that are traditionally been stall war National Party seats so this was a victory for the labor government for a government that would be it and its well being budget being in the wage subsidies and Employer Support Programs that it put in during a coronavirus you dont have to mitigate the effects the economic effects of the virus this was a victory for the party as a whole and it just so happens that they have one of the most popular Prime Ministers in new zealand history talking of that of course she does have a very Significant International presence the more people seeing her in the context of the more populist leaderships that were seeing around the world and at least in terms of of the elections all of the New Zealanders focusing focusing predominantly on their own domestic issues. We tend to focus on domestic issues Foreign Policy and International Relations were conspicuous by their absence from this election but when New Zealanders doing talked about our political system in comparative terms the contrast is drawn between the right wing populism that we see and many parts of the liberal democratic world and the contrast here in new zealand the fact is is that the politics of new zealand are remarkably civilised in the comparative scheme of things and kiwis take comfort in that fact even though they dont spend a lot of time talking about paul began and we appreciate you joining us and on his ear thank you very much indeed thank you. Still ahead an aljazeera curfews closed restrooms and new limits for gatherings if youre a bottle is rising covert 19 cases plus its a good way to get people number like its not a good way to an ethical way but its certainly effective on the ground fears ethnic divisions could turn into violence in guinea as people prepare for sundays president ial vote. We have something of a wintry blast setting in across western parts of canada at the moment and thats diving its way down to new in areas of the u. S. You can see this ought to care which is getting pulled right in across the plains out of the prairie sinking down into central pos behind our cold front here ahead of that is latif on a dry High Pressure in charge acts as a lid on the atmosphere so with decent susi some decent spells of sunshine there is that cool weather at minus 3 the top temperature on saturday afternoon for calgary colder still as we go on into sunday minus 7 the high at that stage thatll sing its way a little further south was not too far away im afraid california still very much on the warm side temps just still getting up into the high twentys that in l. A. No sign of any useful rainfall coming in here the race sleet and snow when theres been a fair bit of snow in sioux were basi in sioux alberta i will sink its way down across the mountain states some heavier rain just sliding through kansas missouri easing towards the Central Plains of the u. S. Cross the midwest so much whether there is that dry weather over towards the eastern seaboard well hang on to that until we get into the early part of next week somewhat of weather making its way towards the appalachians a few showers down towards the southeast shows that the florida. On counting the cost the price of doing business with china and see how the funds he turned to the coercion of economic and geopolitical will also beijing for the tibetan farm laborers into reeducation camps and with more bailouts of bill of rights to moscow more of minutes counting the cost on aljazeera. There is no channel that covers world news like we do we revisit cases in the state under 0 really invests in that and thats a privilege as a journalist. You want to go to 0 remind of our top stories this new humanitarian ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan is now in effect that follows violence over the disputed region of the tone of the previous 2 said greed on a week ago failed to hold. U. S. President donald trump has held Campaign Events into swing states just hours apart democratic challenger joe biden is leading in Many National polls with just over 2 weeks before the election. A u. N. Arms embargo on iran thats been in place for 13 years has expired it was lifted as part of the 2050 nuclear deal with world powers despite strong opposition from the u. S. Which has withdrawn from. The taliban says a spike in violence in afghanistan want to derail talks trying to secure a prominent peace dozens of families have been displaced by fighting in the past week a summer binge of aid is following the talks for us. Tens of thousands of afghans have been displaced in the last few weeks as fighting has intensified between the Afghan Government and that part of the taliban insisting that it is trying to retake areas that it hadnt vacated for the Afghan People and saying that it has been launching defenses offensives orly against those areas where checkpoints have been established where reinforcements have been sent and where it has come under attack by the wire night creeds or airstrikes on the other hand the Afghan Government says that it is the taliban who have been launching an offensive and it is it shown by the United States efforts to try and stop them with air strikes as well earlier we spoke to the spokesman of the Afghan Taliban who says that this will not derail the Peace Process as the violence and talks can continue side by side but for lasting peace in afghanistan both sides will have to show unflinching commitment. Refused to say there is no progress there are but there are problems and disagreements on key issues as you know there are still meetings between the communities and we hope at the end we will reach a solution lets keep this in consideration. This is a major step and it is expected to be a difficult process disciplines all over the world and there are negotiations starting a dialogue is never easy there is some progress and maybe some slow down in many cases talks come to a halt. This is a major step and it is expected to be a difficult process just happens all over the world when there are negotiations starting out dollars is never easy there is some progress and then there may be some slowdown and in many cases talks come to a halt this issues are quite normal and we hope that the disagreements we have on the key issues will be sold very soon god willing. Talks have continued between not just the taliban and the Afghan Government but interlocutors of peace with the taliban as well as the Us Government weve seen that the us lead diplomat trying to mediate between the Afghan Government and the taliban saying that all sides are going to try and make sure that there is a reset of the violence all elements of the agreement which was reached reached with the taliban are going to be implemented and all sides should reduce the violence there has been reassurances by the taliban as well as the Afghan Government that they are going to scale down attacks to try and protect civilian lives. New coronavirus related restrictions are coming to force in parts of france belgium and poland countries across europe have hit new records for the number of daily infections theyve barker reports from london. In belgium the Coronavirus Crisis is deepening. And restaurants are closing for a month as infections double every week belgium follows from city 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 i 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 continent power brokers seem increasingly powerless on saturday the Austrian Foreign minister alexander shall amber confirmed he tested positive for the virus raising fears an e. U. Meeting he had tended on monday may have been a socalled super spreader event the belgian Foreign Ministers also gone 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 north west 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 jazeera london. French prosecutors say the suspect who beheaded a teacher near paris was a teenager of chechen descent the school is believed to have received multiple threats after the teachers showed a controversial image of the Prophet Muhammad in a lesson about freedom of expression so youre going to go has more. They gathered outside the secondary school in conference. With 47 year old some well patty taught parents students and colleagues are in a state of shock. They paid tribute to the teacher who had been stopped and then beheaded in broad daylight and. The priority for us was to look after the children because i think it was very hard for them and it still is the school had received multiple threats to patti showed his students caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in a civics class on freedom of expression parents say the teacher suggested Muslim Students could leave the classroom if they were offended but a number of muslim parents complained Police Officers shot the suspect and they tried to arrest him on friday he later died of his wounds. The neutralized perpetrator had a residence permit issued on march 4th and valid until march 2030 under the name of abdul arc. Which born on march 12th 2002 in Moscow Russia he was of russian nationality he was church and born had the Refugee Status lived in in the department and was unknown to the Intelligence Services a further 9 people are being questioned in Custody Police say one of the suspects had a half sister who was a member of i saw the killing comes at a time over new tensions in france about the 2015 attack at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine after it published controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammad the suspects are on trial less than a month ago 2 people were attacked outside the magazines formal offices and in this paris suburb the effect of that attack has also made its mark on this quiet community. Typer test is evolving to rally again in the coming hours despite a ban on large gatherings. 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 there demanding new elections and reforms to the monitoring. Of the sounds new Prime Minister and acting president has promised there will be elections within the next 3 months supporters free decide he is up at all from jail 2 weeks ago during protests over the disputed parliamentary vote for it has more from the capital bishkek. We spoke to the new Prime Minister in action president of kyrgyzstan for the power of a man that 3 weeks ago was serving an 11 year jail term for kidnapping a crime that he says he never committed but he recognizes that he is yet to win the trust of many people in this country because their. Part of that there is a kurd saying that falsehoods travel faster than truth those people who are saying im a bad person that im connected with criminals and negative forces are saying that because they are scared the truth is that im going to fight against these corrupted schemes and i can see in the next 3 months there will be a lot of changes there will be president ial and parliamentary elections i will prove nothing by words but by real interventions that we are going to change and provide open and transparent elections. Fair elections depend not only on the Central Election Committee but on the corrupted interest of president or Prime Ministers of the past we are looking for new ways to break this institutionalized corrupted system we will fight against those who buy or sell the votes new legislation we are pushing forward might put violators behind bars for 2 years we are looking at amending the laws everything starts from the top so its important that high officials are not corrupt says that he will punish anybody that he says hes holding back kyrgyzstan or his path to democracy the countrys democratic progress and in the balance. Supporters of ivory coast president and opponents have clashed ahead of the election it happened after the opposition candidates called for a boycott of the vote show job for the end of this month president allison ouattara has rejected talks with wyvil parties and kicked off his campaign and is accused of violating the constitution by running for the 3rd time. And the coming hours people in guinea will vote in an election that seen violence in the lead up to the poll president seeking reelection but the opposition says hes violating time limits necklace reports. And down. Lyrics to a Catchy Campaign for getting his president. For his opponents its a call for violence. We are not here to fight we are there to have fun were not here to go off to anyone. But opposition candidates. Otherwise in an interview with. Ethnic divisions. Given under terms of 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 a full on 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 supporter shouts they can go back home we are made we back till the end i will die for his party shortly after this interview holmes in business is owned by ethnic philosophies 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 among alpha 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 died in 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 on with a new vote underway kubba sorry im a dinky is now worried 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 many 1st time voters want to call out a culture of politics that is pitting getting ends against each other because hawking aljazeera. This is here with these in the top stories a new humanitarian ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan is now in effect it follows violence over the disputed region of the dollar called a buck a previous truce agreed a week ago failed to hold u. S. President donald trump has held Campaign Events in 2 swing states democratic challenger joe biden is leading in Many National polls the job