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Learning to live with it cmon were dying with. Donald trump and joe biden clash on familiar issues but their 2nd and final president ial debate is more civil than the 1st. Game is president is on course or victory in elections that have violence allegations of fraud. But we begin with that breaking news item of libya where the nations 2 warring factions have agreed to what the u. N. Is calling a permanent cease fire the deal was agreed to in geneva where the 2 sides have been holding talks libya has been in turmoil ever since longtime leader in warmer gadhafi in 2011 was removed from power have been surviving administrations one based in tripoli and another one based in the east in tobruk well the uns libya envoy says she has confidence in the agreements. Today is a good day for the libyan people. At 11 15 am this morning here in the u. N. Headquarters in geneva. The 2 libyan delegations to the 5 plus 5 joint military commission talks signed a complete countrywide and permanent cease fire agreement with immediate effect well Stephanie Williams also went since in more detail about whats that cease fire agreements and sales. The parties agreed that all military units and armed groups on the front lines shall return to their camps and this show be accompanied by the departure of all mercenaries and foreign fighters from all libyan territories land air and sea within a maximum period of 3 months from today. Well the heads of the 2 rival Libyan Military delegations to the u. N. Praised the deal and cold for unity. And what i have addressed politicians in libya and have asked them to be one hand not to be polarized by factions and movements in order to achieve stability political and military stability in libya thats the only way to build the nation and to make sure security prevails we have had enough suffering enough division and enough bloodshed. Weve succeeded in achieving what all libyans were looking forward to the feeling of belonging to a nation of peace and security were very pleased with what weve achieved. All mahmouds of the what is live for us in tripoli in mahmouds the 1st glance this seems like some very good news for libya how do you think this cease fire announcement will be received where you are. Well hala it seems that everybody especially the stakeholders in that meeting are optimistic hopeful that this is going to go on t. V. A permanent. Cease fire on the ground especially with the fog that. Is Tiffany Williams the acting get you and boy to libya just stated that the. 2 deliberations agreed to submit this accord to the United Nations Security Council to be endorsed it so that it can be compelling to all or even factions on the ground we have that. We might have a new resolution from the United Nations Security Council to guarantee the implementation on this cease fire agreement on the ground all saw what is new this time as you know that cease fire agreements were declared several times before and were violated on the ground but what is new this time is that there are a vocal of the tool stakeholders confirm that all foreign fighters and most reasons should leave with and for the months as 8 williams is stated the question now remains that whether or not agreements that have been sealed between the government of national who are and other foreign governments in relation to our mutual Defense Military security and meditate agreements. Will be affected by this cease fire accord all saw as williams stated that the joint or the tool military commissions agreed to for them. A joint operation room to monitor and implement the a disability asian on the ground and to supervise the hold of all to say sion on the ground and to go on t. V. That all on with groups will return to the camps this agreement concedes with efforts on the ground also to bridge the gap between the 2 were a valid camps here in tripoli the 1st to fly it in one year and a half just took off from may to get airport in tripoli to be an airport and one has the as you know that of the asian was halted for one year and a half between not only tripoli open of r. C. But between the whole east under have to and the whole west of libya under the government of National Court because of the war that lunch and by have to his forces on tripoli last year but again as this military accord in has been reached it. Was also all other political talks end. These talks will eventually end up in tunisia. The upcoming months of november where the u. N. Is due to hold a meeting to choose the new executive authority a new unity government to run the country for a transitional period of 18 months ok. Joining us now live from tripoli thank you very much. Well how about was support so in the years of conflicts in libya and i weve reached the cease fire signing inserts and. Libya has been in turmoil for nearly a decade nato backed forces overthrew its longtime leader Muammar Gadhafi in 2011 plot a month. Has been killed as libyans have long awaited this historic moment. But the beginning of whats often described as a civil war started after disputed elections in 2014 the country split into 2 rival administrations one in the west one in the state the 2 broke best house of representatives in the powerful warlord holy for hof to gradually control the east and what became the un backed government of National Accord led by Prime Minister fires elser raj remained in the capital tripoli. During more than 6 years of fighting thousands of people have been killed and many more forced to flee their homes tripoli was under heavy assault for 14 months after have to ordered an offensive to capture the city. With turkeys support the government of National Accord only hosted the assault this summer in started its own offensive on the city of sirte. Libyas own dependent economy is badly damaged until recently half discourses had shut down while taking control of major Oil Facilities depriving the country of billions of dollars in revenue. Human rights more misses have recorded many violations traffickers have seized on the chaos to open smuggling routes to europe the un accuses regional players of fueling the fight by repeatedly ignoring a 20 live an arms embargo and supplying weapons to both sides the arms embargo has become libya is awash and weaponry and now advanced weaponry egypts the u. A. E. And rushed. Have supported hafter all turkey and qatar have backed the government of National Accord repeated attempts for a un brokered cease fire have failed this latest round of talks as seen both sides agreed to reopen land and air routes across front lines the un is hopeful this time there is Real Progress there taking the necessary measures on their own and i think that is really the most optimistic and positive development that i have seen after all its their country and libya is for libyans the u. N. Added a warning that countries should take their hands off libya and give warning parties a chance to reach a resolution on their own terms shelob ellis aljazeera. What reaction is starting to come in turkeys president Richard Sipe Erdogan has said he hopes the libyan sides will abide by the cease fire but courts it does not seem to achievable in the e. U. Is hailing the seas far as very good news but lets get more now from sammy humvee is there certain chief of International Interests Current Affairs magazine with a particular focus on the middle east joins us now from london by skype good to have you with us here on aljazeera either start with this cease fire agreement how much of a game changer would you say this is. I think it essentially presents or does the situation de facto on the ground we have to remember that in previous there is a new dynamic in libya that not exist in the previous years and that is this balancing military power before or after was the superior military he was able to. It was a sweep into the east and essentially arrive in the west and prepare an offensive on tripoli but as a result of the turkish intervention the power balance is now equal and as a result the military solution is not out of the window especially when you add to the fact that russia has entrenched itself around certain egypt direct intervention preventing any turkish ambitions to go eastwards and try to restore the government of National Accord so now the only way for these parties to just hold the only way for these parties to make their gains is to go through a political process particularly given that im brenda organizations that g. N. A. S. And the government in total can no longer have full control over the militias that make up those bridges moreover i think theres another dynamic is that senator has announced that hes not going to be part of any unity government that comes out of these negotiations hes offered to resign in other words now its a political free for all so for the militias that fought under the d. N. A. That already there on saturday when he was attacked by half that for them now they believe that within the political process they would be able to gain at assert their particular interest so now there is a vested interest in taking the political process seriously i think the ceasefire is significant in that it cements this idea that the barrel of the gun will no longer decide who is the Strongest Party in yemen and that it will be now are just sitting of the libyan parties in terms of winning over support from regional actors from the u. S. From the e. U. Some of them trying to win over from russia trying to take senior portfolios this idea of ministers from the west east and south coming together and then subsequent elections during you a legitimate seat i think from this angle this idea that now schools will be settled politically is the significant gain not necessarily that the conflict is coming to an end what will deeds i mean its a cease fire its not a peace deal and there is a fairly long road to hades but what was interesting when the u. N. Envoy was speaking was she did highlight the role of foreign fighters and said they have been asked to leave within 3 months do you think this will happen in that timeframe and is this what needs to to happen in order for there to be a lasting peace in libya. Probably be very unpopular for saying this but i think the political process has 2 dynamics the 1st is a desire to actually bring about a political process and a peace deal the 2nd im going to is the u. S. Is trying to push out russia and thats why it was very insistent that Stephanie Williams become the envoy and the u. S. Is very much pushing this Diplomatic Initiative as a parallel initiative to russia and you have turkey egypt u. A. E. France in between these 2 political processes and this is why Stephanie Williams went to moscow last couple of days and she tried to get guarantees from moscow that russia will support this political process i think instead when you william statement she stated that when it comes to the oil and reopening of the Oil Terminals she did not give a time and she was very vague as to when they will be open and that suggests that russia did not give guarantees because its the vaga group and russian mess in areas that are in control of a lot of the Oil Terminals and suggest that russia is still has its sense as to what extent it should cooperate with this political process why am i mentioning this because it suggests that russia will not believe it will not meet with its most interest and neither will turkey which is still in the process of establishing its minae will base in misurata and its air base in a what the more over and the dark irony of all of this is that this political process has been made possible because of the presence of Russian Forces and because of the presence of Turkish Military intervention because they and i only did the prospect of a military solution as a result of the military buildup if you remove that there is a great risk that the libyans militias will go back to fighting between themselves and thats why its very ironic and very dark to say but it may well be that it is the presence of these messenger he forces and foreign fighters that actually forces the libyan parties to continue to take the political process seriously but that in answer to your question i dont think the foreign fighters all the messages will leave easily turkey will not simply pack up and go after all its gains russia will not pack up and go after all of its gains france is trying to maneuver and find some sort of relevance once more after its been sidelined u. S. Is trying to establish its own mini. Very bases given that its absolutely furious that russia has been able to emerge and become of power in libya the reality is that as much as we want to talk about this as a libyan conflict between libyan parties the political process has come about because of the International Actors because each is pursuing the interest each is a green one this fear of influence and the u. S. Has announced on bid after a lengthy period of science and said listen this is how its going to be and russia is saying wait youre no longer strong ok im afraid well have to leave it there but still very much to play for a semi happened say thank you so much for joining us from london. Well still to come here on aljazeera including declares the Chinese People are not to be trifled with jack commemoration of the korean war. And fear as chiles constitutional referendum approaches we speak to opponents who say it will destroy the country. But. Were seeing some very heavy rain into japan recently will cheer up as we go through the weekend this big band of cloud to pour some big downpours in i did 39 millimeters of fright in the south of the country there in 24 hours so legacy of showers rolling in behind the be some heavier ones into that western side of honshu up into hokkaido but it is an improving picture 21. 00 celsius in the sunshine there on saturday in tokyo similar conditions as we go on into sunday should be drier weather where sunshine less in the west showers as is the case across a good part of the Korean Peninsula fine in trying cost much of china but we do still have some fairly heavy showers pushing towards a fast southwest with our typhoon making its way in here with the other side of the of the pretty good parts of india china we have got heavy showers pushing into northern parts of myanmar pushing up towards the northeastern corner of india some big and thundershowers still in place the eastern parts of bangladesh but for much of india it does look fine and right now the monsoon rains retreating quite nicely wanted to showers over towards under protest maybe into time and not do some heavy rain for a time to the western side of india but as we go on insist sunday it is essentially fatwah for the most part along with pakistan. He began it move and to put it just here i cant show by for. I felt like i was that a documentary filmmaker once granted unconditional this line of contrasts his experiences with those seeking refuge today and intimate know what the consequences of the policies of detainment is really and thats the sort of all this misery we cannot absorb this number that people have to suffer in this way it is a lot of refugees tail on and his era. The all. This is al jazeera command of the top stories for you know libyas warring factions have agreed to see what the u. N. Calls a permanent ceasefire the deal was agrees in geneva where the 2 sides have been holding talks u. S. Libya and voice says she has confidence in the deal and will make sure the International Community support sets the delegation heads of libyas 2 rival militaries have praised the deal and are calling for unity all nurseries and foreign fighters are also supposed to depart libya within 3 months. And less than 2 weeks americans will elect a new President Donald Trump and democratic rival joe biden had a final chance on thursday to sell their vision to the American Public of though it was a less chaotic debates the 2 mad still have plenty to spar over good in the pandemic racism and corruption White House Correspondent Kimberly Holcomb reports from nashville. It was a stark contrast from the 1st debate fewer interruptions and more substandard discussion with the 2 president ial hopefuls donald trump and joe biden who mostly respected the rules the moderator even earned a rare compliment from the us president so far i respect very much the way you handle it this is the debate opened with a disagreement over the handling of the covert pandemic thats left more than 223000 people dead in the United States were learning to live with it we have no choice we cant lock ourselves up in a basement like. You know were learning to live with people learning to die with provinces a vaccine is just weeks away even as most scientists suggest it could be monts and infections in the United States are surging trump lash back suggesting bidens policies to lock down the country are draconian and would hurt families and Small Businesses trump and biden also took aim at their respective alleged foreign entanglements trump hitting biden on his sons business dealings with ukraine and china and whether biden put policies in place as Vice President that helped to sun profit i have not taken a penny from any foreign shores ever in my life we learned this president paid 50 times the tax in china as a secret bank account with china biden lash back accusing trump of cozy relationships with russian president Vladimir Putin and north Korean Leader kim jong il and its a relationship trump defended claiming its prevented conflict and tensions he inherited from the Obama White House there was a very dangerous period in my 1st 3 months before we sort of work things out a little bit ok there was a very good they left us a mess what has he done hes legitimize north korea hes talked about his good buddy whos a folk at a restaurant and we had a Good Relationship with. Hitler before he in fact invaded and domestic policy trump tried repeatedly to portray bidens policies as extreme and too little too late considering his years a government he alleged of biden presidency would bring the United States closer to socialism when it comes to Health Care President tells me he was there when youre on tour 47 years he didnt do as america continues to grapple with the issue of Racial Injustice trumpeting bided for his role in passing a 994 crime bill that locked up a disproportionate number of africanamericans for possessing a small amount of drugs he never did a thing except in 1094 when he did such harm to the black community and they were called and he called them super predators all 100. 00 senators voted for a bill on drugs and how to deal with drugs it was a mistake on Climate Change trump defended his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord stating he believed it was too costly for Small Business but when biden suggested the u. S. Should move away from an economy based on oil trump had this response oh i was ready to ship because you know exactly what im saying is you is going to destroy the oil industry the final president ial debate was supposed to be about policy and that is exactly what American Voters got with 47000000 ballots already cast theres little time for either candidate to win new voters can really help al jazeera nashville tennessee. Spains Prime Minister says his nation has 3000000 covert 19 cases votes that the country is better prepared as it deals with a 2nd wave of infections european governments are reimposing locked restrictions to contain rapidly rising infections russia slovakia and poland have all seen record single day royces on friday and Scientists Say covert 1000 a spreading faster now and at the peak of the 1st wave in march. Chinas president has warned his country will never allow its sovereignty security or interests to be undermined and it wont be booming its sitting putin spoke at an events marking 70 years since chinese troops were deployed to fight in the korean war it was the 1st and only time china and the us face each other in a large scale conflicts. To guinea now where preliminary results from nearly all votes in distrait districts indicates president alpha conde winning a 3rd term since sundays election at least 13 people have been killed and Dozens Injured when Security Forces fired and supporters of opposition president ial candidate. He says he has evidence of frauds and is planning legal action nicholas uk reports. For a brief moment the gunfire stops was interrupted by families who are in mourning. I do sorry do jello. 14 years old chair known as he was 13 years old and 10 year old marcelo these young victims were shot by Security Forces in the face while they were celebrating candidate said it was preliminary victory announcement in sundays president ial vote for years military foreign children small boy 10 to 20 years old they never pick on real man i hope that that death will not go in vain and that the violence will stop preliminary results announced by the Election Commission known as the sen he suggests alpha conde said to win a landslide victory jello. Supporters are taking to the streets protesting the Election Results his party believes jello won with 53 percent of the vote. And. Nothing. Nothing to do and. The media. And. Mobile phone footage circulating on social media like this one showing Election Officials pending votes in favor of the president is deepening mistrust in the electoral process the 82 year old president amended the constitution. Earlier this year which allowed him to run for a 3rd term in office the decisions widespread criticism and protests conde said to become one of the continents oldest heads of state in a country where most are under the age of 25 meanwhile the government is accusing jello for mentoring unrest by announcing his victory before the official Election Results. Conde is a democrat he will accept the outcome no matter the result additional mobile phone footage shows the military taking position inside for the new neighborhoods known to support giallo power has been cut and people live in fear look at these dogs comments the women filming their shooting are people over 10 people have died and scores have been injured shot by Security Forces using force to silent dissent against a population it is meant to protect not kill Nicholas Hawk aljazeera. People in chile will vote this weekend on whether their nations constitution should be written many in favor say it could mark a new start for a country thats faced a year of political crisis but opponents say it will put the future of chile at risk latin america editor in the c. N. N. Your man reports from santiago was that the sundial is frightened of the future of chile replaces its current constitution with a flag in one hand and a plaque card in the other she joins hundreds of others whove been campaigning every week calling on chileans to vote late chassell or reject in sundays referendum to decide whether or not to draft a new magna carta the the they chant chile will not become cuba or venezuela and will that follow mrs sandoval says venezuelas economic and democratic collapse began when its former president will go chavis rewrote the constitution in 1999 i can without him but people will be afraid to invest here and without investment theres no development you look at a rich country like venezuela and you see what happened after they let these people change their constitution its just Common Senate remember things. Like mrs sandal violet many of those here believe the chilis 980. 00 constitution which was written under a military dictatorship helped to make the country more prosperous. But there is also a deep seeded ideological reason thats motivating chileans on both sides of the debate and it has to do with history if you listen to the chance there are just about israel and cuba it is all of the country had returned after the 1970s when cheney was governed by the worlds 1st ever democratically elected marxists i thought i ended it and thats why many are also cheering the favor of someone robert dictator general who was stuffing. Some openly show their admiration for him with t. Shirts that read by force suggesting that peaceful ways to resolve political differences are always the answer. While studies indicate that the majority of chileans no longer see the world through the prism of a less trite when conflict there are still many who do and to equate change with communism calles and hardship it. Often even able family daughter i remember the long lines to buy basic goods the ration cards in the 1970 s. Im terrified of facts about the the symbol used by these uniformed men is another grim reminder of the past it stands for fatherland in freedom the ultra right wing Paramilitary Group that fought the government there. Are no celestial after a long period of being dormant we re founded the organization fatherland and freedom last year and weve called it black spider to save she laid from communism. I dont have it at. Ironically communism is the furthest thing from the minds of the majority calling for a new more socially equal constitution i am told but like in other parts of the world fear of the unknown and of the past will motivate many to reject that option when they go to the polls on sunday. See in human aljazeera something out