Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

Back against president my calls comments about islam. In paris french m. P. s stand for moments of silence in honor of the victims. Also ahead strict restrictions are imposed across europe as the surge in the coronavirus impacts life from the continents. And its all in all messages on target for barcelona in the European Champions League a day after the Club President resigned messi restored order on the pitch for the 2 in a win against juventus. But we begin with breaking news out of france 3 people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in the Southern City of nice several others have been injured the attacker was wounded by police and is in custody in hospital where frances answer terrorism prosecutors have taken over the investigation the mayor of me says it was. A terrorist attack in cold for a crackdown on what he describes as islamofascism. But we are hurt to once again see that our city is taken like this i want to tell the families of the victims of this barbaric attack that everyone in the community is by your side i want to say that with exonerating the laws of peace in our country we will wipe out islamofascism well the lower house of parliament suspended her debates on new coronavirus restrictions and held some moments of silence for the fixins. David chase or joins us now on the line from nice with all the latest david youre on the ground sister been any updates on that attack. No they still dont know exactly what the motives were behind this attack the man who will do the knife and the most atrocious circumstances when jim to the basilica not to dom the biggest Catholic Church here in me says its still not known why he did it where he came from whether he had any support the police of course injured him joining the course of his arrest he escaped. About 12 minutes afterwards after the attack when the 2 women and one of the congregation was slashed to death he was caught in a cafe just called minutes away from from this this pacifica so we wait for any more information from the interior minister have some custom michael but its not known where he came from was he part was he a member of the new suburbs or not we dont know did he come specially to launch his attack where did he come from that is all unknown as is a on his motivations but very strong words from the we met with a nice saying that this is islamofascism and of course so many people in the Muslim Community in france in ready extremely worried about what they see as mounting pressure on their community some 5000000 strong him props from president michel and now this incident. Will only add to the pressure so a lot of cat had to be taken at this moment to make sure this doesnt incite any more hatred or feeling of exclusion by the Muslim Community indeed david here on the grounds how are people reacting in these what is the atmosphere like at the moment. Well its its also changing over the hours but when i 1st arrived people were centrally. In a state of shock because tonights state start to lock 9 pm the curfew starts a month so parents are taking opportunities taking their kids out catching the last minute supplies for that lock down perhaps getting a bit of fresh air before all the restrictions come in tonight and for them to suddenly hear all the Police Sirens which of course they heard very strongly again 4 years ago during the attack on the bus till day crowds. It was really really terrifying for the kids away but now most of the people coming here staring at the at the basilica looking at the police lines all around some of them have got automatic rifles others just crystals but every street surrounding this silica is not cut off agree kathleen watch. We understand david that the french president is on his way to nice what should we be looking out for as the day unfolds. I think this is 1 challenge for president. Whos bringing with him of course his interior minister and they will be 1st to 1st of course most of sympathy to the victims of the tax to their families and without a doubt promising to get to a root on the bottom of this as soon as they can serve like specter through sympathy for the family of the victims and once again for the people who seem so suffering the anxiety of an attack like this but then he will have to announce. What he intends to do about what measures can be taken when our urgent urgent to any further attack and this means the most to reassure ones they want some sort of strategy to get out of this. Present be doing parties offer to sympathy to the families of the victims he will be looking for people will be looking for reassurance and they will be looking for a strategy at this certainly this isnt the only crisis that the population of nice are living through in fact population france are of course facing that that strict strict locked in and so it would appear theyre still waiting to find out what the strategy is in terms of a way forward are people in these are the are they reassured that this matter is under control and in the hands or is there still when elements of fear because were seeing large numbers of police here its on the streets that may provide some kind of reassurance but this is not the only terrorism attack or is being investigated as a terrorism attack but its not the only attack the french people face in the in the past few years is there. How are people reacting to that. I think its safe to say. And despondency that those places curfew starting at 9 oclock tonight with all the restrictions and pressures that imposes upon the family and many people within the Muslim Community here in news will still added pressure because of the measures that might be taken against that tuna to the fact that this phrase islamic terrorism has almost fascism has been used by the city so i think worrying worrying 2 weeks ahead for those families and of course for any other family here whatever creed or religion or color they are because they dont they dont know whether therell be a follow up attack we dont know where it will come from whos doing this and why theyre doing it but the scene is set for some disturbing scene rick so had people face the curfew and a lockdown by mr actions on a normal life with the added pressure of what the court is rama such as David Chaytor there bring is the very latest from the ground in this thank you very much indeed but World Leaders have been quick to comments on the attacks in the east turkeys foreign minister strongly condemned the attack offering solidarity to spite some chorus running diplomatic spats with paris to eating in french men in english u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson said he was shocked to hear the news as in that the u. K. Stands steadfastly with france and against terror and intolerance and the vatican said its a moment of pain in a time of confusion terrorism and violence can never be accept says lets get more from Bernard Smith he joins us live now from paris bernard lots of. Reaction there but perhaps most interesting are those comments from turkeys foreign minister given the diplomatic spats that is underway between france and turkey. You know relations between france and turkey have been strained particularly in the last few weeks and turkey was criticized for not responding quickly enough to the murder of some your patsy who also had his head cut off by an attacker as he walked home from School Almost 2 weeks ago now this time turkey has very quickly responded along with along with many other governments in the rest of the world to condemn the attack saying it stands in solidarity with france but turkey had been critical over frances crackdown on particular muslim groups in the wake of the attack on the murder on samuel petit and it was because of that those criticisms of by turkish present one of the manual mccrum that they led to this straining of relations but turkey like everybody else is quick to point out the horror of these attacks and to condemn all violence and you touched on that that recent events just give us a bit more context about this this isnt the 1st attack that as taken place in france this year there was of course the the attack on the teacher in the north of france were now seeing this attacked and in these were also seeing another. Is that in search of a possible attacker he was shot dead by police in avignon give us a sense of the context in which this is all taking place in france. 2 weeks ago samuel patsey history and geography teacher was murdered as he walked home from school now he had given a class some days earlier on secularism and freedom of expression sex pression in france very important concepts here and he illustrated the class lessons by showing the class these caricature laws of the Prophet Muhammad now the people in that class offended by this and the parents of those pupils also offended by this and through social media this anger increased and it attracted the attention it seems of this 18 year old who lived 50 kilometers away from where the teacher taught and he traveled that distance to murder the teacher as he walked home from school now that murder outrageous and brutal attack prompted outrage here in france there were widespread spontaneous demonstrations in sympathy some apache was given the late posthumously by friends president emanuel mccrum the sorbonne now in the wake of that in the protests that that bein supporting in sympathy with some apache people have repeatedly shown these cartoons at rallies and protests and things like this and its this is part of the reason why. There have been a few people whove been very very upset about what theyve seen and we have no indication of what is behind the murders today in nice but they certainly come off the back of this rising. Tension really i guess between Emmanuel Macron who is now decided to spoke speak vociferously in defense of the secularist values of france and what he said is a need in a speech he gave some weeks before the murder of some your party a speech he said whether the need to clash that crack down on islamic separatism qualm sort of the attempt by some to impose conservative islamic. Beliefs that eclipse the traditional values of French Republic and the speech were markram spoke of a need for an islamic enlightenment offended many who felt that they were being spoken down to and this is it is this background that has led to an increasing tension and a challenge the fronts again to try and balance the needs to allow people to practice their religions freely which is something also spoke about the need the french state says to him to rigorously impose secularism. And bernard. This is one underlying tension of course the ongoing in france this the tensions between secularism and the right to practice ones religion overtly but there are also questions being raised about the security situation the intelligence agencies some would argue should of how to steer on this there have been terrorist attacks in the past which fall it simply some copycat attacks and this incidence could be viewed in that prism is there been any update on the the Terror Threat level and what would the intelligence agencies do in. They well the french Prime Minister john kass tex has raised frances terror level threat to its highest possible nationwide suggesting an attack is imminent or could happen at any time as any place without any notice the world wide spread arrests after the murder of samuel patsy people were taken in who had been on watch lists but as weve learned from attacks not just in france but also in other parts of europe some people are on watch a list others arent its extremely difficult to keep a 24 hour watch on everybody who comes up on the radar and while there we know nothing yet of the background of this individual in nice but their fortys always say that they stop many more of these events as we understand these attempted attacks than those that actually take place and there was another man shot dead in avignon not long after the attack in nice when he is alleged to have threatened people with a knife and threatened police with a knife and they shot him in their attempts to arrest him i should also odd that the french counsel for the muslim faith strongly condemned the attack in nice and all attacks and it says as a sign of mourning in solidarity with the victims and their loved ones i call on all muslims and friends to cancel also abrasions of the holiday of mollett but is because the holiday is today it observes the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad ali. Bernard smyth air live from paris thank you very much indeed lets stay with this story and bring in her lonely hes a Senior Research fellow at the Global Policy institute and joins us from some a low in france good to have you with us on the aljazeera news are talking about the security situation in france and the stance the threat level has been raised as we were hearing from our correspondents police have responded to an incident in the having your own that could have could have gone the same way but what does this incidence in nice tell you about this Security Service and the Security Services rather in france are they overstretched is this why Something Like this could slip through the net. This. Is a fact that its now are very very difficult to spot these terrorists committing terrible acts because they are no longer part of Networks Like shante do attack in 2050 and yet tacks on the back the clone where all got of the result they were ordered in a way by away from syria we know who were here organizers who picked the people but now the latest murders very difficult to predict the last the. Teacher was committed by young chitchat with not even listed as a radical u. S. Listed as of yet a few problems with the robot it was not spotted debris now is that you have what shes known as low cost terrorism by people who before we used to describe us who on whose but theyre not quite known was because these people are very often involved in some kind of group very of on the internet through social networks and thats why for example the government decided. In a way to crack down on these attempts to increase just surveillance of social networks and try to spot these people before the committee if they commit acts them not very busy boat. As small and they get very often these people are mentally unbalanced and they hit of course even that has said that now people who feel offended. The people who they considered as anti should use any means at their disposal in order to attack the and free food and weve weve seen that theyve used knives old kinds of fakes and its very very much for difficult so the french security. Oh we appear to have a problem there unfortunately with a whole lot he was updating us on the context around the Security Services and the attacks which francis is seeing we will try and get him back for now though lets move on nice of course no stranger to attacks 4 years ago a truck was deliberately driven into crowds celebrating bestie day 86 people were killed and hundreds of others injured in 20153 soldiers guarding a Jewish Community center were stabbed by a knife wielding attacker he was sentenced to 30 years in prison and into various and 316 people were injured in a bomb blast at a local Government Office well earlier we spoke to yes or no is the heads of the justice and liberties for all committee the Civil Liberties activists he told us the french governments counterterrorism strategy has proven time and again to be a failure. We are in a country that has implemented must surveillance the government said we need to monitor all conversations on the internet we need to be able to predict the terrorist attacks we need extra means or for the state to to prosecute any person preventive justice to put people under house arrest in a ahead of the time the need to act and yet this is happening again just one week after the the beheading of summit but whats going on with this countrys counterterrorism are just listen and this country is counterterrorism strategy so to quote again the Domestic Intelligence themselves of the repression based mugger is a complete failure i can bring you here this book from. 40 years of feared Concert Series and and yet were not asking ourselves why is this happening to us and what this keeps happening again and again and again and what are we going to do now to stay at home and dont go out and just do nothing about it this is these are really serious questions and the government yet again would fail to address this question by saying what is not working within the counterterrorism framework and that makes these attacks happening again and again when the why so far nobody is answering to because they keep getting these people are when are we going to are these people in there well get them on their motivations when are we going to able to act ahead of time and we put these things from happening i mean i woman was beheaded inside that church that mean these people have nothing sacred there is nothing there are no more you know budrus for them and this is a husband is again one week after a teacher was beheaded so not the 1st said nice nice will really address these questions and say what or how we failed and why are these people a people are talking to us now a church of you know saw this beheading today 750 people got killed in mosques or across the muslim world like if you can have the dots and see that this ideology has been spread and that we lost so far the budget idea because again these keep happening again and again and we keep dealing with these at all these attacks are separate from one another and they are not apparently and as you just mentioned that 3 attacks happen today. So how many more times before we start wishing i was right that you approved its not working were going to do no good to them youre responsible because a man did that like it happened in need of some good but you for example honestly this is really a disaster for france really a disaster for us asking the government when are you going to start asking serious questions and stop beating around the brink comes to counterterrorism strategy. Speaking to be earlier and please to say we do you have. Back with us joining us from some low thank you for sticking around so are we so it is a technical issue we were talking about the attacks and weve heard there one point of view about the Security Services but im interested. In your opinion on this one which is say that france is so often the target of extremists attacks like this. For many reasons and the main reasons be that the french the french principle of secure as of the fact that the 1st it does the biggest mostly in population. In europe the fact that some of the mostly book edition film i did 80 from france is that even though especially people leave even get goes into some resentment about that he spit on the part of these young people who figure that the french state has let them down because of their high unemployment dowsing condition to get those so there is a fair tide ground to fan. The flames of ready career radicalism and they actually call into speech he made early in october and a 2nd of october. Was an attack on iran decrease levies and would say hes not origin but a pretty Good Movement but that is same time it was he was at pains to stress that the french stayed at its responsibility of feeding that some of the french some of the french from arab descent from muskie. From africa fed angry towards the system and therefore its great to poach and france these are so another case sees itself as deflect bearer of secure or isnt frances its never the country who has spent their order 19th century trying to diminish the influence of the governing church raja through society in france it was a long struggle to 200 years you know that to achieve it before with the look of 1905 so the principle of security resume which is now seen as part of french i dont see is attacked so is attacked by. By the period by the radical islamist what actually must misleads. Like the brits who live in france like the principle or of securities and the fact that critics doesnt interfere with religion and religion should not interfere with critics unable to practice their original company so that thats one thing so effective frances itself as a flag bearer of that principle might be a reason or so but there is one issue which has been fanning the flames in the recent weeks is d. Shoot of degree gets to france in frost as no case press fit theres a tradition in france of criticising the cafferty courage and to carry get ism has been a very strong strand of friendship predicts bush irreparably going to predict dont forget that the church in france you know recover not as a republic until to be the 20th century before it will pose no Prime Minister in france was a church goer it would have made it pretty to go deaf because of this principle dont do little home to people vote on the door of god but the dissent under french are not that sensitive to other peoples feelings and thats what i think it is day in age when you criticize a region such as big origin as these people are at the ready deep faith you have to be careful you can do message the spread of it was a social networks before attacks and their true article for each of us was on National Consumption now attacks on islam by a certain groups of anti carry court and jury just groups is broadcast and gives just a few cation to violent acts against figgs uk thats what person if they have a right to carry gets you know but not fit for example shiney of door not should stop funding defraying ok of. And should feed and they say they are going to have to jump in there is that. Hello im so sorry im so sorry to cut you off thank you very much though for bringing us your views on this great to get you back on the program were showing our viewers live pictures now from nice in france where the french president has just arrived at the basilica where the attack took place in the early hours of this morning for viewers just joining us of course 3 people at least 3 people have been killed in that attack that. The french president has now arrived there he is being shown the scene we expect he will be making some remarks shortly the. Prosecute the french prosecutors have not taken over the investigation they are investigating this is a terrorist attack the attacker is in custody he was shot by police who arrived on the seams and 12 minutes after that attack was called in he is in custody he is alive and being treated. But so far these are this is the view from nice the french president there in front of the basilica where that where that attack happens no we we were speaking to our guests earlier who were talking about the context in which this attack had taken place. Of course giving some of those speeches and also giving condolences after an attack 2 weeks ago when a teacher was killed and beheaded after showing his class some cartoons of the prophet mohammeds that provoked outcry and of course he was later murdered and beheaded the reason i reference this now is because of the details that we are aware of from this attack in nice at least 3 people have been killed several others injured but we understand that one of the women who was killed was also beheads its know the attacker. Went into the basilica with a knife and attacked the crowds the worshipers who were gathered there he has been shot by police he is in custody he is still alive this event is being investigated as a terrorist incidents but certainly another traumatic attack that the people of france now have to face this is the french president is. Has rushed to nice to offer his condolences to visit the scene of that attack he is in front of the basilica where hes visiting the scene of that knife attack an attack which comes just one day before the entire country is set to move into lockdown a very tense time of course in france. That is 2 brutal attacks that have happens within the space of 2 weeks. Of course that attack taking place in a basilica largest Catholic Church in the city now aljazeera has a correspondent on the ground David Chaytor. Is live for us david swe are watching live pictures there this is the french president s he has arrived on the scene. Just give us a sense of whats been happening in the last few hours in nice and what we can expect from the french president s. Well i think take that last question 1st what we can expect is some attempt to give. Some sympathy some heartfelt sympathy to those who lost their loved ones that day. Not saddam is the largest Catholic Church here in nice right in the center needs someone of the main shopping as so i think thats his 1st priority but his 2nd one will be to find out from the police along with his interior minister exactly how far theyve got in tracking down the man who launched the attack a very brutal attack inside this church slashing killing to the women and injuring the killing another another victim as well that is very very brutal and he will want to know what was behind this attack why was launched the decree today why they chose the pathetic that doesnt have any backup of course the police who shot and injured him during his arrest will be sitting by the bedside waking graham to answer some of these questions but this could be a long process so i think once hes expressed. To the people here in nice about this extraordinarily brutal attack he will be wanted to find out from his own Intelligence Services from his Police Forces on the scene exactly how this could happen and if they know anything about the whole background to the taste because i think hed be worried by what the mayor of niece said today that this is is islamic fascism and that is not the sort of language he would be keen to promote it to help the recovery in the healing process so i think theyll be a quiet word with the nieces welcome the crest of the want to try and. Bring healing to craft the moment is on me one of the most urgent alerts for more time and only very cost of going into another month or so it certainly is and you mention there david that this is certainly going to be a complex investigation it is of course under way as we speak right now i have the authorities release any more information we understand 3 people have been killed and suspects is in custody have any more details been released as to the other worshippers who were in the church that many people have been injured of the given any serious to the name of the suspects or any other information about who carried out this attack. Well these are the overeager questions and im sure we will find an answer to most of them before the day is out but at the moment i think they are trying to bring one to essentially after this brutal attack that is a sense of perspective try and put this in some form of context not to try and increase the temperature between the 2 regions here and to try and avoid any further such attacks not quite so useful and will be very useful to find out whether this was an individual to decide to take his revenge or whether he was actually placed in british and to launch this attack but other people so that would be the most important thing to try and establish the chain that might have been behind this attack and behind this individual and where would nikon except weve heard of this attack is obviously a very very troubling attack to happen in the city of nice but we were also reporting earlier of another attempted attack near the city of avignon where an attacker was was was shot dead after he was threatening people there with a knife and and reportedly shot in gold his grades as well this is coming at a time of heightened tensions because of comments emanuel micro made a by. Reforming islam and that certainly provoked a lot of i cry saeeds of side of the country as well as emmanuel micron the french president said anything about it does he feel. Has he any reaction to the broader context of this. I did take the presence of money on my car as he was complaining about islam but islamism as he called it that is an important difference hes very very careful to try and reassure the 5000000 Muslim Community strong the strength very large the largest in europe that he wants to play for to keep relations good but he wants also the values of france to be part of everybody whos living in from that those values should not be attacked by anyone so difficult because they have to tread on that especially when the marigny is using the words he has already been about to start alienating further. Alienating the communities here in greece and of course across the whole the problems so its a very difficult path for him to tread and i think hell be treading very carefully during his time here both at the basilica and later in conducting discussions with his intelligence and Police Sources ok and david just just quickly you are down there on the guidance you are in need youve been speaking to see people. Have people been reacting to this this is the 1st time these has been subject to an attack a terrorist attack same thinking of course of when that truck attacks in place on bestie day and over ac people were killed was the reactions of the people that you things became seen. Well yes its a good question i was here one of the 1st on the scene after that truck attack is only 4 years because remember very well the feeling it creates. Now this one is yet again a case of dismay and shock for the people who live in this very central part of me here once again the police arent going on before they even knew what actually happened so they were out on the street. Buying things by. Taking a short walk by the sea before the. 9 oclock tonight 1. So this must have been take 3 shocking for them but now the mood has changed people are curiously walking costco the police lines on the road to the building block. I guess looking at the scene of the attack so once again its becoming a focus for conversation. And the curfew. Will put its own precious on those families along with this awful incident that happened in their midst absolutely i think thats where speaking were showing our viewers live pictures from in front of the basilica a very heavy Police Presence there emmanuel microloan hes just moved i said shot we are waiting to see if he will make any Public Comments any public statements to see if he will address this publicly but he has been certainly speaking with those gathered on the scene getting a bit of a sense of how things have played sites. Very grand building that surrounds it heavily surrounded by police that davids you are outside the prison. Were going to keep stay with you and so we do hear from Emmanuel Marc wrong but certainly you were there at the attack back in 20 twentieths 16 yet another attack here. Taking place at that basilica in terms of the. The situation in these people have any sense of why this is happened in their 6 why they have come in for yet another attack of this nature. I can guess that all the are saying that. Everybody from every creed every color who lives in nice will be asking that very question why us why now why here and why are we having the same thing happen to was this terrorist attack as they call it why weve been selected course until we find out exactly where this man came from when hes probably interrogated by the police and we get the problem telegin says how we launch this attack and why you dont just attack the questions that nobody can really answer yet so i think the press the macro will be concentrating very much now on trying to balance things to try and reassurance to the people about the future safety and to. Help a helping hand in the grief. Of those loved ones of the victims who are now grieving inside the city so its an extraordinary balancing act hes got to do along with of course the great crisis that hes in the center of a city which is on red alert all ready for the coded crisis and at the quickest way carefully through all the competing concerns that he now faces in the city ok david chase. Bring us the very latest from the scene thank you very much indeed says david chase there reporting live from nice well i had weve been hearing in our coverage france is about to go into lockdown following a search in corona virus infections theres nothing but pleasure is life for us in paris. Of course we tend to forget in the drama all the events of the last few hours that the french president has made hes already addressed the nation address the nation just last night to inform the country it was going back into lock what more can you tell us. Yes people in france facing another month of lockdown at least because what we understand from the head of frances Scientific Council is that that lockdown could well be extended the french president says that he hopes that people will at least be out of their homes by the end of Year Holidays but whether that happens no one really knows because everyone has been watching over the past few weeks the cases the new cases of current of fars infections rise exponentially weve seen on some days more than 50000 cases a day some experts say that could actually be around a 100000 cases a day if you count people who are asymptomatic so the french president says this meltdown is necessary to try and stem the further spread of the coronavirus he says though that the slowdown will be a little bit different than the one at the beginning of the year in march and april in the schools will remain open have the children from the age of 6 will now have to wear masks in school at the moment its only from the age of 11 and some industries can stay open say factories and building and Construction Industries like bassem Public Services will be able to remain open nevertheless it will still be very strict for most people they must work from home as much as possible and in terms of whether they can leave the house or not only one hour a day probably within a want to kilometer perimeter so very tough times ahead for many people here in france there are indeed natasha in here of people being reacting to that theyre facing a new law in. Less than 24 hours time. Yes i look down starting at midnight on thursday here paris time so i mean people are actually quite busy hours in the streets shopping doing things that they can before they are forced to stay at home but i have to say theres a very different atmosphere this time and there was the 1st time in march in march there was a real sense of a shock and surprise when the french president announced the knock down and i was followed in a way by weeks of solidarity the sense that this was really necessary really important that everyone was clubbing together if you like to help and support Health Workers across the country because there was so much pressure on hospitals on intensive care unit beds of course many people this time around that ive been speaking to still support that motive the fact is that hospitals in france are in depression in the hall for i. C. U. Beds are full of people understand there is a real need to protect the vulnerable and protect Health Workers nevertheless that doesnt mean theyre going into this easily many people feel resigned to it but very upset really that theyre going to have to stay at home again the next 4 weeks and people are really starting to ask why is this happening again you know when its 5 months since we last once its not done how is it that the french government perhaps failed to anticipate the situation fail to put in place stricter measures earlier in order that people were not once again forced to stay at home. Or their life in paris thank you very much indeed. Virus cases are climbing across the u. S. And with the president ial election just days away you know half a 1000000 cases to be recorded in the past week the 26 states reporting record numbers that continues to dominate campaigning nurse mike hanna reports from Washington Joe Biden the merges from the voting station having cast an early ballot. Joining his opponent donald trump who voted in florida last week theyre not the only ones 6 days out from election day a record 70000000 americans have cast their votes early amounting to half the total number of ballots recorded in 2016 why didnt chose to stay in his home town holding a meeting with Health Professionals to discuss the ongoing pandemic. Shaking his head at what he heard and afterwards lashing out to the president he contends has given up trying to contain the pandemic she was like he just doesnt care much about it and the longer hes in charge the more reckless she gets its enough trying to change reports emerging during the day indicate that President Trump and his advisers were seeking Political Capital out of the pandemic as far back as april in a recorded interview with Journalist Bob Woodward jarrett cushion a reveals that his father in law in his words was getting the country back from the doctors question was referring to Donald Trumps insistence on ending the lockdown as soon as possible he was tweeting support for anti lock down protests at a time that americans were dying at the rate of some 2000 a day cushion and says he and trump are focused on what would help the president on election day by their calculations he contended trump would be seen as the open up president which would give him a boost in the polls. And on the campaign trail President Trump continues to insist this too much focus on the coronavirus and rails against the mitigating measures Health Experts insist on under bidens cruel and centers lockdowns countless americans will died from suicide drug overdose. Deferred medical care alcoholism we got to open up pennsylvania we got opened up North Carolina got opened up california got opened up new york. The pandemic has dominated this election process like no other subject and ultimately this vote may well turn into a referendum on how well or help badly the sitting president has responded mike hanna of his era washington. The u. S. Secretary of state has described chinas communist policy is the biggest threat to religious freedom mike from peo issued the warning in indonesia which has the Worlds Largest Muslim Population is the latest stop on his asian tour to boost bolster trade and security ties just to washington has more from the capital jakarta. Just wrapped up a meeting into the asias largest Islamic Organization the youth Wing Organization and there he spoke to them and told them that he believes in tunisia is a model for the world of religious pluralism and shows how different religions can live in harmony and he used the example of what is happening in chinas northwest as the greatest threat to religious freedom and he urged this group of moderate muslims to consider what is happening to the minorities. And he did say that he acknowledges that beijing has made efforts to attempt to describe what is happening in. As counterterrorism efforts all reeducation efforts but he also to seriously consider whether this is in fact true now for the most part although indonesia is the Worlds Largest muslim majority country human rights abuses against the weak ethnic minority dont really get that much attention and thats clearly something that secretary of state. Trying to change. I know that the Chinese Government has tried to convince me to. Hear these arguments i just ask you to do this search your hearts. Look at the facts listen to the tales of the survivors and of their families this is part of the secretary of state. A very brief trip through asia. Now and he did meet with president. Before him in his day here in indonesia and this is part of the u. S. Efforts to try to contain chinese influence here in this region but indonesia has a long history of having a nonaligned Foreign Policy what that means is that indonesia tries to have positive relations with both china and the u. S. Counterterrorism police in india have carried out nationwide raids in connection with the separatist fights in indian administered kashmir the National Investigation Agency Task Force searched the offices of charities newspapers and prominent human rights activists user india correspondent elizabeth purana in delhi. Were outside the offices of a Charity Organization called the charity and lions its one of around 20. Raided by indias National Investigation agency over the past 2 days now residents of this neighborhood have told us that the street was filled with Police Officers a little bit earlier in the day the National Investigation agency says the. Ngos and trusts raising money in india and charitable activities and then using that money they say separatist activities in indian administered kashmir the raids began there wednesday there were 9 raids. In the Southern City of they have continued today. And here in delhi and. Offices of newspapers and. Of prominent human rights activists have been raided they include the. Minority commission now a prominent politician has condemned the raids he says that theyre a vicious crackdown on dissent and Peoples Democratic party have been detained. For protesting against the raids. Aid workers in vietnam say at least 50 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a powerful typhoon triggered landslides in some remote areas. Have also been killed hundreds of soldiers and heavy machinery have been deployed to affected areas to help search for survivors sloans louis is following developments from kuala lumpur. Typhoon malaria is one of the worst typhoons to hit vietnam in 20 years it lashed the Central Region with heavy rain causing floods and setting off landslides hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to the worst hit areas to help and search for missing people in the kitty im sorry we must reach the landslide the fastest way 1st sending more soldiers before we can get the big machinery that we have to reach there by all means including using helicopters this village is blocked off and bulldozers and excavators are being used to open a road to fishing boats also sank off the coast of vietnam as the typhoon approached this region is still recovering from floods that killed more than 130. 00 people and destroyed hundreds of houses earlier this month in a series of storms aid agencies say relieve resources will be pushed to the limit the government says more than 50000. 00 homes have been damaged and millions of people left without electricity and more heavy rain is forecast to fall in Central Vietnam in the coming days florence slowly aljazeera its time for the sports fears andy thank you so much halloween or messi is quite a late penalty is barcelona beats are in championship events just so you know in the European Champions League a 2nd straight win for passer in this competition as they hit back from a 31 lost around madrid in the Spanish League the club also dealing with the fallout from the resignation of their Club President josep maria bottom i owe you clear. I think everyone has their own opinion on what happened in the boardroom i believe that what the team has demonstrated shows that this has not affected us and has had little influence on us otherwise we would have not played a game like the one we played today. Im instructor Marcus Rushford scored a hat trick is Manchester United beat German League leaders rb leipzig 5 nil scoring 3 goals in 16 minutes after coming on as a substitute rush but also making the headlines for his campaign to provide free meals to schoolchildren in the united kingdom. Oh. Sure. He was important for all of. Them all so if you really were going off. 8 games in all the other group h. Much so p. S. G. Winning 2 nil against a stumble or here neymar going off with an injury during that game and chelsea they were 4 no one is in russia against krasnodar chelseas russian on a Roman Abramovich making a pretty rare public appearance at that game hes unable to attend matches in the u. K. At the moment these issues are the man in charge of african football ahmed ahmed has confirmed he will stand for reelection as caf president next year and id want to vote to take on the job in 2017 but hes currently the subjects of an ethics investigation by footballs world governing body faith and last if a for so charge of african football temporarily to try and speed up some reforms while african football rights Gary Al Smith says a mans hold on power is an unlikely one. The feeling that i might have not been in control of compositing dead honestly since the face the was given the job i mean i was there at the elections and if youll be our way he was given the job and you got the sense that he was always going to be a stopgap cop president indeed he has said in many quarters that you know he was only going to staple one to him which is why many people who dont watch african football religiously have been surprised that hes running for the 2nd but you know how politics is i mean he has been given that nod of approval of up all 4 to 6 different african countries and he says that is why he is going for it the forget that in the past year a lot of countries will feel indebted to him i said many stations because of the very least he was able to ensure that the got some money in this difficult period when almost every industry in the world d who bought inclusive is looking for money to keep themselves d buoyant for the other countries who do not throw your support behind him i think is just a case of you know being known aligned at that moment or d looking to see if anybody else who troll the i have in the race but i suspect that for the moment a lot of countries even those who have not publicly declared his support for a med will be looking to to support him come next march join the poles how Major League Baseball is investigating the behavior of world series when it just in turn of the i dont you star received news of a positive test for coverage 19 midway 3 wednesdays Decisive Game who was withdrawn from me actually placed in isolation but then returned to the failed to celebrate his teams series victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in a statement the m. R. P. Said his decision put everyone he came in contact with at risk. And one of motor sports highest profile drivers had a bad day at the Texas Motor Speedway nascar star Bubba Wallace in the number 43 car head knocked out early on in his latest race hes the only black driver in this series and next season wallace will be joining a new team thats being launched by m. B. A. Greats michael jordan. Ok theres more from me in a couple of hours but that is how you sports is looking for thank you very much indeed and say oh well that is so sad for this news our d. Stay with us here and ill just see ill be back after the break with more of the days news stay with us. November on aljazeera. Who will be the next president of the United States join us for extended coverage of the u. S. Elections on november 3rd and full of. 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