Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

Years in prison for 2 men who helped alshabaab gunman carry out the Westgate Mall attack in nairobi. For the 3 victims killed on my for attack at a church in the east. And far is smile have all the days sport including paris and cement president Nasser Al Khalifa he has been cleared a fake corruption charge at a court in switzerland. We begin then with continuing coverage of that breaking news the strong earthquake in the aegean sea which is shaken both turkey and greece rescuers are frantically searching for survivors and is mir after the magnitude 7 quake caused several buildings to collapse it triggered a sea surge and flooding at least 4 people are known to been killed and 120 injured lets speak to aljazeera 7 course is live for us in istanbul so whats the latest from israel. Well as rain according to the governor of is meant for buildings have completely collapsed and for citizens were killed on their the rubbles of those buildings he also said that 70 citizens were. Rescued by the search and rescue teams and we know that this 120 people have been injured of course the figures change dramatically even in minutes when these kinds of strong earthquakes happen this is what we know so far about the casualties but we dont know any accurate numbers because at 1st some source in some official sources said that they had reports of 6 pill things being collapsed then. The minister said that these 20 buildings were collapse so maybe there are more buildings that have been damaged and that have been collapsed so that the d. V. D. After india aftermath of the earthquake we have seen pictures showing some small coming out of those buildings that have collapsed people were in panic and on social media we are seeing some calls by citizens giving some addresses saying that they have people on their rubbles over there or those buildings that they are mentioning might have been collapsed but this was a very strong one it was felt by it was felt in the nearby cities even in istanbul also greek island somewhere. It was one of the places that was affected by the earthquake there was a partial tsunami even if it is our District Office where there was a partial tsunami and the Governors Office said that it was contained once turkish citizen was injured of course since its a course a city a harbor city there is a risk for floods and tsunami or always that but according to the office it was a it was a small risk and it is out of question right now but we dont know what. This earthquake is going to ring because izmir is the largest city of turkey with more than 4500000. 00 People Living there and it tracks the mastic and Foreign Tourists every year millions of the hundreds of thousands of tourists every year and the city center is highly populated thats why the buildings are very high of course this is a real. Western turkey that egypt calls have been actually witnessing earthquakes for the last one and a half fear mainly is made. In the cities of western turkey have been affected most by those earthquakes which whose magnitude have been between 3. 3 to 4. 5 but this 17. 0 was a very strong and unexpected one despite the earthquakes that have been with the so far turkey is sits on a fault lines at 3 and not only on the western coast also on a taller and plus stumble the if those areas are sitting on a very strong assessment fault lines which are potential dangers in the country thats why especially after deny 999. 00 earthquake that shook istanbul and its nearby cities which cost thousands of lives in turkey there was a call for mobilization for urban transform ation thats to back up the structures of the of the damaged buildings or the ones that have been built before 999 or to demolish those all buildings and renew with with the new ones in even just a couple of weeks ago is stumble in is stumble at the Governors Office and took his Disaster Management agency sent letters to those buildings were who were built before 999 and to either back to their structures column structures up or to demolish and build new. Build things as this thumb rule is also facing a potential. Strong earthquake so is my it was a shock for is met today as many people were at home it was the mid day and because of course on the virus many people are working from home and students are at home to add 3 to the many thanks indeed ounces there is some consumer there reporting live from istanbul david im xander is a professor of risk and the sauce to reduction at the University College london he researches Emergency Management and planning he joins us now live via skype from florence. Could tell you with us this was a magnitude 7 earthquake it was felt as far away as crete looking at those pictures how is it that that some buildings a complete be untouched the majority of buildings completely untouched whereas others have just crumpled. Right there are several reasons why that may be the case one relates to the Foundation Conditions under the building whether those are effectively stable ground or not perhaps a more important condition relates to the cromarty of construction the quality of the reinforcing roads and the cement and about all the inspection regime which i think in turkey is generally rather poor. And for that reason we find modern buildings collapsing historically there has been an evolution around the Seismic Building in turkey but rather smaller buildings martin reinforced concrete buildings can across be very large as you can see in pictures here and if they are not constructed to seismic standards and that is not in force by proper inspection for conformity with ability codes then youre likely to have a collapse as you did very widespread collapse in the east made parade of 999 on the north coast of turkey so what needs to happen to ensure that this sort of thing doesnt happen again i mean you cant just demolish buildings that could potentially be a hazard of quake or kenya. Sometimes i think that perhaps you should demolish such a building these however it is generally possible to retrofit buildings that theyre not built to particularly wonderful standard of seismic resistance there are ways and means by which there seismic resistance can be improved truthfully to an acceptable level it is a rather technical process but it is feasible although costly and its now a race against time i suppose with with with night falling there and as we had to to find people who may be trapped under the rubble how do you go about doing that. Well let me 1st point out that according to an estimate by the u. S. Geological survey what they said craig about 6000 people who live in the area of severe shaking 71000 in the area a very strong shaking of 3200000 in the area of strong shaking which implies that in fact the number of casualties is likely to rise possibly substantially but one thing is that techie since 999 as opposed to a pretty good network of search and rescue units are go to brown couldnt go there which is based in istanbul and is on the scene now we this minute and they are United Nations so to fight their own Party Quality you know they know what theyre doing so youre getting the convergence reaction of search and rescue technical explain medical specialists doctors and so on on this area and of course the Emergency Operations will go on unchecked throughout the night and why is it that seems to. Hit pretty hard by this earthquake where as. Greece and the greek islands at the moment dont seem to have suffered this kind of damage. Well if the earth breaks it didnt start quite superficially right near the surface of the earths crust and this one had a high profile into that to say where the shaking starts 21 kilometer says date which in part of the shallows and then be sent to a point on the mark where the shaking starts reaches some or the order of 60 kilometers south west of is mia you know who its quite a long way from greece so you get whats known as seismic attenuation in other words the waves lose their folds of the shaking loses if it falls as it travels and it would travel westwards towards the gulf or hurry which actually is an area that has had some very serious that greggs and tsunamis in the past across the acnc which is fairly highly seismic timetable of generating significant tsunamis in this instance however the tsunami that was generated the water rushed through the streets of these bigger least according to a programmer just had an emergency manager who lives in his beer and was there. However fortunately not as large a tsunami as could have occurred and has occurred as a result of programs in the most distant parts a david just basically that earthquake of this magnitude what now is that the danger of aftershocks being further travis. Right this sort of very great aftershocks tell you a lot really what we would call a negative exponential manner in other words very rapidly however unfortunately there are almost certainly be several large part of the shots and not sequence you know who is there will be thousands or even tens of thousands of smaller aftershocks that maybe perceptible but it will not be or a great deal of damage and there will be a few larger events probably smaller than the main shock or just might be to 6. 6. Parts taper of doing damage firstly in their own right and secondly because they will be acting upon buildings and structures that have been weakened by a major shock and that is unfortunate but true. Professor still to his many thanks indeed for being with us David Alexander there. Via skype from florence Reuters News Agency reporting that the greek prime minister. Has called the turkish president and he says whatever our differences these are times when our people need to stand together. Referring of course to the earthquake that hes offered his condolences to president other one of the deaths that we know of so far of course and stay with us saying that the death toll is likely to rise given the scale of the damage that is managing editor of the daily southern newspaper he says the death toll is likely to rise. I was right where i am at the moment when the earthquake hit and it hit and i did feel it very very strongly. As i cant imagine even how it was felt in is near where it actually happened throughout its some walleyes people that i spoke to they all said that they had felt the earthquake and we know that it was even felt from the greek island of some was and actually has caused damage. So unfortunately there has been you know announcement that 4 people have lost their lives so far and about 220 are already announced to be under the debris. You know it is very soon to actually speak on speaking on the numbers of the casualties unfortunately. As it very very short happened very you know nearly about an hour ago or so so but we know that the rescue and search teams have been dispatched. And we know that the efforts are underway something that we should also be aware about this region is that is near as surrounding area and most of the aegean coast is a earthquake prone. Area so. Very recently earthquakes happen in the in the region and use me in in medicine for a story im monita province for example. Small damages had happened at the time but this strength of the quake wasnt as strong as what happened today the fact that we felt its you know all the way to stumble a very strongly shows the intensity of the earthquake itself as far as we know at this point at this hour that we have have we have heard the reports of about 20 buildings collapse yes this is the strength of the earthquake is a big measure but at the same time i think the region is meeting in and some of the buildings we we know that actually that you know some of the areas in that region are the regions where Urbanization Ministry had already previously. You know had plans to to redo of a night because of the quality of the building buildings you spoke about the 1909. Earthquake but very recently actually we had an earthquake in l a. And before that we had another earthquake in van provinces of the eastern turkey and they were also very deadly you know we we are hoping that the numbers will not be escalating and we hope to hear the news about its more people being rescued but the fact that some 20 buildings have collapsed is. A big news and im afraid the number of casualties may rise. Thats just take a moment to bring you up to speed with exactly what has happened a strong earthquake in the aegean sea has. Shaken turkey and greece that it hit on friday afternoon local time it was a powerful one to a magnitude 7 trauma and was centered off the keys is may have province it was felt as far away as athens and istanbul in the out of crees turkey put the magnitude of the quake at 6. 00 saying that at least 20 buildings collapsed in the city of is man greek media is reporting that it triggered a mini tsunami that flooded the island of samples at least 4 people unknown to have died at the moment that figure is likely to rise more than 100 other people have been pulled from the rubble injured rescuers are still searching for survivors but it does to me it is the u. N. Coordinator for a cooked search and rescue association the organization that is the largest aid group assisting with quick rescue joins us now live via skype from london to tell us about what will be going on now in izmir as far as this rescue operation is concerned. By the arm well so far initially when the 1st the earthquake the for the 1st time we got a note of cation and initially our teams on the ground so we have several regional teams in the region that went and started to their watery areas. And then out of 28. 00 of our teams across the country none of them were activated to deploy that region for initial assessments. It looks like youre it laid up the collapses are sporadic in or in particular this despite the city only so its inborn noble and directly but the rest of the city currently does not have any mass collapses and so it looks like local response will be sufficient for the time being one of the the chances of people surviving a building collapse. A others the rescuers looking for bodies here or is it possible to survive under a mountain of heavy rubble like. It actually comes down to how the buildings were built in the 1st place so if people have been trained and educated about how to react when they start hearing to. Start feeling the tremors then and if the building is a building or standards then there is a relatively good chance of people surviving but otherwise if the buildings have been poorly constructed or have not been inspected source so to speak then. Minute really depends on the law the size of the boys that had left the building makes after the collapse so there is statistically speaking but they there can be survivors that can be retrieved from under the rubble rubble alive up to 10 days after an earthquake but this is only a statistical value and it can change depending on the size of the buildings that what the Building Material is it cetera so it comes out to pure luck and whether you fall into a void. A pocket of air underneath that rubble that i assume means that rescuers will need access to heavy lifting equipment. That may be the case at these times they are there are local mechanisms in place that to utilize a coherent response when come when coming access to heavy machinery this can be anything from the local emergency amount of north already a farts equipment or it could be the local municipal equipment there but. Currently a Crisis Management center has been set up and the local municipality already include the local Governors Office and all sorts of Club Structure assignments or work site assignments and have the rescue equipment distribution is done through there and i assume that if when when youre using heavy lifting equipment and youll searching for survivors it has to be done very very carefully. Thats absolutely right there is special training that. Done it requires us to do that so only our trained and licensed personnel will be able to guide you operators of heavy lifting to hit d some machinery and this little course be done after having been an extensive search that might not be with canines make that routinely trunk equipment so to see if there were any survivors near where the were at the table if you quit and is operating you talk about the use of the of dogs i mean how do you go about locating survivors who may be trapped. I mean what is quite a large area of of heavy rubble. So there is actually you can simply speak and theres 2 ways of doing this 1st of all it would be an initial wide a reassessment so there could be survivors up on. Doctors thats more towards a surface a bit of be the Club Structure so they can be helped out by their neighbors usually in earth but situations are structural collapse. In the 1st 72 hours the neighbors and the neighboring and people in the area help their bear no ones out of the problem but other than that for people who are lower down into the into structures then. Canines are the number one go to tactic here because canines can be very effective in locating. The senses and smells of people strap underwater on the rubble and on the other hand we also have sensitive audio and visual equipment back and listen into the listen to be and what sensors place across the rubble and we can magnify the sounds coming out of the rubble up to about a 1000000 times and then be the operators of this equipment is is known to basically clean up the sound and to identify what sounds maybe maybe coming could i mean is it like a trap animal or is it like a trap maybe. The operators are very well trained and that you can come up race and how do you go about old arising the manpower on the ground i mean this is a search now that is going to take more than the next 2436 hours how do you ensure the people get enough rest and in what must be in an exhausting job. Say it again i mean catch less part how do you go about older guys in your teams i mean this is such an exhausting job and its likely to go along the next 243648 hours. So for our team sake there is a we already have plans in place for that were were preparing underway for a expected major as time will earthquake so we have the internal coordination mechanisms already in place and we are to hook up those aware the governmental. Mission mechanisms and the government coordination mechanisms of run by assads which is the National Emergency and Disaster Management afterward and they have the legal mandate to coordinate all operations on the ground. Really really good to talk to you we were so it seems on the ground the very best for their work in the coming hours to me at the speaking via skype from london just to remind you once again that a strong earthquake in the aegean a shaken turkey and greece it was a powerful earthquake magnitude 7 trauma centered off tookie is mere province it was felt as far away as athens istanbul even the the island of crete. At least 20 buildings are reports of collapsed in the city of is mia youre looking at the scene of one of those buildings right now at least 4 people it is mia are known to have died more than 100 others injured rescuers now. Frantically searching that rubble for survivors we will continue to keep an eye on whats going on that in is mia and we will return to. The situation throughout the coming hours here on aljazeera regularly so that well be back with it in the next few minutes but i want to tell you some more. Now want to give you some more breaking news a kenyan course a sentence 2 men to 18 years in prison for their role in a Shopping Center attack 7 years ago they were convicted earlier this month for helping alshabaab fights a store nairobis Westgate Mall in 2013 at least 67 people you were a member were killed in the siege that lasted for 4 days its that came 2 years of the kenya sent troops into neighboring somalia lets go live now to nairobi on sirius catherine soy can tell us more catherine so these 2 had not convicted for being the perpetrators they were part of this attack but they assisted those who were. Yes absolutely that is what they were convicted of that is what they are being sentenced thats the sentence the senders in the rules as well and basically it is a case that has taken quite a bit to conclude it started in 2013 when that Westgate Mall here in the city in nairobi was attacked the for sale and or killed by Security Forces but the chief magistrate earlier this month as you mentioned convicted this 2 men of helping and supporting in that and basically today. The lawyers were. Giving their final statements we had from the defense lawyers who are magistrates to be lenient that the 2 convicts have conducted themselves well in the last 7 years saying also that their role really was peripheral their role was very small we also had from the 2 convicts themselves who also asked for justice they both claimed insisted that they are innocent and they said that they have been. In custody for 7 years so that needs to be considered also had from the prosecutors who say that no matter how small a role they hide in the committee in committing that that that attack 67 people died and that trumps everything chief magistrate francis and i agreed with the prosecution and child sentenced mohamed whos a kenyan to 33 years and then he sentenced hussein was. A refugee from somalia to 18 years now the radius of 70 a solution years are going to be deducted from the total sentence and immediately after that sentencing spoke to the defense lawyer who said that they will definitely be appealing. Reporting live from. The chills are being held in france and on of the 3 People Killed on thursday in an attack on a church in nice a suspect is in custody investigators say that hes from tunisia arrived in europe last month on the italian island of lampedusa a 2nd person has now been detained lets go live to nice officers david chase is the david what do we know about this 2nd person whos been arrested. Well a very brief statement from the police here to say that a 47 year old man was arrested and been accused of providing a mobile telephone to the nice man who carried out the attack on the basilica behind me any more details about the way hes from or whether hes a local man in nice we dont know but he is being questioned. As for the rest of the developments here weve been hearing from the chief antiterrorist prosecutor about the the journey that the night man took before he reached this priscilla he was a 21 year old to new zealand called bring him we saw we whove managed to get away from from tunisia as a refugee to the island of lampedusa which you all know is one of the main escape routes for the refugees he then moved on to the port of bari in italy where he was aboard an asylum ship and after 2 weeks he found out that his request for asylum in italy was turned down he then disappeared entirely next appeared at the station here a few 100 yards away from me where he was picked up on Video Surveillance and seemed to be changing his clothes he then went to 400 yards to this priscilla and started his attack after after 830 round about 9 oclock attacking. With a 17 centimeter blade anybody who is in the church it was a really barbarous scene which is why so many of the people here from all sides of the community in nice ive been paying tribute to those victims and also offering prayers to the families of the victims behind me now you can probably see theyve been placing candles all day theyve been placing flowers and perhaps spending their own minutes silence in prayer for those who fell victim to this barbarous attack and all of this david happening as the country is going into another lockdown due to the coronavirus how yesterday when we when we spoke not long after the attack you spoke about the. The the stress that people were under the fear they felt after after this attack whats the mood there today. Thats right but today which was supposed to be the beginning of the really severe lockdown as you can see there are so many people Walking Around here at the moment not many shops open not many copies arrests on the certainly all being closed but people have taken the opportunity to come and walk past a scene not just for curiositys sake but because they want to actually see how the rest of the city years before the real lockdown starts so the police have not been carrying out their main strict orders to stop anybody walking on the streets it should be a curfew at the moment but perhaps a bit of a breathing space for these people whove seen their city once again blighted by a terrorist attack and an of facing one month completely locked down until december the 1st maybe even longer stuck inside for so long having to think about those worries having to think about whats happened here and wondering if its all going to happen again so tense moments no relief in sight yet for the people of nice aljazeera to have a chase or reporting live from the david many thanks indeed anger is growing in muslim nations against frances president of money and mccraw with new protests today in bangladesh thousands of people there in the capital dhaka youll remember that the president vowed to crack down on what he calls radical islam and defended the right to mock religion. People also turned out in pakistan to condemn the french president s demonstrations there have been holding rallies in the capital islamabad aljazeera. Is there. Garage bogard gone there had been a drawn protest and several gates there in islamabad a large crowd had gathered there just a shouting distance from the french. With situated not going to get away their demand of the british french ambassador to pakistan should be a great idea why did they really march on the embrace the 2 large day approach they needed. Just. To dismiss them as we demand that this issue be tackled like the kashmir cause and pakistan must take this to the International Court of justice it is so that a girl a muslim can suck a price his life but will not let anyone insult the prophet. Today we have seen the crowd burning effigies go the french president emmanuel macdraw i know its the one thing. On board the french president and. The people and budget on one action from their government when theyre going through this particular. Issue lets bring you up to speed once again with whats been going on in western turkey in the last few hours a strong earthquake in the a g. And a shaken both turkey and greece turkey appears to have been hit by this earthquake it was a powerful one magnitude 7 trauma of the send it off. Me approach about 35 kilometers off the coast of us felt as far away though as athens istanbul i did the crease turkey says that at least 20 buildings collapsed and the city of. Greek media reporting that the quake triggered a mini tsunami in the achaean that flooded the out of some of us. We know that at least 4 people are dead it is via mobile 100 others. Been injured rescuers though expect that figure to rise both in the number of injured and the number of dead theres now a frantic search for survivors among the rubble of 07 conceal who is live for us in istanbul whats the latest from his base and. Just a couple of minutes ago turkeys Disaster Management agency up they took the figures let me begin now with those according to the latest figures 6 citizens little slayer lies one of them actually drawn and 2 are missed and 2 citizens have been injured search and rescue operations underway for 412 buildings that have. Collapsed this is the latest figure and. Disaster agencies say is that. There has been there have been 6 to 7 alfre stalks im sorry a sort well let you well look and go to a water that you can you can just sit. While. She has been talking for now ever since this earthquake began so im not surprised that her voice is as given up on she was updating figures for us that at least 20 buildings have collapsed in the city of this may we know also hearing that after that tsunami which went across the. Flooded out of some also there are reports of 2 deaths that we go back to to sit in the u. K. So that you would bring us up to speed with the latest. Yes exactly now i feel better thank you so often this of earthquake there were 6 to 7 aftershocks according to the systemic agency and most 13 over there were a bull 4. 0 and we just received an information from the assessment both sortie about 15 minutes ago more than at this 15 minutes ago there was another earthquake in course of us of the strict off is made which was 5 point one magnitude so apparently the a we are is still moving at the fault line is still mulling its not over the aftershocks but also some new earthquakes in the nearby towns and districts self is Mary Catherine ok. For the moment many thanks indeed well let well keep coming back to you well check in with you again in a few minutes time for the latest on that earthquake which struck the aegean about 35 kilometers off the coast of turkey on friday afternoon local time. Greece now reporting that at least 2 deaths on the island of of some or so as well as the deaths at least 4 people dead in is mia cinemas saying that the casualty figure now standing according to official figures at 6 dead in is mia more than 100 others injured many many people are still missing those figures are likely to rise. By explosions been seen on the outskirts of supreme occurred which is capital of the disputed region of the going to come about. On the official say that the military is blowing up ammunition near as if isis and that suggests that bunkers forces are close to the city fighting in the region has intensified in recent days diplomats from the 2 countries are preparing for more talks to try to end the conflict after 3 failed ceasefire attempts on far away as about johns army is said to be closing in on the key town of shushi are going to cut a box separatist leaders says that troops advance to within 5 kilometers of this urging people there to help resist the attack as he described it sure she has long played a pivotal role in the nagornokarabakh conflict that overlooks the regional capital still panic cut out its from there that as about as shown shelled the city in the 1st the going to war it also sits on the main highway connecting our media to the public goods aljazeera is hotter abdulhamid reports now from bucko. There hasnt been any official announcement coming out of here about show whether the syrian army is actually heading towards that area i was speaking to with a Top Commander of the army earlier today and he wouldnt confirm any of the news coming out of armenia he didnt deny it either but then he said at the end of the day its no secret we have said that we want to take back all our. Territories so that means the 7 disappears surrounding the governor about and eventually Nagorno Karabakh itself and if you look at whats happening the reality on the ground a few days ago there were journals that it wasnt coup but is now is basically south of the light chain corridor which is key for me. Because thats with resupplies nagornokarabakh the Azerbaijan Army has been making advances at a formidable base over the past few weeks is now trying to i think this is really it has to calculate very well what its going to do next because basically once they get the election corridor and shusha. Armenia will be in a very tough position anything north of that its. Also considers occupied territories is a very amount in this area is not very theres not many people there. Would be very difficult according to as they were just to put up a fight there lets hear now from aljazeera for a challenge to tsunami news capital yet over. Well certainly these are difficult difficult days for. Nobody here would have thought just a month ago that within a few weeks as a by johnny forces would have been knocking on the door of shushi itself its a big blow i think for the armenians what are they saying at the moment though. This 1st attack by the Azerbaijani Forces has been pushed back. They are saying as well that this is going to be a very difficult place for the Azerbaijani Forces to take its essentially kind of mountain citadel its its its on a rocky outcrop and getting up those steep sides to the city itself is going to be very very difficult the army saying that yes things have been bad before in the 1990s wars that things were looking very grim there for their forces but they managed to turn it around and eventually prevail as they are hoping that in. President of us of our johns promise to his people that he will take back the entire city of new going to karabakh and the surrounding areas by john that hes essentially over promised and this is leading him to rush a military assault leaving as a by johnny troops overstretched and over exposed and therefore vulnerable to counter attacks but they know they are my armenians that they have lost significant territory in recent days and weeks back now to the earthquake off the western coast of turkey and the jet on the way to izmir joining us on the line is. The chairman of one of turkeys largest such rescue associations thanks for being with us so what are you expecting to find when you get to izmir. Hello. Yes i can so when you doing when you get me up. Already all 3 games are on the side. Working. To stream live people. So we are going to be there in Something Like an hour and then other teams are on the way. As i learned from the team on the field there are more than 10 buildings collapsed. Also trying to make. On the stand on many people are wreckage. We are also working with the local authority. Get there early tomorrow morning i think one of the chances of finding people alive and that rubble i dont know whether youve seen the pictures of those collapsed buildings but it looks as though theyre completely flat. There are a few because. They do say that d. d maybe its going to be hard. To a. Link but there are also some information that we received at their lives people and some of the wreckage is now teams are trying to working on leads on and we also received another call the moment about minutes ago that there are 3 live people in that wreckage and. Thats where we are heading now on how many people have you got on the ground working the how many teams are on the way to is pairing up and entertain collapsed buildings and a lot of lot of work to do that. So all the people at the moment in 3 different locations. You know if you will doesnt mean its going to be more than a 100 people. Where these people are going to come. On the way also ok where where are these people coming from where they based elsewhere in turkey. Different countries see different cities oh there he is coming from all of them at the moment there is a team coming from deniz. Money so cautious and hes making that all of it there it seems coming from it. On. Different places different teams on the way we wish you the best with your with your mission many thanks indeed for talking to us here on a few very much thank you very much Health Ministers from across the European Union have been meeting to discuss a surge in the number of coronavirus cases the struggling with how to limit the spread thats expected to worsen during the Northern Hemisphere winter the rapid rise in infections is putting a strain on hospitals. Oh were not powerless in the face of it after all there are hygiene measures and we can wear masks but we need to coordinate measures with the Member States not came across very clearly but its important that people take charge of their own responsibilities on a daily basis so im grateful for the show of solidarity and cohesion amongst the Health Ministers and colleagues within the European Union e. U. Leaders have agreed to fund the transfer of patients across borders to try to ease the burden more than 260000000. 00 is being made available at lockdowns are being reimposed in france and germany those that have angered many people like these in paris who came out to protest against being confined in the homes again for a month i was there as the tasha butler reports on the new restrictions that are being imposed in paris. I dont think were going to know whether this 2nd lockdown of the year in france will work for a few weeks yet but the french president tomorrow michael said it is absolutely necessary because he is saying that this 2nd wave that frogs are so deeply in could be more deadly than the 1st we have seen cases more than 50000 a day on some days experts saying here that its probably near 100000 a day because so many people are not getting tested or asymptomatic and those cases just going up all the time you can see it visibly in the streets as well the queues outside the barges each day getting longer and longer and what the government hopes of course is this knock down this 4 week lockdown is going to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus. Its a strict a lockdown sorry i should say its a slightly less Strict Lockdown than the one in march and april in the schools will be able to remain open children though from the age of 6 will have to wear masks some businesses can remain open as well factories Public Services and that kind of thing nevertheless in terms of peoples personal freedoms they will not be able to leave their homes for more than a kilometer perimeter just for essential goods doctors appointments and that kind of thing so many people in france a feeling you might say almost a bit depressed about the idea of having to stay for weeks indoors again most people know that that could well be extended if the situation doesnt improve again people know that the Health System could be overwhelmed hospitals are as you beds a feeling that they understand why this lockdown is being done but that doesnt make it any easier in reality. With just 4 days to go until the u. S. Election a record breaking 80000000 americans have already cost turning in person or mail in vote setting the stage for one of the highest voter turnouts in u. S. History donald trump and joe biden of both been trying to win over voters in the swing state of florida where opinion polls have them virtually neck and neck now just era shahab returns the records. Before the pandemic struck donald trump wanted to run for reelection touting what he said was a Strong Economy as a sign of his successful presidency and on thursday he finally got some numbers to boast about record breaking growth of 7. 4 percent in the 3rd quarter. We created the greatest economy in history and now we are doing it again so you know that hack that beautiful that make America Great again right were going to make it new and make America Great again again. Yes. We did it now were doing it again my 1st lady wants to do it again but as always the numbers dont tell the whole story yes theres been a rebound as the economy reopened off to look down im government stimulus was felt however the u. S. Economy is still 3. 5 percent smaller than it was at the end of 2019 by comparison during the 2008 Great Recession the economy contract at 4 percent plus with rising cobra hospitalisations on the threat of future look downs if you expect the economy to continue growing at such a pace the u. S. Is leading Infectious Disease expert once again contradicted the president s repeated claim that the u. S. Is rounding the corner we will start to approach what we call normal i dont think francis that its going to be at a level where people are going to feel like there are no Public Health measures to be implemented until we get to the end of 20215 days left folks also campaigning in florida on thursday joe biden this election is the most important one youve ever voted in what is your 1st or tan ladies and gentlemen the heart and soul of this country is at stake right here in florida up to you you hold the key to florida goes blue its over its over. Biden has a narrow lead in florida winning the states 29. 00 Electoral College votes would make victory for the much harder a majority of ballots cast here will be by mail or early in person voting and unlike other swing states florida is already counting votes received Authorities Say they expect 90 percent of ballots to be counted before midnight on Election Night so even if a National Result takes days florida should be one battleground state with a result whether conclusive relatively quickly she. Program in sports a long way. And football comes back coming up in just a moment. Youre. Allowed to talk sports news for adrian thank you so much paris st germain president nasser al halevy has been cleared of a corruption charge out of court in switzerland hes been accused of inciting a former official to commit aggravated criminal mismanagement it was a relation to securing world cup t. V. Rights for the cattery network b. In sports which is the chairman and a statement he said after a relentless 4 Year Campaign against me that ignored the basic facts and the law at every turn i have finally fully and completely cleared my name todays verdict is a total vindication. Professional football is finally back in argentina after a 7 month hiatus because of 1000. 00 restrictions players will face off without fans and with tight protocols in place of the passion and magic at marat darnell will spinal the under state in lights again daniel reports. The auction time league is one of the last in the world to resume playing football and it only came about after intense negotiations between the government the Television Companies and the National Football Association Almost a fear of that if weve suffered not having football which is something arjun times love and live for theres no league in the world that doesnt have arjun time players which is very satisfying of course but the biggest joys that today we can resume playing football theyve created a new tournament 6 groups of 4 1st Division Teams 12 go through to a 2nd round for complex for match winners will emerge to compete in next years south American Club championships some fans are scratching their heads but happy with the least the football is back so do you and i survived i watched a lot of interNational Football but i missed our National Teams so im obviously very glad that its back here have a. Im used to watching a lot of football but thanks to social media videos ive managed to make it through sports along with much else was suspended in march argentina has suffered 30000 deaths from the pandemic and more than 1000000 people have been infected football here is an intrinsic part of daily life and his absence has been strongly felt but now its back with all its hopes expectations and disappointments and essential distraction in troubled times the argentine economy was already in a bad way before the virus struck and football clubs havent escaped the devastation thats followed argentinas in a tough way the moment with a pandemic the numbers keep going up this science show not. Signs of slowing but after 7 months the clubs a pretty much a terrible site theyre bleeding money they havent been receiving Television Money because obviously they have been playing. But now they will buy this football this magic a new one personifies that better than Diego Maradona manager of. To play the 1st game of the new season on the day the number 10 celebrates his 60th birthday. And for all his flaws for all the the misadventures these hes been involved in are the years you know remains and i do its a guy that when he speaks everyone listens everyone kind of repeats a magnifies what hes saying and other just goes to show that nothing like like jamar adama there is absolutely no one else in this world so may say there are more important things to worry about right now they hear football is a powerful symbol of whats been lost what they hope to retrieve. That 01 osiris the Portland Timbers a book their place in Major League Soccers playoffs they beat the western conferences rock bottom side the l. A. Galaxy 52 on thursday this is the 4th straight season that tempers have made the postseason theyre looking for their 2nd analyst title having been champions back in 2050. Now there some good news for fans of japan that bought tickets for the tokyo x. They can now get their money back if they dont want to attend the rescheduled games in 2021 of the ruling however does not apply to holders from outside the country organizers have sold over 5000000. 00 tickets for the olympics and paralympics domestically still not clear however whether fans will actually be able to attend events due to the ongoing pandemic is then another as a reprimand you have to due to the end of the games for those who until can be found it difficult to attain and we will refund the ticket to the customer who wants to refund the ticket. Here on out if the organizing committee cannot provide the opportunity to speak take the games due to the impact of covert 9 team we will plan to refund the tickets separately. Justin langer believes his side australia have the players to beat india wholl be touring the country starting next month their teams will nationally face off in 3 o. D. I. And 3 t 20 s. Langer wont however be able to prepare with a full squad though the i. P. L. Wrapping up on november 10th a number of his players will have to quarantine for 2 weeks upon their arrival back home with the 1st o. D. I. Happening on november 27th all the sides will also contest a 4 match test series and finally many of the worlds top surfers have been preparing to take part in one of the toughest competitions on the surf League Calendar hundreds gathered off the coast of portugal to watch the best of the best trying to tame some gigantic waves a lot of them though had a lot of trouble the famous serving hot spot often generates record breaking swells and there were also some serious wipeouts on thursday and as are a challenge begins november the seconds. Ok and that is all yours for for now adrian back to you many thanks indeed to that is it for the news hour stay with us here on aljazeera that will be back in just a moment to update you on the with the latest on that earthquake off the west coast of turkey which has led to the collapse of several buildings in the city it is were seeing just about. They wanted 43000000000 pounds worth of weaponry that was 6000000000 pounds in commission. There is no hope of any more because theres always a small cobbles people for really really good business. In essence we in the United States have privatized the ultimate Public Function more shadow on aljazeera. On the deserted streets of theyve become familiar figures couriers on bicycles delivering food or medicine to lock down colombians most of them here are venezuelan migrants some mother of 4 says contagion is always on her mind none of them receive Health Insurance for their work in exposing themselves and very few seem to have it yet there may be a bright side people who look down on them as a skilled migrants now say theyre essential to control the virus i receive messages on the out saying that we are you know as i was a nurse back home what i am doing is not all that different from my passion helping others. South by the economic heartbeat of a thriving brazil but boom times mean rising rents and the lack of Public Housing isabel is just one of thousands looking for a place to call home was no choice but to occupy one of the citys many vacant buildings facing an uncertain future. Hell find a latin america occupying brazil on aljazeera. A magnitude 7 earthquake strikes off the coast of western turkey. Teams on the ground are searching for people trapped inside collapsed buildings in the city of izmir. Hello im adrian forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up 18 years in prison for 2 men who helped. Carry out the Westgate Mall attack in nairobi. Amaury also held across france for