In geneva. And living in an open prison Human Rights Watch calls for an end to the mast attention offering of refugees in myanmar. Donald trump says he wont state parts in the 2nd u. S. President ial debates after its formats was changed in person to virtual well the debate organizers say theyre acting to protect everyone involved from threats of coronavirus President Trump of course is still recovering from covert 19 that scene of his rival joe biden have signaled stats he wont spac aides. I heard that the commissioner a little while ago changed the debate style. Thats not acceptable to beat him easily in the 1st debate going to the polls that ive seen but i beat him easily that i felt i beat him easily i think he felt good to know im not going to waste my time in a virtual debate thats not what debating is all about you sit behind a computer and do it debates ridiculous and then they cut you off whenever they want and we have had saints from the biotin a campaign in the last few moments lets get more now from our White House Correspondent kimberly how could she joins us now live from washington d. C. I cant really lets start with donald trump he doesnt want to take part in the next president ial debates why. Well there are a number of reasons 1st of all contrary to what the president said most peoples take away from the 1st president ial debate is not that donald trump won that debate but quite the opposite there was concern the president s behavior was erratic he repeatedly interrupted and it really was in terms of decorum almost completely absent so the characterization that the president won was perhaps not only farfetched true untruth but this president really is trying to make the case that he does need to do it again and doesnt want to do it again is implying that joe biden is the weak one for being concerned about the fact that the president might have coped at 19 or still in some way be contagious in fact they called it pathetic that there was this discussion of it being ritual as the commission on president ial debates has announced as of today now in a statement the trunk Campaign Says the safety of all involved can easily be achieved without canceling a chance for voters to see both candidates go head to head will pass on this sad excuse to bail out joe biden and do a rally instead so what the president is saying is that he has no intention of participating in this next president ial debate instead he will go unchecked and speak directly to voters in a rally style which is where we know hes most comfortable it is indeed it would have been joe bidens Team Kimberly initially they said they would take part in if they would have empty cheered the president or not this is a suggestion that the boys in their campaign have an alternative plan as well no. Yes in just the last few moments or so weve been able to get a statement from the Biden Campaign and i think theyre really pushing back on the suggestion by donald trump that this was a response to being concerned about coke at 19 or any perception of weakness in fact its firing back now saying that the show must go on october 15th when this debate was scheduled to take place in miami biden now says that he will take questions directly from voters and going even further because theres this concern from the Biden Campaign that donald trump is simply trying to vaguely president ial debate all together theyve said ok well well just move it a week how about that so thats what theyve pushed for is that the demand Debate Commission will move this by when we talk tobar 22nd to allow donald trump to participate what their exact phrasing is they want to make sure that donald trump is not able to in their words a vaid accountability so pushing back hard from the Biden Campaign this is really put the president in a bit of a pickle if you will because he tried to play his hand and show strength and project weakness on the part of his opponent but really its kind of had a boomerang effect effect and come right back to him the latest we know in terms of these Campaign Style rallies the president s plan to hold we dont know about october 15th but we do know the next one hes planning is monday in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania a very key battleground state right now he is losing in the polls to his rival joe biden. Coronavirus as well we often seem to forget about fact about impacts on any debates that are held in the future can be all gets in washington d. C. Thank you very much deeds President Trump stumbling over the coronavirus pandemic has dominated the u. S. Vice president ial debate in Salt Lake City mike pence defended the u. S. Response a. China democratic candidate come on harris describes the trumpet ministrations record as the greatest failure in u. S. History well lets get more on this now luntz georgia where we find less spin associate professor of Political Science at Emory University its how you wear this here or ill just sirrah all this talk about the next president ial debates a somewhat eclipse the fact that there was a Vice President ial debate held last night how do you think that debate when its and do you think this changes anything in terms of where the contest stands right now. Well thank you for having me i think that last nights debate was certainly more civil you could hear points the candidates didnt actually answer all of the questions i dont think that it actually changed the dynamics of this particular race not that many people expected it to we all know that in a Vice President to contest the job of the Vice President ial nominee is to defend and make the case for the president ial nominee and ultimately at the end of the day motors are going to be making their decision about the candidates who are at the top of the ticket not the Vice President ial nominees it was really important for senator harris to demonstrate that something happened to Vice President biden that she would be able to take over as president on day one i think she largely succeeded in doing that and i think anybody has any doubt that mike pence could take over for President Trump should he become incapacitated or die sadly but i think he was in a tougher position of defending the trumpet ministration which is incredibly embattled because of its handling of the covert crisis and because of the president s behavior last week so i dont not sure that he actually really made up any ground i dont think anything changes at all as a result of last nights debate perhaps but we have heard that you know early ratings sure viewership they got from 4 years ago because lets not forget this president ial race is a race like no off the top of the ticket theyre both in their seventys im one of them i was covered 19 so i mean is that not weighing on voters minds. Well i mean this is why senator harris had to prove that she was ready for prime time so it cant come in and had major gaffes had stumbled had looked unprepared had said something that came off as nonsensical that would have cast doubt on joe bidens leadership ability and it might have a ralph a certain lack of confidence in voters that joe biden would actually be the right person for the job the fact that she didnt make any of those mistakes i think helps to bolster the confidence of the biden voters. That he made a good choice and that if something should happen to him that the country would be in capable hands so i think in that respect she proved the point she did no harm on the other hand do i think that either one of them caused members of the other party to change their minds and vote for their running mate im not so sure that that happened in terms of these debates because neither is a big debate almost about whether there should be more president ial debates debates change anything in voters minds theres already one president ial debate the supposed to be enough for one. Person trump doesnt want to take part joe biden is saying hell be flexible do you think the American Public would be served by another debates and who do you think refusal to take part is going to hurt. Well i dont think the American Public would be served by having another president ial debate that was like the 1st president ial debate so decorum and civility and moderator control would be of the utmost in those contests but i think President Trumps backing out of the 2nd debate for now well d see whether or not he sticks to that position i think is actually really telling and i think voters are going for a lot from that debate are important who are voters who havent paid a whole lot of attention who dont have a lot of information they can actually be helpful in helping them understand who the candidates are and what they stand for and the tragedy of that 1st debate which is where a lot of people get the most information is that you didnt learn anything about the substance of the policy arguments though you learned a lot about character so i think president toms behavior reinforces his behavior at the 1st event and if there isnt a 2nd debate then thats less opportunity for people to be able to make really informed decisions at least from a policy standpoint its also really important in terms of issues like Foreign Policy where a lot of americans dont have a big baseline of knowledge and so if there is a way to have a robust discussion about these issues it could actually be really informative and helpful but beyond that most americans who were polled said that theyd already made up their mind and so the debates probably werent going to change their mind as a result of it so yeah i think you know sort of in comparison to previous election years and not quite sure how helpful this particular election cycle debates were going to be but i think weve learned a lot about the president s character and management as a result of his behavior in that 1st debate and if he chooses to not debate further then thats going to be reinforced in the minds of voters who got a really really bad picture of President Trump on that 1st debate night ok guys for a great to get your thoughts thank you so much for joining us from Atlanta Georgia thank you. Well shift our focus to europe where the coronavirus picture is growing darker by the day as winter approaches germany which has been praised for its response has now seen for thousands new cases in the past say its feared the virus could be spreading uncontrollably there france says. The Current Situation worries me a lot we dont know how things will develop over the next few weeks its possible that we will see more than 10000 new cases a day its possible that the virus spreads uncontrollably. Well as the picture in germany france has reported almost 19000. 00 infections on whedons say and pressure is growing on hospitals especially in and around paris cases serve begun surging in ukraine towards the end of the summer and know the ripples are hitting areas that are critically shorts of doctors and the u. K. Is considering new restrictions as its 2nd wave accelerates with some 17500 new cases being registered in the past 24 hours well dominic kane has more on the concerns of Health Officials from berlin. They are very concerned at the rise in cases because lets be clear about this case the number of new infections has been rising steadily for many weeks right across the country but its in the last several days that its really surged in germany in several hotspots around the country notably berlin itself many districts in berlin are close to or already at what they call risk status here so what whats really causing concern to the leading officials and to the elected officials is their preparedness for this 2nd wave thats sweeping across the continent right now they have in this city at least they have a traffic light system of warnings of categories of covert which they monitor and with which they use to judge whether they need to introduce more restrictions social distancing curfews that sort of thing and there are some people who say that that should be adapted and then adopted around the country but it hasnt happened just yet and the Health Minister the federal Health Minister the enshrine is not in favor of a nationwide lockdown just now but of course they are monitoring the developments very closely. At least 13 more soldiers are said to have been killed in fighting over nagornokarabakh the Defense Ministry in the disputed region says 350 military personnel have died since fighting with a ferry forces book 12 days ago is the worst violence between armenia and azerbaijan in decades its been more shelling in nagornokarabakh main city stepan and character a local write scripts says half the population that has been displaced because of constant attacks from azerbaijan. Well similar accusations have been made from the a scary saeeds thing accuse armenia of targeting heavily Populated Areas civilian deaths have been reported in several regions where hundreds of homes have been destroyed by artillery Foreign International mediators are stepping up efforts to halt the conflicts with french russian and u. S. Representatives meeting in geneva so its come on aljazeera jakarta streets become battle zones cheering the latest protests against a contentious indonesian jobs law. Hes been jailed sees be criticized rather for jailing opponents threatening martial law and i have a 100 war on drugs so why is the philippine president s popularity still has a record on. How low we have typhoon chan home making its way towards japan the organizing and the strengthening at the moment pushing a little further northward. Picked up to about 130. 00 clematis on the way in sustained winds gusts much higher than that of course and is going to continue pushing up towards q she not quite making landfall here it is expected to just skip to the south and east of honshu but as you can see throwing ahead of it a lot of very heavy rain as we go on through friday pushing on into saturday out west weather coming in across much of honshu there will be widespread flooding add widespread disruption as a result of that and then as we go on into sunday clear skies come back in behind temperatures picking up and take it to around 27 celsius or trons a chance to dry out here that not see bad this weekend the converse lee across the Korean Peninsula where the russians well out of here then so it is going to be largely dry in law as you drive to across a good parts of china we pushed out into an endo china into the philippines so nasty storms all chain of storms there bringing some heavy downpours into the philippines into vietnam era across india china and that same china storms now moving into the bay of bengal. Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question because these days its hard to filter out the noise and keep track of whats really important the bottom line tackles the big issues this is shaping the United States its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only on aljazeera. The remote kingdom of bhutan has become known for its pursuit of happiness. One i want to waste explores how this National Goal is inspiring the Younger Generation on aljazeera. What. They say is aljazeera our minds are over our top stories this hour u. S. President omar trump is refusing to take part in a virtual debates with his democratic rival joe biden the Debate Commission change the former us after truck was treated for covert 19 times Campaign Says hell do a rally instead. Coronavirus cases are surging across much of europe daily infections are higher than theyve ever been in austria slovakia and ukraine and in germany cases of base their highest level since april. And co Armenian Forces say 30 more soldiers have been killed in the battle over nagornokarabakh fighting without surprise johnny forces book at 12 days ago turkeys president s house had been criticizing International Efforts to solve the conflict and reiterated his support for a suppression. But the head of nato says its members will decide when to pull troops out so. Afghanistan together u. S. President donald trump has varied to bring american troops home by christmas yet stockman berg says nato supports the currents Peace Process with the taliban and remains committed to its mission of long term security in afghanistan we decided to go into afghanistan together we will make decisions on future adjustments together and when the time is right we will leave together and this has been the message from nato allies for many many years and it continues to be the message from us the trumpet ministration is set to impose new sanctions on iran the measures will target the few remaining banks not facing penalties european powers something warning that the impact of sanctions on irans banks could lead to a humanitarian crisis and reduce the few channels left to import foods and medicine. Tens of thousands of students and workers have fought with riot police in the indonesian capital jakarta they were protesting against a new law which critics say will hurt labor rights and the environment just got washington reports. Its the government hoped to pass its new labor legislation quickly and quietly saying its needed to encourage investment but it provoked anger on the streets outside a luxury Shopping Complex in the city center a group set fire to a bus station and thousands demonstrated across the country to voice their anger against a law they say would take away workers rights. Were all afraid of code 19 but now were more scared of the only bus law because the lives of labor is an obvious a 3 since now on the 3rd day of nationwide protests demonstrations arrived in the capital despite code done restrictions banning gatherings of 5 people or more around the country violence broke out between some young people and the police. Tens of thousands of students protested had gathered here in jakarta including high school is to protest against this controversial new law but Security Forces are trying to clear this area and have fired tear gas at the teenagers the government says changes a needed to encourage big businesses to invest in indonesia and boost the economy but critics say the build removes some benefits from the chloes that could lead to reduced wages severance pay and leave in title meant for millions and also waters down safeguards that protect the environment in nearby bogor military personnel got caught in a skirmish with demonstrators legislation normally takes years to get passed in indonesias palm and but this bill was approved in just a matter of months why has this new job. Is. The only sense one of us are operating. In. There or is this us some business groups say the legislation is necessary as indonesia faces its worst do. Downturn since the Asian Financial crisis it is good to. Hear if other countries offered much lower severance pay than indonesia that indonesia wont appeal to investors and want to attract investment. Factory workers and cities on the outskirts of the capital trying to get to the countrys parliament but were blocked by police d the bill is president joker widows signature Economic Policy and its unlikely the government will revoke it but some demonstrators say theyll take their fight to the Constitutional Court if the government doesnt listen just to washington aljazeera jakarta. Where most governments is being urged to release 130000 rangar muslims from detention a report by Human Rights Watch has described life in their refugee camps in rankine state as squalid and abusive some 750000 rangar fled me and more from bangladesh following a military crackdown in 2017 the report says there are severe limitations on movements Education Health care and shelter thats led to higher rates of malnutrition water borne illnesses and the risk of dying young memo says its ready to bring them back but thats undermined by its own or go into tension issues rangar refugees in bangladesh about lined conditions for their return they include guarantees of safety and freedom for the detained rangar muslims in Rakhine States before robertson is the Deputy Director for Human Rights Watch she explains why its serjeants thats the detained rank of muslims are released. These people would be able to return to their homes theyd be able to restart their lives that have freedom of movement theyd have access to livelihoods theyd have the ability to send their children to school theyd be having access to health care that theyre currently denied being locked down in these detention camps you know really we would be returning ideally to a pretty 2012 reality in Rakhine State where rohingya and rakhine live side by side it wasnt perfect but they got a law and that is the challenge now is how do we get them out of these camps and then move towards reconciliation that would allow for people to reside side by side again the endgame here is to have everybody be able to return to me on maher to Rakhine State to the places where they had their homes with citizenship freedom of movement and other rights guaranteed ideally we would have the refugees in bangladesh able to return in safety in dignity with adequate protection and and guarantees for the various rights that they need and this group that is currently detained in these detention camps. Is really the sort of bellwether for a decision about rohingya whether to return from bangladesh or not the running and bangladesh in the row who go are stuck in these camps theyre communicating with each other certainly you know on various different online messing ging systems and things like that so they know whats going on and how myanmar treats the Current Group 130000 who are locked down will really influence of the situation of the rohingya who are in the camps in bangladesh. And and the c. In a separate report has criticized columbias governments says president over and do still isnt doing enough to protect activists and human rights defenders colombia is one of the worlds most dangerous countries for them 400 have been killed since the start of 201618 in just the 1st 6 months of this year. Philippine president good eternity has been criticized for his authoritarian styles insitu cough this 2016 but a National Survey shows hes still extremely popular and enjoying record Approval Ratings jamila and organ tells us why. President of the good the turtle has been widely criticized for his socalled war on drugs which has cost the death of thousands of filipinos over the last 4 years hes also cursed the pope threaten to implement martial law and jailed political opponents and now in battling the growing a virus pandemic in Southeast Asia the philippines is seen as the worst performing country but the spike this a nationwide survey this week shows deterred just performance rating has risen to a record high of 91 percent. Its unbelievable. Not. Because weve seen this information for the past 21 years 1200 people took part in the 6 they survey in mid september and it showed deterrent to getting his highest rating among the poorest in society but analysts say the terrorist popularity isnt unique there is what you can call populous resilience crimes are more you have india his numbers went up not during the 3rd quarter but during the 2nd quarter the most difficult time for us in the struggle is concerned his numbers reach closer to 90 percent even people like. Even the old trouble are not on the election numbers overall Approval Ratings did not significantly move this year critics say local surveys may be useful indicators but do not paint a complete picture but if you maintain his popularity it may be enough to bolster the chance of his allies winning a majority in the 2022 president ial elections the target is only allowed a single term as president under the constitution where theres been a level of in presidency of their popularity a fireball down in their last 2 years in office. This is why analysts say the real benchmark of the terrorist fower can only be seen in the middle of next year just months before the 2022 president ial elections but there is no question that the territory of governance has shaken the political system here and the next few months will be a critical period in full of people history. Aljazeera minola. American poets louise glucose one me 2020 nobel prize in literature that are built for as in literature for 2020 is awarded to the american poet louise click for her mistake political voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal. A. Professor of english at Yale University and has also won the Pulitzer Prize her work often focuses on childhood and family life and the bonds between siblings shes the 16th woman to win the prestigious award in literature since they were launched more than a century ago. Former a professor of World Literature in english adults for Junior Varsity see believes that the Nobel Prize Committee is sending a message with this choice. The work has been very significant as an articulation of the female voice for a number of decades shes one of the big prizes in america her voice is important and resonance of the female experience i think that the Nobel Committee is really trying to tell us something about. You know youre choosing her in this year theyve already chosen several other women nobels the seer. And i think the choice of blue just adds a really deep a mistake resonance to to the choice this year. This is al jazeera and these are the headlines here as President Donald Trump is your fusing to take part in a virtual to bates with his democratic rival joe biden the Debate Commission change the format after trump was treated for covert 19 trump initially said he would do a rally instead but the 2 campaigns have no agree to that debate shoots be held on the 22nd of october with a 3rd