Swing states. One year on from the start of protest movement demanding change levanon is still deep in political and economic crisis and curfews close restaurants and new limits on gathering europe comes down tighter as cover 19 cases keep growing. A new cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan is now in place a humanitarian truce came into effect 4 hours ago after an attack on the as every city of ganja which killed at least 13 civilians this is the 2nd attempt to stop nearly 3 weeks of violence have been fighting over the disputed region of the garden okada bok just a week ago they agreed to a russian mediated ceasefire but it failed to hold Bennett Smith is in armenias capital yerevan with more. This information about the new troops has come from the armenian side and the armenians that have been pushing for a ceasefire in the last few days is the armenians that have been losing territory to these areas is areas have taken now we understand territory that is essentially in the buffer zone between the go on or care about. This is territory that armenia has controlled since the 1994 ceasefire armenia considers it a buffer zone a security zone but it is as airy territory for the last 26 years at least both sides armenia and azerbaijan have supposed have been negotiating the future of this territory as well as nagornokarabakh now its the armenians its the armenians who say that this is a security in a buffer zone is the azeris say that after 26 years nothing has been done theres been no solution theres been no resolution as to what to do with this territory and so with turkey support they have been moving militarily and they have succeeded in taking territory and the armenians enthusiasm to push for a ceasefire domestically here in armenia the government under enormous pressure because of a large number of casualties in terms of soldiers because of the loss of territory so it seems that the armenians have now with. Brokered now the cease fire even though the previous one wasnt formally. Formally over and now well have to see if this one holds and they can go on to tell us. Is a lecturer in the department of war studies at Kings College london she says with mounting casualties both sides may actually respect. I think there is a pulse signalling to these times that at least on humanitarian grounds the cease fire may hold because there is really a need to take care of the wounded to recover their bodies and these attacking im john was right see the year there were many casualties also on the Training Ground there also casualties are not regular bases of the armenian side in car bomb so i think there is pressure also on the armenian side i think its very important even if it is not a fine and cease fire to start with these kind of measures and then hope that our knowledge if you cease fire you know what we tackle more serious questions. Is reached and you know there is a serious sort of commitment on the sides to stop the fight but i think at this moment you know the humanitarian dimension i should take precedence over anything was just over 2 weeks before the u. S. Election President Donald Trump is holding Campaign Rallies in 2 different states just 2 hours a paunch he took the stage a short while ago in janesville wisconsin and before that he was in michigan the pressure is on with his democratic challenger joe biden leading in Many National polls thats ringing john hendren in washington d. C. For is so drawn to battleground states in just 2 hours for President Trump out badly does he need to win michigan and wisconsin in what hoping to accomplish in these last 70 days of the campaign. Well he probably cant win without them he won by a whisker last time around by winning those great lakes states pennsylvania ohio michigan wisconsin he definitely needs i mean hes talking confidently to the crowds saying that they are theyre doing well but he is definitely on the defensive he recently toured did rallies in states like florida georgia in iowa all d states that the republicans should have locked up by this time and he is behind by about 12 Percentage Points in the polls interestingly when he was in michigan he was criticizing the Governor Gretchen Whitmer for her strict crackdown on covert 19 ironically as he was doing so he was skirting the policy that she had set limiting outdoor ground sizes to 100 by calling his rally a peaceful protest with people wearing few masks and doing little social distancing there as he said as he chanted that as he said that she should be quote opening up schools and opening up the state the crowd chanted lock her up now a familiar chant a trump rallies biden meanwhile hes maintaining of course that leader of the fall of a trump in the polls but hes not on the campaign trail today whats the strategy here for the democratic candidate. Thats right joe biden seems to be playing it safe following a make no mistakes kind of approach he took the day off he sent out a video that showed trump in various states saying he wasnt going to come back of they didnt vote for him and he captioned it with one word saying promise meanwhile Camila Harris is taking the weekend off shes quarantining after Staff Members of hers tested positive for the coronavirus for offices that she tested negative she should be back on the campaign trail on monday and we can expect biden to be out there probably hitting a couple of states this next week as we go just 17 days from the election briefly john interesting when he was speaking just sat. Wisconsin President Trump calling on his supporters to go out and vote early it seems is changing his chewing on this whole issue of early voting. Thats right hes been criticizing early voting and mail in voting but he seems to favor in person voting so that makes it a little less in inconsistent with what he said in the past the mail in voting he has criticized saying its open to fraud despite the fact that theres very little evidence of that and despite the fact that he himself has voted by mail in florida the president seems to be telling his grads to do whatever favors him and in general the feeling is that the higher turnout is nationwide the better the chances are that joe biden will do well in the president seems to be wanting to depress turnout thank you for that john hendren ive there in washington d. C. Now womens marches have been taking place across the u. S. Against president theyre against his pick for Supreme Court judge crowds in washington d. C. Made their way to the high court to protest against any kone barrett if confirmed she would replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg a liberal leader and feminist icon who died last month barretts nomination is expected to be approved next week in other world news its been a year since the start of major antigovernment demonstrations in lebannon on saturday protesters marks the anniversary there still widespread anger at politicians with costs for complete change of corruption and mismanagement but as in the heart of reports from beirut theres no sign of reform. The determination to fight for political change is still alive. Its been a year since what some lebanese call a revolution was born. 7 some year allows our says she hasnt left the streets Economic Hardship was what triggered nationwide protests it turned into a revolt against what many call a corrupt willing elite that has been in power for decades were not going to stop before. These people in power just leave and so we will make sure basically its. So we we do this it change and push them to resign in any way because we will not go back to before up to over 70 in the leaderless and Spontaneous Movement was a turning point in lebanons history sects came together in this divided society and for the 1st time people rose up against their leaders in traditional strongholds but the numbers werent enough they were up against the sectarian based power sharing system this bridge one of the capitals main arteries came to symbolize that bottle it is near the square where our tents were burned it is. Because you want to leave. It there is a cold. Is a way to connect everyone together the bridge was a frontline between those calling for change and supporters of sectarian parties protecting the status quo the largely Peaceful Movement faced a counter revolution the ruling elite called the protesters foreign agents Security Forces clamp down hard on gatherings they made arrests and there was intimidation i was called for the addition this is one of. The devolution. Things to do with saying. Meanwhile the economy continues to collapse people are hungry and more sink into poverty politicians who have blamed each other for the crisis are promising much needed reforms but they 1st need to agree on a new cabinet the government resigned after the explosion of beirut ports in august that killed 200 people it was blamed on negligence by officials. There is no conscience there is no responsibility there is no accountability and as you can see now life continues on for them and theyre back to their old ways as if none of us exist that is why people have returned to the streets they insist on being heard their peaceful resistance wasnt able to remove those entrenched in power but they are keeping the resistance a life sentence for their beirut montell is a professor of communications from the American University of a movement reflects a major change in how the public is engaging in politics. All the current leaders are late and their age they have lost credibility they have destroyed the economy and theyre massively incompetent so i believe the war generation the warlord leaders and their mafia friends have run out of bullets to shoot at the population and currently there are massive movements all across have been distinct in being very youthful very engaging and very active on social media in addition the principles of their choice of being citizens which is refusing the sectarian system and speaking their own pinions in the face of all those politicians i think this is a massive systematic change its a new paradigm of how we want to run the country as citizens and what type of leaders do we want and what type of Political Parties we would create in 5 years this will be a different country without the warlords suddenly the Mass Movement is getting more leadership more people with skills of running the government and basically those people are becoming the official opposition all International Delegations started meeting the opposition instead of considering them street crossers protesters theyre being asked what is your solution for this country and we are starting to find answers i think in the coming weeks and months lebanon will be split between the regime and the opposition and that opposition will be supported by the street that has been protesting for a year. Still ahead on the program shock and mourning in france after a teacher is beheaded for showing cartoons of the prophet mohammad and growing concerns of more violence in guinea as voters head to the whole scene thats the next pressings. After a disappointing start to the weekend well see the weather cheering up in japan with got a lot of dry skies now coming through cloud and rain in the process of pulling away 2021 celsius for a good part of honshu tokyo 20 degrees a similar value there for so add also for the basin we got a few showers into central parts of china theyll sink their way further south which tending to pay to route was still that keen northeasterly or eastley breeze sliding across the South China Sea still pumping some very heavy rain into a good part of flood hit vietnam more heavy downpours here where with 269 millimeters friday 24 hours in fact over the last week and a half we have seen a staggering 2000 millimeters yes 2 meters of rainfall so there has been widespread flooding these pictures coming out to cambodia actually but its a similar picture here law says very heavy rain and im afraid there is yet more rain in the forecast as we go on through the next few days something of a convergence line just squeeze in those winds together lots of cloud and rain coming into central and northern parts of vietnam as a result of that say some flooding recently into india that this system here is making its way a little further east was more wet and windy weather pushing into eastern parts by monday. The oppression of an ethnic minority in myanmar many. Very intense. Bush to make sure the rule injures were no longer entitled to either basic rights or citizenship runge. Aljazeera explores the history and motives behind the systematic persecution of the ranger and me and my. Exile. On aljazeera. The in the the end. Market back a recap of our top stories on aljazeera a new humanitarian ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan is now in effect it follows violence over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh a previous sure agreed on a week ago failed to hole. In the us President Trump is campaigning in 2 swing states his now in wisconsin after arriving in michigan the pressure is on as his democratic challenger joe biden is leading in Many National polls with just over 2 weeks before the election and protestors have marched in lebanon to mock a year since the start of mass on Thai Government demonstrations calling for a complete overhaul of the political system after years of corruption and mismanagement. New coronavirus related restrictions have come into force in parts of france belgium and poland countries across europe have hit new records for the number of daily infections reports from london. In belgium the Coronavirus Crisis is deepening. And restaurants are closing for a month as infections double every week belgium follows from sin imposing a nightly curfew and doctors have warned of a shortage of intensive care beds within weeks the german chancellor prays for her governments handling of the 1st wave of infections told germans to prepare for hard days ahead as the number of cases there rises steadily each biased asking nick know how i ask you to refrain from any trip that is not absolutely necessary from any celebration that is not absolutely necessary and know that this not only sounds tough but in individual cases it is a severe sacrifice but we only have to do this temporarily and we ultimately do it for ourselves infections are soaring across europe with around a 100000 new cases a day and the confidence of power brokers seem increasingly powerless on saturday the Austrian Foreign minister Alexander Schellenberg confirmed he tested positive for the virus raising fears an e. U. Meeting he had tended on monday may have been a socalled super spreader event the belgian foreign minister has also gone into isolation with suspected symptoms. It comes a day after 3 e. U. Leaders including the Prime Minister of finland were forced to drop out of a brussels summit as a precautionary measure most future meetings will now happen remotely more than half of englands now under tougher code with 19 rules in london and other areas a ban on households mixing inside including bars and restaurants came into force on saturday as the capital moves from being at moderate risk to high risk in the governments 3 tier system the county of lancashire in the northwest moves to the top tier very high risk meeting no socializing outside a household bubble and the closure of bars or restaurants but the mayor of manchester the u. K. 3rd largest city is resisting the toughest restrictions warning of dismal consequences for the local economy. The new restrictions are all part of the governments localised response in dealing with the rising infection rate design so the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson to avoid the misery of a full national law but given that 28000000 people half the country are facing these new restrictions the money is already beginning to feel like theyve. London french prosecutors say the suspects who were beheaded a teacher near paris was a teenager of chechen descent and school is believed to have received multiple threats after the teacher showed a controversial image of the prophet mohammad in and lesson about freedom of expression 9 people are in custody in connection with the attack has more. They gathered outside the secondary school in contrast. With 47 year old some well taught parents students and colleagues are in a state of shock. They paid tribute to the teacher who had been stopped and then beheaded in broad daylight and. The priority for us is to look after the children because i think it was very hard for them and it still is the school had received multiple threats after patti showed his students caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in a civics class on freedom of expression parents say the teacher suggested Muslim Students could leave the classroom if they were offended but a number of muslim parents complained Police Officers shot the suspect they tried to arrest him on friday he later died of his wounds. The neutralized perpetrator had a residence permit issued on march 4th and valid until march 2030 under the name of abdul arc. Which born on march 12th 2002 in Moscow Russia he was of russian nationality he was church and born had the Refugee Status lived in in the department and was unknown to the Intelligence Services a further 9 people are being questioned in Custody Police say one of the suspects had a half sister who was a member of i saw the killing comes at a time over new tensions in france about the 2015 attack at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine afte