Top prize for human rights on early efforts against the president ial election while usually regarded as rigged. And the pollution blamed for poisoning iraqi waterways leaving fishermen broke and hungry. And im fond of hummus and i have all the sports european champions by munich kick off their Champions League title defense in emphatic fashion the democrat press next for nil at home. But we begin in nigeria where the president is holding an Emergency Security meeting as parts of lagos burned smoke billowing from a prison after earlier reports of gunshots that have been almost 2 weeks of protests which initially began against Police BrutalityAmnesty International says at least 12 protesters were killed in lagos on tuesday night when i go live to ahmed idris whos covering this from for us ahmed lets talk about that meeting 1st of all that the president is holding do we know any more about what theyre going to be discussing. I think its more like a reviewing this situation nationwide president woman who has been under intense pressure to Say Something president of the senate has asked him to address the nation weve heard calls from religious leaders from public and Community Leaders actually calling on the president to speak to the nation to address these concerns about as coming violence across the country the abuses. Allegedly committed by Security Forces and the way things are getting out of hand when now newt has an awesome is taking over what started us i dissent protest march inside the capital city year in may cause in the south and north of the country and then eventually things that got so bad as a tease right now security cheese heads of the army the navy the police the secret services as well as other agents is related with security including the Inspector General of police attending that meeting we expect to hear something out of that meeting in the next one or 2 hours however the concerns are really really rising across the country people are really worried about the turn of events all this is happening as i mentioned against this backdrop of smoke that were seeing coming out of the prison in lagos weve got reports of gun shots being fired what more do we know about that. Well even before then residents i dont but and i remember this is an area where you have the form a seat of government where the President Office and residence live is that our Army Barracks there they could be prison is surrounded by mainly government institutions government establishments all security establishments there residents said they actually saw some people the authorities are describing us woodlands with clubs and stones around that area then eventually gun gunfire was heard and then the smoke and the fires weve seen now live on television. We dont sure at the moment while the fire started is it these are legit hoodlums who broke into the prison to free him mates that started the fire or the prisoners themselves whos talked to the fire that are different accounts of what exactly happened and as we speak apart from that as we speak security has been beefed out beefed up around that area soldiers mobile policemen and other security agents they are patrolling and blocking access to that prison and as we speak also and right now were hearing about more reinforcement being sent towards necchi where another serious incident is being reported remember licky is where. The unfortunate incident on tuesday evening happen where Security Force opened fire on demonstrators protesting peacefully on their own the major highway so were not sure exactly whats happening in mecca right now but it looks like a serious incident this is an area that has been rocked by. A new team and what have you in the last 2 days since the incident on tuesday evening. And thanks very much obviously this is a developing story were going to be checking in with you as it moves on but for now im addressing a boozer thank you very much indeed. The u. S. Secretary of state has joined a global denunciation of the violence against nigerias protesters in geria might prepare said in a statement the u. S. Strongly condemns the use of Excessive Force by military forces who fired on demonstrators in lagos causing death and injury he says they welcome an immediate investigation into the Security Forces and calls for those involved to be held to account and its been revealed than an attack in northwest nigeria 2 days ago killed at least 22 villagers including women and children news has just emerged from fatah state over what happened on tuesday witnesses described what they call 100 Armed Bandits raided the village of tongo quanah. To the pandemic which is leaving some european governments with little choice but to shut down entire cities in an attempt to get infections back under control france went over 1000000 confirmed cases on thursday paris and 8 other large cities are subject to night time curfews spains also recorded more than a 1000000 infections its Health Minister expects life to be tough for the next 5 to 6 months germanys Health Minister meanwhile has tested positive for his country reported another record daily jump and the Czech Republics closing almost all of its shops and businesses after seeing 15000 more cases of john holl is joining us live from the european Broadcast Center in london jonah a very significant rise in cases across countries in europe. Yes you do get the sense dont you that its spiraling somewhat out of control across europe and indeed a few governments now using those very words to describe the situations in the country no one is spared countries big and small all struggling at the moment you mentioned spain there france as well both suffered appallingly at the beginning of this crisis struggling again both crossing the 1000000 infection rate mark both under severe restrictions now with more restrictions inevitably to come in italy the country that was worst affected the 1st time around again seeing the specter of covert 19 returned a Record Number for the country 15199 positive cases identified in the past 24 hours within that the Lombardy Region worst affected in march you remember those pictures that alerted the rest of europe to what was coming for for all of them of medics treating appallingly ill people outdoors in the hospitals there lombardi accounting for the largest percentage of those new infections and then pull out to countries like germany another big country of course the did very much better than everyone else earlier in the year largely because of a much more effective test and trace system even germany now struggling with 11300 cases in the past 24 hours a record for germany that and that 8000 nearly 8000 more than just the day before the government there warning the country to anticipate an uncontrolled rise in infections and then smaller countries the Czech Republic as you mentioned theyre bringing back the same levels of restrictions that it had back in the spring after the government said that would never happen what is happening with the Health Service theyre on the brink of collapse belgium warning of a tsunami of infections its deputy Prime Minister battling the virus herself in intensive care as of the last 12 hours or so so a grim picture as you say across europe the only bright light in all of this is to point out that the death rate is not right. Ising in proportion to those rising infection rates for now that is of course it will be hoped that that stays the same the pain is still being felt of course in the u. K. Where you are not only with the Health Service in the u. K. But also of course with the economy as well. The covert has taken an enormous toll on the economies of all European Countries the u. K. No exception in fact probably worse here in many respects the chance the recent was speaking a couple of hours ago in parliament unveiling the 3rd package of Financial Support measures in just the last month aimed particularly at the Hospitality Industry of food and accommodation businesses and workers with new figures suggesting that some 70 percent 17 percent of food and accommodation businesses in this country report that they are in imminent imminently on the brink of insolvency potentially the chancellor unveiling new measures to support businesses to support employees as this country and the takes its own set of new measures a complicated 3 tier system take a listen to what he had to say a moment ago. If businesses are legally required to close as weve already outlined the government will cover the full cost of employers paying 2 thirds of people salary where they cant work for a week or more. For businesses who can open it is now clear the impact of restrictions on them particularly in the hospitality sector is more significant than they had hoped c. So im making 2 changes to the short time work scheme to make it easier for those businesses to keep staff on rather than make them redundant all very welcome of course for those who most need the help but make no mistake extremely expensive this adding hundreds of millions of pounds not yet quantified to a spiraling level of public debt already at absolutely record levels the highest speed as a ratio of g. D. P. Ratio to g. D. P. In the past 50 years 246000000000 pounds the deficit figure here that dwarfs anything that we saw in 2008 or in the recession of the ninetys it all spells very bad news for the years ahead even after the covert 1000 crisis itself has been overcome jonah thanks very much indeed does john holl in london all bring signs to in south africa one of its largest cities cape town reported a 42 percent rise in infections over the last 2 weeks of the millers joining us live from johannesburg father just talk us through whats happened behind those figures. Well in recent months and South African government has adopted what its called a risk addressed strategy when dealing with the covert 1900 pandemic and at the beginning of the lock down in south africa several months ago the country was at level 5 the strictest level of this lockdown its now moved all the way to level one which of course has given people the opportunity to move around more freely travel between provinces and also frequent and night clubs bars and taverns and this is where the government the Health Minister in particular has really just this week tested positive for corona virus himself has said is the biggest risk in that people have become complacent they arent Wearing Masks and they arent social distancing there was one particular case in cape town where a bar saw an infection of at least 8080 people in the last to 2 weeks and its incidents like this thats concerning the government especially the complacency now is of africa heads towards the Holiday Season and its now in the summer months there is concern that people moving around all and especially between provinces will lead to a 2nd wave and this is what the Health Minister has said that a 2nd wave is inevitable chances are south africa will experience one similar to other countries but it is worth remembering that south africa didnt experience an infection rate as high as anticipated at the height of the outbreak there are about 12 to 13000 new cases every day thats now gone down to about 2000 cases we do know that the latest reports show that 85 people have died at least 8 of them in the last 48 hours alone the government has said that they are fewer cases in this phase of the fight against a coronavirus than expected but theyre still worried theyre saying that they are fighting small. Lames around the country and that people should be vigilant from it it seems very hard job for the government to be able to try to persuade people to maintain social distancing is there any indication of any schemes or to it is that the government is trying to do even prosecutions or punishments to try to enforce on people just how important this is well that is the main problem for the government we did see at the height of their the strategies to try and deal with the pandemic and try you know to do to limit the spread of covert 19 there were a lot of roadblocks there was a lot of high Police Presence in many areas around the country specifically to deal with the movement of people but the concern now is that places like restaurants taverns and bars arent at hearing to his restrictions as they should they have said that they are keeping an eye out on this that there will be fines but thats as far as it goes and ultimately this is what the government expressed several weeks ago that its up to the individual to take care and since that isnt necessarily happening across the country we are seeing what potentially could be a 2nd search the government essentially grappling with trying to control peoples behavior d something that they dont always have the ability to do far better thank you very much indeed thats family to miller bringing us up to date from johannesburg in the news ahead this hour. Caused confusion so chaos and undermine your confidence in american democracy the f. B. I. Accuses russia and iran of using voters information to intimidate and influence people ahead of the u. S. Election. The u. N. Is appealing for a 1000000000. 00 to help Rohingya Refugees but only half is being played so far and Manchester United are feeling the financial pinch were going to explain why in this sport. He is Prime Minister of lebanon for the 4th time his appointment was announced after consultations between lebanons president and various political groups it was time for the job last year following mass antigovernment protests against the acute economic crisis im corruption. Stop the. Economy and society. Security we would struck what has been destroyed by the explosion. As quickly as possible. Government we have a chance we have. Probably the last to do everything not only the research of the Lebanese Center for policy studies hes joining us now from beirut thank you very much indeed for being with us on aljazeera how hard is it going to be for assad ideally to convince the people of lebanon that he actually has a solution to the problems that in many ways hes been in charge of for several years. Well its not about convincing the lebanese people that he holds a solution we already know what the plan of this Political Class as we know what the French Initiative and i am up program and tails that subprogram that is going to hurt massively the average of any citizen its a program that caters to the interests of the Banking Sector that has stolen peoples money if that has really led this country into a debt that it cannot overcome under the current circumstances what the return of saddam had is signals is that this Political Class as weve known does not care to listen about what the lebanese people have been calling for a sense they rose up on october 17th on words this is part of the culmination of the counterrevolutionary upgrade that started from the moment people took to the streets weve seen all types of tools by this establishment being deployed and the return of the traditional political imperatives that is and body by heidi to do right now is just the best im an apostle well im sorry about that we appear to have lost our feed to beirut and were going to move on from the moment the Afghan Military has confirmed that it was responsible for an airstrike thats reported to have killed 12 children it happened near a mosque in the city of telecon the military says its not clear if the strike accidentally killed civilians it was called to counter a large taliban advance in the area for the consul 40 has the latest from couple. Fighting between Government Forces and the taliban continues unabated across of ghana stand inflicting heavy losses not just on the 2 sides but also on innocent civilians in the province of tahara on wednesday night an airstrike hit a mosque where children were studying killing at least 12 of them and injuring 14 others but the higher Governors Office on thursday confirmed that that airstrike was a mistake and one hitting the wrong place but this is a war thats becoming more brutal and more senseless every day despite repeated calls by afghans and they were National Community for a significant reduction in violence and even a ceasefire now winter will soon be setting in here in afghanistan and thats when fighting comes to a virtual hold because of the harsh weather but if previous years are any indication fighting does spike before winter as both sides try to claim and control as much territory as they can but this year afghans had hoped that this would have been different as the peace talks in doha are still on even though theyre moving extremely slowly i was speaking with several afghans earlier and they all told me that they are very tired in fact they are exhausted all of all the pain that this war has been inflicting on them and they just wanted to end the european parliaments highest honor for freedom of thought the socket of prize is going to the opposition wins in dozens of been staging nationwide protests and strikes calling for an end to president alexander because shank has 26 year rule it was declared the winner of an election in august but many believe the vote was rigged exiled oppositi