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We start with news from the french city of new york a Greek Orthodox priest has been shot and injured signed his church the gunman fled the scene and it remains unclear whether the suspect police have in custody right now is the person behind the attack i spoke earlier to our correspondent in front of devinsky there a suspect is in custody but its not been confirmed that this is definitely the perpetrator behind this attack which saw a 52 year old Greek Orthodox priest shot in the stomach now the priest who is attended to by medics at the scene was able to give a description of the perpetrator and he has been named the priest that is by the greek government is being Nicolas Akaka the luckiest no there is some suggestion that this may be a signal to speak but ill tell you about more about that in a minute lets 1st of all lets have a look at what i witnessed his accounts saw and heard around the time that those shots rang out in the. Morning i live in the area i heard gunshots but at 1st i thought it was firecrackers we didnt take it seriously and then i saw the motorbikes the roadblocks and the police and i realized that it was serious because there was a church here and the priest who is 47 years old was shot. While i was just live nearby who was watching t. V. At home and suddenly i heard Something Like how my blues some big booming noises so it was a might be kids playing outside of i decided to figure out what was going on but then i heard someone screaming when they went downstairs i saw the police and realized what was happening but unfortunately this time its. Going to happen next thats what we are now asking. For in the aftermath of the shooting a crisis unit was set up by the interior minister the french Prime Minister canceled. And event that he was heading to to come back to paris and we know an investigation has now been opened into what is being deemed an attempted assassination but what hasnt happened which would normally happen if there was any sense that this was a terror attack or terrorist related the fact that this would moony be seized by the anti terror prosecution unit that hasnt happened in this case and french media are reporting that they are hearing from the ground that this shooting moved as a result of a personal dispute apparently the priest was soon to be leaving the community in leon to go to a new station and thats because they had been some dispute in the community this is whats being reported by the french press but of course this comes at a highly sensitive time here in france where just a couple of days after a terror attack it was described by president maclin as being in islam is terror attack that saw 3 people brutally murdered in the town of nice lets just have a reminder of what unfolded that. This new tragedy today you see victims of islamic fascism repeatedly. Returned it will be the job for the siren of the firemen the Police Arrived weeklys really good with the bikers and everything that followed then they set up a Security System i went down with my scooter and i saw the guy come in take refuge at the cathedral afterwards i heard a lot of gunshots. Well as a result of that brutal that horrific attack that unfolded the niece on thursday france has raised its terror alert up to the maximum level the country now deploying 4000. 00 extra security personnel to troy and bolster the security situation in the country this comes as france is about to celebrate all saints day which is a major catholic holiday in the country the countrys Prime Minister cast dix has said that you know all french people should be able to count on the nation to be able to carry out their religious beliefs their services in full safety we know that security has been deployed to bolster churches and schools off that there was a specific threat that came out from an agency linked to the Terror Network al qaida that came out just a couple of days ago but the reality is france has tens of thousands of churches tens of thousands of school so no matter how many personnel are deployed you just cant have security personnel outside every building so a huge amount of tension here in france as this major festival is about to be celebrated given the fact that france is now back at a maximum terror alert an alert that was 1st raised up to that level back in 2015 when it saw that wave of her reflect terrorist attacks. Trying to do minsky in france when we got insight into the tense situation right now there are from local analysts and commentators. Government doesnt know how to handle this situation this is nothing new there are 10 more 10 times more attacks against christian symbols in france than there are going to serve muslims for example not are there more attacks against persons but their kit attacks against chattels against churches or this is something which is not new a catholic before tonights incident were already organizing and this is the 1st time i see this their own selfdefense groups there are cases there are areas as i said before iran if you want another 1000 france where active duty christian statements are held and the government just doesnt do anything. Then all of a sudden weve got these murders and weve got these attacks the field of death pretty bad and of communication is a catastrophe it is totally not there are there is i think that that is the major issue as i think the Muslim Community those who are who of course dont agree with this with these killings these shootings these attacks have to voice their concern and they have to be more visible in the past 2 weeks france is not being under attack of people who twist the the words and say that secularism in france is is fundamentalist an extreme and it is the way its causing deaths this is the 1st time doubt a shotgun is do you use its the 1st time that there was an ambush which i guess he targeted specifically that priest and not somebody else as opposed to random random people parishioners at the basilica and nice and especially because francis delegates and now is not the time to sort of mix everything together i will say and this is a horrible and sad thing to say that we can think in front that off a ducks churches would be targets that we felt that because catheter cism is the main stream religion in france and we thought you know possibly a rolly and certainly really in this case that all the ducks churches would not be done had to but we keep making wrong assumptions about the virus of terrorism. Just to go through what our guests are speaking about the shooting in leon comes 2 days after a knife attack in nice in which 3 people were killed a 3rd man has now been arrested by french counterterrorism officers on suspicion of links to the perpetrator french prosecutors are trying to establish whether this suspected killer was in contact with extremist islamic groups his family internews here have also come under scrutiny they deny any involvement in the murders. Of them i started crying when he told me that he traveled to france and i asked him about how drove him to go as he doesnt speak the language of a know anyone there so i asked his brothers to call him and his phone was switched off and we tried to call him repeatedly but his phone was switched off until the day came when suddenly we were raided by the police and we were all taken for interrogation we do know what happened i lost my son and i lost my life and i demand in this to geisha about who stands behind this incident and i want to know who recruited my son my son does not do such things he cant even harm a chicken i want the truth. We are his cousins we are enormously shocked we are good people we stand against terrorism and we denounce what happened once and out what we know about him is that he is a more room well raised person and we do not believe that he has suspicious connections and this is all of us. The main suspect in the attack has been identified as a 21 year old chin izzie and migrant he was not previously known to french intelligence he arrived in europe last month via italy where he claimed to be a refugee over there and he was served an expulsion notice and then dropped off the author if hes read our terror struck the southern french city in the early hours of thursday when a man wielding a knife to kill 3 churchgoers at the not best it came just 2 weeks after the beheading of a teacher in part who had shown his class caricatures of the prophet that we spoke with a priest who was inside the building in the east when the horror there unfolded. Of it i was in that church of the time of the attack it was almost 90 m. I get a call from the police and was told the deterrent tac has been committed in the north with numbers of close down your church they sacked a few minutes later they called again saying that 2 people had been killed and fortunately later was revealed that another person had died it all happened so quickly mother when the i regret to see this but 1st and foremost i feel anger it is not very holy over liquid at the Security Forces issued a warning and tuesday by the threat of terror attacks being heartless so we all knew about that before the attack but no checks have been me the Intelligence Services havent done enough people have died thats why i am angry. I feel confused its in fear because christians and their feet they have nothing to do with this what people dont know is that charlie a bill has made more caricatures about christians and catholics and muslims the problem is not that these people are muslim the problem is that these people who commit these crimes are fanatics that is why its so dramatic. Lets move to another of our headlines stories today england is about to enter a 2nd locked on the british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson making the other night on saturday evening after a recent surge in covert 19 cases. Weve got to be humble in the face of nature and in this country alas as across much of europe the virus is spreading even faster than the reasonable worst Case Scenario of our scientific advisors and so now is the time to take action because there is no alternative from thursday into the storm to december you must stay at home you merely leave home for specific reasons were not going back to the full scale of march and april the measures that ive outlined a less brutal less restrictive but im afraid from thursday the basic message is the same stay at home protect the n. H. S. And save lives. Yet the thursday is the 5th of november it starts then it will last until the 2nd of december and all non essential shops will close along with Entertainment Venues restaurants and pubs people will be required to work from home wherever possible however schools colleges and universities will be allowed to stay open travel within the country is discouraged and overseas travel will be banned and exempt for essential business trips since the start of the pandemic the u. K. Has been hit with more than a 1000000 covered 1000 cases and over 46000 deaths the highest registered toll in europe and over the past week the u. K. s daily infection rate has exceeded 20000 localised restrictions had been rolled out in mid october with lock downs in several regions but they were met with strong Public Resistance but the call commentator Anthony Weber believes the government should be thinking more about strengthening peoples immune systems instead of closing down a country. Even before this lockdown responds how up out of the situation was and how much more until. We become and now are suddenly are we going to become even more to it because we government can somehow afford to ignore the once so who which of the taxpayer will have to pay for the young people of this country will have to pay for in the future but what will they do you are going to shoot shoot while it is a great leap chris because there are big aspart country well where theres trouble its full. But the whole foods disaster is wrong and government should be doing is the best so you know how is that beautiful to people who try to treat even any people have to pay for their prescriptions or to borrow expensive. Or before the Prime Ministers announcement Police Chiefs had called in the public to inform and anyone violating the pandemic rules theyd even threaten to break up christmas from the galleries that more than 6 people are in attendance and britons are getting ever more angry as the Holiday Season nears its allie is alone as cove in case the 3rd around europe authorities are looking for ways to stem the tide and some of the measures are pretty drastic here in the u. K. Police in some areas have threatened to raid family christmas dinners if they feel people are breaking the rules the grinch himself would approve. If we think theres large groups of people gathering with the shouldnt be the police will have to intervene the idea of police dragging grandma away in handcuffs might seem farfetched but some taking any chances and of getting creative in finding loopholes one innovative britain says hes beaten the restrictions on private gatherings and that only cost him 6 pounds by creating a company and listing family members a stuff some Police Chiefs do have other ideas and smashing your doors down while you watch the only fools and horses Christmas Special including informing on neighbors who are breaking the rules leading to fears of a socalled snitch culture being encouraged we also people in london for their thoughts on a possible christmas crackdown but im sure were not the only nation with these measures but the fact of the matter is i will not accept eyes on the constitutional right if i come kicking my door in that we get kicked back out into the story if police force were to come in and try and break up the celebration and to get the names it just loses a lot of that whole element in london a family immunity to visit kids deregulation and its will to keep the coded numbers down then what choice do we have that going to get clear guidance in what we are exactly allowed to do not to do i think probably the government could be flexible for one. Because otherwise people just go to the months of being miserable person in germany to Health Authorities have been calling on Security Forces to go into peoples homes to check whether rules are being followed. We are in the sea that could be worse than in spring the inviolability of the problem must no longer be an argument for lack of control if troops abrasions in apartments and houses in danger Public Health and safety your thirtys must be able to intervene of course after the court of Public Opinion i did say on twitter lots of tried walking his comments back breaking up parties but also be on the canadian cops to do list in quebec officers are authorized to montreux for presidency and homeowners will tell you its refused entry theyll be able to obtain warrants fos the through a new virtual system and intervene while the new york police work use of invading a private home when targeting a jewish family during the crackdown on gatherings of more than 10 people but we have a complete about vehicle parking in the front there will copy over 10 people in the crowd so now its an issue where you are the Police Officer yes you are the most you know the rules. Tell me that its ok and beyond the immediate concerns of violated privacy invaded homes and lost Civil Liberties theres always the question of what happens when this is all over once your freedoms have been surrendered its not always easy to get them back. Scotlands great his film star sean connery has passed away at the age of 90 weve been hearing from a close friend of his stay with us for that story. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being so. Direct. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Aura made in the shallowness. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. 20 minutes into the Program Welcome back the u. S. Election is less than 3 days away now im now on the National Intelligence director has sounded the alarm for alleged meddling and the past russia being the main target of those claims but this year moscow is not alone Daniel Hawkins picks up the story. One of the key things you need to know to understand how president ial elections work in the United States swing states the nomination process the Electoral College and since 26 the foreign meddling with tally atory measures against russia for its meddling in the us president ial election a pervasive campaign by russians to interfere in this years midterm elections russia in the 2020 us president ial race despite much of the heavily redacted evidence proving tenuous in establishing just how alleged meddling affected the 26000 election 4 years on its meddling saga 2. 0 this time with multiple suspects potentially involved 1st and foremost is russia the classics and arya and its deja vu for the democratic president ial nominee under trumps Republican Administration russias faced the biggest different expulsions since the reagan era plus asset freezes as well as sanctions under the countering americas a diverse aris through sanctions act but biden and the democrats are confident moscow wants more of the same we know from before and i guarantee that i know now because now i get briefings again the russians are still engaged in trying to deal just to mizar electoral process fact ne