and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter. how much easier to bring you the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. coronavirus is on the verge of claiming a millionth life nearly 9 months to the day after it was 1st reported. this is out jazeera live from london also coming up next here between armenia and azerbaijan intensifies casualties are reported in the battle over not going to care about. trump on the defensive over his taxes do the democrats have

a new line of attack a day before the 1st election debate and. you have seen most actions you have seen not. let down by their own leaders young people in lebanon tell us they're losing hope that the french president can bring change. 9 months off of the corona virus was 1st discovered in the chinese city of almost 1000000 people were confirmed to have died from the respect this the sobering figure highlights the need for concerted global action as the world health organization warns the official figure is likely to underestimate the true toll. we collect information on confirmed cases of covert 90 there are other ways then of looking at all cause mortality or access point to those we don't count excess one times in those numbers you see every day and in fact if anything the numbers that

are currently reported probably resurrect represent an underestimate of those individuals who have either contracted cope with 19 or of value this cause was over a long 33000000 infections have been recorded wild wide the us india and brazil of the hardest hit with 17000000 cases between them but infections are once again accelerating across europe after a summer of loosen restrictions talk to measures are being imposed in parts of spain france and belgium while tens of millions are under local lockdown in the u.k. you know hit states is recorded the largest share of those deaths with will of 200000 fatalities under fire over his handling of the pandemic president donald trump and out millions of test kits will be sent out across the country and warns a rise in positive cases is likely in the days ahead last week we cross the historic milestone when the united states conducted our 100 millionth test

far more than any other country and not even close actually 2nd seems to be india with 1500000000 people and the numbers would be probably at least 50000000 more test by us we've conducted more tests than the entire european union and more than all of latin america combined. a white house correspondent committee held it has more. his administration will immediately begin dispatching 150000000 rapid tests as they're known this means you can get the result in about 15 minutes and those will be dispatched to communities across the united states being put through the governors of the respective states and it will go to communities of color nursing homes but essentially the goal in all of this is to try and get students back to work and get economies back to normal now we should point out that the u.s. president made almost identical announcement back in august with regard to this

what this appears to be is another incremental step in the president's push to reopen the economy particularly 2 in advance of the u.s. election but many are arguing you know why wasn't this done so much sooner and it would have spared so much of the social misfortune that has taken place in the united states as a result of these shutdowns that have been going on adding inflowing for a prolonged period of time we know that the 9 team of joe biden the democratic presidential nominee is planning on hitting the president hard we do know that the president's handling and cope at 19 in general will be one of the issues that the moderator of that 1st presidential debate in cleveland will be asking of both candidates. fighting between azerbaijan and armenia has continued threatening to reignite

a decades old conflict over disputed region officials and they're going to care about say at least 26 more of its troops have been killed international community is calling for an immediate cease fire and a negotiated settlement from him 1st he will come a port. a. summons to war these armenian reservists are leaving the capital. president nicol passion yan called all men into military service after fighting erupted on sunday over the disputed region of the gold carabao. on the frontline armenia says it is repelling as area tax in what both sides are calling a war the last time they fought a full war was in the early 1990 s. after the collapse of the soviet union some 20000 people were killed a ceasefire was brokered in 1904 the sporadic fighting has continued ever since

russia traditionally armenia's ally in the region has called for calm. we continue to monitor the situation very closely we believe that the military operation should be stopped immediately and the process of resolving this conflict as well as a consequences of flare up should be resolved by political and diplomatic means. but media and karabakh officials say turkey's involvement is untenable for the little i don't want this is going to work i wanted to clear that not only as a by john but also to key is at war with us they are using the main modern weapons and ammunition available in the turkish army drawings and aircraft hospitals instead panic at the care about capital have received dozens of wounded soldiers and civilians some patients were moved into bomb shelters. when they

quote we have 30 wounded in their operations undergoing some patients who were in hospitals were evacuated into the bunker and the seriously ill people are in the hospital we are working on high alert in a ready to receive the wounded. as a by john says armenian artillery struck well inside its territory 5 family members were killed in the city of nafta than many more were hurt armenia and azerbaijan are also waging an information war releasing defense videos showing air strikes but without context or making claims that have so far proven difficult to verify such as turkey's military involvement or the deployment by both sides of middle eastern mercenaries to the front lines. regardless the casualty rates a climbing and so far the international response has yet to pull these armies back

from the brink robin 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi azerbaijan is denying accusations from armenia that it's using turkish fighters from syria in the conflict. it's an accomplice the baseless and wrong for us to see it and as a piece of propaganda armenian side were to. deflect attention from their side and deflect on the responsibility for doing that as i've seen it's an actual army or that brings recruiters and terrorists from middle eastern countries turkey has pledged to stand by its ally offering diplomatic and military support seen in question who has more from the as a very capital backer. john carroll has already shown its side which is siding with us our bridge on end and so far as specially the officer there our main attack in the tolls area a couple of weeks ago both the turkish president of the fence minister have been very solid about this turkey stance sending it by azerbaijan till the very end

supporting them militarily logistically as you know turkey also has a military base in azerbaijan and the have very strong military agreements between the 2 armies circle so support as supports them with ministry a logistics with drones and other defense invest recruitment that turkey has been in the region of the producing border last couple of years and apparently the turkish strongs over are also used by the azerbaijan military during during this conflict with the armenian side. they say they have been saying for the last couple of days we are going to do what is necessary to be spending by john and to defend the rights because they are our brothers that with law and everything between turkey and us are bridge on there is the saying we are one nation but 2 different states so you can imagine how true he is committed to be standing by as our bridge

on. u.s. president donald trump has dismissed a report by the new york times which claims he's paid hardly any come tax in the past 15 years trump responded on twitter calling the article fake news and said he's paid many millions of dollars in tax he's under severe pressure had his 1st televised election debate with presidential rival joe biden on tuesday. what is your castro joins us live from madrid and. experienced over these revelations about his finances. well or in the part that perhaps hit home most to voters was the reporting from the new york times that trump just $750.00 in income tax to the federal government during the years of 2000 and $16.20 now compare that to the average middle class american family who would have paid significantly more so certainly there is an element of unfairness to this all

and on twitter today was trending the hash tag i paid more taxes and donald trump with everyone from waitresses to teachers to the president's political opponents democrats weighing in that they had all paid more taxes into the federal government in the form of income tax than the president himself and then there are the concerns about national security the times reports that after reviewing more than 2 decades of financial records of donald trump which he had sought to keep confidential at the time says that the president has more than $300000000.00 of debt that he is personally guaranteeing that will be up for collection within the next 4 years and nancy pelosi the house speaker the top democrat in congress says that is a national security concern because it's unclear who owes that money to and she says it is the right of the american people to know who their president is indebted

to whether they be foreign governments or people who are from foreign countries and how significant is all this to the race. right well of course voters in the u.s. head to the polls in fewer than 40 days to decide whether or not trump will get a 2nd term and this surprising revelation comes to dry. it up to that deadline and these are not damaging reports on something like foreign affairs or other things that are more. or less tangible to the average american you know taxes is kitchen table talk here so it's something that everyone can relate to and unfairness of course is a very powerful motivator it depends on how joe biden the president's democratic challenger for the white house may wield this information against trump tomorrow when we'll see these 2 men side by side for the 1st time on the debate stage we

know that the revelations from this times report has already been fodder for attack ads against the president but then there are also the greater questions of whether or not it even matters so many americans have already baked in opinions about who they will support in this election if you have shown any willingness to change their mind and for trump's strongest supporters many have been conditioned to believe that the new york times is not a credible news outlet the new trump has said over and over again that that newspaper produces fake news without evidence so it's an open question whether or not his supporters will believe this reporting and even if they do whether or not they'll care given that they've long supported the president they view as eccentric with business practices that are out of the norm how did you press for thank you very much. still to come this off our relief as hundreds of refugees are about to leave lesbos for weeks off their homes were destroyed by fire. and the right.

is given the green light to continue operations in london. howie once again welcome to another look at the international forecast things looking a little quotes of a new zealand after a very snowy weekend significant stifle particularly around the south island the quad blustery but at least the unsettled weather is in the process of pulling out of the way we have got more clouds and rain coming in across the southern australia the house of pushing across south australia some heavy burst of rain at times that will head into adelaide for tuesday gradually make its way into victoria new south wales and even into southern parts of queensland blustery showers will continue there just around tasmania more wet sand there windy weather rattlings for as you

can say little tribal prices there for new zealand temp just starting to pick up looking dry and brighter to into japan largely settled here as we go through the next couple of days really disturbed weather well that soft sure so we got high pressure keep things quiet in japan the disturbed weather the weather action staying out into the open waters and maybe want to showers to southern areas of japan as we go through tuesday on into wednesday link of shower cloud coming all the way data to southern parts of china that right will be heavy at size but it stays fine dry and sunny across eastern parts. but. it's a long journey from heineman haiti to school in the dominican republic crossing national borders and cultural barriers to tennis on right now to 10 in.

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a decades old conflict over the disputed nagorno-karabakh region international community is calling for an immediate cease fire and a negotiated settlement. president donald trump has dismissed a report by the new york times which claims he's paid hardly any income tax in the past 15 years responded on twitter corner in the article fake news and said he has paid many millions of dollars in tax. the european union has joined the french president to urge lebanon to form a unity government in order to release much needed support from the international monetary fund. says he's ashamed of the country's political factions whose failure to put aside their differences led to the resignation of the prime minister designate on saturday but is it hard to report from beirut belief in iraq home is beginning to wane. it was a month ago when. there was an opportunity for a new lebannon it was here where she met french president. who visited

neighborhoods damaged by the devastating explosion at port. of the ocean your anger frustration and a little bit of. its combines all together but for. the 400 he was telling me that it will get better for you and for your and i made it clear. here it's the use. you're making the change and hopefully it's not for the kids change will be for us. accused lebanon's leaders of betrayal for failing to form a nonpartisan government to deal with the deep economic crisis for some lebanese it was the french leader who betrayed them. in trying to diplomacy we have seen no sanctions we have seen no. failed negotiations on the table. lebanon is in desperate need of financial assistance to rebuild what was damaged by the port

blast and revive the collapsing economy france and other international powers have refused to provide aid before reforms are made those who want a new leadership were not able to bring about change through protest action that is why many were pinning their hopes on the international community but they've been disillusioned by giving the political class what they see. gave them another 6 weeks to implement france's roadmap sagna whose house was destroyed in the port explosion believes a new deadline won't change much and the ruling class accused of decades of corruption won't give up power she says. he gave them another chance i agree but they won't be able to do that they don't want to rescue the country they want to rob the country but i have hope and he made us feel like human beings and citizens of a nation the international community did step in to provide much needed assistance to the port blast victims but in the absence of

a political solution there is concern lebanon's parties are tied to foreign countries in particular the united states and iran their power struggle is played out here everybody's stepping up. from both sides. so. what i am asking from this. people france accused lebanon's leaders of holding the country and its people hostage many such as lived in. beirut. hundreds of refugees have been allowed to leave the greek island of lesbos and heading to the mainland after being granted asylum they were all residents of the morea come before it was destroyed by fire earlier this month will than $12000.00 refugees and migrants were left without shelter. those needing medical attention are among the 1st to be transferred to the mainland stuff and. this is the moment they have been

waiting for for incredibly long time the ferry now with around 700 people on board families people classified as vulnerable being taken off the island on their way to athens with official asylum status they've had an incredibly long wait here in the . difficult conditions of course that following an incredibly lengthy and dangerous journey that they made to get here to greece this is the dream this is the dream. to get off the island and then to start their new law is what we understand from the ministry of migration is that they will be taken to athens they will be housed in hotels and then at some point in the future they will be moving on to other european countries we've watched them arrive here bus by boss getting off. the buses with their lives really their lives packed into plastic bags getting on that ferry that we weren't allowed to talk to any of them but we could sense people

waving particular when the ferry started to move waving singing a lot of smiles i think certainly clear to say an incredibly happy day for those onboard. the french president is expected to meet by the russian opposition leader . on tuesday he's in the lithuanian capital where he's been holding top. with president to tell us their seder the traders have agreed to push the european union to decide on sanctions against barry's later this week the e.u. has been effectively paralyzed on the issue after cyprus blocked plans to impose penalties over alleged election fraud and human rights abuses. last summer. we have to do everything so a certain kinds of disgust agreed and a confirmed as the next you leaders summit and then at the meeting foreign ministers this is extremely important in order to perform as the regional leader

without leaving a vacuum of power and without leaving bella ruse to face alexander lukashenko. turkish prosecutors have named 6 more saudi nationals as suspects in the killing of journalist. 20 saudi nationals are already on trial in istanbul additional suspects are not in turkey and are being tried in their absence earlier this month a saudi court jailed 8 people for up to 20 years i showed you was a prominent critic of saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man he was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018 vile has more from istanbul. according to the announcement by the general prosecutor 2 of these individuals were of fish souls in the in the saudi consulate one of them was even serving as deputy counsel and they are accused of participating in the preparation and execution of the murder of. on october to 2 years ago the 4 others

saudi nationals accused of arriving. here in turkey in istanbul on october 10th oct 11th and their mission according to the accusation was to participate in the in the in getting rid of the evidence there is a lot of criticism both here in turkey and in the west to the way saudi arabia handled the whole file and the way the trial went on in saudi arabia amnesty international described it as a whitewash the u.n. which has conducted an investigation and came to the conclusion that there was a premeditated murder against. described the trial and the sentences are as a mockery so the debate is still going on particularly here in turkey turkey is insisting that there is more to tell the world about this trial and that it should not be put to a close ride sharing app has been given

a green light to continue operating in london for another 18 months a u.k. court says the company has made several improvements and is now fit in proper despite what he described as historical failings london's transport authority denied you purchase license in 2019 because of safety and security breaches general houseless in london and says it is keen to point out that it's changed. transport for london the body that regulates and oversees public transport in the capital denied. a license back in november last year for the 2nd time in fact citing safety concerns specifically a glitch on the company's app that has allowed a number of drivers to falsify their identity by putting up fake photographs that lead to allegedly thousands of basically unlicensed and therefore uninsured rides putting obviously passengers safety at risk had always denied the extent of the problem but not necessarily that the problem had existed there during the 4 day

hearing here a number of serious quote serious and alarming failings putting passengers at risk but said that they've worked hard to address regulators concerns we've made a number of recent improvements that go well beyond. what other operators and done well beyond some of the concerns raised by t f l so that would include hybrid real time id which means that drivers now when they go on the air take a selfie and we validate therefore that they are who they say they are electronically in the background and also pass recognition where we are using technology to ensure that no mask no ride policy is enforced every driver in london on every train in the end the judge here the westminster magistrates court essentially concurred saying that we may not have a perfect safety record but that it has seen an improving picture with extensive measures implemented to reduce incidents therefore finding that it was indeed fit and proper to have a license for private hire here in london now one of the parties to the case

against the licensed taxi drivers association that's the body that regulates or the famous london black taxis said that essentially those admissions by the company were a company trying to pull the wool over the courts eyes by giving the impression that the problem had entirely gone away. it said it was too big to regulate effectively but too big to fail. indonesia's government is close to completing a national mapping project which it says will help solve disputes over land ownership but indigenous communities say they've been excluded from the process of fear losing their homes jessica washington reports from the capital jakarta. in indonesia as west timor people have been left to pick up the pieces of their demolished community you know what sadly this is what's left of my home after the local government tore it down i don't have a house anymore now i have to live under a tree. and organise the local government victim.

firing tear gas and tearing down their houses only a few development. they offered to relocate us but they immediately tore down our houses before the replacement houses but even ready since then they've been living in tents the local government says the land has huge potential and needs to be developed for agriculture number but that doesn't mean they got the lancets if it was a state document we told them take the local government to court let the court decide who the rightful owner is. disputes like this are common across indonesia corporation's local governments and indigenous communities are often at odds over who owns what land it's a problem the government says it wants to resolve its. policy song it is to solve the problem of land over land prices we're dealing with problems that occurred in the past like comics. for almost 10 years indonesia's government has

been working on a complete database of maps to help minimize overlapping land disputes now the government says the project is almost complete but indigenous communities say they've been excluded from the process activists say the mapping process has been opaque and closed off. the state considers these indigenous people is living on land which doesn't belong to them and with its power tries to stop their efforts to fight for their land. a local leader of the indigenous community was arrested accused of stealing chainsaws being used to cut down trees in the forests. he says the government always sides with corporations who he accuses of encroaching on their land and he's skeptical that the government has any real intention to protect indigenous communities. and when it comes to relations with the vestas indigenous people are always the ones left defeated he says they like many indigenous

communities all over indonesia will never stop fighting to protect their land just to washington al-jazeera jakarta. a wildfire in northern california as one country has quadrupled in size burning homes and vineyards and forcing thousands to evacuate 800 firefighters have been struggling to control blaze in napa valley north of san francisco california is suffering from some of its worst ever wildfires with 26 people killed since last month. a quick look at headlines on al-jazeera the world health organization says the official death toll from corona virus is likely to be underestimated suggesting the global figure could already be over 1000000 there are currently more than 33000000 infections recorded worldwide the u.s. india and brazil are the hardest hit with 17000000 cases between them. we collect

information on confirmed cases. called 90.