al jazeera. the emir of kuwait. has died in the united states he was 91. the media kuwait was an extraordinary seemed full of wisdom and generosity. leaders from around the world remember the man known as the architects of kuwait's modern foreign policy. hello again peter davi here world headquarters in doha you're watching al-jazeera also coming up fighting intensifies between azerbaijan and armenia while the

international community race is to find a diplomatic solution. also ahead the world passes 1000000 dead from coronavirus we look at why latin america has been the worst affected region. the leader known as the wise man of the region the emir of kuwait shakes up. has died in the united states at the age of $9140.00 days of mourning have now been declared in kuwait's crown prince shaikh now off. is expected to be sworn in as the next to me at 11 am on wednesday we modify and smooth the crown prince has always been known for his prudence honesty did occasion in devotion to serve for the benefit of kuwait and the kuwaiti people to be the basis exists to the best and sister the idea ok we'll drill down into the events of tomorrow shortly but 1st

jamal takes a look back at the life and the legacy of shake. in recent years. had become recognized and relied on as a regional mediator in 2017 when g.c.c. member states saudi arabia and the united arab emirates along with egypt accused qatar of supporting what they described as terrorism and imposed a land air and sea blockade it was he who intervened the kuwaiti amir attempted to broker a settlement urged for more dialogue between the gulf rivals and pushed for reforms to prevent future disputes. no question what it meant that we have discussed the situation in the country for most known for trade dispute between our brothers in the gulf region and our efforts to contain it. was born in kuwait city in 1929 the son of ahmed their job who was a mirror from 1904 to 1950 for 4 decades he held the post of foreign minister

in that time the oil rich country experienced huge economic growth but was also vulnerable to regional struggles although kuwait had supported the iraqi government during the nearly decade long war with iran in the 1980 s. . then president saddam hussein ordered his forces to invade kuwait in 1998. more than $1000.00 civilians were killed and hundreds went missing during this 7 month iraqi occupation which triggered the 1st gulf war that same year. after u.s. led air campaign forced iraqi troops out of kuwait so bach was closely involved in rebuilding his country. and in 2003 he was appointed prime minister. at the time it was widely expected that his next role would be that of crown prince but in 2006 then a mere jobber lama do the job of his half brother died

a new amir saddle abdullah salim was sworn in almost immediately concerns were raised over the state of his health and sparked what appeared to be a power struggle within the royal family after a tense 9 day reign the emir abdicated the cabinet swiftly nominated as the next leader ending what was seen as a major crisis. in 2015 a suicide bomb exploded in a packed mosque in the east of quaint city killing 26 people. there near immediately rushed to the mosque despite security warning staring his sympathy with the people. in the long life of some of the slovak he witnessed kuwait so-called golden years of economic growth and darker periods of conflict regional turmoil and political crises towards the end his well honed skills in diplomacy mediation were increasingly relied on by other gulf states

a role here appear to welcome and one that's will be missed we have alan fischer in washington d.c. a diplomatic it is a james bays at the u.n. in new york 1st let's bring in and hear from again jamal jamal we now know the crown prince will be sworn in at 11 am local time tomorrow big shoes to fill there's a lot of responsibility comes with that particular position. indeed i mean not just as head of states but the head of state has been responsible for ensuring stability in the region it's a very unstable time for the head of state for a country that chose to play the role of a mediator to try to essentially put a stop at a lot of the divisions that were taking place or basically that's something that will not be lost on should know are phenomenal but then again this new amir has

been working closely with the late shift. he was appointed or apparent quite surprisingly back in 2006 when it was expected that the late i mean there would have picked somebody from the other strand of the ruling family so he isn't somebody who is a stranger to the way in which quite has been ruled and governed and the way in which so chose to go down that path in terms of protocols and technicalities tomorrow as you mentioned wednesday the national assembly the speakers already tweeted and announced that the national assembly which is quite a parliament will convene to swear in this new amir it appears that that at least from a media perspective there is a smooth transition there once that is done he has 12 months true true as an heir apparent but it's unlikely that it will take him that long to do that

considering the way in which countries are governed and how there will be some sort of attempts to consolidate that power jamal thank you very much. well regional leaders have been reacting to the death of shaker and offering their condolences the emir of qatar shocked i mean been home at all funny order 3 days of warning and ordered flags lowered to half mast in a statement he said he received the news with great sorrow and deep sadness he also described the late shakes are. a great leader and the u.n. secretary general antonio tertium said he will fondly remember shake our suppers humanitarian contributions and deeply moved by the information i just received of the passing of is known as the meat of kuwait. the media kuwait was an extraordinary scene ball of wisdom and generosity

a messenger of peace a bridge builder and i will never forget as i commissioner for refugees that they witnessed is an initiative of these lives a ship in some of the most important humanitarian actions in the world. let's talk to james spader diplomatic editor joining us from the united nations so clearly james for you there must be a sense there that they want continuity because there are so many biggest news in play at the moment the u.n. general assembly is taking place as well do they think they're going to get it when the crown prince is sworn in tomorrow. i think that's the hope and i think there's a sigh of relief because as you say the emir of kuwait had been a symbol of continuity and stability in a troubled region just like the sultan of oman who also died earlier this year and

in both cases i think they're hoping that the countries will continue on a similar path which is a path of some independence but also playing a role of cooperation and mediation in the gulf region we had reaction not just from the secretary general of the united nations he was speaking at the start of a news conference one of the other participants was the canadian prime is just in trudeau who paid tribute to the emir said they last met just before the pandemic in february we've heard from the reasonably nearly installed president of the u.n. general assembly vulcan buskin describing the amir as a true diplomat conflict negotiator and humanitarian also heard from ban ki moon the former u.n. secretary general who said he always depended on the wise advice of the emir but remain confident as we were just saying that kuwait would play its traditional role in the middle east that role of a bridge builder and that's very much the feeling here at the united nations which

has had a very long relationship with kuwait but that relationship is as long as it had with the emir because he for 40 years was the foreign minister of his country before he became a mere and he started in that role in 1963 and was here. at the u.n. on the day that kuwait officially joined the united nations he was the kuwaiti official that presided over that so. say a real feeling that he was there as a symbol of continuity and they're hoping that kuwait will continue to play a similar role in the future james thank you very much james beers at the u.n. in new york live now to washington and our correspondent there my colleague helen fisher allan forgive me for a slightly indelicate question. had been ill for some time in america did he pass away in america. confirmation in the last hour from kuwait city itself

the emir died in the united states we know that he was flown here in july the day after he had surgery in kuwait city itself he was transported by an american medical plane this has a full staff of medical experts on board he was taken to rochester minnesota the final destination was not confirmed but rochester minnesota happens to be where the campus of the mayo clinic is one of the best hospitals in the world we are told we know that he underwent surgery the day after he arrived we were told that he was in stable condition a point remade by the prime minister to a cabinet meeting shortly afterwards but since then we've had no update from the me or itself i've spoken to them they said that any comment no must come from the kuwaiti government so presumably arrangements are being made to fly the emir's body back to kuwait as soon as possible to a low for burial no comment yet either from either the white house of the state

department even though the americans obviously knew how ill the emir was james baker who was the secretary of state back in 1991 during the time when kuwait was a video by iraq while he was told that the emir was ill and commented that the world will miss his steady and. thoughtful hand we know that there had been tensions between the u.s. and kuwait in recent years even though since 1990 there has been a very close bond between the 2 countries in fact kuwait one of the few places in the middle east where you find great affection for the americans because of course it was the 1st president bush who put together the global coalition here in a very short 3 do war managed to expel the iraqis from kuwait but there have been some concerns particularly with the donald trump white house that the kuwaitis went quite on the same page as the americans the kuwaitis had built up for a lation ship with the iranians didn't immediately praise donald trump when he

pulled out of the iran nuclear deal had also built connections with the chinese which some people in this white house saw as disloyal and of course there was no immediate jumping for joy when the u.s. announced that emirates had decided that it was going to recognize israel the kuwaitis being strong supporters of the palestinians even though they had concerns with the palestinians back in 1990 endorsing the invasion of the country but we know that kuwait a very close to the united states it is very important nor need to ally that's an important designation their own 13000 soldiers in kuwait at the forward base there and so it will be interesting to see how the relationship between the u.s. in kuwait moves forward not just after november the 3rd in the presidential election here and whether that means there will be a new resident in the white house but also one of the new emir approaches important

questions such as the problem of the palestinian recognition but also their relationship with israel as other countries join on to what has been seen here at the white house as the donald trump middle east peace plan thank you very much alan fish in washington. still to come here on this channel we'll have more reaction on the news of the deaths of the amir a q a somewhat his passing does mean for this region. plus other news including bella russia's president is hit with new sanctions following last month's disputed election. hello the pensive clear skies across much of the middle east which is of course this time of year beginning to come back than suddenly feeling much better through

the eastern end of the med a nice on shore breeze wanted to base in peace is a further to the north and that has some showers within it but as you can see here clear skies across the biggest on we've got the beautiful mountains as the backdrop of course snow to the mountain top but there is some rain on the way as we go through wednesday it will move out of northern areas of gonna stand and also northern sections of pakistan to the south and we find enjoy want to see scattered showers across into iran and again those showers but he working their way across more northern sections of turkey heavy on thursday further to the south 10 which is a feeling pretty good 28 in beirut and 27 in jerusalem still warm them assim of 40 celsius down into doha now central africa. and typically this time of year there's rays beginning to push again further towards the south very widespread across the maison be zimbabwe but swan a and also more eastern and central areas of the south africa really for the next couple of days but also on thursday want to see showers along the south coast here

with these temperatures a little bit low 14 in cape town the same importance both and they went. with a high of 90. but. 40 years ago on october the 6th when muslims were observing ramadan and jews were celebrating young people in egypt and syria going to surprise war against israel. out of israel permitted so to get into this situation of disaster now in the 1st of a 3 part series al-jazeera explores what really happened during the 1st week of the war in october on al-jazeera. the.

welcome back you're watching us is here i'm peter darby your main story today the emir of kuwait shakes up by al sabah has died at the age of 91 he was hailed as a mediator across the middle east or will the country from 2006 but he spent decades shaping foreign policy. leaders from around the world are reacting to his death and offering condolences the u.n. secretary general and one of the terrorist praising him today saying millions of people are alive because of the work of the emir. the crown prince shaikh now of our last word al sabah is expected to be sworn in as the next to me or on weapons day he was called on by the cabinet succeed his brother sabah. been mohamed is the cattery ambassador to russia a little earlier he spoke to us on the phone he describes here shakes up as efforts

to heal the rift between cattle and 4 other arab countries as quote endless. we're all deeply saddened for the great loss of his highness shakes the bar we mourn today a great leader one who have dedicated his life to the services of these own people and the just causes of the arab and muslim world we want to understand as well that he stood firm in the gulf conflict and tried it and endlessly to resolve it he saw in that conflict a weakening to the unity of the g.c.c. and all while trying to maintain bridges between the conflicting parties and trying to reach out to their. to their logic today interest and try to speak to the united states in the language that is clear and honest and transparent and not. misleading like they they have been

ok let's talk tomorrow and again while under sharia is senior political analyst marwan welcome back to the channel we were talking a lot over the past couple of hours about you know those cliches when when monna kedai people say oh it's the turning of a page is another chapter but this is utterly unique this is the turning of a page in as much as he lived in and experienced both kuwait's you know he takes the throne in 6263 i'm think i'm thinking you know just when he weighs traditional industries were dying and then kuwait gets money because it gets oil it gets gas and it becomes important you know because rich countries have a big footprint around this region. yes and kuwait plus also a unique case in point has a very very interesting history. unlike some of its gulf neighbors it

took off quite quickly and quite early and it has quite an industrious educated. and diversified. society you'd be amazed to know that in kuwait of course he early years 6 in the seventy's. you would find the nationalists and the much cysts and by fists and the slimmest so as long as 'd the liberals. and also more and plus one country to be such you know the living hearts of. publishing on of thinking it's just amazing the things that quick went through life many of those years and what happened is after the iraqi invasion in 1980 that must quite a shock to the system and i think from then on the last 50 years unlike the 30

years war kuwait became more sober far more careful and certainly far more balancing open service ships within the country and outside the country it was not its normal it was not there has been not dashing forward the way other countries best what the nomic or the political sphere. so we've got the swearing in of the new me the late in me is half brother at 11 am local time tomorrow morning clearly they their problem and their diplomatic provenance is pretty much identical the clones of each other in that sense you know the diplomatic drives are clones of each other but there are people around the region around the world expecting the new army to be exactly the same as the late emea. i think there will be

a certain continue with the record change within the continue to do so yes. it's not going to be that this summer but i think it will open. the way forward for a new generation once the new idea. doesn't it's his new name the zone crown prince i think then we will see some signs some signals about where kuwait is heading forward but generally speaking kuwaitis are divided on other things of course but they are also divided on that on the speed over the 4 months be of change on the speed of what they could do in terms of things that some of their neighbors have done as well as those who still believe that which should not continue to bash forward because just on the over the last

few years kuwait. allowed women to join. the national assembly it's also allowed the national something to question government in fact leading to brand new system work because about so kuwait has had has been having its own mouth in tourneau discussions debates. are supervisions and no one wants to see that all over board so i think we would see change we would see more inform might see a new generation and the one with the current prince but it would not be anything to or to record us ok mowen good to talk to us of a moment of the diplomatic put me not diplomatic at it's a senior political analyst i apologize meaghan talking to us from paris is good. we move on to other top stories for you to humans of us on have tonight claims that

they took a chef 16 fighter jet. shot the. war plane killing its pilot diplomatic efforts are underway to stop the fighting in the region are going to come about the u.n. security council is due to hold an emergency meeting later but on the ground the violence is getting worse both sides accusing each other of using heavy artillery and killing civilians in charlotte dallas. one after another helicopters land at this medical center in armenia's capital here of on the burning wounded soldiers and civilians from the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh fighting broke out on sunday in a resurgence of amman running conflicts between armenia and azerbaijan over control of the territory nagorno-karabakh is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but is controlled by armenian forces in 3 days dozens of people have been killed hundreds have been hurt and more on the hospitals located on the

frontline will be lived empty in case a large number of injured people arrive for emergency treatment so that no one will be deprived of medical care. it's not clear how this fighting began but armenia and azerbaijan blame each other the 2 sides are targeting each other with rockets artillery and drone strikes they plot to seize villages under the others control both countries say they are now at. the most important thing is we are brave and fearless and we will go forward. we capture a lot of his very military equipment and we continue to fight against them using their own equipment we do well with this a few hours drive from the battle in azerbaijan's capital back to men registered to fight the government has announced a casual mobilization to recruit civilians into its military by order of our president people here gathered for

a partial mobilization which means that. it's concerns men under the age of $32.00 and those who are considered suitable for us by their professions flights out of backers international airport have also been limited for security reasons. france is calling an urgent meeting with russia and the u.s. to find a path to deescalation the 3 have mediated the dispute in the past but there is rising concern the fighting may spread outside of nagorno-karabakh with both sides reporting civilian deaths away from the immediate conflict area. this is the most intense fighting since armenia and azerbaijan world war in the early 1990 s. now both countries say they were not that down on the issue of new corner karabakh despite the rising casualties dallas al-jazeera. the world has passed 1000000 deaths because of curb it 19 last in america is the worst affected region

with more cases than any other area some 1200000 in brazil alone more than 140000 people have died. has more now from buenos iris. there is no one reason why the covered 1000 virus should have been particularly virulent in latin america different governments have tackled it in different ways. some like argentina in peru imposing strict lock downs he just he wants you to know i keep insisting that we'll get back to one point of g.d.p. that we lost what we want get back other lives lost. others like brazil or mexico but being criticized for claiming too soon that the crew the virus has been defeated. he in this is decreasing slowly but he kept noisy parts of old bricks which is good news in the context of the serious problem. the numbers however keep rising more than 800000 infected in colombia and peru 700000 in argentina

76000 dead in mexico and effective vaccine can't come a moment too soon this virus will continue to spread and people will continue to get sick even as of that scene is the who are so we can work our own war on vaccines. as is the key is very often in public you know their uncles in the blues. among the hardest hit have been health workers indigenous communities and those already living in vulnerable situations and this is their service but if i was laid off work and the situation got really hard because i live with my 3 children and take care of them all by myself there are days when we have to skip a meal because things are hard. no one is immune the presidents of brazil bolivia honduras and guatemala all tested positive for the vi. iris they all recovered. the pandemic has battered already fragile economies and protests have grown across the

region demanding an easing of lockdown measures and the return to work. it's good for the economy so that people have the opportunity to keep their business is up and running because that's important but it doesn't mean we're out of danger meet the pandemic it's becoming clear that the pandemic has highlighted in exacerbated many of the systemic problems that existed across latin america previously lack of investment in health and education inequality and corruption many for now are simply battling for survival against the virus and the problems it brought with it . when osiris. the u.k. and canada have imposed sanctions on the president a bill of alexander lukashenko he had himself sworn into office for another term last week in an unannounced ceremony but the election that put him back into the role is being disputed of course thousands of people have been arrested a process since it was held in august the sanctions include himself his son and 6

senior members of his government including the interior minister. the u.k. government has imposed sanctions on a senior members of the authorities in valerie's including iran the loop the national security advisor and chief of staff and it's for the persecution of the protestors in the rigging of the elections in belarus we think it's really important to take a stand for human rights and for the values of freedom and it's important to do so now. welcome if you're just joining us i'm peter dobby here in doha are your top stories the emir of kuwait. has died at the age of $91.00 he was hailed as a mediator across the middle east.