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releases his $2900.00 tax return and calls on president to come to the same. weight has been plunged into 40 days of mourning after the death of its emir at the age of 91 viewed by many arabs as a savvy diplomatic operator 6 of. a group the gulf arab state since 2006 before that he steered kuwait's foreign policy for more than 15 years as foreign minister it was succeeded by his half brother the 83 year old crown prince is due to be sworn in as the next to mir on wednesday we modify and smooth the crown prince has always been known for his prudence on the street did occasion in devotion to serve for the benefit of kuwait and the kuwaiti people to be the best successor to the best and sister. shakes ever died in the united states where he had been in

hospital following surgery in july tamara share looks back at his life through 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 him 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 a comma there job who was a mirror from 1984 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 1991. more than $1000.00 civilians were killed and hundreds went missing during the 7 months 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 amir jobber lama do the job of his half brother died

a new enemy or saddam abdullah saddam was sworn in almost immediately concerns were raised over the state of his health and sparked what's appeared to be a power struggle within the royal family. after a tense 9 day reign the emir abdicated. the koichi 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 sir and his sympathy with the people. in the long life 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 will be missed you know nations actually general antonio terrorist paid tribute to shakes that are and said he will remember his a humanitarian contributions fondly i am deeply moved by the information i just received of the passing of israel as the meter of kuwait. the leader kuwait was an extraordinary symbol of wisdom and generosity a messenger of peace a bridge builder and i will never forget as i commission for refugees that they witnessed is initiative of this live the ship in some of the most important humanitarian actions in the world. the new president would have us describe them here as a wise leader and the big brother of the palestinian people he said palestine has

lost with his departure an arab leader and a leader of humanity who spent his life in the service of his people his nation and all humanity and always stood by our national cause with our palestinian people in their gutter has also described him as a great leader and ordered 3 days of mourning mourn or this. joins us live from doha as it truly is poor in general that the succession is already assured. well yes i mean we were going to witness early on wednesday morning the crown prince through has now been announced as the incumbent mayor by the kuwaiti cabinet should know was phenomenal the half brother of the late shift so while he will be sworn in in front of the national assembly which is kuwait's parliament which has the constitutional duty of approving the emir so that seems to be

a technicality there seems to be consensus around the incumbent the more trickier phase will be his appointment of an heir apparent because this incumbent samir is 83 years old already and has a history of some health issues as well so that's where there will be a lot of question marks to it but. looking at the way things have been going on in kuwait and looking at the different political movements there there isn't expected at least in the immediate future to be any departure from the positioning that the late. had created for the country as a mediator as a peace builder as a source of humanitarian. relief work in the region and also further afield you mentioned there lauren about this 3 days of mourning announced by the emir of qatar obviously qatar. has lost a very dear friend an ally who worked not for his work would there could have very

well been a military conflict back in 2017 is that it's a mere let slip during a press conference in washington a couple of years ago similarly for example in other countries the mediator between pakistan and bangladesh immediately between turkey and bog area we heard from the turkish president one tweeting earlier about the loss there and mourning and paying his respects as well so. all of those different positions that kuwait carved for itself under the leadership of obama are likely to continue at least in the media future as people look to see how the succession process will conclude you know thank you very much our senior political analyst non-missionary joins us now via skype from paris how would you describe the legacy of. well you know there are the big we used a lot of stability in fact it was also

a legacy of of a balancing act of sort and slow reform. this is very important doesn't sound extravagant because. kuwait went through some very tough time some 30 years ago when it was invaded by iraq and for many years it was basically licking its wounds and trying to get back on track and when they when they let them be or took over. kuwait has just gotten taking off and it was his responsibility to make sure that kuwait does not get into trouble again while at the same time maintaining the stability within the country so what he did he did basically 2 things one he got into a foreign policy of a balancing act between the regional and the foreign powers between iran and saudi arabia for example between the united states and china for example and he also as

we've heard so much about tried to mediate various conflicts but also as i said he tried to maintain stability within the emirates as well as in the region in order to make sure that a coed does not suffer through another such crisis as it did in 1900 and last but not least he did pursue even before the arab spring started he pursued a slow reform within the country allowing women to be elected to parliament allowing the parliament or the national assembly to question up government officials in fact 2 prime ministers quit because the parliament was so tough on that question so he did maintain a split over the reform process of sort now he wasn't exactly each of the arab spring but he certainly did not join the concert. are you should meaning he did not abide by the likes of so your arabia egypt and others and refused to send

kuwaiti troops or support to get the ships in the region and then if death is happening at a point where several nations a normalize relations with israel and the of kuwait tense and safe are rejected would it be under pressure from the us to shift that position now i think the american pressure is continuing its continuing on a number of countries that are facing transition like a man like sudan and now perhaps kuwait as we've heard various reports that openness issue was in fact optimistic that maybe or was going to normalize relations with israel but in kuwait i think there is a 2nd understanding at least in the public opinion that. normalization is just another word for surrender if it was just a question of peace then kuwait would be at the forefront but it's a solace and just peace especially to surrender and the kuwaiti society and that's where the emir differs from kuwait differs from the life say of saudi arabia and

bahrain is that he is answerable to a very vocal industrious national assembly that's elected by the people and i think the quick the public opinion and kuwait in general is not ready to normalize the surrender relations with israel before an independent palestinian state was born on occupied out of the occupied palestinian lands and the sheriff thank you very much indeed. thank. armenia and azerbaijan have accused and one another of directly firing into each other's territory as the fair up in fighting between the 2 and has its 3rd day in one incident armenia says arry ally turkey shot down one of its fighter jets in its own airspace a claim turkey denied the contested nagorno-karabakh area is at the heart of the

standoff between the 2 neighbors it's internationally recognized as part of as our version but the majority of the population living in these red areas are ethnic armenian and they're controlled by armenian forces and then you have these shaded areas also recognized as is their territory but controlled by armenia the small pockets in blue a controlled by azerbaijan a line of contact separates armed forces from both countries in the conflict the latest fighting is taking place on either side of this line show that bears his latest. 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 and the resurgence of a long running conflict 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. 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 although our president people here gathered for a partial mobilization which means that it concerns a man under the age of 32 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. had mediated the dispute in the past there is rising concern the fighting may spread outside of new corner 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 and here in 1900. now both countries say they will not back down on the issue of new corner karabakh the

spikes rising casualty dallas al-jazeera. still to come this half hour the number of people killed by code 19 around the world passes 1000000 with infections still surging in many regions. and the real life iron man in fact meets science fiction as u.k. paramedics try out brand new jet pack technology. and there's still plenty of cat across central areas of europe and a fair amount of rain further towards the east but we have goals is a gradually clearing skies across much of the south and that is some good news because italy rome 1st of all has seen some very heavy amounts of rain as you can see there and then not far from naples there was a flash flood through this particular village which brought with it

a huge amount of months of people just working very hard obviously it's a clear everything away now to say through wednesday more of those case guys it'll be the clabber should be mostly dry the rain is further to the east working the east was tree much of poland hornets through ukraine cloudy skies behind and then another system just sweeping across much of the west really pushing that rain across the u.k. on wednesday it will continue for the east on thursday beginning to push the rain across into scandinavia some heavy downpours into the low countries and he's sick and germany way to the south is where we can see by most of that rain another system just. waiting here really in the fall northwest of france that will also sweep the crane sweeping across the the by a biscuit so for the next few days in london it is a case of the rain showers maybe some heavy rain actually on friday time which is a little bit low and then paris acim the story plenty of rain over the next few days into the weekend.

of all my friends and coworkers who are detained by him to the one who survived they were all waiting for news of the men from god was only one home the next almost none of those so a boy killed in his father's office i saw man killed next to his son i have only once in my life seen many skin. one of the bosnian war was darkest secrets bosnia the count on al-jazeera. route. the amount of the top stories here now to 040 days of mourning have been declared

across kuwait following the death of its emir shakes of a sub or has died in the u.s. at the age of 91 shakes her head ruled the gulf arab states since 2006 as to its foreign policy for 5 decades. tricks of ours 83 year old half brother crown prince shaikh no one alive and osama is due to be sworn in as his successor on wednesday. and azerbaijan and armenia have accused one another directly firing into each other's territory during a 3rd day of fighting over the disputed noble in the car about region turkey has denied claims one of its front to jets shot down an armenian warplane killing the pilot. donald trump and his challenger for the presidency joe biden will go head to head the 1st time in a matter of hours in the election campaigns opening televised debate and biden's putting pressure on trump after recent revelations about his taxes releasing his own tax returns the democrat showed he paid just over $300000.00 in taxes last year

and received $47000.00 in refunds his party is now calling on the president to do the same after the new york times reported he paid just $750.00 in federal taxes in 2016 and none at all in 10 of the previous 15 years alan fischer joins us now from the white house or alan accusations from both sides just hours before the debate. it's still all about trying to grab a little bit of advantage joe biden doing that by releasing his tax returns or not doing donald trump to do the same the trump campaign well people close to the trump campaign claiming that joe biden had refused to do a scan with the independent 3rd party to make sure he wasn't wearing any elec 20 earpieces that has been picked up on far right conspiracy sites the biden campaign not honoring that with any sort of commitment the biden campaign in return leaking

a suggestion that donald trump asked the moderator chris wallace of fox during tonight's debate not to mention the number of people who died because of corbett in the united states the trump campaign emphatically saying that that is not the case this is all about trying to throw the other person off their game the phony war before the actual debate kicks off and then when it comes to the debate itself what tactics will each man employ their. well i suspect at some point you will hear joe biden respond to a question by saying that's the $750.00 question he's going to go after donald trump about his response over covered he'll talk about health care and how the republicans are threatening preexisting conditions that tests very well in focus groups and the nor that that is a win or really for joe biden this is a case of do no harm you look at the polls you'll see that nationally he's ahead and has been consistently for several months sometimes 10 points ahead and he's

ahead in a lot of key states so he doesn't want to do anything that looks like a gaffe or a mistake what does donald trump do donald trump tries to provoke joe biden he talks about his son hunter and his business deals with china he tries to link joe biden to china as much as possible and tie him in to the fact that covert started in china he tries to get some sort of response he talks about how he's been in washington for 47 years and hasn't done anything he'll talk about the economy and how well that has done under donald trump in the 1st 4 years of his presidency until they ran into the corporate crisis but of course joe biden can come back and fact check a lot of what donald trump says he can talk about how for 10 years there had been an expansion of the u.s. economy 8 of them under obama you can talk to about how when donald trump says he signed veterans choice it was actually signed by barack obama so this is going to be a really interesting debate both sides are talking up expectations people saying that

donald trump should do well but what has been surprising is that people close to donald trump have been playing down expectations say look joe biden is almost senile in fact rudy giuliani one of his closest advisers on television in the last few are saying that he believes that joe biden has dementia you do that joe biden has a good performance that literally by the new guy what we do know for absolutely certain is that after this debate both sides will claim that they won admission thank you very much indeed. and you can watch the debate right here on al-jazeera later from one g.m.t. on wednesday. that was on december 31st last year that china and that of the world health organization to a mysterious illness spreading in the city who 111 days later a 61 year old man in the city was the 1st to die now at 9 months on the coronaviruses claimed 1000000 lives

a milestone ahead of the united nations has called mind numbing one in 5 of those deaths has been recorded in the u.s. the worst hit country it's seen more than 7000000 cases partly because it has the capacity to test and identify more than many other nations brazil has now reported more than 140000 deaths and nearly 5000000 infections or 96000 people in india have succumbed out of 6000000 confirmed cases daily death toll is now on the decline in the u.s. but the rate of new infections remains concerning and many families are still struggling to come to terms with a disease kristen salumi has more from new york. anthony and rosemary terrio were married for 65 years they died in new york 5 days apart during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic they met when my mom was like 17 and they were together ever since i moved to queens. and oh gosh right after they got married the disease has

made its way through new york and the terrio family now it is the midwestern united states that are seeing the most new cases which are on the rise for the 1st time in 8 weeks as the nationwide death toll tops 200008 family members had it you know it just it went the whole gamut my my sister was taking care my mother she quoted then she gave it to her son and her son gave it to his partner and my my brother gave it to his wife and my other brother caught it gave it to his wife while the other family members have recovered the impact of the disease is still being felt experts attribute the recent spike on the reopening of schools and universities as well as large end of summer gatherings but the terrio is also blame politicians and ordinary people across the country they feel aren't doing enough to stop the spread is some seeing somebody shot. people not being careless

where masked men can stabilize and there are so many other old people that are i don't want this happens you know when they can just be responsible and not complacent with something that they may survive but it doesn't necessarily have to be all person it could be a woman battling long you know breast cancer or a little child battling leukemia or something like that in just a mask you know for a few minutes a family struggling with loss and hoping that amid the uncertainties of a pandemic others can be spared their pain kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. governments across europe are considering new measures to curb a resurgence in virus cases in the united kingdom more than 7000 defections were reported on tuesday the highest daily rise the country's seen like elsewhere it's been partly put down to more testing more localized lockdowns are also being

ordered across the continent with germany considering restrictions on party's chances i'm going to warns that without action it could be more than $100000.00 new cases a day. even that's nice and if things continue to over the next 3 months october november december then we could rise to over $19000.00 cases per day what i want to convey is that this is the nature of an exponential rise if the doubling time remains the same it leads to very high numbers this underlines the urgency for us to act as britain and canada have imposed travel bans and asset freezes on by the russian president alexander lucas shanker his son and other officials accuse the government of rigging the organs to election and committing violence against protesters it came hours after opposition leaders for atlanta to get a skier but the french president during a visit to lithuania she says a miracle promised to help negotiate the release of political prisoners detained during weeks of demonstrations because franco was sworn in for

a 6th term last week despite widespread international condemnation. he told that time is. very crucial because it would have to to a lot of people are suffering because of the 3 m. too many people in jail and he will do everything just to to release all the political prisoners. a woman in india has died 2 weeks after she was raped by a group of men in the latest case to draw widespread anger hundreds of people gathered outside the new delhi hospital where the victim was being treated to demand justice thousands of women are raped every year in india and the number of deaths are sparked similar protests the 19 year old was from the lowest rank of india's caste system they say all 4 men accused of the attack have been arrested. though our request the government to punish the accused to give justice to my

daughter that should be hand. result rates in the entire country the more the chief minister is negligent in making decisions the more dangerous the consequences will be the victim's family is not alone we are with the family the human rights group amnesty international is stopping all operations in india because of what it calls a witch hunt the organization says india's government is freezing its bank accounts and it's been put on the pressure because of its work on violence in delhi and indian administered kashmir the government is accused and misty of breaking the law by illegally receiving foreign funds fact is meeting in science fiction in a remote region of northern england where rescue teams are trying out a revolutionary jet pack in a scene straight out of a hollywood movie on man a test pilot traveled from the bottom of a valley to a simulated casualty site in just 90 seconds to journey that would take a paramedic 25 minutes on foot trials in the lake district are still at an early

stage but mounted rescuers are excited by the new technologies potential. the whole thing works beautifully well. you know we i think we both teams came away from the feeling that you know actually as a kind of 4 out of as extreme as this settles it is actually a possibility. amount of the top stories on our there are 40 days of mourning has been declared across kuwait following the death of its emir shakes about our salah who's died in the u.s. at the age of 91 shakes haven't heard ruled the gulf arab states since 2006 and prior to that state its foreign policy for decades as the country's foreign minister shakes of r.'s 83 year old half brother crown prince shaikh now off. has been named as his successor he.