and for him to be carrying coronavirus now they tell us to think feel even more discriminating and vulnerable than ever. al-jazeera. to this is the al jazeera news out live from london coming up kuwait mourns the death of its emir shakes up. the country's foreign policy for more than 15 years. as a by john and accuse one another of firing into each other's territory and rejects pressure for peace talks over a new go to care about. and hours before the 1st u.s. presidential debate joe biden releases his $29000.00 tax returns and calls on

president trump to do the same. i'm sorry himes i have all the sports world number one novak djokovic begins his french open campaign an impressive passion so be install winning his 1st round match in straights. 40 days of mourning have been declared in kuwait after the death of its emir at the age of 911 of the most influential voices of the region. was widely respected for his efforts to mediate conflicts there he ruled the gulf arab states since 2006 but before that he stared kuwait's foreign policy for decades as foreign minister would be succeeded by his half brother the 83 year old crown prince who is due to be sworn in as the next to me on wednesday. the modify and smooth the crown

prince has always been known for his prudence honesty did occasion and devotion to serve for the benefit of kuwait and the kuwaiti people to be the base exists to the based and sister. shakes of us body will arrive back in kuwait on wednesday from the united states where he had been in hospital following surgery in july. back in his life 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 rather ignorant we have discussed the situation in the country for most unfortunate 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 commodore 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 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. his half brother died a new enemy or saddam lobbed the last saddam 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 army or 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. then you're 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's 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 in a nation section general antonio the terrorist paid tribute to shea sabah and said he will remember his humanitarian contributions fondly i am deeply moved by the information i just received of the passing of his owners the meat 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 i witnessed is initiative of this live the ship in some of the most important humanitarian actions in the world emir of qatar described him as a great leader while palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he was 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 i said begun tehran says iran was one of the countries that benefited from them is diplomacy. foreign minister devolves reese has been the 1st iranian official to react to respond to the death he gave his condolences and he said that mir is individual of moderation and equilibrium for kuwait in the region and he wished the people of kuwait prosperity stability and advancement for the new rule and now the joy of all the reform is to develop rifted have

a personal relationship with the late amir after the 2015 stampede arabia during the annual hug many iranians were killed in iran want to send the official society of arabia saudi arabia had denied that and jihad approached amir at the united nations after wish it's thought that amir mediated between the 2 countries and then the ministers the. health minister and the deputy foreign minister were allowed to travel to saudi arabia u.s. president donald trump says he's deeply saddened by the mayor's passing calling him an unwavering friend and partner alan fisher has more on traits of us ties to the u.s. . complicated relationship not least because the emir had built up a relationship with iran which didn't please many people here at the white house he built up an allusion ship with china he wasn't fully on board with donald trump when he pulled out of the iran nuclear deal he spoke very strongly about the rights of palestinian people and so there was concern that perhaps the kuwaitis were not

being entirely loyal given what the u.s. had done in the past but there was respect for the man because about 10 days ago donald trump awarded him with the legion of merit an order that is only given by the president and normally only given to foreign leaders that was presented for the 1st time in 1901 in his absence so they'll be a lot of eyes on the white house to see how their relationship with kuwait develops not just after november the 3rd the presidential election of course and whether or not there's a new incumbent in the building behind me but also how the relationship with the new develops and how it benefits both kuwait and the united states a senior political analyst joins us now via skype from paris now on or would you say was the legacy of the end there. well look i think we can probably say 3 important things one. balance foreign policy

that is balanced to step in ditty within the country and region in the region and 3 reform. since the emir has served as foreign minister for some 40 years he's become what he became quite a seasoned politician quite this isn't diplomat and he was very careful after kuwait supported. the invasion of iraq to make sure that kuwait always steers its way of long greek more powers and global powers so he will find the bounce with a restart year again you are in between say the united states and china as an official are saying before from washington it's there aren't many sort of junior partners of the united states that their charts a foreign policy that's not totally and utterly dependent on the united states but

then the other question succeeded in doing that somehow through a balanced foreign policy coupled with mediation among the various. warring parties whether in the region or outside it i think that gave kuwait a special all if you woke now and downs of balance and continuity and he certainly ensured that within the country they're willing family end its relationship with the elected national assembly that there will be some about heechul respect if you will with the division of labor so the national some people of this wall as vicious the party and the ruling family made that of the executive and i think that's going to work out for a while up until one there were some pressures of order form and i think mere in that sense even before the arab spring started. began a reform within the country allowing women to join the national assembly elected

parliament areas even allowed for the 1st time the national assembly to be questioning government officials we even had 2 prime ministers quit because of the pressures of parliament on them so there was a good division of labor that led to more stability within a value vibrance put difficult process in the country and now last but not least when the other screen came they mean a cut that was not exactly a chunkier not even an admirer of them because you thought about my predicted chaos in some way did but he would not join the concert of pollution if you will at the un babson forces but actually so if you were a few egypt and he would send forces to fight and you want support because this is so in a sense you keep on with the reform as well as with the balance foreign policy and nominating these deaths is happening at a point where several gulf nations have normalized relations with israel and that

to me is that equated so far rejected would it be under pressure from the u.s. to to shift that position. absolutely or a little lots of pressure especially knowing that. kuwait like all month was for a while going through the transition but there will be a change on the top just like in sudan there is a transition so the united states has been putting a lot of pressure on the more fragile which seems trying to convince them through carrots and sticks as it were to go on while i was relations with israel but kuwait with a very vibrant public opinion. rejected that many kuwaitis consider normalization as just a nicer way of saying surround it not buy into the peace. fake ness of it all and hence the kuwaitis remained both independent. of that

pressure from the united states and. kept on insisting that without the creation of an independent palestinian state on the occupied territories and for them for israel to withdraw from arab lands kuwait would maintain this that school that was pretty much a courageous position because as we know. the united arab emirates bahrain with the support of saudi arabia have organized the worse not on a station but kuwait get this distance mohnish i thank you very much indeed for joining us now from the highs and my sure is sent the founding director of the critical security studies program at the doha institute thanks very much for being with us so many decades if of service and and the role as a kind of a peace negotiator in the region how different will his successor be. well. it's a legacy it that is. many would like to emulate if you if you were i

believe that it would probably be a more of a continuity of is there to see. the peacemaking. he was a peacemaker in many ways intervened. to mediate in the 1st diplomatic crisis and with the 14 within the between the cut out of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. . the blockade crisis we all know the mediating role and the escalating role of. zionist we also nor the the exporter of the actually this describes this could have been escalated into a military. invasion of some sort and he mentioned us in the white house. beside the president trump which was. aggressive it is how he allies that warmongers and based on the experience of kuwait in 91991 that type of war

mongers need to be in a way de deflated and deescalated you know that i just don't want to mention the weight the invasion by iraq of of kuwait how much did that shape the national psyche you know then that and the kind of the rest of the the coming years . i think part of the one that peacemaking effort. the interest and on collective are a party that will work within the g.c.c. and the arab the humanitarian effort by the by the prince and probably in the future policies of the current bit of quade i think all of this has to do without a clear with what happened in the 100-1991. there is basically the idea of another saddam in the region you know leading another gulf

war gulf country and trying to invade another or trying to escalate the. crisis from diplomatic to military i think this was more or less complemented by the quick by the prince about one. probably that legacy will continue. to go back to that to the succession of the new. emir is going to be $83.00 presumably that means that there's also some focus on who the crown prince will be and and what their what their kind of positions on things will be. well it took to a large degree it will be in. my bed it will be more continuity as opposed to change. a continuity of the legacy towards the legacy of the barque continuity towards the. more or less mediating peace making and less of a change in the direction this is what you're asking. it could and let's

say a change in the relationship with israel or normalization could it happen it could because we were living because times and we've seen so many surprises in the last few years but i think by one mentioned earlier that probably a change of direction will be. more honest very unpopular to include those on the official level and on the people. thank you very much indeed for taking time to just not. i mean up on the news hour from london the number of people killed by cave 19 around the world passes 1000000 with infections still surging in many regions. starving through locked down half pandemic restrictions forced filipino families into hunger. and scored asian champions qatar get ready for a unique footballing challenge cyrus here with that story.

i mean you and i by john have accused one another of firing directly into each other's territory and rejected pressure to hold peace talks as 3 days of fighting threatens to turn into all out war in one incident of armenia says a very ally turkey shot down one of its fighter jets in its own airspace a claim turkey denies the contested nagorno-karabakh area is at the heart of the standoff between the 2 neighbors it's internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but the majority of the population living in the red areas are ethnic armenian controlled by armenian forces these shaded areas are also recognized as area territory but controlled by armenia a small pockets in blue are controlled by azerbaijan the fighting is taking place on either side of a line of contact which separates armed forces from both countries robin 1st year

walker has more from tbilisi. soldiers and civilians are being flown to hospitals you know media's capital yet over from the conflict zone. then the helicopter is returned to bridgeboro we did from the government car about. but not everyone can be airlifted eagle. is fighting for his life in the regional capital step panic at hurting girls and carnivore we took the children out so they could hide or run away but we failed one of my family members my 9 year old daughter was killed they either by artillery or a bomb dropped by them my little boy seriously injured my wife is in hospital she is also injured. dozens of people have been killed 6 and hundreds injured since fighting began on sunday as

a by john says it is taking back towns and territory held by armenians since 1994. armenian forces say they are holding their ground now. the most important thing is we are brave fearless and we will go forward that are stuck there over the capture a lot of us very military equipment and we continue to fight against them using their own equipment we do well with this. all the while civilian men are signing up for the duty in azerbaijan's capital who just as they are in yerevan. by all that are our president people here gathered for a partial mobilization which means that it concerns men under the age of 32 and those who are considered suitable for us by their profession on tuesday armenia claimed that a turkish f. 16 fighter jet had shot down an armenian plane 60 kilometers inside armenian airspace barcoo and ankara both swiftly denied that allegation but if

true it would be a worrying new development turkey has already said it's prepared to help as a by john on the battlefield and the risk is that russia could be brought into the fighting because armenia is part of the moscow led c.s.t. oh the collective security treaty organization and any attack on a single member state can be considered an attack against. france's 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. this is the most intense fighting between the 2 countries since the 1990 s. and so far the international community seems powerless to stop it robin surest ear walker al-jazeera tbilisi. a current flare up is the latest of several deadly

confrontations the played they're going to care about for decades it's left hundreds of azeris displaced over that time unable to return to areas not controlled by armenia but assuming of course the reports from back who many still hope they will one day return. model has been using these questions for years he was injured after stepping on a land mine while defending his village in azerbaijan facilities strict against our manias occupation in 1991 he lost a food and a home. since then mehmet and his siblings have been displaced and living in the stormy torrie from the soviet era he has a capital back there at least 100 other displaced families here as a result. azerbaijan's army was just being established program we had to defend ourselves but we didn't have any weapons but russia armed armenians we had farms animals back home and i had a dream to be

a diplomat but it didn't happen. when i was rather nasrat is also a veteran in 1992 he was hit by a bullet on his right arm which is now 6 centimeters shorter than his left yet has survived another battle with our mania in 1994 with 2 fragments and his skull he's not dependent on medication more although sister gill hart says she's devoted her life to serving her brother's. well her menses. they are not only brothers to me but also good patriots i wish i could be home again it's been nearly 30 years for the our 3rd troops of nagra not proud of our that they were displaced and moved into these dormitories but it has never felt like home for them and the conflict has never left their minds emotions are running and many hope that they might be able to return to their lands that were occupied by armenian forces the current discoloration we should consider from the new military doctrine

armenian military doctrine adopted in and declared in march 2018 when the minister of defense of our immediate everytime i am right there i mean yeah advances idea of new war for new territories. the conflict with armenian rebels in 1092 was the 1st open war between the 2 x. soviet republics are mania and azerbaijan there war killed more than 30000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands it ended in 1904 with a shaky russia brokered truce but there have been incidents of fighting since then the most recent was last july. for now mehmet says he awaits for the day that he can go back to his ancestral region and his beautiful mountains because al-jazeera buckaroo us over john. donald trump and his challenger for the presidency joe biden

will head go head to head for the 1st time in less than 4 hours in the election campaigns opening televised debate and biden is putting pressure on trump after recent revelations about his taxes releasing his own tax returns the democrat showed he paid just more than $346000.00 in taxes last year and received nearly $47000.00 in refunds his party is now urging the president to do the same after the new york times reported trump paid just $750.00 in federal taxes in 20162017 none at all in 10 of the previous 15 years. john hendren joins us from outside the debate center and cleveland ohio so what are we expecting tonight in cleveland. so i think from donald trump we can expect some fireworks he's the one who's behind in the polls in the conventional wisdom is that he's the one who's going to have to do something special here in order to move those polls for joe biden we can expect

him to strike back a couple times but generally i think he's going to want to present himself as a statesman somebody who's going to be the grown up in the room when donald trump is tossing verbal bombs so we definitely have that we also have the introduction of taxes by joe biden who released his taxes today made a little less than a $1000000.00 in 2019 and paid about 30 percent of that about $300000.00 in taxes that gives him the opportunity to say to donald trump i did this and now it's time for you to do this same so they were originally 6 topics to be discussed here all of them picked by the host fox news's chris wallace they included the records of the candidates the supreme court in the opening coming up we covered 19 pandemic the economy and race and violence in the cities and integrity in the election but that 7 topic will likely be taxes that was introduced by the new york times when

they dropped this bombshell report saying that donald trump in 2016 in 2017 paid just 750 dollars each year in taxes and paid no taxes in 10 of the 15 years that we're discussing if you want to know that were examined there if you want to know just how. how much bickering we could have here will it's already started before the debate the trunk campaign put out a news release saying that biden had originally agreed to have an inspection of whether they had to each of the candidates had an earpiece where somebody would be giving them the answers by denies that he had ever agreed to the. and trump also accused biden are asked by to take a drug test the biden campaign. blew that one off pretty much and trump also said that his campaign said that biden had asked for multiple breaks biden of course denies that so the bickering has begun even before the debate has begun and in

terms of the code 19 how is it different this particular day of debate of the conditions and. well more than ever these candidates are going to be talking to an audience through the television that's because in that arena behind me which was briefly a 1000 bed covert 1000 hospital there will only be 80 people because of the social distancing rules the candidates won't be shaking hands everybody in order to get in there or even indeed out here had to take a covert test that includes us reporters and that's why you get this gray armband. to ensure that things are safe in there but more than anything we're going to be different this year around is that covert 19 will be topic number one it's 3rd on the list but biden is likely to bring it up in every single question when it comes to the economy it is the coronavirus that has caused the economy to tank when it comes to so many other things it is the coronavirus that is going to be the target

biden brings up and it's the number one thing he plans to use to show that donald trump is simply the wrong man for the job and that biden needs to get that job in january john hendren thank you very much. for the 1st live televised presidential debate took place in 1960 between john f. kennedy and richard nixon and they produced some memorable moments over the years. i will not make age an issue of this campaign i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. so joe there you go again pointing backwards again though you preface it with the bush administration now doggone it i went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks and they brought us whole binders full of women but what we want to do is to replenish the such a nasty rust fun by making sure that we and lee is the scene interactive

a bulky forum for debate deliberation and dialogue at emory university he joins us via skype from atlanta thanks so much for being with us so in the past the major having in these been the past these events have been relatively civil what kind of tone do you expect this time around i expect the tone to be one that speaks to the moment that at the current moment we have a lot of people who have or are unemployed we have a tremendous number of people who are sequestered in their homes and that the goal will be to speak to the plight of those particular people and i think that that will come from the biden campaign as that you alluded to will constantly speak to coronavirus as a part of the conversation but i also think that in talking about the economy and featuring that that the donald trump campaign and the donald trump performance will also speak to the urgency of now to me debates can be dangerous can they for candidates what are the potential pitfalls for each of them.