council on al-jazeera understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world no matter where you will be using current affairs that matter to you. kuwait mourns the death of its emir shakes of a sub or would steer the country's foreign policy for more than 50 years. on terror this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. as about john and armine accuse one another as firing into each other's territory and rejects pressure for the peace talks over nagorno-karabakh. hours before the 1st us presidential debate joe biden releases his $2900.00 tax return and calls on

president trump to do the same. and they're the lucky ones asylum seekers whose camp was burnt down finally make it to the european mainland. you know 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 shakes up what our souther was widely respected for his efforts to mediate disputes he'd rule the gulf arab states since 2006 but before that he steered kuwait's foreign policy decades as foreign minister here we succeeded by his half brother the 83 year old crown prince is due to be sworn in as the next to mir on wednesday. the modified 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 basis exists to the best and sister. 6 of us but he will arrive back in

kuwait on wednesday from the united states where he had been in hospital following surgery in july him i shall look back at 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 behind 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 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 she was born in kuwait city in 1929 the

son of ahmed the job who was a mirror from 1944 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. madrid job of his half brother died a new i mean saga la bella 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 army or 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 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 appeared to welcome and one that's will be missed now in nations secretary general antonio terror paid tribute to shea 7 and said he will remember his humanitarian contributions fondly and deeply moved by the information i just received of the passing of his owners the meat of kuwait. the meat of kuwait was an extraordinary symbol of wisdom and generosity a messenger of peace a bridge builder and i will never forget as i commissioner for refugees that i witnessed is initiative in this live a ship in some of the most important humanitarian actions in the world the 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 is 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 course with our palestinian people as a basic in tehran says iran was one of the countries that benefited from the diplomacy. foreign minister jihads 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 of all the reform is to develop did 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 devolve 3 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 is deeply saddened by the a.m.a.'s passing calling him an unwavering friend and partner and fisher has more or shakes of us ties to the us. 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 saw there was concern that perhaps the kuwaitis were not being entirely a 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 which is a senior political analyst. looks at some of them to me as achievements firepower. i think we can probably say 3 important things one. boats foreign policy that is balanced to step in to see within the country a region in the region and 3 reform. since that has served

as foreign minister for some 40 years he's become or he became quite the seasoned politician quite a seasoned diplomat and he was very careful. with suffered the invasion of iraq to make sure that weight always hears its way along re her powers and grover powers so he would find the balance to do so got it wrong between say the united states and china there aren't many sort of joining an audience of the s.s. that there charts a foreign policy that's not totally on a par with the plans of the united states but then you might have succeeded in doing that somehow through about on foreign policy coupled with mediation among the various. warring parties whether in the region or outside it i think that gave curry a special role if you out now and then the balance and continuity he

sits in the ensure that within the country the only family in its service ship with the as elected national assembly that would be sort of a mutual respect if you will with the division of labor so the national something that this role as. he and the there will in family or the executive and i think that's going to work out for a while i don't want to there were some pressures support for him and i think that amir 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 so in a sense to keep on with their reform as well as with a balance foreign policy. armenia

and azerbaijan have accused one another of foreign 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 armenia says very ally turkey shot down one of its fighter jets its own airspace a claim turkey denies a contested novarro 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 these red areas are ethnic armenian controlled by all means and forces these shaded areas are also recognized as a very territory part 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 have been firstly walker has more from tbilisi. soldiers and civilians are being flown

to hospitals you know medias capital get over from the conflict zone. then the helicopters returned to bridgeboro we did from the government car about. but not everyone can be airlifted he. is fighting for his life in the regional capital step panic at you know her fingers 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 and my wife is in hospital she is also injured. dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured since the fighting began on sunday as a by jan says it is taking back towns and territory held by armenians since 1994

armenian forces say they are holding their ground. the most important thing is we are brave fearless and we will go forward that are stuck there are 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 baku just as they are in europe. by all that 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 profession on tuesday armenia claimed that a turkish f. 16 fighter jet had shot down an armenian plane 60 kilometers inside armenian airspace. 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 or. france's calling an urgent meeting with russia and the us 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 year walker al-jazeera tbilisi started on this half hour and number of people killed by coverage 19 around the world passes 1000000 but infections still surging in many

regions. and i'm going frustration brittle deaf and dumb to number young woman in india. hello there kiran conditions across the southeast of australia but there is some rain pushing in behind that and certainly plenty of cloud as you can see head of the rate will be sweeping across new south wales southerner's a queensland as we go through wednesday very widespread pushing the showers on towards sydney not quite reaching the coast of brisbane but again trading right there way southward across much of the torah and also across tasmania some strong winds further to the south it is mostly fine and dry out across the west for the next couple of days some good sunshine in perth 22 is the high on both days will

know it is across the northern territory and northern sections of western australia but it's a fair amount of cloud we could just see one or 2 scattered showers and maybe a scottish as well by then across the fall southeast of queensland has been some very wintry weather across areas of new zealand as we go through wednesday a distinct improvement the winds are still coming from the south so fairly cool but temperatures have actually recovered quite a bit of cloud maybe wanted to show us and the authors of the winds actually change direction so it should be feeling a whole lot better 16 or klin and about 14 down in the cargo that we had up swells asia here of course have also had catering skies across much of japan want to see shadows as we go through wednesday and especially across the korean peninsula with heavy rain the south coast of china. for. young women with a passion for space i used to dream about working in a decile company i like not sounding nicer than a small stuff the science

a giant leap for womankind in kurdistan name for don't place it inside and at the scheduled time the satellite will be sent into space women make science carcass on space school at the certified on al-jazeera. to. a man of top stories how does their 40 days of mourning have been declared across kuwait or in the death of its emir. who's died in the u.s. at the age of 91 shakes of a group the gulf arab state since 2006 and stated its foreign policy for 5 decades

. 6 of us 83 year old half brother crown prince shaikh no our allotment our suburb is due to be sworn in as his successor on wednesday. and azerbaijan and armenia have accused one another of firing directly into each other's territory during a 3rd day of fighting over disputed the other car but region the un security council has expressed concern about the conflict and called for a halt to all the fighting. donald trump and his challenger for the presidency joe biden will go head to head for the 1st time in a matter of 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 tax 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 another tall in 10 of the previous 15 years. 200 is outside debate centered in cleveland high joins us live. speck tonight in cleveland. by think from fraser president trump you can expect fireworks he's the one who's behind not only in national polls but in battleground states all across the u.s. and that means he's going to try to make a difference here and joe biden is going to want to look like the adult. in the room but that release of his taxes that was a shot across the bow against donald trump that was biden's way of being able to bring up taxes he's going to say i release my taxes how about you release yours and by the way from what we've seen you're not paying much of them so that is likely to be one point at which the 2 conflict another one is joe biden's son hunter biden

donald trump has made it clear he's going to go after biden's son suggesting that he got a job in ukraine a lucrative energy job for which he was not qualified while biden was vice president this is despite the fact that a republican led congressional inquiry determined that biden had done nothing wrong we have 6 topics that the host had picked among them or the economy race the coronavirus but really there is a 7th topic introduced this week when the new york times had that blockbuster on taxes and that will be the president's taxes but joe biden is going to want to keep to the topic of coronavirus when it comes to the economy he will likely point out that the economy is doing poorly because $30000000.00 people are out of work because of a shutdown due to coronavirus and it's lasted longer because biden is likely to say as he said on the trail the president has mismanaged this whole process and if

you're wondering how contentious he's going to be ahead of the campaign each ahead of the debate each side has been bickering the trump campaign complained that biden wouldn't agree to an inspection for devices that one might stick in one's the ear. and he also claimed that biden wanted multiple breaks the biden campaign has denied both of these things trump even suggested that biden should take a drug test all of this just to throw him off his game you can expect more of that when the debate starts here and how will the debate be different under the pandemic . well due to the coronavirus restrictions of this sort of massive pavilion behind me which by the way was once a 1000 bed clinic for coronavirus makeshift clinic which was never used old timidly . there will only be 80 people inside there because it is the space and restrictions for coronavirus there will be no handshake everyone who comes here

inside or out where i am right now had to take a coronavirus test and that's why you get one of these this says you tested negative but mostly the number one reasons is going to be different than other debates is that the topic of the debate will be largely about the coronavirus joe biden thinks that's his most winning message that he would better manage the coronavirus he's got lots of ammunition to do it so we're going to hear a lot about it throughout the debate whatever the topic is john hendren thank you very much indeed. and you can watch the debate right here on al-jazeera from one g.m.t. on wednesday. that was on the send the 31st last year that china alerted the world health organization to a mysterious illness spreading in the city of new han 11 days later a 61 year old man in the city was the 1st to die now and 9 months on the coronavirus has 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 then defy more than many other nations brazil has now reported almost 143000 deaths and nearly 5000000 infections or 96000 people in india have succumbed out of more than 6000000 confirmed cases latin america is the worst affected region in the world with 9200000 confirmed coronavirus cases well that's being attributed to several factors including poor government measures inequality and a lack of health care resources leaders and some nations most notably brazil and mexico are flouted public health guidelines and virus restrictions have been ineffective in many areas due to over crowded living conditions and informal employment. governments across europe are considering new measures to curb a reserve in virus cases in the united kingdom more than 7000 infections 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 that are going to matter warns that without action there could be more $900000.00 new cases a day. well then that's nice if things continued 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 hundreds of people have protested outside israel's parliament against a lockdown restrictions and a possible ban on demonstrations police at least 3 people were arrested politicians have been debating a measure that could outlaw weekly rallies against prime minister benjamin netanyahu the government imposed

a 2nd nationwide lockdown earlier this month to try to halt the spread of the virus the country's recorded more than 234000 infections and around 1500 deaths. places began to move thousands of refugees off its eastern edge in irons in an effort to ease simmering tensions many of been stranded there for several years unable to travel to the mainland or further into europe but a fire at maria cam on the island of nias boss reinvigorated efforts to help them move on to answer press reports reporter levy on the athletes. the people on board this ferry have been waiting for this moment for a long time they're among thousands of refugees on greece's east asian islands who received asylum months ago and haven't been allowed onto the mainland because there wasn't enough accommodation for them after a fire destroyed europe's biggest refugee camp on lesbos earlier this month the government decided to move them it started with the most vulnerable unaccompanied

minors and is now moving those who've received asylum this kuwaiti bedouin has been in greece for nearly 2 years 8 months ago he and his 2 sons received asylum now that he's on the mainland europe he doesn't plan to stay in greece they will go to school now yes and great to get him to stay in greece. no. war germany. germany come here these 2 families have travelled across asia they too intend to leave for germany where a mentally handicapped child can receive care. have their god. can you tell me what's your job what work to do. is get it. get it in syrian refugees who are granted asylum a free to fend for themselves in greece with unemployment at 15 percent and few

integration programs it's almost impossible to do so the international organization for migration is putting these people up in hotels for 2. months after that their apartment rentals will be subsidized but the condition of the island is a dynamic procedure which had started a few months ago after the fire in moore yeah there are more collective efforts from the competent authorities in order for all you need to build b.p. to be transferred from the greek islands to the mainland these are the lucky refugees who've survived dangerous crossings over land and sea crossings and that alone has taken them years to reach the european mainland and receive asylum and they have years to go before they learn european languages and skills and finally integrate themselves into the work force the government has drawn down island refugee populations by 40 percent since the beginning of the year but $23000.00

remains the government says it plans to move all of them to the mainland by christmas but it hasn't said whether or how it will help them begin their lives. britain's lower house of parliament has approved a new nor giving ministers the power to break its divorce deal with the european union internal market bill passed the house of commons with a majority of $84.00 vote it will now be debated debated in the upper house which traditionally rubber stamps decisions u.k. government has acknowledged the bill allows international law to be broken the e.u. is threatening legal action if britain doesn't withdraw specific measures from the proposed legislation. britain and canada have imposed travel bans and asset freezes on better russian president alexander lukashenko his son and other officials they accuse the government of rigging the august election and committing violence against protesters it came hours after opposition leaders for atlanta taken

a skier met the french president during his visit to lithuania she says emanuel might call on us to help negotiate the release of political prisoners detained during weeks of demonstrations because shanker was sworn in for a 6th term last week despite widespread international condemnation. 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 a number of deaths are sparked similar protests 6 the 19 year old who was from the lowest rank of india's caste system police say all 4 men accused of the attack have been arrested. or more ago are requests to government to punish the accused to give justice to my daughter that should be hand. result rate 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 commanding catch up any time with all the stories we're covering on our website the rest of that is calm and that's updated throughout the day. i'm one of the top stories here on jazeera 40 days of mourning has been declared across to wait for the death of its emir shakes our subba has died in the us at the age of 91 shakes of a had ruled the gulf arab states since 2006 and prior to that state its foreign policy for decades as the country's foreign minister he's been hailed as a skilled diplomat and mediator in the middle east.