be the hero the world needs. washed ready. the battle between armenia and azerbaijan intensifies over the disputed region of the garden and cut about we'll have a live report from the front line. time sam is a than this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up donald trump and joe biden trade insults and accusations during their 1st debate ahead of november's presidential election. the new issue really is yours is the rational left will you

she will support this and who is on your list still this is still this one is a tactical. quaid squares in its new calls for unity in the face of multiple challenges. israel and poses new pandemic restrictions but government critics say they're aimed at stifling dissent. for a 4th day armenia and azerbaijan are engaged in fierce battles over the use this beauty the region of no god no both sides have rejected international demands for a ceasefire when the ground they're attacking each other with artillery rockets and heavy weapons civilian and military casualties are being reported by both countries now turkey says it will back as a debate john to quote. every means available france which is part of an

international group trying to mediate a truce has criticized anchor afford it calls warlike rhetoric robin for us to walk is in tbilisi is been monitoring events from neighboring georgia but 1st let's talk to sam casal who in balad they're near the front line in azerbaijan and so your very close to the front line tell us what you are seeing and hearing from people there. me where i am is 8 kilometers. but we are hearing from the local sources here that jumble 2 forces have already advanced a few more kilometers in in. our. area and they have encircled as many in military that's why you are seeing the poundings and shellings behind me as a response from our many an army. in

a way at the vents in the area. the city is called the district is called tired tired tired tired district around around about is the only district only rayyan that hasn't been occupied by armenian forces is so far there are 7 rails districts around and regularly and it is the only one that hasn't been altered by this why it is it is important and we are being told by our sources that the armenian forces are in circles around 300 are many and troops have been circled by very immature but there is no official statement about that for now and all none left side on the left side again. on your right side there are again our very forces that are pounding area actually early in the

morning around 78 am local rockets from iranian side hit targets are city where you see the buildings that you are seeing a building actually the rocket hits right close there and 7 civilians were injured and one of them lost his life at the hospital the area is already evacuated sami main the children and women who were evacuated earlier this week because this conflict was expected to reach this level sami thanks. so much that an important update there from sin cos all let's take this to robin for us you're walking now joins us live from tbilisi robin if you heard there our correspondents and i'm talking about the other is actually the local population that she's been speaking to us speaking to have been saying that there's advanced several kilometers into karbala what are we hearing from the armenian side.

the armenians are tight lipped about the flow of battle and which territories are being ceded which areas are being held but just to give an overview care about his mountainous and we're seeing them is standing is the lowlands and it's those additional territories around karabakh that the armenians hold. and and those are the areas that i think the military is concentrating on trying to return because it's flatlands it's a lot easier to retake territory when you don't have you don't need to take hills and mountains that are strategically strategic strongholds. but aside from the the the military aspect of this of course where seeing again how civilians are being caught up in these bombardments

and how such heavy weaponry is being used. kind of ratcheting up the requirement it looks like as a by john is certainly serious about retaking territory armenia so as i said staying tight lipped perhaps giving more information about the casualties that that is that it is a loss that it's claiming to have inflicted on the is very site but azerbaijan staying tight lipped about the numbers of soldiers that that it is. of soldiers that have died in these attempts in this attempted sort of takeover of these territories and robin we're seeing a lot more even international rhetoric about the involvement of outside powers what is it looking increasingly likely that we could see regional powers like turkey like russia being gradually drawn into this.

i mean is already accused by john of working with the turkish military and they have claimed that even turkish fighter jets are helping with these operations that as air forces are engaged in they produced evidence of a downed fighter aircraft that they say was shot down by an f. 16 a turkish f. 16 yesterday no evidence yet that that plane was shot down with a certain show evidence of a downed aircraft turkey and azerbaijan have denied that f. 16 turkish f. 16 s are involved although turkey has already said it is willing to help as a by john on the battlefield when they request it on the armenian side armenia has yet to request any help from the c.s.t. oh that's a security bloc that in that includes russia and if they did then russia would be obliged to help out with armenia but at the moment. and the prime minister of armenia is has said that he has not asked for help from from the outside and that

this is a fight between armenia and azerbaijan and so for the time being less turkey's involvement is clear this is the moment remains a conflict between those 2 forces armenia and azerbaijan all right robin for us to all of there from tbilisi. chaotic interruptions and personal insults mob the 1st debate between u.s. president donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden discussions on coronavirus civil unrest and the economy were often drowned out john hendren reports from cleveland. it was less a debate than a verbal brawl president donald trump lagging in polls and lashed out early and dominated the clock trump repeatedly sought to throw joe biden off balance with a big blizzard of interruptions that left the moderators scrambling to regain

control i was a part of their preserve that rating was an article by me off like well i wouldn't audience moderator and justify and i would like you to let me ask my question and then you can answer go ahead friend i want to get rid of i understand it sucked but i have to have to give you roughly equal time goodies let the vice president biden sometimes struggling to get back to his point repeatedly lost patience it's hard to get any word in with this clown would you she was out there were moments of coherent conversation on why each should be presidents because there is never been an administration or a president who has done more than i have done in a period of 3 and a half years and why the other man should not under this president we've become weaker sicker poor more divided and more violent. when i was vice president we inherited a recession i've gone head to head with putin and made it clear to him we're not

going to take any of us stuff he's putin's puppy bitter exchanges on the coronavirus that in fact you believe for a moment what he's telling you in light of all the lies he's told you about the whole issue relating to covert a lot of people died and a lot more going to die unless he gets a lot smarter a lot so has the president don't ever use the word smart with me and there were heated accusations over taxes but why did i do it over again in the last 25 years because i wonder what has he doing ok gilles our president screwed things up you are a senator and the worst president is america has ever had. denied a new york times report that he pays a pittance in taxes is it true that you paid $750.00 in federal income taxes each of those 2 year or so is your tax i paid 38000000 dollars one year i paid $27.00 michaud issues tragedy here and the president declines once again to condemn

white supremacists but are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacy and militia groups i would say almost everything i see is from the left wing by trying to be the adult in the room the man with a plan to resolve the coronavirus and to restore civility to government troll tried to befuddle biden with constant interruptions playing into the narrative that the former vice president is beyond his prime and trump sought to draw biden's ayer with attacks on his son hunter with some success hunter got thrown out of the military he was thrown out dishonorably discharged not true as it doesn't and he is my son like a lot of people like a lot of people you know at home had a drug problem he's overtaken it he's he's he's fixed it he's worked on it and i'm proud of him in his starkly divided us the debate might have changed a few minds but it might well have hardened positions between 2 candidates with little love lost between them john hendren al jazeera cleveland. new

amir has been sworn in the day after the death of the nation's late for a ceremony was held in parliament for 83 year old now after the whether he paid tribute to his half brother later. who died on tuesday at the age of 91 a funeral will be held once his body arrives from the us where he was receiving medical care though the family really bill just. as a soon this huge burden of this office i promise god almighty i promise our homeland and our people that i will spare no efforts that i will continue to work to save the interests of our homeland preserve the freedoms of our people their welfare and continue to support the peoples of kuwait and i pray to god almighty to guide our steps forward. on jamila cheryl has more on the transition of power. there was a very orderly transition or it appears to be

a very orderly transition that's a started the. crown prince the heir apparent. sworn in 1st he was selected by the cabinet to take the reins of the state and then he was sworn in in front of the parliament which further cemented the what appears to be the unanimous support that he enjoys amongst the people there will be a burial the body of the late. arriving from the united states to kuwait city and the will once that burial is taken place then we'll probably start seeing world leaders arriving to pray their respects and condolences to the amir of coates' there will be that period of mourning that will be given before we will start seeing real signs of what kind of direction the new. no wife will be taking kuwait in whether it will be a continuation as it appears at least from the signals that have been coming from kuwait city where they will be in the same direction as his predecessor his brother

or whether there will be some changes obviously there will need to be some sort of bold decision making happening over the next 12 months not least in terms of announcing who he will appoint as his era but also the formation of a government that needs to deal with some very real challenges that kuwait feel faces particularly with covert being one of the worst hit in the region or at least in the gulf corporation council with this pandemic but also from an economic perspective as well. still ahead on al-jazeera one of hong kong's most prominent activists is back in court as pressure grows on the pro-democracy movement. calls for justice and accountability in iraq over hundreds killed by security forces in the past year of protests.

how the weather looks slow as he set fire to japan over the next couple of days we got clouds and rain in the process of pulling away our old tropical storm find a wall has been issued for this that's going to continue driving its way further north which at least with out into the open waters there will be some showers little tropical system here weakening as it makes its way very close that eastern side of honshu not too many problems there i suspect northeastern parts of china will see some showers eastern areas hanging on to the dry and sunny weather shanghai at around $27.00 celsius and rising wetter weather will come back into central parts of china as we go through friday and there's a fine sunny weather there for japan good times in tokyo around $25.00 degrees meanwhile we're looking at lossie dry weather into a good parts of northwestern parts of india actually pakistan certainly dry the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon now starting to show his hand very nicely said but a cloud over towards that eastern side of the country there's a circulation in the go bringing some heavy showers up towards the dish pushing up

into behind west bengal more heavy showers there in play for a good part of bangladesh not in a little further north wales and it does stay very wet just around me and with a few showers for that an audience. from fossil fuels to modern day renewables as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such demands as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against these demands we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound energy solutions for future generations the breastpin pioneering future energy.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now as a base and armenia are accusing each other of firing deep into each other's territory fighting over nagorno-karabakh is continuing for a 4th day both sides are reporting heavy casualties. kuwait's new amir shift in oil for lack of us has been sworn in the day after the death of the nation's late ruler he paid tribute to his half brother the later we saw barcalounger who died on tuesday at the age of $91.00. bad tempered 1st debate between the u.s. president on trump and his democratic challenger joe biden has taken place in ohio

biden called trump a clown liar and a fool us president questioned his opponent's intelligence. more than 1000000 lives lost and the covert 900 crisis is far from over these are the latest figures from the johns hopkins university global tracker as you can see the death toll has risen by over 8000 and there are more than 33000000 recorded infections in the new show has reported a record number of covert 19 infections for a 3rd day in a row the latest tally shows more than 4000 new cases and then 130 deaths indonesia has the 2nd highest infections in southeast asia after the philippines. in germany there are fears cold weather in autumn and winter could spark a new wave of infections chancellor angela merkel says she wants to do everything in her power to avoid another national walk down the american. we see now that adam

is coming a difficult phase is ahead the more difficult months of the year come. now the number of infections is on the rise even because i would only modernize hospitals we were invest in modern emergency treatment and better digital infrastructure we will reduce our dependence on medical products and medication which we have become aware of we will support national and european production. israel's parliament has passed new legislation banning large scale political protests during the lockdown for 13 weeks in a row now demonstrators have gathered to call prime minister benjamin netanyahu to step down but he's arguing the protests are behind the recent spike in the number of cases how a for so reports from west jerusalem. a bad tempered debate in israel's parliament the knesset ran through the night he was in the give them up and then eventually this most controversial element of the country's 2nd coded 90 lockdown was voted

through at 4 30 in the morning. outside protesters had come to oppose the new restrictions which will now limit demonstrations to a maximum of 20 people traveling no more than a kilometer from their homes. was. they'd been there for much of the day making the most of what would turn out to be their last legal opportunity during lockdown to call together for the resignation of a prime minister on trial for corruption today's the last day of democrats in israel 3 to try to work with the democrat to move the ball like they were. gene in the war in iraq. for months now these protests have been a physical manifestation of the political pressure that benjamin netanyahu is under there is no question that he wants them over his case is that large gatherings such as this can't be justified during a lockdown to combat

a pandemic. marshal. on saturday night netanyahu released this video emphasizing the necessity of the restrictions and admitting he was mistaken to ease them so quickly at the end of the 1st lockdown he also tweeted an image of a near empty western wall at a time just before the jewish holy day of young kapoor when it would usually be packed with worshipers the message that people shouldn't be able to protest together if they can't pray together. isn't entirely his israel's powerful ultra-orthodox politicians unwilling for their voters to be singled out so they wouldn't support a national lockdown unless protests were included he's caving in to pressure the ultra orthodox are doing it using it a little bit cynically to rally their own base because a 3rd of all new cases come coming out of the ultra-orthodox who represent less than 10 percent of the israeli population and the real problem is in buildings the problem is in during prayer speech will singing people singing loud that's been

proven. last saturday protesters confronted police in the latest of weeks of demonstrations near netanyahu efficient residents if they return this saturday their very presence will be breaking the law that al-jazeera westerners. more than 50 women in the democratic republic of congo have accused aide workers of sexually abusing them the allegations are made against workers employed by the world health organization and other n.g.o.s report say the abuse happened during the recent ebola outbreak in the do ya see that ended this year the w.h.o. says it's investigating malcolm why it is following this for us from the kenyan capital. more than 50 we've been reported incidences in the report and they were describing incidences that is being ambushed in hospitals were lured into hotel rooms where aid workers would demand sex for jobs or threaten to terminate contracts if they were refused. a lot of the jobs in question were for cooks or

cleaners people being paid about 50 or $100.00 a week going to understand this is a context where there are almost no formal jobs one of the allegations was from a polish survivor whose husband had been killed by the disease and she alleges that she was drugged and believes that she was raped in one of these hotels where the abode of operations were being run from most of the allegations are against foreign male workers 30 of the 50 in question are against workers of the un's world health organization others are against workers from congo his ministry of health and some of the other international organizations that were part of that a bowler response. indian activists are calling on authorities to investigate the gang rape of a teenager who's died from her injuries the 19 year old suffered spinal and neck injuries after being attacked by 4 men in uttar pradesh police have arrested 4

suspects but her family who come from the so-called low caste valid community say police cremated her body against their wishes india's $200000000.00 have long faced discrimination and abuse. staying in india where a court is acquitted 32 people accused of inciting a mob to destroy a 16th century mosque among the accused were a former deputy prime minister and top members of the ruling party the hindu nationalist b j p the destruction of the babri mosque in 1902 triggered sectarian violence across india that left 2000 people down. hong kong's pro-democracy activist joshua wang is back in court after his arrest last week he's been charged with taking part in an unauthorized demonstration in october and violating laws against wearing masks or muse among several activists facing charges related to

last year's pro-democracy protests beijing impose its national security law in june in response to months of unrest adrian brown has this update from hong kong. joshua one has not yet been charged under this new national security law but he has said he believes that he is the target one is in court over offenses that happened last october when he took part according to police in an authorized assembly he's also charged with violating a ban on mass now this is all quite ironic because this time a year ago the police imposed a ban on protesters wearing masks in order to try to deter street demonstrations all 12 months on of course it's now basically illegal not to wear a mask in public because of the coded 19 restrictions now warning has been told that he would have to appear before easter magistrate's court where he appeared on

wednesday on long with another veteran activists who were given very lenient bail terms of just $130.00 u.s. dollars but of course if one is convicted he'll face up to one year in jail and remember one has already done to jail terms and in the past 10 years he has been arrested no less than 10 times so joshua one knows that he sailing very close to the wind why does it matter will joshua one of course is really the sort of poster boy for hong kong's democracy movement and of course his appearance in court comes on the eve of national day celebrations and here in hong kong police have been ramping up security and also warning people not to take part in any illegal protests on thursday warning there be arrested if they do. and one year ago iraq saw the beginning of one of the biggest protest movements in its history hundreds were killed by security forces with that anniversary now approaching many are calling for justice and accountability simona fulton reports from baghdad the

protesters demands for better services and political reform still remain largely unfulfilled. that is square is getting a make over. ahead of the one year anniversary of iraq's protest movement but instead of symbols of resistance artists paint portraits of its victims a clip i want to share with us one of the martyrs families asked us to paint the images of their sons to commemorate their deaths on the anniversary on october 1st today's empty square is a far cry from the crowds that commandeered the streets of baghdad and other southern cities in october 2019 the protests were unprecedented in many ways. was the nationalist nonsectarian and nonpartizan the movement to iraqis from all walks of life uniting them and their demands for systemic political change . they forced

a then prime minister atal up the matter to step down but the parties that brought him to power remained determined to preserve the status quo. security forces and armed groups responded with force killing more than $600.00 people according to rights groups and injuring thousands 24 year old was one of them his father shows an x. ray of the tear gas canister that killed him it was shot directly at his head. he protested for a noble cause for a homeland he did not protest for his own interests he protested for all his friends for the rights of the poor needy people. the family is entitled to government compensation they submitted a request 10 months ago and are waiting for a response but what they really want is accountability i wish to see the trial of the killers the protesters should not return home before getting the rights of the market's prime minister most of our car to me has made justice for protesters

a priority his government has so far identified 560 demonstrators who were killed and has begun making payments to their families the more challenging task will be to put an end to what many say is the culture of impunity and reign in the groups responsible for the violence when the so-called october revolution 1st began a year ago the most popular slogan was we want a homeland meaning a well governed country where people could live in dignity 12 months on many protesters appear to have abandoned that goal now their main demand is for those responsible to be held to account for the hundreds of lives lost simona 14 al-jazeera but that. tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate a new wave of wildfires in northern california the state of emergency has been declared in 3 counties including the famed napa and sonoma wine regions of the

north 3 people were killed in a separate blaze bringing the total number of 5 deaths this year to $29.00 more than $100.00 homes in napa valley have been destroyed. you can find much more on our web site al jazeera dot com. and let's take you through some of the stories now jon and armenia are accusing each other of firing deep into each other's territory fighting over nagorno-karabakh is continuing for a 4th day. kuwait's new amir has been sworn in the day after the death of the nation's late ruler but serve only was held in parliament for 83 year old church now after lattimer the. he paid tribute to his half brother the later mirror some.