making a healthier world for you. everyone. daily coronavirus deaths above a 1000 again in brazil while doctors in neighboring peru accuse their government of failing to stop spiralling infections. hello i money this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up would you sure don't listen who is on your list joe changes promise for u.s. presidential debates off to donald trump and joe biden's 1st encounter is dominated by interruptions and insults. on media and as

a by john say they'll keep fighting over a disputed region rejecting international calls for talks. this remains a national threat and a national challenge and we will have to to fight it to get. facing anger of a mixed messages and rising infections u.k. prime minister barak's johnson tries to clarify his cave at 19 strategy. brazil has recorded more than a 1000 daily coronavirus deaths for the 2nd time in a week it brings the total number to nearly 144000 as the west affected country in latin america which is the global epicenter of the pandemic. well this tally by john hopkins university shows brazil is 2nd only to the u.s.

in the number of covert 90 related death. after the u.s. and india for infections wild wide registered cases are approaching 34000000 more than a 1000000 people are known to have died let's go talk correspond monica joins us live from rio de janeiro monica good to see you again so talk us through firstly why the numbers are so high in brazil well the numbers are high because the federal government has always downplayed the virus so the president himself has never set an example although he has been infected himself and so has his wife and so has one of his sons at least and he doesn't wear a mask many of the people working with him don't wear masks and so that's one case the other reason is that people are just simply stopped social distancing almost

it's very hot here right now it's winter but it's it's extremely hot it's like summer usually so everybody's going to the beach they're sitting close to each other the beaches are crowded if you look at the beaches of rio now you'd have you think that the vaccine had already been discovered and was being used successfully which is not the case just in the last 2 months 40000 people died which is a lot indeed we're just looking at some of those pictures from the beach not a mosque in sight so talk us through who exactly is the most affected by this virus is it the elderly because it just seems surprising with such a high number of deaths why people at least the people that we can see on the on the streets on the beach seem so unconcerned. yes it's it's interesting because these people that when you talk to them on the streets everybody says oh yes i have

a brother who has had it oh i have a nun cole who died it's like it's become almost like the new natural thing to happen but. everybody you talk to has have somebody that had something why there was sick or was or recovered or diaby elderly of course and those that have diabetes are affected also more men than women and also 40 percent are black of poor usually 26 percent white so it's it's a bit of everything but in the in the favelas in the slums you have func parties which are going on on the weekends and here and in the rich neighborhoods bars and restaurants are filled and crammed with people on the weekends all so it's as if you know it's as if we're living the end of

a pandemic which is still really going on. interesting monica yant speaking to us live from rio de janeiro many thanks. well neighboring peru has the highest death rate per capita in the well doctors and other health workers on strike demanding the best equipment to fight the spiralling outbreak the new republic reports. are going bar that in peru's capital lima health care workers are on strike. the 48 hour walkout was organized by more than 9000 doctors and other medical professionals employed by the government thing either by there are any sacrifice the doctor packs on the streets will translate into better quality of care we're not asking for a pay rise what we're asking for is already demonic for by law and what is an all job. protests over poor working conditions and a shortage of medical supplies began on tuesday as peru's president met at the

visited the national university in san marcos where the 1st clinical trials potential coby 1000 vaccine or being helped to give we're not here when we are ending phase 3 and it's good through was one of the few countries chosen by sign a form to carry out trials of the chinese vaccine and starting next week this johnson and johnson with the united states vaccine and also the astra zeneca vaccine from the united kingdom there is also a german vaccine everyone is willing to do the clinical tests here and that's a good thing because it will mean we know how our own people will react coronavirus cases in peru recently surpassed 800000 which is one of the highest contagion rates in the world and although there are signs the contagion has slowed experts say that self isolation and social distancing are still necessary illegally this risk is thinking that this decrease means that everything ended if people let their guard down the people that have been cautious let their guard down and start to go out

they begin to expose themselves we could 'd see what's called a 2nd wave if a lifting of restrictions in the country has also meant cemeteries are now allowing visits from family members who have lost loved ones to the virus peru has recorded more than 32000 deaths from hope at 19 representing the 3rd highest death toll in latin america but was it up a little al-jazeera. u.s. president donald trump has backed away from his remarks about a fired far right group after a chaotic in the 1st presidential debate during the giants with rival joe biden appeared to avoid denouncing the group which calls itself the proud boys white house correspondent kelly health it has more. just today after a contentious presidential debate u.s. president donald trump attempted to distance himself from a group many consider to be a white supremacist organization i don't know who the proud boys are be you have to

give me a definition because i really don't know who they are i could always say they have to stand out let law enforcement do their work the prob ois are an eel fascist group that gained notoriety during that debate would trump was asked to denounce white supremacy sure you were americans use it like your what do you want to call him give me a name give me a why is a progress and why do i read it can die out grow as a son right proud of my boys stand back and stand by many consider the proud boys a hate group its members marched at the unite the right rally in 2017 in charlottesville virginia and more recently have marched against black lives matter protests a social media the group has taken the president's statement as marching orders standing by sir one member wrote what we saw was a dog whistle through a bullhorn. has not pretending to be anything other than what he is someone who will not condemn white supremacists someone who cannot say the phrase black lives

matter and on wednesday at a campaign stop in ohio democratic presidential nominee joe biden sent this message to the proud boys and every other word supremacist group is cease and desist that's not who we are the white house is defending trump it notes last week he declared the k.k.k. a terrorist organization and lynching a hate crime. a charge that biden has failed to denounce the actions of empty fuck kolisch and of left wing activists but i'll tell you what i'll tell you what somebody has got to do something about anti for and the left because this is not a right as the republican and teachers an idea not only. i'm going to say you got it not for a nation of broiled or ongoing social unrest the exchange has only added to the army's felt by many americans with the u.s. election now less than 5 weeks away both candidates hit the campaign trail to play

of their strikes downplay the blunders of the 1st presidential debate kimberly held at al-jazeera the white house well the organization that manages election debates says it will make changes to bring order to the final contest between trump and biden as reported this could include sussing off of microphones there's been widespread criticism of the insults and interruptions that dominated that debate let's get more on this we can speak to alan schroeder in albuquerque new mexico is a professor at northeastern university and author of the book presidential debates making you something of an expert on presidential debates have you ever seen anything like what we saw last night. well not exactly i have to say there was a lot of difference to that debate from its historical predecessors but you know we did remind me of the 2016 debates between trump and hillary clinton he was

extraordinarily rude to her he did all kinds of things to rattle her in so we saw a lot of that again last night but i guess as president of the united states now he can do it even more. indeed there's been a lot of criticism of the moderator chris wallace from fox news. saying that he could have done more to keep things on track do you think that's fair do we point the blame to him or is there nothing that anyone could have done trump is trump. trampas trump you know i think the role of the moderator has become so difficult and so politically charged everyone is just waiting you know sitting in judgment waiting for the moderator to do something that you know looks untoward and so if the moderator gets involved in a situation like with trump the term people are going to be angry and if he doesn't the biden people are going to be angry so it's a no win. so we're hearing about the possibility of new rules

things like switching switching off mikes what do you think about those ideas and how would how that go down if. trump's mike was suddenly switched stoffel biden's well it would probably be appear a little unseemly simply because it's never been done before in a presidential debate but i think the debate commission is correct in wanting to put some sort of order into the chaos and make sure that we don't have another debate where the needs of the voters and you know don't get properly discussed so coming up mikes is one idea maybe cutting the time that's a lot and to a particular candidate that candidate is cutting into the other person's chair and there are a few little things you can do but you know human beings are human beings they're going to behave the way they behave and insular i don't think even those kind of small fixes are going to stop trump term doing the thing that he always does could i ask you what exactly is the role of presidential debates to dish money and how

much do people actually rely on them to make up their mind at this stage. well i will say the rule has changed in this election particularly because there are so few undecided voters traditionally and the role of debates is to let those people who haven't made up their minds comparison shop see the candidates side by side and figure out which of them them appeals war and then for the people who have already decided it's a way to reinforce your bond with that candidate make sure that's the one you want to support and get enthusiastic about voting for that person this year though with so few undecided voters it's really more about the get out your voters then changing any minds in dade at timo debates to get to speak see alan. albuquerque new mexico professor at northeastern university many thanks.

coming up in the program the family of a woman killed in a violent crime in india accuses. body against their wishes. and protests in hong kong during china's national celebrations. however we've got right in the forecast to central parts of china over the next couple of days is too bad at the moment not too bad too across a good part of japan things squatting down now to system fairly close by i think we wanted to shout into eastern parts of honshu but the side doesn't achieve that little colder cloud meanwhile across the northeast china down towards the yellow sea just pushing away from beijing we'll see that cloud of rain just squeezing its way across the korean peninsula north korea particular could see some heavy downpours possibly with some flooding ahead of that so nice little wind whether

tokyo at around 25 degrees is that western weather for central parts of china as we go through friday and damage to the south some rather heavy showers just making their way in here as well as scattering the showers across in the china we have seen flooding rains recently in thailand showers set to continue and then a rash of showers across a good part of southeast asia and the show has now started coming kristie widespread across indonesia india showers not quite as widespread in fact we are now looking at the year with role of the southwest monsoon little circulation which was the main goal will bring some very heavy showers into addition and behind. we're heading to the place some deep in the true renewables on it's taking us 2 days on this boat just to get from the structure of things. no looks at what is

being done to protect one of the region's most iconic creatures cars are disappearing because a legal pad trade with booming researchers wanted to see if reintroduction of my clients was a viable option to save some of these population pretty good young techno on al-jazeera. he watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour brazil has registered more than a 1000 daily coronavirus dest the 2nd time in a week it brings the total number of toilets sees that to around 143002nd only to

the united states. help workers in korea have been protesting to demand better equipment the country has the highest death rate capita in the world. the group that manages the u.s. presidential debate says it will make changes to the format up to widespread criticism tuesday's debate was marred by personal attacks and constant interruptions. now as china celebrates its national day and oprah's ition protest is being held in hong kong several rallies are expected despite warnings against public gatherings because of coronavirus it's the 1st chinese national day since the government in beijing imposed the contentious national security law on hong kong and a flag raising ceremony has been held on the shores of hong kong's victoria harbor chief executive was among those attending china's national days marked with a week long holiday during which tens of millions of people travel.

let's cross to all chorus from sarah claire clark who is live for us in hong kong sara so last year protests turned quite violent are we expecting something similar this year. look we're not yet we don't know quite yet we've seen one small protest this morning which you mentioned that was held at the official flag raising ceremony that's the annual event to that's hosted by hong kong's chief executive carrie lamb and attended by her executive council as was a as well as other former chief executives and it was a small protest it's finished now and that flag raising ceremony has also come to an end then during her speech kerry lamb said when she praised china in that speech she thanks the mainland for always being there and for promoting hong kong's prosperity but we do have a huge police presence here in hong kong on thursday as the celebrations continue throughout the day to mark china's national day there are $6000.00 police have been deployed around this area where we are which is where the flag raising ceremony was

this whole area has been cordoned off now we've got police on the water as well as right place on the grounds or the procession continues although the events continue we've just seen around 40 fishing vessels with the hong kong flag in the china flag parade through the harbor but there are reports all rumors of protests going ahead on one of the big organizations china the civil human rights front there the organization that hosts these huge rallies which we saw one in 2000000 people attend last year and they requested to go ahead with a march this year of course the police denied that there are still talk online about other demonstrations continuing despite the fact that the police have refused that protests to go ahead on this day and you'll be monitoring that for us the national security law was introduced in july how is that had an impact on the protest movement in hong kong. it's had a huge impact on the protests in hong kong china introduced that national security

legislation on july 1st since then we've only seen about 30 arrests under that new legislation but those people who have been arrested are some of the more high profile pro-democracy leaders now that legislation was clearly introduced to deter those protests as it has had a huge result it's targeting those who promote the acts of suspicion foreign interference and anyone promoting actually mainland sentiment and those who do get charged could face penalties of up to life in prison so the police have also denied that the approval of all protests and recent months and particularly since july 1st so the big very few demonstrations taking part at the last a little while but there's a huge probably its presence in hong kong on those and of course those about national security or it looms over today's celebrations sarah clarke speaking to us live from hong kong amenia and azerbaijan's leaders are resisting growing international pressure to end their conflicts over the disputed region of

nagorno-karabakh french president and russia's vladimir putin the joint calls for a cease fire as civilian and military casualties mount robin force or walker reports now from tbilisi. this is not going to care about this deadly new war films by new site head could. on the armenian front lines. i know. you can hear the sound of the drone. soldiers desperately trying to shoot down. i mean forces have dug in but as a by john says this war will end only with the return of the disputed territory. the cost of that war so far the numbers of azeri dead and wounded is a secret known only to the is there a leadership and. we have only one condition armenia must leave our lands if the

armenian government complies with this agreement the fighting will stop there will be no bloodshed there will be peace peace will come to our region these images show what armenians defense ministry claims is one of its fighter aircraft shot down by a turkish f. 16 over armenian airspace on wednesday armenia went even further it accused turkey of actually controlling aerial combat operations a charge as a by your own in turkey both strenuously deny but turkey certainly gives moral support to what it sees as its turkish speaking brother in arms. that is a dangerous game says president emanuel mccrum of france another mediator between the 2 sides. as you want at this stage i remain extremely cautious but we know it's an extremely volatile situation that said i have noted turkey's political

declarations in favor of azerbaijan which i think are inconsiderate and dangerous france as part of the minsk group which requires the impartiality which explains my caution remains extremely concerned by the warlike messages coming from turkey in the last few hours which essentially remove any of us or by johns in his visions in reconquering the garneau card and that we want to accept. him back who more men gather outside conscription offices to sign up for battle wasn't jos are there because there is no there is no fear and country needs us will go as far as necessary for a country. many of these reservists went even born when azerbaijan lost kyra back to armenian separatists in the 1990 s. now they're on their way to fight for a land medians and desire he's hold the we were waiting for this day i hope will liberate karabakh i hope all our soldiers return safely. but these are the hellish conditions they will face on the front. high tech heavy

weaponry with old fashioned trench warfare. that shows no sign of renouncing. robin foresty walka al-jazeera tbilisi rockets have been fired asked an iraqi airport where u.s. troops are stationed 6 rockets landed near the airport and that they will then no reports of major damage or casualties kurdish security forces have blamed the popular mobilization forces which is a paramilitary group with close ties to iran. and in place of being accused of christ in the body of a teenage go against her family's wishes 19 year old died often alleged gang rape it's provoked a renewed anger at the sexual violence in india and against countries call system under schapelle holds. the women of this village have turned to each other for

comfort during a difficult time they're mourning the death of a daughter and a sister 19 year old was tortured and gang raped in india's bitter pradesh state her body was discovered by family members before she died of her injuries on tuesday. after that they say the police made their suffering worse. cremating her body in the middle of the night against their wishes these pictures of her funeral pyre have further angered the local community in a case that shocked the nation. after the post-mortem was done in delhi we didn't even know that a body was sent home we were not asked for any approval late in the night they were forcing us to perform the last rites we requested their latest take a home so a family members could see oh for one last time they didn't pay any heed to our request and performed her last rites we want justice we want strict legal action against them and we demand capital punishment for the accused. local police say they had the families approval they've deployed officers around the area to maintain calm but the community is demanding justice no none of it with tim's

family say they want those responsible to face the death penalty. the teenager's identity is protected by law but members of her community too often are not she was a doll it's a so-called untouchable in india's controversial caste system all the suspects are from an upper caste living right next door police have arrested 4 men in connection with the attack that's led to protest 'd prime minister narendra modi has called for strict action against the accused as quickly as possible but many have accused his hindu nationalist b j p government of not protecting vulnerable communities or of this government as against the poor minorities. laborers farmers and all of the marginalized six's of society are against those who is suffering they slogan of removing poverty is all about eliminating. the state's chief minister yogi addict spoke to the victim's father on wednesday through video link this case is a reminder of a similar attack in 2012 when a 23 year old medical student died after being gang raped on

a bus and delhi the attack prompted outrage and protests across india 4 men were executed for the crime earlier this year and laws were changed to provide for their protection but it appears many women especially those in poor communities still face the same risks. al-jazeera american airlines says the failure of u.s. politicians to agree on a coronavirus relief bill is forcing the company to follow 900000 workers the company's c.e.o. says if washington comes up with a deal for 25 $1000000000.00 over the next few days those workers will be recalled and executives have made last minute appeals to congress before a federal ban on layoff expires on day. with infections confusion and anger on the rise in his country the u.k. prime minister has tried to clarify the government's coronavirus strategy boris johnson spoke on a day bersin recorded more than 7000 new infections for brendan reports from london

. when the rule of 6 people meeting was introduced in mid september to limit the size of social gatherings it was intended to simplify coronavirus restrictions but since then a kaleidoscope of different local measures have been imposed leaving the public and even the prime minister confused it's 6 in the home or 6 in the hospitality but as i understand it not 6 outside except it isn't and the resulting apology on social media simply emphasize the confusion and i created the growing disquiet over the government's handling of the crisis less than a year after sweeping to power the parliamentary majority of 80 johnson is attracting ridicule even from newspapers which are usually supportive it's been here when parliament the prime minister's own party is angry that covert restrictions are being imposed without the usual debate the speaker is the guardian of to process and he's accused downing street of showing contempt they are very

worried about the opinion polls also look the leader of the conservative. he is good as his lead over the labor that is now to sit on tories johnson's personal ratings have also promise it but flanked by his scientific advisors against a backdrop of rapidly worsening infection data boris johnson appeal to co-operation we want to keep the economy moving we want to keep young people. pupils in education but the only way we can do that is if we all follow the guidance and and depress the virus one 3rd of the u.k. population is now under strict local covert restrictions measures which can sometimes seem contradictory or causing real economic suffering. and can intrude deeply into family life and with a 2nd surge in the infections underway boris johnson's government is facing the loss of public and political goodwill

a just the time he needs it most. brennan al-jazeera westminster car executives have appeared in a german court 5 years after manufacturers were caught cheating emission tests for missy allergies among the fires to be tried ever what was dubbed diesel gate box bogen and its subsidiaries admitted in 2015 to breaking vehicles to high toxic emissions. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories brazil has recorded more than 1000 daily coronavirus deaths for the 2nd time in a week for game the total number to nearly 143002nd.