now to see the. current affair. how does the. u.s. president donald trump says he will corner as he awaits results from covert 19 after a close aide tested positive. also coming up. armenia and azerbaijan continue to face off in a disputed border region and there are allegations fighters from syria are also involved in the conflict.

mass demonstrations across india over the gang rape and deaths of 2 women in the marginalized community. trials and sentence reversals justice still denied in journalist jamal khashoggi as murder case 2 years after he was killed by saudi hit men in the stumble. we begin with breaking news u.s. president donald trump and his wife are awaiting coronavirus test results after one of his close advisers advisers tested positive hoping traveled with trump to the presidential debate on tuesday and a campaign rally on wednesday now there's no indication yet whether the president is contract at covert 19 himself. tump has tweeted in the past 20 minutes saying it's terrible the hope akes tested positive chronic virus and this has been working hard he went on to say that he and his wife melania are beginning the corn's heem

process steve clemons is the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line he says the timing couldn't be lost for trump we have one of president trump's most intimate aides hope picks who's tested positive after flying to a campaign rally with the trumps in minnesota one that many people have been worried about about kobe passing in these kinds of rallies so it's an extraordinary moment and i think that one of the thing we have to ask is if the president i had states is tweeting that he is waiting poor results it really shows if he is truly waiting for results it shows how bad the testing regime is in america or they already know that that those results are in and haven't yet shared that night by the city a perhaps an aging moment you know we've seen stories coming out of the city ministration just in the last week or 2 of stories of the spokesman for the

department of health and human services michael computer 0 and his aides basically challenging scientists and the chief regulators in america responsible for public health at the centers for disease control and other places and challenging them for their public health counseling advice and saying that they were inconsistent with the president's much rosier message about really that this time of cobe it was benign that it was not that serious. the u.s. house of representatives as poss the democrats' $2.00 trillion dollar coated 19 relief bill and now moves to the u.s. senate where is unlikely to pass as republicans oppose it politicians have disagreed about the size and scope of the relief package for months 207000 people have died in the u.s. since the pandemic began armenia says its defense forces have shot down 4 hostile drones that appeared and it says space near the capital yerevan it comes as

the conflict between as a judge by john and armenia over the disputed nagorno-karabakh reason continues for a 5th day the drones were spotted in 2 provinces bordering the capital when a citizen yerevan reported seeing glowing objects in the sky meanwhile the been reports of an armenian drone being shot down by as ary forces and then on a how to back this footage was broadcast by turkish t.v. on thursday the flare up in fighting this week is the deadliest in decades and there are allegations mercenaries from syria have joined the fight on behalf of us of. the presence of france russia and the u.s. issued a joint statement deploring the loss of life in the disputed region and called for the warring parties to resume talks for a say walker reports. the spoils of war shown by as every public television of a 1000000 tanks and other hardware proof the army says of terror troops taken in the

disputed kyra region all of them with the riley billeting on it the lands from the enemy we see several pieces of enemy heart of them to our military bases currently the fighting continues we are liberating our lands from occupation videos released on thursday show the unrelenting destruction from the air drones targeting armenian guns and military convoys the region is officially part of as a by jones but it's run by separatists all mediums it has taken 6 days for world leaders to jointly call for armenia and azerbaijan to return to peace talks known as the minsk process with a warning from french president emmanuel mccrone the turkey to cease its involvement in the conflict. don't we have information today that is very clear that indicates that fighters from syria have left their their members of jihadist

groups and they travel via gaziantep to join the fighting in the going to karabakh turkish president richard tayyip erdogan has pledged azerbaijan his country's full support and says the time for the total is over music you should learn given that these 3 mints countries the u.s. russia and france have neglected this problem for nearly 30 years it's unacceptable that they are involved in a search for a cease fire in the face of these negative developments that came to surface in recent days but if something is wanted the invaders should leave these lands in order to achieve a solution. the true gains or losses being made on the battlefield and you know this. video suggests its forces are resisting even in some cases retaking lost positions but what is known is that the violence continues to injure and kill civilians in the town of marjah on thursday. 2 french

journalists from the moment one is now critical condition really interesting. gyptian activists are calling for further protests against president abdel fattah el-sisi under the slogan friday of anger there's been a fury across the country after police reportedly shot and killed a man while making an arrest in southern egypt security forces have been deployed in large numbers this follows nearly a week of protests in several cities over the worsening economy and drop and corruption you hear ghanem is out there as a middle east analyst he says discontent for the government has been rapidly growing in egypt something region they have grown over hundreds of years this culture of personal than that. that that that part of the country am its population have been neglected over the dk i mean no development nothing they were left

out was abject poverty and they have been taking care of themselves for decades and that's why they are indifferent to what's happening in the rest of the country but now when the authorities when the police force they they adopt such violent violent means to deal with those that that part of the population they feel personally insulted and i'm afraid what's coming up is going to be worse. protests have taken place across india over the gang rape and death of 2 women from the marginalised islets community rights groups say india is one of the world's most dangerous places for women where the rape occurring every 15 minutes so revolts that. as news spreads of the gang rape in the death of a 2nd woman from the don it's community these protesters try hard to enter the

village where the 1st victim was from but it's now under knocked down emergency law was seen on thursday often days of demonstrations. we have section 144 of the indian penal code active in the district right now which means we are not allowing an assembly of more than 5 people. police went on to detain leader of the opposition congress party rahul gandhi and his sister as they tried to get into hatteras village to meet the victim's family. the police officials hit me with sticks right now and i fell down i'm not saying anything about that i have no problem i am only asking this question in india only be an artist people can walk on the road you can't govern cannot walk in this country only more they can work i cannot comment for the not walk. the latest victim was a 22 year old who died on tuesday on a way to a hospital in luck now in the northern states of a to pradesh the same day as the 19 year old 1st victim died after spending 2 weeks

in a hospital in delhi police say they've made arrests in both cases and if denied accusations by the family the 1st victim of committing a body without their permission thank. you separate cases have reignited protests across several states and online demanding justice for victims of sexual violence. the father if he yochi at atlanta can't protect women that it's better that he should voluntarily step down and resign he can't run the government. if the uttar pradesh government is on the women's side then why of rapes happening every other day every other day there are sexual assaults and other crimes happening to women we will teach this government a lesson not only did both women live in the same state but they were also both from the daleks community marginalized being at the bottom of india's deeply entrenched cost system despite rules protecting what was formerly known as the untouchables they face daily discrimination for generations so those so-called main

dimensions idea regards those actual violence against a custom woman as a serious issue but when it happens to or a low cost woman they are trying to predict their past just in the past right now not coming out as you would want for a couple as woman for instance in the us her head was used she was brutalized she was in the hospital but she was not given to build proper medical care the issue of sexual violence against women has been under the spotlight in india since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a woman in delhi which led to huge nationwide protests and changes to the country's great pools but this time protesters say it's hasn't been enough to protect these 2 women enter to pradesh so to hire that al-jazeera. still ahead on out 0 mexico's leader wins judicial approval for holding a referendum on prosecuting former presidents plus. i'm scott heiler in northern thailand home to more than

a dozen ethnic hill tribes even after living here for generations and many are still fighting for thai citizenship the battle made even more difficult because of the pandemic. hello we've got lots of hazy sunshine as per usual across much of the middle east a little more clout up towards the caucasus and the week we will see some showers here as we go through the next day also we saw some rather lively showers with some hail pushing across parts of turkey recently that west of weather easing into east into the into armenia maybe a few showers there as a by john as we go on through friday but to the south of that they go there's that hot sunshine 42 celsius here in doha perhaps even feeling a little more humid as we go on into sas and the temperatures 40 back to more agreeable 36 degrees want to see showers

a possibility into western yemen but nothing too much to speak of plenty of showers maymont across central africa the seasonal rains sinking south was quite nicely running down across the room they say some showers around lake victoria from time to time want to show is still in play there across the south sudan and you can see they are becoming increasingly widespread even towards angola now seeing some of the wet weather coming in here from time to time to the south of that's what islam as you drive full zimbabwe for a botswana but we have got some cloud of rain in the forecast for southern at all safe eastern parts of south africa with a chance of flooding. to he not global community we are our biggest opposition elbow. grease is the worst possible of looks like the part of the debate issue nicci can jump into the conversation bring to it when no topic is off the table you're not afraid of anyone

taking just one. reason in the 3 targeting reacher and the poor getting poorer it's not to destroy the system it's just to look at the system and. this street on out is the era. you're watching al-jazeera a mind of our top stories this. us president donald trump and his wife of beginning the current team process after one of his close advisors tested positive for growing a virus picks traveled with trump to the presidential debate on choose a campaign rally on wednesday awaiting his test results. i mean is says it shut

down for hostile drawings that appeared near the capital yerevan cuts as it's conflict with the disputed we want to read about region continues for a 5th day as a force is also claimed to shut down an armenian drug. protests have taken place across india over the gang rape and death of 2 women from the marginalised hallett's community rights groups say that india is one of the world's most dangerous places where women with the right occurring every 15 minutes. it's been 2 years and saudi journalists from all khashoggi was murdered inside his country's consulate in istanbul a coalition of human rights groups have been urging mez of the world's major cities to boycott a summit being held by saudi arabia dollars shell has more from istanbul. despite it being one of the most notorious crimes in recent history true years have

gone by and still justice has not been served in the murder case of jamal khashoggi 24 months on the focus on the saudi journalist who entered his country's consulate in istanbul never to be seen again may have died down but the outrage remains. krishnaji had been writing for the washington post the 1st anniversary of his murder was mocked in a high profile vigil attended by the post's owner and the world's richest man jeff bezos a monument was placed just yards from the saudi consulate store a place for people to pay their respects for the slain journalist who was not afforded even the rights for a proper burial a saudi official still refused to disclose the whereabouts of his body or his remains. colleagues this year's anniversary is being marked with the launch of the organization which will she was setting up before he was killed dawn or democracy in the arab world now it was this type of work his advocacy for freedom and poor ism that earned him the wrath of saudi crown prince mohammed bin saddam on general

was perhaps the arab world's most famous political exile in saudi arabia try to silence we will give a voice to thousands like him struggled for change in their country. while his friends and colleagues have succeeded in continuing his legacy through the launch of dawn there's been little success in their fight for justice after initially denying they killed him saudi arabia then pushed the narrative that the journalist was murdered by what they described as a team of rogue agents a snotty mask images a video it took months before any form of court proceedings began and even then they lacked any form of integrity or transparency in december 2019 a saudi court sentenced 5 unnamed people to death and 3 others to prison for the murder but those sentences were commuted 3 weeks ago and what the united nations special envoy an extra judicial killings described as the antithesis of justice meanwhile turkey says it's committed to holding those responsible for the murder to

accounts on thursday the prosecutor's office said it was indicting 6 more saudi citizens in their ongoing case the latest names include true consulate staff. crown prince mohammed bin some man who is believed to have ordered the murder appears to have weathered the fall out he's still very much in power and world leaders continue to do business with him but even in his death jamal khashoggi remains a foreigner in his side and one that could prove to be even more damaging still. stumble. my colleague mary in the mozzies spoke to agnes cullum od the un special rapporteur on extra digital summary executions she says the international community must act together to prevent cases like the murder jamal khashoggi from happening again. i think we need to ensure that we do not get ourselves held hostage by the inner dick or seas of the saudi justice

system it was clear from the start that it would be very difficult to get justice for jamal given the fact that the justice system in saudi arabia is so plan to political many predation it is incumbent upon other actors but to get only outside saudi arabia to put pressure and to do all they can to ensure that accountability is delivered now we know that it will be very difficult to get those who ordered the crime in front of a court. if indeed it is mohamed bin sentiment as a cia as suggested more than a year ago that said there are all other ways of ensuring that at the very least choice is being deadly verd and that the very least saudi arabia feel the pressure

political i dial that here can i ask you dr callandar it doesn't seem as though they are feeling any pressure has the lack of justice and accountability in this case sort of led to some kind of normalization in the way extrajudicial killings of viewed a you worry that something like this could happen again. well of course i am always worried that there will be more targeted killings only of johnny store human rights defenders but allow me to point out that actually there has been a heavy reaction to. the killing of germany and a number of steps have been taken by a range of activists including some of them and the state just last week 33 countries adopted a result hughson condemning saudi arabia for the killing of jemaah casualty and the imprisonment of the woman human rights defenders we've been though civil society

sector a number of actions been taken international media i've kept investigating the killings there is not one move that mohammed bin simon can do without the name of general cashel gibbons corner team we know that for a long time long before the killing of a market. that the human rights agenda or the international level as a whole is very politicized it's a hold into the power play in power politics that how difficult does that make your work. of course it makes it extraordinarily difficult the whole environment at the moment is one of normative counter-revolution it's one of the several countries distracting the international system and other countries fighting over which is gonna dominate those contrasts cannot be trusted to to keep hammering those messages and to put pressure on those who don't so we are we are

working in an extraordinarily difficult and environment that there is absolutely no doubt this is why i think when action taken we need to highlight doors and we need to push for more i've talked about the actions taken by the mayor of many cities i'm haskin for more to do that i've mentioned the u.s. congress taking a very strong stand on a bipartisan basis i'm calling on other parliaments around the world to do the same it is time now that we move from seeking accountability for generale to seeking accountability for all the jolliest that are threatened by their governments need. to adopt cashel dissensions in other words whenever a country a government is threatening john at least ease. violating the rights of johnnie's

by detaining them or by indeed killing them individual sanctioned a casualty sanction should be imposed on individuals even at the highest level. mexico's supreme court has ruled that a referendum can be held that ask if the if the state should be allowed to prosecute former presidents it was proposed by the country's current leader undress manolo pray lopez obrador and it could allow investigation potential prosecution of 5 former presidents for alleged crimes in office manuel reports from mexico city. protesters outside mexico's supreme court. they're here to support mexican president and that is one way lopez obrador and his proposal for a nationwide referendum that opens up the possibility of investigating and prosecuting former mexican presidents for alleged crimes committed while in office

. we won prosecutions we want to prosecute the ex presidents who did so much damage to the country how is it possible that those who committed crimes are not paying for it the journalist and. the debate before the supreme court which met via video conference was over whether this sort of public survey is constitutional or politically motivated in the end the court voted $6.00 to $5.00 in favor of the referendum. for his part president lopez obrador it has said the motivation for this initiative isn't about going after opponents but rather broadening political participation in national politics. but the list to these means respecting the spirit of article 39 of the constitution which says the power rests with the people and it is instituted to their benefit and that the people have the right to change their form of government that is the essence of the. i'm going to be with them for this if enough people vote yes mexico's living ex presidents could face

investigations and be tried for alleged crimes constitutional experts however say the debate is unnecessary as former presidents are not immune from prosecution and could already be investigated if accused of a crime. this is smoke and sound to sweep in the ears of the people and to distract from the issue of security health of the economy or the having passed the question of constitutionality the nationwide referendum is scheduled for june 2021 to be binding however it will require at least 40 percent of the national vote and clear the many other legal challenges that have made the prosecution of former presidents in the past next to impossible when was up a little al-jazeera mexico city. russian opposition leader alexina valmy is accusing president vladimir putin of directly ordering the poison attack against him novelli is still recovering in germany 6 weeks after he ingested a soviet era nerve agent the kremlin has dismissed the allegations as absolutely

groundless and unacceptable 5 nations have written a letter to the un saying the poisoning of alexina valmy constitutes a threat to international peace our diplomatic editor james bays has more the letter was written by the 5 european members of the security council belgium a study of france germany and the u.k. in that they call on the russian federation to disclose urgently fully and in a transparent manner the circumstances of the attack on alexey no valmy now this letter was submitted to the security council in the final hours of the new share presidency of the council it's now walked out and russia has taken over the russian ambassador and incoming president had this response and i would recommend my call exclude all the let the instead of the telling us to put in the security council 1st the 1st to fulfill implementing what is

necessary and what is incumbent on them that is to provide the reply to the request and to the the to the request to the general to provide information of the case the issue is unlikely to be discussed directly in the security council but last month when the council discussed the use of chemical weapons in syria a number of countries referred to the nobel nea for another meeting on chemical weapons in syria takes place on monday and you can expect it to be raised again. hill tribes in northern thailand have spent decades fighting to ces and ship tourism was one of the few ways that many of them like the long necked karen tribe and their livelihood but that stride out because the pandemic it's forcing some to consider heading back to me and all that they fled. reports from a tang thailand like my prey has for the last 3 decades since fleeing her home in myanmar's state she readies for her day of selling hand-woven fabrics to

tourists after her parents died and with no work nor land to cultivate she left for a better life in thailand but that living had been brought to a halt because of kobe 19. she lives in a village with others from the korean hill tribe made famous by brass rings the women wear around their necks giving them the nickname the long necks they make their livelihood in taurus the villages posing for photos and selling crafts while most of the men work with elephants at nearby camps. tourist hill tribe villages in elephant camps are viewed by many human and animal rights groups as exploitive but it's one of the few ways the hill tribes people can make a living like the other ethnic hill tribes in thailand generations of korean have been fighting for thai citizenship my play has been waiting 15 years i'm a christian now nobody is helping me i want to get citizenship i tried so many times but they say i'm too old the ethnic hill tribes are some of the most

marginalized people in thailand they're decades long battle for citizenship now coupled with economic hardship because of the pandemic their meagre earnings from tourists have been decimated. not teach also fighting for citizenship realizes the pandemic has slowed the process she's willing to cut her losses but can't. i think of leaving if the borders reopen but they aren't open now. led fighting between armed groups and the government forces in myanmar shan state in the 1980 s. he's also seeking citizenship and is part of a group helping others to do so. since they are not making money it's tough for them to pay for expenses like travel this means they are unable to pursue their citizenship local immigration officials say that even in the best of times it's a slow process to investigate cases due to understaffing. many who cross over don't have passports or birth certificates in the current religious district normally

$500.00 cases will be processed monthly because of covert $1000.00 at most 20 per month are completed. so the korean long next hope and wait for more people to come and see them at least giving them the chance to earn some money while they wait got harder al-jazeera made time tyler. this is al-jazeera and these other top stories u.s. president donald trump and his wife are beginning the corn same process after one of his close advisers tested the coronavirus hope pigs traveled with trump to the presidential debates on choose say and a campaign rally on wednesday trump's awaiting his test results steve clemons is the host of observer is the bottom line and he says the timing couldn't be worse for trump. 33 days from election we have a fight brewing over.