to build their brick house and less than an hour to see. u.s. president donald trump makes a surprise appearance in a brief drive by outside the military hospital where he's being treated for coronavirus. questions remain about his health as he's given a powerful steroids you should be administered to the seriously ill. sam you say that this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up cities under fire armenia and azerbaijan accuse each other of targeting civilians in the fight for

god in. the south pacific nation of new caledonia votes to remain a french town treat despite strong resistance from the island's indigenous natives . barely left briefly rather left the hospital where he's being treated for coronavirus to do a drive by the hundreds of supporters gathered outside one doctor working at the walter reed hospital says the irresponsibility of the move was astounding earlier doctors treating the u.s. president revealed his all levels dropped briefly on both friday and saturday john hendren reports from but said. it was perhaps the most brazen campaign stop in u.s. history a candidate so sick with a potentially lethal virus that he has taken an experimental can't kill of drugs in it. least twice supplemental oxygen sneaking out of his hospital room and into

a hermetically sealed as u.v. with 2 secret service agents waving at the fans lined up outside as his motorcade took a victory lap on both sides of the street he tweeted a video explaining why i also think we're going to pay a surprise to some of the great patriots that we have. and they've been out there. they love our country so i'm not telling. surprise visit it with yet another. moment like many trouble makes it divided america rilling the crowds here in the street but. remarkably the response to. the head of disaster medicine at george washington university medical center tweeted that presidential s.u.v.s not only bullet proof but hermetically sealed against chemical attack the risk of covert 1000 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of

medical procedures the irresponsibility is astounding my thoughts are with the secret service forced to play. earlier his team of doctors emerged for another update in the president's personal physician 1st explain the reason for the particularly rosy prognosis that was given 24 hours earlier saying he was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude of medical team and president and didn't want to give. any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction and in doing so you know came off that were trying to hide something that was innocently true i feel much better now in a video tweet president trump said he was feeling well as sentiment supported by his doctors who are now saying he might return to the white house is soon as monday but dr sean connelly confirmed what he would not in the 1st public briefing that the president received supplementary oxygen on at least 2 occasions the 1st on friday he was not short of breath. he was tired had the fever that was about it and

after about a minute on only 2 leaders he said ration levels are back over 40 over 95 percent stayed on that for about an hour maybe it was off and gone another critical piece of information that the president is now receiving the steroids dexa met his own which is recommended only for critical care but that cement his own use again is extremely extremely worrying sign w.h.o. it says it's only used for critical and severe patients it actually recommends against people who are not serious and i also said only for serious patients who are i don't ventilators or supplemental oxygen which trump does barely 54 so he's on a really bad trajectory i don't know if tomorrow smiles a little premature destroyers questions continue about contact tracing in the wake of president trump's movements earlier in the week the white house says it is directing this in cooperation with the centers for disease control team. but many

who were at this crowded rose garden last saturday say they have not been contacted authorities in minnesota where president trump visited on wednesday say they have launched their own contact tracing program in the absence of any white house direction a similar situation happening in new jersey from which the president returned after a campaign fundraiser at one of his golf clubs on thursday just hours before a test confirmed he was positive for the coronavirus john hendren al-jazeera bethesda maryland judy fisher is an associate research professor of microbiology and immunology at georgetown university medical center she says while trying to pass to be getting healthier the message is around his recovery have been confusing . leaving the hospital obviously that's not what is recommended when one is on quarantine. the president has access to resources most people don't have but normally one doesn't. doesn't recommend that the person leave their quarantine site

to have to go to joyride. he didn't expose the crowd but he and the secret service were certainly in a small closed space together it's really difficult to interpret the messages that have been shared and clearly there is there are issues of patient confidentiality even for the president and clinicians are bound by their duty to be somewhat cautious about what information they share that's that they've been very forthcoming in listing the cocktail of medications. which are a combination of a antibody an engineered monoclonal antibody treatment that is. experimental dexamethasone which is generally reserved for patients who appear to be very severely ill and have worsening condition with a need for supplemental oxygen. and the run does appear as is has been approved for emergency use authorization it is a little bit it seems to be

a little bit of a scatter shot method from the outside just trying a bit of everything which doesn't really match with the reports that his condition is is pretty mild in that he's good he's improving quickly u.s. attorney general william barr is going into quarantine as a precaution after a close contact with several republican politicians have become infected with coronavirus bar was the white house event for supreme court nominee amy tony barrett last week he was speaking closely with former trump a kellyanne conway who's now tested positive bars had 4 kovi tests since friday which of all come back negative. in 19 states in the u.s. have reported record numbers of covert 900 cases over the past week the country has had an increase of nearly 49000 new infections on saturday alone

azerbaijan and armenia are accusing each other of targeting civilians in their conflict over the this treated region of nagorno-karabakh the remote mountainous area is officially part of as a debate john but it's ethnically armenian and has been occupied by armenian forces since $994.00 the ongoing fighting threatens to drag in turkey which is backing azerbaijan and russia which has a defense treaty with armenia and least 10 people died during a sustained bombardment in the region's capital stepanek our reporter bernard smith was filming there when rockets and mortars started falling. 123456789. this is been the most sustained bombing of japan occurred since 1994 and the end of the war between ethnic armenians in the nagorno-karabakh and azerbaijan from early

sunday morning air raid sirens wailed across the city. as a rockets and mortars rained down on. the target where we were filming seems to have been a nearby electricity distribution station. that was a. very close. rocket targeting somewhere near. here. and i think. karma. ok let's go come come to. life as moved underground insta panic at the 8 days now those who haven't left here

have been living like this just short of what we are in a very bad situation we sent all of our children out of the city and we're here for our soldiers for our sons waiting for good news and to get out of the cellars we haven't heard from our fighting we don't know how they are totally armenians are strong we are patient. this apartment building was hit on friday night fortunately the people who live here were in the shelter the shockwave smashed the windows of buildings nearby. weapons technology has advanced considerably in the 30 years since ethnic armenians in the go no karabakh and azerbaijan last fought with this intensity because there is now of help from the turkish military and it seems precision guided missiles and drones. i was 7 years old when i 1st saw war we don't want our children to go through all that that's why we took them to get

a van we are brave united that is why everything is going to be ok kind of back is going to go. back infrastructure is being targeted there was a direct hit on the electricity transformers a couple of hours after we'd filmed nearby stepanek kurt is now without power you're. and on the very edge of nagorno-karabakh more electricity transformers were targeted on sunday afternoon we driven past 5 minutes earlier. this on clay was under pressure like never before as azerbaijan's military forces seem to be trying to completely cut it and its people off from. bernard smith al-jazeera nagorno-karabakh as everybody jan says it cities are also on the attack the government is accusing armenian bank separatist forces of firing on civilian areas in its 2nd largest city ganja the armenians say they've only attacked

military targets destroying an air base azerbaijan says armenia is armed forces launched a late night missile attack against the city of. sin and cos all who was there she says the warring sides are no closer to entering negotiations. amid accusations of all those are bridge on our menu against each other for attacking their civilian settlements in a corner car about conflict seems to be transforming into a direct war between our mania and us our page on that within this week top azerbaijan officials including the president to have threatened that if our mania attacks us our bridge on from our many in territory those firing positions would be destroyed and today our mania official said that they hit. again jay aboard again jet is the 2nd largest city of azerbaijan with 350000 population after that we heard off the show saying that there is eventually area in the city center

was hit by rockets fired from armenia so now everybody is worried as well as our bridge on retaliate against this attack from our mania because as soon as i heard the incident i spoke to official sources in the foreign ministry and to some academics sources all sides are saying that are many as front to drag as our john into a bilateral conflict because if this happens and they believe our main will be able to regain the. international support all regional support let me say that they've been they find it necessary from the. security collective security treaty organization which are many is a member of but as our bridge on is and by this way russia might be in all different and then this question comes up will this turn out to be a regional conflict because if russia is involved turkey might be involved so all these questions are waiting for answers but the coming days seems to be

a far from coming around the negotiation table for us are based on an armenian offer szell's. still ahead of al jazeera columbia's fall crumbles claim responsibility for a series of notorious murders of this downturn over the confessions. and with a record amount of land already buntin california fire chief swarm the worst is yet to come. but. we've got a band of cloud now moving away from the eastern seaboard of the u.s. staying rather unsettled though and see florida for a time base in places of cloud and rain making their way down across the plains is easing out of central canada temperatures will recover there was to go on through monday suddenly went there for minneapolis for example getting up to around 21

celsius the more comfortable than recent days into the high teens over towards the east disabled there's a shower of rain down towards the south and that will continue to be the case not to go up into georgia as we go on into tuesday temps just still just about on the rise just around the northern plains sharing their interest central and eastern parts of canada i would toss a question must be a little bit of wet weather united states dry along the western side of the u.s. i'm hopeful come the end of the week we could even see some rain coming in here so i said he want to watch out for servicing some rain across the yucatan peninsula southern parts of mexico now feed in the impacts of tropical storm gamma which will occupy background into the pen ph as we go on through the next few days another system just pushing across jamaica i suspect we will see some very heavy rain a lot huda floods and mudslides coming in here that aggression make its way to western cuba.

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trump has briefly left the hospital where he's being treated for coronavirus to do a drive by hundreds of supporters gathered outside the u.s. president was seen waving to crowds outside the walter reed military medical facility. earlier doctors treating trump said they'd given him a steroid the world health organization only recommends for severe cases they also revealed his oxygen levels dropped briefly on both friday and saturday as a janitor and armenia are accusing each other of targeting civilians in the conflict over the disputed area of not going to cut about the region's capital came under sustained bombardment killing at least 10 people. former commanders of colombia's far gravel group have claimed responsibility for success as the nation's during the country's civil war one of the assassinations is that of a conservative x. presidential candidate killed in 1905 but many are raising doubts about the

circumstances surrounding the fox claims under m.p.'s he explains from bogota. in a surprise announcement colombia's peace court said former 5 took responsibility for 6 assassinations including that of. the next presidential candidate. the special jurisdiction for peace informs that the chamber for truth responsibility and facts determination has received a letter in representation of the former secretariat of the fock e.p. in which they offered to provide clarify the events and as you responsibility in the following cases on the site of. the november 2nd 1995. the claim has shocked colombians who have long believed that the killing of the tree times conservative party presidential candidate was the responsibility of

political rivals with links to the military and drug cartels the accusations pointed at former president or minister some pair who allegedly received millions in contributions from drug traffickers to finance his campaign in a press release the leaders of the feyerick who are now part of a legal political party said that killing goma sort of the other was a mistake and that they now recognize this commitment to peace in the country promising to reveal the whole truth but some including relatives have gone and president or sowing doubts about the revelations accusing the fark of faking responsibility to protect others since they will not face prison time in the peace tribunal. who made the call for phillips task but it can't allow for an attempt to obstruct the true responsibility behind the murder because pretending to take responsibility for these crimes when they're already guarantees that no one will go to jail generates doubts suspicions and concerns. i've only got to say.

at some analysts say that however surprising these revelations are credible and a hopeful sign for the peace accord. that you know. whatever is revealed will inevitably become a political debate it demonstrates how little we know the court will have to rest a gate and will have the last word yet i think that the murders are coherent with the way operated there are many more things that the fact has to reveal and it's now time for colombia's political establishment to do the same. despite the shark the revelations show that the country's fledgling peace tribunal is moving forward to trying to bring clarity to a still murky and violent past alison room. for the 9th week tens of thousands of people have marched through the center of the russian capital demanding the resignation of president alexander lukashenko demonstrators in minsk are calling for political prisoners to be free to police used water cannon

to disperse them and cordoned off streets and the government protests have been going since it declared victory in a disputed election on august the 9th. people in the south pacific territory of new caledonia have now really voted to stay part of france in a 2nd referendum in 3 years around 53 percent of the votes cast against independence turn out for the referendum was high and about 85 percent french president may manual mike ross says he's grateful for the result. shifted it dark of state i welcome this expression of confidence of the republic with a deep rickey henderson i also welcome its results with humility i do hear the voice of those who want independence and want them to know it is with you it is only to give us tomorrows new caledonia or new caledonia became

a french colony in 1853 tensions have long run deep between pro independence indigenous can x. and descendants of colonial settlers who remain loyal to paris sunday's referendum was the 2nd of up to 3 permitted under the terms of the 998 new near accord the agreement followed violence between the can extend settlers in the one $980.00 s. the island chain depends heavily on france for matters such as defense education and subsidies in recent years though china has been expanding its influence in the resource rich archipelago catherine reece is a professor of economics at the university of new caledonia joins us now from the capital noumea good to have you with us so how do you read this result will it spurring gauge mentor or resentment among the can't community. think it's a huge picture you're mom's or it can act as

a connector independent east and connect people. there i think that we're expecting such are now expecting an r. and increasingly yes a lot that not are so high and i think that's a big victory for them and that makes them confident about what's going on here do you think that i mean since this is the 2nd of 3 referendums do you see the trend going towards independence eventually. i it's hard to say because he's not pretty sure that there's a sort of a find a way to be head in in 2 years now that the u.s. will win because there are still some some are some room from more normal forward as a well so it's not sure that's been the balance will come really from the vault and that's maybe even after the sale and. the steel from now far north maybe that

from them so the people who really have to discuss because a fin that's connect people will be one to go to independence avenue if it's not too from savoyard maybe they would have to negotiate that again with the state with the french state why was a win important for france was it about preventing an unraveling of french colonial era influence not only in new caledonia but in many island nations. i think is influence of. the you know it's important for france to have an influence here and the south but he fit because he on that so many other french former colonies he are armed so it's very important for france to see here and of course if it's not france maybe it could be some also big poland

a region that scan for 4 for them u.k. the net could be an interest to world of the climb in french influence mean a change in the balance of power between the west and china is that the other big power you're referring to. yeah it could be i mean china is east prisoned is here in everyone's small or small but if the country is so on that that's really. saying that's china of course could be until easter but anyway i don't think that's even. independence or clear that france will. leave just new guinea doing yet like that so i'm pretty sure that if this is the presence of france we'll see pretty pretty high an important or thank you so much for analysis on that. france has

deployed the military to search for at least 8 people missing after a devastating floods almost a year's worth of rain fell in 12 hours around the city of nice cutting off villages and washing away roads and houses 2 of the missing are firefighters. france has put paris on maximum alert after a massive surge in corona virus cases the prime minister's office is expected to announce new restrictions for the city and surrounding areas it's believed failing the closure of cafes bars and restaurants more than 12 hours 1000 cases were recorded nationally in the past 24 hours. muslims have returned to the holy site of mecca to perform part of their pilgrimage after saudi arabia partially lifted coronavirus restrictions a maximum of $6000.00 people per day are permitted to enter the grand mosque during

the 1st phase of reopening saudi arabia allowed less than 1000 people to attend july's had to kill her marriage a contrast to the more than 2000000 who usually attend. all public and private gatherings in tunisia being banned as infections increase more than 2 and a half 1000 new cases and 45 deaths were halted restricted punishments for anyone breaking the rules the pandemic is hitting the entertainment sector the world's 2nd largest cinema operator is to shut all its theaters in the u.s. the u.k. and ireland said it world employs nearly $38000.00 people worldwide it reported a $1600000000.00 pretax loss for the 1st 6 months of this year as major firms released states. and in california deadly wildfires have hit a new record hold of land and more than 600000 hectares have gone up in smoke and

the phys is still burning rob reynolds from folds from the sounds of these. wildfires have beseeched california since august when thousands of lightning strikes ignited tinder dry forest and brush scorching hot weather low humidity and high winds turned small places into monsters burning hundreds of homes and consuming 4 percent of the entire land area in the state a total of 8155 fires have burned to date hundreds of homes have been destroyed and at least 31 people have died it's never happened before in recorded history a largest record we have before this for an annual burn it was 1500000 it it can't be understated but we're getting an unprecedented number of acres burned across this state and unfortunately we are just getting into some of the most critical fire months in california the somber record was reported in

a tweet from cal fire the state's fire fighting agency. nearly 17000 firefighters are trying to contain 2 dozen active fires. officials say the so-called glass fire burning in northern california is famous wine country is now their top priority it has incinerated vineyards and wineries and forced thousands to evacuate including the entire town of callous stoga 110 kilometers north of san francisco the climate in california has turned much drier over the years making trees and brush more likely to burn. our research also shows that as global warming continues in the coming decades we can expect to see further intensification of these extreme wildfire weather conditions the primary reason is the very strong effect that the warming has on the dryness of the vegetation with 2

more months before the fire season ends it looks like california is headed for more destruction robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. and let's take a look at some of the headlines here now and is there now donald trump has briefly left the hospital where he's being treated for coronavirus to do a drive by hundreds of supporters outside the u.s. president was seen waving to crowds from a vehicle outside the walter reed medical center john hendren has more. well it was perhaps the most brazen campaign stop in political history a candidate and president so ill that he's on an experimental cocktail of drugs and has taken oxygen twice to supplement his own.