who promised greatness again. the coronavirus pandemic has seen resurgence replaced with a recession as the world eagerly watches to see how either presidential candidate might revive the flagship u.s. economy. details coverage of the us elections on al-jazeera. donald trump says he won't take part in the 2nd presidential debate after organizers make it virtual because of coronavirus. watching al-jazeera live from also coming up new warnings the. break could spiral out of control in germany after a sharp jump in infection. 30 more soldiers are killed in the disputed region of

the go to cut out of it attacks from azerbaijan as international mediators are to meet in geneva. and police move against tens of thousands who are rallying in angry about a new all they say workers and the environment. the us president donald trump says he will not take part in the 2nd u.s. presidential debate if it is held virtually the debate commission has changed the format because of covert 19 it said it wanted to protect the health of all people involved in next week's events mr trump is still recovering course from his infection. i heard that the commission a little while ago changed the debate style and that's not acceptable to us beat him easily in the 1st debate going to the polls that i've seen but i beat him

easily in that i felt they beat them easily i think he felt it too and now i'm not going to waste my time in a virtual debate that's not what debating is all about you sit behind a computer and do a debates ridiculous and then they cut you off whenever they want to following that developing story for a still developing we're broke what 90 minutes go i guess kimberly what's he been saying about it. yeah the u.s. president is really trying to make 2 points here the 1st is that he believes that the debate commission is biased that it is favoring joe biden and as well he's trying to make the argument that his opponent is weak that he is concerned about donald trump having some sort of positivity even though he has continued to test negative in recent days or that there could be some risks now we should point out that these conditions are something that we're being discussed for a number of days as a result of the president's positive test for covert 19 we understand that joe

biden the democratic presidential nominee has agreed to these terms but donald trump as you heard there not happy about in fact his campaign sent out a statement if you want to read it with me he says for the swap creatures at the presidential debate commission to now rush to joe 5 insta fence by unilaterally counseling and in person debate is pathetic the safety of all involved 2 can easily be achieved without counseling a chance for voters to see both candidates go head to head so the u.s. president saying that he doesn't believe that there's a reason to cancel these debates he believes that he's healthy enough but we should be clear he's still not in the clear and could have a relapse but he says look if i can't do it in person where he believes he has an edge what he says is he'll hold rallies instead in fact he's been talking this morning suggesting that there could even be one as recently or as soon rather as tonight but more likely the campaign saying possibility of one in pittsburgh on

monday but none of this is yet officially confirmed so he's calling the commission decision committee older decision swung creatures a notice on twitter he's calling camilla harris monstrous so his how can i put this delicately his writing skills on twitter back to normal is clear but. we saw him this time yesterday in that video address from outside the white house looking unusual we heard him in that telephone interview 1st thing this morning your time how is he looking how is he sounding he is sounding better but i will suggest that many reporters have privately observed while his doctor sean connelly says that donald trump is back that he is a symptom free that he hasn't had a fever for 4 days there is this says that he's still having some labored breathing and what the doctors have not revealed are the long scans and we know that with

covert 19 it can leave some scarring in the lungs it can damage other organs none of this has been verified for the american public so donald trump says he's back but again given the fact that he's 74 years old given the fact that his doctors have been a vase of about answering some very basic questions well he sounds ok again the risk of a relapse is high ok we had the v.p. debates last night your time kimberly's so we had mike pence come on harris and the fly that landed up here on mr pence i think for what was it 1213 minutes was never going to move for some reason maybe there's a lot of product the demand will never know. too easy too simplistic to say who won but they both clearly had attack before hand and people are saying will come a harris nobody is now saying. she will never make a good president so we're proposing to her look you're riding high in the polls all

you've got to do in there is less is more and you can sail away to a victory of this particular debate. yeah exactly no one ever really talks about the vice presidential debates in this case there's only one and you know the goal for both of these candidates was really just to not make any sort of soundbite or that could be played on the campaign trail or make a major gaffe or mistake so both of them hit their stride with respect to that some people have commented that after the 1st presidential debate that was so disastrous that saw donald trump repeatedly interrupting not respecting the rules that mike pence once again did what he has done since the beginning of the trumpet ministration that is mop up the mass of his boss and so in many respects this was very traditional this was very respectful there was decorum the things that americans are looking for but the one thing that was very notable was the contrast in the platforms what each ticket is offering the american public and that's really

what this came down to a clear choice for americans as they go to the polls on november 3rd rob reynolds reports senator harrison vice president pence thank you for being here the sharp exchanges over the trumpet ministrations handling of the coronavirus pandemic started the debate whatever the vice president is claiming the administration has done clearly it hasn't worked when you're looking at over 210000 dead bodies in our country american lives that have been lost families that are grieving that loss and you know the vice president is the head of the task force but when you see what the american people have done over these last 8 months has worked. that's a great disservice to the sacrifices the american people of maine so let's talk about caring about the american people the american people have to sacrifice far too much because of the incompetence of this administration pince dodged

a question about the rose garden ceremony that became a super spreader event it was an outdoor event which all of our scientists regularly and routinely advise the difference here is president trump and i trust the american people to make choices in the best interest of their health care is fired back let's talk about respecting the american people to respect the american people when you tell them the truth but look senator harris you're trying to do your own opinion but the candidates clashed over the economy taxes and sharply over global warming which harris called an existential threat we have seen a pattern with this administration which is they don't believe in finance and joe's plan is about saying we're going to deal with it but we're also going to create jobs donald trump when asked about the wildfires in california and the question was you know the science is telling us this you know what donald trump said that science doesn't know we don't need a massive 2 trillion dollar green new deal that would impose all new mandates on

american businesses and american families there were flashes reminiscent of the chaotic troubled biden debate as parents repeatedly interrupted and talked over harris but she remained calm mr vice president speaking if you don't mind letting me finish we can have a conversation ok please ok senator harris other issues discussed included racial justice policing reform and the rise of white supremacists i want everyone to know who puts on the uniform of law enforcement every day president trump and i stand with you and the reality of this is that we are talking about an election in 27 days where last week the president of the united states took it to. bait stage in front of 70000000 americans and refused to condemn white supremacists whether any of the exchanges in this debate will change many voters' minds remains to be seen

meanwhile both parents and harris as well as biden will be campaigning on thursday in arizona a swing state where polls show biden is leading robert also al jazeera salt lake city. now again that is the one and only vice presidential debate there has been a little bit of criticism of the moderator that she allowed both candidates to not fully answer questions for mike pence as rob reynolds reported there it was the issue of the rose garden being a super spreader a vent for the nomination of amy coney barrett to the supreme court and there is some criticism that the moderator also allowed kamel harris to not answer the question of if republicans do get that nomination through to the supreme court will they then pack the court as it's called an add justices in order to level the conservatives versus the liberals on that court so that was an open question that was not answered a little bit of eyebrow raising about why there wasn't

a concrete answer there that's something that will have to be handled now on the campaign trail and again peter not much time left about 27 days and counting and what still remains in question is the future of that next presidential debate where donald trump says he will not participate and joe biden says he will and every day there's something new to talk about kimberly thank you so much we'll talk to research. ok more now on the corona virus pandemic and there is a disturbing trend developing right across europe just before winter hits there infections are surging and in some places it's worse than it's ever been austria has just recorded its highest number of daily cases ever at more than $1200.00 that's higher than in the month of march when the initial wave of infections was at its peak is the same story in slovakia with over 1000 cases a record figure for one day there the united kingdom is having to consider implementing even more cope with 1000 restrictions as the 2nd wave in the u.k.

well it's considered to be accelerating is it getting away from the government time will tell cases they're rising by about 14000 every day the situation in ukraine is looking increasingly dire to lock down measures are extended a record 5000 people have been diagnosed with the virus in just the past 24 hours and in germany there are warnings of the virus spreading uncontrollably with health officials concerned there soon could be $10000.00 cases per day in germany already up to elicit with the current situation worries me a lot we don't know how things will develop over the next few weeks it's possible that we will see more than 10000 new cases a day it's possible that the virus spreads uncontrollably dominic kane has more on the concerns of health officials from berlin. they are very concerned at the rise in cases because let's be clear about this case the number of new infections has

been rising steadily for many weeks right across the country but it's in the last several days that it's really surged in germany in several hotspots around the country notably berlin itself many districts in berlin are close to or already at what they call risk status here so what what's really causing concern to the leading officials and to the elected officials is their preparedness for this 2nd wave that's sweeping across the continent right now they have in this city at least they have a traffic light system of warnings of categories of covert which they monitor and with which they use to judge whether they need to introduce more restrictions social distancing curfews that sort of thing and there are some people who say that that should be adapted and then adopted around the country but it hasn't happened yet just yet and the health minister the federal health minister young man is not in favor of a nationwide lockdown just now but of course they are monitoring the developments

very closely still to come on this program a warning about the possible spread of coronavirus across syria the u.n. says the numbers are much higher than those being reported. also at living in an open prison and human rights watch calls for an end to the mass detention of bringing the refugees in me and my. hello we have typhoon chan home making its way towards japan the organizing and race strengthening at the moment pushing a little further northward. picked up to about $130.00 club misses on the way in sustained winds gusts much higher than that of course it is going to continue pushing up towards q.c. not quite making landfall here it is expected to discuss to the south and east of

honshu but as you can see throwing ahead of it a lot of very heavy rain as we go on through friday pushing on into west sat stay out west the weather coming in across much of honshu there will be widespread flooding ad widespread destruction as a result of that and then as we go on into sunday clear skies come back in behind temp just picking up to around 27 celsius a trons a chance to dry out here then not seep out this weekend that we can firstly across the korean peninsula by the russians well outs of heaven so it is going to be lossy dry and laws you try to across a good parts of china be pushed out into end-i china into the philippines some nasty storms all chain of storms there bringing some heavy downpours into the philippines into vietnam iraq across india china and that same china storms now moving into the bay of bengal.

to he not global community we are our biggest conversation over. the whole crazy someone response that looks like the part of the debate issue in egypt you can jump into the conversation right away when no topic is off the table you're not afraid of anyone taking just one point for you reason is to listen to what you says the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer it's not to destroy the system it's just to look at the system and a modern world this tree on out is the arab. world . you're watching al-jazeera i'm peter dhabi less recap your top stories the u.s. president donald trump is refusing to take part in

a virtual debate with his democratic rival joe biden the debate commission change the format after missed from the streets for coronavirus commitment to his campaign says he will be doing a rally instead. coronavirus cases are surging across much of europe daily infections are higher than they've ever been in austria slovakia and crane and in germany cases have reached their highest level since april. back to our top story mr trump apparently bowing out of the 2nd debate earlier we spoke to michael fauntroy he's acting director of the ronald w. walters leadership and public policy center at howard university he thinks mr trump has made a mistake. yes it is a much friendlier venue he doesn't have to face any questions hard or otherwise if you just hold a rally but if you have people watch rallies then watch the base and the likelihood is very high that the in person audience won't be very large i can imagine

a lot of people coming to see an infectious president speak and which point the story becomes about how many people are there rather than how many people were there what he had to say so i think the president is making a really big tactical error by holding a rally so close to being affected with coronavirus and again i think this was him sort of thinking out loud i can't see why he would think this is a good idea the unspoken truth about some of these presidential debates is that the candidates really don't want to do them because they're the opportunity to mess up is far greater than the opportunity to score points and so present truck who had a terrific performance last week have probably has that in the back of his mind understanding that the message he's been trying to sell isn't really working so he's going to go down and try to sell it to friendly audiences rather than trying to convince people who might be on to france or pose him to come or come around his

way of thinking now at least 13 more soldiers a sense of being killed in fighting over the going to cut about the defense ministry in this disputed region says $357.00 men have died since fighting with azeri forces broke out 12 days ago it's the worst violence between armenia and azerbaijan in decades there's more shelling in the not going to cut a box main city staff and a kid's local rights group says half the population there has been displaced because of constant attacks from as a by john. well there are similar accusations from the as area side they accuse armenia of targeting population centers civilian deaths have been reported in several regions where hundreds of homes have been destroyed by artillery international mediators a stepping up efforts to hold the conflict with french russian and american representatives meeting in geneva turkey's foreign minister has criticized international efforts that have failed to resolve the dispute he says armenia was

in boulder and because no one challenge their occupation of territory we have to change this status it cannot go it cannot continue like this the territories of azerbaijan including not in the car under the occupation of armenia for almost 3 decades since 1922 we have minced group we have many score chairs russia united states and france has there been any solution or any credible efforts no so that's why i remain here is very much encouraged to attack as a bridge in the territories that are not under the occupation for moment in july and also recently so we also believe in peaceful negotiated solution but everybody has to understand the frustration that president shares and of other better. aid agencies are warning of a sharp increase in coronavirus cases across war torn syria they fear the lack of

infrastructure in opposition and kurdish held areas instructors won't be able to deal with a significant outbreak zain ahold of reports that reports from inside syria continue to point to a much broader spread of kopi 90 and the number of confirmed cases the united nations has been reporting rising infection rates in syria for some time now given the limited testing across the country and challenges in contact tracing it is likely that the actual number of cases far exceeds official figures. the syrian government reports nearly 4500 cases and 200 deaths and portrays the situation as under control but multiple sources questioned that narrative they say infections have been in the 10s of thousands and at least 65 doctors died as they struggled in ill equipped hospitals with a lack of protective gear many patients are. not.

many. patients because they. other patients. only one or every. infections have also increased tenfold in opposition controlled territories in the northern syria at least 30 percent are health workers coping is a challenge especially because there was a health crisis before the corona virus outbreak hundreds of medical workers were killed and facilities destroyed during the war and the deliberate campaign by syrian government forces and their allies medical workers say they are on the brink of an emergency. before the pandemic we used to work from now until 2 we are now working from 9 till 7 and sometimes even longer hours. despite that testing remains limited this medical laboratory serves up to 4000000 people who live in it live and

nearby areas even when we have centers up and running we don't have sufficient as. that is going to be a challenge coming down the line to be able to test as many people as needed and also people who are trained to analyze that and ellen efforts are being made to slow the spread by raising awareness and distributing hygiene kits in this densely populated and impoverished region where many live in camps sanitation is a challenge with a shortage of medical equipment and supplies as well as a weakened health infrastructure due to 9 years of conflict and government neglect communities are vulnerable jennifer their al-jazeera beirut. covered 19 appears to be spreading wildly in northern england liverpool leeds newcastle and manchester have seen steep rises in cases mainly clustered around universities now hospital admissions are starting to rise to power the government in london is

threatening tighter controls of pubs and restaurants leaders in those northern cities have their own ideas on the whole reports now from oldham in greater manchester. street by street door to door this is what it takes to contain an outbreak it is this thing around us in this particular area with that team of testers with us these are mainly unpaid volunteers working with the council in oldham greater manchester an area turning the tide on rising covert infection rates while the rest of manchester remains the current u.k. hotspot i think it's brilliant i hate. to. think it brilliant should do it this everywhere manisha. this doorstep testing here but severe testing shortages elsewhere confusing local restrictions are having little effect so oldham is doing for itself what the government is struggling to keeping

people safe the central government needs to learn from us in oklahoma about what we've been doing and what's been successful they did to listen to us and rather than doing broadcasts of i assume where they tell us what the government is doing which it's not always clear whether or not it's backed up by the science that dialogue needs to be 2 way we need to be feeding back off into the government what we're doing on the ground that's working and then they need to learn from that and roll that out to other areas rather than imposing kind of top down restrictions that are not always backed by the science and appear legitimate to the vast numbers of people another aspect of why infection rates are spiralling so alarmingly up here in the north is that when the national lockdown was lifted tour in the summer it was done on a london centric basis leaving infection rates still uncomfortably high in parts of the north well social and economic inequalities have combined since then to do much of the rest. it's known as the north south divide higher levels of unemployment overcrowding and poverty that are now contributing to rising hospital admissions too in the northwest regions are. using great places for example actually quite

rapidly so it started but it was 15 plays being used in off west and but at that moment it got to about. here about you'd say almost a factor of 10 increase and there are students lots of them back on campus since september most now confined to cramped apartments and halls of residence a predictable wave of student infections increased manchester's overall rate 10 fold some may be tempted to think this is all happening a long way from the capital but as the government prepares to announce new lockdown rules that could be economically disastrous up here the predictions are that london could be just 2 weeks behind jonah hill al-jazeera manchester the government of myanmar is being asked to release 130000 muslims from detention a report by human rights watch has described life in their refugee camps in rakhine state as squalid and abusive some 750000 reindeer fled me in march of bangladesh

following a military crackdown in 2017 the report says those who remain face inhuman conditions with severe limitations on movement health and life in hoods. tens of thousands of student protesters of 4 with the police in the indonesian capital as they protest against a new labor law unions say it will erode workers' rights and weaken environmental protections but the president. says it will boost the economy by cutting red tape and streamlining regulations is jessica washington. it's the government hope to pass its new labor legislation quickly and quietly saying it's needed to encourage investment but it provoked anger on the streets outside a luxury shopping complex in the city center a group set fire to a bus station and thousands demonstrated across the country to voice their anger against a law they say would take away workers' rights. the right we're all afraid of cars

at 19 but now we're more scared of the only bus law because the lives of labor isn't others are $0.03 now on the 3rd day of nationwide protests demonstrations arrived in the capital despite covert done restrictions banning gatherings of 5 people or more around the country violence broke out between some young people and the police. tens of thousands of students protested had gathered here in jakarta including high school is to protest against these controversial new law but security forces are trying to clear this area and have fired tear gas at the teenagers the government says changes a needed to encourage big businesses to invest in indonesia and boost the economy but critics say the build removes some benefits from the chloe's that could lead to reduce wages severance pay and leave in title meant for millions and also waters down safeguards that protect the environment in nearby bogor military personnel got

caught in a skirmish with demonstrators legislation normally takes years to get passed in indonesia's palm and but this bill was approved in just a matter of months why has this new. this is the only sense for us i'm afraid. there are. some business groups say the legislation is necessary as indonesia faces its worst downturn since the asian financial crisis it could be easier if other countries offered much lower severance pay than indonesia and indonesia won't appeal to investments and want to attract investment. factory workers and cities on the outskirts of the capital trying to get to the country's parliament but were blocked by police 'd the bill is president joker widows' signature economic policy

and it's unlikely the government will revoke it but some demonstrators say they will take their fight to the constitutional court if the government doesn't listen just to washington al-jazeera jakarta. the swedish academy has announced the latest winner for a nobel prize the rebel prize in literature for 2020 is awarded to the american poet louise click for her mistake people poor to voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal. luck is professor of english at yale university she's also won the pulitzer prize and the national book award a work often focuses on childhood and family life and the bond between siblings. ok updating your top stories so far this half hour u.s. president donald trump is refusing to take part in

a virtual debate with his democratic rival joe biden the debate commission change the format after trump was treated for cope with 19.