to the heart of the cypriot state and his ear investigations the cyberspace bruise on the cover. thousands of families forced to flee fighting in afghanistan's helmand province. hello i'm adrian from again this is 000 live from doha also coming up millions of early ballots cast in the lead up to the u.s. election signs that voter turnout could be the highest in a century. anger on the streets of bangkok thousands of ties vent their frustration amid calls for an overhaul of the country's electoral system. the shaky cease fire

between armenia and azerbaijan holds but only just and civilians caught in the middle of paying the price. tens of thousands of people have been displaced after heavy days after days of heavy fighting between government troops and taliban forces in southern afghanistan it's been happening in the province of helmand particularly around the regional capital lashkar gah it began on saturday when the taliban launched coordinated attacks on several areas fighting has flared up since with the u.s. carrying out air strikes to defend afghan security forces dozens of taliban fighters are reported to been killed and hospitals are overwhelmed as the 1st major taliban offensive since peace talks with the afghan government resumed last month remember to the president donald trump's promise to bring home u.s. forces by christmas for. well let's go live now to were kabul for you. joins us

from the afghan capital what's the latest on the fighting. well like you said i do in our taliban offensive which we can and the weekend is ongoing there is still a lot of violence that we've been witnessing taking place down in the south in the province of helmand and last night we also had another incident where to afghan military helicopters. and the afghan ministry of defense confirmed just earlier that all night on board. according to local sources the helicopters were there to evacuate some most wanted out found soldiers and since the fighting has been ongoing the afghan defense forces have been moving in more rain force marines and more commandos to deal with but the situation also like you said the fighting is so fears that we've witnessed one of those rare moments where the u.s.

had to step in and so or to the afghan defense forces through our mock target they . are raids and also it's worth noting that violence has been surging across up down the stand in the past few weeks the ministry of interior has just released some numbers earlier saying than the last 2 weeks the taliban have launched 577 attacks where 270 wants to billions have been injured and killed in which you keep in mind that all this is happening just as the peace talks in doha between be outgunned elevate get delegation of the taliban is taking place for their many thanks indeed let's bring in osama bin job who's been following this for us here in doha. why is this fighting so intense and why is it happening now. well it read this is a projection of power by the taliban the taliban as they would like to protect

themselves is not a monolith structured army yes they have been structured in the way that they have been following the central command but the fighters in the south as we've been monitoring the last few weeks have been agitated to say the least saying that they see this as a capitulation they have given hundreds of thousands of fighters to their cause and they're the ones who have been able to push out the u.s. forces so they don't see any reason to why they should be talking to the afghan government and this is why you see the. delegation not the taliban talking in terms of which are palatable to their fighters they're not saying that they're talking to the afghan government they have not recognized the afghan government as the legitimate government in power but see them as a party to the conflict so the timing is it's when the talks have been stalled there has been very little if no progress and there's been a lot of pressure on the taliban from various sides including interlocutors in between to try and come back to the negotiating table but you have to realize that

the team and is stuck between trying to find ways to make amends but also to keep make sure that its fighters on the ground do not feel abandoned because that is not the only group in town which is recruiting fighters remember that there are ice and other organizations but there is fear that if taliban tells its fighters that they should put down their weapons it will see it will be seen as something close to or a surrender and the taliban clearly as not just their body language but their statements this see themselves as the winners coming out of this nearly 2 decade long conflict and the u.s. talking to them directly so with this offensive going on right now and it and it being true saying so sheer what hope for the peace talks now. well i was talking to a diplomat and who said that you have to look at it either a half glass half full or half empty and nobody has walked out of the talks we've

heard concerns from the afghan government side saying that they are under intense pressure by their people that how can you be talking peace when there is ongoing war but they do see this as an opportunity that in 20 years this is the 1st time that they have met face to face the ice has been broken they have been meeting in the last 3 to 4 days multiple times to try and move forward inch forward but the united states has also been very realistic it has not called for a comprehensive cease fire but is asking for a reduction in violence these are groups which have been fighting each other for 2 decades that ongoing peace process is not going to be quick or easy but it does seem to be stuck on major point such as the jurisprudence islamic jurisprudence that the taliban is asking for as well as a continuation of that agreement that they had with the u.s. government the government says that it was not party to that conflict and it should not be one of the stumbling blocks especially this early in the stage of the peace talks. some of enjoyment reporting live from some of many thanks indeed. in what

may prove to be a potential breakthrough in a decades long dispute between israel and lebanon the 2 sides a meeting to discuss them our time board delegations are in southern lebanon for what is being called indirect talks being hosted by the united nations and mediated by the u.s. both sides claim parts of the mediterranean coastline if resolved the 2 countries could move forward with oil and gas exploration lived out of a cooler in southern lebanon. is the site of one of the significance of these talks what exactly are they discussing. away from the media israeli and lebanese negotiators are sitting together in one room agreeing to discuss a long running dispute to delia made their maritime border these talks are being hosted by the united nations and really for the 1st time that the u.s.

is mediating in the dispute the u.s. has been engaged in intense diplomacy over recent years to get these 2 sides to the negotiating table it's significant yes because this is the 1st time since 1998 that the israelis and the lebanese are talking about the civilian matter monthly there are meetings at the u.n. base here in southern lebanon to discuss security and defense related issues issues related to the cease fire along the border but this time they're talking about the civilian matter now lebanese officials as well as israeli officials have been repeatedly saying over recent days that these talks are not about making peace these talks are not about normalizing ties or recognizing each other these are hostile neighbors but these talks are just about a technical issues deal the 18 this border now whether or not at this possible that this is another question whether or not these talks will succeed but for both sides there are commercial interests at stake lebannon more than israel in fact because

israel has already started to drill and explore its waters but lebanon has has not and lebanon is in the deep economic crisis it would welcome any hard currency so many thanks to you don't. own them. the world bank has approved $12000000000.00 in new funding for developing countries to buy covert 19 vaccines financial help also be used to test and treat people for covert 19 it's part of a 160000000000 dollar program to help nations fights the coronavirus pandemic. the united states has reported more than 40000 new corona virus infections on monday daily case numbers have risen in the 33 states as the country sees a surge in hospital admissions doctors say a man in the volga has been reinfected with the virus he required hospital treatment after his lungs deteriorated during the 2nd infection it's one of just a few known cases of reinfection globally. bars and restaurants are being shut in

the netherlands after a record daily increase in covert 19 cases the government has banned the sale of alcohol after 8 pm a mosque 7 made compulsory in indoor spaces merely 7400 new infections were announced on tuesday europe has seen a spike in numbers in the netherlands as one of the highest infection rates per capita worldwide peru has opened the ancient ruins of matchup it shoot for one japanese tourists who were stranded in the country due to the coronavirus restrictions the site was opened especially the jesse cathy element who bought a ticket to the ruins in march bonds was placed on the lockdown thereby before he could visit the site is due to reopen next month. curry. really hurts your. corridor if you're not up on the day when you see 2010 with the head of the park so that he could be set before

returning home because the plan is for him to return to his country. mexico is preparing for its annual day of the dead but on the coronavirus restrictions instead of the usual celebrations people in mexico city a mocking the day with decorative displays the day of the dead is a hispanic tradition where it's believed that once a year the dead return from the underworld families use the events to remember loved ones and to celebrate life a weather update next here on al-jazeera that signs of hope that israel and lebanon could soon find a way to end the decades old border disputes. and fishing for deals conferenced format look to bragg's it to save the industry. from. how you can feel the change of seasons throughout europe now has been snow

falling the outstation the big surprise and this thing here this waving frontal system although not particularly cold in itself is enduring inducing a cold wind after it and that's quite a strong winter look at the temperatures from vienna to berlin nines and tens now we're well below where we should be saying don't talk about november or december so berlin's forecasts of 1011 degrees whereas it should be 40 and a windows and you've got something or winter wind chill it will be unpleasant and not cold has stretched further south and he 7 much of western europe is a few degrees were below where it should be on all the actions been in the mediterranean and yet again you've got potentially heavy rain running from italy towards greece and the balkans for wednesday and thursday that he's drawing these trials for most of north africa we've had some pretty big showers recently just catching west africa has funnels as the gambia but when say looks quiet and it's

relatively quiet too there's still a few showers to come but most are focusing further south in places like carrot or d.r. see this is the time the year when you tend to get most of the rain in this part of the world and occasionally go down through zimbabwe and malawi but only if you're lucky. frank assessments if other can public opinion piece betrayed by social media platforms after november what would be because if you believe that there are corrosive to our democracy one obvious solution is to break the law informed opinion lucas and his dog anyway the protestors are going anywhere either with a revolution people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines that's really out there on the screen inside story on al-jazeera. the.

again this is al jazeera the survivor the main news this hour of fighting between taliban forces and government troops in afghanistan as tens of thousands people it began when the taliban launched coordinated attacks in helmand province saturday. israel and lebanon a meeting to discuss control of maritime borders the delegations are in southern lebanon what are being called indirect talks. of the world bank has approved $12000000000.00 in new funding for developing countries to buy covert 19 vaccines it's part of a $160000000000.00 program to help nations fives and. president trumps u.s. supreme court nominee says that she's made no commitment to the white house on how

to rule on major cases including election disputes amy kearney barrus testified before a senate committee on the 2nd day of her confirmation hearing i was there as alan fischer reports. on capitol hill it was time for judge to make money bennett to face questions from senators the chairman of the committee was a new doubt the president picked the right person to fill the vacancy caused by the death of ruth bader ginsburg and i would say you're one of the greatest picks president trapped in mate and from the conservative side of the aisle you're one of the most qualified people of your generation if you could be more specific in any way several democrats wanted the judge to make her position clear on controversial issues that may soon come before the supreme court money in politics abortion on the affordable care act again and again the response was the same. my personal views don't have anything to do with how i would decide cases and i don't want anybody to be unclear about that i'm not willing to make

a deal not with the committee not with the president not with anyone an independent and she insisted her nomination was not going to her taking any position on cases before the court i have made no commitment to anyone not in the senate not over at the white house about how i would decide any case days before announcing the judges the supreme court nominee president donald trump said he wanted a full court justices to deal with any issues coming out of the election his comments on possible voter fraud sparking morning a lengthy court battle could follow the judge but it said she considers stepping aside if there was any conflict of interest i certainly hope that our members of the committee have more confidence in my integrity than to think that i would allow myself to be used as a con to decide this election for the american people senator cory booker tried to highlight differences between the nominee and the president from his questions she denounced white supremacy and acknowledged there was racial bias in america's

judicial system would be hard to imagine a system of criminal justice system as big as ours not having any implicit bias and senator coming the hardest said the nomination was being rushed for political purposes republicans are scrambling to confirm this mommy as fast as possible because they need one more judge on the bench before november 10th to weigh in and strike down the entire football care act the appointment of judges in the u.s. is very political particularly for the supreme court of judge university colleagues to withdraw her nomination because the presidential election is so close that's not going to happen and she'll be back before the committee on day 3. on capitol hill. away from washington both presidential candidates traded blows on the campaign trail donald trump attacks joe biden during a rally in the battleground state of pennsylvania. this election is

a simple choice if i can show you know when it's all these other countries when we get ripped off by everybody you we wish you would print something you were in america when it's very simple. for years the selfish and corrupt political class betrayed the people of pennsylvania you know that and the people of our country biden has been campaigning in the state of florida addressing older voters many of whom backs trump and 2016 that's been used to worry the entire story my view don't trump presidency the fact that he's never been focused on what matters he's never been focused on you he's handling of this been demick he's been a radical just like his presidency is bad and it has prevented florida senior people all across the country from getting the relief that they need donald trump hasn't just been willing to. not do the work i think it's that beyond that i'm not

sure he cares about really really any real help many us states are seeing historic levels of early voting more than 10000000 people of already mailed in or dropped off the votes to use the pandemic president trump has repeatedly criticized mail in voting saying it leads to force officer as any gallica reports. on the 1st day of early voting in georgia people lined up for hours to cast their ballots in some counties voters reported waiting more than 10 hours but it isn't just in person voting that shattering records across the country as people make their voices heard more than 10 and a half 1000000 ballots have already been mailed in or dropped off a number that could see voter turnout the highest since 1908 despite fears over the coburg 19 pandemic long waits and technical issues in some states early voting is hitting historic numbers for me as a younger person i am relic ready and willing to stand out here and brave their

call they had a poll that i had to make head and i thought it was so much at stake and president trumps unfounded claims that mail in voting could lead to massive fraud there are problems the republican party in california installed dozens of their own ballot drop off boxes virtually indistinguishable from boxes sanctioned by the state officials call them unofficial and illegal and have insisted they be removed those official ballot drop boxes go through a number of steps that are required in law and regulations for installation for security for placement so having these unofficial ballot drop boxes that anybody can go to on main and and not meeting all those requirements is just not appropriate according to the u.s. election assistance commission the popularity of 1000000 votes has been growing for years but this year it may play into the hands of democratic presidential nominee joe biden here in florida the number of early votes reveals a potentially worrying statistic for president donald trump the number of

democratic voters who have cast their ballots early tops republicans by more than 350000 this is a state the president must win many republican voters don't trust mail in voting so those numbers will change is election day draws near or at the biden campaign's push to get people voting early seems to be working make a plan to. early and then get involved i know you're busy i know that i know your strike so. but this action is too important not to do every single thing we can florida is the 1st state to begin sorting its mail in ballots but like other states the votes will to fishley be counted until election day for now only the computers know the results of what will be a historic presidential election and to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida in thailand hundreds of protesters are out on the streets of the capital demanding reform lisa live pictures from bangkok all of this comes ahead of

a bigger rally that's expected in the coming hours the protesters want the prime minister to resign at a complete overhaul of the electoral system there also calling for reforms to the monarchy and laws to protect the king from public scrutiny of a serious called hyper is in bangkok. the anti-government protesters began gathering here in democracy monument just after 8 o'clock this morning who supposed to be in the afternoon but they came early to occupy some space here on this traffic circle around democracy money you can see them now starting to gather around me you know why they have chosen today that's because in 1973 there was a student led uprising much like this that overthrew the then military government now what they're asking for now they've refined their demands down to 3 they want the cabinet to resign they want a new constitution and this is the most controversial part of it they want reform within the monarchy something that hasn't been touched in many many many years but that is why they're out here again this is the 4th large scale demonstration they

have been able to do since july now what's interesting with this again this is a traffic circle here around democracy monument on this side of the monument you can see maybe some of the yellow shirts out there those are people who support the monarchy and who support the government so they have also come out in force again that's part of the reason why the anti-government protesters came out early so they can occupy their part of the circle so be able to see how things are on the fold over the afternoon one thing though the organizers of the anti-government protest say they're going to do it later in the day is go down this road and that is to march toward government house now we know that down the road even further they have put the police up put on buses across the street and have police cordons after that to prevent them from doing it so they're allowing them to gather here around democracy monument but they're definitely making a bold move a strong move to prevent them from going to the government house later in the day last ditch talks taking place between the u.k. and european negotiators in an effort to avoid a no deal briggs's the main sticking point is fishing rights france's leading

resistance to any move that would reduce access to british waters by its fisherman which is there is andrew symonds reports now from peterhead in scotland the u.k.'s most productive fishing pools. fishermen in scotland say they found that going to tough for too long old. sure the scots may have voted to remain in the e.u. but out at sea they're looking at brics it is their savior in peterhead the port was once filled with fishing boats it's different now 60 percent of the fleet was lost after the u.k. joined what was then known as the european community in 1973 skipper brian bachman whose fish the north sea for 4 decades remembers the bad times vividly after europe's common fishing policy gave fishing rights to other countries now he believes it's all about to change it's good to be an old 10 times element such what we did say and when it should be a free for all fisherman in the u.k.

government look across the north sea to a new agreement with norway which is not an e.u. member as a model on how they think it should be with the e.u. negotiations every year with the u.k. as an independent coastal states a mutually agreed exchange of quotas and access to each other's waters we have some of the best fisheries in the world in u.k. waters and for 14 years we've been giving those fish away the majority of those special caught by other nations we shouldn't be doing that but like most wrecks of related issues the fishing sector is complicated seafood processing companies could lose access to e.u. markets and heart of all u.k. fish production is exported to the u. does the people in the and the e.u. wanted of course they do it's where the boy in the 1st place of people of the market. politicians can make all the body of the work but what it's about is the

people wanting the fish to be up to be the right place for it there's a mood of great expectations here although with a realisation that some concessions are likely to be made but there are red lines and if they're broken or blurred they'll be uproar and shouts of betrayal and at the u.k. government planning i think that this is the u.k. prime minister boris johnson here at peterhead fish market a year ago making one of many promises to regain full control of fishing in british waters and his bricks and negotiators still seem to be abiding by that pledge if the e.u. doesn't do a u. turn that could be a no deal brecht's it and all the uncertainty that could bring andrew simmons al-jazeera peterhead scotland has been fierce fighting overnight between armenia and azerbaijan and forces over the disputed nagorno-karabakh region that's despite the russian brokered cease fire which came into force on saturday the region is

officially part of azerbaijan and is controlled by ethnic armenians 00 reports now from the as any city of being gets a fair. gorse in armenia is the closest town to now go knock out over and hosts thousands of people displaced by fighting with. many arrived here with their clothes on their back young volunteers donation boxes to help provide their basic needs. they do shifts some of the volunteers as students but we have school children as well they come in early in the morning and they do not want to leave we urge them to have some rest but they keep staying and work constantly. on the other side of the conflict children and their families forced from their homes in tartar city in azerbaijan take shelter in a school in the town of barter a local aid agencies or for help in refugee centers including supplying baby food

and diapers. many of these hours have been displaced at least once before during the war in the early ninety's then armenian forces occupied 7 cities and as are very close to knock on a car up are the ones that amount of providing food medicine and everything but we must go back to our homes this is how it has to be a rather eat a piece of onion and bread but in my home. a ceasefire which came into force on sunday has been violated from the 1st hour it started it all sighs accuse each other of fire the cease fire agreed in moscow last week was supposed to allow the handover of bodies of soldiers as well as prisoners of war supervised by the international committee of the red cross that hasn't happened we are in continuous discussions with them proposing passing proposals back to enforce. operational and law just equal agreements need to be agreed on in place and the safety of our teams guaranteed for such an operation to take place we are however

not involved in the political negotiations. as our bridge on school so large turkey says in addition to ceasefire the international community should urge armenian forces to withdraw from what it calls us our bridges occupied territories based on the un and e.u. resul issues turkey has announced its full support for azerbaijan both diplomatically and militarily i mean yes prime minister nicolas question yet said the humanitarian crisis can only be prevented if the international community officially recognizes the right of nagorno-karabakh people to self-determination and the point of recognizing its independence question here and also south that the turkish forces are in the south coca says in order to continue the policy of what he calls the genocide of their many and people he also accused her of carefree quitting syrian mysteries to fight for us are very jumpy they're all fish oils and

the capsule back you have repeated but the night that then there has been no response from the leadership in un kyra why the interview held in both capitals as that question yanis trying to gain international support buy in will ring true get directly in this conflict scene after solo. terror as our bridges you crew members are on their way to the international space station and in record time to 2 russians at an american are aboard a russian soyuz rocket blasted off from kazakhstan for the 1st time they are using a fast track but move up to reach the space station in just 3 hours usually takes at least twice as long they'll be orbiting the earth for the next 6 months. it is good to have you with us hello adrian figure here in doha the headlines are 0 a new fighting between taliban.