the hero in the world needs. washing. police in thailand disperse anti-government protesters and arrest at least 6 of their leaders. hello i'm down jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up to u.s. citizens are set free in exchange for hundreds of hutu fighters ahead of a bigger prisoner swap in efforts to end the conflict in yemen. the. 6 cries of despair as the conflict over nagorno-karabakh escalates threatening a ceasefire brokered by russia. and the health emergency in france and new

restrictions in england europe grapples with a 2nd wave of the pandemic. we begin with the unrest in thailand where thousands of anti-government protesters have been cleared from outside the prime minister's office in the capital police marched on to the streets after the government declared an emergency in the early morning banning large gatherings where tensions flared as demonstrators rallied around the democracy monument in the heart of bangkok on wednesday rights groups say at least 6 but its leaders and dozens of others have been arrested a scot has more now from bangkok. about 5 hours ago that they were removed those protesters those hardcore protesters if you call them that a few 100 of them that stayed out around the government house area overnight and then there was that emergency decree 4 am local time that allowed the riot police

to clear them out because they this enacted a law a rule that no more than 5 people will gather at one place so that's what they used to for them to leave now what happened earlier on wednesday thousands of anti-government protesters started at democracy monument which is about a kilometer and a half away from here really big big big crowds walking down an avenue going through several police checkpoints some physical some with the police there they were negotiated some some checkpoints they actually broke through even moved the bus to make their way here around the government house area then they stayed thousands of them stayed until the evening and then again as i mentioned a few 100 stayed throughout the night until they were peacefully removed by those riot police now they were speaking on makeshift stages around the government house they said to abide by the police orders and leave peacefully will be back for another day or planning something further down the line as we can very well expect but the most important thing was even though there's

a water truck here water cannon trucks the most important thing is that it ended peacefully and that was something that both sides had said that they want to happen is that to maintain peace and they were able to do that. well for the last 3 months demonstrators in thailand have been calling for reform they want the prime minister . to be removed he's a former army general who came to power in a coup in 2014 and won a disputed election last year they also want parliament dissolved and new elections held and they're demanding the constitution drafted by the military be rewritten also included in their charter is an end to the intimidation of dissidents and a very sensitive demand there's long been unthinkable in thailand reform of the monarchy the king is widely revered and criticizing him can carry prison sentences of up to 15 years well parvin. is from the university of kyoto in japan he says protesters won't settle for anything less than reforms to the monarchy. ignores and

that you know all sort of them or not that has been sort of obsolete and because of your recent development in thailand that sort of allowed people to change that perception one of the main thing is when they look up to date korean we're not hearing what you're on if they were that your team is not responsible he has left people and it can be you know during during the crises of nike and adequate book prices and it seems you enjoy news time in germany now become an issue to get german clock money and because of that i think for the contest it now talk about a scene written form of what happened yesterday was something quite new a swell in a sense that this was the 1st protest there came almost rest of this week the issue of the not even still needing that you know these have been documented protests there was a row i don't want to hear that sort of around a lot of the people who get still cross through that he was in the car and then

there was some messages you know been shouting at the queen and that sort of reward you know just there and also the palace and i believe that that led to the arrest and the crackdown back on this morning i don't know what's going to happen next but . the big event yesterday i didn't get comment happily decathlete what are you going to do we can't protest the protest that would be nothing less than you know continually very formidable not. yemen's who things are nice to u.s. citizens in exchange for 250 of their fighters the freed rebels arrived in yemen's capital sana'a via oman the white house announced that humanitarian workers sandra lonely businessman mikhail good ads have been released and the remains of a 3rd american have been returned. so let's take a look at how we got here on the efforts to try and end the 5 year conflict in yemen well u.n. brokered peace talks began in stockholm in 2018 the 2 sides signed

a deal to swap about 15000 detainees but progress has been slow close to 1100 are expected to be exchanged on thursday who these were reportedly released nearly 400 people including 15 saudis coalition forces are set to free about 700 who the fighters in unilateral moves last year who these freed 290 prisoners and saudi arabia released 128 the war in yemen has killed more than 100000 people and millions of patients shortages of food and medicines will not be able cories a senior research at the atlantic council he says the timing of the prisoner swap benefits president trump. these 3 sitters should've never been this should have been done before they at the time the who he is claiming that they were spies but there is no evidence whatsoever that these people were working with any us intelligence agency. at any rate i think refining

now and as i say this could have happened earlier. is that for donald trump administration this is a good time to bring back americans from overseas it's. one more thing he can boast about just before the us elections. from the hostess point of view this is also a good thing because there was a move in washington to classify them as if they were disorganization well obviously if there were still classified. the us government's hands would be. on the principle that they don't deal with terrorists so what this means how to forestall. some of the hawks who are calling war classifying the who these as that are. fighting between armenia and azerbaijan never nagorno-karabakh is

continuing the as areas say they've destroyed missile launches inside on media that were targeting their cities the armenian government has confirmed that military positions were hit but tonight as its forces fired into azerbaijan than a smith reports now from doris in armenia they'll be a memorial like this in perhaps every one of the homes of the more than $530.00 armenian men killed since fighting restarted on september the 27th. was a 19 year old conscript sent to the front lines just as fighting with azerbaijan started . saumur as he did when we last talked on the phone on the evening of september 26th and he said everything's all right after that we heard nothing on the 27th i wanted to go volunteer where my son was serving but i wasn't allowed then on the 30th i got a call and was told everything is finished all the young men ingeborg school yearbook a doing their compulsory military service now like almost every young man in

armenia and nagorno-karabakh to my niece up to now i think he will call he will come back i don't know i can't imagine he's not with us anymore i mean as prime minister says there's been some retreats from frontline positions and the situation is what he described as quite difficult for his country. i spy in misery right now the number of our casualties are very high no more. victims armenia's adversary azerbaijan now has the open and full support of turkey. president. says 26 years of diplomacy have failed to resolve the conflict and it's time for armenia to return land it took in the 1991 to 4. 3 members of minsk the united states russia and france are still putting this off with their stalling tactics just give them the occupied lands. russia has rejected

requests from for turkey's involvement in future negotiations on the go in a car about. the father of how geoff plays a popular mourns their dead soldiers their son was killed on the 1st day of fighting. most of the people especially those from places close to the contact line suffer like this they've all suffered from the armenian separatists it's not only us like hundreds of thousands of his areas this family was 1st displaced from armenian territories in earlier conflicts you know no the fighting shouldn't stop there are so many members inconsolable like me so much blood of our soldiers if we take our lands back i'll say i didn't lose my son on both sides of this conflict the pressure on leaders not to give way is intense. john on wednesday accusations the armenians are trying to attack or oil and gas pipelines the armenians areas are trying to seize

nagorno-karabakh and above this angry rhetoric russia is appealing to both sides to observe the humanitarian ceasefire but it seems no one's paying attention bernard smith al-jazeera chorus armine. more protests against government corruption are now being held in cyprus follow an al-jazeera investigation of senior politicians willing to sell passports to convicted criminals the scheme was run to attract financial investment in exchange for citizenship the government has now abolished the program. and. this is.

people. but what they are. politicians hundreds of israelis are calling for a new investigation into their prime minister. demonstrators want benjamin netanyahu to be investigated over $2000000000.00 submarine deal with germany who has not been named as a suspect but he's already facing trial in 3 other corruption cases. including 18 hours of questioning from the u.s. supreme court that she was grilled by senators. coming down on nicaragua's government passes a new law tightening its grip on the press and human rights activists.

we've got lots of high sunshine across the middle east not great surprises here but something of a change on the way if anything is ticking a little on the cool side even here in casa has got a little more cloud running up towards the levant but not a bad hit temperatures at $2627.00 mid thirty's there for baghdad but take a look at the $34.00 cells just some thursday we might struggle to get to 31 if we can call that a struggle as we go on through friday not out of the question that you might just catch you know special spots of rain i think will mount so much but a changing of the seasons nevertheless must see the odds spots of right into the western side of yemen and the possibility of the or spot of rain say around the horn of africa somalia could see a shower to over the next day or so the west the weather is across that western side of ethiopia pushing right across towards the gulf of guinea some lively showers around the rift valley and notice a little pulse a very heavy rain which could make its way into central parts of tanzania as we

case through thursday and on into friday that will drive its way up towards lake victoria some heavy showers there across the democratic republic of congo heavy showers extending all the way down across a good part of angola now but to the south of angola it is lousy try and find plenty of sunshine here and it'll warm up into hottest by friday. for. cyprus a european island open offering citizenship to those who can afford it in august al jazeera made global headlines with the cyprus papers confidential documents that reveal a murky passport by investment scheme promised for. the surface is. now al-jazeera as investigative unit goes undercover to expose further revelations that go to the heart of the cypriot state i'm just here investigations the cyprus papers on the cover.

welcome back to the top stories here at this hour riot police in thailand have cleared thousands of protesters from outside the prime minister's office after the government issued an emergency decree banning large gatherings 6 protest leaders have been arrested. yemen's who the rebels have released to us citizens in exchange for $250.00 fighters the swap is the 1st of several prisoner exchanges expected in the coming days between the saudi coalition and the who is. fighting continues to escalate between armenia and azerbaijan the azeris say they are destroying missile launchers that were targeting their cities the armenian government denies its forces have been firing into azerbaijan and. french president among your macro has

announced a wave of new restrictions in the face of soaring coronavirus cases declared a state of health emergency and night time curfews for a 3rd of the country including paris and must say france recorded nearly 23000 new cases in just 24 hours more than 32000 people have died during the pandemic and in the u.k. a hard winter is expected with a record in infections and new 3 tier system has gone into effect with liverpool now under the tightest restrictions fears join a whole. global tour through the coming 2nd wave of political news drinkers it's a ride pubs and bars forced to shut as the city becomes england's 1st to face the highest level of new restrictions. away from the drunken revelry these are moments when heavily on the lives of many livable is the 1st with its hospitals filling up and critical care beds almost at capacity it won't be the last there's talk of

a possible full scale nationwide lockdown for a short period at the end of the month and all the while the hidden toll is being counted the mental health of millions held in the balance people support mechanisms and their coping mechanism is just not there anymore and i think that is something that we are going to see going forward i think the mental health implications from cove it or go to for outlast the actual virus itself i think we're going to be picking up the pieces for this for quite a long time it's just the opposite offer to give the offer of say facility so these kids from that get some acceptance of exercise and activity what we found in the 14 or even up down are similar some are members of their cell farm because he does had meltdowns at home and he really is loved and the previous was down 0 so obviously but the 2nd center is again now. gyms and leisure centers have shut their doors but this facility continues for now waiting for clarity on the rules. well it

helps me with my eyesight. and all the. gail my anger arms because everyone has a lot on oil and. i don't like the 5 s. guys or iraqi guards. they are i want to be there but to the normal. bills the. car alone couldn't walk on her own when she began weekly visits to the kirkland centers inclusive how come if you wish to have my never done thing said he even dream of doing it when i was busy at home with my mom i used to get mom do absolutely everything for me. you know now i'm healthy moment out more at home if this facility is not not available for these these children these young adults it just scared me in the fact of the mental well being but what happens on

the physical attributes as well. so yeah it's not we're thinking about doctors will . it's good cop hope. how conscience don't feel down and all our joho al-jazeera liverpool president trumps us supreme court nominee amy county barrett has survived her 3rd day of confirmation hearings she's been facing tough questions from senate committee members on capitol hill is on fisher. god bless you george baer thank you very much chairman 18 hours of questioning down 2 important votes to go. left the senate judiciary committee almost certain her nomination will go forward each senator had just 20 minutes of questions on the 3rd day of the hearing to fill the vacancy on the u.s. supreme court but it still led to some interesting exchanges and it raises many questions there are those who suggest donald trump could face criminal charges for his conduct in office if he loses next month's election so the question could he

give himself a pardon the fire as i know that question has never been litigated that question has never risen that question may or may not arise but it's one that calls for a legal analysis of what the scope of the pardon power is so because it would be a pining on an open question when i haven't gone through the judicial process to decide it it's not want to which i can offer you democrats also continue to push for clarity on the judge's position on the affordable care act or obamacare as it's known in the us the supreme court will to hear a case on the e.c. a one week after the election where the cover for preexisting conditions could be scrapped affecting 23000000 americans judge but it has criticised previous court decisions which protected the act but insists that doesn't mean she's already made a decision on what happens next i think you're suggesting that i have some

hostility to the a.c.l.u. which i assure you that i don't and i think senator durbin there's actually something you and i can agree on here judicial activism is banned from either side republicans have been criticized for pushing ahead with the nomination the argument you should have waited until the election was over but the strategy to go no has led to public is to believe they will be successful very little of the time we've spent in here has concerned. her record as a judge 20 years as a respected scholar instead much of this hearing has focused on political attacks attacked directed at president many times again judge barrett refused to comment on cases and subjects that might end up in front of the supreme court even when asked if immigration policies that separated parents from children were wrong there's a growing acceptance that if the democrats are going to stop this nomination it's not going to happen here in committee alan fischer al-jazeera on capitol hill for

us state of texas has broken records for early voter turnout in the presidential election some areas nearly doubled the 1st day turnout compared to the 2016 vote people form long queues around polling venues across the state it's not clear how the higher numbers and affect the final result now after more than 2 years of a clampdown on dissent in nicaragua the government is tightening its grip on institutions like the press the ruling party is rolling out legislation that could make life more dangerous for those working in independent media outlets is john holmes. the. new law proposed by the ruling nicaraguan party could be used as another powerful tool against free speech in the country says the opposition and several international organization is it establishes a punishment of 2 to 4 years in prison for anyone who spreads when it cools

information online the worry is that it could simply be used to censor any reporting the autocratic government doesn't like. so in practice this is giving the government the sort of legal capacity to determine what information is true and what's false and in a country where independent media are already facing a lot of censorship and intimidation against the government this could be really dangerous for the journalists working for those outlets that another proposal would force non-governmental organizations which get money from outside the country to register as foreign agents and agree not to interfere in internal affairs it comes off to many n.g.o.s have already been closed down and some of what their offices run side. is just one of the human rights defenders has had to flee to neighboring costa rica he says the new law mozart fresh danger in it is a misnomer n.g.o.s will have to declare their activities every month and also braced for the names ages and contact details of those taking part they'll also

have to reveal donors observers say there's a political element to this too and that the government wants to crack down on n.g.o.s that help fund the nicaraguan opposition president daniel take has been clamping down on the center for the last couple of years you but by and marches off to widespread protests against him in 2018 there that since then anyone who's dead to take to the streets has faced rosman arrest and attacks by police and paramilitaries. and things have only worsened under code that critics accuse the government of trying to muddy the facts while painting a rosy picture of the viruses progress that isn't it going to. be called the situation gave us 2 problems defaced is the harassment and prosecution the lack of access to public information that we already had but on top of that the risk of reporting on to his situation because they started charging generally states with

defamation for informing about positive coverage cases in the country because it was 1st lady will study of money yo. also the government's official spokes person she didn't agree to our interview request. meanwhile the countdown continues to elections in 2021 the opposition says there's even less hope now that they'll be in any way free and fair john homan. the nigerian government's decision to abolish a police squad implicated in extrajudicial killings and torture has failed to placate protesters demonstrators have now been on the streets for a week condemning police brutality. reports of. clashes on the streets of a porsche a group of young men armed with clubs and other weapons arrive a busy intersection already cut off by protesters they set about smashing parked vehicles. with a cheese protest against police brutality. but the tables were turned when protests

. began to retreat not all of them got away. yet you know the running battles last of. watch by the police less than 200 meters away protest to say they're brought to the scene in 2 trucks. could lift the lid. of the law. it's the demonstrators who turned around to victims of the. ambulances. this woman's car was one of several badly damaged. the protests began peacefully in the morning as nigerians of all ages press tour their demand for accountability from the government security forces nationwide rallies which started last week against interest police unit implicated in extrajudicial killings and porsche succeeded in getting the government to abolish the special interest court. but the announcement

of replacement swat unit to fight violent crimes further anger protesters. this week and for us we don't want him to go to we don't want the money would only because you can't get enough is enough you know how do how do the police do with violent crimes like rhetoric could not. guess or many ways to deal with it there are so many ways if not by killing people and criminality can't stop to let you know you can't kill everybody the latest protest disrupted traffic and businesses in parts of approach demonstrators say police reform is just a part of the arguments they want to push further toward not only security agencies accountable but to demand good governance from nigeria as elected leaders. in the country's most populous state lagos protests are largely peaceful rob rob. rob. but it's attacks such as these in

a butcher by what protests to see what tugs that are raising particular concerns of instigating a new crisis in a country already dealing with several others such as the coronavirus and book or. decrease. of which are scorching temperatures around the world made september the hottest since records began in $1818.00 unusually high temperatures were recorded in siberia the middle east and in parts of south america increases meant more extreme weather it's led to droughts wildfires and a rise in sea levels as ice melts experts say things are only getting worse. average as well this was a researcher on record with a temperature a departure from average 70. 1. entry average of the last 10 warmest september so we seem to have occurred since i did

however. have heard in the last 7 years. a wildfire is threatening homes near los angeles as hot and dry weather conditions continue in california major fires have already destroyed hundreds of properties and killed or injured dozens of people this year fire crews are being deployed from across the state and helicopters are dumping water on the flames and in tanzania forest fire on mount kilimanjaro is burning for a 3rd day firefighters are trying to contain it with the help a hundreds of volunteers they out to do dry weather conditions and strong winds are making it more difficult to put out the blaze that's threatening the alpine ecological zone mostly inhabited by birds and reptiles at least 46 people have died in heavy rain and floods that have hit large areas of vietnam and cambodia tens of thousands of homes have been swamped by tropical storms and seasonal rains emergency teams are helping rescue thousands of people affected by the floods colombian conservationists have released 80 endangered turtles into the ocean for

their very 1st swim the turtles were freed on the colombian coast after being raised in a marine conservation program the country has seen a dramatic drop in its total population over the last 70 years due to fishing and destruction of their nesting hours. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera police in thailand have cleared thousands of protesters from outside the prime minister's office after the government issued an emergency decree banning large gatherings 6 protest leaders have been arrested scott hyla has more from bangkok they lined this large avenue thousands of them late in the afternoon through the early evening they even pushed in.