between these major. scientists a calling for stronger climate policy from the government to reduce emissions without this the situation we are in the get worse. the air in the air. the air. curfews tougher restrictions and the warning from the w.h.o. as coronavirus cases multiply in cities across europe. alone barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming up on the program people close to the biden and harris campaign fest positive coronavirus of the neither candidate will be to isolate a carefully coordinated prisoner exchange in yemen more than 1000 detainees a swapped in the hopes that it could facilitate

a lasting peace. and the speaker of the cypriot parliament quits after being implicated in the cash for passport scam exposed by al jazeera. the world health organization has warned that the death toll in the 2nd wave of the corona virus pandemic could be 5 times the level of the 1st outbreak back in the spring unless urgent action is taken now across europe coronavirus cases are rising dramatically and governments are tightening restrictions to stop the spread from saturday more than half of england's 56000000 population will be subjected to high or very high restrictions impacting their movement and who they can meet the german hospital for the ration says the number of people in hospital with cope at 19 has doubled in the past week with intense. care patients expected to pass 2000 by next

month's record numbers of infections have been recorded in germany the netherlands italy poland the czech republic slovakia croatia and portugal or a state of calamity came into effect on thursday meanwhile in france a public health state of emergency has been declared 46 percent of hospital beds in paris are occupied by coronavirus patients and 12000 police will be deployed across 9 major cities including the capital to enforce curfews our report is from charlie angela. this city of 9000000 is moving into high gear to have a 3 tier system meaning no one can meet indoors with anyone outside their household is the government's latest attempt to rein in a runaway infection rate which is doubling every 10 days we must act now delayed action means more deaths from covert it means more. deaths and it means more

economic pain later because the virus comes down slower than it goes up so there are questions over whether this goes far enough with the opposition and many scientists instead advocating a short sharp nationwide lockdown not just regional restrictions here in london the new measures will impact 3000 pounds and 7000 restaurants the city will we were viewed every 2 weeks but most of these businesses have already made their orders for the months ahead and this stopping and starting to cripple them and many in europe find they're in a similar situation france has declared a public health state of emergency and impose an 8 pm curfew in paris and 8 other cities hospital admissions are at their highest level since june. the curve has nearly taking a vertical shape and that's why we knew we needed to arc because this reality would have an impact on hospitals. very strong impact on intensive care unit.

infection rates are also rising in spain the region of catalonia is closing or bars and restaurants for 15 days and limiting the number of people allowed in shops in its attempt to curb the surge germany czech republic italy and poland are all looking at a record number of daily cases since the pandemic began and from the world health organization a bleak warning that governments mustn't shy away from nationwide lockdowns projections from reliable. or not so optimistic. these models indicate that poor launched relaxing policies good proposal by generally 2021 daily mortality at levels 4 to 5 times higher than what we recorded in april. 1000 is now killing a 1000 people a day in europe with winter fast approaching this exponential increase is everyone's concern charlie and al jazeera london. the current virus pandemic has

also destructed an e.u. summit in brussels the president of the european commission or sell of our that lane abruptly left talks on breck's it after discovering that she'd been in contact with an infected person the meeting itself was centered around trade including tricky negotiations on fishing rights that reports. a deal but not at any price the message to britain from e.u. leaders in brussels. on the bridge that we are united and determined to reach an agreement but not any trust any agreement on the ocean sure lucian's ship would have to be based on our mandate in particular where the terms to the level playing field fisheries and divergence fishing is one of the most divisive issues in the trade negotiations for decades fishermen in the u.k.

and you have shared waters but the u.k. says it now wants to control access to it sees the e.u. says that would destroy its coastal communities on a gun in those circumstances what are fishermen be sacrificed to bracket it's a choice made by the british people so preserving access to british waters for fisherman funny a good compromise for a fisherman and i'm talking for all of the countries in europe who are concerned including france is an important point in these discussions. the e.u. is breaks it negotiators said compromise was possible on fishing and other issues but more time was needed the u.k. said it will issue a formal response on friday making it on clear whether it will take up the e's offer of a new round of talks next week. or the u.k. is a totally sovereign country and we respect this justice and you came must respect. i think that between the parties the u.k. and the e.u.

that have autonomy and sovereignty in a respectable fashion we can build a framework of transparency and trade but you. know this summit talks on breaks it would prefer than usual perhaps because the focus was elsewhere several either countries are battling a 2nd wave of coronavirus reflected unexpectedly by the abrupt departure from the meeting of the e.u. commission chief i. i've just been informed that a member of my front office has tested positive to covert 19 this morning i myself have tested negative however as a precaution i'm immediately leaving the european council to go into so far as elation the pandemic has battered the bloke's economy and the health crisis is clearly far from over leaders will be all too aware this should they fail to agree on a deal with the u.k. before the december 31st deadline the economic turmoil will only get worse with al-jazeera.

u.s. democratic vice presidential candidate kemah harris has canceled all events this week after her communications director tested positive for covert 19 the biden campaign has also confirmed that an employee of the aviation company that charters planes for the democratic candidate has also tested positive joe biden is said to have not come into close contact with the person although they were on 2 of the same flights meanwhile donald trump has held a campaign rally in the swing state of north carolina on his way to a town hall meeting to be held in florida biden remodel become beholding a competing town hall meeting in philadelphia they want you to take each other on in the 2nd televised debate on thursday was to be held virtually after the president's corona virus infection

a trump refused to participate in the format. well in a moment we're going to cross to andy gallagher who is watching the trump event from miami 1st though let's go to heidi show castro who is at the biden event in philadelphia so a 1st of all heidi what do we know about the latest positive result within the biden camp and crucially how does it affect their campaign. in fact we now know of 3 people who are within the biden paris campaign orbit who have tested positive the campaign has been very clear that the candidates themselves joe biden and camelot harris have tested negative within the last 24 hours as you said harris out of an abundance of caution has decided to cancel her travels for the remainder of this week but vice president joe biden will indeed be here at and national constitutional center behind me within

a few hours time for this town hall style event now biden is certainly trying to draw a distinction between himself and the way that his campaign has scandal has handled coded by having very socially distant events versus that of president trump who we just saw earlier in the day not wearing a mask freshly out of his coat the diagnosis addressing a crowd of supporters many of whom were not wearing masks either we know that. national polls are by 11 points and at this point analysts are saying this is a biden's race to lose even in key states he is appears to be edging out the president and coronavirus is top of mind for those who have been polled who have criticized the president's handling of course he himself had his coat big diagnosis and recently backing out of congressional negotiations poor very much needed

continued stimulus plan to address the economic damage from colditz so many are saying tonight with biden on the stage behind me that it is his race to lose and he must only defend his current standing. casserole with the latest on that from philadelphia heidi for the moment thank you let's go to miami now and speak to. the president in miami now used to hold a town hall meeting later and he has been speaking of anything to say on the diagnosis within the democrats. yeah he spoke specifically saying that he was worried about come our harris he said that he hopes the members of the team that have now contract of covert 19 get better soon and he said that's more than they did for me which of course is not true the biden campaign was fairly quick to wish the president all the best on the 1st lady and his son when they contract and covert 19 a couple of weeks ago but looking at

a broader issue we're less than 2 hours away from this town hall debate starting here in miami of course just president trump vice president biden is in philadelphia but this is not a natural element for the president this is not like one of his rallies where he just projects out to the crowd of people that would basically do anything for him he may very well face some difficult questions tonight from a state where covered 19 has been running rampant over the past few months at one point this was the epicenter so the question i think as well is what is this doing for democracy we're just around 2 weeks away from a presidential election and we've got both candidates on 2 different networks at exactly the same time so if you're an undecided voter or you're leaning one way or the other you really have to make a decision on who you are going to watch now florida is a very important state the biggest battleground state in the entire country with 29 electoral college votes and biden is leading here but he's leading just about within the margin of error so there's a lot to play for in this state and

a lot of people may be watching president trump here in miami as this is a state he simply must win and the gallagher with the latest there from miami we'll of course be monitoring what the president says over the next few hours for the moment thank you. the largest a prisoner exchange in yemen's civil war has been taking place in santa more than 1000 detainees are being swapped between the who the rebels and the saudi coalition which backs yemen's government exchange was brokered by the un in 2018 but never implemented reports. a long awaited moment in yemen prisoners held in captivity for years read in the largest prisoner exchange between the warring factions the deal was brokered by the un in 2018 but never implemented but this time. and the

government representatives set aside differences hoping the swap could lead to thousands of detainees being liberated in the future. the implementation of this agreement will build confidence and indeed momentum by demonstrating a simple truth that peaceful dialogue. between the parties and deliver the road to peace it was a carefully arranged operation saudi sudanese and government detainees boarded a plane that took off from hoofy held son airport their destination airport in saudi arabia by the same time who thier rebels were transferred from say union airport in southern yemen to sunnah any delay could have jeopardized the whole agreement there is one very important element in this we need to place it's taking

place why the conflict is ongoing most of the time result detainees happen at the end of a calm not during. and i think we should stress this. and now b. take it as a positive step i think they've done something really hard a separate prisoner exchange took place on wednesday brokered by oman the deal allowed more than 200 heard these stranded in amman to return home in exchange for the release of 2 u.s. citizens detained by the her thiis the rebels also sent back the remains of a 3rd american who died in captivity. citizen was living working in yemen and. was imprisoned for 899 days 2 years and 6 months in solitary confinement and it was hell really have

bad bad experience and i think. his majesty so fun heightened for his assistance in getting us out. the un held the prisoner exchange as a milestone its hope is to convince feuding parties to restart political talks to end the war in yemen. un envoy martin griffiths faces a delicate task to hand encouraging the parties to do just that. but yemen is now more divided than ever the iran backed her thesis control most of the north the saudi backed government is losing ground and secessionists backed by the u.a.e. in the south. to declare a state of their own has about al-jazeera. still to come in this half hour.

thousands the fire protests banned in thailand demanding the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy and why zimbabwe's pensioners are healing for food handouts despite a lifetime of work and saving for retirement. hello we've got some rather blustery showers moving across the southeast of australia once again little area of cloud here piling through victoria down across tasmania and will feed some rather wet and windy and at times when she weather into parts of the picture is to go on through friday long tail of clout they're just coming out

of at least inside of victoria pushing up to wards adelaide was a southeastern corner of south australia for western parts it is fine and dry and simpler it was settled in sunny perth getting up to 27 celsius on saturday afternoon for saturday in the southeast there are still some heavy showers along. the spoils of crime may be the old chap pushing towards sydney mashed up with pursed temperatures there again at $27.00 degrees that he was somewhat the weather some windy weather for a time pushing into new zealand all thought and not faring too badly over the next couple of days though not fair to say badly for japan at least as we go on friday come saturday wetter weather to tumbling its way in some rather heavy rain coming through here it's going to be on the cold side for tokyo temperatures at around 13 degrees celsius with some heavy downpours coming through shallow as there is a central parts of china as well well as you find over towards c.s. shanghai with a high of $21.00. line

for the code 19 pandemic asian americans suffering an epidemic of violent attacks and abuse. one when east meets the new generation fighting back on how to 0. al-jazeera. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the head of the w.h.o.

in europe's as the number of deaths in a 2nd wave could be 5 times that seen earlier in the year new restrictions are coming into force across the continent with a lock on alarming number of new cases seen in the netherlands easily and hold. a 3rd person connected to joe biden's presidential campaign has tested positive for corona virus it comes as biden goes head to head donald trump into town hall event on different t.v. channels at the same time. and the warring sides in yemen have begun a swap of more than a 1000 prisoners it's hoped that the move could build the trust between the with the rebels and the saudi led military coalition. kurdistan's prime minister has assumed the powers of the president after the country's leader resigned so there you are part of only became prime minister on wednesday and he was in jail until last week the country has been gripped by

political turmoil since of the spew to the election earlier in the month and a straw stratford reports now from bishkek there are worries this latest move will not end the chaos. celebrations on the streets of the cutest capital. president because. he comes off to more than 2 weeks of chaos in a country that has seen 2 of the presidents forced out in revolutions in the last few years at least but i do it you just people are ruling the country and we got rid of it on it and shall i say now everything will be fine we are happy we want to be great. jeenbekov and pro-government parties are widely accused of rigging the over the 4th parliamentary elections. the central election committee unknown the results and has called for a rerun of the poll. but the man seen is finally forcing the president's

resignation the new prime minister's son there are 2 parts of he's considered by many as a threat to what little remains of this country's fledgling democracy to parfit been serving an 11 year jail term for kidnapping before he was freed by supporters during the recent post-election protests. his supporters now want parliament to be dissolved he's lovable but just look at you thank god people are happy now we're calling for 120 lawmakers to make a statement today to be a self dissolution of parliament because people don't want them here they want to do you have to take power and stop working because they only support him. or what they make in this that in just hours after president jeenbekov resigned the parliamentary speaker who along with prime minister to cough was voted into office in recent days refused to take up his role as acting president the parliamentary

speaker refusal to be into in president gives acting presidential prowse to the new pm saw there japan of a man many in this country oppose the political crisis and deep on certainty that kyrgyzstan has suffered in recent weeks is not over yet charles trafford al-jazeera bishkek. thousands of protesters in thailand have defied a ban on public gatherings filling the streets of one of bangkok's busiest districts they're demanding the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy but the government says the movement threatens national security it's called tipler has more from bangkok police leave a long night out in front of thailand's seat of power government house as street cleaners wash away what was left behind by the thousands of anti-government protesters from the night before several 100 protesters camped out overnight and just before 5 am they were pushed out with calls from protest leaders for calm they

left peacefully but later in the day some of the most high profile protest leaders were arrested the protester clearing operation was given the green light when an emergency decree was announced at 4 am saying that gatherings of more than 5 people it was now illegal. the decree cited that the protests were illegal public gatherings causing chaos and disorder and threatening state security part of the justification for that decree was this hundreds of protesters using a 3 finger salute as the motorcade of queen city da past by the salute has become a symbol of the protests the calls for government and monarchy reform at the daily life that even removing the prime minister. would not result. in higher that because. you know problems. just lie and the. case that has moved on now from start hacking into their what

is this still to be coming he just want to reform now as we are now in new territory with the protesters directly in strongly calling for reform in the monarchy the government no doubt is feeling immense pressure from the palace. defined that new emergency order and risking arrest protesters took over a major intersection in one of the high end shopping districts in central bangkok they set up a stage where they called for their protest leaders to be freed saying they'll continue their protests making sure that they are heard by those in power it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok. the speaker of the cypriot parliament has resigned in the wake of a cash for passports scandal exposed by al jazeera demitra said you know this is the part comes after our investigation found that senior politicians were willing to sell a cypriot passports to convicted criminals the ski was run to attract financial investment in exchange for citizenship government has now

a polish to the program well as david harrison is an eco c.n.n. has more now on the political fallout yes well there's been another dramatic development in cyprus where the speaker of parliament demitra serious has announced his resignation now as the suitors have been hanging on for a couple of days but we seem protests outside parliament on 2 successive nights and his name is the one they were calling for to resign this is serious did not admit any wrongdoing he still maintains his innocence but he was a key figure in al jazeera documentary which revealed him to be agreeing to help a chinese criminal obtain an e.u. pos course the last couple of days and also seen him being something of an object of ridicule with mean showing him holding the now notorious glass of red wine and winking at the camera there's a serious insists that he will be proven innocent when the attorney general's investigation is complete but for now it's another scalp for the people who say

that this man is corrupt despite his objections and that he has to step down. security forces have been deployed in the ne capital of the city of lagos as demonstrations over police brutality continue officers of use that live rounds of water cannon and tear gas against demonstrators the government says it's disbanding a special police unit implicated in various cases of excessive force but that hasn't satisfied protesters who say they want to c.n.n. to extrajudicial killings and extortion. life is difficult for millions of people in zimbabwe and especially for the elderly many had saved to see them through retirement but years of out of control inflation wiped out what they had and has had on with us every ports now from belfort the pandemic is only made it worse with some now struggling to buy food. 68 year old juliet macur has

a waits for her daily food ration her sick husband can walk to the soup kitchen that means bring home something for him to behind her is 75 year old jimmy banda his wife died some years ago his children are in south africa looking for work this ration of zimbabwe staple food sides or a parish made from maize and vegetables must feed him and his 4 grandchildren. have been coming here for 2 weeks at least i know my grandchildren and i have something to eat daily displaced must not close their loss of are struggling in the soup kitchen feeds on average 3000 people a day samantha mohr ozaki started it when she saw families in the community going to bed hungry she says a lot of older people who live alone are regulars some will tell you that the children of her have died because of hiv and aids and some will tell you that they went to south africa and they never came back or remember them some will tell you

that. he or she is their bread doesn't do anything for me so i have to make a plan for myself. some of these pensioners had decent jobs and diligently save for retirement but decades of inflation in zimbabwe wiped out a savings zimbabweans are facing their worst economic crisis in a decade soaring inflation shortages of food foreign currency and now the coronavirus has made things worse we used to get assistance from. individuals but because these individual companies they're also fly in they're also facing financial challenges therefore they also find a different now finding it difficult to extend their hand to assist. the early. old age homes receive a monthly grant from the state and the government does give food and cash to vulnerable families in urban and rural areas but it's not enough according to a last government census data nearly 10 years ago older people make up about 6

percent of the population in zimbabwe and of the most. the government said it's going to introduce a universal pension scheme for older people with a struggling economy it could be months or even years before that benefit is implemented. al-jazeera what zimbabwe. have in mind are now of the top stories on al-jazeera the head of the world health organization in europe has issued a stark warning about a 2nd wave of corona virus infections hands clucas said the total number of deaths could be up to 5 times that seen earlier in the year if significant action is not taken new restrictions are coming into force across the continent with london moving into the 2nd highest english alert level on saturday the infection rate in germany has the.