0. 00000 as residents of the as area city of god in the deaths of at least 13 civilians in a missile strike on media says it's agreed to a new humanitarian ceasefire with azerbaijan. no i'm sorry a minimizing and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program.

protest his return to the streets in lebanon a year after mass demonstrations ship the political elite that failed to produce sweeping reforms. tributes in france for a teacher beheaded after showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad. and countries across europe a new day new records for cover 19 cases senior politicians among those infected. we begin with breaking news in the conflict over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh armenia's foreign ministry has said that it has agreed to a humanitarian truce with azerbaijan well this of course comes a week after russia initially brokered a cease fire which failed to stop the fighting it also comes hours after a missile killed 13 civilians 2 of them babies. in the azeri city of gunja it's

north east of the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh which is internationally recognized as positive as a by john but it's run by ethnic armenians as a by john and accused of deliberately attacking civilians in gunja a charge on media denies weeping relatives gathered for a mass funeral ceremony on saturday all than 650 people have been killed since fighting broke out over the disputed enclave 3 weeks ago while our correspondent burnet smith has been following this story he is now in the armenian capital of yarra van and of course civilians have been dying in this conflict which is speaking about that missile strike it's a region that's desperately in need of a cease fire what do we know about this new truce that's been broke. this information about the nature has come from the armenian side it is the armenians that have been pushing for a ceasefire in the last few days is the armenians that have been losing territory

to these areas is areas have taken now we understand territory that is essentially in the buffer zone between nagorno-karabakh. and this is territory that armenia has controlled since the 1994 ceasefire armenia considers it a buffer zone a security zone but it is very territory and for the last 26 years at least both sides armenia and azerbaijan have supposed have been negotiating the future of this territory as well as nagorno-karabakh now it's the armenians and the armenians who say that this is security in the buffer zone is the is there is say that after 26 years nothing has been done there's been no solution there's been no resolution as to what to do with this territory and so with the support they have been moving militarily and they have succeeded in taking territory and the armenians enthusiasm to push for

a ceasefire domestically here in armenia the government under enormous pressure because of a large number of casualties in terms of soldiers because of the loss of territory so it seems that the armenians have now with john breaux could another cease fire even though the previous one wasn't formally. formally over and now we'll have to see if this one holds and they can go into talks right because that's the crucial thing is that we always describe this as a frozen conflict but these are underlying issues that keep bubbling up and coming to the surface from time to time is this going to be accompanied by a peace process that can finally resolve this conflict. well the biggest risk has been that this conflict risks widening out at the moment turkey has been providing support vocal and open support for azerbaijan and there's

a risk that russia was would get drawn into the conflict russia has a security agreement with armenia. as it does with other former soviet republics but at the moment because the conflict has been confined to mcgauran or karabakh which is officially internationally recognized as a johnny territory russia has not got involved were armenia the republic of armenia to become involved in a direct fight with azerbaijan and russia is supposed to come in on our media side that has not yet happened that the russians want to avoid it because they are already facing off against in libya and in syria on both sides are both countries on different sides of the conflict there so russia is up or trying to avoid getting drawn into a broader conflict in the south caucasus so russia wants this ceasefire to hold as much as armenia does all right thank you so much bernard but it's within yerevan

meanwhile karega standing in prime minister and acting president. has promised parliamentary and presidential elections in the next 3 months to power of was freed from jail by supporters during protests allegedly rig during protests after allegedly raped parliamentary elections earlier this month he sat down with charles trafford and said that the charges he was facing a politically motivated. is there. part of that there is a curb saying that false words travel faster than truth those people who are saying i'm a bad person that i'm connected with criminals and negative forces are saying that because they are scared the truth is that i'm going to fight against these corrupted schemes and i can see in the next 3 months there will be a lot of changes there will be presidential and parliamentary elections i will prove nothing by words but by real interventions that we are going to change and provide open and transparent elections. fair elections depend not only on the

central election committee but on the corrupted interest of president or prime ministers of the past we are looking for new ways to break this institutionalized corrupted system we will fight against those who buy or sell the votes new legislation we are pushing forward might put violators behind bars for 2 years we are looking at amending the laws everything starts from the top so it's important that high officials are not corrupt. now tens of thousands of protesters marched in lebanon's capital city beirut to mark a year since the start of mass anti-government protests many have gathered for a vigil at ground 0 of the massive explosion that ripped through the city's main course an organist as widespread anger at lebanon's political process with calls for a complete change after years of corruption and mismanagement but as a new honda reports now from beirut still no sign of reform despite the nation's

deep economic crisis. terminations to fight for political change is still alive. it's been here since what some lebanese call a revolution was born. oh summer allows our says she hasn't left the streets economic hardship was what triggered nationwide protests it turned into a revolt. against what many call a corrupt ruling elite that has been in power for decades. we're not going to stop before. these people in power just leave and we will make sure basically. the. so we we do this change and push dung to resign in any way because we will not go back to before over 70 and the leaderless and spontaneous movement was

a turning point in lebanon's history sects came together in this divided society and for the 1st time people rose up against their leaders in traditional strongholds but the numbers weren't enough they were up against the sectarian based power sharing system this bridge one of the capital's main arteries came to symbolize the battle it is near the square where our tents were burned because we want to literally bunny's together it is a cause that seventy's of october is a way to connect everyone together the bridge was a frontline between those calling for change and supporters of security and parties protecting the status quo. the largely peaceful movement face a counter revolution the ruling elite called the protesters foreign agents security forces clamp down hard on gatherings they made arrests and there was intimidation i was called in the effort to occasion this is one of their ways to put the

devolution down their thinking scared think through to find whatever goes with saying they doing just because. meanwhile the economy continues to collapse people are hungry and more sink into poverty politicians who have blamed each other for the crisis are promising much needed reforms but they 1st need to agree on a new cabinet the government resigned after the explosion of beirut ports in august that killed $200.00. people it was believed. by officials. there is no conscience there is no responsibility there is no accountability and as you can see now life continues on for them and they're back to their old ways as if none of us exist that is why people have returned to the streets they insist on being heard their peaceful resistance wasn't able to remove those entrenched in power but they are keeping the resistance alive so. beirut. tens of

thousands of time protesters have been out on the streets for a 4th day despite the police shutting down major roads and public transport in the capital. main intersections and metro stations were closed on saturday but that didn't stop the large crowds from holding impromptu rallies on the outskirts of bangkok it comes a day off to security forces used water cannon to disperse anti-government demonstrators defying a ban on public gatherings the protesters are demanding new elections and unprecedented reforms to the monarchy. now french prosecutors are saying the teenager of chechen descent accused of heading a teacher in paris on friday that approach school pupils to help identify his victim the school is believed to have received multiple threats after the teacher showed a controversial image of a prophet mohammed and a lesson about freedom of expression 9 people are in french custody in connection

with the attack so on again go has more they gathered outside the secondary school in conflict. with 47 year old son was taught parents students and colleagues are in a state of shock they paid tribute to the teacher who had been stopped and then to headed in broad daylight and i yes it is. the priority for us is to look after the children because i think it was very hard for them and it still is. the school had received multiple threats to patti showed his students caricature of the prophet muhammad in a civics class on freedom of expression parents say the teacher suggested muslim students could leave the classroom if they were offended but a number of muslim parents complained police officers shot the suspect and they tried to arrest him on friday he later died of his wounds. the neutralized perpetrator had a residence permit issued on march 4th and valid until march 23rd under the name of

abdul lark. born on march 12th 2002 in moscow russia he was of russian nationality he was chechen born had the refugee status lived in in the department and was unknown to the intelligence services a further 9 people are being questioned in custody police say one of the suspects had a harsh sister who was a member of beisel the killing comes at a time of the new tensions in france about the 2015 attack at the offices of the charlie hebdo magazine published controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammad the suspects are on trial less than a month ago 2 people were attacked outside the magazine's offices and in this paris suburb the effect of that attack has also made its mark on this quiet community sunny al jazeera. still having.

was. paying cats all back across the u.s. women marched against president and supreme court nominee. harriet miers was museum voters reward. decisive coronavirus response pressing up on course for a web outright majority. we've got a nice mobile flow and our weather setting up across europe at the moment has still got some rather wet weather over tools eastern side of here the pair of low pressure here bringing some downpours in quiet across central parts but as we go the other part of next week this little fella here that's going to make its way in

from the atlantic so we will see something of a change at the moment much of central europe fine and dry if a little on the coal side disappointing on the temperatures well said weather still a bit towards the baltic states toward that western side of russia and down towards the black sea but there's that dry weather coming back in behind 1314 celsius for london and paris on sunday come monday that western weather starts to topple its way in temperatures edging up a lot of this going to feel particularly great dry across central parts of europe by now and let you go with that wetter weather starting to show its hand portugal seeing some very heavy downpours western parts of spain gradually seeing that rain setting but it will turn somewhat modern that's about the only consolation i can offer 25 celsius the former trade largely dry across a good part of the mediterranean the cool northerly wind coming in for some 24 celsius there for a aaa shows continue the seasonal showers continue across central parts of africa heavy rain there down towards the gulf of guinea all the way through much of west africa.

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come back headlines now less than 24 hours after a missile killed 13 civilians in the as ery city of ganja amenia says it's agreed to a humanitarian truce with azerbaijan russia brokered a cease fire a week ago which failed to stop the fighting of the disputed a corner car back region which asked as of march in lebanese capital city beirut to mark a year since the start of mass anti-government protests thousands also held a vigil at the ground 0 of august massive explosion at the city's ports and tens of thousands of tight protesters have been out on the streets for a 4th day now despite a ban on public gatherings and police shutting down major roads and public transport in the capital protesters are demanding new elections and reforms to the monarchy. with 17 days to go before the u.s. election donald trump is due to

a parrot campaign rallies in 2 different states just 2 hours a pause a week after emerging from self isolation he's hitting the swing states of michigan and wisconsin and the pressure is on with democratic challenger joe biden leaving him in many national polls trump has also attacked a member of his own party off the audio emerged of the republican senator criticizing the president to his constituents in nebraska or the $22000000.00 people have already cost that ballots for the election meanwhile thousands of demonstrators have been marching in washington to protest over president trump supreme court nominee and call for his defeat in the november 3rd election with an $400.00 women's marches are taking place across the country in the u.s. capitol itself crowds made their way to the supremes courts in protest against the nomination of conservative judge amy barrett if confirmed she'll replace the late justice ruth bader ginsburg a liberal leader and feminist icon a nomination is expected to be approved next week let's get the latest now from

jordan who's live from washington tell us more about the purpose of this rally today. well when the organizers were questioned a permit to hold the rally and the march a few weeks ago they said it was to try to oppose the nomination of judge amy county barrett to the u.s. supreme court well as you noted it does appear that this coming thursday october 22nd the senate will have enough votes when it considers her nomination to actually put her on the high court replacing the late justice ruth bader ginsburg so what we heard during the hour long rally before this march from 14th and pennsylvania avenue to capitol hill 14 blocks away was in appeal for a number of issues voting out donald trump and mike pence on november 3rd black lives matter supporting reproductive rights for women and men the need to

inform and try to get funding to help the millions who have been affected because of the code that 1000 pandemic there wasn't any one message that resonated at this rally opposed to what we saw all 4 years ago at the 1st women's march which was an overwhelming opposition to the massage and a which the new president all tromped was a stance of billing bringing into office with him. right in that case is it likely to have much of a gallon izing effect before the election ronnie 17 days away. well it doesn't seem to be the kind of movement that you would want to take this close to an election because people are already casting early ballots across the country in record setting numbers in some states so there is a you know a real sense that while a lot of people were there saying that people need to go out and vote well they're

basically preaching to the choir as the expression goes people are already spending hours on line waiting to cast their ballot you see a local jurisdiction. fighting with state officials that are trying to restrict the number of places where people can vote so there is a question about whether this is really a people doing something to feel good about the movement in the u.s. politics or whether it's actually going to have a substantial impact. us in 3 weeks from now thanks very much rosalynn jordan in washington on out several european countries have reported record numbers of coronavirus cases testing has increased since earlier in the year but there are also growing concerns that health systems could be overwhelmed if infection rates are not brought under control france italy the czech republic ukraine poland austria and the netherlands of all recorded the highest number of infections in a day since the pandemic began the death toll in iran has now passed 30000 in

recent weeks fatalities of spite to the highest ever levels that as the u.s. election is we're hearing infections and fatalities are rising in some of the crucial swing states in the vote these include places like iowa minnesota pennsylvania and ohio as well as michigan and wisconsin webb president trump will be holding rallies later on and then more searches are coming into force this hour in france and poland a 9 pm curfew is beginning in paris must say and 6 other cities and poland is also closing gyms and secondary schools and forcing restaurants to close at 9 pm the foka has more now on the situation across europe. in belgium the coronavirus crisis is deepening. the restaurants a closing for a month as infections double every week belgium follows from city imposing a nightly curfew and doctors have warned of a shortage of intensive care beds within weeks the german chancellor prays for her

government's handling of the 1st wave of infections told germans to prepare for hot days ahead as the number of cases that rises steadily its rawest asking national hop i ask you to refrain from any trick that is not absolutely necessary from any celebration that is not absolutely necessary i know that this not only sounds tough but in individual cases it is a severe sacrifice but we only have to do this temporarily and we ultimately do it for ourselves. infections are soaring across europe with around a 100000 new cases a day and the continent powerbrokers seem increasingly powerless on saturday the austrian foreign minister alexander shall amber confirmed he tested positive for the virus raising fears an e.u. meeting he had tended on monday may have been a so-called super spreader event the belgian foreign minister's also gone into isolation with suspected symptoms. it comes a day after 3 e.u.

leaders including the prime minister of finland were forced to drop out of a brussels summit as a precautionary measure most future meetings will now happen remotely more than half of england's now under tougher code it 19 rules in london and other areas a ban on households mixing inside including bars and restaurants came into force on saturday as the capital moves from being at moderate risk to high risk in the government's 3 tier system the county of lancashire in the northwest moves to the top tier very high risk meaning no socializing outside the household bubble and the closure of bars or restaurants but the mayor of manchester that you case 3rd largest city is resisting the toughest restrictions warning of dismal consequences for the local economy. the new restrictions are all part of the government's localise response in dealing with the rising infection rate designs for the prime minister boris johnson to avoid the misery of

a full national law but given that 28000000 people half the country are facing these new restrictions the money is already beginning to feel like. they've. landed . well covered 1000 cases meanwhile escalating fast in italy which has posted a daily record of almost 11000 the prime minister will announce new measures on sunday meanwhile the governor of the southern companion region has officially banned halloween parties to stop the virus from spreading a 10 pm curfew will be imposed on the region which includes the city of naples this year october 31st falls on a saturday and the governor had this strong message for anyone thinking of celebrating via digital news feed is that the amount of your. home tell you in advance that all of that we can deduct tobar will close everything at 10 pm it's halloween weekend is this immense this immense stupid american extravagance that we've imported into our country that seat is

a monument to imbecility well since we have to face reality and since i feel people are already getting ready to have parties that we can develop tobar from 10 pm it will be closed it will be a curfew or else well argentinians haven't that the coronavirus pandemic stopped them from dissipating in the 75th peronist march the annual event commemorates the 945 protests by argentine workers calling for the release of imprisoned politician one domingo peron who went on to become the president from died in 1974 many people way flags from a cause to keep up the well the social distancing. that's we don't usually he's live for us now when as ira so has has covered 900 divided or unified argentinian society what's been the effect there. well i think it's what it's done is starkly showing up the divisions in society what we had today as you mentioned is this what they call the march of loyalty to commemorate the 75

years since the founding of the peronist movement you can possibly still hear some of the cars in the background hooting their horns they've been out on the streets of one osiris mostly staying inside their vehicles wearing masks keeping their distance there's also been a huge online campaigns and millions more can join in the celebrations of this 75 years apparently but it is also a massive show of support for the government about bergdahl fernandez who took office in december he has had in place fairly tight 19 restrictions we've been under lockdown since the middle of march and these people are out there to show their support for those measures and for the measures the president is taking to try to bring a dire economic situation under control and what it is is a counter measure in many ways to the growing number of protests that we have seen in recent weeks by the opposition these are people who don't agree with the coverage 19 measures and have been out on the streets not wearing masks not keeping

their social distance this in many ways is a counter balance to that of the problems that we've seen is that despite this lockdown which has been generally well observed infection rates are over 900000 there have been 25000 deaths so many people here are beginning to question whether in fact the measures that have been put in place are working so that has been a problem and it has divided society in many ways those who support this government those who support the peronist movement and have supported the over the last 75 years and a very strong opposition to it it has always been a divided society and i think in many ways what coverage 19 and the dire economic situation is doing is highlighting those those that polarization how is the country coping with the rising number of deaths and in fact. what is really difficult to say at the moment of it is not coping especially well

as i say it's exacerbating exacerbating a very difficult difficult economic situation and people as i say are beginning to question whether these tight lockdown measures are in fact working with the number of deaths and the number of infections still rising. all right thanks very much from one. with the latest from there. on now in new zealand the prime minister just into are done as kind a huge victory in the country's general election giving her 3 more years in power with most of the votes now counted are dones labor party has won more than half the parliamentary seats at some precedents of result that could see her govern without any coalition partners she's been praised for policies response to the coronavirus pandemic and last year's mosque attacks in christ church tonight this has not been an ordinary election and it's not an ordinary time it's been full of sushi. and we see it out to be an end to door to that as a nation we needed

a plane for recovery and so there is what we created we needed an ongoing house response to the global pandemic to keep people safe so that is what we've done and we need it attain focussed absolutely and entirely on new zealand and labor absolutely. so on life streaming right here is there a dot com then plenty of analysis as well that will take you behind the headlines. a recap of the headlines for you now armenia's foreign ministry says that it's agreed to a humanitarian truce with azerbaijan well this is a week off to russia brokered a cease fire which failed to stop the fighting over the disputed region of nocona car back less than 24 hours ago a missile killed 13 civilians 2 of them babies in the as area city of gunja as

a by john is accused of war crimes for deliberately attacking civilians a charge on me mia denies more than $650.00 p. .