we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus condiment special coverage on al-jazeera. u.s. president donald trump says he is ready to remove sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism but it comes at a cost. to a i'm fully back to go this is al jazeera live from doha old so coming up new rules for the next u.s. presidential debate after the 1st one was dominated by interruptions and insults we'll have a live report. trying to fight off a 2nd wave of coronavirus in europe restaurants are close curfews imposed belgium

is warning of a tsunami of new cases. and as guinea awaits to see who will be its next leader many in the mind mineral rich country feel abandoned and cheated by their own teach us. the and to. thank you for joining us sudan could be about to enter more than 25 years of international isolation and boost its transition to democracy u.s. resin donald trump says he's ready to take it off the list of state sponsors of terrorism likely to bring an injection of international investment and allow urgently needed debt relief agreed to remove the designation in return for the payment of $335000000.00 in compensation over 2 truck bomb attacks in 1998 more than 220 people were killed when u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania were targeted by al qaida so don was accused of

helping the. al jazeera as he morgan has more from car too. something that means a lot to sudanese government because the country has been cut off from foreign investment largely because of being on the list of states sponsoring terrorism and this has resulted in a shortage of hard currency which makes it very hard for the country to import basic commodities such as fuel and we and that has resulted in shortages in at petrol stations and bakeries it's also lead to inflation of more than 200 percent making many from families many of them who live below the poverty line struggle to get 3 meals a day now sudan says that this also means that the u.s. administration has. d. link the issue of being delisted to normalizing ties with israel that is something that the u.s. has been pushing sudan to do since u.s. secretary of state my point was that it the country in august in the previous august now sudan says that it is not in the position to actually normalize ties

with israel because it is not a mandated government or an elected government let's not forget that this government is a coalition government from made up of various political parties with various leanings and different leanings and the prime minister has read of the stated that he is concerned about the stability of the transition should he make the step of normalizing and that until a mandated or elected government is in place seeking such a move will be hard but al-jazeera has also spoken to senior officials who say that that does not mean normalizing is of the table that's because normalizing comes with an economic package economic assistance that the country is in dire need of so while there are steps they could to move sudan off the list of states sponsoring terrorism so dense economy is still dire and this means that the country has to look for ways to revive its economy and tell the impact of being delisted takes place. so what led to a sedan being branded a state sponsor of terror for 27 years while the u.s. blacklisted it in 1993 when omar bashir was president at the time he was accused of

supporting armed groups including offering sanctuary to osama bin laden al qaeda leader the group was behind attacks on u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 the 335000000 dollars from khartoum would compensate victims and families of those bombings so don is one of 4 countries still considered sponsors of terror the others are iran north korea and syria the designation has crippled their economy so sedans removal is a major win for the people and the transitional government cinnamon baldo is an expert on sudan and senior advisor at the center he says the deal could be pivotal for khartoum say this little additional goal isn't that a lot of political pressure because of the difficulties in the supply of decision according to the population a reflection of the economic crisis the government of the heritage from president bashir is also

a sudan or sudan's financial situation and mostly just could be is. be . the change from the cold and rehabilitate it is to the earliest it used to be under the regional issues between now a member of the club of the nations says international financial institutions. rescheduling and forgiveness from international financial institutions and from investments it's very polarizing economy natural resources so for all these reasons this is a merry important and really. want to see happen today. when donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden face off in their final presidential debate on thursday they'll be faced with a new format the decision to change the rules comes after the 1st debate last month descended into chaos with frequent interruptions by president trump and insults

from biden as bring in mike hanna in washington d.c. so mike new rules for the debate which some thirty's say what. oh fairly strictly speaking it's the same format and that is a 90 minute debate divided into 6 sections but what the change is is that each candidate will be given 2 minutes to speak at the beginning of each section and now the commission on presidential debates says the other candidates microphone will be switched off during those 2 minutes to stop all interruptions and then during the discussion that will follow a free discussion in each section any candidate that interrupts will have the time taken off him and given to the other candidate this just follows the absolute chaos that ensued in the 1st and only television debate between joe biden and president trump now the commission insisting that it has to take these safeguards to ensure

that some form of debate does take place between the candidates early on in the day of the trump campaign sent the commission a letter saying that it object to the fact that it was not focusing on foreign policy of this particular debate but also described the commission as pro biden and also insisted that it would not accept the muting of microphones well the commission announced this change in rules after that and it doesn't appear that there's been any oppose all opposition to this particular fact so it appears that this debate will be going ahead according to this new formula in terms of which the candidates mikes will be switched off for the 1st 2 minutes while the other candidate is talking and now we're just we're 2 weeks now away from the election mike the president has been on the campaign trail and has been hitting out again at the u.s. says top infectious disease expert. well he has indeed

dr antony found she has come under president trump's site so once again all in his sights president trump made a phone call to his campaign workers in the course of the day this was monitored by a number of reporters who were asked to join in now in that discussion president trump described the nation's foremost disease expert dr anthony fauci as a disaster he said that dr felt she created an explosion every time he appeared on television and then went on to say but there'd be an even bigger bomb if you decided to fire him this is the most a naked opposition that president trump has expressed to dr fire chief now dr fox he for his part appeared on television over the weekend and criticized president trump saying that he was not surprised that president trump tested positive for code given his behavior throughout the months of this pandemic this appears to have sparked off president trump's anger and the subsequent attack on dr antony funnell

tree so certainly no love lost in that particular scenario thank you for that my cannon live for us in washington. the u.s. has charged 6 former russian military officers for what it calls the most destructive and disruptive global cyber attacks the justice department says hackers targeted events like the winter olympics the french presidential elections and also cost american businesses nearly and $1000000000.00 prosecutors say the offices are part of the same units that have interfered in the 2016 u.s. presidential election but they have not been charged for it can really help get has more from washington. the truck administration's justice department saying that these alleged hackers in their twenty's and thirty's are facing some pretty serious charges not only computer fraud but also conspiracy another part of a group that has been called sand worm but it's also known intelligence and defense

circles by other names as well tele bots voodoo bear hades some of the attacks of they're alleged to have put together not only the attack on ukraine's power grid but also behind the mock ransomware virus not pacha which is known to have caused billions of dollars in damage now what's significant about all of this is the department of justice there saying that essentially what russia has done has weaponized its cyber capabilities for malicious intent and that is why the united states is taking action because the feeling is is that essentially anyone who was in any way slighted or felt slighted in russia by another group was targeted by these hackers now apparently it's a broad list of targets it hits the financial sector even athletes as well as financial political is just as official says essentially that these are the most dangerous and aggressive groups out there and what's really important to know

particularly when it comes to the issue of that ransomware not pecha is that we've seen sanctions from the united states even from you with regard to that but we've never ever seen individuals charge now that has changed with these charges coming from the department of justice in the united states the corona virus pandemic now in countries across europe are taking emergency action in a desperate effort to stop the rapid spread of the disease the number of new infections is surging globally there are now 14000000 cases and the world health organization is warning that colder weather will make for makes you months especially difficult in the northern hemisphere and reports. in ireland as elsewhere covered 19 is causing real fears for the winter months the country's just recorded more than a 1000 new cases in 24 hours now the governments approved the highest level of restrictions for a limited duration people will be asked not to leave their home except for exercise

nonessential shops will be shut with restaurants only operating take away and delivery services. wales has taken a big step down its own path the devolved government is starting what it calls a 2 week fire break from friday the type of restrictions last seen back in the spring between friday the 28th of october and the 9th of november everyone in wales will be required to stay at home this means working from home where ever that is possible and the only exceptions will be critical workers and jobs where working form home is simply not possible the welsh government says the measures need to be short and sharp to fight an exponential rise in covered $1000.00 cases it's offering almost $400000000.00 in support for businesses affected. while the u.k. has europe's highest cover death toll belgium has the world's 2nd highest told her

population or forty's vera warning of a tsunami of new cases always images of it's all directed more to sum up infections are doubling every 8 days and hospitalizations are doubling every 7 days on tuesday october the 13th we've reached 12051 new infections this figure is the highest figure ever late so far bars and restaurants across belgium are now shut for an entire month and a nighttime curfew starts on monday this restaurant owner says he understands the moves. the virus will keep spreading of people are not disciplined in some other countries people are behaving and they can see the end of the tunnel but here people are not disciplined. and in italy they're also bringing in new measures including earlier closures for bars and restaurants and a push to increase working from home the aim is to avoid the need for a true lockdown across the continent rising numbers of coronavirus cases in hospital admissions a reigniting the debate over how far to close down society and for how long nadine

barber al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera he's accused of some of the most horrific crimes against civilians in the democratic republic of congo so why is he still at large. thousands same bangkok defy a ban on protests for a 6 day forcing a change of tone from the thai prime minister. hello swells who are waiting for winter to come in to sort of transition between the wet spell which is just about gone there and the snow which is waiting up in mongolia which is where it will stay i think at least for a few days probably a couple weeks to be honest temperature wise as to when to the teams of beijing up into harbin and we largely draw end to this active frontal system reacts to the

warmth of the yellow sea and the east china sea so all those it's northern and it's got snow north of harbin and behind it sun is out this rain will be significant as it runs so the korean peninsula and probably touches western japan later on wednesday but most of china still dry head south it's not our picture atoll we still got very active weather but the potential spinner to print tropical depression maybe then a tropical storm as it develops across luzon and gets to the south china sea by wednesday before that happens it's still pummeling the coast of vietnam the rain is sort of incessant need a temporary break later on wednesday just look was waiting in the wings to the south that widespread showers from malaysia and indonesia as you might expect with a big circulation the bay of bengal a moment the yet more rain for eastern parts of india problem in ma and bangladesh .

to he not global community we are our biggest opposition albo that's a whole the whole cruise is the worst possible of looks like the part of the debate issue in each of you can jump into the conversation right away when no topic is off the table you're not afraid of anyone taking power we just go and what isn't used in the war you see is the regional getting richer and the poor getting poorer it's not kill the story the system it's just to look at the system and adapt it to a modern world this street on out is there a. good . form. the end of. the recap of our top stories on al-jazeera this hour president donald trump

says he plans to take sudan off the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism but only after a $335000000.00 so american terror victims and their families trumps announcement comes as he tries to encourage more our country swifts amish diplomatic relations with israel. in the u.s. donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden will be forced to adhere to new rules during their final presidential debate on fair is say the decision follows public criticism over the handling over of the 1st debate and countries across europe are taking emergency action in a desperate effort to stop the rockets red of coronavirus poland is transforming its national stadium into a hospital field while both island and wales are heading back into short periods are flocked on. to thailand now where protests organizers have called off demonstrations for the day and given the government 24 hours to respond to their

demands tens of thousands of people have rallied across the country for the past 5 days in demonstrations that have often paralyzed parts of the capital bangkok they're calling for the government to resign a new constitution and a reform all of them or not keep they speak to praveen chacha. about this he's an associate professor at kyoto university and his eyes caught from japan thank you very much sir for being with us we've seem to have a new change in tone from the government and the prime minister how do you think they will respond to this latest to meet him from the protesters. well i guess the latest arrest of basically the kaufman sort of allow the protests to continue with the protests as long as there would be no violence i mean this is not really a compromise from the kauffman i think this through a lack depth to a lack of comedy channel of communication between the 2 sides of course you know people can go on the street to protest this is the right guaranteed under the

constitution saw i think this is this decision not this is they do not bring in the news onto the table i guess there are protests that wanted to protest long gas demand are not met this been almost a week of protests now even though they're on hold for today and while anti-government protests are not new in thailand criticizing the more narky has always been something very taboo or something that you don't touch what do you think has emboldened this specific movement where you have anti-monarchy hashtags trending on social media and being chanted on bangkok's streets. i guess that who has been broken down. or the issue of the monarchy has long been at the core of the problem in thailand but i don't i don't think the timing was right earlier it is up to us are the doors of session that the people now become now realize that you know is tom to talk about it partly because they see the differences between the 2

kings the previous one and a korean war and in particular you know during this time of crisis the king county police outside the country i think for a lot of people to feel that the change has leave them unattended saw so death why i thin this is what makes the current protests very unique different from previous the when day when when they come to talk what they want to be quite openly what is also surprising i find in this case is that the protest movement seems leaderless how much broad support does it have within tyson. that is very unique you know when you talk about leaderless protest not only that it has now become ordinary protests as well as you see in bangkok in the past 2 days to start at different locations at the same tom i mean this discourse has showed that you know it's become a new way of protesting you have seen that the protests the protests are not really

being led by any particular group definitely not by the student anymore or damon is to bring in different types of people in society but yes they were led by our younger generation oh i think this does for the 1st time have seen that this has become sort of met literally truly a mass demonstration in thailand but they're very very signs of a mounting crackdown on the movements there's a threat to ban social media absolutely telegram which protesters have been using to communicate do you think this could you know this could escalate into a very serious situation or will the demonstrations for sister spite these threats let me let me put it this way i don't think the 2 sides are willing to compromise the government jeffie will not compromise with legal installment using a fiercely with do you stop while and as you know last week life wise what is the wooden they're not going to back out again not going to back down the reform but what are you so when you have whose eyes are not ready to compromise i think the

outcome will be it on politian so or might be doing a lot more in. the end that for example blocking that social media as is happening right now but i don't think the student would again are so i'm really i'm really afraid to be honest you know to see a kind of. while of show down thank you so much for talking to us will be a certainly interesting to see how it all unfolds parveen chatter of our pon pon is an associate professor at kyoto university in japan thank you very much for your time. indigenous colombians are demanding an end to growing violence in their territories thousands have gathered in the capital bogota they're demanding to meet with president iran do k. protesters are angry with illegal mining projects drug trafficking and expansion of the industry in the areas they also want the government to remove the military from indigenous areas and to improve safety for their communities. the international red

cross says a stable ceasefire is needed in the gunnel carbonic so it can help civilians the head of the agency says so far it's only been able to provide limited aid their reports shelling continues days after by john armenia greater humanitarian cease fire the latest fighting over the disputed region broke out 3 weeks ago the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan says taliban attacks are threatening to derail peace talks. says the violence is distressingly high and there's a need for substantial reduction this comes as a suicide bomber killed at least 16 people in the western province of core on sunday and tens of thousands in helmand province have fled increased fighting between taliban and government forces the taliban blames excessive u.s. air strikes for violating peace negotiations seeks the key is the spokesman for afghanistan's president a shotgun e. he blames the time of. the art you know i'm used to look at the orphans of the

deliberate opens up a. lot of these. legal attacks that these both these beagles with explosives and the targets government offices so there's little dogs big claimant or deny it you know of the who are behind bars and that's the dialogue of course these are the dogs is against. the commitments they claimed that they are doing something in the peace process so the violate the terms of that agreement that they made with the us in the summer human rights watch has released video it says shows fighters from a congolese. getting support from the military the leader of the group the n d r c has been on the run for more than a year has a story. she is wanted by prosecutors in the democratic

republic of congo. recruiting child soldiers and the crime against humanity of rape he leads an armed group called n d c r its fighters are notorious for torturing and executing civilians they controlled a larger area than any other militia in eastern congo until the group split 3 months ago. some of the fighters surrendered to the government. remains at large in spite of a warrant for his arrest and it's widely believed that a lot of his weapons ammunition and uniforms have come from government army officers who supported him to fight other armed groups denies it and denies committing right to be says then. the indeed does not have any collaboration with the congolese army when we're in confrontation with other armed groups we find heavy weapons ammunition and congolese military uniforms. international rights

group human rights watch has released videos that it says show otherwise they will film secretly by local residents this one appears to show ketones fighters collecting illegal taxes and shows people who can't pay being beaten. punishment a brutal for anyone who doesn't comply. one of the fighters says. and one of the armed groups commanders. and the congolese government soldier one with him and my family. you know well it is very. humble but some things have recently changed. the dome's deputies turned against him congo's army has been fighting him since.

those who say there may be a certain collaboration between the army and we don't should bring evidence we are actually in military operations against gadhafi collaboration would be against the nature of our mission which is to track down all armed groups. of people in eastern congo have suffered in brutal conflicts for more than 20 years human rights watch says and army officers who supported him must be brought to justice malcolm webb al-jazeera. guinea's electoral body has dismissed the main opposition candidates claim a victory in the presidential elections. he won even though official results aren't expected for several days as a main challenger to incumbent who is running for a controversial 3rd term and i think force whoever wins will lead a poor country with a wealth of natural resources. on the edge of guinea's capital an

old man is mourning his land gone are the mahogany trees the rare species of chimpanzees and the home that his father and grandfathers were born in instead there is industrial extraction of bauxite feeding the world's insatiable appetite for a mineral used to build planes drink cans or i phones cater remembers the welcoming smile of the mining company officials who accompanied with armed security forces told him to leave his home they gave him the equivalent of a $1000.00 in cash for a piece of land twice the size of new york city's central park he's now displaced unemployed and out of money. they've taken away my dignity i've been robbed of my farmland. a feel powerless a comms even pay rent here i'm homeless or come to the city hoping to find opportunities where the largest reserve bank site in the world mining companies such as the guinea aluminum co. it's group resources and russia's roussel are

making billions of dollars in profit from a country where most people live on less than $2.00 a day. problem is in terms of governance in terms of management there's. a big gap between what they could expect from the sector and what they are getting at the moment i think he should be one of those guys we could have in west africa if they manage to while they're mineral resources on sunday gideon's went to the polls to vote for the country's next president after a bitterly fought campaign where incumbent alpha condé and other candidates fermented ethnic tension rather than address guinea's economic failure opposition candidates who accuses the 82 year old president of corruption and mismanaging public funds believes he won the race. in spite of the anomalies that mod the ballot on sunday and in view of the results that came out of the ballot boxes i'm

victorious in this election in the 1st round but alpha condé has yet to accept defeat caught in the middle of this tussle for power are getting who despite feeling abandoned by their political leaders still hope for the opportunity of a better life nicholas hawke al-jazeera. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on president donald trump says he plans to take sudan off the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism but only after a pay 335000000 dollars to american terror backed and their families trumps announcement comes as he tries strained.