in true creative family she sang out how of an emotional message the story. the voice of palestine on al-jazeera. a compensation deal over 22 years ago could get sudan off the terrorism sponsor list and bring investment back. a member this is observer lawyer from also coming up. accused of beatings and torture in the democratic republic of congo video emerges of abuses by fighters loyal to a wanted warlord with the support of the military. russian intelligence officers are charged in a hacked major hacking campaign targeting next year's limpid games. and combating

a surge in corona virus cases across europe curfews and lock downs a reimposed growth of worse to come over the winter. could be about to end more than 25 years of international isolation and boost its transition to democracy u.s. president donald trump says he's ready to take it off the list of state sponsors of terrorism that's likely to bring an injection of international investment and urgently needed debt relief to the morgan reports from the capital. this is one of the events that have kept sudan on a u.s. list of states ponce's of terror and kept most foreign investors away for more than 25 years. in august 1908 truck bomb attacks on the u.s.

embassies in kenya and tanzania killed 224 people and injured more than 4000 sudan was accused of providing a base for the bombers then president ominously she had already been. accused of offering sanctuary to the likes of al qaeda and its leader osama bin laden. but after you have negotiations by the transitional government president donald trump says he's ready to restore sudan's international status in a tweet he said sudan had agreed to pay $335000000.00 compensation and once deposited he would remove it from the list. the road ahead of us is long and we have to have a serious plan and work to give the to benefit from this opportunity we promised 0 people and we work to achieve 0 promise with no agenda except the interest of the nation together we can achieve the impossible being on the list has meant sudan has struggled for investment resulting in a hard currency shortage that led to inflation that 1st throw slowly then steeply the country's pound has lost more than 50 percent of its value against the dollar

in just the past 2 months because trapped government is struggling to pay for stuff lies of fleet fuel and medicine all items it subsidizes resulting in shortages sudan's removal from the u.s. list would allow it to be relieved of its that by the international monetary fund that will still take months but the country needs help now some analysts say that may mean a move to normalize ties with israel which comes with an economic assistance package could still happen i suspect however that we will see in the coming days or weeks an effort towards normalization on the part of the sudanese because washington at the end of the day needs to get some kind of political way and i think it's a sad commentary for washington and for the trumpet ministration that it isn't a sufficient enough win for them to point to a success story in the horn of africa where there wasn't one before this is a region you know beset with political problems and economic problems and for us to be able to point to a success story should be

a sufficient foreign policy win for this administration that it should want to triumph and trumpet that when. and while president trump seeks a foreign policy when so dance prime minister abdullah him to set the delisting would open paths for sudan's economic improvement crucial for its transition to democracy people morgan are just there are hot on. healing rights watch says it has released a video showing fighters from a kohli's group beating civilians and getting support for the military the leader of the group say has been on the run for more than a year marc webb reports. she is wanted by prosecutors in the democratic republic of congo. the reaction 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. 2 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 in d.c. 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 uniform. 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 details 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 you know. and one of the armed groups commanders. and the congolese government soldier one with him and my family. you know well it is there. but some things have recently changed. people's deputy turned against him army has been fighting him said. 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. people in eastern congo have suffered in brutal conflicts more than 20 years human rights watch says

and army officers who supported him most people to justice malcolm webb al-jazeera the u.s. is charged 6 former russian military officers over cyber attacks targeting next year's olympic and paralympic games the attacks which spanned the last 4 years also targeted the 2017 french presidential election in the last winter olympics prosecutors say the group's part of the same unit that interfered in the 2016 us presidential election can really help as more from washington d.c. . the trump 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 a 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 catch here 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. countries across europe are taking emergency action to stop a surge in corona virus infections globally there are now more than 40000000 cases and the world 'd health organization is warning that colder weather will make the next few months especially difficult in the northern hemisphere and in barber 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 government's 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 takeaway 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 19 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 population vera warning of a tsunami of new cases of is read as

a feast or directory of malta some up infections are doubling every 8 days and hospitalizations are doubling every 7 days on tuesday october the 13th we've reached $12051.00 new infections this figure is the highest figure ever of each 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 if 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 reigniting the debate over how far to close down society and for how long the teen barber al-jazeera the number of coronavirus cases in

argentina has now topped a 1000000 the latin american country has seen cases increase despite one of the world's longest lockdowns colombia mexico are all inching towards $1000000.00 infections in brazil scientists say an experimental vaccine developed by china appears to be safe it's one of 3 vaccines being tested there the data on how effective it is won't be released until the trolls completed from rio de janiero monica yet here has more on the vaccines being tested. the one that is ahead of all is of the chinese one produced by syn novak and it's called corona vacuum has already been tested on 9001000 people they've received 2 doses and it's proved to be safe with very little side effects but what they really are worried now is to see how effective it is and i've spoken to

a researcher who said that they are expecting that scene's to be like 50 percent 60 percent effective not 100 percent brazil also is testing it's also working with the russians on the russian vaccine which they hope to have by the end of the year and also with astra zeneca so there are 3 vaccines that are expected to be in use here . so the hood on al-jazeera. changing the rules of the game new measures for the upcoming u.s. presidential debates after the 1st one that was dominated by interruptions and insults. as guinea waits to see who will be its next leader we look at why many in the mineral rich country feel abandoned and cheated by their politicians.

the arabian sea is bashing now the coasts of amman this is an old tropical depression is enough to give a few showers and pick up the say it will be not much more than not solid probably stay far in and of course the rest the middle east is generally fine as well it's been particularly warm recently in the levant but you'll see the breezes starting to pick up now so i think temp is probably going to start to come down to near no they're not excessively high now but 2726 is by right still quite warm in places like q 8 and iraq and their house where it should be a 34 degrees humidity is not too high this time of the year damascus shows that red to the study forecast $28.00 to $30.00 which is only say 2 or 3 degrees above the average steady weather otherwise the rain though is perking up around the rift valley is still showing up in south sudan you should be seeing the end of it pretty certain the media forecast which is tuesday wednesday the thrust of the heavy showers is uganda science words back towards gotbaum which is where you'd expect it

to be the oranges showing the heaviest of the showers if you were to head south beyond that there might pick up some rain in angola but for most places it's still quite dry and surprisingly warm temperatures well above where they should be. to he not global community we are our biggest conversation open to how the whole cruise is the response that looks like be part of the debate issue in each of you can jump into the conversation by 2 way when no topic is off the table you're not afraid of anyone taking power we just poured what 3 lives in. you says 3 targeting 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 the modern world this street on out is there a. rule.

there are a mind of our top stories this. president don't trump says he plans to take sudan off the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism is on condition that it pays $335000000.00 to american tara victims and their families sudan's president abdullah has welcomed the decision. the u.s. is charged 6 former russian military officers over attacks targeting a number of high profile events including next is a limpid games and the paralympic games prosecutors say the group's part of the same unit that interfered in the 2016 u.s. presidential election. countries across europe are taking

a mergence the action to stop the rapid spread of coronavirus opponents transforming its national stadium into a field hospital while both island and wells are heading back into short periods of low. chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat is in a medically induced coma while being treated for coronavirus complications he was taken to hospital and westra slim from his home in the occupied west bank on sunday doctors say he's in critical condition after contracting ovid 19 nearly 2 weeks ago . new rules will be in place when donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden face off in their present final presidential debate on thursday their 1st live exchange last month was punctuated by frequent interruptions and personal insults this time around the microphones will be muted during the allotted 2 minutes allowed to answer questions mike hanna has more. 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 this particular debate it also described the commission as pro biden and also insisted that it would not except 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 the u.s. supreme court has declined a republican bed that would have limited the counts of mail in ballots in the state of pennsylvania it means postal can now be counted up to 3 days after election day november 3rd the top court was deadlocked on the issue there are only 8 justices on the bench following the death of ruth bader ginsburg. the international red cross says a stable ceasefire is needed in a gonna cut back so it can help civilians the head of the agency says so far it's

only been able to provide limited aid to all reports shelling continues days after as a voice on and armenia agreed to humanitarian truce the latest fighting over the disputed region broke out 3 weeks ago. in armenia civilians are volunteering to help those on the front lines and many the fighting is different from the war in the 1900. reports in the capital year that. strip by strip not by not they're hoping to save lives the women and teenagers in this year around school are making camouflage netting to send to the front lines they're volunteers part of armenia's home front war efforts and there are scenes like this all across this small country restarted not far from everything is said faith itself a lot and a great source code to the cross if i want to stay here i don't want to do more. the further is there and it's obvious why everyone is affected by this war in some

way here is a translator and teacher and asked her students who they knew at the front there this this. brothers fathers uncles cousins friends childhood friends colleagues and every day. we come to class their eyes are red my friend and my brother that if we knew we had run over one of my students days that although they insist on media wants peace and will ultimately be victorious there's a sense here that things aren't going well people in armenia are aware the conflict has changed since the war of 1990 s. many of see those videos of drawings picking off groups of young soldiers i don't even know whether these nets can protect their troops against such things but they are hoping. armenia and azerbaijan are supposed to be respecting a humanitarian ceasefire but azerbaijan's president said on monday that is very

forces had regained 13 villages near the azerbaijan iran border from armenian control and azerbaijan said armenia shelled a factory in the town of terror well beyond the new corner karabakh line of conflict hopes for peace rose late on monday when a leader and armenia's prime minister nicolas passion agreed in principle to meet in moscow. but the fight over in the corner karabakh has deep roots nora moratorium is one of many armenian artists raising money for the disputed region by selling their work. during the 1st war my sons were small 10 to 11 years old now they are mature men and now motherland is still in the same fatal situation i'm an optimist but when evil wants to enter your home even i sometimes lose my optimism azerbaijan says it's fighting to expel armenia from his very land or media says it's fighting to protect ethnically armenian nagorno-karabakh either way most

say there's more fighting to be done. al-jazeera your of am on media chile's president sebastian pinera added so they can condemnation of the burning of 2 churches during anti government demonstrations on sunday the president blamed what he called a minority of criminals and said tens of thousands of others had demonstrated peacefully mass rallies marked the 1st anniversary of a social uprising call for change in chile indigenous colombians are demanding an end to growing violence and their territories thousands from around the country gathered in the capital there demanding to meet president ivan decay there's anger over illegal mining projects drug trafficking and growing violence they want the government to speed up the implementation of a 2016 he's still reached with the fark rebel group. but libya's interim president has called on the apparent winner of sunday's election to rule for

everyone unofficial results suggest louis won the vote his rival for the former president has conceded through the book reports. he's an economist and for many the man behind the livia's economic growth. despite enormous political polarization here resurfacing bolivia selected president promised he will rule for all. of us we have been saying we are going to govern for all bolivians we are going to build a government of national unity they're going to build unity in our country. says likely election victory bring stability following a year of political strife since former president evo morales was forced to resign and go into exile. though the official counting is ongoing interim president jannie 9 years has already had knowledge the unofficial result and said she hopes odyssey will rule for everyone. former president evo morales said the election means

a return to democracy. we have recovered the homeland we will recover stability and progress we will recover peace faithful to the inheritance of our ancestors we will return millions to freedom and the unity of the believe him people thank you the election doesn't end bolivia struggles the economy is expected to contract around 5 percent ask over $1000.00 continues to hit this and the nation. mortality socialist party faces staunch opposition in cities such as sunday. but on the streets of the administrative capital of pass there is hope that the election will put an end to a tumultuous year odyssey. is the one who has led the economy of the country for 14 years and he moved the country there hasn't been hunger there hasn't been. there's been good economic stability or i trust that colleague who will lead will. be

elections in well maybe i've had a strong impact in latin america because in vindicating on what i list the socialist party and many of the reforms he carried here in argentina president had a farm and they said that there we sold in bolivia i mean a lot to those who defend democracy on the continent and that it's an act of justice. bolivia's electro tribunal has 7 days to announce the official results but for many it will confirm what everyone already knows and empathic return to power for the movement toward socialism party with a legitimacy granted by millions of voters. the united nations world food program is warning of a catastrophic levels of hunger in parts of the. l.s.a. groups have access to violence and insecurity in central so whole region of west africa has pushed millions into acute hunger the number of internally displaced

people has risen to nearly 1600000 the un's hoping to raise a $1000000000.00 a donor conference on tuesday. if you come. and arrange already fragile situation because it exacerbated natural disasters to a raging crisis you see. the risks that this region faces 4 or 6 years humanitarian crisis in the years to come if we don't. continue to build a. humanitarian and development assistance. guinea's electoral body has dismissed the main opposition candidates claim a victory in the presidential election supporters of. celebrated in the capital conakry. he denounced the one official results on expected for several days incumbent. irresponsible and dangerous. whoever wins the votes will lead

a poor country with a wealth of natural resources nicholas reports. 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 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 and my identity i feel powerless pay rent here i'm homeless or come to

the city hoping to find opportunities where the largest reserve bank site in the world of mining companies such as the. aluminum co the. group resources and russia 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 the 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 we could have in west africa if they manage to while they're in 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 are meant to ethnic tension rather than address guinea's economic failure opposition candidates who accuses the 82 year old president of corruption and mismanagement

public funds believes he won the race. in spite of the anomalies that marred to ballet 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 given despite feeling abandoned by their political leaders still hope for the opportunity of a better life nicholas hawke al-jazeera. and these are the top stories president donald trump says he plans to take sudan off the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism is on condition that it pays $335000000.00 to american terra victims' families so the president.