brown was going to release all the suits. i saw my son in 15. years that i mean tony and i feel like you know at this montana stand. a warning from the world health organization not to give up the fight against corona virus as the trumpet administration is accused of doing just that. i'm about this and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. senate is expected to confirm amy kone barrett is a supreme court justice despite to democrats' attempts to delay the vote until after the election. french products pulled from shelves turkey backs a boycott in retaliation to president kong's comments on islam. and

a surprise discovery on the moon out of frozen water on the sunlit surface could be just the tonic for manned missions. the world health organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track in their effort to contain the new surge of coronavirus infections the w h o's director general has acknowledged that after months of battling covert 19 a certain level of fatigue has set in but he's cautioning against giving up on the fight as comments come a day after the trumpet ministration revealed it had moved to mitigation of the virus not to stamping it out the u.s. has been hardest hit globally and infections are still on the rise president trump insists case is a wrap because there's more testing. several countries in europe are also

struggling to control the rising infections but hopes of a vaccine are growing in the u.k. with the british government and dissipating a mass rollout in the 1st half of next year as more. hospitals across europe are under mounting strain in spain emergency wards are overrun with covert 19 sufferers many of them elderly the country's followed france and belgium played in imposing nighttime curfews a response said prime minister pedro sanchez to an extreme situation. countries are tightening restrictions from says been reporting record daily figures but a leading scientist who advises the french government believes the infection rate could be twice as high adding to calls for full a short term lockdown. the virus is so present around us today we no longer have a choice we have to log down a bit like what the irish and the welsh have done to reset a time or allow ourselves to reorganize and to stop the situation of intensive care

units. in parts of russia doctors are understaffed and overwhelmed during the 1st wave this hospital in siberia handled only a few mild cases now it's over a 3rd of hospital staff have tested positive. it's an ongoing war and we have daily losses as medics get sick and people get sick rushes racing against time to develop a vaccine it's one of a dozen internationally in the final stages of testing in the u.k. the oxford university astra zeneca vaccines reportedly shown an immune response in both young adults and the elderly that's encouraging news given the immune system weakens with age and the elderly a most at risk of dying from the virus. 10 thousands of people are being tested and so we are quite optimistic that we will soon see the results of at least

the 1st one of the 2 that seems being published maybe even as early as december but effective vaccine would be a game changer in the battle against corona virus several could be available civil taney asli in the 1st half of next year but with a vaccine comes a big question over who should get it 1st europe's bracing for a long winter but there's hope the al-jazeera then both come as a psychologist at the american psychology association she says for many people being vigilant is causing stress it really will be how did people handle their so some people may find that having the imposed quarantine and a lockdown was was helpful for that they may route have found that it was time to retreat from some of all the busy demands they may have found ways to really manage the time in a way that worked for them but for many people who are used to be out about the

world it will have felt very law very tiring really away from the things that helped them feel good mentally and physically right they were able to exercise in the ways they normally would be able to spend time with friends and family which is such an important support our overall mental wellbeing so we don't know from the data what the impact will be long term on this but it's been a significant period of adjustment and we hope that people have found new ways to have their needs met for connection for activity for engagement for being outdoors even when their usual ways are not supportive of what we need to do in terms of the public health. the u.s. senate is just hours away from confirming the newest member of the supreme court's donald trump's nominee amy coney barret final arguments are being made about her appointment to the lifetime post seems a sure by the republican controlled senate the process to get her into the role has

been fast trying despite opposition from democrats critics say her appointment should have come after the upcoming presidential election let me take you to some pictures inside the senate these are live pictures from their debate over about it's nomination that senate democrat senate minority leader chuck schumer making some statements in front of the house let's go to alan fischer who's on capitol hill with the debate is taking place so a few last minute attempts to get this delayed but it really looks as though this is just going to go straight ahead just talk us through what's been happening allan . oh well in the senate we heard chuck schumer suggest that the senate should essentially adjourn until november the 9th only to come back if there was a covert deal to vote on that was voted on by the full senate and defeated along party lines 53 to 46 hold on a 2nd you're seeing there's normally 47 democratic senators and you'd be absolutely right come the house didn't vote in that but she will be casting her vote in the

final vote that we expect sometime in the next 30 minutes or so the democrats have tried everything they possibly could divide argued that this has been rushed through one senator saying it's gone so fast it would make you see in ball the olympic sprinter jealous of they have tried public opinion by saying look this is going when people are voting there's more than 30000000 people have cast their votes in the u.s. presidential election and therefore they should wait until the next president comes in they have argued that it's going to be a threat to the affordable care act because the supreme court will be holding a hearing on that one week after the election but the reality is they simply didn't have the power to stop this and that will be proved in the next hour or so when amy cooney but it will be confirmed as the next justice of the u.s. supreme court she will join the others who are already the and in doing so she will essentially consolidate a $63.00 conservative majority on the 3rd been on the court which is of course the

3rd branch of the u.s. political system alan of course we're only a week away from the actual date of the election itself what are the implications of having a supreme court which is so heavily weighted towards the conservative side so close to the election but also with some of the legislation that they're going to be talking about in the aftermath of that. well one of the things that could well come up is if there is a contested election and donald trump has already said if he doesn't win you'll think that the election is rigged so there's the possibility that if this is a tight election then it could end up with the supreme court no the democrats were saying to him equally but you've got to recruit yourself if there is that vote she wouldn't give that guarantee she said she would look at it if she was confirmed so there's no guarantee that she will step away from that there could be a greater consequence which could actually impact the u.s. make it essentially a constitutional crisis because if joe biden wins and if the opinion polls are

right and the democrats take control of the senate there are those on the democratic side who see the should pack the court as it's called it means expanding the court there's nothing in the u.s. constitution that says that only has to be 9 justices there could be 13 and that could flip the balance towards democrats with joe biden making his announcements in the 1st year or so of of office it could well lead to the republicans getting very angry about this but the democrats keep pointing out what mitch mcconnell said when he said he was backing him equally but it's nomination in an election year so close to an election elections have consequences and so if the democrats win the white house and the senate that is something that might be considered but all joe biden will say at this point is that he's going to take a commission to look at how the supreme court runs how did justice to branch works and he will take 180 days and ask them to come back with recommendations but it's

certainly the mcqueen about it thing the whole nomination process is going to lead to questions that are going to continue for years here in the united states but as a say that nomination expected to go through in the next hour or so and then we'll see her being sworn in at a ceremony at the white house almost certainly donald trump is going to be there to see it allan thanks very much allan fisher on capitol hill in the senate. turkey's president is calling for a boycott on french goods following president in my own comments about islam and muslims like paul wants tougher laws to prevent what he calls separatism in french society after a teacher was beheaded earlier this month the home involved reports from doha. palestinian israeli protest against from outside the french ambassador's residence in tel aviv 6. it's a part of a wave of anger after the french president manuel micro refused to and also

controversial cartoons depicting islam's prophet mohammed earlier this month french teacher some your party was beheaded by at such an attack after he showed his students the caricatures during a class on freedom of expression muslims consider it to blasphemy to show any depiction of the prophet french officials insist it's an act of freedom of speech. the idea of serious war stricken city over it protesters made their voice head. in dakar the capital of bangladesh they described mccrone as an enemy of peace but i'm going to get the money if you have no idea about the strains of muslims if we rise you will see that so be careful that i'm a member of the bundle of this you protesters held up signs with words from turkish president there is a plate of the one who has said president needs a mental health test. if i also recalled its ambassador to turkey in protest

accusing of even failing to condemn the murder of some in part on monday the turkish leaders spokesman responded by strongly condemning what he called the most famous murder of party but president one has thrown his weight behind the boycott campaign should. i'm now telling my nation just as the saying in france not to buy anything from turkish brands i call on my nation here now do not pay attention to french labeled goods do not buy them commercial businesses in our countries including kuwait morrocco our do you have palestine and jordan have taken measures to boycott french products and we are which is qatar's leading retailer with more than 40 supermarkets across the country has been the 1st to decide a total withdrawal of french products they say it is a voluntary decision but it reflects the collective desire of its customers. about 50 french brands have been removed from the shelves the include food items perfumes

daily hygiene and beauty products have the mark of a mirror image of musharraf i commend this decision by a mirror and i hope that other companies follow its example this is the strongest weapon we have right now. at this shopping mall in jordan of science reads in solidarity with prophet mohammed peace be upon him or french products are boycotting supporters of the boycott hope it will produce results of any. it's a statement of opposition and i'm sure it will reach the french officials and will certainly make a difference fyles has criticised the boycott and asked for it to be stopped but president insists his country will never give in to pressure of any kind and will continue to fight what he calls islamic separatism hammered by our desire. still ahead on al-jazeera we'll look at the dire situation for afghans as the

violence in helmand province escalates despite talks to end the war. painting in a pandemic our arts could help britain's economy recovery from corporate connel virus. hello snow and cold a sweat from washington through colorado always down towards the texas panhandle behind that massive cloud so there's a band here which is fairly nasty rain showers growing up through towards the tennessee valley effectively west of that and north of that really cold and the snow still falling this is mostly new mexico about tommy gets to choose to denver's temperatures are rising from minus 8 on monday to plus 4 on tuesday bristow never freezing in the good parts of for example minnesota and wisconsin but that

sunshine even this time we will slowly warm things up a little bit the same time going to watch what's happening for the south and you can't really mrs ito now that we too worried about this at the moment is the new tampa tense but instead and this is not an accurate forecast it could still be over the water by the time to get to wednesday so it's an early warning i wouldn't trust a forecast just that we'll watch it for you but the next 24 hours it crosses the yucatan as a hurricane warning out as a result it will just touch hurrican forces e to they goes into the gulf of mexico leaves behind whatever damage it's done and still fairly wet times for this part of mexico rather less so if the cayman islands or cuba. when covert 901st struck china and began to spread the cost asia. some in the west

criticized countermeasures a stew hot or too weak. but have the different experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out of this group pandemic. coronavirus lessons from asia on a jazeera. who are the or heard or with. whom we. you're watching all just a reminder of our top stories this hour the world health organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track in their battles against new surges of coronavirus infections the agency admits a certain level of the team has set in but it's cautioned against giving up on the

find. the u.s. senate is expected to begin voting shortly on the appointment of amy only to the supreme court final arguments are being made but donald trump's nominee is almost assured to be given the post by the republican controlled senate. presidents regime tired out of mind has called on talks to boycott french goods he's angry about in one you will mock calls comments about islam calling has called for tougher laws to prevent what he calls separatism in french society. less than a day after it came into effect a 3rd attempt at a cease fire between us about jan and armenia appears to be in jeopardy both sides have accused the other of breaking the truce this one mediated by the u.s. army says at least one civilian has died the 2 sides have been fighting over the disputed territory of the hole in the back which is part of us a by john but is controlled by ethnic armenians chalons reports from the armenian

capital yet of on. the armenians insist that they are ordering the ceasefire at hearing to it but they say that the as their ease of shelling civilian settlements that they have kills one civilian and wounded another 2 in the going to karabakh that they have been using smirch rocket systems the as areas have been say similar things back to the union so yes leave the prospects for this particular effort at a ceasefire not particularly rosy. the moments i mean you have to look at this situation and say perhaps it is in the armenians best interest to come to a ceasefire not necessarily in the interests of the as aries who have been in the military ascendancy over the last few weeks it could still go wrong for the as a by john on me but the president of of by john. doesn't seem

to really be in the mood for the cease fire anyway he has said that we will continue on our path an address to the nation earlier if they want to cease fire let them tell the occupying states to leave our territories no and we will go on to the end he seems fed up with peace process is fed up with the o. s. e fed up with international medias he says a biased in favor of armenia we are creating a new reality. and that does not seem the right kind of circumstances for a lasting cease fire. a russian airstrike has killed at least 78 turkish back to rebels in northern syria the syrian observatory for human rights says more than 90 others were wounded in the attack on a training camp in the job all the way in the area of italy province russia and turkey back opposing sides in the conflict falls within a deescalation zone forged under a cease fire agreement in march and iran's yeah there is a senior fellow at the arab center anythings russia should be held accountable for

violating the cease fire. angelino this far it's within the. ceasefire zones. the escalation and so on then should be protected and no be not by scene or the team. or their russian energy it just came as a shocker i recollect. a petition maybe 34 says they have many say they'd at that area and this is why is a large number of candidates was being killed and injured 30 along with their own shining it on 3 actually that caused signatures of that docs and military agreement and should there are countable for violating this and being with every everything has the deployment we have a video of the air strike. the airplanes who being around in that same area almost

certain that there is no raid or ship in our universe for the air and there is no way to see that this is as being some kind of accident as you actually used to be that many incidents. and this is why i think now depends on to see if you decide. it is incident but unfortunately because from critics to chiaramonte right now learning to all in that region mean either are shot and are then actually escaped with their russia in this situation and the government protesters and security forces faced off for the 2nd day in the iraqi capitol police fired tear gas and closed a major bridge in baghdad the protests are a continuation of mass demonstrations that began last year over corruption and the deteriorating economic situation. recent fighting between the taliban and

government forces in afghanistan's helmand province has forced thousands to flee their homes it's also casting doubt over the prospects for peace despite ongoing peace talks in doha between the 2 sides finial called for 40 reports from. it is a place of nothingness no food no clean water no electricity a camp with thousands of displaced people mostly from home and were children even ripe tomatoes to survive. and the men try to help new arrivals like this widow from kudo's whose husband died in the fighting a bag of flour is all they could buy for her this pieces of bread are all she has to feed her 2 children and they're not the only ones was that there was a lot of the people here are a lot of money to the owners of the shops nearby as it took food from them during the current team people were selling their households to buy food now these people

don't even have a blanket for themselves while the han has been stuck in this kabal camp since it was built 16 years ago like most unable to go back to how mund and powerless to get a normal home here dozens of families from his province have found refuge here in recent weeks because of renewed fighting and life is just as hard for them with tens of thousands forced from their homes in helmand many ran for their lives with no belongings. more than 220000 people have been displaced by the fighting in afghanistan in the last year and many have to live in camps like this the war and poverty prevent most of them from returning home. the current a virus pandemic has pushed people deeper into poverty put prices because the border closures have skyrocketed across afghanistan making access to food for those

internally displaced even harder the u.n. has revised its humanitarian response plan because of the pandemic and it's still not fully resourced to respond adequately at this point of time the humanitarians are worried about providing sustained assistance over the winter and during the lean season so that we don't see a sudden increase in the numbers as we're seeing now from let's say between here and now so the more. funding and resources going to provide a good humanitarian response plan which targets the most well and the beautiful and secure and also what an emergency needs the better the can predict that people may not fall into the high court and secured at the in the future the afghan government says it's priority is the newly displaced for those displaced for years and who may never return home the future appears as complex as the present at the margin.

so we are responsible to get them on the list for land distribution and investigate if they are eligible if they are the ministry of rural rehabilitation and development is responsible to give them the land and the un to build a house for them their winter is setting in and for the people of this camp the worry for now is how to survive the coming months if help doesn't arrive soon contraflow. kabul. libya's national oil corporation says it's reopened its last oil field nearly all the libyan oil exports was stopped in january by wall hala for huffed us forces based in the east monday's decision on the field sites means all libya's ports and facilities can potentially resume production nasa says it's found water on the sunlit side of the moon and that there's more of it than was previously thought the u.s.

space agency unveiled its 1st unambiguous detection of water molecules on the lunar surface scientists say more water could be hidden in ice patches in the moon's permanently shadowed regions this breakthrough could help nasa send astronauts to mars space analyst leo and wright explains why the discovery is so significant. this is very important because previous work in particular one has to say by the indian space agency their wonderful crying chan dry emissions certainly identified the possibility of water all across the moon which was in itself a stunning suggestion what the americans of done which is new is they have detected on ambiguously water molecules floating it would appear a bowl of the lunar surface like a haze near clay vs crater which is one of the biggest craters on the

moon they have speculated that there is about $300.00 mills per cubic meter of water based on their measurements now what does that mean well that's roughly $300.00 mills of water if you get through that into your washing machine which is roughly a cubic meter that would give you some idea of how much water there is a mother that is not an insignificant amount but the question is can astronauts women and men on the surface actually extract this water the coronavirus pandemic has severely affected the global art industry with galleries forced to close and shows being counseled but in the u.k. some artists are thriving in the new normal so we're going to go reports from liverpool in times of crisis when normality fulls upon it is a time many say well

a great amount can come to life when hardship find is the imagination to escape the harsh reality. from hollow spaces to the streets outside the pandemic has pushed both artists and imus's alike to find creative means of expression creative hubs around the country have been quietly carrying on and providing a much needed supporting role such as this make a space in liverpool where art fused with technology is funded and run by the community at the start of the lock down they set to work making personal protective equipment and have adapted to the new way of working on sites and online the diversity of. people using the space which that means there's a more resilience and a diversity of ways that it's funded. because i'm because there's a community but there have been enormous challenges with lockdowns compass bone

shows and gallery closures hemorrhaging funds and there are fears about how the sector will survive. before the pandemic hits the creative industries were generating the equivalent of $145000000000.00 for the british economy however for many working in the sector that fact doesn't seem to resonated with a government that says that struggling artists ought to retrain and find a job in the new normal for arts organizations reliant on public funds support from the government is crucial and an investment the way that they are treated in the way that it's monetized isn't it's not equal to industries they're all of our projects of hard at least a 500 percent return on. investment critical local government and there's no other district that would expect a 530 percent return on investment for them and expect that to be the norm and

still cap what they're willing to give you the following year what happens in these studios impacts the world outside whether it's regenerating spaces creating objects that are bought and sold the u.k.'s artistic wealth will be a vital part of its post pandemic economic recovery what its creators require on guarantees that they will be able to afford to work and to test britain's reputation as a cultural heavyweight sony diagonal al-jazeera liverpool. this is our desire these are the top stories the world health organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous strike in their battles against new surges of coronavirus and factions they don't see admits a certain level of fatigue 10 but it's cautioning against giving up on the fight the u.s. senate.