number that people have to suffer in this way it is an excerpt of a refugee status on the road to 0. the. a 2nd nationwide lockdown and france bars and restaurants to close in germany it's the latest attempt to stop a 2nd wave sweeping year. hello again i'm just on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. after a 3rd ceasefire attempt to end fighting over nagorno-karabakh and his 2 a failed as a by john an armenian accuse each other of killing civilians and attacks. hurricanes or slams into the u.s.

state of louisiana the 5th major storm to hit the region this year. and back in the hot seat the heads of facebook google and twitter face tough questions from politicians over how they monitor content on their platforms. can put you in charge of what immediately after the court and what the american people to hear. parts of europe facing a new round of shutdowns as the continent struggles to stop a 2nd wave of 19 france will go into its 2nd nationwide lockdown on friday and in announcing that move president warned this could be more deadly than the fast and hospitals could soon be overwhelmed and talked about her reports from the capital paris. in a sort of a t.v. address french president emmanuel. said

a new lockdown was necessary because france's health situation had deteriorated rapidly. partly because of what we learned in spring down will be adapted schools will stay open and work can continue visits will be permitted to retirement homes as in the spring you can only leave home to work for a medical visit to help someone for essential shopping or exercise in a home of. the number of new cases is rising fast in france with more than 50000 on some days more than half of the country's intensive care unit beds are occupied by kovi patients this talk to says that health workers would want for months at a 2nd wave was coming and would be worse than the 1st november is going to be very very hard and we have so we have you know to break that wave that is coming because if we keep accumulating really the cases in the case of cases then very soon we won't have any beds anymore. really not for months the government i'm president of

urged people in france to live as normally as possible with the virus but these new restrictions reveal just are challenging that really is. a government a strike to navigate a delicate process try to find out if i could go in terms of focusing more on. the situation we are in now is a result of this precarious balance. the fact that the new restrictions come less than 2 weeks after a night time curfew was imposed on most of the country could indicate that the government failed to anticipate the scale of the emergency for some a new lockdown could have been avoided by others it was inevitable either way few would have imagined that they would be forced to stay at home again so soon. al-jazeera paris. well germany is also imposing nearest tractions for at least one month starting on monday restaurants and bars will be closed at schools will stay open. and italy people are now not allowed to eat out after 6 pm and there has in

gyms a shot it's a similar situation in spain which has declared an overnight curfew and limited gatherings mexico's president has criticized their stock downs in europe saying it's authoritarian under arrest manual lopez obrador believes the european governments are treating their citizens like children his comments come on the same day that mexico passed $1000.00 deaths linked to the coronavirus it's an affront to the lower body that it's a new 3rd period by your thirty's by the government with all due respect on the part of those who opt for the confused sign of faith in people putting yourself above as with dorothy and seeing citizens as children they don't understand. coronavirus cases are also climbing across the u.s. 6 days before the presidential election their half

a 1000000 cases have been recorded just in the last week with 26 states reporting near record numbers now on the campaign trail president trump claims the pandemic will end quickly but his rival joe biden says that's far from the truth mike hanna reports joe biden the merges from the voting station having cast an early ballot joining his opponent donald trump who voted in florida last week they're not the only ones 6 days out from election day a record 70000000 americans have cast their votes early amounting to half the total number of ballots recorded in 2016 why didn't chose to stay in his home town holding a meeting with hope professionals to discuss the ongoing pandemic. shaking his head at what he heard and afterwards lashing out at the president he contends has given up trying to contain the pandemic. seems like he just doesn't care much

about it and the longer he's in charge the more reckless he gets it's enough trying to change reports emerging tearing the day indicate that president trump and his advisers were seeking political capital out of the pandemic as far back as april in a recorded interview with journalist bob woodward jarrett cushion a reveals that his father in law in his words was getting the country back from the doctors question was referring to donald trump's insistence on ending the lockdown as soon as possible he was tweeting support for anti lock down protests at a time that americans were dying at the rate of some 2000 a day cushion a says he and trump are focused on what would help the president on election day by their calculations he contended trump would be seen as the open up president which

would give him a boost in the polls and on the campaign trail president trump continues to insist this too much focus on the coronavirus and rails against the mitigating measures health experts insist on under biden's cruel and centers lockdowns countless americans will died from susa drug overdose. deferred medical care alcoholism we're going to open up pennsylvania we're going to open up north carolina and open up california and open up. the pandemic has dominated the selection process like no other subject and ultimately this vote may well turn into a referendum on how well or help badly the sitting president has responded. by. washington well staying with the u.s. election and the supreme court has rejected a republican bid to limit when mail and ballots can be received in 2 key swing

states pennsylvania and north carolina that means that votes that have been posted on nov 3rd can be counted the several days afterwards president trump has regularly attacked mail inviting making claims of fraud without any evidence and now a former u.s. homeland security official has admitted he is the white house insider who wrote a scathing op ed 2 years ago condemning donald trump miles taylor who no longer works for the president has called trump a moral petty and ineffective tailor is supporting joe biden for president a 3rd attempt a piece of history crumbled in nagorno-karabakh azerbaijan has accused armenia of killing at least $21.00 people and wounding dozens more in a missile strike this is the deadliest incident against civilians since fighting resumed a month ago. reports from the as area capital back it was the worst attack on civilians yet on either side since the conflict began a month ago the city of border hit by what does it describes as smirch missiles.

he's also accused of using cluster bombs to inflict maximum damage in a densely populated area of this. i mean it emerged carrying out the attack the 2nd in less than 24 hours civilians in a 2 years old child was among the victims the city now is home to hundreds of people who fled the conflict zone in the region. both sides have been exchanging fire despite 3 attempts in as many weeks to impose a humanitarian ceasefire. as area forces are also accused of aiming at civilian targets the maternity ward of a hospital in stepanek raped was hit although there are no reports of casualties there as it by jan is imposing itself on the battlefield regaining territory and inflicting heavy losses on armenia with more than a 1000 soldiers killed this video released by azerbaijan is said to show armenian

military equipment captured during the fighting i mean as prime minister he called passionately and warned of a counterattack. the people of our truck the armenian people all armenians will fight to the last for every tree every stone every centimeter and every millimeter an accurate counterattack delivered at the right moment will have the effect of a devastating collapse for the enemy but at the moment i mean your peers unable to stop the advance of the as a very military industry surrounding the. president warned that his response will come on the battlefield now both foreign ministers of president john enemy and are scheduled to meet separately with the men's group on thursday in geneva they might be yet another attempt to impose a ceasefire that never was but it will prove even more difficult the barred attack

marking a serious escalation but at that hamid. living across the world are showing their solidarity with their ancestral homeland for a chance reports from capitol hill. this is a far cry from tiger we are going to day job the dental consultant from los angeles seals and on he gets ready. you go see here it's another way of finding a fallen soldiers home on for 40 days. symbol that there is a fun soldier's family inside. you is about to come face to face with intense grief to armenian families are mourning sons killed in the war with azerbaijan took off as comfort asks about the men and leaves $3000.00 for each house to house hospitals a hospital she's done this many times now. with regular social media posts turkey has raised more than half a $1000000.00 from the armenian overseas community as an i mean what else would i

be doing now in a link let's see if i was here and pretty sure i was going to do something to either raise awareness or raise funds to send a fund my volunteer team to it that it's just it's a must i feel like i would not sleep well if i get in. armenia has a population of just 3000000 but the diaspora in the united states russia europe the middle east and beyond easily doubles that number and this war has mobilized them to help. famous armenians have been spreading their message to the world from the us kim carr daschle in west tweeted to her 61000000 followers and donated 1000000 dollars to the all armenia fund it's the main vehicle for armenians abroad to give money $150000000000.00 has been raised since the war began in late september. rallies against perceived as a by johnny and turkish aggression have been organized to this one in los angeles

on october the 12th. here's poland and this is argentina. such as the importance of the diaspora to armenia that it has a high commissioner to liaise with them we have not only major fund raising drive that's happening in the diaspora we also have a large amounts of humanitarian aid coming to armenia from all parts of the world and we also have volunteers every everything from doctors to. various professionals and people who want to be on the front line and defend their homeland . the fact that armenians are dying in significant numbers on the battlefield has galvanized many for armenians far and wide this is not a time to question what responsibility armenia there is for the current conflict techie's efforts may be among the more remarkable but thousands maybe millions are doing something to help their country in this time of suffering. al-jazeera your

event hominy are. well still ahead here on al-jazeera running short of medicine and stuff we'll look at how venezuela is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and an economic crisis. and the warning from the u.s. secretary of state to sri lanka about chinese influence. how there are still showers around in the arabian sea and they might just catch the edge of yemen possibly among the underside of the horn of africa and there are showers brewing in the east and many would cyprus and turkey they might make it a bit further east would but i don't think so it's still remarkably warm van bits of iraq in a good part of saudi arabia everything else is doing supposed to do following

averages this time is about $31.00 in doha the breeze still coming likely blowing out of the north there damascus still shows you're probably 4 or 5 degrees above the average for the next couple of days and it cools down a bit come sunday with the cloud increasing. so was right in the horn of africa that means some rain in somalia still some showers in ethiopia and south sudan but not as many as they were there is a trend to go southwards that's correct for this time of the year so it's wet in uganda is wet in rwanda daily big thunderstorms. camry and the republic of congo congo even though 9 gola because of sudden limits this rain hasn't gone the fellas sat down the river valley the last week or so we would like some showers are no there is rain coming across the far south africa but in johannesburg it's now warm and sunny again.

jumped into the stream and julian on global community bio diversity is biosecurity it is that essential for our species to survive be part of the debate i know you have my days and you too can be part of this conversation when no topic is off the table the police are not neutral and all of these cases goal here is to terrorize and here's the other part of this there's no consequence to this stream on out as they are. so again i'm a star in doha let's remind you of our top stories here the south fronts is going

into a 2nd nationwide lockdown to fight a surge and over 1000 infections president emanuel has warned of this 2nd wave could be even more deadly than the faster the restrictions go into place on friday . the u.s. supreme court has rejected a republican bid to limit when mail and ballots can be received in the swing states of pennsylvania and north carolina it means votes posted on november 3rd can be counted for several days afterwards. and azerbaijan has accused on media of killing at least $21.00 civilians in a missile strike undermining a cease fire attempt the attack on the city of bada is the deadliest against civilians since fighting was your a month ago. and more than 40 people are missing in vietnam after typhoon more love a struck the region the government says the storm caused landslides that have killed at least 13 people strong winds ripped off roofs and uprooted trees it's one of the strongest storms to hit in decades more than 130 people have been killed in

recent weeks by severe flooding and landslides while hurricanes isa has made landfall in the southern u.s. bringing another round of heavy rain and damaging winds to the state of louisiana there there are warnings the category 2 storm could also bring life threatening storm surges residents have been want to take shelter and the president has already declared an emergency for parts of the state is the 5th named storm to slam into louisiana this year breaking state records jay gray is monitoring the situation from the city of new orleans. severe driving winds along with counting rain here and that's something we saw for an extended period of time we saw on things torn away from buildings here we know that there is other damage across the city it'll be interesting to see how the city fared look over the last day or so we've seen sandbags moving into place boarded up windows and doors and and people really taking this storm seriously it is the 5th named storm to make landfall in the wee

scieno this season that's a record and when it made landfall winds of 160 kilometers so that's also a record as the most powerful storm to make landfall this late in the season when you talk to people on the ground they say they're just tired to be real frank they've gone through such a tough hurricane season now this late in the season to have another and you combine that with covert 19 and all that that's brought on not only this state obviously but the entire country and people say they just have to teague they're ready to move forward hong kong court has a chance to teenage activist and a controversial national security 19 year old tony chung is accused of secession money laundering and conspiring to publish the dishes content he was arrested $2.00 days ago near the u.s. consulate where he was about to seek asylum chen led a student activist group which disbanded when beijing impose that new law which

critics say is aimed at stifling dissent while police in guinea have lifted a blockade on the main opposition leaders home celadon giallo declared victory a day off the votes were cast on october 8th but the electoral commission went on to declare a 2 year old president alpha condé the winner instead setting up his controversial 10 shallow has condemned the impasse after the post-election dispute that the deaths and violence. well a vigil has been held to remember 13 children killed in a raid on a school in cameron's in their speaking region mothers and mender said they were broken by the increasing violence targeting children although no one has claimed responsibility for that attack the government says separatists are behind those killings in canada independence fighters accuse the french speaking government of marginalizing them. well for a 2nd straight day iran has reported another record coronavirus death toll and health officials have warned the worst is still yet to come as winter approaches

iran is the worst affected country in the region recalling almost 600000 and factions the latin america has also been badly hit by the current virus and aid workers in venezuela are warning the country is struggling to respond on the front line hospitals are lacking basic supplies and many patients have been left to die to reason has the story of. fighting 19 is a major challenge in most countries but even if we are where hospitals are running short of medicines and staff the battle is even harder. every day to this hospital and get our guys to care for her father she says her presence is the only guarantee her father will be looked after but i mean well my dad is there for me while he is alive it is already a victory and we have to thank god one more day of life for him an ongoing economic crises and sanctions are having a devastating effect in venezuela thousands of health care workers have migrated

the government says it has tried to prepare hospitals in the country to fight calls with 19 this hospital for example has received help from doctors without borders it has running water and air conditioning but it's the exception in the country these days. janet by the don't is in charge of the intensive care unit here which is supposed to be one of the best prepared in the capital 80 famous had a miniature health system in venezuela had deteriorated greatly prior to that 90 every doctor knows it's a matter about resources about health and sanitary conditions even within hospitals would have population of more than 28000000 authorities in venezuela report fewer than 800 deaths by covert 1000 but the opposition says the figure is much higher because many people are afraid to go to a hospital or cannot get tested. says her father died of covert 19 she had to be isolated in a hotel with her family not

a single one of them answer now. we were received by the national guard and we were told that we were under the care and if we tried to escape we were going to go on trial for bacterial terrorism our rooms had no electricity they would do. it looks like a red cave it took a while before we would choose did we basically had to beg for a test because we wanted to get out of the hard tell we were experts see konami crisis may have helped in this time the lack of gasoline has reduced movement across the country and slowed down the spread of the virus in spite of the daily struggles people face priscilla nicole announced earlier this week that venezuela has produced a cure for 19. giving us really i want to announce venezuela has created a medicine that stops coronavirus after 6 months of trial who can certify this study as part of the experts and scientists with all the proof in the next day we will go to the world health organization to ratify once it's ratified will start

preparing the mass production of this molecule gets the world a cure against corona virus but many people in the country have doubts. was once one of the richest countries in latin america and now millions are struggling just to survive it's a crisis that has been looming for years and that for now is unlikely to end anytime soon. and just. now u.s. secretary of state mike compare has praised indonesia's efforts to push back against china in the south china sea during a visit pump air promised to find new ways to help jakarta fight what he's called beijing's unlawful claims the secretary of state says on a 5 nation trip through asia earlier he was in sri lanka and there he warned the government to be on guard for what he calls predatory lending and investment by china will finance as reports from the sri lankan capital colombo. the president's office in colombo and a meeting with go to the rajapaksa was the 1st stop for the u.s.

secretary of state on wednesday mike pompeo was in the island for 1000 hours as part of the south asian tour and he again condemned china's growing dominance in the region. indeed a strong sovereign shakur is a powerful and strategic partner for the united states on the world stage they can be a beacon for a free and open indo-pacific but that's quite a contrast to what china 6 we see from bad deals violations of sovereignty and lawlessness on land and sea that the chinese communist party is a predator in the united states comes the different way we come as a friend and as a partner china's embassy in colombo dismissed on bills allegations by tweeting sorry mr secretary we are busy promoting china sri lanka friendship and cooperation not interested in your alien versus predator invitation the u.s. can play 2 roles at the same time as always she lanka's foreign minister going to

more than a said he's meeting with promptly it was an opportunity for both sides to understand each other's priorities as a sovereign free independent nation 3 lanka's foreign policy will remain neutral. non-alignment friendly despite the stated policy actions especially of the rajapaksa brothers have tended to favor the chinese in recent years china has cultivated a close rapport which such as during the closing stages of the 26 year war with the tamil tigers and helping repair the damage since then that work in china's favor leading some to question its priorities as well as those of the united states if she lanka's true interests are at heart for any of the international players around they would be pressurizing to conform and to respect the rights of the citizens and more sustainable democracy but clearly that's not could happen what is going to

happen i think there are various scenarios that work here i think there is a level of what could be considered bullying there could be a defense deals at stake here there could be pressure applied through india sri lanka strategic location has shifted the full global for against each other in a race for dominance in this part of the. with projects like the 4th city which you can see behind me and the only thing of vital shipping lane china seems ahead of fact east. and then there's al-jazeera colombo. now the heads of tech giants in the united states have been grilled about how they moderate content the c.e.o.'s of facebook google and twitter appeared before a senate committee it's discussing whether to reform laws that protect the companies from being held liable for users posts democrats say there needs to be stronger action of the misinformation and republicans accuse some platforms of censoring conservative voices those who the hell elected. and put you in

charge of what the media allowed to report and what the american people are allowed to hear and why do you persist in behaving as a democratic super pac silencing used to the contrary your political beliefs were not there this is wide open. this year with calls for more transparency we realize we need to earn trust more we realize that more comically is needed to show our intentions in the short. well in afraid as the chief technology correspondent to access she says the senate has got up got caught up in part as in fighting and failed to talk about the beyond issues. today was exactly what happens when you schedule a hearing a week or less before the end of an election cycle you get a lot of you know partisan talk now that happens any time that we're discussing these issues because it is viewed really differently by democrats and republicans

but i think today we got even less into the issues around content moderation and really each side just trying to hammer home what it sees as an attempt to interfere in the election republicans see facebook and twitter as trying to throw the election to the democrats and the democrats see the republicans as using these allegations of bias to try and put their hand on the table if you will tilt the scale toward their favor so this was largely a partisan or almost exclusively a partisan exercise i think it is really important when we look at this free speech is really about the government regulating speech private companies have a right to set their own policies in the u.s. and in fact it never comes up but we have a far right sites far left sites and you don't really hear much because they don't have a lot of scale so no one is complaining that they have a bias obviously facebook and twitter have tremendous reach and it is important how they moderate it but it's not about free speech so much as it is what are the rules

and what's allowed and what's protected section $230.00 which comes up at all these hearings gives extra protection to publishers and a lot of people feel like those protections should be limited and that criticism comes from both sides of the aisle just for different reasons. than to have al jazeera and these are the headlines from going into a 2nd nationwide talk down to. 19 infections present among american warned the 2nd wave could be more deadly than the fast the restrictions go into place on friday and on monday germany will surprise a possible shutdown on mexico's president has criticized the lockdowns in europe saying that authoritarian his comments come on the same day that mexico past 1000.