from him and the other quit your weekly take on u.s. politics and society that's the bottom of. the of. the grisly attack in the french city of nice leaves 3 people dead president raises the national security security alert to its highest level. money this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. new lockdowns begin as rates of corona virus infection spread throughout europe. 35 days until the u.s. election campaigning is in overdrive as both candidates try will voters in key

swing states. have a have a tactics from police in argentina evicting hundreds of families make jobless and homeless due to the pandemic. we begin with new details about what happened in the moments leading up to an attack in a church in the french city of nice where 3 people were killed france's chief antiterrorist prosecutor says the attacker was a tunisian born man who arrived in paris earlier this month with an italian red cross documents he traveled to nice find train before changing his clothes and then walking to the church he's now in custody president in money a micro has called the incident an islamist terrorist attack it's prompted the government to raise the security alert to its maximum level. those days attack

follows another this month a teacher in paris was beheaded days after 7 cartoons of the prophet muhammad to some of his pupils president calls defending france's secularism and the right to mock religion david chasseur reports from nice. a place of worship now a crime scene inside not to dawn basilica the congregation had been praying when a man armed with a knife attacked them 3 people were killed one of the victims a woman was to capitated according to the police another victim was a churchwarden she the most but i still imagine him i still see him lighting the candles and now i'm thinking he's not there anymore. he's good nephew we are always with him he's always there he spends the day that he shares his life here he's not someone who comes and goes witnesses say the attacker shouted. during his attack he

was shot by police near the church and is now being treated in hospital for his injuries. working for the police we are hurt to once again see that our city is taken like this i want to tell the families of the victims of this barbaric attack that everyone in the community is by your side. i want to say that we can no longer with the laws of peace in our country wipe out islamofascism within hours of the attack the french president emmanuel macro visited to see. yemen to miss you ladies and gentlemen once again our country has been hit by an islamist terror attack once again this morning 3 of our compact it's well in nice in this not today . and very clearly france is under. a new sense of thinking if we are attacked it is for our values for our taste for freedom for

this possibility on our soil to believe freely and not to give in to any mind of terror or so i say it with great clarity once again we will not give in. france has now raised its state of emergency to its highest level. we revolted with what's going on is an attempt to take french hostage with regards to its muslims will not fall into this trap we will not fall into this trap. as part of operation sentinel the number of troops patrolling france will more than double on the present 3000 to more than 7000 president said that this would ensure that all place of worship will be safe. the attack comes 2 weeks after the murder of a school teacher samuel petit in a paris suburb he had been decapitated after showing caricature of the prophet mohammed to school children to illustrate a lesson on freedom of speech and secularism prime minister. says the

government's response to the murders in these will be firm implacable and immediate david chaytor al jazeera nice. the world has recorded more than half a 1000000 new coronavirus infections in a single day marking a new threshold in the worsening pandemic but it's rapidly rising infection rates that are for several european governments to take drastic action the spanish region of catalonia shutting its borders for 15 days while germany has announced a new month long lockdown from next week tighter restrictions have also just come into force in france the task about the reports from paris. savoring a lost cause feel like half a terrace in paris before a new knockdown in france the prospect of another month indoors fills the students with trepidation would be exactly what we have lots of exams that will be delayed now so i'm not sure what will happen next it's so make me panic it's not just the

young that are anxious. people with. this measure will be dramatic for many it's more isolation and it'll probably last until christmas for single people the elderly students it'll be very difficult to cope. but some people have chosen to leave the city while others focused on last minute chores many had mixed feelings about the shutdown. i understand a lot and i support it but the economy needs to go on and right now we don't know how the future will be. french president emanuel macro says the lockdown is necessary to stop the 2nd wave which could be more deadly than the 1st but some say it will be a disaster for the economy and the government should have done more to prevent the health situation from deteriorating so fast in parliament france's prime minister defended the government's handling of the pandemic. we knew that

a 2nd wave was possible even probable and we anticipated but the fact is no country look around us had the scene would accelerate in such a sudden and brutal manner rising infection rates have for several european governments to tighten restrictions and defend their choices spain's catalonia region closed its borders while germany announced a new lockdown. and so should the dynamic rate of infections will overload our intensive care units in just a few weeks from now all of this shows us that at the start of the cold season we are in a dramatic situation it affects us all without exception mike ross says that the impact of france's lockdown won't be known for a few weeks it's due to end at the start of december but many people are resigned to a lasting much longer if the situation doesn't improve natasha butler al-jazeera paris the e.u. will make more than 250000000 dollars available to member states to help them

transfer kovac 19 patients between them european commission president or love on the way and says governments need to reach out for help if their hospitals are getting overwhelmed. cases rising numbers of hospitalization are rising number of deaths are rising not this fast fortunately because we understand better today how to treat coverage patients and how to deal with the disease but the spread of the virus will overwhelm our health care systems if we do not act urgently the u.s. says marks a wreck or daily rise in cave in 1000 cases with almost 84000 new infections reported on thursday the last 7 days or the highest daily average since a pandemic began almost 9000000 people have contract to corona virus in the u.s.

president donald trump's handling of the crisis has become a key election issue. just 5 days to go until the u.s. election president donald trump and rival joe biden have been trying to win over the swing states of florida with competing rallies they remain neck and neck in the race for the sunshine state 29 electoral votes biden told his supporters a florida goes blue it's over trump had some positive economic news to share she had her sunday reports. before the pandemic struck donald trump wanted to run for reelection touting what he said was a strong economy as a sign of his successful presidency and on thursday he finally got some numbers to boast about record breaking the g.d.p. growth of 7.4 percent in the 3rd quarter we create the greatest picture of me and.

now we're doing it again for your beautiful make america great again right we're going to make it work make america great again again. yes. we did it now we're doing it it again my 1st lady would do it again but as always the numbers don't tell the whole story yes there's been a rebound as the economy reopened off to look down i'm government stimulus was felt however the u.s. economy is still 3.5 percent smaller than it was at the end of 2019 by comparison during the 2008 great recession the economy contract at 4 percent plus with rising cobra hospitalizations and the threat of future look downs few expect the economy to continue growing at such a pace the u.s. is leading infectious disease expert once again contradicted the president's repeated claim that the u.s. is rounding the corner we will start to approach what we call normal i don't think france is that it's going to be at a level where people are going to feel like there were no public health measures to

be implemented until we get to the end of 20215 days left folks also campaigning in florida on thursday joe biden this election is the most important one you've ever voted in what is your 1st or tan ladies and gentlemen the heart and soul of this country is at stake right here in florida. up to you you hold the key florida goes blue it's over it's over biden has a narrow lead in florida winning the state's $29.00 electoral college votes would make victory for much harder a majority of ballots cost here will be by mail or early in person voting and unlike other swing states florida is already counting votes received authorities say they expect 90 percent of ballots to be counted before midnight on election night so even if a national result takes days florida should be one battleground state with

a result with a conclusive all known relatively quickly she had al jazeera. u.s. retail john will margins removing guns and i mean from its sales floors in response to racial unrest in philadelphia a curfew is in place there after 2 nights of violence over the killing of wall to wall as the latest black person to die at the hands of police while wal-mart will remove weapons from being on display it will still sell them a company made similar moves during violent demonstrations are the police killing of george floyd. years economy has seen a historic in as the government pandemic fuels consumer spending report by the commerce department shows a 33 percent growth rate in the 3rd quarter unemployment has almost hall from his $23000000.00 high in april when the lockdown began. with corona virus infections

large companies continue to announce layoffs white house correspondent kimberly hall could house more from washington d.c. . the historic jump in the g.d.p. in the last quarter up 33 percent what i think it indicates as well as those numbers of jobs going down is what donald trump has been selling on the campaign trail and that is that he is trying to reopen the economy allow people to get back to their daily lives and so this is a major campaign promise on his part and he is contrast to get to kind of a doom and gloom prediction if joe biden gets elected that his plan is to shut down the economy for an indefinite period of time much like we've seen happening in parts of europe and that this would have a negative impact on those numbers so what we're seeing is this message being delivered by the 2 candidates 2 very different and contrast messages that we should also point out that when it comes to joe biden one other thing that he started to talk about a little bit as these numbers continue to be good for him in terms of the national

polls and his solid lead in these now kind of tempering expectation about what he can do on day one as president if he does win the election in terms of turning the pandemic around who's now saying that he'll look at science but don't expect to turn things around with the flick of a light switch so this is certainly an interesting message from a president or rather a presidential candidate that has repeatedly criticized donald trump's handling of the covert 1000 pandemic here in the united states explosions have been seen on the outskirts of. the disputed region in go on account of back. the artillery and rocket strikes look to be part of intensifying fighting in the region between. mania diplomats from the 2 come trees and power in for more talks to try to end the conflict after 3 failed attempts. were not far away the

azerbaijani army said to be closing in on the key town of shushi they're going to cut back separate lists separatist leaders says a very troops have advanced to within 5 kilometers and is edging residents to help fend off the attack. still ahead on al-jazeera you know grades were held on newspapers and not by her mother activists in india and what critics call of the crackdown on dissent in the royal and their cries about unfair treatment in northern england over the economic response to coronavirus compared to the south of the country in the world. hello a bit of a cold blast in a few shows which might feel like they're at the wrong season this is for northern parts of honshu and whole carder because the air is quite cold for they will be

rain showers and it is possible the highest ground is cooling down a little bit in tokyo but it's fine looking weather as far west as you can see this some cloud a few spots of rain in western china but in places like hong kong this is a drop in humanities a pleasant time of the year winter is still a long way north yet to show itself in sas china sea the actions died down and i'm alive is going across thailand to me and martin hans to right but we've got another storm to watch out for is making progress in the western pacific into the philippine sea and it will hit the olens the philippines probably during sunday elsewhere widespread showers and thunderstorms which is correct for this time of the year. so whilst malevolent house is the reigning me and china is the place to get wettest in the last 24 hours in india that rains now leaving chennai and going sars was to parts of tom and kara and sri lanka but the rain that's been

well produced in the east of the bay of bengal will move north into buying the bash and the east india. jump into the stream and join on global community biodiversity is bio security 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 complaints 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 is there . were. warning.

you're watching out as a reminder of our top stories this hour french authorities say the man who killed 3 people in the church tacked in nice was a tunisian arrives in france from islay carrying an italian red cross travel document president in monument krol has called the incident an islamist terrorist attack. european leaders the reintroducing the strict measures in response to rising coronavirus and factions violence has gone into a month long national lockdown and spain's catalonia region is shutting its borders for 15 days. the president donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden have been holding competing rallies in the battleground state of florida just 5 days to go until the u.s. election a record breaking 80000000 americans have already cast early in person or mail in votes. argentine police have a victim hundreds of families from

a vacant field in the city of mecca many people have build shelters there after being hit by the pandemics economic downturn to rise above as more. thousands of police officers stormed the town of get a new guy in the province of one of the order was to remove squatters that had taken over land illegally. land grabs have increased in recent weeks in argentina adding pressure to the government to file about the fatah members which is already struggling with an economic meltdown and because with 1000 pandemic. people mississippi advance by the police by throwing rocks at police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. look with what they are attacking us told us this man they said this was a pacific eviction and they were attacking us with everything they have. protesters say they will go back at night. and take over land once again earlier this year

thousands of families came to vist piece of land to build their homes they claim they had lost their jobs and the bay had nowhere else to leave this is an example of the enormous crisis that exists in argentina today and economic crisis that has been exacerbated by the pandemic the police came here removed those families by force they set some of the houses on fire and they say that they won't allow them to come back and they come again because of that i know we were asked was living in an improvised shelter with her 4 children one of them 9 year old or more in our oil assets that she never expected the police to remove them by force and at the moment donna i don't know where i'm going to go now i don't have a place to live i came here because i can't pay rent we have to choose whether we rent or we eat. for 2 months the authorities have been negotiating with squatters

and offer them money for them to leave but many claim that the money's not enough for them to find a place to live. only wants to be allowed to recover some of his belongings for them although the loss of the little this is very hard and came here because we didn't want to depend on anyone from here we will have to go back to the street. poverty and unemployment figures have soared in recent months president of the farm and this has increased cash handouts to assist the board i but argentina is dealing with its own financial troubles and authorities claim there is not enough to help everyone. but he said war. when a stylus. as a growing divide between northern and southern england over the response to corona virus like the lockdowns are in force across much of the north as kevin 19 infections rise and as andrew symonds reports from manchester city's

a demanding more help from government the north of england has long been the poor relation to the self in its economy and welfare with curve it hitting hard ahead now that the rest of the country it's open the gap even wider might just as initial refusal to move into the highest level of restrictions led to a standoff with central government over funding it's resolved now but are reframing it's. this is the north of england has consistently lost out. consequently it's created an entrenched north south descent to the north can be measured by the industrial scale of voluntary food distribution for the poor. it's a lot to simply live in poverty is an issue that skyrocketed throughout the u.k. highlighted by the social media campaign run by manchester united football and marcus rushford he grew up in poverty rushford efforts to persuade the government

to provide food for children join the school holidays in england failed but nationwide businesses large and small along with shoppers are donating food and money. it leaves boris johnson's government on the back foot although he says improved social benefit payments will provide for the poor on the ground charity workers working with rushford say the government isn't doing enough reflecting as a charity worker of over 30 years experience myself i am worried that perhaps the government is depending on the charity sector to you know fill the gaps perhaps tiny bit too much and that actually what we really need is more centralized leadership in 14 nation and boris johnson is facing pressure from within his own party $54.00 m.p.'s from right across the north of england have formed an action group many of them won seats from labor in last year's election and they're saying that the government looks set to break its promises of a levelling up of the north-south economic divide in warrington

a town where the highest restriction level was imposed this week again the focus is on deprived areas the number of children in need of food support has risen by more than 20 percent we're in the 21st century with the 5th richest country in the world and we can't feed our families i feel very very angry at times we all stand together had been a successful clarion call of the government in the height of the pandemic it worked then but not now andrew simmons al-jazeera manchester. new zealand has voted to legalize euthanasia starting in november next year those with a terminal illness and less than 6 months to live can apply for assisted dying under strict conditions the bill was approved in a binding referendum during the country's general election new zealand has also voted on whether to allow recreational marijuana use but preliminary results

suggest it will be rejected. 3 politicians from endears governing veejay pay party have been shot dead in indian administered kashmir police have blamed the attack on rebels fighting against indian rule in the disputed region newspapers and non-governmental organizations have been raided by indian authorities alleging customary separatist activities and national investigation agency sees documents and devices from the homes and offices of journalists and prominent activists has been criticised as a crackdown on dissent but thora he said farms were being collected for secessionist purposes this with per annum is more. we're outside the offices of a charity organization called the charity and lions it's one of around 20 locations which have been raided by india's national investigation agency over the past 2 days now residents of this neighborhood have told us that the street was filled

with police officers a little bit earlier in the day the national mr geisha agency says the raids connection says a so-called n.g.o.s and trusts raising money in india and abroad for charitable activities and then using that money for what they say separatists a session of activities in indian administered kashmir the raids began there on wednesday there were $9.00 raids in india in the one in the southern city of new they have continued today indeed in this again and here in delhi and number of offices of newspapers and offices of prominent human rights activists have been raided they include the former chairman of the delhi minority commission now a prominent politician member has condemned the raids he says that they're a vicious crackdown on dissent and members of the people's democratic party have

been detained and indeed administration. for protesting against the raids. it appears that the u.s. is pushing ahead with the sale of f. $35.00 jets to the united arab emirates the state department has notified congress that approve the deal which could be worth 10000000000 dollars senate and house committees have the rights to review. weapon sales. thank you. back to the race for the white house now and native americans are a small but potentially important group of voters particularly in swing states but many of facing obstacles and casting their ballots rob reynolds has more on the story. on the vast and remote stretches of the navajo nation where people live in isolated communities there is keen interest in the presidential election. voted early so that we can. how important kony should joe is

a nurse and has seen firsthand the devastating effects of colored 19 on the reservation according to the u.s. census bureau there are about 6800000 native american and alaska natives in the u.s. but native voters could have a disproportionate effect on the election in several important swing states the native american vote at least in 7 battleground states could actually sway the election one way or the other many native americans believe president donald trump has treated them disrespectfully as when he used a white house ceremony honoring navajo world war 2 veterans to attack one of his critics democratic senator elizabeth warren they call or pocahontas. who turned the suspects the colts or other native voters oppose trump's decision to green like controversy oil and gas pipelines on native land many demand stronger

efforts to end extreme poverty and low life expectancy on reservations and recognition of sovereign treaty rights joe biden and kamel harris have met with native leaders to discuss these issues of concern i think that you will see more participation of native americans throughout the united states but many difficulties stand in the way of native voters some states with voter identification requirements won't accept tribal i.d.'s others require voters to provide a street address which most native americans on rural reservations don't have there are few polling places on reservations mail in voting is difficult because reservation post offices where most people pick up and send their mail often are closed or have limited hours of operation and are also few and far between on the navajo nation. in or the the medium for

a person to check their mail is 38 miles a marathon and a half so there is nothing in going by mail that makes it easy for native americans native voter advocacy groups are suing in several states to force more voting access on reservations and less unequal treatment compared to other voters no one really understands like what we're going through the original people of this land determined to have their voices heard on election day rob reynolds al jazeera. this is allen says there these are the top stories french authorities say the man who killed 3 people in a test attack and names was a to new zealand who arrived in france from me with an italian red cross travel document president and money i'm across says into.