in the dark starts nov 12th on t.w. . this is. from berlin a deadly knife attack in a church in the french city of nice the country's antiterrorist prosecutors have launched a murdering quiet. german chancellor angela merkel says new pandemic measures are necessary and appropriate addressing the bone the stuff the chancellor wants tracing the source of all new infections is currently impossible but the opposition says the new rules are excessive.

as welcome to the program and we start with some breaking news french media are reporting that at least 3 people killed in a knife attack in the french city of nice the attack took place at the not a church in the center of the city the attacker also injured several other people before being detained by police the motive for the attack was not imminent immediately clear but francis antiterrorism prosecutor has launched an investigation. dollars bringing our france correspondent lisa lewis lisa what else do we know so far. well there are conflicting reports actually at the moment if there have been 3 people killed or only 2 and one severely injured we understand the attacker was then as shot by police and treated by emergency doctors

and the mayor of nice has said to the press that while he was being treated by emergency doctors he was saying god is great and the mayor of new said this is really shocking this is this is another attack an islamist attack on our country and he also confirmed that the president would go to news later on today. from prosecutors have opened on to terrorism probe does that mean for the investigation we're seeing live pictures by the way from the scene in these. where they do believe that this was a terror attack indeed that this is a special section of the prosecutor's office that is dealing with only such matters and the government is obviously are looking into the affair now and we don't know yet who the attacker was but the area around the church is a largely cordoned off the police are still investigating if this attack it was

acting on his own or if he had maybe some other people working with him and we should know more in the coming hours really. has there been any political reaction yet. well the mayor of nice christian christiane is tozzi is set this is an awful attack just shortly after the attack when you look back about 2 weeks back at 47 year old teacher was beheaded by an islamist terrorist for showing cartoons of muhammad in class and casinos to see the mayor of nice again he said that this was really shocking that another attack was happening in such a short time here in france the assembly national assembly has held a minute of silence because when the prime minister got the news of the attack he was actually talking about the lockdown the that is coming into force tonight at midnight and he was interrupting his speech to say there has been another attack and let's remember the victims and those who were injured in this attack. a

president. who has reacted to the attack recently on the teacher that was killed for showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad and that sort of instigated a bit of a sponsor and this president other one got involved as well could this escalation have anything to do with that do you think. well it certainly has contributed to certain atmosphere in the country the government is really ramping up and saying we're going to crack down on radical islam isn't there have announced new measures that want to better control hate speech on the internet better control you moms here in france that many of them actually coming from other countries and don't speak french the government now wants to train them itself they also want to better control musk that that are known to be radicalized one recently was at least a preliminary a shut down because the government believes that

a radical islam is preaching there so the government is really are ramping up and saying we're going to crack down on this and this obviously as though it's a lot of fear amongst muslims here and maybe also reaction such as sadly such an attack. these are we coming back to you during the show as this story clearly is developing fast for the moment thank you very much. we're going to germany where chancellor angela merkel has defended the latest round of coronavirus restrictions as the country prepares to go back into lockdown addressing the bundestag merkel's that it was currently impossible to trace the origin of all the new infections hampering efforts to contain the virus but she faced frequent interruptions during her speech and the opposition have called the measures excessive and inappropriate . empty restaurants and bars no museums no theaters these images are actually from the 1st wave of the pandemic but in november germans will have to get used to them again ice coronavirus cases rise chancellor merkel announced new restrictions

the main difference this time is that schools and shops will remain open many businesses will receive economic support on thursday merkel defended their new policy in a key speech before the german parliament thank you must learn the measures we now have to take are appropriate necessary and proportionate in particular there is no milder means than consistently reducing contact to stop and reverse the infection process and bring it to a manageable level. and they have spouses. merkel was constantly interrupted and the parliament speaker saw himself forced to call for order the biggest opposition party in the broader stock the far right if he was quick to slam the measures given to the thieves one for we consider the paralysis of the cultural industry the hospitality industry and practically the entire social life as announced by mrs merkel to be excessive and inappropriate now one of the big

questions is whether citizens will actually comply with these new measures the government has enjoyed high levels of support but criticism is on the rise and there's also an evident coronavirus fatigue. for this i'm not joined by political correspondent the chancellor. has discussed these strict measures and what she's saying about the threat level that makes this so important right now well america has been probably the most prominent person in germany warning about the developments for weeks and months now if we go back just a month's time she predicted that we would be around $900000.00 cases by the end of the year and a month ago that was regarded as alarmist now we have. 17000 today so we're very close to that just 4 weeks later and 2 weeks ago she had another meeting with the regional leaders of germany the 16 federal states where certain measures were

decided and i'm glad not to went public after that meeting saying that she felt that that was not enough that the measures were not strict enough 2 weeks later as i say we're reaching new records clearly she was correct so now she is saying it's time to act it's time to act very very decisively the numbers of infections are rising very quickly and what she's really focusing on is that these this rise in effect infections leads to a. parallel rise in the number of cases in the hospitals and those are doubling every 10 days at the moment so she's saying we have another 2 or 3 steps in that doubling before we reach the capacity exceed the capacity in the hospital so within 2 to 3 weeks we could be in a crisis situation hospitals that's why they're saying now we have to stop this. not to try to make the case fall for these measures but the opposition of was quite strong actually. saying it was excessive and inappropriate somebody spoke of

a blind action is i'm. not so much acceptance right now if we look back to march there was more acceptance was and is i think you can say that in march everybody was in a sense shocked by what happened with that virus one was not really used to that yet it was a new phenomenon and one wasn't clear about what measures actually would be effective so i think people then felt that the heaviest possible measure namely a locked on for several weeks was appropriate at the time now we are more familiar with the virus people to some extent i think feel that it is to them personally is especially if you're young and not as threatening as one had thought maybe and also we're talking about very very serious consequences for business for the economy and especially those parties more on the right of the political spectrum who are close to business interests other parties that are now criticizing these measures as

being too drastic they are advocating measures that would be more targeted and would leave business life less seriously affected but the government says this is the way to go its and attempt to keep as it were serious business going the factories being closed down but at the same time those parts of business life such that concern recreation and entertainment there's a been shut down to prevent people from gathering still many say the cuts into civil liberties are far far too deep what about public opinion is the nation still behind and measures there are clearly cuts into civil liberties live civil liberties are being restricted the freedom of movement is being restricted the freedom of assembly is being restricted so clearly there are civil liberties. issues involved here. but i think what you can expect in the population the most recent polls have shown that the support for such

a measure still is very very high and most recent poll this week saw that more than half of people agreed with the measures they were that were instituted after a time before these new measures and 30 percent in addition said the measures were too slow in other words we have roughly an 80 percent agreement to these measures so i think at the moment in terms of the support in the population the government are still doing very well up a little course one tons on thank you for this analysis. but here are some of the other developments in and make the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in india has now passed 8000000 has the 2nd highest number of cases in the world after the united states but one of the world's lowest death rates iran's health ministry says the country is now in a full scale war with the virus as tehran reported record death toll for

a 2nd consecutive day is the worst hit country in the middle east and taiwan has reached 100 days without any domestic transmissions of covert 19 it continues to record new cases of people arriving from abroad but is being pointed pointed to as a success story and how to deal with the 10 demick. fighting between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of the gone across has entered its 2nd month after a cease fire failed on tuesday the region lies within by john but has been under the control of armenian forces since a war that ended in 1904 troops brokered by the u.s. failed to take effect on monday just like 2 earlier truces negotiated by russia i mean by john continued to blame each other for ceasefire violations. clothing food water and medicine volunteers at this donation point for humanitarian aid in

the armenian capital a lot of honor of working around the clock to give peace and says it is to those in need. they've been here since the start of the conflict and seeing the intend to see it through to the end. because across the border no government cut above the need is great. artillery firing down on cities throughout the region daily and the fog of war is making it hard to verify basic facts on the ground but these images at least show the extent of the damage in the regional capital stop i cared . for tens of thousands of already fled the violence like these women who found refuge in the armenian capital bringing with them stories of friends and neighbors killed and injured while seeking shelter in basements or even churches. for some it was all they left with. voting against failure there was

a man on the street from the air of may god protect him and he said get in the car i'll get you out of here move and move can you imagine our house burnt to the ground in 2 hours we didn't manage to save anything. the women gathered here see the world has turned their back on them. if. everyone is standing around and waiting like this is some kind of game they're just waiting to see what have planned events. don't use the bureau to lump among blue it's just criminal the world is behaving criminally because no one is listening to. it just look up or. we will be victorious a message in billy's and on video screens and patriotic posters throughout the capital. well there are no official figures observers claimed thousands of young armenians are volunteering for military service. government is one of

them. along with us filming mckeesport it's each of our responsibility to serve our fatherland is in a difficult situation. we need to protect our territory. we're not going anywhere. what's going on july. 2 flags flying above your own. on the left flank of armenia. on the right flank of the or mean on cleve knew got a new car bomb. here some call to display resolve and perhaps also warning that would mean you would back down in the fight when you go to karbala. now let's bring in our correspondents. who is in azerbaijan and our own tilton who is in the armenian capital are and you filed this report let's turn to you 1st news

account in this morning about fresh fighting in the know it all across the region what are you hearing. well that's right gary hart and right off the bat i have to say because of the nature of this conflict it's very hard to verify actual facts on the ground that being said in a government called a boss defense ministry has indicated that at least 50 people both soldiers and civilians have lost their lives in the part due to airstrikes and shelling overnight and now i have been in contact with journalists who are actually embedded in the regional capital step on a carrot and they have confirmed that they were also able to see some of those strikes and hear those strikes and they said the rate of artillery fire has increased overnight so it seems at least fair to say at this hour that the violence in the run the government is increasing the heavy attack on close to the enclave was reported yesterday but i mean it denies any involvement what can you tell us about. well that's not entirely surprising you have to remember but since the 1st day of this conflict it's kind of gone hand in hand with dueling accusations and

denials of responsibility what's interesting about body is though it has actually appeared on a list of legitimate targets by the yemeni military in the past so if they were actually involved in that strike then some of the violence we've seen around the government out of office today could be seen as maybe some type of retaliatory action for the strike and lot of the. if you were in baba yesterday after the attack happened what did you witness that. well this has been the deadliest attack here in by john the deadliest reported to attack since the fighting over to go in a car about started over a month ago we've been in florida just hours after it happened we saw burned out cars as several houses completely destroyed and many people in shock now azerbaijan has actually accused armenian forces of having attacked barda with so-called.

cluster munition this is a particularly devastating and deadly type of weapon battened by many countries around the world except. azerbaijan and armenia and armenia has leveled similar allegations over the past weeks against azerbaijan human rights organizations have confirmed these claims on the ground now this is a dangerous escalation more than 100 civilians on both sides have already lost their lives in this war so as the fighting continues this number is very likely to increase. you know how be likely is it that the violence in the region will come to an end soon. well right now a diplomatic peaceful solution seems a loose if as you mentioned free cease fires have already failed to go to russian brokered ones and one negotiated in washington and the question really is how much political will is there in azerbaijan and armenia to return to the negotiation

table now azerbaijan's president has insisted that his country has a right to reclaim nagorno-karabakh by force he is also announced some significant military victories and gains and recent days so for him the question really is are there incentives for the leadership here in the country to stop the military companion and return to negotiations. in those a bit john and some reporting from the media thank you both very much. as well take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in hong kong a teenage activist has become the 1st political figure to be prosecuted under a sweeping used national security law imposed by beijing 19 year olds tony chong is a former member of student localism that's a small group that advocates hong kong's independence from china. myanmar's de

facto leader aung san suu kyi has voted early in the country's elections scheduled for november 8th party the national league for democracy is widely expected to win she remains popular at home where images undented by accusations of complicity in atrocities against the country's muslim minority. arcane zito has made landfall in louisiana hammering the u.s. state with high winds and heavy rains authorities have been warning residents to take shelter and have come for one death so far fast moving storm is expected to sweep across the u.s. southeast we stay in the u.s. philadelphia has imposed nighttime curfew to quell unrest following the police shooting of a black man on man on monday 2 nights of looting and clashes between police and protesters followed the death of water wallace jr at least 172 people have been

arrested and 53 officers injured in the unrest. protests against the killing of black americans by police became a national movement over the summer one of the focal points off the campaigns by black lives matter was the death of briana taylor who was killed when police carried out a so-called no knock warrant on her home w.'s correspondent has been in louisville kentucky meeting those pushing for reforms to police in. october in louisville kentucky a city's scarred by the pen demick and protests reeling from the death of black medical workers briana taylor who died while police were searching her home in march. black lives matter activist. justice briana she is her hero and the symbol of a movement that will no longer be silenced. personally and emotionally briana taylor's name for me it gives me strength she gives me hope and she gives me

a reason to wake up every day and fight for justice i mean. i'm 40 years old in we have seen the injustices of black people in this nation briana taylor lived here on the outskirts of louisville in march police entered her apartment using a no knock warrant an exchange of gunfire ensued and she died in a hail of bullets you can see from out here that when police officers started shooting that they shot from outside the home and so here's one still bullet hole in police evidence tape over 20 bullets shot. inside the home. a policy strategist drafted briana's law which bans the use of no knock warrants.

she says the roots of police brutality lie in the judicial system and with the police themselves no one is really holding the police accountable and it's almost like police officers have been able to just do whatever they've been wanting to do . i 7 months after briana taylor's death the protest movement is still alive in late september kentucky's attorney general revealed that the police officers who shot her would not face murder. charges i made the decision came as a shock for the kids who are haran and many others now she's pinning all her hopes on a new president. we have to protect folks in the united states and i don't think that the current owner ministration has done that i think that they have have nots feel like they've been misused and of these in their power and so this this this election is is the most important that i've ever seen. free. 'd

heroin is especially concerned that donald trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election. in louisville protesters are singing for peace and for an end to the escalation of violence. the mind. all of us are reporting that now let's return to our top story french media reporting that 3 people have been killed in a knife attack in the french city of nice talk took place and they not saddam buzz in it at the center of the city also injured several other people before being detained by police francis and terrorism prosecutor has launched an investigation.

let's go back to france correspondent lisa lewis he said this is foster following story what's the latest. well we understand now that 3 people have indeed died that's confirmed there was there were conflicting media reports beforehand it looks like 2 women were killed and one man one woman fled from the church into a nearby cafe but then diet later on the attacker was treated by emergency doctors because he had been shot by police in while he was being treated apparently said several times god is great the mayor of new close your eyes to his ears then come out talk to the press and said you know this is a horrible islamize attack on our country we're really shocked by this and lots of people have come out on twitter you know from different politicians but also french people just normal people on twitter saying you know we really are horrified by this renewed attack here in french soil. live pictures from the scene needs

have there been any other political reaction so far well the position is obvious saying we need to do more to fight against radical islam isn't the government of the few weeks back just after you know an attack on a 47 year old teacher that had shown cartoons of the prophet mohammad in class and was then killed by an islamist attacker after this attack the government announced new measures to crackdown on radical islam isn't and you know for example to limit hate speech online and to better control in mom's here in the country many people are now are saying you know we do need this measure in these measures and many french according to polls think that terrorism really is a very important threat here in the country. thank you very much.

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