anchor: hello, and a very warm welcome back. it is precisely 11:00 p.m. in paris and these are the headlines from france 24. regional authohorities tightenee belt and spainin's hardest hit pockets with a partial coronavirus lockdown set to hit 850,000 people in the madrid area. 14,003 hundred d fresh infections are confirmed nationwide in the past 24 hours. the jewish new year comes with a new national law down. israel starts three weeks of renewed covid-19 restrictions.

the largely unpopular move upends thehesually festive time, but the countries embattled prime minister says it is essential. the campaigning heats u up for this year's prpresidential elelection. hadad trump and joe biden to the likely battttleground ste where in person voting has begun. some 850 thousand people living in thehe vicinity of thehe spanh capital have two more days of freedom before they face new covid-19 restrictions. gatherings of more than six people will be banned in the entire region around madrid.

bars and restauranants will have to slim down the numbers of people they can welcome, and locals will only be allowed to leave their home for work reasons, to get medical help, or to drop p their offspring off at school. this is with the regional government said justifying this partial lockdown. >> [speaking foreign language] anchor: earlier, we spoke to our spain correspondent. in this is whatt we were told about the fractional locockdown coming into effect after the weekend. were tellingople me they felt stigmatized. they say they are some of the

poorest neighborhoods in madrid. basically, they have to travel around to wowork and some of the riskiest jobs. some of them are bartenders anan some of them work in supermarkets. some of them are nurses at some of them look after the elderly. they say they feel that they contagious.anded as the whole of madrid shshould be shut down. some of them also tell me they don'n't have work contracts in e informal sector and they won't be able to prove to the police ththat they have a reason to trtrel. desperately.them a lot of people have lost their jobs in this crisis and most of the analysts are expecting this crisis as a result of lockdown and the result of the tourist sector being affected, it could be the worst crisis since the spain civil war back in the 1930's.

a blanket of new and nationwide measusures was thrown over israel and a fresh bid to smother the coronavirus. the country's second lockdown will remain in place for at least three weeks and coincides with the start of the jewish new year holiday. the move by the netanyahu government is far from popular with the opposition saying restrictions are aggressive and devastating for the economy. >> as the three week lockdown gets underway in israel, so does the jewish new year. gatherings of more than 10 are banned and no more than 20 outside with some exceptions. travel is limited to less than from where you live.

groups tryingmall to avoid being near each other. >> it during the first lockdown this past spring, they enforced restrictions with an iron fist. arresting those that went outside without authorization. the conflict was pronounced in the orthodox community where collective gatherings and studying of sacred texts and groups -- in groups are a way of life. those tensions are set to surface again. >> i strongly oppose lockdown. i think that our freedoms and the economies are destroyed by this decision. of the highest one infection rates of coronavirus in the world.

the number of daily cases reached highs of 6000 with a total of 177,000 infections and 1200 deaths nationwide. a second lockdown is a blow to the country's economy with an unemployment rate that has theed from 4% to 21% since start of the outbreak. >> death related to covid-19 on the rise in france with the country's public health agency confirming 123 fatalities in the past 24 hours. 13,200 infections have also been registered. that is a new daily record since a massive testing campaign was launched. and a green light has been given

to saliva testing which comes into force on top of the standard knows swab test. we had to scandinavia now to bring you the final installment of our weeklong series of special reports from sweden. our team has been inside a lab where scientists are busy working on a possible covid-19 of onent with the help type of friend from the animal kingdom. >> the nobel prize in medicine. inside, leading the way on covid testing and also on a treatment with the help of a furry friend. >> he has the antibibodies.

they have special, small, single chain anantibodieses. >> they prove they can block covid-19. >> this gets the virus into the cell. and there is a nano body on top of that. will stop that patient from developing a disease. >> these nano bodies are small and easy to produce. and we are very excited that we have something that is very functional.

one day, it could be a powerful tool in the fight against coronavirus. >> fresh protests against the foridency are in the diary both days this weekend. far away in geneva, the united .ations agreed to do morore russia suggested 17 tweaks to the eu drafted proposal. 23 votes in favav witith two vos against coming from venezuela. the un's top watchdog unhuman of reportsd details

of abuse of peacefeful protestes by the government inelelarus. >> we e witnessed thousands ofof arrests, hundreds of reports of torture and other ill-treatment including sexual violence and the reported torture of children. >> this follows last month's disputed election of president alexander lukashenko, in power for 26 years. ththey challllenged lukashenko n the presidentiaial electition ad spoke toto the council and spoke to the council in n a prerecordd messssage. >> peaceful protesters were beaten and traded. >> they claim it was legitimate and denied charges of sexual violence by police. >> the mass media and social networks have presentnted a

lopsided picture of reality presented by ththe losersrs in e electition. thisis has led to protests which have led to conflict and injuries amongst t the law enfoforcemtt officers. accountsheard firsthandnd of abuse by security forceces. >> i was beaten on the head where i wawas told i will smash your head, you [bleep]. >> and they spokoke out against lukashenko's regime with exceptions of venezuela and russia that said the u.n. should not interfere in belarus's affairs. the council is calling for an independent investigation and a written report on the findings by the end of the year. anchor: next, i just wanted to come and get it done. the words of one voter in the

u.s. state of minnesota this friday as the ballot boxes were set out early for in person voting. people l living in wyoming, virgrginia, and soututh dakota e also been able to become earlybird voters. it is to minnesota where president trump p and his democratic r rival joe biden are headed to campaign events. the republican leader lost the state by 1.5% to hillary clinton in the last white house race. eaearlier,r, i spoke to our p puttingentt and began toto her that both canandidatese keen to make their mark in minnesota. you see twoot often candidates in ththe same state n the same day in cities that are so close. it does shshow you thatt those

campmpaigns are focusing on minnesota and more largely on the midwest. minnesota has actually not gone republican since 1972 when richard nixon won the state. itit is pretty m much a safefe r ththe democrats. that said, there is a lead for democrats that have been gradually coming down. the 1.5% when by hillary clinton. in 2012, it was a big margin for barack obama. joe biden and his campaign don't want to make the same mistake that some say hillary clinton made by not campaigning as hard in the midwest and in minnesota in particucular. ononhe trump campaign side, they feel that they are not likely to

that he hasy feel to campaign there to try to close the narrow gap. joe biden has been leading in the polls in minnesota. the average lead for joe biden is about 9% to 10%. it seems like a really clear that, but joe biden does not want to leave any stone unturned. upis probably goioing to keep with what he spoke about during his town hall yesterday, focusing on the blue-collar worker, his blue-collar roots, and focusing on the white blue-collar voters. it did not go for hillary clinton in 2016. anchor: that brings you up-to-date once again, but stay with us on "france 24."

>> my dear admiral. of thel the lines lelebanese poet.t. one can only reached on by taking the path of night. are echoes of conflict that your borders. that hahasy c crisis plununged families into misery. theseot but think off insurgents where the system is shattering.

tomorrow,, you will rise up as you have always done before. >> it was an emotional letter you wrote to the people of lebanon at the start of the , expressing your grief. tell us how what happened affected you. >> i saw those images on the fourth of august. it provoked a very strong reactionon. not just because they are shocking to watch, but also because it brought back so many memories. conversation of loss, frustration, anger. beirut.rn in 1983 in my family acactually left and ce

to paris where there was a kind beirut totransplant lebanon community. there was very much this idea that lebanon was what was at home. there was paris and there was home in our apartment. and that is why i it provokes so much emotion. >> you had the likes of salma hayek and lisa wainwright to raise money for people affected by the explosion in august in beirut. >> i wananted to do something in

anyway way that i could. for something like this, it's important. opportunity ton bring people together that might not necessarily understand the really, and they may have heard of it but not understood the difffferent nuances and details.s. i wanted to take people on a journey and usee music. it is not melancholy. the performance is a healthy reverence. also taking people on a journey, usining music to also try and understandathy and the emotional and humans side of this crisis that has only been exacerbated by these explosions. crisis andbout a major it has been getting worse e and worse for the past six months or

seven months. music, the music of other artists. it is poems, testimonies. i had to addressss it in a poetc .ay and find a way to put it livend myself establishing links with someone in mexico. italian form to really stand out. , andur favorite artists all the favorite artists were seeing it at home. i wanted to see them on stage. i wanted to see them doing what they do.

of the concert will go to the red cross, lebanon, and save the children. there to f film for her. >> it is hard to visualize without seeing it in your own eyes. but it is tough. and people are expressing a lot .f anger theris alsoo hope and we also included that. >> he said one could only reached don by taking the path of night. the political upheaval which is ongoing, how do you see the future of lebanon? changee a future where

is a must. after the really brutal 15 year civil war, it was incredible to city, the lebanese people, and lebanon got back on their feeeet. and it will happen again. >> and what did you think of french macron's involvement calling for change? >> i think he has personal links with lebanon. he has his reasons for doing what he's doing. it is nice to put a concert together with musicians who are expressing purely humane stories stories to put this together. for an hour and 40 minutes, we

can talk about lebanon. >> before covid it, you had been on the world forum. when were you last in front of a crowd? was just before locked in melbourne. i was doing ththe museum in australia. i was supposed to go to china, then china canceled. i saw it all happening. states, and in the before it all really shut down, musicfilming a show about

and this conceptpt of duty. and i get back after having filmed all day and making music and having this amazing experience, that's when i got the message that everything was really shutting down. we are doing this show and i think we need to go home. we need to go deal with this. the men of the tribe were waving us goodbye.

>> you have sold more than 1 10 million records in your last album came out at the end of last year. this summemer, you released another. how has t that health crisis affected your music? >> it is affecting touring. and 90's, when we sold recorords, how willll thatl ? it is changing and evolving so much.

this is why ththat whole live thing, shuttiting down has had such a huge impact on our industry. creativity.provoked beirut is part of that. see where it takes me. open myself up as well. a little less isolated than before. >> tell people how they can watch it. >> all the information is on the instagram. , 10 pounds.10 euros

they are avavailable at ticketmaster. all funds raised will go to the red spot -- red cross and save the children. >> your music has always been so upbeat and so joyful. any chance you could sing us out? >> no. >> have you got a message for people watching? >> if you want toto sing and her at 8:00 we will see you or 9:00 p.m. to pitting aware you are saturday night.

and in the heart of moscow is to place the best represents what vladimir