what's welcome to live from paris world news, analysis from france 24. the u.s. vice presidential candidateses will face-off in jt a few hours' time. we have a special program here at france 24. mike pence versus kamala harris. analysis coming up shortly. france accuses turkey this wednesday of military involvement on the side of azerbaijan. the latest volley in the world

-- war of words. the french president is reacting to the new all-time high of covivid cases, almost 19,000 ovr the past 24 hours. the number of people in france who have died of covid infections is up by 80, leading to a total of more than 32,000. this is "live from paris." ♪ thank you very much for being with us. salt lake city, utah, the venue for the u.s. vice presidential debate 3:00 a.m. paris time. the current vice president, republican mike pence, versus challenger kamala harris.

not only has the president, donald trump, tested positive for covid-19, coronavirus is infecting dozens of top advisers, administration staff, senior military officials, and republican lawmakers. racial tensions are simmering prompting the democratic presidential candidate to issue a clarion call for national unity. trump is confronted by dire polling numbers ahead of the november 3 election, which comes as the economy stutters. let's get the first in our analyses of what is happening. julie joins us live from london. thank you for being with us. we appreciate your time. is thehe vice presidential debae really just a cipher for the two main candidates, or will we see

these candidates have their own personalities and their own ideas? >> you know, usually, t the vice prpresidential debebate is a bif a sideshow. it ususually does not get much attention because usually, so much of the focus is on the two main candidates, and of course, it has been that way to some degree this year, but this year is different, largely because both biden and trump are quite advanced in age. they are the two oldest candidates we have ever had in a presidential race at 74 and 77 years respectively, so it is crucial in this debate for kamala harris and mike pence both to show that they would be capablble to step in to the role of president if something were to happen to either trump or biden, andnd of course, coming right after trump's hospitalizatation w with covid,e message is even more dire for live voters right now.

>> to you think there's any particular one of themem that might inspire those 46% of voters who did not bother to turn out in 2016 to get up, get out, and cast their vote? >> that is certainly what those campaigns are hoping at this point. most voters have made up their minds. the real key for both campaigns now is to mobilize voters, get people out to the p polls and me sure that people are voting. for both of the campaigns -- for the trump campaign, there are many republicans who may not be super comfortable with trump's personality, with a lot of his rhetoric, but may still yield in sync with a lot of conservative values, a lot of conservative policies that the republican party still represents and that

people may see more represented in pence. there are many democratic voters who are maybe not super excited about biden but may like with the future of the party looks like with someone like harris, so there may be an appeal to get additional voters out east on the running mates. >> what i'm reading says there has been no kind of sympathetic jump in the polls toward trump since his treatment for covid-19. there are many people, of course, across the united states who have their own particular issues, their own particular access on either side. the issue of race is massive, kamala harris, the first black person in this role, the first woman in this role. do you think she might have an influence on what happens?

live television. we seem to have our guest back. no, we don't. we seem to have been interrupted by the issues that have to do with live television. if you can hear me and caught that question, please go ahead and answer. >> yeses, so, youu asked about kamala harris, and s she certaiy is a notable vice presidential candidate. the first woman of color of both black and indiaian descent, but her credentials go a lot further than just her identity. she was a really strong pick for biden on a lot of levels. she complement him in a lot of ways, and her pic wasas one democrats were hoping would excite a lot of democrats who maybe were not s so exciteded at biden, but again liked w what harrisis had to sasay on a lot f specific issues. she has eveven adapted some of r policies in the course of the race, esespecially around issu

of racial justice and health care. we expect t this topic to o comp in the debate tonight. >> pence ultraconservative. i suppose he looks like a steady pair of hands in comparison to the president. >> he certainly does, and even in his own right, he's known for being very cool, calm, collecected. he t tends to be a strong debatr because of this, and a differert approach than t trumpnd one that will prorobably be welcome to a lot of voters after the debate we saw last week wheree trump hd a very different approach, not one you would describe as keeping hisool, so i i think that will speak to a a lot of coconservative voters who like e policies coming frfrom the repupublican partyty but prefefe pence's more stable, calm delivery method. >> i think we are expecting this

vice presidential debate to be more presidential, to coin a phrase. thank you for being with us. i know what you will do later, and we will do the same as well. thank you for being with us. the debate starts at 7:00 p.m. local time at 3:00 a.m. in paris or 2:00 a.m. in london. france is accusing turkey of military involvement on the side of a azerbaijan in the latest in the war of words between paris and ankara, the conflict which has started up again on september 27 has run additional players with turkey urging support for azerbaijan and armenia hoping that it's ally, russia, will step in from the sidelines. >> azerbaijan's mininistry of

defense says is not liberated as fighting continues through the region, and with it, unheated calls for peace. among them, russian president vladimir putin. >> [speaking foreign language] >> both countries were part of the former soviet union, and pressure considers them to still be within moscow's circle of influence. armenia is part of a regioional treaty with russia, but according t to the russian presidident, moscow is not planning to intervene as long as no attacks happen on armenian soil. turkey supports azerbaijan and has been pushing for complete capitulation, dismissing discussions as futile.

azerbaijan has said it will goo back t to talks after mililitary conflictct ends while armenia hs said it is willing to make concessions to broker peace but has nonetheless backed out of the call. >> [speaking foreign language] >> it comes as the civilian population in the contested area pay a heavy price with half of residents displaced and dozens of civilians kililled amid accusations of indiscriminate shelling. >> our correspondent has been speaking to officials based in the armenian capital and sends us this update.

>> formally rerecognizes the independence, but the separatist republic does have dipiplomatic representation in the armenian capital. here it is behind me. we spoke to one of its ambassadors. >> azerbaijan n begged for cease fire. we s signed the peace agreememe. always, it iss possible, butut e problem is azerbaijanan has no power or authority to speak about azerbaijan. turkey is giving orders. >> according to the latest figures from the armenian government, 280 nine members of the armenian forces and 19 civilianss have been killed sine ththe fighting broke out on septembeber 27. that's just on the armenian

side. >> emmanuel macron says there will now be restrictions to contain covid-19. the french president reacting to the new all-time high in new covid-19 cases. almost 19,000 in the last 24 hours. the numbmber people w who have d in france of covid-19 infections up by 80. the 18,746 new cases this wednesday advances the cumulative number two 6500 and nine -- t to 686,509. >> our strategy is that in places where the virus is spreading too fast, particularly amongst older people who are the most vulnerable, we will have to move towards measures like the ones we have seen in paris and its suburbs. this is not business as usual and will not be for several

months. >> president macron speaking there during a visit this wednesday. he went village to village to assess the damage. a scientist from france and one from the u.s. have won the nobel prize for chemistry after developing a way to isolate microorganisms with extreme precision. >> these two women have made history twice. they are the first pair of female scientists to win the nobel prize for chemistry and see their work on revolutionary gene editing techniques.

>> this morning when i received the call frorom the e academy of sciences, i was extremely emotional and extremely moved. >> the technique enables scientisists to alteter specific genes with pinpoint precision, making it possible for doctors to one d day cure genetic illnesses. it has already helped scientists developed pest and drought-resistant crops. it's also currently being used by researchers to help them detect coronavirus. but it's caused controversy. a chinese scientist announce he had used it on twin baby goes to make them immune to hiv, international scientists criticized the experiment as premature. the technology's potential is huge. >> there discovered just eight

years ago but have already benefited humanity greatly. >> the scientist will be sharing the almost one million euros of prize money between the, but celebrations could be muted as the traditional nobel ceremony in stockholm and -- in sweden is canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. >> let's remind you of the main world news headlines. the u.s. vice presidential candidates will be facing off in a few hours' time. this debate is expected to be a lot more presidential than the one they did presidential candidates had a couple weeks ago. france is accusing turkey this wednesday of military involvement on the side of the azerbaijanis. it's conflict t with armenia pushing this latest war of words

. emmanuel macron says there will now be restrictions to contain covid-19. the french president has reacted to the new all-time high with almost 19,000 over the last 24 hours. the death toll up by 80. an element of the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, povertyty. >> not just poverty but extreme poverty, which is set to rise for the first time in over two decades this year as the pandemic pushes millions of family into difficulty. a new report from the world bank confirms previous estimates that 150 million people across the grove -- the globe will be plunged into extreme poverty over the next year, one hundred million in 2020 alone. that's about 9% of the worlds population.

i spoke to the lead author of that report earlier about those newly poor affected by the pandemic. >> one of the findings is the fact that these new poor look a little different than the existing poor or those that were poor before the covid pandemic. what we see is that they are relatively -- they tend to live in urban areas as opposed to the extreme poor whoo are moree liky to live inn rural areas, and thy tend to be employed in the formal sector, particularly services and construction. this i impacts how we think abot responding to the crisis and calls for governmnments to think about ways in which policies have adapted to respond to all the needs of the existing poor

and now these new poor. >> the spaninish goverernment hs announceced a plan to rebuildlde economy and labor fororce withhe highest number of confirmed cases. it has been facing a steep recession, and the latest cacass coululd make that even worse. >> spain's newly unveiled economic recovery plan is ambitious. they aim t to create over 300,00 jobs over the n next three year. >> [speaking foreigngn language] >> the fundingng will come from the eu emergency stimulus package, which will distribute 750 billion euros in grants and loans to member states. madrid is set to receive nearly 1/5 of that fund, 140 billion

euros. according to prime minister pedro sanchez, a first tranche of 72 billion euros will be used between 2021 and 2023 two finance projects aimed at modernizing the economy and creating jobs over the next three years. sanchez added that the money will alslso go toward the digitization of spain's economy and the transition to greener energy sources. madrid hopes the plan will jumpstart the ailing economy. the government predicts the country gdp could shrink by 11.2% this year amidst the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, which dealt spain a double blow. this tourism dependent economy struruggling from a steep drop. tourists and residents suffering from one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in europe. it has reported more than 800,000 infections, the bloc's highest caseload, and is grappling with a second wave that has seen new localized

lockdowns in recent days. >> wall street rallied after tuesday's losses prompted by donald's decision to end bipartisan talks on a stimulus bill -- prompted by donald trump's decision to end bipartisan talks on a stimulus bill. earlier, we saw mixed results for major i indices. i did and cap airlineses are set to begin trials of a digital healalth house -- health pass which could help ease airline restrictions. the idea is to provide a platform that can c collect and certify lab results and down the road vaccicination records, givg travelerers confidence and governments an altlternative to travel bans.

volunteers traveling to or from london, new york, hong kong, and singapore will start testing the system on thursday. airlines and others in the tourism industry have been lobbying for expanded covid test, and this could be a first step toward something like that. >> thank you very much indeed. later, we are expecting the first and only vice presidential debate, which some of us think might be a more presidential experience than the actual presidents -- presidential candidates' debate a week ago. >> this is a highly anticipated debate considering the unique events surrounding this 2020 presidential race. it's labeled the most important vice presidential debate in american history, and some of these two look for, there's obviously the presence of

covid-19 looming over this debate. it will be the first debate ever in which candidates will be separated 12 feet apart by plexiglas barriers. here is an image of the special set of. >> that is something they brought in since trump was diagnosed with covid-19, so that cannot be a coincidence. >> the two initially refused the measure, considering that pence teststed negative for r the v v, but his teteam finally agreed to the measures. the cdc also greenlighted pence's participation in the debate, even though this violates their own guidance, which is that people that have close contact with someone with covid-19 must quarantine for 14 days. then there's the ongoing debate, if plexiglas is actually 100% effective to prevent the spread of the virus.

here a user posting, plexiglas because coronavirus only moves in straight lines. another poster saying it actually matters this time. this meeting is far from being anecdotal for the presidential election. firstly, there's the october 15 second presidential debate, if trump will test negative or positive. biden has already come out saying he will cancel the next debate if trump remains sick with covid-19, while trump is saying he is looking forward to the second debate. the huffington post saying the help of a real debate with real ideas, so more ideas and proposals to look forward to in this upcoming vice presidential debate. >> 3:00 a.m. paris time. we will have full coverage with

all the analysis. t.s. eliot, the great poet said the eighth of september has been the hottest on record. >> some alarming headlines ever today. september the hottest on record according to the eu observation program, stating that it was 0.05 degrees celsius hotter than last year, which had already set the previous record high for the month. other headlines, near the point of switching to a rain forest from savannah, richard pearson from amnesty international says this has huge implications as the amazon is considered the lungs of the planet, but it seems like each year, there's a new record being broken.

many environmental headlines today and this week. >> the environment, and climate change, despite the refusal of some to exist -- despite the refusal of some that it exists, having a a huge impact. >> the washington post saying eddie van halen was a guitar god, but what made him so great was his quest for the perfect town. jimmy page saying he was the real deal who pioneered a dazzling technique on guitar and also steve via posting an image of his famous guitar, but let's

end by listening what fans consider to be one of eddie van halen's best guiuitar solos from 1986. let's take a a listen. ♪ >> the one, the only eddie van halen has passed away, and many tributes coming in. thank yoyou very much for the

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