>> this is dw news from berlin another cease-fire shattered in the caucasusesment armenia and azerbaijan are fighting over the region it was meant to puts an end to three weeks of violence that killed hundreds. also last call for alcohol and coronavirus in bell jim. exploding numbers of new infections powers forcing bars and restaurants to close for the next months and early votes

being has begun in florida. donald trump won that battleground in 2016 but in 2020 his opponentses are different. their names, joe biden and the pandemic. and a big win for socialists in bolivia. luis arce is sets to be the new president. his rival has conceded defeat. we will speak to our correspondent in lapaz. brent: to all of you joining us on pbs welcome. we start with the unraveling of another attempt at peace. 234u clashes eerupted byar mennia and azerbaijan despite a humanitarian cease-fire.

in nagorno-karabakh both sides accusing each other of sraoeultding the agreement hours after it came into effect. this was the second attempt at a cease-fire in the past week. far from the front line, but not far never. a make shift shrine in a retention district, a community torn apart. >> they were my friends and close acquaintances. you can't grasp how much my heart is bleeding. at least 13 people died here in azerbaijan's seconds biggest city saturday. death and despair in nagorno-karabakh a cease-fire announced proved short lived and fighting resumed soon

afterwards. the disputed region has been corolled by separatists ethnic armenians since 1994 but remains an internationally recognized part of azerbaijan. armenia denies any involvement in the attack and accuses ku of shelling heavily populated areas inside of nagorno-karabakh. this man says these are the rockets. we are respecting the cease-fire but are the azerbaijanis? where is the cease-fire? look, they are firing. it is full of these rockets. this is prohibited ammunition. as tensions between azerbaijan and armenia escalate fears are growing that russia and turkey could be drawn into a regional war. >> support more i'm joined by richard gerigosian head of a

think tank in armenia. let me ask what are you observing? are you seeing any signs of progress here? >> fortunately, yes, brent. we see fresh signs of optimism. a rare glimmer of hopefter the elusive pursuit of cease-fire. this is 23 days of rather intense combat operations since azerbaijan launch want its surprise attack late -- launched its attack. we see a new diplomatic effort a french demonstration of shuttle diplomacy with a russian effort to secure and broker a cease fire and now most finally a recent announcement that the armenian and azerbaijani foreign ministers will travel to washington for a meeting with

the u.s. secretary of state friday. this is especially important as france, the u.s. and russia are the three only mediators of this conflict. it will be followed by a summit between armenia and azerbaijan and the president of azerbaijan and the prime minister traveling to moscow so there is a rare glimmer of hope after azerbaijan has rejected earlier calls for a cease-fire. brent: it sounds promising. what is in the way of a diplomatic solution to there conflict? >> let's be honest. the one party standing in the way i the country i didn't mention, turkey. turkey has been side steps and sidelines tkpwhragtly so i

expect turkish military support for azerbaijan to be graduated into an obstructionist counterproductive insistence on continued fighting and in this way turkey poses the spoiler impact. eurbbrent: that was an update o what could beromising diplomatic attempts over that disputed region. richard, thank you. >> thank you, brent. brent: here are other stories making headlines. the european union's brexit negotiator says he's ready to intensify negotiations on a trade deal with the u.k. last week british foreign minister boris johnson said the talks were effectively over. the u.k. and e.u. are trying to strike a trade deal by the end of this year.

police in belarus arrested 280 people at nationwide mas protests onsunday. te of thousands marched through the streets of the capital demanding the resignation of the authoritarian lead leader. the opposition maintains that the august presidential election was rigged. iran has recorded its worst day for coronavirus deaths with 337 fatalities confirmed on monday. there are n more than 530,000 confirmed cases in iran. the health ministry says the current situation is due to fewer people wearing face masks and more engaging in high risk social behave kwrors. europe is in the grip of a second coronavirus wave and one of the worst affected countries this time is belgium. hospitalizations of coronavirus cases has risen about 100% in the last week. the government is warning the

situation is were worse than at the beginning of the pandemic in march when belgium will the most deaths in europe relative to its population size. >> there were long queues in brussels to get tested for coronavir coronavirus. belgium has recorded more than 700 infections per 100,000 people the past 14 days second highest rate in europe. many have had their first brush with the virus and now they want to be sure they are not infected. >> someone close to me tested positive so i want to get tested to be sure i don't have any symptoms but better to be safe than sorry. with such a high rate of infection belgium authorities implemented a raft of new measures monday. people have been ordered to work from home wherever possible and social contact outside of the home should be limited to one.

alcohol sales are banned after 8:00 p.m. and curfew is being enforced from midnight until 5:00 a.m. cafes, banks and restaurants will be closed a month. many hospitaly workers are frustrated with the return of some of the marsh measures experienced earlier in the year. >> it is like the first time. it is catastrophic. we will just have to try to survive. we have had some state aid and that is something. that is better than nothing. but we will see. belgian officials say the measures are absolutely necessary. the health minister says the health system could soon be overwhelmed by infections and warned of a coming tsunami of cases. many doctors share his concerns. >> the sky is more or less blue but we can see a huge wave is about to river. it is ineffort believe. authorities hope the --

inevitable. they hope the measure will have a quick impact. they say they will review results in two weeks' time. brent: here are more of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic. the world health organization is praising the response of countries in asia to the pandemic. the director general saying that europe adds north america should follow their example by persevering with anti-coronavirus measures in quarantining anyone who comes in contact with infected people. preliminary results from a late stage clinical trial in brazil showed that an experimental vaccine developed by the chinese company appears to be safe according to one of brazil's leading biomedical research centers. the trial's 13,000 participants will continue to be monitored. in the u.k. waeurls is the first european terror -- waeupls is the first european territory to reimpose a lockdown the beginning friday everyone but

essential workers will have to stay at home in response to the second whatever in wales. police in tpropbs have searched dozens of homes belonging to suspected islamist militants linked to the beheading of a teacher in paris. a american of silence was held for the victim. he will used cartoons of the muslim prophet muhammad in a lesson about freedomf impression. imams were among those who paid respects outside the school where he worked in a paris suburb. >> it is very important to come here to show our sorrow and show that what happened here is not islam. it is the work of thugs who have nothing to do with our religion. our religion is about making people live, not to kill them. brent: for more we will bring in

our religious affairs corresponde correspondent, martin. good evening, martin. we just heard a french imam clearly speaking out against what happened in paris. has the muslim community in france been loud enough in its condemnation of this attack? >> ll, the condemnation after the fact came from the usual quarters and these are public figures and concerned citizens who come out in the sits and sort of send condolences an contrition to some degree. it is quite -- it is a bit more difficult to know exactly what is happening within the community. one of the issues that sort of continues to bedevil there discussion is the fact that there's quite clear within european iam and france has been sort of a particularly tough story but bell j and

rmany have similar issues there's a, an element in the muslim community of europe that sees a recurrenc to violation r -- violence as a viable road to respond to over and what that means is sporadically we see there kind of thing. so it is quite clear that had had a jihadist component or terrorist component. at the same time what is true is the way the story sort expanded from this school out wards into the wider community was through parents and whether through people tha were involved in the school that were through facebook and twitter and through messaging were calling on other muslims in france to actually do sothing. this is essentially n exactly a call for murder but khraoeut clearly sort of a call for a response. brent: france is officially a

seklar country. how does that factor into the public discussion that we are hearing now about there murder? >> i think this is sort of a central element in the french discussion. i think it is very important especial especiallior american viewers to know that when we talk about seklarism in france it doesn't really translate perfectly well to the english seklarism. where is the american ideal is built onhe principle of protecting religious practice from the incidents or forces of the stage the way the french political system thinks of seklarism is protecting the state from the political intentions of the religious communits so these are two very different approaches. in france the question is whether the muslim community that has actually produced to

some degre there is something that happened has produced this event it is one that has been sort of appropriately integrated and begin their right opportunities to be part of the project. it is very hard to say whether a system that does not really find a way to confront overs and those in republican and democratic space that over is part of our daily life are actually can be reconciled. i think it is a very difficult territory of negotiation. brent: thank you for helping us understand the response to this terrible tragedy in paris. thank you. here are other stories making headlines around the world. police have used tear gas it disperse demonstratederer in nigeria's capital. it started amid anger other a

controversial police unit that the government has since dissolved. protesters demand an end to all police brutality and corruption. guinea's main opposition leader has declared himself winner of the country's hotly contested presidential election. he claimed a first round victory over the incouple bent based on his own party's count. their election authority has dismissed the claim saying the votes are still being counted. president trump says the united states is ready to remove sudan from its list of state response ors of territory saying it agreed to pay $335 million to compensate u.s. victims of attacks and their families. lifting the 1993 designation would open the door to international loans for sudan. to the united states where early voting has gotten under way and

that critical battleground of florida. many polling stations are reporting long lines as some voters have been eagle ly waoeg to cast their ballots since before dawn. one county had to close an early voting sign after the election supervisor and employee tested positive for the coronavirus. record numbers of americans more than 28 million have already cast their ballots. the pandemic continues to loom large over the november 3 election. there are still two weeks to go until election day but many of the volunteers who usually help are the ones most vulnerable to this virus and they have decided to sit there election out. i'm joined by my colleague here. he is monitoring the u.s. elections for us. tell me more, pete. >> this was always going to be one of the most contentious elections in a generation.

that has been cheer for a while. but with there pandemic it has thrown a wrench into the engine of the american democracy. the likes of which the country has rarely seen so that is because these elections rely so heavily on volunteer workers. experts estimate roughly one million volunteers are needed across the country for everything from manning the polling stations to helping voters fill out ballots correctly and even register new voters. here is the campbell. typically those volunteers, nearly 60% on arrange are over the age of 60. so, that is also the same age group that health experts say is most vulnerable to this virus. i talked to a person from pittsburgh pittsburgh, pennsylvania and he is one of the more, the many poll workers who decided to sit this out.

>> i'm clearly in the category of people who are potentially at being risk. i have no significant underlying conditions that i'm aware of but i'm 71 and you are citing documents and -- you are signing documents and trading pens and handing things off with the voters. there is inraction. so, based on that i decided it probably was best at least this time i should i sit it out. >> people like dan the required, they have the time and -- the retired and they are key and what happens if they should stay home. >> this leads to a dramatic consequence. take milwaukee for instance. when it held its primary elections in april, the city had such a dire shortage of volunteers that it had to close 175 of its 180 polling stations meaning only five left. that meant many voters will to

wait for hours and perhaps more alarming still it meant that turnout dropped significantly compared to 2016. brent: so what is being done now to cope with the shortages? these are huge shortages you are talking about. >> yes. thanks to recruiting effort by power of the polls are more than a vote larged by lebron james, young people are helping to fill that garappolo left lined by people like dan. in fact, one of them is dan's own daughter catherine who lives in washington, d.c. and joined me on the skype call and asked about her decision to volunteer. >> i like my dad quite a bit. dad is the one who would normally be at the polls. i can'takey own dad's place because i don't livehere he does but i could replace somebody else's dad hereby in the district of columbia. i'm a relevancele actively low risk person -- relatively low

risk person better to have me than somebody else's high risk parent. i may not know the person here in the district but i'making the place of but they are somebody's parents and they married to somebody. so if i can keep that person from being at risk i will doing that i can. brent: great attitude. >> young people like her and some that are 16 and can't vote stepping up to make it sure. many states say they have met their targets but still some crucial once including pennsylvania where dan lives say they are reporting shortages. if i could say one last thing it is this. more than these volunteer shortages, the reality is that you can recruit all the people you want but there are many other challenges facing american voters from voter suppression, voter i.d. laws. poor voting infrastructure.

i think to ensure free, fair and smooth elections it will require more than just recruiting a new generation of poll workers. brent: it is inspiring to see dan and his daughter. that is a civic minded family. the u.s. needs more of them. thank you. from north america to south america centrist candidate carlos mesa conceded defeat in the glover election and will lead the country's opposition. the official results is yet to be announce but socialist candidate is set to win. he has a 20% lead a far a larger margin than what the polls predicted. he is a close ally of the former president who stepped down and fled into exile after claiming victory in a disputed election that was annulled. d.w. news yolan ramirez joins me

from lapaz. what does the victory mean for the country? >> victory of luis coming back of the party to the power here in glover. to understand i mentioned his victory we have to remember that one year ago we were in the same city and there were hundreds of thousands of people in the streets protest iing against hi of fraud and asking his resignation and one year later his party is back to power so it shows that bolivia keeps believing in socialism and has given a second chance to mora morales's ideology. brent: it is a remarkable change of events. moving forward the new government what are the most urgent issues that it will have to address in bolivia.

there are two main challenges one is the economy because of the pandemic the economy of glover has been shaken, it has decreased 7% this year and unemployment rate has reached already 30%. it means one-third of the population is unemployed in there moment so it is a big challenge for the new president. but then he has to unite the country. it has been very divided between people from the city and people from indigenous people so that will be a big challenge for him. brent: what about the former president morales. how strong is his influence in these events if at all? is there a chance that he might come out of exile? >> actually some hours ago he already said that he is planning to come to glover for

inauguration day. it looks like he will be back son as the new president takes power but how close he will be from morales we will have to wait to see because morales is a very popular person but also very controversial. so, he has also many investigations against him, investigations lake tpfor for corruption scandals, trafficking and even for a pedestrianphilia case. so how close he wants to be we will see. maybe he will be a little bit distant from morales at least at the beginning of his administration. brent: that is the latest glover from will piazza. the german belgium and dump football associations confirmed

their joint bid to hold the 2020 women's world cup. the head of german football so, made the announcement on monday. the last time germany hosted the women's tournament was in 2011. the saying goes cats have nine lives but a rather special one in southern peru has been given a new lease on life after two mental mentalia -- medicalia. they restored this to the former glory. it measures 37 meters from head to tail but years of esion left its outline hidden from view drawings such as this are known as geogliffs as no one knows why they were drawn or why they were so large.

the cats know. the top story we are following for you armenia and azerbaijan are trading the blame game for the breakdown of another cease-fire. there's been continued fighting the last three weeks over flag nag. -- nagorno-karabakh. hundreds have been killed. you are watching dw news live from berlin. after a short break i will be back to take you through the day. on france

24 and france 24.com. >> welcome to life in paris world news and analysis from france 24. i am mark. people are under arrest for the murder and beheading of a schoolteacher in a paris suburb. mark: parents of pupils in the classroom when the teacher showed cartoons of the prophet, mohammed to discuss free speech in class. the first lady of france won't be allowed to attend. she is self-isolating having