on islam not just from turkey but from other muslim countries it started earlier this month when macross said the religion was quote aimed crisis over the world as we heard the president responded by questioning macaws mental health now his call for a boycott of all french products at a one and micro have been at odds about the war in syria and libya as well as the maritime dispute in the eastern mediterranean less discuss this further now with marwan bashar senior political analyst he is a life here in doha marwan how concerning is it to you these natives tensions between turkey and fancy not new of course the tensions with attentions of and libya they said mediterranean but this time it's over a very sensitive issue islam how concerning is that yes you're right this has been going on for a while and it is as if my groom and who i'm going to present to. do science if you will of the same. preoccupations. it's really in a less recent crisis were over. i think has been exploited i would say my boss lines but clearly it was initiated by the microphone . in the way generalize the garment mu

magazine and in budapest we have george samueli he is an author and a you tuber the goggle original macross uprose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it or i was going to london marcus says you know we've been watching over the last few years a closer relationship between moscow and beijing and as a matter of fact a couple days ago when asked about the tension military alliance which these 2 countries do not know right now but this possibility putin said this the russian president theoretically it's quite possible to imagine with without any doubt our cooperation with china is bolstering the defense because capacity of china's army time will show how it will develop we can't exclude it we've never heard this before from the russian president what's changed go ahead and carries a fight. with russia and china has gone from the brink of war with each other.

turkey's president calls for a boycott of french products in the latest escalation from emanuel macross comments on islamic also this hour u.s. democrats tried to delay the almost certain confirmation of don't try to speak for supreme court justices and find out what nots has discovered on the summit surface of the moon. thank you for joining us the world health organization is warning that europe needs to seriously accelerate its response to the coronavirus pandemic it says a lack of effective contact tracing is making it even more difficult to stamp out the virus cases in europe are rising shoppy with several countries reporting record numbers of infections on sunday france amounts more than 50000 new cases for the 1st time italy and spain are struggling with a 2nd wave while hopes for a vaccine are growing in the u.k. the british health secretary says a government this repairing for a mass rollout in the 1st half of next year but in the united states the trump administration has been accused of giving up the fight against covert 19 white house chief of staff mark meadows has conceded

the use of cartoons depicting the muslim prophet mohammed muslims across the world have condemned macross remarks which followed the murder of a french teacher who had shown the cartoons and class. a bomb has ripped through an islamic seminary in the northwest pakistan killing at least 7 students and wounding dozens of others police say the blast went off during a visit by a prominent religious scholar no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. vietnam has begun evacuating more than half a 1000000 people along the country's central coast as a powerful tropical storm approaches forecasters say typhoon malarky will make landfall wednesday causing strong winds and waves of up to 10 meters the storm has already caused major damage in the philippines. the death toll is difficult to verify but russian president vladimir putin says some 5000 people have been killed in the ongoing fighting over nagorno-karabakh azerbaijan and armenia resumed hostilities in the largely frozen conflict one month ago today and we go to the city of ta-ta in azerbaijan where civilians have reportedly come

what way but you have it's clear that emanuel macross trying to toughen his stance when it comes to defending the values of the republic he's trying to please the traditional rate which believes that this is a priority and thinks that it's an issue that needs addressing and to some extent he's trying to please supporters of the national rally who are also very keen on this topic and it cannot be ruled out that this law against islamic separatism is part of his election strategy and in the end with 18 months to go before the end of his presidential term such tactics are justified. france's president also drawn criticism this week for his perceived meddling in lebanon's crisis it's one of a number of international situations he's got himself involved in prompting accusations of over ambition in paris picks up the story. initial over 3 years on the world stage from says president not call has apparently become the go to man ladies and gentlemen my 1st missy each he said france is back france is back at the core of for europe. it's up to you to write your history but the role of frances to be in

now the backlash is growing between islamic countries and france over president emanuel macross comments on islam and freedom of speech a call has strongly defended caricature of the prophet muhammad that following the brutal murder of a french teacher who used them as examples of free speech since then there have been massive anti french rallies in muslim countries. the target of their anger is clear. here in pakistan protesters in karate and islamabad accuse the french president of attacking islam. for asking the behavior of the french government is actually an insult of billions of muslims across the world it's open terrorism an attack against the muslim world a slump i'm liable to do a better job so we should boycott french products muslims should boycott their petrol stations which is one of their main products we shouldn't use that fuel at all. or unsafe. in the bangladeshi capital dhaka there were 10 scenes as protesters renewed calls for a boycott of french products. demonstrations also took place in gaza and in tel aviv all in response to microns defense of satirical cartoons in

but for some the proposed legislation is more likely to reinforce them macross speech comes one week after an attack in paris outside the offices of the shawl the newspaper 4 years ago 2 police officers from lee new hole were killed by a man who claimed allegiance to i saw the new anti separatism law aims to raise religious divisions but for some the proposed legislation is more likely to reinforce them with al-jazeera. france. a russian journalist says died after setting herself on fire a day after police searched her apartment arena set ablaze outside an interior ministry office journalists work for closer press a news website advertised as being free from state influence on thursday slovenia said investigators searched her apartment looking for materials connected to an opposition group known for criticizing the kremlin extensively online. with al-jazeera these are our top stories u.s. president donald trump is in a military hospital a day after testing positive for covert 19 doctors say he had a fever and was fatigues before being admitted to the walter reed military medical cent

separatism religious divisions but for some the proposed legislation is more likely to reinforce them macross speech comes one week after an attack in paris outside the offices of the shoddy newspaper. 4 years ago 2 police officers from the new hole were killed by a man who claimed allegiance to eisele the new anti separatism law aims to raise religious divisions but for some the proposed legislation is more likely to reinforce them with al-jazeera the new home front. this is a large 0 and these other top stories u.s. president donald trump has been moved to a military medical center for treatment a day after he and the 1st lady tested positive for coronavirus the white house says the president isn't requiring supplemental oxygen the president's medical team says he is having mol symptoms and has been given to experimental drugs trouble posted a video message on twitter.

separatism religious divisions but for some the proposed legislation is more likely to reinforce them macross speech comes one week after an attack in paris outside the offices of the show. newspaper 4 years ago 2 police officers from the new hole were killed by a man who claimed allegiance to i saw the new anti separatism law aims to raise religious divisions but for some the proposed legislation is more likely to reinforce them with tasha butler al-jazeera the new whole front. room sorrow and as a french legal scholar and commentator she says that my craw is taking the wrong approach . i think it's a very insensitive comment from the french president we do have separation of church and state in france and lazy and the station not interfere in religious affairs and vice versa if there is a problem with islam it's up to muslims to identify it and to tackle the issue certainly not to the french president secularism separation of church and state and nicety are extremely important in france however it has been a couple of years now that city has been weaponized the present one is simple religio

you know very direct language being used we can also hear some of our guests reactions to emanuel macross recent declaration to do battle against quote islamic separatism starting with former austrian foreign minister speaking to our take current knesset. present then has many many people behind him when he was very killing. off to teach. this topic dominated everything in this current situation and the dissociated circumstances what's really needed is. a more conciliatory tory tone on each and everybody sides 6000000 muslims living and have a certain percentage who are radical in the last. branch has developed on the outlook and will that from seminar school security is. what france needs right now much more social cohesion a sort of reconciliation and more polarized when it comes to the muslim world was genuine diplomacy and not 5 buy back even let's. only on french i mean again i have deep respect for this french that they are not the only want existing in the world and they have been speired a lot of people can also close over the last 300 years but the world has also become a little

terror they shot the man after apparently spotted wielding a knife nearby french president emanuel macross a spoiled to the scene. of paris correspondent amulets about to move to told us more about the man who'd been attacked legal victim was a history teacher who show the. republic's recent eventually had no income asked and it's likely that this incensed some of the one of the few because we don't know whether the assailant was himself a pupil of just a friend but he was the d.p. the professor was attacked and killed and decapitated by somebody who thought was outraged and so cartoons might be shown again to the document you think least which is the authority specific you haven't given this to gauge of magistrate specialize in terrorism were immediately put on the case and they're now. investigating to see whether he acted alone whether this was preplanned whether it was from spur of the moment the area is called also to know being thought also to lead is a suburb of paris it's about 20 miles out of paris it's was the years for decades a working class suburb and it has ruined our muslim

magazine and in budapest we have george samueli he is an author and a you tuber the goggle original macross of rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate where i was going to london marcus says you know we've been watching over the last few years a closer relationship between moscow and beijing and as a matter of fact a couple days ago when asked about the tension military alliance which these 2 countries do not know right now but this possibility putin said this the russian president theoretically it's quite possible to imagine with without any doubt our cooperation with china is bolstering the defense capacity of china's army trying will show how it will develop we can't exclude it we've never heard this before from the russian president what's changed. in a period of 5 decades russia and china have gone from the brink of war with each other which could have it both nuclear weapons to a situation today where both countries have formed an informal sure c.-g. partnership with one another to spam an american nickel who must arrange now given that 5 de

mean again we have laws to protect the french citizen from those things to happen and whatever if macross talking about it now and again that's a good thing but if he doesn't have the courage to implement the rules and regulations then we will continue to see the situation i mean when we have someone you know decide that it's ok to you to decapitate another person i mean there's no there's no room for for for discussion. has decided to talk about it and that's a good thing however in terms of acts i think we're far from what should be done one of the major issues that you know that can describe the situation we're in right now it's mess of immigration and that's not uncontroversial. washington and moscow are at odds over the extension of a major nuclear arms control treaty this is after the u.s. pushed back against for them approved its proposal to extend it without preconditions for another year and has more. as the clock ticks on the last remaining u.s. russian arms control treaty the united states and russia seem to be locked in a stalemate while most are suggesting an unconditional 5

crisis revolting we were expecting a speech on separatism but the bluer has become singular and mr macross speech was exclusively devoted to islam and islam isn't as if the republic was threatened only by the excesses of a tiny minority micron evokes the degradation of life in working class neighborhoods and the organization of islam but his proposals still to be specified are only on islam and nothing else it's not just believe but also citizens who want equal rights the law comes in the midst of a social crisis in france a recent poll found that 40 percent of french muslims put their faith above the laws of the republic and most who think like that are under 25 years old french journalists are not but their daddy says micron's policy is likely part of his reelection campaign. well yeah but you have it's clear that emanuel mccraw is trying to toughen his stance when it comes to defending the values of the republic he's trying to please the traditional rate which believes that this is a priority and thinks that it's an issue that needs addressing and to some extent he's trying to please su

ambassador to turkey after the turkish president questioned the mental health of his counterpart among all macross and it came after moran pledged to defend francis secular values and fight radical islam following the brutal murder of a teacher who no one else can we will not give up caricature or drawings even if others retreat. zia's said of the macro it needs a mental health treatment what else can be said to a head of state who does not understand freedom of belief and who behaves in this way to millions of people living in his country who are members of a different faith 1st of all a mental examination. france has announced a crackdown on islamic extremism following the beheading of some in a party who had shown controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammad to his pupils the killer an 18 year old refugee of chechen origin was later shot dead by police he'd moved to france with his family 12 years ago and moscow says his russian citizenship was revoked after he was granted asylum in france. i know one of our compassion is was murdered because he taught our compassion and was the victim of an

the protests was sparked by macross defense of a french teacher who was murdered after showing controversial cartoons of the prophet to his students mccrone called islam a religion in crisis. why that about the wisdom of democracy is respecting the opinion of the other person without offending him as for france which claims democracy and claims that it has carried out a revolution of to get rid of injustice and terror in it we want to tell you that your statements are offensive to every muslim arab and to the whole won't get out of where despite widespread condemnation in the muslim world the french government has defended free speech and insists it will not ban caricature of the prophet. are let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world at least 8 prisoners have been killed and 12 wounded in a prison riot in afghanistan officials say violence erupted in the city of herat after guards began collecting what they called quote a necessary items in the possession of inmates at least $140.00 migrants have drowned off the coast of senegal that's acco

french president emanuel macross that france was in the grip of a 2nd wave of coronavirus he urged people to be more responsible and announced a nighttime curfew for paris and 8 tell the cities the could last until december 5th. if we stick to this curfew for 6 weeks if we take collective responsibility for reducing our contacts we think it will be able to progressive the reopen at that stage. if you move the curfew adds to a raft of restrictions already in place in the countries big cities where cases of new infections are rising rapidly in the past couple of weeks queues outside the board freeze like this one in the city have been getting longer and more paris health officials say it's a one in 5 tests is coming back positive soon after moving to paris in september these british students fell sick with coronavirus they began having symptoms after attending university events and welcome parties every station to standing by wearing masks but it sometimes that doesn't stop if you're in a crowded place and you haven't stopped going to electricity faking very tired in between needy half the

cost us passions on his french counterpart macross mental health unquestioned his treatment of french muslims following the model of atlanta fire radicalized if i missed. we will not give up caricature drawing even if others retreat. needs mental treatment what else can you say to a head of state who doesn't understand the freedom of faith freedom of belief and treats millions of different people of faith living in his own country in this way france has announced a crackdown on islam islam following the killing of teacher summer party who allegedly showed caricatural solve the muslim prophet mohammed to his pupils the suspect an 18 year old refugee of chechen origin was later shot dead by police he moved to france with his family 12 years ago moscow and declaimed any while the disclaimed any connection saying his citizenship had been revoked after he was granted asylum and france consequences of the murder includes one mosque apologising for sharing the video denouncing party prior to his death and defending free speech many french t.v. channels started showing cartoons of the prophet

terrorism is a big mistake terrorism and terrorist have nothing to do with any religion earlier president macross sat down with us here at al-jazeera to discuss the wave of anger he says the radical islam that he's trying to fight is a threat to all people especially muslims. welcome horney sentiments and even i understand the sentiments being expressed and i respect them but you must understand my role right now it's to do 2 things to promote calm and also to protect these rights because when you click the causal me what i want to say is very clear that today in the world there are people who distort islam and in the name of this religion that they claim to defend they kill they slaughter they make speeches justifying a kind of expulsion of human groups from the world today there is violence practiced by some extremist movements and individuals in the name of islam of course this is a problem for islam because muslims are the 1st victims and as i mentioned before more than 80 percent of the victims of terrorism are muslims and this is a problem for all of us the number of coronavirus cases in th

macross and the debate commission for that matter suggest that the match up should be conducted remotely but donald trump ruled that out meanwhile the democrats have turn the spotlight on troubles physical and mental health saying it could provide grounds to remove the president and if the house speaker leading the charge is kind of open now explains nancy pelosi is known to be one of donald trump's biggest and most loyal fans she's on record telling us just how much she loves him and god. well she's so concerned now about donald trump's health that she's introducing legislation if a president suffers a crippling there's a culture mental problem and it's on the man much on able to discharge the powers and duties of his office and transfers his powers the 25th amendment of the us constitution enables the president to be kicked out of office if he's rendered to be mentally or physically incapable in order for that to happen the vice president and most of the cabinet needs to meet and declare the president to be unfit to lead the democrats are now looking to set up a mechanism where as cong

president and calling for boycotts of french products are to charlotte devinsky it delves into how macross latest stance on radical islam has put him into a corner. the last few weeks have seen anger whipped up in a frenzy once again with france and its secular values sparring with islam the tide continues to rise following the brutal attacks that took place here inside this church in the center of nice where 3 people were stabbed to death the french interior minister has said that france is that. enemy from within and from without we are not at war with any religion we are with islamist ideology islam islam is a form of 21st century fascism 3 attacks in france in 5 weeks have raised the temperature here but even before the college president corn had finally outlined his vision to stop the rot. we have to confront islamist separatism radical islam isn't least a rejection of the laws of the republic and that in time leads to a normalization of violence which is driven some of our citizens of our children. to consider the worst to be known. already many had suggested that this clampdown wasn

outraged about macross defense of the right to mock religion after the murder of a school teacher in france last week one of the placards on display was a direct response reading freedom of speech is not freedom to abuse. demonstrations to in several indian cities where protesters condemned mccrone statements saying they were offensive to islam and muslims. in the sudanese capital khartoum demonstrators renewed their demand for a boycott of french products well. the. sentiments echoed in the gaza strip where hamas organize a protest after friday prayers. all of these gatherings signify not just the depth of the anger over micron's comments but also how that anger may not subside any time soon how much of june. officials have warned members to prepare the new coronavirus restrictions as infections across the continent is planning a coordinated response to ensure hospitals are not overwhelmed but its health commissioner says further measures must be imposed to break the chain of transmission millions of people across france are now again under a national lockdown and germany is set to

month long lockdown from friday people can only leave home for essential reasons president to mario macross says the 2nd wave could lead to more deaths than the fast in india there's concern that covert 19 will spread because large religious festivals are due to be held in the coming weeks india is the world's 2nd worst hit country.

president has warned nato alliance member turkey which backs azerbaijan has crossed a red line and i know macross says he's received intelligence that 300 syrian fighters were let through the country on their way to fight for baku but azerbaijan and armenia are accusing each other of deploying foreign mercenaries as are to smuggle see if with more on that. well aside from an increasingly violent and volatile situation on the ground things that heating up on the diplomatic into the actual stage i would say at this point that they are boiling france now coming out with an increasingly hardline stance on what is happening in the region in these in this conflict the nasty thing that they've come by the same intelligence as russia had that there are indeed syrian geologist's mercenary fighters being transported and utilized by is it about jobs in the fight against armenia. today we have information with certainty that indicates that militants from to have just groups who left the field of combat and syria to rejoin the field of combat and care about what has this information regarding the transfer of

have contracted coronavirus there in the last day and in the past few hours french president manuel macross announced a 2nd national lockdown that will last until the 1st of the sumber all non-essential businesses will have to shut schools and factories will be allowed to remain open reports from paris. in a soviet t.v. address french president emanuel said a new lockdown was necessary because france's health situation had deteriorated rapidly. because of what we learned in the spring down will be adapted schools will stay open can continue visits will be permitted to retirement homes but i think it's been you can only leave home to work for a medical visit to help someone for essential shopping or exercise in a home of. the number of new clothes each case is rising fast in france with more than 50000 on some days more than half of the country's intensive care unit beds are occupied by covert patients this doctor says that health workers would want for months at a 2nd wave was coming and would be worse than the 1st november is going to be very very hard and we have so we have you know to br

country that's agonized over how to deal with religious fundamentalism so where does all of this leave macross controversial project of trying to reimage french islam and is it likely to work do you think just very briefly you know. something of that you know it has to be driven on the very low today that the climate the whole thing around the virus the whole economy because the situation is not like that religion is something that is going around the country probably around europe and so you know everything is very tense everything is something very crisis and people don't know on. not half not handling the thing very own tranquillity you know everything around the country. is behaving very well there is not these these horrible things are happening here but happening everywhere in the world and this is not the reality. and all the rest it's not that the reality. is that this is a very hard juncker stuff down and we have to leave it there thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera. the u.s. president donald trump is out campaigning in states he won in 2016 he's on his way to georgia

turkey's president calls for a boycott of french products in the latest escalation from emanuel macross comments on islam also this hour u.s. democrats tried to delay the almost certain confirmation of donald trump's pick for supreme court justice.

month long lockdown from friday people can only leave home for essential reasons president tomorrow macross says the 2nd wave could lead to more deaths than the fast india there's concern that covert biotene will spread because large religious festivals are due to be held in the coming weeks india is the world's 2nd worst hit country that has just been has just passed 8000000 covert died in 1000 infections but it's reported one of the lowest death rates and politicians say the rise in new cases is slowing aid workers in vietnam say that at least 50 people have been killed and dozens of missing after a powerful typhoon triggered landslides in some remote areas at least 12 fisherman have also been killed florence louis reports from kuala lumpur the 2 villages where the worst of the landslides took place is in a coastal province in central vietnam and this is a region that still recovering from floods earlier this month that killed about 130 people and destroyed hundreds of homes the government says this typhoon that hit has damaged 50000 homes and left millions of people without electricity a

in the latest escalation from emanuel macross comments on islam libya is set to resume oil production after an 8 month located by forces loyal to warlords only for half tar and a 3rd attempt to uphold a cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan the us urged both sides to respect the latest arrests. coronavirus cases are rising sharply across europe with several countries reporting record numbers of new infections on sunday france announced more than $50000.00 new cases for the 1st time while it's early and spain are also struggling with a 2nd wave hopes for a vaccine are growing in britain the u.k.'s health secretary says the government is preparing for a mass rollout in the 1st half of next year but in the united states the trump administration has been accused of giving up the fight against govt 19 this after white house chief of staff mark meadows conceded that the us is not going to control the pandemic. white house correspondent kimberly hocket has more from washington the u.s. president is essentially distancing himself from the chief of staff mark read his comments but also acc

at a memorial service in paris french president emanuel macross paid tribute to the history teacher beheaded by an islam is last friday patti was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad to his students in a debate on freedom of expression called a teacher a quiet hero slain by howards. in the us the maker of the prescription painkiller oxycontin will plead guilty to federal charges as part of an $8000000000.00 settlement purdue pharma is accused of criminal conduct related to the distribution of the drug which has been linked to more than 470000 deaths in the u.s. . thailand's prime minister said that he will and a state of emergency imposed to suppress anti-government protests if there were no violent incidents on the 8th consecutive day of demonstrations tens of thousands of protesters marched to the prime minister's office demanding his resignation protesters also want a new constitution as well as reforms to the monocle. protest leader parrot holding up the symbol for defiance even when imprisoned in a police matter as he was driven to bangkok's criminal court student prote

the protests was sparked by macross defense of a friend. teacher who was murdered after showing controversial cartoons of the prophet to his students mccrone called islam a religion in crisis. and this has nothing to do with freedom. politics should have nothing to do with religion why would mccrum support cartoons that offend the prophet. not be a position taken by any president the president must at the very least not insult any religion. despite widespread condemnation in the muslim world the french government has defended free speech and the right to publish religious caricature. let's now take a look at some other stories making news around the world israelis have marked the 25th anniversary of the assassination of prime minister yitzhak rabin 25000 candles were lit in the central tel aviv square that bears his name and where he was shot by intuition extremists for his attempts to pursue peace with the palestinians. at least prisoners have been killed and 12 wounded in a prison riot and afghanistan officials say violence erupted in the

when president macross spoke either ticket in the 1st 10 minutes or so of his address to the nation really explaining what the situation was like in france and why he had to take the situation that he taken and if you look at the numbers it's staggering 1000000 165000 total cases and cases per 100000 which is how people i guess judge how widely the disease is increasing 6291 of the highest figures in europe is there any understanding as to why france is finding itself in the situation. well nobody really seems to have the answers but one thing i can say is that so many doctors and a doctor i spoke to today said look we have been warning the government for months that the situation could spiral out of control because the lockdown in spring was ease pretty rapidly life seemed to return almost to normal and in fact that was very much the government message the government kept saying to people you know we have to learn to live with a virus we must continue our lives as normally as possible while now that is certainly not the case it shows the real challenge is the reality of trying to live lif

outraged about macross defense of the right to mock religion after the murder of a school teacher in france last week. one of the placards on display was a direct response reading freedom of speech is not freedom to abuse. demonstrations to in several indian cities where protesters condemned mccrone statements saying they were offensive to islam and muslims. in the sudanese capital khartoum demonstrators renewed their demand for a boycott of french products well. the sentiments echoed in the gaza strip where hamas organize a protest after friday prayers. all of these gatherings signify not just the depth of the anger over micron's comments but also how that anger may not subside any time soon. as it. well have worn members to prepare for new coronavirus restrictions as infections surge across the continent the block is planning a coordinated response to make sure hospitals are overwhelmed but its health commissioner says further measures need to be imposed to break the chain of transmission millions of people across france are once again under lockdown and germany is set to follow su

outraged about macross defense of the right to mock religion after the murder of a school teacher in france last week one of the placards on display was a direct response reading freedom of speech is not freedom to abuse. demonstrations to in several indian cities where protesters condemned mccrone statements saying they were offensive to islam and muslims. in the sudanese capital khartoum demonstrators renewed their demand for a boycott of french products well. the. sentiments echoed in the gaza strip where hamas organize a protest after friday prayers. the all of these gatherings signify not just the depth of the anger over micron's comments but also how that anger may not subside any time soon my mage of june. protesters in poland are again rallying against a near total ban abortions which could come into effect as early as next week tens of thousands of demonstrators turned out in the capital will saw they were opposed to a constitutional court ruling that makes abortion excessive only in extreme cases including rape or incest in response to the protests poland's prime minister p