Im natasha in paris france is big on returning some canal new iraq. Africa but not fast enough for some people. We begin in the United States where a senior white house adviser Stephen Miller has become the latest member of the trumpet ministration to test positive for covert 19 he joins a long list of officials who now have the virus but the outbreak reaching the pentagon by camera reports. Steven miller is president trumps top speechwriter and policy adviser and a company use the president on the majority of his Campaign Fundraising trips while the president took off his mask when he returned to the white house from 3 days in hospital. Creasing number of his. Sections of the building in recent days another close adviser to the president hopes picks tested positive last week shed been in close contact with most in the president s inner circle but all flouted c. D. C. Guidelines by not going into south korean team until testing negative. The press secretary mcanany briefed reporters the day after hicks tested positive and this week she announced that she is infected along with a number of a and at least 3 journalists who work at the white house the list of those in the white house whove been infected include both the director of Oval Office Operations and President Campaign manager the countrys top Infectious Disease expert is no longer in regular contact with the president and has not been consulted at all in recent days what went on in the white house you know i dont want to every time i Say Something thats an issue i wind up spending a lot of time ensuring phone calls and emails i should say it was not done according to what i would have recommended. A number of non white house staff tested positive buff to this gathering in the rose garden to announce president trumps nomination to the vacant bench of the Supreme Court it flouted d. C. Law that forbids any gathering of more than 50 people the white house is a federal property and outside the districts jurisdiction the day after the rose garden gathering this man coast guard admiral charles ray attended a meeting in the oval office he used tested positive for corona virus he held meetings with joint chiefs of staff at the pentagon in recent days and now the countrys most senior military leaders are in self quarantine including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley. On monday 105 new corona virus cases were reported in the district of columbia that is a high as daily total in 4 months the white house will not release an exact list or number of those whove tested positive but its likely to be a significant portion of the daily cases recorded didnt d. C. As a whole mike hanna aljazeera washington away from the white house residence in washington d. C. And have been waiting in increasingly longer lines to get tested theyve also expressed frustration about how the outbreak among politicians might impact the local community gablers on the explains. For these people 1600 pennsylvania avenue is not home but washington d. C. Is on tuesday testing sites in americas capitol like this one only about 6 kilometers north of the white house were very busy and there were no shortage of people who have an opinion on president Donald Trumps words and actions in recent days like mark thomas who came to get tested after a coworker died from kovi he said his trump left the hospital he couldnt bear to watch the news coverage. Because this is a joke right now. And he. Should be. So i dont want to watch. Running around the streets Juliette Stedman who also came to get tested after a neighbor was infected said she was not surprised trump took off his mask upon returning to the white house. But completely in line with. Incredibly selfish and this 79 year old woman said the president downplaying the coronavirus threat was disrespectful to the more than 210000 americans who have lost their lives to the virus. And. With some of the things. And not listening to science just in the past several days here in washington d. C. The demand for covert testing has jumped by more than 80 percent and Officials Say they think they know why i think because one the the president s positive test but not just his positive test but seeing how the test has been how the virus spread through some of the white house staff as well has probably. Then for lack of a better term a cue to action for a lot of people who have possibly been in crowds where they didnt social distance where they were vigilant necessarily about washing their hands or wearing a face mask to say you know what i think i want to be on the safe side and i think i need to get tested in a city where the couvade outbreak at the white house is heating very close to home gabriel zandu. Washington donald trump has called off negotiations with democrats over a new coronavirus stimulus package until after the election u. S. Stock markets fell on the news democratic president ial nominee joe biden accused trump of turning his back on the American PeopleHouse Democrats passed a 2. 00 trillion dollar relief bill 1st day but Senate Republicans rejected it. Is kind of twitching at the concierge apparently in our children we have such great provisions in the deal not that they preach at all and we have. Workers we need to do for me. In our fight to crush the virus which they have and that means. You know and were going to. A couple who brandished guns at black lives matter protesters have been indicted by a grand jury mark and Patricia Mccloskey are accused of exhibiting a weapon and tampering with evidence they waved guns at peaceful demonstrators marching outside their home in st louis 3 months ago the past say they were frightened for their lives British Foreign secretary dominic robb has not ruled out boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics in beijing over chinas treatment of we go muslims rob made the comments of the Parliamentary Committee meeting. The more the International Community just is more into it the more thing we do need to look very heavy it will actually. I think the concerns of whats happening to the wages the detention the mistreatment of those ation is something that we cant just turn away from book because you want to gather the evidence carefully worked very closely with our International Partners and thats what were doing as i said we have led the way in which the Human Rights Council but in the committee in the un we will continue to do so. Since you agree that for example not going to 2020 basically its a strong signal that we will not threaten to take part in activities which is our platform for countries to write atrocities. Genocide yet generally speaking minds think is the separate. Sport from diplomacy and politics but there comes a point where it may dont be possible i would say lets gather the evidence lets work with our International Partners lets consider in the round what further action we need to take. The e. U. Stop courters rule that massive violence of phone and Internet Data is unlawful the decision says snooping on such starter is only appropriate in the event of a serious National Threat the European Court of justice has ruled on a series of cases from france the u. K. And belgium all 3 countries have stepped up surveillance after a number of attacks and security threats in recent years kyrgyzstans Prime Minister has resigned as widespread demonstrations sweep the country hes been replaced by former leader that protesters freed from jail it follows sundays disputed election early results of since being an old by the countrys Election CommissionCharles Strafford reports from bishkek. Supporters of various opposition parties celebrate their storming of the Parliament Building in the cubas capital bishkek protesting parliamentary Election Results that are given progovernment parties a huge majority opposition supporters accused progovernment parties of widespread vote by. People return to the square where the night before Security Forces had used sound bombs and tear gas to clear thousands of demonstrators demanding the results be cancelled and another poll be held but the countrys president appeared on t. V. Claiming he was in control of the country and appealing for calm. Calmness in the state and stability of society are more valuable than any deputy mandate i suggested that the central Election Commission carefully investigate the violations and if necessary and now the Election Results urged leaders of the Political Parties to calm their supporters and move them away from their places of concentration a call on all my compatriots to keep the peace and not give in to the calls of the provocative forces. Soon after the countrys Central Election Committee declared the results no void a rerun of the poll will be held but no date has been set unity among opposition parties seen in the square the night before began to fall apart as various parties announced new allegiances. In months i have mixed feelings i havent slept all night i went into the Parliament Building today and in my opinion this is a real revolution not only the supporters of parties who lost the election but this time everyone came together but still i am worried about the future the parliament which is lost all legitimacy among opposition supporters announced an emergency session to be held at a Downtown Hotel groups of protesters soon gathered the session was then delayed so we were told until wednesday just in the middle of the process and we have to be a very delicate and. In ways we want to handle it and therefore potentially a lot of things may go wrong but if we keep it legal if we keep it in the toilet the judicial plane i think you know we may be on the way its a kind of make our democracy healthier later it was announced the Prime Minister had resigned and a parliamentary session voted in a replacement and a new parliamentary speaker this man who saw the chipotle if you meet certain conditions according to the constitution he could be the countrys new Prime Minister blair even seen here being welcomed by crowds of supporters also they had freed him from jail the veteran politician had been serving an 11 and a half year term for kidnapping another momentous day in kyrgyzstan one that ended with a parliament that many described as lacking any credibility voting even as the countrys new Prime Minister a convicted criminal who only hours earlier had been broken out of jail by his supporters analysts are saying that unless serious legal and constitutional questions and fast this country risks falling into thorough chaos its all stuff that aljazeera bishkek. So ahead on aljazeera. One of the worlds greatest ever guitarist Eddie Van Halen dies at the age of 65. 00. Yet more cloud and rain lobby storms affecting the caucuses the same some big downpours recently around georgia or armenia and azerbaijan pushing through the caspian sea lots of plowed across the northern half of the caspian and thats feeding that rain into Northern Areas of iraq as well so looking pretty just for toronto over the next couple of days temperatures here 21 degrees celsius still some hate into iraq into kuwait getting up into the high thirtys touching the 40 degree mark and its pleasantly warm around that eastern side of the mediterranean at least for the time being just notice behind me we have got some wetter weather which will push its way across turkey over the next few days so thats something to watch out for as we move towards the weekend here across the way to potential temperatures in doha struggling to get to 35 degrees celsius it will stay fine and dry having said that showers so across central parts of africa if youre the showers affecting somalia for a time 7 areas ethiopia seeing some wet weather lots of showers there into uganda western parts of kenya also seeing some rather wet weather along with the democratic republic of congo heavy showers continue across Northern Areas of angola wet weather continues to across eastern parts of south africa and showers the the southernmost juana. 40 years ago on october the 6th when muslims were observing ramadan and jews result. Writing young capone egypt and syria going to surprise war against israel. Carters World Committee so to get into this situation out there is asked now in the 1st of a 3 part series aljazeera explores what really happened during the 1st week of the war in october on aljazeera. The arab. Welcome back its time to recap our headlines now white house adviser Stephen Miller has become the latest Trump Administration official to test positive for covert 19 around a dozen white house officials have now tested positive including the president. Top pentagon officials are in quarantine to after the u. S. Coast guard 2nd in command tested positive the u. S. Is senior most military officer general mark milley is among those in isolation kyrgyzstans Prime Minister is resigned after widespread protests over sundays disputed election the countrys Election Commission is now an elderly votes from the results rather from the vote. Facebook has begun removing accounts and pages of groups promoting q and on a us focused Conspiracy Group q a nonbeliever us President Donald Trump is battling an alleged child trafficking ring run by celebrities and government officials post started in 2017 on a chat group have surged this year on Facebook Instagram and twitter the q. And on phenomenon has been linked to violence such as reports of kidnappings and planes the corona virus is a hoax you tube says its removed tens of thousands of videos and terminated hundreds of related channels in the last year larry mcgee that is a social media expert and the c. E. O. Of connect safely dot org he says curan on is a threat facebook should have tackled a long time ago. Facebook is on record as acknowledging that this is a Conspiracy Theory group i mean frankly that they are insane i just dont understand the argument and they can and have led to violence the other situation is they claim that Hillary Clinton was leading a ring of child molester that of a pizza restaurant in washington d. C. And somebody actually showed up with a rifle and started shooting fortunately i dont think anybody with injured nobody was killed but the point is that some of these followers are going to take actions into their own hands q not have been very dangerous the other think you and it has done it its coopted or hijacked the save the children hash tag save the children of a very legitimate International Ngo that really does save children but they are claiming the children are in danger where theyre not in danger and that in fact is putting them in more danger because the organization is designed to protect children have been hampered as a result of q an honest work years ago the motto at facebook with move fast and break things and now it seems like its a break things and move slowly because they should have responded a long time ago to this threat they are finally getting their act together its taken a while you know today they took down a donald trump post that was felt spreading false information that. It was no more dangerous than the flu or less dangerous than the flu so theyre finally taking action but theyve been reluctant because every time they do they get pushback from conservatives who arent really focused on ideology theyre focused on behavior i mean the conservatives are claiming that facebook is politically discriminating but its really how you act on facebook that gets you in trouble not your ideology. Turkeys foreign minister is criticizing International Efforts to end the conflict between as the very jan in armenia. Says diplomacy has failed to resolve the decades old conflict over nagornokarabakh but nato says ankara should pressure its ally as a jan to deescalate burnet smith reports from goddess in armenia. Amidst the burning wreckage of a bombardment of stepan aka the largest city in the goanna karabakh evidence says on the City International cluster bombs explode in the air scattering hundreds of smaller bombs indiscriminately more than 100 countries have banned them but not as a by john or armenia. Civilians in the go in a car back in azerbaijan have been caught in the middle of 10 days of fighting between the 2 sides here in armenia displaced people from karabakh a picking up donated food. God help it we just heard the air raid siren took the children in left now were here with 2 families 10 people 8 children living in a relatives house we hope for peace everything will be good the one that is not a woman our sons are fighting back of their my husband stayed home to defend our village and were staying here with my sister we wait for good news because our sons are fighting like eagles. This school in azerbaijan is one of the refuges for the 10s of thousands of displaced People Living near the line of contact most of the 65 families here from tata out of turn to classrooms into bedrooms food is provided by donors and the local government did not let the cafeteria they began shelling everywhere our houses were hit most places were damaged old mothers like me and children came here we had to leave only with the clothes that we were wearing have said i am even yet figure we were at home when they started shelling and we had to jump out just as we were we hardly saved on lives shame on the Armenian Forces that attack civilians despite the fact that they are living on online this. A ceasefire still seems a distant prospect turkeys foreign minister was in the capital back on choose day. A solo question what the point of a ceasefire would be when theres been one for the last 30 years and armenia still hasnt withdrawn from azeri territory it occupies. These Area Military says theyve seized a half abandoned village in nagornokarabakh very close to the contact line that divides the enclave from azerbaijan armenias government didnt immediately comment the russian and French Foreign ministers and the u. S. Secretary of state have condemned what they call the unprecedented and dangerous escalation of violence in and outside of nagornokarabakh and they say that recent attacks on civilian centers in the goal no karabakh armenia and azerbaijan are disproportionate and constitute an unacceptable threat to the stability of the region burnitz with aljazeera doris armenia sources tell aljazeera 3 members of the Turkish Red Crescent are being detained in yemen by u. A. E. Backed fighters the humanitarian team was stopped at a checkpoint controlled by southern separatists in the city of a than their whereabouts is currently unknown. A car bomb explosion at a bus stop in syria has killed at least 21 people children are among the near 100 others injured none of the cities in a part of aleppo can control by Turkish Backed armed groups representatives from libyas rival administrations have agreed on the appointment of several high profile positions and peace from the b. As un recognized government in tripoli and the eastern based government been holding talks in morocco new appointments include the Central Bank Governor chairman of the National Oil Corporation and the general prosecutor but most of the one has more from tripoli. So after nearly one month of talks and roko deliberations of the 2 great libyan parliaments and finally signed an agreement on create syria and mechanism to 0 point heads of sovereign positions in the country thats also pertaining to implementing article number 15 of the libyan political agreement this agreement that was also signed by libyan rebels in roku back in 2015 now these positions include the governor of the sins of bank of libya chairman of the. National Wealth Corporation head of the audit you head of the High NationalElection Commission in. Chairmen of the counter Corruption Committee the general prosecutors and the president of the Supreme Court. The delegations saying that they are hopeful that this agreement could obtain International Support and recognition there remained a student to be put forward to both the right of parliaments in libya to be indorse the question now is will not disagreeing. It will be implemented in pakistan more than 1000000 people are struggling to recover from 2 months of devastating flooding the province of sindh has been worst hit charlotte ballasts reports. The rains began in august in the southern port city of karachi they were the heaviest in almost a seam tree they lashed the surrounding province of sindh for 2 months monsoon rains fell on already sort and ground resulting in devastating floods the Wood Food Program in Sindh Government believes that more than 1200000 people have lost more than 90 percent of their belongings and crops used to go to. 20 families live here and our village has been swept away we havent received any tents or rations yet now we are under the open skies seeking mercy from god. Residents in rule since say they feel abandoned by the government they have been worst hit most families have lost livestock nearly all their crops are ruined and 2 thirds of irrigation infrastructure is damaged that the b. B. I got. We lost everything in these flood waters our house our cattle and our belongings we hardly saved anything there isnt any help from the government and were faced with starvation and we dont have any money to rebuild our house this isnt government declared a state of emergency in late august they say theyre assessing the damage to infrastructure like roads and communications that are overwhelmed and for comfort i strongly protested with the federal government about their epiphanes towards this disaster i asked them several times to Call International agencies and friendly countries to help at this crucial time to reach out to these poor people but there was no response. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced some have found safety on a bank means although there are widespread who had use of food in clean Drinking Water residents lack basic amenities including toilets the Wood Food Program says it is particularly concerned with winter approaching and the 3 of water borne diseases we expect to systems continue. At least through to the end of november and perhaps into the middle of december a decent terms of relief support for those people who lost their homes this will be a critical. Part of an ongoing effort right now in an area known as the bread basket of sin and there is little to be harvested these people rely on the rain for their livelihoods but this year it took much more than it gave charlotte dallas which is here and. French m. P. s will soon vote on a new law to return stolen artwork to west africa the legislation would pave the way to send back 27 items to benny and senegal natasha battle reports. A daring demonstration live streamed on social media. In june activists was. And a group of campaigners entered the k. Brawley museum in paris and grabbed a 19th century african art work. Was really was arrested at his trial last month he said he had no intention of keeping the artifact but it wanted to protest against the plunder of africas Cultural Treasures by French Colonial era rulers this is our heritage from our ancestors everything that was taken by force should be given back it belongs to africa and not to french museums or the french state was alou now faces a 1000 dollar fine. A cloak of silence stifles all the tragedies and horrible crimes perpetrated in africa in order to peerage these works most european people have no idea about the origin is or the conditions in which these works were stolen in 2017 the newly elected emanuel mycroft said france should face its colonial past and in a 1st for a french president he said pillaged all its works should be returned to africa. In the next 5 years are wanted to be possible for the temporary or permanent restitution of african artworks to africa last year from sent back to senegal and 26. 00 artworks including this intricate carved throne will be returned. 27. 00 items so far the 1000 year fraction of the 90000. 00 kept in french museums and collections while some say the rate of restitution is far too slow the french m. P. Whos in charge of the program says its an historic 1st step and this is only the beginning right now 6 countries requested the return of artworks but i expect more will do so in the months and years to come in this 1st experience of working with museum staff and interested countries means we have the system that will allow. As to identify objects recent faster in the future in all societies Cultural Heritage provides a unique link to the past a sense of belonging and a source of pride returning artworks isnt only about giving back what was stolen it also forces former colonial powers to confront their own history natasha bottler aljazeera paris. One of the greatest guitarists of all time. Has died at the age of 65. 00. His son says hed been on a long and arduous battle with cancer the band van halen is among the top 20 best seller