And hurrican zita slams into the u. S. State of louisiana the 5th major storm to hit the region this year. Tough new measures are being imposed across europe and fears hospitals are about to be overwhelmed by a growing number of coronavirus patients geminis imposing restrictions to last a month its closing restaurants and bars but keeping schools open in italy dining out after 6 pm is now banned and theaters and gyms are shot its a similar situation in spain which is declared an 11 pm curfew and limited gatherings and in the last few hours french president emanuel as announced a 2nd National Lockdown that will last until the 1st of december all nonessential businesses will have to shut that schools. Factories will be allowed to remain open bottle reports from paris. In a soviet t. V. Address french president emanuel said a new lockdown was necessary because frances Health Situation had deteriorated rapidly. Because of what we learned in the spring down will be adapted schools will stay open and work can continue with it will be permitted to Retirement Homes as in the spring 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 cases is rising fast in france with more than 50000 on some days more than half of the countrys intensive care unit beds are occupied by kovi 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 break that wave that is coming because if we keep accumulating really the cases in the case and cases then very soon we wont have any beds anymore. Really not any for months the government and president of earth people and to live as normally as possible with the virus but these new restrictions reveal to start challenging that really is. A government a strike to navigate a delicate process try to find if i could go in terms of focusing more on as economy the situation we are in now is a result of this precarious balance. The fact that the new restrictions come less than 2 weeks after a night time curfew was imposed on most of the country could indicate that the government failed to anticipate the scale of the emergency for some a new lockdown could have been avoided others it was inevitable either way few would have imagined that they would be forced to stay at home again so soon. Aljazeera paris. The u. S. Is also experiencing record daily spikes and infections even as President Trump repeatedly claims on the campaign trail that the pandemic will end quickly democratic nominee joe biden has pledged to prioritize science to combat the virus and hes vowed not to make false promises meanwhile newly released audiotapes have revealed Donald Trumps senior advisers out of kush not outlining a deliberate strategy to resist expert medical advice u. S. Media has released recordings of them saying in april that they were quote getting the country back from the doctors a former u. S. Homeland security official has admitted to being the white house insider who wrote a scathing all pad 2 years ago condemning donald trump miles taylor is supporting joe biden and has called trump a moral petty and ineffective and the u. S. Supreme court has rejected a republican bid to limit when mail in ballots can be received in 2 key swing states thats pennsylvania and North CarolinaPresident Trump has regularly attacked mail in voting making claims of fraud without any evidence and mike hanna is joining us live now from washington d. C. Donald trump was just saying a couple of days ago that it would be very very proper and very nice if it went to was declared on november the 3rd now this Supreme Court decision kind of gets in the way of that hope doesnt it. It does indeed because what the Supreme Court has now done is up hold a pennsylvania Supreme Court decision to allow the voting to continue essential email in voting to be received up until november the 6th so this is now a 3 day extension so this is an important detail because these votes that arrive late because of postal delays or whatever may actually be decisive in a state like pennsylvania in 20161 pennsylvania by only 40 1000. 00 votes a very narrow win there so in this time its believed to be even close to certainly all the polls indicate that its a very tight struggle between joe biden and President Trump hence President Trump has been trying to limit the possibility of postal votes that are received after the polls closed be encountered once again theres a factor in this is that traditionally it is Democrats Use the postin vote service more than the republicans but theres a catch here as well although the court has now ruled on the matter it is still laid open the possibility of looking at the decision again straight after the election and then passing down a different decision now the court is completely split on this issue last week on the same issue concerning pennsylvania the court was split 4 to 4 so the pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling was upheld but the republicans brought this new case because of the new judge on the Supreme Court. Bennett that she did not sit on this particular hearing because the court says she had not enough time to be prepared but she may well be there straight after the election which may will give the conservatives a majority in the court and a 5 to vote on Something Like this but all of that being said now weve just heard in the last few minutes the court has also ruled on North Carolina saying that mail in voting can be extended there along. With pennsylvania that constitutes 2 stinging defeat spy that for the republicans on one day mike thanks very much indeed maicon not talking to us from washington d. C. Now when it comes to u. S. Elections analysts say its ohio that predicts the winning candidate has done that and 30 of the past 32 president ial votes john hendren reports. Clevelands industrial skyline rises from the ohio coast on lake erie and its ohio as ricks an industry agriculture and service jobs that make it a microcosm of the u. S. And thats what makes ohio the bellwether state. For decades all routes to the white house have gone through here ohio has voted for the winner in every president ial election since 1064 and they take voting seriously here i think its most important especially if you want to see change no republican has ever won the presidency without 1st winning in ohio. At may holes Bowling Alley winning is the name of the game. Here in suburban cleveland the diversity within International Border the crowd leans toward democrats and away from President Trump hes mentally imbalanced and he is a threat to the health and well being of everyone on the planet im looking for a change this upcoming election season just that we can kind of get back on track as a country. On the states vast farmlands and in the factory town of canton where Apache Industrial Services recently expanded into coronavirus cleaning solutions it penetrates the d. N. A. Of the cell the workers lean toward republicans and the blunt spoken president hes straight to the point he doesnt really take too much from people kind of says well its only wanted to time. His character not so much. But what hes done politically what hes done for policies and stuff i stand behind polls show joe biden in trump in a dead heat here where trump won handily in 2016 but that was before the coronavirus and a wave of economic shutdowns why we understand the importance of Economic Issues also understands the mom of the country is living the democrats have very wisely then shifted the politics to be the campaign to being a referendum on president with just days to go both candidates have made a priority of navigating ohios shifting political waters if history is any guide whichever candidate wins this great lake state will likely win the presidency john hendren al jazeera Cleveland Ohio a 3rd attempt at peace appears to have crumbled in the i dont know how to book has accused the media of killing at least 21 civilians and wounding dozens more in a missile strike its the deadliest single incident against civilians since fighting flared a month ago. Reports from the capital back. It was the worst attack on civilians yet an aegis cites this a conflict began a month ago the city of barta hit by what does it by john describes as smirch missiles. Hes also accused armenia of using cluster bombs to inflict maximum damage in a densely populated area of the city. I mean it denied carrying out the attack the 2nd in less than 24 hours aimed at civilians and barda 2 years old child was among the victims the city now is home to hundreds of people who fled the conflict zone in the kind of region. Both sides have been exchanging fire despite 3 attempts in as many weeks to impose a humanitarian ceasefire. As area forces are also accused of aiming at civilian targets the Maternity Ward of a hospital instapundit great was hit although there are no reports of casualties there as it by jan is imposing itself on the battlefield regaining territory and inflicting heavy losses on armenia with more than a 1000 soldiers killed this video released by azerbaijan is said to show Armenian Military equipment captured during the fighting i mean as Prime Minister he called passionately and warned of a counterattack. The people of our talk the armenian people all armenians will fight to the last for every tree every stone every centimeter and every millimeter. An accurate counterattack delivered at the right moment will have the effect of a devastating collapse for the enemy but at the moment our media appears unable to stop the advance of the as every military in districts surrounding the. President warned that his response will come on the battlefield now both Foreign Ministers of azerbaijan and armenia are scheduled to meet separately with the mens group on thursday in geneva there might be yet another attempt to impose a ceasefire that never was but it will prove even more difficult the barred attack marking a serious escalation but at the. But. Still ahead on aljazeera more protests against the french president s comments on islam as turkeys leader threatens to sue the magazine charlie hebdo. My plans by japan to release radioactive water into this thing off alarm bells among fishermen and environmentalists. Hello tensions are about to come down but in the week for japan is this eastward movement becomes more of a science had been in the air behind is more of a normal you see the start of the snow in siberia not quite catching her car in fact supported and seem to get much effect from the temperature in tokyo comes down a course in the teens are in beijing and how productive class 9 hong kong gets the rather pleasant feeling low humidity sunshine and 25. 00 degree taipei much the same as taipei because all the actions has been in the sea if you pan is now made land for vietnam is in the process of falling apart and spreading rain through laos and thailand and to some degree northern cambodia the next one if it forms is out here so were quite a few. Days away for the time being now that rain ends up going house into myanmar is a rather wet and to the week otherwise its sunshine and shouts and frequent shastra its right in todays ear its the rainy season and its showing itself where as we see the end of that obviously in india now there are showers still in the bay of bengal also under pradesh possibly tom lauder Caroline Flack will see the rain and you know whats going to happen in myanmar for the rest of india and bangladesh it is dry. For. Aljazeera world goes inside the Foreign Ministry when of hamas gaining access to keep pleasant previously unseen footage unless we create a different political reality must we go through it mainly to do its work with new shifting regional alliances we are asking the palestinians to meet the challenges of peaceful coexistence whats next for gaza and the palestinians gaza hamas and the middle east on aljazeera. All. Your jihad is either a reminder of our top stories at this hour a 2nd nationwide lockdown is to begin in france to fight a surge of covert 19 infractions president emanuel mccrone said restrictions were necessary because previous curfews imposed in major cities didnt work. A former u. S. Homeland security official has admitted to being the white house insider who wrote a scathing op ed 2 years ago condemning donald trump miles taylor is supporting joe biden and has called trump a moral petty and ineffective as a bludgeon has accused on many of killing at least 21. 00 civilians in a missile strike bringing a 3rd attempt to the cease fire into doubt the attack on the city of bada is the deadliest single incident against civilians since fighting flared a month ago. Votes are being counted in tanzania following an election marred by allegations of foul play for president john mara fully is hoping to secure a 2nd term but his governments been accused of cracking down on dissent opposition leaders say electoral observers were turned away from polling stations and also reported several instances of ballot stuffing catherine soy has more. Arran samwell came to cast his ballot in the capitol dome hes one of 29000000 tons of hands who registered to vote and hopes his voice will count. I have been exercising my constitutional duty to elect their leaders that i feel is best suited to Begin Development my province and maybe ridge. Is in the semi autonomous region of zanzibar yet they get to vote for their own president he says he wants a better life regardless of who he will be people who they want fish for world peace secondly they want improvement for those who are new pride. They want things to be easy they want infrastructure to be in place they want Healthy Services but allegations of Election Fraud by some opposition candidates are worrying many a lot is at stake in this election opposition leader. Appears to be preparing to contest the result he alleges widespread irregularities and threatens to call for mass action the Electoral Commission has responded by saying the opposition is trying to cause trouble and tanzanias should not be drawn and some analysts are saying that this is not transparent or credible. Things like this of police using force of protesters and increased government restrictions in the run up to the pool have also caused a variety theres been a large number of restrictions on. Their key important groups that would facilitate free and Fair Elections over a. Very long period of time which is sort of intensified in the past few months leading up to the elections with voting complete tanzanians attends as their way to the results that could take days to come through and then this is a formality i want to lymington piece because there is life after the election. Voters here say they want peace but beyond that they also want a free and credible outcome catherine saw al jazeera. A vigil has been held to remember 13 children killed in a raid on a school in cameroons in the speaking region mothers in the main they said they were broken by the increasing violence targeting children although no one has claimed responsibility for the attack the government says separatists are behind the killings in conda independence fighters accuse the french speaking government of marginalizing the. At least 2 people have been killed in one of the most powerful storms to hit vietnam in 2 decades typhoon malawis struck with winds of up to 150 Kilometers Per Hour ripping the roofs of houses and up using trees hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes and 26 fisherman a missing after 2 boat sank more than 130 people have been killed in Central Vietnam in recent weeks by severe flooding and landslides. I can see to has made landfall in southern us bringing another round of heavy rain and damaging winds to the state of louisiana there are warnings the category 2 storm could bring that life threatening storm surges after earlier heading south of mexico residents are being warned says a child of the u. S. President has already declared an emergency for parts of the state zita is the 4th named storm to slam into louisiana this year breaking state records and basing correspondent jane grays monitoring the song from the city of new orleans. Severe driving winds along with the pounding rain here and thats something we saw for an extended period of time we saw awnings torn away from buildings here we know that there is other damage across the city it will be interesting to see how the city fared look over the last day or so weve seen sandbags moving into place boarded up windows and doors and and people really taking this storm seriously it is the 5th named storm to make landfall in louisiana this season thats a record and when it made landfall winds of about 160 kilometers so thats also a record as the most powerful storm to make landfall this late in the season when you talk to people on the ground they say theyre just tired to be real frank theyve gone through such a tough Hurricane Season now this late in the season to have another and you combine that with covert 19 and all that thats brought on not only this state obviously but the entire country and people say they just have to take their ready to move forward. Irans growing and muslim nations against french president Michael Mccaul with new protests in bangladesh iran and pakistan its also a call vowed to crack down on what he calls vatican islam and defended the right to mock religion alexi obrien reports. In various cities from mumbai was to mogadishu they came to stand up for their religion and the man they believe brought them the word of god. Which we are protesting against a french president who insulted our Prophet Muhammad we are marching we are burning the french play we are full of emotion was in the bangladeshi capital dhaka they burned in effigy of emanuel mccrone the ngo was sparked by the french president s recent comments claiming islam is a religion and crisis valent to crack down a must be called separatism and defending the publishing of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. And now france has become a hated nation in the islamic world we want to say if micron does not stop the cartoon the world will boycott them but france is doubling down saying it wont give in to intimidation. That france will never renounce its principles and values notably the freedom of expression and freedom of publication the 2nd thing i want to clearly remind is that it was hateful comments towards journalists towards a news room that led to the bloodshed we have seen in recent years in our country. Teacher some wild party was beheaded in france area this month to showing images of the prophet to students and a lesson on freedom of speech. Following the murder and a Memorial Service hailing the teacher as a hero mccrone said france would not give up its cartoons hes up for reelection in 2 years many say the rhetoric is slanted towards a domestic audience vying for vital win votes but Muslim Leaders say its hate speech. Chatter that. Disrespecting the prophet incites violence and its immoral westerners must understand that all muslims love the prophet and soaked in the prophet means insulting muslims and all prophets also feeling insulted as turkeys president richard tie a bedouin case the latest target a french magazine. Which has a cartoon mocking him on its front page the magazine originally published cartoons of the prophet 2015 prompting an attack on its office in which 12 people were killed everyone says the magazine is trying to spread racism and hatred and is threatening legal action for our server general or france and europe in general do not deserve the vicious provocative ugly hateful policies of mccrum and those who share the same mentality we ask those who use anti muslim and turkish hostility to cover up their failures in their domestic politics to lay their dirty hands off our sacred values. But they dont want to is playing to his base turkey and france have had a fractious relationship in recent years on opposite sides over the conflict in libya and Gas Exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean muslims of france say they feel stuck in the middle elixir brian al jazeera. Millions of indians are being queuing to vote in the 1st election there since the coronavirus pandemic began voters are picking a new government in bihar indias poorest states and one of its most populous a major issue is its thousands of migrants who were forced to return home from cities and more prosperous regions as the pandemic took hold elizabeth put on him as more. A new set of voting protocols people in bihar sanitize their hands and have their temperature taken before casting their ballot in the 1st election in india since the start of the coronavirus pandemic around 20000000 people lined up to vote in a local election seen as an Important National test and whether large events like these can be how safely during the pandemic. Voters wanted to have their say despite safety concerns. Its not 100 percent safe because you may be sanitizing the areas but youve seen the rallies whoevers holding them there so crowded we dont think anyone is safe. The government hasnt helped us deal with the coronavirus i would give them a 4 out of 10 people are forced to walk on roads they face many problems. The election is also seen as a test of how Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and his party have handled the coronaVirus Outbreak when the Indian Government imposed one of the worlds strict as lockdowns in march hundreds of thousands of Migrant Workers were forced to walk on many for hundreds of kilometers. 1500000. 00 workers who lost their jobs elsewhere and india returned to be hard including. The father of 5 says they feel abandoned by the government. The government hasnt helped us at all i lost my Identity Card we havent been given a Food Distribution card we have difficulty finding food. Behind is one of indias most impoverished states with a Public Health care system that is struggling to deal with the Virus Outbreak yet Prime Minister modi campaigned on what he said was his Coalition Government success in fighting the virus. I want to congratulate the people of be hard for fighting the battle against with courage the decisions have been taken quickly to tackle the pandemic. The b j p promised free card vaccine for the people of the heart if the party is reelected but for the millions of biharis who are unemployed in a struggling to feed their families a yet to be developed vaccine is not what theyre asking for Elizabeth Piron of aljazeera new delhi theres International Outcry over a plan by japan to release radioactive water into the ocean its from the focus Nuclear Plant which was damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami rubble broad spoke to communities in south korea worried about the potential fallout. Lead junko and his son lee more yall this is a Family Business thats been built up over 30 years of fish farm land a community that is heavily dependent on these waters. In the season the fishing in the threes important both fishing and fish farming we have both here demand for their fish was already suffering because of the pandemic and the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has meant japanese fish farms have been dumping unwanted stock onto the open market further driving down prices but its what might be coming next from japan that has everybody worried at the fukushima Nuclear Plant steadily increasing rows of tanks now hold more than a 1000000 tonnes of mostly groundwater that has flowed into the site becoming radioactive with Storage Space due to run out in 2022 theres growing speculation it might be released into the ocean. I think we cant hold off making a decision on the policy forever we will take us apart ability as a government to make a decision on how to dispose of the contaminated water possibly japan insists the water is treated to remove the most harmful radiation and that it is safe enough to release a claim disputed by environmentalists and it sparked strong opposition in northeast asia especially been known for we hope that the japanese government will act with a high sense of responsibility towards its own people neighboring countries and the International Community and. Most people in fukushima are opposed to the plan including local fisherman who fear their livelihoods could be devastated and people here believe its only a matter of time before the radioactive water finds its way to the shores of the leaf family says even if discovered in the tiniest amounts any radiation. In fish stocks would ruin its business. I wonder if there is even a slight problem it would harm not only trust in japan but also confidence in elfish so i think its not just south korea but all countries that should be concerned nearly 10 years on from the devastating tsunami the legacy of it might be about to deliver another unwelcome shock rob Mcbride Al Jazeera j island south korea. This is our desire these are the top stories frances reimposing a nation wide lockdown to fight a surge of covert 19 infections president somalia will mark wrong send restrictions were necessary because curfews in some cities in recent weeks didnt work and germany is imposing a partial lockdown for next monday to try to stop the record rise in