Joe biden will to push back their 2nd contest so it can be held in person. 30 more soldiers are killed in the region being fought over by our media and as a by sharpness International Mediators are to meets in geneva. And jakarta streets become battle zones cheering the latest protests against a contentious intimidation jokes while. The at. War we begin this news hour with a deeply worrying developments in the coronavirus pandemic the World Health Organization has announced a record one day goal lobel jump in and factions i almost 3 139000 Johns HopkinsUniversity Says the torso house ny past 36000000 more than a 1000000 people of course are known to have died from the corona virus a little over 25000000 people have recovered well the picture in europe is growing darker by the day as winter approaches francis recorded more than 18000 new cases for the 2nd day. The running pressure is growing on hospitals especially in and around paris germany which had been praised for its response has seen for thousands new cases in the past day and its feared the virus could be stretching there uncontrollably and the u. K. Is even considering more restrictions as its 2nd wave accelerates theyve recorded more than 17500 new infections well lets get more on this now from rurik chalons he joins us now from Central London and tell us more about the situation in the u. K. Were seeing a nice surgeon positive test results what is the government planning to do about this. India this is a certainly 17 and a half 1000 new cases you say thats up 3000 on the day before so things really starting to accelerate fost in the u. K. Very very concerning for the governments very very concerning for the country now deaths in a hospital still nowhere near what we were seeing in the dog days of april 77 deaths recorded over the last 24 hours compare that to the many hundreds see into the thousands being recorded back in the spring so obviously were not there yet but the government is trying to work out what to do to make sure that we dont get to that stage again that they dont want to go back to a full National Lockdown thats very clear it would be crippling for an economy that is already being severely battered by the measures that have had to be taken to control or try to control coverage 19 so what theyre trying to do is bring in more localized measures more localized lockdowns and so there is an announcement next week bars and restaurants will be forced to close in the north of england and other measures probably coming down the line as well we will have to wait another few days perhaps that before those made properly public there is growing criticism though from local politicians. In the north of england so andy burnham whos the mayor grace of manchester was very surprised it is a city match so it was it was going to be forced to close bars and restaurants he said that the 1st he heard of this was in the Times Newspaper that hed had meetings with government ministers the cabinet. In the last few days man mentioned anything about it but there has been criticism coming from within the governments own party as well on a local regional level with people saying that unless there is Financial Assistance given to these parts of the country that are going into the great lock down measures then this is again going to be a hammer blow to the economy so its a difficult line for the government and say it doesnt seem to be managing a particularly well at the moment well sadly a difficult situation in the u. K. Where you are but its not just the u. K. Is it across the channel weve been seeing a surge in infections as well in frans what are the french government trying to do to stem this tide. Yeah well for the 2nd day running new cases in france of the. 18000 a day and the government has announced on thursday that legal grenoble legal sense that c. N. N. Will move to the maximum level on the and the the highest level of risk stricture ns so those places join paris and boss say which are already there so these highest levels of Restrictions Mean that bars have to close there are restrictions on how restaurants are operates the. Measures by which public spaces public venues can only open if they have strict. Tracking measures in in place basically strict measures for 4 or so operating in and maintaining Health Levels etc. So yes in france things getting worse as well its clear that across europe the 2nd wave of coronavirus is pretty much in full swing now ok mary chalons that bring us the very latest from london thank you. Very chalons there dominic kane is in berlin he reports on the situation in germany and elsewhere in europe. This is the reality of covidien ukraine another life claimed by a virus whose 2nd wave is now sweeping across europe here in the town of stepanek a hospital designed for 100 people now has 106 corona patients alone. We are catastrophic li short of doctors the pressure is incredible and the Infectious Department we have one doctor per 47. 00 patients. Around the continent the number of new infections is surging austria has announced its highest daily figures so far in poland 2 unprecedented numbers of people are testing positive for the virus prompting the government to say it will introduce a general mask rule for all people outdoors and perhaps impose a state of emergency elsewhere as here in belgium the spike in cases has forced ministers to say no more than 4 people will be allowed to meet together in public but in spain the rate of new infections has slowed in recent days and a partial lockdown for the capital has been thrown out by a madrid court which said it infringed peoples fundamental freedoms whilst in germany a surge in cases is causing deep concern at the highest levels. Of the Current Situation worries me a lot we dont know how things will develop over the next few weeks its possible that we will see more than 10000 cases a day its possible that the virus spreads uncontrollably in the german capital Officials Say that Testing Capacity has reached 95 percent with little scope for greater testing if numbers continue to climb. One of the measures being suggested the whole country isnt ready in place here in the socalled trickle of traffic like Warning System with 3 different code criteria on. The number of intensive care beds occupied by corona patients the awful reproductive rate of the fires and the number of info. Sections per 100000 residents for the moment the federal government believes its existing measures are enough and. Germany so far managed this crisis well when you look at the map of europe youll see until now germany is a solid rock in this pandemic but we are seeing rising numbers across europe so far theres no suggestion of another National Lockdown politicians are perhaps fearful of the damage such a step would wreak on an already suffering economy and they know there are many people here who believe the existing measures are too strong dominant cane aljazeera berlin. Donald trump says he will not participate in the 2nd u. S. President ial debates if its held virtually thats after the Debate Commission announced it would be moved online trumps team says the debate should be delayed so that it can be held in paris on october 22nd President Trump of course is still recovering from his Coronavirus Infection his challenger joe biden seemed has accused trump of trying to dodge questions over covert 19 and the economy lets get more now from our White House CorrespondentKimberly Hauck and she joins us now live from washington d. C. Kimberly this has been moving a lot in the last few hours just walk us through whats happened and where we stand now. Where we stand now the upshot of all of this is that there will only be one more president ial debate but getting to that decision has been watching a ping pong ball match back and forth with the ball between the 2 campaigns being lobbed back and forth this whole thing started and really unfolded for several hours when the president ial commission on debates announced you know what donald trump has koepp it for the safety and concern of everyone involved lets just have the next president ial debate to be held in miami on the 15th lets have that be virtual while donald trump was livid he was furious he accused the Debate Commission of being biased that if it was virtual theyd be able to cut off his mike and they also he also accused his rival joe biden the democratic president ial challenger of being pathetic of being weak that essentially he was afraid to because of the risk that might be posed to the covert 19 well this infuriated the Biden Campaign they lobbed back saying ok we wont have the debate on the 15th well just talk to voters and then well push it back on the 22nd this way donald trump is not able to a vaid accountability well that seemed to touch a nerve with the trunk campaign so next thing you know the Trump Campaign is saying great all be there ill be there on the 22nd and well have that 3rd debate on the 29th because we want to talk about joe bidens failed record of 47 years that touched off the nerves of the Biting Campaign who then issued a statement saying you know what donald trump you dont get to control the debate schedule were going to have that debate on the 22nd and thats it period that seems to be where its landed finally so theres going to be one more debate not 2 more debates its going to be on the 22nd both men going to appear there and remember that 1st president ial debate it was pretty disastrous everybody yelling and shouting and very little control hardly present. Well the next what is supposed to be a town hall format it promises to be a little bit more subdued simply because of the nature of how the questions will be posted very quickly in the midst of all of this donald trump says even though its recovering from covert 19 that hes still planning to hold his rallies the next one is scheduled we believe for monday in pittsburgh have also there be something to look forward to it can be home for now thank you very much indeed lets get more on this note from Charles Moran hes a Republican Party strategist and joins us now on skype from new york great to have you with us on the news or debating about to be part and parcel of any president ial campaign but for many observers it would appear surprising that the Trump Campaign turned a safer virtual formats in the middle of a pandemic why does the Trump Campaign justify this why the reluctance to to move the debates on mine. Thanks for having me on today simply because a virtual slash online glorified infomercial is not a debate if we wanted to see more of the candidates reciting their talking points delivering their monologues we could just go to their Campaign Websites and see their speeches around ways the purpose of a debate is to be able to have that engagement to have that rapid fire interaction with one another and when the Debate Commission unilaterally without consulting the campaigns decided to change the format they change the very nature of this Hallowed Institution so the key trunk campaign was absolutely within its justification to pull out and say this isnt what we agree to this completely changes the nature of what were read to and theres no point in doing it but theres also the safety aspect if it leaves the back and forth to one side i think many people who watched the 1st debates having seen the nature of the back and forth to one side would probably have preferred something with a little bit more control in terms of the safety aspect the president of the United States has called it 19 its so unclear if hes infectious or not there is a safety issue the United States is in the middle of this pandemic how do you think the years old were going to view this decision because on the surface it does look like the campaign is thumbing its nose at the at any efforts to make the debate stage safer. Its not a debate if you do it over resume and there are so many different ways that you can protect all the people and all the participants from covert 19 i mean weve got 1st responders across the nation who are engaging on a daily basis with people with proven lets not be transmitted i think to people on a stage with the appropriate amount of protection and just turns with the proper start up you know absolutely be within a decent proximity of one another and hope it is not going to contract and you know what again its this is about the very nature of what debate its another level just low let let us out there so you take you up on that point though because the pandemic is the number one issue in the safety of this is the number one issue in as sense emerged after the 1st debate and in Cleveland Ohio the president john didnt actually take a test before that debate 6 members of his family were taking their masks off assoon as they sat down in fact people actually dont know when Donald Trumps last negative coronavirus test was so sure that the safety issue should be paramount and surely the should be answers to some of these questions that the campaign and so the press than are answering right now. Well the president firstly the only group on the stage are joe biden and donald trump but just when she doesnt use last negative coronavirus test of i do not work for the white house and i do not know when run a virus test you have to refer that to the white house because people have a right to have the answer to thats why our growth there is because he can will cross the words of the president when he will not take a coronavirus test before its a bait and will not tell American Media when his last negative test was. The president acquiesced to the commission and said fine lets push back these debates to provide an accurate adequate amount of time for him to get out of that that quarantine time push it you know push the debates back to the National Debate and then schedule another one after so the president is absolutely address the safety and the warranty concerns and it doesnt look like joe biden actually wants to get on the stage with donald trump and even well after he will come out of that coat in 1000 quarantine time so it really looks like actually like joe biden is the person who doesnt want to get on the stage with donald trump not you know any without any kind of safety issue here do you think needs these debates more donald trump or joe biden i think the majority of the people have made up their minds these debates are proforma and anything but what you will get out of these debates is the nuance youll see the style youll see this and i think what people really see joe biden meets the debates more he needs to show that he actually can take on donald trump and isnt you know mentally crippled or handicaps like you know so many people even within his own party believe it is that he has the stamina to actually keep up with donald trump and not have the type of slips that hes prone to al ok we will have to leave it there but thank you so much for sharing your thoughts where those are now to say eric great to get your thoughts and analysis thank you thank you. Well later in the news i will have an hour of the other debates that happens between Vice President mike pence and joe bidens running mates come along her a city stay with us for that also coming up on the news hour a kidnapping course unravels in michigan the f. B. I. Says the target was the states governor. The number of coronavirus cases rises in the philippines but so too is the president s popularity will take a look at why and she will tell you all about its the 19 year old trees meets the french open final sounds coming up here later in support. Of. The u. S. Has imposed a more sanctions on irans Financial Sector targeting 18 banks who were already under american sanctions the move is in defiance of European Countries who warn that the measures could have devastating humanitarian consequences the u. S. State Department Says the sanctions reflects washingtons commitment to stop courts illicit access to u. S. Dollars well Iranian Foreign minister german serif immediately tweeted his response he said amid the covert 1000. 00 pandemic the us regime wants to blow up our remaining channels to pay for food and medicine iranians will survive this latest of cruelties but conspiring to starve a population is a crime against humanity culprits and enablers who block our money will face justice lets head live day to russell and jordan she joins us from washington d. C. Rosalind lots more sanctions being unveiled a guess that maybe question is whats left to sanction. Well thats a really good question and perhaps the biggest criticism of the trumpet ministrations sanctions regime against iran is that the culminating impact is that this is hurting the iranian people certainly we have seen that criticism coming not just from e. U. Nations but also from a wide range of humanitarian organizations around the world now the Treasury Department went in announced this latest round of sanctions against these 18 iranian banks said that these banks would still have exemptions so that they could bring in funds to facilitate the purchase of emergency food and medicine to serve the iranian people of course people have criticized the u. S. For making it much harder to get that sort of humanitarian aid to the iranian people but leave no doubt the trum