A long awaited exchange a massive operation over a 1000 Prisoners Released on both sides of yemens conflict. From europe to the u. S. The coronavirus pandemic has forced to keep player to leave the summits in brussels than has jolted the democratic president ial campaign less than 3 weeks before elections the president of the European Commission sort of on the line abruptly left brags that trade talks after she came in contact with someone infected with covert 19. U. S. Democratic Vice President ial candidate camel house are suspended all in person events after 2 of her Campaign Members tested positive harris was scheduled to travel to the battleground state of North Carolina on thursday both her wrists and biden have tested negative or speak to our White House Correspondent kimberly health in just a moment of 1st lets go over to Natasha Barlow she joins us live from paris so how did the departure of a sort of on the last impact the summit. Sony an unexpected event the e. U. Commission head of on delay in leaving an easy use are made to just shortly after it began it was rather abrupt she later though tweeted that she had been forced to leave she said because somebody in our aunt or are tested positive for covert 19 are borderline says that she in fact has tested negative never that nevertheless she decided that it would be cautious for her to self isolate and that is what she did we later heard in fact from the e. U. s breaks it negotiator Michel Barnier who gave us an update on vonzell and he said that she would still be following proceedings during this 2 day summit very closely she would still be on the phone with her various e. U. Leaders and that she was doing well so the disruption to the summit itself was minimal but certainly it once again highlighted the fact that cove it 19 is really circulating so freely you might say in the European Union and we know that cases of new infections have been soaring in many e. U. Countries and weve also heard from the e. U. Leaders have been speaking about bras and i think all of those been saying. What this summer was seen as something of a crunch summit for Boris Johnson the u. K. Prime minister he set it as a deadline if you like for leaders to come to a post greggs it trade deal agreements however leaders had a very clear message after their talks they said that yes they would like to see a deal a post breaks it trade deal done but not at any cost are several leaders repeated that line a deal yes but not at any cost and really that is because differences remain between at the e. U. And u. K. On a number of issues on things like a fair competition on governance and on fishing a really contentious issue particularly for france Emanuel Mike Ross said that he refused to sacrifice french fisherman for the sake of a deal so very clear message for e. U. Leaders what they are suggesting to the u. K. Is the talks continue negotiations continue to try and reach a deal before the end of the year that is when the deadline comes up for the end of all the negotiations and talks and a risk of a no deal about time whether or not the u. K. Will take up the invitation of the negotiated Michel Barnier for more to talks in the future will have to see. Natasha. Sort of on the line is not the only female International Politician thats been impacted by the coronaviruses go over to kimberly health joins us now from washington d. C. And theyre having issues with the virus in the Harris Campaign campers world. Yes senator harris herself she has not tested positive for covert 19 but 2 members of her staff have at least one Campaign Director and the other Communications Director and also a member of the flight crew a non staff member of the plane that kamel harris travels on quite frequently now the campaign that is assuring other members of the campaign that there is nothing to worry about in terms of the candidate that she has not been in close proximity to these 2 infected people that she when she was in close proximity she was still one meter away she was wearing and 95 mask which is what they would wear in the hospital that personal protective equipment so theyre pretty confident that the candidate will be ok at the same time the impact this is had on this campaign is substantial given the fact that senator harrison had to cancel her event to North Carolina shes also holding off on travel and till sunday along with her husband who usually companies her so this is put a real impact on the Campaign Given the fact that were less than 3 weeks from voting day all right stay with us can believe because weve also got to talk about the u. S. President on trump hes been holding a rally in the swing state of North Carolina there is now even live pictures coming in from then not wearing a mask he won here by a slim margin in 2016 is trailing joe biden his democratic challenger at the moment he later a whole town hall meeting in florida which is another key swing state has continued to downplay the coronavirus citing his sons recovery as proof its not a danger to most children trumps wife melania earlier said 14 year old barron trying through the virus but has since tested negative lets go back to kimberly how did so how is this all playing i mean we were quite close to elections now how is this all playing out with the Campaign Strategies that were seeing from both dont trump and joe biden. Well what weve seen you know in the last 2 weeks is both campaigns hit with the covert 19 just a couple of weeks ago were talking about Donald Trumps positive diagnosis spending time in the hospital not being able to campaign for about 10 days a good solid chunk when youre really close to voting day thats a big problem now hes back on the campaign trail testing negative we understand and he is in this battleground state of North Carolina the same state were coming to harris had to cancel her appearance this morning so this is the problem is that the candidates dont have a lot of time on the ground left this is a key state as you mentioned donald trump is trailing nationally but when it comes to this particular battleground state its really almost from the latest polls a statistical dead heat although we see the Biting Campaign edging up a little bit and this is a critical state to order to win the white house both candidates know they need it so this is not good news now looking ahead in terms of this evening here in the United States were going to have dueling town halls and theres bit of a controversy about that too and again its covert related very quickly youll remember this was to be the 2nd president ial debate or town hall format it was canceled because donald trump got covert 19 then one was put on the Biden Campaign going up to philadelphia where that is still on and then when donald trump recovered he decided that he would also participate in. Cape town hall as well and that is going to be going on in miami but there are a lot of people criticizing this move by the additional American Network to kind of enable donald trump to have a dueling town hall with joe biden they feel that this sort of bad behavior on the part of the president who withdrew from the debate because he didnt want to be virtual is being rewarded others arguing on the other side this is just upholding the american tradition the constitutionally protected tradition of free speech all right thanks so much kimberly how. Kyrgyzstans new Prime Minister is just part of has assumed president ial powers after the resignation of the current president and speaker of parliament there have been weeks of antigovernment protests since the disputed parliamentary election earlier this month protestors accuse the government of rigging the vote in its favor chance triumph it is in east enough as a kid to stand rather he explains what the resignations mean for the country its fair to say mr jeenbekov has been changing his story since these rigged elections on october the 4th initially off to those elections we heard nothing from him which. There was a bench really a Statement Given by him saying that resignation was not on the cards. And then we had another statement from him saying that he was going to resign he would resign but only after a new cabinet was formed now yesterday a new cabinet was formed by the new Prime Minister and it was late last night or last night we heard that he wasnt going to resign until there were new elections we understand that there were some very heated discussions held by him and the new Prime Minister and speaker of Parliament Last night trying to negotiate mr jeenbekov departure journalists that we were with in bishkek where outside respect bishkek about 3 aus at the moment but those journalists were telling us that your power of supporters was threatening to storm the president s building if he hadnt resigned by 830 last night mr powell if the new Prime Minister then calm those supporters down and today we understand there were more discussions between the Prime Minister the speaker and the now resigned president and he has indeed yes said that he is going to sit down. The European Union and the u. K. Of impose sanctions on 6 russian officials close to president Vladimir Putin in response to the poisoning of russian Opposition Leader alex in a valley the kremlin has promised retaliatory measures around these recovering in berlin after being poisoned in siberia in august moscow has denied any responsibility lets take a look at who those targeted individuals are it includes Alexander Bartunek of the chief of russias domestic spy agency 2 of Russias Deputy defense ministers president putins envoy to siberia which is where or is it took place the 1st deputy chief of staff of the president s office and the head of the president s domestic policy directorate. Plenty more still ahead on the news hour including more political fallout 5 from al jazeera investigation into the cyprus cash for passport scandal in corona virus cases surging across europe france alone theyve gone up by a bird in just a day well have a report on the pandemic. And spores we hear from the england camp after a rough night to wembley. An operation is underway to return more than 1000 prisoners home across the front lines of yemen civil war planes carrying who had been held by the saudi u. A. E. Led coalition of been arriving in the capsule sun are the swap is being seen as a trust Building Measure aimed at reviving peace talks. As more. A long awaited moment in yemen prisoners held in captivity for years freed in the largest Prisoner Exchange between the warring factions. The deal was brokered by the un in 2018 but never implemented but this time who theory rebels and the government representatives set aside their differences hoping the swap could lead to thousands of detainees being liberated in the future. It was a carefully arranged operation saudi sudanese and government detainees boarded a plane that took off from who the hell son our airport their destination airport in saudi arabia. Are the same time who feel rebels were transferred from say human airport in southern yemen to sanaa any delay could have jeopardized the whole agreement a separate Prisoner Exchange took place on wednesday brokered by oman the deal allowed more than 200 heard these stranded in amman to return home in exchange for the release of 2 u. S. Citizens detained by the whole thiis the rebels also sent back the remains of a 3rd american who died in captivity. Citizen was living working in yemen and. Was in prison for a 199 days 2 years and 6 months in solitary confinement and it was hell really have a bad bad experience and i think. His majesty some fun heightened for his assistance in getting us out of. The u. N. Held the Prisoner Exchange as a milestone its hope is to convince feuding parties to restart political talks to end the war in yemen. U. N. Envoy Martin Griffiths faces a delicate task to hand encouraging the parties to do just that. But yemen is now more divided than ever the iran backed her thesis control most of the north the sound of that government is losing ground thats a session a south backed by the u. A. E. In the south whitening to declare a state of their own. Body is the International Committee of the red cross is near and middle east regional director he says more releases should take place because of the die humanitarian situation anything at the end of the day. You need a political will to make such a result detainees possible because because there is one very important element in these regions to place its taking place why the conflict is ongoing most of the time release of detainees happen at the end of a calm not during. And i think we should stress this and be take it as a positive step i think theyve done something really hard i want to believe that all parties to this conflict realize that the reached the end of the road or at least the people of yemen beach the end of the rope you know 80 percent of the people here at the end on you may turn system. More than 20000000 of people have no access to. Who to health to water and sanitation i can give you a just an example to illustrate a bit how dramatic is the situation in the us you see as often only one center for treatment of coron of various patients in the world. And its yemen its in aden because the situation is so traumatic the mortality rate is so high that we had to make an exception to our policy and open and also treat various cases in yemen this demonstrates that yemeni people they reach the end of the old school. Political will needs to be present and we want to believe that its present the u. N. Special envoy to yemen says progress is being made to reach a deal to end the conflict on the plane i think james bays joins us now live from new york so james tell us the details whats giving them optimism there. Well this is arguably the most important positive development in yemen for almost 2 years the development came as the Un Security Council was having its monthly meeting on yemen and the Un Special EnvoyMartin Griffiths said he hoped that this development would mean more prisoner releases and wider political progress we have some good mirrors in yemen today. And as you probably know since this morning the skies of yemen have seen what i like to refer to as an lived of her. The parties are started releasing prisoners and detainees of the agreement they reached on the 27th of september in switzerland and this process will lead to the release of over a 1000 individuals all returning to release this will bring immense relief and comfort to all those families who waited so long to be reunited as well as other families close relations friends and members of their communities. So mr griffiths after briefing the u. N. Security council spoke to reporters i attended that virtual briefing and he told us of the next steps and they include trying to get the rest of the president s there are thousands more in yemen getting them released hes planning it in person meeting in the coming weeks hes also been working for 7 months now with shuttle diplomacy in virtual diplomacy on trying to get a wider political settlement hes working on something called joint declaration and part of that the key part of that will be a nationwide cease fire in yemen and once youve got that he wants to get a full political dialogue going in the country the Important News there from mr griffiths is hes confident he can get that joint declaration in weeks and he says certainly by the end of the year all right thanks so much james pace. Coronavirus cases in france have gone r. By nearly a 3rd in just one day governments across europe are imposing strict new measures to try and reverse the alarming surge in infections over the past week the u. K. s together have recorded an average of 100000 new cases a day a 5th of them are in britain. Or. This city of 9000000 is moving into high gear to have a 3 tier system meaning no one can meet indoors with anyone outside their household is the governments latest attempt to rein in a runaway infection rate which is doubling every 10 days we must act now delayed action means more deaths from it means more. Deaths and it means more economic pain later because the virus comes down slower than it goes up so there are questions over whether this goes far enough with the opposition and many scientists instead advocating a short sharp nationwide lockdown not just regional restrictions here in london the new measures will impact 3000 jobs and 7000 restaurants decision will be reviewed every 2 weeks but most of these businesses have already made their orders for the month and this stopping and starting to cripple them for many in europe find theyre in a similar situation france has declared a Public Health state of emergency and impose an 8 pm curfew in paris and 8 other cities hospital admissions are at their highest level since june. The curve has nearly taking a vertical shape and thats why we knew we needed to arc because this reality would have an impact on hospitals 10 days later without very strong impact on int