Swing states. Have a have a tactics from police in argentina evicting hundreds of families make jobless and homeless due to the pandemic. We begin with new details about what happened in the moments leading up to an attack in a church in the french city of nice where 3 people were killed frances chief antiterrorist Prosecutor Says the attacker was a tunisian born man who arrived in paris earlier this month with an italian red cross documents he traveled to nice find train before changing his clothes and then walking to the church hes now in custody president in money a micro has called the incident an islamist terrorist attack its prompted the government to raise the security alert to its maximum level. Those days attack follows another this month a teacher in paris was beheaded days after 7 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to some of his pupils president calls defending frances secularism and the right to mock religion david chasseur reports from nice. A place of worship now a crime scene inside not to dawn basilica the congregation had been praying when a man armed with a knife attacked them 3 people were killed one of the victims a woman was to capitated according to the Police Another victim was a churchwarden she the most but i still imagine him i still see him lighting the candles and now im thinking hes not there anymore. Hes good nephew we are always with him hes always there he spends the day that he shares his life here hes not someone who comes and goes witnesses say the attacker shouted. During his attack he was shot by police near the church and is now being treated in hospital for his injuries. Working for the police we are hurt to once again see that our city is taken like this i want to tell the families of the victims of this barbaric attack that everyone in the community is by your side. I want to say that we can no longer with the laws of peace in our country wipe out islamofascism within hours of the attack the french president emmanuel macro visited to see. Yemen to miss you ladies and gentlemen once again our country has been hit by an islamist terror attack once again this morning 3 of our compact its well in nice in this not today. And very clearly france is under. A new sense of thinking if we are attacked it is for our values for our taste for freedom for this possibility on our soil to believe freely and not to give in to any mind of terror or so i say it with great clarity once again we will not give in. France has now raised its state of emergency to its highest level. We revolted with whats going on is an attempt to take french hostage with regards to its muslims will not fall into this trap we will not fall into this trap. As part of operation sentinel the number of troops patrolling france will more than double on the present 3000 to more than 7000 president said that this would ensure that all place of worship will be safe. The attack comes 2 weeks after the murder of a School Teacher samuel petit in a paris suburb he had been decapitated after showing caricature of the prophet mohammed to School Children to illustrate a lesson on freedom of speech and secularism Prime Minister. Says the governments response to the murders in these will be firm implacable and immediate David Chaytor al jazeera nice. The world has recorded more than half a 1000000 new Coronavirus Infections in a single day marking a new threshold in the worsening pandemic but its rapidly rising infection rates that are for several european governments to take drastic action the spanish region of catalonia shutting its borders for 15 days while germany has announced a new month long lockdown from next week tighter restrictions have also just come into force in france the task about the reports from paris. Savoring a lost cause feel like half a terrace in paris before a new knockdown in france the prospect of another month indoors fills the students with trepidation would be exactly what we have lots of exams that will be delayed now so im not sure what will happen next its so make me panic its not just the young that are anxious. People with. This measure will be dramatic for many its more isolation and itll probably last until christmas for single people the elderly students itll be very difficult to cope. But some people have chosen to leave the city while others focused on last minute chores many had mixed feelings about the shutdown. I understand a lot and i support it but the economy needs to go on and right now we dont know how the future will be. French president emanuel macro says the lockdown is necessary to stop the 2nd wave which could be more deadly than the 1st but some say it will be a disaster for the economy and the government should have done more to prevent the Health Situation from deteriorating so fast in Parliament FrancesPrime Minister defended the governments handling of the pandemic. We knew that a 2nd wave was possible even probable and we anticipated but the fact is no country look around us had the scene would accelerate in such a sudden and brutal manner rising infection rates have for several european governments to tighten restrictions and defend their choices spains catalonia region closed its borders while germany announced a new lockdown. And so should the dynamic rate of infections will overload our intensive care units in just a few weeks from now all of this shows us that at the start of the cold season we are in a dramatic situation it affects us all without exception mike ross says that the impact of frances lockdown wont be known for a few weeks its due to end at the start of december but many people are resigned to a lasting much longer if the situation doesnt improve Natasha Butler aljazeera paris the e. U. Will make more than 250000000 dollars available to Member States to help them transfer kovac 19 patients between them European Commission president or love on the way and says governments need to reach out for help if their hospitals are getting overwhelmed. Cases rising numbers of hospitalization are rising number of deaths are rising not this fast fortunately because we understand better today how to treat coverage patients and how to deal with the disease but the spread of the virus will overwhelm our Health Care Systems if we do not act urgently the u. S. Says marks a wreck or daily rise in cave in 1000 cases with almost 84000 new infections reported on thursday the last 7 days or the highest daily average since a pandemic began almost 9000000 people have contract to corona virus in the u. S. President Donald Trumps handling of the crisis has become a key election issue. Just 5 days to go until the u. S. Election President Donald Trump and rival joe biden have been trying to win over the swing states of florida with competing rallies they remain neck and neck in the race for the Sunshine State 29 electoral votes biden told his supporters a florida goes blue its over trump had some positive Economic News to share she had her sunday reports. Before the pandemic struck donald trump wanted to run for reelection touting what he said was a Strong Economy as a sign of his successful presidency and on thursday he finally got some numbers to boast about record breaking the g. D. P. Growth of 7. 4 percent in the 3rd quarter we create the greatest picture of me and. Now were doing it again for your beautiful make America Great again right were going to make it work make America Great again again. Yes. We did it now were doing it it again my 1st lady would do it again but as always the numbers dont tell the whole story yes theres been a rebound as the economy reopened off to look down im government stimulus was felt however the u. S. Economy is still 3. 5 percent smaller than it was at the end of 2019 by comparison during the 2008 Great Recession the economy contract at 4 percent plus with rising cobra hospitalizations and the threat of future look downs few expect the economy to continue growing at such a pace the u. S. Is leading Infectious Disease expert once again contradicted the president s repeated claim that the u. S. Is rounding the corner we will start to approach what we call normal i dont think france is that its going to be at a level where people are going to feel like there were no Public Health measures to be implemented until we get to the end of 20215 days left folks also campaigning in florida on thursday joe biden this election is the most important one youve ever voted in what is your 1st or tan ladies and gentlemen the heart and soul of this country is at stake right here in florida. Up to you you hold the key florida goes blue its over its over biden has a narrow lead in florida winning the states 29. 00 Electoral College votes would make victory for much harder a majority of ballots cost here will be by mail or early in person voting and unlike other swing states florida is already counting votes received Authorities Say they expect 90 percent of ballots to be counted before midnight on Election Night so even if a National Result takes days florida should be one battleground state with a result with a conclusive all known relatively quickly she had al jazeera. U. S. Retail john will margins removing guns and i mean from its sales floors in response to racial unrest in philadelphia a curfew is in place there after 2 nights of violence over the killing of wall to wall as the latest black person to die at the hands of police while walmart will remove weapons from being on display it will still sell them a company made similar moves during violent demonstrations are the Police Killing of george floyd. Years economy has seen a historic in as the government pandemic fuels Consumer Spending report by the Commerce Department shows a 33 percent growth rate in the 3rd quarter unemployment has almost hall from his 23000000. 00 high in april when the lockdown began. With corona virus infections Large Companies continue to announce layoffs White House CorrespondentKimberly Hall could house more from washington d. C. The historic jump in the g. D. P. In the last quarter up 33 percent what i think it indicates as well as those numbers of jobs going down is what donald trump has been selling on the campaign trail and that is that he is trying to reopen the economy allow people to get back to their daily lives and so this is a Major Campaign promise on his part and he is contrast to get to kind of a doom and gloom prediction if joe biden gets elected that his plan is to shut down the economy for an indefinite period of time much like weve seen happening in parts of europe and that this would have a negative impact on those numbers so what were seeing is this message being delivered by the 2 candidates 2 very different and contrast messages that we should also point out that when it comes to joe biden one other thing that he started to talk about a little bit as these numbers continue to be good for him in terms of the National Polls and his solid lead in these now kind of tempering expectation about what he can do on day one as president if he does win the election in terms of turning the pandemic around whos now saying that hell look at science but dont expect to turn things around with the flick of a light switch so this is certainly an interesting message from a president or rather a president ial candidate that has repeatedly criticized Donald Trumps handling of the covert 1000 pandemic here in the United States explosions have been seen on the outskirts of. The disputed region in go on account of back. The artillery and rocket strikes look to be part of intensifying fighting in the region between. Mania diplomats from the 2 come trees and power in for more talks to try to end the conflict after 3 failed attempts. Were not far away the Azerbaijani Army said to be closing in on the key town of shushi theyre going to cut back separate lists separatist leaders says a very troops have advanced to within 5 kilometers and is edging residents to help fend off the attack. Still ahead on aljazeera you know grades were held on newspapers and not by her mother activists in india and what critics call of the crackdown on dissent in the royal and their cries about unfair treatment in Northern England over the economic response to coronavirus compared to the south of the country in the world. Hello a bit of a cold blast in a few shows which might feel like theyre at the wrong season this is for northern parts of honshu and whole carder because the air is quite cold for they will be rain showers and it is possible the highest ground is cooling down a little bit in tokyo but its fine looking weather as far west as you can see this some cloud a few spots of rain in western china but in places like hong kong this is a drop in humanities a pleasant time of the year winter is still a long way north yet to show itself in sas china sea the actions died down and im alive is going across thailand to me and martin hans to right but weve got another storm to watch out for is making progress in the western pacific into the Philippine Sea and it will hit the olens the philippines probably during sunday elsewhere widespread showers and thunderstorms which is correct for this time of the year. So whilst malevolent house is the reigning me and china is the place to get wettest in the last 24 hours in india that rains now leaving chennai and going sars was to parts of tom and kara and sri lanka but the rain thats been well produced in the east of the bay of bengal will move north into buying the bash and the east india. Jump into the stream and join on Global Community biodiversity is bio security it is that essential for our species to survive be part of the debate i know you have my days and you too can be part of this conversation when no topic is off the table the complaints are not neutral and all of these cases goal here is to terrorize and heres the other part of this theres no consequence to this stream on out is there. Were. Warning. Youre watching out as a reminder of our top stories this hour french Authorities Say the man who killed 3 people in the church tacked in nice was a tunisian arrives in france from islay carrying an italian red cross travel document president in monument krol has called the incident an islamist terrorist attack. European leaders the reintroducing the strict measures in response to rising coronavirus and factions violence has gone into a month Long National lockdown and spains catalonia region is shutting its borders for 15 days. The President Donald Trump and his democratic challenger joe biden have been holding competing rallies in the battleground state of florida just 5 days to go until the u. S. Election a record breaking 80000000 americans have already cast early in person or mail in votes. Argentine police have a victim hundreds of families from a vacant field in the city of mecca many people have build shelters there after being hit by the pandemics economic downturn to rise above as more. Thousands of Police Officers stormed the town of get a new guy in the province of one of the order was to remove squatters that had taken over land illegally. Land grabs have increased in recent weeks in argentina adding pressure to the government to file about the fatah members which is already struggling with an economic meltdown and because with 1000 pandemic. People mississippi advance by the police by throwing rocks at Police Responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Look with what they are attacking us told us this man they said this was a pacific eviction and they were attacking us with everything they have. Protesters say they will go back at night. And take over land once again earlier this year thousands of families came to vist piece of land to build their homes they claim they had lost their jobs and the bay had nowhere else to leave this is an example of the enormous crisis that exists in argentina today and economic crisis that has been exacerbated by the pandemic the police came here removed those families by force they set some of the houses on fire and they say that they wont allow them to come back and they come again because of that i know we were asked was living in an improvised shelter with her 4 children one of them 9 year old or more in our oil assets that she never expected the police to remove them by force and at the moment donna i dont know where im going to go now i dont have a place to live i came here because i cant pay rent we have to choose whether we rent or we eat. For 2 months the authorities have been negotiating with squatters and offer them money for them to leave but many claim that the moneys not enough for them to find a place to live. Only wants to be allowed to recover some of his belongings for them although the loss of the little this is very hard and came here because we didnt want to depend on anyone from here we will have to go back to the street. Poverty and unemployment figures have soared in recent months president of the farm and this has increased cash handouts to assist the board i but argentina is dealing with its own financial troubles and authorities claim there is not enough to help everyone. But he sai