A push to allow the Recreational Use of cannabis. New details have emerged about an attack on a church in the french city of nice in which 3 people were killed investigators say the suspect is from tunisia and arrived in europe last month on the italian island of lampedusa when arrested after being shot he was found to be carrying papers issued by the italian red cross president Emmanuel Macron described the attack as an islamist terrorist one against frances taste for freedom hes put the country on its highest security alert level thursdays attack followed another 2 weeks ago a teacher in paris was beheaded days after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to some of the students there are reports now from these. A place of worship now a crime scene inside not to don basilica the congregation had been praying when a man armed with a knife attacked the 3 people were killed one of the victims a woman was decapitated according to. The Police Another victim was a churchwarden she be mostly you know what 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 mackerel visited the sea. 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 hits you tell him nice in this not to die. And very clearly france is under. A new sun to think 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 to qualify 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 the number of troops patrolling france will more than double the present 3000 to more than 7000. Said that this would ensure that all places of worship will be safe the attack comes to weeks after the murder of a School Teacher 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 for implacable and immediate. Aljazeera nice explosions have been seen on the outskirts of the capital of the disputed region of nagornokarabakh. The artillery and rocket strikes look to be part of intensified fighting in the region between azerbaijan and armenia diplomats from the 2 countries have been preparing for more talks to try to end the conflict after 3 failed ceasefire attempts were not far away the Azerbaijani Army said to be closing in on the key town of the horn of the karabakh separatist leader says very troops have advanced to within 5 kilometers this urging residents to help fend off the attack the world has recorded more than half a 1000000 new Coronavirus Infections in a single day marking a new threshold in the pandemic in europe france is back in National Lockdown germany will impose similar measures next week while spanish regions are closing borders are reports from paris. Savoring a lost coffee on a cafe terrace in paris before a new knockdown in france the prospect of another month indoors fills the students with trepidation and with exactly what we have lots of exams that will be delayed now so im not sure what will happen next its so make me fenech its not just the young that are anxious to get my government because. 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. With like some people have chosen to leave the city while others focused on last minute chores many had mixed feelings about the shutdown. I understand the law 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 knocked out 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 it but the fact is no country look around us had for seen they would accelerate in such a sudden and brutal manner rising infection rates have forced several european governments to tighten restrictions and defend their choices spains catalonia region closed its borders while germany announced a new lock down. And is going to be 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 effects us all without exception my girl 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 its National Popular aljazeera paris the e. U. Will make more than 250000000 dollars available to Member States to help them transfer cope with 1000 patients between the European Commission president on the land says governments need to reach out for help cases are rising numbers of hospitalization are rising numbers are day of death are rising not as 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. For a 2nd straight day iran has reported its highest coronavirus death toll 415. 00 were reported in 24 hours and Health Officials have warned the worst is still to come as winter approaches iran is the worst affected country in the middle east recording almost 600000 infections. And yet another record for the u. S. Which announce almost 84000 new cases on thursday the last week has been its highest daily average since the pandemic began almost 9000000 people are known to have contracted the virus that. Now is just 5 days to go until the u. S. Election donald trump and joe biden have been trying to win over voters in the swing state of florida the president again supporters together for his rally while biden opted for a smaller socially distanced event in florida and as she had reports trump had some good news to campaign on. 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 g. D. P. Growth of 7. 4 percent in the 3rd quarter we created the greatest economy in here and now we are doing it again so you. Make America Great again right were going to make it do it 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 if you 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 francis 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 on wont relatively quickly she had al jazeera. 3 politicians from indias governing b j p party have been shot dead in indian administered Kashmir Police have blamed the attack on rebels fighting against indian rule in the disputed region and newspapers and nongovernmental organizations have been raided by indian authorities that accuse them of kashmiri separatist activities the National Investigation agency sees documents and devices from the homes and offices of journalists and activists its been criticized as a crackdown on dissent but authorities said funds were being collected for secessionist purposes. Let us come here on the Program Including the search for survivors after vietnams most powerful typhoon in 20 years and north ursus south Englands National divide is laid bare in the fight against corona but it was more than that stainless for huge. Hello despite the time of the its very very quiet road to the Arabian Peninsula and the river now there are indeed showers forming in turkey moving northward into the black sea i think it will throw us some time and something of a breeze coming into an area has been up until now really particularly evil for this time of the year so a slight cooling trend damascus picks it up the average here is about 2425 weve been in the thirtys so were now trending downward saturday sunday to monday a back down to probably about normal as the cloud picks up and that breeze comes in from the west and equally seasonal is the amount of rain we are starting to see in the horn of africa showers mostly light but not entirely so a likely in somalia and parts of ethiopia that are not in the highlands we still got quite a rush out a valid rain in south sudan which had a couple of days off a given the flooding store in juba maybe thats not what you want to see the heavy stuff is probably further west in the wrong for example but not exclusively so but there is a southern limit to it as halfway down. It has been particularly warm equally recently in places like botswana on the eastern side all did a good part of south africa there is rain for the sas now but its still warm in the capital and johannesburg. Jump into the stream and julian on Global Community bio diversity is bio security is that essential for our species to survive be part of the debate i know you have 90 days and you can be part of this conversation when no topic is off the table the police are not neutral and all of these cases goal here is to terrorize and heres the other part of this theres no consequence this stream on out is the. Welcome back it will come out of our top stories here this hour french Authorities Say the man who killed 3 people in a Church Attack in nice was a 2 museum arrived in france from its any president has called the incident is next terrorist attack. European leaders are reintroducing strict measures in response to rising corona virus infections france has gone into a month long lockdown in spains catalonia region shutting its borders for 15 days. President trumpet his democratic challenger joe biden has been running in the battleground state of florida with just 5 days to go until the election a record 80000000 americans have voted early. Some more now on the attack and nice that happened as france debates what role islam should have in a Secular Society the country has the largest Muslim Community in europe but some have been made to feel unwelcome after the president declared a fight against what he called islam is separatism smith reports from paris. Islam is in crisis the world over frances president declared at the beginning of october in a speech when he announced his intention to fight what he calls islamist separatism is young not islam is an idea with this radical islamism this is the central topic so lets talk about it and give it a name there is a desire openly stated a methodical organization which aims to break the rules of the French Republic and to create a parallel order with other values nurturing a Different Organization for a society separate is that 1st but with a final goal to take complete control like rons rhetoric prompted objections from several Muslim Leaders and commentators. Polls suggest individual secularism in france is practically a religion and its the strictest secularism even in the western context mccrone his mistake was that he talked about separatism in the plural but in his speech he only talked about islam and he kept talking about islam and that offended muslims 2 weeks later teacher samuel patty was decapitated outside his school in a lesson on freedom of speech hed shown his students caricature of the prophet mohammed the 47 year old history and geography teacher was then posthumously given frances highest honor the late john donner memorials were held nationwide and at some of them in solidarity the caricature is where again show. At the same time the government unleashed a crackdown on muslims accused of extremism carrying out dozens of raids this paris mosque was closed for 6 months because the m. M. Had put on facebook a video of a parent angrily criticizing samuel patty more than a 1000 people use the mosque notice but exact among the young dont quite get it they know they belong to a culture and then all day on french t. V. Channels they see a type of ostracism of this culture so when islamist talked about they dont hear the word radical or radical islam for them all they hear is islam and they are offended by demonstrations have taken place around the world as muslims criticized macros comments about islam and the repeated showing of the cartoons more are expected on friday in france on friday a month long covert lockdown will start it may only bring a pause in the threat of further violence Burnet Smith Al Jazeera paris now the u. S. Says it sold fuel that it confiscated from iranian tankers and most of the money will go towards a fund that supports victims of state sponsored terrorism just over a 1000000. 00 barrels were seized from 4 tankers on their way from iran to venezuela in august the u. S. Says it made 40000000. 00 from the sale. Now new zealand has voted to legalize euthanasia from november next year people with a terminal illness and less than 6 months to live will be able to apply for assisted dying under strict conditions the bill was approved in a referendum during this months general election New Zealanders also voted on whether to allow the Recreational Use of marijuana but preliminary results suggest that it will be rejected what will traffic is a reporter with the new Zealand Herald and joins us via skype from auckland will good job in the program how significant is this referendum result because i think much of this stems from that legal case of the creationist seals who argued before her death that euthanasia should not be interpreted as suicide under the crimes that because this is all about a person suffering before and inevitable deaths im porton was that case to this result. You know it was so important because as you said with that case of lucretia who had this brain tumour 5 years ago and unfortunately passed away to the high court and basically argued the high court exactly as you see it the high court on the other hand sitting at basically back to parliament and saying look we cant rule on this is needs to be a decision from parliament it gave the impetus for parliament to pass a conscious of last year on this issue and obviously they put it to refrain which is where we are today and what a landslide this interview life choice act the euthanasia bill 65. 2 percent voting and support worth noting that they actually had a similar bill up and use it on parliament for 1995 that didnt pass again in 2003 and are just one vote now it is definitely there yet will euthanasia has always been a controversial topic all over the world there was strong criticism even in new zealand from Palliative Care groups and even the Salvation Army<