The brakes on spiraling coronavirus in sections plus. The gallacher in florida what would be looking at why former felons have to fight so hard to earn their right to vote. 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 president emanuel macro has described it as an islamist terrorist attack against frances taste for freedom from the east David Schaper reports. 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 the churchwarden she the most. I still imagine him i still see lighting the candles and now im thinking hes not there anymore. 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. But the group 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 nice in this not to. And very clearly france is under. The new sun setting 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 coopt 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 mccall said that this will ensure that all places of worship will be safe the attack comes 2 weeks after the murder of 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 far implacable and immediate David Chaytor al jazeera nice explosions have been seen on the outskirts of state capital of the disputed region of nagornokarabakh. The artillery and rocket strikes look to be part of intensified fighting in the region between. Diplomats from the 2 countries have been preparing for more talks to try to end the conflict after 3 failed attempts are not far away the. To be closing in on the. Troops have advanced to within 5 kilometers residents. Well in the joins us live now from the media reports of explosions just outside of just bring us up to date with the fighting on the ground has been happening. Has been under bombardment for several days now. Experience repeated bombardments over the last month the fighting i think the real danger for the armenian side in this conflict is as you just said the. The forces. Helps of course he is now within 5 kilometers of the 2nd city shushi now. Is an incredibly important. Part of the about conflict it is symbolically important because it used to be the main center. Life in the going to karabakh before the wars of the ninetys. All of those areas in azerbaijan. From a shushi if he. Does take it its only a short distance. Can be brought under attack from shushi itself sushi is also on the road from. The. Road and that makes it strategically important. Back in the war. There was a time when. The armenians control. Was exchanged between the 2 cities so this is a dangerous moment for the armenians whether or not. She she remains to be seen because. Its very different from fighting in the plains and up and up valleys just briefly and there are a number of diplomatic efforts. At whats been happening there. The foreign minister. Meeting with. The. Group in geneva today that was. We dont know the moment whether they. Will be meeting with each other but i think this. Is cosmetic best at the moment. Clearly the. Leadership. Did. Much with them on the battlefield. To make any significant. Initiative because they are. Perhaps. The moment you have to say that. Because the military dynamic is. Theres little impetus for them. In any meaningful way they are talking about whether russia. Together and what theyre calling it. Leaving european powers the United States after the mix thats down the road at the moment its all about the fighting. In. Now the world has recorded more than half a 1000000 new corona virus infections in a single day marking a new threshold in the pandemic in europe france is back in a National Lockdown germany will impose similar measures next week while spanish regions are closing borders with reports from powers. Savoring a lost cause feel in 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 they will be delayed now so im not sure what will happen next its so make me fanny its not just the young that are anxious to get laid but other people deal 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. With 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 mark cross 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 Frances Prime 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 ever 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 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 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 it lasting much longer if the situation doesnt improve Natasha Butler al jazeera paris meanwhile the e. U. Will make more than 250000000 dollars available to Member States to help them transfer code 1000 patients between the European Commission president and Alliance Says governments need to reach out for health. Cases rising numbers of hospitalization are rising number of death are rising not just foster 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 Healthcare Systems if we do not act urgently mexicos president says the lockdowns in europe or thora tarion hundreds of money Lopez Obrador believes european governments are treating their citizens like children he made those remarks as mexico 90000 deaths willing to coronavirus and yet another record for the us which announced almost 84000 new cases on thursday last week has been its highest daily average since the pandemic began almost 9000000 people are known to have contracted the virus. Most of the men are dizzy or including Argentine Police evict hundreds of homeless families from shelters they built in a vacant field. And well tell you what scientists want to do to save wildlife in antarctica more and. 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 but i think they will throw us some time and something of a breeze coming into an area has been up until now really particularly wolf this time of the year so slight cooling trend damascus picks it up the average is about 2425 weve been in the thirtys so were now trending downward saturday sunday to monday youre back down to probably about normal as the cloud picks up and that breeze comes in from the west and equally seas. No is the amount of rain we are starting to see in the horn of africa showers mostly likely not entirely so a likely in somalia and parts of ethiopia that are not in the highlands we still got quite a rush out of it when in south sudan which had a couple of days off given the flooding store in juba maybe thats not what you want to see the heavy stuff is probably further west than for example but not exclusively sorry but there is a southern limit to it thats half way down. It has been particularly warm equally recently in places like botswana on the eastern side or did a good part of south africa there is rain for the sas now but its still warm in the capital and johannesburg. Has donald trump and good for America Everything is in disarray the media of course taken every debate that they can seem to march in the fact that america has been a force for good in the world. From the American People get inspiration from him and the other half cringe your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society thats the bottom up. From the favelas of caracas so the battlefields around mosul i would job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. Move. Welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on aljazeera french Authorities Say the man who killed 3 people in a Church Attack in nice was a tennesseean who arrived in france from italy president Emmanuel Marco has called the incident is a terrorist attack. In a rocket and artillery strikes on the outskirts of town occurred capital of the disputed region of nagornokarabakh diplomats from azerbaijan and armenia have been preparing for more talks to try to end the conflict. And european leaders are reintroducing strict measures in response to rising corona virus infections france has gone into a months long lockdown and spains catalonia region is shutting its borders for 15 days. Now with 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 distance to vent their neck and neck in florida and as she had the chance he reports trump had some good news to campaign. 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 created the greatest economy in history and now we are doing it again so you know that hack that beautiful 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 wants to 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 us 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 down a 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 frances 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 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 go blow its over its over. Biden has a narrow lead in florida winning the states 29. 00 Electoral College votes would make victory for the much harder a majority of ballots cast 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 where the conclusive or not relatively quickly she ever turns the aljazeera. 3 politicians from indias governing b j p party had been shot dead in indian administered Kashmir Police have blamed the attack on rebels fighting against indian rule in the disputed region newspapers and nongovernmental organizations have been raided by indian authorities alleging kashmiri separatist activities the National Investigation agency seized documents and devices from the homes and offices of journalist and prominent activists its been criticized as a crackdown on dissent but Authorities Say funds were being collected for secessionist purposes. New zealand has voted to legalize euthanasia from them the 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 early results suggest that it will be rejected. Well well trafford is a reporter with the new Zealand Herald he says the euthanasia vote ends years of debate and political indecision. The high court on the other hand sitting it basically back to parliament and saying that we cant rule on this is needs to be a decision from parliament it gave the impetus for parliament to pass a conscious vote last year on this issue and obviously they put it to referendum 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 it actually had a similar bill up in new Zealand Parliament for 1995 it didnt pass again in 2003 and are just one vote now it is definitely there its a little bit important to note that this is a really easily compared to the ones with belgium what we now have in museum its much more stringent terminal patients with 6 months to live they need to doctors to approve this is a checklist as well to ensure that theyre not being coerced anywhere so they cant qualify and a Mental Health or psychotic psychiatric illness or anything like that you might see overseas now almost 60 bodies have been found in recently discovered mass graves in a state police say whats particularly chilling about this site is that its next to a town not in a deserted area of the countryside on a lot of state has the highest number of homicides in mexico with bloody turf battles between rival drug cartels the gravesite was discovered after a tip from relatives looking for missing loved ones. Argentine police are addicted hundreds of families they can feel in a city of. Many people had built shelters there after being hit by the pandemics economic downturn stories about. 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 fall back at the for a man this which is already struggling with an economic meltdown and the covert 1000. 00 pandemic. People mississippi advance by the police by throwing rocks at Police Responded with tear gas and rubber bullets no not look with what they are attacking us told us this man they said this was a pacific eviction and theyre 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 have 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 more than enough oil asses 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. But the moneys not enough for them to find a place to live. Only wants to be allowed to recover some of his belongings if they dont want the loss of them in all 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 poor. But argentina is dealing with its own financial troubles and authorities claim there is not enough to help everyone need. It he said or. When a site. Now is tens of millions of us voters cast their ballots early former criminals are struggling to get their voices heard in florida ex Prison Inmates are allowed to vote but only if theyve paid off court fines and fees and the calico reports from miami. This is a big day for tosh a sanderson yeah. Yeah i mean. You know they were in the form of felons Voting Rights were restored 2 years ago then floridas republican governor approved legislation blocking x. Criminals from voting until they paid outstanding fines and fees run to santa said its about making former felons repay all the debts to society while opponents see it is taking away their rights after getting advice from a Civil Rights Group tashi was assured her voice is one that can be hood everything is a struggle for everything if you want to be happy about this and they know they get through it get to what you have to go through it so i went through and im on the other side of it and as you see at voted today and i make that it the campaign to restore the Voting Rights of socalled returning citizens has gone to National Attention in other states like illinois those serving sentences are allowed to cast a ballot but the picture in florida is far more complex and im clicking through a bunch of different case numbers with confusing notations as to what they mean lawyers say its a form of Voter Suppression that targets the poor and minorities theres no one stop shop for getting an answer it is completely you know piecing together a puzzle and quite frankly its difficult for a team of lawyers to do it and your average person living in florida is going to be able to do it Voter Suppression is nothing new in this country its been going on in one form or another for decades but critics say this is a particularly insidious form of it even if former felons managed to wade their way through all the red tape many fear that by exercising their democratic right they could be committing another crime for x. Felons registering to vote without paying legal fees could get them in trouble and with the system so convoluted many just dont take the chance theyre the role models of their communities form a felon and health sanchez were. As for the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition which helps people like him navigate the complex process of getting their vote back he says those who do vote are heroes thats a reluctant bravery and thats why we will commend every single returning citizen who turns out and vote for for their civic. Engagement and courage because even if there wasnt a fear here theres been a history of saying your vote doesnt matter your vote doesnt count and learn to live with that according to Civil Rights Groups the legislation here potentially leaves many ex felons without a vote. But those that fight the simple act of voting isnt something they take for granted to gallacher aljazeera Miami Florida and in part 3 of our series on heard americans on your correspondent Gabriel Elizondo speaks to immigrants in one of the most ethnically Diverse Communities in the u. S. Well hear how some feel voting for the 1st time thats on saturday here and how does it. Now the waters around antarctica facing dual threats Climate Change is heating them up as overfishing puts species at risk those issues are being discussed of a 26. 00 nation conference by scientists are pushing for the creation of a protected marine park a latin america tennessee and human reports now from santiago. To waters around the antarctic peninsula and not only home to unique marine animals but also to their means of survival they eat krill a key species in the southern oceans eco system but all this is in danger of extinction because of overfishing around the antarctic peninsula which is why the commission for the conservation of antarctic Marine Resources is being asked to approve a proposal for the creation of a marine protected area around the peninsula with science thats been showing the biggest particularly dedicated but also very important for the whole world why are you saying that antartica so rewarding to the rest of the world this current goal the humble current actually comes from the antarctic and it brings all this call rich water on. Might very innocent by also be retained oxygen because its cold so the current also create. Huge amount of life for a massive bigger area the death antartica the only way to kelley have more feet even in the future or to have a life in this planet is likely to but they some of those places that are key for the balance of the planet. For the 3rd year in a row chile and argentina jointly asking the annual meeting of the commission to declare parts of the peninsula off limits to commercial fishing in the southern oceans unique environment support species that cant be found anywhere else on the planet so the idea is to manage in a different way fishery and. Occurring in the area by. And in this. That includes areas. Calmly called non take songs. Where the fishery will not be allowed. But there is resistance particularly from russia and china argentina says theres no time to lose but the money said argentina and chile have taken the initiative because if something is not done soon it will be all of humanity that will be damaged we ask the countries that are considering vetoing this proposal not to do so because we need this humanity needs is. His plea for the rational use of Marine Resources is backed by all the best available science which in the past has been the Guiding Light for the 26 Commission Members but for some countries that may not be enough to see in you an aljazeera sente i will. Time for a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera french Authorities Say the man who killed 3 people in a Church Attack in nice was a turn is ian who arrived in france from italy and italian red cross travel document
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