Rawlings, the military career leader who guided ghanas transition to democracy, has died. With all the sports news, the 2020 masters has teed off defending champion tiger woods, going in search of green jacket number 6, while the u. S. Has recorded its worst single day death toll from the corona virus since may. And as you were saying, Health Experts are warning the pandemic is getting worse. Nearly 2000 more americans died on wednesday, taking the total number of fatalities. Now 2241800, it was also the 9th straight day when the number of new cases topped 100000, texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases. Well, europe is also struggling to contain a rapidly spreading 2nd wave as the World Health Organization wants countries not to lift restrictions too fast. While the u. K. s reported more than 33000. 00 new cases on thursday, frances Prime Minister now says every 30 seconds, another person is being admitted to hospital for the virus. Throughout the last week, between 400 to 500 people have died every day, of course with 90 that means today in france, one out of every 4 deaths is due to the coronavirus. Those numbers have brought pain to cells of families too, which has shown us most solidarity. And now ukraines president has become the latest while dated to contract. That 19 problem is a lenski spokesperson said he decided to go to hospital to quote, accurately isolate and not expose anyone. John hendren now joins me live from u. S. President elect joe bidens. Hometown of wilmington, delaware. John, this is all obviously happening amid what seems to be political paralysis in washington. But i see that biden has chosen the chief of staff with some very specific skills and experience. Thats right, joe biden picked ron klain, whos not just an old associate of his from back in the 1980 s. When he was an aide to biden. He was also the, a bold is, are back in the obama administration, and he oversaw the nations response to the bowl epidemic which did not reach epidemic proportions in the u. S. And you also oversaw the economic recovery of 2009. Both of those are problems that biden will have to contend with 1st of all a corona virus that has spun out of control here in the United States, a 69 percent increase in new cases over the past 2 weeks. And then the economic recovery weve, weve had 70000 or so new. I think its 700000, forgive me, new unemployment claims. So this is the kind of problem that joe biden is setting himself up for by appointing ron klain. He is showing that hes serious about coping with this epidemic. But meanwhile, the president of the United States is not talking about it. Joe biden has said, youll make it his number one priority. John, i want to ask you about a father restriction that represents the saying, in some states, as this seems to spread people receptive to additional restrictions of the states. Well, this nation continues to be a nation where the Coronavirus Response is politicized. Theres still a number of people who feel that it violates their basic freedoms to wear a mask. And those people are generally republicans, generally people who are listening to donald trump, despite the fact that he himself is a coronavirus victim, that the white house has multiplied, been a hot spot. So there is an increasing exceptions of the need for Wearing Masks and social distancing with the problem of this country is that weve got 50 different states, and theyve all got their own rules for how to deal with this. One of the things joe biden wants to do is unify that response to coordinate with state governors city mayors. And to have one plan where there is one rule on masks that everyone would abide by. There is concern though, that hes not getting the information he needs. Thats because hes not getting the president ial Daily Briefing that President Trump gets. And among other things that tells us what intelligence people know about threats to the United States and that includes the pandemic. We have 142. 00, former National Security officials, both republicans and democrats. Some of them who have served under donald trump, who have written a letter calling on the trumpet ministration, to recognize the need for joe biden to be clear, declared the president elect so that he can receive those briefings. And thats crucial. The 911. 00 Commission Found that after the 2000 election, the delay in the bush v gore recount, caused george w. Bush to be delayed in when he was able to get that information. Ultimately, bill clinton did give him access to those Daily Briefings with the 911 commission concluded that that left the u. S. Less prepared than it could have been for the 911. 00 attacks. So what, what they want now is for joe biden to be able to get that access so that he can be prepared and calls for joe biden to get that access are increasing on capitol hill, even among republicans who are slowly coming out to say that they want him to be declared, the president elect john hendren, and explaining the Politics Around this escalation, pandemic. Thank you, john. Well, as remembers and elliott, europe is office struggling with this rapidly spreading. 2nd wave of factions. The u. K. Is the hardest hit we have found from not far behind, and reports in a small town south of brussels, a funeral director is burying the dead. He says almost everyone dying in the area is a victim of covered 90 something that wasnt the case in the 1st wave. In northern greece, a surgeon infections is pushing the Hospital System to its limits with doctors warning they wont be able to give proper care. For the difference is that the number of patients is much bigger and so is the pressure on the clinics and the i. C. U. Units, the ages are also much lower than they were. Instead of 80 year old, we now have 4050 and 60 year olds in italy, Prime Minister is resisting calls for a 2nd nationwide lockdown. But here in the south, hospitals are being overwhelmed with more and more people being treated in their cars outside given oxygen or placed on drips as they wait to be admitted. The outlook is similar in germany to the missing on stuff. We must prepare ourselves for the situation to worsen in the coming weeks. Some clinics could reach their limits, it is possible that they may no longer be able to receive optimal care everywhere. Meanwhile, in ukraine, president vladimir is in hospital in kiev, after contracting the virus on monday. The countrys imposed a lockdown at weekends, but its just reported a new daily record of 11000 cases. Europe has just 10 percent of the worlds population, but 25 percent of global cobbett, 19 deaths with winter looming and infection surging. The picture is getting worse. At the Paris Peace ForumWorld Leaders have committed to ensuring equal access to a potential vaccine. Something that cant come soon enough. Nadine barber aljazeera well moving on now and the search for bodies is underway off the libyan coast, after 74 people drowned when their ship broke down on its way to europe. The Un Migration Agency says the boat was carrying more than 120 people, including women and children. When it left, port fishermen help the libyan coast guard bring survivors back to shore. This is now the 8th vessel to capsize off that coast in a month. But our correspondent mark whitaker, why he joins me now from tripoli, with dozens of people clearly still missing. What do we know at this stage about just what happened . Well, according to the International Organization, for migration 74 migrants and refugees were rescued. Some of them are risk youd by libyas close to gold and fisherman of the libyan coast day ported leigh sales of their 120. 00 migrants and refugees, including women and children, saved of the homeless, the coastal town of homs, east of the capital, tripoli, and about 31. But is, will retrieve some of them were retrieved by libyas coast guard. In the city of list of the capital tripoli, the International Organization for migration is raising concern over frequent cases where migrants and refugees, including women and children drown in the mediterranean sea. But i spoke to libyas coast guard officers, they say that they have not been encouraged to conduct a risk. You and interception patrols recently because they dont want to bring risk, youd migrants and refugees back to libya for the safety of the say that they come out of 4 to accommodate them with Detention Centers closed for the time being because of fear of covert 19 infection i would pray. Meanwhile, the International Organization for migration says that 900. 00 migrants and refugees drowned only since october 1st, it is raising concern and its calling on the United Nations and the European Union to take concrete action to eliminate these drownings in their media. Train. Big numbers than some harrowing pictures that i feel i had there for us in tripoli. Thanks mom. Well, some good news there in libya. Rival factions have now agreed to reopen the countrys main coastal road connecting the east in the west as part of a cease fire deal signed last month. Theyve also agreed to hold elections within 18 months. During talks in neighboring tunisia, the deal aims to unite libyas rival administrations into one government. The un has hailed that deal as a breakthrough and says a Transitional Government will also be discussed. Now at least 8 peacekeepers are reported to have died after a Helicopter Crash in egypt. The black hawk aircraft went down over the Sinai Peninsula and belong to the Multinational Force in observers that monitor the 40 year old Peace Agreement between israel and egypt. 6 americans were among the dead, french and czech nationals were also said to have been on board. Theres plenty more ahead for you this news hour, including anger on the streets of angola. Protestors defy coronavirus restrictions to call for elections. We visit the moldovan region course in a tug of war between russia and turkey and in sport, these formula one drivers take a spin around istanbul as head of the takesh crime free. Amnesty international is alleging that schools of civilians have been massacred. And the northern tier, a region of ethiopia, thats where the federal government is currently battling local forces. That offensive began last week after Prime Minister medicaid is the Regional Government of attacking a military base. Aid agencies are also warning. They cannot bring much needed supplies into the region because of the fighting. Well, thousands of people have fled, many to neighboring sudan. On an ethiopian capital, thousands of people been lining up to give blood for the troops were fighting in t. Re. And its part of a drive to rally support for the ethiopian army. And im going to go is following developments for us and has this update for us about them. Theyre saying they have gained ground in the western part of the country, close to the border with eritrea, and also on the border if you have with to done say they have taken at the town of america just on wednesday that say they have taken up or they are now have taken the town which is not far away from the airport. They say theyve also taken the towns of shooting and shoot out all of that were lost in city of exit, which has got a lot of historical importance here in ethiopia. Of course, most of the fighting salsa has been concentrated on the western part of the to greater region. And it has involved clashes between Ground Troops as well as strikes, targeting fuel and death tolls as well as the artillery duels which have caused so much casualties on both sides. The government here, you know, to some of them and pains, this operation will not stop until its a she has its objectives of this arming the c. P. L. Of militias, as well as bringing the leadership to justice. Well, al jazeera is hidden, morgan is near sudans border with ethiopia, where she says, aid workers are reporting that thousands of refugees have already crossed the sea. Hundreds of thousands more are waiting asper their estimation across the border crossing. If you can, border waiting for means to be able to come into sudan seeking refuge. This the most of them are women and children, but theyre also include former combatants, people whove laid down their arms to seek refuge here in sudanese territory. So what happens upon arrival, they say is that those refugees are then screened for health reasons, but they also screen to make sure that theyre not armed so that this conflict does not spill over the border and then comes the issue of settling them into camps already there were refugee settlements here in the state of get out of as well as the neighboring state of kosovo where refugees are already arriving. All of them have been saying that they already were in need of humanitarian assistance that the assistance was already too little. And that with this influx of refugees, which is expected to reach up to 200000. 00 in the coming 3 days, the situation will be dire and that he needs organizations here in sudan and International Relief to step up to whats unfolding to be a crisis. Well, it is now widespread anger and fear and armenia over an agreement which allows areas to keep the land captured during 6 weeks of fighting fallen azerbaijan. People who were displaced almost 3 decades ago, say theyre not convinced they can return to the disputed region of knock on a car back. A warning, some of you may find the witness accounts and some of inch of its report distressing. But then they go to hand them to how numbers are sums. She says if my sister wasnt breastfeeding when they shot and killed my mother, she would have starved to death at the road, a job or lost her mother, another sister. Her father, an uncle in ha julie, in what Human Rights Watch called a massacre over there. E civilians after a deal between other by john in armenia, a village will once again be under as eerie control. But the emotional wounds from nearly 3 decades ago are still fresh. I have great teacher for them today. They say lets go live with their means. I cannot, i even saw soviet troops standing by watching it happen. They supported the killers. My father fought in selfdefense. Thats why they took his call after killing him. Many of the displaced people from nagornokarabakh have vivid memories. This woman says she still has nightmares. After watching her relatives been killed in their bodies, burnt, appears mother in law refuses to dye her hair because decades later, shes still in mourning. And her husband sees no reason to trust russian peacekeepers. I mean, it depends on the person with whatever he says. There were nearly 10000 people live in this refugee settlement, which used to be a tent camp azerbaijan. The government says it has spent more than 7 1000000000. 00 to develop 11 settlements for the people displaced from the gone. After the agreement to retake all areas either by yards or government, still has to convince people to return home thats likely to take time because of the deep mistrust that exists between ethnic identity than armenians. And many people here accusing the soviets office, illustrating massacres. While to say no, says the committee he leads for the displaced has designed a project called the great return program. It outlines of voluntary gradual return of the displaced but he wants the international communitys help in reconstruction and rehabilitation of 700000 people. Nicette nations as well as ours are international actors. Demonstrate the importance in implementing their all of these illusions which they have adopted for almost 30 years. The of course, the need to step in and render all support in the systems. Was it turn of internally displaced persons . The question remains how many of them are willing to try to live in peace with Ethnic Armenians who also regard nagornokarabakh as dear ancestral home. Some of the job with aljazeera . Well, the European Union is demanding that china reverse a new rule that led to 400. 00 kong legislators being sacked opposition. Politicians in the territory of also resigned on mass in solidarity. On wednesday, china passed a law allowing legislators to be barred if they are viewed as posing, a National Security threat. Now the u. K. , which handed the territory back to china in 1970, says the move undermines one khans autonomy and has summoned the chinese ambassador. The u. S. Has also threatened more sanctions against chinese and one call officials, asian brown reports from hong kong. Hong kongs Legislative Assembly was quieter than usual on thursday. Now that almost a quarter of its lawmakers have resigned or been disqualified and staging whats likely to be their last protest. The chinese characters say hong kongs leader carrie lamb has pulled calamity to the territory and its people shell stink for, 10000 years. The slogan was displayed by democratic lawmaker lambchop t. , who must now give up his office. By the end of the month, i will keep fighting for democracy of hong kong. Their version of enda hand together with all the hong kong people and the Civil Society to fight against the dictatorship. This is what chinas leaders want to stamp out. Lawmakers behaving badly. With those from the democratic camp accused of being the main culprits. Chinas government has condemned the mass resignation of almost all hong kongs opposition as a farce with only themselves to blame for their downfall. Says a sole hong kong delegate to chinas most powerful political body, eats only a little the year. What china has been doing is based on the constitution and basic law, therefore everyth