Between azerbaijan and armenia escalate fears are growing that russia and turkey could be drawn into a regional war. Well lets take you now to do you have a user you here who is endanger right now that everything that we just featured in our reports. First of all another stillborn a truce what went wrong. Well i mean you and azerbaijan are blaming each other for breaching the latest ceasefire agreement the fighting continues from what we understand there are free from so long the line of contact between the 2 countries right now the heaviest clashes are taking place east and south of or know. Im in gunja right now is a by john 2nd largest city dozens of kilometers away from new cool new car a bus but a missile struck an leveled several Residential Homes homes in this residential area on a sadder day what you can see there behind me used to be 2 story buildings but as you can see they have been reduced to rubble at least 13 people were killed including children many wounded officials tell us here and this all comes while both ameena and azerbaijan dismiss deliberately targeting civilian areas but as we see residential areas like this one have come under increasing shelling in the past days and weeks and its civilians here who are paying a very heavy price for this rule this conflict has been going on for many decades and we saw the people there caught in the crossfire that you featured in your report how serious are they that a full fledged war is about to happen anytime now. Well people we talk to here in gunja who have lived in this area or who know people were killed or are visibly still in shock there is a lot of pain and grief but there is also a lot of anger instead of fear rather i have to say many people here tell us that they blame the Armenian Military for deliberately targeting civilians and they expect their government to retaliate to take revenge i just met one young man who says he voluntarily signed up to the army to go to the front line and hes happy to go there to join the war when they ask him to do so now you have to take into consideration the history of this conflict decades of mutual distrust between the 2 countries and many people here in azerbaijan tell me that they think this piece of land and the surrounding areas are rightfully days and this is the moment in history to retake this piece of land so its rather determination and anger then fear that i can sense here when talking to people there you are you have reported from several different conflict zones and you know its often said that the 1st casualty in war is the troops do you have free and unfettered access to talk to people on the ground and report on the things that you see. Well i should mention that were not moving around here independently we have been given access we have been invited here so to speak by the as the aerial for a tease weve been given an accreditation to come here and to report on the crisis on their side of the conflict they have set up an infrastructure for media for International Journalists like us we have been assigned a driver and a local context person and they accompany us wherever we go with this is for our own security safety they say but at the same time it of course limits what we see what we hear what we can report on but you have to understand that this conflict is not just a war on the battlefield its also a war of words and a war of perception so to speak so this explains the situation we are in here as journalists but youre right its very difficult to get to the truth of this and to get an independent opinion on this conflict from either from either side i believe. Or hoardings for my ganja thank you so very much. And next we turn our attention to an agonizing milestone the number of confirmed corona virus cases worldwide has surpassed 40000000 while the pandemic taking the lives of well over 1000000 people the u. S. Brazil and india are reporting the highest numbers but youre right here is also facing a surge in covert 900 factions with record daily highs in many countries let me give you a quick overview look at that sea of red right here behind me lets take a look at how this situation developed and how we got to the sea of red on march 1st this year health apartments across europe registered just 401 new cases as you can see here behind me on march keep in mind testing at the time was not as widespread then as now so actual numbers could have been a whole lot higher but you can see a clear upwards trend of rising daily infections in the spring by make the month of may most of europe was in a lockdown the effect infections dropped and you see the line stabilizing here behind me until mid july but since then numbers have just been creeping up steadily on friday more than 137000 new cases registered across europe france is currently the worst hit european nation recording tens of thousands of infections daily and official state of emergency is in place with nighttime curfew was imposed on the capital paris and 8 other major cities here in germany charles on the americal is urging people to stay home whenever possible after spiking infection rates and italy hit a new record on sunday with authorities reporting over 11000. 00 new cases Prime Minister just said the contrary and now a state package of new restrictions aimed at avoiding another complete lockdown mr khan to give mayors the power to shut public squares from 9 pm onwards almost a contest. The situation has become critical but that his government is determined to avoid a repeat of the lockdown imposed at the start of the crisis in march. Financial is to seem a group to is standing by see what are the latest numbers where you are on the spread of the pandemic in italy and which regions are worst hit. Well what we do know is the latest figures as as of sunday the number of new infections was 11705 yet again a new record weve been hitting rock logs almost daily now for the last few days but as you mention very significant number of tests being carried out right now as compared to the situation when we saw the height of the pandemic back in march and in april so its hard really to compare the situation back then whats worrying perhaps is to look at the admissions into the intensive care units for covert 19 cases there now 750. 00 i. C. U. Ignitions thats an increase of 45. 00 additional patients and more than 7000 people are being hospitalized with 19 again not the march and april figures but its clearly creeping up and the authorities are very concerned now the key areas where were seeing a spike really is once again that Northern Region of long which is the region around milan as well as this time around income plan yeah thats in the south of italy the region around naples so really milan and needles is what the authorities a c 2 cities that theyre very concerned about they have seen a spike in the number of infections and the concern of course in the south of italy you do not have a Health System as efficient and as north and so they really want to bring it down and thats why the governor of company at that Southern Region decided last week to close schools for 2 weeks a move that was not appreciated by the Central Government but he felt he had to take that measure in order to bring the contagion down the Health Officials hat said theyre also concerned about the region around rome where i am has been seeing the numbers slowly creep up its a very scary deja vu almost to see my italy ravaged of course by the 1st wave of the append. Earlier this year have lessons been learned and are the right steps being taken right now. Well theres a feeling that perhaps more could have been done in terms of making sure the testing is faster and easily easier available right now stories about long queues in order to get the testing done and not enough being done in terms of Contact Tracing at that the government had set up to help with this tracing at aspect called the mooney hasnt actually been downloaded enough in order for it to be effective and thats what the government is saying and calling on people to download that at sill that they can carry out those Contact Tracing measures but whats also of concern is that this latest round of antique ovid measures so to speak on its going far enough they feel that its just small little tweaks you need more major changes to be put in place in order to get theyd fit should break down as well as those local me is that have been put in charge now of closing downs whereas all streets after 9 pm if they feel that theres too much overcrowding they say its fine and well to give us this power but how exactly are we going to carry out we dont have the amount of manpower so really some concern and still how these measures are going to be carried out but really the Health Authorities are saying they look very carefully at those numbers they are concerned this question is since were only in autumn were not in the height of winter where youre going to have more flus and more colds and that can have an impact on the numbers of covert 19 cases being detected that is the scary part is never just in the month of october sima go to reporting from rome italy thank you. I want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. Iran has recorded its worst day for corona virus deaths with the real 137 fatalities confirmed on monday there are now more than half a 1000000 confirmed cases in your watch the countrys Health Ministry says the Current Situation is due to fewer people wearing face masks and more engaging in high risk social behaviors. The vote counting is still underway in bolivias president ial election but exit polls suggest that leftist candidate luis arcee has what with a leader of roughly 20 Percentage Points over his closest rival r. C. A. Is ally of former president evo morales you stepped down amid protests after last years disputed election. Police and the arrested 280 people at nationwide mass protests on sunday thats according to the countrys interior ministry tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the capital minsk there demanding their resignation of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko opposition says the august president ial election was rigged. And in thailand prodemocracy protesters have gathered for a 5th day in defiance of a Government Order aimed at preventing demonstrations but the words meanwhile have imposed curbs on social media including the telegram messaging app which protesters use to coordinate the demonstrations. Police in france have searched dozens of homes belonging to suspected islamic militants the raids are in connection with last weeks beheading of a teacher in paris a suspect was shot dead shortly after i policed the victim summary a party had used cartoons of the muslim Prophet Muhammad to teach students about freedom of expression on sunday people across france took to the streets to honor his memory. Thousands of people came to the plaster live after bleak in paris to show their solidarity with slain teacher Samuel Patten it was here where large groups also gathered following the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks. But today people will sign saying just i say no or i am a teacher. Many came here to grave but also to protest they felt compelled to speak out in support of the teacher and freedom of speech. The level default were here to defend the republic liberty equality for eternity and secularism but it was not just in paris communities came together across the country to remember the 47 year old teacher. Yeah they said secularism must be the Unshakable Foundation of our society that is what allows us to live together we will not allow it to be attacked. But that. We will continue our work when the school year and classes resume we will return to teach without fear because it is not students who committed this crime but it was a young person who obviously was not a student and failed to understand anything as the way. The. Party was on his way home from school when he was attacked. Shortly after police surrounded the suspect and ordered him to drop his weapon. Authorities say they opened fire on the suspect after he attacked police. France is set to hold further National Tributes for the victim in the coming days. The u. S. Election isnt just 15 days on a Record Number of people have already cast their ballots and early voting but in some areas the large early turnout and technical glitches has led to long waiting lines and that has sparked a controversy as states like georgia over whether officials are actively trying to make it harder for some people to vote hed have used some some scada as more. Voting its the foundation of any democracy everything is being done to make sure all eligible voters have their say or is that i came here to georgia to find out about something that Voting Rights groups say is a real problem Voter Suppression purposely making it harder for some people to cast their ballot now georgia has a history of keeping africanamericans from the polls activists say it is still happening. Things heated up in 2013 when the Supreme Court gave states the power to change election laws and they no longer have to prove the changes they made did not discriminate. States like these took action that republicans say make sure that no one can vote illegally democrats say they unfairly target minorities they introduced stricter voter identification last they purged inactive voters from registries and across the south hundreds of polling places close these people manage to get to the voting station but for others who dont have a car to get around in the millions who dont have official id it is difficult the protections can be barriers and they more often affect black and him a growing community we are in the land over Voter Suppression where the secretary of States Office backed by the legislature embraced by the governor are figuring out how do we stop the demographic change that is happening in georgia. Early voting in this years president ial election people stand in line for hours but is this really Voter Suppression. This idea that theres Voter Suppression going on today is just a myth there are a lot of lives because people are making the mistake of voting early rather than voting on election day when there are many bad people or polling places open money a mitchell will be voting early the stationery designer says it took her 4 hours to vote in the primary election in june she fears longer lines on november 3rd and shes not going to risk missing her chance to vote its my right the constitution says i have a right to vote people die for that and i dont take that lightly. You know i can only imagine sorry people seeing other folks being able to cast a vote and for them who want to be told theyre not human and to to be told that whatever you think whatever you want your community it doesnt matter. I reflect on that sorry. And thats why i stood. She is not alone in her determination important that we show that we deserve equal rights just like everyone else thats why United States of america is the country it is you know a democracy everyone has a vote theres a lot thing thats going on in the country and if we dont speak out its going to continue to get worse. That sentiment has sparked a Record Number of americans to turn out early to vote. Well its not just Voter Suppression callao ding of this election as soon as some is counted just reported looming a large is also the corona pandemic and thats because many of the volunteer workers who usually help to make sure that elections run smoothly are the ones that are most vulnerable to this virus and many of them have decided now to sit this election out lets get you more on that peter dallas from our u. S. Elections team is here with me all right what have you learned well you know this was always expected to be one of the most contentious elections in at least a generation but the pandemic has really thrown that extra branch into the engine of u. S. Democracy the likes of which we have rarely seen you know thats because these elections rely very heavily on volunteers experts estimate that as many as 1000000 volunteers are needed for everything from manning the polling sites to helping voters fill out the ballots correctly to register new voters but heres the catch typically nearly 60 percent of these volunteers are aged 60 or older and that means obviously that this is also the same age group that Health Experts say is the most vulnerable to the virus now i talked to dan quarter hes a retiree from the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania one of the battleground states and he is one of the many older volunteers who is going to sit this one out if youre what he said. I am clearly in the category of people who are potentially at risk no significant underlying conditions that im aware of but i am 71 years old and you know youre citing documents or treating pins back and forth youre ending things off with the voters there is interaction and so based on all that i decided that it probably was this that at least this time i should sit it out. What does it mean if volunteers like dan like he said are going to sit this one out hold this can have quite dramatic consequences take milwaukee for instance and another key battleground states wisconsin when it had its primary election back in april this city had such a dire shortage of volunteers that it had to close 175 of its 180 polling stations and that means that many voters had to wait in lines for hours but even worse that turnout actually dropped quite dramatically compared to 2016 s so whats being done now to cope with the shortages well thanks to concern to recruiting efforts by you know initiatives like power at the polls but also Le Bron James whos teamed up with the obamas with his more than a