Their battle and the death toll keep rising keeps rising. Welcome to the program. France will reenter a state of Health Emergency on saturday with the weeks of nightly curfews imposed on paris and eight other cities. Nearly 23,000 new cases were recorded in the past day. President macron insists the outbreak is not out of control. Natosha butler reports from paris. French president Emmanuel Macron said france was in the grip of a second wave of coronavirus. He urged people to be more responsible and announced a nighttime curfew for paris and eight other cities that could last until december. If we stick to this curfew for six weeks, if we take collective responsibility for reducing our contacts, we think we will be able to aggressively reopen. The curfew adds to a raft of restrictions already in place in the countrys big cities or cases of new infections are rising rapidly. In the past couple of weeks, qs outside laboratories like this one in the city have been getting longer. What paris Health Officials say is a one in five test is coming back positive. Soon after moving to paris in september, these edition students fell sick with coronavirus. They began having symptoms after attending University Events and welcome parties. There was social distancing and we were wear a mask, but sometimes that does not stop it if you are in a crowded place. We started going to are we stopped going to our lectures after we started feeling tired and fatigued. For some, recovery has been slow. I was careful before. I do not want to get it again. I am a lot more conscious of it now. Macron hopes the curfew will help ease pressure on hospitals. In paris, intensive care beds are near capacity the problem. , says this epidemiologist, says the government is taking the wrong approach. Relying on restrictive measures rather than widespread testing. The solution would be to test massively population. That can be done both using pcr tests with Group Testing where you put in one tube the samples from 20 or 30 people. Also with the antigen. Test that is what is being done in the countries where the virus has been contained. For some, the new restrictions will deal another blow to an already ailing economy. For others, it will be welcomed as a sign of after months of urging people to live with the virus, the president is hardening his tone. Schools have closed along with the bars and restaurants in the czech republic, currently has the highest per capita infection rate in europe. The country reported more than 8300 cases on wednesday. The secondhighest daily total of the pandemic so far. Shutting classrooms was seen as an unpopular but necessary measure. Students represent 16 of all infections and the Health Ministry says the number of cases among teachers and staff has been rocketing since september. The decision was difficult, that i think we have a clear vision of how to return to normal. I am convinced we will succeed together with your help and we will defeat the virus as we did in spring. We had the experience and clear plans about the priority is for our hospitals to cope with the growth of hospitalized people. The u. K. Is facing up to the possibility of a hard winter ahead. It reported nearly 20,000 new cases on wednesday, also saw the start of a new threetiered system. Social mixing is out while bars and gyms are closing in the one region to enter the highest level. Public misbehavior by a few could have very real consequences for vulnerable residents. No more talk of the coming second wave. For liverpools drinkers, it has arrived. Pubs and bars forced to shut as the city becomes englands first to face the high level of new restrictions. Away from the drunken revelry, these are moments weighing heavily on the lives of many. Liverpool is the first with hospitals filling up in Critical Care beds at capacity. It will not be the last. There is talk of a nationwide lockdown for a short period to the end of the month and a hidden toll is being counted. The Mental Health of millions held in the balance. People support peoples support mechanisms and coping mechanisms are not there. That is something we are going to see going forward. The Mental Health implications from covid are going to far outlast the actual virus itself. I think we are going to be picking up the pieces for a long time. We have to offer a safe facility so these kids can get some exercise and activity. What we found is that some of our members were self harming because they have meltdowns at home. In the previous lockdown. In the previous lockdown. This is a concern for us again now. Gyms and Leisure Centers have shut their doors, but this facility continues for now. Waiting for clarity on the rules. It helps with me with my anxiety and all that. Get all my anger out because everyone has [indiscernible] i do not like the virus because i want it gone. I want to be back to the normal. Caroline could not walk on her own when she began weekly visits to the kirklands centers inclusive hub. I did not even dream of doing. When i was at home with my mom, i used to have her do absolutely everything for me. Now i am helping mom a lot at home. If this facility is not available for these children and young adults, it is scary what would happen and their physical attributes as well. Do not feel down and all that. Iran reported 279 coronavirus deaths on wednesday. Its highest daily tolls as the outbreak began. Another 4830 people tested positive. It has caused the government to announce a travel ban to and from the five big cities hit by the buyers. On saturday, the wearing of face mask was made compulsory in all large cities nationwide. At least 36 states in the u. S. Are reporting a rising number of new coronavirus to. Cases in the northeaeast of the country, hospital beds are also filling with new patients. Around 50,000 new patients have been reported. The beginning of the pandemic, the virus has infected more than 7. 8 Million People in the u. S. , killed more than 16,000 input killed more than 20 16000 and put millions out of work. U. S. First Lady Melania Trump has revealed her 14yearold son , baron, also contracted covid19 but exhibited no symptoms. President trump and the first lady tested positive on october 1. The next hour, thousands of people are expected to defy virus restrictions at a trump. Campaign rally in iowa. Cases and deaths remain at a high level across the state, which is one of the highest infection rates in the u. S. The governor issued an emergency proclamation to keep their distance in public places. The Trump Campaign says there will be temperature checks and masks will be to strip it. Will be distributed. Despite all the warnings and the fact that cases are skyrocketing, trump on nine other campaign rally. I guess we will wait to see how many masks are actually worn there. Speaking from experience in the rallies that President Trump has had since recovering from the virus, very few people are wearing masks. His organizers say they are providing masks at every rarely, that they are taking everybodys temperature, but footage we have seen show the vast majority of the crowd without masks including of course President Trump himself. We will see within the next hour at the rally in des moines in iowa, President TrumpHolding Court once again. This is particularly tense at this time. Across the net it states, there has been a massive increase in cases in corunna but cases of coronavirus in the past few weeks. 12 increase across the united states. An average of 50,000 new cases a day across the united states. Iowa, where the president is visiting this evening, there has been a masve spike in infections. It is one of the states where hospitalizations have risen dramatically in the past week. It is a hotspot. You heard the orders from the governor. It is unlikely the crowds who are massing to the rally are likely to follow that. The governor would appear to have no power to enforce that particular mask ban. President trump going ahead. Iowa is a state he took very easily from Hillary Clinton in 2016. He is trailing joe biden at that particular state in the moment. For him, iowa is allimportant in a terms of the election and he is prepared to risk tens of thousands or thousands of people without masks in order to achieve that aim. Thank you. Staying in the u. S. , a Justice Department probe ordered by the Trump Administration into alleged misconduct by obama officials has ended with no evidence of wrongdoing. The Washington Post says the unmasking of american citizens mentioned in reports in 2016 has concluded. From months, republicans have referenced the request as a huge scandal. Amy Coney Barrett is into her third day of confirmation hearings. She is facing tough questions from Senate Committee members. On capitol hill she has been pressed by the severed by several democrats on key issues including health care and election disputes. She was asked on whether a president should be able to pardon himself. Would you agree first that nobody is above the law . Not the president , not you, not me . Is that correct . I believe i agree. No one is above the law. Does the president have an absolute right to pardon himself for a crime . We heard this question after president nixons impeachment. Senator lahey, so far as i know, that question has never been litigated. That question has never risen. That question may or may not arise, but it is one that calls for a legal analysis of what the scope of the pardon power is. Still to come in this halfhour, thousands more settler homes given the goahead by israel, but could it damage the countrys new relationships in the middle east . And, swimming with robots. The plan to replace marine park creatures with hollywood style animatronics. We have got more blustery weather affecting the southeast of australia. Chiefly across tasmania. A cloud sweeping through and whirling towards tasmania. We will see some showers making their way into victoria. All the way across into melbourne. You might just catch the on shower into the far south of new south wales. For much of us, it does look fine and dry. One or two showers toward the northeastern corner of queensland. Dry over towards the west. Perth at 24 celsius. That will sweep its way through. Easing over toward adelaide as we go on through friday. What or whether there down toward the southeast. A tad cooler in melbourne at 19 celsius. Wet weather will make its way toward the south island. Wet and windy weather moving away from japan. Some sunshine in the forecast. The eastern side of honshu. Dryer if a little cooler. Tokyo at 17 celsius. A few showers across the korean peninsula. Wet weather into central china. What do we want . Justice. As protest rage across america, more black lives are proud or lost despite promises of police reform. The truth, accountability, transparency. That is what i desire from the city. Desperately needed change. I have no faiaith in an institution that needs to be reminded not to choke me. A moment of reckoning. Racism andnd police in amemericn al j jazeera. Welcome back. Heres a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. President macron has announced a wave of new coronavirus restrictions for france including a month of nightly curfews in major cities. The country will enter into a new Public Health state of emergency on saturday after reporting nearly 23,000 new cases in the past 24 hours. The u. K. Has almost 20,000 new infections, its secondhighest daily increase. Wednesday saw the start of a new threetiered system of restrictions. Thousands of people are expected to defy virus restrictions at a trump camp ellie Trump Campaign rally in iowa. It is the state with a forced height the fourth highest infection rate in the u. S. Lets go to afghanistan where tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes after heavy fighting between Government Troops and the taliban. Both sides have reported casualties and aid agencies say hospitals are becoming overwhelmed. Taliban fighters have been battling their way toward the capital of Helmand Province in the past through past few days. Government forces have not have lines and offensive to try to stop them. This coincides with talks being held in qatar to and to end americas longest work. Long as war. In another blow to the government, two Defense Force helicopters crashed into each other, killing nine people on board. A journalist is in the capital. She says Health Services are overwhelmed in the area where the fighting is. The main trauma hospital in hoelmand provincial capital has been operating at full capacity. Another hospital in the area has been serving as an overflow facility with over 20 people admitted in the past 24 hours. Among them are even pregnant women and children. In terms of the displaced according to the u. N. And local sources, dirty 5000 people have been forced to flee their home 35,000 people have been forced to flee their home. We have seen pictures of them trying to vote as much as they can on motorbikes and try to escape the fighting. U. N. Assessment teams are on the scene to try to assess the situation. It is difficult to get the information. The telephone lines have been damaged. It is hard to assess what the exact needs are. Fighting is escalating despite a russia brokered minutes harry and ceasefire that was agreed saturday. Azerbaijan has accused armenia of trying to attack oil and Gas Pipelines. More than 600 people have been killed since fighting over the enclave broke out last month. Turkey has vowed. For the azeri ally. It will be a memorial like this in perhaps everyone of the homes of the more than 530 armenian men killed since fighting restarted on september 27. A 19yearold conscript sent to the front lines just as fighting with azerbaijan started. We last talked on the phone on the evening up to cover 26th and he said everything is all right. After that, we heard nothing. I wanted to go volunteer where my son was serving but i was not allowed. On the 30th, i got a call and was told everything is finished. They are all doing their Compulsory Service now. Like almost every young man in armenia. Up to now, i think he will call. He will come back. I cannot imagine he is not with us anymore. Armenias Prime Minister says there have been retreats from frontline positions and the situation is what is described as quite difficult for his country. The number of casualties is very high. [indiscernible] azerbaijan now has the open and full support of turkey. The president says 26 years of diplomacy have failed to resolve conflict and it is time for armenia to return land it took in the 1991 to 1994 war. Three members of minsk, united states, russia and france are putting this off with our stalling tactics. Just give them the occupied lands. Russia has rejected quick rejected requests in azerbaijan, the father plays a popular tune that mourns the dead soldiers. Their son was killed on the first day of fighting. Most of the azerbaijani people, especially those from places close to the contact line, suffer like this. They have all suffered from the armenian separatists. Like hundreds of thousands, this family was first displaced from armenian territories in earlier conflicts. The fighting should not stop. There are so many mothers inconsolable like me. So many blood of our soldiers. If we take our lands back, they will say i did not lose my son. On both sides of the conflict, the pressure on leaders not to give way is intense. From azerbaijan on wednesday, accusations the armenians are trying to attack. Oil and Gas Pipelines the armenians say azerbaijan is trying to seize i cornerback. Russia is appealing to both sides to observe the humanitarian ceasefire, but it seems no one is paying attention. The European Union has reportedly agreed to impose sanctions on six russian officials allegedly responsible for poisoning the kremlin critic alexey navalny. The New York Times says two Deputy Defense ministers and the head of the domestic spy agency are among those that you will target with asset freezes and travel bans. Russia denies being behind the attack and says it is not prepared to tolerate the way it is being treated by th eu that it is the first time that israel has approved the building of settler homes since a normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates and bahrain. Israel promised to suspend plans to annex parts of the west bank. The settlements are considered illegal under international law. The reaction from palestinian officials. The spokesperson of the palestinian president has condemned the israeli move, saying israel is using the silence of the International Community and what he called the free normalization deals with israel. This is the first announcement of its kind after the uae signed its agreement to normalize relations. The uae said this agreement has put annexation plans on hold. For palestinians, israel is moving forward with building more and more illegal israeli settlements including this one. This is the settlement one of the settlements that is going to be expanded as per the new plan. Palestinians are saying more and more settlements are being built on palestinian grounds, rendering any future contiguous palestinian state almost impossible. Palestinians are hoping the democratic candidate will win the u. S. Elections and as the palestinian Prime Minister has said, if trump wins a second term, god helps us all. Thailands government has announced an emergency decree banning gatherings of five or more people with immediate effect. It also bans online edges that could create fear, affect National Security or