Steps up the pressure on russia as the kremlin rejects german allegations that opposition figure alexina valley was poisoned. A boost for the leader of bella roosts russias Prime Minister reiterated support as Alexander Lukashenko grockles with a serious political crisis. And days of heavy rain and flooding bring pakistans Financial Capital to a standstill and anger towards the government. U. S. President donald trump appears to have backtracked on his suggestion that voters should try to cost the ballots twice in the event as election in an interview he urged people to send ballots by mail then to try to vote again in past and to test the mail in Voting System afterwards democrats accuse the president of encouraging voters to break the law he said. Changed his position saying that birds voting by post should go to polling stations to make sure their ballots counted lets go live out of the white house to our correspondent kimberly hellcat so kimberly is this a u. Turn on the part of the president or a clarification. I would say its a huge turn theres no question about it as you look at these tweets by the president and there are a series of them im not going to read them all out because it gets a little bit technical and in the weeds but the upshot of this is that one day after the u. S. President suggested people should vote twice essentially in the mail and in person hes now dialing that back saying if you vote by mail then in the tweet he says go to the balance station check and make sure your vote was counted and if not then you cast your ballot essentially what the president is doing is cleaning up the fact that what he suggested was indeed illegal and that is the latest word from the top official the head of the board of elections in the u. S. State of North Carolina its a legal to vote twice bottom line full stop thats what the president suggested and now his series of tweets sort of dialing that back the reason the president is suggesting that people should vote twice even though he has made a u. Turn is that he believes that mail in voting is right for fraud now there is some evidence to suggest this but for the most part of americans have been voting by mail rather safely and securely for some time in fact in 2016 we know about 25 percent of the population did so what were expecting in 2020 is for that number to be much much higher because people are concerned about covert 19 standing in long lines but the upshot of all of this is that there are accusations that there is election stealing going on particularly from the right and from the left democrats accusing republicans of essentially trying to suppress the vote by insisting on in person voting it discredits the election result whether you look at it from either side and thats were going to be a real problem because in this country we already know there are concerns about the election result the integrity of voting and thats not even counting the outside interfere. As from you know state actors like russia iran china any of the places that the intelligence officials have said there is the possibility of intervention in the us democracy process and committee wants the latest on the president s other controversial comments of the last 24 hours on. His threats against cities where the been demonstrations. Right weve already talked about the election vote itself now lets talk about the campaign what this president really decided to do in terms of an Election Strategy is project strength law and order that is perhaps to try and get away from some of the more negative headlines when it comes to his handling of and demick and the fact that theres high unemployment in the United States and also infections are rising so what weve seen is the u. S. President really hammering down on the slot in order message the latest manifestation of that that the federal government has now said its going to identify cities where it feels the rest is out of control and potentially whole federal funding we know the attorney general has 14 days to identify some of these cities who are it live and new york city even washington d. C. The common denominator in all of that they have democrat mayor so the accusation from the left is that this is really politically motivated has nothing to do with law and order at the same time the white house insisting these cities are out of control some of the peaceful protesting this taken place has resulted particularly in portland in violence breaking out violence breaking out kind of when the sun goes down the protests are over and the view of this white house is its time to stop so clapping down hard but theres no question these are going to be challenges legally a White House Correspondent kimberly how could reporting live from washington kimberly many thanks indeed. Facebook has announced what it says steps to prevent its platform from being exploited in the weeks leading up to the u. S. Election it will stop accepting new political ads 7 days before election day but will continue to show ones already in the system c. E. O. Mark zuckerberg says that hes concerned about a period of intense claims and counterclaims as the final results are counted facebook has previously faced criticism for not doing enough to fact check on tickles on its platforms democratic president ial nominee joe biden is. Visit the city of commotion in wisconsin which has become the new focus of the National Debates on systemic racism hes expected to meet with the family of jacob blake a black man who was shot 7 times in the back whites Police Officer last month the shooting that took days of sometimes violent protests against racism and Police Brutality lets go live now to sirius john hendren is the whats the mood ahead of joe biden services. And its anticipatory right now he is expected to meet with jacob blakes family and the next couple of hours we expect him to express sympathy for the family and some condemnation for some of the violence that has happened here in this city there will be a Community Meeting at 145 local time thats 1645 g. Where he will be reportedly talking to Business Leaders talking to Law Enforcement and that is a key part of his message that he wants to draw the line on the one hand supporting the protesters and the need for social justice and on the other hand condemning the violence the arson that weve had here in town thats contradicting the message that the Truck Campaign is putting out that biden is somehow of the radical left it is not the message that he wants to put out there and the fact that hes coming out here at all signals that biden is back on the campaign trail that hes likely to be making more Campaign Stops hes been doing largely Virtual Events from the basement of his home but he will be coming here today to send that message that he is all about law and order as the president has is often emphasized but that he is also sympathetic to the protesters its a dramatic contrast from when donald trump came here a couple of days ago just met with police did not mention the name jacob blake the 29 year old whos now. Lying paralyzed in a hospital here after being shot in the back 7 times by police so were going to see a very different meeting today and joe biden is going to be trying to tread that central line supporting protestors but condemning the violence aljazeera is john hendren reporting live from can osha wisconsin many thanks jon the release of Police Body Camera video of a black americans death has provoked calls for officers to be charged with his killing protesters rallied in rochester new york state after the videos release which the city mayor describes as Disturbing Police were caught when daniel prude run naked into the street while suffering a Mental Health crisis officers who did him and knelt on his back and prove died when he was taken off life support 7 days later the kremlin is rejecting accusations of responsibility for the poisoning of Opposition Leader alexina valmy russias responded to doctors in germany saying that there is unequivocal proof that the agent david chalke was used the valley is seriously ill in a berlin hospital after collapsing on a flight in russia 2 weeks ago chancellor Angela Merkel described the poisoning as attempted murder and said that only russia knaan so the serious questions that raises will the e. U. Is also condemned the poisoning of the kremlin critic we called on russia to investigate these in a transparent and thorough manner and its also in the interest of russia to provide answers to the questions because this type of. Chemical agent is not freely available it was used on the russian territory against the russian citizen so its very important that its thoroughly investigated and that the answers are provided both to the russian public and to the international with more on the kremlins response his Alexandra Steele out of its gone form in moscow. So far from the official level there is no other theory offered what theyre saying is basically we were not given any proof or substantial proof for these statements and what could possibly be the motive now the spokesperson of russian president vladimir putin. Said that noted that no one is accusing russia directly but the he also said that such accusations are without any bases and the reason that the sanctions talkies unexceptable in general and he sees no reasons why there would be sanctions he also said that russia is very interested to get to the bottom of what happened with alex a now viney but has to have its own questions answered 1st then he was actually talking about that this official request for all the analysis results and data medical they 1000 a vial need to be given to russia from german hospital here get a notice that in russia all the tests show that there was no poisoning barreled through the x. We have some lower officials and not excluding good that this is for instance operation of some special Intelligence Special intelligence operation of some western Intelligence Services that this might be all a set up and that one should not exclude this so there is this parallel. Kind of wave of seeding the seeds of doubt with on what is coming from german officials. Russias Prime Minister is in belarus meeting with president alexander look whos faced weeks of protests against his rule russia has vowed to send Police Forces into better rusin for quiet demonstrators have been calling on local shanker to resign accusing him of rigging last months election he offered support to russia following those claims by germany over the valleys poisoning look at without showing evidence disputed the allegation. Or so is a contact with the 2 opponents we are of course carrying out Counter Intelligence against nato and our military radio intelligence intercepted an interesting conversation that clearly says that it was a philosophy cation not army was not poisoned both of you of course russia completely supports the sovereignty independence and territorial integrity of belarus delarue says dear to us not only thanks to historical linguistic and religious connections but also our hundreds of thousands or millions of citizens who are practically one people. Space is monitoring developments in belarus from neighboring with you a neo. Want to meet those incentives Prime Minister to stand down and mince to really seal the deal for moscow to make it clear that bottom if you sin is going to back to. The now and that was never clear before in the run up to the president ial election in minutes on which the 9th shanker in fact used to said there was threats of russian interference in his countrys affairs if people didnt vote for him poll once i had claimed the one with a sense that as now as we know for tens of thousands of people out on the streets of mens who rejects that and many most western powers of also rejected that 80 percent result on the calling for a reelection putin has decided to but who has decided to back. Previously there was no love lost between the 2 leaders but the payoff of putin may well be that where you once had an irritating and not very compliant neighbor to the south well now. Its a viable to vote and its. Look at the weather update next here on aljazeera then free for the moment anyway kong media tycoon jimmy lie is found not guilty of one charge but is still under investigation. And will look at the whys of a fringe Conspiracy Theory embraced by some Trump Supporters and no congressional candidates. Hello thats hifi may 2nd calls continuing to move north now into the north and east of china its all this massive cloud you can see here but as it came onshore into south korea and then up into north korea it did of course have some torrential rains imbedded within it but also some very strong damaging winds these pictures coming out of the southeast of north korea on the coast and you can see the damage obviously that was done not only by the winds that will sit by those floodwaters now as we go through friday conditions kiran quite nasty across much of the Korean Peninsula rain pushing to the far north and east of china and of course were watching this this is typhoon high shann this will continue to strengthen in the next couple of days and by saturday were looking at winds sustained about 260 kilometers an hour gusting to about 300 itll be gains have an impact on the islands the outer feeder bands and also those very strong winds if not more rain will were eventually push up into south korea and across much of western japan but really elsewhere throughout china its a fairly quiet picture then down across into south asia the rains have very well scott says nothing particularly heavy there warnings in place from the india mess office and finally the rains they will become a little scattered throughout much of pakistan on friday as still some rain around but not as heavy certainly throughout the weekend and as you can see heavy rains again across the south. I am sequencers i have a question got these days its hard to filter out the noise and keep track of whats really important in the bottom line tackles the biggest issues that are shaping the United States its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only on aljazeera and. If you want to help save the world. Sneeze and hero. Hello again this is al jazeera so much of the main news this hour u. S. President donald trump appears to have backtracked on his suggestion that people try to vote twice and novembers election he says that mail in votes should be sent and that voters should go to polling stations to make sure theyre counted. The kremlin is rejecting accusations that russia is responsible for the poisoning of alexian of only germany says that it has an unequivocal proof that another chant nerve agent was used on the opposition figure is being treated in berlin. Russias Prime Minister is in bello reuss hes meeting with president Alexander Lukashenko who faced weeks of protests against his rule russia has vowed to send Police Forces if into play the roofs if required. India has recorded the worlds biggest single day rise in new corona virus infections more than 83000 cases were reported on wednesday the 3rd time this week but the number has risen above 80000 the u. S. Held the previous single day record 177000 thousands of Health Care Workers in south africa of the modern more protection from covert 19 and better paid a demonstration in pretoria was called on thursday about the countrys Biggest HealthWorkers Union it says that personal protective equipment is in short supply of the hospital managers of failing to follow safety protocols south africa is the hardest hit nation in africa with more than 630000 cases of over 14000 deaths. France has announced and they are trained 120000000000. 00 still a stimulus package to help ease the Economic Impact of the pandemic Prime Minister sharon crosschecks presented the weekly plan of the weekly Cabinet Meeting in paris from where. Reports. Well france has very strict a 2 month lockdown and the current a virus pandemic has meant that the French Economy is now in recession unemployment is rising so what the french government want to do of course is reverse this trend and that is why they have launched 118000000000. 00 stimulus package now it was announced by the french Prime Minister. Said the aim is really to try and make france more competitive and more selfreliant the focus is very much on job creation and also investing in sectors like Transportation Health culture present role has also said that he really wants a focus on the Green Economy surf 3rd of the money from this fund is going to go into green tech green jobs in industries the support of sustainability there is little doubt that for president micro with an election in less than 2 years time he will want to see the economy really getting a boost and he will just say unemployment rising unemployment and it is of course in emanuel micros interest however trying to lift the economy and Public Confidence in a time of so much uncertainty wont be easy the current of ours pandemic continues and infection cases in phone have continued to rise with an average of about 5000. 00 new infections each day being reported the government is telling people to remain vigilant many cities across france most major cities of in fact made the wearing of mosques out in the street obligatory children or the 11 at school and University Students they have to wear masks to the government says the people must take care and continue to social distance because of course his Health Crisis is far from over. Because general election is underway despite a worsening corona Virus Outbreak more than 7000 people have been hired to maintain hygiene a polling station in sections of spike since the vote was called in august by Prime Minister andrew hall the 6 months ahead of should you polls suggest that his center right ruling party will win another 5 years in. A list say that hes capitalizing on Approval Ratings that have been boosted by his governments. Kaname. Prosecutors in slovakia are appealing the acquittal of a high profile businessman is accused of ordering the murder of an investigative journalist and q. C. Ak and his fiance was shot dead at their home 2 Years Ago Police suspect the crew was targeted for reporting corruption involving businessmen with political connections the murder has led to mass antigovernment protests and the resignation of the Prime Minister the time in. A prominent media mogul and prodemocracy figure in hong kong has been filed not guilty of intimidating a reporter from a rival newspaper jimmy lai was facing up to 5 years in jail and was there as adrian brown reports from hong kong. It was all over very quickly surrounded by media some from organizations he owns jimmy lai was a man in a hurry as the arrived west kalou Magistrate School within minutes of entering the building he was acquitted the magistrate said she found insufficient evidence to support allegations that the media proprietor had intimidated a reporter from a rival newspaper more than 3 years ago calling the journalist an unreliable witness. I didnt talk as he left court its not the end of his legal fight he faces at least 5 other criminal investigations last month around 200 police raided his Newspaper Office after he became the most high profile figure from the citys prodemocracy movement to be detained under a new security law he was charged with foreign collusion and faces up to 10 years in jail that trials expected to happen next year. Jimmy lies acquittal comes amid renewed debate over Judicial Independence in hong kong just this week the chief executive terry lamb said there was no separation of powers between the executive legislature and judiciary a principle thats been repeatedly emphasized by the citys top judges carry law will be able to point to wednesdays verdict as proof in her eyes that that you dish re here does remain independent even a small legal thinkers say the opposite adrian brown aljazeera hong kong afghanistans government has freed nearly all taliban prisoners in the run up to peace talks that are due to get under way in council 400. 00 prisoners were awaiting release astray and france are objecting to the 7 remaining inmates being freed there due to be held in custody while the negotiations are held polls are now closed in the libyan city of misrata where people have been voting for the next local leaders of the citys also held elections despite the pandemic and a shaky cease fire nationwide votes are not being cast in areas controlled by the Ward Connerly for half the as rosser played a major role in the un recognized governments campaign to drive after us forces out of western libya out of syrias manic traina is in misrata and has been speaking with some of the people who are casting their ballots. This is the 2nd center that ive personally visited today and it seems to be going well i mean once once residents answer into the polls theyre forced to wear face masks they have to sanitize their hands and i have to say people are really happy i mean weve spoken to many people and theyre excited that you know they have the freedom to vote they said this is what the revolution was in 2011 for so that they can choose their leaders you know we met i met an older gentleman earlier who said you know i lost a son in the revolution of 2011 and and my son died so that i can vote and that our future generations can vote can vote for their leaders for a free and democratic libya. In pakistan days of torrential rain and widespread flooding of course chaos in caracas the countrys Financial Capital at least 23. 00 people have died and there is widespread anger among people that jump jhoom reports. In karate floods batter the city plunging pakistans Financial Capital into chaos since last week people have had to contend with power cuts mobile Network Outages and shortages of both fuel and cash. Perhaps with all the machines arent working all over the city and we are unable to withdraw money even for our groceries and we are facing a huge problem there is no want to help. Dozens of people have died as a result of the torrential downpours and widespread flooding. And anger is growing. But incumbency did negligence say absolutely its incompetency and negligence on part of the government we are paying taxes and in return what are we getting theres not even a proper sewage system and thats why there is dirty water flowing all over analysts also say corruption and lack of proper urban planning are to blame but government officials deny those allegations the accusations made by peter presented in this mode to the connection of mismanagement. In the recent. Flooding situation in the city of karachi one reason i think the influences you have put out some of the unprecedented into going on previous records and it is really unfortunate that at this wonderful time when the nation needs food and then that to solve these problems these p. T. A. Percentages and again distorting these bases allegations despite the difficulties driver hide cleans and repairs his rickshaw. A financial situation was ready by that but now the floodwaters made it worse im unable to drive it in that water is. I really hope hell be able to continue to provide for his family but like so many others in karachi he also worries things may get more difficult my mage im drunk. Back now to u. S. Politics and how conspiracy theories are playing a part in the Election Campaign q and on is a movement that was born on the fringes of the internet it pushes far fetched ideas that include a socalled deep states that is trying to bring down donald trump now a woman whos spoken in support of q. And on looks likely to win a seat in congress officer as Andy Gallagher reports. An online Grassroots Movement that came to be called the great awakening the q and on Conspiracy Theory was born on the dark fringes of the internet nearly 3 years ago followers believe that the unanimous queue is someone with high government clearance the Movement Began with the unfounded claims that satanic worshipping politicians and celebrities who work in tandem with global governments to abuse children and that a socalled deep state wants to destroy President Donald Trump i am 100 percent behind q hes working for the president is working for our country the rallying call of we are q. Was then heard at trump rallies and even the president himself seemed to embrace a movement the f. B. I. Has called a potential domestic Terror Threat these are people that dont like seeing whats going on in places like portland in places like chicago and new york and other cities and states and. Ive heard these are people that love our country and believe us and now running and in Marjorie Taylor greens case winning elections green who President Donald Trump calls a future republican star be to conservative youre a surgeon in georgia and will likely had to congress communicate and elano mars in minneapolis. And the blood was not only in man and were not allow them to tear our country down berners is right and believe. We want him back here in northwest georgia where according to media matters more than 60 former and current congressional candidates have promoted or embraced q and on a political experts say in reality the movement remains on the fringe it hasnt gotten bigger but it could. But with that said i think people are more resistant to these sorts of ideas than sometimes we give them credit for and at the same time conspiracy theories are just a part of the Human Experience and this is really nothing new im more in both for those candidates that did well while embracing bizarre conspiracy theories have since distanced themselves in some cases the Republican Party has subtly aligned themselves with the q and on movement and the president has retreated q. And on follow was at least 200 times the reason gating followers outside the us it said that we live in a post truth era but cuban on has serious consequences followers have been accused of attempted kidnapping murder and other criminal activities it may have started as a fringe cult like belief system following the president s comments and several victories in the elections they may feel more emboldened the never i think alec role does era miami florida. Its good to have you with us hello Adrian Finnegan here in doha the headlines on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump appears to have backtracked on his suggestion that people try to vote twice and the vendors election he says that mainly in votes should be sent and that people should go to polling stations to make sure they are counted a White House Correspondent kimberly how could the ports now from washington. Especially what the president is doing is cleaning up the fact that what he suggested was indeed illegal and that is the latest word from the top official the head of the board of elections in the u. S. State of North Carolina its illegal to vote twice bottom line full stop thats what the president suggested and now his series of tweets sort of dialing that back the kremlin is rejecting accusations that russia is responsible for the poisoning of alexina volumnia germany says it has unequivocal proof that the nerve agent not the chalk was used on the opposition figure hes being treated in berlin. Bellerose president has offered support to russia following those claims by germany of a nice poisoning without showing evidence of example because shameka disputed the allegation hes been hosting russias Prime Minister in minsk as protesters continue to call for his resignation russia has vowed to send Police Forces into baylor roosts if required india has recorded the worlds biggest single day rise in new corona virus infections more than 83000 cases were reported on wednesday thousands of Health Care Workers in south africa demanding more protection from private 19 and better pay a demonstration in pretoria was called on thursday by the countrys Biggest HealthWorkers Union it says that personal protective equipment is in short supply the. Prosecutors in slovakia are appealing the acquittal of a high profile businessman who was accused of ordering the murder of an investigative journalist. And his fiance was shot dead at the home 2 Years Ago Police suspect the cruciate was targeted for reporting corruption involving business men with political connections those are the headlines more news feed on aljazeera of the bottom line next. Hi im Steve Clements i have a question is there a connection between the shooting of jacob blake in can osha wall street capitalism and Excessive Military spending my guest today says there is lets get to the bottom line. When a policeman shot jacob blake 7 times in the back in front of his kids in wisconsin last month it was a painful reminder that real change is not coming fast enough to these United States the shooting reignited passions across the country especially after an armed white 17 year old counter protester came to wisconsin from a nearby state until 2 other people protesting the shooting so whats going on in the United States are we heading down a healthy road will race continue to be used cynically to get votes while the poor and disadvantaged continue to suffer and