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Of the moon. Thank you for joining us the World Health Organization is warning that europe needs to seriously accelerate its response to the coronavirus pandemic it says a lack of effective Contact Tracing is making it even more difficult to stamp out the virus cases in europe are rising shoppy with several countries reporting record numbers of infections on sunday france amounts more than 50000 new cases for the 1st time italy and spain are struggling with a 2nd wave while hopes for a vaccine are growing in the u. K. The British Health secretary says a government this repairing for a mass rollout in the 1st half of next year but in the United States the Trump Administration has been accused of giving up the fight against covert 19 white house chief of staff mark meadows has conceded the u. S. Is not going to control the pandemic lets get more from our White House Correspondent Kimberly Hockett who joins us now President Trump has been making the argument kimberly that you know this was all under control but his chief of staff doesnt seem to agree whats been the president s reaction. You know i should give you the latest reaction from the World Health Organization in just the last few moments with regard to the president s sort of clearing up of comments ill get to that a 2nd but youre right mark meadows saying that the approach of this administrator is not prevention but mitigation in the World Health Organization says giving up on the virus is very dangerous thats essentially what was said by the chief of stack mark meadows on sunday now the u. S. President has been campaigning in pennsylvania and hes been cleaning up those comments by his chief of staff trying to sort of portray a nuance that he believes is important saying that hes not giving up but you have to learn to live with it something he said in the past in fact he accused his democratic president ial nominee rival joe biden of giving up on life he doesnt leave the basement the president says and he said compared to europe and the numbers that are surging in europe the u. S. President believes that theres a good job being done in the United States and that they are absolutely rounding the corner in terms of their approach by this trumpet ministration but again these are comments that are not necessarily being well received and that the president s critics have been really lashing out at the Administration Given the fact that we have 6500000 infections and counting in the United States or rather 8 point 6225000 deaths and rising and despite the reassurances from the President Committee the markets have been reacting very negatively to all this. Yeah absolutely and its for a number of reasons the concern being that in europe these tightening of restrictions is going to have an impact on Global Economic activity and also some of the lack of activity by the white house and the u. S. Congress to reach an agreement on kovac relief and so as a result weve seen sharp decreases in not only the s. And p. 500 the dow jones but also the nasdaq and the concern is that there will be at least in this country an agreement before the election between the white house and the u. S. Congress but the white house insists its working on it thank you for that committee how good life for assad the white house. As we said dozens of European Countries are reporting record infection rates but helps of a vaccine and growing in the u. K. Where the British Government anticipating a massive rollout in the 1st half of next year reports. Hospitals across europe are under mounting strain in spain emergency wards are overrun with covert 19 sufferers many of them elderly the countrys followed france and belgium slayed in imposing nighttime curfews a response said Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to an extreme situation one by one countries are tightening restrictions from says been reporting record daily figures but a leading scientist who advises the french government believes the infection rate could be twice as high adding to calls for full a short term lockdown. And more the virus is so present around us today we no longer have a choice we have to remember mental logged down a bit like what the irish and the welsh have done to reset a time or allow ourselves to reorganize and to stop the situation of intensive care units. Here in parts of russia doctors are understaffed and overwhelmed during the 1st wave this hospital in siberia handled only a few mild cases now its over rob a 3rd of hospital staff have tested positive. Its an ongoing war and we have daily losses as medics get sick and people get sick rushes racing against time to develop a vaccine its one of a dozen internationally in the final stages of testing in the u. K. The Oxford University astra zeneca vaccines reportedly shown an immune response in both young adults and the elderly thats encouraging news given the immune system weakens with age and the elderly are most at risk of dying from the virus. 10 thousands of people are being tested and so we are are we are not quite optimistic that we will soon see the result of that hes the 1st one of the 2 back scenes being published maybe even as early as december but effective vaccine would be a game changer in the battle against corona virus several could be available civil taney asli in the 1st half of next year but with a vaccine comes a big question over who should get it 1st europes bracing for a long winter but theres hope the barca aljazeera in other world news president typewriter one has called on turks to boycott french goods as tensions rise of a plans to reform islam in france on saturday or to one question president a man in my cause Mental Health for his controversial comments on islam and muslims and that prompted france to recall it some bastard are from turkey across has been calling for tougher loss to prevent what he calls separatism in French Society shibo. Im now telling my nation just as the saying in france not to buy anything from turkish brands i call on my nation here now do not Pay Attention to french labeled goods do not buy them aljazeera simcoe say who has more from istanbul. Tells been this way for a while between french president s of an iraq war and turkish president dan basically the there are several reasons. For the dispute between 2 countries which has. Which has actually centralized between iran and markram 1st turkey is military presence in libya turkeys oil and gas explorations in the Eastern Mediterranean the latest novel knock out about the split between armenian azerbaijan these i did these are the problematic areas at which those 2 nato allies are at odds with against each other and personally aired on unmarked grown have been criticizing each other very harshly in the last couple of months but. Especially our dance of recent statements. Recent verbal attacks as other diplomats name it. Has been perceived as concerning basically president are gone and his allies see that there is rising islam of 4 bia in europe in particular in france and netherlands and thats why into in his is speech today he called france and other countries as racists and fascists basically don is trying to corner france because he believes that mark will miss trying to corner turkey in its rising regional efforts especially in this one with the rainy and frances trade minister is condemning the wants comments but says there will be no reciprocal boycott of turkish politics attash about le has more from paris. Weve heard from the culture minister rosen in bashful or she made some comments about once a call for a boycott by saying that a boycott is not in a french tradition that what is needed is dialogue and discussion in order to try and calm tensions rising basho also said that him at all micro is not as hes accused by the turkish president anti muslim he is simply trying to fight against what he calls radical islam in france something that is detrimental and destructive says mark or all of French Society to people who are muslim and not muslim living in france we also heard comments from the head of the Muslim Council here in france that is a body which is seen as something of a go between between the Muslim Community and the french government the head of that council says that muslims are not persecuted in france they are free to worship theyre free to build mosques he said so a lot of reaction coming into everyones comments of course the turkish president s comments a couple of days ago saying that a man or michael was anti muslim that he needed a male Mental Health check went down very badly as you can imagine with french authorities at the elisei also with the Foreign Ministry saying that this sort of talk is in a way its beneath a saw its beneath the head of state it is not very diplomatic it is not very constructive and they called on the turkish president to end this kind of talk which is also not very befitting of an ally turkey and france of course both nato allies. Well heard on isnt the only leader to condemn the cost comments irans foreign minister job im sorry says the remarks are on opportunistic abuse of freedom of speech he says muslims are often the primary victims of what he called a cult of hatred pakistans foreign minister Mehmood Qureshi warns the seeds of hate are being cultivated with such rhetoric but european leaders are standing by mccall the foreign minister chief policy chief father joseph. Wants words were unacceptable and called on turkey to stop this dangerous spiral of confrontation and their support as well from germany. And theres we stand in solidarity of france aside as far as the personal attacks by president against president mccone go which i find are a new low point they are totally unacceptable but above all we start in solidarity of frances side in the fight against islamic extremists especially after the heinous hero crime last week its well lets discuss this further now with. The whos head of the justice and liberties for all committee is via skype from paris thank you very much for speaking to us just some context for of us for us emmanuel macross controversial comments on islam came out rather followed the killing of a teacher in france who was beheaded for showing pictures of the prophet mohammed cartoons of the prophet mohammed to his students is the turkish president right in saying that Emmanuel Mccraw has a problem with islam. Well a forest that is no push needs to be asked is how could friends move from being celebrated or who were in the muslim and arab world to. The phone with user to him he had with the americans in this war in iraq 1003 i mean who got it all over the region is a question you need to ask for the original author and all present. When cal can emmanuelle mouth full. Of freedom of speech includes inserting muslims which actually does mean that he will but the most speech was a comment was a possibility. Its a serf its also a means of response with you towards the sense you give if you scuse me but others are now god says when he made a mark on his health or Mental Health check what could you give him a speech from occasion but in many ways michael cannot say its ok to portray the prophet of islam in such a way and muslims have to accept it but when hes mr eagle is a little bit scorched you can call planes or fish in the the 2nd world is that one in 21 mckown speaks of the most preach alchemy never mentions ridgeon there is a report from war areas welcome doesnt whats good but it sure is to have new plus accuser and that hes all of ministration so again if there are double standards and a clear parker see but the make no mistake about it im across the sources yes and what he will tell you that you know that i have to the brutal attacks and the brutal killing of that teacher and attacks by muslims so had been radicalized at the margins of french sie that something needed to be down done so if not this plan to reform the practice of islam in france what. When firth there are 2 things which is said not to you know do you have to check the wrists is a secular country it is not called the french president to be formed in a religion he can ask it needs organize itself but the french state does not unloads him to organize and decide who should be representatives the 2nd appointment im in many would mark one cent of the candidates in 26 units and 17 he said quote dont look good for in state house it was possibility if youre what you can i was issued a french youngster was no one is the answer to a terrorist attack and we forming a religion im pretty sure it does not 2nd we have musser variants and drastic Counterterrorism Measures nevertheless different state thing and this is again a massive intelligence failure so of course this one upmanship tends to take away the blame away from the state and for its own wisdom is a but again it in many would mckown was to talk to socalled what you could i was ition 1st what these radicalization took with the French Senate there is no different mission of it it has been applied to demonize anyone active this individual or organization the french state disagrees with if Emanuel Mccord is sincere about cycling with terrorism i would quote to him our Domestic Intelligence its what you 14 bijan report says again quote im ruled that the repression based counterterrorism affronts is a complete failure we need to engage with it using their respective rip resented thieves and work on the Long Term Strategy of what the money would mccoy is doing right now is for you preparing for hes going to wear his campaign right based on i dont say his health care is preparing for his Reelection Campaign most french politicians still have doubled down on a hard line interpretation of fan to secondary is them i wonder what effect it is having on france as Muslim Community because in fact as i know its very difficult to prove that discrimination exists so what is happening right now. When 1st if politicians are doubling down its also clear indication that the center of gravity of french politics has shifted so far to the far right not from the far left as an equal share of the far right but in the pen they all agree on islamophobia the results are if you are listing poor since were applying for a job not 5 times more likely or beings who make that games if you are a muslim woman is to care for the met him if you are a muslim woman with a headscarf you send a one percent chance of getting a job done its a social death sentence on top of it they can build a school and now they want to prohibit it was the headscarf from senate employed that nannies are added to it that day be the debates on the place of listings where they belong here if you stumble but you border with the republic and the list goes on so you can create a toxic environment environment thats once mates in systemic islam will forget that the dead muslims your responsible for this as for the interpretation of the 2nd are no you are definitely right by them they want to take away the 2nd or less recently from the constitution and your needs into an ideological tool the difference being you go from the majority of the state to the maturity of what we experienced so it wasnt so they can wipe out any of us it would if youre for muslims and to finish about them and this is what we densher us. At a president ial hopeful said clearly he 1st defined this new nicety and said were gonna call it a night the new race you date used it goes against human rights but we see how to apply it thank you so much yes a lot a for speaking to us about this thank you for your highness we appreciate your time. Plenty more ahead on this syrian news hour including our 3rd attempt to uphold a cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan is already a race comes from burning under the pressure the price we look at the dye situation for afghans as the violence in Helmand Province escalates this fight at the stock and the Los Angeles Dodgers are one win away from their 1st world series title since 1988 still have the story in sports coming up the. First of a us swear the Republican Controlled Senate is expected to confirm President Trumps choice of Supreme Court justice after a marathon all night session it caps office raid to place any corny barrett in the high Court Despite opposition from democrats no nominee to the Supreme Court has ever been confirmed this close to a president ial election alan fisher is live for us on capitol hill where that senate vote will take place in the coming hours so what can we expect from the proceedings on capitol hill today allan how will democrats and all this. Well the vote fully were expecting in just over 5 hours time 730. 00 here in the United States were expecting that the republicans will win there is only one republican senator who has said that she is not comfortable with voting for a nominee for the Supreme Court this close to a president ial election so she will withhold her vote the other senator who was wavering and the democrats thought might be able to flip she has said that she will vote to confirm him equally but that means she will take up her position at some point on tuesday having been sworn in at a ceremony were expecting at the white house at some point this evening she will become the 9th justice on the u. S. Supreme court and will essentially solidify a 63 conservative majority on the court the republicans very much in favor of this appointment the democrats are suggesting that this has been rushed that its less than a month since Ruth Bader Ginsburg died and she of course famously said to her granddaughter that she would like to see the nomination being held over until the next president could make the choice and the democrats have also been making the point that at the world that theyre talking about this nomination the number of covert cases is going up across the United States and still the senate has not voted on a covert relief bill the democrats suggesting that this is much more important one other thing to see is that the democrats again pushing the idea that a vote for him equally valid and her nomination means an end to the Affordable Care act the reason theyre saying that is that one week after the election the Affordable Care act will come up before the Supreme Court and Many Democrats believe that she will essentially remove the mandate which means that Insurance Companies will no longer recognize preexisting conditions i was going to ask you about the political implications of this nomination. 8 days away now from the elections. Well the democrats believe that they can highlight the fact that republicans are rushing this through what is interesting is that the leader of the republicans in the Senate Mitch Mcconnell said at the weekend look after this election the democrats will be able to undo a lot of things that weve done but this is something that will last for years and years and thats correct because a Supreme Court justice appointment is for the moment a lifetime appointment certainly its odd that the republicans didnt hold this over to the election and say look if you vote for donald trump it means that we will get another conservative justice on the court by rushing it through there are those observers who suggest that Mitch Mcconnell believes that donald trump is not going to win this election and therefore the choice would have been handed to joe biden certainly the democrats believe that they will be able to change things if they win the white house and possibly flip the senate and theres according to the polls a strong chance that they might actually do that and theyre talking about what is known as packing the court but its essentially putting more justice is on the Supreme Court so instead of having one justices you have 13 the other thing that joe biden has been talking about over the weekend is limiting the term for any Supreme Court justice to perhaps a 16 or 18 years nor longer a lifetime appointment and that would mean that the vacancies we come up a lot more often of both of those are all of course hypothetical at the moment because in one weeks time people will go and vote and decide who they want in the white house and who they want in the senate but for the moment as Mitch Mcconnell said when he backed the appointment of corny but it elections have consequences and the republicans have the white house in the senate and that means they can get this done and theyll get it done in the next few hours thank you for that alan fischer live on capitol hill. A russian airstrike has killed at least 78 rebels in Northern Syria the syrian observatory for human rights says more than 90 ad as well wounded in the attack on a Training Camp in the. To why any area of it in a province russia and turkey back opposing sides in the conflicts it may falls within a deescalation zone for trying to a ceasefire agreement in march 1 v. I. Days a senior fellow at the center in washington he says russia should be held accountable for the ceasefire violations angeleno this far its within the whats worse than a cease fire zones. The escalations dont then should be protected and no being asked by cedar key. All of their russian airships that just came as a surprise because. Of the fish and maybe 34 says they have military grade at that area and this is why there are large numbers of the those being killed and injured. Along with their eyes shining on 3 actually that cause signatures of the docs. Military agreement and should direct countable for violating this entity and its every everything has the deployment we have a great us of the air strike. The airplanes who being are in the same area almost certain that there is no way for her to be 9 years for the air and there is no way to see that this is as being some kind of practice as russia used to be that many incidents. And this is why i think now depends on to keep it if you decide to get it or would be if we did then sit in. But unfortunately because from critics to chiaramonte right now learning to roll in that region mean either russia or other than actually escaped with russia in this situation. A 3rd attempt to uphold a humanitarian ceasefire between azerbaijan and armenia is already coming under pressure the 2 sides have been fighting over the disputed territory of nagano kabaka but as during previous attempts to stop the conflict both have already accused of violating the agreement the latest choice was mediated by the United States despite heavy fighting on sunday only challenge reports mommy is capital. The armenians insist that they are ordering this ceasefire at a hearing to it but they say that the because there is shelling civilian settlements that they have killed one civilian and wounded another 2 in the going to karabakh that they have been using smirch rocket systems the as areas have been say similar things back to the armenian so yes the the prospects for this particular effort at a ceasefire not particularly rosy at the moment i mean you have to look at this situation and say perhaps it is in the armenians best interest to come to a ceasefire not necessarily in the interests of the as areas who have been in the military ascendancy over the last few weeks it could still go wrong for the as a by john on me but the president s of of as of why john. Doesnt seem to really be in the mood for the cease fire anyway has said that we will continue on our part in an address to the nation earlier if they want to cease fire let them tell the occupying states and leave our territories no and we will go on to the end he seems fed up with Peace Process is fed up with the o. S. C. A fed up with International Medias he says a boston favor of armenia we are creating a new realities as they are. And that does not seem the right kind of circumstances for a last thing ceasefire and Hoda Abdelhamid has the latest on the ceasefire from in azerbaijan. Exhibit 30 just say where its going to go if we base it on the 1st 2 announcements of cease fire the 1st one being october 10th and then a week after an october 17th then this is all the reason to be a bit skeptical about this 3rd fear mation of a ceasefire there have been accusations from both sides that the ceasefire had already been violated but by and large if i compare those early hours to early hours of a cool job or 17th was and when that 2nd cease fire was supposed to come in place it is a much calmer well the civilians actually. Are actually supporting this will whoever you speak to tells you the army this time has the upper hand is not anymore the army of the ninetys when as a by john was given really a humiliating defeat a bitter defeat that no one has forgotten here there is a army is making advances and those advent. Gains are basically announced on a daily basis yesterday another key town to town of which is northwest of. Itself 2 was the border in armenia and also closing in from the north from a part they. Took under control a town called so certainly people are very happy about that also because terry tauriel gains means yes. Those areas that belong to buy junk but also getting hold of natural resources. I said ahead on the news hour with just 8 days away from the u. S. President ial election where the battleground states along the great lakes how trump secure another way and world number one Novak Djokovic is targeting tennis racket joe will tell you what it is and how he intends to do it and still stay with us. Hello it is still nice and warm in the levant and iraq compared with average for about 4 or 5 degrees above but there is activity going on the eastern med and that will eventually knock these temperatures back from about 30 to run about 27. 00 so about to above average thats the only significant weather in the immediate future apart from passing showers trying to catch a gentle breeze in the north winds dohas temperatures around but 3031 march very pleasant this time of the year and also fairly typical rain still extend as far north as the south sudan at the piano think will see some in somalia the heaviest stuff is for the sas in the rift valley in cameroon and gabble even touching northern angolas a daily event now right at all to the west of that this is where the after rains are few goes south you dont find very much at the moment in fact its been surprisingly warm in south africa around johannesburg and to get to 10 degrees above the arch a little bit less than that now and this sort of heat persistent the tends to generate showers which you might well see forwarding in the tang the so to the eastern side of south africa the forecast in johannesburg reflects that for tuesday wednesday it is sundry that its files as a with a warm breeze maintaining that warmth. 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The house secretary says the government is preparing for a mass rollout of a Coronavirus Vaccine in the 1st half of next year there is more such some hospitals are preparing to receive their 1st batches as early as next week and present it on has called ontario to boycott french goods on saturday or to one question french president in london marc klaas Mental Health following his latest controversial comments on islam that prompted france recall it some back that are from turkey. More now on the corona virus pandemic and the rise in cases has many countries reimposing lockdowns and restrictions and thats adding to the stress stress that most people have been facing for months now and speak about this to psychologist lynn who is with the American Psychological Association Stage via skype from Silver Spring in maryland thank you so much for being with us so what is going to be for is the psychological effects of another lockdown for many of the people in europe for instance especially going into the winter. Right its going to be a challenge people are really showing that there are theyre tired of it if this is a challenging threat code because its invisible the kinds of things that we need to do in order to prevent transmission are things that make us take us away from what is most rewarding we want to be with people to reduce transmission were away from people that makes it hard to want to engage in those behaviors so psychologically its really going to be a challenge for people to maintain the kinds of behaviors Public Health behaviors that are likely to keep us all freer from the virus but its really going to weigh people down theres a lot of stress that people are reporting already and i and to support it will be worse as the Seasons Change in australia fade i think toria has just come out of 200. 00 days of lockdown what are the known term effects of such an extended period of isolation on people. It really will be how did people handle that so some people may find that having the imposed quarantine and the lock down was was helpful for them they may have found that it was time to retreat from some of all the busy demands they may have found ways to really manage the time in a way that worked for them but for many people who are used to be out about the world it will have felt very law very tiring really away from the things that helped them feel good mentally and physically right they were able to exercise in the ways they normally would be able to spend time with friends and family which is such an important support for our overall Mental Wellbeing so we dont know from the data what the impact will be long term on this but it has been a significant period of adjustment and we hope that people have found new ways to have their needs met for connection practive beauty for engagement for being outdoors even when their usual ways are not supportive of what we need to do in terms of the Public Health and so what does the data tell us about the need of psychological effects. So immediately we know that people are reporting higher levels of stress and more people are reporting feeling stressed and overwhelmed in this period that certainly the data we have in the us its data that weve seen in response to cope it in italy in china that people who are are directly engaged on the front lines are very stressed the people who experience cope in their families are very stressed but then everyone around them being in a state of lockdown is a very stressful kind of experience we have we can develop ways to manage stress but if youre not used to that its a real hard hit to suddenly be able to do that so when people are feeling stressed for an extended period that then starts to have a longer term impact from both mental and physical well being so stress as also fatigue i mean you know when you have even the white house signaling defeat in the fight against cove it you wonder how you can stop this virus from spreading when everyone seems so tired about hearing about kovi dont time. Absolutely people are tired of it and mentally its exhausting because youre continually having to make new plans and to do things differently when were when we have routines our Mental Energy isnt taken up with deciding what can i is it safe for me to go here or under what circumstances can i see my friend that all requires Mental Energy which can really run us down and then make us harder to do the other kinds of things we need to do in our life so we have both of the we like this to go way why hasnt it been fixed why is that still a threat and theres also if we are trying to get here to best Public Health practices its a continual reminder to have a mask with you to keep the 6 feet apart when you really would like to hug your friend or to wean him for a closer conversation sort of wears away at us mentally to thank you so much for talking to us about this lane both from the American Psychological Association Live there from Silver Spring thank you very much for your time and insight. Thank you and now is just 8 days to go until the u. S. President ial election and Vice President mike pence has continued to campaign despite several close a sest in positive fall coronavirus with just a week and little over a week to go until the vote the attention of both sides is now focused on battleground states live to john hendren in chicago to tell us about the importance of the swing states around the Great Lakes Region way long. Well in 2016 the great lakes states were crucial to Donald Trumps victory if you took a boat through the great lakes from pennsylvania to ohio to michigan and wisconsin what you would see is one state after another flipping for trump he won surprise upset victories in all of those states except ohio where he was expected to win there and once again the polls showed trump ahead in all of those states except ohio so we took a look at 3 of them starting with wisconsin and wisconsin is door county unlike this state which hasnt voted for a republican for president since the Reagan Administration door county is kind of a swing county and it seems to vote the same way the nation votes obama bush before him and then trump and so we talked to voters there and asked them how they were going to vote this time take a look donald trump swept into wisconsin like a cool wind off Lake Michigan and he left in 26th with an upset victory in a state that hadnt voted for a republican for president since 19 eightyfour and he did it in part here in door county a swing county that voted twice for george w. Bush twice for barack obama and in 2016 for donald trump door county is a tree lined peninsula jutting into Lake Michigan home to dairy farms apple orchards multimillion dollar lakefront homes and tourism. At the farmers markets and quaint stones on this scenic landscape voters seem is divided as they were 4 years ago i when into the big is. The person who had. A mere could actually vote for somebody who. Treated other people that way. Totally way our president has done a good job. And whether hes going to get in or not i dont know and i hope he does. I dont think any guy is. A Strong Enough to handle the job with just days before the sun rises on the november 3rd Election Party activists say both sides know if not for wisconsin Hillary Clinton would be running for reelection and they are more motivated this time very early on they realize that joe biden was py going to be the candidate they could best beat donald trump but theres a lot more enthusiasm and energy both sides people didnt realize probably that it you know they maybe didnt think it was going to go to trump so i think they know ok we want to last time we got a shot this time too and i think people realize how pivotal wisconsin is in wisconsin and elsewhere political makers say battleground state polls are more reliable than they were when trump won upset victories across the great lakes states but 2016 has left many wary i think biden will win wisconsin but i think it will be fairly narrow even though the polls are saying 5. 00 to 7. 00 points it wouldnt surprise me if it came down to a point like last time or maybe 2 points whatever the polls say if theres one thing we learned from wisconsin in 2016 is that you cant take this great lakes state for granted and john record numbers of people have been voting early of course how much can the electorate be swayed with just over a week sicko. Well this election especially in the swing states could be decided by a percentage point or less in each of those states so the candidates are taking nothing for granted but just to give you one idea in the county that contains the capital of wisconsin madison almost as many people have voted this time around as voted in all of 2016 that suggests one of 2 things either this will be an extremely high turnout election or people are very worried about the massive outbreak of covert 19 in that state was constant is one of the worst hot spots in the United States right now that they are preparing to head so right now the candidates are not taking things for granted donald trump is stopping at 3 places in pennsylvania his running mate mike pence is stopping in minneapolis youve got the Vice President of the of the United States former Vice President joe biden hes just going to talk in delaware that tells you a little about how much those candidates are relying on the polls biden seems to be playing it safe hes ahead in most of those polls and trump is behind behind by 8 Percentage Points in an average of those polls in wisconsin and 5 Percentage Points in michigan is a dead heat right now in ohio but some posters believe there are shy voters people who dont show up in that polling and that that could make the difference between one or 2 Percentage Points in that election and also generally those numbers tighten up so these could be very close in vats why the candidates are hitting all of these swing states thank you for that john hendren live in chicago and important to point some of the battleground states americas made john one report from detroit michigan to find out what matters to voters in a majority county as coming up on tuesday right here on. In iraq antigovernment protesters and Security Forces have faced off for a 2nd day in the capital Baghdad Police fired tear gas and closed a major bridge in central baghdad the new protests are a continuation of mass demonstrations that began last year where suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic simona 14 has this update from baghdad several tense here in Tahrir Square were either burned or taken down overnight amid mounting disagreements between the protesters over how to use demonstrations should continue part of them appear to favor a negotiated solution with the government and the protests while others are determined to remain here and escalate the situation until their demands are met. Tends to make tea for the protesters who burned and we extinguished the 3 gasoline owners and you know afternoon burned it was their intention was to remove all turns and the protests but this one or. There is a palpable difference in the atmosphere in Tahrir Square today and we actually withdrew after a short while there because you could really feel that the tensions were running high within the protest movement but there are also ongoing confrontations between protesters and Security Forces on the bridge which you can see behind me on sunday the human rights commissions to the 32 protesters were injured and 138 members of the Security Forces were also injured in confrontations between the 2 sides with voters just throwing petrol bombs stones and homemade grenades and Security Forces responding with tear gas and stun grenades now today just confrontations have continued we have heard ourselves tongan its being deployed to try to repel the protesters who are trying to climb the barricades atop of the republican bridge to reach the heavily fortified green zone which houses government offices Security Forces appear to have used nonlethal weapons but if the situation endures and if protesters or some of the protesters continue to try to breach the barricades to the green zone the situation could well escalate further. In afghanistan recent fighting between the taliban and Government Forces in Helmand Province has forced thousands to flee their homes is also casting doubt over the prospects for peace despite ongoing talks in doha between the 2 sides failure contre free reports from kabul. It is a place of nothingness no food no clean water no electricity a camp with thousands of displaced people mostly from home and were children even ripe tomatoes to survive. And the men try to help new arrivals like this widow from those whose husband died in the fighting a bag of flour is all they could buy for her stale pieces of bread are all she has to feed her 2 children and theyre not the only ones was it that was fed up with the people here are a lot of money to the owners of the shops nearby as it took food from them during the current team people were selling their households to buy food now these people dont even have a blanket for themselves. And has been stuck in this cab camp since it was built 16 years ago like most unable to go back to home and and powerless to get a normal home here dozens of families from his province have found refuge here in recent weeks because of renewed fighting and life is just as hard for them with tens of thousands forced from their homes and home and many ran for their lives with no belongings. More than 220000 people have been displaced by the fighting in afghanistan in the last year and many have to live in camps like this the war and poverty prevent most of them from returning home. The koran a virus pandemic has pushed people deeper into poverty food prices because the border closures have skyrocketed across afghanistan making access to food for those internal ip. Displaced even harder the u. N. Has revised its humanitarian Response Plan because of the pandemic and its still not fully resourced to respond adequately at this point of time the humanitarians are worried about providing sustained assistance over the winter and during the lean season so that we dont see a sudden increase in the numbers as were seeing now from lets say between here pro and now so the more. Funding and resources going to be provided the humanitarian Response Plan which targets that was. And absolutely full to secure and also what an Emergency Needs the better be can predict that people may not fall into the hyper insecure category in the future the Afghan Government says its priority is the newly displaced for those displaced for years and who may never return home the future appears as complex as the present at the margin. So we are responsible to get them on the list for land distribution and investigate if they are eligible if they are the ministry of rural rehabilitation and development is responsible to give them the land and the u. N. To build a house for them their. Winter is setting in and for the people of this camp the worry for now is how to survive the coming months if help doesnt arrive soon contraflow aljazeera kabul. Libyas National Oil Corporation says it has reopened its last oilfields nearly all libyan oil exports were stopped in january by wardle 25 toss forces based in the east mondays decision on the site means all the b. S. Or sent facilities can potentially resume production factory workers and students have gone on strike in belal spiling the pressure on present an exam to look good to resign the walkout follows sundays major rally by more than 100000 people who say there is no longer a legitimate leader or than 500 people were arrested on sunday of in mass protests every weekend since august when look claim victory in a disputed election now nasa says it has found water on one of the largest craters on the moon which can be seen from earth the agency confirmed water molecules on the sunlit surface for the 1st time it hopes to put astronauts on the moon again by 2024 space analysts leo and wright explain to us why this discovery is so significant. This is very important because previous work in particular one has to say by the Indian Space Agency their wonderful crying child dry emissions certainly identified the possibility of water all across the moon which was in itself a stunning suggestion wealthy americans of dumb which is new is they have detected on ambiguously water molecules floating it would appear a bowl of the lunar surface like a haze near clay vs crater which is as you say one of the biggest craters on the moon they have speculated that there is about 300. 00 mills per cubic meter of water based on their measurements now what does that mean well thats roughly 300. 00 mils of water if you true that into your washing machine which is roughly a cubic meter that would give you some idea of how much water there is im not that is not an insignificant amount but the question is can astronauts women and men on the surface actually extract this water. Are is still ahead in sports the pakistanis know the player who has mastered the game despite having no arms. We are going home to botswana when modern mankind originate. Many moons ago mankind migrated from the majestic. To begin the journey of the modern human across the world 1st and as the dust settles everyone is welcome back home to. Our pride your destination jump into the stream and julian on Global Community bio diversity is biosecurity it is that essential for our species to survive be part of the debate i know you have ideas and you too can be part of this conversation when no topic is off the table the police are not neutral and all of these cases here is to terrorize and heres the other part of this theres no consequence to this stream on out is there. Time for his job. Thanks very much well lets start with baseball the Los Angeles Dodgers a one win away from a 1st world series title since the 1988 on sunday they beat the Tampa Bay Rays 42 in game 4 to take a 32 series lead pietistic has the story. Of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays came into game 5 knowing they were both potentially 2 wins away from glory. It was a great start for los angeles by the time Jock Peterson hit a solo home run the school was 3 nothing to the dogs she was just mixed and a pitcher clayton crucial would strike out brandon lowry. And it turned into a double play when randy arose arenas could not reach 2nd base. In the bottom of the fall with the game tightly poised at 32 kushel retired man well margo who was attempting to steal holmes to take the razor and by the time he came off kushel had become the holder of the most strikeouts in postseason history with 206. You know anytime you can have success in the postseason. Its just as it just means so much as what you work for us as you play for this month roisin and last hours made unfortunately we. We just didnt we didnt have it and i in you know we just. You know we had our opportunities their. Final school for 2 to the dodgers who are now a step closer to their 1st title in 32 years the teams now take a rest day before coming back for game 6 peat a statement aljazeera. To football and italian champions eventis continued to struggle without christiane renowned or following his positive test for coronavirus they were held to a 11 draw at home by her last for an hour and Trafford Billy opened right now and deja and queen of subscale levelled things up for you ventus with 12 minutes left its a 3rd draw in fife eventis who saved 3 points behind the disneyland. Over in Major League Soccer that was a big darby between the 2 los angeles teams known as el traffic and it was l. A. F. C. You came out on top against the galaxy winning 2 no its a tense defeat for galaxy has say lost in the western conference. 17 time grand slam champion Novak Djokovic is hoping to equal pete sampras his record of finishing the year as tennis world number 16. 00 times joke which is next assignment is an a. T. P. Tournament in vienna he only needs to win 2 matches in the austrian capital to be assured of equalling sampras his mark pete was someone i was looking up to when i was growing up and. You have to match his his record would be definitely a dream come true and hopefully going to get there and. You know in any keep keep striving to you know to be a better player. Germanys alexanders ferrer has now won back to back tennis titles the u. S. Open funniest was up against argentinas Diego Schwartzman in the final of the cologne championship and he won easily for what is his 13th career title on the a. T. P. Tour. To go for an american Patrick Cantley came from nowhere to win the championship in california he started the final round 3 shots back behold 9 birdies to storm past the leaders john rum and Justin Thomas from mr potts to force a playoff which handed can play his 3rd p. G. A. Tour when he was asked if he speaks too soon ahead of the masters. I dont think so. I was able to win the one of the tournaments tiger won last year so now im just going to go try and win the other event that tiger won last year. This is indy car championship has been wrapped up by new zealand driver scott dixon dickson finished the sunday Season Finale in florida as nearest rival joseph you got to clinch the win but it was still enough for dixon to secure a 6th title also moves him to within one of a. J. For its record of 7. I will finish with some incredible pictures from pakistan where a man with no arms has mastered the game of sneaker crum is from a rural town in the northeast of the country he was born with no arms but instead of a cue uses his chin to pop balls it would now like to represent pakistan on the international stage. When i was 10 years old or used to go to the club and felt that if id had arms i could have played the game then i started thinking why not try so when there was no one in the club by choice it with my chin and i learnt the game people kept asking me how do you hold the cube i told them come and play a game with me they didnt believe me until they saw me my wish now was to go abroad and play in front of other people to make a name for pakistan and thats all the sport for now more later joe thank you very much for that thats it for this news hour on aljazeera as always more news on our web site that aljazeera dot com from me fully back to when the whole team here in doha thank you very much for watching were live from london you center next with Maryam Namazie to stay this. November on aljazeera. Who will be the next president of the United States join us for extended coverage of the u. S. Select. Shinzo november 3rd and full of. All hail the lockdown explores the complexities of all Global Response to the coronavirus pandemic could a proposed traffic scheme threaten one of the worlds most famous heritage sites well report from stonehenge up front returns with Emmy Award Winning journalist Richelle Carey shell cut through the headlights and be rigorous debate and form the french president Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial on corruption charges well bring you the latest november on all jersey. He began with war and to put it just here i caught short but i felt like i was that the documentary filmmaker once granted unconditional asylum contrasts his experiences with those seeking refuge today and intimate you know what the consequences of the policies of detainment is really almost the sort of all this misery we cannot absorb this number that people have to suffer in this way it is an excerpt of a refugee staying on aljazeera and those. Youve arrived to would likely its its not you dont learn about the Good Samaritan Something Else happened on this night youre. 18 year old monk brown was gunned down before the release a person was really good. To learn to. Run to make it in my city are your arms they represent. A race against the corona virus that europe is not winning the w. H. O. Warns governments to speed up their response. Oh i Maryam Namazie and london youre watching aljazeera also coming up on the Program French products in the firing line as a war of words between turkey and france escalates. Reports of violations of the u. S. Brokered cease fire and a corner a lasting peace continues to remain alison