Handling the pandemic. Polands conservative government remains defiant as protests well against a courts ruling that severely restricts abortions. Wildfires force 100000 people to leave their homes in Southern California. 7 days to the u. S. President ial election and both candidates are making their final pitches to voters democratic candidate joe biden has gone on the offensive on coronavirus making his 1st campaign visit to whats normally the republican stronghold of georgia but where polling now shows a tight race this administrator yet to offer a single plan. Thats one of the reasons why the most one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world the new england journal of medicine call the president quote dangerously incompetent went on to say president turned a crisis into a tragedy im ready to act i know what to do starting on day one of my presidency we will do it meanwhile donald trump is maintaining a hectic schedule hes held rallies in michigan and wisconsin and hes going to be in the brusca next where one Electoral College vote is closely contested hes been praising his own handling of the economy its probably the number one reason that im standing here because of trade and we turn that around because. Were going to win degree. Or years. But some of trumps huge rallies have been in states that have announced new highs in coronavirus related deaths and hospitalizations infections are surging again in the u. S. 36 out of 50 states have seen an increase for at least 2 weeks in a row but the number of people who still havent made up their minds about the voting is shrinking quickly more than 69000000 americans have already voted thats already more than half of the total ballots cost in 2016 some analysts are projecting a record turnout of about 150000000. 00 those died as a political analyst and Public Policy professor at George Mason University hes joining us on skype from washington d. C. Good to have you on aljazeera as always thanks very much indeed for joining us how are you reading this massive set of figures about voting. Democrats are angry theyre angry at trump they want to get rid of him theyre messing the polls and theres Something Else they know what happened to them in 2016 a lot of democrats stayed home because they figured Hillary Clinton was going to win and she doesnt need she didnt need their vote this time theyre not going to make that mistake again and whatever the polls show they all show biden winning the democratic determined to make their voices heard and to vote the nominee it is the case the democrats benefit from early voting how risky is it for democrats to start feeling comfortable about the figures that theyre saying. Feel comfortable yet the Pew Research Center actually get an interesting survey they found that among by numbers this was a couple of weeks ago more than half of the biden supporters said that they were going to vote by mail among Trump Supporters was it was only half that many 25 percent were going to vote by mail most Trump Supporters say theyre going to show up on election day because the president has said thats the only secure way to vote so the its going to be a big difference between democratic turnout which is dominating the early votes and republican turnout which is likely to be very heavy on november 3rd is there any specific group in society that is driving these large numbers are is it essentially just as you were talking about before bill just the democrats at this point want to make their voices heard. Mostly its women women cant stand many women cannot stand on. A period feel that they cannot tolerate another 4 years of his presidency women are clearly voting project biden and theyre showing up in huge numbers at the polls along with africanamericans who are showing up in enormous numbers and some other minorities its women and minorities as you were mentioning before of course this could essentially all turn into penn couldnt it because the democrats cant afford as you were talking about to be complacent just yet a lot of republicans will turn out on the day its still all up for grabs isnt it well what President Trump expects to do democrats suspect is that theyll be a heavy turnout of republicans voting for him in the polling places in person on election day and when they count those ballots which are counted very quickly it will be ahead he wants to go on television or lection night next tuesday evening and proclaim that hes the winner i won he will say i have moved when hes reminded that i know that not all the ballots have been counted there are a lot of mail ballots that may not even arrived yet he will simply say those ballots are phony theyre riddled with croyde theyre cast by people in by computer hackers in china or in iran and hell say one in here dan are the democrats to cheat to challenge him and hes going to call him sore losers if that is the scenario do you think that that will be the stage at which were going to start seeing legal challenges to the eventually outcome of the election. Yes both sides the truck came pain and the Biden Campaign are armed to the teeth with lawyers theyve hired dozens of lawyers their election laws and all of the battleground states so that if one of them is losing a battleground state the lawyers will then go forward youre going to examine the polls that are examine the procedures and theyre going to bring court cases to bear on who actually won the election this could take a very long time but it has to end by mid december because thats when the Electoral College where the real voters in the election thats when the members of the Electoral College come to vote and they vote the way their states vote so it has to be decided by the middle of december there seems to be an increasing concern and they certainly at least in some states that there is going to be an increase in the number of Armed Civilian groups who are going to be present on the day of the election how concerned are you build that that is going to have some sort of influence on the eventual outcome of the voting in those states i wouldnt be surprised to see some militia groups showing up at the polling places its illegal in a lot of states they can actually ring arms out sign sometimes even inside the polling place depending on the state its all based on state law but i dont think theyll be very many and i dont think its likely to cause it to create a difference i dont expect to see by oh its at the polls afterwards when the legal cases start to be heard then you might see some massive demonstrations and protests going on but i dont see major disruptions happening on november 3rd at the polling places its always good to get your thoughts on this Bill Schneider we appreciate it thank you very much indeed sure. More than 90 people have been arrested during protests in philadelphia over the Police Shooting of a black man dozens of officers were injured during the Unrest Police cars and waste bins were set on fire while several stores were looted 27 year old Walter Wallace was shot dead by police on monday as a bystander filmed the incident and posted it on social media officers say wallace was holding a knife and had been ordered to drop it several times we need a speedy and transparent resolution for the sake of mr wallace his family the officers and for all philadelphia i know that many philadelphians are feeling frustrated and outraged following yesterdays tragic incident i fully support your 1st amendment rights protests but we also ensure that our communities are not further her as a result please be careful while the us has been suffering under coronavirus so has europe the 2nd wave is hitting europe hard the death rate in france is more than doubled in the past 24 hours theyre reporting 523. 00 deaths thats up from 257. 00 on monday record numbers of new cases are being reported across the continent more than 230001 monday thats almost 3 and a half times the daily rate at the beginning of the month belgium had a daily high of more than 800000 last week almost a 10 fold increase in the highest number seen in the 1st wave in spring and germanys government says theyre likely to hit 20000 cases a day by the weekend. Medical workers in spain are holding a series of one day strikes demanding improved safety and working conditions they say theyre exhausted after months of dealing with the pandemic and will come out on strike on the final tuesday of every month reports from madrid. Doctors across spain came out in the thousands for a 24 hour nationwide strike medics are calling for better working conditions and more Health Spending as the number of coffee 1000 cases continue to rise spain with more than 1000000 cases and 35000 deaths is one of the worst affected countries in europe we are now in the middle of the 2nd wave of spain especially in madrid. All the Health Workers are very exhausted because we are very tired from the from the 1st wave. Were tired physically and mentally there is not enough. Praise or if we have no the make enough to see our tears. Clearly saw fineman mess or work on the later we feel. From our politicians after years of Health Service cast and after battling on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring doctors are taking action demanding better conditions and improved safety before they are in merced in the 2nd wave of coverage 19 of the strike came as a Spanish Government unveiled its budget for 2021 with the promise to 150 percent increase in Health Spending the Coalition Government led by federal sanchez has already imposed a state of emergency given Central Government shipping powers including restrictions on freedom of movement a curfew has been introduced from 11 pm until 6 am everywhere except it can marry islands the state of emergency does also give regional governments some power. As to try to stop the spread of virus each region will be able to apply its all measures after central and regional governments clash on the best way to battle the pandemic the Central Government hopes to extend the state of emergency until may next year but for the state need the backing of other Political Parties and that wont happen without a fight meanwhile cases continue to spiral upwards. Magicked more protests are taking place across italy against new restrictions to tackle a 2nd wave of covert 1000. 00 infections sweeping across europe drives police fired tear gas at demonstrators in rome angry over curbs which include restaurants and bars closing at 6 pm earlier some protests turned violent with rubbish bins set on fire and shops looted the italian governments approved more than 6000000. 00 to help businesses struggling to survive because of the pandemic. Police in tanzania have denied firing bullets of protesters in the semi autonomous island of zanzibar a Major Opposition Party says 8 people were killed during demonstrations over the last ballot fraud ahead of wednesdays election the chairman of the African Union is calling for calm catherine soil. Was this protestors in tanzania semi autonomous region of zanzibar a mostly supporters of st cherie from at the main opposition president ial candidate was arrested in the Early Morning at a polling station during advance voting a special group such as security personnel Election Officials and people with disabilities he was related released. Its been tense in the last few days on the island with fighting between opposition supporters and police after a political rally at the canned pank sent troops from the tanzania and mainland have also been deployed voting continued at the polling stations despite demonstrators alleging that the election will be read. Its a few protesters who wanted to cause destruction and to stop the voting we have arrested some of their criminals everything is going well there is no major problems of the polling stations several people on are reported to have been shot and killed and others injured after attempting to block the distribution of voting material they said some ballot papers had been remarked. Elections in zanzibar have often been contentious and violent in voting during the 2015 president ial call malim safe sheriff claimed victory for the Electoral Commission a nod to the results and the opposition courted a repeat election. Some analysts fear that an unfavorable result for the opposition this time could trigger another violent fall out with the ruling party. Is known for its vibrant culture but many people say theyre feeling increasingly marginalized others want more tanami from tanzanias rulers in direct and Everyone Wants to benefit from the reserves of natural gas discovered off the coast cathy zoi aljazeera. Still ahead on aljazeera the u. S. Is strengthening its ties with india more on the new deal between the 2 countries. And were going to have this chinese online payment from hopes to breaking records on the stock market to. The earth but. Hello winter is still a long way north it is in siberia it is this sort of thing here and you might just feel it on the japanese island of hokkaido as the wind starts to circulate and its bringing in the cold thats leaving snow on the ground on the mainland but it rain for the south otherwise looking fine for japan for the korean prison almost all of china the exception of this massive light cloud an occasional spots are right in the middle and more especially down the south coast as well avi the typhoon is quite activists throwing and in hearts in the showers into grondahl including hong kong of course but they go inland beyond that and just come out of north and vietnam otherwise pretty picture sunshine for many a cold touch in that wind for sapporo probably not for sendai or tokyo now as i said it is a sas china sea where this typhoon is its a major typhoon has picked up a lot of energy in the last 24 hours and itll be the nighttime hours yearly as of wednesday so it will be dark when it makes landfall in vietnam with those strong winds and rain this is probably the worst weve seen this season over already damaged and flooded ground as it goes further inland it will slowly fall apart but it spreads its rain throughout thailand and to some degree laos widespread showers. It began with war and the good it was to hear i got shot i fall down i felt like i was that a documentary filmmaker once granted unconditional assignment contrasts his experiences with those seeking refuge today an intimate you know of the consequences of the policies of detainments is really unnecessary all this misery they cannot absorb this number that people have to suffer in this way it is unacceptable a refugee stand on out his era. You want to see it out of mind of our top stories this hour one week to go until the u. S. Election and a record 69000000 americans have already voted but the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a shadow over the campaigning with nearly hoth a 1000000 new infections in the past week. In italy police have fired tear gas at protesters over renewed restrictions to limit the spread of cope with 19 a 2nd wave hitting europe hard to record new infections are being reported across the continent. The African Union is calling for calm in tanzania ahead of local and National Elections on wednesday police in the semi autonomous and sons of our region have denied firing bullets of protesters a Major Opposition Party says 8 people were killed in june demonstrations. In the u. S. 2 big wildfires a burning their way through parts of Southern California powerful winds are causing the fires in Orange County to spread so far more than 100000 people have been forced to leave their homes hundreds of firefighters have been deployed a local Electricity Company says its equipment may have accidentally started one of the fires or rob reynolds is monitoring developments from los angeles what more do we know about the fires rob. Well these are 2 major fires that are burning in the. Area south of los angeles Orange County which is mostly a quite affluent area a 100000 people have been forced to leave their homes under mandatory evacuation orders and the fires have burned a considerable amount. Of land now the 1st one the largest one is a wind driven fire that local officials are calling the civil rado fire it is burning. In the brush covered hills near the city of irvine so far it has burned more than 5000. 00 hectors and is only about 5 percent contained as you mentioned the local. Electrical utility is investigating whether the high winds over the past several days may have damaged some of its equip and created a spark that started the fire the wind gusts in this area of Southern California over the past several days have been well in excess of 100 Kilometers Per Hour now the 2nd fire that ignited in a canyon that is notorious locally being a kind of natural wind tunnel and its burning on the outskirts of a city called yorba linda there have been several homes destroyed already there or damaged there are in total about 1700. 00 firefighters out on the front lines fighting these blazes with more on their way from other parts of Southern California and all over the state of california has other Fire Departments and firefighters are in. A lot of people a lot of firefighters moving into that area and the risks are as significant as anybody being hard. Unfortunately yes 2 young firefighters have been severely injured they are just 26 years old and 31 years old 2 men were burned yesterday over 50 percent of their bodies they are now in the hospital in Critical Condition and the Orange County fire chief says they are fighting for their lives and overall of course this has been a terrible year for fires wildfires in the western United States here in california alone more than 1000000 600000 hectors of burn and 31 people have lost their lives well thanks very much. There are secular state my pompei is calling for closer cooperation with india to confront threats posed by china both nations are experiencing strained relations with beijing and now the u. S. And india assigned a defense pact to share military technology and classified satellite data elizabeth put on a reports from new delhi. U. S. Secretary of defense mark i spoke was welcomed by a dad of honor in indias capital. Just one week before the us election he and u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei are landed to sign the 4th and final Defense Agreement between the 2 countries a deal which has eluded previous u. S. Administrations during our meetings these last 3 days we have reaffirmed the United States commitment to a comprehensive and forward looking Defense Partnership with india the basic exchange and Cooperation Agreement or beca as its known will allow the sharing of military Technology Maps and classified satellite data and it comes as relations between Nuclear Neighbors india and china are at their worst in decades in june 20 indian soldiers and an unknown number of chinese troops were killed in clashes in the valley along by a disputed border the 1st military deaths in 45 he is this morning we visited the National War Memorial to honor the brave men and women of the indian army forces who were sacrificed for the Worlds Largest democracy including 20 there were killed by the p. L. O. Forces in the valley in june. The United States will stand with the people of india as they confront threats to their sovereignty and to their liberty. Indias external Affairs Minister was more careful with his words about china as talks to resolve the border disputes the ongoing among. Must a multiple law to show as its basis analysts say china is wary of the strengthening alliances in asia joined. As a confirmation. Of a conclusion that i think they have already drawn because they will see this as a combination of other factors like the formalization of the lord the Quadrilateral Security Group which just met in tokyo earlier this month that u. S. Diplomats praised the socalled quad lines between india and the us japan and australia the full countries will take part in joint naval exercises next month 3rd the cementing the u. S. And its defense relationship and that of the Quad Alliance something analysts say will further antagonize china elizabeth pradhan aljazeera new delhi. Protests as a continuing to demonstrate in poland following last weeks near total ban on abortions a ruling by the countrys Constitutional Court means abortion may soon be legal only in extreme cases including rape or incest leave block or reports. The finding will demonstrators say a reproductive rights opposition m. P. s brought protests to the floor of polands parliament on cheese day chanting face is war. Thousands have joined daily marches across the country in defiance of coded 19 restrictions in the capital warsaw streets were blocked bringing traffic to a standstill. I am so sorry i need to fight for my daughters future i cannot imagine not being every. Week if follows last weeks ruling by polands Constitutional Court that abortions in all but a few cases are legal the move paves the way for the governing rightwing Lauren Justice party to approve a ban on terminations even in cases of fetal defects and when there is no chance of survival outside the womb abortion will only be allowed in cases of rape incest a where theres a threat to the mothers life. Polands Prime Minister promised to defend what conservatives see as an arm born childs right to life so nobody pays for the roads of pollicie dippold the freedom of choice truly is a fundamental thing that we should all agree that in order to have this freedom of choice one needs to be a life the one who is dead cannot implement ones right to freedom of choice. But the moves led to fears about a possible rise in the legal procedures how can you see just how bad this law will not to crease the number of aborted foetuses what it will do is put womens lives in danger because theyll be less prenatal screening it will put childrens lives in danger too because they will not be tested 3 prenatal screenings. On sunday activists disrupted Church Services across the country polands predominantly Roman Catholic church strongly opposed to abortion wields enormous influence on the musette the country even further apart from the european mainstream e. U. Leaders have accused the polish government of violating shared standards for years and of rolling back on democratic reforms demonstrators have promised many more days of action. At least for migrants have died after their boat capsized while trying to cross the English Channel to the u. K. 2 children are among the dead frenchman a time Officials Say 15 others were rescued about 4000 migrants from france have tried to reach the u. K. Via the channel this year in august the 2 countries agreed to draft new measures to hold the crossings sudan ethiopia and egypt have resume negotiations over the controversial dam project on the river nile after a 3 month suspension the African Union mediated talks followed the us president s warning that the project could spark military action from egypt if the o. P. s accuse donald trump of inciting war after he said egypt might blow up the. Hong kong police have arrested 3 people from a Student Group advocating for the citys independence from Mainland China this video purports to show tony chung leader of the despondent Group Student localism being led away by officers he was taken near the u. S. Consulate where he reportedly tried to seek asylum the group was arrested under the controversial security law imposed by china this year chinese eat Payments Company and group says the sale of its shares will be biggest stock market floatation in history the tech firm is behind chinas Largest Online payments platform its priced its shares at launch at 10. 30 each now that values the company around 34000000000. 00 for one point 67000000000. 00 of its shares all goes well the launch will surpass the previous record set by saudi aramco last december at around 29000000000. 00 group is owned by one of chinas richest men jack ma its expected to begin trading shares in the home kong and shanghai stock exchanges next month talking clocks the chairman of b. D. A. China its an invoice of the firm for investors in Chinese Technology and Consumer Sectors he says they are a group and its online Payment System alli pay have transformed personal finance. Its very much focused on not only young users but young users love it because its a game of hide theres lots of games you can play madden your bank i mean a gaming application but also its accessible to all and deeply for investment you know helping chinese consumers diversify away from the traditional put money in you know the foreign bank and buy property and this is introducing them to a whole new range of Financial Products its really an innovation engine for the future and theyre trying to actually use more innovative than you would think is that the government is taking more risks than we see in the last partly because they know they have to make changes theyve been trying to deregulate and get things going to allow people to save glass and spend more and wind Power Projects and you know they they have state owned banks that really control the Financial Sector and theyre allowing technology to kind of push reform where policy and so they are more innovative than often they give credit you know this this balancing act between the private sector and the Public Sector is very interesting and. The big theme today in china is domestic demand for goods and also for these shares as well of course as International Investors who want to buy and the chinese economy which is really one of the few in the world to be growing given how theyve handled recently the operator the red carpets being rolled out for a scaled back version of the Cannes Film Festival just 4 films will be short of what 3 days and no major prizes will be handed out the main event was postponed and may june to the coronavirus pandemic while open to the public since a limited and distance and masks a mandatory. This is all just here these are the top stories one week to go until the u. S. Election and a record 69 a 1000000 americans have already voted but the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a shadow over the campaigning with nearly half a 1000000 new infections in the past week mike hanna has won