A 2nd night of protests and looting in philadelphia following the death of a black man at the hands of the police. The u. S. President ial candidates are making their final push to win over voters with just one week before the election there crisscrossing the country campaigning in battleground states so far more than 60000000 americans have already voted a record that could lead to the highest voter turnout in a century mike hanna reports. A final for now take week of campaigning before election day President Trump doing a swing through 3 of the states with polls indicate he is neck and neck with joe biden wisconsin michigan and the brusque. Attempting to remove one issue from the agenda at the beginning of the day tweeting Fake News Media is going full on. We are rounding the turn 99. 9 percent and hes attempting to reset the conversation around an economy he claims to have provided its trouble believe the number one reason that im standing here because of trade and how we turn that around thanks 7 days from now were going to win the great state. Vote were going to win 4 more years in the war. But joe biden kept the discussion sent to done what he describes as the trump administrations failure to deal effectively with the pandemic this administration has 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 called the president quote dangerously incompetent went on to say president turned a crisis into a tragedy im ready that act. I know what to do. Biden spent the day in georgia which polls indicate has come strongly into play for the Democratic Party its been a solidly republican state for decades with full clinton the last democratic candidate to take it back in 1992 the fact that democrats believe theres a chance of biden winning it is a clear sign of how the traditional electoral landscape is changing another good sign for the Democratic Party is the massive number of votes that have already been cast close to 70000000 americans have already voted thats more than a half the number of total ballots cast 4 years ago but the Biden Campaign warns against complacency traditionally its republicans who cast the most votes in person on election day a factor that could still tilt the balance mike hammer aljazeera washington. Europe is struggling to contain the spread of covert 19 many countries and now dealing with a 2nd wave in france the death rate has doubled in the past 24 hours governments are imposing stricter measures and thats cause a backlash in some places in rome police fired tear gas and demonstrators angry that restaurants and bars are required to close at 6 pm earlier some protests turned violent with rubbish bins set on fire and shops looters. Medical workers in spain have gone on strike to demand Better Safety and working conditions they say theyre exhausted after months of dealing with the pandemic and plan to go on strike on the last tuesday of every month until their demands are met also herrera 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 corporate 19 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. Preserved we have no the make enough to see our tears. Clearly source and confinement mercer work on later we still havent gone from nowhere poultices after years of whole service cast and after battling on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring doctors are taking action they are demanding better conditions and improved safety before they are in merced in the 2nd wave of current 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 better 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 powers to try. To stop the spread of virus each region will be able to apply its all measures after a 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 covered cases continue to spiral upwards. Madrid. Plays in hong kong have arrested 3 people from a Student Group advocating for the citys independence from Mainland China. This video is said to show tony chung leader of the disbanded Group Student localism being led away by Police Officers he was taken there they do as concert where he was posted trying to seek asylum the group was arrested under the controversial security law imposed by china this yeah sarah clarke is in hong kong with more on those arrests. Overnight the police have confirmed the arrest of those 3 activists this is 19 year old chinese children 17 year old jani her and 16 year old william chan other charges have been laid in those offenses are of relating to the National Security laws the police say they were breaching the National Security laws in connection with some social media posts but uploaded since september theyve also been charged with offenses of inciting others to seek independence now attorney children reports that he was actually detained when he was approaching the u. S. Consulate here in Central Hong Kong theres a Group Called Friends of Hong Kong Based in the u. K. It says he was seeking asylum but he was arrested before he managed to get inside that building that he arrived potentially we believe early and as a result went to a coffee shop across the right and this is where he was detained the other 2 they were arrested early on to say theyre arrested when theyre reporting to police on those various charges that theyve been lied already under the National Security laws that they were charged with those offenses back in july and now they also belong to a group known as a student localism and this particular group it was just disbanded before the National Security law was introduced a back in july 1st but that particular group has been accused of promoting independence from Mainland China. Castle has expressed regret after several female passengers from the strain here complained of invasive searches at the countrys International Airport the incident happened earlier this month when terminal staff found a baby girl concealed inside a plastic bag and dumped in a rubbish bin because our government called it an appalling attempt to kill her and a violation of the law that says it regrets all thors use infringing on the personal freedoms of travelers in the search for the babys parents the government has launched an investigation and will share the results with affected countries. Clayson townsend there. Is a process as in the semi autonomous island of zanzibar a Major Opposition Party says 8 people were killed during demonstrations against alleged ballot fraud ahead of elections on wednesday the African Union is calling for call on afghan soil reports. This protesters in tanzania semi autonomous region of zanzibar are mostly supporters of st sharif hamlet 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 tunks and troops from the tanzania and mainland have also been deployed voting continued at the polling stations despite demonstrators alleging that the election will be reet. Its a few protesters who wanted to cause destruction and to stop looting we have arrested some of their criminals everything is going well there is no major problems of the. 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 are repeat an action. 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 that filling in the single marginalized others want more tanami from tanzanias rule is in direct lump and Everyone Wants to benefit from the resolves of natural gas discovered off the coast catherine aljazeera. Santa has hair on aljazeera out of control and spreading quickly wildfires forced tens of thousands to evacuate in Southern California it will pass japans was a plan thats been scribed as an appalling and viral mental crime and raising fears about fishing across asia. However is particularly cold air in this part of the u. S. And thats prompting these thunderstorms and snow behind and of course you got hurrican zita due to make landfall somewhere around the lower yes louisiana coast with the code of risk they want that goes in and stretching out towards d. C. Eventually another hurricane to hit louisiana coast yet a record breaking and where this pumps moisture and significance though seems likely in the texas panhandle in new mexico and quite possible but in oklahoma as well where the rain will be flash flood tide right as it do slowly northeast with the tempers behind a rise again denver having not even made it above freezing sunday and monday is up to 13 degrees the current position of the target is going across the yucatan and sitting over the water so behind it things are now much quieter still showers youll notice in this part of mexico dry picture in cuba and the Cayman Islands a good few showers in Central America where you might expect and for now i was we say goodbye to the american again we watch a similar picture in Central America same is true in south america was brazil now seeing the thrust of those showers i think further east than they were before then particularly wet between salvador and rio. But. Amidst a climate of fear violence and paranoia and. There are those still willing to dream. In honduras dennis seeks a Brighter Future for his son and community. Using art to reclaim the city. And transform the very symbol of past oppression. Viewfinder in latin america liberating a prison on aljazeera. And there again youre watching aljazeera has reminded of our top stories this hour close to 70000000 americans have already voted with still one week to go before the u. S. President ial elections a court of ours pandemic continues to cast a shadow over campaigning with nearly half a 1000000 new infections in the past week. Please miss leigh have fired tear gas at people protesting against new cave in 1000 restrictions much of europe is seeing a spike in infections a 2nd wave hits the continent. And police in hong kong have arrested 3 people from a Student Group advocating for the citys independence from Mainland China they were detained under a controversial security law that beijing imposed this year. At least 8 people have been killed and more than 45 injured in 2 separate attacks in afghanistan 5 Police Officers died when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in the Eastern Province of haast the explosion occurred near a special forces base meanwhile at least 3 civilians were killed in kabul when a car full of explosives was detonated Live Interior Ministry no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks which come as the government and the taliban hold talks in cattle. A u. N. Delegation has made its 1st visit to several camps in syrias province since march that follows a russian as strike that killed at least 78. 00 Turkish Backed rebels in the region on some a monday russia and turkey back opposing sides in the conflict the Syrian Special envoy at the u. N. Is urging cooperation between moscow and to end the conflict and it has to james bays reports from the u. N. The u. N. Special envoy Garr Pedersen has told the u. N. Security council hes worried about the situation in northwest syria where theres been a deterioration in the security situation with an airstrike its believed it was carried out by russia on opposition fighters about 50 of them were killed and then retaliation from opposition groups whove been shelling Syrian Government positions he believes it could destabilize the situation where there has been for some time a shaky truce these dynamics can enter i believe the previous calm achieved through positive russian turkish got gratian cooperation which already faces junctions given that joint patrols have remained stalled for a mom. I appeal both to russia and turkey to or to contain the situation there is one bit of good news coming out of it live and thats reports from the local media saying that theres been a visit by a un humanitarian delegation to the province the 1st of its type in 1000000 years however the humanitarian picture in the province of across syria is not good at all covert 900 cases going up winter is coming theres the fear of further shortage of food in the area and the u. N. Says theres a problem of bringing in food a and medical supplies because there is now only one authorized Border Crossing from turkey into syria more than 90 people have been arrested joined protests in philadelphia over the Police Shooting of a black man dozens of officers were injured during the Unrest Police cars and rubbish bins are set on fire while several stores were lit and 27 year old Walter Wallace was shot dead by police on monday as a bystander filmed the incident in person social media officers say wallace was holding a knife and had been ordered to drop it several times. Elsewhere in philadelphia taking advantage of the anger of wall to wall this is killing videos and dozens of people carrying what appears to be boxes of flat screen televisions and other items of hypermarket protests continue and 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 and incest theyve. Defended what demonstrators say are reproductive rights opposition m. P. s brought protests to the floor of polands parliament on cheese day chanting base is war. Thousands of 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 everything about. It 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 of 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 poland Prime Minister promised to defend what conservatives see as an unborn childs right to life. Short of the price for the rights of your pollicie deposed 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. For the moves led to fears about a possible rise in the legal procedures how can you see just how about this law will not to crease the number of aborted foetuses 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 a rolling back of democratic reforms demonstrators have promised many more days of action. Money transfer Service Western union is closing hundreds of offices in cuba and the u. S. Has imposed new sanctions sanctions announced on friday prevent Western Union from dealing with the military one company that controls remittances into the country more than 400. 00 offices will be shut which will affect many cubans who rely on misses from relatives abroad. In the u. S. 2 big wildfires are raging through parts of Southern California powerful winds of fanning the flames in Orange County more than 100000 people have been forced to leave their homes a local Electricity Company says its put meant may have accidentally started one of the fire as well brunell has been following developments from los angeles. Well these are 2 major fires that are burning in the. Areas south of los angeles Orange County which is mostly a quite affluent area 100000 people have been forced to leave their homes under mandatory evacuation orders and the fires have burned a considerable amount of of land now the 1st one the largest one is a wind driven fire that local officials are calling the silver 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. The biggest u. S. Magick base in the gulf is getting a multibillion dollar upgrade data base plays a central role in u. S. And Coalition Operations that are carried out every day across the region so i think deco is given exclusive access to a Flight Refueling f. 16 fighter jets. Need catarrh behind and head out across the gulf. Weve been given exclusive access to join this refueling flight on a validated air base near doha it will be topping up the tanks of american f. 16 fighter jets already out on missions my job is pretty much to refuel other aircraft in the air so they can stay airborne longer and so were going to take place here at the back of the plane and you have to get down low so this is where the refuting happens its called the to college and its in the belly of the plane easy to lie on your stomach to be able to fit know what were going to witness is the boob operator is going to connect with the fighter jets that are going to approach the aircraft from here. The 1st f. 16 approaches. These are multimillion dollar fighter jets. Out on active mission and were not told what where that is. They get so close you can clearly see the pilots. The entire process only takes a couple of minutes we spend around 4 hours in the air while the crew fumed 5 and sixteens with the fighters we do a lot of cargo aircraft we can pretty much refuel anything as long as scout of them are sceptical they also refuse allied aircraft not just american on a daily airbase host a variety of nationalities back on the ground we speak to Brigadier General donald tani who is the commander of the 379th air Expeditionary Wing is here in a Central Location in the south of command a. O. R. Very strategic location so were engaged up in afghanistan still with our forces on the ground up there up in syria and iraq and then out in the gulf forward to touring iran and were partnering with other nations to ensure the free flow of commerce the government of qatar is in the process of upgrading the air base so the base is being expanded so fav to say youre here to stay i would say we are here to stay i would stay away from the word expansion were actually up. Creating a modernizing what we have is already a huge facility one of the largest power projection platforms in the world i think but here to stay its probably a Fair Assessment americans are about to vote for their next president to be their commander in chief back in the sky and if you vote i have course i have to watch. If im not flying despite the unpredictability of this president ial campaign for these men and women at least appear it seems and for now its business as usual Stephanie Decker aljazeera in the skies above the gulf theres an outcry over a possible plan by japan that could see radioactive water released into the ocean the waters from the crippled Fukushima Nuclear plant engineers continue to deactivate the reactors that were damaged in the 2011 of quake and tsunami bride travel to the southeast coast of south korea by communities are worried about possible radioactive pollution. Lead junko and his son lee more yall this is a Family Business thats been built up over 30 years a fish farm j i learned a community that is heavily dependent on these waters. In these season the fishing industry is important both fishing and fish farming we have both here demand for their fish was already suffering because of the pandemic and the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has meant japanese fish farms have been dumping unwanted stock onto the open market further driving down prices but its what might be coming next from japan that has everybody worried at the Fukushima Nuclear plant steadily increasing rows of tanks now hold more than a 1000000 tonnes of mostly groundwater that has flowed into the site becoming radioactive with Storage Space due to run out in 2022 theres growing speculation it might be released into the ocean. Then i think we cant hold off making a decision on the policy forever we will take us apart ability as a government to make a decision on how to dispose of the contaminated water possibly japan insists the water is treated to remove the most harmful radiation and that it is safe enough to release a claim disputed by environmentalists and it sparked strong opposition in northeast asia especially been known for we hope that the japanese government will act with a high since of responsibility towards its own people neighboring countries and the international community. Most people in focus shima are opposed to the plan including local fisherman who fear their livelihoods could be devastated and people here believe its only a matter of time before the radioactive water finds its way to the shores of the leaf family says even if discovered in the tiniest amounts any radiation in. Fish stocks would ruin its business. If there is even a slight problem with her not only trust in japan but also confidence in our fish so i think its not just south korea but all countries that should be concerned daily 10 years on from the devastating tsunami the legacy of it might be about to deliver another unwelcome shock rob mcbride aljazeera jail and south korea. Chinese Payments Company and group plans to begin trading shares on the hong kong and shanghai stock exchanges next month and the sale of its shares is set to be the biggest stock market flotation in history the tech firm is behind chinas Largest Online payments platform its priced its shares at launch at 10. 30 each that valleys the company at around 34000000000. 16 of its shares it will go as well the launch will support the previous records that by saudi aramco last december and group is owned by one of chinas richest men jack will. Block as chairman of bt a china is the visor a firm for investors in Chinese Technology and consumers that says he says the end group and his online Payment System early pay have transformed personal finance. Its very much focused on not only young users but young users love it because it sort of game of fight theres a lot of games you can imagine in 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 into 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 i dont try to actually its 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 last and spend more and find corporate x. And you know 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 negative than we 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 into the chinese economy which is really one of the few in the world to be growing given how theyve handled recently the pope it up right. Now with al jazeera these are our top stories with one week to go until the u. S. President ial election a record 69000000 americans have already voted both sides have been campaigning furiously as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cost a shot and mike hanna has more from washington d. C. On Campaign Efforts saucing with donald trump the 3 states hes visiting in the course of the day he talked