Secretary of state Warren Street about chinese influence calling beijing a predator. All right now voting is underway in tanzanias general election and a poll by violence and allegations of foul play president john legere foody is seeking a 2nd term the government has also been accused of cracking down on dissent on tuesday the opposition and the semi autonomous region of sounds about said at least 8 people were killed during protests of a ballot for Catherine Sawyer is monitoring that poll for us from the kenyan capital nairobi. Ive been speaking to our colleagues in tanzania been visiting polling stations in Dar Es Salaam dodo mother copy told and zanzibar as well and they say voting in those polling stations and going to is going long small few people are waiting patiently in line but what theyve also noticed is that voters hung out seems very low very few people are coming out to vote but this is ali hours of polls close at 13 g. M. T. About the Internet Speed still very slow people im talking to in tanzania saying that Services Like whats up. Messaging still a big problem weve seen a statement from one of the Telecommunication Companies tanzania apologizing and saying that they are facing technique called he chose about the security. Inspector general of police of tanzania issued a statement yesterday warning giving a stun warning to anyone whos going to try to disrupt the selection of course this is in light of the violent incidents that happened in the last 2 days in the island of zanzibar so it is calm quite tense though and with the huge security presence both in the mainland and in zanzibar. Tanzania a beacon of peace and stability in africa is facing a human rights crisis a critics diplomats the u. N. And the well banks say president john mother fairly has stifled the Media Civil Society and opposition groups the World Health Organization accuses the president of downplaying the coronavirus pandemic in particular his claim that the virus is defeated through prayer election observers will also be on the ground this time with some saying they werent invited by the government and tanzania elections watch points to an increase in hate speech and the intimidation of candidates will go is an Africa Research at Human Rights Watch he says tanzania is no longer as free as it used to be especially compared to its neighbors. Situation has changed over the past couple of years. The government put in place several restrictions on those goods that i mentioned earlier the opposition media and since i say it freedom of expression in tanzania is extremely restricted not just at this period in time on the elections but over the past several years. Its simply not as free as it used to be particularly in milot in relation to neighboring countries and thats something that obviously. Is very disappointing for many people that looks to tanzania as an example of those qualities i think certainly in the months prior to the campaigning period there were a number of arrests of opposition members and then of restrictions on position parties which is something that written out of concern and which we documented and and advocated against. Thats not something that has least surprising. But again continue to stress the importance of ensuring an equal Playing Field and the respect for human rights at this very critical period of time at this. Very key country in the region. Well the u. S. President ial candidates are making their final push to when i have as i says with just under a week to go now until the election nick crisscrossing the country campaigning in battleground states but more than 70000000 americans have already voted a record that could lead to the highest of the century my counterparts from washington. A final for next week week of campaigning before election day President Trump doing a swing through 3 of the states with polls indicate hes neck and neck with joe biden wisconsin michigan and the brusca 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 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 we turn that around. 7 days from now were going to win the great state. I was going to win for 4 years in the war. But joe biden kept the discussion sent to done what he describes as a trumpet ministrations failure to deal with that to flee 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 call the president quote dangerously incompetent went on to say the 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 but 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 who has been a 2nd night of protests against Police Brutality in the u. S. City of philadelphia hundreds have demonstrated there against the death of another black man at the hands of officers from philadelphia cable and ports. Protesters gathered at night to voice their anger over the Police Killing of a black man monday afternoon a killing they say did not need to happen cell phone Footage Shows Police shooting 27 year old Walter Wallace jr police say wallace was wielding a knife wallaces mother says her son had Mental Health issues and needed help and begged the police not to shoot him. The shooting comes in a year thats already seen mass protests against systemic racism and Police Brutality across the country was. Anger frustration but also determination 3 words that come to mind as for the 2nd straight night protesters are on the streets calling for justice earlier in the evening another protest outside the Police Station near where the shooting took place karen school field who has lived in the neighborhood for over 40 years wondered why police had to shoot wallace so many times there what are you feeling right now. I feel her i feel. I feel that i have very my hands were in ok and what im seeing yesterday was great thank you ok im not saying im against the police but theres the other way that we have a knife what happened to a taser what happened to shoot women. Ok i know i shouldnt have killed them ok we all guys children ok this is ridiculous others were calling for peace we dont want any. Dangerous given station we dont want any looting we want people to channel day energies elsewhere can you understand why theres so much anger on the streets with a young black man right now yes i can understand it because they are at risk did they did did their being shut down know anybody there about others but didnt know would be those that we that we will sort of protect also. When you when you know kind of which were going to turn to. There was however further outbreaks of isolated looting on tuesday night far away from the scene of the protests dozens of people taking from a store in the northeast to deceive. Another black man dead in america anger on the Streets Police on the defensive and what has become an all too familiar cycle gabriels and 002 adelphia. German chancellor Angela Merkel is reportedly considering tough new restrictions as corona virus infections that hit record highs the latest daily tally a record of nearly 15000. 00 new cases proposed restrictions entered shutting bars cafes restaurants and limiting social contact and to take effect on november 4th. From london. German chancellor Angela Merkel has blamed a lack of discipline for a steady increase in the infection rates there we know that shes going to be meeting the 16 leaders of germanys different states to discuss a whole raft of new measures that will come into force possibly as early as november the 4th including the closure of all bars and restaurants necessary so the german chancellor to bring the situation there under control a difficult situation is how she described it we also know that some schools are moving some lessons online in an to supply a ship that eventually they may need to close as well lets not forget that germany has often been seen as a leading lights in being able to deal with the coronavirus pandemic its secret weapon has really been is 400 or so Health Authorities are across the country for some time germany has already had its own Contact Tracing system in place to deal with other illnesses such as measles so while other countries in your playing cat shop germany appear to be on top of the situation but given the rapidly increasing rate in infections one Health Official in bavaria has described it as being like trying to stop an avalanche with his outstretched hands. Still ahead here on aljazeera world im john hendren in ohio is state known for picking u. S. President s it might just do it one more time. And we look at how armenia is living abroad are coming together to help their homeland during the conflict with as a vision. For. How i think it will be genuine feel of coolness in the air throughout much of charles great prince or in japan after this thing has gone through now thats effectively rather weak cold front there behind it is cold is leaking towards honshu and her car but you still got 23 degrees in tokyo and then theres a northerly breeze coming down through taipei douglas exactly cooling but it means reduction in humidity although in hong kong used to go a day or 2 of rain to come most a chance enjoying this fine weather and its not even subzero in other or hoppin winter is still a long way in north now although its very active and see. The moment you have a thai food making landfall its just in that your screen there that wont be identified as a proper revolving storm as it goes across land but it probably will influence the weather in myanmar was which on thursday as on friday over India Bangladesh and pakistan its virtually a dry picture there the exception being Andhra Pradesh probably for thursday less so on friday and maybe further west and care a bit in sri lanka where theres the enhancement in the rain yang gong westwards as for the middle east its still quite warm in the levant a good part of society the refuse showers still to come on the money coast. 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President ial election the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a shadow of a campaigning with nearly half a 1000000 new infections in just the cost week. And german chancellor Angela Merkel is reportedly considering tough new restrictions as infections there hit record highs the latest daily tally recorded nearly 15000 new cases. Well when it comes to u. S. Elections analysts say its ohio at the predicts the well known as the bellwether state its picks the winning candidate in 30 of the past 32 president ial elections both parties have invested heavily there with the belief that winning ohio means winning America John Hendren has been speaking to voters is that in cleveland. Clevelands industrial skyline rises from the ohio coast on lake erie and its ohios rics the industry agriculture and service jobs that make it a microcosm of the u. S. And its what makes ohio the bellwether state. For decades all routes to the white house have gone through here ohio has voted for the winner in every president ial election since 1064 and they take voting seriously here i think its just most important especially if you want to see change no republican has ever won the presidency without 1st winning in ohio. It may holes Bowling Alley winning is the name of the game. Here in suburban cleveland the diversity with an International Border the crowd leans toward democrats and away from President Trump hes mentally unbalanced and he is a threat to the health and well being of everyone on the planet im looking for a change this upcoming election season just that we can kind of get back on track as a country. On the states vast farmlands and in the factory town of canton where Apache Industrial Services recently expanded into coronavirus cleaning solutions penetrates the d. N. A. Of the cell the workers lean toward republicans and the blunt spoken president hes straight to the point he doesnt really take too much from people kind of says well its only wanted to time his character not so much. But what hes done politically what hes done for policies and stuff i stand again polls show joe biden in trump in a dead heat here where trump won handily in 2016 but that was before the coronavirus and a wave of economic shutdowns oh i wonder stands the importance of Economic Issues also understands the moment the country is living the democrats have very wisely then shifted the politics to be the campaign to being a referendum on president with just days to go both candidates have made a priority of navigating ohios shifting political waters if history is any guide whichever candidate wins this great lake state will likely win the presidency john hendren Al Jazeera Cleveland ohio. Well until recently ivory coast was seen as the best business destination in west africa but the upcoming election there has sparked fares that political rivalries could again into violence and cause a lot of uncertainty among business sinus ahmed address has been. On the outskirts of up usual were. This coffee processing factory under pressure to deliver Customer Support is. Established only a few years ago its owner is already dreaming of a number program. The plant is one of dozens of small and Medium Enterprises fueling Economic Growth in ivory coast thanks to the governments liberalisation policies of the past 5 years economy some runs on neural Skills Program for young people in africa from 20. To 2020. 7 percent in terms of Economic Growth which instrumentals. More. Points. Back. In 2011 as well the country. Where there was a wrong. But right now there are more than 2000. 00 right. Eventually they didnt think. It was one of the great. Cross. Country. Despite concerns businesses remain hopeful such a distant president ial election is a big quarry. Violence after the election 10 years ago destroyed not only lives but also businesses many of them fail to reopen. From what i hear runs a distribution business he says is shutting down until after the elections you know the most about the immoral i see how things happen in the world and when there is war how it destroys everything and how brothers kill each other in the end it doesnt lead to anything but. A sentiment shared by docilely mudhole runs a happily insular. Feel is wrong for the people are afraid of spending almost everyone is waiting to see how this election ends these are Uncertain Times we pray that everything works out well otherwise we will be in trouble. President Alassane Ouattara a former Top Executive of the International Monetary fund has presided over a high flying economy its policies including a commitment to Infrastructure Development as one of the confidence of International Donors and investors alike helping ivory coast to largely regain its historic role as a Financial Hub of french speaking west africa. But the president s controversial bid for a 3rd term which the opposition says is unconstitutional and the high levels of Political Violence in recent years could wipe out some of the economic gains the country has made since he was 1st elected. Now turkish president russian type erdogan is threatening legal action against a french magazine for publishing a cartoon on the front page of its latest edition that mocks him one has criticized the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo calling it a disgusting effort to spread racism and hatred tensions are flared between turkey and france about cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad after a french teacher was beheaded for showing students those images in a lesson on the freedom of speech french president emanuel back on has vowed to crack down on what he calls radical islam and that sparked protests across the muslim world take a look at these crowds gathered in the pakistani city of karachi on tuesday they have also been calls for the boycott of french goods egyptian president arafats l. C. C. Says freedom of expression should stop at offending more than 1500000000 people iranian president Hassan Rouhani says france must not insult the prophet be your army the. Disrespecting the prophet incites violence and its a moral wisdom as must understand that all muslims love the prophet insulting the prophet means insulting muslims and all prophets if the western europe claim they want peace and security then they must stop interfering in the internal issues of muslims the prophet taught us to respect others we hope those who made mistakes will compensate for it and respect all religions. Now cattles government has ordered a comprehensive and transparent investigation into an incident at our house airport and which a number of female passengers were subjected to invasive searches it happened after a newborn baby was found abandoned in a rubbish bin inside a toilet and National Airport the castro government has also expressed regret for any distress caused to the women who were mainly a strain in nationals and said an urgent decision was made to identify those responsible for a shocking and appalling attempt to kill the baby the child is said to be safe and well and receiving medical care a strain has welcomed the investigation in relation to this story is not the only country affected so other. Missions are also engaged in carter meetings with the government obviously with. The airport. We are awaiting as i indicated publicly the report that we have been advised will be provided by the qatari government now americas top diplomat has his hours at chinas ties with sri lanka and his latest stop on a tour of the region secretary of state mike pompei or has been discussing trade and security with sri lanka as foreign minister in colombo he is pressing the country to be on guard against what he called predatory lending and investment by china china has accused the u. S. Of bullying smaller nations an elephant and us has this update from the capital colombo. Essentially this sort of rhetoric ratcheted up obviously in the run up to. Basically the u. S. Secretary of state in that address talking about that sort of predator kind of rule that china as he sees it is playing in sri lanka where he says that the u. S. Comes as a friend now china has also been responding because right at the outset before the 2nd you see came to south asia there were all basically briefings and one of the Principal Deputy assistant secretaries in his briefing said that the urge to make some difficult decisions but necessary ones to ensure and secure economic independence obviously china took umbrage to that responded saying that the u. S. Was basically interfering as well as violating diplomatic protocol and they basically accused the United States 5 of having a sort of a cold war mindset and a sort of a. Mystic sort of a mentality and an attitude now the u. S. Basically saying that they come as a friend wanting to see sovereignity for sri lanka wanting to see development and having that ability essentially to be in control of their future. In the u. S. 2 big wildfires are raging through parts of Southern California powerful winds are fanning those flames in Orange County more than 100000 people have been forced to leave their homes and hundreds of firefighters have been deployed a local Electricity Company says its equipment may have accidentally started one of those fires. Armenias Defense Ministry says shelling by our very forces has killed one civilian and injured 2 others in the disputed territory and again a car back its the latest sign that a cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan might not be holding up meanwhile living across the world are showing their solidarity with their ancestral homeland for a challenge reports from the capital yerevan documentary this is a far cry from tokyo we are going to the day job the dental consultant from los angeles seals and on he gets ready. But you go through here another way of finding a Fallen Soldiers home its on for 40 days. With the symbol that there is a farm soldiers family inside. Who is about to come face to face with intense grief to armenian families are mourning sons killed in the war with azerbaijan turkey offers comfort asks about the man. That leaves 3000. 00 for each house to house hospitals a hospital shes done this many times now. With regular social media posts turkey has raised more than half a 1000000. 00 from the armenian overseas community as an i mean what else would i be doing now in a link lets see if i was here and pretty sure i was going to do something to either raise awareness or raise funds to send a fund my volunteer team do it that its just its a must i feel like i would not sleep well if i get in. Armenia has a population of just 3000000 but the diaspora in the United States russia europe the middle east and beyond easily doubles that number and this war has mobilized them to help. Famous armenians have been spreading their message to the world from the us Kim Carr Daschle in west tweeted to her 61000000 followers and donated 1000000 dollars to the all armenia fund its the main vehicle for armenians abroad to give money 150000000000. 00 has been raised since the war began in late september. Rallies against perceived as a by johnny and turkish aggression have been organized to this one in los angeles on october the 12th. Here is poland and this is argentina. Such as the importance of the diaspora to armenia that it has a high commissioner to liaise with them we have not only major fund raising drive thats happening in the diaspora we also have large amounts of humanitarian aid coming to armenia from all parts of the world and we also have volunteers every everything from doctors to. Various professionals and people who want to be on the front line and defend their homeland. The fact that armenians are dying in significant numbers on the battlefield has galvanized many for armenians far and wide this is not a time to question what responsibility on media there is for the current conflict techies efforts may be among the more remarkable but thousands maybe millions are doing something to help their country in this time of suffering. And aljazeera hear of an armenian. Plan this is al jazeera and these are the headlines voting is underway in tanzania as a general election and a poll by violence and allegations of foul play president john legere fairly is seeking a 2nd 5 year term his government has been accused of suppressing his critics as well as the opposition catherine soyuz following the election for us from the kenyan capital nairobi still more legations of irregularities ive been speaking to. Our colleagues in tanzania visiting polling