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A guide to the u. K. Government announces a new lockdown in england from next week. And with 2 days to go until the u. S. Election donald trump and joe biden make that final push in crucial swing states. Around the moon or passes in the u. S. To give greater protection to athletes following a sex abuse scandal in the gymnastics world. Welcome to the program at least 4 people have been killed in eastern philippines as typhoon goni one of the most powerful this year hits the region heres what it looks like as it slowly passed over the Northern Islands a few hours ago the Weather Agency says it crossed the coast with catastrophic violent winds gusting up to 280 kilometers an hour it was a super typhoon but now its been downgraded to a typhoon. Thats a 1000000 people in news its projected path some rain 6 provinces still recovering from a typhoon that hit a week ago that killed at least 22 people tamil and going is in manila where people are preparing for the typhoon in time. We are in one of the communities here in downtown manila were residents are doing their best here or their homes they say they worry about growing the not only because of physical safety but also because the status of their homes winds are expected to be quite brutal and they worry about their houses that are made of lightweight materials now they say they do not know if their houses are damaged where they can get the money to repair them this is a community that has been suffering for months many have lost their jobs and there is simply on hand to mouth existence this is just one of the many communities well within the path of one of the most powerful typhoon to ever hit this year now more than 90000000 filipinos across the area of central and southern with reason are affected by this. But according to the government the public should not worry despite these sources are being stretched at the moment they say help will be given to those who need it most Robert Kaplan is the head of the Philippines Office all the International Federation of the red cross now he explains the difficulties faced by evacuees and the added challenge of the coronavirus pandemic. Theyre going to go back to a situation that is dramatically different than the one they left just a day ago or earlier these areas that have been hit head on by the eye of the super typhoon gunny they were not too wealthy communities a lot of them are farmers landless laborers what we call in the philippines fisherfolk there are people who are already considered quite vulnerable and the typhoon will render them in need of a quite severe and dramatic support not just in the immediate days but over the coming weeks and months to help restore livelihoods and to make sure that there are physical social and economic well being is being looked after this is not the 1st typhoon even this month in fact its the 4th so the people in affected communities are you know are tired theyve been facing a lot and the philippines is among the most Vulnerable Countries in the world to the coronavirus when you take into account the social Economic Situation the Health System hes profiles except her and so now we are very much aware of the risk that an operation like this can pose in the context of a bend demick we have protocols the philippines red cross has a team that is well trained you know to make sure that through our response we dont exacerbate the spread of the disease but in fact we use it as a chance to help identify and isolate and treat those who might be out additional risk from the virus or are already infected let me talk to the top story and rescue crews in turkey a working to save people trapped under the rubble in izmir a powerful earthquake on friday hit the western took his province on the greek island of some triggering a small tsunami at least 63. 00 people of the killed and hundreds more injured. Well the turkish president received the one iran. Today knowing he visited the signs of collapsed buildings and spoke to search and rescue workers. Is following rescue operations in is near she says the death toll is likely to climb. Still we are in front of resulting apartment one of the very badly damaged building you see behind me still search and rescue operation is underway they are still trying to find people that are trapped. But there is a crossroad relatives around this building and around similar destroyed buildings those people are waiting to see they are people who are risking it from the rubble of course this is. Also in a way waiting for them because their patience is about the finish its been almost 48 hours in 2 hours its going to be 48 hours and still there is a chance for people to be alive as some people were rescued last night a lawyer but we have we have been speaking to the relatives. They are some of the press and they are so upset and still there are tense around and some local authorities are bringing food to the ring for them even some people whose houses buildings havent been damaged in a way theyre afraid to go inside. Theres anger and frustration in spain about covert 19 restrictions protests in several cities including madrid turned violent spains Prime Minister has condemned the unrest a 6 month state of emergency came into effect this week because corona virus cases started rising once again. And the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson is putting england to back into lockdown for one month hes been warned that rising infections could fill hospitals within weeks austrias also and out similar measures adding to a growing list of European Countries we imposing restrictions need parker reports now from the british capital. A major u. Turn in the British Governments covert 19 strategy for weeks the Prime Ministers insisted on local restrictions to avoid the need for a nationwide lockdown but infections have just continued rising as across much of europe the virus is spreading even faster than the reasonable worst Case Scenario of our scientific advisors from thursday into the store to december you must stay at home you merely leave home for specific reasons im afraid nonessential shops leisure and Entertainment Venues will be closed the virus is spreading much faster than forecast the 2nd peak could be one and a half times higher than the 1st with as many as 4000. 00 deaths a day the government hopes to use the new lockdown as an opportunity to dramatically accelerate testing there is one consolation though schools and universities can remain open and relief for parents struggling with childcare leading scientists advise the British Government last month to introduce a 2 week circuit break a lock down when the infection rate started to creep up again the government resisted citing concerns over the health of the economy in scotland where tighter restrictions have been in place in september there is some evidence to suggest that the infection rate there is all a bit here in england Boris Johnsons gamble hasnt paid off the u. K. Isnt the only country to announce a nationwide lockdown the austrian chancellors order the closure of restaurants and hotels from choose day high schools and universities will move lessons online and theyll be a nightly curfew the measures remain in place until early december. The greek government also announced a partial lockdown from tuesday with mandatory mask wearing gatherings banned one by one europes largest economies are switching from a piecemeal approach to the pandemic to more drastic measures france and germany reintroduced nationwide restrictions earlier this week the World Health Organization urged countries to act sooner and recover faster. But with many of europes economies in trouble the prospect of more months of covert confinement is difficult to bear leave barca aljazeera london for the 1st time in 5 months australia has not registered a single local case of Coronavirus Infection the former hot spot of victorias state recently lifted a lockdown and hasnt had a case in 2 days restrictions continue to ease across australia 7 prodemocracy politicians have been arrested in hong kong on charges related to a Legislative Council meeting more than 5 months ago the group is accused of contempt and obstructing a session police have not ruled out making more arrests is the former Democratic Party member of the hong kong Legislative Council and former chair person of the Democratic Party she says prodemocracy politicians are being unfairly targeted. Some of the. Beijing mantis were also involved so why dont you just become a democracy one to a rest its very very un sad and you know they use is an order to protect their members privilege and power to speak within the can so now they have weaponized the law to target these people so many people fear that even more could be arrested and maybe one day there will be no more rescission voices in the council and they probably will use the National Security law to target a legislator and the activists and on this very own creation they are using the law which was and hatchet to protect legislators each certainly using everything and i think the whole government is of course completely under the trunk of the Chinese Government so they are acting according to the orders of presidency jendayi in beijing that they will leave no stone unturned to try to a rest and to intimidate anybody who dared to speak out we won that message to go out to the International Community that the game is not all that the struggle is not over but of course there will be a very heavy price to pay but he is on the way in algeria in a referendum on whether to rewrite the constitution if past the political system would be reformed knowledge or in troops would be allowed to find a broad for the 1st time since the 1960 s. The new government says its responding to demands of from protesters. Well still ahead here on aljazeera we meet as aries falls to flee their homes in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh. And we visit some of americas newest voters to find out whats at stake for them in the Upcoming Elections to stay with us here on aljazeera. We got some rather heavy rain pushing across japan at the moment but we have got to dry weather following on behind as we go through the new working week so for monday well see that wetter weather coming in across Western Areas fading across q. C. Much of honshu brighter skies coming back in behind as fighting tries to get with High Pressure dominating the weather across the Korean Peninsula and into the good parts of china as you go on through tuesday that west of weather will drive its way further east was out into the open waters she joining up with the now the philippine typhoon that we have just to the northeast of the philippines so wet weather will make its way in here through the course of the way already seeing some other weather western parts of myanmar some very heavy rain there into the far northeast of india once again eastern areas of bangladesh also seeing some very heavy rain at the moment that west the weather will start to move a little further east which as we go on through choose day so it does drop a little still quite a legacy of showers coming in behind i just want to show is the the winds are calm around to the northeast now across south asia so were driving some showers towards that east coast of india so quite a few showers there filtering in across kerala pushing it got a taka some very very heavy rain could cause flooding in sri lanka. 5 g. Internet Technology Game changer oh global threat i dont want to be everyman maigret activists. Conspiracy theorists engineers and World Leaders this is only the beginning are going fiercely over control of the latest Wireless Technology the truth about 5 g. On aljazeera. You. Can watch aljazeera with me so ron a reminder of our top stories at least 4 people have been killed as typhoon goni hits the philippines cross the coast with winds of up to 290 Kilometers Per Hour about a 1000000 people have been forced to leave their homes but it was a super typhoon but now its been downgraded to a typhoon. Also turkish president as a diversion one has visited the site of collapsed buildings in the city of his man following fridays powerful earthquake at least 53 people were killed. Police in hong kong have arrested 7 prodemocracy politicians on charges related to a Legislative Council meeting more than 5 months ago the group is accused of contempt and obstructing a session. The un secretary general has supported calls for another immediate cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan 3 agreements have already collapsed and both sides have reported more heavy shelling in a corner and got a back region into the conflicts heaviest fighting since the 1990 s. When im around 800000 ethnic as aries say they were forced to flee their homes or abdul hamid spoke to some of them in the as very capital of baquba. Its been a month since their last oldest son rest tool who joined as ery army as a volunteer soldier 30 days filled with worry for over jan and may nor youssif of they were just telling us how they rarely hear from him when a conversation is interrupted wrestling is on the phone. You know. You brought us a walk ive been crying all day i really miss him i am proud he is there he is doing his duty he will free my land and we can go home but im really sad because our children are dying in the battlefield theres only army broke through Armenian Defense lines flanking from the south east along the border with iran towards the southwest of nagornokarabakh i mean as alarmed as areas could be heading next eastward to shusha and important down in the corner of her about or north to the latch in corrie door at the lifeline of the young players. In the in the main goals of this operations are too limited to authorise those but they were going too far or hunker down there so later who entered the. Army. To compromise with us we were all on the. Finish you all should finish some last possible. Time its also a very important element of this controversy. Back home john and a north chuckle both their hometowns are now under very control they tease each other about wish they would visit 1st one stair son is back. People here watching the developments of this war very closely there among the hundreds of thousands who had to flee the karabakh region 30 years ago and as any one of these children they will tell you where theyre from even though theyve never been there kind alice from gibb rail hussein and are from his angle and some of the people here told us that for years they had criticised as a very president ilham aliyev for not taking any action now they fully support him the military is very popular here development it has retaken a large chunk of occupied land including the village of guys yen which mean male obama was forced to abandon some 27 years ago. I watched the news all the time 4 villages were liberated today ours was among them my only wish is to go there and after seeing my home again i can die im glad that soon no one will call us displaced anymore. This is about johns war to lose and many here believe the country should not accept anything short of a full armenian withdrawal as a precondition for a diplomatic solution but at that hamid back. Police in the french the sea of law have arrested a suspect over the shooting of an orthodox priest but it comes as the country reels from another attack at a church only days ago the priest was closing his church on saturday afternoon when he was shot twice a close range hes recovering in hospital and remains in a serious condition. Well over 2 people have been arrested over Thursdays Church attack in niece 6 being held in france another is in tunis he is accused of releasing a video claiming responsibility on behalf of an armed group David Chaytor is in the sea says theres evidence to suggest the attack could have been planned by more than one person. What were hearing is that the investigation has discovered that all the Video Surveillance footage from the station. Actually shows that the tunisian 20 armor old refugee who carried out the attack was seen that night the night before the attack circling around the church and circling around the area obviously doing a record noise hearing of the attack and then it appears that he went to sleep somewhere in that area and then in the morning launched the attack so this puts a very different dimension of it this is what the police are trying to find out of course what sort of network was there to help this man where did he stay that night why did he come in that early how soon did he actually decide to launch his attack how much planning and premeditation was involved now weve also heard that a man has been arrested in tunisia 2 men actually but theyre claiming on a video on social media that they claim the attack that is being discounted by the police here but what i have heard also of course is that the Italian Police have made 2 arrests or discussing with 2 people in custody in sicily about the movements again of the 21 year old tunisian refugee so were beginning to piece together exactly where he was and who helped him and this is this is what theyre doing at the moment. Well thats just 2 days until the u. S. President ial election both candidates have been making a final push in key battleground states to will trump went to full rallies in pennsylvania and just when i was his democratic challenger joe biden told michigan with the helpful former president brock obama a White House Correspondent kimberly how it was warm in the campaign trail. With less than 72 hours until election day President Trump started early for a full day of campaigning 4 different stops in the Northeastern State of pennsylvania in just 10 hours trump narrowly won pennsylvania in 2016 and on tuesday hes hoping to do it again and if we win pennsylvania its over i mean this is one of a handful of states the Trump Campaign considers a must win for reelection what i didnt expect from such good friends leading in National Polls former Vice President joe biden skipped pennsylvania on saturday instead he joined former president barack obama fighting for votes in another election battleground michigan i believe the most is going to be loud and its going to be clear its time for donald trump to tack is brag sandro you were dont have to carry our us but treats they are eager to hate the fair here refuse to take any responsibility the pair blame trump for the rising cases of covert 19 in the United States america just had its single worst week of new covert cases and whats his Closing Argument here we are the worst week this week and weve been going through this now for months the federal government has had an opportunity to respond for months. Back in pennsylvania trump painted an apocalyptic picture of a but i didnt presidency job i do want to shut down your economy wipe out your factories and shut down your state ship your jobs to china raise your taxes but trump trails his democratic rival in this state still his supporters are adamant trump will win pennsylvania and the election i think the majority of the polls are pretty wrong i think theres a lot of Trump Supporters that dont come out publicly and say you know and support you know. Because theyre afraid as of saturday just one in 3 voters in pennsylvania had cast their ballot donald trump is making a push to win over those remaining voters in a state that could help decide the outcome of the u. S. Election can really help get al jazeera reading pennsylvania. Tensions flared between left and right wing groups during a 2nd night of protests in the u. S. State of washington everyone has to pick the side. People are going to try theyre down in the streets over political views. Heavily on protest as were seeing marching through the streets of vancouver as police try to keep order the demonstrations were originally sponsored by the Police Shooting of a black man near the city on thursday night. Immigrants have often borne the brunt of Donald Trumps america 1st administration so how are they planning to vote in the upcoming election if its all well Jackson Heights new york is one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in america in poll 3 of al jazeera is on the 100 american series gabriel is on day spoke to newly eligible voters that. When it. Comes to president ial elections in the United States the voice of recent immigrants are often left out of the conversation so want to wet and rainy afternoon we came to Jackson Heights considered to be the most culturally diverse neighborhood in all of america even the street signs make it clear where youre at san you will cast his ballot in early voting his 1st since becoming a u. S. Citizen do you feel as an immigrant to the United States do you feel that the candidates have been speaking to the issues that are important to you yeah i think so yeah you know if this is very important. A. Lot of People Living here. Are the most People Living. People are thinking. Becoming president of becoming president the 1st immigrants started arriving here in Jackson Heights in about 1065 and they came from latin america in the indian subcontinent but today there are people from all over the world that live here and there are now more than a 165 different languages spoken here just in jackson. A short subway ride from manhattan and with a population of about 200000. 00 in an area half the size of central park Jackson Heights is home to recent immigrants from nepal bangladesh India Pakistan colombia Dominican Republic puerto rico and people of Muslim Christian catholic and hindu faiths and thats just in one block early voting lines have been long in a solidly Democratic Party district who is represented in congress by Alexander Ocasio cortez. Is from pakistan and told me he is voting for a Democratic White House candidate joe biden. Talking a lot about. People. I know your it will do it and i look i think. It will do it yes Jackson Heights was one of new yorks hardest hit areas during the chrono Virus Outbreak in the spring. Because their. Problem. And. The problem theyre not in a swing state they alone wont tip the scale election and some are so new theyre not even eligible to vote but in this call truly rich neighborhood or are seeing this election up close and personal through the eyes of recent arrivals to america gabriels are no i would use either new york mexico says it has no record of unaccompanied Migrant Children entering the country its after the New York Times reported that more than 200 children from Central America had been expelled from the u. S. To mexico over the past 8 months they were said to be sent back alone with no family to take care of them the Mexican Government says it will continue to investigate now a new law is giving American Olympic athletes more protection following a gymnastics sex abuse scandal it will provide additional funding for child safety programs and puts more athletes on the boards of the u. S. Olympic committee and National Governing bodies it follows a scandal around the sex abuse of hundreds of young female athletes by usa gymnastics dr Laurie Nasser he was sentenced up to 300 years in prison in 20. Well u. S. Trainers sticks words under intense scrutiny for buse and bullying of athletes laurean and theirs was on the u. S. Team that won gold at the rio olympics in 2016 well earlier this year she testified against her former coach maggie hani whos also been suspended for 8 years and hernandez is now focusing on making a comeback. I know im not the only one whos been through my situation i know people who in my eyes that had it worse that you know its you know it still exists out there unfortunately but in doing think about it and you know in seeing that there is a consequence for i think it shows other others hate like this isnt ok and hopefully we get a lot of different culture changes because of it and if speaking out about it and you know speaking out against emotional and verbal abuse thats going to help other people then absolutely i really hope i get to be a part of that change. What you all just there i heard me say hello rob a reminder of our top news stories at least 4 people have died as typhoon journey hits the philippines it had registered winds of up to 280 kilometers an hour but a 1000000 people have now been forced to leave their homes it was a super typhoon but now its been downgraded to a typhoon turkish president reza type one has visited the site of collapse buildings in the city of izmir following fridays powerful earthquake at least 53 people were killed and in pursuit