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Killed 16 people and this place is close to a 1000000. Or as well as resignation across europe as restrictions are tightened to fight a 2nd wave of coronavirus. President donald trump and his rival joe biden are making their final pitches to voters on the last day of campaigning before the u. S. President ial election. Is a live pictures from a trump rally in fayetteville in North Carolina hes holding 5 rallies in key states while biden is holding 2 polls indicate biden has a lead nationwide but the race appears to be tight in some crucial swing states a record 19000000 voters have already cast their ballots. And weve got correspondents across the United States closely following the president ial campaigns christus elim is in pennsylvania where bidens going to campaign on the eve of the vote 1st lets speak to alan fischer hes live for us in washington d. C. Allan the hours are counting away but the messages are still the same. Well no ones going to accuse donald trump of not trying hard enough to when reelection he had 5 rallies on sunday hes got 5 rallies in 4 states or none day he is going back to michigan which was the place he ended his 2016 campaign is going to spend some time in kid states that he thinks he needs to give him the electoral victory the 2016 choices very interesting grand rapids donald trump is anything else very superstitious and he believes that a lot of the game plan that he had 2016 constantly attacking your rival constantly demeaning them saying that their troops that they should be a law that they would be bad for the United States war so well then he can do it again in 2020 what he hasnt articulated in the campaign trail a lot all that youve been given the opportunity to do so in interviews hes never exactly said what hes going to do for the next 4 years and a lot of voters always want to know what have you done for me lately and what are you going to do for me know that hes going to go in these states believing that they will flip for him they will vote for him they will give him the Electoral College victory that he needs its interesting that hes not going down to florida though and that would suggest that he thinks that florida is banked that hes going to win florida whats also interesting is that joe biden isnt going there either hes sending barack obama is hoping that that might be able to do enough to start tipping the state towards the democrat in this race but hes going to concentrate is efforts in ohio and also in pennsylvania new york ohio because its been a republican state and the polls there suggest that he might be able to flip it but pennsylvania because thats essentially where this ball game is going to be decided and both he and the Trump Campaign know it so hes got 2 events in pennsylvania its also versatile for joe biden because thats the state where he was born he feels part of penn. Sylvania represents delaware represented delaware in the senate but he feels really connected to pennsylvania and talks about his upbringing a lot so he would really really like to win plus theres a lot of Electoral College votes there which helped pave the way to the white house so were going to hear both campaigns using the same message that well be hearing over the last week there in places that have seen them in many times before and theyre all hoping that their strategy is the right one that leads them to the building behind me and of course Inauguration Day on january the 20th 2021 thanks very much thats been talking to us from washington d. C. I want to bring in kristen now shes joining us from dostana in pennsylvania salim was explaining there just how key pennsylvania is for both campaigns but just talk us through one of the key issues that the campaigns and the voters themselves im talking about. Well for president its been the economy excuse me and for joe biden its been the pandemic and management of the coronavirus and they have been crisscrossing the strait state spending an inordinate amount of time here joe biden has several events his wife his running mate his running mates husband all have events throughout the state today and weve already heard from Camila Harris talking about joe biden a native of pennsylvania and his working class roots here trying to bring home the message that hes fighting for the working people she has really. She has really stressed the message of Health Care Reform and the work that joe biden has done to make sure that people are covered when theyre sick something that they hope will resonate during a pandemic and of course joe biden himself has been speaking specifically to black voters in pennsylvania there was a Police Shooting of a 27 year old black man a Fatal Shooting just a week ago and that prompted some unrest and protest in philadelphia the largest city in the state president on the other hand is focused more on the rural voters and the working class voters that was the key to his success in 2016 when he flipped the state he won it 1st democrat in a while but unexpectedly beating Hillary Clinton by less than a percentage point hes hoping to do that again come from behind joe biden is shown leading in the polls here but its a very very tight race and for president and his message on the economy and particularly on fossil fuels hes up against the reality of the coronavirus i visited the western part of the state earlier this week and spoke to people there who make their living and fossil fuels and also to those who were concerned about the coronavirus. Donald trump or joe biden its hard to tell who is more popular in western pennsylvania but theres one thing almost everyone in this Industrial Zone outside of pittsburgh seems to agree on the importance of natural gas a letter sent to both candidates crediting the industry with revitalizing the local economy was signed by commissioners from 3 counties and both Political Parties they point to this massive plant being built by the Energy Giant Shell as an example of the Economic Growth spinning off from the industry including an increase in manufacturing jobs which President Trump has been attempting to take credit for the Democrat Party age bracket they call good beautiful clean coal. They hated marriage you know energy a job i will shut it all down hes going to in fact joe biden has called for an end to federal subsidies for oil and gas and no new permits when it comes to drilling on federal land but not an end to fracking adverts rendition from their own yes the shell petrochemical complex under construction behind me here will eventually take by products from fracking and turn them into plastics 6000 plus people are currently employed building this facility and thats helped drive up average income in this county 55 percent that was before the coronavirus brought the economy to a halt here and nationwide in the last year Beaver County has seen factories close and layoffs a racing many of the gains i think the striking thing is that the race is as competitive as it is in pennsylvania despite the strong numbers leading up to the pandemic the strong economic numbers the director of the Beaver County chamber of commerce says managing the pandemic is a top concern for local businesses large and small many folks just dont know what its going to look like this year. Right will people have the confidence to shop in a way that they normally would will they come to stores physically or will they turn to online and when they go online for our local chamber of commerce of course we want them to shop locally as much as possible the chamber is careful not to endorse a candidate but voters on either side point to the handling of the virus as a top reason to support their candidate were dealing with somebody who changed the world for us unfortunately the coronavirus came and attacked us all and i think that mr trump has done a wonderful job but i feel like biden is just doing better with the whole thing to gain on i feel like hes being more careful and caring about the people who can best manage the virus and the economy may be open to debate but there is no question these issues are important to voters in this election chris and salumi al jazeera Beaver County pennsylvania. Were up in scotts a senior economist on the director of trade and Manufacturing Policy research at the Economic Policy institute is joining us from North Potomac in the u. S. State of maryland by skype its good to have you on the program thank you very much indeed for joining Us Donald Trump initially said that he was going to be draining this well but he wasnt one of the elite he said early on ated the american working class why would working class people in america not want to vote for donald trump this time round. Of course the 1st reason is the covert penned back and resulting recession currently there are 12 and a half 1000000 workers officially unemployed and many millions more who are not counted their miscounted or theyve dropped out of the labor force altogether some 30000000 workers or about one 5th of the labor force is suffering in this recession so i think thats clearly the number one cause in addition to the fact of course that weve had well over 200000 people have died from the cove it can damage that number grows every day is there a risk of from the biden count that joe biden despite his had his background and in particular in pennsylvania i mean the coal producing states upon producing states would still be seen as part of that democrat elite in washington and that might count against him theres no doubt a risk joe biden has been part of the Democratic Party establishment for 47 years as a strong accurately says one of the few accurate things he does say and that Democratic Party is stablished man has worked hand in glove with republicans to negotiate. Dozens of trade and investment deals such as nafta and china. Bringing china into the World Trade Organization that has cost the United States roughly 5000000 manufacturing jobs in the last 20 years this is why i think workers in the rust belt in the socalled blue wall states voted for trump in 2016 he promised to do something about that unfortunately he has not. You mentioned before that 2 of the key elements were regarding covert 1000 dealing with that and also bringing back jobs now in polling that was drawn up and many of it was much of it was unofficial but in the polling that was run up over the last couple of weeks we had seen a split between joe biden and donald trump and many people thought that joe biden was the guy to finish covered 19 many thought donald trump was the one to get the economy back on track how do you think that is going to affect the vote if its essentially split between the 2 men well i think that its going to be neck and neck but the latest polls i have seen the high quality a plus polls that were taken over the weekend suggest that biden is up right now by some by 7 Percentage Points of course thats very close it could go either way as it did in 2016 i think the question is going to be whether voters are convinced that the biden plan for example for investing in manufacturing or climate for infrastructure is actually going to generate jobs ive actually just completed a study which looks at the Something Like the biden plan and those last 2 areas infrastructure and climate and assuming he rebalances trade is a huge assumption but if he does that ive had estimated we could create between 6. 9 and 13900000 u. S. Jobs and 300000 of those would be in pennsylvania alone so you know i think that if he comes follows through on his proposals i think thats going to be critical to determining how the democrats are viewed in the future and what their relationship is to working class voters in pennsylvania and elsewhere around the rust belt in the rest of the country its really good to get your thoughts on this robert scott we appreciate it thank you very much indeed thank you. Texas hasnt supported a democrat for president since 1976 but polls show joe biden turned donald trump by just 3 Percentage Points in this republican red state offering democrats the tantalizing if this and hope that its 38 electoral votes may fall into the blue column this year aljazeera is how digital castro has for. The anglo family maybe the image of a newly emerging texas 16 year old gerardo is too young to vote but already campaigning for Democratic Candidates his parents who immigrated from mexico are new u. S. Citizens they voted for joe biden i feel like them being 1st time voters is superior in full and life changing to them because throughout the throughout the last 15 years weve just been watching the news and weve been unable to have a say in why we won in the United States. And now that they can vote they truly have a voice latinos make up 40 percent of the texas population but struggle with low voter turnout democrats say this year thats changing helping to fuel enthusiasm for biden and for congressional candidates seeking to flip republican districts i am 42 years old i have never seen this level of energy this level optimism here in texas because finally we are finally getting true participation from every community thinking of all of us crosschecks is a fact not lost on biden in a state long considered hopeless for democrats young voters and immigrants have turned out in historic numbers to vote early in texas thats despite the pandemic and accusations of Voter Suppression Harris County which covers most of houston has 2400000 registered voters and just one location inside the arena behind me for anyone who wants to drop off their mail in ballots in person that is thanks to a controversial order by the states republican Governor Greg Abbott affirmed by the all Republican Texas Supreme Court some people would have to drive 40 miles or further just to get to a drop off site and i think best designed to make it difficult to do some voters outside of texas citys support for trump in wider more rural areas remains unshakeable i look at the guy a man who is tough on friday the Biden Campaign cancelled a texas rally after Trump Supporters swarmed the campaign bus nearly forcing it off the highway and gerardo learns talking to Trump Supporters in this houston suburb is no easy task donald trump said about coronaviruses a hoax i am a. Supporter all right i understand now and i think that it is a pleasure to me that it has its only true to good luck that. Here theyre having to clean up as well texas turning blue this election is still considered a long shot but experts say eventually it will and thats enough to keep democrats rally. Castro aljazeera houston where perry says its investigating that incident in texas the high dimension to a convoy of upon supporters surrounded a Biden Campaign bus several pickup trucks with pro trunk flying as can be seen driving dangerously close to the bus on a highway President Trump shared a video of the incident on twitter with a caption i love texas he also tweeted his support for those involved saying theyve done nothing wrong. And its been a challenging year for many in the United States and 2020 is also being called a year of political upheaval in america thats based on a model by american sociologists which estimates how vulnerable the country is to a political crisis they propose that past revolutions were triggered by the actions of the elite and main factors for growing inequality shrinking opportunities for social and economic mobility and resistance to taxes now all those factors are in play in the us leaving the 2 to predict the rise of what they called a divisive populist leader and a period of turbulence that prediction was before trump was elected the study also suggests the instability wont end this year in fact its likely to get worse it says nearly any outcome of from tuesdays election is likely to generate even more instability one of those authors judge goldstone says many in america are now acting out of fear. In this century weve had protests by women seeking the vote in the 1st couple of decades weve had protests by minorities seeking civil rights but these did not hit 40 or 50 percent of america against the other half of america with such anger and hatred it was really about one group trying to catch up to the others at this point we have Something Different weve had record levels of economic inequality record levels of immigration and for the 1st time in American History some real obstacles and restrictions to economic and social mobility and were getting all of these at once at the same time that the government is deeply in debt and therefore is restricted in what its been able to provide for people so we now have a situation where probably somewhere around 40 percent of americans have been acting out of anger and fear theyre fearful that america is losing the traditional character it had theyre anxious about immigration theyre anxious about economics and jobs theyre anxious about different groups coming to power i think thats only about 40 percent of america another 50 or 60 percent welcomes diversity believes immigration is good for america and wants america to be a globalized and global leading country but the 40 percent that is angry and frightened has helped put President Trump in power and they are extremely anxious that a Democratic Political victory would not just mean some small changes but would reinforce everything that they fear and this is why they are so angry and fighting against this kind of Democratic Victory that looks in sight but i think they will resist. The Afghan Government has announced a national day of mourning after an attack a couple of university at least 19 people have been killed and 22 others injured during a gun battle while tipple attackers entered the compas as students tried to flee the scene for their call to 40 reports from kabul. As students rushed to get out of Kabul University gunshots could be heard. I. Was told witnesses say attackers answered the campus through its north gate and started shooting indiscriminately as i want to know didnt you know we saw them when they entered they were shooting at every student they saw even shot at students who were running away a few of us managed to leave the scene through another gate Security Forces quickly surrounded the campus its Security Forces more than 6 hours to get the situation under control 3 gunmen have been killed and the bodies of the dead are now being removed from the campus for identification. Doing this long hours until the attack was over parents of students trapped inside waited for news. I was downtown when i heard from people that there was a Suicide Attack at Kabul University i got here so quickly and started ringing my sons phone i dont know whether hes in class or somewhere else in the University Campus i asked him where he is but he just told me to pray for the attack happened during a book exhibition by afghan and the rain in publishers no one has claimed responsibility for the taliban says its fighters are not involved this is the 2nd attack on a school or university in the last 10 days while government and taliban negotiators meeting qatar to broker a peace deal. Violence is still affecting the lives of many afghans. Well its just been reported by the Reuters News Agency that the Islamic State group is claiming responsibility for that attack on couple university its suggesting in a message posted on telegram this is according to a mock news agency the group is claiming to have killed and injured 80 afghan judges investigators and security personnel whod gathered on completion of a Training Program the death toll released by afghan officials is much lower at 22 and it doesnt mention the killing of judges or prosecutors and at that point i want to bring in a fund a mere hes a fellow at the center for International Security and cooperation at Stanford University is joining us from stanford in california by skype its good to have you on the program i want to talk about this in the context of the u. S. Election 1st of all following the u. S. Election is there any room for u. S. Troops in afghanistan or indeed any other foreign troops given the attack that weve seen today. So since the february deal between the United States and the taliban the United States government has gradually become more distracted it has not paid attention to the conflict in afghanistan and as it should have been their foot conflict in afghanistan has not receded in. The coverage duster the attack today in kabul on University Students is an evidence of that is in fact a manifestation of that i mean looking ahead. We are about to enter. In american politics and the desert of that conflict in afghanistan is going to get. Short shrift from either buy it in. Perspective of who gets. Elected on november 3rd this is just one of several incidents that weve seen over the last few weeks and months. Is this a direct link to the pullout by the u. S. Under donald trump or all the regional factions involved here or even into africa into afghan rivalries going on that might result in this kind of conflict. So this attack has been now claimed by the Islamic State and the atomic state is that. Is is an Extremist Organization which justifies targeting of civilians but theres been a lot of talk in kabul in afghanistan that state is being instrumental isolate regional actors regional players and brad there might be some overlap of carious netflix between to some extent any faction of the taliban the Haqqani Network theres no good evidence true to establish this link to the extent ive seen any evidence it is fairly preliminary but but i think we cannot ignore the overall structure and all that hanging. Off this conflict which incubates this kind of conflict and violence the fact that you have gone government is so distracted by the increasing pressure of the taliban in both the countryside as well as other Major Urban Centers the fact that the United States government is on its way out i think the Afghan Government is not able to be the kind of attention it should be paying to securing places like kabul jalalabad among other Major Urban Centers and securing some of its most wanted it to people do you think that the peace talks the negotiations that are currently going on in doha the violence that weve seen in afghanistan are in some way influenced by the by the presence of afghanistans 2 major neighbors with course india and pakistan who both have their own regional rivalries. Sure so special envoy americas top negotiator for the afghan Peace Process has struggled to restrain regional influence regional spillover on the ongoing conflict in afghanistan so pakistans role for instance has always been controversial but it has become less clear in the last few months. That have leaned on pakistan to persuade the taliban on a ceasefire pakistan behind closed doors has made commitments that it will burst through at the parliament on a on a ceasefire but its public pronounce a pronouncements fall short of calling the taliban to cease fire and instead it continues to warn that it will not tolerate any indian influence in afghanistan india on the other hand has its own set of concerns and does not like the fact that the us started by indeed is feeling that way for the return of a pakistan leaning government in the shape of the taliban and so india has been courting some afghan political leaders militia leaders who may be interested in fighting the taliban down the road and so as a result of that these regional actors cares what theyre doing is is not conducive to peace and i think these buffalo actors are sending really conflicting signals at a time when the most powerful actor in the United States is distracted with its own domestic politics i find your mare is a fellow at the center for International Security and cooperation at Stanford University we appreciate dissent thank you very much indeed thanks for having me. Cleanup and rescue operations have begun in the philippines after super typhoon goni hit the country but at least 20 people died in the storm and 3 others are missing some homes have been destroyed in one province as reported 90 percent of its infrastructure is damaged and organ reports. Helen piniella was inside her home with her 2 children when flash floods swept them all away they held onto each other and climbed onto a floating matches nearby they all survived but ended up hundreds of metres away from their home helen went back the next day they were home when stewart this is all thats left of it now. It took me years to be able to build this house but i am grateful because i feel that god this given me another chance this is the town of give the baton by one of the areas in the philippines worst hit by typhoon going to be the most powerful storm this year of farmland community now mostly reduced to rubble at least 300. 00 homes have been destroyed here across the region of luzon the damage is staggering to. The beagle region was once hailed as a model when it comes to an Emergency Response not this time thankfully he was just too powerful to rescue energy while operations are almost entirely dependent on machines like this one those in search for missing loved ones say they know that the situation is desperate but they remain hopeful they will still find family members alive beneath the rubble. But so the other man is world has collapsed he fears his wife and daughter have been buried in the might his sons body was found lifeless several kilometers away. We are holding on to each other but the other sort of powerful and i was pushed back when i got out i didnt see them anymore heal that somehow their bodies can still be found and be given a proper burial survivors here tell us they were able to flee with just the clothes on their backs but they have lost Everything Else their homes their livelihoods there is so much grief and sadness here. Duggan aljazeera by province in the southern design region of the philippines. Still ahead on aljazeera a journalist is killed every 4 days well find out why most proper traitors arent held to account and celebrating time teen years in space we look at the past and the future of the International Space station. Sports highest court begins here in russias appeal against a 4 year ban from team doping violations. Hello weve got some right in the forecast for the middle east over the next couple of days some or all the thick cloud heavy rain coming into the eastern side of the mediterranean are rolling across the levant and there really will pep up cyprus ings and tarantula downpours possibility some localized flooding i would also say that west the weather just pushing its way into lebanon jordan and israel some of that whatever it is why and see where syria is wealthiest says luck is of course some flooding certainly something to keep an eye on and you can see how that cloud pushes right up into central and eastern parts. Of just wanted to show us towards the caspian sea much of the middle east is going to be dry and 5 here in doha a pleasant 30 celsius light winds sunshine looking good over the next couple of days sunshine the showers meanwhile across central parts of africa theyll be a few showers there just pushing into somalia a short runs there for a kenya whats a weather to only coastal fringes of tanzania and plenty of showers over towards angola pushing up into the gulf of guinea want to russia as you notice coming into what but swallow we see some showers into zimbabwe maybe some showers to some more them and central parts of south africa but last you try to the fos out. On the full same in. The fund. If you go to. My nigeria. You cannot think of. My nigeria we make a strong we. My nigerian on aljazeera. When coronavirus struck america care homes for the elderly became ground 0 they cut corners things dont get done and people die as a result full klines reveals our troubled industry imploded under the weight of the pandemic we put profit the book patient care. But isnt that the american way. Tells us what kind of people we are. When covert hit americas nursing home like mary. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour donald trump and joe biden are making their final pitches to voters on the last day of campaigning before the u. S. President ial election comes holding 5 rallies in key states all by abuse holding to. At least 19 people have been killed and 22. 00 others injured during the gun battle inside Kabul University attackers entered the campus and here on monday Security Forces killed 3 of them after a standoff the last several hours. Clean up and rescue operations have began in the philippines after a super typhoon going to hit the country at least 16 people died in the storm and 3 others a missing theres extensive damage to homes and basic infrastructure. U. K. Prime minister baraks johnson has defended his decision to impose a National Lockdown in england to curb a spike in corona virus cases critics said johnsons been too slow to act but johnson says he wasnt say any slower than any other European Countries. I believe it was right to try every possible option to get this virus under control at a local level with strong local action and strong local readership and i reject any suggestion that we are somehow slower in taking measures in our european friends and partners in fact were moving to National Measures when the rate both of deaths and infections for instance is lower than they were in france we are engaged as a country in a constant struggle to protect lives and livelihoods and we must balance the restrictions we introduce against the long term scars they leave whether for businesses and jobs or our physical and mental health. At Oxford Street and london. Hes been spending at least a month criticising the labor leader. For advocating a National Lockdown while Boris Johnson has been adamant that his preference was for regional markdowns this system that the government had proposed and executed and now of course the data on the situation in britains hospitals has meant that the Prime Minister has had to go back on that and its left him open to criticism from the opposition parties from within his own party as well who very angry about the impact on the economy the reason why is illustrated here where i am in the center of Oxford Street now this is a major shopping street in the center of london there are Flagship Store also of furnishings sportswear fashion on thursday all of these will have to close cafes and restaurants will shut this place will become a ghost town the impact is enormous the 8 weeks leading up to christmas last year 42000000 people came down here to do their shopping on the revenue generators is about 3200000000 dollars this year the prediction is it will be around 9000000. 00 people if that and the generated generated revenue would be about 647000000. 00 you can see the impact in the 10s of thousands of temperate christmas jobs as well that are impacted by that too so the Prime Minister is in a very very awkward position in the debate he was described himself on his attitude to cake as being pro having it eating it and the reality when it comes to corona virus is you can have the economy and at the same time protect the n. H. S. Several countries across europe are also imposing tough new restrictions as covert 19 infections a set of Health Emergencies to be declared in portugal soon and italy has also announced a number of new restrictions but thats angered the people there around 100 workers from the hospitality sector held antigovernment banners in the central room square. I think. We are about to give the order for a closure on Public Holidays and the days leading up to Public Holidays i am talking about the whole National Territory we are about to order the closure of Shopping Centers with the exception of pharmacies and food stores tobacco shops and newspaper stands that are inside those Shopping Centers new coronavirus restrictions are coming into effect across germany restaurants bars and other recreational facilities or remain closed until the end of the month germany is among many European Countries facing a rapidly spreading 2nd wave came reports from berlin. On a normal november day brian talat would be preparing the boy for an evenings customers but not this november no paying guests will be coming through these doors for the next 4 weeks and brian is worth. More than 50 percent sales the clyde and the 1st lock down. You know throughout the summer as things opened up a little bit we were able to recover somewhat so havent yet one more locked down right after an already tricky summer where we had to operate with restrictions in the 1st place. And this is quite another and you know kicked in the teeth that chimes with many other Service Based industries whove tried to make that business isnt products kind of its safe but must also now close down but unlike in many other hard hit European Countries some essential shops and stalls will remain open provided they maintain social distancing schools from an open in an effort to ease the financial pain the government is making more money available ones additional have even. Show we need to make use of up to 10000000000 euros within one month you can imagine that this will contribute to softening the blow of the economic consequences and that this will enable us to help the people that need it. Underpinning the Economic Outlook is the medical reality of this 2nd wave figures compiled here the robert cock in situ chair that almost a 5th of all the infections in germany so far have come in the last 7 days the number of patients being treated in intensive care units has doubled in a similar timeframe and the capacity of spare beds to treat them and the many more expected is rapidly being eroded. Meaning ministers felt they had to act. Also in the minds of macarthur whether this massive combined effort to get results in november will not be because of the regulations prosy but whether they are followed as much of life happens in the private sphere where many people make highly personal decisions about who they need we are highly dependent on participation and the people in our country accepting and following these rules. And that is part of an ethical argument being made against the locked down some on the right and far right of society say lockdown infringes individual Civil Liberties back at the bar such thoughts are distant because for brian and many others in Similar Industries lockdown is a financial blow and the government money on offer cannot cover their losses completely dominate came. Early and. Moldovans will go back to the polls for a run off after candidates failed to secure a majority in sundays president ial election their Opposition Leader maya sun do find it slightly ahead of incumbent igor down on the countrys been divided between those who favor closer ties with the European Union and those who are pro russian sonia gago reports from the capital shes in l. The president ial elections have put the pro e you contend my ass on do ahead of the incumbent dawn by 4 percent now the last time these 2 faced each other in 2016 you got a lot of was ahead of her by 10 percent so theres been quite a reversal over what the electorate in moldova are searching for nevertheless when we spoke. About her victory in this 1st round she remains still cautiously optimistic we know that our opponent doesnt believe in the unfettered lectures he has been trying to do the elections and we cant exclude that he will try to the war of the next 2 weeks at the same time we have been more. Better prepared this time to defend our votes now one of the factors thats affected my a son strong turnout in this round is really down to the moldovan diaspora there are younger working people who are abroad who made up 70 percent of the support for her in this round now its quite evident that it is they who want to change from the Current Situation question now is that there is a campaign to go for the next 2 weeks that could turn out to be quite bitter and certainly. Was not on test a painting that perhaps he would be behind at this stage and sounds about has sworn in its new president dr hussein one year was elected to govern the ardennes which are a semi autonomous region of tanzania plans about his opposition has rejected the outcome calling for mass protests. The oppositions also denounced the vote in tanzania and the main Opposition Leader has been charged with Terrorism Police arrested freeman the boy ahead of planned protests against the result of wednesdays election they say he and his supporters plan to blow up oil stations in Dar Es Salaam oppositions alleging widespread voter fraud after president John Michael Foley was declared winner of a 2nd term Electoral Commission insists the vote was legitimate algeria will get a new constitution after a proposal to change it was backed by nearly 67 percent of voters in sundays referendum thats despite the low turnout of just 23 percent theyll be a limit on president ial terms with more power allocated to the parliament and the judiciary the government says is in response to the demands of those who do part in nationwide protests that toppled president Abdelaziz Bouteflika last year of protest leaders say the changes dont go far enough. In france several muslim organizations and mosques have condemned the recent attacks in the country 3 people were stabbed to death at a church in nice last week president emanuel macro had called that incident an attack on france the whole has been a criticised for his recent comments on islam and thats led to widespread protests across the muslim world theres been under in the bangladeshi capital dhaka tens of thousands have been voicing their anger against mark role some of them have called for shutting down the French Embassy and thousands of indonesians have rallied outside the French Embassy in jakarta indonesia as president joker widodo says macros comments had hurt muslims everywhere. But in america and the caribbean are some of the most dangerous places to be a journalist thats according to a un report that documents the number of journalists killed in the past 3 years between 201829156 reporters and media workers were killed around the world but that number is actually one of the lowest in recent years and the last decade its just estimated that a journalist being killed every 4 days and unesco the uns education scientific and Cultural Organization says no one has been held to account for the majority of cases which members of the media were targeted. Is chief of the section for freedom of expression and the safety of journalists at unesco he says there are a few things that can be done to protect journalists. What we are watching here is a failure of the fader often dress a comprehensive policy to protect journalists that shoot full of 3 basic healers one prevention measures Protection Measures and prosy you should off the crime so these environment where it goes in you know those killers are not working its the problem that are keeping the cycle of violence gone and as you said we are watching a journalist to be killed every 4 days and we are not speaking here about their all their problems of violence that journalists are facing during this scene same prior period although we have these good news thats the key things have reduced but other sorts of violence is ours to present and we need to Pay Attention not also own that we are really watching journalists that are speaking about important issues for our daily lives the environment human rights and elections corruption corporate wrongdoing on journalists that are trying to keep Police Forces accountable are to drill is that are being killed 2 different regions of the planet so d its very important that there is seats and can Pay Attention in those numbers because we are very early on the scene that these people that are helping us every day to make truce to prevail that being targets by different sorts of violence including killings. So i had in the sports pages going to tell you about the gun the russian tell the stock is collecting 2 titles to 20. Or. 20 years ago the 1st group of people went to the International Space station and since then more than 200 others have followed performing experiments that have led to scientific advancements here on earth looks at the future of the i s s as it heads towards retirement crude now has switched to a wide angle 350 kilometers above the earth the hatch was opened on a newly assembled station and on a new era of permanent human presence in space. 20 years in 150000000000. 00 later the International Space station has grown to the size of a football field circling the world every 91 minutes. It will feel. Ready to take down for this is where we eat we have a dining table and with this we can get hot and cold water and make ourselves something to eat. Scientists from 1000 countries have spent time on the i assess each day we are learning something new we find something that breaks in a different way than we expected performing experiments that have led to life saving advances here on earth from taxing development and robotic surgery to air and Water Purification systems and Cancer Treatment and space station harnessing the ever they are. And it is really a testament to the fact that it was clear minds to something if we listened to the experts we were together as a sea in accomplishment. All up astronaut scott kelly has spent nearly 500 days on board including a 340 day mission with the russian cosmonaut mikhail korean co to better understand how the human body copes with long stints in space the program has also shown what nations can accomplish together even while squabbling back on earth or. You know sometimes when im out of events and our earthly politics come up i say that we should send all our president s to the i assess for at least a month theyll learn how to cooperate and all our problems down here on earth can be solved in this way. As its 2024 retirement looms so to do Business Opportunities tourists are expected late next year after hitching a ride on a commercial space x. Rocket we have bob behnken from space x. Demo to mission entering the International Space station another private company axiom plans to attach a module to the i assess which would eventually break off and grow into the 1st commercial space station and his nations again look to the moon and onward to mars the experiences aboard the i assess over the past 20 years will prove invaluable preparing women and men for the more grueling journeys ahead usama glum. Its not just like a business trip to another city or country where you feel nostalgic but its the absence of the earth itself its difficult psychologically and the next generation who fly to mars need to confront this. But it will be even tougher for them because they wont even see the earth out of their windows we could at least see the earth from our window it is the most audacious thing weve built so far proving almost anything is possible when we put our minds to it and are chapelle aljazeera its time for the sport heres peter thank you very much we start with news from dutch football champions i. X. In amsterdam where we live in place of test positive for covert 19 just a day before the latest European Champions League match it comes just a couple of days since they thrashed 14 or so top 52 to stay top of the dutch mirror the v. C. Set to play danish side f. C. Mitchell ends on tuesday in a Champions League group game meanwhile 6 players at ukrainian side dynamo kiev have tested positive ahead of their game against barcelona portuguese superstar Cristiana Ronaldo has returned to action in style after a few weeks out of testing positive for corona virus himself on sunday he came off the bench to school twice for you ventus in a 41. 00 victory over spezza and said they are now there came on in the 56th minute with the match tightly points that won one thanks to his contribution youve a move to 3rd in the standings. And last ceos match against torino on sunday finished in dramatic fashion torino leaving 32 at the 90 minute mark what would have been their 1st win of the season was spoiled by chito immobile a 5 minutes into added time and then philippe i said all right to the winner to secure la to a stunning 43 when la to move 9th what has been an indifferent start of the season for them but as you can see they all seem quite happy about it. Its taken 7 and a half years but gareth bale has finally scored a premier league goal for taught them on spur again admittedly spend the bulk of their time away from that rail madrid he rejoined tottenham at the start of the current season and they did the winner on sunday against brighton 21 to spurs to go 2nd in the standings. I saw of course im very pleased with him and pleased specially for him because it is or was that it is of that im going to. When i have 5 minutes im going to. Do suffer to look at madrids websites to see what this. Russians appeal against its 4 year ban for anti doping violations begins in switzerland today and theres a lot riding on it because if upheld russia will not be allowed to compete at major Sports Events david stokes reports. It was 11 months ago that the World Antidoping Agency delivered a devastating blow to russia effectively shutting them out of world sport the consequence included the finding of russia from the olympics fictional World Championships run by all Court Signatories for 4 years the decision centered on the russian Antidoping Agency which claimed manipulated test data from its moscow lab while wired it was trying to investigate previous violations russia denied the allegations and this week take their appeal to the court of arbitration for sport in switzerland but what is new president is confident that case will hold up under scrutiny while there has to no star unturned in preparation for this hearing and we are looking forward to having their party unity to preserve our case clearly and thoroughly to the peril. If the punishment stands russias flag an anthem would be banned from next years delayed Tokyo Olympics the 2022 winter games in beijing and the football world cup in qatar theyd also be blocked from hosting major events which could see them stripped of the ice hockey World Championships in some petersburg coming up in 2023 some russian athletes and teams would still be able to compete under a new true flag if they can prove theyre not implicated in the state sponsored doping scandal which 1st came to light after the Winter Olympics in sochi 6 years ago russian president Vladimir Putin made his views clear on what his punishment back in december news leaked will please you i think one has every right to say that these decisions are not based on careful Clean International support but on political interests that have nothing in common with sport and the International Olympic movement the cash hearings will run until thursday although a decision is not expected for several weeks and even if they fail russia can still take their fight to switzerland Supreme Court david stokes our jazeera. Unless russia manages to overturn its banned their rising tennis star andre rube laver will be unable to compete for his country at the olympics in tokyo next year the 23 year old has had an incredible season so far he beat lower interest on a go to clinch the vienna open title which is hes 4th title of the year it also seems entire world number one Novak Djokovic with the most matches one in 2020 they now have 39. 00 victories each room of 8 says this one is particularly important. Even in these difficult times decision was quite full so i want to see thinks the u. N. Special edition on monk is really special for me because my grandma was also austrian so i have a symbol on and its also. Thank you its also really special for me world tennis number 2 rafa nadal has won 20 grand slams but this week the spaniard will be chasing the 1st of 2 titles that have so far eluded him he heads into the Paris Masters and then the a. T. P. Tour finals in london he stood out here i had a lot of times issues i had to retire from the tournament a couple of times but didnt in the world of finals i had been there quite a lot of times in semifinals and final couple of times i didnt win is a tough tournament or him playing against the best players in the world and that because it was dances i dont know i got to play my best as i did on my desk area. I hope to give myself a chance and thats what the sport needs for now well see you again later for more. And i am the mozzies going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories im old matheson thanks very much indeed for being with the bike. Its one of the most consequential elections in u. S. History and aljazeera will be there every step of the way 9 hours of live coverage up to the minute results as they come in with correspondents across the u. S. And the rest of the world aljazeera brings you a unique global perspective on the u. S. 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