Just. Donald trump and joe biden make a last minute bid for votes on the eve of the election with a special focus on the rust belt. Gunman stormed Kabul University shooting students in their classrooms and as they fled in an attack which left at least 22. 00 people dead. And also coming up on the program the International Space station marks 20 years of pardon and human presence. During your. Welcome to the program well weve been following breaking news story for the last hour also coming to us from austria but he have said that several people have been killed in an attack in the center of the capital vienna. Well gunshots were heard in the city center in what the interior minister referred to as a terror attack thats how its been categorized at the moment he said that the incident is thought to have been committed by several people so more than one attacker involved one has been killed and more attackers potentially on the run so this is still a life situation that continues to unfold this hour witnesses saying that all this happened close to vienna main synagogue but police havent confirmed if it was in fact that synagogue that was the target because the attack was unfolding in the streets surrounding the synagogue we do have Dominick Cain on the phone hes been following developments very closely so several attackers thought to have been involved one of them has been killed and then also now reports that several people have also been killed in this attack dominic. Yes thats right mary and we are its obviously its an unfolding situation as we speak we know that the federal interior minister of austria spoken about a perpetrator having been arrested we know also that he has spoken about there being numerous wounded and he is saying that there have been deaths but hes not saying how many deaths there have been we also know that other sources which are unconfirmed are talking about the perpetrators of this incident of this what is being called by the authorities in their words a terrorist incident that at least one of the places is believed to have been armed with automatic weapon some are speculating that it was a kalashnikov rifle a k 47 and that the one of the perpetrators who had this weapon if this is confirmed appeared to be firing indiscriminately we know also that others have witnesses have spoken about dozens of shots having been fired some talking about actually being 50 shots being fired we have to be a little cautious about the reference to whether the synagogue which was nearby was in any way the target of this attack thats not been confirmed and indeed the scene of the crime is perhaps 2 to 3 minutes wark from that synagogue so it would be it would be better perhaps not to to speculate too far so far at least in whether the van was a target of this attack but what is clear is that the federal interior minister of austria is talking about this as being a terrorist attack in his words and that he believes that this is an ongoing situation where clearly that indicate that the authorities believe that there is more than one perpetrator involved in this incident but they are speaking right now purely of one of the perpetrators having been arrested. It which would suggest perhaps that there are there is at least one other perhaps more than one other large right now and of course the timing of all of this dominic French Police we know are investigating the terrorist attack in need that is the attack that took place and theyve made some arrests in that case they are questioning others we know that a 29 year old tunisian man was arrested after that horrific attack then i was absolutely no suggestion that any of these attacks are linked but it comes at a very tense time in the region. Now theres no question about it that the north or a seizure right across europe are certainly aware of what has been taking place as you were saying mariam in Different Countries and they clearly will be have been very concerned that there might have been some sort of replication of that in in austria the problem here clearly is that while the situation is still unfolding it is perhaps best not to to speculation so far as those possible linkages with other incidents that are taking place other than to speak about this more in the sense of the overall awareness of the situation the overall appreciation of the dangers that are out there and perhaps it would be best to to remind viewers what has actually happened here we know that the police have been involved in an incident involving many shots having been fired different sources on social media have been causing video out of what would appear to have been the parts of the incident as its called it and indeed if this verified social media footage is to be believed but it suggests in the the very many shots have been fired what we know for certain what has been confirmed as i say is what the federal interior minister of austria has said which is that at least one perpetrator has been arrested now in so far as other elements that go with this particular scenario the. Is unfolding right now there is speculation again unconfirmed from what i have seen an attorney writes that one of the perpetrators may have be armed with some form of explosive belt that is not confirmed and in the time it has taken me to get to the situation to be able to broadcast i havent been able to confirm that elsewhere but in so far as i was saying before the general situation theres no doubt that people are that that agencies intelligence agencies and Police Forces of the main large metropolises in central and western europe will have seen what has unfolded in france and will have the chain to themselves we have to guard against something similar happening here but clearly as i say this is unfolding we have a confirmation of one arrest we have a suggestion a suggestion only that i have seen in the last few seconds that perhaps there may be some sort of hostage situation unfolding again i have not seen that confirmed anywhere but it is being speculated upon so that is the situation as it stands right now but as you say there is no doubt that many different european intelligence and Police Agencies will have looked at what happened in france in recent days in recent weeks and wondered whether perhaps something much much something similar might happen here but of course we cant link whats happening here officially directly with anything thats happened in the last few weeks until there is some confirmation from intelligence from Police Sources indeed and well continue to obviously follow any information that should emerge on this story for now thank you very much Dominic Casey we are just looking at pictures coming to us from the austrian capital vienna a shooting is Underway Police have discussed and said that this is a terror attack that has been engineer ease and some people have been killed this according to the countrys interior minister has been quoted by the austrian both cars that are at. T v they said its a terror attack there are several perpetrators involved one of them has been killed all those are on the run witnesses are saying that it happened close to the citys main synagogue but its not clear if the synagogue was the target of this attack and of course public have been cleared from the area as Police Continue with that work. Of course the 2 men vying to be u. S. President have less than a day now to persuade voters to hand them the white house the next 4 years but more than 96000000. 00 americans have already cost that ballots in early voting thats more than 2 thirds of the total that voted 4 years ago we dont know trump and joe biden are still busy making that final push in states that could be crucial to their path to victory donald trump started his day in North Carolina before making his way up to the eastern seaboard to pennsylvania hell then head to the great lakes stopping 1st in michigan then wisconsin and finishing his day back in michigan joe biden is not not not traveling as far as that hes starting in ohio before then focusing on pennsylvania with 3 events in that state alone including a drive in rally in pittsburgh with the singer lady gaga with democratic nominee says that the u. S. Is done with the chaos of the Trump Presidency as he put it joe biden has just been appearing in pennsylvania he criticized the president his response to the coronavirus pandemic and for dividing the country. This time youre not discard 3. Resumes to bring about this moment r. s 30 on the water and refers to the bigger threats through we are what we were and are are drawn. To her and our future has never been more promising. Well the u. S. President told his supporters that youll be defending american jobs he pledged to support the military and to also cut taxes in the last couple of hours donald trump has been speaking in scranton pennsylvania the city where his rival joe biden was raised president continue to claim the democrat nominee and his son hunter i think gauged in corrupt business deals without providing any evidence polls indicate biden is leading the nationwide polls but the race is close in some crucial swing states. From scranton after he left at 9 years old and thats ok thats ok but these guys are stone cold phony and obviously hes that equipment lead to be the really you know you know Everybody Knows that i our foreign leaders joined me saying are they serious. And i will speak to christian slim hes in pennsylvania 1st to alan fischer joins us now from washington of course were all watching those battleground states that could shape the final outcome of the vial allen and there is a new poll in ohio. Just in the last suggest the biden has got a 5 point lead for the same poll gave him a 4 point lead just the other day if its true and this is accurate that is bad news for the Trump Campaign ohio a real bellwether state essentially if youre a republican you dont win the white house without winning ohio but donald trump believes that there are other paths to victory he thinks that pennsylvania is one that is why his team are spending a great deal of time for in banking theyre calling voters trying to make sure that they will go to the polls on tuesday and hes also going to michigan hes about to land there he will go to wisconsin and then back to michigan for his final rally why is the pick michigan well in 2016 thats where he went for his final rally he believes its a good omen he is very superstitious he has of course had plenty of echoes of his 2016 campaign during this effort to win the white house and so he thinks that its going to be a good sign Trumps Campaign highs for a very long time been seeing them the same position they were as 4 years ago behind in the polls and there are many secret voters out there who are going to vote for donald trump if youve been watching the news over the last week or so but not so many secret trump voters know many of them are there theyve been out on the streets across the United States in some cases blocking highways blocking Campaign Buses for the route for the rivals but joe biden still remains quietly confident that he knows the pennsylvania is also important thats where he is campaigning now to events in pittsburgh he believes that its a bellwether state that he can flip it from its support of donald trump 4 years ago to become democratic this time around and its personal for joe biden. Its where he was born is where he spent the 1st 11 years of his life he feels connected to the people he thinks he speaks for them but if he cant win pennsylvania then perhaps theres a feeling that he cant win anywhere in the United States whos got the best plan for the last hours of the 2020 Election Campaign well well know in a couple of days when we finally start to see the results thanks so much alan fischer in washington will kristen salumi is live for us now on Dollar Stores town pennsylvania which is a obviously christian a state that looks to be crucial biden and trump has been campaigning hard there i think trump won pennsylvania by less than a point in 2016 what one of the recent polls showing about bidens lead in the state. Well the polls do show biden is ahead theyve hes been consistently ahead here in pennsylvania but the the gap has been narrowing and spent tightening and clearly both candidates are very focused on the state which is considered a Tipping Point for the election both campaigns need to win pennsylvania they believe in order to win the election and you can see some voters lined up behind me theyve been out here all day long waiting in long lines to make sure that their vote does get counted here in eastern pennsylvania well president has been speaking in scranton using a similar strategy to the one he did in 2016 appealing to working class voters disgruntled former democratic voters talking about the economy bringing back the economy bringing back u. S. Manufacturing and also his support for the fossil fuel industry thats something that hes really hard done here in pennsylvania because its important to the economy joe biden. Having to deal with those comments has been speaking in eastern and western pennsylvania in the last few hours and he told voters there that he will not ban fracking thats because President Trump has been claiming thats exactly what he will do here biden urged voters to vote for hope over fear hes been talking a lot about the pandemic and how the president s handled it what he do differently and really for voters here in eastern pennsylvania and western pennsylvania where i was not too long ago no matter who you talk to and which party theyre from the coronavirus is certainly the top issue on voters minds. 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 hate American Energy a job by you 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. 00 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 and fortunately 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 code thing to going on i feel like hes being more careful and caring about the people more 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 and as important as pennsylvania is to vote to the overall election we may not know for days the results here thats because by law the state cannot begin to count mail in ballots until election day itself and there are a substantial number of mail in ballots here in pennsylvania right in this county where im standing a 3rd of the electorate has already voted by mail so that gives you an idea miriam of just how engaged people are and how close it could be here thank you very much from pennsylvania christianson we thank you kristen. The u. S. President has rejected an f. B. I. Investigation into alleged how recent of a Biden Campaign bus by trumps supporter says a convoy of vehicles waving approach flags surrounded the tall boss on a texas highway on friday the incident forced the Biden Campaign to cancel 2 of its events in the state democrats accuse President Trump of encouraging supporters to engage in acts of intimidation on sunday the f. B. I. Confirmed its opened an investigation. Meanwhile a federal judge in texas has denied an attempt by republicans to throw out some 127000. 00 votes already cost a drive through voting sites in houston which is a democratic leaning area i do joe castro joins us live from houston now tell us about why why did the republicans won the. Nearly 130000 vote dismissed what was the case. Sure now its important to point out that this lawsuit was filed by republican activists and that didnt necessarily represent the statewide republican officials themselves in fact the trunk campaign had no part in this lawsuit but the activist argument was that drive her voting which is an effort to expand access during this pandemic a lot to argue that this was illegal and in violation of texas voting law will the federal judge today who is a conservative himself decided to toss out the case so to the Texas Supreme Court which is full of republicans they tossed out this case on sunday so certainly this may have been a line where the republican establishment did not want to support this lawsuit as far as the 127000 drivein votes they were all coming from paris county which is as you mentioned a democratic stronghold and this is the one state or this is one of only 5 states in the country texas that did not expand mail in voting amid the pandemic and so certainly local officials here and other populous cities were thinking efforts to expand these voting access these drive through. Tell us more about the state of play in texas why its so important in this particular election race and how close it is between biden and trump. Right on a typical election 127. 00 for. 1000 votes they probably realistically wouldnt change anything in texas because this is such a deeply red republican state there has not been a democratic candidate for president thats gotten texas support in more than 4 decades but if you look at the polls this year only 3 points separate the leader and joe biden the challenger and that certainly has democrats fighting for every last vote saying that this may be the year that texas flips from red to blue now most political experts say this is still not the time they do point to demographic changes in the state with an increasing portion of the population who are latino or young voters that are coming of age and leaning democrat favoring the Democratic Party so they say even of this year texas doesnt turn blue it will only be a matter of time perhaps in the next election when that does happen which would drastically rewrite the Political Landscape of the u. S. Texas with its 38 Electoral College votes could certainly be a deciding factor in the outcome of the election all right thank you very much from Houston Texas i do joe castra. It with the news out live from london much more still to tell you about on the program were focusing on tanzania the opposition president ial candidate that and his partys chairman arrested after calling for protests against last weeks disputed election. There are also at least 20 dead and tens of thousands of homes destroyed in the philippines after the country is hit by super typhoon connie. 22. 00 people have been killed and 22. 00 others injured after gunmen stormed Kabul University sparking an hours long battle with Security Forces students were shot in their classrooms as they tried to flee the scene i still is saying it was behind the attack which comes as the Afghan Government holds peace talks with the taliban in cata contre free reports now from kabul. As students rushed to get out of Kabul University gunshots could be heard. Witnesses say attackers answered the campus through its north gate and started shooting indiscriminately because 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 it took 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 him the attack happened during a book exhibition by afghan and the rain in publishers no one has claimed responsibility for taliban says its fighters are not involved this is the 2nd attack on a School University in the last 10 days while the government and taliban negotiators meet in qatar to broker a peace deal violence is still affecting the lives of many afghans from your country for aljazeera. Is from western ethiopia now where at least 32 people have been killed in an attack gunman there reportedly storming a village in the west and while a go zone of the orania region on sunday evening and they burned at least 21 houses in the attack as well or than 700 people are thought to have been displaced from their homes. We go to tanzania now police of Police Briefly detained opposition president ial candidate to do so over a call for protest disputing last weeks elections is arrest came hours after the chair of his chadian the party freeman the boy and other Party Officials were detained on terrorism charges police say they were plotting to blow up oil stations near daraa salaam the arrest for to plan protests against the Election Results the president junk Food Security a 2nd term in that vote but the opposition is dismissing the result they are saying it was widespread fraud in the election meanwhile tanzania semi autonomous region zanzibar has sworn in its new president after its own disputed election doctors saying the weenie from the ruling party was elected to govern the islands after winning 76 percent of the vote on wednesday. Zanzibaris opposition has rejected the result calling for mass protests david makali is an observer from tanzania elections watch joins us via skype from nairobi in neighboring kenya what is your assessment of that vote well litter is no doubt that this election was free from prayer really look at the environment within which it was held for the company so as were the counting of the wards. The question of the resource clearly anybody looking at it would not consider the storm at the threshold of a free and fair election. Now police have obviously was saying they briefly detained at least 2 he has made a call for there to be protest challenging the result it do we understand has he now been released from custody. Yes he has been released from custody this evading he said he was on the question about you know those allegations of planning to undermine the government to say the least to stage a coup agonist of the government of president john long before you and then after that he was released. The fact that he was detained in the 1st place is that likely to prevent the prospect of further protests we know that he called for demonstrations and clearly people were discouraged after he was arrested i dont think so i mean the fact is that these are actions by the government to deter any plans for protests which they have called for. In across the country to going to this election and weve seen the government as well as also aristide the opposition leaders across in fact the chairman of his party each of them are. Arrested last night 2 days plan the most russians across the country. The most oceans of course did not close because the government deployed Police Presence across the main towns barring anybody from coming out which which i dont think therefore is a local to succeed unless something has happened but the government has accused the opposition of planning violence they have described it as terrorism charges now does that mean that we could see opposition leaders again detained that they are likely to now be embroiled in legal action. Well the opposition obviously declared this with those photos that theyve been trying to reach out to government in fact they were asked for fresh elections which of course the government will not take and so being. In the condition in the state in which they are i mean they have very few options one of the terms on an constitution. Does not allow for judicial review of Election Results to be cleared by the national a True Commission and therefore the sort of speak in a corner i mean the only way they can pursue their justice is calling for public demonstration of the Peaceful Demonstrations of course Peaceful Demonstrations often turn violent if the police try to suppress them by force so in the event that happens the new youre likely to see violence but if they persist on the peaceful which is very unlikely possibility anyway then we may not see violence in the past before the election actually on the election eve on 25th or 27th they were you know protests in independence. Against you know the suspected rigging or stuffing about boxes with their premarked ballot papers and the Police Responded with violence suppressing it to the violence and in the course of about you know a few people died 3 people actually 7 people according to different accounts died so we hope that i mean this will not need to read to that level and that the government is willing to sit across the table and listen to the grievances of the opposition thanks very much in tanzania elections watch David Mccullough thanks for joining us thank you mother. The ivory coast opposition is saying that its creating its own Transitional Government ignoring the likely election result where most opposition parties boycotted the vote on sunday saying president allison what tara shouldnt have been allowed to stand for a 3rd term early results show with tara is on the way to a comfortable victory but the opposition will not recognize the result. The mission of the National Transitional council is to prepare the framework for the organization of transparent and inclusive president ial elections to set up a Transitional Government in the next few hours and to convery mashable conference for National Reconciliation with a view to the return to definitive peace in our free coast. For a look at our breaking news story this hour. The austrian interior minister has been speaking out confirming that several people have been injured some believed to have been killed one person has been confirmed to have been killed in that shooting in central Vienna Police are saying one attacker has been killed but others may be on the run so the indication is that there are several people thought to have been involved in this attack which has taken place in the center of the capital city of Austria Vienna took place near the citys main synagogue though its not clear that that was necessarily the target of the attack well austrian journalist mark perry joins us on the phone now from the city of simpleton just outside of vienna about some of the reports were getting here from the Reuters News Agency they cite police saying that there are 6 locations 6 different locations in this attack and then theyve theyve also said that just also confirmation that a suspect in a bystander was shot dead this appears to have been a very a very well planned attack. 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Not broken beyond a no no youre not youre not in vienna but youre in touch with people that are so theyre also just some reports coming from reuters saying that all 6 locations in the attack are in the immediate vicinity of the street housing the Central Synagogue so obviously there is this confusion about the precise target of the attack because it all happened near the synagogue but because there are obviously several different locations and then the people that are injured or those that might have been killed or in the surrounding streets there is some confusion about whether or not the synagogue was the target but you can all point to a war 2. Period of relief. That. You. Most probably got. Very very rich and we currently cant be a currency. It would be if you. Were to work. In. The warmer. Years ago and we. Are. There. Where you dont know yet for sure whats been. The. Work. Where not work and. We have people yes. No sorry youre youre right though have been reports of a possible hostage situation but there is there are various bits of information coming in that were not able to confirm and then also the we dont have confirmation about this but the possibility that one attacker was wearing explosive belts that coming from a spokesman for the interior ministry but its not been confirmed but its not been ruled out either that is a possibility. It is a possibility. If one were to the police. They definitely say workers. Who work for. This explosive. But actually the middle of the earth. Could be written backwards and forwards. To cope with. Our Current Group but the whole point and for that are risks and. You know and yeah i can forgive me yes i can i can he thank you very much mark perry really appreciate your time would be good to talk to you again about this because obviously is a developing situation and it is still unfolding. Beyond the sport. Yet all right well thank you very much thanks thanks very much mark perry also weve got dominic cain hes following details of whats happening there as well so we have this we have some new information about there being sif 6 different locations in the attack and then also just a spokesman for the interior ministry saying that just mentioning this possibility about one of the attackers wearing an explosive belt. Yes whats interesting here is that on social media for the best part of for more than an hour now there have been people talking about at least one perpetrator having been seen in an unconfirmed way that is of course having been seen with an explosive belt and an automatic weapon automatic rifle some speculation that it was a kalashnikov a k 47 but thats not confirmed although some of the social media videos that have been put out which the police in vienna are encouraging people not to read tweet or share all that sort of thing but that some of it very clearly ive seen one of the videos myself where what would appear to be a perpetrator with a long weapon with an automatic rifle firing it to people appears seemingly indiscriminately well ive seen that on social media but again thats not confirmation of it its just saying that that is out there the police are trying to prevent people from disseminating it but in so far as whats confirmed as you were saying there mary and we know that on Austrian Television representatives from the federal interior ministry in vienna have talked about 6 potential locations in so far as this unfolding incident is concerned and that all of them are in sun proximity to this area where this particular synagogue is to be found now interestingly its in the jewish quarter of vienna so thats to me saying that that is the official name for this particular area of vienna and so where before there was some speculation about what motive there might have been whether the synagogue did indeed play a role was a target here but it is noteworthy that these 6 locations are within walking distance of the synagogue that that has been referred to it is worth making the point however that notwithstanding what our previous control contributor was just saying to you that. Named officials senior in the Jewish Community in vienna have said that the synagogue was closed at the time and they are not entirely certain at least thats what what was being said some time ago they werent certain couldnt confirm whether the synagogue was indeed the target of this but in so far this return to what we know has happened we know that there is an incident unfolding in vienna and we know that people have been killed i dont excuse me have been killed in this incident we know that the federal interior minister has referred to this in his words as a terrorist attack that is on going we know also 6 locations linked to what has happened here and we know in so far as the wider scene is concerned in so far as australia is concerned rather that a lockdown a severe lockdown a particularly Strict Lockdown comes into force tomorrow comes into force across the entire country so this would have been the last opportunity for people observing social distance to go to bars to go to restaurants and that sort of thing now whether that played any sort of role in the minds of those who have carried out this attack and are carrying out carrying it out we dont know yet but it is interesting that there would have been perhaps more people in those areas these low carbs than perhaps would have been otherwise. Yes its important to be aware of that thanks very much dominic cane for bringing us all the latest on what we do have a statement from the police these are the details that theyve confirmed right now that at 8 pm local time several shots were fired in the center of the city in the austrian capital as you can see they say that several suspects were armed with rifles so this was a shooting attack there are 66 different locations to the attack that one person has been confirmed is confirmed to have been killed several injured. And but but also important to note that there are several attackers thought to have been involved one of them has been shot and killed by police but have yet to be apprehended but his dominant was saying that it comes just hours before lockdown was due to come into effect in austria so they would have been perhaps more people out on the streets for a final rush of people filling the streets but also important to mention that it comes to 3 people died in a knife attack a church in the french city of nice obviously nothing to suggest that these attacks are confirmed but. It comes at a time of heightened tensions and high security in the region i want to bring you some information about. Want to turn to the corona virus pandemic now on infections are exaggerating in the was hit nation in the world the United States nearly 50000 people are in hospital with the disease and Health Experts say the system is under strain more than 9200000 cases have been recorded in 231000 deaths countries averaging over 81000 new cases every day this is the highest level since the start of the pandemic the surge is particularly bad in several swing states in the u. S. Election where of Course Campaign rallies have been taking place in the crowds of people gathering. Or france has reported a record of more than 52000 coronavirus cases this was on monday the hospital admissions are also hit a full month high with just over 25000 patients the country return to a new nationwide lockdown on friday that set to last at least a month almost one and a half 1000000 people in france tested positive for covert 19 since the pandemic began. Elsewhere the german chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that that could be that well she said that light at the end of the tunnel is a long way off thats how she described the situation the countrys gone into what merkel called a lock down light which she says is necessary to protect Germanys Health care system number of patients in intensive care units has doubled in the past 10 days but says those of you know if you dont have this in the hand this means its in everyones own hands to make this november a joint success a turnaround to go back to having traceability and if we manage to slow down the circulation of the virus over the next 4 weeks then well have the conditions for a manageable december with of course the need to still follow current virus rules that weve known for several months now but with more freedom again well the head of the World Health Organization is saying that World Leaders face a critical moment with a 2nd wave of infections. Himself has been forced to quarantine after coming into contact with someone who is infected with the virus the Organization Says he wont be tested for the virus and lest he develop symptoms. We saw the wyo really going to prove. Cases countries in europe and north america continue to survive this is a noble critical moment. Critical moment for leaders to step up. Critical moment for people to give a. Purpose. Its not truly. Elsewhere more than 3 and a half 1000000 people so far taken part in a national chrono Virus Testing scheme this is in slovakia in amounts to 2 thirds of the population there the government says more than 38000 people just over one percent of those who took part returned a positive result more tests will take place next weekend to screen more of the population and an attempt to avoid a National Lockdown well now we go to turkey because the death toll from fridays earthquake has risen to 91 but 2 goals have been found alive giving rescue workers some hope in their hunt for survivors. 3 year old parent check was pulled from a collapsed building alive some 65 hours after the quake and 2 days after a mother and 2 of her sisters were also rescued 7 hours before that workers pulled a 14 Year Old Girl from the rubble as well theyre 2 of more than 100 people who have been saved. Well in the philippines at least 20 people there have been killed by the most powerful storm to hit the country this year a massive cleanup operation is also underway in the wake of super typhoon gone with one region reporting 90 percent of his infrastructure damaged the storm made landfall to the east of the country traveling westwards through sunday it passed south of the capital manila and into the South China Sea general onondaga reports now from when a button in Albay Province one of the worst hit areas. Helen pitino 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 were home when stuart 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 gone 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 gone he was just too powerful rescue energy of all operations are almost entirely dependent on machines like this one those in search for a 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 salvador manrique is world has collapsed he fears his wife and daughter have been buried in the mud his sons body was found lifeless several kilometers away. We are holding on to each other but the others were too powerful and it was pushed back when i got out i didnt see them anymore shields 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 jim duggan aljazeera by province in the Southern Luzon region of the philippines. Watching the news hour live from london well still ahead on the program a green shoots in the slums that could help feed some of brazils the poorest people have that story and how a whale for 10 saves one lucky dutch metra trying. Welcome back now to brazil a country slums and in the country slums a coronavirus and emic as forced more people out of work and its left them struggling to afford just basic necessities people are now having to grow their own food and it could be helping to slow the process and deforestation as want to make you explains. Rio de janeiro a city surrounded by mountains of lush theyre just taishan which is rapidly disappearing sprawling slums have been devouring the forest for decades theyre still growing invading protected areas like this one. But now environmentalists like donna some dos have founded the coronavirus an unlikely ally to fight deforestation were going to hear when the pin demick began and that started knocking on her neighbors doors to distribute organic vegetables along with seeds sprouts and instructions on how to grow them that is thought oh. Idea was to convince people to build less and turned to Mother Nature at a time when the economy had shut down and 10000000 brazilians were going hungry. To hook up to look after. Their own certainty of the nature of the pandemic helped anup prove her point when she moved cheerily u. G. Had dreams of a bigger house but coated 19 left her husband an employee with the family discovered that nature could feed them yvonne lee theyd let it mama give me her eyes buying food for everyone costs us at least 1000 ryall but by planting our an organic food were not only eating healthier but saving at least 300 reale a 3rd of what we spent in the supermarket. A lot of what in the heart of religion they are not one of the pretty violent strong. Family of 12 you have a plant. Corn avocado and also. Herb. The family lives in what is called the Promised Land an extension of the being a complex slum home 250000 people its controlled by the red command one of brazils largest drug cartels theyre responsible for occupying New Territory and distributing it and it was selling it took a lot of negotiation with the drug traffickers and the neighbors to convince them that destroying the forest is not the best way out of paper made roofs over their heads and as families grow they build more but with a pandemic they realize that cement and bricks cant feed them. And that is no building the cistern to store rainwater in the Promised Land. While nato made the who spent 6 years in jail for Drug Trafficking is helping her clear the land. Season i was in prison when the pandemic began unable to help my wife and 3 children i was lucky to be given this new opportunity its not only a job but a new way of looking at laws that my that actually used to be a Street Vendor until the pandemic with no job and time on her hands she started raising chickens. She plans to transform this whole area into a fruit and vegetable garden an urban slum still surrounded by poverty and violence but where mango trees are now allowed to flourish and children and animals roam free as if they lived on a farm monica and not give sera rio de janeiro. Well the International Space station is marking 20 years since hits 1st human inhabitants moved in and a ship now reports on this now crew have 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. They would hope there. Would be a day 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 Vaccine Development and robotic surgery to air and Water Purification systems and Cancer Treatment station harnessing the ever they are. And it is really a testament to the fact that clear minds is something if we listen to the experts we Work 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. 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 as 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 some 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. Itll be even tougher for them because they wont even see the earth out of their windows we could at least see the years 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 were just on to quickly tell you about this dutch train driver who actually had a very lucky escape after he was saved by a sculpture of a whale tail his metro train rammed through the end of the elevated line on the edge of rotterdam but disaster was lucky averted by a statue which just so happens to be called saved by a whales tail thats if the news out says shortly. 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