A terror attack. At least 20 dead and tens of thousands of homes destroyed as the philippines is hit by super typhoon goni. Plus how robots are coming to the rescue to help keep a pop Art Exhibition in london under the proof. Welcome to the program campaigning in the u. S. Election is coming to a close with just hours to go before the 1st polling booths open already a record 98000000 americans have cast their ballots more than 2 thirds of the total number who voted in 2016 now these are live pictures where President Donald Trump is looking to pull off an upset in michigan and once again hes looking to do it by winding up his campaign in grand rapids that was also the last stop in his 2016 campaign hes held 5 rallies across 4 states in a last minute push for. Pulled in battleground areas while his rival joe biden concentrated his efforts on a high in pennsylvania his companion is focused on increasing turnout by black voters who could prove the difference in several battleground states he wrapped up his campaign by taking aim at trumps response to coronavirus our Front Line Health Care workers its suffered sacrifice im on its this president s question their character their integrity their competitors their fellow americans its a disgrace. Right drop were on to say he was going to fire doctors ouch well ive got a better idea lets fire chop wood or hire fire. If you want your children to be safe if you want your values to be respected if you want to be treated with author dignity and respect then i am asking you to go tomorrow and vote for a person neighborhood president. Well for more lets cross over live to a White House Correspondent kelly how to use that force in washington d. C. And really the clock is ticking away before those polls open kimberly and the messaging really couldnt be more different the public of being given a very stark choice. Absolutely you can hear the candidates voices getting a horse after a dizzying Campaign Week that is now coming to a close a matter of hours it will be election day in the United States and in fact well im actually looking at my watch right now thinking that we are on election day here in washington yes as of 3 minutes ago it is election day in america at least on the east coast and what i can tell you is in fact youre right its a very stark choice thats being presented by each candidate donald trump is painting an apocalyptic picture of a bite in america making the argument that he will raise taxes cut jobs and when it comes to biden painting a picture about donald trump well hes making it really a choice of life and death saying that his handling of covert night teen is one that will continue if hes in the white house to cost american lives so just paint it kind of as an existential threat and it comes down to the American Voters who have already weighed in and will have their final chance to do today in the United States of course there is a certain sense of nervousness by authorities on the periphery because were now hearing about certain cities in areas being protected invest in a variety of forms. Yeah never before you know this is always something that americans heard of happening in other parts of the world never expecting that would happen here its the claim that you hear so often but you know americans are finding that they are really no different when it comes to ease about elections this year and 2020 what is astonishing to see is that the National Guard is being readied in a number of us states anticipating civil unrest here in washington d. C. Around the white house not one not 2 but 3 fences now around the perimeter and also i can tell you that businesses are being boarded up this is something that really is is unheard of its what we saw over the summer with a lot of the social unrest in protests but this time its an anticipation of at least half of americans not accepting the results of the u. S. Election so were seeing boarding up in washington d. C. In new york city all the way to the west in california Los Angeles California this is something that were also seeing americans hoarding food going shopping like theyre preparing for a National Emergency so its left Many Americans and easy as they await the Election Results that now they hope will come in on election day but are likely to prolong even longer because both candidates including donald trump and joe biden have said they may not accept the results on election day and i can tell you that goes for their supporters as well well this is election day we know that you and all colleagues across the United States will be following events as the public goes to the polls well have special coverage with you can 1000000000. 00 teams as the day progresses thank you for joining us from washington d. C. So to austria now where theres at least one gunman continued to be on the loose following an attack in central vienna now these are live pictures of a News Conference being held by austrias interior ministry and its interior minister col name hammer we were at also expecting michael vick the man of vienna to speak later as well at least one gunman is still on the run 2 civilians have been killed and 15 others injured leaders from across europe have condemned what the austrian chancellor said was a repulsive terror attack emily sue reports. Gunshots in central vienna. Homework. Several gunman opening fire at 6 locations in the austrian capital. Want to saillant armed with a rifle filmed walking down an alleyway and shooting a bystander many others were injured in the attacks the round. Thing this was so suddenly the shooting started 1st we did not know what it was but suddenly people who were sitting in other scarce gardens started to run 1st we kept standing there because we didnt know what was going on then there was a shooting again but closer so we started to run away because we did not know if we were running in the right direction we ran into a hotel and had. The austrian chancellor described it as a repulsive terror attack and this is not only can i say i understand it is of course of very tense security situation while we pursued the perpetrators we noticed they are very well equipped with automatic weapons very professionally prepared it is definitely a terrorist attack Police Killed one suspect and said at least one other got away the public has been warned to stay home and avoid public transport. If it is possible except for professional reasons and other Important Reasons please stay at home 2nd of voit the city center and 3rd theyll be no compulsory schooling attendance in vienna tomorrow. The attacks happened when many were enjoying their last night out before new coronavirus destruction start on tuesday. The shootings took place near vienna as main synagogue which was closed its unknown if it was to target we still do not know what is behind that attack what kind of group it is if this is radical islamists who has done it which we have seen in france now or. In the last years so this is not clear european leaders condemned the shootings including french president emanuel who said europe must not give up in the face of attacks. Several people remain in hospital some critically and while one attacker remains at large the question is who are the gunmen and what was their motivation and least 20. At least 20 people have been killed by the most powerful storm to hit the philippines this year a massive cleanup operation is underway in the wake of super typhoon with one region reporting 90 percent of its infrastructure damaged. Reports now from a province in the Southern Luzon region. 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 meters 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 disc 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 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 tackling me was just too powerful rescue 103 of all 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 far the women weak as world has collapsed he fears his wife and daughter have been buried in the mud his sons body was found lifeless several kilometers away. They are holding on to each other but the other sort o. Powerful it was pushed back when i got out i didnt see them anymore or heal that somehow their bodies can still be found and be given a proper burial survivors here tell us they were able to leave 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. From province which has seen some of the worst damage. The beagle region has always been a model for Emergency Response but this typhoon has proven to be extremely difficult not just for the call but all the other areas that was called by this wide i warm up by finding the country has been reeling from the impact of the economic crisis brought about by the growing up i respond and of course were seeing a lot of civilians who lost their homes are currently in Evacuation Centers really finding it very hard to practice social distancing or even adhere to the very basic sanitary requirements by the fund them not to mention that they have lost their farms their livelihood these schools that have been empty for months because of the coronavirus bundy may be their home for a while and so its clearly a hand to mouth existence the government admits resources are stretched theyve been giving a lot of aid over the last few months but they assure residents there will still be enough and it will be given to those who need it most president that there was here yesterday Vice President still here yesterday trying to assure civilians basically that they are not alone but this is a very difficult situation because there seems to be no end in sight since another typhoon is also on the way again. For prominent antigovernment activists in thailand have been released they were amongst dozens of activists arrested after the government imposed an emergency ban to occur during protests. Was greeted by hundreds of supporters unveiled plans to shut parliament down if it didnt approve a draft constitution put forward by protesters. To keep protesting for the resignation of the Prime Minister as well as reforms of the moment. When parliament opens if they dont pass the draft amendments of the constitution we will close the palm and with our own hands. Well still ahead here on aljazeera the w. H. O. Wards of a critical moment as the 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic gathers pace and tanzania and Opposition Leaders face arrest after calling for protests against last weeks disputed election those stories after the break. How i once again weve got some wet weather the full cost of the middle east over the next couple of days a fair bit of cloud here just around the black sea through turkey moving into the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea that bits and pieces of clout there around syria lebanon jordan running down across northern parts of saudi arabia and yeah there is some rain on this doesnt it too bad as we go on through choose dyson west whether theyre into central and eastern parts of turkey but it really does pack pop as we go on through wednesday some heavy downpours coming in here and that is lucky to cause widespread Flooding Society something to watch out for but. Into a rotten old pos saudi arabia you might catch your chatty into a round south of that is fine and dry looking good here in doha the pleasant 30 celsius with plenty of hazy sunshine for the southeast got showers running in the cross the whole of africa we could see some wet weather coming into somalia then as we go through the next day or so the showers just pushing their way across into a good parts of ethiopia plenty of showers across Central Africa of the sort of the rift valley the bone seeing probably the biggest downpours across the region as we go on through the next couple of days and wetter weather also just making its way into a democratic republic of the congo very heavy rain so for south africa. Southbound on the economic heartbeat of a thriving brazil but boom times mean rising rents and the lack of Public Housing isabel is just one of thousands looking for a place to call home with no choice but to occupy one of the citys many vacant buildings facing an uncertain future. Hell find a latin American Occupying brazil on aljazeera. The route. For. Welcome back youre watching all desire with me so ron a reminder of our top stories are just a few hours left now until the 1st polling booths open for the u. S. President ial election donald trump and his rival joe biden have been making their final pitches to voters already a record 98000000. 00 americans have cast their ballots at least one attacker is on the run after several gunman opened fire across central vienna on monday evening 2 civilians were killed the 15 others injured in whats being called a terrorist attack austrias interior minister described at least one of the gunman as an islamist terrorist. Operations are continuing in the philippines after super typhoon goni hit the region that least 20 people died in the storm does extensive damage to homes and basic infrastructure. The Afghan Government has announced a national day of mourning after an attack at Kabul University at least 22 people are being killed and 22 others injured during a gun battle eisel says it was behind the attack if you leo contra fury reports now from kabul. As students rushed to get out of Kabul University gunshots could be heard. I. Witnesses say attackers entered the campus through its north gate and started shooting indiscriminately as i want to not daughters and my mother 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 on the University Campus i asked him where he years but he just told me to pray for him the attack happened during a book exhibition by afghan and the reigning publishers the taliban says it fighters are not involved this is the 2nd attack on a School 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 turning a country for aljazeera. Proves president is facing his 2nd piece with trial in less than 2 months wotton in his car has been accused of accepting bribes of more than 600000. 00 from 2 companies that won public work tenders he denies the allegations but a majority of politicians in Congress Said that serious enough to warrant a trial is caro survived a previous impeachment trial which was part of a wider bribery probe well to the crow virus pandemic though where the head of the World Health Organization says Global Leaders are facing a critical moment with a 2nd wave of infections. Says that its time to step up against the pandemic the w. H. O. Chief has been placed into quarantine after coming into contact with someone who had covert 19. Over the weekend we saw that many countries have broke up in 1900. Cases in countries in europe and north america continue to survive this is another critical moment for action another critical moment for leaders to step up and imo the critical moment for people to come together that what the government has says the opportunity its not truly. Several countries across europe are imposing tougher restrictions as infections continue to rise fronts reported another record jump in new cases on monday with more than 52000 cases confirmed hospital admissions have also hit a 4 month high with just over 25000 patients friends reimposed and nationwide lock down on friday when you quote a virus restrictions have also come into effect across germany the socalled wave breaker lockdown is not as restrictive as the one imposed in the spring schools will remain open and public protests will be allowed but restaurants bars and recreational facilities will stay shut until the end of the month. In the u. K. The Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has defended his decision to impose a National Lockdown in england starting on thursday all nonessential businesses will close and everyone must remain at home paul brennan said this report from Oxford Street in the capital. 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 tier 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 Stores 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 and the revenue generator 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 temporary 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 coronavirus is you cant have the economy and the same time protect the n. H. S. President Aleksander Ouattara has been declared winner of the president ial Election Electoral Commission said that he secured 94 percent of the vote but the opposition is ignoring the result and creating its own Transitional Government they boycotted sundays elections saying the president or tara shouldnt have been allowed to stand. Well over in Tanzania Police briefly detained opposition president ial candidate turn on monday over a call for protests disputing last weeks elections his arrest came hours after the chair of his party and other officials were detained on terrorism charges police say they were plotting to blow up oil stations in Dar Es Salaam president john murtha foully secured a 2nd term in the vote but the opposition alleges widespread voter fraud. And turns in a similar thomas region of zanzibar has sworn in its new president hussein we need was elected to govern the islands zanzibaris opposition has rejected the outcome calling for mass protests. Moldovans will go back to the polls a for a runoff after candidates failed to secure a majority in sundays president ial election Opposition Leader maya sunday finished the incumbent on the country has been divided between those who favor closer ties with the European Union and those who are pro russian. Is there. The president ial elections have put the pro e. U. Contender my our son 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 white 10 percent so theres been quite a reversal over what the electorate in moldova are searching for nevertheless when we spoke to do 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 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. Us now one of the factors thats affected my a son doos 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 dawn was not anticipated that perhaps he would be behind at this stage. Latin america and the caribbean have been identified as some of the most dangerous places to be a journalist the u. N. Report says the region accounts for 40 percent of journalists killed worldwide between 201819156 reporters and media workers were killed around the world although numbers have dropped to a 10 year low while in the past decade almost a 1000 journalists have been killed and on average one every 4 days and you know the uns education scientific and cultural organizations says in the majority of cases no one has been held to account. Clare may canelo 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 off addressing a comprehensive policy to protect journalists that should full of 3 basic peelers one prevention measures Protection Measures and prosy you should off the crime so these environment where those in you know those killers are not working its the problem that they are keeping the cycle of violence on and as you said we are watching a journalist to be killed every 4 days and we are not speaking here about their or their problems of violence that journalists are facing during this scene same prior period although we have these good news that the cubans have reduced but other sorts of violence is are still present and we need to Pay Attention also known 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 every sits and can Pay Attention in those numbers because we are we are seeing that these people that are helping us every day to make troops to prevail they have been targets by different sorts of violence including killings the politics of missions theyve done some you dont have to be in the city to see it robot sub being used as guide so people can take in everything from the comforts of their own homes Jessica Bolden went to say the election. Follow the lobster there is bound to be modern art zany works by philip called there a natural progression from andy warhol and pop art but its not just the art thats interesting these robots are awaiting instructions from viewers at home the machines will follow the commands of virtual visitors zipping the one work or lingering on another thats incredible its a pandemic proof show. Visitors can stay safe while going to a museum i really miss being able to see art so i think the road out of option is is appealing. Certainly if theres nothing else available its its creative its interesting and it gives you a chance to feel like youre in the museum to kind of simulate that experience there are strict rules for the robots they have to keep their speed down theyre not allowed to run into other robots or real visitors if they do a plug is called and theyre locked up. Call there came up with the idea during lockdown to ensure his show was seen i thought well i have to try and use the situation to some interesting and then i was at work she would technology to be released into almost critic exhibition which is almost like a fantasy shipwreck under the sea where you have to send like diving cameras into it and i thought was something quite poetic about this idea of basically making art something new and crying to create like a new dimension to experience an exhibition who knows contemporary art is always a step ahead and the future could see the robot put to use for countless tasks bringing the outside home if lockdowns continue and people feel the pinch of code restrictions Jessica Baldwin aljazeera landed. And finally a rescue mission is underway on the beach in st lanka to feed dozens of whales stranded on the coast crowds defied a coronavirus curfew to try to get the animals bakley back safely out to sea the coast guard and members of the navy also joined the efforts in the south of colombo now the cause of the Mass Stranding remains unknown despite scientists studying the phenomenon for decades. Watching aljazeera with me so wrong a reminder of our top news story that were just hours left now until the 1st polling booths open for the u. S. President ial election donald trump and his rival joe biden have been making their final pitches to voters already a record 98000000 americans have cast their ballots our White House Correspondent kelly how it says precautions are being taken to cover all eventually. There is a vent erected around the white house anticipating an rast as well there are businesses that are being boarded up in washington d. C. New york even all the way to los angeles major American Cities anticipating there will be civil unrest and americans reacting in anticipation and with anxiousness hoarding food going to the Grocery Store much as they would prepare for a Tropical Storm for example in vienna or at least 3 civilians and one gunman have been killed and 15 others injured in whats being called a terrorist attack at least one gunman remains on the run after a shooting spree across the austrian capital the countrys interior minister has described at least one of the attackers as an islamist terrorist. Cleanup and rescue operations have begun in the philippines after super typhoon goni at least 20 people died in the stall theres extensive damage to homes and basic infrastructure. In afghanistan at least 22. 00 people are dead and several injured after a gunman stormed the university there sparking an hours long battle with Security Forces students were shot in their classrooms as they tried to get away eisel says that it was behind the attack ivory coasts president allison what tahrir has been declared winner of the president ial election with 94 percent of the vote but the opposition says is ignoring the result and creating its own Transitional Government they boycotted sundays elections saying president ouattara should have been allowed to stand for a 3rd term well those were the headlines those stories of course on our web site at aljazeera dot com more news in half an hour next its counting the cost to stay with us. Those inside the military wing of hamas gaining access to key players in previously unseen footage and recreate a different political reality must go through. With new shifting alliances ask the palestinians to meet the challenge of peaceful coexistence what next for guns and the palestinian guns and the middle east on aljazeera. Hello im daryn jordan this is counting the cost on aljazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week accusations of being an 800000000000 dollar super spread a hate this information on lies is it time to break up facebook for killing off the competition. The rise and fall of the middle class the pandemic destroys 2 decades of Poverty Reduction but this time its urbanites whove been hit the hardest we find out why. The last oil and gas front namibia is selling off licenses to the Worlds Biggest Oil companies but environmentalists are concerned that fracking for shale could destroy elephant habitats and water supply. Now 70000000000. 00 in revenue 1800000000. 00 active users and worth more than 800000000000. 00 facebook must be doing something right in catering for the worlds desire to connect but theres a dark a side to Mark Zuckerberg social Media Company some say the platform has pushed Holocaust Denial genocide and its a super spreader of false hopes and its accused of being a home to anti vaccine is political conspiracies and disinfo mason so just how did it get so big well it crushed the competition through acquisitions copycat products and throttling news content providers. Well the only time its been held to account was for the misuse of data by cambridge analytical which also worked on president trumps 2016 president ial campaign during that time the network was used to spread misinformation facebook was fined 5000000000. 00 a slap on the wrist for such a huge company but it may be hit with another antitrust lawsuit possibly in november thats according to the Washington Post and a Biden Victory could see the social Media Company being broken up facebook along with the likes of google and amazon have been forewarned by the democrats that theyre abusing their market positions facebook has been accused of being a monopoly and pretty much competing against itself after the 2012 acquisition of instagram and the company has been accused of tinkering with its algorithms to give more prominence to right wing sites zuckerberg has even courted right wing commentators and regulators talks to trumps son in law jared cushion a face book was used to promote genocide in me and mob and its India Operations have been accused of allowing right wing politicians to spread hate all to curry favor with Prime MinisterNarendra Modis ruling party and lets not forget the site was used to broadcast live the murder of scores of muslim worshippers in 2 new Zealand Mosques so far only google has been hit by a us lawsuit for anti competitive behavior the case focuses on payment it gives to phone makers to make sure its Search Engine is the preferred choice the European Union has successfully sued google for abusing its power on android phones favoring its own products in search results and stopping websites from using rival ads sellers only know google has paid more than 9000000000. 00 in fines to the e. U. So theres lots to discuss here joining me now from st gallon in switzerland is miriam by 10 miriam is assistant professor of law and economics at the st gallon university miriam great to have you on the program. So how likely is it then the breakup of facebook and other Big Tech Companies well the digital chief of the european Commission Said yesterday to be cautious with this instrument because we would have very lengthy Legal Proceedings but one question also is what would breaking up big tech achieve for consumers an important thing to understand about these platforms is that their networks and so they become more valuable as more users join them and that means that already big platforms tend to become bigger and we have to ask ourselves if we were to break up a company like facebook if the result would simply be that the process repeats itself and we end up with one Big Social Network once again yet and its interesting miriam that the e. U. Has been more successful than the u. S. In taking on Companies LikeGoogle Facebook microsoft what do you think is behind the success doing that well the e. U. Seems to have been more active in the past couple of years in this area with investigations into google and apple and facebook and germany as well i do think that the u. S. Is catching up now i think theres just more willingness now in the u. S. Politically and maybe just among people to do something and to rein in the power of big tech so how would you then go about limiting the power of facebook would you split off Instagram Split off wats up. Well as i said splitting the software breaking them up we have to see if thats going to be the solution with facebook and whatsapp one of the main concerns for consumers in the end is the data that are being collected about them and so and i trust has some instruments that we can use to do something about that big dominant platforms are not allowed to abuse their dominant position but i think well need instruments outside antitrust as well will need privacy laws Data Protection laws to stop companies from collecting too many too much data about us and from using the data in ways that we are we dont agree with and thats an interesting point you make miriam because in the old days competition rules came down to price but now as you say its all about personal data so where do we start with putting a value on data as a commodity and limiting Companies Like google and facebook to our personal data. Thats a very difficult question indeed a lot of people have been writing and thinking about this how do we value this data for and i trust authorities its difficult to say well this is too much Data Collection and for consumers its difficult to know is this too much will well see a prize that gets higher but we dont always know what data are collected about us and so again i think thats a a problem that not only and i trust and the authorities can solve but will have to look at other ways well have to strengthen Data Protection authorities. Make sure that theyre funded well that they have the resources to enforce rules and Data Protection like in the e. U. We have the general Data Protection regulation that make sure that companies are limited in what they can do with their data i personally think thats a more fruitful way forward then trying to value the data for say but in enter trust well need to have a look at the value of data in other areas such as Merger Control we might want to look at acquisitions when companies have a lot of data even if they might not be making a lot of profit yet so how do we then miriam good about improving competition i mean some of the Big Tech Companies seem to just copy whats out there i mean even facebook has attempted to make its own version of ticktock. Well i think there are several instruments one in competition law is that we might want to strengthen Merger Control and so that means tougher standards maybe we want merging parties to prove to us that an acquisition is beneficial. Other than breaking up big tac we might want to have a look at all the companies that Big Tech Companies have been acquiring in the last couple of years that we might need to look outside of competition law as well and look at regulation as i said Data Protection regulation but maybe other types of regulation as well for the behavior of these Tech Companies so lets get a final thought from you miriam i mean if any country is going to implement the breakup of these Big Tech Companies it has to be the United States mean we all remember when they forced microsoft to unbundle Internet Explorer from its windows package and ironically that opened up the way for googles browser absolutely well so thats something that i think the u. S. Is looking into now and their investigation into google its a bit similar to what the European Commission did in 2018 essentially looking at tying and bundling saying well youre a dominant company and so you cannot use your market power in one market to try and gain market power in another market well see if they can stop google from for example making Google Chrome the standard browser on lots of lots of phones i think that would be one way to start for sure room by 10 great to get your thoughts thank you for talking to counting the cost thank you thank you. Know the last 2 decades have seen a remarkable reduction in global poverty but that is all about to be undone by the coronavirus pandemic those falling back into poverty are not the people youd most likely associate with being poll the World Bank Says the new poor relatively well educated living in cities and towns and in middle Income Countries so where all those. Income countries well there in south asia and Subsaharan Africa the pandemic will push up to 115000000. 00 people into extreme poverty this year which the bank defines as living on less than 1. 90 a day so what can be done to help the new poor and reverse the rise in poverty well to answer that and more lets talk to karen in a sanchez part of oh she joins us via skype from washington d. C. Where she is the world banks director of the poverty equity global practice coding a great to have you on the program so what exactly is pushing the middle classes back into poverty do you think what the emerging evidence about the impacts of coverage 19 and the associated Economic Crises on household does is that these impacts are significant theyre felt broadly and theyre likely and i seen very fast our projections suggest a bag of in 1000 will push between 88 and a 115000000 people into extreme poverty these year and that number could go up to 150000000 in 2021 and these new poor mostly will reside in middle Income Countries and look a little bit different from the existing poor meaning those that were poor before the Current Crisis in the sense that they are relatively more herb and theyre relatively more educated they didnt do work in the Informal Service and construction sector they are not however coming from the middle class and instead we see these groups there who was are the most affected what we call the economically in secure and sometimes the s. By the middle class and then some of these middle countries so what so whats you know we are driving this as you were asking is really a combination of 2 themes very significant declines in labor incomes do you do job losses and which cats are cross the border in many countries and 2nd a reduction in not only were income particularly remittances from domestic ok and International Migrants tell you let me jump in there and ask you was was lock down the right thing to do them for these low and middle Income Countries. I think when we think about these we need to remember that this issues were remade at a time where very little was known about the virus and governments had to take policy actions and make policy choices under conceivable and certainty and and even though we do know more now about the short term impacts of covering 1900 crises theres still a lot that we dont know about the potential long term impact or the nature and shape of the record so in that context our focus has been in some poor dean governments efforts are as theyve tried to on the 100 protect lives and on the own hand do you know support life he has protect those life so it so let me jump in here but i mean do you think there was an alternative to the lockdown i mean was there any way to have kept these economies going i think its i mean frankly i think it as i said it is very hard to tap i think he inside we can all have to hypothesize about you know things that could have been done differently but i think we need to focus on the fact that in many places even in the context of lockdown significant efforts were made to as i said protect life on the one hand through you know a Health Response and at the same time protect life which was one of the main concerns that we had particularly for the poor under ponderable and it is worth pointing out i mean this ends a 20 year decline in Poverty Reduction but what was behind that reduction do you think youre right that you know the last few decades have have been witness to unprecedented progress in extreme Poverty Reduction with the Global Extreme poverty rate falling from 35 percent in 992 under 10 percent earlier these year and even though the experience of countries you know is different i think there are 3 factors that we can really play into in understanding these these very positive trend that we saw 1st Economic Growth if you will to a large extent by an increase in International Trade was critical good generate new Economic Opportunities 2nd. Investments in Human Capital you know health and education and a rapid increase in Financial Inclusion of the poor on the other of all basically meant that these groups were able to take advantage of those new Economic Opportunities and then finally this is a period when weve seen a very rapid expansion particularly me there are no Income Countries of safety net programs programs that protect those that were lifted out of poverty from the morning back into poverty again so its really a combination of those 3 factor so kelly let me ask you to gaze into your crystal ball and i mean assuming we are able to get a vaccine how long do you think it will take to reverse this decline that as i said you know were in the midst of the worst reversal in Poverty Reduction that we have seen as we are starting to morning very big systematically you know in 1990 s. I think its quite clear that reimbursing indias will not be easy and we not be quick our projections show that forward the raid signal of poverty rates will be about 7 percent by the year 2030 based on historical growth rates and if you mean 9 creasing you know portie and they could be after 8. 6 percent if you know they were to increase by one percentage point for a year over the next decade which given what we know about previous pandemics is actually quite likely to happen so in this context whats very clear is that we need swift significant unsustainable action by governments and Development Partners to promote and support a strong recovery somebody who has these reversal argument that absolutely so just talk us through quickly carly you know what governments need to do because if they do spend more where does that money come from. So in these 1st few months as i said earlier the focus has been very much on vibe in the pandemic im protecting households on 1st and given the magnitude of the shock that has you know it requires Significant Resources so we see governments across the world using a variety of strategies to deal with this including going to use asian of existing spending and when possible mobilizing admission all fiscal resources but you know in many cases these efforts have not been enough given the needs of the moment and thats why the world bank and the i. M. F. Together weve been g 20 countries have supported their suspension of that Service Payments for low Income Countries in order to create additional fiscal space kaleena sanchez power that we have to leave it there thank you very much indeed for talking to counting the cost thank you thank you very much well brazil is the worlds 3rd largest Food Producer but new data has revealed that more than 10000000 brazilians are going hungry and as the coronavirus pandemic plunges more people into poverty that number is set to get worse monica get accurate reports. Theres no shortage of healthy food in this bustling Street Market in Rio De Janeiro a covert 1000 pandemic may have crippled brazils economy but it still produces enough to feed one 6th of the earths population something president shy eatable son natl made a point of reminding World Leaders at this years u. N. General assembly. Despite the International Crisis brazils Agricultural Production never stops and we produced enough to feed 1000000000 people. Yet more than 10000000 brazilians experience of their Food Insecurity according to Government Data just released by the Brazilian Institute of geography and statistics and that was before the coronavirus pandemic now the situation is worse families to live in poverty has always been a problem in brazil but the poor were invisible the pandemic is showing how his truth ace on the cloud used to organize tourism events in austria she returned to brazil for a short visit but ended up staying to work as a volunteer in a soup kitchen most of these people in this line lost their jobs to the recession and the pandemic like follow me down by who left his small town to look for work in Rio De Janeiro i dont live in. The corona virus left me stranded here and homeless but at least im getting fed i can use the public bathroom to bathe 3 times a week. According to unicef survey during the 1st months of the pandemic the number of hungry in brazil rose dramatically. Seeing ringback one in every 5 brazilians went hungry or admitted not having enough money to buy food the population as a whole lost about half of its income but families with children and adolescents suffered a bigger loss of 63 percent brazil is still the worlds 3rd largest producer of food much of it is sold abroad last year brazilians exported 32000000000. 00 worth of Agricultural Products to 180. 00 countries but experts are warning the government that the country back on the United Nations hunger map its a place brazil had left 6 years ago. Now is often described as the last oil front to rear its a country thats known for its uranium and diamonds but in the last few years the oil industry has been beating a path to its door but no commercial deposits have been found yet but that hasnt stopped Oil Companies from snapping up licenses to drill recon africa small Canadian Oil Company plans to begin drilling in the north of the country theres thought to be around 11000000000 barrels of oil in that area but most if not all is shale and that has an environmental activists up in arms because they believe it will endanger local wildlife and communities rican africa is drilling in the maybe as can go basin where the country has the largest elephant population it also supplies water into neighboring botswanas vango delta. So lets talk to scott evans hes the chief executive officer of recon africa and joins us via skype from dallas scott welcome to the program let me ask you 1st with all the meticulous work that goes into the search for oil how much on and gas is that offshore and onshore in the media wheres things going to have to be on the show were really focused on the unsure so i can answer this question for here were working which is the conveying collision so this is a brand new sedentary version recently discovered 8750000 acres northeast and northwest bosler into canada that we see over the 3rd Party Experts a 100000000000 barrels thats been generated now that will all be recovered but we see it to be potentially the large key giant Petroleum Oil field sizes so Significant Resource and scott how does that then compare to neighboring countries and the rest of africa. Well i think that it would you know again were any expression fish of theres uncertainty here but i think it would be comparable to some of the fields of scale say you know a new door next door. So we again were looking at a field size distribution at this point but with again i think its significant and of course if you do manage to get to the oil this could be a huge boost to the namibian economy which is currently worth around 15000000000. 00 and with a population i think of around 2000000. 00 people this could change lives couldnt it well you know it really it really could be a it d uses of truculence 826000 barrels a day right now success for us a lot new to the next quarter of oil and cheap probably more poorly powered tendons will gas can not only generate income for thats this interest self inspires a lot of other issues with a new generation of power and just tell us briefly scott a little bit more about this patch in the mid the way you plan to do your drilling for oil sure so again Northeast Corner of limited northwest botswana were all within the current gas or so its an area thats been lightly populated you know some agriculture but an area that is well served by infrastructure you know one of the things that attracted us to community is that you know general overall a good infrastructure very stable government the terms are of this culture look quite good you know so its a great place to do business but where we are is is a again a in the kalahari desert so we have to be mindful of taking care of that yet and thats an interesting point you make scott because its also an environmentally sensitive site its a huge elephant reserve its has a Conservation AreaWorld Heritage sites and of course a source of water for neighboring botswana. Yes we are absolutely focused on environmental social governance and our operations we are following all intimately in regulations and policies plus International Best practices. The things you refer to we refer to as no activity zones areas where we wont work well have a buffer zone around them and this is going to include the parts reserves rivers deltas Community Sites we have a local expertise you know these have to be looked lead ball practices but were going to make sure that we do everything in a proactive manner and of course the oil price at the moment stands at around 40 dollars a barrel thats pretty low is that going to hinder your ability to explore for oil scott. We are quite well funded we have an exciting story and you dont see a new basin you know im a geologist every day or so and 40. 00 gets on sure given were looking at conventional as of course we do think that we have a good economics could be better for us but were proceeding with our program and its our 1st well at the end of the year so lets just go back to the environment for a 2nd i mean can you 100 percent guarantee that when you frac for this oil that youre not going to damage the local area including contaminating local water supplies. Well and so that too pointed out 1st we are going to be fracking we dont have a plan to frack were looking for conventional reservoirs that dont require that the so you wont find that in our players or in our button or or anything like that so frac exam part of it we want the virtual reservoirs that flow naturally on their own 2nd part we are very focused on lot of Resource Management so what does that mean that has 3 basic tenets protection of the arc of her management of it as as you mentioned there also are surface Water Management drainage and then also due to earlier buffer zones so we have to steward the environment we have to make sure that the loop used keep going to risen every culture. We dont we have plans in place and great cooperation with the little partners to do so scott evans we have to leave it there thank you very much indeed for talking to counting the cost thank you very much thank you very much there are no good. 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