Votes counted within hours of the polls close because theres a lot of work to do particularly when it comes to absentee ballots as well so they will all have to be added so a warning to people watching across the world this election which has been as you see contentious its been difficult it has been hard fought but it might not end in the next few hours it could be a couple of days before we get a final result so people should be weary of politicians declaring victory unless on either side the result is clear cut the polls suggest thats whats going to happen donald trump says in 2016 they said the exact same thing and they won and hes clinging on to that hope. At least 14 people have been arrested in austria after mondays shooting in vienna the memorial was held for the 4 people who died and another 20 to have been injured when a gunman opened fire in the city austrian authorities are describing it as a Terror Attack Police in ivory coast are clashing with supporters of former president and Opposition Leader only conan da as they try to enter his house arrest him it came just hours after president out of sandwich was declared the winner of the president ial election there. Ugandan Opposition Leader and musician bobby wine has been released he was arrested shortly after lead to successfully certified as a candidate in next years election a spokesman said wine was forcefully taken out of his vehicle by police after handing him his president ial nomination papers supporters gathered outside his home after he was released hes been calling for a long time president youre waiting most of any to step down. And those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera in about 25 minutes after inside story by for. The u. S. Goes to the polls and the world is watching millions of americans are voting for the next president so how is the election being viewed by other countries this is inside story. Hello im wrong on off to one of the most Divisive Campaigns in years americans finally have their say on who should be the next president millions choosing to either give donald trump another 4 years oh put joe biden in the white house but no matter who wins on tuesday the news will reverberate across the globe its often said that the u. S. President is the most powerful person in the world so in this special episode of inside story well speak to correspondents in china russia the u. K. Iraq iran and israel to see how those countries and their regions viewing the u. S. Election. Donald trump has had a tense relationship with china a trade war led to both countries imposing billions of dollars in tariff washington has criticized beijings National Security law in hong kong here in Rights Violations and territorial claims in the South China Sea but its the pandemic which emerged from the chinese city of will hand late last year that is come to shape the u. S. President ial campaign. Because of our relentless efforts the recovery rate right now on coated or the china virus or the china play is 99. 7 percent. And im here. All the way through words like a surrender ill Never Surrender were going to beat this farce were going to get out of control and the 1st step the 1st step to be this virus is d. D. Donald truck. First of all correspondence up is a katrina you in shanghai katrina this has been one of the most complicated perhaps the most complicated relationships the donald trump has with a foreign power massive Chinese Investment yet there was this trade war and criticism of its role in hong kong what is china thinking when it comes down to the elections now is it that they might be better off with with biden or is it better the devil you know. Well in terms of the trumpet mystery has fired a really tough time for the Chinese Government these past 4 years we saw the it sort of out well with trump really heaping praise on president xi jinping but it quickly deteriorated in 2017 with the initiation of this trade war with terror of sort of really hurt chinese manufacturers and then we had these really restrictive Technology Restrictions imposed that really high Chinese Technology companies such as chua way and really dealt a blow to chinas 5 g. Global plans and of course will sustain the truck administration put a lot of pressure on china when it comes to issues that you mentioned South China Sea human Rights Violations and because of this weve really seen a freefall in chinas soft power and its standing in the world because of also the pandemic of course and this charge is really be led by the u. S. Under the trumpet ministration but when it comes to this option between biden and trump china is really cool between a rock and a hard place because both of these are men have said theyre going to theyre going to continue a tough on china approach and the beijing this frosty relationship between china and the u. S. To really dont see this ending anytime soon gets reelected china will try to build a consensus with trump really focusing perhaps on a continuing these trade conversations but if i didnt get selected we might see a change of style you might return to a more conventional style of diplomacy that might be less predict unpredictable but really hes. Also going to continue to be hard on china and you might even focus on the issues that china is really less willing to have conversations are the for example social political issues that he wants but is that the case that china is simply too big for any real damage to be done by either. Joe biden that in fact it is something that the americans just have to deal with. Definitely you when it comes to china what theyve tried to do with this election is keep their heads down and really not comment too much on what the outcome might be as i said the way they see it Going Forward the relationship between trying the u. S. Is not going to improve the age of friend the engagement between these 2 countries the way beijing sees it is or what theyre going to try to do is really go ahead and become less reliant on the u. S. To the point that the Chinese Communist last recently had the lead in planning for the next 15 years for the for chinas direction and really the main message that was china has to become more selfreliant Going Forward especially when it comes to technology and building up its economy so when it comes to that chinas its ambitions over wall dominating technology in the long term these are not going to change regardless of who wins the election the us could turn a year in shanghai there thank you very much now just like the election 4 years ago russia is again denying accusations of interference in the campaign in favor of donald trump the president has been accused of failing to stand up to Vladimir Putin and suspected that russian aggression that occurred joe biden has called russia the biggest threat to americas security. Lets bring in alexandra steele. In moscow welcome to the show again another complicated relationship between donald trump and the russians whats morse code looking forward to it looking forward to retooling this relationship or is it simply we just have to deal with the cards were given. Well you see there is far less excitement about these elections than it was 4 years ago here in russia and that is both an official level as along ordinary russians now of 40 years ago there was a hope which was showed in the polls of Public Opinion that things relations between russia and United States might get better but these core hopes were crushed the very soon and by the summer of 2017 even wagner put in called his relations at their all time low so they see a dime russia is standing aside and they are not saying neither trump nor biden theyre saying that actually the politics towards russia is not going to change whether sits in the. Oval office what they are saying and this also reflects in the polls is that it doesnt matter what happens in United States that there is any bipartisan in United States it is in this consensus of being on t. V. And to russian now this things common because during the Trump Presidency actually what russia sees is that saddam will trumpet and hes of mistaken didnt do anything to make this relations better he did impose sanctions hell simple sanctions on a very important project for russia that is by line in the north stream to hilsey expel to the Russian Diplomats a so the hopes that this might get better there are there none of these time compared to 4 years ago but does russia really have the luxury of standing aside if joe biden wins the election its likely that russian interference in the previous election will come back up there will be investigations made likely that there will be cruises and again even from joe biden coming towards russia is that something the russians are concerned about. Well i wouldnt say so because if you see at the very end of his presidency obama one of the imposed sanctions for the interference in this elections we can expect that if biden wins there will be new ones in this respect but what russia can hope also from a biden is that for instance he does sign at the continuing of a treaty which is very prestigious for russian treaty on and youll start to deal about a nuclear arms to the last one standing that he might revisit the position not bow to north stream too so there are also some positive signs that can be expected from joe biden who does not hide his sentiments which are negative at the words of russian politics on the other hand as we could hear also in the case of china he might hit them hard also on human rights issue on democracy so they russia did not doesnt feel that they got something from from the presidency of donald trump that can get things worse if joe biden is elected president alexander thank you very much now lets get the view from americas traditional allies in europe where leaders are all odds we dont know trump on issues including the iran you deal natos Defense Budget and climate change. Is in london nadeem lets concentrate on london and the u. K. I mean Boris Johnson. Is very much hoping the he will donald trump wins this election because it will mean briggs it might get saved joe biden has already been very critical of brigs it because of the threat to the the island of the good friday agreement so is it as simple as that is it as simple as the Boris Johnson wants a dont trump victory. I dont think you can say it is a simple as that because brett set of course is a very complicated issue and so is the good friday Peace Agreement on the island of ireland so of course its an open secret that Boris Johnson is very very keen if not desperate for some kind of free trade deal with the United States of course the United States will come with its own conditions which concerned some of Boris Johnsons own supporters but yes thats top of his to do list next january once britain is no longer in the status quo that it is in terms of its relationship with the European Union now personality wise yes Boris Johnson has got on very well with President Trump even though he had some harsh words for him a few years ago when he was a london met and of course donald trump has referred to his friend Boris Johnson calling him britain trump interesting on the flip side joe biden has actually said that he sees. Boris johnson as quote the physical and emotional close of trump thats an actual quote from joe biden from the recent past of course diplomacy means that that will be put to one side hard bargaining will happen in any trade negotiations but i think whoever is the next u. S. President its clear that they wont be entering into a deal if in fact its seen in the u. S. To endanger the security of Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland and in fact the the frictionless trade on the island of ireland so of course yes trump was the man who backed bricks it even told former Prime Minister to resign made to suit the European Union at one stage is a tactic which was never going to. Happen but behind that lies some very real concerns real real conditions and real barriers perhaps to see 20 trade deal happening quickly well lets talk about the European Union the e. U. And often the leaders of the euro feds who is being germany now germany has a fraught relationship with donald trump certainly anglo merkel and on trump theres no love lost there between them now when it comes down to europe theyll be looking for biden presidency surely i mean yes basically behind the scenes most leaders of european governments. Are looking for stability the last 4 years have seen instability and a move away from multilateralism and. Many peoples eyes the denigration of the institution set up after the 2nd world war which create that multilateralism including the nato Defense Alliance now President Trump has really gone on the attack against many nato allies but particularly singling out germany calling them delinquent for not in his eyes paying their dues and he has forgotten to withdraw to reduce the number of u. S. Troops in germany and the alliance is basically hoping yes for a biden win for that reason for stability and a return to the kind of communal Decision Making and approach to Security Issues in fact next march nato is reported to be planning an early summit to welcome in President Biden if in fact joe biden does win the election and the barber there in london thank you very much. One of Donald Trumps biggest Foreign Policy decisions was to pull the us out of the Iran Nuclear Deal and reimpose a tougher economic sanctions on tehran joe bidens offer to rejoin the 2015 agreement if iran shows compliance ties with the u. S. Have deteriorated in neighboring iraq as well home to about 3000 american soldiers now lets bring in a whole team in baghdad and asked bay in the iranian capital of tehran i want to begin with you simone 1st its one its a very complicated relationship as all of Donald Trumps relationships with foreign powers seem to be youve got a stage where he has backed the Iraqi Government but he doesnt seem to know what to do with iraq or the iraq hes hoping for when it comes to this election. Well the major concern for many iraqis is stability and sovereignty weve seen over the past year that iraq was on the cusp of yet another war as tensions between the United States and iran with iraq are risking to become the main battleground for the 2 sides weve seen an increase in the number of rocket attacks targeting u. S. Facilities which were blamed on pro iranian the groups and weve also seen the u. S. Act unilaterally to counter those attacks by for example assassinating kassem still in money as well as the on 1. 00 hand is the 2nd in charge of the Popular Mobilization forces here in iraq which is rainy and backed abril a group of of armed groups so there was a lot of opposition to that specific decision both from the side of parliament which shortly after voted to expel u. S. Troops from iraq but also from many iraqis who simply saw this intervention as a violation of their sovereignty and who also fears that iraq could descend into another war just 2 years after that come out of a 4 year war against against isis so that is those are definitely the main concerns for iraqis but its also to help the country emerge out of a long lasting economic crisis that has only been made worse by the global decline in oil prices and also the pandemic many look towards the United States to to help the country recover to help get access to financing on International Markets and to open up more opportunities for you for those things that you mentioned particularly comes with the role of iran thats not going to really change if joe biden gives in is the concern from the Iraqi Government that actually theyll just be replacing one u. S. Leader with the same policies that another u. S. Leader will have well its not clear what their action the biden ministration would take if joe biden. Indeed wins and that many iraqi officials of course once the Strategic Dialogue to continue which started earlier this year between the United States and iraq but joe biden himself has a rather fraud track record in iraq he voted in favor of the iraq invasion in 2003 he also under Obamas Administration in 2009 when he came into the office he was charged with with drawing the 150000 troops that were based here at that time and of course that resulted in the security vacuum which eventually enabled the rise of eisel so if biden were to win certainly many see it as you know he should be departing from the obama era policies to try to come up with a new approach towards iraq to tehran and to of course one. This is a very crucial election for the iranians in fact speaking to iranian officials and experts many of them on the show the iranian Foreign Policy towards the u. S. Seems have been frozen its like well lets just wait till november to see what happens here we are in but what the iranians hoping for. Very much has been lets wait and see as the United States under donald trump has increased pressure on iran with more sanctions and try going to the United Nations to try and reimposed those knighted nations sanctions now the iranian position has been the Supreme Leader today speaking to the how many said that irans policy will not change towards a u. S. No matter who is elected but actually they are politicians among the political establishment here there are hoping that biden will win thats because they hope by dont return to the 2015 nuclear deal lift some of those sanctions allowing some relief for the economy and normal iranians but there are also some that want donald trump to win now you may ask why is that thats because many believe that trump has isolated the United States in the International Community and handed iran a series of diplomatic victories at the United Nations especially but they think that if biden wins he will bring onboard the europeans get the sympathy of the russians and the chinese and asked for more concessions was trying to return to that deal and thats something that iran doesnt really want to do so opinion is split generally when im speaking to people out on the streets and the majority of politicians in the east from the reformist camp theyre hoping that biden will win and hopefully there will will be some relief. For the iranian economy and people but there has been some criticism of the iranians themselves that they didnt really understand donald trump that actually all donald trump wanted to do was change the joint comprehensive plan of action to the trump comprehensive plan of action in fact just do a new deal that didnt happen is there a fear that actually its too late for the Iran Nuclear Deal actually its just gone away now even if biden wins well theres different camps as i say so the reformist are Still Holding on and hoping that they can salvage this deal and the conservatives have said. We never trusted the United States we knew that this would happen we just went along with it because if reformists were in power but the problem with the trump plan or at least the trump deal was that he wanted to bring onboard bring into play irans Ballistic Missile program and thats been a red line for iran because as far as theyre concerned irans Missile Program irans defense is central to irans defense and one of the only reasons that iran hasnt been attacked is because its strong militarily so iran does not want to make any more concessions at least what theyre saying publicly but there have been rumors and certain reports outside the country that they have been talks taking place between the United States and iran now no one has confirmed that in fact they deny it flat out but that door that door is always open theres always a possibility of secret talks but at least at least in the face of iran is saying we will not compromise that red line is defense but they are hoping that the 2015 nuclear deal can be saved our thanks to mona in baghdad in tehran as all thank you both donald trump has radically changed the u. S. Role in the Peace Process between the israelis and the palestinians his administration recognized jerusalem as israels capital and moved the American Embassy to the city here in veiled a peace plan thats been widely criticized by palestinian leaders and negotiated a normalization of ties between israel and 3 arab countries urging others in the middle east to follow suit now hurry force it is our correspondent in west jerusalem harry its often been described that donald trump is the greatest friend israel as ever had so clearly if you are netanyahu right now you are really hoping that donald trump comes to power again but are there any dissenting voices to that opinion. Well there are some but if you look at the polling of israelis and terms of support for donald trump or at least their estimation of what a trump continued Trump Presidency would do for israel i mean its very clear he would win in a landslide if israeli votes with anyone is that counted is definitely a recognition in that i think of the various gifts that trump has bestowed on the state of israel during the last 4 years you mentioned the moving of the embassy declaring jerusalem the capital of israel the trump plan and of course more recently these deals that the United States has helped engineer with other arab states with arab states between israel and arab states in the region and so you hear 1st some of those groundhog day elections of the last couple of years you saw those enormous trump netanyahu posters netanyahu brandishing his relationship with trump as really evidence of his statesmanship and his wise leadership of the country if trump loses the presidency of course that causes a pretty big domestic problem for netanyahu he will have to both try to work with the by the administration well perhaps returning to his public outward facing and domestically facing sort of opposition showing that he is the one who can take on a less friendly u. S. President well lets bring in the palestinians hey i was reading today an article that was quite interesting it said that the palestinians have simply given up on the u. S. Being an honest broker in any kind of negotiation no matter whos in power is that something that you may have heard or certainly heard that from the man who used to be the p. L. O. Representative to washington who some some lot of he was chucked out when the United States administration shut down that mission in 2018 and he said something very similar to me he said basically i put it to him that that surely abidin ministration would potentially reverse some of the excesses as far as the palestinians are concerned of what trump has done. And that might represent a hope for change he said well no its time to move on were not just sitting here on 10 toes waiting for a new occupant of the white house we are exploring other options the United States has ceased to be what it used to be there have been 30 years of attempting to change the status quo under u. S. Leadership it hasnt worked and so were calling on other countries as multilateral approach to get involved and that of course is the official policy of Mahmoud Abbas hasnt really got a huge amount of traction so far and i think other voices within the Palestinian Movement do recognize the sheer weight of power that the United States has and perhaps more importantly they realize what 4 more years of trump could further do to the palestinian cause and so there are others who are very much waiting for that the prospect of a biden presidency even if it doesnt mean in the media shift even if he has many other things on his plate than trying to focus immediately on the israel palestine issue but if you look at what nabil shaath an advisor to president abbas said a couple of days ago. Its the most important thing that trump goes or the palestinian Prime Minister are also saying god help us god help the world if he continues in office so i think the prate the priority really is that trump is voted out robin any huge expectation of major changes on the bike thank you very much sorry for sit in western and thanks to all our correspondent for joining todays inside story well have full coverage of the u. S. Election the latest results and reactions on air and online at al jazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our Facebook Page at facebook dot com forward slash a. J. Inside story and you can also join the conversation on twitter we are at a j inside story for me iran come on in the entire team here and i follow. 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