Escalated rapidly trimming you has more now from beijing. A concert honoring the people of time and those who lost their lives during the cried a virus pandemic entitled dedicated to 2020 and perform to turn debating Music Festival goes behind the piece by a sense. Its a collective. That provoke. The true Human Emotion that we need compassion and love and thats the solution more than anything else you know the gathering is but since the corona Virus Outbreak began the worlds 2 largest power as the u. S. And china have never seemed more far apart is was chinas fault the Trump Administration has leveled almost weekly attacks in beijing over its role in the pen demick and other issues its been unrelenting pressure on beijing whether its taiwan tibet hong kong. South china. Casting all sorts of aspersions and doubts about chinas technology separating the economies this is covered great cost chinas leaders are watching the u. S. Election closely many believe a new u. S. President will provide an opportunity to brief set relations Business Leaders are hoping for a biden presidency and a reversal of tariffs imposed during the 3 a trade war between the 2 countries but analysts say the overall relationship will remain strained regardless of who wins if biden wins the presidency it definitely not mean that chinas International Environment is Getting Better its definitely not Getting Better and people say bidens more corporative it is he is the last interested in the trade war related stuff but to his very much interested in getting alliance against the china. And biden have attacked beijing for alleged human rights abuses and should junk tibet in hong kong encouraging other western democracies to do the same many in china believe washington is intent on containing that country and unfairly targeting Chinese Companies students and journalists its led to a wave of anti u. S. Sentiment here and an increased sense of nationalism president xi jinping rarely comments on. Us i just called on Chinese People to focus on rebuilding the domestic economy and becoming less reliant on Foreign Technology while the election of a new president in the white house may signal a return to a more conventional style of diplomacy many here believe the age of friendly relations between the u. S. And china will remain a thing of the past. Peaching lets go to steve can from singapore hes a Senior Advisor of Mclarty Associates formerly a deputy general counsel in the u. S. Department of transportation under president clinton welcome to the program such as the chinese leadership follows these electoral events in the United States we have to remember the china as weve just been harry has been dealing with the president says the china has been ripping off the u. S. How much would they not want donald trump to win this election. Well the trajectory of the relationship is going to be the same either way it is going to be the same under donald trump or under joe biden i think what joe biden is going to be more effective at doing because donald trump hasnt been able to do it yet is to address the core concerns the United States hands with china on their unfair trade practices such as with regards to cyber theft with regards to not protecting intellectual Property Rights with having a state dominated economy that is closing off to foreign businesses so in some ways you might think that its better for china to have donald trump. For the long term because youre going to have the tension with either one and donald trump isnt going to be as effective in addressing those tensions right is it to what degree would. They be able to reset the relationship should joe biden when. Well again you would think what would happen is it joe biden would be a better negotiator in into regards one that he would not be worried about the purchase of agriculture goods to address the core dynamic that has to change in china which is its unfair trade practices so you would have a different type of negotiation you would be trading off purchases to lower trade deficit to address structural problems that really need to get addressed the 2nd thing bit of biden ministration would do would be to try to find ways to cooperate with china on the existential issues for our planet you know predominantly Climate Change but also how to prevent future pandemics so you might see continued confrontation but at the same time youd see more cooperation potentially in the long run that should be better for everybody yeah a lot of issues at stake on the North Koreans we were hearing a little bit earlier what about that and what difference would that be in approach to that with joe biden. Well i mean youve seen no progress with regards to north korea if anything its gone backwards because north korea by all accounts has increased its Nuclear Capability that it potentially has a larger i. C. B. M. Now you dont have International Negotiations going with the chinese and the russians as you need if youre really going to address the north korea problem so i think you would have the continued use of sanctions but you would also have hopefully some multilateral framework working with north korea and you wouldnt be canceling you know you would be canceling exercises between the u. S. And south korea which are very much needed to get nothing in return for that so i think thered be a much more effective approach towards north korea knives its been a problem its a project. But i think you could have a more effective approach than weve seen the past few years a state i can appreciate about thanks a lot steve i can speaking to us from singapore throughout his presidency donald trump has consistently singled out the European Union as a threat to u. S. Interests and one in stands on the continent as please that support since its a good many you lose the bubble has more why the us election matters more than ever for europe but your biggest competitor the biggest photo globally right now oh i think we have a lot of phones i think the European Union is a slow what they do to us in trade the relationship between the u. S. And europe has never been straightforward but for decades theyve seen each other as alloys under Donald Trumps presidency theres been a big shift in both the language and policy. On trade threats of turned into action u. S. Tariffs on almost 8000000000. 00 worth of a you good civil ready started to hit they were imposed over europe subsidies to aircraft manufacturer us in a parallel dispute involving american aid for us from boeing the e. U. Won the right to hit back with terrorists on imports from the states ross was expected to hold fire until after the u. S. Election on an actual trade deal between the economic giants seems a distant prospect a win for joe biden might make things easier i dont think that the tone of the talks is going to change i mean i dont need to elaborate on why it is extremely difficult well to say impossible to have any dealings with the white house under trump but i think if theres somebody reasonable then we may still have different interests or different viewpoints but we will negotiate we will discuss like you know civilized grown ups and friends a series of political disputes is also heightened transatlantic tensions recurring theme for President Trump has been nato and the idea that the u. S. Effectively subsidises european members of the Defense Alliance so germany is delinquent theyve been delinquent for years and they owe nato billions of dollars and they have to pay it and when trump announced he was quitting a cold war Era Nuclear Arms Treaty french president Emmanuel Michael called for a True European Army saying the e. U. Needed to quote protect itself from china russia and even the United States one senior official in the Obama Administration believes continuing this war of words could cause real damage its a deep concern here to not be able to credibly rely on europe and go to europe on a consistent basis and deal with issues that affect us and the q one in recent years on terrorism and the flow of terrorists in and out of syria in the Islamic State that require collective action to defeat. Islamic state Network Among e. U. Citizens the u. S. Is images its an all time low part of the reason is Donald Trumps response to the ongoing covert 19 pandemic while major changes in areas like trade and defense could be a long way off whoever is in the white house come january is likely to face calls to work more closely with europe on combating the coronavirus. Aljazeera whoever wins the white house will have a major impact on iraq they could either be 4 more years of trumps maximum Pressure Campaign or of the by the possible return to the 2015 nuclear deal also jabari has more from tara. November 2016 iranians woke up to the news of a new president elect in washington not paying much attention to how he could change their lives as soon as the u. S. President took office his 1st order of business was the muslim ban which meant no more visas for rain ians. 6 months earlier it was a much different story as iran signed a Major Nuclear agreement with the 5 permanent members of the Un Security Council china france russia the u. S. And the United Kingdom plus germany irans relationship with western powers including the u. S. Had never been better there was hope that the nuclear deal would allow iran to rejoin the World Economy then in may of 2018 donald trump announced the United States was leaving the Nuclear Agreement because in his words its not a good deal at all for americans. They raney of leadership quickly condemned the withdrawal and urged the remaining signatories abide by their commitments to the deals. And in november 2 years ago the United States imposed the most stringent sanctions on iran no one was allowed to buy iranian oil except 8 countries which were heavily reliant on it including iraq more sanctions followed what the United States called its maximum Pressure Campaign in an attempt to bring iran back to the negotiating table for a new nuclear deal which would include the rain in the listing missile program. But the commander in chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the time for negotiating was over in a q. And they began boldly go look at it and the reason why i say we will not negotiate with the u. S. Is that it is pointless of course they will benefit from negotiations they say that we should forsake our defense capabilities and a regional or National Power well this is not possible and on a whole person who is interested in preserving the countrys interests will not give in to these demands this is the reason why i am against negotiating with the us as tensions reached an all time high on january the 3rd President Trump ordered the drone strike which killed Major General hossam salinity in baghdad iranian leaders all vowed revenge and described the killing of the top military commander as an act of war. Irans revolutionary guard launched over a dozen missiles at a u. S. Base in iraq but no american personnel were killed in the attack. As the u. S. Elections approached the rain in state t. V. Broadcast the president ial debates though officially irans position is one of ambivalence towards whomever occupies the white house next i think if donald trump is reelected we are pretty much going to have the same as what we had in the past 4 years and that is going to be a lot of hostility and contention between the 2 countries and perhaps even a military confrontation with joe biden wins the election i think the situation is going to be more complicated more unpredictable in the sense that there is the potential of reaching a deal between the 2 countries for very ronnie and it is the economy and the value of the ryal the matters most which is at an all time low while inflation is at an all time high all by products of what the government calls economic terrorism this is the former u. S. Embassy in tehran then its been 41 years since june saw those walls and took 52 u. S. Diplomats and citizens hostage for 444 days they were. Demand that u. S. Government would turn the shah of iran it was their receiving Cancer Treatment now its been over for decades and those feelings of hostilities and lack of trust are still visible on these walls and he showed just how little has changed between iran and the United States since the revolution of 979. Dollars such a bari aljazeera tell. Us much rests on this election about to call santa maria for the latest on where we stand with the numbers as. Well as all of 930 g. M. T. That is 4 30 am in washington on the vendor the 4th this is the state of the race joe biden at 238 donald trump at 231 it is very tight and even though joe biden is clearly in the ascendancy there are still parts for both men to win this election we just dont know when the reason well weve still got 5 states that are too close to call starting up in what weve known as the blue belt pennsylvania with its 20 Electoral College votes important for either candidate if they want to win the white house also michigan up in that same part of the country well thats North Carolina actually with its 15 Electoral College votes in the south and joe and donald trump doing not so bad there but see where else michigan well take you back to. Lets have a look oh oh this is slowing down as much as i am right wisconsin with its 10 Electoral College votes again back up in that blue belt to what was the blue about now more like a yellow belt North Carolina we talked about already and there it is again with its 15 Electoral College votes georgia as well not far from there somewhere the democrats did target but its looking probably a little more red than anything else and finally nevada still too close to call but this would be one which would quite likely go to joe biden in the end so just a reminder of the state of the roasts as we call it this is how it looks 23822138 close election it may be closer than any of us ever thought. Very much thank you well as we have been discussing these elections happening during a Google Health crisis on a scale we havent seen in 100 years u. S. Has recorded more corona virus infections and deaths than anywhere else in the ink and the Economic Impact is just staggering the response of the rival candidates and their plans to deal with the pandemic have been starkly different take a look at this the virus theyre working hard looks like by april you know in theory when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away i hope thats true rob well it is a beat tweak could somehow stop the crew of water why i have news for donald trump like the rest of us this virus is not impressed by his tweet i think wearing a face mask. Is a great president s Prime Ministers dictator is kings queens. And i dont see it for myself earned a mask is not a political statement its a scientific recommendation. Social distancing isnt a political statement its a scientific recommendation i see the disinfectant but knocks it out in a minute one minute and is there a way we can do Something Like that. By injection. Or almost a cleaning because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number of so be interesting to check that i trust vaccines i trust scientists but i dont trust donald trump. This moment the American People cant either im immune i could come down and so i just figured. Everything ive ever wanted anyone is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of United States of america were going to move away from the us election bring free now and some of the news that ethiopia has begun the military operations in the north of the country amid an escalation in tensions there the government in the region has been accused of attacking federal troops and local authorities have dismissed that secures in the Prime Minister of quilting conflict a 6 month state of emergency has been declared by the federal government. Well the feud between the federal government to notice a parenting raise regional leaders escalated 2 months ago when they went ahead with Regional Elections for the parliament thats despite the federal government perspiring all voting because of the coronavirus pandemic the government declared the election was void with the regional governing body the Peoples Liberation front theyve accused the Prime Minister of halting the polls to stamp power until recently the t p l f which is a coalition of ethnically based parties has dominated ethiopian politics but that changed 2 years ago when up it came to power and the coalition has since merged into the Prime Ministers party but the t p l f itself has refused to join so thats a backdrop to it all its going to malcolm webb whos with us from nairobi in neighboring kenya and malcolm why is all this escalating right now. Following those Regional Elections you just mentioned that took place in august the essential federal government refused to recognise the results of the grain Regional Government had already refuted the legitimacy of president to authorize these refusing to recognise each other for federal government then cut off funding to the degree and Regional Government and in following up whats important to understand is the significant part of the ideas military which is stationed in the great region called the Northern Command the now the general who is in charge of it resigned president sent another general to replace replaced a resigning general but he was blocked by forces loyal to the gray and Regional Government and its a great Regional Government now says that the Northern Command has defected to its side and they havent yet had a response from the Central Government we dont know how much of that Northern Command is on the grain control. So what could happen next now. Weve got a significant part of the military that seems to be. On the that to grain control its worth also bear in mind the history here the reason that a large part of the military is integrate is because of decades of conflict weve neighboring eritrea 1st and independence war then a border war but that was finally resolved 2 years ago following president coming to power and thats resolving that conflict with neighboring eritrea he was credited with and thats the key reason why he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize but now with these escalating tensions between the central federal government and the grey theres also a threat of tensions between eritrea into grey as well that could add a further complicating dimension to this conflict and this is all happening at the same time as a number of brewing conflicts and growing tensions between ethiopia Central Government and other regions in ethiopia where ethnically aligned regional parties and powers a growing increasingly growing dissatisfaction with the Central Government just a few days ago in the or amir region to the south Rights Groups of 4 to more than 50 civilians were killed there by an armed group. Michael thanks very much michael ware reporting there from nairobi. Could take months to restore power to some areas of the philippines after typhoon destroyed houses and triggered floods across the country at least 20 people have been killed in the worlds strongest storm this year now another one is on the way to mainland reports which is one of the hardest hit regions. The private surveyed by for all. But the devastation it left behind is beyond comprehension. This is the Coastal Community of people it was once a busy fishing village of more than a 1000 families this is all whats left of it now. More than 90 percent of the homes here had been destroyed it took their see and drop below benedicto 50 years to build their homes the only remind you of it now. Nursy says the water was up to their necks and they had to wade through rough waves to climb onto a wall with their children. But by me i was so afraid so afraid for my children perhaps someone out there may care to help us we are in need of food and blankets we will be grateful for whatever we receive. A 6 year old grandson said. Please i am cold enough read this lets leave this place no he was clearly scared everywhere you turn there is destruction images that give a glimpse of the hardening experience that people here when through. Even for a region often battered by natural disasters the devastation here is clearly on president ed this is a Community Deeply traumatized by typhoon go on me and people here tell us they are desperate now they are hungry and homeless. And he was the most powerful storm to hit this year it made landfall in the beagle region early on sunday morning leaving a trail of destruction more than a 1000000 people may need help maxime cow is preparing dinner this part of soup will have to feed 3 families tonight tomorrows meal she says may not come at all survivors salvage whatever they can during the day and that night they huddle to sleep on the same ground where their homes once stood keeping their children close they say they were poor but they always had what they needed but typhoon gunny has taken everything away. Dog an aljazeera t. V. By in the Southern Luzon region of the philippines. Harken has weakened to a Tropical Storm making landfall in nicaragua as a category 4 hurricane at least 2 people have died in landslides caused by the heavy rain its a slow moving storm and its caused devastation to some of the poorest communities and its left tens of thousands of people without power but 10 now from. Authorities in nicaragua are scrambling to evacuate thousands of people caught in the path of hurricane ada. With winds of 240 Kilometers Per Hour the powerful category 4 hurricane hammered the nicaraguan coast for hours as it slowly inching toward landfall when it already thats almost im going to we are taking your things out looking for a safer place to take shelter because of fear to protect ourselves above all were looking for a safer place to weather the hurricane. The National Hurricane center has over an extremely dangerous storm in the community of bill we in northeast nicaragua many families were moved to Higher Ground over concerns of potentially life threatening storm surge and deadly winds penya market and you know we had to come to this place because we are not safe in our houses because we live near the beach so we had to come here to take refuge the whole family ada is the 12th hurricane of the 2020 atlantic Hurricane Season its also the most powerful storm to hit this region in years. Environmental experts see there is a direct link between Climate Change and the intensity of hurricanes making it increasingly difficult for people to prepare effectively for stronger storms we cannot be a pair we you know we have some very good people working and sastre management and the International Community and into government but their resources are very limited as you know. Herring or. Very Climate Change you know are coming very. And changing very quickly ive got. A storm dynamics is almost impossible. To where we can quickly as it tracks inland the slow moving storm is expected to dump heavy rains over nicaragua and honduras for several more days raising the potential for deadly floods and mudslides across a wide portion of central america. When reading up a little aljazeera. Before i sign up just want to recap on the top story in the u. S. A president ial elections voting is close all eyes on the vote counts in a handful of swing states the electoral map is looking like this joe biden has 238 electoral votes so for his most significant win yet is arizona and longtime republican stronghold with donald trump card in 2016 the president s tally is 230 and hes managed to retain texas florida and ohio all of which were considered swing states the magic number victory is 270 electoral votes its even. With jealousy that she just excludes a. 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Lets go back to specifically you calling donald trump a white supremacist the lights are on theres nowhere to hide join me Richelle Carey is up at the front questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate. Front return on aljazeera. We were getting ready to win this election frankly we did win this. Donald trump attempts to claim victory in the u. S. President ial Election Results are still not announced in several key battleground states while his rival joe biden has managed to flip the state of arizona and has favor and this country ahead with 238 electoral votes against trumps 230. That im a stars here today and this is the news out live from our headquarters here and our coming up in the next 60 minutes