Polls today to elect a new president among those closely watching is china and its relationship with the u. S. And perhaps with the world has changed significantly over the past 3 and a half years from its trade war with the u. S. To the dispute over who way and the face off economic Hub Hong Kong chinas export oriented economy has faced Turbulent Times now it wants a new direction the fate of which could depend heavily on who sits in the white house. Across the west chinas economic model is coming in for closer inspection. The long held notion that free trade would bring democratic reform and openness to Chinese Society is now largely perceived as fiction. Instead as chinas economy has strengthened so has beijings resolve to go its own way made evident with recent crackdowns and change on and hong kong. What happens in hong kong and you. Have remarkably little to economy consequences for the chinese Chinese Government at the school now its not just the u. S. Thats mulling a rebalance
A powerful and influential country but its also very very far away and its trying to influence a conflict with deep historical roots that stretch back decades if not centuries you just mentioned the conflict dates back to the ele ninetys its actually a war thats older than the soldiers fighting it whats the mood like in armenia what are people saying about this. Well most of the armenians ive spoken to seem very very determined i mean its easy to say that of course when this type of conflict starts people often rally around the flag theres a lot of patriotism that you can see and you can see that in the streets here i mean theres lots of people Walking Around in military uniforms you see armenian flags everywhere lots of advertisements on t. V. On the radio encouraging people to support the troops but the people ive talked to take it a little bit further than that i mean i talked to several parents of soldiers who are basically they were they were volunteers they werent actually formal
Been seriously injured and tens of thousands of people forced to leave their homes the Weather Service describes fire conditions there as the most dangerous this year. People in germany are bracing for strict new rules aimed at slowing the spread of cold with 19 amid a big surge in infections chancellor merkel and state leaders will reveal on wednesday which for a stretch and theyll impose and whats being called a lock down light. As the day that we found our land follow us on twitter and instagram acting that way and it is our visit our website dot com. For. Corona virus cases are exploding on both sides of the atlantic more people are getting sick and hospital intensive care units are filling up the surge so strong here in europe that we could soon become the epicenter of this pandemic yet again to slow the spread ireland has started a total lockdown for a 2nd time in france and spain there are evening curfews again and in italy anger police clashing with protesters who say if the vi
On not quite as cuba tries to modernize women are still fighting for gender equality. And all that glitters is not gold sometimes its mica in india child miners collect a mineral widely used in cosmetics. Cellphones and Electronic Devices all contain cobalt and gold medals that are often extracted in some of the worlds poorest regions and conflict zones and or hazardous conditions. 1000000. 00 children between the ages of 5. 17 are forced to work in these mineral mines according to the organization stop child labor on average they earn less than 2. 00 a day mining Raw Materials for a sector that sees revenues totaling 700000000000. 00 a year the global Mineral Industry is booming but the poor and vulnerable are paying the price. Come out every and her 5 year old son roger turned the earth in search of mica the glittering mineral plays a vital role in this regions economy for many people mining the raw material is the only way to survive. Children working for hours in the blistering sun
Police brutality a domestic incident became a global law. In a country torn apart by racial inequality. Can americans find a leader to unite. All of the key issues of the us elections. On aljazeera. And on welcome again to rewind and theres a chronic here on rewind were going back to some of aljazeera is most powerful documentaries and finding out how the story has moved on since today we rewind into a film about a remarkable doctor on a mission to cure blindness millions of people around the world suffer from blindness that makes difficult lives harder than ever it in many cases they condition could be easily cured most cases of cataract blindness occur in the developing world and often they go untreated simply because of poor access to medical facilities but in some of the most remote parts of naipaul one of the worlds poorest countries and i can revolution is on the way thanks to a doctor locally known as the go out of sight so effective as his technique that doctors from around the