Mexicos former defense minister has been arrested in the u. S. Now new details about the charges against him will be live in mexico city. Lets start in thailand where police and antigovernment protesters a force in the center of the capital water cannon was used to break through a barricade set up by demonstrators in bangkok for a 3rd day in a row thousands of people defied the government ban on gatherings calling for the Prime Ministers resignation and reforms to the monarchy scott hide the reports. Face to face in bangkok antigovernment protestors and thai police got into a violent confrontation 3 months in the making. The mostly Peaceful Demonstrations started in july but for the 2nd day thousands ignored the risk of arrest under emergency decree issued the day before. As promised in an announcement just after the violence began taia 30 began using everything at their disposal to stop the protests including water cannon with burning agent laced with water the protesters are demanding a new constitution reform of the monarchy and the resignation of the cabinet including Prime Minister prayer. Something he dismissed on friday as he explained the reasons for the emergency order. As you are all aware of the situation the government must use the emergency decree we have to proceed because the situation has become violent with some things that had never happened before. The protests started like the other 2 peaceful protests earlier in the week its location was changed at the last minute to confuse the Security Forces they continued their call for the release of the top protest organizers who were arrested on thursday morning. But about an hour into it the police made their move after several barricades were taken down and police advance on the protesters many tried to blend into the surrounding neighborhood. Even though the leadership has officially called off the protest for the night riot police are clearing out the area of the original site for that protest earlier in the evening the big question now for the leadership is how do they move forward with the protests scott had there ill just bangkok. And u. K. Prime minister Abbas Johnston says its time for his country to prepare for a no deal brags that his office says talks with the European Union are over unless theres a compromise from brussels e. U. Leaders say theyre willing to continue negotiating but they will not say what they will not seek a deal at any costs paul brown reports from london. This was supposed to be the summit which signed off on a trade deal instead it has provoked some of the bleakest assessments yet of the prospects for agreement. Should be assured the state of our talks is not that we are stumbling over the issue of fishing which is the tactical argument made by the british but we are stumbling over everything and everything c e u leaders had proposed 2 more weeks of last ditch talks but warned that the u. K. Had to make the necessary moves to make an agreement possible that went down very badly in london and given that they have refused to negotiate seriously for much of the last few months and given that this summit appears explicitly to rule out a canada style deal ive concluded that we should get ready for january the 1st with a range wounds that are more like australias an australian style deal really means no deal at all crucially johnson stopped short of calling off the talks and closing the door altogether but in an off camera briefing to journalists his official spokesman was more stark as far as were concerned he said the trade talks are over the hardball rhetoric from downing street is setting alarm bells ringing here in londons financial district the Square Mile Financial Services represent 167000000000 dollars to the u. K. Economy thats around 7 percent of g. D. P. And the 33000000000. 00 of Financial Services which are exported to the e. U. Are now in jeopardy. The food and drink Federation Said the u. K. Was heading into very dangerous territory with tariffs exacting a heavy price on shoppers and the head of the c. B. I. Pleaded that this is no time to give up neither side can afford to fall at the final fence the german chancellor though held out a glimmer of hope in the months of iraq was put on you not to you know when my the britain nor the e. U. Wants an agreement at any price we are ready to continue negotiations we have seen a light in the last days of negotiations but of course they are still shut i believe that it is much better for both sides to reach an agreement but not at any price the e. U. Chief negotiator Michel Barnier is ready to travel to london on monday to try to find a compromise but the british chief negotiator david frost told him not to bother the 2 sides will speak instead by telephone paul brennan aljazeera london occurred to stand politician freed from prison by protesters just days ago has been appointed interim president so their job was made Prime Minister on wednesday but its now assumed the presidency after the resignation of jim bakker of parliament has ended a state of emergency in the capital bishkek that had been declared to end days of unrest triggered by this putin elections a new vote has to be held within 90 days and job is opposed by some who say he has forced his way on democratically into power but he also enjoys massive support his child strafford travel. Birthplace in rural northern kurdistan. This is the village of can sue and it is a cool region of northern kurdistan that is the birthplace of the man who so his critics say has forced his way into power in the chaos since a palm tree election on october the 4th was cancelled because of vote rigging allegations so there is a part of it is now Prime Minister and until new elections are held acting president. 3 weeks ago he was serving 11 year jail term for kidnapping but here and in much of the vast rule regions of kyrgyzstan he is loved by many 7 i believe in soldered to par off because hes faced many difficulties in his life he recognizes the problems that worry ordinary People Like Us things like corruption and land that was sold to neighboring countries some politicians support him and some do not but its meaningless because we support him. To power of support his freedom from during postelection protests his Party Leaders scramble to influence him or to period to be a power vacuum to power supporters charged a peaceful demonstration bishkek. Many supporters of other opposition groups fled. In rural towns there are memorials dedicated to kill guess who died fighting for the soviets in world war 2 and statues of historical figures who was a member of parliament 10 years ago is known for his nationalist views not much has changed in the village where he was born since kyrgyzstans independence up to the breakup of the soviet union 30 years ago the men ride horses to herd cattle and sheep most of the young have left for the capital bishkek will join the estimated 800000 carriages forced to find work abroad. Yes but i believe everything will be ok im very proud of study or japan or of he came from us ordinary people i saw him once and i asked him to be good not to bring shame on us a man should only leave good things and memories behind him. His critics describe him as a thug somebody who should still be in jail frets to the democratic progress this country has made they say but the fact of the matter remains that the new Prime Ministers son was a power off has huge respect in the rural areas of kyrgyzstan areas that x. But say have repeatedly been ignored by governments in the past but on jazeera you see cool kid just on. But the russos put opposition leader. Sky on its wanted list she recently met european leaders after fleeing to lithuania following the disputed august election that sparked protests and calls for president Alexander Lukashenko to step down says. Is wanted for quote making calls to overthrow the constitutional order. Plenty more ahead on the news hour including ours and armenians who once lived together peacefully failing to find Common Ground in the garden. There is tension in getting ahead of sundays president ial election Will Champion south africa withdraw from the Rugby Championship but it will tell you why in the sport. U. S. President of trump and democratic nominee joe biden held dueling town hall events late on thursday after plans for a 2nd debate was scrapped the separate events were at the same time forcing americans to flip back and forth between channels to hear the candidates address questions from the public how did joe castro has more. With the pandemic raging in a divided America President trump was on the defensive in florida you know i never did im sure if i didnt supremacy that what your next question appearing to have recovered from his 3 day hospitalization for kobe 19 but trailing in National Polls the president also refused to denounce q one on a baseless Conspiracy Movement which has grown exponentially during americas outbreak i know nothing about. I just tried your very lightly you told me but what you tell me doesnt necessarily make it checked i have to say that i know nothing about it i do know they are very much against pedophilia. They cited very harsh but they know nothing of the day to leave the president s event aired at the same time as a town hall event with democratic challenger joe biden in philadelphia which mirrored his steady low key Campaign Presence in my view with all due respect to spend divide and conquer the way he does better if he splits us you know theres division. And i think people need hope both candidates took questions and comments from voters some laudatory. Story and so many. Others were tougher whats your view on the crime bill that you wrote in 1994 which showed prejudiced against minorities it was a mistake biden whos campaigns been hit by 3 recently disclosed corona virus infections lashed out against trumps handling of the pandemic more than 217000 americans have died in the words of a president matter absolutely no matter whether theyre good bad or indifferent they matter and want to president doesnt wear a mask or make fun of folks like me when i was wearing a mask for a long time then you know people say well it must be that Important Press by the moderator im asked trump defended himself by falsely characterizing the study but just the other day they came out with a statement that 85 percent of the people that we have massed catches you know this is a guy who is a as i said thats what i heard and thats what i saw i think the disservice may have already been done for the past 3 to 4 years maybe one way and you know misinformation and this information all these things that i think became our new reality and i think. Its not shocking anymore thats the maybe the sad thing about. The final president ial debate is scheduled for october 22nd and so far both sides have agreed to attend but with the feared 2nd wave of covert approaching and the virus penetrating both can. Pains nothing can be counted on an Election Year like no other. Castro aljazeera philadelphia. White house correspondent kimberly how he joins us now from washington d. C. So kimberly what does that say who won the battle for view as since they both had the town halls at the same time on t. V. Yeah just like Election Night viewers have a choice who they prefer to watch and the numbers really speak for themselves and biden won by almost a 1000000 viewers 13. 9 to 13000000 watching President Trump and the contrast between the 2 was stark donald trump seemed to be most at ease when he was combative with the moderator joe biden having a more measured approach but Trump Supporters tend to say that they this just underscores what theyve always believed that this was sort of an event due it was a geared against the president what they believe is that the softballs as they call them that were lobbed against joe biden were nothing compared to the combative tone of the host that donald trump had to encounter so there are very few people that felt that their minds were made up as a result of these 2 events in fact what it seems to show is what we already knew and that is that america is divided there are very few undecided voters and when it comes to the National Polls and who might win this election so far the edge goes to joe biden now having said that im moving forward we have to look ahead to the campaigning this taking place weve got to donald trump he is down in florida where he has 2 events including another one of his make America Great again rallies where he is once again fighting for every vote on what will be a pivotal 2 state for the president that is the u. S. State of florida many say you cannot win this white house without that battleground state for his part joe biden is going to be in michigan another big battleground that looks like it is leaning for joe biden at the moment but again a very important state for donald trump so what were seeing are these 2 candidates fighting it out to the very finish but with very different styles and there was certainly that was displayed for every american to see in those town. Halls with very different tones depending on which candidate you are watching and as steve mentioned we are seeing dont come right now hes campaigning in florida how do the strategies of biden and trump compacts a day always seem to do a divergence in how theyre going at this right now well donald trump continues to have his combative style but at the same time his his supporters have always kind of embraced this hes not winning over any new voters it appears now it is important to note in this data that were looking at well you look at the nielsen ratings and its clear that joe biden won what is interesting when you look at some of the data about Smart Television viewership and there are again biden edges out but only by about 600000 viewers but whats interesting is that 29 percent or rather non white voters were watching donald trump whereas 32 percent were watching joe biden and what that tells us is that donald trump is making some inroads when it comes to voters of color this is something that he has been working very hard on and that many people would suggest his policies dont support so this does offer donald trump some hope but at the same time the polls are not in his favor and we should very quickly say what weve also seen when it comes to early voting is that there is a surge like weve never seen before we have now almost 21000000 americans who have cast their ballots and that is something that is unprecedented in part because of concerns about early voting and the fact that mail in ballots may not make it in time and also the pandemic people just dont want to stand in line so theyre voting ahead in order to protect themselves from catching the virus all right thanks so much kimberly how. Americans are turning up in huge numbers to vote early ahead of the election as kimberly was mentioning then its only 3 weeks away or less than 3 weeks to the vote several states have already received more early ballots than they didnt 2016 some attribute the early turnout to the pandemic with a need to avoid large crowds on election day so far more democrats are casting their ballots this time compared to the last election 4 years ago and if we look at the republican side voting is down compared to this time in 2016 overall nearly 10 times as many people have sent in early or absentee ballots compared to the last president ial election so far as more than 17000000 jason hosur is the director of the Iran University poll and an assistant professor of Political Science he joins us by skype from North Carolina good to have you with us so why are we seeing such a big early turnout this time or early vote this time is it all down to 19. 19 is really the only major explanation why we see a spike in early voting at this level this does seem to be a work in its going to have higher turnout level the overall solution or surely increase in early voting but not a double in your triple in your early numbers like what were seeing in many states North Carolina a critical swing state is seeing why im so wrong many people are walking away saying ill come back later what about the divisiveness of this election is that also motivating more people to come out and vote because people feel like theres something much more important at stake in this election compared to others. For many of americans this election feels like it could be the end of the war or it could be the end of the world of the candidate to oppose happens to win this is true for both democrats and republicans and most americans look back at 2016 and said well this looked like an election that one side was going to win that case clinton side ended up being a win for the other side so people realize this is a close election which means that you like their vote matters any selection where the results will be tremendous in terms of policy outcomes both within the United States and all the world and march absolutely why one interesting thing in the dot which i was reading out why are we seeing more democrats vote at this stage than republicans is it that republicans are not as motivated as democrats all but some republicans at least are viewing mail in ballots in the same way as telling me to wear a mask. Historically democrats have been early voting more often in pretty much every election cycle but we do see a higher proportion of democrats voting early right now my theory is that thats because democrats are taking included more seriously than republicans on average when we conducted polls here to be on university about worries about 90 democrats are far more likely to express concern about it and by early voting im so sorry bill