The us elections donald trump and his rival Joe Biden Campaign inclusions swing states. But 1st antigovernment protests are resuming across iraq after a long suspension because of coronavirus restrictions hundreds of people have been killed and injured in the protests so far against corruption and unemployment which began one here ago but across nighty baghdad where some or not full teen is live for us now some more give us a sense of what the turnout is so far. Well i would say that there are around there are a few 100 protesters who have gathered in Tahrir Square which are you can see behind me this is of course if you compare it to one year ago when up over 25. 00 it is a relatively small turnout at that time when we were here reporting there were thousands of people that the square was really packed and you couldnt even move the turnout so far its relatively small although it is still relatively early in the day it is probably 10 am local time here in but thats but many regard this day today as a real test for the protest movement because it has really died down over the fashion month on the one hand it to the coronavirus pandemic on the other hand also due to the arrest and the kidnapping from the killings that have been taking place targeted against the protesters so that its really a test today to see whether this movement can once again mobilize really whether it can once again draw the same crowds that one year ago would be a few protesters who were gathering up on the bridges and some of them are planning for a child to cross the bridge on to the other side into the green zone which of course how is that many different government offices by the whether or not they will be able to see the remains to be seen and also remains to be seen how the Security Forces will respond if they actually managed to cross now Prime Minister maliki has given strict orders to not use live ammunition but of course if the protesters cross to the other side the situation could well play this is uproot began a year ago as you mentioned hundreds of people have been killed during these 2 says one year old what would you say the. Achievements. Well the protest movement did force the resignation of former Prime Minister atal of the math in this was the 1st time since 2003 since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein that Prime Minister was actually forced to resign so that is quite significant but on the other hand the pharma. Remained in place the Political Parties but brought out of the market to power are still there and that is actually what sort of to frame it changed they wanted the parliament to resign they wanted a change of the entire political system and that has not happened until now now we have a new Prime Minister the problem is we have called for early elections to take place next june but whether or not these elections will retain something remains to be seen we still dont have a full new electoral law to see whether there will actually be a change that will for example give new from all parties a chance to get inside the parliament and of course one of the things that protesters here really want they want justice for the over 600 demonstrators who have been killed they have given the government and ultimatum to deliver death until today and to look for the 25th and that has not happened until now which is why they say that they need to escalate their demands to be to escalate the movement to try to make their. Case some wonderful teen life for us in baghdad for no thank you the United Nations and the African Union have condemned an attack on School Children in southwest cameroon at least 8 students were killed and 13 seriously injured when the sack happens in the city of Andrew Schapelle has more a gruesome attack on children who were only trying to get an education armed men carrying guns and machetes enters a bilingual school on saturday saw students in class and opened fire. On the students each 12 to 14 years didnt stand a chance isabel dions daughter was shot in the stomach but fortunately survived when i run in there and i made my child she was helpless and was she was shelton mournfully said only a goda can see if you know. This act of violence against a school and School Children could constitute a crime against humanity no group has claimed responsibility. People were shouting. Its unclear whether the attack was linked to separate spiders active in the south west and northwest 2 English Speaking provinces that have long complained of discrimination by the french speaking majority. Being attacked and children being ready. Anglo phone separatists have boycotted Public Schools for the past 4 years as part of their protests against president paul b. S. Government leaving hundreds of thousands of children out of school earlier this month the boycotts eased and schools reopened only for students to pull victim to this attack and schapelle aljazeera. The opposition candidates in the seychelles has won the president ial election the Election Commission says while the run on has gained nearly 55 percent of the total votes cast its the 1st president ial win for the opposition in 40 years since the independence of seychelles was into place over 3 days in the indian ocean nation. In the us both President Trump and his rival joe biden have been rallying in support of rallying support rather in battleground states well then 57000000 people have already cast their ballots coronavirus cases meanwhile hits an all time high on friday as trump continues to insist the nation is turning a corner and gallacher reports live from miami. The President Trump and his democratic rival joe biden these final days are all about the battleground states i voted for a guy named trouble we can. Thank after casting his ballot in florida the president held a rally in North Carolina before moving on to ohio all crucial states in his bid for a 2nd term and i would not put joe in charge despite rising cases of the coronavirus a record daily high of more than 80000 on friday the president continues to tell supporters its not an issue the pandemic thats all i hear about a chilling you turn on Television Coverage covered covered go because of it covered a plane goes down 500 people dead they dont talk about it go over it go over it covered go over it by the way on november 4th you want hear about it i wish i could go to private car reach you all in joe bidens home state of pennsylvania the former Vice President took a different tone he told the gathered crowd hed secured jobs keep Health Benefits and tackle the coronavirus President Trumped up pennsylvania by the narrowest of margins in 2016 the Biden Campaign wants to change that where 10 days left. That may come down to pennsylvania. And i believe in you i believe in my state the choice is never made clear the stakes have never been higher. 6 in miami former president barack obama spoke to voters at a drive in rally. Still a popular figure in the Democratic Party he urged people to vote telling the crowd that trump doesnt have what it takes to lead the country was. A tough question like what would you like to do in your 2nd tire let us are our make sure he doesnt get a 2nd term. With. The. With the finishing line now in sight both campaigns are expected to keep up their furious pace keeping the focus on the states that may matter most whats at stake of voters here is not just the direction this country will take in the next 4 years but whos best suited to tackle a crippling pandemic biden warns the coming months will be the worst yet as winter approaches trumps as the crow virus will soon be forgotten now voters get to decide whos right they gallacher aljazeera miami florida. The us Vice President s chief of staff mark shorts is in quarantine after testing positive for corona virus mike pence and his wife are reportedly in good health and tested negative on saturday the Vice President though is planning to stick to his travel schedule and continue campaigning around the country despite that positive test results. Egyptians have been voicing to elect a new parliaments in a process that will stretch over several weeks 63000000 people are eligible to vote in the 2 stage Election Results expected in early december thats also a 5 168. 00 seats are up for grabs but under a new electoral law half of those seats will be allocated to preselected lists critics say that will benefit president of fatah and c. C. France has recalled its ambassador from turkey as tensions rise demands to reform islam this after the turkish president questioned. No microns Mental Health threat of type or do one says the french leader needs treatment for his attitude towards islam and muslims french presidency criticized 3rd to one for not offering condolences for the killing of a teacher last week macron has been calling for changes to the way islam is practiced in france. What else can be said to a head of state who does not understand freedom of belief who behaves in this way towards millions of People Living in his country who are members of a different faith 1st of all a check on the mental level. 50 countries have signed up to a United Nations treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons and set to be brought into force in 90 days time on dura speaking the latest to ratify the agreement the move has been praised by activists but the United States and other Nuclear Powers have strongly opposed it afghan Security Forces say theyve killed a senior alqaeda leader who was on the f. B. I. s most wanted list seen on musri was killed during a special operation in a province he was believed to be 2nd in command mastery had been charged in the United States with providing Material Support and resources to a Foreign Terrorist Organization as well as conspiracy to kill americans. Thousands of people protested outside the official residence of israels Prime Minister on saturday that we could protest against Binyamin Netanyahu have been held for the past 4 months they say a number of demonstrators were arrested the protesters want netanyahu to step down over criminal corruption charges and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Theres growing opposition within sudan to the deal to normalize ties but this trio several prominent political groups have rejected the u. S. Brokered agreements among them is the National Consensus forces alliance there are parts of the coalition that emerged during the uprising against former president or mar bashir it still needs approval from a yet to be named yet to be formed its rather Transitional Legislative Council so to come here on aljazeera hoping for change testers a chilly make a final push ahead of a referendum that could play write the constitution. And the chairman of the alex tronics giant samson has died after being in hospital for the last 6 years. How there will be change of the clocks across much of europe this weekend and rules are changing the weather as well weve got lots of cloud a rolling in from the atlantic quite an active weather system this tightly packed ice bar so some very strong winds spackling of our cloud as well and you can see this cold front here thats going to drive some very heavy rain in across the northwest of europe eventually pushing down through the bad biscay into spain and portugal so some pretty wet weather for a time as we go through sunday the early part of sunday easing across the low countries into germany and on into scandinavia rasher showers are rattling away just spinning away across the Western Isles of scotland northern parts of Northern Ireland ahead of that not so bad we have got some showers just around hungry pushing across into rumania and into bulgar area further north well 14 cells just dry and fine there for eastern parts kiev for example where the weather follows on behind as we go on in sea monday some snow there over the high ground he burst of right possibility some localized flooding there that is back to sunshine a showers across the northwest in a fresh 13 or 14 degrees celsius somewhat warmer across northern parts of africa want to see the showers up towards china but joe to the showers though still affecting the gulf of guinea. Dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic lets start with some of the on the ground realities affecting the News Coverage whats the lay of the land there stripping away the spare eclipsing story about president ial corruption it is real with its not if you keep challenging assumptions and the official line we all decided we need to tell our story we dont want to rely on the authority and its media listening post on aljazeera. This is aljazeera quit trying to all the top stories for you know antigovernment protests on resuming across iraq after a long suspension gigia the coronavirus restrictions is that mr ations against corruption and unemployment 1st began one year ago the United Nations and the African Union have condemned an attack on schoolchildren in southwest cameroon at least 8 children have been killed and 13 others seriously injured no group has claimed responsibility. And us president ial candidates donald trump and Democrat Joe Biden have been campaigning in battleground states with the election just 9 days away the new poll stressed biden is in the lead nationally but its a tight race in the swing states. Latin america seeing a surge in coronavirus cases colombia has now passed one mentally and infections becoming the 8th country to do so. Has been following the latest developments from one of sirees. The Health Ministry in colombia announced surpassing that 1000000 figure 30000 deaths there in the world to pass that grim milestone the 3rd in latin america argentina passed it a few days ago brazil the worst country in the region has over 5000000 people infected with the coronavirus 157000 people there have died. Across the world theres been Something Like 42000000 people infected 10000000 of those are in latin america so its got around about a quarter of all the cases in the world and the number of deaths approaching the 400000 marks a grim picture right across the region very few bright spots to be had anywhere in the numbers only seem to be going up every everywhere you look a year or so ago the world bank predicted that the whole region economies in the region would grow by 1. 8 percent theyve now revised that talking about a 7. 2 percent drop across the region and were already seeing the consequences of businesses closing tens of thousands of people losing their jobs and many many people moving having to move out onto the street. European leaders are struggling to figure out how to bring danes soaring Coronavirus Infection numbers in germany more than 10000 people have died on infections have jumped to a new high of 15000 per day and france the Health Minister is warning hospitals cannot cope well and polands president himself is in quarantine after testing positive the same barber reports. In a small town in the heart of europe theyre trying to save a life the intensive care units here in the czech town of key of neighbor no is nearly full with covered 19 patients 75 staff at this hospital are off with the virus for their colleagues these are worrying times. The staff are doing everything even at the expense of their personal needs and time even on their days off theyre working to prevent an italian scenario daily infections in the Czech Republic have hit a record high of more than 15000 thats despite tight restrictions including limits on Peoples Movement and a ban on gatherings of more than 2 people in polands daily infections reached a record of nearly 14000 on friday as president andre duda visited the National Stadium which is being transformed into a Field Hospital due to whos 48 is now in quarantine after testing positive for coverage 19 he says he feels fine insisting he and his team followed the Safety Measures for damage and separated i would like to apologize to everybody whos had to go into quarantine because they met with me in recent days please believe me if i had had any symptoms of coronavirus all meetings would have been cancelled. On saturday police in warsaw used tear gas against protesters angry about new restrictions the countrys entered a socalled red zone lockdown with a partial closure of primary schools and restaurants and people above the age of 70 are being asked to stay at home over the border in germany the coronavirus death toll is now more than 10000 the number of covered 900 page. Si