Sanctions forced Western Union to close operations in cuba and a big blow to those depending on money sent from abroad. Heads one week to election day in the u. S. And the candidates are hitting the battleground states polls indicate Democratic Party contender joe biden holds the lead nationally but its a close race in a number of must win swing States Mike Hanna reports. A final frenetic week of campaigning before election day president trying doing a swing through 3 of the states with polls indicate he is neck and neck with joe biden wisconsin michigan and the brask. Attempting to remove one issue from the agenda at the beginning of the day tweeting Fake News Media is going full on. We are rounding the turn 99. 9 percent. And hes attempting to reset the conversation around an economy he claims to have provided its trouble believe the number one reason that im standing here because of trade and how we turn that around thanks 7 days from now were going to win the great state. Were going to win 4 more years in the war. But joe biden kept the discussion sent to done what he describes as a Trump Administrations failure to deal effectively with the pandemic this administration has yet to offer a single plan thats one of the reasons why the most one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world the new england journal of medicine called the president quote dangerously incompetent went on to say president turned a crisis into a tragedy im ready that act. I know what to do. Biden spent the day in georgia which polls indicate has come strongly into play for the Democratic Party its been a solidly republican state for decades but full clinton the last democratic candidate to take it back in 1992 the fact that democrats believe theres a chance of biden winning it is a clear sign of how the traditional electoral landscape is changing another good sign for the Democratic Party is the massive number of votes that have already been cast close to 70000000 americans have already voted thats more than a half the number of total ballots cast 4 years ago but the Biden Campaign warns against complacency traditionally its republicans who cast the most votes in person on election day effect that could still tilt the balance mike hanna aljazeera washington more than 90 people have been arrested during protests in philadelphia over the Police Shooting of a black man dozens of officers were injured jury in the Unrest Police cars and waste bins were set on fire while several stores were looted 27 year old water wallace was shot dead by police on monday as a bystander filmed the incident and posted it on social media officers say wallace was holding a knife and had been ordered to drop it several times elsewhere in philadelphia looters have taken advantage of the anger over wall to wall this is killing videos emerged of dozens of people carrying what appeared to be boxes of flat screen televisions and other items out of a hyper market. All the u. S. Has been suffering under coronavirus so is europe the 2nd wave is hitting europe hard the death rate in france has more than doubled in the past 24 hours they are reporting 523 deaths thats up from 257 on monday record numbers of new cases have been reported across the continent more than 230001 monday thats almost 3 and a half times the daily rate at the beginning of the month belgium has had daily high of more than 800000 last week almost a 10 fold increase in the highest number seen in the 1st wave in spring and germanys government says theyre likely to hit 20000 cases a day by the weekend. Medical workers in spain are holding a series of one day strikes demanding improved safety and working conditions they say theyre exhausted after months of dealing with a pandemic and theyll come out on strike on the final day of every month want to have reports from madrid. Doctors across spain came out in the thousands for a 24 hour nationwide strike medics are calling for better working conditions and more Health Spending as the number of coffee 1000 cases continue to rise spain with more than 1000000 cases and 35000 deaths is one of the worst affected countries in europe we are now in the middle of the 2nd wave of spain especially in madrid. All the Health Workers are very exhausted because we are very tired from the from the 1st wave. Were tired physically and mentally there is not enough. Praise or we have no the make enough to see our tears. Clearly saw fineman mess or work on the later we feel. From our politicians after years of whole service cast and after battling on the front line of the coronavirus demick in the spring doctors are taking action they are demanding better conditions and improved safety before they are in merced in the 2nd wave of college 19 of the strike came as a Spanish Government unveiled its budget for 2021 with the promise to 150 percent increase in Health Spending the Coalition Government led by better sanchez has already imposed a state of emergency given Central Government shipping powers including restrictions on freedom of movement a curfew has been introduced from 11 pm until 6 am everywhere except it can marry islands the state of emergency does also give regional governments some powers to. Try to stop the spread of virus each region will be able to apply its all measures after central and regional governments clash on the best way to battle the pandemic the Central Government hopes to extend the state of emergency until may next year but for the state need the backing of other Political Parties and that wont happen without a fight meanwhile covered cases continue to spiral upwards. More protests are taking place across italy against new restrictions to tackle a 2nd wave of covert 1000. 00 infections which is sweeping across europe riot police fired tear gas and demonstrators in rome i agree over curbs which include restaurants and bars closing at 6 pm earlier some protests turned violent as rubbish bins set on fire and shops looted Italian Government is approves more than 6000000. 00 to help businesses struggling to survive because of the pandemic. Hong kong Police Arrested 3 people from the Student Group advocating for the citys independence from Mainland China this video is said to show tony chung leader of the disbanded Group Student localism being led away by officers he was taken near the u. S. Consulate were reportedly trying to seek asylum the group was arrested under the controversial security law imposed by china earlier this year or for more lets cross live to sarah clarke in Hong Kong Sara do we know what the latest is on the arrest of these young activists. Well ivan not the police have confirmed the arrests of those 3 activists this is 19 year old. 17 year old jani her and 16 year old. Their charges have been laid in those offenses of relating to the National Security laws. Breaching the National Security laws in connection with some social media posts but uploaded since september theyve also been charged with offenses of inciting others to seek independence now as you mentioned. The reports that he was actually detained when he was approaching the u. S. Consulate here in Central Hong Kong theres a Group Called Friends of Hong Kong Based in the u. K. It says that he was seeking asylum but he was arrested before he managed to get inside that building that he arrived we believe early and as a result went to a coffee shop across the right and this is where he was detained the other 2 were arrested early on and theyre arrested when theyre reporting to police on those various charges that theyve been lied already under the National Security laws that they were charged with those offenses back in july and now they also belong to a group known as a student localism and this particular group it was disbanded before the National Security law was introduced back in july 1st but that particular group has been accused of promoting independence from Mainland China so that we know what kind of penalties these young people could face. Or they could face some of these penalties and the National Security could face up to a lot of time in prison and its also other reports that full more activists trying to seek asylum at the us. This is after the 3 others who were arrested with confirmation. One of those particular people in that group of the 4 activists. Charges related to the Anti Government protests its an Interesting Development shows the desperation of some of these people trying to flee persecution under the National Security because of the heavy penalties involved now i should state that the u. S. Does not grant asylum to people at these diplomatic postings or more complicated process to apply for Refugee Status but hong kong is a processing part of the Hong Kong Government has responded to all these reports the arrests and charges these activists involved but it says that anyone whos been prosecuted under the National Security should face an independent judiciary here in hong kong and says theres no justification for political asylum in the us is yet to respond to yesterdays developments but certainly it might be trying to silence this particular will not talk about this particular issue because its trying to avoid inflaming the already inflamed tensions between the u. S. And china. And hong kong thank you. Qatar has expressed regrets after several female passengers from the complained of invasive searches at the countrys International Airport the incident happened earlier this month when terminal staff found a baby girl concealed inside a plastic bag and dumped in a rubbish bin the qatari government called it an appalling attempt to kill her and a violation of the law it says it regrets authorities infringing on the personal freedoms of travelers in the search for the babys parents it says has launched an investigation and will share the results with countries of affected passengers. Still ahead on aljazeera calls for Peaceful Elections in tanzania him after violence and the arrest of an Opposition Leader in zanzibar. Al jazeera gains exclusive access to operations at the biggest u. S. Military base in the gulf. Hello winter is still a long way north it is in siberia it is this sort of thing here and you might just feel it on the japanese island of hokkaido as the wind starts to circulate and its bringing in the cold thats leaving snow on the ground on the mainland bit of rain further south otherwise looking fine for japan for the korean prison almost all of china the exception of this massive light cloud an occasional spots are right in the middle and more especially down the south coast as well avi the typhoon is quite activists throwing and in hearts in the showers into grondahl including hong kong of course but they go inland beyond that and just come out of north and vietnam otherwise pretty picture sunshine for many a cold touch in the winter sapporo probably not for sendai or tokyo now as i said it is a sas china sea where this typhoon is its a major typhoon has picked up a lot of energy in the last 24 hours and it will be the nighttime hours yearly as of wednesday so it will be dark when it makes landfall in vietnam with those strong winds and rain this is probably the worst weve seen this season over already damaged and flooded ground as it goes further inland it will slowly fall apart but it spreads its rain throughout thailand and to some degree laos fantasize widespread showers. 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On call police have arrested 3 people from the Student Group advocating for the citys independence from Mainland China they were detained under the controversial security law imposed by china and india this year. Money transfer service Western Union is going to close hundreds of offices in cuba following new sanctions imposed by the Us Government sanctions announced on friday prevents Western Union from dealing with the military run company that controls remittances into the country more than 400. 00 offices are going to close many cubans rely on them it ensues from relatives abroad where it finds with its Vice President of the council of the americas hes joining us on skype from washington d. C. Thank you very much indeed for being with us with us on aljazeera whos most likely to be affected by this well rob its going to be with you again you know the people who are most likely be affected in addition of the cuban military of course will be the recipients of the remittances which is the Common People in cuba and theyre not just in the major metropolitan cities like atlanta but theyre also spread out around the country and rural areas which are already hurting because of economic slowdown pandemic and the like so the people who will be heard from the ones who rely on remittances really to meet their basic daily and weekly need to have any idea who the u. S. Was trying to target by bringing this legislation in. Yeah theyre trying to target the cuban military which does have its hand in the. Remittance transactions in fact it runs the remittances on the island of cuba and so in trying to get at the military to squeeze the sources of income to reduce financing to the cuban government theyre taking this step and its not an insignificant step i mean remittances to cuba every year represent some 3000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars a part currency to the island some reports would indicate its the 2nd highest source of foreign income for cuba so this is a big deal if indeed the spigot is shut off the government of the United States has given 30 days to try to come up with some sort of solution to try to work out a solution with the cuban government the money that goes into the country from cuban expats what its usually used for. Yeah you know its really interesting of course every family is different every individual is different but in general these are monthly or some one Monthly Payments of a regular size generally in the range of 100. 00 or you know a couple 100. 00 there are limits on what you can do the Trump Administration has instituted quarterly limits of a 1000. 00 a maximum 4000. 00 per year but what it is they go to a Meeting Basic Needs you know there are shortages of lots of things in cuba and so its you know clothing food transportation things that many others might take for granted so these are in some ways lifelines to cubans on the island to help them really live live lives of some nature of that they wouldnt be able to do so otherwise if these life lines as you call them are removed other any alternatives that cubans can use or is the money really going to be restricted getting into cuba. Its a good question cubans are very resourceful not just on the island but outside of the island and one would anticipate that if this particular route is is reduced or ended that there would be other ways that would open up that people would find other ways to get money to their relatives and friends on the island and i think that would be something to be anticipated but it would be more complicated it could be potentially more dangerous potentially more costly so the for the friction of the remittance structure would definitely increase really good to get your thoughts on this eric phones with good to have you again and aljazeera thank you very much thank you thanks for having me. Mexicos government has admitted the true number of people whove died from the corona virus pandemic is far higher than initially thought the official death toll stands at 90000 but its thought 50000 more have died from the disease one of the hardest hit regions is the Northern State of chihuahua which has returned to a red alert situation because of a 2nd wave john holdren reports from mexico city. Even by the standards of mexicos problems with cope with 19