A partial lockdown as germany sees an alarming rise in coronavirus cases. For the long wait for world series success is over for the l. A. Dodgers a 31. 00 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays securing their 1st championship win since 1988. So then the voting is underway in tanzanias general election in a poll marred by violence and by allegations of foul play president john michael fully is seeking a 2nd term the government has been accused of cracking down on dissent on tuesday the opposition in the semi autonomous region of zanzibar said at least 8 people were killed during protests over ford. Reports now from neighboring kenya. President John Palmer Marco fully popularly nicknamed the bulldozer wrapped up his campaign in douma the new capital of tanzania some analysts say he is favorite to win and throughout the campaign hes exhibited confidence outlining his achievements in the last 5 years staring clear of accusations that his government has ruled by violently clamping down on critics and curtailing the freedoms of the media. A minute. Lets protect peace in tanzania peace will prevail if you vote for me for another 5 years alone bring even more development and progress. Now go fully his main opponent to lease and finished his campaign in the former capital direct was the reason he returned home from belgium to run for president he left tanzania 3 years ago critically injured when he was shot multiple times pass aliens who havent been caught hes accused the president of being a dictator and doubts the election will be credible. There wasnt any local mission has the responsibility of preventing whereas in bed announcing it is not before cowed to hes hes creating room for killers. Do not allow them to announce pretty much what is or even go to this i go to is also being held in the semi autonomous indian ocean. Which has a history of contested polls and violence after results are announced opposition leaders have accused police of using force on protesters who allege some ballot papers had been premarked there is no doubt of this election far from being. Without issues. Of course. The playground is not a limb. Both in terms of. Institutions which are government members in this election as well as conduct of the security agencies. The ruling party kind of dr house and the son of a former president and a relative you comma in politics is up against say sheriff amount complaining for the 6th time sait he won the last president ial election 5 years ago the result was announced by the Electoral Commission and he boycotted the rerun samana least fear that an opposition defeat could trigger another violent fall out with the ruling party well lets get the very latest situation live from kathleen whos watching the election from the kenyan copy of my review catherine very fraught time protests the internet being restricted death in zanzibar and that was before voting started today how the sheriff now. While still more legations of irregularities ive been speaking to our colleagues in tanzania has been visiting polling stations in Dar Es Salaam dodo mother copy told and zanzibar as well and they say voting in those polling stations and going to is going long small few people are waiting patiently in line but what theyve also noticed is that voter turnout seems very low very few people are coming out to go but this is ali hours of polls close at 13 g. M. T. About the Internet Speed still very slow people im talking to in tanzania saying that Services Like whats up and you know messaging still a big problem weve seen a statement from one of the Telecommunication Companies to go to tanzania apologizing and saying that they are facing technique called he chose about the security. Inspector general of police of tanzania issued a statement yesterday. Warning giving a stun warning to anyone whos going to try to disrupt this election of course this is in light of the violent incidents that happened in the last 2 days in the island of zanzibar so it is. Quite tense though and with the huge security presence both in the mainland and in zanzibar nick what despite that warning the opposition is already saying that if the election is viewed as free and fair it will be decided on the streets and it is bracing themselves for more protests. Already im seeing a lot of conversation in tanzania with people already saying that they are witnessing irregularities the main opposition candidate. Its a damn opposition candidate to least sent out a tweet us saying that hes also receiving we saw recent reports of widespread irregularities hes saying that opposition falling agents in some parts of being denied access to polling stations he says. The people are witnessing a lot stuffing as well and hes stating that that if this continues he is going to call to action we have seen similar statements from the opposition party. But then weve also had from president when he was calling for calm calling for peace not just today but as people continue to wait for the results or catherine talks about cut through soil reporting from nairobi on these elections in tanzania time to be a country that was once a beacon of peace and stability in africa is facing a human rights crisis according to some critics diplomats the United Nations or the World Bank Say that the president john mica really has stifled the Media Civil Society and opposition groups the World Health Organization accuses the president of downplaying the coronavirus pandemic in particular his claim that the virus is defeated through prayer few election observers will be on the ground with some saying they werent invited by the government in tanzania elections watch points to an increase in hate speech and the intimidation of confidence and thats pretty notorious. Africa researcher a Human Rights Watch joins us now from kampala uganda via skype or and welcome to the program so the president vowed that these elections would be free and fair at the beginning of the its pretty evident that they are absolutely not how concerned are you at whats going on in terms of their. Well i think just to put it into context. Theres been a large number of restrictions on. Very key groups that would facilitate free and Fair Elections over. A very long period of time which is sort of intensified in the past few months leading up to the elections and that definitely race concerns this is something that weve been documenting over a period of time and have definitely definitely feel that its it has a potential to detract from the how free and Fair Elections could be. The opposition candidate at least who is calling for people not to accept the vote how worried are you about what could happen here what i am i cant predict whats going to take place in terms of the results or what people potentially do if that depending on what turns out following the elections but i think its what we want to stress is the importance of respect respecting rights and ensuring accountability benyon rights abuses and thats something that has been very key and instrumental to to tanzania. Progress as i mentioned little bit earlier times it is always been this perceived at this beacon of peace within africa whats happened since that. Well unfortunately that situation has changed over the past couple of years. The government put in place several restrictions on those goods that i mentioned earlier the opposition media and since i say it freedom of expression in tanzania is extremely restricted not just at this period in time around the elections but over the past several years. Its simply not as free as it used to be particularly in relatively little relation to neighboring countries and thats something that obviously. Is very disappointing for many people that looks to towns and yet as an example of of of those qualities right in turn to be relations watch as you say a little bit earlier their point to an increase in hate speech in the intimidation of candidates is that something that youve been observing in the build up to these elections i mean i think certainly in the months prior to. Election the campaigning period there were a number of arrests of opposition members and a lot of restrictions on position parties which is Something Better written out of concern and which we documented and advocated against. Thats not something thats huge least surprising. But again continue to stress the importance of ensuring an equal Playing Field and the respect for human rights at this very critical period of time met in this. Very key country in the region already im. After researching your rights watch thank you very much. Thank you. So the u. S. President ial candidates are making their final push to win every vote to switch just under a week to go until the election crisscrossing the country campaigning in battleground states more than 70000000 americans have already voted which is a record that could lead to the highest voter turnout in a century my kind of reports now from washington. A final frenetic week of campaigning before election day President Trump doing a swing through 3 of the states with polls indicate hes neck and neck with joe biden wisconsin michigan and the brusca 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 99. 9 percent. And hes attempting to reset the conversation around an economy he claims to have provided its probably the number one reason that im standing here because of trade and we turn that around if 7. Were going to win the great state. Were going to win 4 more years in the way. But joe biden kept the discussion sent to don 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 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 a factor that could still tilt the balance mike hanna aljazeera washington theres been a 2nd night of protests against Police Brutality in the u. S. City of philadelphia hundreds who demonstrated against the death of another black man at the hands of officers from philadelphia. Protesters gathered at night to voice their anger over the Police Killing of a black man monday afternoon a killing they say did not need to happen cell phone Footage Shows Police shooting 27 year old Walter Wallace jr police say wallace was wielding a knife wallace his mother says her son had Mental Health issues and needed help and begged the police not to shoot him. The shooting comes in a year thats already seen mass protests against systemic racism and Police Brutality across the country was. Anger frustration but also determination 3 words that come to mind as for the 2nd straight night protesters are on the streets calling for justice earlier in the evening another protest outside the Police Station near where the shooting took place karen school field who has lived in the neighborhood for over 40 years wondered why police had to shoot wallace so many times there what are you feeling right now. I feel her i feel. I feel that i have 3 my hands were and ok and what im seeing yesterday was good they killed ok im not saying im against the police but theres the other way that we have a knife what happened to a taser what happened to shoot me in the kneecap ok i know i shouldnt have killed him ok we all guys children ok this is ridiculous others were calling for peace we dont want any. Dangerous given station we dont want any looting we want people to channel day energies elsewhere where can you understand why theres so much anger on the streets with a young black man right now yes i can understand it because they are at risk did they did their being shot down know anybody was there about others but didnt know would be those that we that we will sort of protect the. So when you when you know kind of. Can you turn to. There was however further outbreaks of isolated looting on tuesday night far away from the scene of the protests dozens of people taking from a store in the north east to deceive. Another black man dead in america anger on the Streets Police on the defensive and what has become an all too familiar cycle. Philadelphia. Including we look at how many living abroad are coming together to help their homeland during the conflict with us by john plus. Im john hendren at ohio state known for picking u. S. President s it might just do it one more time. Details a parting shot from football clubs. All right americas top diplomat to chinas ties with sri lanka and his latest all put it to the region sector state my pump has been discussing trade and security with sri lankas foreign minister in colombia hes pressing the country to be against what he called predatory lending and investment by china and china has accused the u. S. A bit of getting smaller nations will fernandezs this update now from. Essentially this sort of rhetoric ratcheted up obviously in the run up to. Basically the u. S. Secretary of state in that address talking about that sort of predator kind of rule that china as he sees it is playing in sri lanka where he says that the u. S. Comes as a friend now china has also been responding because right at the outset before the 2nd. Came to south asia there were obviously briefings and one of the Principal Deputy assistant secretaries in his briefing said that the longer to make some difficult decisions but necessary ones to ensure and secure economic independence obviously china took umbrage to that responded saying that the u. S. Was basically interfering as well as violating diplomatic protocol and they basically accused the United States of having a sort of a called war mindset and sort of a. Stick sort of a mentality and an attitude now the u. S. Basically saying that they come as a friend wanting to see sovereignity for sri lanka wanting to see development and having that ability essentially to be in control of their future. Well lets take a closer look at some of the investments china is making in sri lanka theres an awful lot of money piling in the biggest including new seaport airport in the south. Dakota the china is also provided billions of dollars in loans for other projects including highways and past asians who happen to support projects is drawn protests in the polls from those worried about china taking over private land United States argues the chinese funded project financially viable and the true lanka will have trouble paying back the loans well the high level chinese delegation. Lanka just a few weeks ago the countries agreed to strengthen ties in agriculture in tourism and in other sectors so lets take this on lets begin to try to allow to hold whos an associate fellow in the Asia Pacific Program at the think think tank Chatham House welcome to the program so 1st up says that china is a predator china says the u. S. Is a bully true likers in the middle how do they handle it and i think once again you know sri lanka becoming a familiar playground for International Geo political rivalries so these rivalries have played out in the past between india and china and india and pakistan when it concerned heavy best winds in sri lanka when it concerned defense supplies to sri lanka during. That the peak of the conflict in 2 company to 2009 that was started because that was good and so all this to say that this is not need this has happened in the prost there are serious concerns about china heavy investment in structural and Economic Investment into shila and how that places sri lanka into. Severely indebted but they shouldnt its ability to be off beat your hands so tell us a little bit more about that because thats one of the accusations that the u. S. Is so what kind of restraints does that put her under and how long would they be in debt for. Well essentially or you know one font is that on the investment that are directly into should aka and defeats ability of these investments in terms of actually contributing to sri lankas Economic Growth it means untested and these are the mountains of infrastructural investment including the 4th and the one daughter port that you mentioned but in addition to that should China Investment into what is called the belt and Route Initiative which aims at linking linking asia and europe and beyond has caused a great deal of consternation between among the us and india and eighties the media and very only concern about china a string of pearls policy which is aids china creating its own pleads and deepening its own clean power and within the this region which have traditionally been allies of india and also of the us right its all part of the hard reality of geopolitics if you like if your