Anti china message secretary of state mike compares in sri lanka as beijing accuses washington of bullying smaller nations. Voting is underway in tanzania as president ial and parliamentary elections and a poll by violence and accusations of foul play president john mica fairly is seeking a 2nd term the government has been accused of cracking down on dissent and on choosing the opposition and the semi autonomous region of sounds of on set at least 8 people were killed during protests of a ballot fraud catherine so reports from neighboring kenya. President John Palmer Marco fully popularly nicknamed the bulldozer wrapped up his campaign in the dhamma 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 tan
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
A black man by police. Voting in president ial and parliamentary elections that opposition parties say are already deeply compromised by manipulation unfiled says. With a global Film Industry reeling from the effects of the pandemic delayed and diminished come Film Festival still rolls out the red carpet. To the program asked coronavirus cases are spiking across germany chancellor Angela Merkel will hold a Video Conference today with 16 regional leaders the aim is to agree on a new round of restrictions heres the situation 900 cases have risen quite shy. With a recent record high of nearly 15000. 00 new daily cases thats a sharp rise from june when new infections has dropped to just over 300. 00 per day an increase in testing is only partly behind that and that as illustrated by the rising intensive care admissions folk over 900 that figure usually lags behind you cases by 2 or 3 weeks of hospitalization were flung over the summer which you can see here but have now risen dramatically
Might happen especially. The opposition senses defeat weve been hearing very aggressive words opposition opposition both in towns in both in the mainland tanzania and zanzibar using a very aggressive told saying that they already believe that the election is being rigged attuned least to in his final campaign telling his supporters that if these results are announced prematurely if amys sense that election is being stolen then this people that hes supporters should go out to the streets and mosque process close to 17000000 americans have already voted with just under a week to go before the u. S. President ial elections the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a shadow over campaigning with nearly half a 1000000 new infections just in the past week. U. S. Secretary of state mike compares his out of chinas ties with sri lanka during his latest stop on a tour of the region hes warned against Chinese Investment called its influence predatory china accuses washington of bullying smaller
Are more skeptical we all have to give ourselves a push now and see that it goes in the right direction. The numbers are always going up so you have to do your part to make them go down again and govern great progress and success but i hope that we will be spared but unfortunately we cant rule this out completely although im not sure if it will really help to contain the pandemic when we isolate them for most of people i assume that there will be new measures theres nothing you can do about it and we have to get the infection under control in this newsroom in the. New restrictions are expected on wednesday after chancellor merkel meets with germanys 16 regional leaders. News has seen a copy of the chancellor is working paper for that meeting of america with the state prime ministers and heres more of what we think Anglo American is going to propose schools and day care facilities are to remain open and thats a major difference to the 1st locked up germans will be told to limit contacts