because the new vision of the future not from the need to sign east. it's. nuts. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera this hour in just a few minutes from now at the top of the hour that is the u.s. president donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden go head to head in the 1st of 3 televised presidential debates trying to taxes are likely to take center stage as well as race issues the coronavirus pandemic and on the me. 40 days of mourning have been declared across kuwait's following the death of its emir

share. his 83 year old brother the crown prince and wife will be sworn in on wednesday. armenia and azerbaijan have accused one another of firing into each other's territory as the flare up in fighting entered its 3rd day their dispute centers on the region of nagorno-karabakh. greece has begun moving thousands of refugees and migrants off its eastern a.g.n. islands many have been stranded there for several years unable to travel to the mainland or further into europe but a fire morea camp on the island of less reinvigorated efforts to help them move on . reports from the port of love rio. the people on board this ferry have been waiting for this moment for a long time they're among thousands of refugees on greece's east asian islands who received asylum months ago and haven't been allowed onto the mainland because there wasn't enough accommodation for them after

a fire destroyed europe's biggest refugee camp on lesbos earlier this month the government decided to move them it started with the most vulnerable unaccompanied minors and is now moving those who've received asylum this kuwaiti bedouin has been in greece for nearly 2 years 8 months ago he and his 2 sons received asylum now that he's on mainland europe he doesn't plan to stay in greece a very able to go to school well yes. i think if you stay in greece. you know. war germany. germany come here these 2 families have traveled across asia they too intend to leave for germany where a mentally handicapped child can receive care all you have. got. and you tell me what's your job what work to do.

get it. get it in syria refugees who are granted asylum a free to fend for themselves in greece with unemployment at 15 percent and few integration programs it's almost impossible to do so the international organization for migration is putting these people up in hotels for 2 months after that their apartment rentals will be subsidized by the condition of the island is a dynamic procedure which had started there a few months ago after the fire in more yeah there are more collective efforts from the competent authorities in order for all lead to build baby to be transferred from the greek the an island to the mainland these are the lucky refugees who've survived. it's dangerous crossings over land and sea crossings and that alone has taken them years to reach the european mainland and receive asylum and they have years to go before they learn european languages and skills and finally integrate themselves into the work force the government has dreamed island refugee

populations by 40 percent since the beginning of the year but $23000.00 remained the government says it plans to move all of them to the mainland by christmas but it hasn't said where they will go or how it will help them begin their lives. al-jazeera. french police have dismantled a migrant camp in the northern port of cali that's where thousands of people have in recent years have tried to cross the channel to reach the u.k. the camp was home to about 700 migrants britain has repeatedly pressed the french government to do more to prevent migrants from leaving france but the u.k. and canada have imposed sanctions on by the russian president alexander lukashenko he was sworn into office for another term last week but the election that put him back in the role is disputed and there have been protests ever since the sanctions targets targets include looking sankoh his son as well as 6 senior members of his

government including the interior minister if the u.k. government has imposed sanctions on a senior members of the authorities in valerie's including our ground. the national security advisor. chief of staff and it's for the persecution of the protesters in the rigging of the elections in that every state we think is really important to take a stand for human rights and for the values of freedom and it's important to the side now. 2 years after his murder in istanbul one of saudi arabia's journalist. missions has been realized a human rights group focusing on the arab world has started work in washington d.c. on tuesday the new nonprofit will promote democracy across the region and it will support political exiles. was at the launch event in washington. as we approach the 2nd anniversary of the brutal murder of journalist among the shoji at the hands of saudi arabian officials his colleagues his friends they're launching an effort that

he was working on before he was murdered it's called dawn start that stands for democracy in the arab world now they say eventually they hope to cover the entire arab world but for now they're just going to focus on what they see is wrongdoing in saudi arabia egypt the united arab emirates they have to give a platform to dissidents to expose what they say is wrong doing in those countries and also the pressure on american officials they say that this is in fact the legacy of jamal khashoggi and that they are trying to honor it as they approach the 2nd anniversary of his murder. latin america is the worst coronavirus affected region in the world with $9200000.00 confirmed cases that's being attributed to several factors including poor government measures inequality and a lack of health care resources leaders and some nations most notably brazil and mexico have openly disregarded public health guidelines to get

a life though is the executive director of the institute for health policy studies in rio de janeiro and he explains why many countries in latin america have failed to use their health resources effectively. i think there are 3 main reasons for the reason reason to become the biggest victim of the coheed 19 1st one. is the fact that the region is the most unequal region of the world and inequalities social and economic inequalities are directly linked to help outcomes so we have it's harder to do a lock down it's harder to do hygiene policies the 2nd biggest challenge is i concern is distinct passage in specially public health systems so we have a region with. more often fraud jail health systems very fragmented health as systems then you have the 3rd problem which is leadership so you have a government that does not do not believe does not believe in science does not

believe in evidence based policies and. only looking at. how to increase its popularity there have been more protests outside israel's parliament against coronavirus restrictions and a possible ban on demonstrations police say at least 3 people were arrested the government imposed a 2nd nationwide lockdown earlier this month to halt the spread of the virus alterations are also considering measures to outlaw outlaw protests during this lockdown there's no corner of the world no group of people that hasn't been affected in some way by the coronavirus pandemic but studies are showing some groups are worse affected than others indigenous people have been hit badly worldwide and the us native americans are more than 3 and a half times more likely to be diagnosed with kovan 19 than white people.

and south africa has lost more than 2000000 jobs that's the biggest fall on record it came during one of the strictest coronavirus lockdowns in the world almost 21000000 people were unemployed in june many couldn't look for work because of the restrictions country has reported 671000 cases and around 16600 deaths the pandemic has led to massive job losses in the philippines as well many are going hungry as the country struggles with its 1st recession in nearly 30 years. and organs reports from manila. even says his family feels lucky if they are able to eat 3 times a day he used to earn an equivalent of 6 u.s. dollars a day selling food but now he says he's happy if he's able to bring home 4. we've been hungry says march in the 1st 2 weeks of the lockdown the finish of the very

least that cash we had as is he couldn't really go out to work he just borrowed money many people here are in a similar position they used to be part of what the government calls the informal sector they're either self employed or run businesses providing goods and services but now they tell as many people here have lost their jobs and some have resorted to. and it isn't happening in the capital manila alone local survey shows at least 7000000 families have experienced hunger at least once in the past 3 months that's a record high of more than 30 percent the highest incidence of hunger since 2014 the survey comes as the country is well into its 7th month of community quarantine one of the longest ever implemented by a government in the world the philippine government imposed a lockdown with the coronavirus pandemic broke out but it pushed the country into

one of its worst economic recession in decades the government says it is doing the best it can it has given out cash to millions of filipinos and says it hopes to get more. the bill because it could be me about this that is so i hope in the economy to restart jobs and to generate more income for those most affected but others say more could be done there has been permanent damage done to label good jobs and there needs to be a more sustained response to this problem i think we need to dispel that notion that there isn't enough funding there is funding it's just not being used in the more appropriate interventions there is enough funding for infrastructure projects of local politicians this is a community inside one of the country's top business districts people here tell us life has always been difficult but now they fear it is getting worse jim duggan

al-jazeera manila. russia says it's ready to distribute its potential to over 1000 vaccine in nepal russia's direct investment fund approved the distribution of up to 25000000 vaccinations through what it called a private health firm the russian wealth fund has struck multiple deals abroad including 100000000 doses to india where it also expects to hold clinical trials the afghan government's top negotiator is in pakistan for peace talks. that prime minister imran khan the trip is part of the negotiations between the afghan government and the taliban being held in qatar part of their agenda includes pakistan's role in the current negotiations with the taliban so both countries share a long border of gonna stand has long accused pakistan of supporting the taliban but islam about denies this and in turn it's accused its neighbor of letting fighters plot attacks from afghan soil u.s.

special envoy zalmay khalilzad is hoping to resolve the issue he wants both sides to agree to prevent attacks from being launched from either of their territories abdullah abdullah is the head of afghanistan's peace council earlier he told us both sides do want a resolution. peace in afghanistan peace in pakistan peace in the region is important for all of us and most of the talks that i had hit in islamabad yesterday and today will continue to so model will be focused on how we can support the negotiations which are that in peaceful efforts at the same time what are the steps that we can take as far as a strengthening the the bilateral relations we will come to the message that this statement by the prime minister of iran come calling for all of that

action and violence reading to cease fire in also get other countries including the host countries which us which is that and the support group at the united states which is not directly involved but at the same time they are all working to get that in support of those efforts pakistan also has helped the fact that. contacts negotiations are started in itself it was historic i would say that i never diffused di dio of getting to get out and sitting across the table i've always asked and trust of course that has been mistrust in the past there will be is still we are not that. we should raise all issues and put it on the table in tying the common way forward a solution which works in the best interest of all sides in the people of afghanistan 1st and foremost so it will take time before before we will get that

but both sides. shown that they need to talk as far as islam is a public of afghanistan is concerned we are determined to be patient and to continue our efforts. in india nationwide farmer protests against new laws they say will exploit them are intensifying but the government insists the changes will transform the cultural sector and attract private investment muhammad john john reports the among farmers in india anger is growing. on monday demonstrators in been going to the capital of southern connecticut state took to the streets denouncing 3 new laws they say expose them to exploitation by private buyers of their produce and by big business. protesters called for a state wide strike and burn effigies of government officials a level you know what the why didn't all the farming community if you lose that

land and be forced to become slaves of the big companies looking like them but i just got many of the bills passed by the government the land bill and regulations against the farm as an agricultural produce marketing committee will be fatal to the farmers. india's agriculture sector makes up nearly 15 percent of the country's $2.00 trillion dollar economy and employs around half of its $1300000000.00 people . throughout the country the plight of farmers who have struggled for decades is a major political issue many are heavily in debt and suicides are common. the governing party john out of party or b j p say farmers are being misled by opposition parties and insists the legislation will help liberalize agriculture markets the as a have decided that the bill moved to every part of that of the country and educate farm must and this is the be told there's only promising can be improved and this

is a requirement. on the same day another demonstration this one in new delhi with police on guard the atmosphere becomes heated these farmers say their lives will only worsen but as many are detained they say they'll carry on with their protest. and just. coming up on al-jazeera just a few minutes the 1st debate there it is against between the us president donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden we'll take you live to cleveland where the debate takes place snacks in just a few moments. examining the headlines that said to me business wise to enron and they watch it on the news and i think you guys the comedian carefully unflinching listen how relevant is the

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hello again an opposition leaders are warning that there could be more violence in the lead up to the october election there been protests against president's office bed for a 3rd term and security forces remain on high alert reports from the senegalese capital dakar. weeks before his country's presidential election guinea and journalists had no intention of leaving his country but the threats became too intense to ignore 1st base calls in the middle of the night then a voice on the other line saying i will kill you and your family he fled to neighboring senegal in hiding but defiant yes you can make the perfect excuse or you know crazy i feel fear in the pit of my stomach for my country with president alpha condé running for another term in office so many people will be imprisoned

paralyzed or tortured and killed and i'm not willing to accept that from deckard he continues to publish articles against the 82 year old president to amended the constitution to allow him to run for a 3rd term in office a coalition made of members of civil society in the opposition known as the national front for the defense of the constitution continue to demonstrate against the constitutional changes human rights groups say more than 200 people have been arrested in scores killed by the security forces days government denies any wrongdoing saying it is merely protecting public order but with more demonstrations planned security forces are on high alert with guinea and authorities shutting down its borders with senegal. signals government says there are more than 3500000 canadians that have settled here most of them are full on these and despite them being the ethnic majority in guinea they say they face political persecution and economic discrimination from the guinea and states they are

a key demographic in this upcoming presidential elections in. interview with al jazeera opposition candidates. campaigning indycar fears the worst is yet to come and. the president continues to make in a city a campaign issue and there is high risk overlooked or violence along ethnic lines flared by al for qantas speeches. and that is using his language to campaign ostracizing for the new majority who in this presidential race want to have their say refusing to let their voices be ignored nicholas hawk al-jazeera the car. so we'll return to cleveland ohio that's where the u.s. president donald trump is just about to face off his democratic rival joe biden in their 1st of 3 presidential debates that taking place in about 9 minutes time or so when the 2 candidates will get

a chance to challenge each other on 6 main issues including the coronavirus pandemic the economy as well as race related violence that is a live shot from cleveland where that debate is expected to start at a 100 hours g.m.t. just under 8 minutes time before we cross of the debate let's get some analysis with henry paulson he's a columnist at the washington post and a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center he's joining us from virginia so you specifically mr henry also and you wrote about 3 tough questions that biden needs to answer at this debate in opinion please know i won't go through you through the 3 questions just for the sake of time but you specifically singled out the issue of race relations what do you what will you be watching out for when it comes to this issue from the biden camp. in the biden camp what they want to do is continue the attacks on dresden and drop the president trump has shown himself to be. off on the wrong foot and finds it very difficult to talk about race in

a balanced and compassionate way and if i were biting and i were trying to drive the whole point home to trump and hope that he says something ill tempered. by and i can't do that then that's a sign that he's having a bad night so what does he what specifically does he need to do to succeed in this when he's questioned on this particular topic for batting what he needs to do is he has already said that there is systemic racism in the country he needs to defend at claim he needs to pivot and talk about the things that he alleges president trump that said that or to visit that biden has been making the president's comments around the charlottesville unite the right rally from 3 years ago a centerpiece of his campaign expect biden to repeat those talking points and see trump makes a mistake and what does trump need to do to succeed in this when his questions about this particular issue ideally what trump needs to do is show more compassion

and understanding as he often makes bloated claims about how he has helped the african-american community and his acceptance speech to the republican national convention and he said that he had worn for the african-americans since any president since lincoln and maybe not even including lincoln you know which is of course absurd he needs to calm them down a lot and he needs and i mean straight compassion for the real plight of african-americans and america while rebutting the idea that america is a systemically racist country look at the big picture for us what both candidates have specific sets of voters and mine tonight of this debate. they should try needs to get 3 or 4 percent of people who are either on the fence or weakly attached to biden and getting them thinking you know trump's not perfect but he might just be better and what i mean needs do is keep a hold of the voters that he's got and that meetings reminding them why they don't like donald trump over and over and over again and avoiding the most unpopular

elements of the democratic party's left flank what do you think undecided voters are going to be looking for. to undecided voters tend to be people who are not strongly motivated by issues they're looking for competence they're looking for coherence they're looking for strength this is something that either candidate can project and they may very well spend a lot of time trying to tussle over that but if one candidate makes a clear mistake forgetting it's lines or they can get showing a what we call here a senior moment a moment of forgetfulness that's going to be bad and both men are septa generic brands and that could very well as well what about ohio specifically that is the scene of tonight's debate i mean mr president trump won it back in 2060 but seeing as he's now trailing in the polls how important how critical is ohio for him when the president cannot win without winning ohio that's about 6 or 7 states that the president won in 2016 that he must win in order to win again where he is either

merrily ahead and in ohio is one of them a little high of the key demographics are whites better college degree occur income whites as well the sort of people who held their nose and said well i may not be sure about trying but i'm sure that i don't want to requote and he needs to reassure the ones for wavering that he's worth another. vote and another 4 years in office why is he the wavering in ohio specifically according to a clinic in a verse in a poll it actually showed somewhat of a tie between trump and bided in ohio but then you have another poll from fox news and fox which shows that biden is leading trump among voters there. well i think that's part of what's happening is what's happening elsewhere which is that people with a college degree in the nation's larger metropolitan areas decided that no matter what the economy is they're tired of trump's antics so that's one of the reasons

a lot of them reluctantly voted for trump 4 years ago and they may not do that again and the other is whites without a college degree a lot of them thought things were going to get a lot better. they got better in a lot of parts of the country but they didn't get as much better in ohio as people might have expected and that may be another thing is that they took their 1st chance on a republican nominee in a long time it didn't pay off that maybe going back home. and we're just looking at live pictures henry also enough. the president's daughter and advisor she's just walking into the hall in cleveland ohio where we expect that debate to start in about 3 minutes time henry olsen if you for just a moment thanks very much for your analysis we'll bring in our correspondent john hendren john's joining us from cleveland where that debate is going to be held john talk us through what you've been seeing and just set the scene for us as we wait for the candidates the come on states. we all this is

a massive arena but because of the coronavirus only 80 people or so will be inside the candidates won't be shaking hands it'll be a very different feel than other debates you won't have as much audience reaction outside here we have seen some people coming by to do interviews donald trump jr and his wife also did a couple of interviews and in some ideas where of course the action will be but generally there's this feeling of excitement because you got a crowd there and some response particularly for donald trump when he who likes to play to an audience this is going to be very different but make no mistake trump is a very dangerous debater liz smith the democratic strategist says that debating him is like taking on a chimpanzee with a machine gun he's dangerous and unpredictable and especially dangerous tonight

because he's behind in the polls not just here in ohio but across the country in a number of key swing states and that means he is most likely to want to shake things up he's all generally an attacker tonight he is expected to attack even more and biden has been playing a fairly safe challenger game he has been doing a lot of news conferences from his delaware basement he's been coming out a couple of. times a week lately but he hasn't been as combative as trump he wants to look like the adult in the room but that has been difficult today and one of the reasons 'd is the trump campaign has been complaining they've been saying that they want to check each candidate for an earpiece in case someone is feeding them answers they say biden wanted to take too many breaks in the negotiation head of this huge bait and they said trump didn't need to which is part of their narrative that biden is this daughter an old man who needs a lot of needs breaks who is not able to find words when he needs them and the drum

campaign even went so far as to say that biden should take a drug test sort of hinting that he was on performance enhancing drugs that's an old ploy he tried that and with hillary clinton the last time around in 2016 she didn't bite either but right now those candidates are about to walk up to that stage it will be a little awkward in the sense that they won't shake hands there will be social distancing and we expect some swinging right off the bat yet john as you're saying accusations from both sides a few hours before the debate but also. importantly important to mention this debate is being held of course as the coronavirus pandemic continues so you touched upon this a little bit saying that there will be only 80 people in that debate hall which is very different to posture just talk us through how conditions are different this time around.