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we need to change i have no. need to be reminded to moment of reckoning racism in police in america on a. striding back into the election battle donald trump winds up the crowd in florida after getting the all clear on target 19. c. fortunately i'm not an old person very young and i'm a church. judge break. down jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up the push to get a new supreme court justice before the election the u.s. senate begins hearings for a macone barret. they are going to mount
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a cease fire between us and armenia falters russia tries to get them back to talks . raise their voices against government reforms in the handling of the pandemic. the us president donald trump is back out with the crowds trying to fire up a campaign interrupted by his coded 19 infection rallied with supporters in florida taking to the stage without a mask after the white house doctor confirmed he tested negative for the virus but he's been criticized by his democratic rival joe biden for reckless behavior at a galaxy reports now from miami. after a dramatic 2 weeks seen president donald trump contract with 19 into the walter reed medical center and make an apparent speedy recovery he's now back on the camp . payne trail his 1st stop central florida where thousands gathered to welcome him
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back following the example of the president many in the crowd didn't wear masks and social distancing was nonexistent as florida governor rod dissenters entered the rally he gave high fives to the crowd before touching his face president trump told supporters he's never felt better i went through it now they say i'm amused i can feel i feel so powerful i'll walk if i was walking and there are kiss everyone. i'll kiss the guys in the beautiful women and everybody else yes if you have a big fat is any thoughts to the president might change his tone after contract in the virus were quickly dispelled despite rising cases in many states and flu season fast approaching the president says his approach was right all along the cure cannot be worse but if you don't feel good about it if you want to stay stay
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relaxed stay but if you want to get out there get out. in ohio democratic candidate and former vice president joe biden talked to auto workers touting his experience in tackling the economic woes faced by many he placed the blame for the 1000 death count now in excess of 210000 squarely with the president he didn't want to panic the american people that's why i said nothing we don't panic america doesn't panic but true panic his reckless personal conduct sense his diagnosis has been unconscionable longer donald trump as president and more reckless he seems to get. in the coming days president trump will travel to pennsylvania iowa and north carolina all important states in november's election. for president trump supporters this was a triumphant return after a worrying few days for critics yet another example of the president flouting basic
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medical guidelines joe biden is leading in the polls here in florida a state trump must win joe biden will be here on tuesday as the election draws ever closer and he gallacher al-jazeera miami florida well aaron kollie is director of debate at the university of michigan and he says trump needs to appeal to voters beyond his base to ensure his reelection. these rallies generally are with his base people that are predisposed to vote for him likely voted for him in 2016 but in order to win reelection he's going to need to reach out further than that to moderate independent voters maybe people that voted for barack obama in 20082012 were disaffected voted for president trump in 2016 but then went democratic in 2018 the president's done a great job with his base but it's only between 30 and 40 percent and he needs that additional 5 to 10 percent of independents and moderates and he needs to get his message a little bit further he's been off the campaign trail for 12 days and this is the
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most important time right now there's only about 3 weeks until the election so they have to get him out there these all these campaign rallies they also register new voters and get voters activated and so i think a big part of it is trying to get people that maybe didn't even vote for him in 2016 but are interested in the message coming to the rally with friends to get them to sign up and vote they need an even larger turnout of his base supporters white voters those without a college degree that are typically considered his base even more to turn out and register to vote that did in 2016 for him to have any chance of winning reelection seniors are skeptical how seriously president trump is treating proto virus and what his plan is going forward in terms of you know masks and contact tracing and even vaccine or submission and and they're the most vulnerable and so yes a signal like this is not positive and seniors are a big part of the voting constituency in florida and so it doesn't send the right message and and seniors could determine this election if not florida but other
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states are crucial because they are such dependable voters. and it's being reported that 10000000 americans have already cast their ballots in early voting in the state of georgia there were long lines as people gathered to vote some people waited up to 4 hours there were some technical issues reported including glitches that slow down voting at one booth in atlanta. now the confirmation hearing for the new u.s. supreme court judge has begun in washington republicans have been pushing to get amy county barrett confirmed ahead of next month's presidential election something democrats have criticized fischer's been following events on capitol hill. the goal to have him equally bonneton the u.s. supreme court before the presidential election the 1st step the senate judiciary committee hearing kicking off 16 days after her formal nomination from the committee chair a lament that politics play such a big part in nominations now the bottom line is justice ginsburg when asked about this several years ago said that
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a president serves 4 years not 3 there's nothing unconstitutional about this process this is a vacancy this occurred 4 years ago republicans refused to even hold hearings for judge meant garland nominee did to fill a vacancy caused by the death of a conservative justice no hearings in an election year be insisted judge amy connie about its nomination will almost certainly imagine from the committee even if democrats boycott the final vote that will send it to the fill senate for confirmation and that's where the democrats are going to do what they can to stop this going through to republican senators have already said they would vote to confirm the democrats are hoping they can use public pressure to flip to others to block a vote in the fool senate and they're using what they see as a threat to the affordable health care act due to go to the court one week after the election health care coverage for millions of americans is at stake with this nomination republicans finally realized also on the committee the democratic vice
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presidential nominee kamel hardass who insisted the senate should be dealing with more pressing issues than the supreme court that it may be crystal clear that rushing a supreme court nominee. is more important than helping and supporting the american people who are suffering from a deadly pandemic and a devastating economic crisis and nothing but truth so help you god and then it was time to hear from amy cooney bennett herself she said quote can't right every wrong i chose to accept the nomination because i believe deeply in the rule of law and the place of the supreme court and our nation. i believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent supreme court that interprets our constitution and laws as they are written so no the lines are drawn for the committee republicans believe they have the votes democrats believe they have public support
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the next 2 days will be contentious contrary and politically divisive as the supreme court becomes a political battleground in the presidential election alan fischer al-jazeera washington. is a political scientist he says republicans have no replacement for the affordable care act if it's repealed. if you go back to 2017 and look at what republicans put forward in that session of congress i mean this is something where republicans for years had said we want to repeal the a cia replace it with something better but when it came to actually thinking about what the contents of that would be republicans really had invested a lot in the policy expertise necessary to to draft a piece of legislation that wouldn't be really just summarily many people off of the benefits that they receive from u.c.l.a. and wipe away the protections for preexisting conditions so i think the you know when it comes to the commiseration the real value of talking about the a.c.f.
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for them is as long as it's in the sort of symbolic realm talking about obamacare rather than the actual practical details of the law they do just fine but once that the details sort of emerge there's not a lot of investment there and that kind of in that kind of expertise and sort o. see crafting knowledge a pharmaceutical company in the final stages of its coded 1000 vaccine trial has stopped it off a participant became ill johnson and johnson says the unexplained sickness is being reviewed it's not the 1st company to suspend a trial in september the british drug maker astra zeneca but its test on hold when i participant felt safe. mainland china has reported its 1st locally transmitted code with 19 infections in the early 2 months 6 local cases were reported in the eastern province of shandong that's where the city of king dar was located that's close to drive to test 9000000 residents in just 5 days at least 10 people have
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died in severe flooding in cambodia that's according to local media thousands have been forced to evacuate after heavy rainfall in the east a tropical storm and seasonal rains flooded a number of villages the military has been deployed to help dragging people to safety using ropes and floats. russia's foreign minister says turkey will not be involved in the peace talks over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh the foreign ministers of armenia and russia have been meeting in moscow turkey's backing azerbaijan in the conflict. accuse each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire 2 weeks of fighting has left casualties on both sides but in smith reports nothing glorious in armenia. when an armenian missile hit the apartment block where an urchin ali had lived there was supposed to be a ceasefire. this was another brick 9 people died in this attack on ganja on sunday azerbaijan's 2nd largest city here they have no interest
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in a ceasefire. if you let me go to war mom i'm going i'm going that chanting turkey is giving azerbaijan its full support and its fight to reassert sovereignty over the ethnic armenian on plate of nagorno-karabakh an adjacent land occupied by all means now is eric president wants turkey to be involved in talks to find a solution to the conflict but russia isn't interested. miss them sooner but there's both a new statement confirms the unchangeable nature of the negotiation process and its format minsk group consists of a fairly large number of states with us but it has delegated the management of the negotiation process and mediation to the 3 co-chairing states russia the united states and france. but in almost 30 years the minsk group has failed to find a solution to the status of nagorno karabakh. talks with his armenian counterpart
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following a similar meeting with the as area foreign minister last week. on monday in karabakh maine town of panic at the air raid sirens were still alerting people to the shelters despite the cease fire the anger here as raw as it is on the other side of the conflict. one of them would be here next to me i would strangle him i would strangle him without a weapon i have lost my husband and now i could lose my grandchild and relatives why 5 armenians were killed on sunday to have brought in the south of the golan a kind of back as azeri forces attempt to capture the town about 50 kilometers in that direction is the ethnic armenian town of how dry it now there's been intense fighting going on there as both sides a seemingly trying to cement their positions while moscow increases the pressure on armenia and azerbaijan to fully implement the humanitarian cease fire burn it's an al-jazeera chorus in armenia malaysia's opposition leader anwar ibrahim has met the
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king to stake his claim for the prime minister's post and why is aiming to prove he has the support needed to replace the current prime minister seen the opposition leader has added a new twist to malaysia's ongoing political turmoil after declaring that he had secured a strong majority last month mohiuddin who took charge only in march as a razor thin majority in parliament. for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back going back into a lockdown the u.k. gets a 3 tier system of the structure to deal with the. protesters across latin america called for greater protection of indigenous rights as they mark the anniversary of christopher columbus his arrival in the region more on that stay with us.
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however this time the before the change of season really digs it he said quite weathering middle east temperatures don't very much for the slow young the decline is very different the way of rain occasional showers form of the mountains of western society temperature wise with slightly below average in qatar slightly above average in iraq and levant only by a degree or so is not particularly significant nor is it changing greatly over the next couple of days so the rain is gone south is more or less traveling the equator this is exactly as it should be this time of the year you tend to get some pretty big showers for me of the lake victoria drifting slowly west was the concentration of the heaviest rain is likely to be in the congo possibly cameroon as well angola and it affects for throwing the and rwanda was daily showers but any event there's more rain and showing up in tanzania and further south and good news i think the malawi will always one of those countries in africa suffering from
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a fairly long term drought and the cloudy think was to enable our way but you do get a beach house and they're going to be more or more likely to tuesday and wednesday so malawi and tanzania parts of northern mozambique all of which want the rain should get it on both cheese day and wednesday. but the stories of struggle stories of achievement. from opposite ends of europe contrast in past and stories of arab refugees seeking a new life abroad. al-jazeera while travels to australia and sweden meeting refugees and those who welcomed them. a place of refuge. and nichelle still on al-jazeera. for when.
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the the thought. top stories here this hour u.s. president donald trump has resumed campaigning after being forced to suspend all events because of a coded 19 infection took to the stage just hours after the white house doctor confirmed he tested negative for the virus. the u.s. senate has begun confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee a macone barret democrats didn't want the debate to begin until after next month's presidential election confirmation would expand the court's conservative majority. in azerbaijan and armenia in force is being further tested with both sides accusing each other of new attacks in and around the corner karabakh foreign ministers of
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armenia russia have been meeting in moscow try and resolve the conflict. now protesters in argentina have accused the president of mishandling the coronavirus can demick demonstrators are also angry over the worsening economic crisis and they're against controversial plans to reform the judiciary a move they say protects the political elite series about reports in the capital. the national anthem echoing on the street outside the president's home. thousands of people came out to protest against the handling of the economy and then make an attempt to reform. says he's tired of seeing argentina fade over and over again this image file for divorce from said we have a beautiful country with 4 climates we can feed millions of people but we can't do it what is wrong with us my parents came as immigrants from italy and they helped build this country has been destroyed in the last 50 years every day we pay more
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taxes and more people live in poverty corruption mismanagement in the political class are to blame. this process generate the. an extremely difficult time in the country. unemployment and poverty levels are on the right people take a year to denounce what they say is a parallel agenda to protect the vice president cristina fernandez because. in the past few months and in spite of the pandemic the government has tried to pass judicial reform and remove 3 judges involved in the trials of the vice president. government supporters showed up at the president's residence to accuse the protesters of disrespecting argentina's democracy. then after that they come here to sing the national anthem they don't care about the concrete they want to remove the president from office we want the elections people want parents and because we
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help people these people don't care about the core. in march argentina was one of the 1st countries in the region to impose a lockdown to prevent the spread of covert $1000.00 precedent this enjoyed a 70 percent approval rating but 7 months on with infections on the rice and the economy in the red the situation has changed the resurgence of the central bank are slowly vanishing and the currency continues to lose value analysts say the main problem is lack of confidence in the government. there is no trust and there is no physical panic and that's a negative cocktail that explains why stocks are down economy showing no signs of recovery there is a lot of mistrust. i didn't tina is deeply polarized between supporters of the ruling peronist party and those who oppose it don't look for a division that has cost so much damage in the past. only political dialogue will
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allow the country to move forward but for now there are few signs of that happening . now one of england's largest cities has been placed under tight restrictions as part of a new tiered system to tackle coronavirus movement in liverpool would be limited and pubs the big close down other northern cities have managed to avoid the tough measures but if their infection rates keep rising they could be next john the reports now from newcastle upon tyne. clubs and bars in northern england are living on borrowed time in liverpool those not serving food will be forced to close from wednesday night the city falling under the highest risk category of a new 3 tier system of covert 19 restrictions announced by the prime minister in recent months we have worked with local leaders to counter local spikes with targeted restrictions. but this local approach has inevitably produced different
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sets of rules in different parts of the country that are now complex to understand and to enforce infection rates are soaring in parts of the north and other cities like manchester leeds and newcastle interior to know they could be next but critics question the science behind bans on the hospitality sector already struggling to survive but we've seen what's happened over the last 4 weeks of school this big gulp sewage and it call in saves i don't think who incidentally with the retune of students with 3 to one of the children to school it has yet to be sure and. where in this deal there is not available is not being presented where this alleged sudden increase within hospital is common i think it's very convience science and there are questions about the effectiveness of these measures including travel restrictions and bans on household mixing with evidence that the national test and
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trace system has failed to trace contacts effectively and to enforce isolation the government has promised to confer more power on local authorities who say they can do the job better here in newcastle there's relief that they've escaped 3 for now but there's also a lingering worry that the rules seem to overlook another big threat the enormous rate of infection among students universities in the north with their crowded halls of residence have been huge drivers of infection rates are said to be up to 7 times higher than surrounding areas after students were encouraged to return to campus last month there's plenty of blame to go around here and for the university's point of view i think they were told we're going to have a world class test and trace facility we're going to have this we're going to have that and so forth and we actually have those things that were written off and may and june and so forth and the decisions that they made might have worked out buying
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. like so much to do with covert 19 if only jonah newcastle health officials in france say the number of covert 900 patients in intensive care has reached a 4 and a half month high more than 1500 infected people are being treated in intensive care units the highest number since may 9 cities including paris and musée have been placed on maximum virus alert millions of students across africa have headed back to their classrooms at least 12 countries are reopening following a lockdown that's lasted more than 6 months in nigeria nearly 40000000 students have to try and catch up on missed school work under a new set of rules due to the pandemic and idris reports now from the capital abuja . it's a new school term like no other students are returning to an environment governed by you see 2 rules. their temperature is checked washing in sanitizing hands
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is mandatory. social distancing is in for. what it's an exciting for them. but take if i'm going to tell them. what it's mixed emotions for parents as a parent i'm actually excited. to have mixed feelings of the security and safety of the children in school. students in private schools like this. during the destructions their access to online teaching internet connectivity and computer technology. it's much different that of public school students private schools are better placed to strictly enforce safety protocols like the over crowded poorly funded government schools but government schools like in facilities they make up for an interrupted pay for teachers. not so for private schools struggling with
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finances a government pledge to support businesses to peace talks to happen for many it was difficult most of cause government couldn't understand if it did not not maybe because the government said. i couldn't make experts are calling for government intervention to make up for lost time to begin to invest in education. and of course to develop their. policies not our. nigeria has more than 26000000 students in primary schools and over 10000000 in secondary schools and there are more than 10000000 nigerian children who don't go to school that's nearly a 5th of the world right to it all experts fear the number could rise because of the current 19 pandemic committee greece al-jazeera. e.u.
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foreign ministers say they're ready to sanction the bell or russian president alexander lukashenko the move comes after a look at shanghai held unexpected talks with jailed opposition activists to discuss constitutional reforms the e.u. has already sanctioned 40 other better russian officials to step up the pressure against the violent crackdown on protesters. now the canary islands have seen the highest number of migrant arrivals and foreseeing is more than a 1000 people who landed on the spanish on and off the coast of west africa on the weekend. because in dakar senegal that's a major transit point for migrants trying to reach europe. the journey to europe starts here from the shores of west africa it's almost a week long boat ride to morocco and for morocco the african continent to the european union are separated by just 14 kilometers neurontin border guards say that they've seen migrants using jet skis or kayaks to make it to the canary islands
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over the weekend almost that was in migrants have made it to the european union into spain these are not refugees fleeing war but young men are fleeing economic and political hardship at home many of them algerians are guinea is where they're said to be contested election and was the european union has funded countries such as morocco or libya to stem out the flow of migration morocco received almost a $1000000000.00 since 2014 well that hasn't stopped these young men from taking this dangerous journey you create. great distress to defend you people are you serious journalist 1st. and they can freeze irishman i've used it's pretty sure and some. according to researchers there's a 500 percent increase in migrants coming to the shores of the canary islands
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mostly because of the coronavirus and the economic hardship that has come with that construction has stopped investment has faltered the president of of senegal has asked for debt relief to tackle the economic crisis and that's why so many young men are willing to take this dangerous journey for the hope of a better life abroad. protests have been held in several latin american countries on the anniversary of explorer christopher columbus arrival in the americas these were the scenes in chile at an indigenous march in the capital demonstrators use the occasion to call for greater protections windage in a culture and rights columbus was an italian explorer whose voyages across the atlantic paved the way for european colonization of the americas and mexico's capitol police and demonstrators during protests a few days earlier statue of columbus was removed and a 2nd fenced off to prevent damage. and then bolivia activists vandalized
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a statue of queen isabella of spain a sponsor of colonialist expeditions they say the monument celebrates the woman responsible for thousands of indigenous deaths facebook is updating its hate speech policy to ban any content that denies or distort the holocaust is the latest move the social media platform has taken against misinformation last week it banned the counseling to a movement that promotes dubious stories about the democrats. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has resumed campaigning after being forced to suspend all events because of a covert $1000.00 infection took to the stage just hours after the white house doctor confirmed he tested negative for the virus and he gallagher has more from miami florida if you're watching this right tonight.
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