the for the lives of its workers they care more about pieces of meat going in the tray then they care about their team members virus on the poultry line on al-jazeera. we have identified that 2 foreign actors iran and russia have taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections. just days before the us presidential election the f.b.i. says russia and iran are aiming to influence the votes. of the i'm how i'm headin and this is al jazeera life from doha also coming up. i had to drop my last one of the running for their lives the day i was in the going

to resist. nigerian rights groups say the number of protesters killed in a police crackdown on cheese day is higher than previously reported. in some of the clearest language yet the catholic pope says same sex relationships should be protected by law plus pollution is being blamed for killing fashions of fish in iraq leaving fishermen in fear for their livelihoods. top u.s. intelligence agencies are warning of raw interference by russia and iran in the upcoming presidential elections in a horribly cold press conference the director of national intelligence and the head of the f.b.i. said 2 nations have obtained voter registration data and want to cause confusion and social unrest mike hanna reports now from washington. d.c.

. these are members of a far right wing group calling itself the proud boys according to the f.b.i. iranian agents are planting e-mails to democratic party voters supporting to come from the proud boys with the intention of creating social unrest to that end we have already seen iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters incite social unrest and damage president trump repeatedly recently when asked to condemn the proud boys president trump instead asked them to stand back and stand by both the director of national intelligence and the f.b.i. head i've been accused of attempting to downplay russian interference allegedly in accordance with the president's wishes but russia was also named 1st we have confirmed that some voter registration information has been obtained by iran and

separately by russia this data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion so chaos and undermine your confidence in american democracy barack obama had been warned of russian interference in the months leading to the 2016 election won by president trump but the only thing apparently on his mind on this day was to catapult his former vice president to victory physically campaigning for the 1st time displayed the charm that made him a 2 term president. very good. i have to say because of your sexual. physical process. but a full throated attack on president trump he hasn't shown any interest in doing the

work. or helping anybody but himself and his friends for treating the presidency like a reality show that he could use to get attach it was no coincidence that the bar most 1st appearance in the campaign came in the capital of pennsylvania barack obama took pennsylvania in 200820128 was flipped by donald trump in 2016 the state has a high proportion of african american voters and joe biden and his campaign managers have identified pennsylvania as the single most important state to win if he was to make his way to the white house. donald trump continued on his campaign trail apparently not pausing to prepare for the final debate with joe biden that will be taking place on thursday. washington

iran's u.n. mission has denied any attempts to tamper with the votes writing on twitter unlike the us iran does not interfere in other countries elections the world has been witnessing the u.s. is on desperate public attempts to question the outcome of its own elections at the highest level. one of the big concerns about the upcoming u.s. election is how few polling stations will be open the majority of poll workers are over 60 years old and many are hesitant to work because of the pandemic has led to a high profile recruitment drive targeting young people to get them to help his past. us elections need thousands of people to make everything work jacki names handed out ballots even doling out those stickers usually the majority of these temporary workers are older but given their risk for corona virus many said they would sit this year out sending election officials scrambling we're down

about 50 percent that's 20000 people who are trying to recruit to be election judges as a result the state of maryland is closing about 80 percent of the places where people usually vote but in some cases they're opening up larger facilities like this arena hoping that just fewer workers can help many more voters of these places are even though in local. transportation routes so. in order to. use there's nearly clothing or even as an election. there are requirements within a certain distance to close. but during the primary fewer places meant longer lines in many states election lawyers fear this shortage of poll workers could be exploited in some areas to hurt democrats we've seen unfortunately more voters of color being affected by those poll closings and consolidations some counties you

know specifically targeted minority communities for these closures and consolidations so now superstar athletes like le bron james and others are getting involved using their celebrity and their money to recruit poll workers especially for minority areas it's got done kumble is the co-director of power the polls and he says they've been able to. recruit more than half a 1000000 young people what we're doing is we're really trying to go where young people are these days which social media and so one of the one of the reasons for organization is you know election officials don't know how to run it's grammar had somehow run snap chat ads so really working closely with like snap to try to get young people and if we have we have succeeded and this is expected to be an election like no other record turnout in the midst of a pandemic and a us president hoping to cast doubt on the elections credibility his opponents thinking creatively about how to give him one less reason to do that. al-jazeera

maryland and israeli delegation has made a rare visit to sit done to discuss normalizing ties that's according to israeli media it follows a deal which in washington and cartoons to remove sudan from the u.s. list of state sponsors of terror the us has been instrumental in helping israel reestablish relations with countries most recently the u.a.e. and behind we also are continuing to work to get every nation to recognize israel the rightful jewish homeland and to knowledge their. basic fundamental right to exist as a country that is certainly include sudan and we are working diligently with them to make the case for why that's in the sudanese government best interest to make that sovereign decision we hope that they'll do that we hope that they'll do that quickly we hope every country will do that quickly nigerian protesters have defied a curfew jury in the face self with security forces as demonstrations against

police brutality threatens a paralyzed the nation the rights group amnesty international says at least 12 people were killed on tuesday night when in the violence on the military base reports from the capital of pooja. and early morning fire set by arsonists burn spark to because at a government bus station in lagos officials say 30 buses were destroyed. in lekki while security forces opened fire on protesters the previous night the standoff continues. the latest state governor who visited victims of tuesday's attack in hospital said more than 2 dozen have been hospitalized so you know. well. we have not seen any fatality. that used. to social media but protesters dispute that

i can't really see who was shooting we know who was in jail getting i can't give you the afternoon because. i had to run my life were running for their lives. got injured so i. might want to. i'm listening to national agrees say there appears to be credible evidence of fatalities but the pictures have not been independently verified. the united nations secretary general who spoken with president bashar in recent days has called for restraint it's time for all countries to understand and i hope nigeria will be able to do so that police brutality needs to stop and those that are responsible for. such. violence. made accountable and this is essentially essential everywhere.

proctor started 2 weeks ago after police men shot and killed a man in the south of the country the protesters are demanding the scrapping of an old police unit accused of murder extortion and disappearances. they also want an overhaul of nigeria's police system the trial of the officers accused of crimes and compensation for victims. some of these demands have been met but the deep distrust remains between protesters and government. journalists have also been caught up in the sudden turn of events here and independent television station in the city is set on fire a few hours later another broadcaster was temporarily forced off because of what it calls an imminent threat to its staff and operations yet in the capital the streets are common in lagos early on wednesday security forces dispersed a group of young men gathering on the outskirts of

a. menace cools and businesses here remain shut for most of the day after the violence and destruction in lagos wow. there's a general feeling that the end to police brutality protest may have been infiltrated it's not clear how much damage this has done or could do to that course which many nigerians still see as a legitimate decrease. so to come on al-jazeera says keep up the pressure on colombia's president to resign as thousands marched through the capital bogota. and the makers of a powerful painkiller will plead guilty aiding the start of the u.s. opioid epidemic and $8000000000.00 settlement.

hello the eastern mediterranean is getting quite story at the moment significant showers in crete and in turkey and you think that might influence the weather in the levant but not really a bit of an onshore breezes cool things down a little bit but not substantially still 30 degrees in jerusalem and 27 in beirut on thursday that's both and above normal it's about right everywhere else a bag that's a little bit warm same is true of kuwait there houses where should be the breeze is a gentle northerly not particularly dusty is a light dust in it and the seas off the coast of a man have now come down once more but we still do have some heat and in damascus it shows the point the average about 2530 or 28 for next 3 days it's on the high side and to invest in nestle very that much this part of the world. 3rd assess this is where the rain should be it is still showering in south sudan and not as many as they were missing but they are still there and they're still fighting on the ground but the heavy rain is for this size and it goes right through the congo and just

far west is gobbling fact we'll see some pretty big shares over the next day i say but the rain doesn't go much further south and that is prompting a few showers in parts of south africa where the moment it is quite warm but that won't last. for. killing on global community we are having this conversation now about the. health crisis the response that looks like the part of the debate issue in egypt you can jump into the conversation right away when no topic is off the table you're not afraid of anyone taking power we just can't quite see a reason to listen to what you says the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer it's not kill and destroy the system it's just to look at the system and. this street on out is there.

this is al jazeera a quick reminder of the top stories for you now the u.s. federal bureau of investigation says iran and russia have obtained information on voter registration the f.b.i. says the aim is to cause confusion and chaos in the u.s. presidential elections from a u.s. president barack obama says donald trump is in capable of taking the job seriously here supporters of joe biden to vote early. and nigerian protesters have to fight a curfew to continue protesting against police brutality and the center national says at least 12 people were killed cheese steak. the roman catholic the leader of the roman catholic church has endorsed same sex unions for the 1st time

but francis made the comments in a documentary that's premiered at the rome film festival and for chappelle has more . news about an hour into a new documentary film about the leader of the roman catholic church pope francis appears to go on the official script explicitly calling for same sex couples to be given legal protections because he says all children of god have a right to a family. the statement of support for civil unions is a major departure from official church teachings even from the views of his predecessor benedict the 16th who called homosexuality an intrinsic moral evil i think it will be received in very different ways in different countries will accept . finally something. has happened finally most european countries it will be received in a very difficult way in the united states it's an open question how it will do see

churches in africa asia because itto then strong national interest nations always exist marriages that are very. and in time where so many people are divided about the world's problems and who's causing them pope francis appears determined to take the church out of the culture wars and away from divisive social issues but for some in his native argentina the move doesn't go far enough. in this recognition from pope francis that all couples are also families that gays lesbians bisexuals and trans people have rights to form a family we're taking a step forward especially for people of faith but when he says that we have to recognize the rights of civil union that's where we say it's progress but not so much. progress takes time in a church that so old for many this message of togetherness and inclusive is just what the times require. enter chapelle al-jazeera french

president emmanuel mccraw has kohl been murdered school teacher assembly of petty a hero and his killer occurred at a ceremony in paris on wednesday he was decapitated on friday by an attacker who accused him of insulting islam 7 suspects including 2 teenagers will face charges for assisting the attacker just wow. tonight i won't talk about the procession of terrorists of their accomplices and all the cowards who have committed and made this as a nation possible i won't talk of those who gave his name to the barbarians they don't deserve it they don't even have a name anymore protests have been held in the colombian capital against the policies of president ivan decay the demonstrations are part of a national strike being led by union members students teachers and many of colombia's indigenous population and the sandra reports from war with her.

waving flags and chanting against the president thousands of colombians marched in downtown bogota is the largest demonstration in the capital since the easing of coronavirus restrictions in september there was a coalition of union members teachers students and activists are demanding a variety of concessions among them a minimum survival income for those who lost their jobs during defend them ik it's easy. we want the government to talk to us this shouldn't be the attitude of a leader interested in unity only by talking to all sectors of society find common solutions almost 10000 representatives of colombia's many indigenous and ethnic groups also traveled to the capital the mending to meet with president evo they're calling for an end to the killings of hundreds of human rights activists and the rising violence in their territories. they accuse duke of turning

a blind eye to the killings and the peace accord signed 4 years ago with a rebel group that promised to end the years of violence again i am on my back we will not stand idly home anymore we are back on the streets demanding guarantees for our life and demand this government implements the peace accord this is a message for the international community as well they can't keep silent. anger against the government had already reached the boiling point a year ago with some of the biggest demonstrations in decades before being muted by the pandemic president. the protesters the man politically motivated also refusing to meet with the leaders of the strike and the. asians that travel. he says the protests could cause another major virus outbreak just as the country's economy is trying to recover now. nothing justifies putting our health

and life at risk right now if we need to discuss let's do it with. in the framework of democracy without issuing a summons or ultimatums or invoking judgments that have no basis in reality. but protesters and their leaders say they will continue to confront the government calling for another strike a month from now on the anniversary of last year's mass demonstrations brought the country to a halt alison and. election observers in bolivia say sunday's vote was free and fair the organization of american states observers says the poor give strong legitimacy to the party of former president havel morales luis are say will take over the top job moralists was forced to resign and go into exile after accusations of election fraud last year. they were doing people voted freely and the result was clear and overwhelming granting strong legitimacy to the

incoming government to believe you and institutions and to the electoral process as a whole the autonomy and independence of the electoral body with clear and mark to great difference from the co-optation suffered by the previous court coronavirus cases are climbing in mexico more than 500 people died on wednesday and there have been nearly 7000 new infections over 860000 cases have been confirmed since the outbreak began but health officials say the actual number is likely far higher than official data indicates and asylum seekers in mexico have been protests in because their immigration claims in the u.s. have been held out to the pandemic and they are stuck in the border city of tijuana the u.s. is operating a remain in mexico policy that has seen tens of thousands of asylum seekers forced to wait at the border. of all interior taking parts in trials of

a coronavirus vaccine has died in brazil but as origins say testing will continue reports say the person is given a placebo and not a test vaccine it's the 1st death reported in trials taking place worldwide vaccine has been developed by astra zeneca and oxford university and that says they are there are no concerns about the child's safety. the manufacture of a powerful painkiller that helped set off an opioid epidemic in the u.s. the set's pleaded guilty to criminal charges as part of an $8000000000.00 settlement purdie pharma makes the prescription drug oxycontin which is linked to an addiction crisis has killed more than 400000 people in the last 20 years she had returned see reports. purdie farmers decision in the ninety's to begin aggressively marketing its prescription opioids oxycontin to doctors and patients for a range of illnesses despite the risk of addiction has long been seen as

a major factor in the us is opioid crisis and on wednesday the us government said perdue would now be held to account today's announcement involves one of the most important participants in the supply chain of prescription opioids at the manufacturer level between 192018 some 450000 people died in the us from an opioid overdose involving prescription drugs like oxycontin or illicit opioids research has shown the rise in prescription and illicit opioids is connected as initial opioid prescriptions became gateways to fentanyl and heroin addiction in 2018 an estimated 10300000 people age 12 or older misused opioids 9.9 misusing prescription pain relievers 808000 using heroin 2 out of 3 drug overdose deaths that year involved opioids. has admitted it paid

doctors and pharmacists to prescribe oxycontin without in the medical purpose a practice alleged to have subsequently become widespread among other pharmaceutical firms and that it misled regulators about how widely it was distributing the drug companies agreed to an $8000000000.00 settlement however it's likely only to pay a fraction of that amidst bankruptcy proceedings the sackler family which owns pro do and was able to sponsor cultural institutions around the world with the billions it made from oxy contin sales has agreed to pay $225000000.00 and give up ownership of the company in some small states in the united states $8000000000.00 doesn't even cover what one state would would tally would be the cost just in terms of you know cost hospitals and jails and coroner's office oster children agencies and you know on a very down a very long list per do still faces hundreds of other lawsuits some state attorney

generals say the government has let the company and the sackler family off too easily the fines are comparatively minimal a cost of doing business they argue and no one has been criminally or civilly prosecuted for the enormous devastation caused by their actions nonetheless a few weeks before the election the trump campaign will now be able to claim it lived up to a trump campaign promise from 2016 to go off to big pharma and address the opioid crisis she had her town see al-jazeera. pollution in southern iraq has been blamed for killing thousands of fish locals say the government has allowed sewage to poison the livelihoods a fisherman small 14 has the story from our province. almost every morning as it takes his boat out to fish but these days there is nothing to catch and the serene surface of the water belies the toxic danger that there has been eat thousands of fish washed up in this canal at the beginning of this month 2 weeks on

the remnants of what mohammed says was an unprecedented environmental disaster can still be found. i used to fish for personal consumption but many others sell it to earn a living this is impacted this very badly this fish is sold in the market but now people have to buy fish from the fish farms or ones imported from outside the country. the irrigation canal feeds into the lake and care about the province and other communities downstream have also reported significant fatalities among their fish stock employees from care about us veterinary hospital took samples to investigate the cause. according to the lab analysis and with the visual examination by doctors there is no bacterial viral or fungal disease we had particularly suspected it might be due to herpes disease but all the lab results were negative the visual diagnosis by the veterinary doctors for the water and the fish samples suggests it's related to environmental factors only but it's not our

mandate to investigate them for community elders the culprit is clear they accused the local government of dumping sewage into the river and the incident coincided with the annual religious pilgrimage to the nearby holy city of karbala which draws millions of visitors every year similar the less severe cases of contamination occurred during previous years also around the time of the pilgrimage so. the reason is the syringe the heavy water that is coming from kabul a city which they dump in the main can now i always say they're killing us indirectly they should take care of these areas. the village chief shows us a video he filmed of the sewage flowing into the canal we visited the location to see for ourselves this is the 5 presidents have been. to the water for 2 weeks now and the smell here is in the quite awful nevertheless provincial

environment for 45 told us they have yet to receive orders from the central government or the governor or for the province to investigate the matter we put these accusations to the governor of. the fishermen themselves. this is not a fish farm these are normal fish which occur naturally in these canals but the fishermen fish in an improper way and sometimes they threw harmful material into the water that kills or poisons the fish. the governor downplayed the significance of the pollution this is not a big issue it's just some fish in the canal and it's far away from the provincial capital but for iraqis who depend on these waters for their livelihoods the pollution could be life changing such as farm boarders the canal told us that several of his family members had breathing difficulties following the contamination he also worries about his farm and life stock. it affects the date palms in my form in the past when the water was clean we use it 40 to geisha but

know it's very dirty residents say the root cause of the pollution is corruption with the government juggling and array of health economic and security issues they have little hope that their problems will receive the attention they deserve some wonderful tina jazeera in iraq's karbala province. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the u.s. federal bureau of investigation says iran and russia have obtained information on voters the f.b.i. says the aim is to cause confusion and chaos and the upcoming us presidential elections. we have identified that 2 foreign actors iran and russia have taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections 1st we have.