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all to help the past bombs deals although you will rumsfeld was meeting saddam isn't that interesting. shadow on al-jazeera. we're opening up our country we've learned and studied and understand the disease learning to live with it c'mon we're dying with. donald trump and joe biden clash on familiar issues but they're 2nd 3rd final presidential debates is much more simple than the 1st. solo that he had seen and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. president of course for victory in elections that have brought violence and allegations of fraud. nigeria's these are addresses
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a nation on edge making no mention though the shooting of protestors in africa's largest city. and french scientists warn corona virus is spreading much faster now during the 1st week. here as president donald trump and democratic party nominee joe biden have held their 2nd and final debates less than 2 weeks before the election the threats of having their microphones muted largely deters interruptions making for a less chaotic events than the 1st they still spars about the coronavirus response racism in america and accuse each other of corruption white house correspondent kimberly hall could reports from nashville. it was
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a stark contrast from the 1st debate fury interruptions and more substantial discussion with the 2 presidential hopefuls donald trump and joe biden who mostly respected the rules the moderator even earned a rare compliment from the u.s. president so far i respect very much the way you handle it this is the debate opened with a disagreement over. the handling of the covert pandemic that's left more than 223000 people dead in the united states we're learning to live with it we have no choice we can't lock ourselves up in a basement like. you know we're learning to live with people learning to die with proper insists a vaccine is just weeks away even as most scientists suggest it could be moderates and infections in the united states are surging trump last back suggesting biden's policies to lock down the country are draconian and would hurt families and small businesses cropping biden also took aim at the respective alleged foreign
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entanglements trump hitting biden on his son's business dealings with ukraine and china and whether biden put policies in place as vice president that helped to son profit i have not taken a penny from any foreign shores ever in my life we learned this president paid 50 times the tax in china as a secret bank account with china biden last back accusing trump of cozy relationships with russian president vladimir putin and north korean leader kim jong il would it's a relationship trump defended claiming it's prevented conflict and tensions he inherited from the obama white house it was a very dangerous period in my 1st 3 months before we sort of work things out a little bit ok there was a very good they left us a mess what has he done he's legitimize north korea he's talked about his good buddy who's a folk had already gone and we had a good relationship with hitler before he in fact invaded and domestic policy trump
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tried repeatedly to portray biden's policies as extreme and too little too late considering his years of government he alleged to biden presidency would bring the united states closer to socialism when it comes to health care president tragically he was there on tour 47 years he didn't do as america continues to grapple with the issue of rain. still injustice trump attacked bited for his role in passing a 994 crime bill that locked up a disproportionate number of african-americans for possessing a small amount of drugs they never did a thing except in 1094 when he did such harm to the black community and they were called and he called them super predators all 100 senators voted for a bill on drugs and how to deal with drugs it was a mistake on climate change truck defended his decision to withdraw the united states from the paris climate accord stating he believed it was too costly for small business but when biden suggested the u.s.
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should move away from an economy based on oil trump had this response oh i wish late edition because you know exactly what i say is years going to destroy the oil industry the final presidential debate was supposed to be about policy and that is exactly what american voters got with 47000000 ballots already cast there's little time for either candidate to win new voters can really help al jazeera nashville tennessee. the u.s. has imposed sanctions on 5 iranian groups it accuses of attempting to interfere in its selection on wednesday american intelligence agencies said iran and russia had obtained voter information to spread chaos and confusion the sanctions applied to iran's revolutionary guards and t.v. and media companies no sanctions were announced against russia the us military says it has carried out
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a drone strike against al qaida leaders in syria monitors are reporting that 14 senior figures were killed while limits in a province syria's last remaining rebel area. to getting nowhere preliminary results from nearly all votes in district syndicate president's office combs a winning a 3rd term since sunday's election these 13 people have been killed dozens injured when security forces fart at supporters of opposition presidential candidate said and then n.d. although he says he has evidence of frauds and is planning legal action nicholas hawk reports. for a brief moment the gunfire stops was interrupted by families who are in mourning. i do sorry do jell-o. 14 years old chair known as he was 13 years old and 10 year old giallo these young victims were shot by security forces some in the face while they were celebrating
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candidates said it was preliminary victory announcement in sunday's presidential vote for years military foreign children small boy of 10 to 20 years old they never pick on braille ma'am i hope that that death will not go in vain and that the violence will stop preliminary results announced by the election commission known as the sen he suggests alpha condé said to win a landslide victory jell-o. supporters are taking to the streets protesting the election results his party believes jello won with 53 percent of the vote. and. nothing. nothing to do and. the media. and. mobile phone footage circulating on social media like this one
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showing election officials pending votes in favor of the president is deepening mistrust in the electoral process the 82 year old president amended the constitution or. this year which allowed him to run for a 3rd term in office the decision sparked widespread criticism and protests called is that to become one of the continent's oldest heads of state in a country where most are under the age of 25 meanwhile the government is accusing jello for mentoring and rest by announcing his victory before the official election results. condé is a democrat he will accept the outcome no matter the result additional mobile phone footage shows the military taking position inside for the new neighborhoods known to support giallo power has been cut and people live in fear look at these dogs comment the women filming their shooting are people over 10 people have died and scores have been injured shot by security forces using force to silent dissent
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against a population it is meant to protect not kill nicholas hawk al-jazeera. flight service seems between eastern and western libya on friday another positive development talks go on in geneva libya's un recognized government is negotiating with representatives of warlords highly for have to. joins us now live from tripoli with us the resumption of flights an indication that things are getting somewhat calmer on the grounds. well her it could be especially with the fact that flights between not only been harvey and tripoli but the whole east on the whole worst hold to for the past 14 months as you know that since the. forces loyal to have to launch a military campaign on western libya of the asian between that the west and east
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were was hold to it and also do due to the multiple attacks of the to the airport was attacked several times by half that of forces during the military campaign also that could also contribute to the efforts trying to build trust between rival factions authorities in a made to get airport say that they are going to conduct regular flights between been of r.z. airport to minimize the animate he get airport the only operational airport in western libya and also that coincides with the talks going on in seward to land the 5 plus 5 military talks in geneva and the political talks run by the center for humanitarian dialogue which is sponsored by the united nations support to mission in libya in the swiss city of
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luzon so currently the talks are going on in switzerland and this tip the guarding resuming flights between the east and west could muster probably contribute to building the trust or the last of the once lost trust between the 2 rival factions. ok my words abdullah warheads bring is the latest from tripoli for now thank you. still to come here on al-jazeera here as chile's constitutional referendum approaches we speak to opponents who say it will destroy the country and china's presidency pew has a warning for our series during a commemoration of the korean war.
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we got more very heavy rain pushing towards vietnam i'm hopeful the worst of those conditions will not actually make its way into the country but you can see we do have a typhoon saddle which has intensified further over the last 24 hours as it interacts with high now i suspect it will start to lose some of the intensity in terms of the winds and hopefully in terms of the rain but west the weather will push into central and northern parts of vietnam as we go on through sunday that will of course exacerbate the flooding the ground is of course already saturated for the problems coming in now the legal system just making its way to the east of the philippines that will bring some very heavy rain to central parts of the philippines over the next couple days elsewhere across malaysia thailand pushing down into indonesia case of sunshine and showers as per usual now some unusual weather making its way across australia at the moment at this line of cloud and
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right quite an intense area of low pressure drawing some tropical moisture in across the eastern half of the country over the next couple of days say severe thunderstorms damaging winds very heavy rain coming in northern parts eastern parts of that tory could see some flooding rains also pushing up towards camera some very heavy rain into the eastern side of new south wales along with queensland. the caribbean to take poultice would hundreds of follow was. what tropical paradise . wonder when a student instigates the secretive sect accused of abuse and violence in fiji. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every.
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to own. this is al jazeera a reminder of our top stories for you now president donald trump and democratic nominee joe biden have held their final debate ahead of the election in less than 2 weeks they offer different visions on the pandemic the economy and climate change. guinea's president's alpha condé is on course to win a 3rd term according to early results least 13 people have been killed since sunday's election opposition candidate said madeleine diablos says he'll contest the results in courts. and flights have resumed switch in eastern and western libya
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for the 1st time in 18 months that's a ceasefire talks between the u.n. recognize government and representatives of or not to leave after continue in geneva. french scientists say covert 1000 are spreading faster know than at the peak of the 1st wave in march european governments are reimposing lockdowns and for strict sions to contain rapidly rising infections russia slovakia and poland have all seen record single day rises on friday an increase in hospital missions across europe is prompting fears of a return to crisis levels seen 8 months ago well let's cross live now to under simmons who's in our european you censor in london and angie that's warning from the french scientists is rather alarming is that north some are seeing more developments in belgium what morkie it's heller's about the situation in europe. yes the warning from french scientists about the record level of infection rates
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going much higher they feel than since the beginning of the pandemic belgium is the 2nd worst affected in europe soon it seems to be the worst in the whole of western europe and the situation there is that only hours ago at a news conference was expected there would be announcements of a full lockdown but no what they're going for are more restrictions banning audience of people from sports events and also restricting social contacts but many people in belgium fear that's not really enough and there is one doctor. who is from the not one of the largest hospitals there saying they're at the point now where intensive care units of fall and he is facing the prospect of choosing who lives and who dies reminiscent of what was happening in spain and france only 8
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months ago so the situation in belgium is critical the deputy prime minister sophie was in may is in hospital she is in the intensive care unit said to be stable but quite seriously ill she said before she went into hospital that look at it can hit anyone made various warning so pretty difficult in belgium is an understatement. and why is it so bad over in europe to still feel reminiscence of the dark days of march and april i mean have lessons not mean learns. well many scientists and medical advisors feel that is precisely the case and there is there are examples belgium for example whereby the advice has been full lockdown now in looking around at the figures they don't read well you're looking now at places
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like slovakia record tally there are more than $2500.00 infections per day a record high in russia more than 175-8283 dead in the last 24 hours interesting sweden which was noted for its refusal to go into lockdown at the height of the pandemic there there is a steady increase in step september so they're now looking at measures to try to resist that and there is a situation in the here in the u.k. in wales where at 1800 hours g.m.t. it will go into a so-called fire break lock down which will be the 1st in the u.k. that is as i say at $800.00 g.m.t. there's it's been rushed together as to be said businesses are complaining that they were only given an hour's notice and fact only on 1st did they hear this was
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the case and they're not sure some of them are not sure whether they should close down or or or not so there is a bit of controversy there but this is a fire break this is being seen as the best way forward by all scientists and medical advisors it would seem so this could be the 1st of several more of it could lead the way for england scotland there is a feeling that this is possibly the only solution but yes coming back to your question will lessons be learned well have they been learned well that's an open question because right now there is one common factor right across europe and that is that the infection rates are going up and so are the number of deaths in a dramatic way andrew symonds bring us all the very latest on europe from london thank. nigeria's president 1000 tress the nation after more than 2 weeks of protests against police brutality ends the government mohammed said bihari called
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for the demonstrations to end on a day in prison and other buildings across lagos were set on fire but he didn't mention the shooting of protesters on tuesday the trees reports night from a butcher for days but the president has been under pressure to speak to a nation on the edge after meeting the country's top security officials on thursday he asked security forces to act within the confines of law to halt the rising violence across the country. continue to ensure the. end of freedom as well as the fundamental rights of those citizens are protected let's remember this gunman also has the obligation to protect the lives and the properties as well as the day to all citizens to go our boys their daily business is severely and from the efforts of violence for more than 2 weeks demonstrators mainly young men and
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women took to the streets demanding an end to police brutality compensation for victims and reform of nigeria's police force they also want officers guilty of extrajudicial killings torture and disappearances to be prosecuted and punished. in a shocking move captured on mobile phones by witnesses security personnel used live rounds of demonstrators on tuesday after curfew was announced in lagos. or be under jewish law and there has been part of the end sauce protest since it started brother missing for 12 years was last seen in the custody of the now disbanded group police unit at the center of the protest she watched the president's address on television and he's personally not impressed. the president doesn't or the president doesn't think our lives are what is what we have on this and what we are
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asking for. regardless. she said the protesters will meet and decide their next line of action all day thursday security personnel were kept busy as mobs attacked police stations looting and burning properties across the city here one of nigeria's main prisons they call you correctional facility is on fire and security officials say they fold and attempt to set the prisoners free it's a 5th prison to be attacked in 3 days in a dog scene of the 1st mass prison escape more than 1700 prisoners are still at large the past 2 weeks have been some of the most difficult for this nation of over 200000000 people since its return to democracy in 1009 $190.00 and the next few days will be critical in determining whether the president's pronouncement are enough to calm the situation armitage greece al jazeera america at least
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40 people have been killed in the democratic republic of congo during fighting between government soldiers and on grits it's been going on in the town of member a the army says it's managed to free hundreds of civilians the military's been fighting armed groups in the provinces of north and south kivu for years. china's president says war and his country will never allow its sovereignty or security or interests to be undermined senate won't be bullied seeing things folks and events marking 70 years since chinese troops were deployed to finance in the korean war it was the 1st and only time china and the us are things each other in a large scale conflicts. to look union but we won the great victory declaring to the whole world that the era of western invaders setting up several cantons in the oriental part of this world and occupying one nation as a result was over china will never see could germany or expansion will stand firmly
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against a gemini and power politics will never stand idle when our national sovereignty security and development interest is undermined will never allow anyone or any force to invade or separate land and when such thing occurs to chinese people you'll meet the challenge head on. adrian brown has been following that speech from hong kong he says it was a clear show of strength i think the message that president xi jinping was sending out on friday was essentially this china resisted u.s. aggression 70 years ago and it's quite prepared to resist u.s. aggression today whether it be on the trade front all over taiwan or hong kong and also what's important was the context in the setting of what the president have to say on friday because he delivered his speech in the great hall of the people and that's where all important speeches by chinese leaders are delivered amongst those
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in the audience were veterans of the war in north korea chinese veterans and of course china lost almost 200000 soldiers fighting on the side of the north now in china it's often referred to as the war against u.s. aggression whereas in the united states they use the more neutral term the korean war. it's truly is allowing slightly more of its citizens and permanent residents stranded a broad's to return home on the 5000 people have been allowed to enter the country since july and a few 100 more will be allowed in australia strict response is being praised for containing covert 19 their cases have fallen just for tea u.s. regulators have approved an antiviral drug for use on cool with 1000 patients in hospital run tests of errors one of the medications that donald trump 2 when he contract said the virus but
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a study sponsored by the world health organization suggested it doesn't have much impact on mortality rates or recovery. quick update for you now on libya the united nations says delegations holding talks in geneva will sign a cease fire agreements on friday the un recognized government has been in the go ca sions with representatives of warlords khalifa haftar inside libya flights have resumed between eastern and western ends of the country which have long been divided between warring factions. the people and she lay will vote this weekend on whether their nation's constitution should be rewritten many in favor say it could mark a new start for a country that's faced a year off political crisis but opponents say it will put the future of chile at risk latin america editor of the c n human reports from santiago was at the sundial is frightened of
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the future of chile replaces its current constitution with a flag in one hand and a placard in the other she joins hundreds of others who've been campaigning every week calling on chileans to vote chassell or reject in sunday's referendum to decide whether or not to draft a new magna carta the they chant chile will not become cuba or venezuela will it follow mrs sandoval says venezuela's economic and democratic collapse began when its former president will go chavis rewrote the constitution in 1999 i can without him but people will be afraid to invest here and without investment there's no development you look at a rich country like a venezuela and you see what happened after they let those people change the constitution it's just common senate remember things. like mrs sandal violet
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many of those here believe the chilis $980.00 constitution which was written under a military dictatorship helped to make the country more prosperous. but there is also a deep seated ideological reason that's motivating chileans on both sides of the debate and it has to do with history if you listen to the chance there are just about as well as cuba it is well the country had returned back to the 1970s when chile was governed by the world's 1st ever democratically elected marxists i thought i ended it and that's why many are also cheering the favor of someone robert dictator. i don't have all stuff you know share some openly show their admiration for him the t. shirts that read by force suggesting that peaceful ways to resolve political differences are always the answer. while studies indicate that the majority of chileans no longer see the world through the prism of
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a left right wing conflict there are still many who do and to equate change with communism calles and hardship. and often even i would go to i remember the long lines to buy basic goods the ration cards in the 1970 s. i'm terrified of going back to that the the symbol used by these uniformed men is another grim reminder of the past it stands for fatherland in freedom the ultra right wing paramilitary group that fought the government there. are no celestial after a long period of being dormant we re founded the organization fatherland and freedom last year and we've called it black spider to save from communism. ironically communism this is the furthest thing from the minds of the majority calling for a new more socially equal constitution to end the but like in other parts of the
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world fear of the unknown and of the past will motivate many to reject that option when they go to the polls on sunday. see in human al-jazeera santiago. let's return to our breaking news now the united nations says delegations holding talks in geneva will sign a cease fire agreements this friday the u.n. recognize governments has been in the go ca sions with representatives of world khalifa haftar inside libya flights have resumed service in eastern and western ends of the country which of course of long been divided between warring factions let's head back now to tripoli where we're joined by mahmoud abdullah. mahmud's we now have a confirmation that a cease fire will be signs just give us a sense of how significant a moment the says well.

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