it was quite a surprise to find myself in russia in the middle of a war through the sailors whose ships of the desert sand the yellow fleet on al-jazeera. from europe to latin america surging coronavirus cases leaves countries scrambling to keep the numbers from rising further. hello again on the mild santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera the government summons their american ambassador after donald trump said egypt might blow up its dam on the blue nile guinea's president alpha condé it's confirmed as the winner of sunday's elections that are brought violence and allegations of frauds refugees and migrants travelling to western europe say

they've been subjected to abuse by police in croatia. everyone coronavirus pandemic news for you 1st in colombia is set to surpass a 1000000 infections becoming the 8th country in the world to do so other nations in latin america are also seeing a surge in infections among them brazil mexico peru you're requires closed its borders to prevent the spread of the virus as well in the united states there's been another record daily jump nearly $84000.00 infections on friday and this is an art installation in washington all these little white flags highlighting the growing tall one flag for every american who has died in europe the polish president on there is the latest world leader to confirm they have contracted the virus and really across europe leaders are struggling to figure out how to bring down the soaring in. affection numbers in germany more than 10000 have died while

infections have jumped to a new high of 15000 a day. so our focus is europe and south america and we've got 2 reporters with us there is daniel. in buenos aires and we'll be with him shortly starting though with european news center in london. trying to figure out actually where to start in again because it's the story right across europe isn't it where there's just this big surge across so many countries. absolutely kemal of course earlier in the year the 1st countries to be hardest hit by the pandemic were in southern europe places like spain and italy and of course those countries are still struggling with rising infections themselves but as you are referring to countries which have done very well seem to have done very well up till very recently are now extremely worried chancellor merkel is warning her compatriots that how they act now will determine how the winter period goes as you

said a record of $15000.00 daily cases in germany the total covered 19 death toll they're now going past $10000.00 in poland the situation of course worrying for the president under a dude who is now in isolation after testing positive he says he's fine and has followed all of the safety measures been in place recently but there have been confrontations in warsaw the capital between police and angry protesters who don't like tough new restrictions that have just come in across poland they include asking everyone over the age of 70 to stay indoors behind those restrictions of course real fears for the health system and that's the same in places like some of that here which on saturday has just seen almost 3000 new copy cases it's a small country that's a very big number for them it's their record and it just reflects what's happening

across the continent here in the u.k. the devolved government in wales has now brought in a 2 week what they're calling a circuit breaker a firebreak which they hope will drive down infections and they're telling people they shouldn't travel unless it's really essential they're actually going to be police officers at the border between wales and england trying to make sure that nobody who shouldn't be travelling does so well in england some of the advisors to the government the u.k. government who were behind the original lock down. warning that unless tougher measures are actually brought in and let's not forget that so many parts of england are under severe restrictions on people's movements and so on if they're not made tough and thus they're warning that in fact we could go back to those dark days that we saw earlier in the year in terms of hospitalizations and intensive care units but with the picture from across europe in london for us this hour thank you know team before we speak to our correspondent in buenos aires let's just check the

johns hopkins map that's the global picture 42000 confirmed global cases i'm going to head to colombia just zoom in a little bit there and even though the number sorry the title up there still says global cases that's colombia's number 9 198942 with 29000 almost 30000 deaths across colombia so it's quite a story there and across latin america and when the sirens to take us through all of this let's go with colombia 1st of all. i feel quite often the story in latin america gets overshadowed by brazil but colombia's had a terrible time of it right the way through. yeah that's certainly the case come out i mean you're seeing a similar picture in many ways across latin america as it's just been described to us in europe it arrived in the cockpit 19 pandemic arrived here

a little later the 26th of february was the 1st case reported in sao paolo in brazil yes you mentioned brazil was one of the worst cases over 5000000 people infected 157000 deaths this is of course the country where the president also naro who himself has contracted cobbett 19 i'm recovered from it called the virus nothing was worse than the little flu and as a result the measures imposed in brazil to try to fight the pandemic have been patchy to say the least some more thorough it is imposed tight restrictions in the federal or the national level it's been very hit and miss and as a result we've seen those very high numbers here in argentina they passed the 1000000 mark for a number of infections several days ago and this again despite a very tight lock down the government about but often is pushing a lot down in place in march which is really only just begun to be lifted very slightly here in argentina in one osiris where the numbers are going down but

tighter measures in other parts of the country other well populated places like quarter the santa fe provinces where the numbers are going up again like in europe we're seeing a large number of people protesting on the streets against some of the restrictions the difference between latin america and europe i think is that the infrastructure in general around latin america is far worse less investment in schools and in hospitals so right from the very beginning they were suffering with trying to do contact and trace and there are certainly less beds available for those who need it intensive treatments doctors really impacted latin america very hard also talking about the economy many people here many millions of people working in. formal economy so when governments say to them stay indoors you can't you can't go out they really have no choice they have to go out with contracting the virus or they

don't eat so we see a greater number of people certainly suffering in that case one example a slight difference and you require a population of less than $4000000.00 they have decided to close their borders at the beginning of the summer break $53.00 deaths but that means that they their economy will be hit very hard through the summer months as they try to fight the virus. with the uptake from across latin america thank you dan your. democratic presidential nominee joe biden is campaigning in the swing state of pennsylvania donald trump now really won there in 2016 and must beat biden in the states if he is to be reelected at a driving rally in the state's bucks county biden told voters the election could come down to them times are hard unemployment is way out folks

are worried about making their next rent or mortgage payment whether their health care will be ripped away in the middle of a pandemic worried about sending their kids to school worried about not sending their kids to school they see folks at the top doing much better all the rest are wondered who are going to after me as donald trump's presidency donald trump himself has cost an early ballots near his private resort in florida he went to a voting station in west palm beach once again calling into question the legitimacy of mail and ballots without offering any evidence florida is a crucial battleground states more than 48000000 americans have already voted across the country with 10 days to go till election day. it was a very secure verb much more secure that when you send in a ballot i could tell you that everything was perfect very strict right by the rules when you said then you could never be like they could never be secure like

that they did a fantastic you have great people and. so but it's an honor to be running it's an honor to be in this great area which i know so well will young voters in the u.s. do we have the numbers to decide an election but it doesn't really happen very often this year was on track to continue that trend but now according to figures from tufts university a large number of young adults in the ages of 18 to 29 have been voting early in 3 battleground states compared to the last election they are florida 1st of all when only 44000 voted early in 2016 now look at more than 257000 north carolina has gone from 25004 years ago to close 220-5000 michigan really low numbers in 201678 half 1000 voting early so far this year 145000 have cast their ballots. part of what has brought the young voters out is the anger following the police killing of george floyd john hendren reports from minneapolis

on how that incident could impact this us presidential election. when george floyd died beneath a minneapolis police officers need the youth of america filled the streets by the thousands. every 4th november many go a wall ghosting the ballot box i don't think my one vote is really going to make a big difference in the grand scheme of things and yeah i voted for hillary clinton last time and i felt bad doing it and it didn't make a lick of difference. young voters overwhelmingly lean liberal with 18 to 34 year olds in a recent poll preferring democrat joe biden over the republican president donald trump by a whopping $37.00 percentage points but americans over 60 are more than twice as likely to vote to be totally honest i'm not going to be voting for for either candidate. the ongoing protests over alleged police brutality against black

americans could change that sending more young voters to the polls i know a lot of people who will be voting for biden a college student at the university of minnesota aden boozing once back bernie sanders but now supports biden here and 28000 we already had the highest voter turnout of any large campus in the united states but i think i'll definitely continue after being in that dishonor the georgia flight protests in the democratic primary sanders was the clear favorite of young voters since the death of george floyd propelled the black lives matters movement and sent thousands of young demonstrators into the streets to demand changes in the way police treat black americans many have made joe biden their standard bearer but there remains an enthusiasm gap. here and across the u.s. that gap presents a challenge to the democratic party bernie is going to have to bring them on board and if you have to push hard to get them to vote. so i think that the pro trump young group is more energized right now than the provided group and that age that

is apparent at the trump stores that have sprung up around the united states a phenomenon few presidents have inspired the protests is a make you more likely to vote for drop yes most definitely he's the changes place around and he's been doing a great job when it comes to young voters support the numbers are clearly with biden but with young trump voters showing more enthusiasm for the president all that really matters is who will show up john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis election in guinea well kenny's election commission i should say and said that president alpha condé has won sunday's poll securing a controversial 3rd term he won with nearly 60 percent of the vote shall about us how small. 6 days after guinea voted for the president electoral commission announced president alpha condé would continue on for a 3rd term in office. 82 year old pandey one with nearly 60 percent of the

vote according to food preliminary tally and though it still requires confirmation by the constitutional court. the announcement follows a week of violence in the capital conakry opposition supporters angry condé could run at all in munch the government how to referendum to change the constitution which allowed condé to run past his 2 term limit opponents say he's broken the law to hold on to power con days main rivals allude. declared himself the winner on wednesday electoral commission seeds he only won a 3rd of the vote. now it is for all of us to fight to preserve to defend our victory and you know that it is threatened by awful condé who had no boaters but had an army of fraudsters they have transformed the boat you expressed into another in favor of alpha condé we must not accept it. the government mobilized the army

as opposition supporters flooded the streets. on day has manpower says 2010 instead of salute. we all the guinea reaches you f.t.g. that's what given wants if you have d.g. is not elected guinea will not be calm. come days decision to run for a 3rd term has sparked repeated protests over the past year and resulted in dozens of deaths the government has denied using heavy handed tactics and accused the opposition of causing chaos on friday the internet and international cooling was cut off across getting the money game guinea's government faithful to his principle of preserving peace and social tranquility cannot allow this situation to take root we deplore the deaths and valves of their memory. all of them civilians and agents of the security forces. all the final tally has been announced the opposition to determine who will not be the final result they moved into contains the outcome in

the constitutional court shall a ballasts al-jazeera in the news the heads. media and azerbaijan accuse each other of shelling residential areas in the dispute over nagorno-karabakh. however into a quiet spell of weather across china across the korean peninsula will see it tony increase the quality into japan over the next few days has some rather wet weather here recently still a few showers around the 2 western passage private on the shore wind just fading across the sea of japan there into the into northern parts of honshu but it brightens up nicely as we go on into monday $22.00 celsius in tokyo and there we go but the clear skies and the sunshine across much of the korean peninsula the part

of china you might just catch your shot down towards a fast south nothing too much to speak of one place to say well is improving to the northeastern corner of india along with bangladesh there's still a little bit of cloud here still bringing a few showers into the far north east of in the western parts of myanmar also still still seeing some rather heavy showers much of india does look dry the monsoon rains of course receding nicely now wanted to showers over towards additional perhaps so wet so weather into the western side of india still there in place we'll see some heavier downpours coming through here as we go on from time to time but tending to east but more the west sunshine showing through could catch your shout i would towards under but that's further north it is generally fog and dry smoke continues to cause problems around new delhi by monday.

deal with the release of the top stories colombia is to surpass a 1000000 corona virus infections very close to that point now with other nations in latin america are also seeing a surge including brazil mexico and route. poland's president has tested positive for corona virus and there is said to be feeling well but is in quarantine. and guineas election commission says president alpha condé won sunday's election with a 60 percent of the vote though the opposition disputes that result. ethiopia has summoned the u.s. ambassador after president donald trump suggested egypt might blow up its grand renaissance down the projects aimed at pulling millions of ethiopians out of poverty but it's been a source of contention for egypt and sudan for years. i want to just

congratulate words of pride after brokering going to grima to between sudan and israel to normalize ties but president donald trump's next remarks suggested a new conflict in the mideast africa region it's a very dangerous situation because egypt is not going to be able to live that way and they'll end up blowing up to them and i said it loud and clear they'll blow up that dam and they have to do something. they should have started long before we started as it had to let it get built in the. trump preceded those words with actions he ordered aid for ethiopia to be stopped over its failure to respect a u.s. brokered agreement with egypt and sudan over the ground each open renaissance dam if your peer began to fill the dams reservoir in july provoking anger in egypt with u.s. president a close ally to egypt's of the fatah. he was asked to intervene as a peace broker. but it's open if it appeared at ease with thompson mediation and

accused him of favoring egypt tromps latest remarks drew a quick response from each open prime minister and the g.o.p. has summoned my corrina the american ambassador to the suburbs in protest occasional statements of belligerent threats to have ethiopia succumb to unfair terms still abound these threats and affronts to ethiopian sovereignty are misguided unproductive and clear violations of international law ethiopia will not cave into aggressions of any kind these are obviously pretty outrageous comments from from the president and suggest that he's not really in touch with the reality on the ground the idea of conflict just so this dispute over the nile has always been and very far fetched ultimately hugely counterproductive and it could lead to some sort of regional conflagration while tom's comments may have offended each

o.p.m. pleased egypt few appear to be taking the threat of conflict or military action seriously it's unclear exactly what his motivation is i think part of it actually is vanity i think he's is pretty annoyed that the ethiopians. withdrew from the talks unilaterally refused to show up to washington for what was meant to be the last round of talks i don't think that there is a serious risk that egypt is going to proceed with any sort of military action on that. they've made pretty clear that that's not what their priority is what types of statements are likely to push the crisis over ethiopia's in a stance dump back into the spotlight and warn both sides that a failure to reach a solution could be dangerous divide our desire. donald trump made those remarks about the day after announcing a u.s. brokered deal for sudan or israel to start normalizing ties palestinians are calling it another stab in the back sudan's transitional government has agreed but it will need approval from parliament and that has yet to be formed hiper morgan

has the latest from khartoum on how all this will impact sudan's economy there were 2 announcements that were made by the u.s. president donald trump yesterday the 1st which was more important to sudan was the issue of being delisted from the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism now sudan's government says that that will give it a lot of economic benefit especially after the inflation rose to a record high of more than 200 last month and market prices have increased making a basic commodities an affordable for many sudanese now we've seen due to the hard currency shortage which is the result of a lack of foreign trade between sudan and other countries we've seen that the government of sudan the transitional government struggling to be able to pay for basic commodities such as wheat and fuel which resulted in long queues at bakeries and battle stations and more frustrations among people now on the 21st of october there were protests people saying that the government should step up and improve

the economic conditions that they're living under and that's one of the reasons they're already the major reason why sudan announced it is normalizing ties with israel now while that 2nd an announcement was made the sudanese acting going to offer an offense that says that it is not a complete normalization but people here in sudan feel like they've been taken advantage of they say that they were at a point of weakness due to the economy and that the government was forced to agree to the normalization because of its state of economy which has seen a lot of people suffering as a result and now need it abraham in ramallah with more on the palestinian reaction . for palestinians normalization should only happen after that israel and its occupation of palestinian and at a land occupied in $967.00 and this is why that there has been a wide condemnation by the palestinians including the palestinian president he should the statement saying that israel should abide by international law and

a few patients and that would lead to peace in the region this is why palestinians have been warning for years now god and the arab peace initiative is going is not being respected because they are peace initiative this was adopted by the different set of countries as the arab league in 2002 states that normalization would only happen after the end of the occupation south indians see it as different parties in different countries in the world it giving israel 3 awards and 3 prize why. patient continues why is the 2nd and are expanding and lands are being complicated the arab league itself has failed to its just healthy and dropped resolution against normalization after the you wait we had signs it's real and palestinians have said that they worry that more countries are going to be following suit this

is what happened when behind then join the u.a.e. in signing that already the station with the hay in the now saddam has announced sourcing the norm in a process for them they feel that they are i mean for palestinians they feel that they've been left alone. this is the reaction from iran's foreign ministry to the deal between israel and sudan says on twitter pay enough ransom close your eyes to the crimes against palestinians the newbie taken off the so-called terrorism blacklist obviously the list is as phony as the u.s. fight against terrorism shameful. in tehran so they really dismissing this as something that was prearranged and it's very much in terms of somebody paid for something to get something in return in terms of iran sudan relationship it's interesting to note that they were very close until 2016 every iranian president prior to the honey had paid a visit to khartoum and the previous president of sudan omar bashir had visit at

teheran twice there was a very strong between the 2 countries they sever ties in 2016 and that had a lot to do with saudi arabia and iran's relationship as well as a relationship with saudi arabia in january of 2016 in reaction to an execution that was carried out in saudi arabia of a shiite cleric the number of people stormed the saudi embassy in tehran and that's when the saudis withdrew their ambassador and sever ties and sudan followed suit at the same time and they haven't had a relationship since then but historically they've been very close and this by the fact that over the past few years they haven't had a relationship this will just be another event that will. drive them further apart and make any kind of a reconciliation between the 2 countries that much more difficult. and azerbaijan are accusing each other of shelling residential areas continues in the disputed

region of the going to cut about the region's capital cities to panic suffered heavy damage overnight hundreds of people killed since the fighting began last month and 2 russian brokered cease fires have both failed. refugees and migrants trying to reach western europe say they've been abused by croatian authorities the danish refugee council's collected testimonials describing whippings beatings and sexual abuse al-jazeera has tried to contact creation authorities for comment but so far we've had no success and supporters of the. there are repeated stories of desperate journeys getting even harder danish aid workers have collected nearly a 150 interviews for migrants and refugees he said croatian police beat them this migrant from bangladesh shows his scars. when they caught us they started beating us with sticks and kicking us as if we were animals then they searched us and took away our belongings our mobile phones and money before taking us back to the

bosnian border bosnia is used by thousands of people fleeing unrest and war in the middle east central asia and north africa 3 years ago other nations closed their borders and disrupted migration paths through the balkans but upon entering bosnia most migrants walk northwest to the country's long open border with croatia one of the last gateways to northern europe on this journey through croatia many of the migrants report being beaten and stripped naked forced to lay on each other some of them have described it as before said i and a hash tag others have described it as being forced to live like logs being stacked on each other. their valuables have been taken their personal belongings destroyed or burned. in one case in 2 cases sorry we have reports of severe sexual abuse another migrant mohammad from pakistan says croatian police set dogs on him

after he crossed the border 2 weeks ago before. the poor. dog attacked their dog. report bears here to people guard the leg are no good going to police. after being beaten in croatia many are sent back to bosnia part of this narrative deal with wrong the injuries caused much hematoma covering a large surface of the body indicating severe damage to soft tissue in the area that is likely to incapacitate the injured and prevent them from attempting to cross the coalition border for a longer period from what i know since oct 12th $150.00 such cases have been registered. human rights organizations have long accused croatians police of brutality and illegally sending back the migrants and refugees coalition's government denies this earlier this week its interior ministry said these allegations were being investigated with the aim to quote remove any doubt about

the behavior of croatian police officers the similarities between the accounts are really chilling in that they point to systematic patterns of abuse with consistent descriptions of men in black uniforms and black balaclavas so with their heads hitting. the goal for refugees like muhammad is to reach western and northern europe and apply for asylum for the injured ones they must wait until they are strong enough to start their journey again harding al-jazeera. half past the hour these are the top stories colombia is set to surpass a 1000000 infections becoming the 8th country in the world to do so with 19 other nations in latin america are also seeing a surge in infections among them brazil mexico and peru europe wide.