quite a surprise to find myself in russia in the middle of a war through the sailors whose ships of the desert sands the yellow fleet on al-jazeera. from europe to latin america surgeon coronavirus cases they country scrambling to contain the numbers. hello everyone i'm come all santamaria here in doha but the world news from al-jazeera president alpha condé is confirmed as the winner of sunday's elections brought violence and allegations of fraud. ethiopia's government summons the american ambassador after donald trump said egypt might blow up its dam on the blue nile. refugees and migrants travelling to western europe say they've been subjected

to abuse by police in croatia. starting out with a coronavirus pandemic this hour where colombia is set to surpass a 1000000 infections becoming the 8th country in the world to do so other nations in latin america are seeing a surge in infections among them brazil mexico and peru your acquires closed its borders to prevent the spread of the virus in the united states there's been another record daily jump nearly $84000.00 infections on friday this is an art installation in washington highlighting the growing number of deaths with a white flag for every american who has died in europe the polish president is the latest world leader to announce that they have contracted the virus. all told european leaders are really struggling to figure out just how to bring down the soaring infection numbers germany more than 10000 people have died one infections

of jump to a new high of 15000 a day well in a moment we'll speak to down who's following the situation in latin america and when osiris will start though with not even barbara in london 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 were referring to countries which have done very well seem to have done very well up till very recently and now extremely worried chancellor merkel is warning her compatriots that how they at now will determine how the winter period goes a record of $15000.00 daily cases in germany the total covered 19 death toll they're now going past 10000 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 that have 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 saw a vacuum which on saturday has just seen almost 3000 new covered 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. just having a quick look at the johns hopkins university virus tracker up in the top left corner 42000000 global cases and i'm just going to click on colombia here to check the number there 998942 so heading for

a 1000000 and 29 almost 30000 deaths you see the number in white there as well down in buenos aires forests covering will coronavirus news right across the continent our focus there on colombia but really it seems pretty much out of control across the continent. you know as you say come on right across the region of those 42000000 infections you mentioned around the world about 10000000 of them have been in latin america around about a quarter a number of deaths approaching around about $400000.00 colombia about to pass that grim statistic of of $1000000.00 they've already done that in argentina brazil the worst affected country in the region has over $5000000.00 infections 157000 deaths in mexico and peru approaching 900000 infections and will no doubt surpass that agreement 1000000 mark fairly shortly one of the biggest problems the difference is

here in latin america compared to europe is that the infrastructure in place right across the region was already much more fragile less investment in hospitals in schools and they've seen the consequences of that right across the region with people not being not having the access to medical facilities test and trace facilities not being as good as they have been in some other parts of the world so they have suffered there the other big underlying feature here is the state of the economy in many countries back in october at the world bank predicted a 1.8 percent growth in the column is right across the region that's now being revised for 2020 to say that 7.27.2 percent drop in the economies across latin america that is translated into job losses into more homelessness and we're already seeing that more people on the streets we're also seeing a growing number of demonstrations right across brazil argentina colombia peru

people calling on governments to lift the restrictions that have been put in place despite the numbers rising we've seen here in one of cyrus in the surrounding areas the government has announced cinemas gyms bars and museums are going to be allowed to reopen that's because numbers have been dropping here. in the capital but tighter restrictions in other parts of the country in a very populous corridor but in santa fe provinces for instance one particular interest one bright spot if you can call it that relatively speaking has been little you require less than 4000000 people they've had just 53 deaths just over 2000 people infected but what they have announced as you mentioned earlier is that they're going to be closing their borders. to foreign visitors this is at the start of their summer season it's a country that relies on tourism has over 3 and a half 1000000 tourists visiting europe why every year but not this year they're closing those borders to try to keep those numbers low as

a sign perhaps of the seriousness that they're taking in things looking at their neighboring countries and seeing how as you mentioned out of control the situation seems to be certainly in some areas thank you general for that picture right across latin america. on to other news guineas election commissions as president afrikan day one sunday's poll securing a controversial 3rd term he won with nearly 60 percent of the vote. 6 days after guinea voted for the president electoral commission announced president alpha condé would continue on for a 3rd term in office of the. 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 the electoral commission seated 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 a 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 mugging 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 valid to their memory. all of them civilians and agents of the security forces. when the final tally has been announced the opposition to determine who will not be the final result they move in to contest the outcome in the constitutional cools shelob ballasts al-jazeera. the us democratic presidential nominee joe biden's campaigning in the swing state of pennsylvania donald trump narrowly won there in 2016 and must be biden again if

he is to be reelected but 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 on the rest or wondered who is looking out for me as donald trump's presidency well donald trump cost an early ballots near his private resort in florida he went to a voting station in west palm beach once again called into question the legitimacy of mail in ballots without providing any evidence florida is a crucial battleground state more than 48000000 americans all told have already

voted with 10 days to go until election day. young voters in the u.s. do have the power to decide an election but that rarely happens this year looked like would be the same but that's changed according to figures from tufts university which show a large number of young adults between 18 and 29 have been voting early in 3 battleground states this is compared to the last election have a look florida 1st of all where in 26 day nearly well a little over 44000 voted early this time around 257000. in north carolina it's gone from $25000.00 up to $200.00 almost 205000 there and michigan just so over while only 7 and a half 1000 voted early in 2016 this year so far 145000 of cots that ballots and pasta what's brought young voters out is the angle following the police killing of george floyd john hendren has a report for many up less. 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 pope's i know

a lot of people who will be voting for biden a college student at the university of minnesota adan boozing once backed bernie sanders but now supports biden here in 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 the epicenter of 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 us that gap presents a challenge to the democratic party bertie 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 exam a key more likely to vote for drum 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 only it really matters is who will show up john hendren and minneapolis. still ahead for you one and 0. more fighting in armenia and azerbaijan disputed region they're accusing each other of shelling residential areas. how the weather set fire across the middle east culture sunshine some lovely

weather probably the best time of year this actually lost the place guys so lots of sunshine comfortable temperatures as well so they were constantly getting up into the low thirty's sort of woman that kuwait mid thirty's there for baghdad low thirty's there still into barrett says a little on the warm side but that's pleasant enough you see that warm sunshine iran across the region and a similar picture as we go on into monday too much to speak of and with light winds it really will feel quite pleasant 30 celsius on monday here in doha so some lovely weather coming through we got some showers meanwhile affecting a good parts of central africa as they should do just notice a little clutch of storms it'll just roll to wards the whole of africa towards the mater's you go on through the next to die or to some whites or whether they're just around lake victoria around the rift valley pushing across the democratic republic of congo right across into congo some wet weather once again feeding down into northern parts of angola for a time at least further south as generate dry but we have got some rather live

showers into eastern parts of south africa sotto could see some showers as we go on through monday the heat continues to the north about 30. frank assessments if american public opinion pieces betrayed by social media platforms after november this would be because if you believe that there corrosive to our democracy one obvious solution is to break the most informed opinion look at checkers don't go anywhere the protesters aren't going anywhere either it's ability to get revolution people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines who is it that's really out there on the street inside story on al-jazeera.

you with al-jazeera these are the top stories this hour colombia is set to surpass a 1000000 coronavirus infections and with other nations in latin america also seeing a surge including brazil mexico and peru poland's president tested positive for corona virus under a tooth is said to be feeding well and is in quarantine and guineas election commission says president alpha condé one sunday's election with nearly 60 percent of the vote the opposition disputes the result. if you know he has summoned the u.s. ambassador after president obama trump suggested egypt might blow up its grand renaissance down the 4 and a half $1000000000.00 project is aimed at pulling millions of ethiopians out of poverty but it's been a source of contention with egypt and sudan the years from advance. 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 there's a loud and clear bloc that them and they have to do something because they could result in addition to started long before all this started as it had to let it get built and then you see 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 trump's 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 kareena the american ambassador to addis ababa 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 very far fetched ultimately hugely counterproductive it could lead to some sort of regional conflagration while tom's comments may have offended each opie and

pleased him. 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 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's going to proceed with any sort of military action on that. they've made pretty clear that that's not what their priority is but thompson statements are likely to push the crisis over itto president a sauce dump back into the spotlight and warn both sides not a failure to reach a solution could be dangerous. i'm dizzy donald trump made those remarks about the damage after announcing a u.s. brokered deal for sudan and israel to start normalizing time standings overcalling another stab in the back sudan's transitional government has agreed but it will need approval from the parliament which is actually yet to be formed in the morgan

has the latest from him on how this will impact sudan's economy. there were 2 announcements that were made by the us 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 unavoidable to 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 week and fuel which resulted in long queues at bakeries and petrol 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 that or maybe 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 of him from 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 protected because they are peace initiative that's was adopted by the different at a countries at the arab league in 2002 states that normalization would only happen after the end of the occupation palestinians see it as the different parties in different countries in the world it giving israel 3 awards and 3 prize why. patient continues why is the 2nd and expanding and lands are being come to get to the arab league itself has failed to it's just helping in draft 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 was stationed with the hey in the now saddam has announced sourcing the norman a process for them they feel that they are i mean for palestinians they feel that they've been left alone. an explosion outside a school in the afghan capital kabul is killed at least 10 people afghanistan's interior ministry says at least 20 others have been injured this is in the neighborhood of dashed in the west of the city. now i mean you and azerbaijan are accusing each other of shelling residential areas continues in the disputed region of the governor cut about the region's capital stepanek out it suffered heavy damage overnight hundreds of people have been killed since the fighting began last month and 2 russian brokered cease fires have failed or challenge has more from ghosts in southeast a meanie. last night at about 9 o'clock pm local time which is 17 g.m.t.

for the 1st time in nearly a week. came under bombardment against the main city of nagorno-karabakh now we don't know exactly what munitions we used whether they were shells or rockets but a volley came in did considerable damage to parts of the city it destroyed cars it damaged buildings and also set a gas main on fire which things were difficult for the for the local fire fighters to to put out there were thankfully no casualties and i think in the main that's because stefan ika has obviously been under bombardment significantly over the last few weeks and has a you know of a siege mentality so there is a well established air raid siren system and a network of shelters for people to run to when those sirens go off because the it has been quite some time since the panic of been hit before like nearly a week ago people had starting relaxing a bit and then coming out of the shelters and going about their daily business this

of course will set things back in the city people will feel very nervous again and that's probably the intention from the is there reason to make people into panic or feel on edge and de moralize the problem is that this is a continuation of a of an ongoing tit for tat system of reprisals i suppose in which civilians tend to be the targets the new go in a car wreck authorities are sort of a will retaliate to this that there will be no forgiveness the polls have closed in seychelles presidential and parliamentary elections president danny fuller a has been in power since 2016 but he's actually facing voters for the 1st time the opposition's been largely divided leaving leading many to expect for a would win another term observers in 10 african countries are having to spend 2 weeks in quarantine then they will be able to monitor the election. refugees and migrants trying to reach western europe say they have been abused by croatian authorities the danish refugee council has collected testimonials describing

whippings beatings and sexual abuse al-jazeera has a trying to get comment from croatian or authorities but so far we have not made contact with them more in this report there from the outing. 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 here to people guard the leg are no good going here 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 hidden. 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. the our own al jazeera these are the headlines colombia is set to surpass a 1000000 coronavirus infections becoming the 8th country in the world to do so other nations in latin america also seeing a surge in infections among them brazil mexico and rue your requires closed its borders to prevent the spread of the virus more now from daniel. the difference between latin america and europe i think is that the infrastructure in general around latin america is far was less investment in schools and in hospitals so right from the very beginning they were suffering with trying to do contact.