of cost gratian. you find in latin america liberating a prison on al-jazeera. 'd colombia passes 1000000 coronavirus cases as governments across latin america and europe struggle to deal with the surge in infections. and money this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. with 10 days to go for the u.s. presidential elections both donald trump and joe biden campaigned to boost support in critical swing states. france recalls its ambassador from turkey are to

retch it says france's president needed a mental check for his ass chewed towards muslims. and delivered the blowing up of them and i said. to lower them. donald trump inflames an already tense relationship between ethiopian egypt by suggesting cairo might blow up the ground renaissance dam. colombia has passed 1000000 corona virus infections becoming the 8th country in the well to cross the great milestone other nations in the last numerical also seeing a surge in infections among them all brazil mexico and peru. has crossed its borders in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. elsewhere in the disputed nicole mccallum

back region their fear is that war and instability will help the virus spread as concerns the people fleeing the fighting between amini and azerbaijan taking the disease with them and in europe lead is struggling to figure out how to bring down soaring infection numbers. takes a deeper look at the restrictions across europe. in a small town in the heart of europe they're trying to save a life the intensive care units here in the czech town of key of new bern know is nearly full with covered 19 patients 75 staff at this hospital are off with the virus for their colleagues these are worrying times. the staff are doing everything even at the expense of their personal needs and time even on their days off they're working to prevent an italian scenario daily infections in the czech republic have hit a record high of more than 15000 that's despite tight restrictions including limits

on people's movement and a ban on gatherings of more than 2 people in poland's daily infections reached a record of nearly 14000 on friday as president andre duda visited the national stadium which is being transformed into a field hospital due to who's 48 is now in quarantine after testing positive for coverage 19 he says he feels fine insisting he and his team followed the safety measures for damage and said. i would like to apologize to everybody who's had to go into quarantine because they met with me in recent days please believe me if i had had any symptoms of corona virus all meetings would have been cancelled. on saturday police in warsaw used tear gas against protesters angry about new restrictions the country's entered a so-called red zone lockdown with a partial closure of primary schools and restaurants and people above the age of 70 are being asked to stay at home over the border in germany the coronavirus death toll is now more than 10000 the number of covered 900 patients in intensive care

has jumped by 2 thirds in a week chancellor merkel has warned that people's actions now will determine what the winter period will be like the isn't. worth when not helpless in facing the virus our actions determine the strength and speed at which it spreads and what's imperative for all of us is to contact to meet fewer people. france has now followed spain in passing the most 1000000 covered 19 cases since the pandemic started the capital paris is one of many cities under a nighttime curfew but organizers have a new. mission here at the pump to do center visitors can focus on happier themes even for a short while. i can point to we know just how joyous metate painting was he himself was very open about it so it's perfect timing because we need this sort of today. still here and elsewhere the virus threatens to bring back the truly dark

days that so many countries went through earlier this year the al-jazeera. as we mentioned last in america is also seeing a surge in cases than your swine flu joins us live when is there is daniel columbia registering 1000000 people now infected with the virus how are things looking like elsewhere in los america. many very similar across the region the health ministry in colombia and now it starts surpassing that 1000000 figure 30000 deaths there you mentioned it's the 8th in the world to pass that grim milestone it's the 3rd in latin america argentina passed it a few days ago brazil the worst country in the region has over 5000000 people infected with the coronavirus 157000 people there have died. across the world there's been this is something like 10000000 people 40 but

42000000 people infected 10000000 of those are in latin america so it's got around about a quarter of all the cases in the world and the number of deaths approaching the 400000 marks a grim picture right across the region very few bright spots to be had anywhere the numbers only seem to be going up every everywhere you look and presumably. the region as a whole now feeling the economic consequences of the disease. yeah very much so in a year or so ago the world bank predicted that the whole region the economies in the region would grow by 1.8 percent they've now revised that talking about a 7.2 percent drop across the region and we're already seeing the consequences of that which are businesses closing tens of thousands of people losing their jobs and many many people moving having to move out onto the streets we see that here in one osiris we see that across the region squatters moving into areas forming camps

moving into the shanty towns so those those repercussions those consequences a very start and really in many ways is only just the beginning what we had in latin america before the virus struck was already very weak infrastructure compared to europe compared to north america that meant less investment in hospitals in education which meant there was just simply less treatment and people were your thought is well lets able to track and trace people also many many people millions of people in the region work in the informal economy so even if governments do save stay at home they're then left with a stark choice of staying at home and not being able to feed their families or going out of working risking being contracted with the virus but they need to work to be able to feed themselves a very difficult choice and as i say this is in many ways 7 months into the since when the virus struck latin america really only just beginning then your swimwear

there for us in buenos aires many thanks. u.s. president donald trump has cost an early ballot name his private resort in florida he went to a polling station in west palm beach and once again called into question the legitimacy of mail and ballots without evidence florida is of course a crucial battleground states will then 48000000 americans have already voted with 10 days to go until election day it was a very secure vote much more secure than when you send in a ballot i can tell you that everything was perfect very strict right by the rules when you send in your ballots could never be like that you'd never be secure like that they've done a fantastic you have a great people and. so but it's an honor to be voting it's an honor to be in this

great area which i know so well you know some across a presidential nominee joe biden is campaigning in the swing state of pennsylvania donald trump now really won here in 2016 and many analysts say he must beat biden in the state if he has to be reelected biden told voters the election could come down to them times are hard unemployment is way up folks are worried about making their next run or mortgage payment whether their health care away 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 wondering who are going to have for me as donald trump's presidency. correspond and gallica his life for us in miami and he both candidates trying to hit as many battleground states as possible in the last 10 days before the election

what have we been hearing from them today. well with the finish line in sight they are really focused on states like florida ohio pennsylvania or north carolina those are the ones that they decide the election the messaging itself hasn't really changed much over the last few days of course donald trump is telling everyone and he's basically talking to his base at the coronavirus pandemic is about to go away despite the fact that on friday we had about $83000.00 new cases which is the highest since this whole thing began back in the early part of this year meanwhile joe biden in his home state of pennsylvania telling the crowd there that they simply have to get out and vote that is something across the board that all the candidates are talking about and that donald trump has really messed up his reaction to the quote of ours of course joe biden has laid out all sorts of policies saying that he would mandate mask wearing down trump is continuing to deny

it's even happening essentially meanwhile here in miami the former president barack obama talked to supporters at a drive in rally and let's just hear some of what he had to say which is basically a pretty personal attack on the president. i know you wouldn't. want them to vote. but i. could. at least a little bit of. work though. yes. the we're. reality show. world. so things getting down to the wire now i'm not sure how

much these last minute rallies will change voters' minds it's worth bearing in mind that more than 50000000 people of either mailed in their ballots voted early or gone in person to their local voting stations but nonetheless the stakes are very high essentially this election may come down to who voters think will tackle the coronavirus best and both candidates have starkly different visions of how to do that many thanks for that and to get to get their 1st live in miami. an explosion outside a school in the afghan capital kabul has killed at least 18 people the device detonated outside a young adult education center in a neighborhood west of the city 57 people are being treated in hospital for injuries i saw is claiming responsibility for the attack violence has spiked in recent weeks despite peace talks between the government and the taliban. over victims a teenage boys and girls between 17 and 18 years old they took the dead and wounded

to hospital by ambulance all the victims are young boys and girls. still had on al jazeera the u.k. is on the pressure to make a trade deal with the u.s. as does washington have the advantage. of. how we got a proper wintry blast coming out of canada at the moment diving down across the northern plains of the u.s. we'll talk to him behind this band of clout there some very very cold air basically cold and a very active weather system now making its way over towards the eastern seaboard we could see some flooding rains on that as it pushes over towards the mid atlantic states through the carolinas there's that cold air coming in behind subzero for calgary for winnipeg and for minneapolis not too far off there for kansas city

certainly as we go on into monday by monday the central plains seeing some very heavy downpours so some wet weather over towards us to see but it's where we could see some localized flooding wintry mix across that western side of canada through british columbia towards alberta still no sign of any rain over towards california $23.00 celsius so at least the temperatures are abating somewhat meanwhile further south into the caribbean plenty arraignment around here sent into that western side of the caribbean just to the west of jamaica just. this little clutch of storms here a map may well develop into a tropical storm as we go on through the next couple days either way we're looking at flooding rains pushing up towards cuba towards southern parts of florida and maybe to the yucatan peninsula. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question because these days it's hard to filter out the noise and keep track of

what's really important to the bottom line tackles the big issues this issue in the united states its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only on al-jazeera. i've been covering all of that narrative for most of my career but no country is alike and it's my job to shed light on how and why. you're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour colombia has passed $1000000.00 corona virus infections becoming the 8th country in the world to do so other nations in latin america also seeing as including brazil mexico the route

meanwhile you are growing has closed its borders in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. u.s. presidential candidates donald trump and democrat joe biden are touring back ground states as election day looms opinion polls show biden in the lead nationally but it's a tie to race in the swing states that decide the final outcome. at least 18 people have been killed in an explosion and afghans come to a couple the bomb detonated outside a young adult education center in the west of the city i saw has claimed responsibility for the attack. the united kingdom has just over 2 months to try to agree a trade deal with the european union before it hits a post breaks it deadline it also needs to pick up the pace on efforts to negotiate an agreement with whoever wins the u.s. presidency but there are concerns that a rush for

a transatlantic trade deal could lower the quality of books and food protests have taken place in london against the government's refusal to pass laws to stop cheap imports and meat and other animal products in new trade deals ofter breaks it. andersen's went to a farm in the english village of darby to assess the damage unregulated imports could cause. 53 percent for the country's hens it out for a ride andrew middleton has been a farmer 1st 3 decades he's invested more than a $1000000.00 in farming beating the highest standards of production will the father. read poems and preserve his home severely now the price of his eggs could be undercut by new trade deals primarily with the united states u.k. may be flooded with cheap imports hundreds livelihood along with livestock farmers

all over the u.k. is threat the reason lower food safety and animal welfare standards in the u.s. and other countries. and it will be a double whammy for this farmer his fall back a small herd of beef cattle would be up against cheap imports to farmers right across the british countryside are demanding a ban on cheap inferior imports of livestock they want that ban enshrined in new legislation that's passing through parliament but the government is refusing to do that relying on assurances instead. protesters say they don't trust those assurances repeatedly made by the u.k. prime minister what we will do is use our negotiations to persuade our partners to you know if they want to trade freely with us then obviously we'll have to accept or are pretty trying to work. ringback to highlight the issue britain's royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals has released a video of secret filming in the us it features an american animal welfare expert

meaning that you would get chickens in chlorine is because the birds are literally sitting in each other's ways our industrial animal agriculture system is designed to benefit the huge and multinational corporations at the expense of animal welfare farmer well being and. we fear that if it's not in legislation then you will start to get in products produced in other countries like eggs like chicken like beef which are given. other methods of production which are legal here all the different substances like hormones which are also illegal here that message and others may well have a big effect on consumers i'm all welfare and food standards is becoming a major issue in the u.k. i'm drew simmons al-jazeera dolby in the kitchen. well the u.k.

is under pressure to clinch a trades oh what the u.s. by the end of the year but talks with washington still haven't made much progress the us is the u.k.'s biggest single market outside the e.u. accounting for over 13 percent of exports so far the u.k.'s biggest post brags that trade deal when has been with japan but japan accounts for just 2 percent of the case total trade the u.s. election will of course be a major factor democratic presidential nominee joe biden has already stated a trade deal won't happen if briggs it causes issues with the irish border let's bring in jeff house he's executive director of the revolving door project at the center for economic and policy research joining us from washington d.c. many thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera a u.k. u.s. trade deal was lauded as one of the great prizes for post brags that britain t. think that the u.k. could still achieve a good results given some of the mounting obstacles we've seen over recent times.

i think the united kingdom has a very weak hand in these negotiations i think trade is a very complicated issue in america and that influences the trade posture of both trump if he is to win reelection he will have one on a very nationalistic approach trade one in which you will for instance see his reelection in having been owed to america's farmers in rural areas and then if you have joe biden as the nominee the democratic party has completely contradictory waiting within it on issues of trade and how much they should or should not fight for big tax companies like google and so and also pharmaceutical companies i think the complex of the of the politics with in america makes it very hard for america to reach a deal with the united kingdom that is anything other than exceptionally strong for the united states which is going to be correspondingly problematic for the british

what give us a bit more detail on the u.s. priorities when it comes to trade with the u k. so i mean in terms of the corporate sector basically american corporations tend to want lower regulatory standard then they exist currently in the e.u. and the u.k. wants to get rid of some standards for have the braggs a majority in boris johnson are a little bit less regulatory minded than continental europe but they're overall they have an approach that is much higher standard than america's corporate powers and america's corporate powers have a lot of power in american politics and so that creates the rivalry suggested in your report about agriculture and there are similar a huge about tech companies pharmaceuticals financial regulatory companies banks it's a real complicated story and a transition potentially in american power between the democrat and republican if

by and taking over i just don't see him wanting to push a trade deal when he has so much on his plate with coburn 19 and some other and racial unrest and other issues in america to address indeed i mean how much do you think the u.k. has been relying on the trump government to pave the way for good dale. camp was a supporter of bragg's and johnson in here while their relationship is obvious he has some complexities there wardley speaking our eyes and i think there was some i suspect there was some believe in the united kingdom that they could get a good deal with trump we're now not always trump betting underdog to win reelection but trump's approach to trade is really incompatible with deal making trump instincts on trade are to very much mercantile honest and i think the u.k. to the or the u.s. is take the easiest part of the way with bribes it. easier than going with the you

and i moved on we would think that's going to prove out. good to talk to jeff houser executive director of the revolving door project at the center for economic and policy research many thanks n.p.r. a mosque in france has held prayers in tribute to a teacher who was beheaded last week the man wore a bulletproof vest and there was heavy police presence solve to threats of violence against worship is the murders cause outrage across france. he was beheaded by an 18 year old man fish showing caricature of the prophet mohammed the killer was shot by police. today as were in this mosque it was the same friday a week ago that he was assassinated today we are in a free mosque a mosque a bin laden meant it's called the al nor mosque which means the light we're here to pray for him to pay homage to him and to have a minute of silence i find that this is the minimum that we can do. france has

recalled its ambassador from turkey in a diplomatic spat over islamic rights the turkish president said his french counterpart emanuel needed mental treatment over his ass achieves towards muslims earlier this month the french president unveiled a plan to reform the practice of islam in his country he said it was to protect the country secular society and stop the alienation of french muslims but critics say it will suppress religious freedoms. what else could be said to a head of state who does not understand freedom of belief who behaves in this way towards millions of people living in his country who are members of a different faith 1st of all a check on the mental level. there's growing opposition within sued to the deal to normalize ties with israel several prominent political groups have rejected the u.s. brokered agreement among them is the national consensus forces alliance which is

part of the coalition which emerged during the uprising against the former president omar bashir the deal is set to make saddam the 3rd arab country to establish relations with israel it may need approval from a yet to be formed transitional parliament. guinea's election commission says president alpha condé won some base poll securing a controversial 3rd term on day one with almost 60 percent of the voters his main opponent selu delhi india low barely got 34 percent. nigerian police officers have been ordered to reclaim the streets following days of violent unrest that has killed at least 69 people before day care few has been lifted in the largest city lagos where cleanup operations are now underway as west soldiers opened fire on a group of peaceful demonstrators on tuesday who are calling for an end to police brutality the police chief says he now wants to reclaim public spaces from what he

calls criminals masquerading as protest is. that is huge many lives have been lost and the number of public and private group which is completely destroyed it is unfortunate. and well intended flutist of the youth in the parts of the country. has been hijacked and this guy they did. it has summoned the u.s. ambassador out of president trump suggested that egypt's might blow up ethiopia's grand renaissance dam the project has been a source of tension since construction began in 2011 ethiopia sudan and egypt a failed to reach an agreement often nearly a decade of negotiations. as one story just gradually you know words of pride off to broker going to agreement 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 because they could have stopped it they should have started long before we started i said how do you let it get built and then you say. 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 yo p. 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 each open ever 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 kareena the american ambassador to the suburb 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 but thompson statements are likely to push the crisis over eat your peers in a sense dump back into the spotlight and warn both sides that a failure to reach a solution could be dangerous divide our desire. this is al jazeera these are the top stories colombia's past 1000000 infections becoming the.