al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world somehow matter where you. are in the news and current affairs that matter to you. think. columbia crosses 1000000 coronavirus cases as governments across latin america and europe struggle to deal with a surge in infections. hello i money inside of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. 10 days to go for the u.s. presidential elections both donald trump and joe biden campaigned to boost support in critical swing states plus when i run in the i made my child she was.

only a quarter conceive you know. 8 students were killed and many others injured in an attack on a primary school in southwest cameroon. france recalls its ambassador from turkey after a wretched tape at once said france president needed a mental check for his attitude towards muslims. colombia has passed $1000000.00 corona virus infections becoming the 8th come tree in the world to cross the grim milestone other nations in latin america also are seeing a surge in infections among them all brazil mexico and peru you are guy has closed its borders in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. elsewhere in the dispute in the gold macau back region there fear is that war and instability will help the virus spreads

there are concerns that people fleeing the fighting between armenia and azerbaijan a taking the disease with them and in europe lead as a 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 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 separated 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 coronavirus 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 the partial closure of primary schools and restaurants and people above the age of 70 you're 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 of a new. mission here at the pompey do center hope 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 earlier last in america is also seeing a surge in cases with colombia suppressing 1000000 that has been following the latest developments from when is that is. the health ministry in colombia announced out surpassing that $1000000.00 figure $30000.00 deaths there and 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 a 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 something like 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 and the numbers only seem to be going up every everywhere you look

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. u.s. president donald trump has cost an early ballot near his private resorts in florida he went to a polling station in west palm beach and once again called into question the legitimacy of mail in ballots without evidence florida is of course a crucial battleground states more than 48000000 americans have already voted with 10 days to go until election day. it was

a very secure vote 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 send in your ballots could never be like that you could 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 yes democratic presidential nominee joe biden is campaigning in the swing state of pennsylvania donald trump narrowly won here in 2016 and many analysts say he must beat biden in the state if he is to be reelected but in told the election could come down to them times are hard unemployment is way up 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 wondering who are going to have for me as donald trump's presidency. and a gallica is in miami he says the 2 candidates are delivering starkly different messages on the coronavirus crisis. with the finish line in sight they are really focused on states like florida ohio pennsylvania or north carolina those are the ones that may 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 that 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 and 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 court a virus of course joe biden has laid out all sorts of policy saying that he would mandate mask wearing. 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 you know. i know you wouldn't. embrace my vision i knew he was going to continue my policy but i had all. the proof the country say. at least a little bit of interest in taking the job there. that's not how it worked out yet chiles has been doing the work. or helping anybody except insulting and. we're

treating the presidency it was a reality show to give him some more time. young voters in the u.s. have the numbers to decide an election but that rarely happens this year was on track to continue that trend but that has now changed according to figures from tufts university a large number of young adults between the ages of 18 to 29 have been voting early in 3 battleground states compared to the last election in florida nearly 44000 voted early in 2016 this year so far more than 257000 have in north carolina it was 25000 last time now it's close 220-5000 in michigan around 7 the hoff 1000 young people voted early in the last election but so far this time 145000 have cost them ballots

well part of what has brought 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 year's 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 adan boozing once back bernie sanders but now supports biden here in 28000 we already had the highest voter turnout 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 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. it's a phenomenon few presidents have inspired the protests exam a q more likely to vote for drum yes most definitely. 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 and jews era minneapolis at least 8 children have been killed 13 seriously injured in a sack on a primary school in southwest cameroon so officials in the city of coombe are blaming anglophones separatists for the attack no group has claimed responsibility separatist boycotts and government schools for 4 years and process against

president paul b. as government and discrimination by the french speaking majority that kept hundreds of thousands of children out of school up until this month when the boycott eased and most children returned to their classrooms. still ahead on al-jazeera. the u.k. is on the pressure to make a trade deal with the u.s. boss does washington have the advantage. 70000 voters spread across 115 islands in more than a 1000000 square kilometers of ocean voting in one of the world's most logistically challenging elections coming up. however we got some fight in troy by the full china for the korean peninsula and eventually we'll see some fine and dry by the pushing back into japan we got

a few blustery showers across the western side of japan for sunday but these will clear 3 as we go on into monday and it's pretty much sunshine or the white pretty much want to show is a possibility the korean peninsula fine and dry there are several weather there across a good part of china's because the wetter weather the more active weather is further south we have tropical storm south delhi was a typhoon it's been downgraded now that's making its way towards vietnam winds of around 90 climb to suppress i still looking at damaging winds still very concerned about the rains which will be particularly heavy once again as we go on through sunday by the in the process of easing but there is flooding there of course the ground is saturated in another area very heavy rain that's moving through central and northern parts of the philippines now that is develop into a tropical storm as we get into the early parts whole thanks weeks i some pretty wet weather coming in here and that will again push its way towards vietnam for the end of next week that's something to keep an eye on meanwhile full south asia is

generally fine in trying now shall is in the process of easing across that northeastern corner of india and looking somewhat dry for bangladesh. but. in countries like mine people have been killed. we in the united states have privatized the old public. this was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis and other arabs when they came to britain to be moved to help the path bombs do you know people from so this meeting sit down isn't that interesting. shadow on al-jazeera.

get watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour colombia has passed 1000000 coronavirus infections becoming the 8th country in the world to do so other nations in the last in america also seeing as including brazil mexico and peru meanwhile year ago i had 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 battleground states as election day looms opinion polls show biden in the lead nationally but it's a tight race in the swing states that will decide the final outcome. at least 8 children have been killed and 13 others seriously injured in an attack on a primary school in southwest cameroon some officials in the city of coombe are blaming anglophone separatists for the attack but no one has claimed responsibility

. the u.k. has just over 2 months to try to agree a trade deal with the european union before it hits a post brags that deadline it also needs to pick up the pay some 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 britain's food protests have taken place in london against the government's refusal to pass laws to stop cheap imports of meat and other animal products in a new trade deal often breaks it. well 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 japan accounts for just 2 percent of the u.k.'s total trade the us election will also be

a major factor of course democratic presidential nominee joe biden has already stated a trade deal won't happen if breaks it causes issues with the irish border jeff house is the executive director of the revolving door project the center for economic and policy research he says the u.k. may not get the deal it wants 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 you are one on a very nationalistic approach trade one which you will for instance see his reelection in having been to america's farmers and royer areas and then if you have joe biden as the nominee the democratic party has completely contradictory wings within it on issues of trade and how much they should or should not fight for big

tech companies like google and so a lot of pharmaceutical companies i think the compact city of the politics which in america makes it very hard for america to reach a deal with the united kingdom needs anything other then exceptionally strong for the united states which is going to be correspondingly problematic for the british . for the 2nd time in a month pakistan's drug regulator has announced an increase in the price of medicines the latest $1.00 is particularly high hitting poor and marginalized communities during the current virus pandemic reports from islamabad. august on has seen several bikes and prices of a century drugs for their treatment of high blood pressure heart disease and other important lifesaving drugs that are now costing far more on the open market the prices of course are fluctuating people are complaining that they have to dig deeper into their pockets and pay more for essential drugs now all this is

happening after the federal cabinet approved for a spike in the prices saying there's a relationship because of the demand of the pharmaceutical industry which of course said that it was entitled to get an increase in the prices because the cost of production of some of these drugs was far too high and there is a clause with the drug regulatory authority of pakistan that can allow such an increase if the pharmaceutical companies decide to claim it over the people here are not satisfied because pakistan is a poor country and most people can order for essential medicines that of course and also lead to reports that people every day had to reduce their dotage of their medicine and in some cases give up treatment altogether it is going to be important that they were there progress on a little bit to come to grips with the shortages of essential lifesaving medicine

the government saying as it has made a move essentially to ensure that there is no shortage of drugs in the market big pharma of course is happy because they say the cost of production is high and therefore they have the right to indicate prices that people are complaining that the government is buckling under pressure from the pharmaceutical mafia in creating prices gordon or deaf come at a worse time the country's all pollution parties have already been blaming their government for mismanaging the economy now they will have more ammunition to add today call. refugees in migrants trying to reach western europe say they've been abused by curation authorities the danish refugee council has collected testimonials describe it whippings abasing and sexual abuse as there is trying to contact question authorities for comment but we've had no success the haunting has story. there are repeated stories of desperate journeys getting even harder

danish aid workers have collected nearly 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 in

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 leg are no good going here police. after being beaten in croatia many are sent back to bosnia part of this merger deal with 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 creation border for a longer period from what i know since oct 12th 150 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. 'd the goal for refugees like muhammad is to reach western or northern europe and apply for asylum for the injured ones they must wait until they are strong enough to start their journey again. a mosque in france is held present

tribute to a teacher who was beheaded last week. a bullet proof vest and there was heavy police presence after threats of violence against worshippers cause outrage across from us samuel passy was beheaded by an 18 year old man for showing caricature of the prophet mohammed the killer was shot by police. today as we 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 of enlightenment it's called the al nor mosque which means to light we're here to pray for him to pay homage to him and to have a minute of silence i find it this is the minimum that we can do. france has recalled its ambassador from turkey in a diplomatic spat over islamic rights take as president said french counterpart in money market all needed mental treatment over his ass achieved 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's secular society and to stop the alienation of french muslims the 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 this growing opposition within sudan to the deal to normalize ties with israel several prominent political groups have rejected the u.s. brokered agreement among them 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 stablish relations with israel but it may need approval from a yet to be formed transitional parliament polls have closed in the seychelles in presidential and parliamentary elections residents across the

indian ocean are angry papen casting their ballots since thursday and as malcolm webb reports it's an election that brings its own challenges. with more than 70000 voters scattered across dozens of islands seychelles presidential election needs some logistics light aircraft and boats to take ballot papers to remote polling stations it takes 3 days for everyone to vote and nearly everyone does turn out for usually more than 90 percent. president danielle for voted in the capital victoria his party has governed the archipelago since independence from british colonial rule 54 years ago 1st as a soviet aligned one party state and then winning every election on the remati party system what is more important is for us to rebuild the economy after the effects of 19 the economy depends mostly on tourism wealthy

foreigners flock to the pristine beaches the few have come since the global pandemic the main opposition party l.d.s. has won a growing share of the vote in past polls it lost the presidency by fewer than 200 votes 5 years ago and then won a slim majority in parliament with think that there will be a transition of government for the 1st time since independence and the l.d.s. will form that experiment. so shells is one of the most on equal countries in the world hotels another business is owned by a wealthy minority many of european origin many others are descendants of been slaves africans who were brought here by the colonialists past inequalities persist there are so many people are in. some. respects because. i don't like. that.

everybody and every everyone in. the opposition's free market ideologies of attractive growing support some feel the ruling parties decades old welfare system hasn't helped people but others loyally stick to its historic socialist ideals many expect a close call between the 2 main parties results are expected someday malcolm webb al-jazeera. is al-jazeera these are the top stories colombia has passed 1000000 infections becoming the country in the world today other nations in latin america also seeing a surge in creating brazil mexico peru. has closed its borders in a bid to stop the spread of the virus.