on al-jazeera we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter what you will be using current affairs that matter to you the. gunman attack a primary school in southwest cameroon 8 students were killed and more than a dozen injured. l.a. i money and saeed this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. columbia crosses 1000000 coronavirus cases as governments across latin america and europe struggle to deal with the surge in infections. from 10 days to go for the u.s. presidential elections both donald trump and joe biden campaigned to boost support

in critical swing states. the chairman of the electronics giant samsung has died 78 year old lee cullen he had been in hospital for the last 6 years after suffering a heart attack in. the united nations and the african union the have condemned a brutal attack on schoolchildren in southwest cameroon at least 8 students were killed on saturday and 13 of those seriously injured the attack happened in the city of. schapelle reports. a gruesome attack on children who were only trying to get an education armed men carrying guns and machetes enters a bilingual school on saturday saw students in class and opened fire. the

students each 12 to 14 years didn't stand a chance isabel dion's daughter was shot in the stomach and fortunately survived when i run in there and i made my child she was helpless and was she was shelton one police said and i told him it is only a gun see if you know. this act of violence against a school and school children could constitute a crime against humanity no group has claimed responsibility. it's always shouting . it's unclear whether the attack was linked to separate the spiders active in the south west and northwest 2 english speaking provinces that have long complained of discrimination by the french speaking majority and live on separatists have boycotted public schools for the past 4 years as part of their protests against president paul b. as government leaving hundreds of thousands of children out of school earlier this month the boycotts eased and schools reopened only for students to fall victim to this attack and schapelle al-jazeera let's bring in william lawrence joining us

from washington d.c. a professor of international affairs at the american university and an expert on african affairs also a former u.s. diplomat in west africa and former regional director of the crisis group but he thanks for speaking to us william this is a horrific attack do we have any more clarity in who might have been behind it you know there is at least 7 different separatist groups in west. degrees that 16 missing. in 'd the central government. which are quite violent this is disconnected from. but parallel there is that children in schools. big deal most of those attacks as well so there's ready a. precedent in the lake chad area in the north of children being 'd.

victims and schools being the victim of these types of attacks in this team as you said the schools are back in session and the 800000 children that have been left out of school were able to be back to school 'd and so think about that sort of symbolically 'd that we have a bilingual school that represents a united caring moral being attacked and children being the victim of something that really 'd was not their fault at all it's horrific it's gruesome it's an escalation 'd that we've seen here in the ngo from christmas carol why is it that schools have been used by these amplifying separatist groups as sort of a bargaining chip if you like. well up until now in most things both related to schools and disconnected from schools it was a recent hostage. release forced by the government and other related situation. and the government has taken the kind of military route negotiating or

which conflicts. like the broken up with too much again as it is disconnected the cultural side of the conflict plays a very important role ringback it's not just the english language it's about who controls the education of these bombings and there's a complete distrust of those in charge of their 'd education who don't 'd represent the cultural suits illogical and political views those involved in separatism no one has claimed responsibility for the attack it's a similar 'd set up piece and each side in the 'd extremist elements on each side have a motivation to have such an attack make the other side look bad. but as as right now it seems like it's probably what the 'd extreme separatist group which is exactly venge for all set of policies that they've shipped and just to give us a little bit a fair context to this conflict. why are the separatists demanding their

own state. well they've been socially economically politically marginalized for a long time and you may know that this was the english speaking part of care which was under a separate british colonial trusteeship next to nigeria i've had so little summer history they had a kind of autonomy through the mid 1980 s. and lost it basically by administrative by the central government can't work and for a few years now they've declared independence because many areas in. this part of it but emblems have autonomy and they have separated from the central government and they would 'd like to go through their down that road so it's 'd separate history here which is you know we understand is the english speaking part but there are many other aspects to it and they have felt underserved by the central government including their french speaking policy but also 'd in terms of the

political system expenditures pretty much. that you could imagine they feel that they've got to short shift every type of distribution from the central government to what their independence many thanks for speaking to us william lawrence professor of international affairs at the american university in other news colombia has passed 1000000 corona virus infections becoming the 8th country in the well to cross that grim milestone other nations in latin america also seeing a surge in infections among them on brazil mexico and peru you're a guy has closed its borders in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. elsewhen the disputed nagorno-karabakh region they all fears that one stability will help the virus spread that concerns that people fleeing the fighting between armenia and azerbaijan are taking the disease with them. but it's europe that's now causing the most concern in rome

dozens of mosques far right protesters clashed with police over the new code 19 mr actions and came as italy recorded another daily record of almost 20000 cases on saturday. baba has the latest from 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 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 a milestone $1000000.00 covered $1000.00 cases since the pandemic started the capital paris is one of many cities under a nighttime curfew but organizers of a new submission here at the pompey do center hope visitors can focus on happier themes even for a short while. 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 surpassing 1000000 that me or swim lead has been following the latest developments from one is that it. the health ministry in colombia announced out surpassing that 1000000 figure 30000 deaths there 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 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 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 businesses closing tens of thousands of people losing their jobs and many many people moving having to move out onto the streets. 50 countries have signed up to united nations treaty to ban need clear weapons it's now said to be brought into force in 90 days honduras became the 50th country to ratify the agreement may have been praised by activists but the united states and all of the nuclear powers have strongly opposed it. so i had on al-jazeera. on one side coronavirus the people battling just the volume twin threads in nickel in the. protesters and push for change ahead of

a referendum that could lead right the constitution. however we got some fight in troy by the full china for the korean peninsula and eventually we'll see some fine and dry weather pushing back into japan we got a few blustery showers across the western side of japan for sunday but these will clear through as we go on into monday and it's pretty much sunshine or the white pretty spotty showers a possibility the korean peninsula fine and dry there set 7 weather there across a good part of china is 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 showers sin the process of easing across that northeastern corner of india and looking somewhat dry for bangladesh. but. since 2030 wish the world innovation summit for health has gathered health care leaders practitioners understand just together to learn interact and engage with innovative organizations. wish will take place

spiritually under the banner of one world. registered wish dot org dot q a. you're watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour a 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 kumba blaming and laughing separatists for the time but no group has claimed responsibility. colombia has passed $1000000.00 coronavirus infections becoming the 8th country in

the world to do so all the nations in latin america are also seeing a surge including brazil mexico and root meanwhile your grinds closed borders in a bid to stop the spread of virus. the samsung group's chairman lincoln he has died at the age of 28 in been in hospital since 2014 are to suffering a major heart attack was one of south korea's most influential and controversial business vegas. looks back. it was a stage fit for the coronation of an emperor and for some song that was in effect what leak on he would become on his father's death in 1987 the took the helm of a business that he would turn into south korea's dominant family conglomerate or chaebol he focused on increasing the ambition of the electronics are famously urging his staff to change everything except your wives and children the company

was able to take this vision and able to dole it out into you can say ideological tracks that they would hand out to employees and their employers would study how they would read his words like they were literally a page out of the bible and there was an almost religious fervor to the public destruction he ordered of defective phones in 1995 the call to innovation and higher value products transformed samsung into the global giant it is today in south korea the sprawling network of samsung businesses covers everything from ship building to life insurance construction to credit cards the group's revenues are equivalent to 20 percent of south korea's g.d.p. in 2000 and dates lee was given a suspended jail term and ordered to pay a $110000000.00 fine for tax evasion after the discovery of secret samsung accounts worth billions of dollars in 2014 he suffered

a major heart attack he spent the rest of his life in a samsung hospital. the empire now rests on the shoulders of lee's son j. young also known as jay wiley he was also imprisoned after he became embroiled in the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of former president park geun hye. found guilty of bribing part with millions of dollars in exchange for government help with the merger he received a 5 year sentence but after a year in prison an appeal court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him. and even while he was behind bars some song posted record profits leak and he's legacy is a global corporate giant and also one of the most powerful and impenetrable institutions in the country some call the republic of samsung.

and the u.s. both president trump and his rival joe biden are rallying supporters in battleground states more than $50000000.00 people have already cast their ballots the pandemic continues to be the big issue on the campaign trail cases hit an all time high on friday a struggle continues to insist the nation is turning a corner and you got to get reports. the president trump and his democratic rival joe biden these final days are all about the battleground states i voted for a guy named trouble because. thank after casting his ballot in florida the president held a rally in north carolina before moving on to ohio all crucial states in his bid for a 2nd term i would not put joe in charge of spite rising cases of the coronavirus a record daily high of more than 80000 on friday the president continues to tell supporters it's not an issue the pandemic that's all i hear about. you turn on

television i cover it covered covered go because of it covered a plane goes down 500 people dead they don't talk about it because of it covered covered covered by the way on november 4th you want to hear about it and i wish i could go to the car to car reach you all in joe biden's home state of pennsylvania the former vice president took a different tone he told the gathered crowd he'd secured jobs keep health benefits from tackle the coronavirus president trumped up pennsylvania by the narrowest of margins in 2016 the biden campaign wants to change that where 10 days left. that may come down to pennsylvania. and i believe in you i believe in my state the choice is never made clear the stakes have never been higher was your father in miami former president barack obama spoke to voters at a drive in rally still a popular figure in the democratic party he urged people to vote telling the crowd

that trump doesn't have what it takes to lead the country by the list of the candidates or a tough question like what would you like to do in your 2nd 3rd letters or the other make sure he doesn't get a 2nd term and the. with the . with that with the. with the finishing line now inside. both campaigns are expected to keep up the furious pace keeping the focus on the states that matter most what's at stake for voters here is not just the direction this country will take in the next 4 years but who's best suited to tackle a crippling pandemic biden warns the coming months will be the worst yet as winter approaches trump says the coronavirus will soon be forgotten now voters get to decide who's right they gallacher al-jazeera miami florida a mosque in france is held prayers and tribute to

a teacher who was beheaded last week the man wore a bulletproof vest and there was a heavy police presence after threats of violence against worshipers the murders cause outrage across from the past he was beheaded by an 18 year old man for showing characters of the prophet muhammad the killer were 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 of enlightenment 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 it this is the minimum that we can do. brown says recall this a master from turkey in a diplomatic spat over islamic rights turkish president. said french counterpart emmanuel mccrum needed mental treatment over his out of chines to as 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 critics say 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. armenia and azerbaijan are battling on 2 fronts between them the 2 nations have over 12000 people affected by the pandemic despite this threat they're locked in the fiercest fighting since 1994 cease fire ended the 1st nagorno-karabakh conflict or a challenge reports from goddess in armenia. disease and war have been close companion since humans have been around. and this humanity's latest war is being accompanied by humanity's latest disease these are the shelters of step on a curtain nagorno-karabakh during the recent bombardment people crammed together

bad air no mosques the perfect environment for covert 19. it's the constant proper spot of it when people are forced to hide or be in a close space like a bomb shelter we cannot speak about social distancing ma squaring is the obligation of any human being who have a more dangerous problem in front of you as it's war and we think people's attention shifts and priorities change. the people fleeing the fighting in the going to karabakh are taking the virus with them some 90000 have spread out across armenia near the border in the town of gori at least 60 refugees are living in this requisition school building so on the 1st floor of this kindergarten beyond this door there are 5 families who are quarantining obviously we can't go any further than this but this lady has decided she'd like to speak to us about it can you tell us what is happening why are you quarantining behind this to. go even that you know

one of us got sick now he's in a stable condition he doesn't have fever the all good i just want our government to stop this war we have disease on one side and war on another. of course it's likely refugees are catching coded 19 from their host communities too and not just bringing it with them the virus is a problem all across this small country with more than $75000.00 cases out of a population of nearly 3000000 armenia is in the worst 20 countries in the world the cases per 1000000 people on the other side of the battle lines azerbaijan is being hit by covert 19 to 7 cities and towns are now under lockdown but according to official figures the problem isn't as severe as armenia's $5000.00 cases per 1000000 of the population compared 225000 in armenia those being displaced by the fighting say they're doing their best. and i get a yes we're worried about the coronavirus that's why we're doing all the preventive

actions to be safe we're wearing the mask finra washing our hands and doing some of the disinfection neither the fight against covert 19 nor the fight against each other are over yet both will likely kill many more azeris and armenians helen's how does era armenia. polls of close in the seychelles presidential and parliamentary elections the oppositions have been largely divided leaving many to expect president danny forward to win another term he's been in power since 2016. after mass protests calling for social change chileans are getting the chance to change their constitution millions are expected to head to the polls in a referendum on sunday if approved a constitutional assembly would be chosen in april next year a latin american edison lucien newman has a support from santiago. a message impossible to miss displayed in full each of these presidential palace approve a new constitution for

a better future it says. on the other side of the street that the united is joined to the celebration so that her daughter she says could live in chile with dignity. and our constitution is our original sin it regulates all the laws what we can and cannot have and clearly it's no good. 40 years ago military dictator general pinochet called for a new constitution to be drafted it was all for terry and it also consecrated in extreme free market economic model with almost no state oversight it was ratified and why in contested referendum which is why these people say that it was to get legitimately from its conception over the years. has become. an american success story the fact that the government has been forced to cave in to

demands this new referendum seems to suggest that something was seriously wrong. chile's not the poorest country in latin america by a long shot but it has the highest income disparity the constitution does not guarantee many basic social rights as in most modern democracies. when millions of chileans took to the streets last year to demand better minimum wages education pensions and health care they pointed the finger at their politicians but also at their magna carta going to look at the silk us a government that were going to us our constitution basically recognized private property as the supreme right above all others the rights of an individual or private interests take predominance over those of society as a whole. but critics insist drawing up the current constitution and starting from scratch creates false expectations and economic instability not by police or nabby ultimately blames chillies. not change things make this is

a more inclusive there are very well bottom up reports that drastically transform be acquired from out everyone and. that's the pessimistic view but right now the prospect of drafting a new constitution with a popular input is seen as a major triumph by those who are hoping to set chile's democracy on a new more socially equal path. you see in human al-jazeera santiago. and the u.s. residents and colorado's rocky mountain national park have been ordered to flee as a massive fire spreads the blaze is the 2nd largest wildfire in the state's history it killed an elderly couple who didn't want to leave their home this week strong winds have been fanning the flames further north colorado's largest fire on record is still burning that blaze broke out back in august. the 1st

asian giant hornet nest found in the u.s. has been removed by experts in washington state and tamala just discovered the nest a day earlier in a tree near the u.s. border with canada the invasive species are known as murder one and they can be fatal to some humans have the largest stinging hornets in the world and can wipe out an entire honey bee hive in just a few hours. thank you and. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories at least 8 children have been killed and 13 others seriously injured in the attack on a primary school in southwest cameroon some officials are blaming anglophone separatists for the attack but no group has claimed responsibility. colombia's past 1000000 infections becoming the 8th country in the world to do.