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picture too much to bear for many americans in a country that was built on immigration. follow the key issues of the us elections on al-jazeera. 'd attack a primary school in southwest cameroon 8 students killed and more than a dozen injured. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. columbia crosses 1000000 coronavirus cases as governments in latin america and europe struggle to deal with infections. with 10 days to go for the u.s. presidential elections but joe biden campaigned to boost support in critical swing
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states. france recalled its ambassador from turkey after a chip or the one says france's president needed a mental check for muslims. the united nations and the african union have condemned a brutal attack on school children in southwest cameroon at least 8 students were killed on saturday and 13 others 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 entered a bilingual school on saturday saw students in class and opened fire. on the students age 12 to 14 years didn't stand a chance isabel dion's daughter was shot in the stomach and fortunately survived
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when i run in there and i made my child she. said and i told him it is only. this act of violence against a school and school children could constitute a crime against humanity no group has claimed responsibility if a way could i have always felt. it's unclear whether the attack was linked to separate to spiders active in the south west and northwest 2 english speaking provinces that have long complained of discrimination by the french speaking majority. by the presidency and 'd. being attacked and children being ready. 'd praised his. own 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
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month the boycotts eased and schools reopened only for students to fall victim to this attack and schapelle al-jazeera. colombia has passed 1000000 corona virus infections becoming the 8th country to do so other nations in latin america are also seeing a surge your guy has closed its borders in a bridge to stop the spread and in the disputed and they're going to care about creation the off is that people fleeing the fighting between armenia and azerbaijan taking the disease with them but europe is causing the most concern in rome far right protesters clashed with police over new restrictions as italy recorded another daily record of the most 20000 cases on saturday that in baba has the latest. 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
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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
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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 1000 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 covered 19 cases since the pandemic started the capital paris is one of many cities under a nighttime curfew but organizers have
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a new. mission here at the pump to do center 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. al-jazeera as i mentioned earlier latin america is seeing a surge in cases with colombia passing 1000000 annually has been following the latest developments from. and the health ministry in colombia announced 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.
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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 businesses closing tens of thousands of people losing their jobs and many many people moving having to move out onto the streets.
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in the u.s. both president and his rival joe biden are rallying support in battleground states more than $57000000.00 people already cost about as coronavirus cases hit an all time high on friday continues to insist the nation is turning a corner and gallagher 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 truck. 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. turn i would not put you in charge with rising cases of the coronavirus a record daily high of more than $80000.00 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
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covered covered by the way or november 4th you want 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 and tackle the coronavirus president trumped up pennsylvania by the narrowest of margins in 2016 the biden campaign wants to change that we're 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 this weekend as are a couple questions like what would you like to do in your 2nd 3rd letters or the
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other make sure he doesn't get a 2nd term and then. with the. with. the. with the finishing line now in sight both campaigns are expected to keep up their furious pace keeping the focus on the states that may matter most what's at stake of 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 and the gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. 50 countries have signed up to a united nations treaty to ban nuclear weapons it's set to be brought into force in 90 days honduras became the 50th country so ratify the agreement the moves been
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praised by activists but the united states and other nuclear powers have strongly opposed it a mosque in france is held prayers in tribute to a teacher who was beheaded last week there was a heavy police presence after threats of violence against worshippers the a mom wore a bullet proof vest samuel patti was beheaded by an 18 year old man fish showing caricature of the prophet mohammed the killer was shot by police the murder has caused outrage across france. 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-noor 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. francis recalled its ambassador from turkey in a diplomatic spat over islamic rights turkish president red chip tired of the one said the french counterparts emanuel much needed mental treatment face attitude
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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 secular nature of society 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 and 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 afghan security forces say they've killed a senior al qaeda leader who was on the f.b.i.'s most wanted list. abu mazin al muscly was killed during a special operation in the province who was believed to be al qaida 2nd in command illustrious had been charged in the united states with providing material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization as well as conspiracy to kill u.s. nationals. still ahead on al-jazeera. hoping for change protesters in chile make the final push ahead of
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a referendum that could rewrite the constitution. and it's one of the world's most majestic a challenging can election $17000.00 votes as credit cost a $115.00 islands in more than a 1000000 square kilometers about. how we got a proper wintry blast coming out of canada at the moment diving down across the northern plains of the u.s. all tucked in 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 and 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
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kansas city certainly as we go on into monday by monday the central plains seeing some very heavy downpours still some wet weather over its warts eastern seaboard but is 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 that well at 23 celsius so at least the temperatures are abating somewhat meanwhile further south into the caribbean plenty arraign around here sent into that western side of the caribbean just to the west of jamaica just around the 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. on counting the cost for the biden victory means for china as the democrats line up
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among people in dollar plan to confront beijing and president she's project to rival silicon valley plus how african businesses are coping with the pandemic counting the cost on the al-jazeera. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions. on the 20. 0 mind of our top stories this hour. at least 8 children have been killed and 13 of the seriously injured in an attack on a primary school in south was cameroon no group has claimed responsibility. u.s.
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presidential candidates donald trump and joe biden have been touring battleground states as election day looms opinion polls show biden in the lead nationally but it's a tighter race in the swing states. colombia's past 1000000 corona virus infections becoming a country in the world to do so meanwhile uruguay has closed its borders in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. armenia and azerbaijan are also battling the virus the 2 nations have more than 12000 people affected by the pandemic and they looked into the faces fighting since a 994 cease fire ended the 1st to go in a conflict. reports from goddess and. 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
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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. markets 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 mosque wearing 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
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us what is happening why are you quarantining behind this to. move on that 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 it yes we're worried about the
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coronavirus that's why we're doing all the preventive actions to be safe we're wearing the mask center 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 rory chalons how does era armenia. egyptians have been voting to elect a new parliament in a process that would stretch of the several weeks $63000000.00 people are eligible to vote in the 2 stage election results expected no early december a total of $568.00 seats are up for grabs but under a new electoral rule law half of those seats will be allocated to pre-selected less critics say that will bring in benefit president bill fattah el-sisi. and there's growing opposition within sudan to a deal that would normalize ties with israel several prominent political groups have rejected the u.s.
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brokered agreement the deal set to make sudan the 3rd arab country to establish relations with israel but it may need approval from a yet to be formed a transitional moment. thousands of a 1000 people have been protesting outside the official residence of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu they're demanding he resign police say a number of demonstrators were arrested several people were forcefully dragged away from paris square in central jerusalem it's been the scene of weekly protests for the past 4 months the demonstrators want netanyahu to step down over criminal corruption charges and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. after mass protests calling for social change chill lanes 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 lot in america at its loose union has more. message
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impossible to miss displayed in full you choose 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 take care of. our constitution is our original sin it regulates 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 an extreme 3 market economic model with almost no state oversight it was ratified in a widening contested referendum which is why all these people say that it was illegitimate from its conception over the years is that money has become. an american success story the fact that the government has been forced to cave in to
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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 sent us a government that my goodness 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.
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ultimately blames chillies. not change things made. there are very well bottom up reports there are drastically transformed be acquired through everyone and. that's the pessimistic view but right now the prospect of drafting a new constitution with 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. votes are being counted in the seychelles following presidential and parliamentary elections residents across the indian ocean island group i've been costing me that since thursday and as welcome web reports as an election the brings its own challenges. with more than 70000 voters scattered across dozens of islands seychelles presidential election need some logistics light aircraft and boat to
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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 remote tea party system what is more important is for us to or rebuild the economy after the effects of 19 the economy depends mostly on tourism wealthy foreigners flock to the pristine beaches that 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 he lost the presidency by fewer than 200 votes 5 years ago and then won
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a slim majority in parliament we think that there will be a transition of government for the 1st time since independence and the l.d.s. will form that experiment. seychelles is one of the most on equal countries in the world hotels and other businesses are owned by a wealthy minority many of european origin many others are descendants of enslaved africans who were brought here by the colonialists past inequalities persist that so many people are in. some. respects because. for this i don't like. it that. everybody and every everyone in. the opposition's free market ideologies of attracted growing support some feel the ruling party's decades old welfare system hasn't helped people but others loyally stick to its historic socialist ideals many expect
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a close call between the 2 main parties results are expected someday malcolm webb al-jazeera nigerian police officers have been ordered to reclaim the streets following days of violent unrest that's killed at least 69 people a 4 day curfew has been lifted in the largest city lagos with a clean up operation underway and that's where 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 protestors. that ensued 1000000 host and number. 2 is completely destroyed it is unfortunate. and were intended for use in the country. has been
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hijacked and this is directed. the samson group chairman a leak on he as died at the age of 78 has been in hospital since 2014 after suffering a major heart attack and he was one of south korea's most influential and controversial business figures from seoul. rob mcbride it looks back at his life. 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 invention and able to dole it out into you can say ideological tracks that they would hand out to employees and that employers would
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study and 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 2008 to 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 least son j. young also known as jay wiley he was also imprisoned after he became embroiled in
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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 sampson posted record profits leak on his legacy as a global corporate giant and also one of the most powerful and impenetrable institutions in the country some call the republic of samsung. firefighters in colorado are struggling to contain the 2nd largest wildfire in the u.s. state's history large plumes of smoke can be seen rising over grand county as the fire continues to grow its force residents to flee their homes but an elderly
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couple were killed after refusing to leave the house they had lived in for decades . the 1st asian giant hornet nest found in the u.s. has been vacuumed out of the tree the nest was discovered a day earlier near the border with canada the invasive species is known as murder hornets as they can be fatal to some humans they're the largest stinging hornets in the world and can wipe out an entire honey bee hive and ours. this is ours and these other top stories at least 8 children have been killed and 13 others seriously injured in attack on a primary school in southwest cameroon no group has claimed responsibility colombia has passed 1000000 corona virus infections becoming the 8th country in the world to do so meanwhile euro gras has closed its borders in a bid to stop the spread of the virus.
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