south america was brazil now seeing the stressed of those showers i think further east than they were before then particularly where between salvador and rio. one week to go donald trump claims he's the best bets for the u.s. economy as his rival for the presidency joe biden accuses him of surrendering to coronavirus. general matheson this is a disease a live from doha also coming up over 1000 cases rise again in europe as criticism grows over how some governments are handling the pandemic. a student activist is arrested in hong kong near the u.s. consulate reportedly trying to seek asylum. new u.s.

sanctions forced western union to close operations in cuba and a big blow to those depending on money sent from abroad. heads one week to election day in the u.s. and the candidates are hitting the battleground states polls indicate democratic party contender joe biden holds the lead nationally but it's a close race in a number of must win swing states mike hanna reports. a final frenetic week of campaigning before election day president trying doing a swing through 3 of the states with polls indicate he is neck and neck with joe biden wisconsin michigan and the brask. attempting to remove one issue from the agenda at the beginning of the day tweeting fake news media is going full on.

we are rounding the turn 99.9 percent. and he's attempting to reset the conversation around an economy he claims to have provided it's trouble believe the number one reason that i'm standing here because of trade and how we turn that around thanks 7 days from now we're going to win the great state. we're going to win 4 more years in the war. but joe biden kept the discussion sent to done what he describes as a trump administration's failure to deal effectively with the pandemic this administration has yet to offer a single plan that's one of the reasons why the most one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world the new england journal of medicine called the president quote dangerously incompetent went on to say president turned a crisis into

a tragedy i'm ready that act. i know what to do. biden spent the day in georgia which polls indicate has come strongly into play for the democratic party it's been a solidly republican state for decades but full clinton the last democratic candidate to take it back in 1992 the fact that democrats believe there's a chance of biden winning it is a clear sign of how the traditional electoral landscape is changing another good sign for the democratic party is the massive number of votes that have already been cast close to 70000000 americans have already voted that's more than a half the number of total ballots cast 4 years ago but the biden campaign warns against complacency traditionally it's republicans who cast the most votes in person on election day effect that could still tilt the balance mike hanna

al-jazeera washington more than 90 people have been arrested during protests in philadelphia over the police shooting of a black man dozens of officers were injured jury in the unrest police cars and waste bins were set on fire while several stores were looted 27 year old water wallace was shot dead by police on monday as a bystander filmed the incident and posted it on social media officers say wallace was holding a knife and had been ordered to drop it several times elsewhere in philadelphia looters have taken advantage of the anger over wall to wall this is killing videos emerged of dozens of people carrying what appeared to be boxes of flat screen televisions and other items out of a hyper market. all the u.s. has been suffering under coronavirus so is europe the 2nd wave is hitting europe hard the death rate in france has more than doubled in the past 24 hours they are reporting 523 deaths that's up from 257 on monday record numbers

of new cases have been reported across the continent more than 230001 monday that's almost 3 and a half times the daily rate at the beginning of the month belgium has had daily high of more than 800000 last week almost a 10 fold increase in the highest number seen in the 1st wave in spring and germany's government says they're likely to hit 20000 cases a day by the weekend. medical workers in spain are holding a series of one day strikes demanding improved safety and working conditions they say they're exhausted after months of dealing with a pandemic and they'll come out on strike on the final day of every month want to have reports from madrid. doctors across spain came out in the thousands for a 24 hour nationwide strike medics are calling for better working conditions and more health spending as the number of coffee 1000 cases continue to rise spain with

more than 1000000 cases and 35000 deaths is one of the worst affected countries in europe we are now in the middle of the 2nd wave of spain especially in madrid. all the health workers are very exhausted because we are very tired from the from the 1st wave. we're tired physically and mentally there is not enough. praise or we have no the make enough to see our tears. clearly saw fineman mess or work on the later we feel. from our politicians after years of whole service cast and after battling on the front line of the coronavirus demick in the spring doctors are taking action they are demanding better conditions and improved safety before they are in merced in the 2nd wave of college 19 of the strike came as

a spanish government unveiled its budget for 2021 with the promise to 150 percent increase in health spending the coalition government led by better sanchez has already imposed a state of emergency given central government shipping powers including restrictions on freedom of movement a curfew has been introduced from 11 pm until 6 am everywhere except it can marry islands the state of emergency does also give regional governments some powers to. try to stop the spread of virus each region will be able to apply its all measures after central and regional governments clash on the best way to battle the pandemic the central government hopes to extend the state of emergency until may next year but for the state need the backing of other political parties and that won't happen without a fight meanwhile covered cases continue to spiral upwards. more

protests are taking place across italy against new restrictions to tackle a 2nd wave of covert $1000.00 infections which is sweeping across europe riot police fired tear gas and demonstrators in rome i agree over curbs which include restaurants and bars closing at 6 pm earlier some protests turned violent as rubbish bins set on fire and shops looted italian government is approves more than $6000000.00 to help businesses struggling to survive because of the pandemic. hong kong police arrested 3 people from the student group advocating for the city's independence from mainland china this video is said to show tony chung leader of the disbanded group student localism being led away by officers he was taken near the u.s. consulate were reportedly trying to seek asylum the group was arrested under the controversial security law imposed by china earlier this year or for more let's cross live to sarah clarke in hong kong sara do we know what the latest is on the

arrest of these young activists. well ivan not the police have confirmed the arrests of those 3 activists this is 19 year old. 17 year old jani her and 16 year old. their charges have been laid in those offenses of relating to the national security laws. breaching the national security laws in connection with some social media posts but uploaded since september they've also been charged with offenses of inciting others to seek independence now as you mentioned. the reports that he was actually detained when he was approaching the u.s. consulate here in central hong kong there's a group called friends of hong kong based in the u.k. it says that he was seeking asylum but he was arrested before he managed to get inside that building that he arrived we believe early and as a result went to a coffee shop across the right and this is where he was detained the other 2 were arrested early on and they're arrested when they're reporting to police on those various charges that they've been lied already under the national security laws

that they were charged with those offenses back in july and now they also belong to a group known as a student localism and this particular group it was disbanded before the national security law was introduced back in july 1st but that particular group has been accused of promoting independence from mainland china so that we know what kind of penalties these young people could face. or they could face some of these penalties and the national security could face up to a lot of time in prison and it's also other reports that full more activists trying to seek asylum at the us. this is after the 3 others who were arrested with confirmation. one of those particular people in that group of the 4 activists. charges related to the anti government protests it's an interesting development shows the desperation of some of these people trying to flee persecution under the national security because of the heavy penalties involved now i should state that the u.s. does not grant asylum to people at these diplomatic postings or more complicated

process to apply for refugee status but hong kong is a processing part of the hong kong government has responded to all these reports the arrests and charges these activists involved but it says that anyone who's been prosecuted under the national security should face an independent judiciary here in hong kong and says there's no justification for political asylum in the us is yet to respond to yesterday's developments but certainly it might be trying to silence this particular will not talk about this particular issue because it's trying to avoid inflaming the already inflamed tensions between the u.s. and china. and hong kong thank you. qatar has expressed regrets after several female passengers from the complained of invasive searches at the country's international airport the incident happened earlier this month when terminal staff found a baby girl concealed inside a plastic bag and dumped in a rubbish bin the qatari government called it an appalling attempt to kill her and

a violation of the law it says it regrets authorities infringing on the personal freedoms of travelers in the search for the baby's parents it says has launched an investigation and will share the results with countries of affected passengers. still ahead on al-jazeera calls for peaceful elections in tanzania him after violence and the arrest of an opposition leader in zanzibar. al jazeera gains exclusive access to operations at the biggest u.s. military base in the gulf. hello winter is still a long way north it is in siberia it is this sort of thing here and you might just feel it on the japanese island of hokkaido as the wind starts to circulate and it's

bringing in the cold that's leaving snow on the ground on the mainland bit of rain further south otherwise looking fine for japan for the korean prison almost all of china the exception of this massive light cloud an occasional spots are right in the middle and more especially down the south coast as well avi the typhoon is quite activists throwing and in hearts in the showers into grondahl including hong kong of course but they go inland beyond that and just come out of north and vietnam otherwise pretty picture sunshine for many a cold touch in the winter sapporo probably not for sendai or tokyo now as i said it is a sas china sea where this typhoon is it's a major typhoon has picked up a lot of energy in the last 24 hours and it will be the nighttime hours yearly as of wednesday so it will be dark when it makes landfall in vietnam with those strong winds and rain this is probably the worst we've seen this season over already damaged and flooded ground as it goes further inland it will slowly fall apart but it spreads its rain throughout thailand and to some degree laos fantasize

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your knowledge is here a reminder of our top stories this hour one week to go until the u.s. election and a record 69000000 americans have already voted but the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a shadow over the campaigning that nearly half a 1000000 new infections in the past week. in italy police have fired tear gas at protesters over renewed restrictions to limit the spread of covert 19 a 2nd wave is hitting europe on record new infections are being reported across the continent. on call police have arrested 3 people from the student group advocating for the city's independence from mainland china they were detained under the controversial security law imposed by china and india this year. money transfer service western union is going to close hundreds of offices in cuba following new sanctions imposed by the us government sanctions announced on friday

prevents western union from dealing with the military run company that controls remittances into the country more than $400.00 offices are going to close many cubans rely on them it ensues from relatives abroad where it finds with its vice president of the council of the americas he's joining us on skype from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for being with us with us on al-jazeera who's most likely to be affected by this well rob it's going to be with you again you know the people who are most likely be affected in addition of the cuban military of course will be the recipients of the remittances which is the common people in cuba and they're not just in the major metropolitan cities like atlanta but they're also spread out around the country and rural areas which are already hurting because of economic slowdown pandemic and the like so the people who will be heard from the ones who rely on remittances really to meet their basic daily and weekly need to have any

idea who the u.s. was trying to target by bringing this legislation in. yeah they're trying to target the cuban military which does have its hand in the. remittance transactions in fact it runs the remittances on the island of cuba and so in trying to get at the military to squeeze the sources of income to reduce financing to the cuban government they're taking this step and it's not an insignificant step i mean remittances to cuba every year represent some $3000000000.00 u.s. dollars a part currency to the island some reports would indicate it's the 2nd highest source of foreign income for cuba so this is a big deal if indeed the spigot is shut off the government of the united states has given 30 days to try to come up with some sort of solution to try to work out a solution with the cuban government the money that goes into the country from

cuban ex-pats what it's usually used for. yeah you know it's really interesting of course every family is different every individual is different but in general these are monthly or some one monthly payments of a regular size generally in the range of $100.00 or you know a couple $100.00 there are limits on what you can do the trump administration has instituted quarterly limits of a $1000.00 a maximum $4000.00 per year but what it is they go to a meeting basic needs you know there are shortages of lots of things in cuba and so it's you know clothing food transportation things that many others might take for granted so these are in some ways lifelines to cubans on the island to help them really live live lives of some nature of that they wouldn't be able to do so otherwise if these life lines as you call them are removed other any alternatives

that cubans can use or is the money really going to be restricted getting into cuba . it's a good question cubans are very resourceful not just on the island but outside of the island and one would anticipate that if this particular route is is reduced or ended that there would be other ways that would open up that people would find other ways to get money to their relatives and friends on the island and i think that would be something to be anticipated but it would be more complicated it could be potentially more dangerous potentially more costly so the for the friction of the remittance structure would definitely increase really good to get your thoughts on this eric phones with good to have you again and al-jazeera thank you very much thank you thanks for having me. mexico's government has admitted the true number of people who've died from the corona virus pandemic is far higher than initially thought the official death toll stands at 90000 but it's thought 50000

more have died from the disease one of the hardest hit regions is the northern state of chihuahua which has returned to a red alert situation because of a 2nd wave john holdren reports from mexico city. even by the standards of mexico's problems with cope with 19 there's a deeply worrying situation developing in chihuahua state on the border with the u.s. borders things are threatening to get out of control says adult who speaking on condition of anonymity because he's scared of reprisals. we are at a 100 percent capacity and we're taking patients basically out of humanity they're just sitting in chairs because there's no beds and instead of putting them on ventilators is a need we just have to get them oxygen and hope we get lucky. which has been hit hard throughout the pandemic but it's rare to hear this simply not enough states

and it's not just patients at risk says a doctor. we are working practically without equipment to protect ourselves that the nations are running out and we're out where you worry about the day when we don't have overalls and we have to risk our styles with the kit the authorities give us. the death count among medical stuff in mexico is already one of the highest in the world. but amid screws government has also acknowledged around one 140000 people have died from the disease 50000 more than in the official count. the country's already number 4 in terms of total fight time a tease and he's gearing up for its 2nd pick when the 1st one never even really went away that the virus hasn't spread the country's political class either a senator died this weekend and on tuesday the capital's macleod. announced she tested positive. but for now it's what it's a center of attention with doctors wondering how long do they have to turn away

seriously ill patients altogether john homan al-jazeera mexico city. nicaragua has passed a new law marking what it calls fake news punishable by jail time people can be sent to prison for up to 4 years for spreading false or misrepresented information online critics say the law will be used unfairly to punish opponents of the government in the u.s. too big wildfires are burning their way through parts of southern california powerful winds are causing the fires in orange county to spread so far more than 100000 people have been forced to leave their homes hundreds of firefighters have been deployed and a local enter city company says its equipment may have accidentally started one of the fires. police in tanzania have denied firing bullets at protesters in the semi autonomous island of zanzibar a major opposition party says 8 people were killed during demonstrations over the alleged ballot fraud ahead of wednesday's election the chairman of the african

union is calling for calm reports. these protesters in tanzania semi autonomous region of zanzibar are mostly supporters of safe shareef home at the main opposition presidential candidate was arrested in the early morning at a polling station during advance voting a special group such as security personnel election officials and people with disabilities he was related released. it's been tense in the last few days on the island with fighting between opposition supporters and police after a political rally of the canned pank sent troops from the tanzania and mainland have also been deployed voting continued at the polling stations despite demonstrators alleging that the election will be reet. it's a few protesters who wanted to cause destruction and to stop voting we have arrested some of their criminals but everything is going well there is no major

problems of the polling stations several people on are reported to have been shot and killed and others injured after attempting to block the distribution of voting material they said some ballot papers had been remarked. elections in zanzibar have often been contentious and violent in voting during the 2015 presidential call malim safe sheriff claimed victory for the electoral commission a nod to the results and the opposition courted are repeat an action. some analysts fear that an unfavorable result for the opposition this time could trigger another violent fall out with the ruling party. is known for its vibrant culture but many people say they're feeling increasingly marginalized others want more tanami from tanzania's rulers in direct lump and everyone wants to benefit from the reserves of natural gas discovered off the coast cathy zoi al-jazeera. the biggest u.s.

military base in the gulf is getting a multibillion dollar upgrade data air base plays a central role in the u.s. and coalition operations that are carried out every day across the region stephanie decker visited the facilities and got exclusive access to join the flight refueling f. 16 fighter jets. to leave catch her behind and head out across the gulf. we've been given exclusive access to join this refuting flight on a validated air base near doha it will be topping up the tanks and the american f. 16 fighter jets already out on missions my job is pretty much to refuel other aircraft in the air so they can stay airborne longer it's all going to take place here at the back of the plane and you have to get down low so this is where the refuting happens it's called the to college and it's in the belly of the plane easy to lie on your stomach to be able to fit know what we're going to witness is the boob operator is going to connect with the fighter jets that are going to approach

the aircraft from here. the 1st f. 16 approaches. these are multimillion dollar fighter jets. out on active mission and we're not told what where that is. they get so close you can clearly see the pilots. the entire process only takes a couple of minutes we spend around 4 hours in the air while the crew fumed 5 sixteen's with the fighters we do a lot of cargo aircraft we can pretty much refuel anything as long as scout of them are sceptical they also refuse allied aircraft not just american on a daily airbase host a variety of nationalities back on the ground we speak to brigadier general donald tani who is the commander of the 379th air expeditionary wing is here in a central location in the south of command a.o.r. very strategic location so we're engaged up in afghanistan still with our forces on

the ground up there up in syria and iraq and then out in the gulf forward to touring iran and we're partnering with other nations to ensure the free flow of commerce the government of qatar is in the process of upgrading the air base so the base is being expanded so safe to say you're here to stay i would say we are here to stay i would stay away from the word expansion we're actually up. creating a modernizing what we have is already a huge facility one of the largest power projection platforms in the world i think but here to stay it's probably a fair assessment americans are about to vote for their next president to be their commander in chief back in the sky i mean if you voted i have. been watching if i'm not flying despite the unpredictability of this presidential campaign for these men and women at least appear it seems and for now it's business as usual stephanie decker al-jazeera in the skies above the gulf chinese eat

payments company and group says the sale of its shares will be the biggest stock market for the taishan in history the tech firms behind china's largest online payments platform it's priced its shares at launch at 10 dollars $0.30 each but values the company at around $34000000000.00 for $1670000000.00 of its shares of all goes well the launch is going to surpass the previous record set by saudi aramco last december at around $29000000000.00 and group is owned by one of the china's richest men jack ma is expected to begin trading shares in the hong kong and shanghai stock exchanges next month talking clark is the chairman of a b.d.a. china it's an advisory firm for investors in chinese technology and consumer sectors he says the group and its online payment system pay have transformed personal finance. it's very much focused on not only young users but young users love it because it's sort of game of fight there's lots of games you can play

imagine your bank having a gaming application but also it's accessible to all and for investment you know helping chinese consumers diversify away from the traditional put money in you know the foreign bank and buy property and this is introducing them to a whole new range of financial products it's really an innovation engine for the future if i don't know try to actually use more innovative than you would think as the government is taking more risks than we see in the last partly because they know they have to make changes they've been trying to deregulate and get things going to allow people to save last and spend more and find corporate x. and you know they have state owned banks that really control the financial sector and they're allowing technology to kind of push reform where policy failed and so they are more negative than we give it and credit you know this this balancing act between the private sector and the public sector is very interesting and. the big theme today in china is domestic demand for goods and also for these shares as well of course as international investors who want to buy into the chinese economy which

is really one of the few in the world to be growing given how they've handled recently the operator. the red carpet has been rolled out for a scaled back version of the cannes film festival just 4 films will be shown over 3 days and no major prizes will be handed out the main event was postponed in may june to the corona virus pandemic while open to the public seats are limited and distanced unmasks a mandatory. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories one week to go until the u.s. election and a record 69000000 americans have already voted but the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a shadow over the campaigning with nearly half a 1000000 new infections in the past week mike hanna has more from washington d.c. on the campaign effort starting with donald trump.