what next for the chemistry. of the beast on a. model by violence and concerns over a fantasist tensions run high voters go to the polls in tanzania. again i missed this as al jazeera live from dar also coming up making a final pitch the u.s. presidential candidate seek to win over undecided voters with just under a week ago now to go before the election. soaring up support for the u.s. anti china message secretary of state might compare with the entry lanka as beijing accuses washington of bullying score the nation its. costs rolling out the red

carpet bought with little fanfare one of the world's most famous film festivals prime yaz with pandemic it's. now polls opened about 4 hours ago and tanzania has presidential and parliamentary elections following days of tension and on rest there president john maga fairly is seeking a 2nd thought the need up to this for it has been mobbed by violence and accusations of foul play the government has been accused of cracking down on dissent and on tuesday the opposition in the semi autonomous region of zanzibar said at least 8 people were killed during protests of a ballot fraud catherine soyuz watching this election for us from neighboring kenya . president john paul the mocha popularly nicknamed the bulldozer wrapped up his complaint in the new capital of times idea.

some analysts say he's favorite to win and throughout the campaign he's exhibited confidence outlining his achievements in the last 5 years staring clear of accusations that his government has ruled by violently clamping down on critics and curtailing the freedoms of the media. a minute. let's protect peace in tanzania peace will prevail if you vote for me for another 5 years alone bring even more development and progress. i'll go full his main opponent to lease and finished his campaign in the former capital. he recently returned home from belgium to run for president he left tanzania 3 years ago critically injured when he was shot multiple times pass aliens who haven't been caught he's accused the president of being a dictator and doubts the election will be credible. there wasn't any local mission

has the responsibility of preventing whereas in bed announcing it is old before counting he's concluded he's creating room for killers. do not allow them to announce pretty much what is or even go to the date i go to is also being held in the semi autonomous indian ocean i keep a log of which has a history of contested polls and violence after results are announced opposition leaders have accused police of using force on protesters who alleged some ballot papers had been pre-marked there is no doubt of this election far from being free and. without doubt as good issues in this election possible of course. the. playground is not level both in terms of the institutions which are governing or managing the selection as well as the conduct of the security agency.

the ruling party kind of dr house and when the sign of a former president and a relative newcomer in zanzibar politics is up against a safe sheriff complaining for the 6th time i'm odd say he won the last presidential election 5 years ago the result was a nod by the electoral commission and he was caught at the rerun samana lists fear that an opposition defeat could trigger another violent fall out with the ruling party and governor i also has the latest on just how version is going this morning . we have been speaking to several people in tanzania who say the internet is still very slow of course we have no official word from the telecommunication companies or the government itself but the people have been speaking to us saying things like what's messaging is a problem very slow internet speeds as well now about the voting process today

inspector general off police of tanzania issued a statement yesterday giving a stand warning to anybody who tries to disrupt the process who try who tries to disrupt this election of course this is in light of what happened in the last 2 days in the island of zanzibar protestants taking to the streets. yesterday doing that are you voting for special groups saying that the process was not transparent enough there's a site in lee a lot of concerned a lot of confounds especially from you know ordinary time the people who are voting today with saying they're concerned about what's what might happen especially easy for the opposition senses defeat we've been hearing very aggressive words. opposition both in towns in both in the mainland tanzania and people using a very aggressive tone saying that they already believe that the election is being

rigged attuned least to in his final campaign telling his supporters that these results are announced prematurely if they've any sense that the election is being stolen then this people that he's supporters should go out to the streets and mosque process. well the u.s. presidential candidates are also making their final push to win i votes as that with just under a week now to go until the election crisscrossing the country campaigning in battleground states and more than 17000000 americans have already voted a record that could lead to the highest in a century mike hanna reports from washington. a final for next week week of campaigning before election day president trump doing a swing through 3 of the states with polls indicate he's neck and neck with joe biden wisconsin michigan and the brusca 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 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 if 7 days from now we're going to win the great state. i think we're going to win 4 who are years in the way. but joe biden kept the discussion sent to done what he describes as the trump administration's failure to deal with actively 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 call the president quote dangerously incompetent went on to say president turned a crisis into a tragedy i'm ready that. 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 a factor that could still tilt the balance mike hanna al-jazeera washington well there's been a 2nd night of protests against police brutality in the u.s. city of philadelphia hundreds there have demonstrated against the death of another black man at the hands of officers from philadelphia has a story. protesters gathered at night to voice their anger over the police killing of a black man monday afternoon a killing they say did not need to happen cell phone footage shows police shooting 27 year old walter wallace jr police say wallace was wielding a knife wallace's mother says her son had mental health issues and needed help and begged the police not to shoot him. the shooting comes in

a year that's already seen mass protests against systemic racism and police brutality across the country was. anger frustration but also determination 3 words that come to mind as for the 2nd straight night protesters are on the streets calling for justice earlier in the evening another protest outside the police station near where the shooting took place karen school field who has lived in the neighborhood for over 40 years wondered why police had to shoot wallace so many times there what are you feeling right now. i feel her i feel . i feel that i have 3 my hands were in ok and what i think yesterday was good they killed ok i'm not saying i'm against the police but there's the other way that we have a knife what happened to a taser what happened to shoot women and make it ok i know i shouldn't have killed

them ok we all guys children ok this is ridiculous others were calling for peace we don't want any. dangerous given station we don't want any looting we want people to channel de energies elsewhere can you understand why there's so much anger on the streets with a young black man right now yes i can understand it because they are at risk did they did did their being shut down know anybody was there about others but didn't know would be those that we that we will sort of protect also. when you when you know kind of suits we're going to turn to. we were if there was however further outbreaks of isolated looting on tuesday night far away from the scene of the protests dozens of people taking from a store in the north east to deceive. another black man dead in america anger on the streets police on the defensive and what has become an all too familiar cycle

gabriel assigned 002 adelphia america's top diplomat has his hours at china's ties with sri lanka and has a stop on a tour of the region secretary of state mike compare has been discussing trade and security with sri lanka's foreign minister in the capital colombo he is pressing the country to be on god against what he called predatory lending and investment by china china has accused the us of bullying smaller nations. indeed a strong sovereign sure walker is a powerful and strategic partner for the united states on the world stage they can be a beacon for the free and open in the pacific. but that's quite a quite a contrast to what china 6 we see from bad deals violations of sovereignty and lawlessness on land and sea that the chinese communist party is a predator in the united states comes a different way we come as a friend and as a partner well our correspondent in elfin and as in colombia for us but also

interesting rhetoric there from compare and i are a senior chinese delegation was that too just 3 weeks ago i think is sri lanka being forced to pick a side here. that certainly seems the king. of water these 2 major global players are seeming to do they've chosen sure lanka as a sort of backyard for their latest public spat now obviously the secretary of state emphasizing that the u.s. is and has been a friend to sri lanka incidentally the his visit coincide with 72 years of the establishment of relations between the united states and sri lanka and by compare talking about the corporation essentially the sort of key mutually sort of important issues that both countries discussed and what they should be working towards obviously he did point out and lured to china

and sort of the practices abducted by describing it as a predator as you heard now china has already ratcheted up the rhetoric before the secretary of state arrived here richard lanka responding angrily essentially to a statement by the deputy assistant secretary of state before the suggested visit here they had urged her to make difficult but what they called necessary decisions to secure economic independence this should be a reviewing some of the options that america had given sri lanka in order to look at a sustainable economic development and transparent policies as opposed to discriminate tree and pick sort of policies now that obviously a reference to china and china i serve and responding to comments by the u.s. saying that the u.s.

was adopting monistic mentality a cold war mindset accusing it of sensually bullying sri lanka and trying to make it pick sides and alkali i'm an elephant hundreds there in colombo watching that does it for us thanks so much. also ahead here here on al-jazeera. facing reality mexico admits the number of people who have died from the corona virus is far and fast the plots. i'm john hendren at ohio state known for picking u.s. presidents it might just do it one more drawn. hello all hurricanes come to the stop line to die well in the very dead to me store active big system is not a hurricane anymore we're just mean windy and wet weather for all of north western

europe that will be followed by z. turn a few days time this of course spreads to the heart of france and germany to the east of that rather quarter weather except if you happen to being greece it's been fairly stormy overnight and that stretched on to north africa as well that storm keeps circulated throughout wednesday's friends in the gin towards western turkey big thunderstorms are likely here in contrast to the just windy wet weather there is now focusing on the low countries and northern france throughout wednesday less so on thursday where then the folk focus is more like to be transferred northwards to the british isles particularly scotland that's a picture you don't want to see but it is october getting towards november so as to be expected as the focused announced a dam which is a low country course breezy or windy right for the next couple of days temperatures don't suffer too much this is the sort of weather we got in north africa the cliff the most part except in the north coast and in libya that is the size of hail

storms and that's the damage that happened yesterday is a few more still potentially to come today in benghazi. to. jump into the stream and join our global community biodiversity is biosecurity is that essential for our species to survive be part of the debate i know her mind is elite you can be part of this conversation when no topic is off the table in the coming days are not neutral and all of these cases goal here is to terrorize here's the other part of this there's no consequence to this stream on out is the. move toward. the old.

hello again i'm just. let's remind you of our top stories here this hour polls have opened in tanzania's presidential and parliamentary elections president john legere freely is seeking a 2nd 5 year term his government has been accused of suppressing his critics and the opposition. u.s. secretary of state mike compares his house of china's ties with sri lanka during his latest stop on a tour of the region he's warned against chinese investment and courts in france predatory well on its part china accuses washington of bullying smaller nations. close to 17000000 americans have already voted with just under a week to go now before the u.s. presidents the election the coronavirus pandemic continues to cost a shadow of a campaigning with nearly half a 1000000 new infections just in the past week. when

it comes to u.s. elections analysts say it's a higher that predicts the winner known as the bellwether state it's picked the winning candidate now in 30 of the past 32 presidential elections both parties have invested heavily there with the belief that winning ohio means winning america john hendren has been speaking to voters there cleveland. cleveland's industrial skyline rises from the ohio coast on lake erie and it's ohio as rick said industry agriculture and service jobs that make it a microcosm of the u.s. and vats what makes ohio the bellwether state. for decades all routes to the white house have gone through here ohio has voted for the winner in every presidential election since 1064 and they take voting seriously here i think it's. it's most important especially if you want to see change no republican has ever won the presidency without 1st winning in ohio. at may holes bowling alley winning

is the name of the game. here in suburban cleveland the diversity within international border the crowd leans toward democrats and away from president trump he's mentally imbalanced and he is a threat to the health and well being of everyone on the planet i'm looking for a change this upcoming election season just that we can kind of get back on track as a country. on the state's vast farmlands and in the factory town of canton where apache industrial services recently expanded into coronavirus cleaning solutions penetrates the d.n.a. of the sal the workers lean toward republicans and the blunt spoken president he's straight to the point he doesn't really take too much from people kind of says well it's only wanted to time his character not so much. but what he's done politically

what he's done for policies and stuff i stand again polls show joe biden in trump in a dead heat here where trump won handily in 2016 but that was before the coronavirus and a wave of economic shutdowns oh i wonder stands the importance of economic issues also understands the moment the country is living the democrats have very wisely then shifted the politics to be the campaign to being a referendum on president with just days to go both candidates have made a priority of navigating ohio's shifting political waters if history is any guide whichever candidate wins this great lake state will likely win the presidency john hendren al jazeera cleveland ohio. also in the u.s. 2 big wildfires are raging through parts of southern california powerful winds are fanning the flames in orange county more than 100000 people have been forced to leave their homes a local electricity company says its equipment may have accidentally started one of

those 5. now the indian state of bihar is also going to the polls in the country's 1st elections since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic nearly 72000000 people are eligible to vote there for local leaders one of the world's biggest electoral exercises since the pandemic began as also the poorest state in india and has seen one and a half 1000000 migrant workers return in the past 6 months there's a problem has more from the indian capital new delhi. the voting is taking place in around 70 constituencies with rules around social distancing the wearing of mosques and temperature check around 20000000 people are expected to vote on wednesday in the 1st of 3 rounds of voting in india's most populous state the hard and this election is seen as an important test of whether large events like these can be held safely during a pandemic we can see that the rules are being followed in some places not in

others with there are long lines and no social distancing this election is also a very important test for prime minister and that is the more he and his bought of the jumper party which are in a coalition government in the state which is one of india's poorest it has some of the worst public health care in the country a test of his handling of the corona virus pandemic he has been campaigning in the election and has promised to be hardy's a few days ago when he kicked off the campaign rallies that they would be the 1st in the country to receive a coronavirus vaccine when it was made available certainly raised eyebrows elsewhere in india cattles government has ordered a comprehensive and transparent investigation into an incident port in which a number of female passengers were subjected to invasive searches it happened after a newborn baby was found abandoned in a rubbish bin inside a toilet at international airport the country government has also expressed regret

for any distress calls to the women who were mainly a stray and nationals and said an urgent decision was made to identify those responsible for a shocking and appalling attempt to kill the baby the child is said to be safe and well and receiving medical care a stranger has welcomed the investigation. in relation to this stroller is not the only country affected so other. missions are also engaged in qatar meetings with the government obviously with. the airline with the airport. and we are awaiting as i indicated publicly the report that we have been advised will be provided by the qatari government. now mexico's government has admitted that many more people have died from the corona virus than officially recognized and $90000.00 is the record a total but it's thought $50000.00 others have also succumbed to the disease the

northern state of chihuahua is particularly hard hit with a 2nd wave of infections causing i read a lot that john hall the 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 us borders things are threatening to get out of control says adult speaking on condition of anonymity because he's scared of reprisals. we are to 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 give them oxygen and hope we get lucky. misquotes 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 the doctor. we are working

practically without equipment to protect ourselves the nations are running out and we're already worrying about the day when we don't have overalls and we have to risk ourselves with the kit the authorities give us. the death count among medical stuff in mexico is already one of the highest in the world the way for them it screws government has also acknowledged around one 140000 people have died from the disease 50000 more than in the official count the countries already number 4 in terms of total fight teletubbies and he's gearing up for its 2nd plague when the 1st one never even really went away years really the virus hasn't spared the country's political class either a senator died this weekend and on tuesday the capital's mayor cloudier announced she tested poll. but for now she was center of attention with doctors wondering how long do they have to turn away seriously ill patients together your home which

is either exclusively. well families in mexico or are taking part in the day of the dead to the annual tradition as well mexicans believe the spirits of the departed returned to us when you see him in mexico city has dedicated an exhibition there to health workers who've sacrificed their lives in the fight against private 19 now to some sports news and the los angeles dodgers have won baseball's world series title for the 1st time in more than 3 decades a $31.00 victory over the tampa bay rays and game 6 secure about championship the dodgers finish the series without their star player justin turner he received news of a positive coronavirus test midway through the game and was withdrawn from the action the dodgers lost one that title back in 1988 now the red carpet has been rolled out and fronts for a scaled down version of one of the world's most famous celebrations of film the cannes film festival was postponed in may june of the coronavirus pandemic and

these 2 reports. the show must go on only 4 films will be shown and no major prizes will be given for the cannes film festival is happening 5 months after it was postponed while open to the public seats are distanced and face masks are mandatory. organizers say the 3 day mini event won't compare to the original but it will be a boost to the cinema industry hit hard by the pen demick. we figured we wanted to light up the screen the city has been highly impacted by the crisis we still wanted to create a celebration of film here we decided to do this many of into not a mini festival in can but a mini moment to all be to give it to show the films to invite the creators earlier this month france imposed a nighttime curfew on 2 thirds of the country as corona virus cases there past 1000000 it's now the epicenter of the 2nd wave of cold but 900 infections sweeping

much of europe. festival goers say the cannes festival offers a great distraction from reality. even with the mosques on you have to take safety measures but it's important to take your mind off it. in this post if it's. i think it's good to be able to continue dreamings even though the same much anxiety right now. we don't know what all what the health situation will be like but we hope that next year it will go back to normal and. also absent from the can red carpet this year are the biggest names in hollywood hardly at. this makes. a list star byrne and on over here are wearing fabulous fashion and so i don't know we're going to that in the new year maybe definitely not. ration that we have seen it before or i mean a western art in the past in a different kind of way but the downscaled festival means only

a few films will get global exposure and one of them is the beginning for me that there's a religious drama by 1st time georgian director they are really 2 french comedies a japanese drama and several short movies will also be shown on the big screen. in cannes and a festival known for previewing some of the creative spills of all time soon just. out of and this is al jazeera and these are the headlines polls have opened and tanzania's presidential and parliamentary elections president john legere freely is seeking a 2nd 5 year tan his government has been accused of suppressing his critics and the opposition catherine so is following that election for us from the kenyan capital nairobi people who are voting today with thing that can sound about what's.