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records more people have voted before this election than the entire boat 2016. welcome to the program there is a desperate search for survivors in the turkish city of izmir after it was struck by a powerful earthquake under the aegean sea the magnitude 7 trauma brought down buildings and triggered tidal waves in the coastal city as well as in parts of greece at least 20 buildings have collapsed several neighborhoods were flooded by sea water the current figures stand that 19 people 19 people are known to have died including 2 teenagers on the greek island of sound but that number is expected to rise more than 700 others were injured and rescue teams are still working through the rubble to find as many people as they can it's an. ports now from istanbul their.

rescuers search for survivors and rubble of buildings and is made trickiest 3rd biggest city the epicenter of friday afternoons shallow magnitude 7 earthquake was off the turkish cost. i have a shop on the back side i was talking with someone i felt that while we were outside the ground started to shake while i was watching our building i saw this one collapse many buildings collapsed injuring hundreds. and hundreds of. this man says got you are the greatest please protect us it still continues. emergency responders are traveling from a stumble to support rescue efforts while residents are asked not to jam phone lines or transport links unnecessarily but i thought that the ground to chatted you cannot think or you try to do is get out everywhere was collapsing luckily our building was intact we were really panicked and managed to get out at the last

minute turkey's president rejects a barge and was quick to respond to the quake shows that in the russian or the new jersey i would like to express my sympathies to the city that were exposed to the earthquake that occurred around isn't it all right to express condolences for those who lost their lives on the buildings that collapsed india and i wish speedy recovery for the injured. the quake caused damage in many provinces in western turkey and triggered to see stores that flooded streets near the city of is measured some damage was also reported to buildings and roads on the greek island of some us the hospital director there said some people with slight injuries have been treated we are hoping that the numbers will not be escalating and we hope to hear the news about more people being rescued but the fact that some 20 buildings have collapsed is a big news and i'm afraid the number of casualties may rise crisscrossed by major

fault lines turkey's one of the world's most earthquake prone countries at these 17000 people were killed in 1999 when a large quick struck the city of izmit south as stuff a stumble and around the 500 turks died in deer creek which struck the eastern city of 9 years ago with this earthquake about 6000 people live in the area of severe shaking 71000 in the area a very strong shaking a 3200000 in the area of strong shaking rich employees that in fact the number of casualties is likely to rise possibly substantially the one thing is that since 999 has evolved a pretty good network of search and rescue units near earth quake was also felt here in istanbul 500 kilometers far from israel now residents in turkey and on nearby greek islands have been a warned of aftershocks and further damage they might bring up a solo al-jazeera

a stumble. well are all the top story the salvage ills that are being held across france in on a the 3 people killed in an attack on a church in nice the suspect is now in custody investigators say is from tunisia and arrived in europe last month on the italian island of lampedusa a makeshift memorial has been set up outside the not today basilica in east from where. they've achieved now reports. outside the basilica in nice streams of people are still coming to pay respect to those who lost their lives and pray for their grieving loved ones a sense of shock and dismay here that terrorism has once again blighted their city . everything must come to an end one day yet have faith faith brings happiness not war. political attitudes of the crisis are hardening the french interior minister down in said his country was a war against islamist ideology not against

a religion and face both internal and external enemies words concern the muslim community here you should. be. muslims have now to express themselves and media have to give them all gents they are ready to tell that we are keeping strong facing disappear off their risen terrorism won't win. the chief antiterrorist prosecutor revealed the attacker was a refugee from tunisia sources have named him as able to him we who is 21 he reached the italian island of lampedusa last month before coming to france when his request for asylum was refused. gafcon 20 slimy xmen these compound the gap in this war against islam islam because we do now speak about all

because war has been declared it is necessary to win the fight because i think the people of france want protection these i want us to change the methods i think it's time to collect constitutional reform to create a french guantanamo for those we know as dangerous people people. here in nice police have arrested 47 year old man who's been accused of providing the knife man with a mobile phone and i found himself is now in hospital being treated for serious bullet wounds surrounded by the police on the eve of all saints day the congregation are determined to continue with their services despite the horror witnessed here. their prayers will be to victims and their grieving families fans saw look as the father of 2 daughters aged $21.00 and. the 5 who worked as a warden at the church for 7 years simone bought it to silver a brazilian mother of 3 who's been in france for 30 years and worked in the cast

service for the elderly and a woman aged around 70 years almost beheaded as she knelt in prayer nobody knows her name david chaytor al jazeera niece. well i have been large protests in several muslim nations meanwhile against the french president's nanya lack wrong he has declared war on what he described as isn't a separatism which he says is taking over some communities in france mohammed jan jim has ball. for a growing number of muslims the anger over french president emanuel micron's comments on islam is only intensifying in pakistan's capital islamabad the situation grew tense as protesters gathered close to the french embassy demonstrating against micron's recent comments about the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet muhammad as they burn effigies and stomped on photographs of him all the while demanding the expulsion of the french ambassador to pakistan it

is said that a goal a muslim can suck a phrase his life but will not let anyone insult the prophet. pakistan isn't the only country where demonstrators came out after protests were called for by islamic organizations in bangladesh thousands conversion dhaka the country's capital. outraged about macross defense of the right to mock religion after the murder of a school teacher in france last week one of the placards on display was a direct response reading freedom of speech is not freedom to abuse. demonstrations to in several indian cities where protesters condemned mccrone statements saying they were offensive to islam and muslims. in the sudanese capital khartoum demonstrators renewed their demand for a boycott of french products well. the. sentiments echoed in the gaza strip where hamas organize a protest after friday prayers. all of these gatherings signify not just the

depth of the anger over micron's comments but also how that anger may not subside any time soon how much of june. officials have warned members to prepare the new coronavirus restrictions as infections across the continent is planning a coordinated response to ensure hospitals are not overwhelmed but its health commissioner says further measures must be imposed to break the chain of transmission millions of people across france are now again under a national lockdown and germany is set to follow suit next week as bought reports from paris. quiet neighborhoods and closed cafes in paris as france begins a new lockdown the picturesque area of momart nearly empty the french government says the measure will help stop the coronavirus spread but for some staying home a 2nd time won't be easy i don't think we'll look down is the best idea because it

only delays things so in the short term things may get better but once the leg down is lifted it will be the same as before and cases will rise again. we expected it it seems necessary they tried a curfew but it didn't work so now the most important thing is for everyone to play the game to respect it so we can live normally again there was some traffic in the city center the governments allowed some businesses and public services to remain open to help boy the struggling economy but office buildings in the financial district were shocked when the friends are of paris's business district there are a few people out and about but is nowhere near as busy as they would be normally on a regular day tens of thousands of people work in this area and the square behind me would usually be teeming with activity a 2nd wave is battering economies and people's health across europe in russia new infections are rising fast some doctors say medical supplies are running out in

germany some hospitals may not have enough staff to cope with the emergency. the number of patients is risen in the past few days in the past week we've had twice even 3 times more patients than before you know we still have capacity to provide good care but we're seeing a fall in care supply our staff is slowly reaching their limit the european union says the block must act fast not to be overwhelmed leaders have agreed to pay for the transfer of patients across borders in the virtual meeting e.u. health ministers promise to better coordinate their approach we're not powerless in the face of it after all they're hiding. measures and we call where must but we need to coordinate measures with other member states and that came across very clearly but it's important that people take charge of their own responsibilities on a daily basis the french government had wanted to avoid a 2nd shutdown at all costs ruling out such a measure until very recently but the spiraling infection rate made them change

their strategy germany will also lock down the urgency of the situation suggest other european countries may be forced to follow suit natasha butler al-jazeera paris. still ahead for you on the program. in azerbaijan trade shells over the border in georgia the conflict is causing a war of words in the election. and a plea to protect the freezing. around antarctica but is it already too late. we're seeing some very heavy showers pushing across eastern parts of australia recently and still a few more showers in the forecast at was a southeast but in the process of fading away surprises guys will gradually come

back aim behind that we go still a few showers there as we go through saturday though push up towards brisbane you'll see some wet weather grassy pushing through here and then as we go on into sunday ways will slide their way out into the open waters still want to show is a possibility for a time in safety but it is an improving picture as that western weather just makes its way towards new zealand the same time it will allow some western weather to come into that western side of a strike as a perth will see cloud and rain rolling in and temperatures just starting to slide a little temperature been sliding slightly across northern parts of japan meanwhile but at least it doesn't dry as we lease as we go into the 1st half of the weekend fine and sunny weather coming through some showers there just around the korean peninsula some what the weather will make its way across north korea south korea and eventually we'll see some wet weather also running into southern parts of japan as a key issue southern areas of honshu will see some cloud right tokyo stays fine and dry for longest meanwhile is largely funded impassive china wanted to show us to

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welcome back a look at the headlines now search and rescue operations are continuing into the night in the turkish city of izmir after was struck by a powerful earthquake 20 buildings collapsed and several neighborhoods were flooded by surging sea waters at least 19 people were killed including 2 teenagers in greece. vigils have been held in memory of the 3 people killed in thursday's knife attack in southern france security has been heightened with more soldiers deployed across the country after the attack and it makes. well it's just 4 days to go now until the u.s. election texas as seen unprecedented surge in early voting a number of people have chosen to submit in person or mail in ballots that has

already eclipse the state's total time out for years. in 2016 overall more than 9000000 texans have cost early votes that makes texas just the 2nd state after hawaii to break its voting record before election day southern state is america's 2nd largest electoral prize off to california hasn't voted for a democrat since jimmy carter in 1976 but polls suggest joe biden is ahead with voters there and don't trump won texas by a 9 point margin in 2016 that's around 800000 votes his campaign is saying that its own analysis actually shows the president is well ahead or sharper towns he is in washington of course we've been speaking a great deal about early voting in this election and how significant turnout is going to be but tell us more about where the focus is now with campaigning why why is that the midwest battleground so important. today was all about about the

midwest for both candidates 24 hours ago by accountants who are in florida and if biden loses florida he has several paths to getting an electoral college victory however trouble loses florida his main party has to base governor sweep in the midwest are both candidates there today and trump house fertile ground still in the midwest and he sounds like bernie sanders whenever he's in the midwest he's talking about protecting workers' rights withdraw obs protecting them from outsourcing fighting against the trade deals the trans-pacific partnership nafta the sort of things that have much favored by wall street global corporations president obama vice president biden when he was in office and trump has housing achievement to tout he did renegotiate nafta the north american free trade agreement it was enormously welcomed by trade unions in this country president obama campaigned on renegotiating nafta but he didn't all he did was lump everything into the trans-pacific partnership another trade deal which the union said would would

continue the outsourcing that has gone on to other countries to cheaper labor and in other countries so he does have that he also has biden's own record generally biden seen as someone who supports their liberal wall street economics he was known you know the senator from delaware obviously by the credit card industry is based he was known as the senator from m. b.n.a. a credit card company so really affirm the other side of the credit card companies versus those who have to max out their credit cards so he has all this and that suspicion after 8 years of obama that the democrats simply don't get it trump is on their side but then he also has trunks own record trump hasn't stopped the outsourcing he hasn't stopped the decline in manufacturing those long term trends still continue and trump is still downplaying covert and covert has an economic impact and that's also troublesome to a lot of voters according to the polls in these states so it's an interesting dilemma for those who are sick of how things work but also still don't really necessarily saying the trump that trump or said he would be in 2016 it's

a sham you say that the midwest is more important president trump is perhaps joe biden's part of a change more flexible what than his trance strategy stage of the gang. there are several planks which have been getting voters out who didn't vote in 2016 and a lot of those voters than who are who are registering and we're seeing a huge surge in registrations amongst white male voters without a college degree there are those already on the pollsters radar so that's why the trump campaign hopes that these polls aren't you know that there are big problems with these polls are not registered or not taking into account all these new voters if you were just talking about texas there i think 1600000000 new registered voters in texas we don't know what affiliation they have they don't register by party political affiliation that and the hope will be in the republican party that texas being texas a lot of these people will be white working class voters without a college degree the democrats hope it will be a lot of the newly but you know the bigger

a metropolitan areas like houston the suburban areas which will be perhaps more more favorable for joe biden but that's part of it the other part is that the hope of the polls so beyond registering those people who are too frightened to say that they would vote for trump the shy trump voter. poses a saying look when they when you also vote is who you're going to vote for point blank they'll say well biden but if you ask them well who is your social circle going to vote for they'll say well there are a lot of them are voting for trump and then there are suggestions then that that might be a more accurate understanding off of the secret trump photo then biden's lead in the polls drops by 5 points or more thank you very much i have shavar chancy and washington now after talks with mediation is in geneva on nino and azerbaijan have agreed not to deliberately target civilian populations but a pencil failed to end the conflict it comes as both sides make advances towards key locations in the battle for control of the disputed new going to karabakh region meaning officials say that ships have blown up. close to the city of to

panic. and then not far away as a by johns said to be closing in on the key town a shushi fighting in the region has been intensifying in recent days while lori chalons is in the army and capital yet says there is concern about the as area advance well certainly these are difficult difficult days mean nobody here would have thought just a month ago that within a few weeks as a by johnny forces would have been knocking on the door of shushi itself it's a big blow i think for the armenians they what are they saying at the moment though is this 1st attack by the azerbaijani forces has been pushed back. they are saying as well that this is going to be a very difficult place for the azerbaijani forces to take it's essentially kind of a mountain citadel it's it's it's on

a rocky outcrop and getting up those steep sides to the city itself is going to be very very difficult the armenians are saying that yes things have been bad before in the 1990s was that things were looking very grim there for their forces but they managed to turn it around and eventual prevails they are hoping that in. president of us about john's promise to his people that he will take back the entire city of new going to karabakh and the surrounding areas for azerbaijan that he's essentially over promised and this is leading him to rush a military assault leaving azerbaijani troops overstretched and over exposed and therefore vulnerable to counter attacks but they know they are my armenians that they have lost significant territory in recent days and weeks. well i mean in azerbaijan the nearest neighbor is certainly feeling the effects of that conflict

and it's looming large as georgians prepare to elect a new parliament on saturday but as robin foresee a walker reports now from the newly in the border of all 3 countries there are dangers in using ethnicity. newly municipality is a patchwork of ethnic diversity on georgia's border with armenia and azerbaijan here ethnic georgian as ery and armenian voters must choose who will best represent their interests in saturday's parliamentary election historically the people of mali we have tended to vote collectively and that's why it's tempting for politicians to find an issue that resonates with the community as a whole and at the moment the one issue on everyone's mind is the war across the border between armenia and azerbaijan. is a nominee and village vegetable farmer katherine says he'll vote for the government yes 2 guys that are not synonymous and so at every if that group there is pine in

our hearts because war brings nothing good civilians are dying they are here we are friends i have a serious neighbors in georgia neighbors and we have brotherly relations. officially the georgian government has taken a neutral position on the conflict opposing the golan taleban mindful that it could inflame tensions between its minority communities and we're very excited to share it but george's largest opposition party the united national movement has taken sides its need to ship says that karabakh belongings to azerbaijan. it hopes to win votes in places like modern only 80 percent of the population identify as ethnic as aries how did it is that a student at a local radio station the d.j.'s know how important that is for is there in listeners. it was pleasing for as aries to hear it and for some it will be a decisive factor today people expect you to have

a position where you can't have neutrality. back in the village of telly youth leader says he doesn't like politicians who play with ethnicity i've never. myself or minority on the contrary i was citizen of georgia pure and simple and his team ironically he's answered by the state oil company and supply john. part of the village needs development roads paving arranging a stadium and more and in my opinion this is the principle for which people should go to the polls newly is a political battleground but unlike across the border at least all georgian citizens here have a chance to vote in peace robin for a steelworker al-jazeera model newly or now news from tanzania the electoral commission there is saying that the president john magaw fully as won a 2nd term in office but opposition groups have dismissed the results of the claims

of widespread irregularities according to the national count microfilm he won 12 and a half 1000000 votes in wednesday's election while his main challenger got just 1900000 either fully as valid to boost the economy by completing ambitious infrastructure projects he started in his 1st term. now climate change and overfishing are endangering many species in the rich waters around antarctica and major threats are a top priority at a conference taking place in chile where scientists a pushing for a protective marine park to conserve the area at last america additively senior men reports. to waters around the antarctic peninsula and not only home to unique marine animals but also to their means of survival they eat krill a key species in the southern oceans eco system but all this is in danger of extinction because of overfishing around the antarctic peninsula which is why the commission for the conservation of antarctic marine resources is being asked to

approve a proposal for the creation of a marine protected area around the peninsula with signs that's been showing the biggest particularly dedicated but also very important for the whole world why are you saying that antartica so rewarding to the rest of the world this current goal the horrible current is actually a crime that comes from the antarctic and it brings all this coal rich water on. my very innocent but also the reeky oxygen because it's cold so the current also create. huge amount of life for a massive bigger area the dysentery of the only way to a truly have more feet even in the future or to have a life in this planet is likely to but they some of those places that are key for the balance of the planet. for the 3rd year in

a row chile and argentina jointly asking the annual meeting of the commission to declare parts of the peninsula off limits to commercial fishing in the southern oceans unique environment support species the can't be found anywhere else on the planet so the idea is to manage in a different way that fishery an activity occurring in the area by. and in this. includes some areas. calmly called take sols. where the fishery will not be allowed. but there is resistance particularly from russia and china argentina says there's no time to lose but refuted them really said argentina and chile have taken the initiative because if something is not done soon it will be all of humanity that will be damaged we ask the countries that are considering vetoing this proposal not to do so because we need this humanity needs

is. his plea for the rational use of marine resources is backed by all the best available science which in the past has been the guiding light for the 26 commission members but for some countries that may not be enough to see a new an al-jazeera sent the i will. want to take you through the top stories this hour now 17 people in turkey and to increase have been killed after an earthquake struck the achaean sea search and rescue teams are in a race to find survivors after several buildings in the turkish city of izmir collapsed and the magnitude 7 trauma hit it also set off small tsunami sweeping water and devery including cars up to 15 he says inland elif ishaq were.