this is going to be the most important election perhaps of the history of our country 3 days to go and u.s. president donald trump tries to win over voters is in the election battleground state of pennsylvania. there's a chilly interest in doing the work. or even anybody could have suffered a stroke. or treated the presidency as anything more than a reality show to give it the attention that he craves calling in the big guns joe

biden is joined by his former boss barack obama in the crucial swing state of michigan. hi my name saeed this is al jazeera live from also coming up. another lockdown for england this time for one month as it like other european countries grapples with spiraling coronavirus infections. allegations of illegal weapons used during fighting in the golan a cutback no sign yet of any ease and violence. during . the 1st action hero after a career that spanned 5 decades sean connery dies at the age of 19.

just 3 days out from the 2020 u.s. presidential election both candidates are making a final push in key battleground states right up until polling day president is holding the 3rd for rallies in pennsylvania hoping to cling on to a state that he won by just one percent back in 2016 he stole supporters his opponent off as no future for america. baidu will imprison. your people your families in your house while letting rioters roam free loot you streets and loot you still are under bargain there will be no school no graduations no whether you still think you. know chris ridge no we sure do 4th of july there will be no future for our country other than that he's going to do a great job. meanwhile his democratic challenger joe biden is touring michigan with

the help of former president obama trump also won michigan back in 2016 but find even thinner margin m r vers if you're a simple the power to change a country is not surgeries learning in your hands i don't care how hard donald trump tries there's nothing let me say it again there's nothing that he can do to stop the people who station for voted in overwhelming numbers and terry came back there's democracy national poll suggests joe biden is in the lead but the race of pay is no much closer in swing states and president campaign is hoping they can defy pollsters just as they did 4 years ago and with the kind of 1000 pandemic being a central vote to issue former president obama took aim at donald trump's handling of the crisis america just had its single worst week of new covert

cases and what's his closing argument here we are the worst week this week i mean we've been going to snuff for months the federal government has had an opportunity to respond for months and his closing argument this week is that the press and people are too focused on coal that. the go over his complaint he's he's jealous of coal that's media coverage and now he's accusing doctors of profiting off this pandemic think about the. let's go to correspondent john hendren who has the line for us now from detroit and michigan and biden clearly bringing out the bring the big guns with president obama that why the focus on michigan 3 days before election day that's right he does have the heavy artillery on today if you look over my left shoulder those 2 bright lights are bell

island just off of detroit across the detroit river and that's where they're talking right now you may occasionally hear all honking horns that's how the crowd responds at these drive in socially distanced braley is michigan is a particularly key state i know it must sound like every time we go to a different state we're trying to say that that's the crucial state but michigan really is one of those states that put trump over last time around and it put it put him over by the narrowest of margins literally the narrowest margin in the u.s. in that election in 2016 trump won by 0.2 percentage points 10000 votes so that means if biden can flip the state of michigan narrow trumps narrow victory last time would not be able to be repeated he'd have to pick up another state and this one has 16 electoral votes so it's a big so they are here donald trump joe biden forgive me and barack obama rousing the crowds here in the urban area of detroit and in flint

not far away those are both serious democratic strongholds last time hillary clinton got 95 percent of the vote in detroit and donald trump 3 why the focus on flint and detroit specifically what are they trying to achieve that. well they're trying to make up those 10000 votes now in 2012 for barack obama there were 75000 people who voted right here in detroit who did not vote for hillary clinton in flint there were 25000 same thinks so there are 100000 votes laying on the table and the democrats this time around want to pick up those votes because all they really need to be trumps total from last time is 10000 votes but there's really high interest high turnout so they will likely need even more than that barack obama's job here in the detroit area is to get out the black vote because

both detroit and flint are majority black cities obama plays extremely well here and he's really been on fire tonight with the crowd and they've been responding positively chanting back to him so what they're doing is they're hoping to turn this one state and then pick up any others they can because all they really need is to pick up one of those trump states from last time around and here in the midwest there with what used to be called the blue wall michigan hadn't voted for a republican in 6 election and then they voted for donald trump the governor here has cracked down on covert and they've got a nasty outbreak right now of values also helping him in that's why that's one of the main topics barack obama and joe biden are talking about right now they want to keep hammering on covert and they want to get people out to vote in these final days john hendren 1st in detroit michigan many thanks.

british prime minister barak johnson is pushing england back into lockdown for months after being warned the recession corona virus outbreak threatened to overwhelm hospitals within weeks austria has also announced similar measures adding to a growing list of european countries re imposing restrictions reports in london. a major u. turn in the british government's covert 19 strategy for weeks the prime ministers insisted on local restrictions to avoid the need for a nationwide lockdown but infections have just continued rising as across much of europe the virus is spreading even faster than the reasonable worst case scenario of our scientific advisors from thursday into the store to december you must stay at home you merely leave home for specific reasons i'm afraid non-essential shops leisure and entertainment venues will be closed the virus is

spreading much faster than forecast the 2nd peak could be one and a half times higher than the 1st with as many as $4000.00 deaths a day the government hopes to use the new lockdown as an opportunity to dramatically accelerate testing there is one consolation though schools and universities can remain open and relief for parents struggling with childcare leading scientists advise the british government last month to introduce a 2 week circuit break a lock down when the infection rate started to creep up again the government resisted citing concerns over the health of the economy in scotland where tighter restrictions have been in place in september there is some evidence to suggest that the infection rate there is all a bit here in england boris johnson's gamble hasn't paid off the u.k. isn't the only country to announce a nationwide lockdown the austrian chancellor's order the closure of restaurants and hotels from choose day high schools and universities will move lessons online and they'll be

a nightly curfew the measures remain in place until early december. the greek government also announced a partial lockdown from tuesday with mandatory mask wearing and gatherings. one by one europe's largest economies are switching from a piecemeal approach to the pandemic to more drastic measures france and germany reintroduced nationwide restrictions earlier this week the world health organizations urged countries to act sooner or recover faster. but with many of europe's economies in trouble the prospect of more months of covert confinement is difficult to. believe parker al-jazeera london a greek orthodox priest has been shot and wounded in the french city of layoffs as a country reels from another deadly church attack days earlier the priest was fired on twice with a sword off shotgun as he was leaving for the day a man is in custody and 5 people have been arrested over

thursday's church attack in nice 4 in france and another man in tunisia who's accused of releasing a video claiming responsibility on behalf of an armed group david chaytor as a latest release. here in nice have been a lot of people police patrols they've been increased around this specific are all day people have been arriving to pay tribute to the victims of the knife attack on thursday night and during that time politicians been making some extreme statements some who said that they should change the constitution to allow a proper war to be fought on those who are who are coming from extreme islamist ideology they're not trying to say there's a war against the religion of islam but against this extreme ideology and at the same time president has reached out to try and calm events here and

across the world he said that he of course understood why cartoons of the prophet muhammad did upset many muslims but he said also that any violence was unacceptable so he's moving towards trying to to moderate his tone at least to try and bring back to the communities to the values of france to police here in nice and across the country and they are sending out many more patrols they've got assault rifles with them also there will be increased army patrols as part of operation central the number of troops on the ground in france will increase from 30027000 more than doubled to make sure the curity around all the bundled places places like public park parks places like places of worship for all creeds and of course schools so tense and nervous here in nice and across many parts of france because

they believe that there could be more attacks. protesters in pakistan's biggest city karate have been effigies of french president emanuel. they've been demonstrators in several muslim countries off to mcallen defended the right to mock religion and vowed to crack down on what he described as radical islam and some a process in pakistan's capital islamabad on friday hundreds of people in ramallah in the occupied west bank protested to chanting anti front slogans thousands of people also took part in rallies in hebron and east jerusalem while in indonesia president djoko we don't condemn says days attack in nice but criticize response it resurges indonesia strongly condemns the statement made by the french president who insults the religion of islam which has hurt the feelings of muslims around the world this could divide the unity between religious communities worldwide when the

world needs to be united in the fight against covert 19 my gun associating religion with an act of terrorism is a big mistake terrorism and terrorist have nothing to do with any religion. emanuel sat down with al-jazeera to discuss the wave of anger he says the problems his confronting are a threat to all people especially muslims welcome pauli sentiments and avi i understand the sentiments being expressed and i respect them but you must understand my role right now it's to do 2 things to promote calm and also to protect these rights because if you're clicking almost equal to me what i want to say is very clear that today in the world there are people who distort islam and in the name of this religion that they claim to defend they kill they slaughter they make speeches justifying a kind of expulsion of human groups in the world today there is violence practiced by some extremist movements and individuals in the name of islam of course this is a problem for islam because muslims are the 1st victims and as i mentioned before

more than 80 percent of the victims of terrorism are muslims and this is a problem for all of us. armenia's accusing azerbaijan of using volatile white phosphorous munitions in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh armenians ministry of foreign affairs released this video saying civilian areas were near the scene of the attack white phosphorus is considered an incendiary weapon its use is restricted to international law and cannot be used around civilian areas and sticks to flesh making burns much more severe. well i mean his prime minister has asked russia for help in its conflict with azerbaijan as very forces have made advances towards some locations in the nick on account of back region after talks in geneva and the collapse of a 3rd ceasefire the 2 countries have agreed to not deliberately target civilians or a challenge has been following the latest developments from

a mini us capital yet. they call pressure on the armenian prime minister whose office you can see across the square behind me tweeted out earlier today that despite the agreement reached not to target civilians and civilian infrastructure since the early morning as the by john has resumed its bombing of shushi panic at the azerbaijan leadership he said is not capable of fulfilling its own commitments and the civilians of new going to care about or its main enemy and target now he was referring to the fact that just yesterday on friday both sides pledged not to target civilian populations and he's saying that that is exactly what the azerbaijanis have done the armies of also released a couple of video seemingly show the use of white phosphorus and incendiary munition that sends out burning lumps of white chemical full down causing horrendous injuries to anyone who is underneath restricted under international law

and he says that the azerbaijanis have been using this against targets in the go on our karabakh where there are civilians presence now yes by john or thora jesus said that is absolutely not the case that they don't even possess such weaponry which is a restricted under international law we know that's not really the case though because both of these sides have been using cluster munitions are also restricted under international law and both of these sides have been bombing civilian targets with those in the last few weeks. still ahead on al jazeera i mean because president warns against a return to civil unrest as a basic counted off to a contentious election. celebrations in peru as a baby he would be coronavirus finings hospital.

how the weather is the last he set fair across the us at the moment we have got some cloud on the right just spilling out of central areas of kind of them moving through ontario quebec as we go through sunday heading across the lakes will see some rather wet weather to the northeastern corner of the u.s. but if a center that was you can see a slushy 5 and dry lots of sunshine no sign of any right over towards the west coast where we could say with 32 celsius still seeing some very high temperatures there in l.a. still to the border of basi will see some very heavy rain pushing in that will head across the rockies turning to snow some places of rain is the central and eastern parts of canada but not too much to speak of just nice of the temperatures tumble across that eastern side of the country just 7 celsius in new york on monday it will be largely dry but it's going to be a little on the chilly side down to was a south lossie fine and dry want to see showers

a possibility to the fos out the east of the u.s. plenty a shallow as longer spells of right across parts of the caribbean of greatest concern this little area of cloud here that may well develop into our next named tropical storm or even hurrican of the season of a run its way very close to jamaica continue pushing right across the caribbean introducing some very heavy rain it's quite tamala and conscious. as donald trump been good for america everything is in disarray the media of course take in every debate that they can seem to mark the fact that america has been a force for good in the world. from the american people get inspiration from him and the other half cringed. your weekly take on u.s. politics and society that's the bottom of. the the hero world news. wash.

the. you watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour we're just 3 days until the u.s. presidential election both candidates are fighting for votes in battleground states trump is holding rallies in pennsylvania joe biden is appearing with former president barack obama to woo voters in michigan. persons prime ministers putting england back into lockdown for a month in an effort to bring down coronavirus infections yeah the u.k. country scotland wales and northern ireland have already imposed very lockdown

missions. amenia is accusing azerbaijan of using white phosphorous munitions in the disputed region of the government had a back the government released this video saying civilian areas were near the scene of the attack as area officials say the allegations are groundless. all the crisis in a go on account of iraq has dominated the election campaign in neighboring georgia the governing party has claimed victory in saturday's parliamentary vote exit polls suggest the progressive dream party is ahead with 55 percent of the ballots but opposition groups have not yet conceded saying they may receive enough votes to form a coalition government. with concerns about a 2nd wave of covert 19 in peru cemeteries have been close to prevent people from gathering for traditional day the dead celebrations and while new infections have been slowing people are being warned not to get complacent. reports.

despite a tight lockdown early on peru has struggled to contain the virus with $34000.00 deaths it has one of the highest per capita fatality rates in the world more than $100000.00 people have been infected the rate of increase has been falling but your thoughts you say there's no room for complacency emerged in the year we have had weeks and months of good results do not affect this trend by being irresponsible. to those cemeteries in the capital lima would normally receive more than $100000.00 visitors for this week's traditional day of the dead festivities this year they're closed and. we usually have gatherings of the public in our symmetries thousands of people but faced with this we decided to close our cemeteries to stop a wave of infections. some restrictions have in recent weeks been lifted in efforts

to activate peru's economy which is set to contract when they leave 13 percent this year the worst slump in a century healthcare professionals say they still lack the resources they need. we are not receiving enough protective equipment we are not receiving the test sifi infected or not as the decree mandates it should be done every 7 days we are receiving it every 15 days or every month and some places are not even performing tests that are. adding to the strain health workers began a vaccination program off to prove recorded its 1st case of get syria in 20 years of disease often more contagious than the coronavirus the 5 year old patient died. the crew does have ones. story to celebrate where he still born in a lima hospital 3 months prematurely and with the cold $1000.00 virus is going home it's only loud it's a miracle it's a miracle that we are together that we can have contact as mother and child for me

for he too is a symbol of love hope and above all else faith she can track to the virus in june or he doorway just 580 grams when he was born but battled through to become peru's youngest covered 19 survivor. al-jazeera. a gas pipeline has exploded in southern iraq killing at least 2 children well than 50 other people have been injured firefighters cut off the gas to bring the far under control it's not yet clear what caused the explosion officials say the incident has been impacted iraq's gas production police in ivory coast how far i'd take the protesters who are angry of the president's bid to run for a 3rd term in saturday's election and rallies in the economic capital abidjan and several towns demonstrators say president. has attempt to stay in office is unconstitutional he's appealed for calm as votes are counted i have an interest

reports president alassane ouattara cast his ballot hoping it will help keep him in office for another 5 years he sounded upbeat and optimistic about the democratic process in ivory coast. this is an important day for democracy the process shouldn't be disrupted i am proud to have led my country laying a solid foundation for the future those calling for civil disobedience that caused deaths should stop ivory coast needs peace. although 4 names on the ballot what is all the challenger quote your combat town voted some 193 kilometers away from our bureau. 2 other candidates former president carter biggie and former prime minister passed congress on both call for a complete of civil disobedience are boycotting the election. the vast majority of our compatriots have been very reluctant to participate in the operation that our

standard tarver attempted today is constitutional an electoral clue was a failure the ivorians refused to associate themselves with this masquerade of an election the opposition has been criticised for failing to present a united front against ouattara something observers say could peeve the way for the president's the time. while voting was largely peaceful in many parts of the country there were reports of dozens of incidents including ballot snatching and destruction of the vote at least. wherever the votes of register was destroyed a new one was printed to replace it the election process has been largely peaceful at the beginning people were a bit hesitant but later people went out to vote the result is expected within 3 days more than 35500 security personnel were mobilized force that is election head of the vote the united nations called for calm. and for those who voted pieces

to belittle were the major factors. hopefully the situation will be resolved so that things can go back to the way they were before. ivory coast was plunged into crisis when president laurent gbagbo refused to concede defeat in the 2010 presidential poll in the post-election violence that followed at least 3000 people were killed 10 years later many a voice say they hope their leaders will avoid a repeat of what happened then amity greece al-jazeera. sean connery heroes to international stardom as a suave secret service agent james bone has died at the age of 90 charismatic scottish actor had a career spanning 5 decades all about us looks back at his life. it was in the 1962 spy thriller doc to know that sean connery 1st acid one of cinema's most famous lines. bond. james bond

a role that would change his life he said bringing to life the story of the british spy doubler 7 was reciprocal how important it was during bond in the development of sean connery. obviously very important because of the. worldwide attention to want to track one on to another market bracket all the other accolades . connery played james bond in 7 films spanning more than 2 decades his nostrils in never say never again in 1983 determined not to be typecast he saw different roles going on to win an academy awards 2 bafta and 3 golden globes. connery 1st met queen elizabeth at the premiere of you only live twice in 196733 years later she knighted him for his services to film he called it one of the proudest

days of his life and remarkable career sean connery was the nearest i would say the scottish have to 2021st century matters and national hero people thought they could relate to him i mean he grew up in edinburgh tell he was in the navy he was a war he came up the hard way and you can play rough tough role brilliantly. connery lived the highs and lows of the bond character profiting from his popularity and later scrutinized some of calling his character his 60 attitude towards women it wasn't helped when connery told american journalist barbara walters women sometimes deserve to be slackers and i think his portrayal of james bond was a sense of this sudden istic dinosaur to quote judi dench as a mean one of the such bond films later in life he supported the scottish national

party and publicly advocated the scottish independence we have waited. nearly 300 years my hope is that it will evolve with dignity and integrity. his enduring contribution to scotland culture and film transformed him into a national hero connery had tried to distance himself from the role that made him famous but for millions of fans around the world he'll be remembered as the suave agent double 07 with a license to kill. and money fight to end with the headlines on al-jazeera with just $3.00 days until the u.s. presidential election both candidates are in battleground states trump is holding 4 rallies in pennsylvania a state he won by just one percent in 2016 his challenger joe biden broad.