iraq has teams on the ground people are just talking about wind and solar as if that's going to solve the problem if want to bring the moon in documentaries and life. on it i don't know. this is going to be the most important election perhaps in the history of our country 3 days to go in u.s. president donald trump tries to win over voters in the election battleground state of pennsylvania. there's a chilly interest in doing the work. or alvin anybody but himself and his friends were treated the presidency as anything more than a reality show to give him the attention that he claims calling in the big guns joe

biden is joined by his former boss barack obama in the crucial swing state of michigan. by money in saeed's this is al jazeera life from die hard also coming up. another lockdown for england this time for one month as it like all the european countries grapples with spiraling coronavirus infections. the counting is underway in georgia's parliamentary elections. the 1st action hero after a career that spanned 5 decades sean connery dies at the age of 90.

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 trump 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's told supporters his opponent off is no future for america biden will imprison. your people your families in your house well letting rioters roam free and loot your streets or loot you still are under barred and there will be no school no graduations no way to do things. no trees rouge 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. is democratic challenger joe biden is touring michigan with the help

of former president obama trump also won michigan in 2016 but by an even thinner margin m r vers is your assist bro the power to change their country is not surgeries learned in your. i don't care how hard drive dryers there's nothing every senator there's no 300 to stop the people whose decision bravo to you know overwhelming numbers back there's democracy. the national polls suggest that joe biden is in the lead but the race appears much closer in swing states and president campaign is hoping they can defy pulses just as they did 4 years ago let's go to our correspondent she is live for us in washington d.c. so let's talk about trump's message to voters in these last few hours before the election. well i think certainly today we saw

a very similar strategy to what we saw on friday in the upper midwest which is to try and retain as many of the white working class voters without a college degree who defected from trump to him and 20 from from obama to him in 2016 and get as many and many more as possible in the republicans a really high voter registration that we're seeing amongst this particular section of the population and that's that's why republicans hope of a can defy the pows because these these things tend not to actually even appear in the databases of polling of polling companies so we had that message again biden career politician he's been in washington for decades he did nothing for you along with obama he just kept on helping outsource your jobs he signed on to the trans-pacific partnership instead of dismantling nafta as obama had promised to do whereas i'm trying does have that achievement he did renegotiate nafta which is that which was a big day to warmly welcome by trade unions however the other side of this is trump

also has a record now he hasn't stopped outsourcing he hasn't stopped the decline in manufacturing he's also close to will close to wall street and he has the pandemic and his handling of the pandemic and the economic consequences not just the health consequences of the pandemic to deal with however even though he has trouble with that part of his record that may lead to disappointment among some of some of those former obama voters or former democrats but i don't necessarily mean that they want to vote for joe biden and go back to that career politician and you get that sense when barack obama was speaking that he sort of there's a lot more humility in his speech now it's not just look my presidency was great trump inherited the great economy there's a lot of that but there is more from obama saying look you can't we couldn't solve everything your president can do everything believes you can try and you know he seems to be suggesting ok he disappointed a lot of people and he did just what a lot of people who either voted for trouble or didn't turn up at the polls at all obama are much safer they're all going for trump's handling of the pandemic very.

you can't fault obama certainly for what's going on right now. america just ahead 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 through this now 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 cole that. go over his complaint he's he's jealous of course it's media coverage and now he's accusing doctors of profiting off this pandemic think about this but we are seeing a certain amount. among democratic strategist because in early voting the black and latino turnout just hasn't been that strong and there is a generational divide which we saw in the primaries for example but young black

young latinos very much in the boat he saw this cup they want they want systemic change they don't also see like those white working class voters i was saying was talking about a moment ago but in a sort of sort of see that in joe biden so there is that fear that they're not they're not coming out so so really some fear now about that but they would come out with still some hope that in the end the revulsion to trump and in fact trumps attempts to disenfranchise them will do the trick many thanks for that she had worked on c. there for us live in washington d.c. let's bring in robinson woodburn's now he's assistant professor at howard university political science department joining us from washington d.c. as well many thanks for speaking to us on out is there so as we've been hearing that making an aggressive play for pennsylvania focusing largely on his white working class space why is he going so hard. donald trump's path to reelection really relies on retaining 3 states michigan wisconsin and pennsylvania

he's down somewhere between $9.11 points on average nationally which is the greatest deficit that any candidate has faced on election day since 1904 so he's facing a and historic loss in the popular vote but to win the presidency he has to win states through the electoral college he's far behind in both in michigan and in wisconsin but pennsylvania only shows him down 5 to 6 percentage points and while polls are likely to be more accurate this year than in 2016 he's hoping for very good luck in that state and perhaps intervention from the supreme court to push him across the line there is also a sense in the trump campaign that white working class voters are more likely to vote for him than for joe biden and while there's mixed imperial support for this that is at least donald trump's hope so that he can retain the presidency let's talk about the polls why do you think they're going to be more accurate that c.n.n.

they went 2016. at the state level we see a lot more variation and noise in polling so it can be hard to pin down exactly what's going to happen in the at the state level in 2016 we saw under sampling of low education white voters as well as voters who were willing to admit that they were going to vote for donald trump many voters were ashamed because donald trump spouses sort of implicit or sometimes explicit white nationalist message which makes these trump voters unlikely to admit their vote choice pollsters have since 2016 adjusted to compensate for this understatement of respondents so even if we see an undercounting of trump voters like we did in 2016 it's likely that joe biden would win these 3 critical states michigan wisconsin and pennsylvania will be it by and there were a margin donald trump would need exceptional luck this year to retain the presidency based on that adjustment polling and looking at biden.

obama on his behalf in michigan what is the height for him that was the priority biden simply needs to play on the defensive he's led a pretty quiet campaign partly because he's had such a decisive lead in national polling and a pretty solid lead one that hasn't fluctuated much so essentially he's doing strategy based on phone banking and text based mobilization simply to get democratic voters to the polls i think they'll be drawn out period when michigan wisconsin and pennsylvania cast their ballots and count those ballots so we might see a few days between election night and the actual resolution of the election but biden is counting on this get out the vote effort in michigan wisconsin and pennsylvania to push him across the finish line really get to speak to you would assistant professor at howard university's political science department speaking to us there

from washington d.c. . thank you british prime minister boris johnson is putting england back into lockdown for months after being warned the resurgent coronavirus outbreak threatened to overwhelm hospitals within weeks austria's an ounce similar measures adding to a growing list of european countries reimposing distractions need back reports from 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 normal

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 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 breaker 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. but 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 banned 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 organization urged countries to act sooner and recover faster. but with many of europe's economies in trouble the prospect of more months of covert confinement is difficult to bear neave parker al-jazeera london. a greek orthodox priest has been shot and wounded in the french city of louisville as the 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. protesters in pakistan's biggest city karate have been effigies of the french president in one year marker all have been demonstrations in several mr countries after mccall defended the right to mock religion and vowed to crackdown what he described as radical islam similar protests took place in pakistan's capital islamabad on friday under the people in ramallah in the occupied west bank protested to chanting empty fronts slogans thousands of people also took part in rallies in hebron and east jerusalem earlier this week well in money michael sat down with al-jazeera to discuss the wave of anger he says the problems he's confronting are a threat to all people especially muslims welcome pauli sentiments in a very 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 what i want to see 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 us from 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. still ahead on al-jazeera i mean your case is azerbaijan of using an illegal weapon near a civilian area and that moment having conflicts. just 3 days before one of the most divisive us elections in history we'll look at the issue of race down to us.

but. we've got some rather wet weather on the cards for japan as we go into the early part of next week for the time being it's slushy 5 and dry clear skies loss of orage of high pressure keeping things settled at the most of sunday this wetter weather will come through the korean peninsula south korea easing across the sea of japan sliding its way over towards the pad it will be rather heavy at times to western and southern parts of japan before eventually it's over the mountains and on to ward said that eastern side of holland schafer the south we've got a couple of systems to watch out for this little clutch of storms here that is a developing typhoon and we already have a full blown typhoon making its way towards the philippines clearly say the eye of the storm on this one it's a super typhoon it is equivalent to a category 5 hurricane winds of around 275 kilometers per hour looking at gustavus

around 350 kilometers per hour so damaging winds huge waves usual suspects storms causing problems floods from the very heavy rain that we are going to see maybe across central parts of the philippines as we go on through sunday and on into monday terrific amounts of rainfall making their way through here and it will gradually head towards vietnam. but. they wanted 40. 3000000000 pounds worth of weaponry that was 6000000000 pounds in commission. there is no hope of any more because there's always a small kabul to call for war a really really good business. in essence we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function war shadow on al-jazeera.

it watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour which is 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 win voters in michigan. for his prime ministers putting england back into lockdown for a month in an effort to bring down corona virus infections the u.k. country scotland wales northern ireland have already imposed a varying lockdown measure. protests are continuing against french president

emanuel following his bow to reform islam in an interview with al jazeera he said radical islam is a threat to everybody including muslims. well the question of law and order has been one of the central themes of this year's us presidential election campaign and it matters more than ever after a summer of discontent and protests against police brutality and systemic racism mike hanna has more from wilmington in delaware. in the u.s. it's been a year of living dangerously particularly for african americans who have disproportionately borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic and who have been far more likely to be victims of police action that their white fellow citizens. the killing of george floyd just one case of who tell a t that galvanized protesters across the nation people of all colors banding

together and to be a brillant of the black lives but. one candidate to brace the movement and all it stood for. the other rejected it. many of those who are spreading violence in our cities are supporters of an organization called the black lives matter b.l.o. . it's really it's really hurting the black community to the black the president of the united states some african american conservatives who share the support in get that at the white house at the presidency but taishan wearing blue to show their support to the police and the signature red caps to show the support of the president there are people all around the country that support this president because he supports a law and order it's that simple and some insists that the white crowds that double trumps rallies did not show the whole picture. a lot of blacks support

and want to support and will support and vote for president dollar truong but they don't want to be called a sellout by you in favor of law and order i'm in favor of law you follow he went a little bit of order nautical as somebody who has been friends a lot in front of all these ordinances log on to other letter and your in order with justice where people get treated fairly and biden contends that the president is a source of the very violent people poults to condemn fires are burning we have a president who fanned the flames rather than fighting the flames but we must not burn we have to build this president long ago forfeited a moral leadership in this country he can't stop the violence because for years he's formatted. biden said dos mint is not unconditional writing is not protested lutein is not protest setting fires is not protesting.

none of this is protest it's lawlessness plain and simple yes. the black lives matter movement has been the single most powerful invisible force 'd during this election year the question only the results at the polls will answer is whether this energy is translated into effecting political as well as social change. mike hanna al-jazeera wilmington delaware. georgia's ruling party is leading saturday's parliamentary election that has won 54 percent of the vote with nearly one 3rd of the ballots counted but opposition parties say the race isn't over yet as they may have enough votes to form a coalition government robin far said walker reports from tbilisi. the polls had barely closed and georges richest man chairman of the governing party was

congratulating the nation from his party headquarters claiming victory for a historic term got some of their own georgia has made me a worthy choice and that georgian dream founded by me is a worthy dream georgian voters who would not make the wrong choice today expressed support for worthy people but his party's opponents believe the result may have been much closer than exit polls indicated. less than half of the georgian population supports the georgian during this means that people do not wonder george injuring people need change concrete real changes. mass protests last year were a warning to the government that it needed to make changes a more proportional system of representation was introduced and the threshold lowered to just the one percent share of the vote for parties to win seats. in the

guise of a vote but for me personally so far nothing new no exciting party exists and so i think little things will change but i'm going to be a little how realistic is it to speak from the position of a winner when there is such a difficult economic situation when so many children are hungry there are so many social challenges that the number of us moved out of i do not expect big changes but i still believe that all citizens should come and vote some close election observers say they found evidence of significant violations and there were some violent scenes between rival part. although most people were able to vote freely and in safety. is likely to have a more diverse parliament but the politicians will now have to focus on immediate challenges soaring covert infections and the bleak outlook for the economy robyn 1st year walker al-jazeera tbilisi armenia is accusing azerbaijan of

using volatile white phosphorous munitions in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh i mean is 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 restrictive on the international law and cannot be used around civilian areas and sticks to flesh making burns much more severe i mean his prime minister is asked russia for help in its conflict with azerbaijan is very forces have made advances towards some locations in the nagorno-karabakh region after talks in geneva and the collapse of a cease fire the 2 countries have agreed to not deliberately target civilians. a gas pipeline has exploded in southern iraq killing at least 2 people more than 50 other people have been injured are fighters cut off the gas to bring the blaze under control it's not yet clear what caused the explosion officials say the

incident hasn't impacted iraq's gas production. and those been fighting in southern iraq security forces cleared tents set up by anti-government protesters in the city of basra at least 5 take gas at the demonstrators who are trying to stop the site from being dismantled it's been just over a year since a protest movement swept across the country demanding the ouster of the entire ruling class. police and i rico's terrified tear gas of protesters who are angry over the president's bid to run for a 3rd term in saturday's election they have been rallies in the capital abidjan and several towns demonstrators say that president alice than i would tara's attempt to stay in office is unconstitutional he's appealed for calm as the votes are counted a common interest report. at least

21 people have been killed in an attack in the east in democratic republic of congo it happened in with key prominent province as is being attributed to an armed ugandan group attacks on civilians have increased since the military launched an operation in 2019 against rebels with the allied democratic forces more than 1300 people have been killed by armed groups this year. us navy special forces have rescued an american citizen who was kidnapped in the air earlier this year this week the pentagon says phillip walton was taken from his farm in the village of muscle loss or by a group of armed men and into northern nigeria where they demanded more than $1000000.00 from his family us media reporting that 6 of his captors were killed sean connery who rose to international stardom as a suave secret service agent james bond has died at the age of 90

a charismatic scottish actor had a career spanning 5 decades charlotte bettis 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 was during bond in the development of sean connery. obviously very important because of the. worldwide attention that you 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 lust was 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 the suddenness tick. 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 for scottish independence we have waited. nearly 300 years my hope is that it will evolve with dignity and integrity. is 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. i'm

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