this is the w. news live from berlin the race for the white house enters the homestretch after a contentious presidential debate democratic candidate joe biden and president donald trump are both hoping for a big when to build momentum we ask who really came out on top also coming up the leaders of israel and sudan agreed to normalize relations in a u.s. brokered steal sudan is the 3rd and largest arab state to move towards making peace with israel in recent months. and the rest and inequality bring chili to his story

crossroads millions of voters will decide this weekend whether to scrap the nation's constitution written under dictator augusto pinochet. plus a big birthday for a football legend pele turns 18 today did resilience been named player of the century and the king of football after decades at the top we'll hear his take on the beautiful game. i'm gather as well come to the program u.s. presidents donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden of faced off in a final t.v. debate less than 2 weeks before election day the exchange was a lot more civil than the ill tempered 1st debate the coronavirus pandemic dominated the agenda along with race relations taxes and the economy.

republicans in longwood florida were thrilled with their candidates performance we love and adore him and tonight he was doing a fabulous job but back in 2016 i voted against hillary not necessarily for trump but now i'm 100 percent on board. but biden supporters seemed equally satisfied getting it's hard to sum up is how do you get someone like. a great a glowing and very different tone and pace to find this head to head between the presidential hopefuls gone with the chaos and constant interruptions of their 1st meeting this was more of a conventional debate with a coronavirus pandemic given the most minutes on the clock. skirting around the dire coded $900.00 situation trump offered a rosy view it will go away and as i say we're rounding the turn were rounding the corner it's going away we have

a vaccine that's coming it's ready it's going to be announced within weeks and it's going to be delivered cost of shutdown by didn't condemn trump's record of dealing with a crisis a few 120000 americans dead and he want his response where that money should not remain as president of the united states of america we're going to the issue of race was also in focus. fact of the matter is there is institutional racism in america and we have always said we've never lived up to it that we hold these truths to be self-evident all meta women are created equal guess what we have never ever lived up to put it we've always constantly been moving the needle further and further to inclusion not exclusion this is the 1st president to come along and says that's the end of that nobody has done more for the black community. and if you look with the exception of abraham lincoln possible exception

a claim that has been repeatedly challenged by critics as patently false nonetheless voters finally got something resembling a substantive debate but it may be too late to have a major impact on the election result a record number of americans have voted early and polls show most remaining voters had already decided how they'll fill in their ballot. our correspondents all of us all it is in washington for us all over and a clear winner in this debate. well most of the polls scare hard see joe biden as the winner but it really depends because if you look at right wing media they think of president trump did a good job here in part because he was less aggressive than what we seen of him in the 1st debate and in the town hall that came instead of the 2nd debate and that in part also because of the mute button that was introduced as a new rule last night for the 1st time in the history of presidential debates also president trump might have listened to his advisors who strongly encouraged him to

lower his temper here the moderator did a very good job as well and biden in contrast was not very strong in that debate but he did come across presidential as a unifier what mary americans all longing for right now and you also did not do any major mistakes now what stood out here at this debate really was the amount of misleading claims made in particular by president trump a lot was out of context taken out of context or straight out false information now biden of course also had some false claims there but certainly not to the to the extent that the president did and now there were lots of conspiracy theories also put forward by president trump that may work very well within trump space but a majority or a lot of people here in america are increasingly growing tired of that kind of rhetoric it was just 11 days to go until the election all about are there any undecided voters left that could have been swayed by these before mrs.

so a fairly small amount of on this side of voters looking at a very polarized society as you know gary hart a majority of the voters made up their minds weeks before these debates took place and the general wisdom also in these debates is that they have little impact on voters decision and now another problem that the trump campaign is facing right now is early voting because because of the pandemic we're seeing a record turnout here already 50000000 voters have cast their ballots and they are they of course cannot change their minds any more stay with us from 0 because i want to talk about another big thing that's happened that's trump was key in orchestrating saddam has pledged to normalize relations with israel that will become the 1st arab state to establish ties with israel under the u.s. brokered deals this year u.s. president of trump announced the agreement on friday the u.s. settable remove saddam from the list of state sponsors of terrorism if khartoum

compensates us victims of terror attacks and especially recently also brokered diplomatic ties between israel and the united arab emirates and. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu welcomed the deal. today we declare another dramatic breakthrough for peace and no other arab country joins of circle of peace is not this time it's what a great development in the courtroom today 9673 knows of the arab you know to peace of israel you know if you're nation of israel and no negotiations with the revenues you know you day to me saying yes to peace with israel yes through recognition of israel and yes you know many zation of israel this is a new era. peace is proceeding with 3 arab countries in the last few weeks so most members would want to hold him well if the u.s. brokered this deal what was in it for washington. well the same that was

in the deal with the united arab emirates that the trumpet ministration brokered donald trump urgently needs success stories in foreign policy as you know it did not go very well for him for all of large parts of his presidency you just remember north korea iran also russia if you take a closer look at the deal made and it is looks very much like a deal made here between the united states and sudan then saddam was taken off a list of a sponsor of terrorism list and also don is trying to make clear that has nothing to do with the new relationship between israel and the sudan but what we do have fear is economic advantages ever taken off that list and it looks like it's a deal in exchange for foreign policy for a foreign policy success story for the trump administration in an effort of course to strengthen trumps position as we are moving closer to the election. results thank you. now to some of the other stories making headlines today libya's 2

warring factions have signed the ceasefire deal entered and then almost a decade of conflict effective immediately the agreement comes after 5 days of talks in geneva hosted by the u.n. the u.n. hailed the deal as a historic turning point for peace and stability in the country. the streets of nigeria's biggest city lagos were relatively calm friday after days of unrest follows tuesday's shooting of peaceful demonstrators protesting against police brutality and the international says the military and police killed at least 12 people in his 1st comments the country's president warns protesters against quote undermining national security. well here in europe governments are scrambling to contain a resurgence of the coronavirus today france became the 2nd european country to surpass 1000000 confirmed infections following spain earlier this week several other countries also setting fresh records for daily cases the crisis is prompting

leaders across the continent to tighten restrictions and impose lockdowns one small our report starts in the belgian capital brussels the. national protests and belgian hospital workers are protesting about their working conditions as the numbers of covered 9000 patients on their wards continues to rise many medics are testing positive for the virus and that's threatening staff shortages belgium is expected to record a daily rate of 25 days of new infections by next week. will result in the if you will of the we do have a significant engine blocks of covert 9000 patients due to the 2nd wave that we in belgium all hooked to avoid. therefore the intensive care department crowd. really

fills out that so so far half of our patients are infected with the coronavirus to varying degrees. millions of britons have headed into lockdown as coronavirus measures become increasingly stricter the welsh government has ordered its 3000000 residents to stay at home after 6 pm. in scotland most of the country's bars and restaurants are closed until at least the 3rd of november. so although with the research she was appalled. this is a plus. but i just sort of. just. never had a steam has banned most travel into and out of the region and closed all restaurants and bars it's infection rate is 3 times the national average.

the capital madrid has been under a similar locked in for the past 2 weeks and now he faces a night curfew between midnight and 6 am spain became the 1st western european country to exceed 1000000 cases earlier this week and its death toll like so many other nations continues to climb. to chile now where this sunday millions of voters will make a decision that could dramatically reshape the country protests in recent years a force chilean leaders to schedule a referendum on whether to rewrite the constitution a document that dates back to the rule of dictator augusto pinochet it's a momentous vote taking place in one of the regions which as nations but one struggling with spiraling inequality. the route to referendum went through this subway station. students mostly protesting a rise in fares. a heavy handed response from security personnel

led to stunning scenes of mass protest in the streets of santiago and other chilean cities. dozens died during riots arson and looting that caused extensive damage and prompted a military presence on the streets. but the peaceful protesters persevered calling for an overhaul of she lays social and economic model and gaining a key demand a vote on whether to toss out the old magna. the constitution adopted during the brutal 17 year dictatorship of general augusto pinochet which ended in 1900 a period when thousands were tortured killed or they were disappeared. this will be a historic event for the 1st time in the history of the republic we will be consulted on whether or not we want a new constitution and who should draft. the subway stations were cleaned up after the demonstrations in writing a year ago but emotions have been peaking again peaceful anti-government

demonstrations last sunday were marred by the burning of 2 churches vandals cheering the collapse of a church spire not what those promoting a yes vote on a change to the constitution want their protests to be remembered for. but anyone will come but i thought look we're not going to change health care in the same pensions that's what we're fighting for for more than a year our pensions our wages or education everything but i don't see any change. after a year of the social upheaval i'm out in the street because i want changes to our health system. on the other side thousands have hit the streets to protest against change no they say to a rewrite of the constitution. by shifting to a new constitution we're in great danger of falling into something like what happened to venezuela if it happened to venezuela why would it happen to us. i will keep the same constitution and make the necessary reforms to it. no voters insist

the government working within the present constitution will help those left behind since the magna carta was adopted yes voters say start from scratch with the participation of the people and let the world see what chilean democracy 2.0 looks like. i'm sure it was not at all more about the referendum is the reporter benjamin of ours group of benjamin why are people so dissatisfied how silly is run they are dissatisfied and this is a dissatisfaction that has been growing over the years it's not just with the current government because on one side you have to lay that has been praised internationally as a key leader off latin america when you look into development for example when you look at other indicators that's one side but the other side of the story is this increasing inequality when it comes to public health care system when it comes to education so those are a lot of problems that are currently in the chilean society and a lot of them are just fed up and we have this price hike off the public transport

system that started this protest in october of last year and now they want to see a real change it's all those a lot of hope for this new constitution a referendum that will take place and the current constitution dates back to when the country was a dictatorship run by peter shit until 990 is sunday's vote chill a chance to really start over it's it will be a new framework it's important to note what a constitution would look like and it's important to know what the current constitution is lacking and that is the legitimacy of origin it was drafted as you mentioned during the pinochet dictatorship later on it was approved with another referendum but a referendum without free press and without any ridge's role votes so the problem is someone could vote 2 or 3 times and that's a really big problem off the current constitution the other one is that you need a really high quorum to do this reforms and of course that's what the constitution . cannot be the only solution there need to be several of the reforms to that were

next question the referendum is only a 1st step is it other other things need to have it is in a new constitution will not change all the problems that the chilean society has right that if we go to talk about poverty if we talk about equality if we talk about education of the pension systems there are several reforms that need to be done and one of them a really really important reform is the one of the security and of the police of the national police let's remember that got to be nato says more than 8500 accusations of human rights violations only in last year that have been shown by several international organizations so as some people are claiming and wanting to have chile with peace it's important to know that for a long standing peace the only chance is to have also long standing justice and in the current system that we have in chile right now that's not the case unfortunately benjamin of us program thank you very much for coming to students they welcome you want to be the still to come brazil's football legend

pele turns 83 time world cup winning striker is seen by many as the greatest player of all time we'll hear how he's feeling on his birthday. but 1st your honest burks hillbrow district is infamous for many reasons drugs violence prostitution you get the picture but many in the neighborhood are determined to change that one group of residents meets every week because it wants hillbrow to be framus for something that's quite ordinary clean streets and green pox w.'s africa correspondent there early on krishna met up with. these volunteers meet up every saturday to clean up their neighborhoods. 35 years old and has been living in who broke for 4 years now. you need to and they can miss the listing it seems like you know it takes no you have the people so you want to

do the same to take interest to say i said to this who bro has a problem with rubbish it's everywhere the city's waste collection service cannot cope on its own so the volunteers decided to form their own organisation it's called the city. the organisation is supported by local businesses so they can give rewards to the volunteers when they have participated 12 times they'll receive a voucher from a local supermarkets the organisation has launched a program called adopt a street to help residents feel more connected to their community in the days of apartheid only white people were allowed to this year later it became a melting pot with people from various ethnicities and cultural backgrounds but as the population and unemployment grew problems started to emerge became known for violence criminality and prostitution but that reputation is beginning to change actually in parks and people enjoying the district's improved image. they live here

is the environment so it's it's bringing that pride to their own environment you know you don't have to just eat something out of a plastic could bring something out of a bottle and throw it on the ground so we started to to get that change of behavior in the people and the community that lives here and then eventually once a street on the air or a park is cleared and the crime elements they move out that killer must seek or says crime particularly robberies needs to be addressed he takes us to the block of flats where you works as a caretaker he says well the situation has improved dramatically in recent. yes the crew in our virus pandemic is threatening to roll back those improvements that best that. includes including that because people almost the contents definition then intuitive so know this just like them to get their foot in the side of the house as they're going to get with it so they take to friends and food for their kids and

saying that they couldn't is not the place i'm going to quote and the definition then does it it would be like i say if you. are my sicko wants to do what he can to make the locals a little bit happier next weekend and make the neighborhood a little more pleasant even if you can solve all the areas problems themselves bicycle and many other very happy to live year in and it. isn't. and. this is. brazil's football great pele turns 80 today he is still regarded by many fans as the best player the game has ever seen after winning 3 world cup titles events have

been taking place around brazil to mark the milestone birthday the man himself has been displaying his famous sense of humor brazil's love for pele is a stronger center a huge mural in the spiritual home of santos has been unveiled to celebrate the football great 80th birthday the tribute by artist cobra is just one of many pele shot to fame as a 17 year old helping brazil win the 958 world cup. he repeated the trick in 1962 and also guided an iconic brazil team to the chill few $970.00. all these years on and the man named player of the century remains an icon sao paolo football museum has opened an exhibition honoring him on his birthday. and despite brushes with ill health in recent years he has lost none of his sparkle. on my 80th birthday i thank everyone who has already sent me

a message others have already sent me an email. now that i'm 80 i need to thank god for giving me the health to get this far and stay so lucid even if i'm not always so intelligent. dog to the king of football pele is still immensely frank full for what the game has done for him. i hope that when i get to heaven god welcomes me the same way that everyone welcomes me nowadays and that is thanks to our beloved football. at 80 years of age pele continues to be one of brazil's most enduring figures. amazing career to talk about this career of mark meadows joins me from did i use for mark what makes pele so special i mean he's different

from every other player when noisy yes i think mainly it's because he's the only man ever to win 3 world cups. but also it was the way he played the game you know he played it was such style such panache some of the goals he scored were absolutely incredible and he transcended soccer in many ways i mean he was the 1st ever brazilian sports minister when he tried out politics in 1905 and i think he was the 1st truly global football superstar that everybody knew i mean even in the u.s. i mean here he is playing for the new york cosmos in the in the 1970 s. and that's why governing body for cold in the player of the 20th century. is the birth there which is have been flowing in for today they have i mean anyone who is anyone in world football has been congratulating him today i mean johnny infantile you know the future president he said he thinks what most fans think about pele is that he was a player with such effortless flair and i think we can all sort of agree with that

we've also messages from zinn indians and dan gary lineker you can claw up there as a marine you know i mean this isn't normal you know a normal x. footballers have birthdays there isn't this parade of of congratulations but everyone's been commenting and of course neymar as well who is the current brazilian superstar he's got 64 goals for brazil pele still the record brazil scorer with 77 goals now neymar put out a very nice social media post saying long live the king. is he the one to inherit the throne from the. well name of course is the most expensive player in the world at 222000000. uro's but i think most football fans would agree that he's not quite at the level of pele yet and there are other football experts who say that well maybe you know messi or christian or now though are now at the level of pele obviously messi has an amazing things about a loner kris jenner now though has won titles for manchester united for rail madrid

and now fear venters so that's his claim to the phone but messi has never won the world cup with argentina right now those never won the world cup with portugal he's won it 3 times so my vote still goes to pele and we thank you very much mark meadows for did of useful. in the u.s. some lucky residents of the brookfield zoo near chicago have been getting some early halloween treats a host of animals including chimps lions 5 month old snow leopard but pumpkins some of the goals were taft and filled with a variety of spooky items such as bones or bottles. others just contained human favorites for spices. and they've moved.

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