this is d.w. news live from berlin french police arrest a suspect in a church shooting in leone it comes with france on high alert after a string of suspected islamic terror attacks they want president and man who will not call reaches out to muslims saying he understands their anger but won't tolerate violence also coming up more than a 1000000 people in slovakia line up as the country starts to screen its entire population to the ground a virus the testing is free and voluntary but those who don't participate will be forced to arm tame. and violent smiles ivory coast presidential election the

incumbent president is hoping to secure a term for the opposition says that unconstitutional look at the latest from correspondent on the ground. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program french police say they've arrested a suspect over the shooting of a greek orthodox priest in the southern city of lay on the priest was gunned down outside his church and is in critical condition the city's mayor says the motive is not yet known but it comes on the back of a string of terror attacks in the country just 2 days early a suspected islam most militant killed 3 people in a catholic church in the city of nice. the priest was just closing up this greek orthodox church late saturday afternoon when he was shot twice.

police kept the area fenced off warning the public to stay away prosecutors have opened an investigation into attempted murder. at this stage we don't know what the motive is behind the attack no line of inquiry is preferred all rolled out so i wouldn't comment on the target of what sort of attack this is that. we don't know yet. residents express their shock i'm appalled because it's very quiet neighborhood a good place to live in you've received a big rush you have markets the synagogue a little further away the orthodox church everyone knows each other it's a small village and it's traumatic. recently francis seen a string of what the authorities describe as terror related incidents believed to have been sparked by cartoons depicting the prophet mohammed called

a french president and while mcconnell made his position clear if you don't understand and respect the fact that one might be shocked by these cartoons i will never accept that one might justify physical violence over these cartoons and in my country i will always defend the freedom to speak to right to think anti drawer fronts is currently on its highest security. i earlier we spoke today to the correspondent arena straus in east he told us more about the suspect in custody the man was arrested yesterday nights because witnesses said he could only look like the person they saw attacking the orthodox priest yesterday afternoon in lee yard we know that the priest is severely injured that he's still in a very critical condition but that he is a life what we've been hearing in french media yesterday night and also to smore ning is another orthodox priest who knew the person who was attacked and she said

that the reason for the attack might be a personal reason because there have been fights between the orthodox priest and a church goer for the last past been going on for the last couple of years so this could be the reason for the attack but public prosecutors investigators are still looking into different directions as well. data is marina's brown straus speaking to us now while many countries are shutting down their economies as they face troubling increases in covert 19 cases slovakia is trying a different approach on saturday it started a nationwide effort aiming to test its entire adult population here far and he's have warned the only alternative would be total lockdown but this approach comes with its own set of challenges. long queues outside this coronavirus testing station and. it is one of thousands that opened on saturday to screen

slovakia's entire population of over 5000000 testing is voluntary but anyone not participating has to self isolate for 10 days. but it doesn't there's a very interesting i am here because i believe we will find out who has the virus it will go away and eventually we will live a normal life again. in the past 3 weeks slovakia has seen thousands of new infections each day mass screening as hope to control the virus and avoid further restrictions more than 40000 health care workers army and police have been deployed to carry out the tests medical staff expressing their concerns. we're going to move i'm going to be a doctor so you know and i don't want it to end up like it's really come out and i wouldn't want to find my 1st job is to decide if someone lives or dies because it is a preview of. this 1st round of testing covered around

a 1000000 people with reportedly one percent receiving a positive result a 2nd round of mass testing is planned in a week's time. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour british prime minister virus johnson has announced england will enter a 2nd lockdown starting next thursday with measures set to stay in place for at least 4 weeks johnson said action is needed now to contain surging coronavirus cases britain including england has the highest covert 19 death toll in europe. protests have been held across italy against a raft of measures to contain a new spike in corona virus cases in the capital rome police clashed with crowds on the payouts the independent on saturday evening is only reported nearly 32000 new infections in the last 24 hours. and police in quebec city in canada have arrested

a man suspected of killing 2 people and injuring 5 others near the provincial legislature on halloween he was described as being armed with a sword and dressed in medieval clothing police say the investigation is ongoing and are asking residents to stay indoors. in the u.s. now where republican president donald trump and his rival democratic candidate joe biden have been campaigning in k. states on the final weekend before tuesday's election a record 19000000 early votes have already been cast as the bruising contest heads towards the biggest turnout in at least a century. trump supporters in good spirits ahead of a rally on halloween night the president won the crucial state of pennsylvania in the last election and he's hoping for a repeat for many voters there's much at stake. here this battle isn't democrat versus republican this is the dark against the light it's the

good versus evil in this is this is a monumental election because of that not because a star on the job i think it's because it is a way a life that we have known in this country for decades and it's it's at stake right now. president trump spoke of unity as the nation braces for election day. where one for one people one family and one glorious station under god and together with the incredible people of pennsylvania we have made america powerful again our moment. in the battleground state of michigan democratic candidate joe biden was joined by his ex boss former u.s. president barack obama. i will never

raise the white flag of surrender we're going to beat this virus are going to get it under control and the 1st step to doing that is donald trump. obama aims to help deliver biden a victory in a state that trump won by a razor thin margin 4 years ago along with the experience to get things done joe biden has concrete plans and policies that will turn our vision of a better fairer stronger country into reality. campaigning enters its home stretch as a record number of americans are predicted to turn out. in west africa violence has marred the presidential election in ivory coast opposition parties who boycotted the vote say several people were killed in clashes on polling day police fired tear gas during demonstrations against the current leader alison what tara he was running for a 3rd term which the opposition says is unconstitutional. and correspondent funny

is in abidjan in ivory coast funny some violence yesterday how is the situation there today. right now here in abidjan the commercial capital of ivory coast everything is quiet calm as you can see behind me the in fact is not much going on the roads are more or less empty people are staying at home not only because it's sunday morning but because of this very controversial disputed election that played out quite violently yesterday now there being quite a few disruptions across the country both in the center and in the south a 5 story coast including the capital what we do not know at this point the exact numbers because there's a lot of conflict conflicting information right now going on the opposition party talking about around 12 people a dad yesterday and one government source a sad 2 people have been killed outside of abidjan outside of the commercial capital now one thing is certain to have the president president ouattara he's

trying to play down the things that. he's been just a few incidents it's clear of course what's important to him that this country moves on beyond this election and that the situation remains peaceful but 6 it's anything but peaceful in a political way also it's quite stable and volatile the opposition parties are seeing this was not an election and quote that the president president ouattara rob the constitution the pictures coming out of ivory coast certainly local law making you mention the opposition then why have the opposition boycotted these elections. they said that president ouattara didn't have the right to actually run for a 3rd term which has to do with the constitution that was amended in 2016 limiting presidential terms to 2 now president ouattara basically said he didn't have a choice but to run for a 3rd time because his elected or chosen successor has died this summer now

different readings there if you asked opposition parties and if you ask the president one thing is that the situation remains volatile here in this country and everything that's unstable when it comes to election can trigger civil unrest not only here in ivory coast but also as we have seen play out in other parts of africa beating guinea just a couple of weeks ago or in mali in august so what is really a question of how the next hours the next days are going to play out as well as how the reactions are going to unfold as the official results of this election will be announced funny thanks very much for the update. in abidjan ivory coast. the world of cinema has lost an all time legend sean connery has died at the age of 90 famous for playing james bond he fleshed out many other roles with great success beyond the double of 7 franchise in a career spanning more than 4 decades. ago to be.

the request that he rose to fame as the suave secret agent. for many sean connery was the best bond of all time he played 7 in a total of 7 outings for the franchise but he was eager not to become typecast. discussing direct. questions not just. in the 1980 s. connery proved he was more than just a pretty face as a 14th century sward wielding monkey in the name of the rose the u.s. audiences weren't keen on seeing him as a franciscan friar he got rave reviews for his role as the archaeologist father of indiana jones then at last in 1908 during. an oscar for best supporting actor. sean connery was born into poverty in edinburgh

in 1930 he left school at the age of 13 delivering milk to support his family after a stint in the navy he clinched his 1st acting roles via bodybuilding beginning a phenomenal rise to hollywood stardom none of it was planned. to have. i know exactly what it is to be without know exactly what it is to me. at the age of 69 connery was awarded a knighthood by queen elizabeth a day he described as the proudest of his life but even after retiring to the bahamas he remained a fervent scottish nationalist there are few things about scotland people receive always been caught when they think of our country you know but that's whisky or a beautiful scenery i'm sure cordy was definitely also one of the was stronger with the death of serge sean connery the movie world has lost

a legend. her role in the years. and certainly has you watching data news up next did every technology program shift with a look at using facial recognition against covert 19 i mean like information on any of our stories you can always visit our website www dot com i'm rebecca rich's independent thanks very much for watching. every day. for us and for our players. the idea is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities cleaner how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with the waste. we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over a diesel or a stooge.