but even today even just combining true human rights to go. to millions of jews. europe starts closing up again is the pandemic spirals out of control with france and germany going back into 2nd national law. freedom of speech or blasphemy protests muslim countries over france defending the rights of parody religion french teacher was beheaded 2 weeks ago showing the students cartoons of the prophet muhammad. and the 2020 u.s. presidential election. of early voters with over 75000000 americans casting their ballots already the voter fraud concerns run high head of the big.

3 good morning to you thanks for joining us on r.t. . going back international law down as the pandemic spirals out of control across europe french citizens will now need special certificates to move around the city's residents emanuel said the tough measures starting friday will last at least one month. we bought the boat and we are overwhelmed by the 2nd wave that we now know don't do certainly be harder and deadlier than the 1st one from by day we will see a cocksure of bars and restaurants all essential or not essential and shops will be closed and those forms that people in france needed during the 1st lock down to leave home is at his desk they will be back the suggestion is that once again the french will only be able to leave their home if they have to do essential shopping if they have to go to the doctor says or if they need their one of our old daily

exercises back to those really restrictive measures the one thing that is different this time around there is the fact that schools will remain open and we know the president machen said that this will be reviewed in 2 weeks to see how the progress is going away or that means that they can perhaps loosen the noose slightly at these measures are being brought in mainly to try and help hospitals hospitals which say they are overwhelmed by cases of coke 19 hospital staff who have been saying commodes they are exhausted and need more assistance now we know that this had been expected by many people it fearing the worst that it would be this announcement of a 2nd locked out and as a result of that people leaving paris to be able to not stay during a lockdown in perhaps small cramped apartments present makana said the government will give everything possible to keep people in the means that they need to we know

that the 3rd along will be extending it and we know that there will be more aid announced for as social ringback charges and for rent and there will be a total business say so front staring into its 2nd lockdown lockdown it's not expected to last until at least send the 1st it's not what the government wanted but present back on senshi saying. it was no other choice. germany has also announced a 2nd lockdown starting monday it won't be quite as strict as francis but that hasn't stopped people coming out to vent their anger there than playing host to an anti lockdown march they're worried that certain sectors of the economy including entertainment won't survive. let's go live to our correspondent in berlin peter all of it was be very good morning to you peter obviously people are worried about the virus lots also worried though about losing their livelihoods just how strict will germany's new lockdown be. well this new lockdown that was

announced by angela merkel on wednesday had been dubbed lockdown light before it even being officially announced the idea is to prioritize keeping schools and kindergartens open also as much of the economy possible the the message is still if you can work from home do some businesses and places of work will still be able to remain open what is going to be sacrificed in order to do that is basically social interaction there will be limits on meeting people in public places you're allowed to meet with one or the household to up to a maximum of 10 people the it is concert halls oprah's any that was still open there wasn't many but they will all have to close any that have really opened a mature sport so we're including things like gyms and fitness clubs as well into that as well as swimming pools they're all going to have to close down joking and

cycling still allowed pretty much anything you can do by yourself or socially distanced in a small group the band this league of professional sport professional footballers have been held up in europe is the guiding light of how to get the professional football game back up and running allowing small amounts of funds into the ground no more back to ghost games as they're called games being played behind closed doors when it comes to retail there was a big discussion between the german chancellor and the heads of the 16 german states over this the initial plan had been that stores would only be allowed to have one customer per $25.00 square metres of floor space the concern was that that would pretty much end small businesses across the country the rule that's come in is that there will be one customer allowed for every 10 square metres of floor space however if you own a beauty salon and nail barbara tattoo parlor your closing down head dresses will

be able to remain open but there's going to be a whole new raft. of measures that they have to put in place in order to do that now in announcing this move the chancellor said the reason it had to be done was to stop the health care system being overrun by a rise in infections. dickens' are dozens of examples esteem if the current rate of spread of the coronavirus in germany continues up in the health care system will collapse within a few weeks for things can get out of control in the blink of an eye in an so that is widely noted and decisive action. well in order to compensate those people who won't be able to go to work the government is putting in place a proposal that could well according to reports cost as much as 10000000000 euro what i'm going to merkel said on wednesday was that for businesses that have less than 50 employees the government will pay 75 percent of wages for companies that

have more than 50 they'll pay 70 percent with the idea being that the companies would top up the rest of the salaries for employees now there are those that are extremely unhappy with the measures that had already been taken by angela merkel and the german government fact we've seen pretty much a mixture of conspiracy theorists to those concerned that they won't survive economically coming out onto the streets of germany over the past weeks and months and venting their anger at this new raft of measures is on likely to placate them and we may well see more scenes like this.

it took a long time on wednesday for and glimmer kl and the heads of the 16 german states to come to this agreement was described at times as being a bit like herding cats getting all of those regional leaders to agree on something that woods well the peace everybody nobody is going to be 100 percent happy with this deal it looks like one month until almost the end of november things are going to be in lock down light it will be reviewed in 2 weeks time though details of that upcoming 2nd lockdown in germany to all of our correspondent. protests are gripping the muslim world over france's recent defense of the right to parody religion the french president sparked outrage last week by saying is arm is in crisis followed religious tensions in the country over the beheading of teachers some your party the satirical magazine charlie or doe has also been targeted by muslim protestors this is all after it published

a caricature of the turkish president who's been one of the fiercest critics of the french state stance on the right to mock religion and cruise called the front cover of the magazine discussed thing with turkish prosecutors already launching a criminal probe in response to charlene abdo publishing the caricature that urged president slammed the hostility towards islam adding that disrespect for the prophet mohammed is spreading like cancer especially among european leaders we asked people in paris that they see the their own cartoon. i would feel more townshend after the draw when was population and that's understandable personally i find it difficult for even to have the right to use blasphemy i have no right to mock religion here as a crisis and international attacks on fronts i find it important to reaffirm the values which we are firmly established in front caricature is the 1st of these it's a pleasure to see how charlie hebdo responds. publication of this drawing and

marking a religion is dangerous because it increases heat i think you know price to pay for drugs i don't think anything is good about the picture but we should have the freedom the crown has every right to mistreat our laws and religion if they don't like the secular country they can leave it all represents the fact that despite everything humor is the most important thing and that everyone in this position after everything is said about france and the president of our republic gets a nice lesson from charlie and joe here before the office holder should caricature this i think that the drawing will add fuel to the fire the latest drawing with air to one it's a provocation ask yourself. meanwhile the french ambassador to sweden has stressed that france is a muslim country firmly rejecting the idea that there is any conflict between friends in the muslim world is words have left some prisons dissatisfied. i

don't agree with the french ambassador to swear down because we live in a secular country there are many communities in france one of them muslim people which have a big place in france but to stay secular country. france is not a muslim country absolutely not it is a country a beautiful christian tradition and there is nothing more to say more it is really stupid france is not a muslim country but islam is the religion which has the most believers here and we can see a lot of racism in france there are prejudices towards muslim people. earlier my colleague you know neal in our guest discuss the limits of freedom of expression. you can't hold a country sponsible for one of my missing posts can you it's a private enterprise publishing satire in a western liberal nation i don't the problem is just charlie able in their characters i think it's the institutionalisation of mosques i think it's microns comments that islam is in chaos is

a lot needs to be reformed mccrum to reform islam was moved wrong to judge whether islam is in chaos or not i think when it goes up to a presidential level in france and you had someone at the level of micron backing this caricature and media big fuss about it and criticizing the state of islam yeah that's that's taken very seriously by muslims throughout the world so bright that you state this gives me. all the private newspaper can make up to and use the french tradition you can accent it can refuse if i don't said something throughout this frank inside did this newspaper the name shirley at that during 20 years i sue got it get 0 against against jesus christ against the pope and. it's not just against misname this newspaper 1st it's not the position of the government the position of the government freedom of press

a lot of muslims who are feeling they're being directly attacked by this it's not just seen as a clumped on on radical islam is and how do you confront the 2 how do you do that this has echoes of a sort of clash of civilization in value systems i wouldn't go so far as to say it is it is extremely difficult there are clearly different perspectives on the world and volumes i think sensitivity to each other is important and i would say that freedom cannot be absolute in that sense. religion is a very ginger very touchy subject and when you enter someone else's taboo and you claim freedom mood of expression but then you have a leader of french of the year again continue to project this on the buildings you have the french leader continue to say islam is in chaos this really pushes the

line there is freedom of expression and then the plane insulting isn't there where there's this fault nobody everybody should drive. for me the problem is not. the problem is that in my country integration is completely broken of course the biggest difficulty is we still make in this same. freedom for the press and said this not by a girl ok but this sense for photos it is. just 5 days to go this is u.s. presidential elections already a record breaking one so far more than 75000000 americans have cast their ballots in early voting that represents more than a 3rd of all registered voters and while it's unclear which of the candidates done trump or joe biden is leading so far some americans seem to have had a change of heart well in last week's final presidential debate online search for

ways of changing early voting ballots have spiked and it has caught the attention of the president strongly trending google since immediately after the 2nd debate is can i change my vote this refers changing it to me the answer in most states is yes go do it most important election of your life. most a stone to life changes on supposed spin cast but in states such as michigan wisconsin and alaska voters can ask officials up to election day to have their absentee ballots invalidated in order to get another was a senior research fellow a global policy institute in london george some well is skeptical of the benefits of early voting well this is of course quite absurd because elections have a dynamic of their own and. you're not really supposed to make up your mind until it's time for election day so clearly what happens now is that you know

middle of the election or 2 thirds of the way through the election people are having 2nd thoughts when they're bound to because the election isn't over and i think this is a consequence of allowing people to vote early and this is never really happened before there was always. an election and an election day when you're supposed to go and vote on the election day because there's a campaign and the campaign and the day before an election day so this is an inevitable consequence of too many people voting far too early and now they're suddenly think well i've received a lot of new information and in light of the new information maybe i voted wrongly well this was bound to happen. the run up to the election has been my advice concerns of widespread voter fraud with the white house leading unsupported claims that voting could be rigged in favor of joe biden but while the u.s.

has long denounce foreign elections it deemed undemocratic questions are being raised about the legitimacy of this process a lot more than explains. you have won over your party and your people you now stand as the new leader of a nation and at this point your primary goal is to repay the voters and please your citizens but all of that depends on what you and your country have to offer washington the guardian of free and fair elections fail to please washington and your grip on power might fade and fast we condemn the hong kong government's decision to postpone for one year its legislative council elections nicolas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power the probe conducted uncovered proof of massive and systemic fraud on the live in people's courageous demand for free and fair elections and for democracy well what goes around comes around and in 2020

there are big international concerns about america's election overrule office for democratic institutions and human rights needs assessment mission in tilak it is noted that the conduct of these elections will be the most challenging in recent decades they expect that election officials will face serious challenges prior to and on election day new measures in response to cope with 1000 pantomimic and expressed concerns over their ability to overcome them so let's break down what those concerns are. coated 19 has forced many parts of the country to go to mail in voting now the concerns there have been laid bare ballots rejected huge delays and some ballots discarded so there's no surprise that some are raising concerns of fraud including donald trump himself this election will be the most rigged election in history this is going to be a fraud like you've never seen here's why donald trump and the public have some

serious concerns even more than just a few months ago east texas official is in jail accused of committing boger fraud. manatee county supervisor of elections mike bennett says wiggins requested a mail in ballot for himself and his wife meanwhile the state election board is asking george's attorney general to look into 98 outstanding cases of voter fraud d.o.j. announced at the f.b.i. the pennsylvania state police are investigating fraud in mail in ballots in a loser in county ok so what about good old voting in person them. if you are polling places long lines last minute relocations of polling places and a lack of international observers not convincing either especially for one democratic senator who's gone slightly over the top with this comparison if congress and states don't act immediately our country could face a new electoral to ennoble this fall and if you think the vote challenges will be

over as soon as the polls close. so now the media is ramping up what if donald trump loses but refuses to leave office committed to making sure that there's a nice little worries for all of the want to get rid of the ballots and you have a very transfer will have a very peaceful there won't be a transfer or frankly there will be a continuation of the ballots at a contro you know if all of this has got americans bracing for the worst polls show that americans expect riots in the streets after the results are announced no matter which way it goes potential ballot fraud lack of international observers leaders potentially refusing to accept the results and the specter of violence none of this sounds like an atmosphere in which one can have a free fair and transparent election and a quick look across the atlantic shows that only one in 10 europeans think that the election's going to be free and fair sanctions condemnation appeals to the united

nations and endless grandstanding perhaps the results if this kind of election was seen by the united states. happening in another country illegitimate they might call it well perhaps it's time that the united states trump and biden realize that sometimes it's just as red white and blue on the other side of the fence but archie new york. well putting americans of invention to buy guns another to go here is the outcome of the election create some suits and see for that story after the break. the communication was better than humans and their communication 30 does a lot of things better than we do so the possibility not just or being restricted

with their brains we go out with a fine art known group growing stuff but even today even just combining true human brains together. to me has a low the advantages. seemed wrong. when all along just don't call. me. yet to stamp out this thing because that's a cut and indeed from an eclipse betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

a comeback sales of tactical gear are seeing a significant jump in the united states with fears over the coronavirus pandemic racial tension and the outcome of next week's presidential election driving panicked americans to gun stores because the it has more b.l.m. protests and riots may have dwindled but where there was wrought anger there is now called rage all the grievances are still there all the hate the canal it's it's organized with permits and uniforms and guns a lot of guns. first the virus then b.l.m. and now now the election uncertainty 60 percent of americans expect violence in the wake of the election according to

a recent poll authorities understand full well the dangers here texas is mobilized a 1000 troops to help police if worse comes to worse stores are already being boarded up fresh forces mobilized more training more police more worry that this election is more contentious than in yours. but that reason out plan also includes your ability to respond to any type of incident that may occur people are scared to gun sales or breaking where cords americans border 2000000 guns in september 2 1000000 handguns and rifles this year is said to be record breaking in terms of the sheer number of sold and it isn't because everybody wants to use them it's because everyone's afraid that someone else will this year 2020 is just been one long advertisement for why someone may want to have a firearm to defend themselves and it isn't just weapons it's russkie

a gas must send emergency rations a lot of people buying a camping stuff they've been buying like the back. ends but it's not played out of everybody's going to get up in triple or they're prepared for something it isn't just politics it is personal according to another recent poll the majority of trump and biden supporters believe the other side will resort to fall play election fraud and given that both republicans and democrats have been evasive for whether they'll concede defeat you understand why people are nervous before you commit to making sure that there is a peaceful transfer for all of our after the election. as you know that i have been complaining very strongly about the ballots joe biden should not concede under any circumstances because i think this is going to drag out at the end of the day this is a precarious situation an ocean of flood of guns and the tide of fear so

much fear all of this doesn't mean that americans will be out in the streets shooting up the other side but all it takes is just a few idiots for it all to go up in flames when the election isn't just making voters act in strange ways the candidates to have been having some rather odd moments among the democratic running mate coming to her restoring bid to appeal to younger americans in a footwear promotion. everybody got their inner planets not just some higher local mentor the local. never let your powerful and part of the power have especially adolescence is your world ready.

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