Justice department is pushing prosecutors situ protesters in portland with a rarely used law and the pandemic disrupts education for millions of children will look at the lengths remote communities in indonesia are going to to keep the classrooms open. Thank you for joining as the World Health Organization is sounding the alarm over a surge in corona virus cases in europe something it says should serve as a wake up call the number of cases is now passed 30000000 worldwide the United States is the worst affected country followed by india and brazil and the virus is once again spreading in europe theyve been more than 300000 infections there in the past week the w. H. O. Is urging countries not to cut quarantine period warning that could waste soccer feiss being made now the British Government has admitted Testing Capacity there is unsatisfactory and a has a report from london. Newcastle northeast england a major city and now parts of a huge region under new covered restrictions from friday more than 1500000 residents cant socialize with people outside their household or social bubble and bars and restaurants have to close by 10 in the evening the u. K. Government says it agreed to measures with local councils following a sharp rise in infections i think you should follow the rules to make a go we cant. Think people not really follow their instructions the shit. Am i happy about it you know do whatever we need to do here to stop the virus and dont think the household things we need that as an ak and go play with. Other people on from the house of that concert size with bands such as may make sense nationally in the u. K. Infection rates are going in the wrong direction daily new cases number in the thousands with experts saying the truth could be in the 10s of thousands and after Prime Minister baraks johnson admitted Testing Capacity isnt good enough the Health Secretary not for the 1st time appeared to blame the public when he appeared before parliament the challenge is that demand has gone up faster and they can say on the other side no its not what they call defy the facts and the most important thing for everybody across the country to hear from all of their elected representatives if they are interested in helping this country get through this pandemic is that if you have symptoms get a test if you dont have a sentence please do not come forward to get a test unless youre specifically britains far from the only european nation worried about rising infections and deaths thats prompted the World Health Organization to issue a new warning to governments not to reduce quarantine periods from its recommended 14 days in the spring and early summer we were able to see the impact of strict lookdown measures. Efforts over a 2nd phase as they did off. In june patients hit an all time low the september cage numbers however should serve as a rake up call for all of us old all these numbers reflect more comprehensive testing it also shows alarming rates of transmission across the region in italy the Alitalia Airline is now trying to domestic coronavirus free flights per day passengers are offered a covered 19 test at the airport before flying the results come within a half an hour only those tested negative can fly here in the u. K. The pressing need is for the general public to be able to access covered 19 tests quickly and for all fortys to improve the Contact Tracing system with winter approaching the challenges for the politicians and for Health Professionals are enormous nadeem barbara aljazeera. Joely fisher is an associate recession professor of microbiology and immunology at George Medical University medical university she explained some of the sciences behind the sage. Were definitely seeing clear increases in cases at a rate even exceeding what many countries saw earlier in the summer in june and july so its difficult to say that this is a 2nd wave many countries are still in what looks like the 1st wave other the pandemic is global the drivers of new cases in different communities may be very different and reflect the nature of the communities and the kind of meeting and mingling of people that is happening in those communities in many places after some are locked out measures in which people. Restricted their travel restricted interacting with others socially the lockdown measures were able to slow the spread of the virus and dramatically in some cases slow the speed at which new cases appeared but as you really do see began to slow those rates and lift the measures and become more permissive in terms of being able to get out of the house being able to dine at restaurants being able to mix socially as well as going back to work and back to school were seeing people mix and in new ways now were seeing exposures surge again as people who have been communities that have been quite strict just a few weeks ago begin to relax some of those measures and the results in many places as a resurgence of cases now the world news bolivias interim president does withdrawing from elections one month before theyre due to be hands on yes says its a bid to avoid splitting the vote and to keep the socialist party of former president evo morales from winning he was forced into exile last year following weeks of violent protests over his disputed reelection. Point they have a level me today i piss inside my candidacy for the presidency of bolivia to take care of democracy its not a sacrifice its an honor i do this because at the risk of the democratic vote being divided among several candidates and as a result of that division the mass party could end up winning the election algis theres money arapaho has more on what this means to. This announcement by the libyas interim president. To withdraw her candidature for presidency in the Upcoming Elections isnt really seeing as as too much of a surprise in bolivia and there are a number of reasons why the elections are coming up fairly soon were about a month away october october 18th is is the date that the elections are scheduled to be held and anyone yes is trailing in 4th place in the polls so what were hearing from political analysts in bolivia is that this announcement to withdraw from the candidacy is a is a strategic move to sort of unify the political opposition in bolivia anyone who is against it will mortalities under this sort of rallying cry and thats the way that this is being painted by the interim president is this rallying cry to preserve democracy in bolivia but we should note that janine and yes is a very polarizing figure in bolivia shes been widely criticized for the interim governments handling of the ongoing coronavirus coronavirus pandemic in the country so many are seeing this announcement to to withdraw her bid for the presidency as a sort of as part of that strategy to regain some of the popularity that shes lost in recent months. To the u. S. Now and prosecutors are reported to be coming under pressure to take more aggressive action against violent protests following the death of george floyd the u. S. Justice department is said to be looking into gray to use a federal prosecution and a rarely used additional for some oregon important. Portland has become the flashpoint of americas culture wars. There have been well over 100 consecutive days of black lives matter protests demanding justice for george floyd Briana Taylor and other black People Killed by police. Work was no mum and i heard george drake must live. Right here does george oh my what are you doing President Donald Trump sent in federal Law Enforcement in late july a stance oblique to protect a federal courthouse that intensified the protests some of which went from peaceful to violent. Police arrested school hours of people in recent days protesters say the number of demonstrators has decreased sharply but the trumpet ministration is contemplating a new legal crackdown in response to the protests here and in other cities the u. S. Attorney general william barr has reportedly urged federal prosecutors to bring charges of sedition against some of the people involved thats a rarely invoked federal law designed to punish people who try to overthrow the government of the United States. Legal scholars question whether such charges would hold up in court on and if you look at the most recent examples where sedition has been charged under this act its not been successful i think juries and judges alike tend not like to convict on this unless there is real hard evidence to show that there is an imminent threat the government. Experts say aggressive prosecution could stifle legitimate free speech and political expression which are protected under the u. S. Constitution i think the threat of the erast alone would be sufficient to make some people feel it is not safe for me to go out on the street and exercise my 1st amendment rights and the thought that the government would yield its power no weight that would yell or chill or silence that type of speech should be really frustrating upsetting threatening to us as american citizens trump is using the protest to drum up his law and order platform during the Election Campaign but a report by Princeton University shows 93 percent of all protests since floyds death have been peaceful rob reynolds aljazeera portland. China says its carrying out more military exercises off the coast of taiwan to protect what it sees as its territorial sovereignty and that current diplomatic relations between the island and the u. S. Will lead to a dead end this is in reaction to a visit by undersecretary of state for Economic Affairs keith crock hes the highest level state Department Official to land in taiwan in decades and the 2nd prominent official to visit in 2 months beijing regards cylon as part of his territory. We urge the us sign to fully recognize the holy sensitivity at the time one issue abide by the one china principle in the 3 china us joint communique says immediately stop official exchanges in any promotion of substance of relations with the time one region and cautiously handle tom one related issues should the chinese side will make necessary responses according to the development of the situation. The f. B. I. Is warning u. S. Politicians that people working on behalf of russia trying to influence the upcoming election director christopher a says theyre issuing a steady stream of this information aimed at damaging the Democratic Candidates joe biden we certainly have seen very active very active efforts by the russians to influence our election in 2020 through what i would call more the malign foreign influence side of things social media use of of proxies state media online journals. Are an effort to both so divisiveness and discord and and i think the Intelligence Community has as says this publicly. To primarily to denigrate Vice President biden and what the russians see as kind of an into russian establishment. Thats thats essentially what were seeing. Still ahead on aljazeera why the caribbean island of barbados wants to remove the british queen as its head of state and Tropical Storm sandy has wreaked havoc on the southeast coast of the u. S. Where on the ground in florida for an update. For. Us looking pretty quiet across much of the middle east little bits and pieces of cloud i would say was the western side of saudi arabia but not much else to speak of also hazy sunshine coming through over the next few days we have got to tell you just here in doha around 38 celsius still getting up into the mid fortys the into iraq and also into kuwait ill just draw your attention meanwhile its to the western side of the mediterranean just around graceful we have known as a medicaid this is a combination of what is this hurricane like features which have developed in the mediterranean some very heavy rain and some violent winds coming through here that will cause disruption as we go through the next couple of days but i wanted to Central Africa for the heavy showers there drifting their way off the therapy and highlands pushing across Central African republic over towards the gulf of guinea those showers stretch down across parts of the democratic republic of congo weve seen some of those showers just creeping their way now into northern parts of angola because he wanted to show us too just around the coastal fringes of somalia maybe the chatter around the eastern side of kenya but nothing much to speak of further south its generally dry across a good part of Southern Africa but we could see water to showers just starting to slide their way towards botswana. 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Justice department are reportedly encouraging prosecutors to charge demonstrations with sedition a memo from the department has been seen by 2 News Agencies federal charges for protests related violence carry a longer sentence. Now to indonesia where millions of childrens education has been disrupted during the current virus pandemic many villages dont have Internet Access so teachers are going the extra mile to support their students but as jessica washington reports sometimes iran even those close to the capital. To. Indonesias wist teaming it seems nothing can get between these teachers and their students from monday to friday they travel to meet them. And although this school is closed because of code 19 precautions class is still in session you have needed a Research Fellow at the rich cannot do Online Learning because theres no Internet Access and people dont have Computers Laptops or mobile devices the teachers go from village to village using makeshift outdoor classrooms with covert 900 Safety Measures in mind they say theyre trying their best implemented resources. We are thankful that even though the road to a village is bad and its very far away the teaches still willing to come and teach us. Schools in this Community Like many across indonesia have been shot since march the teachers took it upon themselves to stop visiting the villages of the students knowing that without Internet Access and often no electricity Online Learning was never a viable option for most children he. The pandemic has disrupted the education of millions of indonesian children and its not just remote provinces experiencing difficulties with Distance Learning but cities close to the capital as well. In tiger on the western border with jakarta schools are closed and these children have no Internet Access at home. The local government has set up an internet hotspot in this classroom the children to do their homework. Very well. We started Online Learning in march i really miss my school and i would like to go back the Education Ministry says it sees the need to change the system. Before. We did like 3 years. The teachers without those resources its a challenging time because of the teachers a working twice as hard we are being overworked. Some schools have reopened but for many teachers there is no sign when the challenge of teaching without a classroom. Just in washington aljazeera tuggeranong indonesia barbados has pushed this week to drop Queen Elizabeth the 2nd as their head of state has revived the debate among former british colonies in the caribbean over whether to become republics barbadian government launches spaces attempts saying the time has come to fully live a colonial past behind recently britains reputation in the caribbean took a battering because of the wind rush scandal when british caribbeans who had lived and worked in the u. K. For decades where wrongly targeted for deportation. B. D. s want a barbadian head of state this is the ultimate statement of confidence in who we are and what we are capable of achieving hence bobbitt us with the next logical step towards full sovereignty and become a republic by the time we celebrate our 55th anniversary of independence david come a shocking is ambassador off barbados to the Caribbean Community he says the countrys been trying to retrieve its own identity. This is a different barbados this is a barbados of you know predominantly latin nation and with a new sense of what our national are who are the heroes are our values and principles we want to hold