And is it time for a change in algeria polls have just opened in a referendum to rewrite the constitution. We begin in hong kong where 7 prodemocracy politicians have been arrested on charges related to a Legislative Council meeting more than 5 months ago the group is accused of contempt and obstructing a session police have not ruled out making more arrests devika pollen is live for us down hong kong d. V. S. These are politicians not protest is remind us of the background to this the meeting that say its all of these events in motion. Why apologies we seem to have lost their we will try and bring her back if we can. To get a little more on that story about those arrests in hong kong for now though lets move on at least 4 people have been killed in super typhoon gorney one of the most powerful this year hits the east and philippines. It crossed the coast with catastrophic li violent winds gusting up to 280 kilometers an hour about a 1000000 people have been moved from its path the power of god he is a vocal memories of 20 thirteens typhoon haiyan in which more than 7300 people were killed or went missing well now lets speak to Jimmy Allen Bergen who is in manila and can hear us to really just give us the latest where is the time from now. Well at this point its just leaving the province the region of be called basically and its slowly inching its way towards the capital manila earlier today came we drove around and we saw preparations that have been ports. A day before the typhoon struck here in the philippines you know weve seen boats be put toward safety at bay where weve been told that more than a 1000000 people have already been evacuated from coastal towns and communities which are believed to be well within the hazard area as well within the path of typhoon the and it comes at a very difficult time of the time came when you know the countrys 2 reeling from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic the country has one of the highest infection rates in Southeast Asia and Government Resources have been stretched just imagine there are so many provinces that are well within the eye wall of by flu growing need the strongest typhoon to hit the country and perhaps the world this year and earlier today there was an advisory at work top government officials spoke where they talked about preemptive measures that about 19000000 people are actually going to be affected by this typhoon and that here in manila the impact can only be felt late into sunday but the pictures coming from a by province from the region its devastating there have been flash floods houses submerged and there are reports of casualties although thats something that the government has not been able to confirm at this point but more importantly there is also growing criticism of the president not being present here in manila in luzon since that buy food was even announced or right days ago we were told that the president is in his hometown the embattled city for the weekend and he did not appear at the official briefing today this morning so thats trending online theres a lot of social Media Outreach questioning why the president is in davo when the battle is here in the region basically with a hashtag where is the president so over the come. Hours according to the state Weather Bureau manila all the other surrounding provinces are going to actually experience stronger winds and heavy rains and basically the full impact of day when god has yet to be felt at this point ok for now thank you for that jamil and those in line for us in manila. Lets go back now to our top story 7 prodemocracy politicians have been arrested in hong kong i believe now we have developed a poland on the line for us to every year just give us the background to this so these politicians not protest is give us the background. Thats right these are our pro democracy lawmakers some were in office or they all were in office at the time of the event that is being investigated took place some have now left or been pushed out of the Legislative Council the events took place on a may 8th started off with a seemingly innocuous issues where a probate politician was trying to push through a backlog of bills without by circumventing the usual the procedure that happens in the Legislative Council to stamp any rubber stamp any bills project pro democracy Legislative Councillors pushed back against this they ended up in scuffles a little bit of chaos some of them rushed to the chairpersons where the chairperson was presiding and had to be pulled away and they were told to leave when they didnt Security Officers got in place its interesting to note that probate jang also legislators were involved in the scuffles although none of them have been arrested yet and its being seen as yet another clamp down in hong kongs prodemocracy camp here and in fact one of the Legislative Councillors who was arrested today from that Legislative Council meeting said that this is political persecution. Operated by hong kongs police this could have been easily worked out within the Legislative Council the police did not need to be involved. So this then not directly links to the National Security no but as you mentioned it is part of things why the efforts to clamp down on dissent is that how people sort of viewing this. Thats right so the date is very important this may this event took place well before the National Security law came into effect on july 1st that law was imposed by beijing its seen as wide ranging some would call it drug kone and its seen as stifling freedom of expression freedom of speech and especially Political Freedom here in hong kong weve seen the prodemocracy camp targeted again and again there have been many arrests of protesters in recent weeks and under that law there have been dozens of arrests to made but because its not retroactive this will not come under the National Security law but what it does it is that it cements the fact in many peoples fears that hong kong is clamping down on Political Freedom here and those that dont necessarily push push for stronger ties with beijing are calling for more democracy are often targeted ok thank you for that update there devika palin live for us at home calls. 2 people have been killed and 5 others injured during a knife attack in Eastern Canada it happened in complexity in the early hours of sunday morning american custody earlier police had asked for information on a man armed with a blade and dressed in medieval clothing. Its just 2 days until the u. S. President ial election and both candidates have been making a final push in key battleground States Donald trump went to 4 rallies in pennsylvania in just 10 hours is democratic challenger joe biden to it michigan with the help of former president barack obama a White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat has more from the campaign trail. With less than 72 hours until election day President Trump started early for a full day of campaigning 4 different stops in the Northeastern State of pennsylvania in just 10 hours trump narrowly won pennsylvania in 2016 and on tuesday hes hoping to do it again and if we win pennsylvania its over. This is one of a handful of states the Trump Campaign considers a must win for reelection what i didnt expect from such good friends leading in National Polls former Vice President joe biden skipped pennsylvania on saturday instead he joined former president barack obama fighting for votes in another election battleground michigan i believe that this is going to be loud and its going to be clear its tired for donald trump the pack is brad sandro know were done here is the chaos the treats burying her the hate the furrow here refuse to take any responsibility the pair blame trump for the rising cases of covert 19 in the United States america just had its single worst week of new covert cases and whats his Closing Argument here we are the worst week this week. I mean weve been going through this now for months the federal government has had an opportunity to respond 4 months back in pennsylvania trump painted an apocalyptic picture of a biden presidency joe biden or shut down your economy wipe out your factories and shut down your state ship your jobs to china raise your taxes but trump trails his democratic rival in this state steal his supporters are adamant trump will win pennsylvania and the election i think the majority of the polls are pretty wrong i think theres a lot of Trump Supporters that dont come out publicly and say you know and support you know. Because theyre afraid as of saturday just one in 3 voters in pennsylvania had cast their ballot donald trump is making a push to win over those remaining voters in a state that could help decide the outcome of the u. S. Election kimberly held at aljazeera reading pennsylvania. Mexico says it has no record of unaccompanied Migrant Children entering the country its after the New York Times reported that more than 200 children from Central America have been expelled from the u. S. To mexico of the past 8 months it was said to be sent back alone with no family to take care of the Mexican Government says it will continue to investigate the u. S. Navy special forces have rescued an american citizen who was kidnapped and this week the pentagon says Phillip Walton was taken from his fall mindi for the choice of muscle loss or by a group of armed men and then to know of the nigeria they demanded more than 1000000 dollars from his family u. S. Media reporting that 6 of his captives were killed still to come here on aljazeera. From thursday into the still to december you must stay at home you turn in the British Governments covered 19 strategy. And remembering departed loved ones celebrating day of the day a little differently. However got more wet and windy weather tumbling in across northwestern parts of europe for a little further south though its fine and dry with a High Pressure in charge here the high is the lid on the atmosphere he says skies relatively clear where i mist and fog cooler weather is always a possibility at this particular time of year but you see this rush of clouds where the fronts are rolling through also blustery showers longer spells of fry the possibility of further flooding we have seen some very heavy rain into western parts of england into wells southern scotland along with parts of the blustery conditions will continue to drive the way across the north sea into scandinavia some norway seeing some rather heavy rain for a time snow over the high ground in the pushrod across waving over towards fame land band a cloud of rain also coming down across northern france for the low countries maybe more parts of spain as well but we go with our fine and dry weather still a few showers over towards the black sea the eastern side of the met a few showers possible to just around northern parts of egypts Northern Areas of libya and they do punch a little further inland for many its going to be dry coast until you get down to the seasonal showers scraping their way further south was quite nicely with the heavier showers now to some of nigeria and ghana. Frank assessments if either can be. The opinion piece betrayed by social media platforms after november would be good because cautious and if you believe that there horowitz if you are democracy one obvious solution is to break the law informed opinions look at checkers dont go anywhere the protesters are going anywhere either its a bullet with a revolution. In depth analysis of the days global headlines who is it thats really out there on the street inside story on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour police in hong kong have arrested 7 prodemocracy politicians and charges related to a Legislative Council meeting more than 5 months ago the group is accused of contempt and obstructing censure. Least 4 people have been killed a super typhoon gone it hits the philippines across the coast with wind gusts of up to 280 Kilometers Per Hour about a 1000000 people have been forced to leave their homes. U. S. President ial candidates are making their final push for votes in battleground States Donald trump is holding rallies in pennsylvania joe biden is on the road with barack obama in michigan the election is on tuesday. On gerry and the voting in a constitutional referendum on whether to reform a decades old political system as part of efforts by the new government to respond to demands from protest as mom adult reports. For nearly 2 years millions of our judeans have been demanding change they say they want a more balanced system of power sharing a stronger popular representation and guarantees of social and individual rights. President of the machine to boon promised to address those demands through amendments to the constitution those changes are being put to the public in a fundamental sunday. If approved there limits president s to serve only 2 terms in office and give the president the ability to appoint a Prime Minister from his own party if it wins a majority and crucially it will give parliament the power to remove the Prime Minister through a motion of no confidence. The government says the amendments respond to peoples fundamental aspirations by establishing a genuine democracy there are more changes planned on social have individual freedoms we dont recognise this system in power. This constitution if passed will plunge us into the abyss just as the preacher says of those in power plunged us into the abyss we do not recognize them but a form is designed to turn the page on a history of centralized powers and military intervention in our politics. I swear that whatever they do we will not stop until we achieve independence and i swear that we will continue to fight until this regime falls. The protest movement otherwise known as a dark force that as a condition of president of lies is beautifully plain april last year after months of mass rallies but government critics see his loyalists both civilian and military still around the country. Even after the president ial election that was organized in december in an attempt to bring a change. All 5 president ial candidates in that election were part of the form of government elections for the lowest turnout in algeria as history a similar turnout is predicted for sundays referendum vote the date november 1st is symbolic for algerians its the 66th anniversary of the beginning of the war of independence from colonial from us but the mood of National Solidarity that our junior witnessed on day 45 years ago is largely absent today because of Political Division 101 and dizzy. A Senior Correspondent joins us now to talk more about this so this referendum will limit the president and give parliament more power but critics are saying it doesnt go far enough why is that what more do they want. Well basically the protesters dont have trust in the political establishment said a while ago in his report the reason why they chose in november 1st is because it is the commemoration of the war of liberation in 1954 and they wanted to rally National Support telling people that if you vote yes for this constitution were going to build a new vibrant transparent democratic algeria the thing is that those who took to the streets last year and toppled president idolizes most of we have to say that the new political establishment is the continuation of the old establishment they have hijacked the demands of the people they managed to take over and they stole our dreams and the biggest concern today why today is a critical moment for the jury or is that voter turnout if you see are higher voter turnout this is going to be good news for the for president ive been busy to board if you see a very low turnout voter turnout this is going to just further deepen the political crisis why people are not happy with the constitution the reforms because ultimately you borrowers will stay with the president he has the right to sack the Prime Minister the government he has absolute say over the judiciary and people are saying this is not the kind of president we need in the near future we want a strong independent judiciary we want a strong Prime Minister and we want a Prime Minister a president who should go after 2 terms and people dont believe that this is something that could happen in the near future if they vote yes for this constitution one last thing here president is in germany where hes being treated we dont know exactly where hes suffering from but many people think that could be he contracted coronavirus a few days ago and this is raising many concerns about the future of the country ok thank you for that Senior Correspondent has. U. K. Prime minister boss johnson is putting england back into lockdown for a month hes been warned that rising infections could fill hospitals within weeks austria has announced similar measures are adding to a growing list of European Countries re imposing restrictions if back reports from london a major u. Turn in the British Governments 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 im 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 Johnsons gamble hasnt paid off the u. K. Isnt the only country to announce a nationwide lockdown the austrian chancellors order the closure of restaurants and hotels from choose day high schools and universities will move lessons online and theyll 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 band one by one europes 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 or recover faster. But with many of europes economies in trouble the prospect of more months of covert confinement is difficult to bear nieve parker aljazeera london. Rescue crews in turkey a working to save people trapped under the rubble is near a powerful earthquake on friday hit the western turkish province and the greek island of samuels triggering a small tsunami based 51 people have been killed and hundreds more injured. Turkish president edge of time arrived in israel on saturday nights he visited the site of collapsed buildings and spoke to search and rescue workers. Who is live for us no one is sitting just chris latest on the rescue efforts are they still hopeful of finding people alive. With world him search and rescue operations continue with High Pressure as you can see right behind me in the result of a building that we have reported yesterday as well this is one of the most devastated buildings around here which has. A poor structure according to the experts and when you speak to the search and rescue teams they say that all until they find the last person that is set to be reported to be under the rubble they always have a hole so still dozens of frisket workers are working. Here as a signal of life for a survivor on there that every yesterday in the morning when we started reporting from here we were told they were they had the belief that this force of people who were trapped under the rubble a feel for them have been rescued some of them were killed some of them were alive and also it in of course 5 years ago as well but of course as the as the longer this search and rescue 6 continues as. The more the pressure is on the on the floor on the ground im sorry it means that the hopes are getting getting less because we dont know how many hours people can bear to be down the rubble but as i said for the rescue teams there is still a hole and even just 3335 hours after the earthquake that took place starts friday they were able to rescue some civilians alive. Tell me how people are doing is near people youre speaking to i mean do they feel comfortable going back into their homes has been a lot of for as weve been reporting actually has been a lot of aftershocks so how. People doing. Well yes there have been there have been 850 aftershocks of this and there are at this. A couple of several earthquakes since last friday even just less than an hour ago 4. 00 point something earthquake took place again and it is may so people are still scared and people who is buildings having collapsed they are outside in the surrounding parks around here the minister ality red crescent have built tents so that people can stay during the day and spend over night when we speak to the people they say at night it is getting a call that she lives in this fight that it is very very they people are saying that they are spending the nights in the cars and spending the days in the park when there are many children of course who are left outside right now even the coffee shops around here are open and for free service 724. 00 just one for instance one of the coffee shops just right next to me is open for the civilians who who come to their homes theyre spending the night over there the local administrations are providing food for them yes there are not many of them in there are air around 17 buildings that have collapsed some of the buildings 2 dont even have any cracks on their walls but when you speak to people they say that theyre afraid to go in their buildings this fire at their construction a safe so since aftershocks still continue there is still fear here ok thank you for that. For us and. For this year mexicans will be able to flock to cemeteries to celebrate the day of the dead because graveyards have been closed to prevent the spread of cover 19 but the annual festivities are still providing consolation to those have lost someone in a country which has the 4th highest death toll in the world from home on reports from mexico city. Every year on the day of the dead that makes crews departed return to the land of the living. And usually the graveyards of full of their families waiting to welcome them with their favorite food drink and music its one of mexicos best loved festivals. But this year the symmetries aside are closed because of code and this play on an island in the ancient waterways of sochi milko district is one of the few events allowed. Its a story of larger on a a prehistoric spirit who walks the streets crying for her lost children. This year the lead actress is dedicating the show to those lost in the pandemic and the many women murdered in a country struggling with Domestic Abuse but also argue that. I could you wouldnt we want to help people cry if they need to cry to provide a ceremony a way out for all that love more than just pain all the love we see we factored when we have our dead present so that we know they are with us. You audience watch from the truck in areas long boats floating on the altars such a mill corys one of mexicos special places for the day of the dead celebrations these canals date from pretty hispanic times and the places really kept hold of its traditions to the point where the same pursuit chill flower the orange flower that used in the celebrations is growing here. I mean fields on the outskirts of east to pull up. District to the simple chill they used to adorn the old says to the dead to go up in homes across the country part of the tradition that the pandemic cant touch. But. Just picking up a big bundle for her family this year the day of the dead will be especially moving. Big 3 died of kobita may once she was taken into hospital the family couldnt say goodbye now they have the chance but i left when i was a friend you cant imagine that you would never see that person again that we are so happy to be here. That we can feel his presence and thats why we put out with his favorite themes so she knows we await that we love her that even though we couldnt do we havent forgotten how. We have the privilege of sharing food and stories appeared threes with the garcia family as they waited for her to return. Like everywhere in mexico its a moving but joyous occasion a moment for spike as the pandemic rages on John Heilemann how does it make scarcity. Result is there and these the Top Stories Police in hong kong have arrested 7 prodemocracy politicians on charges related to a Legislative Council meeting more than 5 months ago the group is accused of contempt and obstructing a session to take a poly
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