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A spike in new cases and there is growing concern in one province in pakistan after hundreds of children test positive for gold at 90. Thank you very much for joining us 3 days of protests over the killing of an unarmed black man in the u. S. City of minneapolis has exploded into a new night of violence across the country the National Guard has been called in to minneapolis and the mayor has had a local emergency for 72 hours they gave him he has a nice. This was the police said a very different night of protest an entire Police Precinct in minneapolis was set on fire as anger directed at those who swear to protect and serve escalated the. Not far from the Police Station mall burning shops looting and violence protests have spread across the United States in denver demonstrators echoed the demands for justice already heard in los angeles and new york anger over the treatment of africanamericans by the police is new but it is very wrong right now. In new this bill kentucky the death of george floyd has reopened old wounds with protesters demanding justice for an africanamerican woman who was shot dead by police 2 months ago it is this video of the last moments of George Floyds life a Police Officer kneeling on his neck thats driving the outrage floyds family the citys mayor and National Politicians are calling for the officer to be charged with murder we did see a murder on t. V. And it wasnt selfdefense the f. B. I. Is promising a thorough investigation but it could take weeks for a prosecutor to decide on criminal charges and people here are impatient francis i am pleading i am pleading with individuals. To remain calm and to let us conduct this investigation President Trump called those involved in the violence thugs and said he was prepared to have the federal government assumed control at the mass request minnesota is sending in the army National Guard donald trump knows nothing about the strength of minneapolis we are strong as help is this a difficult time period yes but you better be damn sure that were going to get through this. The protests in George Floyds name are only growing as more people in more cities. Feel justice in america is far from equal Victoria Gate and be there. For less sake a closer look at what President Trump tweeted about the protests 1st warning the mayor of minneapolis to get his act together and then writing these songs are dishonoring the memory of george floyd and he wont let that happen also said he had told the governor of minnesota that the military is with him all the way any difficulty and we will assume control he adds but when the looting starts the shooting starts or donald trump is not the 1st to use such a threat for miami police chief Walter Hadley was the 1st to say when the looting starts the shooting starts while promising violent reprisals on protesters in 1967 twitter has responded to come sweet saying it violates the rules about glorifying violence however twitter has determined that it may be in the publics interest for it to remain accessible paul bloom is every 4th or a Fox News Channel in minneapolis has been on the scene seen on the street sees last few days and heres what he told us about the situation there. As of last check of the city of minneapolis and basically gave up on key Police Station in the pocket of the city were we call it the 3rd precinct 4 where george floyd was arrested and subsequently i had the precinct that serves that part of the city of minneapolis was overrun by demonstrators they broke in they breached security fencing that had been put up they got inside and then they are acknowledged that it was his decision to give up on the 3rd precinct that even the symbolism of the last building that has subsequently been set d on fire and still continues to rage in flames that that symbolism is that that lot of property and a building is far less important than protecting lives and that it was the mayors decision to wave the white flag d and evacuate but there really has not been a great police in gauge meant police have basically ceded the 3rd Precinct Police Department Building at south and the surrounding neighborhood the firefighters they got in for to fight one blaze on that block that was started by demonstrators but right now when we went into city hall with d one last look of it d from a bridge overlooking the scene and there were several fires including that Police Station still going without a drop of water being placed on a. In other world news koren teen measures in the philippines capital manila will be eased from next month after months of a strict long don over the Coronavirus Crisis of severely depressed economy thats despite 539. 00 new cases being reported on thursday the largest spike since the 1st infection was reported in january in a televised address president rodrigo detective trying to reassure the public that the vast majority of cases were mild and that there is been a low death rate. In south korea the reopening of hundreds of schools has been suspended and some have been forced to close after a spike in new coronavirus cases 58 new infections have been announced most of them from seoul and link to an Online Shopping warehouse there is right mcbride is in seoul with this update. This is an outbreak thats causing major disruption to the reopening of schools schools here in south korea as elsewhere have been closed for months and after a lot of very careful planning to make sure its done safely then very carefully we are in the middle of a staged reopening of schools its a reopening thats already been delayed by a couple of weeks because of another cluster or another outbreak and were now likely to see further disruption were white in the middle of this process so some schools that had are due to reopen several 100 of them now have to pull back their we openings and theres more than a 200. 00 schools in an area called both of bhutan and to the west of a soul a soul which had already reopened are having to close again no boots on is the location of this major Warehouse Distribution center that is at the center of this latest outbreak we have had the latest daily cases of the new cases of corona virus in south korea or 58. 00 and most of these cases are from this facility it is slightly less than yesterday so the authorities are hoping that theyve brought this latest cluster under control but there are have to carry out several 1000 tests of people who work at this center that Associates Family members to try to trace everybody whos been infected and it has led to the authorities now reimposing some of the restrictions that they had already relaxed at least in the greater seoul metropolitan area. To pakistan now where more than 900. 00 children under the age of 10 have tested positive for corona virus in the southern sindh province most of them off from poor families where social distancing is impossible at home. As a story. Relatives wait outside a busy Emergency Department in 6 province their children are inside isolated receiving treatment for close it 19 at least 930 children and the age of 10 have tested positive for the virus most of them a symptomatic but the concern is how they became infected in the 1st place that all new cases where the children probably have gotten this infection from some of their elders who had left the whole world once on there or probably the family did not practice russian distancing in the proper manner the reason why im think this is because from since the 26th of february 2020 schools have been closed despite the pakistani governments advice to follow World Health Organization guidelines on social distancing many people here are not to some its not a choice. Most of the children that tested positive come from poor communities they live in cramped conditions big families in small spaces where not a lot. Look at the situation were living in its all solid waste the smell is everywhere meanwhile the government is talking about hygiene and social distancing how is it possible in a situation like this and how can we keep our children safe. Many of pakistans hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of created 19 cases more than 61000 people so far and more than 1200 deaths with the numbers and with the economy already weak the crisis has forced many people out of work the governments projects 18000000 job losses more pakistanis. Well relying on food handouts its a carrot street you do situation where you know if you open businesses youll want to everybodys life and risk if you shut down businesses then there is an economic downturn search not to be easy choice theres a choice between the devil and the deep sea with. Papa stone is considering imposing another nation wide lockdown in hopes of flattening the curve but it may prove hard to follow for those living in sindh province which now has the highest number of confirmed corona virus cases in the country so high that. Wearing a mask in public is now mandatory in 11 on a 14 dollars fine faces anyone seen with out 12000003 masks have been distributed by the government in the past 3 days 7 new cases of corona virus were reported on thursday pushing the total past 1100 as well as nearly 30 deaths brazil has reported another daily record of more than 26000 over 1000 infections the number of dead has risen by more than a 1000 for the 3rd consecutive day the death toll in brazil is now approaching 27000 this week a u. S. Study warns that number could increase 5 fold by office. And one of the densely in the biggest most populated slums near argentinas capital is under lockdown as seoul is home to thousands of people and will be isolated for 2 weeks after it emerged as a coronavirus hotspot the area has been sealed off and people can only leave with permission from Police Testing has also begun in another low Income Neighborhood nearby. Sudha head on aljazeera controversy cutting employee rights in india in order to kick start the economy and concern at the u. N. Security council after china goes ahead with new security laws for hong kong. Hello there are still plenty of clouds and some rather heavy rain showers across well central and eastern areas of europe meanwhile out across even northern sections out towards the west of us a good case guys in the last few hours now look at this is right up there in northern finland and this time of year the sun will not set properly again until the middle of july so the 15th of july is the next sunrise meanwhile further to the south in london weve got tower bridge really lit up very nicely the deep blue sky behind plenty of deep blue skies across much of northern germany the low countries france the u. K. Down across into spain and portugal fought in the portugal that have some heat in place for 6 states including the capital because the temperature is also very high theres a heat wave in place not the same across much of the southeast and in fact as we go through soften in particular very heavy rain back in the forecast across northern sections ukraine pushing up into boundaries and also into the southern areas of russia we could see as much as 75 going to be accumulating in the next 2 or 3 days that will likely lead it to some flooding its going to try to the central med in towards the southeast but not about to end athens with a high of 24 and Northern Africa mostly fine and dry time which is not too bad little bit low in the have been 29 in cairo but well see for the next couple of days those shows and cloud throughout syria and tunisia. Egypt strongman and hes ruling with an ally and faced in the silence from his allies is deafening us perfectly happy to try. Off to marshall c. For security why are western leaders turning a blind eye when even the citizens have fallen victim to his repression executions torture censorship is not acceptable and you wont hear such strong words from lets say berlin or paris or london a man in cairo on aljazeera. The. The world. Problem back a recap of our top stories on aljazeera this hour i mean the police Police Station has been set on fire in at 3rd night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man the u. S. National guard has been called into the city and the mare has declared a local state of emergency for 72 hours of the protests are spreading across the u. S. At least 7 people were shot in louisville kentucky where crowds cerned out to demand justice for Brianna Taylor a black woman fatally shot by police in her home in march and president has tweeted about the protests saying his repaired to have the federal government assume control any roads when the looting starts the shooting starts twitter has flagged that tweet saying it violates its rules about glorifying violence. While this is now the 3rd tweet by donald trump that twitter has flagged up as a breach of its rules the move has angered the president who accuses the social media giant of bias on various they signed an executive order aimed at stripping social media platforms of some Legal Protections especially if they remove or amend content on their site she had written reports from washington. Twitters placement of an exclamation mark and a suggestion that users get the facts about mail in voting after the president s unsubstantiated claims about the corruption of postal ballots have led to the executive order theres no president in American History for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of Human Interaction therefore today abseiling executive order to protect it appalled the free speech rights of the American People however this is new crackdown instead there will be a review of section 230 of the Communications Decency act the prevents Internet Companies from being sued over content and he is calling for the federal Communications Commission trade commission and state attorneys to look at placing new rules on social Media Companies to control editing he says to protect free speech but the president does not have the Legal Authority to strike down section 230 and he may face resistance from the f. T. C. And f. C. C. Independent bodies that have been reluctant in the past to take on policing the internet it is talking about a review which implies a period of time its not clear how much of this is saber rattling right there are things you can do with an executive order those things you cant do theyre probably litigation if they did try to do an executive order this is a nuanced complex issue republicans complain about censorship on social media platforms democrats like House Speaker nancy pelosi speaking about facebook on thursday complained there isnt enough both have threatened similar legislation our Business Model is to misrepresent the facts and to be a platform to do that and try to hide under freedom of speech which is of course a complete violation of everything and freedom of speech stands for both are also stepping into tricky territory about who decides what is acceptable and what isnt and the issue the framers of the constitution were clear about it should not be the government but should be the platforms themselves but i dont think facebook or. In general should be arbiters of truth i think thats kind of a dangerous line to get down to in terms of deciding what is what is true and what isnt Civil Liberties advocates warn the private companies have their own commercial priorities and should not become gatekeepers of the truth facebook already censors content in consultation with governments around the world the company has been broken up so it does its utmost to keep local authorities happy and bipartisan support for doing just that has been growing if facebook and other platforms have less of a stranglehold over our daily discourse its argued limiting free speech on their sites may not be necessary she have a tendency aljazeera washington. To spain now where government ministers are expected to approve a new basic income scheme for a 1000000 poor families its the latest measure to help spaniards struggling to make ends meet because of the cone of a spend the make the family benefit is expected to cost taxpayers 3000000000. 00 a year as he tomato hero in madrid for us so much of the Cabinet Meeting today what are we expecting them to an upset. Well today the Spanish Government will announce a minimum living Income Program for people suffering poverty as a result of the koran or virus crisis Spanish Government will spend 3000000000. 00 euros benefit 850000 households and reaching 2300000. 00 people these this incomes will go from 500. 00 us 1. 00 to 1000. 00 depending on the number of children or the economic circumstances in each household this benefit will start the payment will begin by the end of you know it will last until the end of this year but who could apply for these benefits while only households with incomes of less than 250. 00 this is part of a huge economic plan to combat the koran of crisis that has to do spanish economy toughly and so they have to sign this new program to restart the economy and also to benefit the most needed thank you for that Martha Martha herrero is our correspondent in madrid thank you. Now indias government is being accused of using the coronavirus emergency to exploit millions of workers after 2 months of lockdown some of indias biggest states have suspended most labor laws in a bid to restart the economy trade unions say changes to working hours wages and health and Safety Standards we can work as winds at a time they can protest and as a story from new delhi. Oversees the production of clothes for his designer label in his workshop an author sales fell by 70 percent in the past 2 months youre in lockdown and heyman says hell have to layoff around 75. 00 of his 300 employees. The suspension of most of the states labor laws means he no longer beats the governments permission to fire stuff in this difficult finding the street is going to be suffering a lot of these losses by its going to be more than this is what was a very important support that we got from the government. With a provision which is home to 230000000. 00 people is one of many states to change its labor laws including getting rid of the minimum wage extended working hours and reducing employee benefits. The states say the changes will help businesses and get the worlds 5th largest economy back on track but workers are already paying the price. As soon as the changes were announced it was fired from the womens wear factory hes worked in for 4 years the. Work is continuing at the company and 802000 people are working new workers have been hired on daily wages and none of those who used to work at the company have been brought back. Trade unions say the revised laws will drive down wages in a country with a minimum is just over 2. 00 a day Union Leaders defied lockdown guidelines to protest in new delhi which case quickly dispersed both the government the. Other 2 were going to work i dont resent the idea over the. One of the country on the rim of the net. Already have only one member only live ammo. The biggest changes have been in states ruled by promise to marry the maltese part of the jump Party Critics say the governments using the economic slump to push through laws thats planned since 1st being elected 6 years ago and at a time when people arent allowed to protest the International Labor organization has warned 400000000 indians could slip into poverty as a result of indias lockdown and as urging Prime Minister modi to send a clear message to states to up hold labels and protect workers from exploitation elizabeth piron of aljazeera new delhi. A Senior Army General in china says military forces are ready to attack taiwan to deter its ambitions for independence the rare Public Comments came on the 15th anniversary of chinas untie secession law which mandates a use of military force china considers taiwan as one responses i want government responded by saying the island will neither choose dictatorship nor bow to violence meanwhile china is warning the u. S. To stay out of its affairs after washington requested a meeting at the u. N. Security council over Hong Kong China is facing growing International Pressure over a new law that tightens its control over the territory our diplomatic editor james bays has more from u. N. Headquarters in new york. It was the u. S. Mission to the United Nations that requested a Security Council meeting on hong kong a request that was a breach blocked by china but just hours later the issue was raised anyway by a guest speaker at the council the e. U. Foreign policy chief turn into a very recent development which they can not stop avoid reading. I must stress it goes with the steps taken by china regarding nation will security legislation new. We believe that that is not the goal for miti with International Commitments nor with the hong kong basic or the chinese position though was firm this was an internal matter none of the Security Councils business how come affairs are purely chinas internal affairs and allow no extra no interference it usual of. Has nothing to do with the mandate of the thicker to cancel elsewhere u. N. Headquarters where they were holding an event about Global Development post code 19 a most important player clearly didnt want to take sides are you concerned about the new security law for hong kong today i do not intend to move into areas that are far from what we are discussing today because i dont want to divert attention from something that is very important spokesperson has already spoken. Yesterday on the before hong kong was handed over to china in 1997 by its colonial rulers the u. K. Many older hong kong is still hold british passports but ones that dont allow them to reside in britain now the u. K. Foreign secretary is proposing to change that status a move thats further likely to anger beijing months if china continues down this path and implement this National Security legislation we will change that status and we will remove that 6 month limit and allow those being a possible holders to come to the u. K. And to apply to work and study for extended periods of 12 months and that would itself provide a pathway to future citizenship diplomats tell me they expect a number of nations including the u. S. To continue to raise the issue of hong kong and that will only add to the growing tension both here at the United Nations and on the wider global stage between the u. S. And china james space aljazeera at the United Nations. An Australian Court has ruled that the countrys archivist must release letters related to the sucking of its then Prime Minister whitman by the governor general in the 1970 s. It was one of the most polarizing events in the country split all history and represented an unprecedented level of intervention by the crown historian has been trying to access the letters written by Queen Elizabeth and her local representative at a previous lawsuit found they were off limits in malaysia former Prime Minister mohammed has been expelled from the Political Party that he helped form that pani accuse martir mohamed of not supporting the government hes vying to challenge his ousting by the party headed by malaysias current Prime Minister monti unexpectedly quit the leadership in february. The un recognized government in libya says its destroyed 3 Armored Vehicles belonging to warlords honey for half tar the government of National Courts forces say they now control areas surrounding 2 military camps south of tripoli true soil to have to are retreating from their positions to jenny has accused have talk of trying to bring insulin is messner areas to fight alongside his forces under your. Government the whole region is almost empty of the enemy we have managed to completely control the areas around the military camps on minimal combing the front areas soon they will reach movement places and beyond our salute the fronts for their patients moved in a year and with this thing this brutal enemy of course the enemies are now trying to reorganize their ranks among mercenaries from sudan followed the mob. And the worlds most lucrative Football League the English Premier League will resume in 3 weeks no matches have been played in almost 3 months because of the coronavirus pandemic games will be played in empty stadiums to prevent any spread of the disease Sports Correspondent Andy Richardson has the details. Well finally the most watched Football League in the world has set a target date for its return all things being well on june the 17th Manchester City will play arsenal and aston villa will take on Sheffield United that will be exactly 100 days since the last action in the premier league now theres no doubt that all the clubs will be watching very closely whats been happening over in germany in the bundesliga where that competition has shown it is possible to bring back football safely and also to put on a competitive and commercially viable product despite the fact there are no founds in the stadiums and finances is a huge factor in this decision as clubs look to avoid repaying hundreds of millions of dollars to broadcasters if theyre unable to finish this season a lot still has to happen between now and june the 17th players and staff will continue to be tested twice a week so far though the league has been reassured by the relatively small number of positive tests concert training has just resume the next steps will be for full training to get underway and then for the clubs to lock down the exact protocol as to what happens in the build up to games and then on match day itself hours for whats at stake on the pitch will liverpool are 25. 00 points clear at the top of the table if Manchester City were to lose their comeback game against arsenal then liverpool would have the chance to win their 1st title in 30 years in their 1st game back against local rivals everton. As 0 emission flies are a step closer to the Worlds Largest electric plane took a test flight in the u. S. And flew for 30 minutes before landing at an airport in moses lake near seattle 3 companies worked together to build the 90 to aircraft which they hope to bring into commercial service next year. Youre watching al jazeera live from doha a recap of our top stories this hour a Police Station has been set on fire in the u. S. City of minneapolis in a 3rd night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man george for he died after a policeman knelt on his neck during a rest the u. S. National guard has been called into the city and the mayor has declared a local state of emergency for 72 hours a president has tweeted about the protest saying his repair the federal government to assume control and trump gross that when the looting starts the shooting sonce will twitter as frogs that tweet saying it violates its rules about glorifying violence minneapolis is marriage a code for a pushback against saying the city and its leadership were far from weak donald trump knows nothing about the strength of minneapolis we are strong as hell is this a difficult time period yes but you better be damn sure that were going to get through this. While the protests are spreading across the u. S. At least 7 people were shot in louisville kentucky where crowds turned out to demand justice for a buy on a tailor a black woman fatally shot by police in her home back in march in other news the reopening of hundreds of south korean schools has been suspended in some others have been forced to close after a spike in new coronavirus cases 58 new infections have been announced most of them from seoul and link to an Online Shopping warehouse wearing a mask in public is not mandatory 11 on a 14. 00 fine faces anyone seen without 12000003. 00 masks have been distributed by the government in the past 3 days 7 you called it 1000 cases were reported on thursday pushing the total past 1100 as well as nearly 30 deaths. Brazil has reported another daily record of more than 26000 Coronavirus Infections the number of dead has risen by more than a 1000 for the 3rd consecutive day the death toll in brazil is now approaching 27000 in this week a u. S. Study warned that number could increase 5 fold by august youre up to date with headlines on aljazeera the stream starts now. As countries begin easing coronavirus restrictions scientists warn of a 2nd wave of infections in the last few days. In front of their neighborhood and many fear the economy is be prioritised about for human life until fall of the people youre playing the focus on bell here because i could call it like didnt exist we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus condemning special coverage on aljazeera. I am 3 ok welcome to news stream i want you simply chose from the streets of hong kong a wednesday hong kong time why police are in the streets they are facing civilians and protesters in while guns pepper spray panix now this protest may be a very rare thing in the future because there is a National Security bill that hes trying to be pushed