A strategic Iranian Forces been spared from top u. S. Sanctions. Brazil has become the 2nd country to cross more than a 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases the country is leading a surge in infections across america with some concern their Health Systems are now at a breaking point in america editor Lucien Newman has more than a shot at the 1st football match of the Rio De Janeiro state championship was anything but a joyous occasion her fans of brazils most popular team fleming go protested outside the magic on ask him against president bush natl hes been betting that the return of football matches will send a message to brazilians that its time to get back to normal and back to work. Its not the people by the Political Movement is against the reopening of the championship its a fascist irresponsibility of the government which is not committed to helping people the only concerned about the economy the game in arguably the worlds most football crazed country was played without fans inside while right next to the stadium at least 2 more people died from corona virus in an emergency tent hospital. In brazil the number of infections and deaths is unrelenting and with more than a 1000000 infections now confirmed former Health Minister luis indri commanded that tells al jazeera that the pandemic is still a long way from subsiding but i think that we are in the middle of the pandemic season we have a country of really a cult and we had some cities that really went through the problem was in the middle time and other ones that didnt start here so i think that were. Struggling with from latin americas Atlantic Coast to chile on the pacific the pandemic is accelerating chile now has the highest number of infections per 1000000 inhabitants in the world and despite months of partial or total lockdowns less than 40 percent of chileans are staying home prompting the government to limit permits to go out to buy food and medicine to twice a week the president has asked congress to fast track a law raising penalties for violating quarantine to 5 years in prison but many are questioning the strategy the vast majority of the people in the cars that you see here are returning home from work legally there are countless industries and businesses that are operating like for example this well known coffee chain and that are supposed to be providing essential services but the clearly are not and whats also clear is that the government is turning a blind eye because of economic considerations all the while telling people that they have to stay home. Hospitals already breaking point and while countries from europe and asia worry about a 2nd outbreak here in south america it will be months to put the 1st when even begins to subside you see in human aljazeera santiago. The World Health Organization is warning of a new and dangerous phase in the pandemic after a Record Number of infections for a single day or the 150000 cases were reported on thursday the w. H. O. Is urging people everywhere to maintain extreme vigilance the world is in a new and dangerous phase many people are understandably fed up with being at home countries are understandably good to open up their source eightys and economies but the virus is still spreading fast it is still deadly and most people are still susceptible. We call on all countries all people to exercise extreme vigilance. The u. S. Is marking the end of slavery a day known as juneteenth and its taken on added significance this year with the recent protests against racism and Police Brutality rallies have been taking place in new york washington atlanta and many other cities as a cause a look at the history of the day on june the 19th 865 an order was issued to free thousands of slaves in the state of texas slavery had already been abolished for more than 2 years but there werent enough soldiers to enforce the new law and many whites in the confederate self kept the news from the in slaved and now there are growing calls in the u. S. To make juneteenth and National Holiday. Gabriel on his own though is at one of the protests in new york the protests are still growing very strong as you can see these protests now are going for more than hours in new york city this is currently used protest of tens of thousands of people right now on 6th avenue and up our new york city weve been talking to people all day and theres a festive mood a little bit but theres also a mood of fire heading for mixed with a little bit of a of a victory victory because here in new york the governor. The mayor have been out but they are pushing for reforms within the new York Police Department as many of the protesters want to see reforms being announced from Police Departments all over the country but there are theres still a lot of anger why so many people are still out on the streets white black asian latino is because they dont meet over and over to this other state that theyre tired and they really want to say this to at least a bit tired of in years past taking to the streets for one or 23 days nothing ever happening and thats why were now on almost 4 straight weeks of protests here in new york and the routes United States i will point out i will point out that your notice if i were to come back and youll see that almost all the protesters were Wearing Masks as well its important to remember that new york is still very much in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and so thats why were all taking precautions but everyone says we might be in to grow a virus pandemic but were also here the civil rights pandemic as one man told me and thats why youre seeing so many people take to the streets in really really historic numbers that we have not seen in new york for. Canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau says hes disappointed china has charged 2 of his citizens with spying a businessman and a former diplomat were detained in late 2018 and whats being seen as retaliation for canadas arrest of a Chinese Business woman but beijing is rejecting accusations of hostage diplomacy alexey obrien reports these are the men at the center of a case thats left relations between china and canada at their lowest in decades. Michel spader a businessman promoting links to north korea who helped set up a high profile visit to pyongyang by former basketball star dennis rodman. Has something at stake and michael covert a former diplomat who works for the ngo the International Crisis group a role that saw him appear on this Channels Program inside story the i. C. J. Says cobra is an unfortunate porn and a larger struggle because more than 550. 00 days after their wrists both men have been charged with espionage. And the indictment charged michael coverage of secretively gathering state secrets and intelligence for overseas organizations with particularly serious circumstances the facts are clear and the evidence solid and sufficient. Details of the evidence against either men were not revealed but theyve both been called victims of hostage diplomacy because they detain ssion and 2018 came just 9 days after the arrest of long one joe in canada shes a Top Executive a chinese telco giant one way and wanted by u. S. Authorities over alleged violations of sanctions against iran just last month the Canadian Court ruled her extradition case can proceed analysts say theres little doubt the 2 cases are connected. And would be sent to the United States to face trial then it will canadians who seem to be punished for the acts of canadian culture among us out on bail and living under house arrest in one of him mentions in vancouver that supporters of the socalled to michael say they havent been allowed visits by lawyers no loved ones and meetings with consular officials have been put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic canadas repeatedly appealed for the men to be freed continue to. Pressure. To. Arbitrary detention of. Disappointed with. Very we will continue to stand for. The 2 michaels the 2 michaels face life in prison if convicted brian aljazeera. Egypt has called on the United NationsSecurity Council to intervene in a dispute over a controversial dam thats being constructed by ethiopia on the nile river cairo is blaming ethiopia for the stalled negotiations ministers of Water Resources from egypt sudan and ethiopia resume talks on june 9th after months of deadlock Egyptian Government worries the dam would take away water its people need to survive ethiopia sees the project as an important step in helping to pull millions out of poverty we just have segal is director of research at the Africa Center for strategic studies based at the National Defense university he says egypts latest move is part of its strategy to extract more concessions from ethiopia. Well i think what egypt is trying to do is raise the stakes and keep pressure on ethiopia and attempt to try and exact is struck a deal as it came out from ethiopia. You know both sides and sudan have actually been meeting. Even earlier this week at the technical level and. Even according to the sudanese youre cation minister they have an agreement to 90 to 95 percent of the issues and so there is a dialogue happening so i think what the egyptians are trying to do is to try to keep the issue as as high up and high profile as possible to to to put pressure on ethiopia for a better deal. All sides have a lot of you know. Pride and identity in this project i mean obviously the dow river is the troll to egypts existence and its and its identity and its economy. Meanwhile ethiopia has done for quite 6000000000. 00 of its own resources to build this thing out in its seen. As a point of National Pride where it is going to be able to generate power for itself and for the entire region as a means of lifting the country out of poverty and theyve got through a very. Long process of raising funds from everyday citizens so they have a lot invested and seen this through. Still ahead on aljazeera by former allies in yemens long running more battling for control of an island off the horn of africa. Thousands of protesters call for mollys president to resign for a 2nd time this month. Weve got more rain in the forecast across central parts of china theres a long rope of cloud that weve been looking at for the past few weeks really that continues to bring heavy downpours in across the region just to the south of japan but japan not really seeing too much more rain now as we go on through the next couple of days that will pull its way away and follow that wrote right there in sioux central parts made to see some what the weather just not going up to was shanghai as we go through sunday with the possibility of some localized flooding most of that is generally fine and dry and south of that again is generally fine and dry temperatures in hong kong around 32 degrees celsius we similar temperatures too across much of Southeast Asia we got the usual rash of showers i think the philippines pretty lightly to see some of the heaviest ones as we go on through saturday come sunday showers not quite as widespread but theyre still there nevertheless across much of malaysia northern parts of indonesia and sunny into thailand the showers around Thailand Join up with the showers that we have fading in across a good part of me and ma all in the south westerly monsoon driving that warm moist air into the northeast of india into bangladesh pushing up across bihar and west bengal western gas of course also seeing some rather heavy rain thats pushing right up into good or out. If you were in beijing looking out the Pacific Ocean youd see American Warships when mess was that somehow time is aiming to replace america and go around the World College chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our 1st president George Washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china part one on a just you know. Youre watching all jews there are her reminder of our top stories a sell resilience become 2nd cultured cost more than a 1000000. 00 confirmed coronavirus cases the World Health Organization is warning of a new and dangerous phase in the pandemic more than 150000 cases reported on thursday. Canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau says hes disappointed china has charged 2 of its citizens with spying business minute former diplomat were detained in late 2018 whats being seen as retaliation for canadas arrest of a Chinese Business when. Millions of people across the United States a commemoration whats known as juneteenth the anniversary of the end of slavery this year the date significances grown because a protest against racism and Police Brutality. Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that a trump rally can go ahead to in tulsa on saturday a lawsuit had been filed to stop the event but it concerns it could increase the spread of covert 19 his Campaign Said there were over a 1000000 requests for tickets to the rally however the location which is home to the tulsa rice massacre and 921 is causing outrage as well brandel explains. Supporters of President Donald Trump have camped out for days outside the arena in tulsa 2 whether by choice or lack of historical knowledge President Trump has chosen to kick off his Reelection Campaign in a city notorious for racist violence and mass murder in 1021 tolsons prosperous greenwood neighborhood was known as black wall street when rumors spread about an encounter between a black teenage boy and a white girl armed gangs of whites rampage through greenwood killing and burning planes dropped incendiary bombs witnesses said some Tulsa Police Officers set fire to homes and businesses while others stood by without intervening up to 300 africanamericans were killed people saw bodies. Lined up on the sand bars in the Arkansas River and people talked about how bodies washed up downstream. And their people who said they saw people being tossed into mass graves. In 2020 told so remain segregated with a history of racially discriminatory policing as protests over the killing of george floyd in minneapolis seethed a senior toles a Police Officer said this in a radio interview. In 2016 a black man named turns crutcher was shot and killed by a white policewoman while standing next to his vehicle was unarmed the officer was acquitted of manslaughter Tiffany Crutcher is terences twin sister in the same policing culture that burnt down my great grandmothers community black wall street also known as the Greenwood Community is the same culture that continues to persist the day is the same culture they killed my twin brother trump one oklahoma overwhelmingly in 2016 why then hold a rally in a state hell almost certainly carry again. Once. And interest once. I think a large part of the president s reelection effort is going to be. The strategy could back fire brand the middle of a pandemic and this will be the 1st large event since we shut down everything after this family and it turns out there is a significant outbreak of midnight. I think thats really going to put into jeopardy the president s strategy its a volatile combination the history of massacre a bitterly divided nation on edge and a deadly virus spreading fast with a president poised to stir up the brew rob reynolds aljazeera. U. S. Officials say theyre investigating taliban claims that unless a was plotting to assassinate the American Peace envoy to afghanistan. The u. S. Team that secured an agreement with the taliban in february and to end nearly 19 years of conflict. For allies in yemens war battling to control yemens island of sokoto southern separatists have stormed the Security Department building in the city of people in socalled tra the Southern Transitional council is backed by the United Arab Emirates and is fighting Government Forces supported by saudi arabia the s. T. C. Had originally supported the saudi u. A. E. Coalition against who the rebels but now wants to break away from northern yemen yemeni minister has called on the coalition to end the fighting and restore order on the island catherine checked is the director of the yemen unit at the next Century Foundation thats a think tank that operates in conflict zones she says the resurgence in fighting is possibly because of turkeys growing involvement in yemen it was a real fear that you would try to encroach on to the south and problems of yemen and try to open up you know and use one of influence if you will and i think that the u. A. E. Reacted to that and this is what is happening now in secret trouble and we need to remember about as far as the u. A. E. Is concerned the whole intervention in yemen that anyway i was always about having control of that which you raise in yemen so in the south and making sure that for example secrets how would not who read in someone elses jurisdiction as far as they are concerned that it was a matter of. National security so i think that the fact now that we see around in religion and its a very tall tale sign to me that the reason a lot of anxiety like the animosity towards stewart and that potentially receding new crocs appearing in terms of the creation and very kind of. That underpins these very very tentative lines. The last of 3 medical aid shipments is arrived in yemen as the u. N. Suffers a Funding Crisis there more than 40 tons of equipment including ventilators and testing kits have been flown in to help country battle coronavirus earlier this month the u. N. Appeal fell 1000000000. 00 short of what was needed forcing 75 percent of its programs to be cut in yemen. And i German Military says its killed several high ranking boko haram leaders in a series of airstrikes on a village in the northeast the settlement was reportedly being used as a Training Ground for fighters up it is has more from of. The strikes were carried out over the course of 2 days after days of surveillance according to the general military and they were sure that some of them leaders of boko haram fighters who were there at the compound when it was struck as well as several fighters were also using the surroundings Training Ground in the community or the villages on the fringes of the somebody so for us to know whats interesting by the way this information was released by the Nigerian Military on the day the nigerian president met with all heads of security agencies from the Army Navy Air force the police and the intelligence agencies where he was quoted as saying he was not happy with the way the Security Operations in the country were going to remember that not only the bottom fight in the northeast of the country but also the banditry attacks in the northwest of the country where in the last 2 months hundreds of people have been killed now the military said they were sure that they have gotten very value very high value target as they put it in that compound and that the information they got after the attacks were completely completed was that several of such leaders have been killed. Demonstrators have gathered in malis capital for the 2nd time this month ramping up pressure on president abraham bill because had to resign his opponents accuse him of corruption failing to contain violent groups president has promised to hold talks to establish a unity government because hawke reports. Michael is independent square a defiant crowd unwilling to call silent until president a brain block arcade resigns because i want to limit the regime has shown its limits we need change want a complete overhaul of the system it change of regime as in a change in leadership a change in our into. And a change in a political culture which has shown its limits in the absence of opposition leaders who abducted by armed groups while he was campaigning for parliamentary elections in april influential. Has become the voice of the opposition bringing together union Civil Society clerics and the Political Parties together all united to see an end to the regime 2 weeks ago a large crowd surrounded the president ial palace we can bring this country to a standstill but we have promised the vote will be no violence i want this promise to be respected the ball is now in his court the president says hes willing to dissolve the newly appointed National Assembly after he was accused of rigging with the vote. Ive decided to start talks to form a unity government hes offering a pay raise to Civil Servants teacher some has not been paid for 7 months we cant run from that record. And i thought it. Was the morning. French forces killed. Leader drug captured a Senior Member of the ice affiliate in the north of mali while the French Defense minister says military operations are making progress attacks are multiplying a un report accuses mali and Security Forces of committing Human Rights Violations and killing civilians they are meant to protect will need more than a helping hand from france to overcome these demonstrations and rebuild trust and what the protesters view as a broken political system failing the mali and people Nicholas Hawke aljazeera. The u. K. France and germany say they wont but washingtons efforts to reimpose u. N. Sanctions on iran us has threatened to trigger the sanctions if the un does not stand as soon expiring weapons embargoed Foreign Ministers from the 3 European Countries say that could jeopardize the 2015 Nuclear Accords americas top soldier in the middle east has called around the greatest threat to regional stability the 2 countries were on the brink of all out conflict just 5 months ago but behind the scenes theyve continued to cooperate when it comes to the strategic port of misrata has more from tehran trouble report insist on baluchistan province is one of irans economic lifelines this hub of activity is unique its the only iranian entity of its kind that has been spared from american sanctions. A u. S. State Department Spokesman told all jazeera after extensive consideration in november 2800 the administration granted a narrow exception to allow a limited number of activities that support the reconstruction and development of afghanistan a key u. S. National security interests the exception provided for the reconstruction and development of afghanistan and allowed for the operation of a harp or in support of these goals. Of going to stand can import iranian fuel and humanitarian goods but the port also serves other american interests in the region its an alternative to go other port in pakistan operated by the chinese it gives india a u. S. Ally assisting with afghan reconstruction access to land locked up gonna stand. Its also a trade link for india to lucrative markets in central asia and beyond for iran the port is an important part of shaping its economic future. More him one of our Major Projects insist on baluchistan province was reviving and using the port of job still undergoing Development System baluchistan is an important province to a country that is since a live in regards to our National Security this is the system baluchistan of the forefront of irans National Security and thats very true. Trouble has become a kind of political Bermuda Triangle where the normal rules of americas hostile iran policy dont seem to apply irans influence in the region is not going on in iran can influence the whole Security Apparatus in the region this is the good reason to let. The port is on the gulf of oman youre the mouth of the strait of hormuz were flashpoints between the u. S. And iran are common. The Old American Embassy in tehran was renamed the den of Espionage Museum its an ever present reminder of the broken relationship between the United States and the Islamic Republic of iran but despite decades of animosity and no direct diplomatic representation in each others countries there are still a few examples of quiet cooperation recent prisoner exchanges between the 2 were a significant step in the same direction after 911. 00 iran was instrumental in helping the u. S. Fight the afghan taliban. And in charge america and iran are indirectly cooperating on afghan reconstruction trouble her port is a kind of open door that experts say could be opened a little wider and perhaps bring both sides back to the negotiating table. To her on. There are these the top stories brazil has become the 2nd country to cross more than a 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases the World Health Organization is warning of a new phase in the pandemic with more than 150000 cases reported on thursday the world is in a new and dangerous phase many people are understandably fed up with being at home countryside understandably go to open up their source site to send economies but the virus is still spreading fast it is still deadly and most people out of still susceptible. We call on all countries all people to exercise extreme vigilance millions of people across the United States are commemorating whats known as juneteenth the anniversary of the end of slavery rallies have been taking place in new york washington atlanta and many other cities several States Observe the day as an official holiday and theres a push to declare it a National Holiday canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau says hes disappointed china has charged 2 of his citizens would spying a businessman and a former diplomat would it taint in late 2018 year olds being seen as retaliate for canadas arrest of a Chinese Businesswoman. Egypt has called on the United NationsSecurity Council to intervene in a dispute over a controversial dam being constructed by ethiopia on the nile river cairo is blaming ethiopia for the stalled negotiations egypts government worries the dam would take away water its people need to survive ethiopia sees the dam as an important step in helping to pull millions out of poverty. Former allies in the ammons war battling to control yemens island of so called for southern separatists of stormed the Security Department building in the city of hard. The Southern Transitional council is backed by the United Arab Emirates and is fighting Government Forces supported by saudi arabia the s. T. C. Had originally supported the saudi u. A. E. Coalition against to the rebels but now wants to break away from northern yemen the ongoing fighting threatens to push the country to the brink of famine. When you hear on aljazeera off the inside story stay with us. A win for the dream as the u. S. Supreme Court Upholds protections for the children of undocumented immigrants but will President Trump try again to reverse the policy and how will this ruling shape the election just 5 months away this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program on the known as the dreamers the children of undocumented immigrants who sought a better life in the United States and their American Dream is safe