The larger group and so you dont need to be. A Japanese Council stakes claim to a chain of islands that china and taiwan both say belong to them. The u. S. And russia hold Nuclear Weapons talks as the survival of the last remaining treaty hangs in the balance. Of the stasi in the United States where corona virus infections of saud as states continue to reopen their economies the daily number of cases is now its highest level in almost 2 months a dozen states including arizona florida and texas all experienced record increases in new cases in the last week but it is a different picture and new york city once the epicenter of the outbreak after 3 months of lockdown offices restaurants and has thousands. Reopening in americas biggest city across the wilds there were 183000 new infections reported on sunday thats the west day yet as the total knee is 9000000 while in brazil the number of deaths past 50000 and indian authorities reported the highest daily jump that a new infections 15000 despite the rise in cases restrictions that continue to be relaxed well we saw how coverage in new york where Christensen Lumia standing by for us kristen things all opening in new york but the white house has even admitted that theyre bracing for a 2nd wave around the country whats driving these these rises and infection numbers that were seeing. Well if you listen to president suggested this is simply the result of more testing although Public Health officials have challenge that notion they say yes theres more testing going on but theres also increasing signs that Community Spread in particular out whereas california in the last day has seen 4500 new cases of coronavirus thats the highest daily infection rate since march some 29 states in fact are increasing in numbers and. Missouri oklahoma where the president had his rally over the weekend also saw record high days of new infections although in some places like oklahoma its about 450 new infections its a smaller states smaller overall number but the trend is whats worrying Public Health officials 17 states including here in new york have been going down but its that overall trend and these areas some of which do not have mandatory mask wearing and other measures in place. One positive note tallit is are down in the United States the overall fatality rate is down some 43 percent but obviously a worrying trend for help. Officials as much of the country including here in new york start to reopen a prison by watching the traffic and the people pick up behind you and despite the growing numbers around the country im sure people in new york looking forward to being able to get out and and even be able to get. Absolutely new york has had some of the most stringent lockdown. Requirements in place and its taken a phased approach to reopen in new york city once the epicenter of the pandemic with the most deaths in the country is now seeing its rates steadily declining entering phase 2 of reopening which means as you said retail saks 5th avenue the Iconic Department store behind me is reopening Restaurants Office workers can go back to work at 50 percent capacity you know theres 27000 restaurants in new york city so this is a big part of the economy and while they are reopening they have to serve their meals outdoors its only for Outdoor Dining so this is a real challenge for a lot of the establishment they have to keep their table 6 feet apart and the city is planning to enforce this or sending out ambassadors to check on people remind them of the requirements or handing out 2000000 mass but they get moving forward with the reopening given the fact its been 3 months in the Unemployment Rate here has skyrocketed to 18 percent Kristensen Amy there watching all those things reopen for us in new york thank you very much christine. Well infections are also rising as alarming ways in brazil where the president dismissed the virus as just a little flu thats now recorded more than 50000 deaths Alexia Bryant has. Brazils deep divisions playing out on the streets of its major cities with some marching in support of president. And opponents determined he should step down. Here we are here in defense of democracy and asking for sonora to leave this president who asserts the peoples power and is committing atrocities does not deserve to govern our country. Protesters are angry at both in hours response to the pandemic hes openly disagreed with advice from his own Health Ministry calling covered a little flu saying measures such as social distancing accosting jobs and a more dangerous than the virus itself. Those feelings echoed at rallies in brazils commercial capital sao paolo we saw more mosques showing the president who is often saying without one born almost but if they were here in support of our president. We want to go back to work we want support for shopkeepers support for entrepreneurs these people here in sao paulo today are in support of brazil. But brazil is struggling to beat the virus with some doctors warning that hospitals a swamped with more than a 1000000 confirmed infections what critics say is the president s chaotic response has seen local authorities step in to take their own measures but judging by the crowds at protests and the shops theres not much social distancing being done many say what rules there are and not being enforced. On rio de janeiros famous copacabana beach also our supporters stood with brazilian flags staked into the sand where just weeks ago they were crosses laid and protest against the 10s of thousands of deaths. The mortality rate among brazils Indigenous People is twice as high as other brazilians the militarys been sent in to help communities with testing but some in the Amazon Region say its too late and accuse the president of abandoning them. To just put feeling heroic weakness sometimes i can feel it in my heart i feel weak as the virus continues its relentless spread so too does anger about where the president both a narrow is to blame elixir Brian Al Jazeera on the head of the World Health Organization is warning World Leaders against politicizing the pandemic saying its undermining efforts to combat the corona virus the greatest threat we face now is not the virus itself its the lack of Global Solidarity and Global Leadership we cannot defeat this pandemic with a divided world the one who is in desperate need of National Unity and Global Solidarity the politicize issue of the pond and nick has exacerbated. Ultimately the point mimic i shown that we are humanity one humanity. None of us are safe until all of our eyes are safe meanwhile the head of the w. H. O. Is imagine shes program address the surge in cases and some us states saying people there need to respect safety measures. Many countries have experienced clusters of disease or upticks in the aftermath of. Reducing stair home orders or allowing population mobility to happen. What weve said and i believe the scientists in the us are saying that over and over is that maintaining vigilance around physical distance personal hygiene. The wearing of masks according to the National Guidelines were appropriate. The increased surveillance of the clusters are investigated testing tracking isolated cases quarantine in context this is what needs to continue well that comes as a top disease experts in china is expecting a big drop in corona virus infections in the capital by the end of the week there have been more than 230. 00 cases in beijing since a new outbreak there the start of the month but just 9 were reported on monday officials have put several neighborhoods into lockdown and ordered tests on high risk groups such as restaurant workers and food koreas well there are now also warnings that the raids that covered 1000. 00 is spreading in germany is rising above containment levels there a Government Health institute says last week one in fact a person was transmitting the virus to fewer than 2 other people now that number is close to 3 german Health Officials say it needs to stay below one to successfully combat the virus. Now on to some other news in yemens government and a Southern Separatist group have agreed to a cease fire in the region both sides have also started to discuss a possible peace deal it comes 3 days after the Southern Transitional council took full control of the island as the katra the internationally recognized government called that of truth the separatists wants an independent state of south yemen and are backed by the united arab emirates. Now a Japanese Local Authority has approved a measure changing the status of a disputed island chain thats also came to by china and taiwan beijing has called the move illegal and invalid the island chain known as some cuckoo in japan and tell you and china is controlled by japan japans Administration Dates back to 972 when the islands were returned after 27 years of u. S. Control they are uninhabited but they also are near potential oil and gas reserves rich fishing grounds and important shipping lanes and as agent brown reports the move by japan looks set to increase tensions with china. At the southern tip of the japanese archipelago a cluster of uninhabited islands now on the frontline of what may be a new flashpoint they lie close to Significant Oil and gas deposits strategic shipping routes and lucrative fishing grounds to japan they are the cuckoo islands china calls them the tao used but for 50 years theyve been administered and controlled by tokyo taiwan also claims ownership chinas government had warned japan against changing the status of the islands and is now reportedly deployed coast guard vessels to the area as it has done many times before. Its a serious purgation against chinas territorial sovereignty at a japanese site possibility in the name its illegal and invalid it cannot change the fact that though you island belong china we formally aborter 11 more meet with japanese side china has large foreign representations with the diplomatic channels and are served the right to further react. The rising tensions in the East China Sea come as chinas military continues to assert its Maritime Claims in the nearby South China Sea and while its soldiers are involved in another sovereignty dispute with india and whats also going to hear is they are all going to. India and china will serve. That the chinese are a bit of article this dispute has often stirred nationalist sentiment 2012 saw violent and he japanese protests in many chinese cities after japans government brought 3 of the islands from their private owners and although mondays renaming decision was taken by a Municipal Council it could still inflame passions once more what makes the waters of the East China Sea so potentially turbulent is the high profile of another military this warship evidence of a 60 year old treaty which obligates the United States to defend japan if its attacked its a treaty thats yet to be seriously tested adrian brown aljazeera hong kong. Well still ahead on aljazeera preparing a message for south korea and the norths plan to fight millions of leaflets across the border in the biggest ever Propaganda Campaign and dozens of migrants rescued from the mediterranean and he says they are part of an upsurge in numbers trying to make their way to europe. And the heavy rain through will central and eastern areas of china this huge swathe of catechise is where most of the rain is and for the most part its actually not carrying away from east and northern sections of japan so showers in the 4 coastal jesus that nichols in to take care and also a bad day choosing across much the Korean Peninsula however that is set to change and its because of this mass of rain you can see is on its way across the n. S. A. And study by wednesday it is going to produce a very heavy downpours and you can see it is extremely widespread we could have a similar thing still want to see showers across into central honshu no doubt across the fall south of china but still well see these heavy downpours in through central areas out tools east and again other day with some scattered showers and thunderstorms across into shanghai in india its all about the scene rains beginning now to make some headway through central areas nichols plenty of scenes like this is dark stormy skies overhead well see more thunderstorms as we go through cheesy but the rains also now really beginning to pop up across the central areas maharastra. And certainly on wednesday the rain pushing further to the northwest into rajastan and cools showers and thunderstorms across the Western Ghats maybe a scout shine new delhi with a high of 34. Palm county because thats the colonies tank and gov losses increased government thats are headed toward world war 2 levels when asked that his arrest hold high stock markets devolve from reality plus the pandemic devastates indigenous communities across latin america. Counting the cost well ill just hear oh we understand the differences on the semantics of cultures across the world so no matter what you say we need to find news and Current Affairs that matter to you. And again you want to me al jazeera lets remind you of our top stories this hour theres been a spike in coronavirus cases in the u. S. As states continue to reopen meanwhile new york city has eased restrictions reopening offices restaurants and has saddams. Yemens government and a Southern Separatist group have agreed to a cease fire in the region both sides of it also started to discuss a possible peace deal. And china has condemned a decision in japan to change the status of a disputed island chain thats also claimed by both china and taiwan the bill asserts to pants claim over the uninhabited island thats. Now Nuclear Talks between the u. S. And russia are currently underway in austria theyre discussing the future of the last remaining Nuclear Arms Treaty between the 2 countries whats called the new start expires in february and several treaties between the u. S. And russia have already been scrapped these include ones on overflights and intermediate range Nuclear Forces now the one remaining the new strategic arms reduction treaty came into force and 2011 it limits both sides to one 1550. 00 deployed Nuclear Warheads it can be extended for 5 years if both sides agree but u. S. President all trump wants china to join the agreement saying its unfair that beijing has no restrictions or china has no interest and has declined to join the talks despite this a u. S. Negotiator has accused beijing of being a no show posting this picture from the meeting in vienna it sure is an empty place reserved for the chinese delegation or Chinas Foreign Ministry has responded calling it an odd scene while the chinese diplomat labeled that performance well i spoke to will sachin hes the nucleus to security project lead at the civilian research and Development Foundation global he says the Top Administration may be deliberately trying to sync the talks. China in the Nuclear Weapons game is really small fry compared to the United States and russia the United States and russia both have about 5000. 00 Nuclear Weapons apiece and the arsenal of china is about 300. 00 so orders of magnitude smaller now the thing about new start that is very relevant in part to remember here is the new start limits each side the United States and russia to 1550. 00 Nuclear Weapons strategic deployed Nuclear Weapons and peace now china doesnt have anywhere near that many so its kind of unclear to me what china joining you start means does that mean that the United States and russia are willing to reduce their arsenal sizes to 300. 00 to reach parity with china where theyre willing to allow china to go up to 1550. 00 Nuclear Weapons something which would be incredibly expensive and take a lot of time for the chinese to do so these are answers that the Top Administration has failed to answer so i really dont see this being a practical measure at all moscows approach is that they cant really do anything i dont think that ive not heard anyone from the russian side insisting that china join a lot of experts in the Nuclear Policy community kind of see this as almost a poison pill by the Trump Administration they dont want to extend the arms control treaty just because they see it as about a treaty restricting the power of the United States to do what it wants regardless of its impacts on World Security and global strategic stability so i think this is a convenient excuse and i dont think it actually means anything now north korea is being added to call off plans to launch thousands of balloons into the south and the biggest ever Psychological Campaign against its neighbors had follows a week of deteriorating relations between the 2 koreas from seoul robin wright has the story. North korea says it has 12000000 propaganda leaflets printed and 3000 balloons ready to carry them south across the border depicting south korean president moon j. N. Pyongyang says they represent the wrath and anger of the north Korean People up we do not have any intention to reconsider or change our plan at a time when north south relations have already broken down last week north korea demolished a joint Liaison Office on its side of the Demilitarized Zone in the surest sign yet of relations unraveling. The office was opened after a successful summit in 2018 which also agreed to stop provocative propaganda moves by either side. North korea has accused the south of breaking that agreement by allowing defectors who make calls human scum to float propaganda balloons into north korean territory despite having freedom of speech guaranteed in the south the government here has tried to curtail these provocative acts. One defect a group that had threatened to float bottles filled with rice and propaganda messages into north korean waters has been prevented from doing so with this appeal from the south john going on. The south korean government has already announced its stance regarding the Leaflet Campaign the government is blocking efforts to send anti north korea leaflets and commodities we urge north korea to stop their plan to distribute and the south korea propaganda leaflets that will only worsen into korean relations. But another defector group says it will launch a batch of propaganda balloons to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war later this week threatening to increase tensions even further robert pride aljazeera seoul. Well u. S. President onil trump has walked back on earlier comments on venezuelas leader saying hed only meet Nicolas Maduro if he agreed to step down peacefully on sunday trump told a u. S. News website he wouldnt rule out. Despite the u. S. Campaign to oust him the u. S. President also says hes having 2nd thoughts about recognizing Opposition Leader one as venezuelas legitimate president while High Court Judges in the u. K. Are hearing the majority governments bid to force the bank of england to release almost 2000000000. 00 of its gold the bank has held on to 31. 00 tons of venezuelan bullion for 2 years because of british and u. S. Sanctions president Nicolas Maduro says its needed to buy Health Care Equipment food and medicine during the coronavirus pandemic so now gager is following those Court Proceedings for us in london. Had the Opening Statements from the legal representative of my daughters board serving the central bank of venezuela now what he put out in his opening arguments to the court was that the u. K. On equivocally recognizes venezuelas government thats his argument and that of course comes all the way back you have tom hackett from back when the 28th elections took place and the british reaction to that as well as that of the other 50 or so countries who recognized why they all as the constitutional interim leader of venezuela but in court today the legal representative of my daughters board of the b. C. B. Said that even though there had been this proclamation had been made by the u. K. Government the u. K. Still continued to deal with venezuela it continued to have what it said full normal reciprocal diplomatic relations with that in mind as well theyre also allegations that even though there are there was a statement that was made where it recognized white dog it did not recognize. To be the president of venezuela which is going to be obviously the fundamental crux of their legal argument as well. Dozens of migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea after their boat was reported to be in distress the Italian Charity mediterranea saving humans says 67 people were taken to put salo in sicily and then transferred to a Quarantine Center most of the migrants were men from africa and bangladesh well for years it was the main route into europe from migrants and refugees but a crackdown on smugglers in libya lead to fewer mediterranean crossings thats reverse to this year with nearly 6000 people landing in italy so far thats almost double the number in the same period last year 6 boats with more than 100 migrants arrived on the island of lampedusa just in the last few days while laurence hot is with the International Organization for migration and he explains whats behind the increase in arrivals. We should say that this is happening because of the war and the conflict ongoing in libya which pushes a lot of people moving moving on and not necessarily staying in libya to earn. Earn a salary. So the situation is one that is in the increase as you have highlighted but still remains relatively low compared to previous years what is interesting is that in these months there has been relatively little activity from n. G. O. S the ships in the in the on the sea in the mid Central Mediterranean however the numbers have increased so this is just to say that sometimes people say that boats and geos do constitute a pull factor but in reality what we see is not the case and lets also not forget that this is the high season high season meaning that that weather conditions in the mediterranean are more conducive for new departures from libya and arrivals in the northern shore of mediterranean so we are likely to see an increase which is already happening. Of course we have also hope that this sign of generosity from the Italian Government will continue a lot will also depend on the a number of arrivals and the solutions which are found beyond the 1st disembarkation operation which means integration or relocation into 3rd countries. No minibus taxi drivers in south africas biggest city have refused to pick up passengers they also blocked roads in johannesburg as well as the capital pretoria the drivers are demanding more government money to help them stay on the road during the coronavirus pandemic 3 months of lockdown restrictions meant few are working hours and fares the drivers complain the government 63000000. 00 isnt enough. Well malawi goes to the polls on tuesday for a rerun of last years disputed president ial election that vote was an old by the Constitutional Court because of widespread irregularities. Reports. Malawis main Opposition Leader last was who formed an alliance with the Vice President says hes going to win choose days president ial rerun he lost to president 5159000 votes in last years election with the Constitutional Court ruled was marred by whites paid by judges or did a really good old a lot of young people and thats the majority of malawians do not have better jobs and we are telling them that we were created jobs or have been destroyed. Havent actually heard that every young person involved in something that will build this country prison with arika tried to stop the rerun but the Supreme Court turned down his appeal when he then tried to force the top judge into early retirement opposition groups accused of trying to intimidate the judiciary the president denies the allegation its only the 2nd time a president ial election result in africa has been overturned visible and the 2nd ability in malawi is crucial constitutional framework is there an independent judiciary is there i mean we hear brazil going and going and tradition of putting it down in demanding that the elections must be held according to law and we have managed to get here so its not perfect because theres too a number of significant gaps but i think its going to say they are also logistical concerns for months opposition groups demanded the removal of the organizers of last years disputed election the initial commission now has a new man in charge who is under pressure to make sure voting and counting of ballot papers go smoothly this time for a 1st. Time we were sworn in on the man for member of parliament. About the beautiful return to food of true. Rich men who had less than 2 weeks now to prepare for. The coronavirus pandemic has just had to travel for International Election observers organized a trying to keep bill to safe by encouraging social distancing mosque lyric and had washing all of which hasnt been widely seen during campaigning. Hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines theres been a spike in coronavirus cases in the u. S. As states continue to reopen meanwhile new york city has eased restrictions reopening offices restaurants and has salads more now from aljazeera as christensen to me. New yorkers are ready to get back to work in retail and restaurants are a big part of what new york is known for theyre expecting some 300000 people to be back on the job today and thats a lot of people who have not been working for almost 3 months now most of them in addition to restaurants hair salons barber shop some Office Workers will be going back but they can only go back at 50 percent capacity all of these industries must maintain strict social distancing rules yemens government and a Southern Separatist group have agreed to a cease fire in the abyan region both sides have also started to discuss a possible peace deal and comes just after the Southern Transitional council took full control of the island of secada the internationally recognized government calls it a coup china has condemned a decision by a local authority in japan to change the status of a disputed island chain thats also claimed by both china and taiwan the measure asserts japans claim over the uninhabited islands. Nuclear talks between the u. S. And russia underway in austria theyre discussing the future of the last remaining Nuclear Arms Treaty between the 2 countries whats called new stars expires in february the u. S. Is insisting that china be part of any renewed agreement and soul has a north korea to abandon plans to send anti south korean leaflets across their shared border the police comes a day after the north threatened to retaliate and start a Propaganda Campaign following a week of increased tension between the 2 countries High Court Judges in the u. K. Are hearing venezuelas bid to force the bank of england to release almost 2000000000. 00 worth of its gold president Nicolas Maduro says its needed to buy Health Care Equipment medicine and food during the coronavirus pandemic dozens of migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by an italian rescue ship after their boat was reported to be in to spread distress most of the migrants were men from africa and bangladesh well those are the headlines join me for more news here on aljazeera after counting the cost stay with us. The cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week economy opening up the pandemic as head towards world war 2 levels could be seal staring all stimulus. Time to pay down debt as economies tank and job losses increase