Locals move to. The u. S. And russia hold Nuclear Weapons talks as the survival of the last remaining treaty hangs in the balance and tennis world number one Novak Djokovic just facing sharp criticism after 2 players test positive for corona virus at an event he organized in croatia. We start in the United States where corona virus infections of soared as states continue to reopen their economies the daily number of cases is at 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 in new york city once the epicenter of the outbreak after 3 months of lockdown offices restaurants and hair salons a reopening in americas biggest city now across the wilds there 180. 00. 3000 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 a new infections that 15000 despite the rising cases restrictions that continue to be relaxed while christensen remains in new york and she explains whats behind the rise in infection in some states. 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 of Community Spread in particular out wes california in the last day has seen 4500 new cases of corona virus 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 though a tallit is are down in the United States the overall 3 taliban rate is down some 43 percent but obviously a worrying trend for Health Officials as much of the country including here in new york start to reopen. Well the head of the w. H. O. Has imagines hes program addressed the surge in cases in some of those u. S. States saying that people need to respect safety measures. Many countries have experienced clusters of disease or upticks in the aftermath of. Reducing stay at home orders or allowing population mobility to happen. What weve said and i believe the scientists in the us are saying this over and over is that maintaining vigilance around physical distance personal hygiene and the wearing of masks according to the National Guidelines were appropriate. The increase of surveillance of the clusters are investigated testing tracking isolated cases quarantining contacts this is what needs to continue and meanwhile the head of the World Health Organization is warning World Leaders against politicizing the pandemic saying its undermining efforts to combat the crown of. The greatest threat we face now is not the virus itself its the lack of Global Solidarity and Global Leadership we cannot defeat these fine by me with a divided world no one who is in desperate need of night you know and unity and growth so you dont and the politics i was asian over the point to make exacerbated. Ill be majorly the point mimic i show him that we are you might meet one he might. None of our. And all of our. Well infections are rising at an alarming rate in brazil where the president dismissed the virus as just a little flu its now recorded more than 50000 deaths alexia bryan has more. Brazils deep divisions playing out on the streets of its major cities with some marching in support of president jaya balls and arrows. And opponents determined he should step down. But the market i fear we are here in defense of democracy and asking for an aura to leave this president who asserts the peoples power and is committing atrocities does not deserve to govern our country. Protesters are angry at bolton 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 masks showing the president who is often seen without one almost but if they were here in support of our president. We want to go back to work we want support for shopkeepers support 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 in 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 her supporters stood with brazilian flags staked into the saying were just weeks ago they were crosses laid in 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 tasting but some in the Amazon Region say its too late and accuse the president of abandoning them. The. Weakness sometimes i can feel it in my heart i feel weak as the virus continues its relentless spirit so too does anger about where the president is to blame elixir Brian Al Jazeera while there are also now warnings that the rate that covert 1000 a spreading in germany is rising above containment levels a Government Health institute says last week one infected 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 so some other news now in yemens government and a Southern Separatist group have agreed to a cease fire in the abyan region both sides have also agreed to discuss a possible peace deal and deescalate tensions in other areas it comes after the Southern Transitional council took full control of the island of sumatra on saturday the internationally recognized government called it a coup the separatists want an independent state of south yemen and are backed by the United Arab Emirates well for more on this we can speak to Elizabeth Kendall she is a Senior Research fellow at Oxford UniversityPembroke College and she joins us now from london elizabeth again as a Southern Province on the mainland which has seen quite a bit of fighting over the last few weeks and months how significant is this ceasefire there does it have broader implications. The hope of course is that well have wilderness occasions but its a very good starts and be honest you say has been a real hot spots of clashes between the 2 warring sides within the coalition its the son Transitional Council the separatists who are funded fact by the United Arab Emirates and the Yemeni Government backed by the coalition but in particular by saudi arabia so there also is on the ground of comes a close an abbey and ever since late april when theres an Transitional Council declared so. It is a good sign that this is happening now that the ceasefire has been announced because it has come on the back of a very active weekend with someone Transitional Council lexing its muscles taking notice of cultural organizing rallies another eastern governorate organizing protests this morning in the big governorates of headroom out that massive eastern governor at there and so it really looks like that could be an escalation so this deescalation very well but what is the status of that relationship between the u. A. E. About this t. C. In saudi arabia we saw this deescalation deal between them and then the s. T. C. Took sick or is there a new dynamic developing here whats driving that. If thats a very good question then might speed and new dynamic developing it certainly looks like that been signs that saudi arabia is tiring of the war in yemen it has much to deal with back home the war hasnt been working its been going on for 5 years its very expensive and the virus is spreading so it could be that its not recognizing the Southern Transitional council as a genuine military as well as it minister to presence on the ground in the south and that its there for stepping over the heads of the heavy government in order to broker some kind of deal which allows it to step back a little so it remains to be seen whether they whether this is just another cosmetic agreement like the riyadh agreement back in november 29th that was signed between these very 2 sides that has come to nothing and then secondly whether theyre actually able to control the militias to fight for them on the ground will this be able to be rolled out across the south or is it just another deadline will be more clashes ahead. The government there i do want to ask you about that because i see that just on the last day a senior official with then president had his government has said that theyve lost confidence in the saudis who have been a stansby fighting to return him to palestine whether the yemenis face and with all of this. Where do the yemenis you see in yemen has had a chance just story of course the heady governments although it is internationally recognized is not really a legitimate voted for by the yemeni people themselves head it was the only the president had he was the only candidate in the 2012 election and his term ran out after 2 years so its unsurprising that there are splits but even his own government and within the coalition of those those who support him and in yemen itself weve got essentially 3 governments in yemen one in so not by the whos this one an agent by the something Transitional Council and the head government what we can say is that this long weekend here has shown us how much power the head of government is losing and that yemen is now fragmented and as beth kendall there speaking to us from london from oxford pemba collets thanks so much for joining us your insights it has been. Still ahead on aljazeera preparing a message for south korea the norths plan to fight millions of leaflets across the border in the biggest and the propaganda campaign. And how palestinians are stepping up their fight against israels plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank. And there remains holes and dr coles across much of the middle east on the Arabian Peninsula meanwhile all across areas of the one or 2 shows again of the last few days and they will develop through choose a 28 is a high anchor and you could have even a thunderstorm with that 28 be feeling pretty nice in beirut we have this. Damage is not too high a different story across into iraq 45 celsius in baghdad the winds are strong and in fact they will follow way southward so also kicking up some sand and some dust of the next couple of days 47 curation on wednesday with those strong winds the winds not quite as a strong down into cattle on the high and around 40 degrees celsius meanwhile down in Southern Africa the usual thunderstorms 3 will Central Regions but also for the next couple of days the rains back in the forecast particularly to coastal areas of mozambique pushing up to the north and some very have examples likely into coastal areas over towns near that rain will work its way further to the north and the east as we go through wednesday that does mean more showers across into kenya and eventually pushing up into somalia as well but all the while weve got click conditions across much of a south africa temperatures beginning to come back up 16 degrees in johannesburg 19 in cape town but a very warm day importer lizbeth with a high of 26. Frank assessments tourism income stream is dead in the us whats been the result. Quite significantly and indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on 000. A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Hello again im home lets remind you about top stories this hour coronavirus cases in the u. S. Have increased as states continue to reopen but new york city has eased restrictions reopening offices restaurants and test islands all the while has recorded its highest number of new Coronavirus Infections more than one 183000 were reported on sunday brazil is one of the hardest hit countries the death toll there has now passed 50000. And yemens government and a son separatist group have agreed on a cease fire in the region of thats according to the saudi ambassador to yemen it comes after the Southern Transitional council seized control of the island of sumatra on saturday. A Japanese Local Authority has approved a measure changing the status of a disputed island chain thats also claimed by china and taiwan it asserts japans claim over the islands which tokyo has administered since 1972 and as adrian brown. Reports the move by japan set to increase tension 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 dar use 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 passed the bill it in the name its illegal and invalid it cannot change the fact that though you island belong china they formally aborts that 11 more made with japanese side china has a large. Diplomatic status and a 3rd of the right to for their react to. 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 it was also where is the all going to india and china will serve. That the chinese are the bits of article this dispute has often stirred nationalist sentiment 2012 saw violent anti 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. The high profile of another military this will ship evidence of the 60 year old treaty which obligates the United States to defend japan if its a tight its a treaty thats yet to be seriously tested. How does it. Know Nuclear Weapons talks between the u. S. And russia are underway in austria diplomats are discussing the future of their last remaining treaty called new stars which expires in february of several treaties between the u. S. And russia have already lapsed into doing one on intermediate range missiles the only one left the new strategic arms reduction treaty came into force and 2011 it limits both sides to 1550. 00 deployed Nuclear Warheads the treaty can be extended for 5 years if both sides agree donald trump wants china to join any renewed agreement because it isnt bound by treaty restrictions but the chinese arent interested despite this one of the u. S. Negotiators has accused beijing of being a no show posting this picture from that meeting in vienna and chose an empty place reserved for the chinese delegation while Chinas Foreign Ministry has responded calling is an odd scene while the chinese diplomat labels that Performance Art well ali i spoke to will say hes the Nuclear Security project leaves at the civilian research and Development Foundation global he says the Trump Administration may be deliberately trying to sink 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 or that 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 them to the south and the biggest ever Psychological Campaign against its neighbor and fought as a week of deteriorating relations between the 2 koreas from seller 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 jay in 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 for 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 boehner and you are the south korean government has already announced it starts 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. Now u. S. President has walked back on 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 meeting with europe despite the u. S. Campaign to oust him the us president also said hes having 2nd thoughts about recognizing Opposition Leader as venezuelas legitimate president or High Court Judges in the u. K. Are currently hearing the 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 the past 2 years because of british and u. S. Sanctions. Palestinian protesters are condemning israeli plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank the uns middle east envoy was among several diplomats at the mass rally the mass rally in jericho it was organized by the Palestinian NationalLiberation Movement which says the next 10 days are dangerous and its crucial to continue protests despite the coronavirus threat july the 1st is when israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is vowing to begin that annexation we need to hear him was at that protest. Thousands of palestinians and tens of foreign diplomats have gathered here in jericho to prove that they expect that the israeli move by the next thing the part of new york you why it was the bank as of july 1st the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu can bring this issue to the table and palestinians are saying that theyre trying to voice out their rejection they want to talk to foreign diplomats to try and talk to other countries to pressure israel not to go forward with its plans they want these countries to tell israel that theyre going to impose sanctions of course this is that and this did not happen yet but palestinians are told that by doing gatherings like these they will crush or the International Community of course gatherings have been banned because of the recent surge if you dont have a lot of the palestinian official said that because this issue is a very important one gathering like these will continue in the next few days and weeks to try and prosper israel and to really tell the world what is going to happen when it comes to the israeli plan. And there are also been protests in tunisia for a 2nd day over a lack of jobs in the oil and gas industry that demonstrators are calling on the government to stand 5827000 pledge to create thousands of jobs at least 10 people were arrested unemployment in the region stands at 30 percent one of the highest in the country a minibus taxi drivers in south africas biggest city are refusing to pick up passengers they also blocked roads in johannesburg as well as the capital potoroo the drivers are demanding more government money to help them stay on the road during the pandemic 3 months of lockdown restrictions meant fewer working hours and fares the drivers complain that the governments 63000000. 00 offer is not enough. 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 now authorities in croatia investigating a corona Virus Outbreak in the city of zada linked to a tennis tournament that was held there over the weekend at least 2 leading players have tested positive for cope with 19 after taking part in the event which was run by well number one Novak Djokovic hes since been tested after returning to serbia while croatias Prime Minister andre plank of it has also undergone testing after attending that event joke of it has come under fire for organizing the tournament with few Health Precautions in place others there is just as in zagreb he has more on the backlash croatias government is now facing. Other to the tennis exhibit tournament in southern creation was partly meant by organizers to send a message to the curious soul all over the world that creation is safe that its basically corona free country since it was 0 cases in the last 3 weeks but 1st the Grigor Dimitrov then today. The tennis coach is they were tested positive and there are a lot of critics saying that organizers didnt do well that they organized this student like it was completely normal time like there was no threat from coronavirus it was kids they played basketball more than 5000 people went to watch the tennis last week and the creation minister of health said today their mistakes were made the but he said that there is no fear that in this part of creation will be an outbreak of coronavirus he said because Little People came to direct contact with this tennis players among these players another joke which worlds number one he was not tested last night things other he went with the plane and his family to belgrade and he was there today this results we are still waiting creation minister of health said this is a message that this is the new normal must be taken seriously that all these kinds of whence must be organized in full cooperation with the government and with the following of all the rules he said no any new measures for now will not be implemented. There are small arise in corona cases in western balkans but the leaders of these countries are saying that these numbers are not something to specially worry about and they are not thinking about taking some new measures like lock down or blocking the freedom of movement. Now again this is out of there and these are the headlines coronavirus cases in the u. S. Have increased as states continue to reopen but new york city has eased restrictions reopening offices restaurants and has alums the World Health Organization has called on people to respect safety measures. Many countries have experienced clusters of disease or upticks in the aftermath of. Reducing stay at home orders or allowing population mobility to happen. What weve said and i believe the scientists in the us are saying this over and over is that maintaining vigilance around physical distance personal hygiene. The wearing of masks according to the National Guidelines were appropriate. The increase over surveillance of the clusters are investigated testing tracking isolated cases quarantine in context this is what needs to continue while the world has recorded its highest number of new Coronavirus Infections more than 183000 or reported on sunday brazil is one of the hardest hit countries the death toll there has now passed 50000. Yemens government and a 7 separatist group have agreed on a cease fire in the region of abidjan thats according to the saudi ambassador to yemen it comes after the Southern Transitional council seized control of the island of sumatra on saturday a Nuclear Weapons talks between the United States and russia are currently underway and austria diplomats are discussing the future of their last remaining treaty called new start which expires next year in february. U. S. President donald trump has walked back on earlier comments on venezuelas media saying he would only meet Nicolas Maduro if he agreed to step down peacefully on sunday trump told a u. S. News website he wouldnt rule out meeting despite the u. S. Campaign to oust him Palestinian Protesters condemning israeli plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank the uns middle east envoy was among several diplomats at that mass rally in jericho july the 1st is when israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is vowing to begin the annexation well those are the headlines i will have more news for you here on aljazeera the inside story do stay with us. Why did separatists in southern yemen seize a Remote Island in the arabian sea fighters but why the United Arab Emirates are accused of carrying out a coup. So what makes the audience so valuable to yemen or insights this is a story. Hello and welcome to the program i am wrong the latest flashpoint in yemens 5 year civil war is a Remote Island in the arabian sea the quarter is sometimes compared to the famous Galapagos Islands in the pacific