Prepares for a rerun of the president ial vote. More americans have died from covert 19 than were killed fighting in world war one thats the stock new situation in the United States where the number of deaths from the pandemic has passed 120000 new cases of the virus of spiked in several states which have pushed to open and their economies and come out of lockdown a dozen states in the south and southwest reported record increases in new infections over the weekend as well as a rise in the number of people in hospital they include florida alabama and oklahoma where the president held a Campaign Rally on saturday lets speak to rob reynolds who is live for us in los angeles the questions of course are now going to be asked whether or not this rise in cases is linked to this alli push to restart the u. S. Economy. That is certainly one of the factors that seems to be at play here rob leave it to the Health Experts to look at other factors that might be involved certainly. For example today in florida which is seeing a big spike the governor there Rhonda Santas said that hes seeing a lot of new cases in people under the age of 40 which is kind of a new twist and he suggested that young people are sort of slacking off in terms of Wearing Masks and keeping proper social distancing here in california the numbers are not very good the hospitalizations in the state increased 16 percent over the past 2 weeks and in that 14 day period 46000 new cases of coded were. Confirmed the governor here in california gavin newsom says that these new numbers tell a very very different and very sobering story rob do we have any indication about whether or not any of the towns and cities that have reopened are looking to either tighten down on restrictions once again all maybe start closing businesses again if the cases continue to rise. You know some business is actually have closed or have been ordered to close when for example in the Tampa Florida area i think its about a dozen now bars and restaurants where staff were found to have a positive test for cove it those were shut down the governor of california says that ratcheting back the gradual reopening in this state all depends on the numbers and on the compliance by people of you know the social distancing orders the wearing of the masks the hand sanitizing and all that the same in texas where the governor Governor Abbott said that clearly things are not acceptable in the state of texas and that people have to do more and then act responsibly robin is bringing us up to date from the sounds of these rob thanks very much and. Ok new york city was once considered the epicenter of the u. S. Outbreak now its cautiously reopening and the virus seems to be under control there restaurants bars and hair sahlins are welcomed the 1st customers theyve had since mid march kristen salumi is there. Some of the most important and visible sectors of the new york economy are now able to reopen for business the mayor of the city predicts anywhere from 1500023000 extension 00 workers will be back on the job this week right now im on 5th avenue in midtown manhattan where some of the most iconic high end Shopping Centers exist and what were seeing is a bit of a mixed bag weve got open stores Clothing Stores here theres one open followed by another thats open followed up by a boarded up shop and in fact the rest of the block is still closed for business with some stores only doing curbside pick up. As for the citys 27000. 00 restaurants they are allowed to have Outdoor Dining with table space 6 feet apart these are restrictions that are difficult for many establishment to adhere to nevertheless the mare is hopeful that this will prevent some 5000 restaurants from permanently shutting their doors and 45000 people from losing their jobs Office Workers also allowed to go back on the job today but at 5050 percent capacity in their Office Buildings all of this with strict social distancing measures still in place anywhere inside or outside where you cant be more than 6 feet away from people masks are still required a cautious approach moving forward for the city of new york. Jeffers local misses an epidemiologist whos also Deputy Director for the National Center for Disaster Preparedness a Columbia University is joining us live by skype from manchester in connecticut we appreciate your time so thank you very much indeed do you think that it was perhaps. Perhaps naive and best optimistic to assume that people after such a long period in lockdown would be adhering to social distancing regulations. You know its certainly a challenge and in such an individual istic culture like the United States we know from behavioral science that its more challenging to sort of ask folks to make sacrifices for others and sort of sustain that for a long period of time but its being made much much more difficult by the holidays ation of this the politics involved with this are you getting very mixed messages as high as the federal government and so its also lending itself to people not necessarily believing the feedback or not taking it as seriously in some parts of the country how concerning is it of course that people are getting complacent about what is still a very infectious virus. So there are 2 sides to this one is its very very concerning just in terms of the share number of people who will be sick and the excess deaths the additional people who will die because of lack of compliance and lack of a Cohesive Strategy here at the same time it also means as were seeing more and more infection more and more rates we dont have as many options other than these very. Heavy handed lock downs to keep people from seeing each other in areas like the northeast like youre seeing in new york where theyre starting to inch more and more open its starting to relieve some of the economic and social pain of those lockdowns but those are only possible with high rates of compliance with the various measures that are in place how significant is it that the number of young people that seem to be testing positive for the virus does seem to be on the rise. Yeah unfortunately there is sort of this sense of invulnerability among a lot of young people and its that i believe that there is somewhat encouraged by this to to sticks that less young people are dying of the virus but its misleading because we dont know the long term effects we dont know the potential for long term damage we also know that were seeing a lot of hospitalizations and the simple fact is young people can spread this to older people and so even if youre not concerned if youre younger and not concerned about your own health think of who youre getting in contact with and who you can spread that to and who you could end up having a very negative impact on as well as your own health in the long term really interesting to get your view on this jeffrey stubbornness we appreciate your time sir thank you very much indeed thank you. 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 and 1000000 infections brian 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 sonora to leave this president who asserts the peoples power and is committing atrocities does not deserve to govern our country the. Protesters are angry at both an hours response to the pandemic hes openly disagreed with advice from his own Health Ministry calling covered in the us who flew saying measures such as social distancing accosting jobs and a more dangerous than the virus itself. Those feelings echoed at rallies and brazils commercial capital sao paolo we saw more mosques showing the president who is often saying without one. 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 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 tasting but some in the Amazon Region say its too late and accuse the president of abandoning them. But i feel a heroic weakness sometimes i can feel it in my heart i feel weak as the virus continues its relentless spraying so too does anger about where the president is to blame and Brian Al Jazeera india has reported another daily record of new coronavirus cases with more than 15000. 00 confirmed on monday that brings the total to nearly 430000 making india the worlds 4th worst affected country 14000. 00 people have died public Health Experts fear hospitals wont be able to cope with foreign embassies who want their citizens to leave the country due to a lack of beds despite the rapid rise in infections Prime MinisterNarendra Modi relaxed most restrictions weeks ago to try to revive the economy saudi arabia says this years cards will be allowed to go ahead with limited numbers the muslim pilgrimage will be restricted to people already residing in the kingdom although exact numbers have not been given the annual event normally attracts around 2000000. 00 people from around the world for 5 days of worship and rituals in mecca. The french president has launched a furious attack on turkeys conduct in libya accusing it of playing a quote dangerous game that can no longer be tolerated emanuel macross says turkey is an obstacle to securing a ceasefire. Click immobility dont. I have already had the opportunity to make this very clear to president i now consider this turkey is playing a dangerous game in libya and is in breach of all the commitments it made at the berlin conference this is the same speech in may decide to noon during the exchange ahead with President Trump because it is in the interest of libya of its neighbors of the whole region but also of europe a high level u. S. Delegation has max libyas Prime Minister fires all saraj the discussion centered on a return to political negotiations as tensions grow between egypt and turkey which back rival sides in libyas conflict a little hand has more from tripoli. The meeting between u. S. Officials including the commander of the u. S. Africa command and the u. S. Ambassador to libya with the Libyan Government officials including the Prime Minister face a raj focused on the need to return to the political dialogue and also and deescalation there. Was a warning against the prolonged conflict that might excessive the human suffering that is also a u. S. Concern over the growing presence of russian medicine areas in libya the wagner mysteries who have been fighting alongside forces loyal to the war lord plea for have to the meeting it comes as the Human Rights Council at the United Nations established a Fact Finding Mission to investigate their Human Rights Violations in libya including the mass graves found in and around the city of the horn and also the killing of hundreds of civilians during their military Campaign Launch and why have to his forces over the past year it seemed that the International Criminal court is also deeply concerned about the reports of mass graves found in libya in and around the city of horner and according to the i. C. C. General prosecutor fatto been so that there is a message to the perpetrators that impunity in libya is not an option anymore. Still ahead on aljazeera a short lived truce fighting resumes just hours after the Yemeni Government and separatists agreeing to a cease fire plus. The name change the stock tensions between china and japan in the dispute over a cluster of uninhabited islands. Hello still hot in californias Central Valley and in arizona is hot enough still to have that fire risk on the faster burning is still quite warm the eastern seaboard between the 2 of course is a rather familiar sight deep with white tops that means thunderstorms anywhere really from texas eastwards and then up through the appalachians and beyond is likely to be sundry and wet look at the temperatures 31. 00 an author were still talking well above where it should be this is quite warm washington d. C. Shows to say it will be edged out slowly as that rain heads in that general direction but if anything a whole lot splitting into youve got she made sherri whether in the middle but the heaviest rain of all it will be thunderstorms once from georgia along the gulf coast back towards texas and beyond and all this time although its not very warm in San Francisco in fresno for example in the Central Valley you could have 10 degrees to that that is jumpsuits never satellite picture doesnt show it there is dust and sand in the atmosphere of the Caribbean Cable way from the sun how that suppress the showers at least for 24 hours over the Eastern Caribbean and there arent that many big showers over the major islands as you say there is a concentration has always of rain further west of nicaragua and costa rica expect yet more rain. Aljazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how my beliefs influenced the course of history beginning with the giants of the struggle for civil rights the amount of nonviolent resistance theyve lost over the hill of the blue of the 1st 57 Martin Luther king and continue to keep the negroes to be defense that what you mean by that about malcolm x. And Martin Luther king face to face on 00. 0. 0000. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour in the United States the number of deaths from coronavirus pandemic has passed 120000 new cases of the virus of spiked over the weekend in several states across america south and southwest. The World Health Organization says that are being what are you increases of the virus across latin america including a spike in cases was ill the countrys now recorded more than 50000 deaths and 1000000 infections. The french president has accused turkey of playing a dangerous game by providing military support to libyas internationally recognized government emanuel mock process turkey is an obstacle to securing a ceasefire polls are growing for a political solution to the crisis. Fighting has broken out in yemens region just hours after saudi arabia announced it had brokered a ceasefire between yemens government and a Southern Separatist group the kingdom said the 2 sides had agreed to start peace talks days after the Southern Transitional council to full control of the island of so called internationally recognized government has called it a coup the separatists want an independent state of south yemen and theyre backed by the United Arab Emirates aljazeera is an aljazeera. Has covered the war in yemen extensively hes hesitant to put too much weight on the cease fire announcement. Everyone is losing faith in the. He Led Coalition in human form for multiple reasons 1st of all when the start of the campaign in 2015 they said that the ultimate goal is to defeat the whole things and push them back from the areas to control into 1014. 00 including the capital sanaa and that they will try to ensure there is a power sharing agreement with all the parties the who these the this is specialist in the south the internationally recognized governments come together and you go see it a transition to democracy what is happening is totally the opposite of the whole things are sitting drop the further expanding taken over province the s. T. C. Is just a matter of time before the reinstate the republic of 1990 in the southern part of yemen and the one who is in ground the one whos been humiliated the one whos been completely abandoned by his own people is our problem and how to be and has become over the last few months the focal point of this power struggle between the internationally recognized government of muscle hardy and the s. T. C. What are the secessionist determined to. To break away from them or they want to take over which is one of the most important. Power bases of president for them to move forward towards and if the control. Is the end for for the its the beginning of reinstating the south and republic of yemen because the i. C. C. Backed by the United Arab Emirates is determined its just a matter of time before the southern part of yemen comes under their control. U. S. President donald trump says the decision to remove a statue of one of his predecessors is ridiculous president Theodore Roosevelts monument is being shifted from front steps of the American Museum of Natural History in new york the citys mayor approved its removal for whats been described as explicitly depicting black and Indigenous People as subjugated and racially inferior is the latest statue with links to slavery to go following the outcry against the Police Killing of George Floyds last month the white house says donald trump continues to recognize hong quite 0 as leader of venezuela thats after trump told a news website on sunday he wouldnt rule out meeting Nicolas Maduro despite a u. S. Campaign to oust the venezuelan president it also suggested hes having 2nd thoughts about recognizing quite go as venezuelas legitimate leader trump has since tweeted saying hed only meet madieu if he agreed to step down peacefully and staying with venezuela the High Court Judges in the u. K. Are hearing the dura governments bid to force the bank of england to release almost 2000000000. 00 of its gold the banks held on to 31. 00 tons of venezuelan bolian for the past 2 years because of british and u. S. Sanctions president maduro says its needed to buy Health Care Equipment medicine and food during the pandemic the right to access venezuelas riches is a dispute dispute intertwined with the right to rule the country and as sonia gago reports equally contested. Far from venezuela lies some of its most prized riches 31 tons of the countrys gold is held here in the vaults of the bank of england for safekeeping now theres a legal battle over who can access it president Nicolas MaduroOpposition Leader. Says he needs the 1000000000 to help fund the countrys crumbling Health Care System during the coronavirus pandemic. However attempts by venezuelas central bank to access the gold began 2 years ago just after my daughter won a contested election the bank of england never released it and then said last year it would recognise why daughter is the interim president not. Despite that my daughters lawyers say that diplomatic action since have shown britain still recognised him as venezuelas leader well you know. You have recognized the government is an effective government. For example b. C. B. S. Center right well i a resident yes. Yes and. I dont know if you know this is very much. Why those lawyers said the bullying is his to control the British Government and more than 50 others around the world said they would recognize him as interim president however why those attempts to create a Transitional Government have been unsuccessful questioning over the past. We. And i think thats also one of the main problems. But also being. Transferred. To other structure. Sanctions and mismanagement have crippled venezuela as a commie and triggered a humanitarian crisis lawyers say the gold reserves amount to about 15 percent of its much needed foreign currency reserves the case is set for another 3 days and could set an important precedent in relation to other frozen venezuelan assets around the world and just who gets access to it so that i echo aljazeera. A Japanese Local Authority has approved a measure changing the status of a long disputed island chain thats also claimed by china and taiwan beijing has called the move illegal and invalid the island chain is known as senkaku in japan and in china its controlled by japan japans Administration Dates back to 972 when the islands were returned after 27 years of u. S. Control no one lives on the islands but they are near potential oil and gas reserves which fishing grounds and important shipping lanes 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 possibility in the name its illegal and invalid it cannot change the fact that though you island blogged china we formally oppose the 11 move made with japanese side china at large. With japan the diplomatic channels and a 3rd of 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 come over here is the all. 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. Polls will open in a few hours in malawi for a rerun of last years disputed president ial election the vote was an old by the Constitutional Court because of widespread irregularities out of ports. Malawis main Opposition Leader 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 a Constitutional Court ruled was marred by whites paid by judges or did a rerun you know a lot of young people and thats the majority of malawians do not have better jobs and we are telling them that will work create jobs for what happened yesterday. I have a National Service that every young person involved in something that will build this country prison with erica try to stop the rerun but the Supreme Court 10 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 the constitutional framework is there an independent judiciary is there and we hear proposals and been traditionally putting 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 or a 1st. Time when you were sworn in on the. Problem and resolved about the better. And if. We meant. That then it which meant that we had less than 2 weeks not to appropriate for me as well in. The coronavirus pandemic i just had to travel for International Election observers organize a trying to keep safe bank karajan social distancing and had washed all of which hasnt been widely seen campaigning. Archaeologists have discovered what they believe is the largest prehistoric structure in britain a circle of shafts 5 meters deep and 2 kilometers wide has been discovered just west of the World Heritage site of stonehenge and its believed it was constructed 4 and a half 1000 years ago by neolithic people the sophisticated way in which the pits a positioned suggest early humans used Accounting System to track the holes across long distances. This is a disease but these are the top stories in the United States the number of deaths from corona virus pandemic has passed 120000 new cases of the virus have spiked over the weekend in several states across america south and southwest rob reynolds has more from los angeles on diets new wave of infections today in florida which is seeing a big spike the governor there around the santas said that hes seeing a lot of new cases in people under the age of 40 which is kind of a new twist and he suggested that young people are sort of slacking off in terms of Wearing Masks and keeping proper social distancing. Meanwhile the World Health Organization says there have been worrying increases of the virus across latin america including a spike in cases in brazil over the past 24 hours the countrys now recorders more than 50000. 00 deaths and 1000000 infections divisions are deepening over president chavez both sinatras handling of the crisis the french president has accused turkey of playing a dangerous game by providing military support to libyas internationally recognized government and annual mccrone says turkey is an obstacle to securing a ceasefire calls are growing for a political solution to the crisis fighting has broken out in yemens our region just hours after saudi arabia announced it had brokered a cease fire between yemens government and the Southern Separatist group comes days after the Southern Transitional council took full control of the island of socalled struck internationally recognized government has called it a coup the separatists want an independent state of south yemen and are backed by the United Arab Emirates u. S. President donald trump says the decision to remove a statue of one of his predecessors is ridiculous president Theodore Roosevelts monument is be shifted from the front steps of the American Museum of Natural History in new york the citys mayor approved this remove over whats been described as explicitly depicting black and Indigenous People as subjugated and racially inferior is the latest statue with links to slavery to go following the outcry against the Police Killing of George Foreman and last month. And those are the headlines more on al jazeera dot com but the news continues here on aljazeera after faultlines the pike. Frank assessments tourism but the income stream is dead in the water whats been the result in poaching quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal in Israeli Society indepth analysis of the days global headlines its time for new policy and say on the street that he cannot all be seen to grady what hes written in this the bleeding to obey all continues inside story are now just 0. In march much of america went on lockdown the coded 1000 pandemic was surging the number of dead from the virus growing exponentially. Only workers deemed essential were asked to report to work. Over the last several months its all 4 of them open their lives to us through video diaries and interviews. Today is going to be a busy day for me and i picked up quite a few shock from other shops for people who dont want to risk going to the store there