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Also representatives passes a Sweeping Police Reform bill sending it to the senate where it has no chance of being approved. And liverpool fans celebrate the clubs 1st English League title win in 30 years. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control believes the true number of americans infected since the pandemic began could be as high as 20000000 and that would be about 10 times higher than the 2300000 cases that have been confirmed officials have long known many have become infected without knowing some cases are being missed because of gaps in testing meanwhile the w. H. O. Says that europe is facing an upsurge in cases its happening as countries like britain ease restrictions thousands crowded onto a beach in southern england on thursday. Pandemic didnt used to accelerate with a Record Number of the new group of those cases reported on sunday with 183000 confirmed in 24 hours last week europe saw an increase in weekly cases for the 1st time in months. Brazil has Just Announced to almost another 40000. 00 cases and more than a 1000 deaths of the past 24 hours the global infection tally is heading towards 10000000. 00 by now repeller reports on the situation in the current viral epicenter. Public Health Workers arriving at this riverside village in brazil are screening for a coded 19. This community sits on the edge of a tributary of the amazon river several hours from the nearest Health Clinic and many here like many. Are falling ill shes tested positive for corona virus she says shes glad Health Care Workers are on site. Yes im surprised we werent expecting this but thank god healthcare workers have been coming were very happy to be able to get the service at home and its better for us here to live in riverside communities and who have limited access. To brazil has recorded more than a 1000000 cases of corona virus making it the worst hit country in latin america screening for corona virus has brought Health Workers to some communities that have never had contact with Public Health services. Its complicated due to the difficulty of accessing riverside communities there are some that are very hard to get to but we are recovering day by day coming back from the difficulties that will always be there what helps us is this result. Health workers in the field have identified hundreds of infections in this part of the country so many who become ill are often diagnosed too late. Officials from the town of port they see some people live as far as 36 hours away making ambulance boats their only lifeline over the last we use the ambulance boats to get to hard to reach places and bring services to preserve the lives of people of mirage this makes a difference when battling covert 19 and today we are in a tireless fight during this time of the pandemic. Coronavirus arrived to this part of brazil in april and has since spread farther upstream into more remote parts of the country but measured up alone al jazeera. Iraqi Security Forces have raided a headquarters belonging to an iran backed Militia Group the raid happened south of baghdad in the past 2 hours 10 rockets have been seized and at least 14 members of type has been detained including command its the u. S. Has accused that group of firing rockets at bases hosting its troops in iraq observers smote a full team is on the phone in baghdad simona what more can you tell us about this latest rate. Well the raid took place last night in an in an attempt to preempt a rocket attack on the green zone as well as that International Airport both of which housed u. S. Troops who had several such attacks occur in the course of june 6th to be precise and my understanding from my sources is that the Iraqi Counterterrorism service was asked to rate could type as 1 a locations to prevent this attack now what happened subsequently was that the detainees were brought to the 1 Operations Command which is inside the green zone and handed over to the joint Operations Command this is a location where you have the leadership of the iraqi Security Forces and its also a place where u. S. Troops are colocated subsequently dozens of armed kaputt is a lot members arrived inside the green zone and in the late siege to a different building which is the command of the Counterterrorism Service and they remain at that location until now demanding the release of those detainees claiming that they were arrested illegally without arrest warrant and that that base is in fact an official base of the iraqi Security Forces because of course on paper the type is bala is part of the Iraqi Security apparatus so negotiations are ongoing at the moment between the leadership of by the ball and the Popular Mobilization forces which is the Umbrella Group that includes the type is bala and the Prime Ministers Office to see whether or not those detainees will be released tomorrow can you put this into a bit of context for us given recent to japan attacks between this iranian backed group and the u. S. In iraq. Well this very much feels like a throwback to december 31st when kotite has boller laid siege to the u. S. Embassy here in baghdad in response to u. S. Strikes against its bases near the Syrian Border that killed several of its fighters. That event the sequence the further escalated culminating in the u. S. Killing of iranian general conference all in money here on iraqi soil and that was those tensions were very worrying to many who fear that they could further escalate into an Armed Conflict now this time the u. S. Led coalition has said that it was not at all involved in this raid it was carried out by the Iraqi Counterterrorism forces but of course there are question marks around that i understand that the u. S. May have at least provided some intelligence about the impending attack on the green zone and but that International Airport so. Its its certainly a worrying development here and it remains to be seen how this incident will be handled but its also important to put it into context of recent negotiations between the United States and iraq as part of a strategic pile of the u. S. Has put a lot of pressure on the Iraqi Government and newly appointed Prime Minister most of our current me to reign in the groups like the tide has fallen and the Prime Minister himself has said that he wants to restrict the d arms in the hands of the state so it is very possible that tonights raid was an attempt by the new government to really control the situation but the Ongoing Events highlight just how difficult that is in the current political environment thank you for that aljazeera smart a full team there on the phone from baghdad. France germany and italy have called on forces in libya to stop fighting and outside powers to end their involvement in the conflict to get talks back on track to issue a joint statement saying in light of the growing risks of a deterioration in libya and regional escalation we call on all libyan parties to immediately cease fire does the spend the ongoing military buildup throughout the country or also urging foreign act is to end all the difference and to fully respect the arms embargo established by the United Nations Security Council well earlier turkey said any cease fire would depend on warlord who live to have those forces with drawing from 2 key regions sirte and turkey supports the un backed government of National Accord but also condemned russia for fueling instability by supporting austar g n a recently pushed back after us forces from tripoli on wednesday arab leaders called for a truce and for peace talks. Samuel romani is a middle east analyst and regular contributor to Foreign Policy and to the Washington Post he joins us now live from toronto thank you for joining us here on aljazeera what do you make of this statement what should we all be taking from this. I think we should be keeping busy with a bit of agreement some because france germany and italy have a different perspectives and libyan car transports happen or italy is a supporter of the union and to lesser degree Turkish Military intervention where germany is the minute our vets are in the chair and i think that is more of an issue that the side actually got together the french and italians are actually able to discuss this and it is. Simpler than that i was important but the actual is the meant to be now skepticism greatly because the current russian which calls for these larger truck responses contradicts the. Present as it is. Egypt has now been talking about military intervention what are the chances egypt or even russia might step up their roles in the conflict to counter the g. N. A. S. Gains well i think we should be skeptical of egypts rhetoric converted into actual action because egypt is not militarily intervene and way in libya and yes the strikes and what of that are that matter in any regional leaders and things that you know 27 leaders of the history cant now and i actually deliver so you dont best may actually carry as unlimited logistical or it strikes me as john with your if you have influence there will be an expanse of military intervention against Turkey Russia on the other hand while important blair is losing confidence not there so my pivot towards one of the allies that we must sign away or balance that b. M. Sees on both actor and id be happy to see you looking at a multifaceted multipronged russian intervention or maybe ok if it is all bark and no bite then turkey wants Hostile Forces to withdraw or as we mentioned earlier from sirte and from. Regions that are apparently red lines for egypt so will that keep the g. And a and Turkish Forces at bay there do you think. So i think the tradition and he was very confident you could do the british. Youre castigating france from your own youre all these new off the argument you want to act on it so its rhetoric so i think youre just feels that its in the end and that with partially theres that commitment towards a greater sense or it would be able to perhaps overpower have to force these are not your friend or convince him to resign. And it happens forces withdraw or show any sign of weakness or instability rated time in egypt is that we have this rhetoric in more aggressive direction really show that is court and chaos in the un a coalition and you have turkey even more momentum and. Thank you so mr time there middle east analyst samuel money thank you very much for writing out. There on the ministry of defense says a gas storage tank has exploded on the outskirts of tehran video shared on social media showed a bright orange light and a large plume of smoke people spoke of hearing a massive explosion Officials Say crews quickly put out the fire and that there were no casualties. Still to come here on aljazeera. Shootout in the stamping Stomping Ground rather of mexicos drug kingpin names more than a dozen. Be nice nations marks 75 years since its charter was signed but its a celebration. Of. How we got more very heavy downpours across central parts of china somewhat weather to extending across japan and see a fair amount of cloud hill top with this area of low pressure in the sea of japan was going to take those seasonal rains across the northern half of japan some very heavy downpours into western side of honshu for a time before things brighten up as we go on into the weekend so clear skies 32 celsius there in tokyo was see some very heavy rain just pushing into a q. C. Having said that that wetter weather pulsing its way out of Central China just to the north of shanghai through the East China Sea south of that is generally dry and fine with plenty of sunshine sunshine the showers meanwhile across Southeast Asia some really lively storms banging away across central and southern parts of the philippines and still looking rather unsettled across a good part of indonesia unusually wet weather continuing rather more unusual rains up towards thailand joining up with a heavy rain that we have across south asia the southwest monsoon doing right nicely at the moment you see with the thickest cloud is the heaviest rain thats lingering there across northern parts of northeastern corner of india into bangladesh where youve seen the rice pushing into you danny. But. When the covert 19 pandemic hit iran. A filmmaker cut the drift from his crew began documenting life on them up down amid Ongoing International sanctions. An intimate portrayal of isolation and one of the worlds least understood countries coronavirus locked down iran people in power on a. The in. The. Watch aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the u. S. Centers for Disease Control believes the true number of americans infected since the pandemic began could be as high as 20000000 that would be about 10 times higher than the 2300000 cases that have been conserved officials have long known many have become infected without knowing it. Iraqi Security Forces of raided the headquarters belonging to an iran backed Militia Group south of baghdad 10 rockets have been seized and at least 14 members of the type has been detained to the command its. Irans ministry of defense says a gas storage tank has exploded on the outskirts of tehran videos on twitter showed a bright red light on the horizon Officials Say crews quickly put out the fire and that there were no casualties. After weeks of see at least 90 Rohingya Refugees have been rescued off the coast of our chain in tunisia the boat was towed to shore by locals after or foresees refused to let them land of a krone virus fears have since been put up in private housing and given medical checks about 30 children are among the passengers. Well the plight of the running gear is expected to be included on the agenda of the association of Southeast Asian Nations Mission on friday the topics likely to dominate the discussions include the reopening of borders and territorial disputes in the self china sea. Joins us live from bangkok scott what is the focus of the summit in terms of the Coronavirus Response and sort of economic recovery. Well that comic Recovery Team is really something that theyre focused on here and theyre going to put together they say some type of long Term Economic plan that postcode 900. 00 you look at a lot of the nations in Southeast Asia in this block aussie on and a lot of them have done pretty well when it comes to dealing with covert 19 infection rates so what theyre trying to do now is figure out a strategy of how they can lessen that Economic Impact now that theyre starting to open up again you know were hearing about certain like here in thailand theyre discussing bubbles were certain countries in the region not just aussie on but also north japan and china big funders for the country other nations are doing the same thing where theres just by lateral trade so Bilateral Agreements when it comes to travel so thats something that theyre looking at the talking about a fund is well for the lesser developed nations here in the 10 nation block of that might need a little bit more help than say other nations or they dont have Bilateral Agreements with outside nations so they could start those pipelines those supply chains started again thats very important to this region another issue thats very important economic issue thats very important to this region is tourism one thing thats interesting is youve got a lot of nations who rely heavily on Tourism International tourism thailand again being one of them almost 20 percent of their g. D. P. They are slowly going back in that direction theyre not leaping back in because again going back to what i said earlier the nations here in the block have really been been pretty much handling the coated 1000 infection rates pretty well they dont want to mess that up in the last minute because they need that economic funding but again were talking about some type of a fund for the region to help things move forward. As i mentioned earlier at least 90 wonder if you have been rescued off the coast of indonesia same number of boats a virgin get stranded at sea in the region recent months how will they ever think it should be tackled. Well the rigging issue is something that has been brought up steadily ive been covering these aussi on summits for several years running now and since the rethink issue really a bubbled up id say 34 years ago it is always brought up in the discussions here at aussie on in the aussie on summits there are 2 summits a year but unfortunately and this is something that thats kind of the criticism for this 10 nation block is that they really dont do anything about it that is because theres kind of an unsaid unwritten rule here that its anything thats dealing with a nations internal politics is not discussed it doesnt take action against one of its Member States but it needs to be said because of what you just described him that there are refugees rushing the refugees who have come down from bangladesh theyve been landing in Member Nation states of that. Nation block so now it is a regional issue so will it be brought up more more aggressively now because of this well have to see but again you know time and time again over the last several years when they were thinking issues brought up or specifically with on song suchi myanmars leader its really kind of been deflected there really hasnt been any teeth to what austin does as a block to myanmar to prevent the situation of the region go sky high life from bangkok thank you. The u. S. House of representatives has passed a Sweeping Police Reform bill brought by the Democratic Party the vote was held at one month to the day after George Floyd Steph and custody the legislation would reduce Legal Protections for Police Offices and ban chuckles from capitol hill and washington d. C. She has returns explains why the bill will likely not to come no. With the successful passage of this bill in the house it appears that congressional attempts at Police Reform have come to an end the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says he has no intention of bringing this bill before the senate for debate or a vote Mitch Mcconnell prefers the republican reform bill that failed even to get a debate in the senate on wednesday about bill more about encouraging Police Officers to reform rather than mandating change democrats said that was a nonstarter this house bill does have many elements that civil Rights Groups have called for for example criminalizing chokeholds like the one we saw employed george floyd ending no knock warrants in drug cases that is Police Busting into peoples houses without any notice making it easier for the police to be sued and perhaps most importantly a from a congressional standpoint from a federal standpoint creating a National Register of police Police Officers with and their disciplinary record right that is a real lack of transparency we just dont know who is wearing a uniform and what they may have done in the past but this is all male rhetorical and doesnt look like any further movement will be made in the on the congressional level unless theres an enormous outpouring of support for change on the streets in the meantime and perhaps is always going to be the case change will come at a local level either from a state level or a municipal level and were already seeing some of these elements from the house bill being being put into practice at the city level for example the banning of chokehold and read diverting funds or diverting funds from the police to social programs programs to deescalate and not escalate. A sharp rise in u. S. Corona virus infections is forcing some states to pause if its to reopen their economies nationwide to more than 124000 people are known to have died. Reports from los angeles. The Magic Kingdom will not be seeing any visitors for now as the Disney Corporation has delayed the real billing of its amusement park. In Anaheim California pending new guidelines from the State Government the pullback comes as sharply increased numbers of corona virus cases were reported in arizona california texas florida and more than a dozen other states the Company Still plans to reopen disney world in florida on july 11th but many floridians think thats too soon about 10000 people have signed a petition demanding disney delayed till the coronavirus numbers come down this is me isnt the only one now slamming on the brakes apple announced it would close 7 apple stores in houston after recently shutting 11 of its stores in arizona Texas Governor greg abbott who had previously pushed an aggressive restart schedule for businesses in his state hit the pause button on further reopening everyone now needs to understand the spread of coburn 1000 israel in the state of texas abbott says testing shows a massive outbreak and hospitals in major texas cities like houston are on the verge of being overwhelmed people starting to act like it was summer and they started to act like it wanted to go back to parties knew lots of big things and its coming back and its quite right Airline Company stocks took a big hit on wall street thursday after new York New Jersey and other northeastern states said theyd require travelers from covert hotspots to self quarantine on arrival we also have to make sure the virus doesnt come you know on a plane again in washington president Donald Trumps Economic Advisor ignored the overwhelming evidence of a surge as a lot of positive declines in cases just as there are negative declines cases so you know i said to walk through that but now when i shut the economy down meanwhile the centers for Disease Control said the true number of people infected with coated 19 in the u. S. May be 20 times. Times higher than reported that could mean as many as 23000000 people in the us have been infected many without showing symptoms the c. D. C. Calculated the new number based on blood sample testing from around the country for the presence of antibodies to covert 19 rob reynolds Al Jazeera Los Angeles the fight against corona virus has led to an Unlikely Partnership between israel and the United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the 2 will Work Together in research and technology he says the agreement was reached after months of negotiations the u. A. E. Doesnt have formal diplomatic relations with israel though do they go you know how do you who is this cooperation will be in research and Technology Development in areas that will improve the Health Security of the entire region these are the results of continuous and intensive communications that took place over the past months this will bring a blessing to many in our region but the higher our strength and strength the more it will be able to deter our enemies and bring our friends closer to us. The palestinian faction hamas has called israels plans an expanse of the occupied west bank a declaration of war theres been protests in gaza for a 2nd day israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu essential i 1st as the date cabinet discussions will begin on an exception. Running gun battles between rival mexican drug gangs have left at least 16 people dead the bodies were found in rural center last ace in the territory of El Chapo Guzman cartel. Violence has been increasing this year 3000 murders were recorded in march the 2nd highest monthly tally on record. The un is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its founding document the un charter which gave rise to the global body as world war 2 ended some 50 countries gathered in San Francisco to sign the charter 945 today with 193 Member States the u. N. Is operating in a world where multilateralism is increasingly under threat has our diplomatic editor james bays. For the u. N. This was supposed to be a moment of celebration and reflection but coded 19 has meant a key milestone will not now be marked as planned by more battlefield of the 3rd reich but that here about the back in 19452 months after the death of hitler with world war 2 still raging in the pacific a conference to create a new world order concluded in San Francisco. And brought on the 26th of june the charter that would govern the new United Nations was signed. 75 years on the u. N. And the whole idea of International Cooperation seems under threat the pandemic has led to countries fending for themselves rather than working together President Trump even pulled the u. S. Out of the World Health Organization the part of the u. N. That deals with Global Health emergencies meanwhile tensions between china and the u. S. Continue to grow we need this kind of cooperation in the pandemic is just one example of that climate peace and security watch military in crisis the need for more for it on Development Agenda Nuclear Nonproliferation one of those will be solved on the event to mark the anniversary of the signing of the u. N. Charter will now be virtual as will be it seems the high level week of the u. N. General assembly in september an event that originally may well have had a Record Number of World Leaders with President Trump president putin and president xi all likely to attend now the Assembly Hall is likely to be largely empty with World Leaders sending recorded speeches is there some disappointment that this is coincided with the 75th anniversary and youre missing an opportunity to reinvigorate multilateralism it is a party with of course very much prefer to have them here but not in places but thats not sitting place is personal diplomacy. With human contact coded 19 is not only highlighted the flaws in the International System its also downgraded 75th anniversary events where key leaders could have come together to fix things james pays out 0 at the United Nations. Liverpool have won the English Premier League football title for the 1st time in 30 years and happen some want to anticlimactic fashion 2nd place Manchester City had to be chelsea to keep the title race along. If a 21. 00 win for chelsea meant a liverpool became champions of england with 7 games left in this season theyre also the european and world champions. Despite restrictions on social gatherings due to chronic virus some fans gathered outside the poles and failed stadium to celebrate a moment the club lost experienced in 1998. Youre watching are just there are these other top stories the u. S. Centers for Disease Control believes the true number of americans infected since the pandemic began could be as high as 20000000 that would be about 10 times higher than the 2300000 cases that have been confirmed officials have long known many have become infected without knowing it. And the World Health Organization says europe is facing an upsurge in corona virus cases as governments lift restrictions on bit make the news to accelerate with a Record Number of a new group of those cases reported on sunday with 183000 confirmed in 24 hours last week europe saw an increase in weekly cases for the 1st time in months. Iraqi Security Forces have raided a headquarters belonging to an iran backed Militia Group south of baghdad 10 rockets have been seized and at least 14 members of could type hezbollah detained exuding commanders. Irans ministry of defense says a gas storage tank has exploded on the outskirts of tiran videos on twitter showed a bright red light on the horizon Officials Say crews quickly put out the fire and that there were no casualties. The plight of working to refugees is expected to be included on the agenda of the association of Southeast Asian nations thats meeting has started and how noise on the topics likely to dominate the discussions of through the reopening of borders and territorial disputes in the south china sea. The u. S. House of representatives has passed a Sweeping Police Reform bill brought by the Democratic Party the vote was held one month to the day after George Floyds death in custody amid just lation would reduce Legal Protections for Police Offices and banned chokeholds the fight against corona virus has led to an Unlikely Partnership between israel and the United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the 2 will Work Together and research and technology the u. A. E. Doesnt have formal diplomatic relations with israel. The news continues after this truth is it anyway. 0 world news right. The way. To. To. Feel to. To. Get it going move the. 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