Shows will stop using weishaupt as the characters of color. Now 2 of the worlds most populous nations are reporting a wave of new coronavirus cases despite spending weeks in lockdown to try to contain the spread india has more than a huff a 1000000 infections driven by yet another record or daily increase the Capital Region of delhi alone expects 500000 cases by the end of next month thats all led to worries about a shortage of medical equipment and a scramble to try to build temporary facilities and on friday the u. S. Reported its highest increase in cases since the pandemic began florida and texas are among states delaying efforts to reopen now and increasing restrictions all this while europe is forging ahead. With reopening but is struggling to reach a consensus on just how to do it here leaders have not yet agreed on which countries will be allowed quarantine free access from wednesday whether tory gating day begins our coverage with the situation in india. If there was any doubt that india is struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic this footage from the state of Andhra Pradesh seems to confirm it a day get carries away the body of a man he tested positive for cave at 19 is the latest shocking image from a country where the infection rate is surging and the authorities are unprepared in indias crowded capital more than 40000 people have tested positive in the last 2 weeks new delhis hospitals only have capacity for around 13001000 patients. Expected an increase in cases but its been higher than we initially thought in the 1st week of june there was a shortage of beds in hospitals some people didnt get a bed in as a result the death rate also increased. India is number 4 on the list of countries worst affected by the coronavirus with more than half a 1000000 cases and more than 15000 deaths and the number of infections is expected to rise in the coming weeks the authorities are working to transform Hotels Wedding Halls and Spiritual Centers like this one indicated 19 care centers experts are advising the federal government to prioritize reducing deaths over containing the spread of the virus may be. But doctors say expanding services is not enough indias Public Health system has faced years of cutbacks the impact of cave 19 is exposing its inadequacies. Health care system. But i reckon what we dont. Want to listen to be the leader. Or will it be like this because we dont want not to be the only who could be. New delhi is not alone in experiencing a surge of covert 19 infections other big cities across india are also suffering and several states have extended the lockdown some experts predict nearly half a 1000000 more indians could get infected in the next 2 and a half weeks Victoria Gate to be aljazeera. Now the u. K. Is said to cancel the 14 day quarantine for people arriving from countries that it considers to be low risk for that 19 it will divide nations into green amber and red categories and those from the 1st 2 groups will no longer have to go into isolation the rule changes are due to be announced next week while the u. K. Is also expected to establish socalled air bridges with France Italy Spain germany and greece and that would mean quarantine free holidays for travelers to and from those countries but the u. S. Portugal and south america expected to be among those in the red the u. K. Is self isolation policy came into effect on june 8th and has been criticized by Airlines Airports and the hospitality sector paul brennan has more from kingston and southwest london. I have to say the people that weve spoken to here in kingston in south west london are rather of the opinion that its a bit too late for this year now the fear of infection ongoing infection the news that weve heard from america for example. Just the hassle that there has been and the uncertainty about trying to book a holiday until now has left many people writing off this summer and looking ahead more to next year for their Summer Holidays rather than try and chances are that said with the knowledge that the announcement from the government that on wednesday theyll be a bill for the relaxation d of the current 14 day quarantine system has been welcomed by the association of British Travel agents they said its encouraging they certainly hope that more people will try and booked some kind of a last minute deal and theres evidence that although most of the travel agents offices here theres a couple of them just around the corner that are remaining closed the Online Booking systems have seen a big surge in in bookings today so there is evidence that there will be some people prepared to make that last minute dash particularly because the travel agents are offering some pretty hefty discounts in order to try to entice people back onto planes but like i say that the that the straw poll the people we spoke to here found that the expectation of having to wear masks on planes of all the other restrictions theyre going to are going to be in place for that for the for the foreseeable future simply not enough to persuade them that now is the right time to be booking those last minute foreign trips now peru has launched a nationwide Vaccination Program to ward off a surge of preventable diseases as it deals with the pandemic hundreds have been queuing in the Capital Limited to be immunized against measles and other illnesses months of lockdown have prevented many children and elderly people from getting routine vaccinations. Well the pandemic has also been making it difficult for crews on merchant ships to return home some have now been at sea for more than 6 months at the same time crew hoping to resume work have been struggling to get to their ships our correspondents ratliffs reports from the greek port of pier a us. Merchant seaman your hasnt worked in 7 months at 19 has prevented his ship from sailing he still has a mortgage to pay and 3. 00 daughters to support and the latest blow he says comes on top of years of austerity following the 2008 Global Financial crisis. When i 1st if things are good that a family had dreams in the past 11 is a salaries have fallen by more than a hearth and taxes the. Other seafarers are having the opposite problem theyre only able to get home after many months at sea because of travel restrictions due to covert 19 speedily not a vocalist has been on a very large crude carrier for 7 months he spoke to a Spy Satellite phone from the philippines. The fatigue is psychological we tell it even 6 months is a long time and we havent stepped on shell for 7 months we havent seen a single new person its a kind of imprisonment about 400000. 00 merchant seamen to be stranded at home or at sea due to coronavirus related travel restrictions and that could eventually have an impact on global trade 80 percent of which is carried by ship the supply of goods across the world is what keeps factories working shop shelves stocked and even fuel pumps full ship. Whereas things are slowly starting to loosen up its still difficult and expensive to rotate crews out of port where there was a device that they have started to allow crew rotation we inquired as to how this can be done and the list of requirements was such that it made it impossible. So the vessel had to be there 2 days before baucus had to go on board and the job and cost had to be done the vessel had to wait and then the test would come back and the crew would go would get off and the 2 would be quarantined then the group that would come in would be part of the men the vessel that the wait for that was quite deep and it goes on and on fatigue and Poor Mental Health a dangerous at sea. They create conditions in which accidents can happen and lives are lost the crews stranded around the world of finding it difficult to understand why theyre considered potential sources of infection they spend weeks between ports and theyre among the most isolated people in the world jumpstart openoffice aljazeera playgroups and potent 2 series on people stranded by this pandemic will meet migrants who are stuck in kenya theyre among tens of thousands in limbo across the continent thats from 10 g. M. T. On sunday here on aljazeera now the World Health Organization says in a break in eastern democratic republic of congo is now no longer an international Public Health emergency more than 2200 people have died since it was detected there 2 years ago the focus now shifts to another outbreak in the Northwest Region as well as containing the spread of the corona virus now russia and the taliban have both deny it claims that moscows spies offered bounties to afghan fighters to target u. S. Coalition troops the Russian Embassy in washington d. C. Dismissed the New York Times report as dangerous and baseless the taliban also rejected the allegations saying its not indebted to any foreign country u. S. Media say the Trump Administration received the intelligence assessment back and launch but is yet to respond our correspondent Patty Culhane is in the state of maryland she explains what those reports are based on. 1st reported by the New York Times with since then it has been very verified by other major newspapers and again it says that a secret russian Intelligence Unit offered a bounty to taliban fighters if they killed americans they said that the bounty was in fact paid out they didnt say how much we do know that 20 u. S. Troops died in afghanistan in 2019 and the New York Times indicated that some of those deaths could be connected but didnt specify exactly which ones now its important to point out that they dont have any name sources on this and they havent provided the actual intelligence only to say that some of it came from interviews with captured afghan fighters so basically this is the story says that the administration was told about this including the president in march many many months ago and that they debated several responses including a diplomatic complaint up to sanctions but so far have not acted now critics are pointing out that the president did do one thing he invited lattimer putin to the. Summit and thats creating its own kind of controversy today. Still ahead here on out of there as pressure mounts on facebook or the social media giant takes action to highlight misinformation. And at the minute pay the bills well tell you why the governments put my banking on hold. And that more heavy rain in the central and eastern areas of china plenty of activity a real bungle there across the Central Region some heavy downpours in the meanwhile across eastern China Embassy look at these images coming out of this particular province we have had 37000000 people that are being evacuated to the last few days from. 8 counties and also rains to take it out across the south and east as many as 11000000 people have been affected by these floodwaters morena say throughout sunday work its way towards shanghai also heavy rain but generally to the east of japan sunny but heavy downpours over the next couple of days and its through monday that the rain will care off the east coast to china push across the elysee and begin to fortys heavy downpours across into the Korean Peninsula carol skies across southern areas of china but still those rains very much and of the forecasts and its been the northeast of india in particular have had some very heavy downpours for the last 2 or 3 days the certainly more in the forecast across much of the northeast so fed waters like this of course will just be added to you can see where the rain will be across into each operator but also be whole state west bengal again up into assam and as we go through sunday and monday the rains very heavy out tools west to the north weve got scattered showers and thunderstorms. But. When the cold 19 pandemic hit iran. Who may can cut adrift from his crew. Documenting life from the lock down made International Sanctions. And intimate portrayal of isolation in one of the worlds least understood countries coronavirus lock down iran people in power on aljazeera. Hello there your chin aljazeera thats remind you of our top stories this hour corona virus infection surgeon indias biggest cities pushing the total number of cases to more than half a 1000000 hospitals under pressure and some cities like new delhi are scrambling to build temporary facilities the u. K. Is said to waive its 14 day quarantine for people arriving from countries that it considers to be low risk or coronavirus its expected to establish socalled bridges with countries such as France Italy Spain and greece. And russia and the taliban have denied claims that must 1st spy is often found tease to afghan fighters to target u. S. Coalition troops the Russian Embassy in washington d. C. Dismissed the media reports as baseless while the taliban says its not indebted to offerings from any country. Now Facebook Says it will stop flagging up new posts that break its rules ahead of the u. S. Election in november critics have accused it of failing to act on hate speech prompting a boycott by some of the worlds biggest advertises lets hear brian reports. When the us president suggested protesters against racism and Police Brutality without and said that when the losing starts the shooting starts to as a put a warning on it saying it glorifies violence facebook did nothing its c. E. O. Mark zuckerberg has often argued that the platform should take a hands off approach but now thats changing and it will tag posts that break its rules if we determine the content maybe we need to follow once or deprive people of their right to vote to take their content out no matter who says. Social media platforms have been under the spotlight as global outrage grows against racism and discrimination sparked by the Police Killing of george floyd and may but theyre not focusing on the importance of truth and evidence and verifiability the sort of contributing to a whole lot of these sorts of very and i handed a very dangerous information. On friday 2 of the worlds biggest advertisers cocacola and unilever pulled their promotions from the platform. Unilevers also removing content from twitter and instagram until the end of the year well the 100. 00 companies have joined a campaign called stop hate for profit which accuses facebook of not doing enough to combat hate speech the Campaign Said in a statement faced with this tidal wave Mark Zuckerberg responded today with a small number of small changes weve been down this road before theyve made apologies in the past one of those apologies wasnt 2018 was called to testify in congress over his companys handling of use a data and how it was exploited to meddle in the 2016 u. S. Election we didnt take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake while facebooks shares dropped 8 percent on friday analysts believe this controversy wont hurt the social media giant in the long run they are the total power in the media last year even amid criticism which is very similar to what youre saying. Their advertising revenues last year 2927 percent and nearly 70000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars so you know what hes thinking about he is the gatekeeper with the november president ial vote just 4 months away facebook has already taken down a video posted by Donald TrumpsReelection Campaign and the president s lashed out at social media platforms efforts accusing them of censoring conservative views brian aljazeera. Now classical parties and islands have formed an Unprecedented Coalition government ending months as deadlocks that Michel Martin is the new Prime Minister and for the 1st time his phina failed policy will be partners in government with rivals phina gael along with the green party a rotation need a ship deal means that outgoing Prime Minister lee ever at cal will return to that wall half way through the coalitions 5 year term and then a kind of back on is the director of research at the school of law and government at Dublin City University he explains why this new coalition of so significant and who stands to gain surprisingly perhaps considering the history all 3 parties overwhelmingly endorsed the programme for government and again i think its because the word vantage is for all 3 parties the nepal has been in power for 9 years seen a gale came 3rd in this election and thought they were going into opposition and the green party thought its an unprecedented opportunity to exert great leverage for what is a relatively small party with only 12 seats so they all had a reason to support this so i think it dont have the ability to beat george bush but again account under under states how historic it is it would be like if the the British Labor party the conservative party united against a 3rd party or the republicans in america and the democrats united against a 3rd party just the level of change were talking about here well there would be many people who would be on topic in our use of force because you know the electorate voted in unprecedented numbers christian saying in february and thats not reflected of course in the composition of this government so i think in the longer term this will be a beneficial outcome for sinn fein because now they are the leaders of the opposition and they will be organizing in the capacity over the next 5 years. Ethiopias Prime Minister says an agreement on a mega dam project should be finalized in 2 to 3 weeks the grand renaissance dam has been at the center of a dispute with egypt and sudan talks stalled over the speed at which ethiopia should fill the reservoir sudan and egypt have both raised the issue with the Un Security Council ethiopia built the grand renaissance dam on the blue nile which is the source of most of the nile swartzs egypt and sudan downstream depend heavily on us and fear that their Water Supplies could be at risk ethiopia says the hydro power the hydro power that the dam will produce is essential thats Economic Growth our correspondent have a morgan has more from sudans capital. It took a meeting between the Prime Ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the African Union including the current chair of the African Union south african president also to try to bring this recites together after several rounds of talk through now what is what will the statement that was released by the Prime Minister of the office of the Prime Minister of the im told is that other things besides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level so i will repeat it you heard statements from the 3 sites saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that theres only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects. Now zimbabwes government has ordered the suspension of all my bile banking saying its undermining the economy millions of people the us more about payments which is the most common way to send and receive money shop and pay bills the system has proven valuable for those who dont have access to formal Financial Systems the country is critically short of cash and many people just dont have bank notes this announcement coincides with the end of the month when most people get paid present amisom and a promise to revive the economy when he came to power back in 2017 he now claims unnamed political detractors for the countrys economic woes having me tasa has more from harare. People have reacted in shock anger and confusion this is a country with serious cash shortages doesnt actual a banknote you going to st its hard to find a u. S. Dollar its hard to find those african rand its even hard to find a zimbabwe dollar most people here pay using their mobile phone so now theyre asking how are they going to make their transactions the government if they need a reason why they suspended this particular platform is because they say some individuals some companies are abusing the platform by trying to a few of the black market and devalue the dot of the biggest Telecoms Company here in the body can it which has about 10000000 subscribers nationwide has told its described as that they do not listen to what the Information Ministry from the government they listen to the central bank be told they describe as you keep using these tax forms and as of now people ought to label to pay for their groceries using their mobile phone economy in zimbabwe is worsening while you still get most basic commodities in the shops into supermarkets things are too expensive for most people people are now saying the fallacies are being eroded because of inflation which is nearly 800 percent and right now you have Civil Servants demanding to be paid if u. S. Dollars is due to the dollar. Some nurses are on strike some doctors are threatening to go and try to also because of pay inflation keeps rising while the last people are becoming frustrated and people are saying the latest move by the government to suspend the use of paying for goods on mobile phones is another nail in the coffin another reason for them to suffer they think with some of them say if i may very well pakistan has announced a record increase in fuel prices only days before the end of its Financial Year coronavirus has dented to the economy which has shrunk for the 1st time in 7 decades now most drivers will have to pay about 34 percent more to fill up although that varies depending on the type of fuel now satellite images have emerged suggesting an explosion near irans capital on friday happened next to a suspected missile site one for show you have a look at this shows charred scrubland not seen in images of the area taken before the blast Irans Defense Ministry says it happened in what it calls a public area but defense analysts believe the blast went off close to an area believed to hide a network of tunnels and missile production sites because of the explosion remains unclear. Now police in hong kong have banned an annual rally for protesters to mark the anniversary of the citys return to chinese rule on wednesday officers outlawed the event citing a ban on public gatherings of more than 50 people due to the current virus organizers say theyll appeal against that decision police in france have arrested 6 people for the theft of a work by the street artist banksy commemoration victims of the paris attacks and 2015 it was stolen last year from the capitals theatre where 90 people were killed in the largest of several coordinated attacks the mural showing a mournful female figure was recovered from a farmhouse in central italy. Now israels alternate Prime Minister benny gantz has weighed in on a controversial plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank in a Facebook Post on friday he suggested that any palestinians in future an exterior is maybe granted equal rights israel is set to start rolling out its plans on wednesday harry force that has been following that story for us from leicester assume. Of course next week could be a very momentous one with the july the 1st date which is the earliest possible date under the deal between him and netanyahu the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu for this Coalition Government thats the 1st date under which the Movement Towards annexation can be advanced and he sets out what could be read as something of a toughened tone in against netanyahu in terms of saying that that he would be willing to speak to the palestinians at any time even tomorrow if they wanted to seriously that there would be no annexation in a palestinian area or least an area with a large palestinian population or where their movement would be severely curtailed if there were palestinians inside such an area they would be granted equal rights that there would be security and diplomatic groundwork that went in place ahead of any annexation to preempt any petition potential Security Problems and also said that he would advance moves towards bilateral negotiations with the palestinians as part of this as well and all of this he says is part of the American Peace plan the trump plan but really when you look at it it doesnt really reject anything that looks within the bounds of what might well happen in any case the indications that weve been getting from Benjamin Netanyahu and his officials are that he wants 1st to declare israeli sovereignty as they put it on major israeli illegal settlements close to the green line close to here just south of jerusalem and that they would be the 1st phase. The black lives Matter Movement is now influencing the entertainment wild following weeks of global protests creators of the cartoon show the simpsons so they know wont use white actors to voice characters of color anymore the show has been criticized for its portrayal of the indian Convenience Store clock up to wise actor hunters are a step down from that earlier this year and change is also coming for family guy actor mike henry says he wont voice the character of Cleveland Brown anymore saying persons of color should play characters of color well earlier i spoke to kevin powell hes a human rights activist and wrote the book when we free the world he says there needs to be more change across the entertainment industry. I think that you know what were looking at is the fact that probably was recognizing that people color that wolf we left out of the participation of these these these care these these these these roles whether theyre voiceovers for an evasion or real roles and not just about black people but also asian people let their people native American People middle eastern people the people of color period and so theres a record a happening because of george floyd being killed on videotape in minnesota minnesota a few weeks back and its the necessary conversation lets employ people of color in these spaces that theyve never been employed in or not on a regular basis the dip your real issue for us in america right now is power sharing and being a part of the Decision Making process and oftentimes people of color are not even at the table as the decisions are being made that could be racist or islamophobia core sexism or any of those things that are actually in the hurting people all over the world not just america these images are put out there we know that in t. V. Does is not enough depictions of people of color and again were not just talking of iraqi people were saying that t. V. Film animation all of it should look like the world in the world is not just white this isnt but its not just white people its everyone and that should be depicted and their cultures should be valued as theyre being depicted not stereotypes that are hurtful to people you know us Graphic Design a melting play isnt known for his popular i love you know clothing has died at the age of 91 and the guy was unveiled back in 1977 as polished as a Campaign Pricing city as a Tourist Destination when you have placed in bankruptcy because it also designed an iconic image of bob dylan fellow athletes funkadelic cap. This is al jazeera and these are the headlines corona virus infections have surged in indias biggest cities pushing the total number of cases to more than half a 1000000 hospitals are under pressure and some cities such as new delhi are scrambling to build temporary facilities this while the u. K. Is set to waive its 14 day quarantine for people arriving from countries that considers to be low risk for the coronavirus its also expected to establish socalled bridges with countries such as France Italy Spain and greece paul brennan is in london he says the British Government is still in discussions over which countries will be allowed to avoid quarantine is going to be kind of a looming list of countries with individual nations added all potentially even taken away depending on where their Coronavirus Infection rates go that said what seems to be happening at the moment is that discussions are being had with several European Countries it looks like there will be notable exclusions such as the usa for example whose spike in corona virus infections on friday means that its unlikely to be among the list of those whose travelers will not be required to quarantine was their arrival in the u. K. Russia and the taliban have both denied claims that moscows spies offered bounties to afghan fighters to target u. S. Coalition troops the Russian Embassy in washington d. C. Dismissed the media reports as baseless while the taliban says its not indebted to offerings from any country. Facebook says it will flag all posts that break its rules including those from politicians such as u. S. President donald trump the move comes after more than 100. 00 companies boycotted the platform. That whole party is an island have formed an Unprecedented Coalition government and in months of deadlock Michael Lawson is the new Prime Minister and for the fast time his fin a failed party will be partners and government with rivals fianna gail along with the green party well those are the headlines and ill have more news for you hit on aljazeera people and power. When the coronavirus pandemic hits iran and he this year filmmaker jamsheed majid ezzati began documenting his own life and the lockdown in a nation already beset by International Sanctions the result was this intimate portrayal of isolation in one of the worlds least understood countries