On the ethiopian river nile down project thats caused a bitter dispute with egypt and sudan. A fake job for his wife and misuse of public money former french Prime Minister for spot feel gets a prison sentence. The worst is yet to come while thats the warning from the World Health Organization on the coronavirus pandemic the w. H. O. Says its far from being under control as the number of cases continue to surge globally is sending a team to china next week to investigate the origins of the disease which is still unknown we all know this to be over we all want to get on with our lives but the hard reality is this is not even close to being over although many countries have made some progress. Globally the pond is actually speeding up the United States top expert on Infectious Diseases and says a recent surge in covert 1000 cases is largely because people are ignoring Health Guidelines to wear masks and keep away from each other Dr Anthony Fauci is called the Community Spread a recipe for disaster many southern and western states which push to reopen their economies are now seeing a spike in infections kristen salumi is in new york and she says there are no concerns about having to ration health care. Many local leaders governors mayors and so on are expressing concern about their Hospital Systems reaching capacity and the possibility of having to ration health care i talked about florida you talked about california and california the governor has ordered 8 counties to close their bars after allowing bars to reopen after they did that in the next weekend they saw a 40 percent increase in infections among young people between 18 and 40 years old the governor said many places were not at the hearing to the requirements to wear masks and social distance and so he took this step of closing down these bars and hes threatened to do so in other counties as well that are on the borderline of seeing a lot of these infections in their hospitals become also close to capacity in florida not only did the city where the Republican Convention is going to be held announce a requirement for mass in places where you cant social distance weve heard that in Broward County which is home to the famous Fort Lauderdale beach theyre going to close the beach for the independent stage a live 4th holiday that was not something i can assure you that the leaders there did lightly thats a major source of revenue a major source of intertainment for people but again the mayor of the town said that. The infection rate was just getting too dangerously high and they were really worried about the hospitals being overwhelmed and then you have texas another state where youve seen resistance to mandatory mass where there was a full speed ahead to reopen and the governor there also dialing back closing some bars and some bar owners threatening to sue him for shutting them down but again this worry about these rising numbers. Well the pandemic has pushed brazil into recession the economy shrank by one and a half percent during the 1st 3 months of the year economists predict a slump of up to 10 percent over the next 3 months as the country reels from the Coronavirus Crisis brazil has the 2nd highest number of infections in the world at more than 1300000 president has strongly rejected enforcing a nationwide lockdown saying it would do too much damage to the economy. Is following developments across the americas form and regarding brazil he says the recession is one of a number of worries theres also other stark figures of the of emerging the last day also over a 1000000 the brazilians in the formal economy have lost their job since the start of the year and may saw an increase in the budget deficit of 11 percent thats likely to be even worse for june so the Economic Statistics are looking really bad the very thing the president. Said he wanted to try to save in the face of the pandemic crisis that doesnt seem to be working there are more and more brazilians taking to the streets that have been taking to the streets in the last few days across the country protesting on political grounds on the way hes handling the 19 crisis and talking about the economy he still has his hardcore support of an estimated 30 percent or so but more and more people it seems disagreeing with the way hes handling both the covered 1000. 00 dry season and the brazilian economy. Much of the english hospitality sector is due to reopen on saturday but pubs and restaurants in one city will remain closed for an extended period government officials have recommended the current lockdown measures remain in force in leicester for an extra 2 weeks to 2 a surge in covered 1000 cases so no holes in last time he sent us this report. In the english midlands the 1st major test of the governments ability to deal with post lockdown outbreaks of coronavirus enhanced testing here has revealed worrying numbers almost 900 new cases in just 2 weeks with clusters detected recently reopened schools a supermarket and a Sandwich Factory there are concerns the disease is spreading through multigenerational households in the cities large asian community. Of entire families being affected by. This requires us to take extra caution. With proper lockdown see how we can. Prevent the spread of this virus and i hope that the government will take note of such a kind of scenario and give us. With large parts of the economy set to reopen on july the 4th the lockdown in leicester is instead being extended and strengthened with schools and nonessential shops having to close again but local officials have complained that there isnt sufficient data upon which to base an appropriate response. The government themselves in this report that acknowledged readily when you do more testing you get more positives the levels of testing are a few 100 per day and in any city that has a population in the whole urban area of the best part of 600000. 00 only a very small proportion of the people in the city are actually being tested and as a result of that its very difficult to draw a conclusion about the presence of the virus within the community that may point to an essential floor in Prime MinisterBoris Johnsons plan to reopen the economy safely. Contact tracing doesnt seem to be happening as well as it should be a meeting again there are various reasons although we do need those super tight just trace. Well then can we continue such look at the governments test trace and isolate program is supposed to be the ultimate safeguard against localized outbreaks like this one in leicester spreading out of control but while testing numbers have greatly improved there are still big gaps in Contact Tracing and an app designed specifically to help has now been delayed until the autumn thats why accurate data is lacking about exactly where the lester outbreak may have originated or where its heading next and why scientists have warned that the lockdown in england has been eased too fast too soon jonah hill aljazeera lester. The white house says it will brief democrat politicians on reports that russia paid taliban fighters to target american troops in afghanistan democrats were left out of an intelligence briefing on monday but those briefings often involve both parties the kremlin and the white house are denying the reports alan fisher has more. From the white house podium a denial the president was ever briefed on the socalled bowing to kills the now say this that the u. S. Receives thousands of reports a day on intelligence and they are subject to strict scrutiny while the white house does not routinely comment on alleged intelligence or internal deliberations the cia director and n. S. A. National security adviser and the chief of staff can all confirm and neither the president nor the Vice President were briefed on the alleged russian russian bounty intelligence. Afghanistan is americas longest war american troops have been there for 19 years and despite talks of a peace deal theres no indication to leave anytime soon america helped contribute weapons to push russia out of the country in the 1980 s. And killed russian mercenaries in syria 2 years ago no according to the New York Times its payback type newspaper says the russians offered cash for kills Coalition Soldiers and general american soldiers in particular but from the kremlin another denial. 1st of all those statements are laws secondly if in the United States special services are still answerable to the u. S. President and i suggest focusing on President Trump statement he really gave an appraisal of those reports he did in a tweet intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible and therefore did not report to me or v. P. Possibly another fabricated russia hoax that says the white house explains why there has been no response from the american side the story didnt stand up on capitol hill lawmakers have demanded an intelligence be focused on who knew what and when and if the president was in fact briefed intelligence sources tell Media Outlets not only is the information solid it was given to the highest level of the white house but theres still a lot of Unanswered Questions remain unanswered there lies a potential risk to a president who said a difficult relationship with russia from even before he took office alan fischer al jazeera at least 23 people including children have been killed in an attack on a crowded market in southern afghanistan hundreds of people wrote the Cattle Market in Helmand Province and multiple explosions tore through the site the taliban and the Afghan Military are blaming each other for the attack. Egypt has told the United Nations it faces an existential threat from a hydroelectric dam that ethiopia is building on the blue nile river if europe is expected to start filling the ground for nestles down with water next month but at a Virtual Meeting of the Security Council egypt warned of conflict if the un doesnt intervene our diplomatic editor james bays reports from u. N. Headquarters in new york. This massive down project has been a long running source of regional tension but as the date for ethiopia to start filling the now completed dam nears its becoming a major crisis with International Dimensions it was the us that called for the 1st Security Council meeting on the issue after being urged to do so by egypt which relies on the nile for 90 percent of its water leaks. The matter of which i am addressing you today is of the growth of consequence and people and require like our efforts to combat the Global Pandemic it commitment to uphold the theory of cooperation and to recognise that no nation is an island unto itself but the theo be an ambassador countered that the un was not the place to discuss this the speed let me be clear that he doesnt believe the issues being discussed really has a legitimate list in the Security Council it is bound to set up by what precedent and open a pandoras box this council should not be a forum for exerting diplomatic pressure if youre in a dispute with the choice of mediators you probably choose the one that you think is going to give you the best result diplomats believe egypt gambled on internationalizing this conflict hoping that the presence of the u. S. A permanent member of the Security Council with a veto would help its case for now that hasnt worked. This weekend the African Union convened fresh talks and Many Council Members believe its those efforts that should take priority for now although the dispute is becoming angrier one analyst says he believes its unlikely any of the countries involved will resort to force alternately especially in the long run the only way through egypt to secure those supplies is by cooperation with its upstream neighbors very much including you know if this escalated into any form of conflict its going to make it much much difficult for the parties to overcome the remaining obstacles to reaching an agreement on that and it really could set back relations in the long term at the end of the meeting both egypt and ethiopia asked for the floor again disputing the others position diplomats believe the only way to resolve things is for all 3 countries egypt ethiopia and sudan to return to the negotiating table and make concessions in this dispute no ones going to get exactly what they want james 0 at the United Nations so i had an aljazeera surprise ruling from the u. S. Supreme court as it strikes down a louisiana law restricting access to abortions plus bidding for bandwidth the dutch government 6 to raise a 1000000000. 00 a controversially auction in space and its 5 g. Networks. And theres still plenty of rain across all central and southern areas of china can see lots of cloud on the satellite indicating where the rain actually is i have a look at this is a province further to the east under sort of the depth of these flood waters of course that has so many counties across all these provinces across central southern areas still trying to recover people of course really are stranded so rescuers are coming in obviously with the much need. Good food 3 choose theres range of very heavy further to the south some very heavy downpours again theres always a threat of mudslides and landslides but also and shes a heavy rain work its way across the Korean Peninsula im very widespread throughout much of honshu and itll stay very through wednesday and the winds also fairly strong of course is fun trials right in the back again into southern as the china although some of the rain a little bit lighter in nature and then we head across into ending the monsoon rains making Good Progress up towards much of the north northwest but again the heaviest rains continue into the northeast in particular states again look at these floodwaters they are me to deeper and of course again affecting many regions within the state you can see just how deep this flood waters also theres more rain in the full cost as well typically of pick up some the heaviest rainfall it will continue theres a go through tuesday again some heavy rain across the west and to the north in new delhi is a case of scattered showers a high of 39. In a new series aljazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how my beliefs influenced the course of history. That he did not get enough credit for and in the book you want to be the big historical figure but he was not the biggest on the in. The present and the present came together to compile time sometimes Nelson Mandela and the reply face to face on this is. I want to go to 0 a reminder of our top stories this hour the World Health Organization has warned that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come the u. S. Is the hardest hit country its top Infectious Disease expert says the recent surge is because people are ignoring the guidelines. The white house says it will brief democratic politicians on reports that russia paid taliban fighters to target american troops in afghanistan and democrats were left out of an intelligence briefing on monday the briefings often involve both parties. Egypt has told the u. N. It faces an exit sand chilled threat from behind to electric down the ethiopias building on the blue nile ethiopians expected to start filling it with water next month but at a Virtual Meeting of the Security Council egypts Foreign Affairs minister has warned of conflict if the u. N. Doesnt intervene. The u. S. Supreme court has struck down a law that places restrictions of doctors who perform abortions in the easy ana the surprise decision comes despite fuse opposition from conservative justices the vote was 5 to 4 with conservative chief Justice John Roberts voting with the 4 liberal members of the court as the 1st big Abortion Case since trump appointed 2 new justices but shifted the courts political balance to the right antiabortion activists stage a protest outside the Supreme CourtMelanie Sloan is joining us live on skype from washington d. C. Shes a former federal prosecutor and shes a partner at Summer Strategies its a Public Affairs from good to have you on the program thank you very much indeed for joining us this is the 3rd time that john roberts has sided with the liberal wing of the court are we seeing a pattern here or is he really just following the letter of the law. You know if youre really just following the letter of the law nobody should get too excited about thinking john roberts is a liberal in this particular case the Supreme Court had heard of virtually identical case just a few years ago there was really no substantial difference between this case and a case considering a texas law and what john roberts did in this case was a president should hold and at the same time he also gave took something away to which is he said that in future cases and there are many many still in the pipeline at the Appellate Courts right now he is changing the burden somewhat from previously looking at whether a restriction causes an undue burden to now considering whether there are substantial obstacles so it may be that in future cases hes paved the way for it to be easier for the Supreme Court to uphold restrictive abortion loss its been suggested that some supporters had hoped that the appointment of john roberts might have led to the overturning of the law versus wade ruling on abortion rights do you think that they still have reason to be optimistic. I think they have reason to be very optimistic just because they didnt have it in this case this was not really the best vehicle for them and there are several other cases in the pipeline coming in the next couple of years and they do have or stitch cavanagh who have staked out very clear and hard line positions on abortion and roberts has never been a friend of abortion hes antiabortion so i think in a different a different case with a different road map we could see an entirely different decision and abortion wrote 1st as wade is still a great john roberts was of course appointed by the trumpet ministration do you think that the administration perhaps a slightly misjudged roberts ability to pick up polish that you like through the left on the right when it comes to legal not hers. Well john roberts has been on the court for a long time and hes that very practical man and he also has an eye on history at so i think that roberts is. In the running needles very carefully and as i said todays case wasnt the grass case abhor antiabortion advocates in his position was particularly good on the l. D. P. Case that came out earlier in june by the in that case as well. L g b t q rights have been fairly established in the United States and there are not too many people other than that say the Catholic Church you are opposed to l. He writes so i dont think roberts went out on a big limb in that case either add theres still a case coming down the pike i meet a ca or otherwise known as obama a bomb i care of. And how he rules out now will be very instructive so its really i would say that overall roberts is not a liberal but he has made some very pragmatic decisions that made people suspect hes a liberal but hes just simply not as far right as some of the other justices we really appreciate you giving us your thoughts on this Melanie Sloan thank you very much and the tribal leaders and libya pledging to end a blockade on oil output exporting tom and those in the central Coastal Region have been under a blockade by forces loyal to a wall of dawsons january its thought to have cost the country nearly 6000000000. 00 talks are being held to decide how and when the National Oil Corporation can really start production and exports french president emanuel microamp has condemned the role of russian mercenaries owning revelations they entered a major Libyan Oil Fields last week. Saudi arabia has been forced to remove a claim posted on a government website that the World Trade Organization has sided with saudi against qatar and the b. In sport piracy dispute out of this month the w t o ruled that saudi arabia was behind the pirate broadcaster be out q but in the legally streamed content belonging to qatar as being sports spokesperson Keith Rockwell spoke to all of his era about the reasons for the original ruling the panel found that b. Out q. Had been using. Broadcast transmissions without permission from be in and broadcasting around saudi arabia what they found as well was that the saudi system did not provide them with due process under the law they did not have Legal Counsel and they were unable to bring any sort of judicial proceedings against b. Out q now what the saudis have indicated because of the difficult situation that cats are in saudi arabia have now and have for the last 3 years the saudis said that for reasons of security they had to follow the steps they had followed and they should be exempt from the rules but what the panel said was there was not a plausible link between denial of be in access to the court system and the issue of national security. It was a Firm Favorite to win frances president ial elections 3 years ago but a fake jobs scandal involving his wife scuttled the campaign feel paving the way for emanuel mccalls victory now the former Prime Minister has been found guilty of fraud and sentenced to 5 years in prison that reports from paris the former french Prime Minister for also feel arrived in court in paris with his wife penelope for the verdict in their trial judges found feel guilty of fraud and misusing public money when he was an m. P. Paying his wife for a job she never did he was sentenced to 5 years in prison with 3 years suspended his wife received a 3 year suspended term the couple left the courtroom without comment their lawyer called the verdict a disgrace but naturally this decision which is unfair will be appealed during the process of doing so and they will be another trial of the Corruption Scandal surfaced during frances 2017 president ial race fior the conservative candidate who is widely expected to win with a french newspaper allege that it paid his wife more than a 1000000. 00 in taxpayers money as his Parliamentary Assistant the couple were placed under formal investigation feels president ial campaign was destroyed along with his political career the trial of francois feel was very closely watched by many people in france not only because hes such a well known public figure but also because there is a sense in france that politicians often abuse their privileges and also rarely held accountable many people express a kind of relief from. Their happiness but at least find that just his was done i think thats what he did shock the french people not only because like carrie took a lot of money but because he took this money for his family and thats something which is very very. Shocking for many people because. Many people see that their own family have one more problem. Like with coping with everyday life during his trial feel said he was the victim of a Political Smear Campaign a theory that was posted earlier this month when president bankroll ordered an inquiry into fields Fraud Investigation of the claims magistrates had been placed under pressure to fast track it but that had no impact on the cause decision to punish feel a politician who for decades had projected an image of propriety. Aljazeera paris the dutch government hopes to raise at least a 1000000000. 00 by auctioning off bandwidth for 5 g. Networks but the plans being fiercely opposed by Rights Groups stop vassal explains there are a familiar sight in modern day landscapes telecommunication towers that should soon provide the dutch with internet speeds 100 times faster than current 4 g. Connections but i have also become a popular target for activists protesting against 5 g. Dozens have been satellite in the madelines in the past few months. While protests and the covert 1000 pandemic have delayed the introduction of 5 g. In other European Countries the netherlands has given the green light if you as a country can support all grounds of applications with 5 g. Then maybe your county is the 1st where all these applications are used maybe they are also developed in your country and that stimulates the economy of the applications the netherlands is keen to develop with 5 g. Ourselves driving cars robot arms in hospitals and feeding cattle with drones in agriculture while the fastest frequency of 3 and a half megahertz can only be auctioned off to 2021 providers hope that 900. 00 megahertz frequency that is currently being auctioned can lead to a huge change in these industries. But parliament has asked for more research into the possible Health Effects of 5 g. The bidding process is now in full swing judges have ruled that if risk become apparent the implementation of 5 g. Should be reconsidered but with so much money and so many interests at stake some are wondering if this new technology could be stopped. After losing a court case against the government the group stop 5 g. Has appealed against the verdict they say that the government should wait until the Health Report has been sent to parliament so its very remarkable that they dont break the outcome of the report because we have to know about the safety of 5 and its weird like medicines my medicines are not coming into the market before they are tested on safety and now its to ensure every shoot great the outcome from from this health council. She says some International Research shows that radiation from 5 g. Could lead to cancer or d. N. A. Damage but other reports say theres no evidence for death the dutch Health Report is not expected until the end of next month identified could already be up and running step bason aljazeera the hague you can find much more on the website the address for that is w w w dot aljazeera dot com. This is our visit with these of the top stories from the World Health Organization has warned that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come the u. S. Is the hardest hit country its top Infectious Disease expert says the recent surge is because people are ignoring guidelines the w. H. O. Is sending a team to china next week to investigate the origins of the disease which is still unknown we all know this to be over we all want to get on with our lives but the hard reality is this is not even close to being over although many countries have made some progress globally the pandemic is actually speeding up the white house says it will brief democrat politicians on reports that russia paid taliban fighters to target american troops in afghanistan democrats were left out of an intelligence briefing on monday the briefings often involve both parties egypt has told the u. N. It faces an existential threat from a hydroelectric dam that ethiopia is building on the blue nile if the o. P. s expected to start filling it with water next month but at a Virtual Meeting of the Security Council egypts Foreign Affairs minister warned of conflict if the un doesnt intervene. The u. S. Supreme court has struck down a law that places restrictions on doctors who perform abortions in louisiana is the 1st big Abortion Case since trump appointed 2 new justices shifting the courts political balance to the right tribal leaders in libya pledging to end the blockade on oil output exporting town halls in the central Coastal Region have been under a blockade by forces loyal to walt haifa hafta since january its thought of course the country nearly 6000000000. 00. Former french Prime Minister for feel has been given a 5 Year Prison Sentence for fraud it was found guilty of misusing public funds embezzlement for setting up fake jobs for his wife and their children she received more than a 1000000. 00 but has been convicted as an accomplice those are the headlines the news coming up next on aljazeera off the inside story. How should u. S. Police forces be reformed as protests against Police Brutality go on so the calls to cut funding even abolishing Law Enforcement agencies but is that the political will for genuine change this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. The killing of george floyd last month the triggered protests across the u. S. And elsewhere against Police Brutality the 4 minneapolis officers who arrested the 46 year old black american a back in court