So 5000000 people in the city of melbourne again back into lockdown after a spike in cave in 1000 infections the government has admitted its lost control of spreading infections and drastic action was needed to hold the spiralling situation for wednesday residents can only leave their homes for essential purposes for 6 weeks pretoria state border with neighboring New South Wales is also closing. It is simply impossible with keiser right at this level to have enough context rising stars to have enough physical resources no matter where they come from no matter what uniform my way in order to continue to suppress and can time this virus without taking significant steps if we were to file to take those steps then we wont be a couple of 100 cases paradise it will be many more than that and it will quickly spiral well and truly out of control when i was there is no clear gauge says the state of victoria wasnt expected to coronavirus resurgence like this this really isnt the outcome the government was looking for especially because on the a few weeks ago the state of victoria had next to no you corona virus infection cases which just shows how quickly this virus can return and spread through the community now weve seen a 2nd consecutive day of numbers one 191. 00 cases in victoria and that is what has led to the government announcing we are going back to lock down so what does that mean paypal will not in a city of melbourne and some regional areas of victoria will not be able to leave their homes unless its for essential raisins so for some work for exercise or to be purchasing food or medical items so there really is a feeling of ground whole day here hell have we returned to this but the state premier Daniel Andrews said there was no other option otherwise we would be seeing thousands of cases returned. Well brazils president is awaiting the results of a code 900 test after again being checked for the virus after complaining of fever joy or both and emerge from Military Hospital where your mosque has been widely criticized for refusing to wear one in public it will ignore in social distancing rules that have the president change the law requiring them in prisons and they vetoed mosques in churches schools and shops last week there would be no im avoiding coming now because i just came from hospital i did a lung x. Ray and its clear im going to take a kind of a test now in the United States the countrys top Infectious Disease expert has warned the 1st wave of the pandemic is nowhere near over more than 50000 new cases have been reported daily facing criticism for his mishandling of the virus President Trump is now pushing for schools to reopen in the autumn when children reports. The u. S. Death toll from cold at 19 is now more than 130000 in 41 out of 50 states confirmed cases are on the rise the countrys top Infectious Disease expert says the situation is bad and needs to be addressed immediately we still need deep in the 1st wave of this and i would say this would not be considered a way it was a surge or resurgence of infections the new york governor called on the pike house to take the pandemic seriously but he said the American People is theres no problem and they dont wear a mask and they dont socially distance and they dont take any precautionary behavior and then the virus goes like this he is he is facilitating the virus he is enabling the virus. The white house response the critics are wrong the president downplaying the severity of the virus so what the president s noting is that at the height of this pandemic we were at 2500. 00 deaths per day we are now at a place where on july 4th there were 254 thats a 10 fold decrease in more town. Meantime efforts to contain the virus swing between control and chaos no in person classes for Harvard College students come september while holiday revelers ignore social distancing rules to celebrate the 4th of july others are resisting government efforts to protect people from the virus. Police arrested and arizona woman for trashing masks for sale in a Department Store late on monday the democratic mayor of atlanta announced on twitter she has contracted the virus while in mississippi the republican governor waited to find out if he too is infected the oldest republican senator 86 year old Chuck Grassley is taking no chances he says he wont attend the g. O. P. Convention in florida next month just several signs the u. S. Is far from getting the pandemic under control anytime soon rosalynn shortened aljazeera. Now the fallout over the new National Security law be imposed in hong kong is growing your search your state pay a has described the move as orwellian and says it continues the destruction of a Free Hong Kong police can now conduct searches without a warrant stop suspects from leaving the city and intercept Online Communications or chinas ambassador to the u. K. Has warned london to stay out of the Territories Affairs or face consequences thats off the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson of millions of people from hong kong path to british citizenship meanwhile several Tech Companies are expressing concerns over the implications of the new law chinese short video to talk says it will stop operations in hong kong and soon millington have joined other social Media Companies such as facebook and twitter and google denying government requests for use the data sarah clarke has in hong kong and she says that the chief executive caroline has been expounding on her position on the security law. We had the 1st meeting of the National Security committee over not that this was chaired by kerry was also attended by beijings top official in hong kong and now involves these new powers that be granted to the police under the National Security law that includes allowing the police to conduct searches without warrants they can order social media to remove content. Deemed considers a threat to the National Security law and place can also see a clip from social media giants and demand information from political groups operating outside of hong kong now all of these powers if you fail to comply with the legislation you can incur a 13000 dollar fine or 2 years in july now theres been some swift reaction from the Legal Fraternity some legal experts say the powers are broad and they lacked the proper oversight another barrister has described a scary sight stating that these powers should be controlled by the independent judicial system operating in hong kong not be granted to the police and the critics warn its simply a way of silencing the deceit dissidents and dissenting voices in hong kong that carry lamb of course the chief executive she held her Weekly Press Conference on tuesday and shes defended the law she said she understands there is some uncertainty and concern within the community and among the public but she says these new laws they certainly protect human rights and the citys freedoms. Millions of School Leavers across china a city in the notoriously difficult National University and. Maybe even tougher for students this year after schooling was interrupted by coronavirus luck comes true you reports from. Her outside a school in downtown beijing and these students coming out here are among more than 10000000. 00 across china taking part in this years National University entrance exams exams known locally as the gal cow a said to decide a person stays and thats because for many families in china its the only way to change a persons social standing all for those rural areas escape generations of publishing now these students will have to over the next few days take about 10 exams but for many of the. Theyve had to take an additional test it is with a nucleic acid test and these parents waiting for them to say the coronavirus pandemic has added additional pressures to their already very stressed children to put a huge on the back of my daughter was psychologically affected by the coronavirus she was very nervous about exams. My daughter started home for the 1st half of the year which isnt as good as the real class or this negative impact was only for her all the students have been suffering because of the virus the exams were delayed by one month because of the pandemic and its the 1st time theyve been delayed since 977. 00 when they were restored after the cultural revolution and this is the biggest event to take place across china since the beginning of the outbreak more than 7000 exam sites have been set up for these students who have had to wear masks undertake social distancing and here in beijing theyve also had to self quarantine for the 2 weeks leading up to the exams now for many families here adjusting to the virus has brought back many memories of the sars epidemic which broke out in 2002 which coincidentally is also the same year that most of the students were born. China has been hit by severe floods and mudslides after days of torrential rain flash flooding has destroyed roads and bridges in eastern provinces some residents had to be rescued from their homes will hand the initial epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic has been battered by heavy rainfall and thunderstorms. The death toll after days of flooding in southern japan has risen to at least 50 people more rain is expected and about half a 1000000 people have been advised to evacuate their homes right now since from. A weekend of punishing rains across the Southern Japanese island of q shu and this is the result. Wide scale flooding and landslides especially along the swollen kumar river which burst its banks as the rains intensified thousands of people were urged to leave their homes but some opted to stay fearing the coronavirus despite assurances from the authorities that theyd be safe one elderly care home was inundated with a number of its residents presumed dead or missing rescue teams have been sent to the area to help look for missing people and to help with the clean up i wish there was someone who can help us says this Restaurant Owner the government says its mobilizing all resources to tackle the emergency peers had. Over 40000 members through the units of the Police Fire DepartmentSelf Defense Forces and coast guard are putting all their effort into searching in rescuing to see peoples lives. For japan its the worst Natural Disaster since a typhoon struck last october which killed around 90 people q shoe is used to powerful summer floods and has in place strong defenses against them but for now with more rains forecast those defenses seem to be overwhelmed. Rob looked bright aljazeera. Still ahead here in algeria the former partner of billionaire paedophile Geoffrey Epstein is moved to another prison well have the details. The u. K. Takes action of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and other human rights abuses placing sanctions on officials from saudi arabia and russia. Ally for the dry season its not particularly dry and other indonesia or malaysia has a massive showers around and in the forecast the concentration for the next day or 2 is around singapore sun and sumatra west and possible one year and even jobbers not dry so more rain than you might expect here rather less than you might expect in india china for example me in moscow monsoon rain has eased off considerably in the last day or so kuala lumpur still got 3 days of rain thunder in the 1st 2 no breeze to move it along a cooling trend the unit is 29 you dont get much variation in tension kuala lumpur Stormy Weather is just gone through pursed this cold front here cause some wind damage its now mostly over the fresh stream byte so there will be breezy in adelaide maybe later in melbourne is nothing like the same. Just to prove a fairly quiet wintry weather this on shore wind here in New South Wales and so the queens that looks like rather a wet spell body in reach of as far as brisbane we still hold on to 22 degrees which is not the great pearses a little bit less 16 the reason it still breezy and cloudy in the Southern Shores of Western Australia but actually its new zealand where the stormiest the wettest weather is in the moment so throughout wednesday a cold suddenly braze 9 degrees in christchurch. Yaps oldest muslim undertakers working here is just 7 days a week thats grown with a community my father purchased a black ambulance and started to do the funerals in london and their family we saw stop being part of indonesia and we can isnt this stories we dont often hear told by the people who the death is such a level. East and undertakers this is europe and aljazeera. Move. But again youre watching out of there are among the top stories at this hour and australias 2nd largest city thats melbourne is going back into lockdown for 6 weeks the State Government admitted its lost control of rising infection numbers wednesday its 5000000 residents can only leave their homes for essential purposes. Top u. S. Infectious disease experts and he felt she is warning the country still need deep in the 1st wave of coronavirus with more than 50000 new cases a day this comes as President Donald Trump called for schools to reopen in the autumn. Of brazils president is awaiting the result of a covert 1000 test after again being checked for the virus. Has been a widely criticised for refusing to wear a mask in public as well as ignoring its social distancing rules hours earlier the president changed the law requiring them in prison in. The u. K. Is set its sights on those behind the murder of saudi journalist marcus oh gee its unveiled its 1st unilateral sanctions since leaving the European Union 49. 00 individuals and organizations are being targeted under a new system to punish human rights offenders so as this report. Commission a long awaited action against abuses of human rights the measures announced by the foreign secretary committed the u. K. To holding perpetrators of mistreatment to account. This government and this house sends a very clear message on behalf of the british people that those are blood on their hands the thugs of despots the henchmen a dictator will not be free to waltz into this country to buy property on the kings road kings road to do their Christmas Shopping in knightsbridge or frankly to siphon dirty money through british banks or other Financial Institutions the new regime of sanctions targets 49 individuals and organizations from russia saudi arabia me and ma and north korea designed to encourage better behavior. The sanctions target those at the heart of Russias Interior Ministry such as a leg to chenge call accused of being responsible for the death of such a magnitsky the russian lawyer arrested after alleging that russian officials were involved in large scale tax fraud and who died in prison also sanctioned by those who were involved in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi including Saeed Abdullah qahtani a senior advisors of the crown Prince Mohammed bin sol mon and the senior official who planned and directed the murder of a saudi journalist using a 15 man team also listed the perpetrators of ethnic cleansing of their hang in myanmar. And so when the commander in chief and his deputy with me and my armed forces who unleashed a humanitarian disaster that killed thousands and left many more displaced and the 2 organizations responsible for forced labor torture and murder in north koreas. The sanctions also signify a change in the u. K. Status no longer applies to European Union rules it is designed to place human rights front and center of a new push policy. Was very wear and the opportunity to delay the departure of the place this weekend and so this was a strong. U. K. Is going to stand on and its going to exercise this right the act is set to be extended to may challenge other countries such as china or the week of detention camps and crackdowns on hong kong protesters the question is will they go far enough to affect a change behavior so that i have all aljazeera. Going maxwell the alleged accomplice of sorts a friend Jeffrey Epstein whos been transferred to a prison in new york a number of epsteins victims accused maxwell of being instrumental in grooming young girls for abuse there were others under whos the 3. The metropolitan Detention Center is a far cry from the lavish surroundings of the rich and famous she is accustomed to but this is now home for british socialite Elaine Maxwell now an accused criminal facing 6 federal charges including luring in transporting girls as young as 14 into sex maxwell is now awaiting a rain meant in a new york courtroom later this week maxwell arrested last week at this 1000000. 00 home in a rural part of New Hampshire is a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein who died by suicide last august he was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges many of his alleged victims have long said maxwell was a key accomplice luring girls to him on monday one spoke out he had me come a little closer to him. Then he started touching my head. And then he lifted up my sir. I was in a skirt. And he was touching my bare skin. I started to feel scared and to cry max well now sitting in jail is a fall not only for herself but also for her family legacy her father Robert Maxwell was a wealthy and well known british publishing executive an elite member of britains high social classes in 1901 he was buried in israel after his mysterious death in the Canary Islands on his yacht named league elaine. As for the lane maxwell shes due in federal court later this week where prosecutors say they will argue against her getting bail saying shes a flight risk with access to 3 passports and tens of millions of dollars in more than a dozen Bank Accounts around the world linked to her name none of which will do her much good while shes confined here. Brooklyn new york. An iraqi analyst who is a leading expert on eisel and other groups has been killed in baghdad has she me was shot at close range by a gunman outside his home the 47 year old died of his injuries and hospital list was on the 1st of 4 so in conflict in the region the vised iraqs government along with the u. S. Backed Coalition Fighting eyesore. A protest against growing insecurity in sudan central the 1st date is known as tense day the local demonstrators accuse the government of failing to protect them from attacks by armed groups is who border. For a weekend to have the administrators headquarters of next city in general mara in sudan central dar for has been the scene of a sit in thousands of protesters gathered to protest what they see is a rise in the number of violent incidents there demanding the government dismissed the administrative head of the area as well as the head of police the military and the paramilitary rapoport forces that. We have been suffering violations in and justice such as killings displacement and looting no one official wants to discuss these issues and solve them that is why we all regardless of our political affiliations have come out with clear demands we want justice peace we want security and stability. Im a farmer and when i go to farm the arabs they try to rape us when we run back to tom to told the police they dont accept our request for help and those people who attack us are armed if we go to the farm say to. Protest this the arab militias are targeting local people consider themselves africans and say theyve long been targeted and their needs and demands marginalized similar grievances contributed to the start of a civil war in the region in 2003 and led to the deaths of nearly 300000 people and the displacement of almost 3000000 it around the countries then president obama will bashir an arrest warrant for work crimes crimes against humanity and genocide from the International Criminal court. The worst yet to end despite a ceasefire as were in factions negotiate for a deal with the Transitional Government that came to power last year the government has responded by pledging to set up a new court and send prosecutors to the area to look into the issues. Justice is important we have taken decisions and have a new court and prosecutors we took some time in coming here because we didnt just want to come with words to offer to you who follow up on the issues we pledged and if theyre not implemented the executive committee of the area will be in touch with us until we can guarantee that they are implemented the demands of the city and didnt go unheard by many in the capital once home to a city that was violently raided last year doesnt staged protests in front of the Prime Ministers office to amplify the voices of those in that city for some who traveled hundreds of miles to join the sit in the issue of security is not just the darfur problem. The problems of the t. T. Other problems of sudan as a whole because the problem with the lack of security is everywhere in the country so we want security nationwide because if we cant have peace and security everywhere we cant have a country that will cater for all. The people of narrative they hope the government listens to their demands and stop the violence he will morgan aljazeera out of town. Burnaby has begun must testing recovered 90 minutes and largest city a newly inaugurated president of the she has indicated that hes taking the outbreak more seriously than his predecessor fewer than 200. 00 introductions have been reported conference or has this. When boonies president everest declared coronavirus the biggest threats to the country last week his government swung into action this temporary Testing Center as had been hardly set up an open folds in the commercial capital bujumbura Health Workers are arching people to get tested and many like. This are volunteering. The problem with this pandemic is that its spread easily its also difficult protect yourself is exercise a good move by the government because if you have symptoms or not you can still get tested it has been a total change of policy from the previous government led by the late president. Who said wounded is protected by god refused to enforce strict social distancing measures and expelled while have officials who raised concerns the shift in tone by the new president comes as a number of confirmed cases rises as more people get tested you could assure we have enough supplies including testing kits we have provided everyone at the Testing Center with the mosques in kenya president Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a face to he 15 of its lockdown despite coronavirus cases increasing people can now move freely across the country charges and mosques are to reopen back to some conditions domestic flights are to resume later this month and International Travel in august should the situation deteriorate and challenge to our health infrastructure. We will have to divert but to look south africa has seen the last outbreak in the region and imposed some of the harshest measures which are now being raised children in 6 the 11th grades have returned back to class up to 4 months other governments on the continent are also cautiously lifting restrictions to help their struggling economies millions of people have lost their jobs and the countries where youve seen the lockdowns being most effective are the countries that relieves grounded a lot of. Public awareness and we should not you shouldnt beefing up monitoring of hastens but i think in countries where you have that its half past noncommittal almost a response or slow response than weve been stuck in the cycles of lock downs and were in these insurgents the Africa Center for Disease Control says more than 400000 people in africa have tested positive that 19 while Health Organization is worried the virus is now spreading widely across the continent which could make it the next epicenter catherine aljazeera. Almost 200. 00 migrants rescued by charity boats in the mediterranean have arrived in sicily of the 9 days stuck on board planes just go to them to another vessel where they will be quarantined to prevent the spread of corona virus the rival kept tense a few days onboard the ocean viking. The british industry has welcomed a 2000000000. 00 lifeline from the government finances museums and music venues remain empty during the corona Virus Outbreak ministers say the support package will save the crown jewels of the u. K. s our industry we cannot protect every job or challenge reports from londons west end. What is a theatre without an audience or a gallery with no art lovers nothing more than expensive real estate with high bills and 0 income for weeks the u. K. s arts and culture industry has been begging for government help saying that theaters music venues galleries and museums shuttered by cave at 19 might never reopen late on sunday night the governments responded. Won the half 1000000000 pounds is the world beating pattern has ever been anything of this scale in the u. K. For culture and indeed globally we have to accept that we wont be able to save absolutely everyone but we try we will try to stretch as far as we can the announcement of 2000000000. 00 in grants and loans has been met with gasps of relief this small theater in londons west end would have been 4 plays into its season by now count robie is Deputy Director she says if the german street theater sees some of the money it could start filling seats again early next year but thats far from clear yet obviously its brilliant at this money has be this package has been announced but there are huge questions about how that will then be spread between all of the Different Industries that work in the arts so youve got theatres museums galleries music news artists themselves how they are going to individually be i suppose chosen or selected for how much what the money will do is give venues that receive it a lifeline cove it has changed how many people can be squeezed into often quite cramped spaces and that has huge and perhaps long term implications for places that rely on crowds most theaters have to fill at least 2 thirds of their seats just to stay afloat but in a socially distance world they may have to keep 2 thirds of their seats empty to operate safely so despite this government lifeline Big Questions remain about the future of the industry or italians aljazeera london. So this is our desire these are the top stories and australias 2nd largest city of melbourne is going back into lockdown for 6 weeks State Government has admitted its lost control of rising infection numbers from wednesdays 5000000 residents can only leave their homes for essential purposes the gauge is more now from canberra. We need to remember that it was the envy of many countries only a few weeks ago it has been very successful in suppressing this virus but of course as weve seen over the past week in melbourne it has really sort out of control this has been a 2nd consecutive day recording high record high infections in metropolitan melbourne and that has led to the lockdown returning brazils president is awaiting the result of a covert 900 test after again being checked for the virus after complaining of fever jaya both emerged from a Military Hospital where your mask has been widely criticized for refusing to wear a mask in public as well as ignoring social distancing rules. Of the president changed the law requiring them prisons and he vetoed mosques in churches schools and shops last week the us is still need deep in the 1st wave of coronavirus with more than 50000 new cases a day thats according to the information disease expert and he felt she the President Donald Trump says it has the worlds lowest mortality rate and is calling for schools to reopen in the autumn your sector state might pump a has criticised chinas government over its new National Security law in hong kong as being all well and police cannot conduct searches without a warrant stop suspects from leaving the city and intercept Online Communications several companies worried about the implications of hong kongs National Security little short video talk has announced it will stop operations at facebook and whatsapp of also said that they will deny government user data requests. An iraqi journalist he was a leading expert on iceland other groups been killed in baghdad he was shot at close range by a gunman outside his home 47 year old died of his injuries in hospital the analysts was an author of the voice on conflict in the region and advise iraqs government along with the u. S. Backed Coalition Fighting. York state with headlines more news here on aljazeera right after this is europe. Told to old you sarah. Let me also you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop all the 30 action this is the moment to concentrate on fighting over why didnt we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on their own just their own. What about the gentleman who died in north london this week hes with us shes interested in