1st face to face talks in months but the warm greetings masked deep divisions over a virus Recovery Funds and a ban on Confederate Flag at military bases puts the us defense secretary on a collision course with his president s. Fellow thanks for joining us a Record Number of new corona virus infections have been reported across the globe over the past 24 hours so the World Health Organization says more than 237000 cases have now been confirmed flare ups have prompted restrictions to be reimposed in places like israel on the philippines as well as more states and india which has now become the 3rd country to record more than a 1000000 confirmed kovan 1000. 00 cases the other 2 are brazil which now has more than 2000000. 00 confirmed cases including its president joe youre both so narrow and over 77000. 00 deaths and theres the u. S. Where more than 3600000 people have been infected 77000 of them in just the last day nearly 139000 people have died there including 948 reported on thursday so the top Infectious Disease expert in the u. S. Has warned the country could reach 100000 new Coronavirus Infections a day if it doesnt embrace stricter containment measures dr anthony felt she says local leaders should be as forceful as possible when encouraging the public to wear masks u. S. Policy makers continue to debate the subject with face coverings only mandatory in 26. 00 out of the 50 states. I can say as a Public Health official that i would urge the leaders the local political and other leaders in states and cities and towns to be as forceful as possible in getting your citizenry to wear masks masks are important as part of the physical distance physical distancing is the most important but practically when youre living your life and trying to open up the country you are going to come into contact with people and for that reason we know that masks are really important while georgias governor is now urging people in his state to weather but he refuses to back down on his ban on local authorities making masks mandatory in public now i know that many well intentioned and well informed georgians want to mass mandate and while we all agree that wearing a mask is affective im confident the georgians dont need a mandate to do the right time our White House Correspondent kimberly allocate has more on why its become such a contentious issue. Well this is a country that is really founded on revolution its also unique system of government its not a federal system but instead its one that has strong states rights so in many ways the United States is like 50 countries all joined together that theyre really the local officials have much more power than say the president of the United States when it comes to certain issues that masks are one of them in the state of georgia is really highlighting the confusion when you have a Global Pandemic and you have such strong state rights as you played there the governor of the u. S. State of georgia brian kept saying that he supports people Wearing Masks but at the same time he doesnt believe that people should be forced to do so in fact his lawsuit says that the mayor of the largest city in his state bought of that in fact she has overexerted her authority by mandating that and in the midst of all this you have a federal body saying that he urges dr anthony found sheep people to wear a mask because it just makes common sense what were seeing in the United States in the midst of this confusion by politicians at the local and federal level and the mix messaging is stores taking matters into their own hands for example the latest being 2 very large Home Improvement chains lowes and home depot here in the United States saying look at it may be confusing on the outside but when you come in our store youre going to have to wear a mask if you want to shop here and thats what were seeing in the Business Community all across the United States. The World Health Organization says brazils Coronavirus Infection rate appears to have plateaued and it should seize the opportunity to drive down transmission the w h os Emergencies Program head says the country needs a sustained concerted action to get control of the virus brazil is the epicenter of the virus in latin america its reporting at least 40000. 00 new cases per day are in line america editor of the seiu newman is in santiago she says some of the most populated cities are seeing infection rates not just pato but go down this is a bit like a glass half empty or half full you have the. Show saying that the infection rate is no longer exponential and thats really the key word it is planned tolling in some places and others though it continues to rise good news is that in some of the most populated cities like Rio De Janeiro and sao paolo infections and deaths have gone down but as you just mentioned just a short while ago the total number of infections has now surpassed 2000000. 00 and it took 4 months to reach 1000000 and in less than one months for that to double to 2000000 to that gives you an idea of just how quickly it can spread in a country as large as brazil in the meantime youve got the president who is now supposedly confined because he himself has called 19 people out but he held a teleconference earlier today swearing in. Education minister and he was laughing about the pandemic and showing a little bottles of the hydroxide chloroquine which hes taking some other medicine and saying that hes feeling just great so it doesnt sound like he is going to take the advice of the w. H. O. To try to take strong measures to contain this virus to keep it from peaking again. As cases rise in india more states are imposing lock downs to try to contain the outbreak there are fears the real number of infections on deaths in india is actually far higher than those recorded elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. Municipal workers spray disinfectant in a neighborhood in siliguri one of many areas of the state of west bengal under lockdown im sure you know that an indian administered kashmir in the north to do an on the poor in the south around a 3rd of indias 1300000000 population are facing some lock down restrictions. While some places such as goa are only imposing a weekend lockdown indias 2nd most populous state be hot has ordered its nearly 130000000 residents to stay home for 2 weeks behind as one of indias poorest States Health experts are concerned about how rural and less developed areas the handling the outbreak now as it spreads its tracks. In the rural majority states the Health Infrastructure in the rural areas is far weaker and attesting so reliant on backtrace to get better are going to be a bigger challenge of india seeing around 35000. 00 new cases and 700 deaths every day even though its testing more than 300000 people daily that still one of the worlds lowest experts believe the actual number of infections could be much higher its almost certainly underestimated and the question of what the noble abundance mission that we feel that it might be underestimated by a factor maybe even between Something Like the tree so in the number of cases or to get the know if it crosses a 1000000 youre probably looking at something more like 20 to 30000000 in the population and maybe that number could be even larger despite the rise in cases the Indian Government remains positive Health MinisterHarsh Vardhan says india has performed better than any other country in fighting quoted 19 adding that only 2. 5 percent of the factions have resulted in deaths but independent Health Experts say that number isnt actually not just because of indias low level of testing but the fact that most deaths in the country out to medically certified elizabeth parana aljazeera new delhi. Now restrictions have come into force in israel because of a surge in corona virus infections Public Places like malls and tourist sites will be closed on weekends government offices will also be closed to the public and there are limits on social gatherings both indoors and outdoors the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is handling of the emergency has provoked mass protests in recent days. Barcelona residents are being urged to stay at home to stop the rising coronavirus cases there spain recorded a steep jump in infractions on thursday with 580 new cases most were in the catalonia and aragon regions the catalan Regional Government has restricted gatherings to 10 people and close cinemas theaters and gyms well you leaders have met in brussels for the 1st time in months to negotiate a code 1000 Recovery Plan a proposed 800 58000000000. 00 rescue package is aimed at pulling the e. U. Out of what could be its deepest ever recession the talks last month and didnt deadlock and they use for biggest economies germany france italy and spain back the proposal but some other countries dont. Reports. Elbow bumps and other socially distance to greetings replaced handshakes for e. U. Leaders in brussels their 1st summit in person since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in europe the e. U. Commission president along with the leaders of france and germany wants to reach a deal on an 860000000000 dollar of covert Recovery Fund to help the blocs battered economies next couldnt be higher because if we do it right we can overcome this crisis stronger and emerge stronger from the crisis with all the necessary pieces are on the table and a solution is possible discussions are already fraught lead as a divided over boring such a vast sum of money from the Financial Markets and cons of gree on whether it should be distributed as grants or loans 400 transfield say here i am bring in the differences as still very very large and i cannot therefore predict whether we will be able to reach an agreement this time some fiscally conservative countries including the netherlands worry about shared debt they prefer loans with conditions rather than grants. What is very important to us is that countries are reform and if they want grants on top of loans something we dont want actually then you have to nail down very hard guarantees that reforms will be carried through part for the french president emmanuel macro leaders to show solidarity. So here we are at this very particular european summit the 1st to be held physically since the start of the Coronavirus Crisis and one that will be entirely dedicated to the european Recovery Plan and the budget for the coming years this is a moment of truth and ambition for Europe Mike Ross says a failure by the e. U. To unite and help Member States at a time of crisis could feel anti e. U. Sentiment in the block and jeopardize its future the talks are expected to continue for most of saturday but with so many differences and so much at stake leaders may need even longer to reach a deal Natasha Butler just 0 paris. The u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has outlined his plan for england to return to normality saying employers will have more discretion to bring stuff back to workplaces from next month thats despite advice from his chief scientific adviser saying theres absolutely no reason to change the work from home guidance so in your go has more from london. Friday in the middle of july in Central London and you usually see this place thronging with people not just the people working in offices nearby but also with visitors tourists from of the country but of course these are anything but normal times the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is under the gun to try and provide some kind of roadmap to normality of course a lot of that rests on how people can go back to working they can stay working from home or where they can work from their offices or other workplaces and the Prime Minister has made it clear that hes leaving that decision up to the employers. From the 1st of all this we will update our advice on going to work. Instead of government telling people to work from. Were going to give employers more discretion and ask them to make decisions about how theyre staff who work safely that could mean of course continuing to work from home which is one way of working safely and which has worked for Many Employers and employees now as well as employees going to be affecting the local authorities as well who will now have to be in charge of closing down any public spaces in case of any localized break outs but this would seem to be warning counter to what the governments chief scientific advisor and oust on thursday he said that people ought to be really staying at home as much as possible until the end of the pandemic but lets not forget exactly how much the trying to make has affected the economy here there is enormous pressure to try and get things back to normal as quickly as possible question is in the rush to try and limit the damage thats been done to the economy is the government really diverging from the scientific advice says its always followed. Still to come on aljazeera. Protest in sudan against the law changes allowing non muslims to drink alcohol which they consider anti islamic. Beijing says u. S. Officials have lost their minds over china after talk of a travel ban on communist Party Members. Have a days now theres been quite a high surf or along the coast of New South Wales that big low drifting away and filling up now thats fronted warnings for some people its been great surfing has been wonderful stuff but unfortunately those are the lucky few if you live on the coast and some day this is the result erosion along that New South Wales coast erosion right back to the foundations maybe shouldnt build that close to the cliff but they are that is the result now that swell is slowly dying away and we look now to whats coming next its not an active frontal system is going through Western Australia so percys just seeing cloudy with 18 degrees and lighting on saturday but the wet and windy stuff is going through victoria more especially through tasmania will actually i think disappear slowly southwards jumping north rain is still the story not so much wind that the rain has been in japan is only just skimming q shoe and honshu but the bottom end of it goes through our canara for example the next build though is in china right to the sea and further north towards the yellow sea and the yellow river indeed so those areas are places where there were yet more flooding as you know we already know the yangtze is at and above flood level well theres worse to come. On counting the cost cull. True could the u. S. Break come calling spread to the on the edge of another currency shot turkey at war in libya and syria and president putin hope to kick start the economy this year but how will he pay for his big plan. Counting the cost on aljazeera the u. S. Is always open for the people running the world people Pay Attention to what gets on here and how does it is very good to bring the news to the world. Or the. Other weve got the top stories on aljazeera americas top Infectious Diseases expert anthony felt she says the country could see 100000 new Coronavirus Infections a day if it doesnt embrace stricter containment measures the World Health Organization says brazils virus infection rate has plateaued and warns it must seize the opportunity to drive transmission down. And the number of corona virus infections across india has not passed 1000000000 walked on measures have been reposed in several states affecting around the furred of the population. Prime minister has apologized for what he described as excesses by Security Forces who opened fire on antigovernment protesters last week members of the west african bloc echo us are in mali to mediate the escalating political crisis between the governing party and the opposition but protesters are pressing on with their demand that president s Ibrahim Boubacar must resign nicolas reports from neighboring senegal. Prayers for the dead 15 year old isa my god died from a bullet in the head when Security Forces stormed the influential muslim cleric mahmoud decodes mosque in bamako outside 27 year old how is she was walking home when a stray bullet struck her in the stomach is it too you said that about the way they were killed was barbaric they were shot at close range some in the head others in the belly the attack was gruesome and we have many severely injured and. The Prime Minister group apologized and is calling for an investigation after at least 12 protesters were killed when a Commando Unit fired live rounds against demonstrators protesting against the president last week and. I am hopeful that this political process will lead us to a solution and the way out of the crisis is for the well being of older people of mali but despite mediation efforts from the west african body ecowas led by former nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement continues that demonstrators who call themselves the m 5 Movement Want president mubarak to resign and be duly elected National Assembly dissolved. And they. Will want to solve the problems but indeed less. Insensibly quote. Unquote. We saw. But it appears the crisis is deepening while the president calls for a National Unity government the m 5 Movement Want a Transitional Government that would strip kate of his powers dicko accuses the president of abuse of powers and naming family members and friends to keep his ations without oversight this video circulating on social media of the president s son an elected m. P. On a luxury holiday has caused uproar among the millions have of whom depend on humanitarian aid for food while millions continue to flee the ongoing Armed Conflict involving al qaeda and Islamic State affiliates protesters say the death should not go in vain promising more actions ahead as anger is continues to spread they say the future of mali is at stake because hawk Al Jazeera Police and so don have fired tear gas at demonstrators opposed to recent law changes which include banning female genital mutilation and allowing non muslims to drink alcohol hundreds of protesters rallied outside the great mosque in the capital hard to the government ordered the closure of major mosques and 3 other cities to stop similar demonstrations aldin young is an assistant presser professor of africanamerican studies at u. C. L. A. He says the reforms have been a long way to. The sudanese minister of justice is correct that this is im supporting basic rights unlawful for instance getting rid of the laws on apostasy. Banning female genital mutilation and these were laws are long been a way to reducing guardianship but there is an element in which this is also appealing to the International Community particularly the United States which is long and besides the idea that sudan these from prove that a religious freedom and tolerance particularly for minority christian religion. And an identified body has been left drifting in a dinghy in International Waters within the libya search and rescue zone for almost 3 weeks thats the spite 3 requests from the rescue group c. Watch for the libyan italian or maltese all forties to retrieve the body see watch told al jazeera the all fortys are yet to clarify if any other passengers were on board an estimated 400 people have died trying to cross from africa to europe this year on the 29th of june 2020 and 1. 00 of the missions without reckon necessary craft siebert we found a dead body trapped in the remnants of a half sunk boat we dont know what happened there and especially what happened to the other people who were on that rubber boat so we request that the retrieval of the body immediately and that the authorities clarify what occurred there a London Police officer has been suspended after a video of an arrest appeared to show him kneeling on a black mans neck take a look at this video it shows 2 Police Officers pinning the man down on thursday the other officer helping to restrain him has been removed from operational duties the man they were arresting has been charged with possessing a knife in a public place the force has referred the incidence of the independent office for Police Conduct saying the video looks quote very concerning and 3 white americans accused of shooting dead a black man while he was out jogging have now pleaded not guilty to murder former Police OfficerGregory Mcmichael his son travis and their neighbor William Bryan are facing 9 charges between them 25 year old was killed in georgia in february but it wasnt until may that police eventually made arrests after a video of the shooting went viral. After months of protests against racism in the u. S. They defense secretary has now issued a policy effectively banning the Confederate Flag at American Military sites where casper has told military commanders only flags which promotes unity and respect have been authorized the decision could increase tension between esper and President Donald Trump who cited free speech rights and his defense of americans who fly the Confederate FlagLawrence Korb is a former u. S. Assistant secretary of defense and he says it will be hard for trump to reprimand esper i think its really up to ask her whether hes willing to put his job on the lot because if hes a secretary of the fans and he does and then the president old president will pay a tremendous political political price went up to now history has not been like the career just you know secretaries we congress war who have defied the president when it comes to you know doing Something Like for example was secretary of the navy didnt like it when he got any gallagher they see a little youre basically had committed committed murder so he got he got fired so i think it will be very hard for trump in an election new york to fire the secretary you dont have time to get another one slightly if asked 1st word about his wifes and history he should really just go full you know well or extreme ahead im just beijing says u. S. Officials have quote lost their minds in their attacks on china these sharp words are in response to reports the white house is considering a travel ban against Chinese CommunistParty Members as the worlds 2 largest economies are loggerheads on several issues including trade hong kong and weiwei all that makes it an especially challenging time for chinas president to treaty and has more from beijing. From a distance chinese president xi jinping has been doing his best to make friends right now beijing needs them its facing growing International Pressure led by the u. S. Washington has imposed sanctions on chinese officials it says are committing human rights abuses in john and tibet its also stripped hong kong of its special economic status treating it like the rest of Mainland China a punishment says the trumpet ministration for the new National Security law it says crushes promised freedoms and autonomy. Chinas relationship with International Society and a whole was older effacing readjustment beijing in a very worry the hong kong is the most unpredictable front line in this new cold war what chinas doing is turning hong kong into a central front lie by freedom rights and democracy. The trumpet ministration is also considering barring chinas 90000000 communist Party Members from traveling to the u. S. It follows a toughening of its stance on the South China Sea ruling beijings claims to most of the territory are illegal tensions analysts warn could lead to confrontation china is being feels its being constantly criticized by the press by the international. Bodies by individual countries everything china does is wrong no matter what it is so this point they become less interested in what people say they doing has threatened to hit back at washington and impose sanctions on u. S. Officials and weapons company. Its called the trump administrations actions pathetic but apart from strong rhetoric has few options for retaliation. Chinas Foreign Ministry says it will fulfill its promises made under the 1st phase of the trade deal with the us we will carry out the agreement but in the us some people are on reasonably and crazily pressing cornering bullying and imposing hedging monye on china and in the u. K. Beijing is calling on Chinese Companies to reconsider investments there after britain blocked chinese telecoms giant way from its 5 g. Network and in chinas south millions of people have been battered by the worst flooding in decades while the west new classes of the coronavirus have emerged but there was one bright spot in whats been a gloomy week for the chinese leaders and apparent economic recovery from the pandemic with 3. 2 percent growth recorded 2022nd question between e. U. Aljazeera. Or Global Supply chains for personal protective equipment are under threat because of the floods affecting large parts of china several provinces in central and eastern parts of the country have declared red alerts as heavy rain swells rivers and lakes chinas biggest manufacturer of fabric is based in who a province which has seen a relentless rainfall and one u. S. Medical supplies this war in the flooding could lead to products of up to 3 weeks of flooding which began last month more than 140. 00 people died or missing. Floods and landslides have also left a trail of destruction through southern asia killing at least 221 people over the possible and more than a 1000000 have fled their homes in nepal bangladesh and india all seeking Higher Grounds rome has remained one of its concert halls after oscar winning composer and what he called me who died last week one of his most famous scores was performed so mark the occasion. This is the deborah from the film once upon a time in america with his son and conducting the music park auditorium will not be called the. Auditorium known for his soundtracks in classics such as the good the bad and the ugly he scored music for more than 500 films over 7 decades. Heres a check of the headlines on aljazeera the top Infectious Disease expert in the u. S. Has warned the country could reach 100000 new Coronavirus Infections a day if it doesnt embrace stricter containment measures Dr Anthony Fauci says local leaders should be as forceful as possible when encouraging the public to wear masks u. S. Policy makers continue to debate the subjects with face coverings only mandatory in 26 out of the 50 states. I can say is a Public Health official that i would urge the leaders the local political and other leaders in states and cities and towns to be as forceful as possible in getting your citizenry to wear masks masks are important as part of the physical distance physical distancing is the most important but practically when youre living your life and trying to open up the country you are going to come into contact with people and for that reason we know that masks are really important the World Health Organization says brazil must drive down its coronavirus transmission rate while the number of new infections has plateaued the w. H. O. Says the country needs sustained concerted action to get control of the virus brazil is at the epicenter of latin americas outbreak with at least 2000000 confirmed cases its reporting at least 40000 new cases per day the number of her in a virus infections in india has passed a 1000000 as cases rise more states are reimposing lockdowns affecting around the 3rd of the population e. U. Leaders meeting face to face for the 1st time in months are expected to talk deep into the night as they negotiate a covert 1000. 00 Recovery Plan a proposed 858000000000. 00 rescue package is aimed at pulling the block out of what could be its deepest ever recession after months of protests against racism in the u. S. The defense secretary has issued a policy effectively banning the Confederate Flag at American Military sites by caspar has told military commanders only flyings which promotes unity and respect been authorized those are the headlines on aljazeera counting the cost is coming up next thanks for watching but by. A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Hello im sam this is counting the cost on aljazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week. The United States punished china for tightening its grip on hong kong by great trees pegged to the dollar turkeys theater of war does the country on the verge of another car shark have the money for conflict. 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