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Protest across israel furious about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is handling of the pandemic. Just 4 days after a global tally showed 15000000. 00 Coronavirus Infections the world has now surpassed 16000000. 00 thats according to the u. S. Based Johns Hopkins university it shows the United States brazil and india are leading a surge in new cases globally almost 650000 people on the known to have died the u. S. Has recorded 73000 new infections in the past 24 hours the countrys top Infectious Diseases expert dr anthony felt she is again urging state governments to hit pause on reopening the states of florida texas and california remain some of the worst affected and floridas governor is being accused of easing lockdown measures too soon Heidi Joe Castro reports now from maryland. The death toll in florida is rising as well and one person in florida is dying a covert every 10 minutes and florida certainly is not alone 18 states in the United States have broken totals and as far as cases or deaths in this past week in florida its governor rick to santa is a heavy strong supporter and he has been praised by the president even now for his response to the pandemic ordo was one of the 1st states to reopen and now critics are seeing whats happening with these numbers resurging and saying that that move was prioritizing the economy over peoples lives and this similar story repeated across the country much of the south now including the state of texas where along its border with mexico were seeing dire situation with what hospitals begging for more supplies the military responding there with their resources and refrigerated morgues parked behind those hospitals the same scenes we have seen in new york not so long ago unfortunately repeated now in new hot spots across the u. S. And british tourists in spain. Last minute decision to make them quarantined for 2 weeks on the rich the announcement by the government late on saturday took effect from midnight leading many travelers knew time to avoid spain was originally on the list of countries declared saints by the way but. Should be reimposed in some areas. We fly. To be honest because it fails to feel safer in spain would it to the u. K. Before we left the u. K. It wasnt monday cheats wear face masks in a lot of places. But nearly everybody is wearing them so. North korea has put the border city of kiss song into lockdown saying its 1st case of corona virus may have been brought in from south korea pictures were broadcast of kim jong un chairing a meeting to announce the measure was state media suspected case is a defector who fled to sons korea years ago before returning illegally last week south korea says its investigating sarah clarke is following that story out of hong kong she says it is unclear whether the patient was tested for corona virus well this person who defected 3 years ago to south korea the return date back to north korea was on july 19th and he suspected or he or she is suspected of having covert 19 other reports indicate if he or she has had the official coronavirus test and said that the suggestion is that theres been several medical checkups showing respect for the symptoms that are linked to or a similar to those that you have with the crowd a virus that if confirmed as you mentioned this would be the 1st case officially acknowledged by north korea kim jong un has had the emergency meeting has declared a state of emergency also that border city of k song has been put into a lockdown as it was got as a result hes described it as a critical situation a report released by the state run media says its a dangerous situation in case some that may lead to a deadly and destructive disaster now north korea has received thousands of testing kits from russia and other countries its also had some pretty strict border closures in recent months but i believe restrictions have eased of lights now the case of this particular defector the state run media saying he illegally he or she illegally crossed the demarcation line on july 19th and the politburo meeting that is scribed it in a dialogue as aloof guard performance on the front line on that particular day and obviously an investigation into the military unit responsible will happen. One seen as a Success Story australia has had its highest daily death toll since the pandemic began 10 people died in 24 hours in the Southeastern State of victoria the epicenter of a surging outbreak his numbers there have been growing by several 100 per day for the past 3 weeks australia had largely brought the coronavirus under control in april. You have to say that these numbers are far too hard was there is some relative and i stress the term relative stability were not saying doubling the doubling again were not dealing with thousands of cases a day which is what the modeling tells us we would have had to deal with if wed not gone to the start straight start high motors weve got to drive those numbers down a little bit more scuffles and tear gas on the streets of the u. S. City of Portland Oregon as protests continue against Police Brutality anger over the presence of federal agents sent in by president almost trump is not dying down the demonstrations were sparked by the Police Killing of george floyd in minneapolis and the been going on for more than 8 weeks. Brian dundon is a contributing editor at the Economic Hardship reporting project hes also a native of portland hes been covering the protests over the past 2 months he explained to me earlier why there is growing concern over the federal agents on the ground i think the general sense among protesters and the public at large is that theyre absolutely acting outside the law we see them running around the streets many blocks from the federal courthouse as you see in those famous videos abducting citizens and also running out in the park public park and snatching people off the streets of portland so i think the. Question is not whether its legal or not is motivated only Pacific Northwest Seattle Portland has a rich history of protest and its in the blood here. They may have picked the wrong city to test this out on why 5 matter is still the absolute rest of the protest if you down there right now theres chanting by 5 matter there are black people leading the protests and on the megaphone you ask anyone down there for 3 by 5 matter but in our protest this large. There are a lot of. Theres a lot of different motivations under that umbrella and. At the moment there has been a. Kind of unified spend Unifying Force that the federal agents are in in the city and i dont know. But its. Its had a new focus. Large protests in seattle in neighboring washington states the police there using tear gas and stun grenades to clear a weeks old occupied. 45 people were arrested 21 Police Officers were injured. A man is under formal investigation after the police said he confessed to setting fire to a cathedral in the french city of known the 39 year old refugee worked as a volunteer for the cathedral and hed been in charge of locking up he was initially taken into custody a week ago the fire destroyed the stained glass windows and organ of the cathedral. The World Health Organization is warning that malaria related deaths in africa could more than double this year because of disruption caused by the virus pandemic the Health Emergency has shut down many large scale treatment and prevention programs mohammed of the reports from nairobi. At this hospital in kisumu city western medical workers are treating children sick with malaria. For. Bringing her daughter leah to hospital was not an easy decision. There was one that. I have exposed her to a hospital for a new name they all speak told us so many disease. Causing this i mean you have Infectious Disease but they have to bring up here that is another one i say. Is on my side because im going to tell that to the number of people who might in one way or another be infected and end up infecting so they feel their medical workers say many people suffering from malaria are staying away from Health Facilities we realized during discovery. Pandemic most of the parents from coming to the hospital putting into consideration that they fear themselves getting affected are getting affected you know consigning the issue of 19. Days in the heart of whats called kenyas malaria belt where outbreaks of the disease. Stockmen toward like this one. So. I dont think. Its. Like. According to the world the help of musician covered 19 disrupting team Health Services likely to increase outbreaks and deaths from diseases such as malaria. The crisis affected the mail ability of mosquito nets used to prevent the disease. Malaria is one of the leading causes of death globally and the 2nd biggest killer enough rekha which accounts for 93 percent of malaria related deaths in the world while that occurs on a malaria remains achievable in the coming decades much will depend on whether these presents a bump in the road or are you talking. The next few months will prove critical of governments on the International Community to try to pull a delicate balancing act to keep both 19 and malaria under control. Nairobi kenya. This years 1st atlantic hurricane hanna has made landfall on the Southern Coast of texas strong winds and rains have been lashing the coast with a category one system arriving on saturday just south of Corpus Christi the state governor has issued a disaster declaration for 32 counties saying the coronaVirus Outbreak will complicate rescue and recovery efforts. In the pacific hurricane douglas is heading for hawaii where people are boarding up windows and stocking up on supplies the storm is expected to reach the islands on sunday social distancing rules will be enforced in storm shelters. Still to come on this half hour around to see or news for you 6 months on from the 1st cold with 19 infection of the City Residents are now facing a new threat. Also ahead for the love of the game well tell you why its kicking off in mexico despite coronavirus fears. Same something of an increase in the shower activity across Southeast Asia recently lost the showers there into the southern philippines northern parts of borneo in the shower stretch right across malaysia know that there is a smart probably the wettest of the weather the liveliest of the showers the thundery downpours quite a rash of showers there. Just pushing up across thailand right the way up into china in the nation here it is dry there will be a few heat of the day showers but this is the drier parts of the region at the moment lousy dry cereal corsica possible strike but weve got some very active weather in the mix at the moment this weather 1st system making its way through the bite towards the southeast and colder than a day parea of live pressure that has been light bringing more very wet very windy weather into that eastern side of New South Wales as we go on through monday we are expected to say some very heavy rain the possibility of flash flooding severe warnings in falls and some very strong winds as well as that just swells away that beach erosion still a problem here of course that will tend to move away as we go on searches day heading towards new Zealand New Zealand lost a fine and dry kwacha weather coming back into that southeastern corner of australia and we got some quotes weather off a little spell are flying to the southwest. Rewind continues i can bring your people back to life im sorry with updates on the best of aljazeera as documentaries this show continues but from by good to know im used to students revisiting alfreds prepress. Im the money they didnt talk we know from the topic of whats happening in libraries or sites they have been some changes over over the years you know rewind on aljazeera. The roof. Or. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour there have been more scuffles and tear gas in the streets of the u. S. City of Portland Protests continue against Police Brutality the demonstrations which was sparked by the killing of george floyd have been going on now for more than 8 weeks. 1000000 people have been infected with coronavirus in the last 4 days that brings the pillow be total to more than 16000000 the United States brazil and india are leading the surge in new cases the u. S. Recorded 73000 new infections in the past 24 hours. The u. K. Has begun imposing a 2 week quarantine for travelers returning from spain that follows a surge in corona virus cases there and the reintroduction of lockdowns in some areas the policy began at midnight on sunday leaving many tourists scrambling to get home. Well dr. Is a senior clinical lecturer at the university of texas as medical school he explained earlier whats behind the surge in u. S. And european infractions. I personally feel this is a continuation of the pandemic rather than a start of a new wave the the number of cases only went down because we went into a lockdown but when we went into lockdown the case numbers were down but they were not 0 or they were not in perspective really low and what happens when the viruses out there in say collation and then you start opening up things like night clubs socializing meeting in restaurants clubs bars clubs etc and pretending this is the important bit and pretending that its all over let us resume because we need the economy to run unfortunately we get this huge number of new cases created we must accept that the virus is in say collation we must open they kaname but we must be very very careful why are we not doing this baffles me and i worry about the United States United Kingdom europe and the rest of the world there has been a pressure from the economy side to open up and i feel for example the United Kingdom opened up prematurely and i feel the health and the economy should run together which is we Work Together on how we open it safely rather than open it prematurely and unsafely. Kuwait has lifted its last remaining locked restrictions imposed in may have gradually been eased in phases depending upon infection rates the government hopes to fully reopen the economy by september. Israeli police have confronted the latest protests demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu water cannon was fired to disperse the crowds again rallying near his home in west jerusalem demonstrators have held repeated protests his handling of the virus pandemic and his links to corruption which hes on trial for from western. These are protests which have been going on for some weeks now but especially in the last 2 weeks or so weve seen 8 of these protests just here in west jerusalem there are also been protests across the country on several of these occasions tonight being no different several 100 outside the Prime Ministers sort of summer home or 2nd home north of tel aviv. A few 100 more in television and then its various road intersections across the country as well as for what theyre demanding world demands diffidence some extent depending on which group youre talking about there are lots of different groups here from the the black flag socalled prodemocracy protesters who say that netanyahu is a threat to israeli democracy because of his Corruption Cases that the trial that he is currently facing which is due to start in earnest in terms of hearing witnesses and evidence in january theyre also Small Business owners and selfemployed people out on the streets protesting against the lack of economic assistance as they see it as a result of the or rather the combat the the economic fallout of the pandemic there also theres lots of people in young israelis here in west jerusalem especially who are out protesting against a government which for many of them hasnt tackled the grown a virus pandemic properly that there was a lot of success being celebrated in the 1st wave but now were deep into the 2nd wave and there has been a pretty chaotic back and forth in terms of Decision Making in terms of restrictions being imposed then lifted then somewhat tweaked and reimposed and a lot of people are on the streets saying that this Prime Minister this government isnt focusing properly on the coronavirus pandemic. People in the chinese city of new hanna have a new emergency to deal with 6 months since the coronaVirus Outbreak forced its 11000000 residents into flooding has submerged parts of chinas worst affected city as well as other parts of the bay province katrina you reports. There used to be a pot where 100 farmer town now works but last weeks tarantula rains changed that flooding and pollution is crayfish and crab ponds gotta hold the coronavirus this year already impact my business when the operate was contained i worked really hard to recover the business but just before the harvest time this flock ive lost so much. Almost all of science stock died in just a few days he lost more than a years worth of income. He says 2020 has so far been a year of disasters the Coronavirus Crisis forced his farm on the outskirts of ohio to close for much of the 1st half of the year infections have eased but for the citys 11000000. 00 residents flooding poses a new threat 6 months off the was 1st what it was this was what it was parts of the city was what it was it was more than 1000. 00 rivers in the region have breached Flood Warning levels more heavy rain is expected. While some a worried about the future Old John Lake and think about the past her father died suddenly and without diagnosis and early february despite having symptoms of carbon 90 a fever and breathing difficulties the authorities never formally acknowledge him as a victim. Yes well thats what. Remembering what happened to my father that day it was so tough taking him to the hospital there was no car no help he was in the hospital waiting room and then a few minutes later he stopped breathing then a doctor came and told my mom he passed away the government says about 3800 people and died after contracting corona virus with 50000 infected beijing says it successfully contain the outbreak but it source remains unknown World Health Organization Officials Say theyve launched an investigation but the u. N. Agency isnt saying what progress is being made while the virus crisis in the hunt is over at least for now for john lay the scars remain. Where you are so my life has completely changed i dont think we can ever go back to normal. Side what tao was great for his family survived the outbreak he says hes now trying to shift its focus from counting his losses to making do with whats left katrina you aljazeera on. The malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Abraham says now is not the time for a new general election there has been speculation the Prime Minister will get in yes and may call a snap poll in the coming months but mr was the decision to deport a government critic who featured in a recent aljazeera documentary proves there are issues that need to be addressed 1st. Environment is certainly a conduit for elections we have. Been we have policies now. They may disagree with our right to question and disagree and come out a statement but harrison again is not acceptable. This is whats happening in this country now. Jordanian Security Forces have arrested leaders of the opposition run Teachers Union jordans Teachers Syndicate was also shut down for 2 years as part of an investigation into allegations of corruption prosecutors charged his acting head our story with inciting supporters against the government the union took to the streets on weapons day demanding that last years deal to increase salaries should be honored. Geneses president has appointed a new Prime Minister the chimney chichi he has a month to form a new government and he must also win a vote of confidence in the parliament or an election is expected to be called the former interior minister replaces years farquaad who resigned after just 5 months in power hes under investigation over conflicts of interest allegedly in shares here in private companies. The son of a cleric imprisoned in saudi arabia is accusing the kingdom of human rights abuses against their family solomon. Is a prominent advocates of reforms in saudi arabia and his son says the charges against him are quote absurd the cleric was arrested 3 years ago and is facing the Death Penalty for stirring public discord and inciting saudis against king solomon had had the town hall be were talking about violations like banning any interaction with the family and even banning any Legal Framework to communicate with my father in an outside court a secret trial took place in suspicious circumstances Security Offices abused my father and searched our house and farm and went after me and the family these violations took place over 3 years. Poland is pulling out of a european treaty aimed at preventing violence against women thousands protested against the planned withdrawal in cities across the country the Justice Minister says the treaty violates parents rights by requiring schools to teach children about gender. A prominent human rights activist in kyrgyzstan has died in jail 69 year old as in john scott off was serving life for involvement in Ethnic Violence his supporters say the charges were fabricated the u. N. Said hed been arbitrarily detained and tortured. His release Prison Guards died the day after being taken to a clinic with pneumonia. Theres no arctic weather at the moment in northern norway the Arctic Archipelago is having a heat wave with the highest of a temperature of 21. 00 Degrees Records on saturday thats almost half a degree higher than the previous record set 41 years ago temperatures are normally 5. 00 to 8. 00 degrees at this time of year and these fall bottle islands home to polar bears Scientists Say Global Warming is happening twice as quickly as in the arctic as the average elsewhere. First edition football is back in mexico but the opening match ought to be postponed for 24 hours off to warnings about the heightened risk of coronavirus spreading among players money from mexico city. After an uncertain season on and off the pitch footballers in mexico are returning to work. Per League Football has kicked off a 4 day tournaments with the theme on during Health Workers on the front lines of mexicos ongoing struggle against the coronavirus pandemic. In recognition and gratitude of those who care for health against the toughest of rivals the tournament name will be changed to guard against 2020 this is a message of solidarity on behalf of mexicos football industry. This years league has been highly anticipated though many in mexico see the tournament as a risky mistake as you you may know we have seen they are using their government as using. A little chris. Lawrence we are turning. Their states of the Mexican Republic real return to red thats a high of. 3 days so this is not the time to return to stadiums concerns have also been growing over the risk to players and league staff among mexicos 18 1st Division Teams 16 have reported corona virus infection. Within their ranks. Even so many players say theyre just glad to return to doing what they love so you are mine and i simply at that i can see into the can going to keep will will continue to connect with our fans that its not possible to have them in the stadium at the moment until the authorities permit but we want them scenario well do want jobs in the field and bring them as much happiness as we can. Mexico is one of latin americas worst hit countries by the corona virus pandemic and 2nd only to brazil in coburg related Deaths Health policy analysts say continuing mexicos prolific football season is that a sign the corona Virus Outbreak is improving but rather a decision that was made despite evidence and warnings that contagion is still on the rise. The remaining matches of the guardians 2020 tournaments will be played in empty stadiums the recent poll found that 3 in 4 mexican football fans would not attend live games even if the stadiums were open out of fear of contracting code 19. Below aljazeera mexico city protesters in spain have been much against the royal family theyre angry about corruption allegations involving king for the pace father on call also you have to cater to in 2014 the Spanish Supreme Court opened an investigation into the former king in june looking at his involvement in the awarding of a high speed rail contract in saudi arabia. Some of russias most impressive military hardware has been on display in some petersburg big crowds lined the waterfront to enjoy the spectacle which is part of the annual Navy Day Parade to the president Vladimir Putin was there amongst those attending along with thousands of sailors and other military personnel. And 85 year old woman in western india has now become an Online Sensation after videos of her martial arts went viral shanter power is now known to her fans as warrior grandma our lives in the city of puny and performs an ancient form of indian martial arts she says shes been perfecting her craft since childhood. This is al jazeera these are your top stories 1000000 people have now been infected with corona virus in the last 4 days that brings the global total to more than 16000000 the u. S. Brazil and india are leading the surge in new cases the u. S. Recorded 73000 new infections its top Infectious Disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci is again urging state governments to hit pause on reopening the u. K. Has started imposing a 2 week quarantine for travelers returning from spain it follows a surge in coronavirus cases there and the reintroduction of lockdowns in some areas the policy began at midnight on sunday leaving many tourists scrambling to get home. Australia has had its highest daily death toll since the pandemic began 10 people died in 24 hours in a South Eastern State of victoria the epicenter of a resurging outbreak case numbers there been growing by several 100 per day for the past 3 weeks australia had largely brought the coronavirus under control in april. Now you have to say that these numbers are lost there is some relative and i stress the term relative stability were not saying doubling the doubling again were not dealing with the absence of crisis a day which is what the modeling tells us we would have had to deal with if we do not go into the start story start high motors weve got to drive those numbers down north korea has done the border city of case song saying its 1st case of corona virus may have been brought in from south korea pictures were broadcast of kim jong un chairing a meeting to announce the measures state media says the suspected case is a defector who fled to south korea years ago before returning illegally last week south korea says its investigating but even more scuffles on the streets of Portland Oregon in the states as protests continue against Police Brutality the demonstrations which were sparked by the killing of george floyd have been going on for more than 8 weeks. Israeli police have confronted the latest protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu water cannon was used to disperse crowds again rallying near his home in west jerusalem demonstrates his protests to his handling of the virus pandemic those are the top stories the news continues after rewind were back a little later season. We understand the difference is similarities of cultures across the sentimental how do you take a. Current affair. Hello and welcome to rewind im come on sons of maria over the last 10 or so years here at aljazeera english weve built up an Incredible Library all Award Winning documentaries and on rewind way taking another look at some of the best of them and seeing whats happened in the years since they were 1st shown this week were going back to 2012 and a remarkable for