Control of what was the u. S. Consulate in the in the city of chengdu outrage supported closed any worsening diplomatic dispute. Thank you very much for joining us from the americas to Europe South Asia and australia countries around the world are facing increases in corona virus infections more than 16000000 people have been diagnosed with cold 1000 since the pandemic began 4300000. 00 are in latin america which a World Health Organization has designated the new at the center most are in brazil mexico and argentina and is on the run is in colombia another latin American Country causing concern. According to the paramedic and Health Organization the pandemic across the region is throwing no signs of slowing down but experts there are particularly worried the 5 countries brazil and mexico of course but also colombia where we are argentina piru and to a lesser extent also cheetah were things of eased up a bit of course brazil remains the main hot spot this week theyve been reporting more than 50000 cases for 4 days in a row however the government said that this sundays the number of confirmed cases has gone down to a little over 24000 well see what happens in the coming days but the worry there is that even if they brought under control the main hotspots and the 1st hot spots at the beginning of the outbreak new ones have since appeared in particular in the south and center west of the country that had fared much better so a lot of warre there now in countries like colombia where we are tina the reopening of the economy as a big big increase in cases so we are in a critical phase of the pandemic right now the same as happened in mexico that has seen a resurgence in hospitalizations despite the government thought they had already passed the peak of the pandemic the u. S. Is recording up to sandy 1000 new infections a day california has the most followed by florida thats overtaken new york but the state still has the highest number of deaths at 32000 australia has just seen its highs daily rise yet in infections a day after reporting its worth death toll most of the 532 new cases are in the state of victoria thats struggling to contain every sage and its main body blamed on people going to work despite being infected. As it stands right now we are seeing too many people for whatever reason attending work with symptoms that just cannot continue otherwise those restrictions will be in place for longer than i should be and arm sorry sorry we will see more people dark particularly now there are very there are the ultimate consequence if people are going to work sick is the people who become infected. And therefore people will die. India has not just a number of confirmed cases in the world and has recorded about another 50000 on sunday Prime Minister Narendra Modi says people need to be more vigilant in morocco some of the biggest cities are being shut down none will be able to enter or leave no one will be able to enter only for casablanca marrakech phase and to make nests more than 630 new cases were recorded on sunday one of the biggest in the rises to date unease and veiled this myth is professor of a maging Infectious Diseases at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine she says what were seeing is a predictable result of mistakes made by governments it is not really a surprise some countries just opened too quickly others are just starting to see the epidemic growing and so so we see a different picture but it is still that the transmission intensity is still highest in a small number of countries kindly let an american have taken over even the Us South Africa and forcing those receiving a rapid resurgence and b. Knows a seat i know researches of cases in countries that were quite successful beginning like israel or like australia initially you know the virus is spreading mainly in old care homes in care homes in old age homes. Within hospitals but now were seeing a shift in the epidemic and its affecting more younger people it is understandable you know after months of look young people want to be out again they want to party they want to be together but and forcefully time and we just cannot do this and we really need the young people to understand the need to keep on doing social distancing to really protect those that are at highest risk for severe disease outcomes in other world news doesnt solve refugees drowned while trying to swim to malaysian shores have been found alive the coast guard says they were hiding in bushes on a small island all have been detained as malaysia does not recognize Refugee Status more than 700000 remaining at fed myanmar after a military crackdown in 2017 most are living in camps in bangladesh lets get more from florence we who is in kuala lumpur for us florence a lucky escape for these refugees says about what happened and how they were found. Well yes so initially they were thought to have drowned because only one person from that group made it to shore on saturday night and he was detained by police then authorities launched a search and rescue operation on top the evening and into sunday as well the now Authorities Say that the rest of the group 26. 00 of them were found hiding in bushes on an islet just off lunker we are island in the north west of Peninsular Malaysia and they were found late on sunday now in addition to the 26 people who were found there was also another man who was rescued by a fisherman at sea now Authorities Say they have detained all 27 of them and 28 including the man who made it to shore on saturday night now a senior coast guard official told wanted news agency that these people nearly 30 of them are believed to have been smuggled into the country on a smaller boat and he believe that they likely traveled to malaysia on a bigger ship from bangladesh ship that could carry about hundreds of other ruling refugees down these men have now these people have now been detained ng food men women and children theyve been detained in addition Authorities Say theyve also arrested 2 other rohingya who are suspected of being involved in the trafficking or people smuggling of this group of people into malaysia now malaysia as a country does not recognize refugees so it means that those who make it here dont have any legal status they cant work they cant send their children to school but malaysia is still considered a favorite destination a sort of safe haven because its a muslim majority country and the mainly muslim or hindu feel safe here despite not having any legal status but im slowly changing and last month malaysian authorities detained nearly 270. 00 rohingya ruling are refugees they were found to vent at the country that boat was damaged malaysia in the past has sent rangar refugees back out to sea but its already. Say they couldnt do so because the boat was damaged now the Prime Minister has said malaysia is no longer able to accept any more refugees its already struggling to cope with an economy thats been battered by the pandemic thank you very much for that florence we live for us in kuala lumpur. China says it has taken possession of the closed u. S. Consulate in the chinese city of chengdu the American Flag was lowered in officials covered up signs outside the building soften the u. S. Consulate were given a 3 day warning to vacate the shutdown was ordered by beijing in retaliation to the closure of its consulates in the u. S. City of houston washington accuses china of industrial espionage the 2 nations have also been in dispute over trade and the pandemic thats really you is right outside the close u. S. Consulate in chengdu with more. This is the u. S. Consulate here in tunku city or at least it was its been recently vacated any signal any sign representing the u. S. Has been covered or taken down security is still very high but weve had notice from 4th beijing and the u. S. Consulate that its been closed and this morning shortly after the monday morning local time that it was vacated we had chinese authorities and through the front gate we also saw a team of people were in hazmat suits presumably with disinfection gear entering this location now the reason beijing says that this quantity that was targeted was because it stopped according to beijing were involved in activities inconsistent with that capacity but we also know because of its location here in southwest china that this culture that acted as a key listening to things happening in tibet and. Beijing has made it very clear that they close this consulate as whats happened to the chinese consulate in texas now this whole incident has gone on a lot of interest here in china people have been standing in the street all day watching whats happening theres also let up some nationalistic and to u. S. Sentiment with some people posting what hostile messages online but at the same time weve had the other side people weve spoken to have told us that theyre quite saddened and feel dismay about what is happening and they feel that its quite a shame that things have really reached the point that they have but overall people here in china people here in Sichuan Province where we are have recognized that this is really a key event thats happening 12 years ago there was a massive earthquake that took place and. He. Realized what has happened that theyre now seeing the political. Cry the weather is next our knowledge is there and then so ahead saying goodbye to the man known as a conscience something u. S. Congress mourners pay their respects to john numerous. How we got lots of warm summer sunshine across southern year further north it is a different story lots of clouds piling in that weather systems are rattling across the northwest there for the British Isles for the low countries heading into scandinavia fan it will warm up as you go into the middle to latter part of the way before they are now more rain coming in across all and through the u. K. Often the England Wales all saying spells of heavy rain particularly more than areas of england as we go on through monday not too much cricket likely in the forecast here then for the southeast fine and dry lots of warm sunshine in paris 31 degrees or be a few showers over towards the eastern side of europe some of them on the live besides some of them thundery for a time by choose day fewer and further between here the west the weather clears away from the British Isles that will make its way back into norway and on into sweden for the south generally fine and dry apart from a few showers just showing the hand them a great little colder than of light temperatures at about 35 celsius also warm sunshine to across northern parts of africa heavy showers there ought across the central belt some of them again on the live side through west africa heaviest showers i suspect will be over towards the west coast around san diego and the gambia. Setting the discussions we are in a big times when we are going to have to defend the high democracies examining the headlines this is not the week to treat them i didnt want to use a lot of we. Human explore an abundance of world class programming designed to inform motivate and inspire you. To well these launching on aljazeera. The in the the e. U. And. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories at least 26 were here refugees feared drowned while trying to swim to malaysian shores have been found alive the coast guard says they were hiding in bushes on a small island have been detained as malaysia does not recognize Refugee Status a quarter of the corn a virus cases in the world are in latin america as infections rise in brazil colombia and argentina but there are concerns the actual number of cases in in the region is much higher. Now hundreds of people are protesting in the philippines ahead of a planned state of the nation address by president. Theyve gathered outside a university in my name as demonstrations outside congress a band detaches expected to outline his plans for the next year has been accused of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic and criticize over new antiterrorism laws to mean island again is in manila and tells us more about what brought to whats brought people out. The president s state of the nation speech is a rare event when the president is actually and all of his achievements are made closer to the public but over the past few years specially this year it has been increasingly overshadowed and mired by protests comes at a very precarious time this is one of the last state of the nation address of the president is supposed to step down in 2022 it comes as the biggest Media Network in the country has been shut down forcibly shut down by congress that did not renew its franchise a draconian according to activists anti terror law has taken into effect and just a few days ago when for example local journalists in the southern philippines received Death Threats and another independent online use site north of manila has been raided by police so you know here at this point what theyre saying basically it remains to be seen what the president is saying but they are not very confident that the things that these going to be saying that she meant are real achievements that effect change on the ordinary people the philippines is still struggling to deal with the pandemic sows and of new cases every day an economy currently in recession and an unknown future for students because according to the government there will be no face to face session or classes in the coming months so at this point you know the president supposed to speak in the coming hours were hearing the kind of state of the nation situation in numerated by activists here they say if they were to give the president a mark it would be a passing one. At least one person has been killed during antigovernment protests in iraqs capital baghdad is the 1st fatality that 2nd base touring demonstration since by minister mostafa continuous one into Office Protesters are angry at corruption unemployment and or Public Services iraq has seen months of unrest as it deals with an economic crisis and political instability thats bringing simona 14 in baghdad simona so the protests picking up steam again tell us about whats been happening. Well what appears to have happened last night based on our conversations with a few protesters in Tahrir Square is that a group of protesters gathered in Tahrir Square to march in direction of another nearby square which is when Security Forces and according to the protesters plain clothed officials opened fire using live ammunition and bird charts to wardes these demonstrators at least one person was killed though a 2nd may have died later on in the hospital according to iraqs human rights commissions and dozens of people were killed now this is quite significant because 1st of all there has been a law in the protests since the krona virus pandemic erupted and also since the protests generally subsided earlier this year we really havent seen many people gather in Tahrir Square it has only been a few dozen protesters were camped out who have persisted but over the past few days we have seen a surge in demonstrations once again take place not just here in baghdad but also in the southern provinces people largely driven by the lack of Services Poor electricity just as the country is going through an unprecedented heat wave just last week really registered 54 degrees which is the highest temperature ever recorded in a bucket out and this is pushed many people to the streets once again asking for basic things such as other tricity and services but theyve also been spurred on by recently adopted austerity measures which have really made it difficult for many people to get by on their daily in their daily lives and so this particular incident will be very interesting to watch how the government will react towards it because it is the 1st protesters least here in baghdad was killed since Prime Minister mr me was sworn into office in may 2020 and he is somebody who has vowed to bring about justice for the roughly 600. 00 demonstrators that have been killed since protests 1st started in october hes somebody who has. Ask his advisors to put together a comprehensive list of all those who have been killed and injured to start a process to bring about accountability but also compensation so last nights events will certainly be sad in that process and many will watch how will he will react whether he will bring the Security Forces responsible to account and of course it will also raise money questions whether the Prime Minister is in full control of the Security Forces that are responsible for last nights violence thank you very much for that update simona 14 lifeforce in baghdad the United Nations says more than 60 people are believed to have been killed in an attack on a village in west darfur hundreds of armed men targeted much stary village on saturday burning homes to the ground sudans Prime Minister abdullah says Security Forces will be deployed to the region to protect farmers who are returning to their fields for the 1st time in the. Protests in the us city of portland against racism and Police Brutality are under way for another night the situation remains tense says a protest center the 9th week demonstrators are also angry over the presence of federal agents in the city there were earlier reports of fighting on the streets both state and local officials have called for the withdrawal of federal agents well lets speak to susan sawyer birds she is a photojournalist covering the Portland Protests for the New York Times and joins us now via skype from Portland Susan very good to have you with us on al jazeera the situation tonight seems to be less tense that he has been in the past few days tell us about what youve witnessed and whats been your experience covering these protests. So 1st of all id just like to make clear that these opinions that i express are soley mine but what id like to discuss is that there seems to be quite a bit of. Lack of clarity when a riot is declared and so many times youll see this scene here on the screen where you have people who are simply standing around and then theres without any provocation that ive witnessed. They are tickets theres some sort of riot declared at one point it was being done over twitter which i didnt quite understand and another point it just was being over a loudspeaker but then the loudspeaker would be overwhelmed by the crowds. And again it says it all is quite peaceful and and so its sort of mystifying to me why theres this massive deployment of c. S. Gas flash bang grenades and grenades against people that are simply exercising their Constitutional Rights how have the protests evolved over the past 8 weeks i mean and how much momentum is you get a sense says theres some fatigue or is there still momentum for this to keep going thats and thats a good question so i did not cover any of the. Movements prior to the federal. Occupation i know no other word to describe it and so it seemed to be that they were waning the protest was waning that it didnt that this sort of it was there is it was on a downward trajectory in terms of. The protesters response to the jailing of george floyd and and then when the federal troops arrived without warning and without invitation. It seemed to reenergize the movement and it brought in also quite a number of people that were attending the protests and as i talked to some people on the ground about this it seemed that they were saying way because you know we have this coded crisis and and so you want to keep your respect are down quite united and. But but it it really energized the movement ok create a sense of or see right so you know for the past 8 and now going to 9 weeks of demonstrators have been coming on to the streets help us understand. Why portland why has this particular u. S. City become a hotbed for protests. Thats a good question in my personal opinion its that where in line is very good at protesting weve done it a lot this is where i live i see it quite a bit people here are very engaged in the national conversation. And they always have its just its just sort of the burton way which makes it and one hand and in my opinion charming because people really take care of people very much care about their community here and theyre involved that the young activist talked to that are involved in the Matter Movement have been calm collected incredibly well spoken very well educated theyre looking to change you know theyre looking for Racial Justice and thats a very legitimate thing to protest and so i dont understand. I dont understand the federal response and i tried to reach out to the people that ive been photographing so you see here in this video clip you see Homeland Security agency youre us marshals and then theres a 3rd. Border patrol thats involved i havent seen any Portland Police the local Police Bureau on the streets sense this started but i also have to say that i have been gassed out all 4 nights of my coverage and the gas mask that i bought was insufficient for the simply the volume of gas its it definitely works if its tear gas well 8 if you will but. Every night ive been out the deployment of tear gas has been so. Thick in its its difficult to describe it. Its i just dont understand i mean i really want to understand this but. Personally i cant yeah its a very difficult situation to comprehend thank you so much for sharing your experience and your views with us so is and so we brought a photojournalist joining us and from portland thank you very much for your time. Thank you bye marched alongside Martin Luther king jr and campaigned for social justice right up until his death almost 2 weeks ago now the body of former u. S. Congressman john lewis is traveling through several states for the nation to say goodbye the harding reports. A homecoming for an American Hero the body of civil rights icon john Lewis Crossing the Edmund Pettus bridge in his home state of alabama it was on this bridge in 1965 during a civil rights march by hundreds of activists that a Police Officer fractured his skull on a day that became known as bloody sunday the attack on him drew National Attention to the struggle for racial equality now this city is the final leg of the selma to montgomery Voting Rights trail and his coffin has retraced that journey. As. Lewis was a Senior Member of the Congressional Black Caucus in a man known as the conscience of the congress he said his activism was anchored in a belief that good trouble could change the world john never gave hope his optimism is what inspired in all of us were all in with that optimism cant you hear him find a way to get in the way truck. Necessary. Lewis was arrested at least 45. 00 times throughout his political career and he kept returning to this bridge for the last 2 decades he led an annual march across it to highlight the struggle for Racial Justice on the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday in 2015 he made the trip with the nations 1st black president barack obama. But he came from a home of being in it all faiths and respect. So did my brother rob this is not a good. Its just a different. Hello the Memorial Service in troy alabama is the 1st in a week of tributes and services for the former congressman on monday he will lie in state in the rotunda of the u. S. Capitol since his death theres a renewed push to rename the Edmund Pettus bridge in honor of john lewis leon harding aljazeera. In haiti thousands of evangelical christian protesters have joined a march against a new criminal code they say is immoral many that discrimination on the grounds of Sexual Orientation has been made a criminal offense they say that goes against conservative family values and you could also legalizes abortion and no as the age of consensual sex to 15 is to come into force in 2 years time. Tropical storm hanna is sweeping through parts of northern mexico heavy rain has cost severe flooding in the city of monterrey submerged streets making it difficult for emergency crews to reach some areas on a made landfall in the u. S. State of texas on sunday for the west in the Pacific Ocean the u. S. State of hawaii has now really missed a head on collision with hurricane douglas the category one hurricane is carrying winds at a speed of up to 140 Kilometers Per Hour forecasters say douglas could still hit some of the states mauler islands germany says russia will remain outside of the g. 7 until it does more to help end the conflict in Ukraine Foreign minister heikal mosse rejected a proposal from the u. S. President to allow russia back into the club of wealthy nations russia was suspended from what was the g. 82014 after an excuse me is ukraines crimea peninsula and move a move denounced by many government says even legal. South korea is marking the anniversary of the armistice set ended the korean war 67 years ago when 3000000 people were killed in the conflicts since it ended a formal peace treaty has never been signed a un held a separate ceremony at the Demilitarized Zone commemorations are also expected in north korea. To be a. Day watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour dozens of Rohingya Refugees drowned while trying to swim to malaysian shores have been found alive the coast guard says they were hiding in bushes on a small island theyve been detained as malaysia does not recognize refugee satirists florance we has more from kuala lumpur 26. 00 of them were found hiding in bushes on an island just off langkawi ireland in the north west of Peninsular Malaysia and they were found late on sunday now in addition to the 26 people who were found there was also another man who was rescued by a fisherman at sea now Authorities Say they have to attend all 27 of them and 28. 00 including the man who made it to shore on thought of a night now and a phoenix grant official told wantons news agency that these people nearly 30 of them are believed to have been smuggled into the country on a smaller boat. At least one person has been killed during antigovernment protests in iraqs capital baghdad its the 1st death during demonstrations since Prime Minister. Me was sworn into Office Protesters are angry over corruption unemployment and all Public Services hundreds demonstrating in the philippines ahead of a planned state of the nation address by president rodrigo teti has been criticized boys handling of the calling of eyes pandemic in a new law which gives police sweeping powers the un says more than 60 people are believed to have been killed in the on a village in west darfur hundreds of on men targeted necessary village on saturday burning homes to the ground sudans Prime Minister abdullah one doc says joint Security Forces will be deployed. A quarter of the coronavirus cases in the world are now in latin america as infections rise in brazil colombia in argentina but there are concerns the actual number of cases in the region is much higher and china says it has taken possession of the close u. S. Consulate in the city of chengdu the shutdown was ordered by beijing in retaliation to the closure of its consulates in the u. S. City of houston those are the headlines inside stories next. The cost this week rich countries a corner of the market for covert 19th drug seeds but what does that mean for the worlds paul well look at the coronavirus treatments also offer low income and check out the real price of developing. The cost as era. Its one of the largest in the world and its being so being tested by the floods china has seen in decades the 3 gorges dam was once a school for rates of National Pride but what impact does such mega projects have on people and the environment and how is beijing now reconsidering manages rivets this is inside story. And welcome to the program im laura caro its been described as a once in a generation event floods have swamped large parts of
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