In the philippines against president rodrigo tatty as he begins outlining his latest violence for the nation and china takes control of what was the u. S. Consulate in the city of chengdu after its order to close any worsening diplomatic disputes. At least one person has been killed during antigovernment protests in iraqs capital baghdad its the 1st fatality jaring demonstration since Prime Minister mostafa to me was sworn into office 2 months ago protesters are angry about corruption unemployment and Poor Public Services iraq has seen months of on race as it struggles with an economic crisis and political instability simona 14 is in baghdad with more. What appears to have happened last night based on our conversations with a few protesters in baghdad 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 the cording to the protesters plain clothed officials opened fire using live ammunition and bird charts to wards 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 coronavirus 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 who have 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 registered 54 degrees which is the highest temperature ever recorded in a bucket out and this has pushed many people to the streets once again asking for basic things such as electricity and services but have also been spurred on by recently adopted austerity measures which have really made it difficult for many people to to get by under daily in their daily lives the u. N. Says more than 60 people are reported to have been killed during an attack in west darfur hundreds of men are said to have been to have raided a mass terry village on saturday burning homes to the ground sudans Prime Minister abdullah him doc says joint Security Forces were deployed to protect farmers who are returning to their fields for the 1st time in. From the americas to Europe South Asia and australia countries around the world are facing a rise in corona virus infections more than 16000000 people have not been diagnosed since the pandemic began 4300000 are in latin america where she World Health Organization has designated the new at the center most are in brazil mexico and argentina alexandra haiti is in colombia another latin American Country where the number of infections is causing concern. According to the paramedic 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 to and to a lesser extent also cheater 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 their main hotspots 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 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. Meanwhile is recording up to 70000 new infections a day california has the most followed by florida thats overtaken new york but new york state still has the highest number of deaths at 32000 australia has just seen its highest daily rise in infections a day after reporting its worst death toll most of the 532 new cases are in the state of victoria thats struggling to contain a reason its being partly blamed on people going to work to spike 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 on sorry sight we will see more people dark particularly now there are very there the ultimate consequence if people are going to work sick is the people who become infected. And therefore people will die. I need a veil smith is professor of a matching infectious. Hygiene and tropical medicine she says what were seeing is a predictable result of mistakes made by government it is not really a surprise some countries just reopened too quickly others just starting to see the epidemic growing and so so we see a different picture but at the still 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 repertory surgeons ive been else to see it i know researches of cases in countries that were quite successful the beginning like it 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 down the young people want to be out again they want to party they want to be together but and forcefully reunited time and we just cannot do this and and we really need the young people to understand the need to keep on doing social distancing to really protect those that arent highest risk. Outcomes. To spray now where the catalonia region is considering even tougher measures if infection rates dont improve within the next 10 days the regional leaders his data from affected areas suggest the situation is spiraling in a similar way to march when spain impose its 1st National Lockdown the u. K. Has imposed a quarantine on all travelers coming from spain live tomorrow to herrero whos the boss and owner for as catalonia as regional leaders been speaking tell us about what he said and why is the situation so worried. Well weve seen how only the number of people infected has been increasing rapidly in the past 2 weeks fearing that the loonie of these 4000000 people region the main epicenter of all these infections is. That it has the 80 percent of all these the number of contagious a resident came thought out regional president said this morning that the situation is very warring he said that there are 290 sources of contagion and some of these sources of contagious are back to the numbers back in march so the situation is quite worrying you saying that he doesnt want to get software measures 2 weeks ago the use of mass was made mandatory these work and was the 1st weekend without bars and nightclubs you have to say that all these people that are infected the profile of this infection has changed completely to what we saw back in march were talking about people were talking about people that dont respect social distancing measures they keep gathering and theyre going to be going to clubs and bars and dont they they dont keep this this social distancing measures but after closing these bars and on the pops we so that all these people were moving to areas like the beach behind me theyre doing all these gatherings seen in Public Places like parks and beaches so the situation is not under control right now. Doesnt want to take tougher measures for for the moment right has a Spanish Government marta had more to say about the u. K. Decision to impose a quarantine on people coming from spain. Well what we heard yesterday was from other Foreign Affairs ministers saying that spain is safe place to travel there they keep insisting that traveling to spain is very safe the situation right now is quite dramatic though the words the word mauls repeated yesterday nationwide was the sas are all holiday makers and businessmen with all these vulnerable. Places like that the owners of these restaurants some bars seen how their incomes because they were they had frozen we have the tourist tourism through some sector 3 frozen for 3 months that they were hoping that this would research in this Summer Holidays during the month of july and august that the the big month for the holiday makers and only for this week this incoming week weve seen how a 20 percent of all the reservations are being canceled so people are quite uncertain about this the situation from the British Government of all during these 14 days as solution for people traveling from spain spain spain to raise the tourism in spain sent up 12 percent of the of the economy and this situation got there we welcome like 818000000 for interest every year and of which 2000000 are british stories so the situation is quite dramatic at the state thank you very much for that mater hero live in barcelona. 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 all have been detained as malaysia does not recognize Refugee Status more than 700000. 00 during a fled myanmar after a military crackdown in 2017 also living in camps in bangladesh is in kuala lumpur and tells us more about the refugees and where they were discover it. 26. 00 of them were found hiding in bushes on an island just off long cow we are islands 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 fisherman at sea now Authorities Say they have detained all 27. 00 of them and 28. 00 including the man who made it to shore on saturday night now and a senior coast guard official told Reuters 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 those ships could carry about hundreds of other writing refugees down these men have now these people have now been detained ing food men women and children theyve been detained in addition Authorities Say theyve also arrested 2 other 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 i was slowly changing down last month malaysian authorities detained nearly 270. 00 rohingya riingo refugees they were found to vent at the country their boat was damaged malaysia in the past had sent ringer refugees back out to sea but the sources say they couldnt do so because this boat was damaged and 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. And they use ahead remembering the korean war as south korea commemorates day despite rocky relations with its northern neighbor and saying good bye to the man known as the conscience of the u. S. Congress mourners pay their respects to john lewis. And i once again plenty of sunshine in showers across the good parts of Southeast Asia a lot of the showers into southern areas of thailand 229. 00 millimeters of rain here in the past 24 hours as around a months worth of rice on the usually wet some of the showers really popping up across the peninsula down towards borneo as we go on through choose day extending across into the philippines similar to show is still a possibility into that eastern side of indonesia but for much of indonesia too bad lossy fog and sunny to cause at around 31. 00 celsius slushy fought a sunny to across a good part of australia but the big story maker recently has been this a swirling area of low pressure that area of low pressure a coastal low just off the coast of New South Wales damaging winds here we have had some flooding more very gusty conditions rattling 3 spinning away as we go on through choose day wednesday promises to be a much better day i am pleased to say shit on a little quieter 19th celsius in sydney the up to around 16 celsius the 4 melbourne a lot of fun and try of course that western side of australia perth 20 degrees for lots of dry weather will look my father the new zealand or the cloud and rain will move in for the 2nd awful week. 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A quarter of the world 16000000 coronavirus cases are now in latin america as infections rise in brazil colombia and argentina but there are concerns the numbers could be much higher than official warnings and at least 26 working are refugees he had 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 and detained malaysia doesnt recognise the status of refugees. In. The philippines president has defended his governments response to the pandemic saying it prevented between 1. 30 extra infections and his annual state of the nation address rodrigo tatay also highlighted the success of the lock down but admitted they were slow in rolling out testing a speech comes as around 2000 people gathered outside a university in manila to protest his policies which has been accused of mishandling the response to the pandemic and criticize over a new on thai terrorism. China says it has taken possession of a close u. S. Consulate in the city of chengdu the American Flag was lowered and chinese officials covered up signs outside the building stuff at the u. S. Consulate were given a 3 day warning to vacate the shutdown was ordered by beijing in response to the closure of its consulate in the u. S. City of houston the 2 countries accuse each other of espionage theyre also in dispute over trade and the pandemic. Being demanding the closure of the u. S. Consulate general in china and taking over the premises as chinas legitimate and mrs. Very response to the unjustified u. S. Act of closing chinas consul general in houston and breaking into the compound what china has done conforms to International Law the basic norms of International Relations and customary diplomatic practices the Current Situation in china u. S. Relations is not what china wants to see and the u. S. Is responsible for all of this we once again urge the u. S. To immediately retract its wrong decision and create necessary conditions to bring the bilateral relationship back on track. Explains how people are reacting. 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 monday morning local time that it was vacated we had chinese authorities and through the front gate we also saw a team of people wearing hazmat suits presumably with disinfection gear entering this location now the reason beijing says that this quantity that was targeted was because it stopped holding to they were involved in activities inconsistent with that capacity but we also know because of its location here in southwest china that this country that has a key listening to things happening in egypt that 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 and 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 here and. Realize what has happened that theyre now seeing little. Or no sisko says further with steve song whos director of the China Institute at so Us University of london hes 5 card from thank you so much for being with us this is quite a significant consonant that the chinese have decided to close in retaliation to the closure of their mission in the u. S. What do you make of beijing response and old so do you think this is it for now or could there be more tit for tat measures sicko. I think it is a proportionate response to the closing or the chinese consulate in houston. If all the consulates in china that the americans maintained are very useful ones so any one of them that is close is going to be harmful to the relationship. But then to with the consulate being coached there is just no way that the Chinese Government will not close one of the american consulates i hope that this will be the end of it i think the Chinese Governments intentions is that they were joyland on these in this round but if the trauma ministration comes up with. Each shapes i would expect the chinese to respond in kind yeah i have relations in the point of no return or can things still be of a very soft to the us election in november. I dont think we are going to see a we all of us general precision to was china there is a bipartisan and hardening u. S. Views on china and this should be a ministrations is also a wonder that cannot our fault too appears to be weak to Foreign Policy with the United States so i think we are seeing the direction of trouble where relations between china and the us will continue to be tense even if biden being places strum us president but then how far you go i think will be different a by the administration i think will be much more predictable and much more calibrated in these responses to china it from a ministration is likely to revoke a lot more right mike bump ala the u. S. Secretary of state has been out front of this fresh air campaign you know traveling to various capitals in the last week he was in london and calling on washington and its allies to use what he called more creative an assertive ways to press the Chinese Communist party to change its ways do you see more countries siding with the u. S. On this crisis or is it just too much at stake for them when it comes to china. I think what we are seeing is that a lot of countries which are democratic are becoming more and more concerned with the assertive if not aggressive Foreign Policy that she jinping is practicing so they would be encouraged who come up with a stronger and more Effective Response to that but they are not i dont think very change to work with the way that pump aoe is pushing i think they see the way the pompei of us in pushing us away that is not the most effective if there is a change in u. S. Administrations later this year then i would expect washington to be much more able to get is and i used to work with it. Thank you very much for talking to us about this thief son is director of the China Institute at university of london thank you for your time thank you. Now u. S. Federal agents have again used tear gas against protesters in the city of portland in oregon it was in response to protesters launching fireworks at a federal courthouse the agents were assigned to protect the demonstrations against racism and Police Brutality they have entered their 9th week but people are also angry about the presence of federal agents in the city both state and local officials have called for their with child. In a haiti thousands of evangelical christian protesters have joined a march against a new criminal code they say is immoral many are angry that discrimination on the grounds of Sexual Orientation has been made a criminal offense they say that goes against conservative family values a new code also legalizes abortion and know as the age of consent to 15 is still to come into force in 2 yes. Tropical storm hanna is sweeping through parts of northern mexico heavy rain has cost severe flooding in the city of monterrey submerged streets are making it difficult for emergency crews to reach some areas ana made landfall in the u. S. State of texas on saturday for the west to meet the civic ocean the u. S. State of hawaii has now really missed a direct hit by hurricane douglas but forecasters say it could still affect some of the states smaller islands. South korea is marking the anniversary of the armistice that ended the korean war 67 years ago more than 3000000 people were killed in the conflict and though it ended a formal peace treaty has never been signed rob mcbride is in seoul. Because 22 nations came to the defense of south korea led by the United States under the United Nations 2. It was hoped that a number of those veterans would have made the journey here to south korea thats not possible of course because of the coronavirus but we have have had a number of south korean veterans here obviously all taking very extra precautions and socially distancing because they are very Vulnerable Group a lot of these guys are well into their eightys and ninetys now but this was the commemoration of the end of the war which famously of course is only ever been stopped because of this armistice and it was hoped especially with all of the summit diplomacy of recent years that we may well have seen by this very important averse 3 year and actual Peace Agreement being in place well that that we know now is not the case if anything relations have soured but this event obviously comes in the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war now its a very important event here was the number of events commemorated that last month interestingly in north korea that is to some what some extent glossed over because of course the north invaded the south although the history books give a very different story but it is this event the end of the war which is very much more commemorated in the north because this is billed as the fatherland overcoming the invaders from outside. He marched alongside Martin Luther king and campaigned for social justice right up until his death nearly 2 weeks ago now the body of former u. S. Congressman john lewis is charming close Savile States for the nation to say goodbye the hiding has more. 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. In 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. Is where. 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 infused with that optimism cant you hear him find a way to get in the way. 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. And he came from a home of big and all faiths and respect. So did my brother rob this is not. Just an effort of him 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 Harding aljazeera. You a clue again im fully back to go with the headlines on aljazeera at least 2 people have been killed during protests against corruption and unemployment in iraqs capital baghdad for the 1st test sharing demonstration since Prime Minister mostafa to me was sorn in 2 months ago a quarter of the worlds 16000000 coronavirus cases and now in latin america as infections rise in brazil colombia and argentina are there concerns the numbers could be much higher than official wants spains catalonia region meanwhile is considering even tougher lockdown measures if infection rates dont improve within the next 10 days the regional leaders his data from affected areas suggest the situation is spiraling in a similar way to march when spain impose its 1st National Lockdown 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 and detained malaysia doesnt recognise a status of refugees florence we has more from kuala lumpur 26. 00 of them were found hiding in bushes on an island just off long we are island in the north west of peninsula 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 of course they have detained all 27 of them and 28. 00 including the man who made it to shore on thought of a night now and a senior coast guard 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. And the philippines president has defended his governments response to the pandemic saying it prevented between 1. 30 extra infections in his annual state of the nation address surgery go to tatay also highlighted the success of the law down but admitted they were slow in rolling out testing the speech comes as around 2000 people gathered outside a university in manila to protest his policies that it is being accused of mishandling the response to the pandemic and criticized over a new on thai terrorism. Witness says next august there. As protests rage over Police Brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the polls follow the us elections on a just. These are times. He got off and he. Seems to be. In. The. Audition with the
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