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Unemployment violent. More than 100 people die in floods in northeastern india while the country grapples with a raging coronavirus pandemic. A warning of another clampdown and spains catalonia region has infections that. Will begin with that breaking news israel is accusing hizbollah of launching what its calling an infiltration attempt on its border with lebanon it happened in the past few hours in the shaba farms region has been a has denied being behind the incident the United Nations is urging restraint from both sides israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has posted on twitter saying what was happening on that all the border was being constantly monitored he says that israel wont allow iran to establish itself on the border and that lebanon and hizbollah are responsible for any attack that comes out of lebanon lets go live to the west reuss them and to aljazeera hari for scenario whats israel saying about exactly what happened on that border today. Well it has a very different account from what is coming out from hezbollah it is saying that there was a cell of some 3 to 5 hezbollah fighters the tried to infiltrate into israeli controlled territory in the ship of farms area in the occupied Golan Heights. They tracked this so they watched them come some meters inside israeli territory and that they repelled them with machine gun fire tank fire and artillery no confirmation about the condition of those fighters from the israeli side these are it is saying that there were no casualties on their side as belies saying that it did not carry out any such attack and that the fire came from israel a sign of its confusion and panic over the situation where it is still waiting for some kind of response to the killing of hezbollah fighter inside syria in an airstrike that was attributed to israel last week so thats the Current Situation where expecting a statement to the media from the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister Coalition Partner benny gantz in the comings in the coming minutes what are we to make of the timing of this incident terry is that significant. Well yes it does come a week after the killing of this fighter inside syria the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has long said the should there be fighters killed inside syrian territory the response to such killings would come from within lebanon and so the israelis have been waiting for something to take place for several days now there was a heightened alert put in place as of friday there would be reinforcements sent to the border areas by the Israeli Military so very much all eyes were on this the north of israel and indeed inside the occupied Golan Heights of the fact that the target appeared to be if there was this this infiltration intent and its worth saying that one of the israeli news channels says that the Israeli Military has video which it claims will prove that there was such an attempt despite the denials coming from the other side if there was this this attack than it is worth noting that it took place at a largely Military Area away from civilian targets but that it also happened in broad daylight and had the Israeli Military having been tracking this cell for some time then firing upon it had it really wanted to really destroy this so presumably it could have done so if indeed they have survived if they have been merely repelled back into lebanese territory that might tell you something about the intent of this fire and the will presumably to try to stop this escalating any further out as it was harry forces live in west jerusalem many thanks indeed to harry lets hear now then from aljazeera saying a honda who is on the lebanese side of the border with israel. The Lebanese Armed Group Hezbollah has denied that it carried out any operation it is saying the incident was a one sided and it is blaming what it calls an israeli at an anxious israeli are. So a very different narrative from what the israeli army is reporting they are saying that a group of hezbollah fighters tried to infiltrate the shebaa farms its very hard for us to independently confirm what happened but a Lebanese Security source did tell us at the time that some incident some kind of incident happened whether it was an attack or an attempt to infiltrate the Reconnaissance Mission that source could not confirm now cautious calm prevails along the border israeli planes continue to fly over lebanese airspace you can hear israeli drones in the skies the tensions have deescalated but definitely. You know what the tense atmosphere along this border is likely to continue and hezbollah knows that if it if it sparks an all out war with israel it will cause a domestic domestic backlash it will be blamed for dragging lebanon into war at a time that the politicians have really run the economy into the into the ground and and hezbollah and along with its allies now hold political power they control the government they control the parliament so right now its its not in their interest really to see an all out confrontation but there is no doubt this border remains volatile especially since israel has to continue to keep up the pressure on iran and groups that iran backs like hezbollah particularly in neighboring syria. To iraq where protesters say the fed up with corruption unemployment Poor Public Services in antigovernment rallies overnight in baghdad at least 2 people were killed the 1st fatalities during demonstrations since Prime Minister mustafa was sworn into office iraq is seen months on rest as it deals with economic crisis political instability aljazeera some of the full team reports now from baghdad. This is the funeral procession for one of the protesters who was killed in last night tell a friend here in federation where that 100 officers have gathered to. Commemorate him and theyre marching from somewhere where indirect fire where where violence took place and. Right and police and approaches. The fight in. March this year when iraq was hit by the i mean and now we can see the government the demonstrators out once again they are angry at the government for not delivering Services Electricity you know the government for not making the sweeping changes that they have demanded since october going to be. Who put the Prime Minister in his position what protection have you provided to the protesters what demands have you implemented for the protesters he didnt provide any solution not the simplest things its very silly that theres no electricity no clean water you didnt do anything for the citizens. The military spokesperson of the Prime Minister has condemned the violence has promised an investigation theyre also said that Security Forces have been ordered to use force only as a last resort but until now the details of what happened last night remain unclear what is certain however is the demonstrators are very angry at the government and they have little confidence that this government could actually bring those responsible to account more than a 100 people have died and tens of thousands displaced by floods in northeastern india flooding as coleman during the monsoon season but its posing an extra challenge this year as the government tries to stop the spread of the corona virus as elizabeth brought in reports from new delhi. This is the only way to get this patient across the flooded the hospital and the stage 4. Days of heavy rain has submerged model the district hospital. Its management has asked the government for help while it tries to contain the spread to the coronavirus. Its a similar picture elsewhere in northern india where buildings have been inundated with rain water. Monsoon rains and be hot have killed several people and displaced 1500000 at a time when the state is in lockdown to contain the spread of co that 19 hospital is filled with water the day the system is blocked nobody has he had all of this my daughter view that because in this hospital i have been with her for the past 5 days in this situation. In many rural areas people have been forced to abandon their homes carrying whatever they can. Be a putting our lives at risk and bringing our cattle and belonging to the highlands by swimming in the flood water we need whatever food we can find and sometimes sleep on an empty stomach. In nearby aslam state houses remain under water as the death toll goes up flooding is an annual problem during the monsoon season but after Disaster Management agency says theres been more rainfall this year its double the number of its emergency shelters to ensure social distancing during the pandemic nearly 50000 people have been moved to more than 250 shelters in the northeastern state. The government is also carrying out frisky operations but with millions displaced help isnt reaching everyone elizabeth purana aljazeera new delhi. The catalonia region of spain is considering even tougher coronavirus restrictions if infection rates there does improve within the next 10 days the u. K. Has imposed a quarantine on all travelers coming from spain the International Air transport association which represents our lines describes that move as a step too far the executive director of the World Health Organizations Health Emergencies program says that new cases of always been highly likely as countries ease restrictions but he says nations like spain are well positioned to manage new outbreaks the situation is is that were close to what it was there before the authorities certainly assure us that theyre taking every possible measure to investigate and suppress clusters and taking localized action to suppress those new clusters of disease so i think it will take it a number of days or weeks for us to to see what is the future in spain but we trust that with those open approach with the sense of the surveillance with the sustained testing and with the cooperation of people in spain that we will see these clusters come under control into course. At all reports now from boston. The president. Said this morning that if the outbreak or the Virus Outbreak is not contained in the next 10 days tougher measures will have to be put in place here in the region of catalonia from the 20990 clusters that still active here in the region the whole region he said that some of them are worse back in the month of march and so if things dont get Better Things they will have to take action on these the number of folk or numbers crisis cases has been increasing in the last weeks we have reduced to 1000 infections spirit day and 80 percent of this infection are happy to have been taking place here in buffalo ny where we are right now so despite the regional catalonia has toughened measures than other regions seems spain like the mandatory use of mass flow seen scraps and. Nightclubs closing down the bars. Terraces have to be closed by midnight the situation is quite worrying so we have to wait these 10 days to see things get better Spanish Government is sending a clear message for everyone to start and to regain to recover the confidence of the other countries data already have some limitations and restrictions to travelers coming to a country like the United Kingdom and expect a measure of the 14 days of self isolation of people traveling to spain they want to send to clear messages of travelling to spain is safe and that the current of ours outbreak is completely contained a weather update next 2 hours 0 then another attempt at solving a political crisis regional leaders step in once again in mali. Remembering the korean war south korea commemorates almost a stay of a rocky relations with its neighbors. Hello we still have some big Thunder Showers across parts of the middle east ok with down towards the southern end of the red sea you see the thunderheads still showing up here but by and large hot and sunny pretty much sums it up as it should be 50 celsius here in baghdad still getting close to that record breaking temperatures then across parts of iraq a little cola hot enough 47 celsius is rico on into what is to more that intense heat and across much of the middle east to me but you see want to see shows between the black sea and the caspian sea still a chance of saying what it is shallow as it into that southwestern corner of saudi arabia western parts of yemen and on the other side of the red sea as well joining up in the shallows that we have through the heart of africa those eastley waves pulsing those showers right across Central Africa towards the gulf of guinea some big storms still in the full cost there over to a solemn areas of mali pushing over towards sierra leone nothing a little further north was as well these tend to be the preferred precursors that may will develop into a storm say more of the same as we go on 3 way to stay to the south of that it is generate dry we have got some think a cloud some wet weather heading to move the parts of madagascar wanted to show was to. Be. A career reporting to the wound though i did hear one journalist documents life beyond the headlines. That certain stories can change us we need to resist please use to it well you know the mystery. To me what a unique journey into what it means to be human the things we came to witness documentary on aljazeera. Who are. Hello again this is al jazeera lets remind you of the main news this hour israel is accusing his bala of launching what its calling an infiltration attempt on the border with lebanon and the ship a farm this region has been on has denied being behind the incident. At least 2 people have been killed in antigovernment protests in iraqs capital baghdad the 1st deaths during demonstrations since Prime Minister the stuff ill cut to me was sworn in 2 months ago and floods in northeastern india have led to the deaths of more than 100. 00 people and forced hundreds of thousands from homes thats complicating efforts to contain the spread of the corona virus in that region. The casket of the civil rights pioneer and longtime u. S. Representative john lewis is being driven in a motorcade through washington d. C. Right now his body arrived at joint base andrews a short time ago but is now being taken to the u. S. Capitol to lie in state for the next 2 days the congressman died on july 17th at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic cancer lets go live now to capitol hill to 0 as alan fisher is there alan this is the 3rd of 6 days of memorials for congressman john lewis. And if youre looking at the same pictures design im looking at the congressman is very close to arriving here at the capitol where his body will lie in state for the next couple of days he will lie in state in the rotunda that makes him the 1st africanamerican to do that although there was an africanamerican politician who live in state in the house just last year. The motorcade has made its way through washington d. C. Stopping off at significant points including the Martin Luther king memorial john lewis was one of the socalled gang of 6 several rights activists who in 1965 decided they would make a stand they marched on washington john lewis delivered a speech which had to be tempered dont by others in the group who said that they wanted to bring the rest of the country with them john lewis then became an icon revered beloved admired by many people here the motorcade then went past the africanamerican History Museum something that john lewis had what very hard to put into being and it also stopped at black lives plaza just in front of the white house something that has sprung up in the last couple of weeks and the place of john lewiss last last public appearance his body you know making its way here there will be a cervus on capitol hill in the next couple of hours and then his body will lie in state outside because of all the covert regulations at the moment people will have 4 hours to come and see him on monday and then they will have several hours on tuesday when they can walk past and pay their respects and the Capitol Police are expecting thousands upon thousands to take their time to come here and see a quiet prayer for john lewis a man who is a sea of loved and respected so much that theyre trying to rename the Voting Rights act which is country being considered by congress in his name and famously the pettis bridge in selma in alibi. When he was beaten by the police for trying to get black people registered to vote while there is a move through the not bridge as well in the way the name pettis and renaming it to john lewis bridge so it will for ever be aged in history with that man out a series alan fischer live in washington many thanks indeed palestinians in the west bank town of al bira say that Israeli Settlers vandalized and set fire to a mosque no one was injured in the overnight attack its the latest report of subtle violence in the west bank why its Organization Organization but has recorded dozens of incidents in the last 3 months in syrias neighbor abraham reports. We can clearly see the aftermath of the attack that happened here in this small school in a beautiful city near ramallah the anti palestinian graffiti written in hebrew as well as the burnt facilities the locals here believe that this attack was carried out by Israeli Settlers who resides in an illegal israeli settlement nearby called. The Palestinian Authority has Security Control over the serious so we didnt expect that the Israeli Settlers would have the audacity to come here in today and lifted they used highly flammable gel fuel and this substance isnt available to palestinians if we didnt put out the fire in time it could have been a disaster just this year 5 new illegal israeli outposts have been erected in different areas in the occupied west bank and over the years one more and more illegal israeli settlements have been sprouting up in different areas in the west bank making palestinians more vulnerable to attack according to the United Nations theyve documented more than 90 settler related attacks this year in comparison with 113. 00 attacks last year they say that there is a fence of impunity because settlers continue with these attacks knowing that the majority of cases related to court to succor violence and without an indictment zimbabwe has suspended most Parliamentary Business to 2 more makers tested positive for the coronavirus it comes as police there are a type of requirements needed to pass roadblocks they say its to stop the spread of the virus but critics argue its aimed at restricting Movement Ahead of fridays protests reports from harare. Ever since the police introduced a nationwide Lockdown People have had to go through said. Police checkpoints to get into the city center when they reach the checkpoints of police are the way theyre going if theyre going to work you have to show a lesson from named roy for the police and in saying these later some of them have been fortune thats why stricter measures have been put in place which means now that list has of the name of the employer the way you work what time you start work and when you finish if youre a nurse or secretes not real doctor you have to a uniform and show your work id if youre a farmer taking a project to the markets you have to have a letter from the head of the village these a lot of for. Bribery. Issue we think even the cases those before we. Even believe some of it they can trust to those who love being with the jumping that just crossing the coast of police in the form of the move to a Government Official say these measures are necessary and will be strictly enforced because the number of calls the 19 infections are rising this aid has nothing to do with curtailing freedom of expression and the right to Peaceful Assembly you cant do that with a plane just strict mischas into. Jews this is. Relations with despite. The split. Fighters because we have. Our descent this informed and i think that now wolf but in the interim to default or their bills in a very short period of time but Opposition Leaders insist these measures are to stop fridays antigovernment protests from a growing ahead a freelance journalist and an Opposition Leader were arrested charged with inciting violence a kings of encourage people to participate in that demonstration there to deny the allegations and they currently into. West African Leaders of called for the swift creation of a unity government in mali its part of a 4 point plan to solve the countrys political crisis which is seen as a threat to regional stability the proposal is the result of a Virtual Summit by members of the regional bloc eko was mollies government and its opposition in bamako Political Tension has been simmering in mali in recent weeks with protesters demanding the resignation of president Ibrahim Boubacar they accuse him of corruption mismanaging the economy of failing to contain armed groups. Commemorations have been held in north and south korea to mark the signing of the armistice that ended the korean war 67 years ago on facilis rock mcbride reports now from seoul. Brought together in remembrance representatives from the 22. 00 nations led by the u. S. Who came to the defense of south korea the 3 year conflict was brought to an end by a cease fire agreement but a Permanent Peace treaty still hasnt been signed and reaffirm our commitment to achieve a final peaceful settlement in korea as the signatories of the armistice agreement intended 67 years ago today its 70 years since the start of the korean war and anniversary that was marked by a series of events here in south korea last month but its the anniversary of the wars end which is up more significance in north korea which we cards it is a victory over what it claims was a Foreign Invasion events have been held throughout north korea to honor its veterans its also a timely opportunity for its leader kim jong learn to reaffirm his close links with the military especially facing increased pressures from the Global Pandemic north korea is a state based on its own military doctrine and. So is that you. d demonstrate the ability as miracle the general north korea claims it strict quarantine measures have kept the disease out but it might be facing its 1st case a north korean defectors living in the south has returned to the northern side of the border and been detained in north korea says he might be infected triggering an emergency lockdown but also allowing the regime to defend. Strict isolation measures this is a case. By the government so far that so far north korea has been totally safe from the whole of it depend their mates but because of this effect. From south korea now we have to deal with the 19 outbreak if north korea is recording its 1st cases of the virus and critics say that gives it the chance to blame it on the defectors it cools human scum Robert Bright aljazeera so the president of the philippines for very good has delivered his 5th states of the nation address with a special focus this year on the governments response to the pandemic her critics say the president s report may not actually reflect reality general allen duggan reports now from the law the president of the republic of the philippine president s state of the nation speech is this annual report card and the way to bring his government closer to the public but this years session is different the coronavirus pandemic us for stratego deterred his administration to limit those allowed to get close to him or to spoke of the achievements of his government over the last few years but admits there are areas where he feels powerless so hes claiming. We claiming it unless we are prepared to go to work. And said well be diplomatic. In due course. But i cannot afford it maybe the president. You know. The turtle also spoke about the economy and the benefits of improving the Agricultural Industry but he kept going back to the issue of security but he porns his drug war is not over. Outside the halls of Congress Protesters say they remain defiant against his government. Police warn anyone raising plaque parts in the streets will face arrest so hundreds of activists held a rally inside the Public University instead. The. Ministry. Specially when it comes to justice and human rights theyre not doing anything to strengthen their justice is when what we really need. To be. Justice is and yet its not even to. The church to speech comes as many filipinos wait for a clearer government plan to steer them through Uncertain Times the nation is struggling to fight the coronavirus pandemic and its economy is now in its worst recession in 10 years and Rights Groups both here and abroad say the philippines is sinking deeper into authoritarianism they see the president is too focused on stifling dissent this is one of the last remaining states of the nation speech of president did their day before he steps down from office in 2022 but for those who take to the streets they see hardly any claims of progress he made hard to that is because millions more filipinos are now jobless hungry and desperate and that they say is the true state of the nation jim duggan aljazeera manila. Its good to have you with us hello adrian from going to here in doha the headlines from aljazeera israel is accusing his ball of launching what its calling an infiltration attempt on the border with lebanon and the shebaa farms region hizbollah has denied being behind the incident the United Nations is calling for restraint from both sides say the honda reports now from the lebanese side side of the border with israel. A much awaited statement from the Lebanese Armed Group Hezbollah released just a short while ago hezbollah denying that there was any sort of a toc in the statement that says there was no operation today there was no exchange of fire we did not open fire it was the israelis who opened fire and this statement that the israeli army is in a state of confusion we do know that there has been tension along this border for the past few days at least 2 people have been killed in antigovernment protests in iraqs capital baghdad the 1st deaths during demonstrations since Prime Minister mustapha. Was sworn in 2 months ago. Floods in northeastern india led to the deaths of over 100 people and forced hundreds of thousands more from their homes thats complicating efforts to contain the spread of the corona virus in the region. Spains catalonia region is considering even tougher coronavirus restrictions if infection rates dont improve within the next 10 days the u. K. Has imposed a quarantine on all travelers coming from spain the casket of the civil rights pioneer a long time u. S. Representative john lewis has arrived at the u. S. Capitol in washington d. C. Where hell lie in state for the next 2 days his body arrived joint joint base andrews a short time ago was taken by motorcade through the city the congressman died on july 17th at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic cancer west African Leaders have called for the swift creation of a unity government in mali its part of a 4 point plan to solve the countrys political crisis which is seen as a threat to regional stability the proposal is the result of a Virtual Summit by members of the regional bloc ecowas malis government and its opposition in bamako protesters are demanding the resignation of president abraham book ok so theres the headlines the news continues here on out 0 after inside story next. Honoring a champion of civil rights activism wuornos in the us pay tribute to john lewis before his body is laid to rest how will his legacy shape the black lives Matter Movement this is inside story. Of that welcome to the program. A lifetime civil rights leader in the u. S. Who inspired the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights act the last of the big 6 rights leaders led by Martin Luther king jr and hailed as the conscience of congress