To months about to racism protests. One of the worst law disasters in modern history the shocking cost of australias bushfires and its unique creatures. The battle to contain the corona virus pandemic is putting pressure on nations worldwide as they seek to find a balance between Public Health and saving economies a resurgence of the virus in spain is challenging European Solidarity germany is warning its citizens against travel to parts of spain the u. K. Has already imposed 2 we quarantine on anyone returning from there a move the Spanish Government calls disproportionate out of the most of the time of the we are at this moment talking to the british authorities to try to make them reconsider a measure that in our view is unsuitable particularly if we keep the epidemiological data of the spent. Territory and in particular certain tourist destinations like for example the canary in the Balearic Islands the villains here and dilute sea in regions which i insist have a total accumulated level of virus that is lower than whats being registered in the u. K. In epidemiological terms it is safer to be in these regions than in the u. K. Meanwhile lebanon is reimposing a 2 week lockdown from thursday after a sharp rise in infections and Deaths Health officials are warning that hospitals could once again become overwhelmed after 2 months of lockdown in chile its begun lifting restrictions across parts of the capital santiago but latin america still remains the most affected by the pandemic authorities in neighboring peru have released a study that says one in 4 people in lima may be infected well a lot in america at its embassy and human is in santiago where restrictions are being lifted. The government has begun confinement measures in 7 of the most affluent neighborhoods of santiago where one of them is where i am right now the problem is that Health Experts say it is tool much too soon now we are seeing for example on the streets were going to ask our cameraman to pan to pan over here theyve marked the streets here so people will main stick and stay to their right so social distancing measures there is hand sanitizers at the bus stop for example but experts say that none of this is really what is needed that would needs to happen is for the traceability to being creased and they also warn that the number of infections despite what the Health Ministry is saying is actually on the rise in many parts of santiago itself which means that this is much too dangerous a move according to them weve seen nevertheless of a wonderful reaction on the streets people come out at last after poor months people over the age of 75. 00 are allowed out of their houses 3 days a week for one hour a day the rest of us can come out from monday to friday throughout the whole day until the curfew takes place about 3 hours from now and so. You know people want to go to back to work the trouble is theyre working in neighborhoods in many cases where they are still under lockdown neighborhoods where the infection rate is still extremely high so if they go from there to here clearly theyre going to bring the virus with them which me raises a lot of questions about just how wise a move this is. Spains Prime Minister scrambling to save his countrys Tourism Industry the u. K. And germany are warning their citizens to avoid Spanish Islands beaches during the height of the summer tourist season the sector is crucial to rebuilding spains economy after months of restrictions well to hear a report style from bottle of. Jungle and relaxed little has changed for the youth of parthenon arsons a crown of ours crisis despite 3 months of Strict Lockdown in c. T. They feel mediately return to the old social habits. Is 19 years old shes refusing to follow the governments social distancing measures or wear a mask which is now mandatory in Public Places we want to see people willing to take an hour commuters free here and we dont know when theyre going to close everything again and yet some easier just might close your eyes and you can see. The cattle on government is trying their best to reach the junger generations in sending a clear message. They would like to treat young people as citizens they are citizens like we are like we are all are so we all have their share on this so yes i mean maybe its a bit harder to get the message through them but i think that the only way to make them feel responsible corresponds to the whole situation because they are historically this message infection rates are very high for those between 18 and 44 years old and the youth are now being blamed with fuelling a socalled 2nd wave. President of the lone yacking torah has the scribe the situation the spiritual he has said that in the next 10 days the corner Virus Outbreak is not contained tougher measures will have to be put in place july is usually the pick month of the tourist season in catalonia but only 25 percent of the hotels are open and more and more is evasions are being canceled every day. Some restaurants wont be open until september those trying to right out of the storm cant believe what they are witnessing afonso goalmouth has worked for 42 years as manager of this restaurant at the brothel on a. Theres new tourism atoll markets and restaurants are empty its very sad to witness never in my life have i seen a situation like this and im 65 years old the Spanish Government is facing an uphill task convincing the world that this is a safe destination and the cup 19 is on the control its going to be a tough and uncertain summer. For the World Health Organization official has described the pandemic as one big wave she says the virus doesnt appear to follow influenza seasonal pattern and warn the Northern Hemisphere not to get complacent during the woman months so it is a problem its a virus like all with but what. Is jumping from one to another when we come in close contact so lets not get that opportunity. So the 2nd wave idea were in the 1st way its going to be one big way its going to go up on the beaches now the best thing is to let well chris smith is a consultant or rather just he says if the virus is given the chance itll serves through most of the worlds population. If you look at the figures for antibodies in the population the best estimates we have and it has been tricky to measure how immune everybody is is that about 95 percent of the worlds population remain vulnerable to corona virus infection in other words they havent been infected yet i know im one of them i tested my antibodies i havent got any and that means that were like a john wood pile which is just waiting to go up in smoke if given the opportunity in other words give the virus a chance it will come surging back we remain vulnerable the virus hasnt gone away were rather like a pop a car sort of parked on a hill with the brake on and if we take the brake off because going to start rolling downhill again the race to produce coronavirus vaccines is pushing up prices for essential equipment leading to concerns over distribution a German Company thats working on 6 code with 9000 projects says some Raw Materials like viles have become more expensive and slower to deliver there are growing concerns in the industry about making packaging and distributing billions of doses all at once more than 150. 00 vaccine candidates are in various stages of development around the world. The u. S. State of florida is recording its highest single day rise in corona virus deaths 186 deaths and more than 9000 new infections have been reported in florida as one of the hardest hit states and to seen a drastic spike in cases this month a resurgence of the virus in several states means the nationwide death toll in the u. S. Has just passed 150000. 00 michaelas in washington d. C. And explain the uptick in cases. The rate of infection says continuing to surge as indeed is the death rate but the states governor on the scientists is insisting that things are Getting Better he maintains that there is a lag in terms of the reporting which is resulting in the spike in mortality is that he said that within days then this mortality rate will begin to drop but this may be optimism according to the figures that we are seeing florida is now the most infected state after california which still leads the way in which the infection is still running strong as in other western states such as texas and arkansas but remarkably president trampled a briefing in the course of the day and he contends that there is a downward shift in states like california and arkansas all this is simply not borne out by the figures that we are seeing texas for example has just reported and massive increase in its mortality figures now this may be because they changed the method of reporting however it is still a significant spike in the number of deaths recorded over 24 hour period so the position looking exceedingly bleak continues to look so not only in states like florida but in a number of other states across the country more than half of the states continuing to show increases in the rate of infection. Lebanon is reimposing a 2 week lockdown from thursday after a sharp rise in corona virus infections and deaths it will be in for 70 the religious holiday medics say it cant come soon enough warning the Health System is close to collapse as more from beirut. The number of daily infections in lebanon is now into 3 digits official say the corona virus has spread across the country there reimposing restrictions less than a month after the country and its only public airport reopened the numbers may be low when compared to other countries but this is a nation of only 6000000 people including a 1000000 refugees where the Health Care System is already in crisis private hospitals have started to turn away patients they make up 85 percent of the Health Sector and they are owed 1300000000. 00 by the government. Lists the Health Sector is passing through a critical crisis that has been going on for 2 years we are crying for help the Health Sector is taking its last breath 10 days ago our hospital stopped receiving noncritical cases. Staff are also being fired the countrys leading medical facility the American University hospital laid off nearly 900. 00 serious and administrators citing what it called a disastrous state of the economy since november up to 40 percent of lebanons 9000 nurses have lost their jobs what is happening is very serious and if going to affect drastically they had care 5th them in lebanon if we dont have enough nurses this means that the number of patients who are currently at the hospital will be much higher burden or us hospitals funded by the public and left underfunded and ill equipped by successive governments for 3 decades are not just at the forefront of the battle against coronavirus what we have seen is with the economic crisis more and more pay. For the private sector any more towards the Public Sector importing equipment and medicine is becoming harder and more expensive because of the sharp devaluation of the local currency and a lack of u. S. Dollars in circulation. The surge in coronavirus couldnt have come at a more difficult time levanon is close to bankruptcy because of years of corruption and the Health Sector has long been neglected by successive governments and was collapsing before the pandemic. More than 200 medical staff have now been infected the number of patients hospitalized admitted to intensive care more than doubled in the last 2 weeks if that rate continues lebanons hospitals once among the best in the middle east will run out of the intensive care beds it needs by mid august. Beirut. To come here and aljazeera including a humanitarian catastrophe the Un Security Council is fighting on disease could soon spiral out of control plus. We believe. You know innocent we believe. We have a strong case malaysias former Prime Minister. Has to clear his name after being sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption. Still no sign of any less hoppin those flooding rains across Central China pushing across the Korean Peninsula and on into japan this weather front thats stationary system thats going to continue pulsing that west weather outs of china through the yellow sea into south korea pushing across honshu slotting across q. C. From time to time some big and sundry downpours the wet weather will come back into central parts of china but to the north and south of that you can see by to see some showers pretty much anywhere its going to be very humid once again down towards the south hongkong at around 32. 00 degrees punishes to cross china showers there into thailand some very heavy rain for a time as well making the way across the philippines could see some very heavy showers threshing through him malays are also seeing some lobbyists as internation on the other hand they can largely dry and 5 for the most part looking rather wet for the most part across a good part of south asia and the up towards that northeastern corner of india and on into bangladesh the heavy and sundry downpours they will continue here the monsoon rains still bringing heavy showers into the pool and also into bhutan right in the west and gets more heavy rain coming in here as well. Incarcerated. In russias toughest prisons stripped of their liberties. And unexpected creative opportunities. A singing contest like no other offers a chance of redemption and hope for the taliban to interfere with. The prison life inside and out of a tale of fingers and murderers on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here at this hour chile is lifting restrictions for parts of its capital santiago after months under lockdown but elsewhere in latin america case numbers are rising resilin peru are among the worst affected. Spains Prime Minister is pushing back against travel advisories by other european states calling them disproportionate the u. K. And germany are urging citizens to avoid spanish to response to a surge in corona virus cases. And the u. S. State of florida is recording its highest single day arrives in corona virus thats 186 thats more than 9000 new infections been reported florida is one of the hardest hit states this is a drastic spike in cases this month. U. S. Attorney general william barr has defended the trumpet ministrations response to the black lives matter protests he testified today Congregational Committee and faced heavy criticism for sending federal agents into cities to quash protests it also faced accusations of politicizing the Justice Department alan fischer reports from capitol hill. This is a time of turmoil in the united states. Protests and riots and questions about the future of policing. When youre about to give issue incorrect against that backdrop the countrys top officer facing questions from members of the house of representatives with a lot of growing to cover the democratic chair of the Judiciary Committee made it clear he wasnt a fire. This is ministration has twisted the department of justice into a shadow of its former self capable of serving most americans only after it is 1st served those in power. Protests erupted across the country after the killing of george floyd by police in minneapolis and me this year from the attorney general a defense of the police in the wake of george floyd stats while violent rioters an anarchist have hijacked a legitimate protest to wreak senseless havoc and destruction on innocent victims that demonization of the police is not only unfair and inconsistent with principles all people should be treated as individuals but gravely injury is to be her City Community william bar has had to deal with court cases of people linked to the president former National Security adviser Michael Flynn an official Campaign Advisor roger stone but the attorney general insists he has never politicized his department i agree the president s friends dont deserve special breaks but they also dont deserve to be treated more harshly than other people and sometimes thats a difficult decision to make the attorney general was asked if he believed the upcoming president ial election would be rigged to claim the president has repeatedly made you know plight i have no reason to think it will be. William barton i protesters were cleared from a park near the white house in june to give donald trump a photo opportunity not something readily accepted by one congressman so it was actually necessary the park be cleared for his for his thats had nothing to do with that the plan to move mr mr atlanta mineral that it really matters very this park be cleared and it was done and you said get it done this was william barts 1st appearance before the Oversight Committee since democrats took control of the house it covered a lot of ground a sign of how important many of these issues will be in the election in November Alan fischer of aljazeera on capitol hill. Colombias army has been called in to rescue people cut off by flooding heavy rains hit the central metter region inundating rule areas they army airlifted children the elderly and even a pet dog the region is bracing itself for more rain with the downpours forecast to continue for the rest of the week. Saudi state media is reporting that steps are being taken to accelerate an agreement between yemens government and a Breakaway Group in the south a resolution has been presented which would see the southern and Transitional Council become part of a new government this maneuvering comes as the Un Security Council is calling on all sides involved in the war in yemen to fully support diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict our diplomatic editor james bays has more. This is the 1st time the u. N. Special envoy martin gryphus has spoken in the Security Council in more than 2 months in may he said peace was within close reach and that had been significant progress in negotiations its clear he now has a much less rosy view mr president. I continue to her i do that the joint declaration the goetia asians will turn the tide away from these mortgages. But toward peace i dont want today to show that. There is a real risk that these negotiations will slip away yemen where enter a new phase or prolonged escalation of the uncontrolled spread of covert 19 and a severe and threatening economic decline for humanitarian assessment is just as grim under secretary general mark low cock said the situation was worse than it has been it any time in the war people are hungry and theres the risk of a full scale family in coded 1000. 00 cases are spreading across the country and an oil tanker anchored in the port of her data has not received the urgent repair work it needs raising the prospect of its cargo of over a 1000000 barrels of oil spilling into the red sea causing an environmental and Economic Disaster perhaps unsurprisingly the president of the Security Council told me ambassadors are increasingly frustrated yes the Security Council is impatient this situation for the people on the ground are. Just an acceptable and tweedle have today altering will have a close discussion where we really discuss. The fundamentals of this this cannot go on like this diplomats have in the past repeatedly praise special envoy griffiths for his tireless work and his optimism in this difficult job thats perhaps why theyre so concerned. That hes now declared the window of opportunity for peace in yemen may be fast fading. Out of the united nations. Iran has held a military drill in the strategically important strait of hormuz members of the revolutionary guard fired a missile from a helicopter targeting a mock craft carrier it was embassy nimitz class carriers the u. S. Navy routinely deploys in the gulf the u. S. S. Nimitz entered the middle eastern waters late last week from the indian ocean. In mali the Prime Minister has invited a key opposition figure to join a unity government in order to resolve the political crisis the opposition earlier rejected a mediation plan by the regional bloc echo as call for the president to step down west African Leaders have been pushing for a new election after a disputed vote the opposition accuses president Abraham Bookout tator of corruption allegations the government denies. Like to take this opportunity to make an appeal a sincere appeal to sisters and brothers in the in 5 movements and other groups id like to say here they are expected in even strongly desired to be part of this next government must be put in place. The u. S. Is welcome to ceasefire between afghanistans government and the taliban the 3 day truce will begin on friday during the Easter Holiday it follows a surge in violence in recent weeks the taliban has indicated is prepared to hold talks with the government after provided a prisoner swap is completed president ashraf ghani has hinted that the talks could begin as early as next week. Now a statue in a south korean Botanic Garden is creating a diplomatic incident because it appears to show the japanese Prime Minister bowing to a comfort woman they were the korean women forced by the japanese to work in wartime brothels where the women were properly compensated or apologized to has long been a wedge between both countries japans chief cabinet secretary says if the bowing figure is meant to be it would be unforgivable breach of International Protocol for. It represents a person in any position who is at fault or anyone who could be in the position to apologize people say but this work doesnt refer to it all that person is that would be good. Malaysias former Prime Minister has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of corruption they will go straight to jail though and says hes appealing france to the reports from kuala lumpur was guilty on all 7 counts and sentenced to prison for a maximum of 12 years and a fine of 50000000. 00 but the judge has allowed a delay in carrying out the sentence. Former Prime Minister of malaysia has been convicted of Money Laundering criminal breach of trust and abuse of power thats for illegally receiving nearly 10000000. 00 from s. R. C. International a former subsidiary of state Investment Fund one empty big yet that sums only a fraction of the 4 and a half 1000000000. 00 that u. S. And malaysian Authorities Say have been stolen from one and. The judge rejected not just defense that hes been tricked by finances and he described the argument that not just was led to believe the money was part of a donation from saudi arabia as an elaborate but weak application not given his lawyers say they will appeal against the verdict a process that could take years this is. Definitely not the end of the world. Because theres a process of appeal. We hope that we would be successful that. There are outside Court Supporters greeted the verdict with anger and disbelief but there was also optimism elsewhere Civil Society groups and opposition politicians have fought for years to bring the Corruption Scandal to light. You know among the majority of. The mind of the majority of malaysians. Change. When it. Leaves reputation and they were. That 30 could strengthen the credibility of Prime Minister yassin who took power in february but it may also weaken his coalition that relies on not just party the biggest block in the alliance but slim and parliamentary majority. Still has Strong Political influence despite no longer leading the United Malays National organization or some analysts say tuesdays conviction could strengthen the prosecutions case in other trials faces dozens of additional charges including charges over the alleged laundering of 550000000. 00 from one and being. One analyst cautioned its too early to predict not chips political demise. But for now a leader who once seemed untouchable has been held to account for his actions lawrence louis aljazeera kuala lumpur Scientists Say nearly 3000000000 animals were killed or displaced by australias last bushfire season the worldwide fun for nature described it as one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history while koalas became the face of the crisis that affected the every species on the planet and the animals that didnt die in the flames face starvation dehydration them and attacks by other animals Christopher Dickman is a professor of terrestrially toll of g. At the university of sydney he worked on those estimates and says he was shocked. This really has always been a fire prone continent so fires are already part of the ecology but i think the sort of ours that we saw over the last season were so big so extensive that weve we really havent seen anything out to them before and i think because much of the forest anyway has been cleared there are developments and been fragmented to a large degree it may well mean that some of the chunks of forest burned it was very difficult for people to list mobile species to come back so we will be looking at a. Progressive impoverishment of the forest to state as a consequence one of the things we we really need to take ways that and monitoring before the fires in the forests the state wasnt very good and what id like to see is much more since that one of the dream through the forests of woodlands and other by regions in the continent so that weve got more idea of where populations are were ecological communities and the tracking of time what the effects of different disturbance events are might put us in that their position then with the with for the fires in the future to be able to predict when we should go where an engine if its to be most targeted perhaps in the wake of the fire or of the disturbance where recovery teams and Recovery Efforts should be most focused as well so military i think would be a critical listen to learn from this. And you can catch up with all the news on our web site there what is on your screen the address aljazeera dot com thats out of 0. Time for a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera is lifting restrictions for parts of its capital santiago after months under lockdown residents in 7 of 32. 00 districts will be allowed to move more freely but im not a curfew remains in place across the capital i left america at its embassy in yemen has more from santiago weve seen never the less of a wonderful reaction on the streets people come out at last after 4 months people over the age of 75. 00 are allowed out of their houses 3 days a week for one hour a day the rest of us can come out from monday to friday throughout the whole day until the curfew takes place about 3 hours from now and so. You know people want to go back to work the trouble is theyre working in neighborhoods in many cases where they are still under lockdown neighborhoods where the infection rate is still extremely high so if they go from there to here clearly theyre going to bring the virus with them which me raises a lot of questions about just how wise a move this is spains Prime Minister is pushing back against travel advisories by other european states calling them disproportionate the u. K. And germany citizens to avoid spanish to a response due to a surge in coronavirus case in the u. S. State of florida is recording its highest single day rise in corona virus deaths 186 deaths more than 9000. 00 sections have been reported fraud is one of the hardest hit states on the scene a drastic spike in cases this month the governors been criticized for lifting the lockdown too soon. U. S. Attorney general william barr has defended the trumpet ministrations response to the black lives matter protests he says it was right to send federal agents into cities to quash protests he added that demonstrations have been hijacked by allocates instigating violence. The Un Security Council is calling on all sides involved in the war in yemen to support diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict special envoy Martin Griffiths warned if negotiations between. Breakdown then that yemen may slide into a new period of fighting uncovered 19 will spread uncontrollably. Mollies Prime Minister has invited a key opposition figure to join a unity government he visited the home influential cleric mahmoud the opposition earlier rejected a mediation plan by the regional bloc ecowas. Those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera the inside story stretching from solution i felt. Guilty all the corruption malaysian Prime Minister a sentence a move and a decade in prison. For leds and involvement in the one scandal so could this be a step towards rooting out croft in malaysia and what if any of the political ramifications this is inside story. And over and welcome to the program im noriko for you is the one scandal has shaken malaysia billions of dollars were allegedly looted from a state fund set up to promote the vote