A prison attack in the afghan city of jalalabad i saw claims responsibility israels army hits what it calls a terror squad accusing it of planting explosives along the border in the occupied Golan Heights. People around the world are facing strict new coronavirus rules and restrictions governments are trying to stamp out rising infection rates while avoiding the full economic shutdowns they imposed earlier this year a global tally by Johns HopkinsUniversity Shows the number of reported cases is now more than 18000010600000 have recovered about 690000 people have died in the philippines as reported more than 3200 new Coronavirus Infections pushing it close to overtaking indonesia as the worst hit country in Southeast Asia tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around manila after infections jumped more than 100000. 00 from tuesday business isnt public transport are expected to close people will need special passes to leave home. So youve heard do call up different groups from good medical community who are ready to. Go munich the quarantine issue you. Will or a fully understand where you. Would like to us research your time will be you they have been in the front lines for 2 months exhausted German Island organism in a lot she says the government will decide the middle east whether to lift or extend the Lockdown Health workers were asking for is a return to what they call an enhanced Community Quarantine or in fact a total lockdown of metro manila and nearby provinces thats something that the president did not give to them in his address sunday night what he basically said is that they will implement a stricter lockdown policy in megaman the and many other areas which means that the mystic rights will be postponed there will be no public transport which is already limited in the 1st Place International flights coming in and getting out of the philippines will also be limited the philippines already implemented one of the world the strongest and most strictest lockdowns and that started in early march and ended a few months ago when the cases where around 18000 the government decided to ease restrictions hoping basically to allow people to go out to to help buffer the economy basically its really feeling the impact of this crisis however the call that was made by Health Doctors was a distress call the message was very very clear they say hospitals are at full capacity and frontline medical workers really do need breathing space theyre asking for a lockdown in order to slow down and special as they see hoping that they will allow some of them basically to have a break to handle the growing number of covert cases given that there is no massive testing or tracing at the moment here. All nonessential businesses in australia 2nd largest city in melbourne have been ordered to close because of the latest surge in corona virus infections 5000000 citizens already under a 6 week stay at home order have just finished their 1st overnight curfew victoria State Government is also battling large gatherings and reintroducing Online Learning im so proud and grateful of all of all lyes victorians who are doing the right thing to those who want it just got a mike better choices and ill have more to cite tomorrow of that significant boosts in penalties significant boosts in enforcement and again im very grateful to the Prime Minister for his for the partnership that he you know i have because tomorrow as an answer is around some of those issues will involve further idea if further important support for us to get this job done these are not easy decisions this is not this is a very tough guy and there are many more of those to come nicholas gauges in sydney she says the latest measures in melbourne will have a big impact on the economy. Put it into perspective victoria makes up about a quarter of a strategy is National Economy and the decision that was made to close many of these extra businesses in retail Industrial Areas in manufacturing will likely lead to thousands of job losses so obviously the State Government is looking towards how it can help the economy and those people who will no doubt be out of work the premium Daniel Andrews has said that anyone who will be out of work will be eligible businesses who wont be able to open will be eligible for a 5000. 00 grant and the Prime MinisterScott Morrison has just addressed the nation and he has called the situation in the state of victoria i disaster saying that it will have widespread complications on the entire economy of a stray and he has announced a pandemic scheme to to help those people who need to self isolate for 14 days because one of the big issues here is that Police Say Many people who have tested positive to this virus have not been staying at home they have been leaving so right now really the focus is on the economy and making sure that we can reduce the numbers in victoria over the next 6 weeks while this curfew and further lock down in place. Several prisoners have escaped after a suicide bomb attack on a jail in eastern afghanistan. This. Isolates claiming responsibility for the gun battle which killed at least 21. 00 people and injured dozens Afghan Security forces arrived after several explosions outside the prison in the city of jalalabad. Attack is a National Security and less than Founding Member of transparency afghanistan he says the attacked looks like an attempt to increase eyesores ranks irresponsibility of the attack has been claimed by the Islamic State and its believed that you have a vast amount of guy with sharia cell members who are imprisoned in this very prison so if taken responsibility the primary motive could be to make sure that to sort of release their president and this is what they have done the initial reports that we have is that there are about 1500. 00 prisoners and the prison and 500. 00 of them have been able to escape which the government claims that they have they were able to sort of captured him or after the prison and the other end they have been captured all over again so the primary motive just like i said could be the. One to have its members out of the prison is. Is located in eastern afghanistan this is where the stronghold of the guy you were since 20142015 province nuristan province like one province and their number are province is this area where you have the presence of fish and this is where a majority of the president s are kept and perhaps deal wanted to infiltrate and have their prisoners released. Hamas is describing overnight israeli air strikes in gaza as a dangerous escalation the Israeli Military says it targeted several sites after a rocket was initially fired from gaza in a statement hamas said the israeli attacks were verted tension from the weeks of antigovernment demonstrations demanding the resignation of Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu and the Israeli Army Says its killed 4 fighters in the occupied Golan Heights its released this video accusing them of planting explosives along the border fence the military described them as a terrorist squad it says the Syrian Regime is ultimately responsible the video cant be verified and no group has claimed the attack her forces is in west jerusalem he says an investigation is now underway. I mean to base that in the account friendly Israeli Military they say that what took place was this group of 4 what they call terrorists coming into israeli controlled territory in the southern occupied Golan Heights they said they were trying to plant explosives at an unmanned Israeli Military outpost there they were tracked as they did so and they were fired upon by troops on the ground and from the air similar tenuously and all 4 of them were killed what we dont know and what the Israeli Military says they are investigating as to whether there is any link between this whether its an isolated incident or is connected to the already heightened security situation in israels north israel has been reinforcing its troops along the border with lebanon and in the occupied Golan Heights in anticipation of a potential hezbollah attack thought to be likely to come from lebanese territory thats after as bar fighter was killed in an air strike inside syria last month has a long standing promise to retaliate to any of its fighters being killed inside syrian territory and to be there was an incident a week ago on monday when israel fired upon and it says drove back a group of would be infiltrators into its controlled territory in the disputed shebaa farms area as well a sudden there was no attack carried out in that instance so the Israeli Military is saying that there is currently no known connection between what took place overnight but it is investigating the situation russian as strikes have killed at least 3 people in Northern Syria 5 others were injured when bombs had a weapons depo in the city have been issued and rebel held in the province last month un investigators accused russia and its syrian allies of indiscriminate bombings of civilians. Lebanons foreign minister has resigned says he couldnt continue his role because of the governments poor performance its the 1st time a minister has resigned since Prime Minister has formed his cabinet in january this comes as the country faces a growing economic crisis thats impacted the lives of thousands of families. Still ahead an aljazeera well look at why latin america is becoming an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic area 3rd of the worlds deaths. Will be going on. A wildfire in Southern California threatens thousands of people and their. But. We still have some very heavy rain into northern parts of the South China Sea up towards North Vietnam was a southern areas off china courtesy of our old Tropical Storm still quite a rush to show us as one would expect filtering their way into the philippines they stretch across the South China Sea its a good parts of china some very heavy rain there just around thailand pushing up towards me on my the initial showers heat of the day showers there across malaysia we want to show is for good measure just still feeding their way into indonesia meanwhile across australia as laws each right palm down towards the southeast where weve got a cold blast of antartica thats going to really peg those temperatures back in tasmania southeast of all victoria seeing some very cold weather through much of this week temperatures say in the tasmania woman about 8 or 9 celsius over the next day just a couple degrees warmer than that for melbourne last a dry that we will see want to see showers just squeezing there into that eastern side of victoria as we go on through wide as i notice some wet weather there across southern parts of Western Australia and that will gradually fade over into South Australia maybe even want to showers there into the interior for new zealand this generates dry but rain is moving to the past. 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All nonessential businesses in australia 2nd largest city melbourne have been ordered to close because of the latest surge in corona virus infections 5000000 citizens already under a 6 week stay at home order have just finished their 1st overnight curfew. More than 200000 people have died due to the pandemic in latin america nearly a quarter of them are in mexico which has the worlds 3rd highest number of deaths also being hit hard to brazil colombia and chill a minute appollo has more. New cases of corona virus show no signs of slowing down in latin america. In argentina which has largely kept the outbreak under control this is meant a return to lock down restrictions for 2 weeks as cases there are once again on the rise and you know why dont you want anyone else will be the big problem we kept having the last 15 days is that we all relaxed we all felt that the situation was contained and the situation is not contained. A lot down in colombia was also recently extended through the end of august colombia is among the countries in south america showing the most alarming rates of contagion that is going to you know. There are people who dont follow the rules to go out even without a mask or use it incorrectly so were in a complicated phase of the pandemic and theres a lot of contagion. Latin america is home to an estimated 8 percent of the worlds population but accounts for nearly a 3rd of the worlds coronavirus deaths with brazil and mexico making up a majority of the fatalities in the region. In the case of brazil the government has faced heavy criticism for lacking a unified approach to containment efforts with president. Who cant cope with 900 himself often appearing in public without a mask. The same is true in mexico where the countrys president often makes statements that contradict Health Officials such as the recommendation that people wear masks to prevent the spread of the virus maybe up when there are. You know when im going to put on a mask when theres no corruption and it will then ill put on a mosque then well stop talking about. The u. N. Warns the impact of the. Pandemic on latin american economies could amount to a 10 year setback in terms of g. D. P. Yet as countries work to reopen businesses the seemingly unstoppable wave of contagion thats gripped the region is making these efforts near impossible manildra aljazeera. The latest opposition protest in mali is expected in a few hours now president of brought him back and cater is under pressure to resign because of corruption allegations and accusations hes failed to stop attacks by armed groups linked to i saw and the. Mollies army suffered more losses on sunday when 5 soldiers were killed in 2 separate attacks in the center of the country a week of flooding in sudan has killed at least 5 people and destroyed around 1300 homes torrential rain has lashed the Blue Nile Province cutting off roads and damaging vast areas of farmland the deluge also calls to dam to collapse worsening the disaster for many poor sudanese farmers African Union sponsored talks on ethiopia is mega dam project are due to resume later on monday thousands have been celebrating progress on the 4600000000. 00 grant renaissance than downstream countries egypt and sudan are worried about the impact on their Water Supplies negotiations are stark on issues including how much water ethiopia would release if theres a significant drought trading has resumed in Zimbabwe Stock Exchange after a month long suspension to try and stabilize the currency some barbarians are suffering 800 Percent Inflation their worst financial crisis in more than a decade thats being worsened by coronavirus long down restrictions and Police Arrested activist amanda in the fall of the ruling zanu p. F. Party in connection with corruption allegations. Joins us now live from harare so 1st of all lets start with the resumption of the stock market hows that impacting the currency so far. For the government say that Certain Companies and individuals are using more about money platforms to buy shares or then sell the shares and move their money outside the country which then affected the black market fuel the black market and course foreign currency shortages so after investigations were done companies are now allowed to trade except with 3 these include old neutral seed coal and people which is a cement company they are still under investigation where all of this was going on the government would use an auction system a weekly option system whereby the rate of the way the dollar to the zimbabwe dollar is determined on a weekly basis then economists say that somehow stabilize the black market but people on the ground are saying theyre not seeing anything changing in terms of their lives theyre saying that their salaries and their savings are being eroded because of high inflation which is now nearly 800 percent when they go into the shops or supermarket the products of their products from zimbabwe and south africa but theyre just too expensive they cant afford to buy them the government has introduced a cushioning allowance for government workers and also for pensioners but because of logistical issues some people say they havent been able to access that money and therefore the vulnerable in many rural areas the government gave them a certain type of allowance but some are saying they also havent received it and what can you tell us about reports of claims of increasing human rights abuses. Well when Robert Mugabe was removed from power joining a coup president emerson and douglas said hes going to implement reforms Economic Reforms and reforms to do with human rights abuses and some people are saying that his prison saying that hes failing to turn around the quantity and theyre saying when it comes to human rights these are they saying a race in that piece is the increasing on friday opposition groups try to protest in the capital harare the police and soldiers put up a roadblock so only people whose work is considered essential such as nurses doctors security guards people who work for the government were allowed into the city center where the protest was meant to take place if one else was told to go back home human rights lawyers say dozens of people were a said some of them were released on bail over the weekend the thing clear as apartment and the spokesperson for the Main Opposition Party m. D. C. Alliance. Opposition leader. And a few long journey is hopeful are in the high court theyll receive 2 weeks ago accused of encouraging people to participate in these posts all meant. Well we apologize there a little bit of spot of technical problems antigovernment protests have been taking place in jordan after a crackdown on opposition run the union last week Security Forces arrested leaders of a teaches union for inciting members against the government teaches syndicate has been shut down for 2 years as part of a corruption investigation but jordanian teachers say theyll continue to demand the government on as last years agreement to increase salaries. 98000 people have been told to leave paltz of Southern California in the u. S. Where a wildfire is burning 13055 is backed by water dumping aircraft are up against hot dry weather thats all cost to continue rob reynolds reports from los angeles. The fire in Riverside County east of los angeles has burned more than 8000 years and destroyed at least one home as well as numerous other structures approximately 7800 people have been evacuated from their homes this is a major foreign it will be going on for a couple of days more than 1300 firefighters from across the state assisted by helicopters and planes dropping fire retardant are battling the blaze theyre working in temperatures well above 37 degrees celsius amid dry gusty winds the fire is still out of control flames broke out late friday afternoon investigators suspect it may have been deliberately set by an arsonist Southern California has seen little rain for months and the dense brush is tinder dry the fire is burning its way into rugged hills that are hard for crews to reach authorities said. You whether you want to make sure. Everything is safe before we even think about repopulating do to cope with 19 the evacuees will know. Not be housed overnight in large shelters instead the red cross is arranging accommodations at hotels which are largely empty due to the pandemic evacuees are getting their temperatures checked for fever and Evacuation Centers rob reynolds Al Jazeera Los AngelesSecurity Forces have captured one of mexicos most wanted criminals jose antonio known as that model is blamed for ghostwriting drug cartel infighting in the central state of quote unquote though is arrest is being seen as a success for president and the rest Manuel Lopez Obrador is criticized for failing to fulfill his promise to tackle the drug gang war. 2 nasa astronauts a back on earth after landing off the u. S. State of florida the mission was led by the private Company Space x. It marks the 1st time this type of operation has been carried out on a commercial spacecraft. Reports. Its a commercial Success Story its the 1st crew mission to space led by a private Company Returns to earth for us astronaut bob bank in and doug hurley back home where we have our 1st few. After their 2 Month Mission in the International Space station the astronauts were slowly helped out of the capsule as the Company Space x. Plans more ambitious projects we are starting the journey. Of bringing people regularly to and from lower earth orbit. And on to the moon and then ultimately on to mars things are looking good now the success of a test flight could lead to a new booming industry nasa is no longer the purchaser owner an operator of all the hardware we are going to be a customer one customer of many customers in a very robust commercial marketplace. To save money and redirect resources and 2014 nasa turn to commercial Companies Like boeing and space x. For space flight programs and now Additional Missions research and even tourism could fall out in line musks space x. Is going to be one service boeing is going to come online probably later this year theyre going to complete another crude test flight so they can begin flying astronauts next year Virgin Galactic is looking at flying astronaut so this is just the beginning it took more than 18 hours to get back home the socalled dragon capsule endure temperatures of more than 1800. 00 degrees celsius as it really entered the earths atmosphere theres something special. About having that capability to launch and bring your own astronauts home and we went through a lot of years without that capability and i think were both super super proud to have been just a small part of the team that accomplished bringing those space flights back to the florida coast and bringing that capability back to america its that technology in a giant leap in the way space travel is financed and run that powered these astronauts into the history books using the 1st u. S. Build hardware since the shuttle was retired nearly a decade ago. So there again aljazeera. A rare baby ryan that was being rescued from floods at a National Park in india at least 16 others died in the waters though some were forced to seek refuge in nearby human settlements the raaf 3001 horned rhinos in the world most of them in the National Park. The 1st sign language cafe in North Macedonia has opened its doors in the capital scope here its hoped the Business Venture with inspire thousands of other people with disabilities in the country the struggle to get work and rely heavily on the state for help car leg has more. Martin and ragnall a long wanted to start their own business and after meeting others like them with hearing in speech impediments while traveling abroad they came up with an idea a cafe that welcomes and caters to such people along with other customers yes. During my time abroad i saw many ideas and learned that many different people have started their own businesses this gave us an idea to do the same. They received a state grant to help them and after months of preparation were about to open the cafe in march but then the coronavirus pandemic broke out not in the hardest thing was finding an interpreter that was the most difficult as time went by we thought we were going to make it the bank requires you to have an account but the law on the winsome changes which was a shock for us we somehow managed to find an interpreter but the problem was how to pay him martin and i were struggling to make our own living we could not paid interpretation services. But the pair overcame the challenges and hope their success can be an example to others customers can use the digital menu to make orders and also learn sign language they and government officials hope they can help change peoples attitudes to those with disabilities and show others they dont need state aid to start their own business well 90 other guys like on the aim is to amend the law in this regard so this is many people with disabilities as possible can join the open market rather than the protected one we have to raise awareness and consider people with disabilities as equal to all other workers in the country for now sign language is only used for ordering beverages but the couple intends to supplement that offer very soon with food car or leg aljazeera. Lets take you through some of the headlines here an aljazeera now the philippines has reported more than 3200 new corona virus infections its close to overtaking indonesia as the worst hit nation in Southeast Asia tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around the capital manila. To call up different groups medical community for it to. Come in it is what it did in. Q. One little if only i understand where you. Would like to ask for such a timeout period they have been in the front line for 2 months exhausted. All nonessential businesses in australia 2nd largest city in melbourne have been ordered to close because of the latest surge in corona virus infections their 5000000 citizens already under a 6 week stay at home order of just finished their 1st overnight curfew the victoria State Government is also banning large gatherings and reintroducing Online Learning afghan Officials Say at least 21 people have been killed in an isolated tank at a prison in jalalabad the complex is home to 1500 inmates its not yet known how many escaped a mass described overnight israeli air strikes in gaza as a dangerous escalation the Israeli Military says it targeted several sites after a rocket was initially fired from gaza the Israeli Army Says its killed 4 fighters in the occupied Golan Heights its released this video husing them of planting explosives along the border fence the military says the Syrian Regime is ultimately responsible lebanons foreign minister has resigned massive head he says he couldnt continue because of the governments poor performance lebanon is close to bankruptcy politicians accused of running the economy into the ground of shown no willingness to fight corruption or to receive a bailout from the International Monetary fund those are your headlines its witness now stay with us. 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