Parliamentary elections a poll that could cement the president s grip on power. Remembering the victims of hiroshima japan marks 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bomb which killed a 140000 people. To the sport go 1st major coronavirus pandemic gets on the word as the worlds greatest players compete at the p. G. A. Championship. French president emanuel macron has pledged his support during a visit to beirut 2 days after a large explosion devastated parts of the lebanese capital hes visited the harbourside blast zone where angry crowds have vented their anger the government told them that french aid would not go to corrupt hands and that hell negotiate a new political pact with lebanese traitors. Its similar to our its my duty to help you as a people to bring you medicine to make sure you are fed and to help you reconstruct i can guarantee to be transparent and i will guarantee you will not go into corrupt hands. 7 while the explosion on tuesday destroyed the citys port where more than half of the countrys food supply is imported its thought medical equipment was also amongst items lost in the explosion lebanese leaders say the nation cant recover alone a number of countries have already sent help including food fuel mobile hospitals and medics. Lets go live now to shes in beirut for us weve been seeing zain of the french president Walking Around the blast site being accosted by crowds what were people saying to him. They were looking for support there they called out and they said help us help us that was their words they denounced what they called the regime we want the downfall of the regime people really pinning hopes on the west trying to exert pressure on those in power to leave power the french president through his statements through his auctions clear was giving a very very clear message i came to that in on not to support the authorities but to support the lebanese people so france and other countries were going to give unconditional aid but billions of dollars that this country needs to kick start the economy that will be conditioned on the political powers carrying out much needed reforms and carrying out and fighting fighting corruption he came to this neighborhood this is one of the most damage and destroyed neighborhoods amaze the and he was among the crowd he was among the people this is something 11 these Government Official hasnt done since the explosion late on tuesday so he was among the crowd it was clearly he was clearly sending a message and he even told our sister channel is there arabic that these people want an end to this corrupt or a rotten rotten regime so the president the french president this is not going to put a Political Initiative on the table now the question is what kind of answer is he going to get from the lebanese government the lebanese government is increasingly isolated not just at home and abroad its seen as one sided it is seen as controlled by the iranian backed Lebanese Hezbollah and it is seen as not willing to care. Outperforms and fight and fight corruption and many believe what happened the blast the fact that highly explosive material was a story that they report this was a result of negligence and incompetence on the part of the lebanese authorities saying that were hearing sirens in the background there was seeing plenty of people Walking Around with brooms some of them wearing hard hats tell us about the search and rescue operation. What you see behind me is the lebanese people coming together in solidarity trying to make sense of what exactly happened clearing the to bring that there is no state here these people feel that theyre left to fend for themselves weve seen a lot of shop owners sitting outside their shops saying even if its destroyed still trying to make some money to make ends meet people need you know daily wages in order to survive half the population live below the poverty line search and rescue operations continue the Health Minister late yesterday said 80 people remain missing many of them were poor to employees and we saw their families we saw their families waiting for news about their loved ones outside the port. Search and rescue teams are still digging through the rubble at beirut port the site of massive explosions that damaged or destroyed much of the lebanese capital families are desperate for news about their loved ones dozens are missing there is pain and grief zain fears she will never see her husband again. I dont know where he is i havent heard from him since 6 pm monday i want to know if hes alive or dead. Rescue experts from abroad have started to arrive to help a country that wasnt prepared to cope with a disaster like this. Hoping to each other with. The fund says theres still a lot of destruction we need to move the stock to build. Somebody. Blasts were felled kilometers away killing dozens and wounding thousands buildings homes shops all destroyed 300000 people displaced billions of dollars in damage investigations are focusing on possible negligence in storing tons of highly explosive material at the port officials have promised assistance and compensation to those affected by the explosions but driving around the city the state is noticeably absent and destroyed neighborhoods like this one it is the people who are helping each other they are cleaning the streets clearing the debris and distributing food and water to those in need public anger against the Political Class many believe is responsible for lebanons near economic collapse is not new decades of corruption and neglect triggered an antiestablishment Movement Last october weve been fortunate growing used to this day not being present for it since we dont have properly just city we dont have a proper garbage infrastructure we dont have proper water infrastructures and unfortunately the people have gotten used to it but its its its a time for change its weve been asking for change for quite some time and i think this last catastrophe is going to make change for the country much better the priority now is to help the victims many are still in hospital in Critical Condition calls for accountability and justice are growing louder for now people are focused to rely on themselves i need money to rule. Myself. Can i need everything. To be. So this is why im here i want to. At least leave. Some may call it resilience but for many this is about survival nearly half the population of 5000000 lebanese were below the poverty line before this disaster the situation has since got worse. Zaina whatever reporting from beirut will touch on a has rooty is a beirut resident whose father works at the port hes among those missing she describes the process of trying to look for him we started going by that and everybody was quoting us to see if they hes at already hes at home and. We didnt get the connection with we didnt. Know what he told us anything about our family. Started searching the hospital is if someone you send they saw him or they think hes a man they started going corning and he can now and nobody can give us anything about when they get in big when we call them that my father is where he is and its police we are 7 were. Ok we think they are proud actually and we want the big where are they all at and. T. Day morning we got there and removed and. They told us that my they are digging where my that its i dont know why on this happening i think its much bigger than me or any citizen here i think its something with the government or some Political Party you dont have you know but i do think that my dad and he is. Innocent they do not deserve. This mess that. All of the families all of the look is gone but some people are going to have a house now and people are on the streets we dont deserve this we have to stand and i think it should be we deserve better than this. Hundreds of palestinians have joined iranian gaza to show support for those affected by the explosion in a rash of solidarity different political factions including hamas and fatah came together to organize the event and so many palestinians have ties to lebanon and want to help rebuild beirut. Plenty more still ahead on this news hour including. I dont speak with. Ascii word of mouth stuff. Despair for renters millions of facing eviction in the u. S. Off coronavirus safeguards come to an end. And find out why a canadian pastor has been sent to prison for holding a religious gathering. Plus the defending n. B. A. Champions continue their winning streak peter will have all the action in schools. A number of americans filing for Unemployment Benefits dropped to 1200000. 00 last week as the u. S. Labor market struggles to overcome the effects of the krona virus pandemic its the lowest weekly total since the outbreak began in march but the Labor Department says more than a 1000000 workers have claimed for jobless checks each week since june lets cross to our White House Correspondent kimberly halakhic can we talk us through these latest unemployment figures. Well the numbers are encouraging that the number of americans that file for unemployment claims dropped from this week compared to last week but at the same time you know there are still millions of americans that are out of work so this may be offers a bit of a glimmer of hope but it still looks good news millions of americans are still finding that there are businesses that were once their employers that remain shut down in some cases these job cuts that many thought were temporary are now turning out to be permanent and so that is whats so discouraging for so many so i again business analysts may be finding this to be somewhat positive news the number is down from the previous week but again when you look at it in its totality since march since the coronavirus hit the United States and we have to remember that infections are still rising in this country it doesnt appear that the trend in terms of downward claims is likely to continue and pressure is on congress isnt it to reach an agreement on coronavirus aid with trump threatening to take matters into his own homes. Yeah there is really a stalled process that is occurring on capitol hill at the moment thats not good for Many Americans who are out of work you have to remember that there was a weekly payment of 600 dollars a week that was going out to those that found themselves out of work through no fault of their own and that has stopped as of last friday and were almost a week past that deadline and still theres no resolution on a replacement it seems that the 2 sides cant agree the white houses been working with democrats on capitol hill but they are very far apart in terms of what they want for this 5th relief package democrats are looking for money for state and local governments which would come in at more than 3. 00 trillion dollars and republicans are saying they want this more narrowly focused to helping individuals that would mean that their package theyre suggesting is about one trillion dollars so you can see how far apart they are and so in the midst of this as you pointed out u. S. President saying he may take unilateral 2 action through executive action or executive order and put in place these weekly payments and also Something Else that would help a lot of americans is he would put in place an extension of the moratorium on a vixens in other words people that have relief are being kicked out of their apartments or their homes that they were renting because they couldnt pay the bills well they would have some protection if the president follows through on what he says hes going to do now he has reacted to these numbers are watching carefully and should be leaving the white house in a couple of hours and well see what he has to say but so far reacting to these numbers on twitter its been very quiet unusual ok kimberly thanks very much for the update. When millions of people in the u. S. Who lost their job during the pandemic are worried about becoming homeless rental moratoriums are expiring which means many face of exam evictions reports from miami. Even as unemployment rates remain at historic highs the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of slowing with so many out of work in the midst of a Health Crisis the specter of massive victims is now real temporary moratoriums meant to prevent renters losing their homes have been lifted in 30 states and millions of facing a harsh reality the landlord here has started an addiction process against us when my mom lost her child and her father. 19 pandemic and i am completely scared and frightened because i dont want to come home which i doubt why my family be split in half left at home by shelter over the last few months is job losses of grown so too have the lines that food banks that massive loss of income and increasing desperation not only affects renters but landlords to somebody who own you wont property in their service. To pay their bills and they have duplex and they make that one happen the other without parental. Care not pay their bills this is absolutely the time to be a journalist and provide additional federal leave to people whove been laid off in washington negotiations between the Democratic Party and the republicans continue over a new Relief Program some Unemployment Benefits officially ended last month with no new plans in place that combined with an end to protection from a vision could have a devastating effect housing experts say without action the u. S. Could witness a tsunami of addictions that may affect tens of millions of people without homes many are forced to live with relatives or in shelters increasing their risk of contracting cope at 19 the court system is overwhelmed hearing addiction cases as a safety net designed to protect the most vulnerable seems to be straining according to the Data Companies to distance 40. Of americans risk of a vixen but its already happened its heartbreaking. You know lost my job then i lost Everything Else no money no not. I dont sleep well after worried about stuff that by some estimates 40000000 people could lose their impacting poverty rates homelessness and the wider economy and to go across 0 Miami Florida vote counting is underway in sri lanka as parliamentary election which was delayed twice because of covert 19 shrank a peoples front party led by the rajapaksa brothers who serve as president and Prime Minister is expected to win a majority. First major vote joined the pandemic which had forced a delay of over 4 months now fernandez joins us now from colombo and when i was saying some results trickling in what are they telling us so far. Basically its showing us what we already knew laura but now its formal the p. P. The party of the rajapakse is seems to have swept at least the official results that were hearing so far 2 districts out of the me maine and the total of the 22. 00 districts in this country already been announced and if you look at the total district results in those 2 goal and moderate to the south of the country essentially the p. P. Has taken no way more than 70 percent of the vote the 2nd sort of closest to that would be the s. B. Gee thats the breakaway faction of that mean Opposition Party and theyre way behind almost just one 4th of the vote that obviously the p. P. Has pulled very much the initial stages of the results laura so far still a lot to come but indicators kind of confirming what many people thought that the p. P. Was going to carry away a majority of the warts and were waiting to see the picture unfold laura rajapakse says are hoping for a 2 thirds majority in parliament arent they what changes do they want to enact. The key changes they have talking about talked about to board to president gore tabio rajapaksa as well as his brother Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa have asked for a man that essentially to change the constitution they have been complaining that the existing constitution after the last amendment the 19th amendment brought in by the previous government essential it does not allow them to Carry Forward the program and the vision that they have for sri lanka so they have been essentially some fears and concerns voiced by human rights activists civil rights defenders to say that all the advances made in that previous 1000th amendment which diluted somewhat the powers of the executive president in favor of parliament strengthen the hand of Parliament Brought in certain sort of Supreme Court oversight to executive actions as well as established a number of independent institutions which all hope to have the governance of the rajapakse as have gone on record as saying that they want to change the constitution so that is something that if they have control of parliament and not just control but if they do secure that 2 thirds majority thats 150 or over of the total 225. 00 seats that are essentially up for grabs then they will have pretty much the power and the authority to go ahead with those changes laura ok well thank you will keep an eye on those results coming out of the moment there thanks for joining us from colombo and weve just seen a is a former m. P. In state minister he says the constitutional changes created a mess. I dont think there was ever any doubt that the. B. P. Thats the party of the rajapaksa would remember dorothy i think the only question is would they get a 2 thirds majority which would enable them to change the constitution quite interesting i think theyre going to be too full of the electorate that have voted that the results have come out but thus far so most of the Southern Gold districts. In the town as one would expect in the urban area as b. P. Has won but with just under 60 percent whereas in the more ruinated they go to with 72. 00 and i suspect thats a pattern to see throughout that rule of 3 lanka will vote overwhelmingly for their side of the probably giving it a 2 thirds majority if you want to come to the ruling that correct but of course our system is such that you vote by district still it is still uncertain with when to the majority i think everyone has agreed that the 19th amendment was the total mess. Because someone who voted for it but i do have the distinction of having proposed 20 amendments to it which was shouted down because you know people not to be in the principles i think its essential that you now have a di ask. The Supreme Court actually said you couldnt have a diet that directly elected president must be the leader of the country and that you wouldnt be thats on the run is a common thing that has been smashed in this election deservedly tried to smuggle in provisions to make him the equivalent of the of the president which led to chaos and i think 5 this from 2000. 22002900 was such a mess you can see exactly why this has been doing so well. So 5 years of the worlds 1st atomic bomb have been marking 75 years since it was dropped on hiroshima around 140000 people were killed after u. S. Forces attacked japan in the final stages. A poignant commemoration of the moment 75 years ago when the world entered the atomic age and the whole city was destroyed with the numbers of the socalled hit the original survivors of the attack declining each year this is likely to be the last major round of bursaries they will attend in large numbers special precautions in place to protect them from the coronavirus that hiroshima was mair referred to as a new threat facing the world accompanied by a worrying increase in nationalism. We must never allow this painful pass to repeat he felt that the most rejects selfcentered nationalism and unite against all threats. I take 15 in the morning local time a single atomic bomb code named little boy exploded 2000 feet above the center of the city killing tens of thousands of people instantly with tens of thousands more dying in the months and years that followed many from radiation related illnesses michiko could die was a child when the bomb was dropped. With the pandemic innovative ways have been found for her and other survivors to share their stories with the present generation. And there is a sense that we dont have much longer to live im now 82 i dont know when i wont be able to speak so in some form we need to preserve our stories of the 3 days after hiroshima nagasaki was attacked with a 2nd bomb another round of verse or e. With more survivors to market and in both cities both among the generation who endured the attacks and also the generations that came after them theres a strong piece called true that really focused on abolishing Nuclear Weapons the experience of being the only country to be attacked with Nuclear Weapons help shape modern japan. By urging action from each country japan will take the lead in the international communitys efforts towards the realisation of a World WithoutNuclear Weapons its a goal still far from being realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride aljazeera north korea is preparing for flooding and landslides after days of heavy rain agricultural areas are among the worst hit state media released this video showing people repairing damage to their farms parts of south korea have also been flooded after 44. 00 consecutive days of rain on highways have been closed at least 16 people have died and around 1600. 00 people are homeless. Lets get some more weather now and jenny is here with news of a heatwave in parts of europe heatwave and europe has been a bit of a miserable some of the many people so i think lots of people are happy about this even the civil war you can see here actually lol some good clear skies not entirely clear of cloud you can see quite a swathe across the northwest and also a bundle of it just sitting across the central med in the balkans in fact we have has a fairly strong thunderstorms there and we could see a few more but mostly sunny skies into southern england and the temperatures really are beginning to rise already warm across into the netherlands people here really fucking to the beaches but theres always a downside and this is one of those downsize this is actually in mall say all the area around will say this fall is the bane africa days about 1400 firefighters are actually back in that brays but nearly 3000 people had to be evacuated because its wholesome it is dry and the winds are quite strong through this is being fueling the fires across the southern portion of france and then there is that rain as we continue on through thursday as a set time is it could be quite heavy but really the bulk of europe is fine and dry that rain across the northwest working it doesnt make a great deal of progress across the u. K. Because weve got this High Pressure in control so it blocks that rain from pushing in and then when you actually have the temperature gradients on hey just look at that most of europe is looking very warm and look at these temperatures for the next few days say a friday in london 34. 00 celsius thats expected high and in fact its almost like a repeat of last week because last friday temperatures were in the mid thirtys celsius but that is actually 11 degrees above average so very warm indeed for this time of year very woman day for london full stop and then also in bordeaux time which is very wholesome friday 38 of 100 degrees fahrenheit and as you can see easier not quite as hot and taking couple of days to actually woman but even so all these time which is lower really above average and this heat likely to last actually into next week as well so rain has scorching if scorching into. Thanks very much still ahead on aljazeera. Africa nears 1000000 cases of coronavirus almost half of the continents infections are in one country. Crime quarantine and an economic crisis in argentina find out how people and officials are hoping. To qualify for the stanley cup playoffs is heating up the speech will be here with all the action from the ice in schools. The latest news as it breaks there is increasing pressure to turn its back on beijing and you k. Is finding itself corpse between 2 superpowers with detailed coverage. Tracing is now being seen as part of a wider political failure. From around the world human Rights Groups say that at least 12 people have been either killed or disappeared by argentinas security forces. History has called it the great in the 1st episode conscription troels hundreds of thousands of our troops into both sides of the conflict their story is rarely told but had a huge impact on the course of the. World the war. Every generation has a higher purpose. Ours is. The. Hello again youre watching aljazeera is a reminder of our top stories this hour french president emmanuel macro has pledged his support during a visit to beirut 2 days after a large explosion devastated parts of the lebanese capital angry crowds gathered on his tour of the city to vent their anger at their government. The number of African Americans filing for Unemployment Benefits dropped to 1200000. 00 last week is the lowest weekly total since march the u. S. Labor market is trying to recover from the current virus pandemic. And vote counting is underway and has twice delayed parliamentary election peoples front party led by the rajapaksa brothers who serve as president and Prime Minister is expected to win a majority. Of the rising number of covert 900 cases in parts of africa is sparking concern from Public Health experts the constant is reaching nearly 1000000 cases and more than 21000 deaths south africa alone accounts for more than half of those cases it also has the 5th highest number of infections globally together with Egypt Nigeria ghana and algeria they account for nearly 75 percent of cases across the continent Africa Centers for Disease Control says the low rate of testing in the region remains a concern. Minimal is in johannesburg with more on the situation in south africa in south africa also is that they are ongoing trials around a vaccine we understand that a vaccine could be ready by mid 2021 but given the economic status of many countries around africa they are force of questions around of portability as well as axis weve heard pharmaceutical companies talk about releasing the vaccine once its ready at a cost price so that its affordable thats especially when countries are at the height of the pandemic and perhaps later on introducing a low price to allow for accessibility but at the moment given that the numbers continue to rise weve seen an 11 percent increase in the last week alone there are of course questions been raised around the testing and if the numbers are accurate and of course those would then determine just how the pandemic is tackled in africa specifically. Bring in dr michelle yall from drugs or veil he is a Program Manager for Emergency Response at the World Health Organization good to have you with us as africa approaches this 1000000 mark how real are the figures or how much under reporting do you think were seeing by countries. You know we have they tallents up. Under taunting related to also be Testing Capacity knew about us and if they would be a free agent sees. A big issue as well as assess the market to punch it is. So in many of the kind of countries we still be no art form what to need to be if thats the tool to seek country dont create doubt we are a kind of assessing what lead the situation in addition to having on so many ass and dramatic cases and i must remember nothing is not the same situation across the whole continent which of the hotspot kind of trains. The country is not in the subsidies are not out the reach of thats because i quoted gerry out we have 5 countries contributing to the uk least 69 percent of cases this. Is called the nature of suffering. But this is a big contributor. In the last 2 weeks so we see at least a slight. Decline in. Maybe a few buttoning up because of so but they have gone off replaced by countries thats are having any cruising numbers like kenya if you. Must on beacon and was conscious was did have a smaller number but see if Shopping Creates some time 50 percent of what they had the previous week. Says the constant is at a Pivotal Point why is that. This is because. We are not this like a country is that so hard a us number of kids that few would think will start to stop the lies because they have to scale up a response but new countries are picking up so there is an issue of countries not complying call not taking it seriously in terms of for compliance to preventive measures or Wearing Masks and also physical dispensing a viking or crowded event so all of these measures need to be in place to comply to what is it required to deal with what we can call the new normal so this is really critical that countries should remain focused because the outbreak is still there and the book concerns do you have a have the access to a vaccine when it does eventually become available. We. Go with the most supplementary photos even the Clinical Trials out not taking place. So that they our concern is that the way its manufactured. First. Group of population and africa could be left out if an expenditure is working. So weve many off base they called us like big ally us about this involved in vaccination supporting us for a couple bucks you need some so we have a few commitments including cuban countries to ensure that the least they would be we would have to quit about our system but soon because global fight against the virus if you lived anyplace with because the there they are they all want i want to remain safe so im based in it also to be understood and we need to also have spread some sort of doubt it to to its countries that cannot afford to manufacture of the scene talk to michelle gal from the w. H. A. Thanks very much at present. Dozens of Anti Corruption protesters have been arrested and nigeria accused of breaking social distancing rules to gas was used against members of the revolution now movement who are peacefully demonstrating in cities across the country and they say that of course and about violating kind of virus restrictions before they are released by scrapes my screen and stands national has described the arrests as unlawful. A court in manama has delivered its verdict on a canadian pasta charged with violating a ban on large gatherings david law was charged in april ever malicious event and young gun laws put in place in mid march to combat the spread of 19 he has the details from kuala lumpur. David law has been found guilty of violating the Disaster Management law and has been sentenced to 3 months in prison but because the judge is going to take into consideration the time hes already served in prison he could be out within weeks or within days having been detained since the 20th of may now according to government figures 20 more than 20 of his followers tested positive for covert 19 and at least 70 people who tested positive for kovac 19 contracted it at events organized by law all via people who have been to those events and on law had famously said true christians will not contract over 19 well he tested positive for covert 19 had to spend time in hospital and was also quarantined now hes also controversial because of his other remarks once claiming that the teachings of Buddhist Monks can make people sinful hes also made derogatory comments about islam and the q community but this case is also drawn attention in myanmar and outside of myanmar because some people are questioning whether there is some bias in authorities decision to pursue this case now one person tweeted that a buddhist ceremony held in yang gone over the weekend hasnt been met with the same level of scrutiny and myanmar is a predominantly buddhist country having said that this is not the 1st time that myanmar authorities have taken such a tough stance and its fight to combat corona virus now Human Rights Watch said that between the months of march and may of this year at least 500. 00 people including children and returning Migrant Workers have been sentenced to time in prison for violating curfews quarantine or those or other Movement Control restriction orders. At least 8 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital far in western india victims were all receiving treatment in the intensive care unit at the facility in the city of. State they were around 50 patients in the hospital at the time is the problem has more from new delhi. Government says a short circuit caused the fire in the intensive care unit in the early hours of thursday morning killing 5 men and 3 women who were being treated for the coronavirus patients have been shifted to another hospital and an investigation is now underway now elsewhere in india weve seen pictures over the last 2 weeks of the monsoon season of hospitals in the states of maharashtra and also for they. Have been completely flooded with heavy rains causing get and other challenge to medical workers to authorities who are already dealing with very poor Public Health infrastructure Health Minister says the government is continuing to build more beds create more clothed facilities now on thursday india recorded yet another single highest a rise in both cases and deaths with more than 56000 cases and 900 deaths india is expected to reach 2000000 confirmed cases on friday we have to keep in mind that 7 logical surveys which test for antibodies which have been done around the country sure the real number of cases in india a much higher many times the confirmed number there is a logical survey being done in delhi at the moment the last one the results of which came out around a month ago showed that media. 20000000 population have antibodies now despite the rise in the number of cases that we are seeing restrictions continue to be eased as the government tries to keep the economy afloat the latest this week with gyms were allowed to open for the 1st time since late march and the nighttime curfew has been removed. Travelers returning to germany from high risk countries will have to undergo 19 tests refuse could face a fine of up to 30000. 00 Health Minister has warned the increasing rates of infections and is a cause for concern when he recorded his highest daily tally in 3 months on wednesday. Many in argentina struggling to get by after 4 months of corn and an economic crisis situation worsened in worsened by a rise in crime poverty and hunger stories about reports from buenos aires. Security personnel on the ground in winter sightings their target is a Drug Trafficking ring involved in armed robberies. The operation is money toward by the province a security minister said here where. He sell a 10 in corn and in the army a surgeon and a lawyer he says the only way of stopping when a site is going out of control is to be on the ground every day. We accompanied him on one of more than 40 Security Operations that take place every day in this province of 12000000 people. Who want to save the province of buenos aires is going through a pandemic is the region as a virus but we already had other in the mic problems like in security its getting deeper and we need to approach it with all sorts of policies. The rate is not an easy one members of the group try to escape and shots are fired this is great heard one side is very aware high poverty rates and working security has been on the rise and major challenge for the government is keeping the situation in this part of the country under control. The police searched the homes of the suspects for drugs and guns children are terrified. Poverty has been on the rise in recent years but says the pandemic began the situation has deteriorated even further the government has increased cash and food handouts but it seems much more needs to be done. Better he says this situation can be compared to the 2001 crisis when argentina defaulted on its sovereign debt. Even though looting and riots are under control for now inequality has been on the rice. In it on the mental the crime were seeing now is younger people involved in criminal activities people with no criminal background its more disorganized the crisis that is coming its worse than 2001 because its deeper and sharper but were trying to control it. For people are detained on drugs confiscated but with more security personnel on the ground human rights activists say abuse has increased and. Were seeing cases of abuse all around the country with Different Levels of violence abuse from the police and provincial and federal forces this is not new but it reaffirms that these are not isolated cases and there is a structural problem. Argentina struggling to contain the spread of covert 19 and hes coping with an economic crisis the challenge is to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control and once again. It is how will. This. Heres President Donald Trump has once again claims that mail in all postal voting in november election is open to widespread fraud thats a statement he has repeated over the last few months as his Approval Ratings drop over his handling of the Coronavirus Crisis britons he has more. For months President Trump has alleged a mail in voting is open to fraud so it came as a surprise on tuesday when the president tweeted this in florida are encourage all to request a ballot and vote by mail the same day his administration filed suit against the state of nevada for its clients to send mail and ballots to voters due to the pandemic the white house insists theres no contradiction in florida voters must request a mail in ballot whereas in nevada all active registered voters will be sent one automatically anyway the president says floridas Republican Leadership just runs things better florida is a very well run state low taxes low everything theyve done a great job really a great job and the 2 governors between the both of them theyve really got a great system of absentee ballots and even they even in the case of mail in ballots what is true is that florida is key to dont trump chances of reelection its also true that although a higher turnout often favors democrats there is more and more evidence that the president s attacks on the integrity of ballots are backfiring Florida Republicans usually dont win 8 mail in voting however as of july the democrats have an almost 600000 advantage in mail in ballot applications across the Country Republican Party officials fear increasing suspicion among its base about absentee ballots may be disastrous particularly among elderly voters who may be reluctant to go to a polling station during a pandemic and those in rural areas many of whom have long voted by mail anyway multiple studies carried out by organizations across political ideologies have found barely any instances of fraud in voting by mail because of the multiple safeguards in place theres very little evidence to suggest that this strategy of mailing ballots to registered and active voters is going to. Any sort of voter fraud. Voter fraud that is associated with 1000000 elections is now in a school and it is about what you would expect in any kind of election. Does have its problems for example this week in new york partly as a result of 10 times the normal number of mail in ballots the outcome of 2 primary elections was only decided 6 weeks after polling day and looking ahead to the general election in november its widely expected that unprecedented mail in voting will mean the result may not be decided on the merits unless theres a landslide both parties could patiently wait for the final declaration of the winner once all the votes are counted but in a year is tumultuous as 20 twentieths there is a suspicion that any uncertainty could lead to the integrity of the entire election process being questioned well before President Trump has already indicated he will sue in court if he feels there are any irregularities some wonder if hes already laying the groundwork for potential litigation by making the case now that mail in voting is floored. Me because absentee nominee. For whatever he said it. Does not young life and he. And tweets like this suggest the president is in no mood to concede share returns see aljazeera. Still ahead on algis there all the sports and the worlds top tennis player tennis are indigenous rights to tennis and the community thats coming out of peta. Business leaders. By now brask. Business lakers is by no brass power. For all the sports and has peta thank you laura 1st major since the lock down tees off later with a p. G. A. Championship in San Francisco brooks kept a is the defending champion and he is aiming for a 3rd successive victory just on some us rory mcilroy and tiger woods are all form a win is to the tournament is being played at harding park thats a public golf course that fell on hard times and at one stage was used as a car park before being renovated its the 2nd year the p. G. A. Has held a major at a municipal calls. I think golf still got a fair bit to go to to be as inclusive and as accessible as it as it needs to be but i think bringing the biggest tournaments in the world to public courses. Is a step in the right direction i mean were always going to go to private courses because some of the private courses are you know some of the best in the world and it is important to let the public see us on golf courses that theyve played before that are accessible for them that arent too expensive to get on were just hearing that Mexican Formula one driver sergio perez will be allowed to race at this weekends 70th anniversary grand prix at silverstone the racing point driver tested positive for corona virus ahead of last weeks british grand prix but health and Health Authorities in england say he has now completed his quarantine period is undergoing testing and will still need to return a negative result before we can return to practice on friday well terry bought us will go into the race 30 points adrift of teammate Lewis Hamilton but he has just secured a new contract with the next season the finish driver has signed on until 2021 will mark potter 4th campaign with a british based team. The mass participation race at the London Marathon has been canceled because of the pandemic the race which normally attracts almost 40000. 00 runners was originally postponed from april until october but now organizers will only run the leap race on a short loop with anyone. Looking for a 3rd straight win. N. B. A. Champions the Toronto Raptors were on the winning side of the leagues bubble at disney world in florida on wednesday so getting the better of the Orlando Magic 10999 Fred Van Vliet contributing 21 points and tell assists its a 7th straight win for the raptors although that recall dates back to before the lead took a coronavirus and forced break as for lando they remain in contention for the playoffs. Out where the philadelphia 76 ers were aided by their star man joel embiid to school 30 points and contributed 11 rebounds and be helping the 70 sixs 2810798 when they were the Washington Wizards who have lost all 4 games since the restart. Major League Baseball has tightened its coronavirus rules after the outbreak of the Miami Marlins have introduced a mandatory mask wearing in dugouts on the field of play of the losing team one especially to the Atlanta Braves the Toronto Blue Jays turned things around to win 21. 00 on wednesday south korean pitch unit cheney was the star of the show for the blue jays he struck out 8 and gave up just one hit across 5 shouting. Its a case of advantage Montreal Canadiens in the stanley cup preliminary playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins it was game 3 on wednesday in toronto one of 2 venues designated as part of a bubble in which the n. H. L. Can complete its season after coronavirus and forced break of the 431 behind jeff petri scoring the winner for montreal in a 43 when they also lead the series 21. Ok were just over a month away from the planned restart of the n. F. L. Season and the league has unveiled a new measure to help keep players safe ive been working on a mouth shield to go inside helmets sunglass manufacturer oakley has helped design the shield which its hoped will limit transmission of covert 19 although some players have said they wont where its and the teams had already agreed to undergo daily coronavirus tests. Heres another helmet causing a stir and washington has unveiled a new design having scrapped a native american logo the team has yet to decide on its new name after dropping the old one last month as it was considered a racial slur. In the Portland Timbers have reached the m. L. S. Is back tournament final they defeated the Philadelphia Union 21 on wednesday at disney world the egg of a ladies cross from a corner was converted by jeremy. That handed portland the lead in the 13th minute larry was in fine form of the night for the term but here he is again a 70th minute quarter flicked on before Sebastian Blanco doubled the lead to one the final score the timbers will play either minutes or united all nandos city in the final. Italian will play severe in the last 16 of the Europa League later but will do so under new management the city our club is just been sold to another american billionaire then friedkin has signed a deal to buy the club for 700000000 dollars from a group of investors led by jim he bought the club 8 years ago dutch cyclist fabio yakob certainly is in a serious but stable condition after a shocking crash on the tour of poland the 23 year old seen here winning on the world her eyes spaniel last year collided with another dutch rider dylan. Right at the end of the 1st stage he crashed into the barriers and into a race official and as undergone facial surgery all the tests have revealed he did not suffer brain or spinal injuries cyclings governing body the u. C. I. Strongly criticized. Hes been called a disqualified from the race and is facing further disciplinary actions pakistans cricketers are building a healthy 1st innings in the 2nd test against england 1st as the bigger part of shaun masood remains im beaten having that century pakistan are 2645. Womens tennis Number One Party may have skipped the u. S. Open at the end of the month because of fears of a coronavirus but the french open champion has been keeping busy but hes been promoting tennis in indigenous communities in the far north of australia the 24 year old is the 1st indigenous australian since evolved kohli to top the World Rankings she spent the last week working with Young Players in the community of Tennis Australia announced this week an 80000. 00 fund for indigenous tennis over the next 3 years it really does bring a smile on my face and i feel like for me it brings back so many of my favorite memories from when i was a child growing up how much tennis and how much tennis brought joy to my life and happiness to my life its a its a massive stepping stone a massive stepping stone i think for us its its a pathway for young kids to see an opportunity not just in tennis but in education experiences in all of these Different Things and i think you know its incredible to see the pathways that are now available to Indigenous Youth and from there its opportunities where they can grow and develop as people and in whatever profession they choose. Officials or putting away their limbic rings for now the game symbol which has been in the citys base since earlier this year has been a hole the way on a barge for maintenance and will return next year the games which would have come to a close the sunday have been delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic will even if it will be back again with another sports news update laura thanks very much peter looked into it and thats it from me laura all this news hour but dont go anywhere ill be back in just a moment with more of the days news for you. Yes. And the disease because 50 percent of all debts children. Its. Sad but. Let me just say 10 childhood education that. Used. To. Cease. Last. Kovan daintiness see the war of words escalate between the u. S. And china challenge us general Robert Spaulding and british diplomat and also kerry brown on whether the west is entering into a new cold war with china in a special edition of head to head you want to travel ban on china for much of the muslim proposal we need a stricter vetting process is the target finally turning against beijing we have a china centric world and then a world which is not china centric head to head on out his iraq. Exploited men use the kill. The burning the word. To make the charcoal that feels the fantasy that forged the steel. Didnt make shoes the trade that exploits the man. Penetrates Global Market slavery a 21st century evil continues with charcoal slaves on aljazeera make. A poor row in a sissy in mourning beirut confronts the effects of a huge port blast with many people remaining missing. I. Was. Anger and frustration and lebanon crowds tell the french president they want the government ousted. 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