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But the painful reality remains for millions of americans out of a job because of coronavirus. That was never something that i thought would happen to me in my life. And the u. S. Is accused of political manipulation after donald trump signs of order banning business with the chinese owned apps to talk and we checked. And im here to stand with your sports jason day shares the lead at golds 1st major in 13 months the p. G. A. Championship. Lebanons president is beginning an address to the nation as the clamor grows francis over tuesdays port blast in beirut michele is already raised the possibility of external interference even a rocket or a bomb the full effect of the explosion is now becoming clear. With the u. N. Describing the need for shelter as quote massive the death toll has been updated now to 154 but the search goes on through the rubble in and around the port the number of injured is more than 5000 the World Health Organization says the city is now facing a shortage of hospital beds because of the number of damaged facilities amid is all the frustration grows 19 port workers and officials have been arrested but the peoples anger is being directed at the government the french president emanuel micro ended his visit saying theyd be no blank checks unless there is political reform done smith as at the heart of the story in beirut so bernard the comments from the president where do we put them. Well i think people really have lost a lot of faith in the lebanese political elite even before this happened people want to see action rather than words that certainly what were hearing from a lot of people here you can see as hes speaking for the cleanup operation continues and this is all being done by a volunteer a g. s a volunteer as you see across the city on a very basic tools really for what is very dangerous work shop shards of glass pieces of metal things falling down down off damaged buildings and not is the case the volunteers are doing it because the lebanese state has provided little in the way of help so its people who need it so much in the wake of a catastrophic explosion. The volunteers are on the streets of beirut. Sweeping clearing digging so theyre filling the gap left by the state. Which is conspicuous by its absence. We had an i. T. Company here times were tough before tuesdays explosion now she says she cant see any future here. I am in. Los angeles. I see im 30. And both come pick me up from 25 years. I work here ill hide this is the 1st time i. I see Something Like that. Lebanons president michel aoun says an investigation into the explosion will look at whether it was caused by negligence or external interference through a rocket or bomb or other act whatever it was in beirut they want to know why 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate was stored in an urban area. When the Ammonium Nitrate ignited the shock wave instantly crossed the city leaving beirut looking like a place but after just 5 seconds has suffered from years of conflict. Frustration and anger boiled over on thursday night and there were some small protests near lebanons parliament. But most people here have been focused on cleaning up for now the government says reconstruction costs will run to at least 15000000000. 00. This is a country that was already on its knees because of a deep economic crisis and a currency that has lost 80 percent of its value in less than a year we dont have a government to look after us and clean are doing the least either we dont need food or clothes or blood even our abutment. Were trying to see people if they need help within our street thats the least we can do the government is in cap of and capable of helping us so we the people are coming here to do to help are our comrades and love and on and were coming from the north all of us were like 78 people were coming from 90 kilometers north north of beirut and were here just to stand by the people the blast has left at least 300000 people homeless many will rely on relatives or friends to take them in. More than 150 people have been killed and there are many missing 7 foreign search teams are leading the delicate task of trying to find survivors under the rubble. More than 5000 people have been injured. 16 people have been arrested in the investigation into the warehouse explosion including the port manager. But for many in this city the finger of blame is pointed at the very top of government. Peter as you can see there is really been a considerable white overwhelming sometimes show of solidarity from the lebanese people here everybody has been out on the streets helping to clean it up the mess but 3 hospitals out of action theyre overwhelmed 80 percent of lebanons food imports come from overseas through the ports but is now out of action this country will not be able to go forward on its own it will need a lot of International Help its a bernard thank you so much Bernard Smith our correspondent there reporting live from the heart of whats going on in beirut lets stay with the story joining us here on the news paula. Is a lebanese m. P. And member of the Opposition Coalition paula q. B. And welcome to the news can i just ask you 1st to give us your thoughts on these comments from michele hinting that as far as he knows we assume this may not have been just the most appalling accident honestly if i didnt hear what our president said because we dont considering that president and more all of them they lost any of the eastern. In this country we dont know what to be done but i mean you could never imagine that theres a bomb. As Small Nuclear bomb inside the city because its inefficient lazy stupid but if you can is casts ruling this country so whatever the president said is insists. Service as usual or ive heard that theyve theyve they found their scapegoats someone already there put it it can cost them their wants and you more to run the forward than that i think is the only person in prison in fact they have to be all of them in prisons and being in prison is not enough for this but if they are caught they brought the country on its knees and then continuing to rule business as you is but i heard you saying that we need International Community to help us yes we need every single one but i heard today that there i mean they already using some international aids made coming. In france and its i dont know how can they go on but i know that their community is nice and here in this country and i think tomorrow it would be a very thick demonstration until they all got at least i hope so what does need to get from the government and in your heart of hearts do you think you will in chile get it. Beirut needs this government to go over a and to lead this country not only the government the government is representing a. Small part of the political system its the Political Parties we need to say to step down and say we have faded to we have faded dysfunctionally the mercenaries ruling this country needs to stay in their homes right now needs to be held accountable and we need to have early elections as soon as possible beepers of go and vote for a new but if it got no matter what they should vote for independent basis or wont support the opposition but we cannot continue it was the same but if you can that has been ruling this country for years and years and they take us from failure to another failure this country week even before and these are huge class. Already we have spent 300000000000. 00 on infrastructure under the christiane but theyve done nothing 300000000000. 00 on of. The country and nothing was done nothing was it based on all of that money they stole people is money in their bags. And and they continue the blame game everyone tells us that its the other whos responsible everyone is threatening but the good ones that they were the ones but its the other sects. Doesnt community we are one mean its you one nation living the same prices the same problems goes by these people you have to see the lebanese people how they are be building their their city who are people how being there are those who are in need people in needs trying to hide one and tearing bringing books are bringing everything just to to be able to be next to each others but do you have to pardon my french rubbish on you there i apologize for interrupting you theres a bit of a delay on our line as you and i are having a conversation do you however have to accept the approach that weve heard from emanuel macro the french president saying in effect the aid operation yes absolutely we are there we will help you but were not going to start giving you money until we know that there is real political change on the horizon there was no before for 30 years french did but there is one very soon lately the sads orderly binnys they are asked only for reforms they are asking else to report electricity the public sector. Basic things that he but also are demanding i think. More words understood that these people at the political cost were doing nothing they were just Good Business says hughes well oh stealing this country stealing everything not only that need but living in it stealing is stealing our lands they just you know we have worries everywhere its all going to what is it going to cost you know they just destroyed everything they still want everything and they want to continue and no reform was done ok even before the 1080 ok you clearly paula im going to interrupt your gangs i do want to get to one quick final point and i apologize for cutting across again you clearly want political reform but on top of that you clearly want the current government out of the way but one intriguing thing that has come out of the last year of antigovernment protests on the streets is the way that lebanese people have not coalesced around or joined together around anyone who might stand for Political Office you guys dont have the experience of that because in effect youve been governed by much the same kind of person and people for 25 or 30 years now so if youre asking people to vote this existing government out of office what do you replace it with people whove got no political history no political experience. Let me tell you we have pretty severe history and experience the problem of is that these same when its going to cost controls everything the media the money they also control the narrative they tell people to sing and theyre also trying to. Assist and so i think to bring us speedbird who are pro hezbollah pro. Services. Security services and theyre trying to divide us more and more icing now absent what happened people were rare there is a momentum right now and him credit was elected few months ago because of the difference before and that theyre going to soon it would have been the same in the oh its ever got to syndicate i know you dont see it but that same person at the same time to see him talk to. Someone from the parties again coming to you know in office and doing the same thing that evolution seems of lot of things even if people are not in the state of the industry there is a new momentum in lebanon and thats why you have that and that they would seem you know elections. Week they are saying ok we must leave our conversation the paula. Thank you for your time thanks for joining us here on the news out. Plenty more still to come here on the news hour for you including accused of sending a hit squad to canada the Saudi Crown Prince faces a lawsuit in washington d. C. And a struggle to control the pandemic cases in india past 2000000 doubling in just 3 weeks also ahead formula one sergio perez wont race this week after testing positive again for coronavirus peter has that in sport in about 30 minutes. Ok lets move on to the other headlining story this hour here on the news the election victory in sri lanka that is expected to cement the power of the rajapaksa brothers the governing party has taken nearly 60 percent of the vote the sri lanka peoples front is led by go to by and by hindu rajapaksa who serve as president and Prime Minister along with their allies at security 2 thirds majority but gives the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution well the parliament isnt expected to convene for another 2 weeks Mel Fernandez has more now from the capital colombo. Were waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north that the 20th of august is when the new parliament has been convened by a gasket signed by the president they will come together but we also heard that as early as next week we will have the Prime Minister my him that rajapaksa and his cabinet to be sworn in awaiting confirmation but talk of limiting the cabinet to 26 so obviously the rajapakse is not wasting any time in terms of carrying on with the work program that they had targeted for them serves they did ask for a mandate a strong sort of a support of 2 thirds which now with all of their own votes and their allies they havent parliament to pass through any changes now the key thing that they had said was that the amended constitution does not allow them to Carry Forward their program but now there is that confidence with this result of the election in fact president gore tabi rajapaksa responding to the results as they came through yesterday he said hes confident that he can build a Strong Parliament to take forward hes a vicious stars of prosperity that hes kind of mandate and program that he put forward for his president ial bid and that this government is taking forward here so he sort of animal is the executive director of the think tank the center for policy alternatives he says the opposition is weak and divided and there are big challenges ahead. I think walked well talked about parts of succeeded in doing was looking out for by strong stable government person to the government but the calm before the so called documents god the which the Prime Minister and the president the policies it was a week and vacillating doctor organized it so strong stable government also the assertion of the identity of the Majority Community so its also a strong single those who just started with a strong sense all you know centralized leadership a formative years and perhaps an emphasis on lol and all of the i dont disappear out of the can we can get printed they will be back to speak to them but i think things will stop sending their off weeks those in addition to the key challenge i think for president and the new government is going to be big in terms of dealing with the consequences of the poor d with wires you know we see a doctor has to pay something write us dollars full b. And they get from the printer printed prints and we have the Foreign Exchange ready back to hit the floors by the wires the bike into their bows to the middle east the industry and hospitality. So that most of which is stuff you have as well. Hundreds of afghan leaders scholars and elders a meeting in kabul to negotiate a peace deal with the taliban the loya jirgah talks on the last hurdle to the stance of negotiations between the Afghan Government and the taliban the main assume is whether the government should meet the armed groups demands to release 400. 00 prisoners the u. S. Secretary of state might pompei of is edging support for them saying it will be an important step towards peace. Is the founder of the think tank the Afghanistan Affairs unit he says the taliban clearly have the upper hand here at the talks with the government expectation is that the jetta will be one thing in the favor of the needs of these prisoners because the Public Opinion has mainly been focused on facilitating and helping the Peace Process to proceed ahead and as this has been the only hurdle in the start off into of london which is a very important part of the Peace Process so the expectation is ready much. Of one government will be given to go ahead in order to proceed with the prisoner release to pick takes this off course discussion of 400. 00 prisoners released. One government i mean do you give them and in the peace negotiations that will be a fresh start but by the looks of things for the last 12 to 18 months one can realize that the taliban have been holding the is because they signed an agreement with the americans that the Afghan Government was not part of the process secondly. The mando but relieved of 5000. 00 prisoners would have been met which means that they have served their district a precondition for the beginning of the most important part of that we start so although we will be heading into a fresh start as far as the negotiation and bargaining is concerned but looking at the process for the last 18 months one can easily say the taliban have been on top for at least for the time being. Prince mohammed bin solomon is being accused of sending hit men to canada with plans to kill one of his former top intelligence officials suttle jobbery the alleged target has filed a lawsuit in washington d. C. Its been reported there that interpol rejected a request to extradite back to saudi arabia because it was politically motivated heres mike hanna. Crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon has been feted in the white house but now in papers before a washington d. C. Court hes alleged to have ordered death squads to torture and assessed in 8 opponents the cases being brought by a former saudi Intelligence Officer sardar japery who alleges the crown prince sent a team called the tiger squad to canada to kill him the Court Papers Say the men were denied entry by suspicious Canadian Border guards. This detailed flow chart submitted to the court identifies key members of the assassination squad and others involved including what are described as forensic technicians skilled in criminal evidence removal and their image of the hit squad that is believed to have murdered and dismembered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in istanbul in 2018 i know that there are women. All over the world in germany and france somebody notice character. Really basic run away from sort of because there. Are questions from the government which is. One of them is Omar Abdel Aziz also resident in canada mentioned in the court filing as another potential target of assassination and who posted this video in reaction to the news the case has been brought in terms of legislation that allows non us citizens to take action in federal courts against foreign individuals who have committed torture and or extra judicial killings in addition side algebra he argues that the hit squad assembled in the United States before attempting to enter canada saddle japanese children now aged 20. 21 are being held at an undisclosed location in saudi arabia as what he describes as human bait to draw him out of hiding last month for senators sent a letter to President Trump saying the u. S. Had a moral obligation to press saudi authorities for their release the president in the past has made clear that regardless of the allegations of Human Rights Violations against the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman remains a valued ally and friend mike hanna aljazeera washington. Well staying in the states unemployment is still above 10 percent across the u. S. The government has just released its figures for july showing it dropped from 11 point one percent for the month of june to 10 point 2 percent but millions of people are still without a job because of the pandemic and a stalemate in congress is holding up benefits republicans and democrats are at all odds over a new emergency package off of federal payments to keep people afloat expired john hendren now reports from chicago. For more than 30000000 unemployed americans warm summer days fade to sleepless nights i never anticipated being on unemployment period think that that was never something that i thought would happen to me in my life among the newly unemployed since march is sarah guard who lost her Human Resources job in fears losing her identity whats at stake for my family is. Being able to stay who we are being able to maintain the life that we have when u. S. Job losses begin to accelerate dramatically early in the cove in crisis Congress Took the unusual step of creating a 600 dollar weekly subsidy for the jobless in addition to state Unemployment Insurance that averages a little over 300. 00 but that funding expired last week. Since the coronavirus shut down much of the United States in march the u. S. Economy has shrunk by one 3rd the fastest drop in u. S. History according to a new study by the Associated Press and the university of chicagos National Opinion Research Center about half of americans believe the jobs that have disappeared are gone forever as Congress Debates renewing jobless payments the virus is resurging spreading to tens of thousands more americans every day this thing is coming back around and its traveling from other states and if we had gotten it under control earlier we might not be in this position right now as washington struggles to respond to the virus and the Unemployment Crisis americans face insolvency and hunger thousands of them hourly at this Los Angeles Food Bank alone one cove it happened i couldnt there was no i had no money no money and now for millions coping with unemployment often for the 1st time dwindling hope john hendren aljazeera chicago ok lets bring in sharon block from washington she is the executive director of labor and Work Life Program at Harvard Law School sharon block welcome to the news out these stats are roughly heading in the right direction is there any real good news within the percentages that were talking about. No i guess who were of the time or were just there for good news i mean the fact that there is still jobs being added is the positive but you know its hard to to put 2 rows the lens on the the the great the celebration obviously from the previous months numbers. Thing like its a mystery as to why there are people who try to separate the Public Health crisis from the economic crisis but i think what we know from this months numbers is that you cannot separate. As we saw the pirates surging back in this country and spreading again to d were more and more parts of the country we see the decent aeration end in job growth so you know 10. 2 or 10. 2 percent unemployment is still higher than the. Worst moment of the great recession. So i think its hard to be to be too positive are people also having to face up to a double hit here because even if they get a job to replace the job theyve lost chances are its a minimum wage job chances are it lacks security chances are its a 0 hours contract and thats even before maybe we talk about lower paying jobs being shut down if the 2nd wave when theres a 2nd wave hits the 2nd time round. Yeah you know exactly i mean when you have unemployment theres this highs workers become even more precarious in there even if they are able to have and they lose whatever small leverage they may have had in a tight labor market because they know how and often they are told you know how easily replaceable they are and so it is very difficult for them to. Identical in this country apart for workers to negotiate for higher wages but it was a moment of high unemployment that becomes even more true and you know what you said about is the central 2nd wave now i think you can look into these numbers today and be very concerned about what direction were going to go and you know there was a pretty substantial increase in jobs in food and drink hospitality doctor are still way way below you know the devastating rates from march and april but again as the virus begins to spread and theres more pressure to sort of shut things down again those jobs you know very well may disappear again is there any obvious avenue that a potential next president of the United States can go down when it comes to job creation or whoevers in the white house you know next end of january next year have they just got to ride the wave. Well i think the most again coming back to sort of the point of not being able to extricate the Public Health crisis from the economic crisis the 1st thing that the next president hasa do and ill just be honest i hope it is a a different president. Is got is get ahold of the cyrus and put in place you know those the national at the federal level all those steps that we need to get the virus under control that is absolutely 1st and foremost the best thing that a president can do for the economy for job creation you know the next thing and hopefully this will happen you know soon before we have another president but weve got to support those people who are unemployed and truly through no fault of their own you know we saw up until we could go that those that got extra federal 600. 00 payment was doing a lot to buoy the economy it allowed people even who had lost their jobs to continue to spend money which again is the you know that the engine of growth and so you know really concerned that in the next set of numbers we will see the impact of this time where people you know are are on the edge of really like. Disaster in having lost the 600. 00 name and so again hopefully that will be in place soon but the next president is going to have to deal with a lot we are clearly going to have a long term unemployment problem and so you know 1st thing fix the virus back in is continue to find ways to support those who just cant be employed at this moment ok we must leave it there because its things on the station arm thanks so much for joining sharon blocked from the Harvard Law School. Thank you your time whether toasty in europe mr mckelway yeah not for the 1st time either of color of the wall for you so the geography of europe stands out if its not dark red its either a mountain or slightly cooler mostly this is dark red this is quite will not stop good news for of woody as you probably already heard this is the nose the cracking of a glass or from the mobile massive heading down towards coal my hair which has been evacuated for the very reason it is falls off will be quite serious as a result of accelerated melting in the alps because of the changing climate not course many people are going to enjoy it up on the coast of kent in england thats pretty well socially distance dont you think i think its probably Early Morning as well but this is a very warm time to get in the england inland the sun reflected all sophys in the sun from the temperatures will be on the high side i mean londons go forecast next 5 days are well above 30 now the record probably wont be breach because its 38 but they are just 23. 00 so this qualifies really as a heat wave obviously not just going to be england there are some edges being cooled down this cold front going across ireland now and the blue represents rain so the forecast to dublin is not supremacy 23 down to about 20 degrees as the rain comes seeing through never less the european mainland will stay hot germany joining i think was rising temperatures over the next couple of days bitter rob many thanks to all she sent still to come here on the news hour for you doing things differently find out how one city in the u. 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Welcome back youre watching the news our im peter dobby your headlining stories lebanons president says an investigation into the beirut port explosion will look at whether it was caused by negligence or an accident or external interference 16 port officials have now been detained. I want to hear about and. Im assuming 1st will identify those responsible for what happened then other investigations will follow i repeat that we fully understand the reaction of the people as many have lost their loved ones and no condolences nothing would consult them only retribution against the perpetrator or the person to blame thats what we endeavor to identify those responsible d however our solace and comfort rests in justice and you all know me im general the shell out you have tested me at times of war d and at times of peace. The governing party in sri lanka has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections the sri lanka peoples front is led by the rajapaksa brothers but by and by and that they will serve as president and Prime Minister. Unemployment in the us dropped from 11 point one percent in june to 10 point 2 percent in july millions of people are still without jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic and a stalemate in congress is holding up benefits. There are tensions between the u. S. And china over the ban of some popular chinese social media apps beijing is accusing washington of using National Security as an excuse to suppress foreign firms on thursday President Trump issued an executive order to block the platforms within 45. 00 days katrina reports from beijing. The job news videos have 1400000 followers on video sharing. The chinese version of talks. The 25 year old uses the app every day and isnt surprised its become so popular in the u. S. Were very proud of anything that originated in china is not just a video sharing platform as an example of chinese in january. Shes a loved by dog executive order to bad tick tocks use there unless the app to sold to an american company. Im not sure how the company would develop if the owner changes i believe every company has this also if you replace that something the core will be lost. The u. S. Government says its cracking down on chinese apps which it says spread propaganda and pose a Security Risk to americans beijing says the move is a pretext for suppressing Chinese Tech Companies may value the u. S. Approach has no factual basis at all its clearly smearing on a political many. The point of it all is to maintain the ovaries high tech industry. Talks Parent Company is in talks to sell the app to microsoft washington has given it 45 days to confirm the sale to deny sharing data with a communist party and is threatening legal action against the u. S. Government it isnt the only chinese in the firing line messenger we chat which has 1100000000 users wide is also facing a ban the banning of which that is likely to cause problems for chinese users and businesses dealing with china from the us here the problem is more than a social media its used to buy products invest in shares book travel and even tech a persons covert 19 Health Status washington is expanding its socalled Clean Network initiative which aims to root out Major Chinese Tech Products from the u. S. System analysts say the move is part of Donald Trumps tough on China Campaign ahead of the u. S. Election in november. For domestic Chinese People especially those who have very fond memories of the us this came as a surprise and many people are pissed off because it just seems that Chinese People Chinese Companies are in a way i dont think is a good sign because we have seen the anti China Sentiment going on around the world the Chinese Government is urging the u. S. To roll back the move or face retaliation trumps executive order deep in the Digital Divide between china and the u. S. Adding to diplomatic tensions and a growing list of disagreements over geopolitics and trade. Lets bring in. The china tech investor podcast elliott welcome back to the news is this move by donald trump with his executive order just going to inflame the relationship in a negative direction between washington and beijing. Of course it will. Think what we have and have yet to see is exactly what this means especially when it comes to we chat so the executive order was quite vague in that how it phrased everything so we know that with tick tock they basically have to sell the company within the next 45 days that the only real better right now seems to be microsoft which doesnt put by dans particularly in a very good position advantageous position for negotiation but when it comes to we chat what is a likely to happen is that the apple be banned in the United States and yet i think that beijing definitely sees this as as an escalation is the consequential damage to how people interact with their device is worse what if we talk about we specifically as opposed to talk because to talk is uploading pictures of your baby in the bath your dog having a brush whatever whereas we chat particularly in china we chat is a tool for life people use we chat to do everything that they need to do go to the dentist go to the headdress essential School Appointments and the thing they do they do it and we chat. Yeah well i mean if youre in china and you use we chat for all those things then youre still going to be able to use whichever of those things because youre in china i think the big issue here right it right now is that a lot of folks including myself i mean im based in bangkok private american citizen and i use we check out every day as one of my most common apps to interact with my chinese friends and colleagues i even use it to interact with my parents who are also in the u. S. Because when i lived in china that was the only app that we could use the message and thats kind of the other side of the story here is that we chat was the only app that we could use to interact with anyone outside of china and china has been using and advocating for the policy of cyber sovereignty and theyve been very aggressive in banning most if not all american apps within their internet ecosystem right now and by that you had banding we chat it is a big problem and for a lot of us that are trying to do engage and interact with with folks in china and you know that whole cross border interaction but the other side of it is that china has been bet and blocking and banning american internet platforms for the past 101520 years so. They theyre getting a little bit of a taste of their own medicine here i guess is this want to put it but its not productive i dont like talking to not a tech geek not wishing to put that label on you so it sticks but i took it to ok ok taking talking to you as an American Voter as opposed to somebody who analyze these and examines these things could it be that mr trump has engaged with the power of tick tock he had that rally what 67. 00 weeks ago now where teenagers around the United States perhaps around the world there was an organized campaign it all happened off the radar 60 percent of the seats were allocated then 60 percent of the potential audience didnt turn up so its got nothing to do with a trade war with china perhaps what do you think about that as an American Voter. I think it is important to separate 2 different aspects here one is trumps own ego which does play and affect it but the other side it is the National Security establishment in the United States and in the truck ministration which are people like my pompei o like matthew pot injure who have a much broader agenda when it comes to how they would like to be tough on china and i think that the ego aspect that clearly matters for President Trump is something that they can use to kind of push his buttons and approve of their agenda but as far as whether or not this is the Main Driving Force i think that there are many many many deeper sits demick issues when it comes to that the relationship between china and the u. S. Particularly when it comes to security and technology that are far deeper than just trying to hugo ok eliot great to talk to you thanks so much for coming on any as i can there joining us here on the news out of india has now become the 3rd country in the world some called 2000000 coronavirus cases the coded 19 count has doubled in 3 weeks foster than the u. S. Or brazil which have higher numbers epidemiologist say india is still months away from hitting its peak but the countrys Health System is already feeling the strain from the pandemic elizabeth iranians in new delhi and reports now that the worst hit states are asking for help from the government. India recorded yet another single highest day rise in cases more than 62000 cases and the worst hit state remains in maharashtra it recorded more than 11000 new cases on thursday the chief minister of the state is asking the Central Government to pay for more Treatment Centers there are already around 37000. 00 people either in hospitals or in Treatment Centers and there are still reports of people struggling to find beds especially in rural areas which have very Little Health care infrastructure elsewhere in the country cases are rising by around 10000. 00 in the southern states. The government there says thats because theyre testing more people than anywhere else in the country theyre testing around 50000. 00 a day despite the overall rise that were seeing around the country the Health Minister as always remains positive he says india is continuing to increase testing they are testing around 600000 people a day nationwide he also points to what he says is one of the lowest death rates in the world but we have to keep in mind that less than a of all deaths in india medically certified so its really difficult if not impossible right now if you know how many of the deaths in the country are from coronavirus. A city in the u. K. Is now becoming a Success Story and a team effort can help coronavirus there has been a surge of cases near the pool but instead of a blanket lockdown its just shut down small pockets of the city and volunteers are playing a big part in ensuring people looked after Lawrence Leigh is that. These are the streets where the virus is thriving its been moving house to house often transmitted by children to their parents or grandparents or living under the same roof in other places this would have led to the city being locked down but here they refuse to instead they localized the lockdown to the smallest possible area we are doing this with and through our community rather than to our community and that way were Building Trust and relationships with the Funtastic Community Leaders Committee champions faith leaders and our volunteers that weve got in the area much of it is about making sure Vulnerable People dont run out of basics like food or medicines that delivering sewer lead hes not allowed to leave home but in turn hes keeping an eye out on his neighbors and reporting back to the violence he is the d brother across the road each 80 years old he was taken away in an ambulance this morning and loaded wife still there so straight on the phone to family to let them know what was happening could she not might not have let them know and then i told the mash so you know sometime today theyll be in contact with them to see to it to see i have been to get the supplies the data from local supermarkets all restaurants or cooks far more volunteers from all sorts of backgrounds this Somali Center has delivered 10000. 00 meals since march and when they visit someone whos ill they get them to the doctor yes we spreading the word and in the end because its not only incumbent to the relevant authorities but its incumbent with us to save the community our community and the Wider Community as well. Its all the sharpest contrast with a situation just down the road in manchester where the government insisted 4 and a half 1000000 people have had to lock down because of localized outbreaks in liverpool by contrast the Testing Center in the affected area has access to the most local knowledge quite apart from the obvious benefits of not having to lock down an entire city the other advantage of liverpools model is of the volunteers come up with a really specific. Information about individuals on dozens and dozens of streets and that sort of highly granular data is absolute gold dust for Public Health professionals. The whole response has become a source of enormous local pride among the volunteer groups and despite them being pressured financially due to a lot of costs they still continue to amaze as with the innovation with the compassion that they have been dealing with vulnerable individuals who. To shield 3rd dozens of nationalities doing this while acting as one units in the better interests of the whole community they say anyone in the world could do what theyre doing certainly the level of commitment and organization is quite the contrast to the u. K. s disjointed National Response to the virus or insley aljazeera in liverpool. Still to come here on the news hour for you breaking point for this goal for the 1st major since the pandemic began thats coming up with peter in small. Business leaders his board to find a bra spot. For. Business leaders is bored to find a bra spot. Youll the all the world. Time to Scorsese Peter thank you so much peter jason day and brendan todd holder one stroke lead going into the 2nd round of golf p. G. A. Championship on friday the framing champion brooks kept a goat hes bad for a 3rd straight victory of 2 a solid start to joanna gusher osca has the action. 13 months have gone by without a major because of the coronavirus pandemic australian jason day says hed spent that time soul searching after losing confidence in his game and it paid off the 2015 champion finished the opening round at the top of the leaderboard alongside brendan todds on 500 par i finally had enough of you know feeling sorry for myself and its very easy to do that especially in this game because it is so mentally tough you can stop blaming Everything Else but yourself and. You know sometimes just go pull your pants up and just move on you know defending champion brooks kepcher is hoping to move on to a 3rd straight title at the p. G. A. Championship hes in a group of 9 players just a stroke behind the leaders while tiger woods is 3 shots off the pace playing in just his 2nd p. G. A. Tour event since february the 15 time major champion struggled off the tee but a longer potter got him out of trouble you know most of the guys on the champions tour have gone to longer potters are they gonna older because you know easier to bend over or and not bend over and so this part is a little longer and ive been able to spend a little more time putting. That but it was a card that let bryson to shambo down on the 7th the world number 7 hes put on 9 kilos of muscle over the last 6 months accidently snapped his driver into on the tape hell return with a replacement on friday just 3 strikes back joining us are oscar aljazeera. Mexican formula one driver sergio perez will not race at this weekends 70th anniversary graham freo after returning another positive coronavirus test on thursday hes racing point team said that English Health officials were satisfied perrys had completed his quarantine but despite feeling well the test was carried out before we could return to the paddock which showed he was still carrying the virus the team is again drafted in former renault driver nicko holcomb berg as a replacement the german stood in for periods at last weeks british grand prix but failed to start the race because of car trouble its been a bad day for racing point all round theyve also been fined 470000 dollars and docked 15 points after the sports governing body the f. I. A. Ruled theyd copied part of last years miss avies car it follows a protest from rivals renaud racing point can still appeal. Dutch cyclist has woken from his induced coma and his condition is described as good following his horrifying crash on the tour of poland the 23 year old went into the barriers at the finish line on stage one of the colliding with fellow dutchman dillon. Who was disqualified and could face further sanctions and has since apologized jakobsen underwent 5 hours of facial surgery police are investigating the crash. After a nearly 5 months for a cause of the coronavirus European Champions League returns on friday record 13 times when israel madrid travelled to mentions the city rail have it all to do that to one down after the 1st leg and welsh forward gareth bale is not in the match they scored coach than it is the dans only explanation is that bale does not want to play. The west because im not going to explain many things have been said but this is a matter between coach and player that should be clear its a personal conversation the only thing i can tell you is that he would prefer not to play in this match nothing else the rest is between him and myself. Meanwhile italian champions eventis trail live on one no they host the french side of the 2nd leg on friday the winners of both of these last 16 games will advance to the single leg quarter finals in the portuguese capital lisbon europes 2nd tier competition the Europa League concluded its last 16 matches on thursday with severe advancing ahead of roma earlier in the day it was announced that rome had been bought by an american billionaire a full 700000000. 00 after this to know the feat it looks like then freed can well have to start spending money on new players sooner rather than later by leverkusen and basel headwinds on the night that merely strengthen the aggregate advantages and English Premier League club wolves beat olympiacos to advance to their 1st european quarter final in 48 years. Orlando city of qualified for the m. L. S. Is back to them and finally after a 31. 00 win over Minnesota United on thursday former Manchester United midfielder nanny scored 2 1st half goals to handle nando the advantage at disney will take a look at this one. And despite minnesota pulling one back with 7 minutes to go benji michel put the result beyond doubt in the closing seconds when they will play the Portland Timbers on tuesday in the final. The n. B. A. Is also at disney world where the League Season resumed in a bubble of coronavirus and forced break the Milwaukee Bucks clinched talksport in the eastern conference on thursday but they had to do it the hard way in milwaukee with 6849. 00 down against the miami heat at one stage but you understand the compote and Chris Middleton school 33. 00 points each of the backs recovered to win 813160. Elsewhere Damian Lillard schooled 113 pointers to tie is an important trailblazers franchise record lillard contributed 45 points over all those portland defeated the Denver Nuggets 125115 even so the blazers are still outside the top 8 in the west. Of the 7 st Louis Cardinals players tested positive a coronavirus their manager insists it was not because these players were breaking any safety protocols that came just days after the Miami Marlins had games cancelled because several kind of 99. 00 cases in they scored or the Atlanta Braves took social distancing to another level after they fall 3 whenever the Toronto Blue Jays noncontact celebrations for atlanta who are 2nd in the National League east. Elsewhere Los Angeles Angels to a star shohei otani hit a home run on his return from injury attorney actually injured his arm while pitching and one pitch again in 2020 battles mean he cannot contribute with the bat the angels beating the Seattle Mariners 6146. In ice hockey the n. H. L. The Calgary Flames a 3. The stanley cup playoffs on thursday they face the Winnipeg Jets in edmonton it was game 4 of a base the 5 series of the flames were made of 1st game calgary sealing the series with a 4 nothing win. Englands cricketers off struggling against pakistan in the 1st test at old trafford in manchester the hosts continued to trail on day 3 england on their 197 fanaa and still trailing by 129 runs ill be here again later with another sports news update peter peter thanks very much when we come back on the other side of the break well be talking to reporters in a hard pushing in context those comments from michelle to people here will see very soon. 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