Inoculated. And from a massive tours to so for safaris hope virtual tourism is providing an escape from reality during the pandemic. Lebanese leaders are meeting right now to discuss their ongoing response to last weeks devastating blast in beirut on the agenda will be appointing a new cabinet and Prime Minister forming a new government will help unlock billions of dollars in foreign aid that the country needs to rebuild with an extension of the state of emergency is also expected to be ratified by the parliament that gives authorities more power to crackdown on street demonstrations burned smith joins us live now from beirut so bernard theyve started talking what are their options on the table that they are discussing. Yeah the discussions going on behind me and the streets closed all the way around where the session is taking place a very long cordon set off much further down these roads in the anticipation of protests although we havent seen any protests as yet this morning now bury the speaker of the parliament in his opening address he said he was calling for a civil state and nonsectarian election law progressive taxes Social Security for all all the sorts of things exactly the sort of things the people we speak to on the streets want the problem is that those sorts of sentiments have been repeated here for decades just that nothing ever happens on the table here today is a discussion about certainly about extending the state of security. Theyve agreed upon im just being told to extend the state of security thats in beirut only and give sweeping powers to the military so that extension is just been granted now the priority though is to appoint a new Prime Minister and a new cabinet it will be parliament disagrees that but actually its discussions taking place outside of the parliament in between the political elites that run this country around backed hezbollah and its allies and more pro western parliamentary groups they were the ones who have to agree on how the cabinet is going to look and it was going to be the new Prime Minister name in the frame for a new Prime Minister is a saad hariri he resigned in october and stayed on as a caretaker role until january forced out because of an economic collapse and saw the lebanese pound lose 80 percent of its value so it could be a return for him what is important for the International Community is that cabinet has to be more representative than the current one which is dominated by his. And its allies the Foreign Community foreign donors from governments do not and will not give money to a cabinet dominated by hezbollah and its allies before they release the cash they want something more representative are they in kind of a political or financial catch 22 here because that list of items that theyre working their way through sounds like potentially thats going to be very expensive but they cant get their hands on the money to finance that until the show demonstrably a changed political machine at the heart of government. Well what this depends on is whether what happened last tuesday very catastrophic explosion of 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate that destroyed a radius of 3 kilometers out from the bus from the port in beirut whether that was enough of a disaster to force the political elite to give way and that is what all this depends on now there are plenty of people weve been speaking to think even the scale of the disaster such as it was theyre not going to give way they will still try im clinging on to power somehow but such is the International Pressure this time and so great is the need for International Funding but maybe maybe theyll come up with something that will allow International Donors to unlock their cash but nobody here is holding their breath. Bernard thank you so much Bernard Smith our correspondent there live for us in beirut it is the country with one of the Fastest Growing coronaVirus Outbreaks anywhere in the world india has reported its highest number of infections in one single day the 67000. 00 new cases bring its total to nearly 2400000. 00 official figures put the number of deaths of more than 47000. 00 but Infectious Disease experts say the country is still months away from hitting its peak elizabeth purana is in new delhi. Yes again another single highest day rise and we also know that one of the reasons that the numbers are going up is because india is testing more than it ever has its continuing to increase testing as well as the single highest rise. India also conducted its highest ever number of tests more than 800000 so that it has a better idea of the spread of the infection in the country because remember that 2400000 confirmed cases is thought to be a fraction of the real number of cases the serum logical surveys which have been done around the country show that the real number is many times the confirmed number now the big headline when it comes to coronavirus in the country today is that a man who shared a stage with Prime Minister in the last week at the inauguration of a temple that indias most controversial religious site in a place called. Where mobs tore down the 16th century mosque in 1992 he has tested positive for the coronavirus he is the head of the temple and he was seen spending the whole day with Prime Minister that in there morty and some of the most prominent leaders political leaders in the country. The philippines is planning to launch Clinical Trials of a russian Coronavirus Vaccine the president roderigo to be one of the turns to start as soon as he hopes to be inoculated himself by next may the philippines has recorded the most qubit 1000 infections in east asia over the last week stripped a lot done measures in and around the capital she has more now from manila. There are reports coming in just today that there will be simultaneous Clinical Trial in manila and also in moscow reports coming mean that around 300. 00 to 3000. 00 will be tested or are tried here in the philippines but also even government officials admit that and admit that actually they dont really know when this is going to happen they just have to decide how and when they will implement this and it comes as no surprise also the president of the good the 3rd has been turning to his favorite allies over the past few months when it comes to help coming from the outside world when it comes to dealing with the crew of the virus pandemic in the philippines during his state of the nation address about 2 weeks ago he himself admitted in the speech that the appeals to chinas xi jinping basically to make the philippines a priority should the vaccine be made available here and then monday he said that hes going to make himself a sample or at least a nice going to offer himself as a volunteer for the Clinical Trial should there be something coming out of russia but what this is is basically a a sign that the situation in the philippines is growing desperate that this fight with the world this and strict world strongest the strictest lockdowns ever implemented the number of coded cases continue to go up it is now the epicenter of quote corona virus infections in Southeast Asia at the moment. The police in belarus have to taint another 700. 00 people on a 4th night of unrest of a sundays disputed election result they join 6000. 00 already in custody women in the capital minsk to be much me against the Police Crackdown on demonstrators it follows the death of a process to in Police Custody on weapons to the unrest was triggered by president an example of the shame because election victory which the e. U. Says was neither free nor fair the opposition candidate spent lunna to come off sky and left the country earlier this week shes now in the few ania. Fights is linked to eisele have taken control of a port town in northern mozambique its the 3rd time this year that most of the prior has been seized the town is an important part of a 23000000000 dollar natural gas project about 60 kilometers away Security Forces say theyve killed 59 members of one armed group theyve been trying to occupy the area over the past week lets get more from from ada miller who joins us from johannesburg for me to just take us through what happened. Well it appears as if the fighting began sometime last week when these fighters linked to eisold try to penetrate this town of muslim border prior they had tried previously in june youve spoken about attempts previously and it seems this time was successful there is a muslim beacon military presence in that area but this is also an army that is under funded doesnt always have enough resources at hand and so when this attack took place it carried on over a number of days and this is also when the muslim beacon army said that they killed at least 59 of these fighters but ultimately the the army was pushed back and the fighters linked to isis took control of the town we do know that the muslim became a government has used private Security Companies to try and assist in trying to keep these fighters outside of this territory it hasnt always been effective in this particular case the private company mercenaries even had to drop ammunition but too far from this particular site to assist the muslim beacon of soldiers a quick you know ultimately the area was lost to these fighters linked to iceland of course it continues to be of great concern because it seems as if these attacks are escalating theyve been going on since 2017 and this year alone according to the United Nations theyve been at least 28 attacks and i was just at the beginning of the year and now it appears as if these fighters again in more territory in in an area that is of importance the most a Big Government given the massive gas reserves offshore that amount to at least 60000000000. 00 thank you very much reporting there from. Still to come here on this Program Brazil signs a deal with russia that could see it produce a cubit 19 bank scene even though trials have not been finished. How i welcomes another look at the International Full cost see some very heavy showers around in that shot up pushing across into thailand recently 106. 00 millimeters of rain here in 24 hours more big downpours across similar areas we will see some heavy showers started to push the way back down across much of my even catch you into java as well certainly looking at some whats the weather making its way over towards borneo heavy showers just moving a little further east which is because through the next couple of days and even still away see could see some very heavy showers as you make our way into the weekend frustrated got some heavy showers in the forecast here as well little area of low pressure swirling away through the pipe bringing a little more clout in and thats going to continue just driving further east which is we go through the next day or so some more useful right coming into New South Wales victoria saying somewhat to weather what and windy weather there for at tasmania some showers too also slight in the way towards a good parts of the west southern half of queensland with could see some right pushing into place but as we make our way towards the end of the week for Western Australia the dry into the wait but as we go into sass the cloud and rain started to push its way and were seeing right moving away from the sea that. From. The island of sardinia a famously a delay khalid a spot. Less well known as a proving ground for war. Investigating claims that years of military training and arms testing triggered cancer and birth defects amid the local population. Secret sardinia people in power on aljazeera. Welcome back youre with ounces here im peter dopy these are your headlines stories the parliament in lebanon has approved an extension to the state of emergency for beirut it gives the Security Forces more powers to curb demonstrations sparked by anger last weeks catastrophic explosion. India has registered a record daily number of infections the 67000 new cases bring the total to nearly 2400000. And the philippines is planning to launch Clinical Trials of a russian Coronavirus Vaccine the president in manila he wants the tests to start as soon as october and hopes to be inoculated himself by mate. Joe biden and harris have appeared on stage together for the 1st time as running mates in the race against donald trump for the white house the democratic contenders presented themselves as the team to lead the u. S. Through the virus pandemic and the national up evil over racism mike hanna reports from washington. Harriss life is about to change now in the media spotlight as she leaves her home in d. C. On her way to appear with joe biden my fellow americans and let me introduce to you for the 1st time your next Vice PresidentUnited States comma herons problem or florida or. Harris had built a reputation as one of the most formidable voices in the senate and she went straight on the attack against a president who she says has failed the country during this time a pandemic and whom she accuses of responsibility for the fact that an american dies of 19 every 80 seconds this virus has impacted almost every country. But theres a reason it has hit america worse than any other advanced nation its because of trumps failure to take it seriously from the start earlier there were harsh words from joe biden about President Trumps response to his nominee as Vice President don trump has already started his attacks calling carmack wrote nasty whiny about how shes quote mean to his appointee she says its no surprise because whining is where donald trump does best better than any president American History is anyone surprised donald trump as a problem with a strong woman or strong women across the board President Trump says he did not watch the briefing but again expressed surprise dead joe bidens choice of someone who shopped he attacked him during the Democratic Party president ial primaries. She said horrible things about him horrible things and she mocked him openly mocked him thats why i thought that was a very risky pick because im sure that will be played back not necessarily by me but others it will be played better there would be president and his running mate have now got their Campaign Underway a campaign that in this time of social distancing and mitigation measures will be very different from any of the 55 year old has run before mike hanna aljazeera d washington estates in brazil has signed an agreement to produce russias covert 19 vaccine it comes as brazil reportedly nearly 1200. 00 deaths in a single day monica yucky reports from rio de janeiro. The agreement was signed just one day after russias president Vladimir Putin declared his country to be the 1st in the world to prove a vaccine for the corona virus and that his own daughter had been vaccinated in just old experiencer reports that the brazilian state of paranoia could help test and produce russias sputnik vaccine came as a surprise to the rest of the country and was received with skepticism by doctors and scientists so the president. Hes doctor received the facts its not sufficient for us to look demonstrate there was a leak of. This size of this magnitude theres worldwide concern that russia may have cut corners and approve the vaccine before completing phase 3 the final phase of human trials. World leaders at 1st didnt know how to deal with pandemic some even denied it now theyre engaged in a political competition to be the 1st to find a vaccine even if that means speeding and running over scientific criteria with 100000 deaths than 3000000 infected brazil has the 2nd largest corona Virus Outbreak after the United States that makes it an ideal hub for mass Clinical Trials for potential vaccines the federal government is already spending 127000000 dollars to help produce the Oxford University vaccine while brazils richest states own paolo is working on another project with the chinese but theres Little Information on russias vaccine. We have no information on their phase one phase 2 and least of all phase 3 trials brazils Technology Institute tech says moscow has agreed to share its research and that the 2 countries will work closer if the vaccine proves to be safe in dealing with such a serious pandemic tech bar says its worthwhile to put your eggs in 3 baskets not to monica and not give aljazeera rio de janeiro. The u. S. Remains by far the worst affected nation by the Global Pandemic in the past day and seen more than 50000 new coded 1000 cases that brings its total number of infections close to 5200000 nearly 1500 deaths were recorded on weapons day and more than 165000 have died since the start of the pandemic. The reopening of schools in the u. S. During the pandemic has become a Major Political battle between the white house and several states with students caught in the middle particle hain reports you can dream big dreams and you know the Trump Administration clearly wants schools in the u. S. Reopened highlighting its position with the recent Vice President ial visit to a school in North Carolina the wrist the former supposes to healthy children is very low a few days later the same schools leaders forced 4th graders to quarantine after student tested positive at a nearby campus a vivid example of the problem facing educators parents and their children this country does not have a nationwide testing strategy and its the same with reopening schools its been left up to the states and counties to decide what to do Jeff Gregorio a superintendent in arizona wrote an op ed about how excruciating his decision has been he tried to do Summer School 3 teachers in one classroom Teaching Online they took all the steps they were supposed to yet they all got told that one teacher died when he still reopened safely that was. In my School District it would be safe we have more cases. Now im afraid. Afraid d people will get sick and theyll take it home but if he doesnt the republican governor says it will cost his district money so hes been trying to put precautions in place inside the classrooms using shower curtains and plexiglas we could lose 5 percent number or budget like many things now the idea of reopening has exposed the political divide with republicans more likely to want to reopen schools well more democrats favor learning remotely and teachers across the country are getting involved protests in from chicago to new york florida to minnesota is just not safe you know when i think about him or a day when it comes down to is you know were scared you know were scared we dont want to bury a student or bury a calling some americans are looking for another option like danny structured whose oldest was about to start kindergarten on law and they have the sample schedule still going on days like they started it not me and they dont and until 4 pm for a kindergartner yeah so i was theres no way i dont think it really any 5 year old could do that so shes found a couple of other families on facebook to homeschool together taking turns but that is not an option for many and for an estimated 12000000. 00 students young there is Online Learning because their families cant afford internet at home meaning a country that already has huge disparities an education and income inequality is about to be that much worse for millions particle hane aljazeera. The state of emergency is in place in south sudan state of jungle after heavy flooding more than one 150000 people have been displaced and 500 houses destroyed many communities there have already been suffering through sporadic fighting between armed groups the government issued an urgent call for humanitarian aid. The journalist in zimbabwe accused of mobilizing antigovernment protests has been barred from publicly testifying about his harsh prison conditions hopewell was arrested last month he says hes been denied adequate food and clothing. From harare. When freelance journalist hope were going to testify in court on thursday members of the public and media will not be allowed inside the magistrate wants to make sure whatever the journalist says about his treatment in a maximum security prison would pose a threat to prison security sigourneys a case of encouraging demonstrations over the economy and corruption in his government his being denied completely floored from outside say you must get. Fried foods so hes been living. In water. When president was the man i got went to mr peterson said Robert Mugabe 3 years ago many people hope to pieces and arrests will be a thing of the past some of these activists remember marching to remove mugabe only to be arrested last year for attending a prodemocracy workshop in the maldives its just. That. The government for its claim to plan some form of uprising against which we thought was actually decreases. Given that we are citizens of with great tree of an understanding will fortunes that the government. On monday so that because president state envoys to harare to investigate a Police Allegations but the africans only made zimbabwes leader not opposition or Civil Society groups the social contract mr peters stuart is a member of the consortium is to be restored. Without a 3rd a member or alternatively blood on the streets of the. Frustration is also growing over the economy savings and salaries have been eroded by rising inflation which is now at nearly 800 percent basic commodities are too expensive for the poor president says there is no crisis here criticism of human rights abuses. His administration also believes opposition groups and some western embassies are trying to sabotage the economy. Opposition leaders say more of a supporters are being arrested by state security agents a statement politicians in the governing zanu p. F. Party vehemently deny. Turkeys president says talks are the only way to resolve the dispute over its oil and Gas Exploration plans in the Eastern Mediterranean retch up to a 3rd one made those comments after from said it would increase its military presence in the area the president emanuel is pushing turkey to hold drilling in disputed waters greasers turkey sanctions are illegal the standoff escalated this week with the arrival of a Turkish Research ship accompanied by warships are on orders not organising to humor the risk of an accident when so many military assets are gathered in such a contained area the responsibility lies with the one who gives rise to to succumb distances were remained firm in our commitment to International Legality and the power of diplomacy to resolve even the most complex issues we will never be the one situation yet selfrestraint is only one aspect of our power no provocation will go unanswered we have demonstrated that we will respond if necessary and we will do so again if it is required the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted International Travel and tourism but now technology and immersive tours are helping some people get as close as they can to the real thing is print computer. Japanese businessmen caught so i knew and his wife are traveling to italy 1st class except theyre not on a plane. Its a virtual cabin where passengers can look at floating clouds and fleeting landscapes projected right next to them the. Meals and drinks are served and then they are the Virtual Reality goggles in an instant rounded travelers in tokyo are transported to the sights and sounds of florence and rome either in the lawsuit or the hospital i often go overseas for business but i havent been to italy although i saw it virtually my impression was rather good because i could get an actual sense of seeing things there 1st analyze a Japanese Entertainment Company offering these are most of to say their bookings have gone up about 50 percent since the coronavirus pandemic began of course i got some up they cut it with their customers it chooses because they cant travel overseas gita coronavirus theyre also customers used to go to hawaii every year but now they cant do that so they came here to enjoy a trip to hawaii. We are live at all pitted accounts of answers so far safari in some countries like here in Kenya Technology such as smartphones and social media also being used to what are called so far safaris live streams that bring people closer to wildlife not just a general revenue i know when is the conservation efforts but also to attract visitors in future Companies Say governments are also stepping in to use Virtual Reality for tourism the Tourism Industry of. A lot so people cannot really move around and then because theyre not generating income at the moment its difficult for that dish sort of technology in in david walker and i think that is where we are seeing that government is now stepping up so they are basically providing funds to do dish going to things to get people to do at this travel virtually at the moment the International Air transport Association Says 2020 will be the worst year on record for aviation with a lines expected to lose more than 84000000000. 00 International Tourism numbers had already talked but 90 percent as of may Virtual Reality may not come close to a real destination but for some its as close as still get to holiday until they can travel again. This is al jazeera these are the top stories Lebanons Parliament has approved an extension to the state of emergency for beirut to give Security Forces more powers to curb demonstrations sparked by anger over last weeks catastrophic explosion. India has registered a record daily number of infections the 67000 new cases bring the total to nearly 2400000 Infectious Diseases experts say the country is still months away from hitting its peak elizabeth purana has more now from new delhi. Yes again another single highest day rise and we also know that one of the reasons that the numbers are going up is because india is testing more than it ever has its continuing to increase testing as well as the single highest a rise on wednesday india also conducted its highest ever number of tests more than 800000 so that it has a better idea of the spread of the infection in the country because remember the 2400000. 00 confirmed cases is thought to be a fraction of the real number of cases the syrian logical surveys which have been done around the country so that the real number is many times the confirmed number the philippines is planning to launch Clinical Trials of the russian Coronavirus Vaccine president roderigo to 30 once the tests to start as soon as october and hopes to be inoculated himself by may the philippines has recorded the most covert 1000 infections in east asia over the last week prompting stricter a lot done measures in and around the capital the police in belarus have detained another 700 people on a 4th night of unrest over sundays disputed election result they join 6000. 00 already in custody the unrest was triggered by president Alexander Lukashenko election victory which the e. U. Says is neither free nor fair. Joe biden and paul harris have appeared together for the 1st time as running mates in the race against President Donald Trump for the white house the democratic contenders presented themselves as the right team to lead the u. S. Through the virus pandemic and the National Upheaval over racism. A state of emergency is in place in south sudan states of jungle lying off the heavy flooding there more than 150000 people have been displaced people in power is next adrians here with the news hour in 30 minutes all season by. A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Best known to tourists for its beautiful beaches and dramatic coastline italian island of sardinia is also a major cut to make the rest of locals the longer these tests of how toxic affects the health for years the authorities have refuted that is playing reporter Emma Alberici went to investigate