[singing] anchor and playing in perfect haharmony, mususicians around te world come together for a performance of a lifetime. Anchor welcome to the program. Coronavirus is racing through the african continent. Infections have doubled to 200,000 in less than three weeks and the outbreak is spreading from urban centers into the hinterlands, where medical services are already stretched. The World Health Organizations warning cases will continue to rise until a vaccine is found. 90 days, africa will reach 100,000 coronavirus infections, and only 19 to pass the 200,000 mark. The World Health Organization says infections in africa are spreading fast from urban to rural communities. Those areas dont have adequate access to health care or preventative measures. One of the Biggest Challenges we face continues to be the availability of supplies, particularly test kits. This is a disruption to the Global Supply chain. Other mechanisms are in place to address these shortages, including work done by the african union. More than 8 million diagnostic supplies and 200 million items of personal protective equipment or in the pipeline to be shipped to african countries. Reporter south africa, nigeria, and kabul are now the african countries. They mast must act fast on implementing measures and enforcing social distancing. Many nations in africa are reopening their economies. With more than half the population having to go out every day to feed their families, locking down entire towns and cities is proving costly. Experts say it accounts for less than 3 of global infections for now, but that could change if the countries arent able to control the spread. The outlook for now is the government, with the nigerian president whirring warning it hasnt reached its peak. 10 of its 54 relations nations account for infections. The content is lacking behind in testing an early management of cases. Health experts say the early estimation the virus could kill up to 3 million africans could still be avoided. There is an estimation where, particularly based on the worstcase, having transmission without appropriate measure. Since the beginning, one of the that the move to stronger measures that are now triggering the east. Noticed whatl, we we are observing is lower than what was predicted, based on the worstcase area. Reporter World Health Organization says there is no indication severe cases of death are being missed. Infections in refugee camps across the continent. Anchor u. S. Markets have plummeted as investors react to renewed fears of a pandemic resurgence and unpleasant Economic Forecast from the federal reserve. All three major u. S. Stock 5 ,ces were down about posting their worst days since midmarch. Thats when markets were sent into freefall by the abrupt economic lockdowns put into place to contain the coronavirus. Donald is ramping up pressure to allegation of work crimes in afghanistan. Sanctions against Court Officials involved in the case. Investigatings possible crimes by the peloton, afghan authorities, u. S. Forces, and the cia. Mike pompeo says washington will not be threatened by the court. It looked like they might do the right thing and kill the investigation. But last spring, they rejected the prosecutors request to open the investigation. Unfortunately, in the spring and march, the appeals table overturned that sound judgment and give the green light to the current investigation, and limiting constraints on the Prosecutors Office ability to launch new investigations of americans in the future. We cannot and we will not stand by as our people are threatened by kangaroo court, and indeed, i have a message to many close allies around the world. Your people could be next. Anchor staying in the states, americas top general says it was wrong for him to join President Trump for a photo opportunity outside a church after the area was cleared from antiracism protesters. Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says he regrets accompanying trump because it created their perception of military involvement in domestic politics. He was with trump as he walked through Lafayette Square after police used pepper spray and stun grenades to disperse protesters. The president then posed with a bible outside the church. As many of you saw, the result of the photograph of me in Lafayette Square sparked a National Debate about the role of the military in civil society. I should not have been there. My presence in that moment, and in that environment, created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics. As a commissioned uniformed officer, it was a mistake that i have learned from, and i sincerely hope that we are can learn from it. Anchor meanwhile, trump has called for Stronger Police forces in the u. S. Despite weeks of protests across the country, following the killing of george floyd. Were going to have Stronger Police forces because thats what you need. Minneapolis went through three nights of help, and then hell, and then i was insistent on having the National Guard go in there and do their work. It was like a miracle. Everything stopped. I will never forget the scene. Its not supposed to be a beautiful scene, but it was after watching policeman run out of a police precinct. And it wasnt their fault. They wanted to do what they were allowed to do. They were running down the street. They werent allowed to do what they were trained to do. Anchor u. S. Tech giant amazon says it is temporally suspending police from being able to use its controversial face recognition technology. The company has been criticized for supporting antiracism protesters while promoting a tool that could lead to racial profiling. Businesses are being called out. Campaigners and protesters are naming and shaming firms supporting the black lives Matter Movement without making real change to their policies. And the Tech Industry has been no exception. With mass protests across the United States against Racial Discrimination and police brutality, civil rights advocates have renewed their warning over potential racial bias in surveillance technology, forcing amazon for its temporary oneyear ban on u. S. Police from using its controversial facial Recognition Software for recognition. In a statement, it says the decision might give congress enough time to place appropriate rules for the ethical relation for how the technology is used. Any type of Reform Congress could pass is not going to change the fact this technology in the hands of a criminal Justice System that is very flawed is still going to end up andnvasive surveillance heightened over policing of already vulnerable communities. Reporter the decision is a uturn for amazon. It defended its products that its our rhythm were inaccurate. The system i was using worked well on my lighter skin friend face. But when it came to detecting my face, it didnt do so well until i put on a white mask. Products,like other amazon can use Artificial Intelligence to quickly compare a picture from a phone camera and try to match it with mugshots held on police databases. Artificial Intelligence Research from tech trains and a number of top universities have written an open letter saying Amazon Software has the potential for Racial Discrimination and mistaken identity, and treats its surveillance and marginalized groups. Amazon ignored calls to stop allowing Law Enforcement from using its technology. Amazon cannot simply escape responsibility. Reporter while the stance has changed, campaigners are calling frightful ban on facial calling for a full band on facial recognitions. They have already done full bans of government use of facial wreck initial, and it doesnt seem to be hurting recognition, and it doesnt seem to be hurting policing in any way. Reporter they said it was mass surveillance in racial profiling concerns. That same day, has democrats introduced a Police Reform bill that would prohibit federal Law Enforcements use of realtime facial recognition. Anchor multiple masquerades have been discovered in the libyan city mass graves have been discovered in a libyan city. Libyas government of National Record says they contain the remains of soldiers who had been taken prisoner. The last stronghold in the west, was recaptured last week. We have more. Forces are saying that they have been able to recover hundreds, or over 100 bodies in these mass graves. These mass graves are yet another indication of the brutality of the libyan conflict and the toll on the residents in the area. Now, and march, the u. S. Support mission released a statement saying they received reports of hundreds of enforced disappearances, killing, and the displacements of entire families in the city by the canyon for great canyon kenyan brigade. They also added they verified numerous summary executions at the prison on september 13. Gna, the Health Officials have told us theyre finding out civilians are among the dead in these mass graves. Were also understanding that the gna, ministry of justice, have appointed a committee to identify and investigate the deaths, the circumstances of the deaths, and the minister of interior has said they would pursue the perpetrators of these crimes. Hasor the syrian president sacked his Prime Minister just a month before the elections and while the Company Country grapples with economic crisis. Lets give you an idea of how bad syrias finances are. At the start of the nineyear civil war, one u. S. Dollar traded at 47 syrian pounds. Earlier this week, the currency collapsed to a record low of 3000 to the dollar. Prices of basic goods have skyrocketed in the country, where more than 80 of the population lives below the poverty line already. A crisis led to rare protests in the f gun control province afghan controlled province. Authorities blamed a wave of new u. S. Sanctions, which take effect later this month. Still to come in this halfhour, thailands disappearing activists. Pressure grows on the government to find the missing dissidents. And desperate jobless, living in limbo, stranded by the governments coronavirus restrictions. Hello. Well see something of a subtle change in the weather, the clouds rolling from west to east. These areas of highpressure have been keeping it cool, sunny, and settled. Light winds are going to get shoved out of the way because we have another system ruling in across greater australia and that will roll into South Australia as we go on through friday. The southeast is looking fine and dry, 15 celsius in melbourne, and 19 in sydney. That wetter weather does make Good Progress across australia, adelaide seeing the rain. We will see heavy rain southeast , but we push up into new south wales, eastern parts of queens, some showers. Heavy rain continuing across central parts of china. A little further north as we go on through the next couple of days. It will roll across into south korea. Some lively showers there for a time into japan. Turning wetter by saturday. Anchor welcome back, a reminder of the top stories, the World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in africa. The number of infections has doubled to 200,000 in less than three weeks and the uns has a shortage of testing kits remains a major problem. President trump has authorized sanctions against international Court Officials investigating convex in afghanistan. Americas top general says it was wrong to join president opportunityphoto after the area was cleared from antiracism protesters. He regrets creating the perception of military involvement in domestic properties. Another antigovernment activist has disappeared in cambodia, the latest in a string of missing dissidents in southeast asia. Pressure from supporters and family members has prompted the government to look into what is happening. [speaking foreign language] reporter taking a need for the missing dissidents in thailand. This happened hours after reported abductions of thailands government. Groups say he was snatched by the government last week in broad daylight. He fled thailand just after the coup in 2014, facing charges for social media posts satirizing the government. I dont know if the government is hiding anything from me, but i wish the disappearance of my brother will be the last time someone goes missing. Thailands parliamentary human rights midi is pushing for legislation to prevent disappearances and abductions for dissidents. Those who disappear who oppose government who bring attention to the issue. After denying hearing about the objection, the government said they will start looking into the case. But the Prime Minister says he has not heard of him or why he would flee thailand for cambodia. Since the military coup six years ago, nine dissidents exiled in cambodia have been missing or killed. Two were found full of concrete. Another victim of this trend that going to seek refuge in neighboring countries doesnt guarantee they will be safe. The will be spared from long arm of regression. Reporter last year, his son went missing in vietnam. He was charged with article 112, a wide, sweeping law. Police made her put portraits of the monarchy on the wall. Her advice to the other families. Dont have negative thoughts. Keep looking. Keep up the hope and keep fighting. Even though you cant see the light at the end of the tunnel. Reporter as the number of missing dissidents continues to rise, supporters say they will keep on fighting and pushing for answers. Anchor floods in china have killed thousands, many others missining, forcing people from their homes. Rivers are overflowing and mudslides slept downhill. Rescue and relief operations are ongoing across the region. Extreme weather has caused half 1 billion worth of damage. Its been more than two months since the philippines government brought and coronavirus restrictions. Thousands of unemployed workers who want to return to their home provinces or jobs overseas have been stranded in the capital. Unable to earn, many have been forced to live on the streets. Reporter this family led the war on the philippines three years ago. She was hoping to return to saudi arabia to earn money and rebuild what they have lost. Situation. The we are sleeping here. We have no money. My children called me and said mama, are you coming home soon . But i dont know when. Reporter melanie is angry. She says her domestic flight has been postponed three times and the next one to be for several weeks. They are among the hundreds of filipinos who have been living like this over the past few days. Ther a bridge, just across airport, refusing to leave until transportation restrictions are eased or the government tells them of the plan to help them get home. Abroad whileveled others were waiting for deployments for the first time when they were stranded in manila after the government imposed a lockdown to spread stop the spread of coronavirus more than two months ago. Most of them come from impoverished communities. They have spent almost all of their life savings to come to manila, hoping for a chance for a better life. Now they are saying theyre putting other genes on the back burner for now. All they want is to be with their families again. Has beenino government facilitating the returns for stranded facilities here and abroad, but resources are buckling. They need to cordate with the social Welfare Department so they are even assistance like food and place to sleep. They are bringing those were stranded to the golf course for testing and perhaps they may be allowed to stay there for now. Reporter latest government figures show on a plumbing has jumped from 6 to over unemployment has jumped from 6 since the pandemic again. He has been stranded in the capital for months. Personale has sold his longings, his luggage, his cell phone, even his last pair of shoes. Some say the situation is so tragic that prayers have become the respite. They pray for hope and better days ahead. In the u. K. , Union Leaders told elses era that manufacturing is on the brink of its biggest collapse in generations because of government and action. Are lost. Of jobs laurence lee has the story. Reporter it might be james bond car of choice, but the pandemic is proving too strong for aston martin. The luxury car maker announcing nearly a quarter of its highly skilled work forces to go it is a sign of the times. Where can they go . Nobody is recruiting in the car industry across the west. Nobody is recruiting across the u. K. We have seen the announcements from bentley. We have seen the announcement there isdi, very nowhere for them to go. Reporter every car generates 10 in the supply chain. This Just Announced over 400 job cards job cuts. Announces results next week and it will not be pretty. In april, the u. K. Produced fewer than 200 new cars. 4000,istered just over the lowest level since 1946, figures which are completely unsustainable. Focus remainss on reducing infection rates on what to do about the crisis in british manufacturing. Carpentry. It went through a collapse when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister in the 1980s and has taken nearly two generations for the city to get over it. And now has a plan of how to avoid it happening again and it wants the government to hear it. Of the figures ive seen have taken on a plummet levels to a place we havent seen not just in my generation, but a generation before, what we need the government to do, as well as furloughing people and spending billions of pounds of keeping people off work, we need to invest in new technologies. We need to be the place where the new batteries of the future are built. Reporter Union Leaders are having similar conversations, suggesting a new maiden britain strategy could tie in with brexit. They say they arent getting very far. The economy will make the difference between a deep and damaging recession and a dish depression. If we move into a longstanding depression, that has consequences, not just on jobs, and im talking millions of jobs , but on peoples health. Recessions kill people. Reporter the view across the industry is that it is like watching a total wave coming and not getting off the beach. Companies are making hard choices. The effects of people will be every bit as bad as the virus. Laurence lee, al jazeera, in the west midlands. Anchor Germany Airline lufthansa says 22,000 fulltime jobs may need to be cut because of the drop in demand for flights caused by the coronavirus. Thats more than twice the number of jobs the airline previously said might need to be cut. The company says it