Houses. People have been using tarps to cover broken roofs but strong winds are blowing them away. Volunteers are working outdoors in some blazing heat. Translator its sweaty work. And i have to be careful about heat stroke. Kumamoto police say thieves have been taking advantage ever the disaster. They say dozens and houses and offices have been burglarized since the earthquakes began. Translator if you see anybody behaving unusually or see anything else suspicious, please let us know. Around 1200 quakes with an intensity of 1 or higher on the japanese scale of 0 to 7 have been recorded since the first massive jolt on april 14th. 49 people have been killed. One person is still missing. Local Officials Say nearly 20,000 people have evacuated and some are living in their cars. Kumamoto city plans to open 18 more evacuation shelters with room for 3,000 people this week. People in the north korean capital are gearing up for a once in a generation event. They are preparing for the ruling pa
With a race against time. Jordanian officials have until sunset in just about over an hour, to save the life of a jordanian Fighter Pilot captured by Islamic State last month. The radical group is demanding that a convicted terrorist be released, or else the pilot dies. Jordan is scrambling to arrange a prisoner swap that will set the pilot and japanese hostage free, but time is running out. It is dominating jordans media. People are worried about what might happen to the jordanian pilot. Some say they would pay the price being demanded for his life, the release of the suicide bomber. The government has different points of view, and looks at this issue from several angles. Everyone knows her terrorist history. Her exchange for the son of jordan would be a gain for jordan. Ensuring his safety would be a gain. Anything to secure the citizens life is a gain for jordan. Just as people in jordan are worried about their hostage, people in japan are concerned for their hostage, the journalist
Lets take a look at the numbers. The new total of positive reported tests since yesterday, 11,458. The previous high was set earlier this week on thursday. Thats about 1300 more cases than the previous high. Testing was also up. About 65,000 tests yesterday. But researchers look at that Positivity Rate and, again, yesterday they saw about 14 of all tests coming back as positive. Thats a number that troubles scientists when they want to see that number at 5 or lower generally. They reported 18 more deaths yesterday. Far down from the day before so thats a good trend, day over day, however, over the past couple weeks deaths and hospitalizations have also been trending up. So some concerning news in the state of florida, florida now at 190,000 total cases or a little more than that making it the third highest state in the nation for number of positive tests behind california and new york. There have been many democratic lawmakers here in florida calling for the government, governor to put
Across the globe has climbed above 30 million. And according to figures from Johns Hopkins university in the us, more than 940,000 people worldwide have died with the disease since it first emerged in china late last year. Theres been a surge in positive test results across europe in recent weeks. Figures from the World Health Organization show that new weekly coronavirus cases in europe exceed those reported when the pandemic first peaked in march. Lets look at europe spain recorded almost 5,000 new infections in 2a hours, up from just over 3,000 the previous day. Almost 2,000 were in the madrid region, which is planning new targeted lockdowns. In france, 10,593 cases were recorded on thursday marking the highest single day count since the pandemic began. In the uk, the government announced almost 3,400 new infections on thursday. And now, almost 2 Million People living in the north east of england are living under new restrictions that came into place at midnight local time. And with
For your hero, lou. This is al jazeera. Ah. Hello there, im laura kyle this is the news our live from doha. Coming up in the next 60 minutes, armine as Prime Minister says, dozens of soldiers who have been killed after fighting with azerbaijan. Kenneth, whereas in its the leader, william rito becomes the nations 5th president after a narrow election. When i think charles, the 3rd is in Northern Ireland for his 1st trip since coming to the throne. And its the last day for people in scotland to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth. Shes lying at rest in edinburgh for being flown to london. Im devin ash, with sport of british make a fight as edging ever place as Antony Joshua accept terms assess out by tyson fury, head of a potential bout between the heavy weights in december. Ah, amin is Prime Minister says 49 of his country. Soldiers have been killed in violence with as a by john fighting began along their border early on choose day. Armenia says Azerbaijani Army began shelling militar