The first friday prayers at his temples hagia sophia after its change from the museum into a mosque. In sports, football has returned to france after a fofourmonth break caused by coronavirus. A limited number of fans in the stadiums. We look at the french cup final. Welcome to the newshour. More than six months since the coronavirus was first suspected in china, it is still living for the road at record rates. There is a record rise in infections, according to the World Health Organization. Nearly 10,000 people have died in that same period, the biggest spike since the end of april. Across the planet, the virus has killed more than 635,000 people. More than 1 5 of those fatalities are in the u. S. , the worlds worst hit country. New hotspots in the south and west have pushed the infection count past 4 million. Latin america also recorded more than 4 million cases. More than 176,000 people have died. We will get more on the outbreak in latin america with john homan in a moment joining
Where demonstrators have been challenging federal agent sent by donald trump. For. And speaking out against the silencing the hungry and media thousands accuse the government of crushing up popular news website. Star for the u. S. Consulate in chengdu in china packing up and getting ready to leave off to beijing ordered its closure in a worsening diplomatic standoff thats in response to the u. S. Ordering the closure of chinas consulate in Houston Texas and shortly after everyone left that building several men thought to be u. S. Federal agents were seen getting in through a back door the u. S. Government has accused staff of espionage and data theft beijing describes the allegations as quotes malicious slander. Police inching due meanwhile have blocked off access to the u. S. Consulate there head of its closure its unclear when staff will have to leave but the state run newspaper says the u. S. Has until monday to train to use in trying to do with more on that decision to close the co
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With each passing day of the continuing conflict in syria more and more children fear their future maybe fading away. With every classroom damaged or destroyed with every child witnessing the horror of war every family fleeing the violence we cant risk losing an entire generation of children to death fear and despair. Because they are the future of syria. Internet shutdowns are a major problem across africa the cost of blackouts amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone and Telecoms Companies could bear the brunt well tell you why. Also coming up norway says it wants its Sovereign Wealth Funds to become green but environmentalists say thats Just Lip Service either way the funds investments have become a topic of heated debate. And sudan keeps up its vital exports of gum arabic in spite of the troubles with get you kate. Welcome to do business africa and monica jones and berlin good to have you with us and sudan is back on lie in a ban on the internet was recently lift
A buddhist nation accused of crimes against its rohingya muslims. Watching aljazeera live from a headquarters in doha also coming up after weeks of crippling and sometimes violent protests in pakistan the government agrees to activist demands the president of honduras declares an election victory but his rival says his in the lead and predictions of an imminent eruption raise bodies volcano i lead to the highest level. Pope francis is beginning a trip to myanmar thats fraught with diplomatic risk over the countrys treatment of Muslim Rohingya the politics is so delicate that some of the Catholic Leaders advisors have even warned him again. In the word more than six hundred thousand refugees have fled from myanmar to bangladesh escaping from a military offensive Rights Groups and the un have accused the army of atrocities allegations the military denies and speak to hide melusine young gone at the home of the archbishop thats where the pope will be ahead it made to scott the pope has be