A further crackdown against civil rights in the philippines as a new anti terror comes into effect. Welcome to the program the United States is struggling to contain a rising wave of coronavirus with cases of infections and deaths soaring more than 77000. 00 infections were reported in the latest daily tally another bleak record high resources in many areas are stretched to the limit and hospitals are in danger of being overrun with patients where debate is raging of a mosque where they should be made mandatory u. S. President donald trump has weighed in on the issue ruling out making them compulsory at a national level. Would you consider what you consider a National Mandate that people need to wear a mask i want people to have a certain freedom and i dont believe in that no and i dont agree with the statement that if everybody were a mask everything it just appears a doctor felt she said dont wear a mask or Surgeon General terrific guy said dont wear a mask everybody was saying dont
And taking to the airwaves classes in zimbabwe are held over the radio schools stay closed because of the growth of violence. We begin in the United States where congressman john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was a titan of the Civil Rights Movement alongside Martin Luther king jr and helped organize the historic 963 march on washington his death comes at a time of heightened racial tension in America Black lives matter protesters who took to the streets after the death of george floyd have been violently suppressed by Law Enforcement civil Rights Groups is suing federal authorities the months of protests have seen statues toppled and Police Officers arrested and sacked now the Confederate Flag has effectively been banned from u. S. Military sites to begin our coverage with this report from how did your castro looking back at the life of john lewis we can argue about that cannot you that. We cannot give you. John lewis was born into the segregated world of rural alabama in 1940 wh
How deep the feeling is for joy for john lewis you remember that it was the late last year that he announced he did dance pancreatic cancer said this was perhaps the biggest fight theyd ever faced from a man whod gone through what hed gone through that was quite a statement and so we found out that he died at some point on friday and as i say the reaction has come from the leader of the house nancy pelosi a democrat from Mitch Mcconnell the republican leader in the senate but also from rank and file members of both republican and democratic parties interestingly enough while the president has been tweeting in the last hour or so there has been Nothing Official from the white house or from him that is perhaps not surprising john lewis refused to attend the inauguration of donald trump he described his election is illegitimate seeing that he had to live on russian help to do that that upset donald trump quite significantly and you remember the comment that donald trump made about immigra
Candidates are required to pledge allegiance to the territory. Well have more on the breaking news the death of congressman john lewis in a few moments here on aljazeera but 1st americans are getting mixed messages about whether or not they should wear mosques to protect themselves from the coronavirus u. S. President donald trump has ruled out making them compulsory at a National Level is what he had to tell fox news earlier on friday. Would you consider what you consider a National Mandate that people need to wear a mask i want people to have a certain freedom and i dont believe in that no and i dont agree with the statement that if everybody were a mask everything just appears a doctor felt she said dont wear a mask or Surgeon General terrific guy said dont worry mask everybody was saying dont worry mask all of a sudden everybodys got to wear a mask and as you know mask those problems too with that being said im a believer in masks i think masks are good but americas top Infectious
Nominations open for Hong Kong September election candidates are required to pledge allegiance to the territory. Taking to the airwaves classes in zimbabwe held over the radio the schools remain closed due to the pandemic. U. S. Congressman and civil rights activist john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was one of the youngest leaders of the Civil Rights Movement as an organizer of the 1963 march on washington lewis advanced pancreatic cancer Heidi Joe Castro looks back at his life we cannot. We cannot give out. We cannot give you. John lewis was born into the segregated world of rural alabama in 1940 when i was growing up i saw those lines that white men colored men white women colored women white the son of black sharecroppers lewis devoured books as a child the words of Dr Martin Luther King Jr spoke to him loudest seem like he was saying to me john lewis you too can do something and i would ask my mother asked my father my grandparents my great grandparents why segregation why Ra