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Venice well as legal battle to access gold reserves in the u. K. Moves to britains high court. The rate of covert 1000 infections in the u. S. Has surged across southern and southwestern states new cases of the virus spiked where bars and restaurants and other businesses reopened there are questions about other restrictions have been lifted too soon rob runnels reports will sundays. 29 u. S. States and territories are seeing a spike in coronavirus cases several including arizona california oklahoma and texas reported record high single day infections governor rhonda scientists says worrying numbers of new cases involve young people who were previously thought to be at lesser risk huge huge numbers of people particularly in that 20 to 30 cohort who are testing but then testing positive 62 percent of all new cases in florida for the week of june 7th are under the age of 45 decentest says some younger people have let down their guard i think that weve started to see you know some erosion in the social distancing from probably some of the younger population many bars in tampa have shut down after staff tested positive in Texas Governor greg abbott displayed a graph showing a sharp spike in hospitalizations 3200. 00 per day to state the obvious. Covert 1000 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in texas and it must be corralled in arizona people stood in lines several kilometers long to get tested the state recorded more than 3000 new cases over the weekend bringing arizonas total confirmed cases to more than 50000. 00 President Donald Trump reportedly was furious when his oklahoma rally on saturday flopped with a much smaller crowd than anticipated trump plans another Campaign Event in phoenix arizona on tuesday at his tulsa rally trump said he told officials to slow down testing because the numbers looked bad the white house spokesperson claims trump was just making a joke and cast blame on the media it was a comment that he made and yes its common that he made and passing for specifically with regard to the Media Coverage and pointing out the fact that the media never acknowledges that we have more cases because when you test more people you find more cases trump appeared serious not joking when he made the comment if it really was a joke many observers found it odd that the president would find humor in a pandemic that has killed 120000 people in the United States robert oulds al jazeera. New york city was once considered the epicenter of the u. S. I would break but now its cautiously reopening and the virus seems to be under control their. Homes have welcomed the 1st customers theyve had since mid march kristensen of me is there. Some of the most important and visible sectors of the new york economy are now able to reopen for business the mayor of the city predicts anywhere from 1500023000 extension 00 workers will be back on the job both school right now im on 5th avenue in midtown manhattan where so. Of the most iconic high end Shopping Centers exists and what were seeing is a bit of a mixed bag weve got open stores Clothing Stores here theres one open followed by another thats open followed up by a boarded up shop and in fact the rest of the block is still closed for business with some stores only doing curbside pick up. As for the citys 27000. 00 restaurants they are allowed to have Outdoor Dining with table space 6 feet apart these are restrictions that are difficult for many establishment to adhere to nevertheless the mare is hopeful that this will prevent some 5000 restaurants from permanently shutting their doors and 45000 people from losing their jobs Office Workers also allowed to go back on the job today but at 5050 percent capacity in their Office Buildings all of this with strict social distancing measures still in place anywhere inside or outside where you cant be more than 6 feet away from people masks are still required a cautious approach moving forward for the city of new york. The World Health Organization says that have been worrying increases of the virus across latin america including a spike in cases in brazil over the past 24 hours the countrys now recorded more than 50000 deaths on 1000000 infections divisions a deepening over president s job also not as humbling that the crisis he has repeatedly downplayed the stress of the virus calling it a little flu. India has reported another daily record of new coronavirus cases with more than 15000. 00 confirmed on monday that brings the total to nearly 430002 make india the worlds 4th worst affected country 14000 people have died Public Health experts fear hospitals wont be able to cope of thought of the embassies of one their citizens to leave the country due to a lack of beds despite the rapid rise in infections Prime Minister Narendra Modi relaxed most restrictions weeks ago to try to revive the economy so any arabia has announced its going to borrow arrivals from abroad to perform this year because of the coronavirus the muslim pilgrimage will be restricted to people already residing in the kingdom although exact numbers have not been given the annual event normally attract surrounds 2000000 people from around the world for 5 days of worship and rituals in mecca. Authorities in croatia are investigating a coronavirus outbreak in the city of zada its linked to a tennis tournament held there over the weekend at these 2 leading players have tested positive after taking part in the event run by world number one Novak Djokovic hes since been tested but the result is yet to be made public gracious Prime Minister under a plank of it has undergone testing after attending the event djokovic has come under fire for organizing the tournament with few Health Precautions in place. They are. This is a really bad example of this behavior of people in question but i think it will make other people more careful from now on it is a warning for organizers of events like this owners of restaurants and others that measures have to be respected thats the only way they can keep a businesses open we have our Health Inspectors coming here and we will see what i can find out. The Vice President says turkey is playing a dangerous game in libya that can no longer be tolerated Emanuel Mccall says uncle is actions are an obstacle to securing a ceasefire on tuesday the out of legal hold of virtual emergency meeting as calls grow for a political solution to the crisis a lot of earn money as more the discovery of more bodies in southern tripoli the military says the bodies belong to people kidnapped by forces of warlords highly for have to. And its not the 1st the uns top rights body or did a Fact Finding Mission after the discovery of mass graves into huna previously a stronghold of have to and its forces. After a 14 month military campaign to take control of the capital after failed the internationally recognized government recently recaptured time along with other towns in western libya and on monday the chief International Criminal Court Prosecutor said in the statement she would not hesitate to expand investigations and potential prosecutions to cover any instances of crimes but there is a possibility of move on and succumb libyas Government Forces in opposition to the west of the demanding have to its forces retreat from the strategic city. On monday the u. S. Ambassador to tripoli and the head of Africa Command met with libyas Prime Minister fires as. They discussed efforts to stabilize the country but also how egypt has weighed in on the conflict egypts president of the fatah seems to have threatened military intervention if jenny forces opponents to it so that so was his government calls a threat a declaration of war and the u. N. Spokesman gave this warning. The last thing that libya needs right now is more fighting more. More military mobilization more transfer of weapons more presence of either foreign fighters or mercenaries and thats been more than the pointing in the fischel meeting with canadian president keiser 8 french president a man you mccollum who want to get takis intervention in the conflict did you took his own did you take him up but you dont and again i have already had the opportunity to make this very clear to president i now consider this turkey is playing a dangerous game in libya and is in breach of all the commitments it made at the berlin conference tucky has intervened in recent months providing support to Government Forces france has been accused of supporting have to a political something it continues to deny called has also spoken to us present all trumped by phone the leaders agreed on a need for ceasefire and libya and the resumption of negotiations bots with clear divisions between International Figures weighing in on the conflict there remains the question with these divisions lead to more scenes of destruction in a country torn apart by years of war. About money aljazeera. South korean activists have managed to evade police and fire propaganda balloons carrying leaflets and money into north korea the government in seoul had tried to stop them to prevent relations with the north getting worse pyongyang says it has millions of propaganda leaflets and thousands of balloons ready to carry them across the border the 2 sides had agreed to stop provocations like these during the summit in 2018 rubberbands joining us live from seoul rob it seems as though this is the latest in a series of back and forth between the north and the south what more do we know about what this latest event is. Thats right this is the defect a group involved is claiming this is a success it says that this launch took place during the hours of darkness monday through into tuesday from the city of paid you which adjoins the Demilitarized Zone separating the 2 koreas they say that on board these balloons that flew off northwards were around 500000 leaflets also hundreds of booklets and s. D. Cards all different different ways of carrying propaganda they hoped to be scattered across the countryside of north korea for no one no ordinary north koreans to get hold of these things and for them to be able to get their message across as you might expect its pretty inflammatory stuff these leaflets attack in by name kim il sung he is the founding father of north korea a very revered figure but these leaflets talk about him being the slaughter of the nation this is pretty low read stuff it comes at a very sensitive time this week as the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war so the group obviously wants to get its message across it says it had favorable winds and that these balloons work carried north having said that the Yonhap News Agency here in south korea is reporting that a number of these leaflets have been found in the south so it remains to be seen just how far and wide these propaganda messages have spread they are these groups do play a cat and mouse game with your thirtys the authorities know that these are very provocative acts and they have been using over a number of weeks different local regulations and by laws as a way of trying to prevent these provocations from happening but clearly according to this group or this has been one successful launch from their point of view as are mentioned rather mean pyongyang has been making its own fairly strong responses over the last few weeks certainly in the last few days how do we think its going to react to this. Well it is always enraged by these things that in fact it is used previous launches by this particular defectors group to carry out its feigned demolition by explosives at the Liaison Office between north and south last week so it is likely again not to be very happy to say the least about this launch if these things do find their way into north korea but it has threatened to release its own balloons it says it has 3000 balloons and 12000000. 00 leaflets ready to go and that it said forecasters are now looking at weather conditions and the wind direction for later on this week does seem to indicate that it would be favorable winds going from north to south for some sort of launch it remains to be seen if that will be carried out but meanwhile theres also been reports from the d. M. Z. That the north have been reinstalling their loudspeaker system these were loudspeakers that as part of that agreement in 2018 were taken down but now it seems that they are being put back up again possibly in preparation for the broadcast of propaganda messages down across the barbed wire so it does seem as though we are returning to this kind of bellicose rhetoric of the past and start more bright giving us that update from seoul rob thanks very much indeed. Still ahead on aljazeera the name change the stalled tensions between china and japan in their dispute over a cluster of uninhabited islands. On scott heiler in bangkok thailand all the people here are intensely proud of their unique culture there is growing concern of the erosion of this citys heritage and the culprit is urbanization. How the station monsoonal the may you value system which is this one here often breaks into rather large ways needs doing just that now so the last rains gone through her carter home shoes were fired in the water and then theres this break where the next band is developing all the way from than the southwest of china up through shanghai and crossing the water into the Korean Peninsula where you see or incest a fairly heavy rain so its quite discreet area but its there all the same its humid the sides it looks fairly dry in hong kong that is really the wet and thats reflected in sols forecast itll right until thursday that it should dry up again the wind of course at 1st will pick up as a proper circulation those a quarter few showers the sounds but they seem to be in shove this general direction weve got far fewer over some away sea and the philippines but weve got some but if you look at Southern Sumatra western side a job or a nanny running up to some vietnam thats a focus area as will kalimantan be i suspect later in the day daily showers tend to build so a specific focus is take youre going to sudden vietnam wednesday thursday and friday guess what the thunderstorm forecast for all 3 days its slow moving theres no wind. In a 2 part series. Observes the lives of 2 children. Over 20 years. Or insights into circumstances that cheap lives. In a rapidly changing world. 20 years of me starts with floods and land due to story on how to 0. Move. Forward. Watching our visitor a reminder of our top stories this hour in the United States the number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic has passed 820000 new cases of the virus have spiked over the weekend in several states across america south and southwest. But its a different picture and the original epicenter new york city its cautiously reopening offices restaurants and hair salons businesses have been welcoming the 1st customers in the card since mid march. The french president has accused turkey of playing a dangerous game by providing military support to libyas internationally recognized government emanuel macros says turkey is an obstacle to securing a ceasefire calls are growing it for a political solution to the crisis. Hundreds of migrants rescued from smugglers boats in the Mediterranean Sea have arrived safely in sicily its the 1st time a rescue ship has been allowed to dock and its only since ports were closed in april because of the coronavirus pandemic pretoria reports. Its the 1st time these migrants have slept in days they survived the journey across the mediterranean from libya to europe but only just they were saved by a rescue ship run by the German Aid Organization sea watch as the migrants were brutus show in sicily their dream of a better life is by no means guaranteed 1st theyre being transferred to a Quarantine Center where theyll spend the next 2 weeks. The 211 people on board the german ship were rescued from 3 separate boats last week. 70 people mostly africans were crammed into this boat reported to be in distress last wednesday evening and gave them the following night another rescue operation was underway that on friday a 3rd the 67 migrants mainly from africa and bangladesh were saved about 70 kilometers off the coast of lampedusa theyd been without water for 2 days this is happening because of the war and the conflict ongoing in libya which pushes a lot of people moving moving on and not necessarily staying in libya to earn. Earn a salary. For years italy was the main route into europe for migrants and refugees but a crackdown on people smugglers in libya led to fewer mediterranean crossings. This year theres been an increase with nearly 6000 people dancing in a city say 5 thats almost double the number in the same period last year. And. This is the 1st time italys allowed to rescue ship to dock since the government closed ports in april because of the coronavirus pandemic this summer. The expectation is theyll be many more boats that will need rescuing full of people risking their lives in the hope of finding work in europe Victoria Gate to be al jazeera. Says he delayed imposing sanctions on chinese officials over the last attention of Muslim Leaders to protect the trade deal with china and in interview with news website access the us president admitted he did not want to upset negotiations with beijing china has rounded up around a 1000000 wiggers and other ethnic groups communist Party Officials have rejected accusations of abuse saying the prison camps are necessary for Texas Governor<\/a> greg abbott displayed a graph showing a sharp spike in hospitalizations 3200. 00 per day to state the obvious. Covert 1000 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in texas and it must be corralled in arizona people stood in lines several kilometers long to get tested the state recorded more than 3000 new cases over the weekend bringing arizonas total confirmed cases to more than 50000. 00 President Donald Trump<\/a> reportedly was furious when his oklahoma rally on saturday flopped with a much smaller crowd than anticipated trump plans another Campaign Event<\/a> in phoenix arizona on tuesday at his tulsa rally trump said he told officials to slow down testing because the numbers looked bad the white house spokesperson claims trump was just making a joke and cast blame on the media it was a comment that he made and yes its common that he made and passing for specifically with regard to the Media Coverage<\/a> and pointing out the fact that the media never acknowledges that we have more cases because when you test more people you find more cases trump appeared serious not joking when he made the comment if it really was a joke many observers found it odd that the president would find humor in a pandemic that has killed 120000 people in the United States<\/a> robert oulds al jazeera. New york city was once considered the epicenter of the u. S. I would break but now its cautiously reopening and the virus seems to be under control their. Homes have welcomed the 1st customers theyve had since mid march kristensen of me is there. Some of the most important and visible sectors of the new york economy are now able to reopen for business the mayor of the city predicts anywhere from 1500023000 extension 00 workers will be back on the job both school right now im on 5th avenue in midtown manhattan where so. Of the most iconic high end Shopping Centers<\/a> exists and what were seeing is a bit of a mixed bag weve got open stores Clothing Stores<\/a> here theres one open followed by another thats open followed up by a boarded up shop and in fact the rest of the block is still closed for business with some stores only doing curbside pick up. As for the citys 27000. 00 restaurants they are allowed to have Outdoor Dining<\/a> with table space 6 feet apart these are restrictions that are difficult for many establishment to adhere to nevertheless the mare is hopeful that this will prevent some 5000 restaurants from permanently shutting their doors and 45000 people from losing their jobs Office Workers<\/a> also allowed to go back on the job today but at 5050 percent capacity in their Office Buildings<\/a> all of this with strict social distancing measures still in place anywhere inside or outside where you cant be more than 6 feet away from people masks are still required a cautious approach moving forward for the city of new york. The World Health Organization<\/a> says that have been worrying increases of the virus across latin america including a spike in cases in brazil over the past 24 hours the countrys now recorded more than 50000 deaths on 1000000 infections divisions a deepening over president s job also not as humbling that the crisis he has repeatedly downplayed the stress of the virus calling it a little flu. India has reported another daily record of new coronavirus cases with more than 15000. 00 confirmed on monday that brings the total to nearly 430002 make india the worlds 4th worst affected country 14000 people have died Public Health<\/a> experts fear hospitals wont be able to cope of thought of the embassies of one their citizens to leave the country due to a lack of beds despite the rapid rise in infections Prime Minister<\/a> Narendra Modi<\/a> relaxed most restrictions weeks ago to try to revive the economy so any arabia has announced its going to borrow arrivals from abroad to perform this year because of the coronavirus the muslim pilgrimage will be restricted to people already residing in the kingdom although exact numbers have not been given the annual event normally attract surrounds 2000000 people from around the world for 5 days of worship and rituals in mecca. Authorities in croatia are investigating a coronavirus outbreak in the city of zada its linked to a tennis tournament held there over the weekend at these 2 leading players have tested positive after taking part in the event run by world number one Novak Djokovic<\/a> hes since been tested but the result is yet to be made public gracious Prime Minister<\/a> under a plank of it has undergone testing after attending the event djokovic has come under fire for organizing the tournament with few Health Precautions<\/a> in place. They are. This is a really bad example of this behavior of people in question but i think it will make other people more careful from now on it is a warning for organizers of events like this owners of restaurants and others that measures have to be respected thats the only way they can keep a businesses open we have our Health Inspectors<\/a> coming here and we will see what i can find out. The Vice President<\/a> says turkey is playing a dangerous game in libya that can no longer be tolerated Emanuel Mccall<\/a> says uncle is actions are an obstacle to securing a ceasefire on tuesday the out of legal hold of virtual emergency meeting as calls grow for a political solution to the crisis a lot of earn money as more the discovery of more bodies in southern tripoli the military says the bodies belong to people kidnapped by forces of warlords highly for have to. And its not the 1st the uns top rights body or did a Fact Finding Mission<\/a> after the discovery of mass graves into huna previously a stronghold of have to and its forces. After a 14 month military campaign to take control of the capital after failed the internationally recognized government recently recaptured time along with other towns in western libya and on monday the chief International Criminal<\/a> Court Prosecutor<\/a> said in the statement she would not hesitate to expand investigations and potential prosecutions to cover any instances of crimes but there is a possibility of move on and succumb libyas Government Forces<\/a> in opposition to the west of the demanding have to its forces retreat from the strategic city. On monday the u. S. Ambassador to tripoli and the head of Africa Command<\/a> met with libyas Prime Minister<\/a> fires as. They discussed efforts to stabilize the country but also how egypt has weighed in on the conflict egypts president of the fatah seems to have threatened military intervention if jenny forces opponents to it so that so was his government calls a threat a declaration of war and the u. N. Spokesman gave this warning. The last thing that libya needs right now is more fighting more. More military mobilization more transfer of weapons more presence of either foreign fighters or mercenaries and thats been more than the pointing in the fischel meeting with canadian president keiser 8 french president a man you mccollum who want to get takis intervention in the conflict did you took his own did you take him up but you dont and again i have already had the opportunity to make this very clear to president i now consider this turkey is playing a dangerous game in libya and is in breach of all the commitments it made at the berlin conference tucky has intervened in recent months providing support to Government Forces<\/a> france has been accused of supporting have to a political something it continues to deny called has also spoken to us present all trumped by phone the leaders agreed on a need for ceasefire and libya and the resumption of negotiations bots with clear divisions between International Figures<\/a> weighing in on the conflict there remains the question with these divisions lead to more scenes of destruction in a country torn apart by years of war. About money aljazeera. South korean activists have managed to evade police and fire propaganda balloons carrying leaflets and money into north korea the government in seoul had tried to stop them to prevent relations with the north getting worse pyongyang says it has millions of propaganda leaflets and thousands of balloons ready to carry them across the border the 2 sides had agreed to stop provocations like these during the summit in 2018 rubberbands joining us live from seoul rob it seems as though this is the latest in a series of back and forth between the north and the south what more do we know about what this latest event is. Thats right this is the defect a group involved is claiming this is a success it says that this launch took place during the hours of darkness monday through into tuesday from the city of paid you which adjoins the Demilitarized Zone<\/a> separating the 2 koreas they say that on board these balloons that flew off northwards were around 500000 leaflets also hundreds of booklets and s. D. Cards all different different ways of carrying propaganda they hoped to be scattered across the countryside of north korea for no one no ordinary north koreans to get hold of these things and for them to be able to get their message across as you might expect its pretty inflammatory stuff these leaflets attack in by name kim il sung he is the founding father of north korea a very revered figure but these leaflets talk about him being the slaughter of the nation this is pretty low read stuff it comes at a very sensitive time this week as the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war so the group obviously wants to get its message across it says it had favorable winds and that these balloons work carried north having said that the Yonhap News Agency<\/a> here in south korea is reporting that a number of these leaflets have been found in the south so it remains to be seen just how far and wide these propaganda messages have spread they are these groups do play a cat and mouse game with your thirtys the authorities know that these are very provocative acts and they have been using over a number of weeks different local regulations and by laws as a way of trying to prevent these provocations from happening but clearly according to this group or this has been one successful launch from their point of view as are mentioned rather mean pyongyang has been making its own fairly strong responses over the last few weeks certainly in the last few days how do we think its going to react to this. Well it is always enraged by these things that in fact it is used previous launches by this particular defectors group to carry out its feigned demolition by explosives at the Liaison Office<\/a> between north and south last week so it is likely again not to be very happy to say the least about this launch if these things do find their way into north korea but it has threatened to release its own balloons it says it has 3000 balloons and 12000000. 00 leaflets ready to go and that it said forecasters are now looking at weather conditions and the wind direction for later on this week does seem to indicate that it would be favorable winds going from north to south for some sort of launch it remains to be seen if that will be carried out but meanwhile theres also been reports from the d. M. Z. That the north have been reinstalling their loudspeaker system these were loudspeakers that as part of that agreement in 2018 were taken down but now it seems that they are being put back up again possibly in preparation for the broadcast of propaganda messages down across the barbed wire so it does seem as though we are returning to this kind of bellicose rhetoric of the past and start more bright giving us that update from seoul rob thanks very much indeed. Still ahead on aljazeera the name change the stalled tensions between china and japan in their dispute over a cluster of uninhabited islands. On scott heiler in bangkok thailand all the people here are intensely proud of their unique culture there is growing concern of the erosion of this citys heritage and the culprit is urbanization. How the station monsoonal the may you value system which is this one here often breaks into rather large ways needs doing just that now so the last rains gone through her carter home shoes were fired in the water and then theres this break where the next band is developing all the way from than the southwest of china up through shanghai and crossing the water into the Korean Peninsula<\/a> where you see or incest a fairly heavy rain so its quite discreet area but its there all the same its humid the sides it looks fairly dry in hong kong that is really the wet and thats reflected in sols forecast itll right until thursday that it should dry up again the wind of course at 1st will pick up as a proper circulation those a quarter few showers the sounds but they seem to be in shove this general direction weve got far fewer over some away sea and the philippines but weve got some but if you look at Southern Sumatra<\/a> western side a job or a nanny running up to some vietnam thats a focus area as will kalimantan be i suspect later in the day daily showers tend to build so a specific focus is take youre going to sudden vietnam wednesday thursday and friday guess what the thunderstorm forecast for all 3 days its slow moving theres no wind. In a 2 part series. Observes the lives of 2 children. Over 20 years. Or insights into circumstances that cheap lives. In a rapidly changing world. 20 years of me starts with floods and land due to story on how to 0. Move. Forward. Watching our visitor a reminder of our top stories this hour in the United States<\/a> the number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic has passed 820000 new cases of the virus have spiked over the weekend in several states across america south and southwest. But its a different picture and the original epicenter new york city its cautiously reopening offices restaurants and hair salons businesses have been welcoming the 1st customers in the card since mid march. The french president has accused turkey of playing a dangerous game by providing military support to libyas internationally recognized government emanuel macros says turkey is an obstacle to securing a ceasefire calls are growing it for a political solution to the crisis. Hundreds of migrants rescued from smugglers boats in the Mediterranean Sea<\/a> have arrived safely in sicily its the 1st time a rescue ship has been allowed to dock and its only since ports were closed in april because of the coronavirus pandemic pretoria reports. Its the 1st time these migrants have slept in days they survived the journey across the mediterranean from libya to europe but only just they were saved by a rescue ship run by the German Aid Organization<\/a> sea watch as the migrants were brutus show in sicily their dream of a better life is by no means guaranteed 1st theyre being transferred to a Quarantine Center<\/a> where theyll spend the next 2 weeks. The 211 people on board the german ship were rescued from 3 separate boats last week. 70 people mostly africans were crammed into this boat reported to be in distress last wednesday evening and gave them the following night another rescue operation was underway that on friday a 3rd the 67 migrants mainly from africa and bangladesh were saved about 70 kilometers off the coast of lampedusa theyd been without water for 2 days this is happening because of the war and the conflict ongoing in libya which pushes a lot of people moving moving on and not necessarily staying in libya to earn. Earn a salary. For years italy was the main route into europe for migrants and refugees but a crackdown on people smugglers in libya led to fewer mediterranean crossings. This year theres been an increase with nearly 6000 people dancing in a city say 5 thats almost double the number in the same period last year. And. This is the 1st time italys allowed to rescue ship to dock since the government closed ports in april because of the coronavirus pandemic this summer. The expectation is theyll be many more boats that will need rescuing full of people risking their lives in the hope of finding work in europe Victoria Gate<\/a> to be al jazeera. Says he delayed imposing sanctions on chinese officials over the last attention of Muslim Leaders<\/a> to protect the trade deal with china and in interview with news website access the us president admitted he did not want to upset negotiations with beijing china has rounded up around a 1000000 wiggers and other ethnic groups communist Party Officials<\/a> have rejected accusations of abuse saying the prison camps are necessary for National Security<\/a> our court judges in the u. K. Are hearing pleas by the venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro<\/a> to force the bank of england to release almost 2000000000. 00 worth of its gold the bank has held on to 31. 00 tons of venezuelan bullion for the past 2 years because of british and u. S. Sanctions president says is needed to buy Health Care Equipment<\/a> medicine and food during the pandemic the right to access venezuelas riches is a dispute intertwined with the right to rule the country so youre going to go reports. From venezuela lies to some of its most prized riches 31 tons of the countrys gold is held here in the vaults of the bank of england for safekeeping now theres a legal battle over who can access it president Nicolas Maduro<\/a> opposition leader. Says he needs the 1000000000 to help fund the countrys crumbling Health Care System<\/a> during the coronavirus pandemic. However attempts by venezuelas central bank to access the gold began 2 years ago just after mother little won a contested election the bank of england never released it and then said last year it would recognise why daughter is the interim president not. Despite that my daughters lawyers say that diplomatic actions since have shown britain still recognised him as venezuelas leader well you know. You have. Got is an effective government. For example b. C. B. S. Center right well i a resident yes. Yes and. I dont know if this is you know this is very much. Why those lawyers said the bullying is his to control the British Government<\/a> and more than 50 others around the world said they would recognise him as interim president however why those attempts to create a Transitional Government<\/a> have been unsuccessful questioning. And transparency we. Need and i think thats also one of the main problems. But also being. Transferred. To other ministers. Sanctions and mismanagement have crippled venezuelas economy and triggered a humanitarian crisis lawyers say the gold reserves amount to about 15 percent of its much needed foreign currency reserves the case is set for another 3 days and could set an important precedent in relation to other frozen venezuelan assets around the world and just who gets access to it so that i echo aljazeera. A Japanese Local Authority<\/a> has approved a change to the status of a disputed island chain thats also claimed by china and taiwan it is a its japans claim over the islands which have been administered by tokyo since the 1972 as adrian brown reports the move looks likely to increase tension with china. At the southern tip of the japanese archipelago a cluster of uninhabited islands now on the frontline of what may be a new flashpoint they lie close to Significant Oil<\/a> and gas deposits strategic shipping routes and lucrative fishing grounds to japan they are the cuckoo islands china calls them the dar use but for 50 years theyve been administered and controlled by tokyo taiwan also claims ownership chinas government had warned japan against changing the status of the islands and is now reportedly deployed coast guard vessels to the area as it has done many times before. Its a serious purgation against chinas territorial sovereignty at a japanese site possibility in the name its illegal and invalid it cannot change the fact that though you island belong china we formally aborts that 11 more made with japanese side china has large number of. Diplomatic channels and a 3rd of the right to further react. The rising tensions in the East China Sea<\/a> come as chinas military continues to assert its Maritime Claims<\/a> in the nearby South China Sea<\/a> and while its soldiers are involved in another sovereignty dispute with india in whats also called where is the all going is india and china getting a lot of conservatives. That the chinese are all of the bits of article bush this dispute has often stirred nationalist sentiment 2012 saw violent and he japanese protests in many chinese cities after japans government brought 3. The islands from their private owners and although mondays renaming decision was taken by a Municipal Council<\/a> it could still inflame passions one small what makes the waters of the East China Sea<\/a> so potentially turbulent is the high profile of another military this will ship evidence of a 60 year old treaty which obligates the United States<\/a> to defend japan if its attacked its a treaty thats yet to be seriously tested adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. Made us taxi drivers have refused to pick up passengers in south africas biggest city johannesburg they blocked roads there and in the capital petroleum the drivers are demanding more money from the government to help them stay on the road jury and the pandemic 3 months a lockdown restrictions and fewer working hours and fares the drivers complain the governments offer which is worth 63000000. 00 isnt enough. Decades of Economic Growth<\/a> and investment have transformed bangkok but the thai capital has lost some of its unique features as a result of its rapid growth and modernization so conservation is a stepping up the pressure to prevent further damage to the citys heritage and scott high reports. Worshipers and conservation is gathered for what was thought to be last prayers at the historic chalmette dubbed him shrine on the day the temples demolition was set to begin one of the largest landowners in bangkok to a long corn universitys Property Management<\/a> office was to start the relocation of the shrine to make way for a new condominium building but the developers did not show and those in prayer were left in peace to activists the planned removal of the temple is an example of a much larger problem. This is happening everywhere a handful of people owned a majority of the land in this country that no checks and balances if he she was not to do anything about this it will get worse. No rotten sod john was raised near the temple she says her family home was demolished to make way for new development i am going to. It doesnt matter if you want to build buildings on this land but cant you just leave the shrine alone dont you want or even care to preserve this piece of history thats been here for over 100 years historic areas are increasingly being raised to make room for developments losing traditional structures and their locally owned businesses here in bangkoks chinatown the rich Cultural Heritage<\/a> is steadily being eroded by urbanization while all the New Buildings<\/a> sit side by side one historian believes that part of the problem is rooted in the differences between the older and younger generations the symbiote if you have the space chinatown historian some tung punit has lived in the Historic District<\/a> for more than 50 years he shows us so hang tight a 200 year old traditional chinese family compound its been in the same family for 8 generations and theyre committed to preserving it. This is a crisis well see more cases of old buildings. Demolished we cant wait for the government we have to try a best to preserve history and pass on knowledge to new generations i hope that the younger generations can delay the deterioration process. There are pockets of careful renovations being carried out but restoring buildings using traditional materials and labor is time consuming and expensive for developers there is often little financial incentive in preserving the citys past. University Officials Say<\/a> they will carefully preserve the child may top him shrine when they move it to a new home but the action of a few local worshipers and activists has meant that for a short time at least the temple was left untouched Scott Haidar Al Jazeera<\/a> bangkok. This is all it is here these are the top stories in the United States<\/a> the number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic has passed 120000 new cases of the virus of spiked over the weekend in several states across American South<\/a> and southwest rob reynolds has more from los angeles on that new wave of infections today in florida which is seeing a big spike the governor there around the santas said that hes seeing a lot of new cases in people under the age of 40 which is kind of a new twist and he suggested that young people are sort of slacking off in terms of Wearing Masks<\/a> and keeping proper social distancing but its a different picture in the original epicenter new york city its cautiously reopening offices best songs and has silenced businesses have been welcomed the 1st customers theyve had since mid march and the World Health Organization<\/a> says that have been warning increases of the virus across latin america including a spike in cases in brazil and countries now recorded more than 50000 deaths and 1000000 infections. India has reported another daily record of new koroma coronavirus cases with more than 15000. 00 confirmed on monday that brings the total to nearly 430000 making india the worlds 4th worst affected country 14000. 00 people have died Public Health<\/a> experts fear hospitals wont be able to cope due to a lack of beds. Saudi arabia has announced it will bar rivals from abroad to perform hives this year because of the coronavirus the kingdom is allowing only a limited number of saudi citizens and residents to make the pilgrimage the annual event normally attracts around 2000000 people from around the world. In other news the french president has accused turkey of playing a dangerous game by providing military support to libyas internationally recognized government emanuel says turkey is an obstacle to securing the ceasefire calls are growing for a political solution to the crisis. South korean activists have managed to evade police and release propaganda balloons carrying leaflets and money into north korea the government in seoul had tried to stop them to prevent relations with the north getting worse those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after one a one hit by. Losses in crease government thats a heavy blow to levels that hits a wrecked whole. From reality the pandemic devastates indigenous communities across latin america. County with. Record breaking amounts of methamphetamines are being sees across asia. Massive homes of pills and crystal meth are flooding the region. Some of it reaching as far north as japan and as far south as a stray lead in new zealand. Where does it all come from. The big hits meth producer in the world. Little. Old world has lost before it can struggle. 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