Protest leaders refused to back down on demands for the president s resignation dismissing regional mediation efforts. Also ahead fire rages through the historical fetal moments in western france that dates back to the 15th century. We begin in iran where the president Hassan Rouhani says 25000000 iranians have been infected by the coronavirus thats more than a quarter of the population rouhani says another 35000000 are at risk in the real figures from the Health Ministry or far higher than the official number iran is the hardest hit country anywhere in the middle east has no card to get paid leave out of mohammed one of the most important matters is that here is to medical recommendations and social distancing to limit the spread of the corona virus according to the ministry of health estimates 25000000 iranians have been infected with the coronavirus so far and we have lost about 14000. 00 of them within 150. 00 days. It is possible that 30 to 35000000 citizens are at risk to be affected in the coming period this means that the number of patients who will be hospitalized will double it is possible the virus will continue until march. Well to put this in context Johns Hopkins university which is tracking the pandemic puts the number of cases globally at just over 40000000 and says iran has confirmed more than 271000 infections and nearly 14000. 00 to correspondent joining us here on the news out of tehran zain how has mr rouhani arrived at these figures. Peter we saw these numbers that he stated the 25000000 number during a meeting of his Coronavirus Task force this meeting comes on the day this alarming hard to believe number comes on the 1st day of return to lock down to a lockdown situation here in the capital tehran after weve seen a Record Number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks now in the hours since this meeting took place in the hours since the president made this statement about 25000000 people potentially infected number that he said could turn into 30 or 35000000 in the next few months there was clarification from the secretary of the Science Committee on his taskforce and this gentleman put out a statement saying that the number really that mr rouhani was talking about reflects those who were tested and showed signs of having antibodies and those were people that were potentially asymptomatic for the covert 19 virus and were not hospitalized he also made the point of illustrating that actual figures of infection and death that iran compiles that it then sends out to the World Official confirmed figures those come from people who are hospitalized and are tested positive in swab test. For the covert 19 coronavirus now what we see here the figure that mr rouhani is talking about perhaps a better word than infection is its the total number of people that have been exposed in the country to the coronavirus now whether he misspoke or whether this was president Hassan Rouhani trying to fire a warning flare to illustrate iranians it remains a serious problem that they have to take the threat of the current virus seriously the point that the president made today either way is that iran has been and remains the worst affected countries in the middle east zain thanks very much lets bring in Julian Savulescu a physician and professor at the university of oxford doc so welcome to the news whats your reading of what we think these figures may indicate well theyre indicating 1st of all which is what were starting to realize that many people hate all are affected end up so i need to say to them are i symptomatic and figures that weve been using. To saw it whether to have a lot down all relaxed law down are rapidly changing and we still dont know even 7 months into this what the actual mortality is if you get infected it started off with an estimate of one percent of bain and racing think is that point 3 percent and it might go even lower so i think what were seeing is not enough as research is being done we dont have accurate diagnosis is there a sense in which however if this represents a new transparency on the parts of a government in this case the iranian government it might actually be good news because were getting a more accurate picture point number one point number 2 if so many people have been asymptomatic but theyve still develop antibodies that will help the researchers because they can work on statistical modeling as well. Absolutely i mean we should be going this is you know if we can all see without accurate data now early on its raising to use your best guesses your best estimates but that we really should be doing research in countries like iraq and to better understand how fighting this disease how contagious and something then we can decide what what where are the costs of law down not worth it or whether we should be bracing do you think theres a possible significance here as to why mr rouhani came out with these figures today i mean its not the 6 month anniversary say of the 1st confirmed case of covert 19 the numbers according to Johns Hopkins have not gone hugely massively high yes theyre high yes iran is suffering more than any other country in the middle east but its not peaking at 500000 or a 1000000 yes its very interesting oh i cant speculate on the market actions but i think it is revealing and it might well change the dynamic globally once we start to digest you know those numbers and if theyre accurate. You know we might see we might see changes not just in iran but globally once because the right has always been a hot point with high antibody coverage to body numbers in certain areas but at least takes it to another level does it also mean doctor that when we look at any other country around the world apart from say places like singapore cats are small wealthy countries places like south korea you know those 3 countries have done a very good job and we trust the figures of those 3 countries does it also mean however that the the number of people whove been infected they maybe dont know it they are asymptomatic theyve got antibodies those numbers might be higher globally as well. Well i will be much higher theres also research out of this waiting that it shows that even if you dont have antibodies. You this and this large numbers of people who have pain faked it but dont produce any bodies you can see this in one of the whole the t. Cells and i have immunity from from from that from notice the cell populations so antibodies gives you want to just a minute of the number of people exposed that thats not even you know the numbers might be even greater than that number the people that have antibodies significant right there might even orders of you know multiples right. Thank you very much good to talk to you on the news out of investigators from the International Criminal court have arrived in the libyan capital tripoli to look into whether forces loyal to the warlord how the 4 have type of committed war crimes the 3 member team will investigate have to 14 month siege of tripoli mass graves and dead bodies were found in the city of takuma last month his fighters left behind booby traps and improvised explosives south of tripoli after they retreated lets talk to mom went up to what had joining us live from tripoli mark good just remind us whats of the central allegations surrounding what happened and talk to an. Will possibly war crimes and crimes against humanity thats according to the journal of prosecutor or to prosecutor of the International CriminalCourt Settlements or that noted about 2 weeks ago meanwhile the government of National Board here in tripoli says that it has been gathering evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by half the forces during the 14 month battle for control as you know of peter that it includes mass graves nearly 225 buddies have been recovered so far from as graves by health as forces in and around the city of lahore now that was a stronghold for half of his forces during their 14 month military campaign to take control of the capital let tripoli the government of National Court here in tripoli seems to be trying to keep the i. C. C. Team work up a low profile at least for the time being but sources with the government say that the team is due to be. Or is due to visit locations in southern tripoli and all saw in the city of. Sources with the government tell us that the team is expected to visit them as graves found in the city of the horn and also all areas in southern triplett were landmines have been planted by have to his forces namely by their russian medicine is from the vatican a group Martin Thanks very much. Plenty more ground still to cover on the news for you including a quest for justice continues in france protesters marked 4 years since the death of a young black man in police custody. The difficult negotiation e. U. Leaders meet today to to reach a deal on a coronavirus Economic Recovery Fund. Also ahead one of crickets most high profile competitions mitral choir a new temporary home all the details in the sport. One of americas most famous civil rights activist congressman john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was among the last surviving pioneers of the movement during the 1960 s. He had helped organize the march on washington where Martin Luther king delivered his historic i have a dream speech i did show castro looks back at his life and his legacy we can argue about we can argue about. John lewis was born into the segregated world of rural alabama in 1940 and i was growing up i saw those signs 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 Racial Discrimination it was the best way it is dont get in a way dont get in trouble but trouble would find him many times as a student leader in nashville tennessee lewis was beaten for peacefully protesting segregation at restaurants and on buses in selma Alabama Police cracked his skull as he led a 600. 00 marchers across a bridge. Thats. What it was at age 23 lewis was the youngest leader of the march on washington 2 years later president Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights act into law protecting black americans from discrimination at the polls the act would foreshadow lewiss own political career he was elected to the u. S. House of representatives in 1986 his consistent defense of human rights during his decades of service earning him the title the conscience of Congress John r. Lewis as did in 2011 lewis received the medal of freedom from barack obama the nations 1st black president a moment lewis called amazing and unbelievable and in 2016 he was honored at the opening of the National Museum of africanamerican history the museum lewis had proposed nearly 30 years prior but even then the statesmans work was not done louis continued to champion liberal causes Like Universal Health care and the rights of undocumented immigrants will not be. More remembered as both fiercely partisan toward his Democratic Party and a fiercely independent louiss legacy is his bravery in the face of perceived injustice have this body. About things that are so right so good so necessary if youre willing to die for me not of for and well people from all across the political spectrum have been paying tribute to john lewis the former us president barack obama said this on twitter not many of us skits and lived to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful remarkable way john lewis did. The fight for equality that mr lewis led continues in the city of Portland Oregon protesters were met by tear gas fired by a federal agency comes amid accusations that federal Law Enforcement to detain people without any explanation oregon is filing a lawsuit against the use of federal agents during black lives massive protests in portland local units of the American Civil Liberties union has also filed a case is brennans has nightly protests over systemic racism and Police Violence continue in portland a disturbing new development has emerged this week witnesses say federal agents in unmarked vans are grabbing protestors off the streets and detaining them without clear cause. This video shows a man being grabbed by armed men in military fatigues without name tags and without any indication of what agency they work for he is marched to a vehicle and driven away several protesters say they were grabbed put in cells in the federal courthouse and then let go without being placed under arrest or charged with any offense that it will marshals denied any knowledge of the incidents and the department of Homeland Security has refused to comment in an interview on friday Oregon Governor kate brown says she wants President Trump to pull federal agents out of her state earlier brown said the armed agents were making the situation worse. Trump troops in portland are definitely not the answer as we saw this only escalates the tension. And we need dialogue and deescalation trump has boasted about how federal officers he deployed routed portland demonstrators i guess we have many people right now in jail and we very much quelled it and of it so its again well quality again very easily acting Homeland Security secretary chad wolf called the protesters lawless an archivist says oregon democratic senator ron wyden accused trump and wolf of provoking violence for political gain the demonstrators focus has been on the downtown area federal courthouse which falls outside local Police Jurisdiction 6 federal officers there have fired tear gas smoke grenades and socalled nonlethal munitions at protesters in one incident widely viewed online a federal agent fired on a protester hitting him in the head with a projectile and leaving blood on the pavement the man 26 year old donovan loved bella needed surgery and is hospitalized in serious condition rob reynolds aljazeera tension remains high in mali even as diplomats from across the region continue their efforts to reach an agreement on how the country should be run because 12 people have died in demonstrations against the president abraham but a key to protest leaders describe mediation efforts as a total failure as nicholas hogg. Prayers for the dead 15 year old isa my god died from a bullet in the head when Security Forces stormed the influential muslim cleric mahmoud decodes mosque in bamako outside 27 year old how is he was walking home when a stray bullet struck her in the stomach is it to you said that a bout of the way they were killed was barbaric and they were shot at close range some in the head others in the belly the attack was gruesome and we have many severely injured and the. Prime minister. And is calling for an investigation after at least 12 protesters were killed when a Commando Unit fired live rounds against demonstrators protesting against the president last week and. I am hopeful that this political process will lead us to a solution and the way out of the crisis is for the well being of older people of mali but despite mediation efforts from the west african body ecowas led by former nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement continues the demonstrators who call themselves the m 5 Movement Want president. To resign and the new elected National Assembly dissolved. And they. Want to solve the problems but indeed was elected in. We. But it appears the crisis is deepening while the president calls for a National Unity government the m 5 Movement Want a Transitional Government that would strip kate of his powers dicko accuses the president of abuse of powers and naming family members and friends to keep positions without oversight this video circulating on social media of the president s son an elected m. P. On a luxury holiday has caused uproar among millions have of whom depend on humanitarian aid for food while millions continue to flee the ongoing Armed Conflict involving al qaeda and Islamic State affiliates protesters say the death should not go in vain promising more actions ahead as anger is continues to spread they say the future of mali is at stake because hawk al jazeera ok lets bring in mohammed from bamako hes a journalist and publisher of dot com a news website on the mali. Welcome to the news and just for our viewers benefit i should say its not a particularly good line between doha and bamako but we do want to get a sense of where the country is at the moment so well give the interview the conversation best shot mohammed explain to us why the negotiations are not progressing. Thank you for negotiation. On came into mali be speaking we. Can to a solution because in fact there are people you know this. Kind of. Color that they are not who are tuning. In to. Line for a cause. Mohammed well leave it there its kind of a tough listen well maybe try and reestablish contact with you and come back to you if we can in the next hour or so a