Leaders remain divided over how to implement a massive covert 19 recovery package and britains plan to encourage weight loss to lighten the impact of the coronavirus. Hong kong is tightening coronavirus linked restrictions after recording its highest one day increase in cases since the pandemic began the territories leader kerry lamb announced the measures after more than 100 new infections were confirmed on sunday she described the situation as critical and says theres no sign of it coming under control lets go live now to hong kong to aljazeera as adrian brown so adrian until now hong kongs low infection rate made it the envy of the world whats gone wrong. Well its interesting isnt it adrian if this was the United States india or brazil an infection rate of just over 100. 00 a day would be considered you know a good day but thats not the case in hong kong because of course up until a few weeks ago hong kong was recording a 0 infection rate but now in the past 2 weeks weve had more than 500 new infections now as to why that has happened well there are different interpretations certainly some commentators are suggesting that its complacency hong kong that its guard down after social distancing rules were relaxed several weeks ago that meant that people returned enthusiastically to bars restaurants and of course to the beaches medical experts offer a different view they point to hong kongs existing quarantine arrangements which exempt from quarantine people like pilots and crew america sailors as well as the drivers of lorries bring essential Food Supplies into hong kong now the Hong Kong Government argues that if they were to place that category of workers into the current quarantine restrictions it would effect if we put hong kongs food supply driscoll and the not prepared to do that so i dont think thats going to change meanwhile the media on the mainland says that they believe the recent protests as well as an unofficial poll that happened here in hong kong last weekend in which more than 610000 people took part is another reason why the virus is spreading now on sunday night the chief executive carol lam said the situation was in her words critical and he also said she wasnt sure when this new outbreak would be brought under control what is really worrying the government i think is that 40 percent of the new infections have no known source we dont know where those infections came from as a result the government has now begun a. Testing program right across this city state testing high risk workers such as taxi drivers as well as restaurant workers that will also possibly determine whether some of them are very symptomatic and also as from monday more than 180000 Public Servants are being told to work from home for at least the next week you have to wear a face mask if you enter any sort of public place in tools that means places like supermarkets markets as well as malls and the chief executive is saying shes not sure how long these new restrictions will stay in place but if the figures continue to rise then those restrictions could remain for possibly another week or 2 hours it was adrian brown reporting live from Hong Kong Adrian many thanks the United States is still struggling to contain the worlds biggest corona Virus Outbreak infections are surging in many parts of the country including arizona florida and california the been 3700000 cases nationwide and more than 140000 deaths but President Trump has downplayed the epidemic falsely claiming in an interview that the u. S. Has one of the lowest mortality rates in the world over here as alan fischer reports for more than the generic. What the white house described as embers has become a blaze the us now is seeing around 70000. 00 new cases of cold meat at the the president s own Health Experts expressing concern masking has become a political issue now here we are not only with 70000 new cases almost every day but from my perspective also quite concerning the number of hospitalizations which is very close to being as high in the country as it was in back in april so yeah weve got a really dollar down here the number of deaths is rising to arizona and florida breaking new records the residents here are terrified and im terrified for the 1st time in my career because there is a lack of leadership Johns Hopkins university has been tracking the virus since day one it says the u. S. Has the 7th highest mortality rate in the world a figure disputed by the president in an interview with an american t. V. Network i heard we have one of the lowest maybe the lowest mortality rate anywhere in the world you have the numbers from us because i heard we had the best word salad there are republican governor has warned his state could be the new florida keys numbers are heading in the wrong direction but hes still not ready to issue a statewide order telling people to wear masks were really in the message is that you were the mask for other people you wear the mask to to protect your grandmother you were the mask to and so its not just the orders the orders are obviously important but getting people to buying and to understand and theres a warning there may have to be a new low tones across the country meanwhile its been reported that the white house is trying to block billions of dollars for increased testing and Contact Tracing democrats want 70 5000000000. 00 and many republicans are now saying that they would support the move if that would help bring the Coronavirus Crisis in the United States under control alan fischer aljazeera northern virginia. Deadlock and division are gripping the European Union right now as leaders struggle to compromise on a Major Economic rescue package to help countries hit by the coronavirus pandemic a 3rd day of talks stretched throughout the mice with the session ending in the last 15 minutes leaders will meet again for a 4th time later on monday leave barker reports now on the efforts to avoid what could be one of the worst european recessions in decades how to share 857000000000. 00 the questions confounded e. U. Leaders for days and deepened all divisions within the block in one camp nations known as the frugal for austria denmark sweden and the netherlands the wealthy northern states pay the most per capita into the e. U. Shared reserves they want strict controls on how the Recovery Fund is shared prefer ing to loan countries money the positions at odds with spain and italy both economies were hit hard by the pandemic they want generous grants from the bloc that dont need to be repaid the german chancellor Angela Merkel and french president emmanuel mccrone have been trying to broker a compromise by offering e. U. Countries a combination of loans and grants but a you leaders cant agree on how to do this. These compromises and i say this very clearly will not be made at the cost of the european goal not out of principle but will be made because we are facing an Unprecedented Health economic and social crisis and because our countries need it european unity needs it a fierce argument also erupted between the dutch Prime Minister mark rotter and his hung garion counterpart viktor orban over whether money should be withheld from countries that fail to live up to the e. U. s core values in recent years victor or bans governments been accused of attacks on the media minorities and the rule of law charges which he denies. So i dont know what is the person all reason for the dutch Prime Minister to meet me or hungary but hes attacking saul harshly and making very clear that because hungary in his opinion does not respect the rule of law must be punished financially thats his position which is not acceptable you have places its deepest recession since the 2nd world war the road to recovery hangs on solidarity need park at aljazeera. David her is chief correspondent of Politico Magazine and says that relations between either Member States are as french trial as the economic outlook. The e. U. Budget 7 year Financial Plan in this case amounting to approximately one trillion euro more than that obviously in dollars is always the most controversial negotiation that leads leaders go through 27. 00 countries in this case all have to agree on what programs theyre going to lay out how theyre going to set their priorities over the course of the next 7 years add into that this historic situation with the coronavirus pandemic and the worst economic shock since the Great Depression now theyre looking at this recovery effort a really new concept for the e. U. Which is to borrow giant sums of money on the Financial Markets together and then give grants to the countries that need help this means that the e. U. Would borrow together but then give to countries where recovery is most needed italy of course hard hit spain they are feeling very left alone in certain respects and what they want to remind the netherlands and austria. Denmark and sweden is that those countries manufacture things they sell things its great that they had to triffitt Rainy Day Fund saved up they were a much stronger financial position to have that umbrella open and be ready for the storm when it hit but in fact theyll be standing out there alone under their umbrella unless they make sure that italy spain france all these countries are also able to recover in the same way so what you hear is a lot of talk about divergence germany has recognized this how quickly did germany was able to unleash more than a trillion euro in support of its own economy other countries have not been able to do that theyre already saddled with debt so they need this help and theyre trying to explain that all together and you can make sure they recover in a much more cohesive way than if they struggle on their own Saudi Arabian state media is reporting that king solomon has been admitted to hospital for a medical checkup the 84 year old monarch was taken to king faisal specialised hospital in the capital riyadh early on monday with whats being reported as inflammation of the full bladder. A prominent saudi journalist has died after contracting kogut 192 months after being released from prison thats according to local media reports he was sentenced to 5 years in prison in 2018 for insulting the wall course after a t. V. Appearance criticizing corruption in the kingdom he once worked on the murdered saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. Mollies opposition has called for more protests after rejecting International Media efforts mediation efforts im sorry a delegation from the west African Regional bloc echo was held days of discussions with the governing party and the opposition the bloc proposed a power sharing government and the new Constitutional Court but the june 5th Opposition Group says the plan doesnt go far enough Nicolas Hawke reports now from dakar in neighboring senegal. Well members of the opposition have dismissed it some leaders of the 5 movement this Coalition Members of Civil Society and trade unionists and opposition political opposition have described it as a failure from the get go weve seen that some of them some of these leaders wouldnt even step in into the negotiation room they said that 1st there needed to be an investigation on why the government deployed a commando trained by the e. U. Meant to fight armed groups such as al qaeda and the stomach state greater affiliates in northern mali well why were those troops used to deployed against protesters last weekend number of them were killed shot in the head or in the stomach so in order for a discussion to happen there needs to be an investigation 1st which which then the Prime Minister reassured would happen that they say that the the offers made by the echo was was more about trying to solve an electoral crisis but what theyre saying here is its a crisis of government thats happening in a crisis of trust thats happening in mali they they want to see the dissolution of the National Assembly they want to see. Resign or be stripped of his powers down just just now weve heard that there is discussion about what theyre going to do next so they say that they will continue their movement of a civil disobedience and they describe what they will do as a day in french. Which means a day of ghost town will they will they will block the capital bamako bring it down still. Weather update next day on aljazeera then why medical workers in colombia a calling for another coronavirus lockdown. And from sunday services to sunday march is the Catholic Church weighs in on the crisis in the democratic republic of congo. How its been raining in syllabic is no surprise there its supposed to but has been significant right that massive crowd they dont often see that and its on its way through the Empty Quarter i mean on monday is going to be i think in northern yemen the southwest society where the heaviest back is that i would just be drizzle rather than proper rain so thats an unusual event and once its gone its gone which means that this part of the world this time of the year speed of a breeze is dusty the eastern saudi in kuwait the temperatures are really quite high 48 to 50 from Northern Iraq down through kuwait into existence out of saudi arabia the 41 doha suggests its fairly humid weather which is not unusual just disappointing but of a boost i think for the rain in eritrea hardly surprising its that same massive cloud you saw that of course help showers up in the sea opiah not much in somalia but the breezes taking this moisture up the coast through towns near and kenya will give a few showers here otherwise were talking about the stuff that happens in land. Now the active front that went through cape town 34. 00 days ago now has more or less a period but theres a bit of a legacy from this and on shore breeze that mozambique taking showers into zimbabwe and possibly beyond into zombie lusaka 4 crosses sharing at least for monday. An image can change the way we see the will ask if we had not seen this week well be talking about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he created longing for a full opportunity that can obscure the truth this is a legitimate news story that is put on attacking coins for pretty i dont think it can forge narratives all right through the listening post gives you the full picture on a. Well again this is al jazeera lets remind you of the main news this hour hong kong its reimposing coronavirus restrictions after recording the highest one day increase in new cases since the pandemic began more than 500. 00 infections been confirmed in the last 2 weeks. U. S. President donald trump is defending the handling of the corona virus pandemic going so far as to say the nation has one of the lowest mortality rates in the war those false claims come despite surging infection rates in arizona florida and california. And talks on a coronavirus economic rescue package for the European Union will spill over into a 4th day leaders meeting in brussels of so far failed to agree on just how to share the 857000000000 dollar Recovery Fund. A surge in corona virus infections has forced authorities to impose the restrictions the number of cities in colombia more than 190000 cases of been reported across the country and in the capital bogota many of the citys poorest neighborhoods are suffering as hospitals become increasingly overwhelmed aljazeera. Explains. Soldiers and city workers live in thick streets after builder time poses a new coronavirus lockdown its the 1st of a series of rolling measures restricting almost a 3rd of the citys 8000000 residents for 2 weeks at a time. I think that it is very important that people are aware and keep washing their hands the front of the house clean the issues triple entering their home we need to stop the virus together. Entered what experts believe will be the worst phase of the pandemic and the outbreak is hitting the poorest neighborhoods the hardest where few people can afford to stay home. Like Street Vendor alberto the. Were just started recovering financially after 4 months of restrictions were eased ok so i think youre not make it is accepted by the landlord wants to kick us out i live with my mother my mother in law 2 young brother in laws and my pregnant wife i dont have anything to pay her with except what i managed to make on the streets across these neighborhoods Small Businesses including here salons that had reopened a few weeks ago have closed their shutters once again the mayor says the new restrictions have been planned to minimize direct konami impact in pledged government aid to 700000 People Living in the newly quarantined areas. The mayor hopes to avoid stretching hospitals to their limit but intensive care units are already more than 90 percent full. Doctors associations have repeatedly sounded the alarm saying that the Health System could collapse any day at this point and after call the tory distillery impose a Strict Lockdown in the entire city for a least 2 weeks. We know that various hospitals in the south of the city are already facing the dilemma of who to save who gets a ventilator and who doesnt partial lockdown will not be enough to stop the speed of the spirit. Returning to a total lockdown is a tough