Broker a deal between the president and the opposition and the race to the red planet gathers momentum china becomes the latest nation to launch a mischance to mars. For the welcome to the program the us President Donald Trump has abandoned plans to hold the republican Partys National convention that convention was to be held in Jacksonville Florida after being moved from Charlotte North Carolina but has been canceled because of a spike in corona virus infections in the state i looked at my team and i said the timing for this event is not right just not right with whats happened recently the flare up in florida to have a Big Convention is not the right term. Its really something that for me i have to protect the American People thats what ive always done thats what i always will do thats what im about they said sir we can make this work very easily we have great enthusiasm incredible enthusiasm even the polls say thats the most enthusiasm theyve seen we can do this safely and we can do it responsibly i said theres nothing more important in our country than keeping our people safe whether thats from the china virus or the radical left mob that you see in portland. When the gallagher joins us live now from miami in florida and other your watching that speech us to be a difficult decision i guess for president trying to cancel the convention what else did he say. Well an incredibly difficult decision knowing how much the president likes these large gatherings of his supporters but this is a complete turnaround for President Donald Trump remember he tried to hold a convention in North Carolina the democratic governor there said look its just not safe enough and just a couple of days ago i was reporting that the sheriff of jacksonville said look we cannot hold this convention safely we are beyond the point of no return and there were also Republican Leaders saying that they didnt want to attend so perhaps that momentum that increase in the number of cases here in florida one of the worst cases in the entire country at the moment has prompted President Trump to rethink how old in a convention in jacksonville but interesting that he was talking about how the safety of americans is his top priority given that hes only just recently started wearing a mask given that hes whole held conventions like this in the past few months but i think this will be a blow to president ciampi likes getting in front of a crowd hes very energetic he likes feeding off of that energy and getting his message out to his supporters but it is a reflection of just how bad the situation here is in florida that convention is now being counseled. And tell us a little bit more about the situation in florida which i guess led the president to take that decision. Yeah i mean a pretty dog day here in the state we had 174 deaths reported on thursday thats the highest number recorded so far almost 400000 cases 5600 people in the state have now lost their lives and we still have this patchwork approach to tackling that pandemics youve got rhonda scientists the governor of the state a very close ally of the president saying that he will not look at closing businesses and pushing for people to send their children back to school meanwhile here in miami dade which is accounted for the majority of the cases in this state youve got the matter of miami putting a curfew in place now thats been there for a few days and also putting a mandatory mask order in place and in fact deploying over 40 Police Officers to reinforce that several fines have already been handed out to people theyll get a fine about 100. 00 the 1st time if they keep on offending they could potentially go to jail in the mess is that method is actually working cases are down in the city of miami but overall the state is still in the throes of a very serious pandemic were about 10 days of at least 10000 cases a day and in fact on july the 12th we had almost 15000 cases so that is really shocking figure especially when you consider that more than a quarter of the people in this state are age 65 and over and yet the governor will not talk about closing down businesses and isnt talking about keeping children out of school hes facing a lot of flak for that increasingly as these numbers go up but he doesnt seem to want to budge the galley here with the latest there from miami andy thank you. Now new numbers released on thursday highlight the twin tragedies of the corona virus in the u. S. Infections across the country of now topped 4000000 on average thats 2600 people testing positive every hour and the Economic Cost there is just this huge more than 1400000 people claimed Unemployment Benefits in just the past week its the 18th week in a row that number has topped a 1000000 economists estimate that 25000000 people in the United States are now out of a job. Or republicans are preparing to reveal a one trillion dollar coronavirus rescue package but them accredit say it isnt adequate House Speaker nancy pelosi has heavily criticized the package saying more can be done but we have a real challenge for getting politics through getting partisanship this is patriotism for our country were up to 4000000 people in a matter of just over 2 weeks from the 3000000 mark we have to act and what theyre proposing falls far short. Well cases a spiking in parts of europe as well theres been a huge surge of new coronavirus cases in france and spain new cases in france rose by a 1000 on thursday thats a 66 percent increase in 3 weeks with 10 deaths and regional authorities across spain introduced fresh corona virus restrictions after more than 2 and the have 1000 people tested positive in june there was an average of 132 cases new cases per day. Bolivia meanwhile is postponing its president ial election because of a rising number of coronavirus cases there the vote will now be held in october 5 months after the initial may date bolivias interim president is janine and is and many of her cabinet have tested positive for covert 19th the delay is being criticized by bolivias former leftist and 1st indigenous leader ever moralists who resigned in november after mass protests the number of corona virus cases in south africa has surged past 400000 and thats prompted president serialism oppose a to shut schools for the next 4 weeks the announcement comes as scientists warn that theres a huge discrepancy between the number of reported covert 1000 deaths and deaths from Natural Causes an independent Committee Found about 17000. 00 extra deaths on wednesday south africa recorded a record 572. 00 coronavirus thats pushing its total near 6000. 00 its also got the 5th highest number of infections in the world. 5 west african heads of state are in mollies capital bamako to try to mediate and then to 2 weeks of political crisis theyve been holding talks with malis president. As well as the countrys opposition the unrest in mali is threatening to destabilize the region and there have been protests for 6 weeks with tens of thousands of people demanding vacate to step down they call us hoc reports. Nigeria senegal ghana ivory coast and the share their president s on an Extraordinary Mission in agent at ending mollies political crisis. We are here to meet the president and the various parties concerned to bring peace and ensure that mali returns to the paths to stability for the sake of the whole region outside their meeting demonstrators supporting mullion opposition leaders who majlis sisi he remains missing after being abducted during the parliamentary elections in april it is time for these african heads of state to intervene in the actions of even a cat and his government to bring him back to his family safe and sound as soon as possible in his absence and unprecedented protest movement calling itself the m fine among its leader. But also leaders of the opposition in Civil Society all calling for president. To resign police fired bullets in july as demonstrators attempted to set fire to the National Assembly building roadblocks and seize control of the national t. V. Station. The west African Regional organization echo oss made a series of recommendations on sunday to end the crisis including setting up a new Constitutional Court to rule over 31. 00 contested parliamentary seats and creating a National Unity government but the m 5 rejected the recommendations and demands that the resignation of president. Nothing has moved for the moment they told us nothing truly i wanted to have something to say i said and i will say again we are standing as a people were not resigned we are not submitting we are not lying down i would prefer to die as a martyr than to die as a traitor the young people have lost their lives have not died in vain. Millions of millions fled years of fighting between malis army and armed groups linked to alqaeda and i still in the north and center of the country it turns in mali in neighboring countries continue despite 14000 french and you had troops based in the. 7 years after becoming president peters critics say hes failed to deliver peace and able to unite millions who are seeking a Better Future nicholas hawking aljazeera. French president has warned a turkey against maneuvers in the Eastern Mediterranean and is calling for the e. U. To consider sanctions it follows and has moved the century into the water as an Energy Source in mission the conflict in libya has proved to be another source of tension between the 2 countries turkey backs a un recognized government of National Accord in tripoli while france has been accused of providing military support for handing off that. There has more now from paris on macross comments. The french president was meeting his counterpart from the republic of cyprus at the lease any made some statements before the 2 leaders went in for their discussions now he said that he believed that the e. U. Needed to respond more strongly to what he called provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean and he was talking about turkeys continue drilling for oil and gas off the coast of cyprus the republic of cyprus is part of the e. U. The north of cyprus the breakaway north is pro turkey now the e. U. Says this oil and gas drilling is illegal it has called on turkey in the past to stop and there are e. U. Sanctions on ankara for this france would like to see more sanctions imposed and tensions flared even further just on wednesday when turkish was shipped actually accompanied a turkish submarine being used for this oil and Gas Exploration in the area again violating what michael said was violation i should say of maritime law. An iranian passenger plane has made an Emergency Landing after being shadowed by an unidentified fighter jet over syria several passengers on board at the mahaan air plane were injured when the pilot abruptly changed to altitude during the incident the plane diverted to damascus airport but has since flown on to its of original destination which was beirut irans foreign minister says it holds the u. S. Responsible. The u. S. Justice department has said it has charged for chinese nationals with visa fraud the arrests were made the day after the chinese consulate in houston was ordered to close to protect private information u. S. Secretary of state might compel says the consulate was a hub of spying and intellectual property theft still to come on aljazeera at this news hour no breakthrough or breakdown but the e. U. Warns that breaks a trade deal by september is unlikely and frances foreign minister warns lebanon to end corruption to secure a much needed i. M. F. Loan. Hello the planes the rain has been impacting the eastern areas of queens under the last couple days the cloud is now on its way away from these coastal areas it will take the rain with it but some really pretty big downpours in fact some towns along the coast have had about a months worth of rain in just 24 hours as you go through friday it should begin to dry it quite cloudy but more showers across into prison this rain just pushing down into the far north east of New South Wales pretty good across much of the southeast also both islands of new zealand a little bit breezy but it should be fine and dry and a very nice day friday across into perth and there is a system on the way the next runs is creeping towards those coastal areas doesnt quite make it myself but they say should be a good start to the weekend. And then weve got more of those rain showers becoming very widespread across much of New South Wales and then up towards asia right here of course and you will see those a bit of a break this mass here works its way across the Korean Peninsula and then we get a break from the rain but meanwhile across into china even though again weve got a bit of a break here it is just as you can see scene after scene of flooding and of course the floodwaters still so very deep and just as far as the eye can see but as a say the rains on friday not quite as heavy its going to be a couple of very wet days across the Korean Peninsula and also western as the japan we could see as much as 200 millimeters of rain. A team of chinese scientists donegan. Searching for rare is also the one who want to produce chinas underwater and how does your own. If you want to help save the worlds. Sneeze into your own. Welcome back heres a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has abandoned plans to hold the republican Partys National convention the convention was to be held in Jacksonville Florida after being in Charlotte North Carolina but has been canceled because of a spike in corona virus infections in the state 5 west african heads of state are meeting in mali to try to resolve the deepening political crisis the leaders are due to hold talks with president evo here mehbooba khaki as well as the countrys opposition and just a day after ordering the closure of chinas consulate in houston the u. S. Justice Department Says it is charged of 4 chinese nationals with visa fraud its us 3 people have been arrested and its in a force. Meanwhile china says its considering ways to stop the recognition of British National overseas passports held by many people in hong kong its in response to the u. K. s decision to open a special pathway to citizenship for 3000000 hong kong residents starting in january the British Government and china are accusing each other of breaching the commitments they made to during negotiations that resulted in the return of hong kong to chinese rule in 1997. The European Unions chief breaks it negotiator has warned a trade deal with the u. K. Now appears unlikely Michele Batman made the comment so the latest round of negotiations in london the sides remain far apart on how to ensure a level Playing Field between e. U. And u. K. Businesses as well as on fishing rights british Officials Say its for the e. U. To make the next truth but they say a deal is possible by september. The u. K. Did not show a willingness to break the deadlock. On the little ping field in the u. K. Still refusing to commit to maintaining high standards in the minute. On state aid despite the clear wording of the political evolution very clear we have made no progress toward a 93 year old german man who worked as a guard at a nazi concentration camp during his late teens has been handed a 2 year suspended sentence hes been convicted for his complicity in the murder of more than 5000 people during world war 2 dominic cain has more from burning. The offenses that this individual has been found guilty of occurred in 1984 when he was a 17 year old who was part of an s. S. Unit in short of a concentration camp which then was in nazi germany and is in modern day poland the course of the tried this individual was a youth court because the the age of the defendant when he committed the offense is was such that he couldnt be prosecuted in an adult court thats why the sentence passed on him is a suspended sentence a 2 year suspended sentence one of the interesting aspects of this case is as has been said that this is perhaps if not the last one of the very last opportunities that modern germany will have to prosecute those who it believes were guilty of crimes against humanity of war crimes during the nazi german era but it also is an opportunity to reflect upon the fact that many tens of thousands of people who had a much more intimate connection with the machinery of mass murder during that time were never prosecuted this specific individual was interviewed by west German Police extensively at the beginning of the 19 eighties and so the all 40 s. Were fully aware of what he had done and what he had not done during his time at that camp and they did not prosecute him then it was only in the course of the last 4 or 5 years in the decision was taken to proceed against this individual. Lebanon is mired in its worst financial crisis in history with its economy nearing collapse which is why the government was hoping for some symbolic support from frances foreign minister during his visit but instead even said the state would need to enact reforms and end corruption to qualify for a much needed loan from the In