warnings about the corona virus spread in latin america and predictions of a 5 fold increase looming and brazil. hello again i'm just on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up questioning the president's story twitter puts a fact check warning on messages from u.s. president donald trump. riot police ready for more protests in hong kong the legislative council will soon begin debating a controversial new law. for policemen in the u.s. fired after the death of a black suspect and a backlash over

a bystander's video of the arrest. last in america becomes the new global epicenter of the current virus pandemic the world health organization has warned of surging infection numbers and brazil peru and chile now brazil is by far the region's west affected country with more than 300000 confirmed cases that's the 2nd highest number in the wilds the situation is so bad that the u.s. has imposed travel restrictions for anyone coming from that country that's just going to affect tourism but reports. away from the sandy beaches of rio there's any we've got a national fabiano the kind that are are trying to locate kuwait patients in the of 1115. they have just recovered from 1000 themselves and are now working on their day off to help those in need which. hospitals are full most cases

were not serious so this way we could help going to people where to go with visiting people and also to see their problems in their homes small houses with not a lot of air flow we could give an overall guidance ok and cleaning. as the amount of cases of coal with 1000 continues to rise in brazil these doctors believe that early detection is crucial to saving lives. that's why they have turned this somber school into a temporary office story coming to phone these people have been historically abandoned by society and politicians they have no access to public health care a cannot afford medicines that is why we are here. people like that the end of the sources say they have been abandoned by the government damn you it makes you scared very scared there are a lot of people who believe the virus is a lie from the politicians but it's not a lie we know what we're talking about my neighbor had it and recovered i have

other friends infected a friend died it's very sad the demographic density in the last increases the chances of catching kovac 19. in the past few days human rights activists have to announce a change in the body removal protocols what once was a public service now depends on the relatives of the deceased. would you very much search your life after 27 hours a body was removed from this house it is absurd what the state is doing with people who do not even have a chance to bury their dead. it's all happening as brazil is caught in a political crisis that has polarized the country between those who believe the way out is by imposing a lockdown and those like president who want to open up the economy the fight has forced governors to clash with water. on tuesday their police raided the residence of rio's governor wilson reed cell who is being investigated for

corruption in the handling of covert 1000 vets has said on twitter is using the federal police to attack him. caught in the middle of the dispute are the victims of brazil's political system which is failing to protect those who are in need of help the most. now u.s. president on trump has run into trouble with his favored form of communication twitter has labeled 2 tweets on his official account as misleading for the very 1st time and refers users to a fact check page trump says the social media company is stifling free speech and interfering with the presidential election later this year in a free it is the chief technology correspondent at the news web site access and says it's taken to us that a long time to act on these types of tweets. there are 2 areas where twitter has said specifically they would be more aggressive one of those is misinformation around the virus so we've seen them take action against the brazilian president

over that and then also on election misinformation so this is one of the 2 areas where they said they'd be more aggressive that said they have never taken action in 3 and a half years of presidential tweets and there have been plenty that have been misleading this is the 1st time that they've wave all that so it's still a major moment i think there's been a lot of pressure but initially if you remember in 201617188 lot of the focus was on coordinated in authentic behavior so outside of the u.s. influences on elections so whether it was russia or china or whomever it was other countries using bots attempting to interfere the more recent issue has to do with misinformation but intentional by individuals so it's not you know authentic behavior it's actually president term it's just that the information itself it's false and the platforms have been much less able to deal with this it's much easier for them to take a look at you know

a 1000 bots that are repeating the same thing and saying ok that's definitely not allowed where it gets harder is when you have the actual president whether it's brazil's president tweeting misinformation 'd about the coronavirus or president trump tweeting false information about the election that is much harder now riot pain around hong kong the legislative council has a protest at the base and all that could see people jailed for disrespecting china's national anthem and comes as beijing prepares to push through a new security you know for the territory well let's ask our correspondent adrian brown he's outside the council building adrian the council's already in session today at 2nd pretty quiet this still. it's very quiet i think it's fair to say that the police have managed to thwart any attempt by protesters to stage a demonstration outside hong kong's parliament now the police had warned ahead of

today that they would arrest anyone taking part in what they said would be an illegal assembly and that those people arrested could face up to 5 years in jail now some $3000.00 police are on duty riot police are on duty today and they have been fanning out in nearby streets carrying out stop and search operations they've also been questioning anybody entering the complex has to produce their id cards and that includes journalists as well now inside the chamber legislators are jus to begin debating that national anthem bill on wednesday afternoon now this bill would make it an offense for anyone to disrespect china's national anthem which of course is played here in hong kong the national anthem of china is also the national anthem of hong kong but what's been happening in recent weeks months in years is that when the national anthem is being played a big sporting events for instance people tend to jeer the national anthem and that

has enraged china's leaders so if that happens in future once this bill becomes law and it will be because the arithmetic is on the pro establishment side then people carrying committing that offense would face a fine of up to 6 and a half $1000.00 and also 3 years in jail now. it's expected that the vote on this bill will take place on june the 4th which of course is a very sensitive anniversary in this part of the world because it was on june the 4th 1989 the chinese soldiers opened fire on pro-democracy demonstrators in beijing's gentleman square and every year since people have attempted to hold a candle lit vigil here in hong kong but this year your thirty's say that vigil won't be happening adrian brown that for us on the ground in hong kong thanks very much adrian well let's dig into this a little more with ben bland he is a research fellow and director for the southeast asia project at the lowy institute

and he joins us now from sydney ben let's start with what's happening and what's not happening today i don't see any protesters outside the lead despite some very vocal calls for demonstrations is this now an example of beijing's crackdown working or i think it certainly is to some extent in the last 12 months there's been something like 8000 democracy activists and protesters arrested more than a 1000 of those have been put on trial already so a lot of key people have been rounded up but as you just saw in those pictures there's a very heavy police presence today in hong kong so you thought he's a really out there trying to stop people protesting in addition we can't forget that we're in the middle still of the coded 19 outbreak so people are a bit more nervous and they're of the government restrictions on mass public activity at this time so it's really a number of different factors which mean we're not seeing the sort of protests today a year ago we were certainly would then as you say we've we've seen some recent

arrests and very high profile ones as well and china is now taping this national security legislation in beijing i'm curious about the timing of all of this is beijing using this pandemic and the restrictions with it as an opportunity to get some controversial things done while these protests are near impossible. well i think when in politics anywhere when there's a debate between conspiracy and cockup it's almost always the latter so i think it's probably just fortuitous timing the authorities in beijing couldn't have foreseen the outbreak of this demick at least not last year they couldn't but i think it was inevitable that after the protests the defiance of last year in hong kong we're always going to see the chinese communist party crack down and it's taken them some time to work out what to do and it's certainly helpful in a sense now that it's much harder for hong kong people to protest because of covert 19 and i think the attention of governments around the world and people in general are going to be away from hong kong on the mystic issues also because of the

pandemic so it is certainly helpful timing for the authorities sure well today is there's understandably controversial as our correspondent adrian there was saying but even more controversial is these national security laws and they're due to be passed on thursday i believe took us through what that means for the pro-democracy movement and han potentially the civil society groups there. well the the proposed national security that station is really a huge blow to hong kong's way of life it's a blow to the democracy movement and i think even to the business community around the world which has used hong kong as a key base really for for investment and trade with china and there are 2 key things one is the the legislation itself which is likely to bring in a whole host of new wide ranging offenses which are going to be targeted on democracy activists those who oppose beijing's rule want to defend their rights the other important thing is the manner in which is this is being brought in so one of the national anthem law is actually being brought in by the hong kong legislature and national security legislation is being imposed directly by beijing so it's

a huge blow to the autonomy that hong kong is meant to enjoy and it's a sign of times to come that beijing's going to be playing a much more direct role in managing the city which really takes away all the advantages of hong kong as a place which is that it has been autonomous and free that's exactly why it's been a success and a great place to live in and work and do business in the past then plans their research fellow and director of the southeast asia project at the lowy institute great to get your insights on al-jazeera thanks paul. ahead. iran swearing in its new parliament we'll be live from tehran what challenges lie ahead. many airports. travel could help a struggling industry get back on its feet.

however there's no shortage of heat across the middle east now is same a few showers just around the eastern side of the mediterranean cleared for a tempest recovering in damascus to around $35.00 celsius started to pick up a good interest in 27 degrees here hot sunshine pushing across iraq into iran through kuwait into the forty's and into the mid forty's for some 30. in doha as we go on into thursday edging up a little higher still could touch 47 in kuwait 46 the impact that sort of temperature has but to say around the middle part of summer actually meanwhile across the central parts of africa the usual seasonal rains again just fading into wards the gulf of guinea right across the topics heavy downpours there through cameron southern parts of nigeria more of the same as we go on through thursday by thursday you could see more showers just pushing their way back into the coastal

fringes of ethiopia into somalia tanzania still in with a chance of seeing some of those rains as well recently just clipping the fos out of south africa just across the southern the system a story still on the cool side for janice but at around 13 degrees a wednesday afternoon but warming up nicely by thursday. isolating times the listening post. cuts through the noise lead to looking at another side of this story not so much information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact its reality has truly. exposing the old. and if the rhetoric and shift blame but they cannot manipulate the virus the listening post your insight going to the media which is the era.

and again. let's remind you of our top stories this hour on health research as a warning the number of coronavirus deaths in brazil could increase 5 fold by august the study from the university of washington comes as a u.s. ban on foreign travelers coming from brazil goes into effect. twitter has flagged 2 tweets by u.s. president donald trump about 14 and mail in ballots as misleading the social media platform has munched the tweet with a link to another page where fact checkers have debunked the claim. and hong kong is bracing for more protests this time of a controversial bill that would make it

a criminal offense to insult china's national anthem riot police have been deployed outside the legislative council where the bill will be debated and. now iran is swearing in its new parliament $277.00 newly elected members will hold the 1st session of the 11th parliament and president hassan rouhani is also expected to deliver a speech but our correspondent zain verjee joins us now live from tehran zain talk us through the makeup of this new parliament and how that's going to play out with the current leadership. well president hassan rouhani has one year left in office before the next presidential election in fact he is speaking now to welcome in and congratulate the 11th parliament in the history of the islamic republic of iran this is a 290 member body it is the legislative body of the iranian government now we saw this morning the naga ration ceremonies beginning there were several people there present the m.p.'s have all been tested for covert 19 to make sure that no

one there in attendance is sick or can get anyone else sick we saw people spaced out sitting in a social distancing fashion during the speeches being made for this inauguration now we what we do know about this parliament is that at least 2 members of parliament have died from the coronavirus after being elected to m.p. aleck's have died one was disqualified for forging a university degree ahead of the election saying you know that reza the is the temporary speaker of parliament according to iranian tradition the eldest member of parliament is the temporary speaker in the beginning before they vote in a new one former speaker of parliament ali larijani has completed his last term he'll be on his way out and we will be seeing a new speaker of parliament take over the elections that brought this parliament into being was touted as something very important by the supreme leader ayatollah come in

a bit back in february we saw the lowest voter turnout in the history of the islamic republic of iran really reflecting how frustrated the population is with economic issues with social issues with iran under sanctions with with foreign policy concerns the voter turnout was around 40 percent the lowest that this country has ever seen it was also an opportunity for the guardian council that oversees elections to sort of clear house reformist did not do well 80 of them were disqualified on corruption charges and really conservatives have. taken over over this body now president hassan rouhani who is speaking now ahead of this inauguration ceremony did say that he hopes for a positive relationship with this parliament really we have to look at the previous much less the previous parliamentary body they tried 10 times to impeach ministers in president hassan rouhani is cabinet successfully impeaching 3 if president hassan rouhani has 2 more impeachments that are successful then his presidency will

have to go back for a vote of confidence from this very conservative parliament to continue but experts here tell us that they expect that this last final year of the president will go forward smoothly the supreme leader's message was read out by an m.p. at this event at this inauguration and he made it clear that it is the job of the parliament to investigate other branches of government perhaps a signal to president hassan rouhani but again experts here as well as leaders alike hoping that this last year for the president is a smoother one than he's had in the last few years. that live for us in the iranian capital tehran thank you very much that. russia says it backs an immediate cease fire and talks to form a united governing body in libya that's off to the u.s. accused russia of deploying roofies the jets to help for all the hafta his forces have been trying to seize the capital tripoli from the un recognized government how many russian masteries have already withdrawn from the southern chechnya and libya's government says its forces found large amounts of ammunition left behind in

the area our correspondent what happened why it is in tripoli and says it appears that russia is still feeling the conflict. on the libyan side if the speaker of the parliament that's who have to the parliament is calling for a political solution but on the ground there are waging fears about against the internationally recognized government and you know the death toll is huge including civilians women and children so for 15 months of heavy fighting in southern tripoli on the russian level it's also contradictory there is some kind of irony in the. in the russian situation as you know on the political situation it backs a political solution and give rove told argued the speaker of the libyan parliament today that there is no military solution to the libyan crisis but meanwhile russia

is fuelling the conflict on the ground according to the africa africa command russia has recently introduced advanced a 4th generation fighter jets to be fighting in favor of the warlord have to against the internationally recognized government now in the us city of minneapolis the f.b.i. is investigating the death of a black man in police custody as a possible civil rights violence offense while demonstrators gathered at the size of the choking arrests to demand justice for the man who is identified in local media reports as george floyd john hendren reports. protesters gathered by the hundreds to mark the death of another unarmed black man in police custody it happened a day after an all too familiar american seen with a black man pleads for help is he struggles to bring what he wants to bring. these

are the images on a minneapolis street the man cries out in pain a policeman's knee on his neck. if. you remember. george floyd accused of check forgery is pressed down his face bloody as the murders but they do. anything or. bystanders plead with the officers. he later dies in police custody it is the latest incident of a deadly confrontation between a white police officer and a black man captured on video yonder would really feel better if you just really feel damn near broke the city's police chief says he sped a sleepless night deciding what to do then fired the 4 officers at the scene i stand before you in the city of minneapolis here to say that our deepest condolences the city's mayor calls the death unacceptable being black in america

should not be a death sentence for survive minutes we watched as a white officer pressed his knee into the neck of a black man for 5 minutes. the scene bears an eerie resemblance to a 2014 incident in new york city where another black man eric garner says his last words to the police officers restraining him i can't breathe after officers were cleared the guard case led to protests across the us police say george floyd had been resisting arrest bystanders said the force was clearly excessive and when it comes to excessive force in the us the pendulum has increasingly swung away from police in toward the alleged victim officer jason van dyke is now serving a 7 year prison term for this 2014 shooting in chicago with luke kwan mcdonald each

week animals battle black lives once again demonstrators massed as they've done after similar incidents in new york chicago baltimore and ferguson missouri to demand justice for african-americans across the u.s. and for the police at whose hands george floyd died john hendren al-jazeera chicago hotels both and as a retired police lieutenant and also the national chairman of the national association of black law enforcement offices he says the issue of police brutality is ingrained in the system or what people have to understand and accept is that one day yesterday in a policing is inherently biased against people of color and low income and it was designed to be that my counterparts must begin to accept that as their poundage secondly when when you consider this particular situation once you've got

a person under restraint. there's no need for any further use of force i think that it's going to end up being an issue better policy better training better higher reading for c. if you're hiring people who have no concern for the general welfare of the people that you're going to be leeching you've got the wrong people on the job if you're not checked to find out are these people racist or not you have the wrong people on the job now returning to the coronavirus pandemic and the current virus has batted the us economy but it's had a much needed morale boost with the reopening of the new york stock exchange but like the rest of the country reopening did not mean it was business as usual cable of his own to reports. a sign of the times

a past governor of new york arrives for the reopening of the stock exchange trading floor nearly 2 months after coronavirus shut it down for the 1st time in its more than 100 year history thanks andrew cuomo ring the opening bell to cheers from traders also wearing masks only a quarter have been allowed back the rest continue to work remotely making for a sparsely populated and unusually sedate trading floor traders were forbidden from using public transport to get to work and also needed to take a temperature test upon entering the building i feel very safe and very couple coming on back into this building the measures that they put in place prior to the n.y.s.e. closing and continually through today is something that certainly reassuring they were also required to sign a waiver promising not to sue should they catch coronavirus with the work necessary move according to the stock exchange president most of the people that work down

here on the trading floor are not employees of the new york stock exchange so we need to make sure that they are committed to following all those protection productive measures that we put in place in the waiver is really focused primarily on that as a governor left he seemed upbeat in pleased even as the rest of new york city remains mostly closed trading on the new york stock exchange did not stop over the last 2 months as the majority of buying and selling is done electronically however the reopening is significant symbolism as the american economy in shoes towards reopening gabriels on to al-jazeera new york now the french president has announced an $8000000000.00 investment fund to support the auto industry that sector employees hundreds of thousands of people in france and dozens of vehicle and pots factories and manual knock on says autonomous under let trick us will be the focus after the krajina virus crisis. well with krajina virus infection still on the rise

in some parts of the wild several countries in the asia pacific region are now also looking to ease travel restrictions as robert pride reports the hope is to kick start economies which have been suffering from. incheon international airport south korea's gateway to the world practically deserted the aviation industry here is decimated as it is globally with predictions of a slow recovery. earlier we thought the industry would recover 80 to 90 percent by the end of the year but now we expect 50 to 60 percent and even next year the global market still won't be fully recovered parts of the world emerging 1st from the virus are likely to see their line businesses pick up quickest a number of countries in asia pacific south korea among them have won international praise for the way they've tackled the pandemic they've had to pay a high economic price for tough travel restrictions but the fact they're now being

eased is widely seen as a reward for that effort so-called travel bubbles allowing free a movement between neighboring states that have the virus under control will help the process new zealand and australia are considering establishing one so we both stand to benefit from getting travel up and running again hong kong the cow in mainland china could follow while a fast track system for business travelers has been established between south korea and china so they can bypass quarantine. in accordance with the agreement they're issued a with a quarantine waiver if they get tested at the airport and go under active monitoring one of south korea's most prominent business people the samsung j. wiley recently visited one of his company's plants in china easier travel is seen as important for economic recovery. with 90 percent of international flights

grounded we understand the government is in talks with other countries to enhance cooperation the country and its airlines hoping for the day the departure board well looks so went to. iraq in chilled south korea. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines health research as a warning the number of coronavirus deaths in brazil could increase 5 fold by organist the study from the university of washington comes as a u.s. ban on foreign travelers coming from brazil goes into effect twitter has labeled 2 tweets on u.s. president donald trump's official account as misleading for the fast time and refers users to a fact check page trump says the social media company is stifling free speech and interfering with the presidential election later this year well hong kong is

bracing for more protests this time over a controversial bill that would make it a criminal offense to insult china's national anthem as you can see from these live pictures riot police have been deployed outside the legislative council where the bill is to be debated and there is a standoff developing outside that building between protesters and offices we'll be bringing you more on that throughout the day here on out is there iran is swearing in its new parliament $277.00 new elected members will hold a fast session of the 11th parliament this comes after elections in february which saw the country's lowest voter turnout in 40 is then was ravi has more from the capital. president hassan rouhani has one year left in office before the next presidential election in fact he is speaking now to welcome in and can graduate the 11th parliament in the history of the islamic republic of iran this is a 290 member body it is the legislative body of the iranian government and now we

saw this morning the naga ration ceremonies beginning there were several people there present the m.p.'s have all been tested for cope with 900 to make sure that no one there in attendance is sick or can get anyone else sick we saw people spaced out sitting in a social distancing fashion during the speech is being made for this inauguration russia says it backs an immediate cease fire and talks to form a united governing body and libya that's after the u.s. accused russia of deploying more fighter jets to help war on. his forces have been trying to seize the capital from the un recognized government well those are the headlines the next up it's the listening post stay with us. this powerful social network is sculpting a global cyber society and regulation is playing. it as scandals begin to unfold they will witness is that we should not be in this position. i'm not saying

they want as much extreme content as they can get on the cover to gauge how i think sway against profits and how the rules are being written. and signed facebook on al-jazeera. a slew of coping 19 misinformation has been calling fire shots plant them a conspiracy eric around now calling out for time actually right has created a kind of story for conspiracy to try to exploit our social media companies to do or stop this aggression for spreading like alcohol and photo campaign. alarm richard yes but if you're watching the listening post working from home here are the coronavirus stories the media elements that we're looking at this week the human to human transmission of conspiracy theories around covert 90.