debt. libya's internationally recognized government prepares for a new advance against the retreating forces of warlord folly for hafter all his egyptian allies push for a cease fire. hello again i'm kemal santamaria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera. not enough that a long way to go but this is a start from washington to cities across the u.s. and around the world protesters continue to denounce racism and police violence

after the killing of george for. their out spike warnings about large gatherings during the pandemic the tally of global deaths now passes $400000.00 and we will report from the world's biggest fruit vegetable market that feeds mexico but has also become a hotspot for current virus infections. so libya's un recognized government is pressing on with its offensive to reclaim territory from the warlord. with its forces now entering the stronghold city of sirte the government's rejected a cease fire plan which was put forward by huffed and his egyptian allies reports now from tripoli. proposing a peace deal in cairo egypt's president abdel fatah has sisi with libya's warlord honey for have to. who's 14 month old fence if to capture the libyan capital

collapsing this week announcing it is time for a ceasefire and old foreign fighters to leave come out that if it were bought out or. the initiative aims to guarantee a ferry presentation of libya's 3 provinces and a presidential council elected by the people under the supervision of the united nations to manage libya's leadership for the 1st time in the country's history but the proposal was swiftly turned down by the tripoli based administration the head of the high council of state told al jazeera that any deal offered by the egyptian rejean is the rejected the context of what has just been reported about military advancements in the last week the series of defeats that have suffered over the last 2 months and is practical exit right now. from the west of libya suggests that in fact the cairo initiative but i don't like liberation as it was called is more

about trying to salvage what remains of after this project to protect what remains of his military forces in the east have to his forces have suffered significant said backs in recent weeks losing control of more towns on saturday including a benny will lead as d.n.a. forces continue to drive have to his fighters from western libya moment but what i'm not i'm pronouncing full control of the capital tripoli and recapturing half there is a stronghold city of thought who now on friday government forces are now gearing up for an offensive to recapture the city of sirte another half to the stronghold and hometown of libya's former dictator or female. search is not our ultimate target we're determined to move further to we reach the stronghold of hafter in the east of the country. while saturday's focus was on peace talks

in cairo in libya this was the scene following again. as live position in green just south of misrata another reminder that a lasting peace appears a far form reads in this oil rich country digits an initiative it seems contradictory to its major rule in fueling the libyan conflict by backing the war in tripoli the balance of power has recently shifted in favor of the d.n.a. thanks to turkish military support which the government has was part of an official agreement. that were hit. tripoli. well $35.00 soldiers fighting for the u.n. backed government were killed in the battle to capture sirte from khalifa haftar the commander of the troops says their deaths won't be in vain. the fear that.

you all know the high price we paid more than 35 of them martyrs lost their lives for the sake of control and wish to carry are seen in all of these areas the secretary has of all our best mean will never be in vain the sec rafah says must be followed by victories the victories achieved in south tripoli and been awhile it will be followed by victories in the eastern region from both grain to sit the so-called withdrawal and russian agreement means nothing to us as commanders and fighters is not training now he's in a big rain about 140 kilometers west of sirte. we are focusing a lot on what will happen in sirte but i guess for the government forces that would just be the beginning for them. yes that's right the government forces here are very very eager to get into syria. it was the homeland or the hometown of the late more morally good deathy into and who was who was taken out of power in 2011 to

a revolution in 2016 search was the stronghold for. for i saw they had control of the city for a while and forces here in in an evergreen which are primarily from misrata are the ones who who entered syria they lost many lives in the battle for sirte and when have to took control of the city in january they felt very betrayed they felt they felt that you know they lost over 700 men to defeat and now who are who are have to take control of it they felt betrayed so they are very eager and adamant to go into sirte now forces here tell us that they they they. yesterday after the commander announced the operation they had they successfully went into the western gates of certain approximately 30 kilometers west of sirte which is a which is about 100 kilometers east of this area here noble green. there's

there's this is very wide an open territory it's desert so the terrain is very different there's towns scattered across the road so the next town from here is about 30 kilometers so in in any advances here the g.n.a.s. will have to move ahead quite a large distance in order to find cover in the next town and this will you know slowly though it's their way into the city of sirte. ok that is not a trainer in libya thank you mike. now anti-racism rallies are spreading across europe in solidarity with those in the u.s. over the death of george floyd. live pictures here from london where demonstrations around again they are in front not exactly in this shot but in front of the u.s. embassy is where the most numbers are echoing the chorus of voices demanding an end

to systemic racism and police brutality. then we move to the u.s. embassy in spain's capital where protesters held pictures of george floyd and signs with some of his last words on them i can't brief the large turnout meant social distancing was difficult but most people were wearing masks and initially thousands took part in an anti racism rally in runs popular organizers say the turnout shows people realize there are racism issues too in italy and there were crowds gathering for a protest in belgium this was held outside the country's supreme court they rallied against police brutality in belgium and around the world now the barber is covering the protests for us outside the u.s. embassy in london. so again it's a large crowd here at the u.s. embassy in london people have marched from different meeting points and they converged to show their anger at what's happened to the u.s. but also to repeat slogans which resonate here in great britain figs like no

justice no peace calling for reform of policing methods and reminding people that in this pandemic the number of people who are black and minority ethnic backgrounds victim of covered 19 are far higher than they should be also reminding people that for decades now there have been many deaths of black people in police custody which people say justice for let alone no convictions of police officers this kind of history here with the u.k. repeat if you like what protesters around the world really i say about their own specific they should have a problems with dealing with structural racism of course george cloyd's sparked the protests but it's it's led through a lot more people joining the protest with their own grievances it's noticeable as

well. this is a very motivational crowd and it's very young there's a lot of pressure but it's peaceful. of course the protests against police brutality and racial discrimination began in the u.s. and tens of thousands of people are continuing to march to demand reform in scenes that were more often festive than tents people demanded to change following george floyd's death in custody shaper tansey reports from washington d.c. . it was the biggest demonstration in the nation's capital since george floyd's death 2 weeks ago tens of thousands gathered to protest across d.c. many feeling this is a turning point feel that god it feels like i get to be a part of history and a part of the group of people who are trying to change the world. unlike previous protests that have followed incidents of police brutality it was clear this wasn't just about registering horror and anger but about practical solutions people

understand now. it's not enough to be angry or have to vote you have to translate that into action but it seems that even his election was also trumps mine from his vantage point behind the new fencing around the white house several hours into saturday's protest he tweeted this. all day and his campaign sent out this message liberal thugs are destroying our streets their strategy is to use the protests to mobilize trump school base in fear of the protests evangelical christians the elderly and suburban white women and that's what's thought to have driven trump's initial reaction to the nationwide demonstrations it's being reported that at the beginning of the week doubled from have demanded that $10000.00 members of the military be deployed to cities around the country trip or troll the u.s. said what would have been an incredible force of presidential authority to trump campaign strategy is clear there but what about those demanding change dc's matter

is receiving plaudits for painting black lives matter in front of the white house but the group black lives mattered d.c. tweeted that the mural was a performative distraction they say their struggle is with the man who controls the police budget and whom they accuse of gutting social programs to militarize police officers while shielding them from transparency and prosecution for violence in fact up the road activists were painting their own mural and. there's a message to the democratic party man it read the from the police that is divert the money to programs which directly benefit citizens ensuring that black lives matter is not a simple party political debate she abrahams the al-jazeera washington. coronavirus news is coming up where brazil's government is stopping its running total of coronavirus stance a move critics say is just an attempt to hide the real toll and we'll look at why police in the u.k.

and are bracing for a surge of crime. how low it is the season a flood in china it starts off in the south and it's obviously in the size and satellite picture a big thunderstorms so for the 3 southern provinces stretching from you know on the high ground the west all the way offshore you see this sort of thing which is excellent for agriculture not so good of course if you live there and it prompts rescues every year this year is no exception from the forecast point of view much of that rain tends to get in the pulse through taiwan and into the fast south of japan it leaves honshu at the moment dry and warm 26 to 30 degrees the rain itself is curling back through you not through western child who was beijing the temperature drops in 3832 as a cat comes of the top but as yet the yangtze valley is not seeing significant rain

will happen will pick up a little bit of rain but we've got to wait until next week thursday or friday and even then he's described as and the light rain so heavy stuff is still for the sands that's where much of the energy is coming out of the atmosphere here and in the monsoon which means although we've got a good scattering asunder storms in some parts of southeast asia we're talking about the southern philippines soloway sea and west papua less so born or less so java less so sumatra but and thailand of course involved in the monsoon flow optical only went. i don't think in isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise you've been looking at another side of this story now from the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact look it's reality we have to reach along exposing the optics triathlon if the rhetoric and shit but

they cannot manipulate the listening post your insight going to the media on al-jazeera. top stories this hour on al-jazeera libya's un recognized government is pressing on with an offensive to reclaim territory from warlord khalifa haftar its forces are entering the city of sirte after stronghold also rejected a cease fire plan put forward by hafter after talks with his egyptian allies. u.s. cities have seen some of the biggest protests against police brutality and racism since george floyd step 2 weeks ago he of course was in police custody in

minneapolis when he was killed his demonstrations were largely peaceful. and anti-racism rallies are spreading across europe in solidarity with those happening in the u.s. over the death of floyd these pictures just in from london where thousands are demonstrating outside the u.s. embassy similar protests are being held in spain italy and belgium. coronavirus news now in the global death toll has now passed 400000 with more than a quarter of those in the united states alone this of course the virus tracker from johns hopkins university a reliable source we used to keep track of the situation but it has to be said even this can only be so accurate because it depends on how countries are reporting numbers. which is something brazil's government stopped doing it says it won't publish its running total of coronavirus deaths and infections critics say it's just an attempt to hide the world's 2nd highest number of infections president

jabal sonora though has been criticized for months of downplaying the pandemic says the disease totals are not representative of the situation all the details now from . the sign on the window of this car dealership in sao paolo reminds customers of the need to use face masks and anti-bacterial gel. it's the 1st phase of the city's reopening this by record numbers of 1000 deaths and president. at the center of growing criticism for downplaying the virus stret and attacking lockdown measures is going for. he is borrowing a page from his u.s. counterpart donald trump and threatening to leave the world health organization. either the w. ite show works with ideological impartiality all we are also out we don't need outsiders why young in on our health here brazil is now the 3rd highest number of cars with 1000 related fatalities in the world and experts believe it will soon

become the 2nd scientific models predict that more than 125000 people could die by august 4th. critics of both scenarios say he's responsible for many brazilians taking the pandemic seriously. it's sad but he didn't wear a mask he made fun of it didn't believe it shook everybody's hand and unfortunately he caught it it's very sad but that's the tree. but none of this is the tearing the president in his efforts to minimize the gravity of the situation the newly designed ministry of health daily report on the spread of the virus no longer records the total number of deaths. and the minister has announced a review of the criteria used to confirm coverage in 1000 deaths which critics fear will be used to manipulate the real numbers but some are. under a huge price from here because they say. their public policy against.

and now they are trying to find out people are out how to solve the problem the problem is huge so that government is trying to act in a really dangerous road trying to change that right to try to change that numbers and that they. the growing divide over the coronavirus response in the country will take to the streets on sunday as protesters in favor and against both scenario will face off in sao paulo and other. cities. while doctors and nurses across brazil keep working around the clock to save as many lives as they can in a country ravaged by the virus and deeply divided on how to respond allison that and. lockdowns to stop the spread of corona virus are being lifted worldwide among the countries reopening is mexico but again there are concerns it's all

happening too soon the number of deaths and infections continuing to increase hospitals in the capital the filling up to as john heilemann reports. this is the world's biggest fruit and vege market the synthol there bastos the thing and it's become a hotspot for covert infections in mexico say. it's not hard to see why it's an ant hill of activity a city within a city as they say here we dress like this to go in knowing which way to do us but most people here what with next to no protection when you're lifting this. even a maslow's you down and as for not touching others a place gets half a 1000000 visitors every day there's really no way that they can keep social distancing going with that one fish market officials say they have managed to lower the number of clients coming in during coded that they've had less than 500 cases

but most of the people we talked to have been sick have there been people from your fiction avoided. a woman or one of yes some in this own around 9 or $10.10 has been ill too but after a month in isolation you have to come back again because money runs out in the little time i was out my savings got used up. and it's not just the $90000.00 workers here that depend on the market. this immense space the size of $400.00 football pitches is the beating heart of mexico's food chain pumping out produce across the country and that's why mitt scarcities government decided they couldn't close it. but they have sent in health brigades 17 of the to patrol the market. but it's a drop in the ocean and it doesn't help that some here still don't believe in coded i don't know that i'm not good they think oh this is a game they're like whatever nothing's going to happen to me. just outside of the

centro communities enough struggling with the virus to. this is car you home 57 it's going to be unfortunate nickname covert streets. black bows hang alongside the more colorful. residents told us about 20 people have died here not going to see this family shut itself off for a month when 3 of them got sick the street cemetery protocols and perhaps divine help none of died just. many people live will go to work in the central bastos and from 3 in the morning cars are passing through here to get there so it must have something to do with it he's done his job here but even divine protection hasn't saved the streets residents from discrimination. if you're from cairo 157 a lot of people see you as lepers taxis don't want to take you you have to go and

look for the doctors because they don't want to come here they come back next door in the center customers have been staying away to. follow says family has had this stool for years but it's in trouble. it's really hit us there are days when we just have to throw the produce away 5 or 10 creates that we have to chuck out now traders say things are getting better numbers are picking up as the country begins to reopen the question is if fresh customers mean fresh covert cases to join home and how does it or mexico city. afghanistan's health minister says the country is running out of all spittle beds amid a surge in suspected coronavirus cases health officials say the numbers higher than expected a 1000000 people are believed to have been infected in the capital kabul and learn according to the city's governor. the coronavirus knockdown in the u.k. saw a big drop in crime but the pandemics economic fallout could be about to reverse that

. looks at the issue from london. an early morning raid in south east london. in the middle of a pandemic when all melty has been suspended criminal gangs have found ways of operating food stamps. a streets empty to several police forces across britain cooperated in an attempt to break up the drug trade rings. for profit. so-called county lines that trafficked from the cities to towns and the countryside often recruiting vulnerable children into their network drug dealers they are manipulative and they will use anyone they care to enable them to get their drugs around the country and to sell their drugs and be a girl or a boy. who might be vulnerable they will use only 100 percent unscrupulous the more

they're doing. london the worst affected place in the country has seen a knife and gang related crime surge in the last 10 years the police have said that drug dealing has been at the crux of that rise with the creation of the forces new violent suppression units more police are being put on patrol in high risk areas and to visit known offenders to encourage them to stop any criminal activities the factors which fuel crime have only increased during the lockdown despair deprivation and increasing poverty from the u.k.'s economic slump have all played their parts on the social issues which of course were present before the pandemic occurred have continued behind closed doors. ebony to ery and jenny steel work with young people who are at risk of being exploited by criminal gangs their organization has seen an increase in calls for help but no extra aid for resources and the worry is what awaits vulnerable people when the social restrictions and

just trying to pull all of the professionals around us to come and take part offer solutions all across the board to not just to young people and their families now but also after look down another concern law enforcement has not enough regard for children who are employed carious situations and face enormous pressures to provide for their families or work with an 8 year old who is a young kara a lot of young people in their homes are the carers are the adults and this is where their parents have a physical or nonphysical disability or not is just the roles that have been enforced on them but they've adapted to play and as police begin the task of cutting drug distribution lines there is a need to protect the most vulnerable those who desperately needed help from a system that has failed them sunny al-jazeera london. china meanwhile has rejected accusations that it concealed information on the corona virus outbreak in

fact it says its actions to contain the pandemic have been quite rigorous and effective so clark reports from hong kong. united and on message 6 months after it officially reported its 1st case of covert 19 china's state council says it has won the coronavirus war and its efforts to contain the outbreak have been a success. wacom time is and he has a democratic fully demonstrates his governance capacity and national strength the 37000 word white paper was split into 4 chapters with a detailed timeline of china's actions the state council described it as the biggest public health emergency since the founding of the people's republic of china it said more than 94 percent of infected people had recovered and rebuked international critics accusing beijing of concealing information and it called the accusations completely unreasonable so. the response is not

a war of words but an effort to restore the truth we have no interest in the so-called information war in the battle against covert 19 but we must respond when placing smears against china the national health commission says the government released the genome sequence for the virus early 5 clinical trials are now underway in china once approved the state council says it will share any corona virus vaccine internationally. when the vaccine is ready we will make it a global public good as promised at the 73rd w.h.o. meeting but a growing number of countries are calling for an international investigation into china's handling of the crime of ours critics to question the accuracy of the country's calculations of infections read must pay attention be cautious when we read about those state level why that may not be show because we don't know that whether they have the best creatures are what happens. infections might be down to single digits in china but its economy is still being hit hard in my exports

contracted more than 3 percent compared to last year and imports tumbled more than 16 percent at the shop has declined in more than 4 yes. al-jazeera hong kong. the mayor of taiwan's largest port city is looking for a new job. in the 1st poll of its kind and. voters overwhelmingly decided to oust tung cure you who's nationalist party wants closer ties with china and failed in his bid to become president back in january the reelected president saying when he says she will never accept china's one country 2 systems and that quote today's hong kong could be tomorrow's taiwan. i think my biggest regret is that there are lots of jobs i want to do and my administration will do everything to accomplish them the thing i find most difficult to let go of is count only future which is to be more internationalized.

than a group of scientists funded by facebook is calling on its founder mark zuckerberg to stop president donald trump from posting this information they say the president's use of inflammatory language is divisive and harmful especially at this time of racial tensions in the past zuckerberg has said it's not up to internet platforms to police the truth. they are on al-jazeera and these are the headlines that libya's u.n. recognized government is pressing on with an offensive to reclaim territory from wall order for the for hafter its forces are entering the city of sirte have to stronghold also rejected a cease fire plan put forward by half there after talks with his egyptian allies manik china with more now from of ukraine about 140 kilometers west of sirte. these towns on the way to suit or extremely. from from their.

soldiers can move on into the city and they are adamant they say they wanted to control is extremely important to them this gives the government of national court a better position in position a better position in any negotiations that are better in the in the foreseeable future. he was president of trumpets ordering the national guard to move out of washington d.c. because in his words everything is now under perfect control on saturday u.s. cities or some of the biggest protests against police brutality and racism since george floyd's death 2 weeks ago he was in police custody in minneapolis when he was killed and the racism rallies are spreading across europe in solidarity with those in the u.s. this is london thousands of people demonstrating outside the u.s. embassy with similar protests in spain italy and belgium the number of deaths worldwide from corona virus has passed 400000 according to the tally from u.s.

based johns hopkins university the total infection counts and the pandemic began is now edging toward $7000000.00 but brazil's government has stopped publishing its running total of coronavirus deaths in infections president roh has been criticized for months for downplaying the pandemic says the disease totals are not representative of the situation. china says if it is able to develop a coronavirus vaccine it will be made available for people around the world the science and technology minister made the pledge while presenting a white paper on china's fight against covert 19 and after gains in april china's trade figures of slipped back into negative territory exports in may were down more than 3 percent compared to the same time last year global demand has been hit by coronavirus restrictions and economic slowdown. that's why not for today thanks for your company paid a w. has the news hour in half an hour right after the listening post with richard. from tool to 0 to 0. let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in

hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop all b. 30 action this is the moment to concentrate on fighting over why did we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories the 000. police custody sparked chess. talent and s.s. trust. alex tarney. trumps 5. rest across america. hello i'm richard burton you're watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media elements we're examining this week 9 minutes in minnesota and the aftermath why does it take nationwide on the arrest and outrage before the u.s. media give the racial inequality story the coverage it deserves in iran and china the demonstrations in the u.s. have delivered the perf.