an environmental impact of war to privatisation loads of water on al-jazeera. the the in the way. brazil's coronavirus death toll surges to become the 2nd highest in the wild the us health agency warns the country's hospitals are under huge strain. and this is al jazeera live from also coming up taking steps to end police brutality new york state introduces new laws to overhaul its police departments in the wake of the death of george foley the ruse known trust between the community and the police. and a mosque in the afghan capital comes under attack as the country tries to move

towards peace talks to end years of war. well what brazil's president still scribed as just a little flu has now grown into a major health crisis the country now has the 2nd highest number of deaths from the corona virus in the wild on friday the health ministry reported affair the $980.00 s. putting their total to near $42000.00 brazil is now 2nd only to the united states in terms of deaths and infections the world health organization has voiced concern but says the health system is standing up to the pressure from now. overall the health system is still coping in brazil having said that with the sustained number of severe cases. that is that remains to be seen and clearly the health system in

brazil across the country needs significant support in order to sustain its efforts in this regard well let's get more on this without a sound reason the colombian capital budgets are from where he's monitoring developments us under i often feel that in the midst of this pandemic we often get lost in the numbers but each of these nearly 42000 lives are pests and that's but it aust how does this look on the ground now in brazil. yes and that's that everybody was really expecting this given the fact that brazil has been reporting more than 1200 new confirmed deaths every day for more than 4 days now and these numbers are expected to become even worse in the coming days this is a great concern for the world the health organization there's also certainty that the real number might be even higher given the fact that there has

been more than 10000 they it's in the last few weeks in brazil that have not been tested for the kovi the 19th a very dramatic situation especially in areas that are hotspots in big cities with a very population like nato and follow where people are back on the streets the stores are open small reopened and we've seen huge crowds of people in some cases without face masks without respecting the guidelines of the distance seeing guidelines in those cities so this is quite concerning however there is this silver lining so far the national health system has been able to cope with the pressure even if this used to ation is critical in

a number of places in brazil with more 90 percent of the intensive care units beds that are fool now that said the president. keeps me seeing what's happening in the country he just a few days ago tracked in with the leaving the w.h.o. all together and today he asked for his support. to actually go into the hospitals in films to show that nobody in brazil he says is dying because of lack of beds or ventilators and that this is mostly a ploy by the opposition to try and kick him out of office anderson i want to ask you more about also because he's come under repeated criticism not only from the w.h.r. but also increasingly within brazil for his approach to this pandemic how is he being regarded there now look since the

start of the a lot of people have been criticizing his response or lack of thereof in brazil he has been losing support in the polls but he still has roughly 30 percent of the core supporters that are highly motivated they want to see him in power they want him to continue along the line he's been guiding the country but we've also seen protesters taking to the streets again say more in support to his policy practically every week sometimes these protests turned violent especially recently we've also seen people arguing on the streets there's a lot of tension in brazil he's under investigation for a number of reasons. first of all for trying to interfere in police investigations

his sons were accused of corruption there are a number of calls for impeachment in congress against them and at the same time is al a starting with his son who is a congressman openly calling for military intervention to keep him in power so it's a huge political crisis a very divided country in the middle of a worsening pandemic. margy all those developments for us from bogota thanks very much on a sunday. now new york has become the latest state to introduce reforms to its police department following the death of a black man during his arrest almost 3 weeks ago now george floyd died after an officer in minneapolis minnesota pinned him down to the ground and knelt on his neck for its death sparked protests across the united states calling for racial justice and demanding a change in policing the governor of new york describes the new laws as the most aggressive in the nation aimed at ending police brutality against african-americans

there is no quick fix to this there is no more well stop here gas. change the uniforms that's not with this is about my friends and it would be a mistake if we went down that path this systemic reform of police departments this is sitting down and taking a look at exactly what they do and have been doing and looking at it through a new lens of reform and reinvention because this has been 4050 years in the making all demonstrators and some politicians across the united states have been calling from major changes in the way the police operate in some cities like minneapolis where george floyd was killed moves have been made to dismantle the police department christensen amy visited one city at that did just that. a lot has changed in camden new jersey since muhammad 1st bought his business

here 15 years ago 2012 the city have the highest murder rate in the country and a police department with a troubled reputation mohammad credits the creation of an entirely new county police force for making his street safer doing their share and there is chris. baker now bringing down the border status was a very helpful the new camden county police department points to this incident with a knife wielding man caught on video as evidence doing away with the old department was a good move they say this kind of disciplined nonviolent response has led to a sharp reduction not only in crime but also in the taliban complaints officers including sergeant rafael thornton had to reapply for their jobs with the new department say the biggest thing that allow. people such as myself who are the minority to be the majority. and change the culture.

chief actually joined demonstrators recently who are protesting the police killing of george floyd violent crime has gone down dramatically here in camden since the county took over the local police department but they've also nearly doubled the number of officers on the streets and some local activists think that is exactly the wrong approach i ended merrill believes there would be even less crime in camden if there were more opportunities he's with a local group that supports what's become a national movement to cut funding for police if you look at the communities that the police are occupying are these people's lives getting better are you improving overall quality of these people's lives the people feel safer they don't know the relationship is just as sure as the previous administration more accountability and local control of camden police not disbanding them altogether is what he's calling for and he hopes the growing reform movement will get more people to listen

christian salumi al-jazeera camden new jersey. well police in seattle have been ordered to temporarily stop using tear gas and pepper spray to break up peaceful protests the 2 week course was a callous as rallies against police brutality continue in the city on friday demonstrators have also taken over a 6 block area of the city to caring it's a police freeze president has threatened to send in the military in order to push the protesters out. for weeks on the streets of seattle were consumed by chaos day after day of protesters facing projectiles and heavily armed police the police said they were also attacked. the seattle mare ordered a temporary ban on tear gas the police used anyway and then they seem to give up walking away from this police precinct the city's police chief said it wasn't her decision you fought for days to protect i ask you to stand on that line day and day

out to help it with project to be screamed at threatened and in some cases hurt then to have a change of course nearly 2 weeks in it seems like an insult to you and our community after they left the protesters claim 6 city blocks as their own calling it the capitol hill autonomous zone or chavez is not love an aggressive or violent and it didn't like that we we didn't come out here for any of that with those black lives killed by the police we want people to see that those lives matter it reportedly has the feel of a festival the protestors have planted gardens given out free food hosted long conversations about race relations but the u.s. president donald trump sees this very differently tweeting to the local leaders in part take back your city now if you don't do it i will this is not a game these ugly anarchists must be stopped immediately move fast the democratic

governor responded writing what we will not allow our threats. military violence against washingtonians coming from the white house the u.s. military serves to protect americans not the fragility of an insecure president and the city's mayor also responded demanding we do better as a society and provide any true equity for communities of color is not terrorism it is petri. it's unclear if the police will move in to take back their building as the 2 sides remain locked in a standoff a peaceful one for now. 00 hundreds protesting in lebanon for a 2nd night over the government's handling of the deepening economic crisis there crowds in beirut fires and threw rocks at security forces who shot to tear gas to disperse them the government said on friday it would inject dollars into the market to try and stop the local currency from stumping for the depreciation of the

lebanese pound has put the country and its worst economic crisis and decades. ahead on al-jazeera. we look at the debate over whether some historical monuments should be removed or ahead. and crowds in hong kong mark one year since demonstrators surrounded the legislative building which led to months of protests. and other than he just said all across the desert southwest in the united states and the winds are very high as well as that awesome fire warnings in place ready for the 4 corners region the high plains and then elsewhere it is fairly clear but we housefull want to show is working their way across the midwest and still trading down the eastern seaboard in 5 through saturday and sunday we could house a low class system just very stubborn to sitting there across the coastal areas of

the carolinas that really the bulk of the rain is pushing in across the pacific northwest homages a little bit as well as the price in seattle sunday $18.00 degrees celsius by that he see the rains becoming rather more extensive across the northern plains and also pushing up into western areas of canada me watch out across into california temperatures a better $27.00 in los angeles and a very hot day in phoenix of 41 and still there is a system just sitting through the carolinas as to say we could have some localized flooding is also trading down into florida so the rains that being fairly persistent more of the same as we go through saturday wise but really much of the caribbean and central america cuba seeing some very heavy rains will suffer day and yes again the rains back in the forecast to southern mexico and the yucatan peninsula very extensive again through central america all the way down into panama and then to sunday sin the story so a wet couple of days in havana there not cold of course with a high of 32. white

supremacy is on the rise in the us it's an undercurrent that is bottling up has mainstream extreme ideas this is the 1st step toward america that. faultlines examines the doctrines feeding hay treat that one too often deadly consequences what are you telling your congregations we'll see did we have to be a conspiracy to massacre anti semitism in america on al-jazeera. i missed out let's remind you of our top stories this hour brazil now has the 2nd

highest number of covert 19 deaths worldwide the health ministry reported more than $980.00 s. friday putting the total at nearly 42000 it also has the biggest number of infections after the us. the governor of the us state of new york has signed a package of sweeping police reform bills in response to the nationwide protests surrounding the death of a black man during his arrest in minneapolis last month andrew cuomo says the new laws are the most aggressive in the country. and there are confrontations 11 on between protesters and security forces for a 2nd straight night hundreds demonstrated against the government's handling of the deepening economic crisis a local currency has lost 70 percent of its value since october. a bomber has ripped through a crowd of worship us at a mosque in kabul at least 5 people were killed including the who is leading friday prayers contre for a report from the afghan capital. this year's sussudio mosque was packed with

worshippers for friday prayers when an explosion ripped through it killing several people according to the afghan ministry of interior the explosives were placed inside the mosque some witnesses say they tried to help the injured prisoner of the base of i was right when i entered the mosque i saw all the injured people the man was killed on the spot who started to carry the dead bodies as well as the injured and then they didn't allow us to go inside the mosque. the taliban has denied responsibility for the attack explosion comes days after another mosque in kabul was targeted the mom was killed and i still claimed responsibility the government and afghans alike have condemned the attacks on this places of worship by the. judge this is how the terrorists are targeting holy places like mosques we condemn

this attack and it's against any rule of fighting the attack happened at a critical moment for afghanistan peace talks between the taliban and the afghan government are closer than ever some saying they'll start within weeks and as attacks some places of worship increase so is the concern that spoilers like myself could try to undermine the political process everyone involved in the negotiations says they must be prevented from doing so for your country free al-jazeera. now place in hong kong have arrested $35.00 people as hundreds of anti-government demonstrators gathered across the city there marking the one year anniversary of a major rally that kicked off months of protests and turned the city streets and to a battleground did. reports. this place like this are set up in almost all districts of hong kong it charts the timeline of the protest movement starting from june 12th to 2019 until present day june 12th this is significant day because

it is seen as when the protests reached a turning point going from mostly peaceful marches and demonstrations into neared daily violent confrontations between the police and protesters on this day a year ago protestors surrounded the government's headquarters they were debating a controversial extradition law that law would have allowed suspects to be tried in the opaque courts of mainland china which are communist run the law was eventually withdrawn but on that day human rights activists and protesters say police used excessive force to break up the protests that change the nature of protests and the police tactics both sides upped the ante in the coming months just in the middle of all movement of like a fish in a foreign place only one year anniversary so we're here to support our nation march

demonstrations and rallies are planned for this day but canceled due to social distancing restrictions currently only 8 people are allowed to gather in one place this gives the police the impetus to break up this protest that at any moment there's a very heavy police presence around that most people here are defying those orders to be able to express themselves a mechanic very worried about the power of the police that is because as we can see it is getting wider and wider and there is no effective mechanism to exercise checks and balances on them and they can just arrest anyone they want they can just stop and search because you are young and you're wearing black ok over the past few months the protest movement seemed to have subsided. it gave time for the police to review their tactics they now try to shut down protests as soon as they happen with large numbers of police coming in and breaking up gatherings and that's just what's

happened here but the protesters are just as fluid they just move on to other areas and carry on chanting slogans and regroup again at another point well speaking of protests and a statue of britain's wartime prime minister winston churchill is just one to have been boarded up ahead of anti-racism protests xpect says in london this weekend the country's prime minister says the march as have been hijacked by extremists after monuments were attacked but as a day in baba reports it's opened up a debate about who still deserves to be remembered and how. a reflection of a wider debate raging in britain black lives matter supporters arguing with opponents by the statue of winston churchill opposite the u.k. parliament it was boarded up because of fears it could be targeted by protesters now the prime minister's called the need to protect monuments observed and insisted people should not be protesting what's happened with these these demonstrations is

that a tiny minority or a growing minority of have hi jeff. and they are using them as a pretext to attack the police to to cause violence and to cause damage to public property so my unforeseen my message to everybody is that for all sorts of reasons why they should not go to these demonstrations. last weekend's demonstrators in the city of bristol pull down a statue of 17th century slave it would cost him it's now been retrieved from the river will be housed in a museum some commentators have suggested britain should leave such monuments up as a reminder of the evils of the past the local man disagrees statues you know in a not themselves do not do the job of teaching assistant you know if you were to try and base your historical knowledge of person on the statue of coast and you were using the paper i'd give you an 8 because it tells you he was a wise and to

a son of the city but it's not but those stories and the latest anti racism protests in central london there was little sympathy for boris johnson strongs i'm not for ripping. ripping down statutes but i think i mean some self release of serious questions about who we stuck what we hold stand up there i mean some parts and people in munich i want to have a not just. me whatever people do with someone complaining about how we're trying to get a message across so we pay taxes and i feel like that's one of the best face that mr president knows to listen too much to 70 things other people are just ignoring yeah these protests have given people a chance to a grievances about perceived police brutality and discrimination in britain right now but they've also put up a debate about how the country remembers its past and who it chooses to celebrate the protesters say it's about opening up difficult discussions not just closing

down symbols of oppression. al-jazeera london. well since the death of george floyd at the hands of police in the us there have been growing calls in several cities to remove monuments and statues of leaders who carried out policies viewed as racist just this week and boston massachusetts the statue of christopher columbus was beheaded before it was finally removed on wednesday while for more on this where now joined by aaron thompson she's an artist story and lawyer and professor at the john jay college of criminal justice at the city university of new york she joins us from new york via skype thanks for being with us arun this isn't a new debate so let's start at the very crux of it in your mind of these statues about remembering or about glorifying the individuals they embody especially with the confederate money and they don't stem from the time of the civil war there in. 20th century times question of african-americans to the message of a reminder of

a violent past don't leave your place so these statues are not neutral history they are. or controlling the past in order to control the future and it almost feels like there's a catharsis for protestors and watching them pull some of these statues down talk us through what's going on here in terms of the emotions that people are grappling with. see what they're doing to that such as it's like you would attack a human being. even the beheading of the statues very symbolic but this you see throughout history as long as he's been making statues to honor powerful figures people who disagree with the car makers have been attacking the statues. and egypt to. aaron we were hearing there from doris johnson and that previous story and and he says that you can't are a is the past and and you were just saying there that there was a time where these statues were erected is there not an argument for using these

monuments as a departure point for debate and conversation that the act of keeping them is not only your mind of the person but also of the time and the reasons they were erected in the 1st place there is and there have been very innovative proposals to add plaques other language to statues to modify but destruction is one option on this whole range of issues and you have to remember that keeping a statue there is not. and neutral point of view because it costs money to maintain the statues even people saying but the many museums that all our money to preserve and store and display of statues so i think the money could be spent better elsewhere in many cases where would you suggest that money be spent aaron well for one there are very significant african-american and native american sites in the u.s. that are crumbling for a lack of historical preservation and so start there and i do want to ask you this question because i wonder where one draws the line like for instance at the moment

there's a petition in the u.k. to remove a statue of gandhi and lester because of his comments about black africans while he was living in south africa but then some members of the black lives imagine movement also come out to say they actually support keeping it standing because of his stance on nonviolent protests so how then do you decide what's worth keeping. i think there's no easy answer but you can't say that destruction is always the option and you can't say that it's never the one reason we're seeing so many more or less violent acts of toppling of statues says there have been peaceful protests an attempt to use democratic means to remove them for years for decades sometimes even the statute was finished so you have to let people hope that they have a peaceful chance of making their voices heard aaron thomson their own art historian speaking to us from new york thank you very much great to get your insights here on out is there. now burundi's

constitutional court has ruled that the president elect must be sworn in immediately this follows the sudden death appear in chorus these other countries outgoing president just weeks after elections were held to choose his successor president elect everest and me i won the election in may but wasn't supposed to take office until august because if they don't get poorly. there's no need for an interim president as the newly elected president can start his term a day after being sworn in according to article wonderful of the constitution for this reason the court has decided that it is right for president elect. to take the oath as soon as possible now the un refugee agency is appealing for almost $200000000.00 to cope with a wave of displaced people in the sahara region more than $2000000.00 people are fleeing violence in that region with another 5000000 an urgent need of aid armed groups have bases in mali but fighting has spilled over into new and back in

a faster filippo grandi is the u.n. high commissioner for refugees he explains just how serious the crisis is in the sahara. it's a combination of factors all coming together poverty lack of investments in development for years climate change the action of armed groups of terrorist insurgency weak governments all of this is coming together now with call of it as an additional stress factor and the reason why we are raising the alarm is that from the perspective of my are going to the refugee organization we see the force this place meant of people escalating exponentially this is why it's important to focus on this crisis the risks are high even look at it from our angle population movements towards europe but tuition movements maybe even more of an

imminent risk towards the coastal state of west africa linking up with the situation of even even in nigeria there are many many complicating factors and if we don't address the situation from different angles the risks are going to increase. program this is out of there and these are the headlines brazil now has the 2nd highest number of that 1000 deaths while why the health ministry reported a more than 980 s. on friday having the title at nearly 42000 it also has the most number of infections after the us asunder and he has more from bogota. there's also certainty that the real number might be even higher given the fact that there has been more than 10000 deaths in the last few weeks in brazil

have not been tested for dick over 19 so of a very dramatic situation especially in areas that are hotspots in big cities with a very dense population like there's no. follow india has recorded the biggest single day jump in coronavirus cases with nearly 11000 new infections and just 24 hours the rise in infections comes as the government eases its nationwide lockdown the governor of the us state of new york has signed a package of sweeping police reform bills and response to the nationwide protests surrounding the death of a black man during his arrest in minneapolis last month andrew cuomo says the new laws are the most aggressive in the country there been confrontations in 11 on between protesters and security forces and for a 2nd straight night hundreds demonstrated against the government's handling of the

deepening economic crisis the local currency has lost 70 percent of its value since october there's been an explosion at a mosque in the afghan capital kabul police say at least 5 people have been killed and many more injured in the blast police in hong kong have dispersed pro-democracy protesters as a controversial national anthem nor comes into effect the legislation makes it a criminal offense to mock china's anthem. burundi's constitutional court has ruled the president elect must be sworn in immediately this follows the sudden death of pierre increase the president elect won the election in may but wasn't supposed to take office until august those are the headlines next up at swiss. called the beyond well. taken without hesitation. fault and died for power defines our world we should not have to trade our culture for oil and

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