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played important role with. the. the. brazils coronavirus death toll surges to become the 2nd highest in the wilds the un's health agency warns the country's hospitals are under huge strain. hello again i'm starting a tale and this is al jazeera live from doha 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 showing the roo's non-trust between
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the community and the police. a mosque in the afghan capital comes under attack as the country tries to move towards peace talks to end years of war. plus we'll have more on what scientists think might be the key to creating a universal vaccine against mosquitoes are born viruses. what brazil's president once described as a little food has grown into a major health crisis the country now has the 2nd highest number of deaths from private 1000 in the wild on friday a further 905 tell us he's were reported pushing the total there to nearly $42000.00. reports. workers at the largest cemetery in seoul or exhuming more than double the amount of bodies they usually do to make room for
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fresh. as the number of 1000 deaths in the country overwhelms capacity but even if the country is now the world's 2nd highest death toll after the u.s. people are returning to the streets in mass the world health organization is again sounding the alarm. says so far the national health system is holding up to the pressure over all the health system is still coping in brazil having said that with the sustained number of severe cases. it is that remains to be seen and clearly the whole system in brazil across the country needs significant support in order to sustain its efforts in this regard president to have both so narrow west threaten to leave the w.h.o. all together is this missing concerns about a lack of beds calling on his followers to go into hospitals to demonstrate that this is just a political ploy against him. is there a field hospital near you or
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a public hospital find a way to get in and film it a lot of people are already doing this more people have to do it to show if the beds are occupied or not. also narrows dismissive response to depend there mick has further entrenched and already deeply divided country with weekly protests in favor and against the president which at times upturned biol and. adding to the torah both sons are under investigation for corruption your position is calling for the presidency impeachment while its allies or saying a military intervention is necessary to keep him in power. with the current of virus pandemic he had in fact an increase in political instability and a political crisis meaning more conflict between the powers the executive branch the supreme court the national. congress. has the number of coronavirus cases rise the political divisions are widening testing the held and the stability of latin
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america's largest democracy alyson that m.p.'s and. we can now speak to a star of our battle he is the founder of the brazilian report an online magazine and he joins us now from sao paolo gustavo nearly $42000.00 deaths what's it going to take to change paths in our is mind thanks for having me i don't know what is going to think force another is capable of changing his mind if 60 mark does not. only thing is that both another will always double down on his now also now who has a strategy to. put all the blame for the deaths and for the economic crisis on governors and just say that since the supreme court has ruled the state governors and mayors have the authority over lockdowns everything regarding
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the pandemic is that they are for the federal government so i really do not believe the boss or another will change his mind on the coronavirus crisis when i see that he actually still has about a 30 percent approval rating despite all those pot banging protests we saw who's backing him here. well sure both of those. approval rating has been consistent that 30 percent but this is not the same 30 percent that supported him one year ago due to the economic backlash that the coronavirus crisis has caused in brazil he has lost support among wealthier classes and among businessman he has gained support among poor falters because the government has put in place a few months ago a coronavirus stipend $120.00 u.s. dollars per month for 3 months that has really a the
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a lot of people below the poverty line to stay afloat so that's what keeping him at the same level of support on turning to the pandemic response as we had an allison virus report that hospitals are coping now but only just and with the poor state of testing it's hard to get a real read on the extent of the crisis you yourself are in sao paolo how are things on the ground. well sample has just opened yesterday a shopping malls it has started on monday to do a reopening process with before we reach the peak most experts say that this will cause a new spike cases and us. in some poll we have seen crowded morse we have seen people taking several minutes. outside of what was just to walk around and see. stores. as
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a matter of fact in brazil the people who just are fed up by staying home they want to go out they want to take their business as usual. so you're stuck in a place where the coronavirus is still spreading but social isolation measures are just not working unit more gustavo i do want to ask you about how people are feeling about what happens after the end of the pandemic i know it may sound premature but after losing to health ministers who are both doctors and then replacing them with an army general i see there are more military appointments being made now in civilian government departments is there concern about the growing strength of the military. yes. but 'd it's also because the president has. this is not a new thing ever since he took office he has taken charts democratic institutions on the weekly basis and the military has been quite big us towards the where
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they do stand towards democracy sometimes they seem to be on the president's side when he challenges democratic institutions sometimes they suggest they will not engage in adventurous such as a could. actually begin with see is what give them political leverage and what keep them as powerful as they wrote dow one interesting thing is that not even during the military dictatorship that before between 164-1985 did we have so many military members in the presidential cabinet gustavo ribeiro there the founder of the brazilian report speaking to us from sao paolo great to get your thoughts here on al-jazeera thanks for starting thank you. on mexico has recorded its highest daily number of coronavirus infection since the start of this
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pandemic more than 5200 new cases were reported on friday bringing the total to nearly 140016000 people have now died there from 19 despite the rise in infections mexico city plans to lift transport restrictions starting next week to allow people to get back to whack. now turning to some other news now a 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 freud's death sparked protests across the united states calling for racial justice and demanding a change and policing on 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 tear
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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 is 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 will demonstrate his and some politicians across the u.s. have been calling for a major changes in the way the police operates in some cities like minneapolis where george floyd was killed moves have been made to dismantle the police department christensen amy visited one city 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 had the highest murder rate in the country and a police department with
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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 this. big crew now bringing down the bodies that is was the friend i had for 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 camden chief actually joined demonstrators recently who are protesting the police killing
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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 people's lives getting better are you improving the overall quality of these people's lives the people feel safer they don't and the relationship is just as sure as it's strange 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 moved. we'll 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
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peaceful protests the 2 week or shorter comes as rallies against police brutality continue in the city on friday demonstrators have also taken over a 6 block area of the city to carrying it a police freezer and president trump has threatened to send in the military 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 it anyway and then they seemed 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 be pelted with project to be screamed at threatened and in some cases
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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 triads is not love an aggressive or violent or nothing 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 are threats of 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
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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 patriotism 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 paddy call hain 000 hundreds are protesting in lebanon for a 2nd night over the government's handling of the deepening economic crisis that crowds in beirut let fires and threw rocks at security forces who shot to gas to disperse them the government said on friday it would inject dollars into the market to try to stop the local currency from stumping even further the depreciation of the lebanese pound has put the country into its west economic crisis and decades. still ahead of you on al-jazeera burundi's top court makes a decision about who should leave the country after the president sat down. and
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removed or ahead we look at the controversy surrounding some historical monuments. hello the care of prices continuing through much of central and southern china all because of the seasonal rain so this is a scenario across areas of the south because once the floodwaters do recede you left with this mass of mud and debris so obviously a people working very hard to try and get things clear and obviously business back into operation that we have had and will continue to have a slightly better day slightly through this slice of eastern china but to the north of them or they seize the rains and donations to the south of here we have got rain pushing in now that could be a tropical storm throughout the weekend heavy amounts of rain mostly to the west of hong kong but of course again pushing into those regions that have had the recent
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flooding but also throughout the weekend very heavy rains much of japan so this in turn could lead to some flooding or even some mudslides and landslides and very wet streets in her main city look at this we've had plenty of rain recently across much of the region and so again we've had a fair widespread flooding this very heavy rains to go through saturday but also the philippines really picking up some heavy downpours through saturday and sunday and once again the rains fairly extensive and pushing across to the se on into borneo and then to india sri lanka we've seen some very heavy rains here all part and parcel of the southwest monsoon the street water through south of a very heavy rains through the central state. the glamour of hollywood in an unlikely place. although cool you know it's another invented. i think i entered a new little play mother here she was very impressed with her again fists there's
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a lot of love but affection respect over the iraq people a world away from mumbai a nation has taken indian cinema to its hot out as hero while reveals the color and passion of morocco's bollywood dream. and again. that's reminder about top stories this hour brazil now has the 2nd highest number of code with 19 deaths worldwide the health ministry reported more than 900 feet allergies on friday putting the total at nearly 42000 it also has the biggest number of infections after the us the governor of the u.s.
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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. and there were confrontations in lebanon between protesters and security forces there for a 2nd straight night hundreds demonstrated against the government's handling of the deepening economic crisis. now burundi's constitutional court has ruled that the president elect everest and i assure me i must be sworn in as soon as possible following the sudden death of outgoing president. he was announced the winner of last month's elections and was due to take over an organist reports. the minutes of silence in the room these constitutional court for the late president. the government announced his death on tuesday that left the question of who takes over. the constitution says the speaker of the
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national assembly should then become an interim leader. there is no need for an interim president as the newly elected president can started a day after being sworn in according to article one 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. every student was announced the winner of elections held last month which were marred by reports of violence in irregularities he was due to take over from currencies are in august when currencies are good rule burundi for 15 years his rule started peacefully but ended with widespread reports of political killings and torture. 5 years ago there were weeks of protests when he announced his decision to run for a 3rd term. political opposition said it was against the constitution many of them
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along with activists and journalists since fled into exile. now nobody openly criticizes the government on the street. but as i did i wasn't there but the president has worked hard and now we've got his replacement every. time we trust will work for brilliance and burundi. the government said in currencies or died of a heart attack many suspect he died of covert 19. he had no policies to slow the spread of the virus. he told burundians that god would protect them from it thousands gathered at election rallies last month after recent death ministers met on thursday to discuss what happens next. they said it was the constitutional court to decide. and it's the same court that 5 years ago was forced by own currencies are to rule that he could run for the. according to one of its judges let into
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exile. rights groups say none of these institutions function independently after 15 years of an currencies rule he may be gone through in these future is still fragile malcolm webb al-jazeera. now pakistan's government has announced its next budget as a grapples with weak economic prospects and the fallout from the coronavirus the country is facing its 1st recession in 68 years and while the government says its budget as people friendly many are struggling with spiraling inflation and unemployment some advantage of age reports. as politicians in pakistan met to discuss a budget in excess of $43000000000.00 for the next financial year 70 year old gorry was forced to sell mosques in islamabad the adults in the family and well she must wait for customers to be able to earn some money. and more violent out all that and
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my mother is sick my father is sick mosques and loves to take home some food in the evenings. markets on the economy was already struggling and the coronavirus pandemic added additional strain. on the government data indicates that the complete shutdown to stop the pandemic could see an additional loss of $18000000.00 jobs by cosign economy is predicted to suffer negative growth for the 1st time in 68 years and the government says it understands people are suffering so no new taxes have been added to disappears budget the budget. is meant to relieve. the citizens of. why the us. would support. even attractive offers such as not asking investors where their money came from have not worth the investment hasn't improved enough to create jobs very well not. just you but more
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of a high what's a poor man supposed to eat how does a few children send them to school by inflation or broken or even my mobile phone has blocked a new law means now i must be to get out all these problems of the poor the rich keep getting richer. doesn't i made. dollars in 10 days what should i do. there is an additional allocation for the health budget to fight the pen demick many people ignored the government safety advice when markets reopened after bhatia lockdowns more than one 128000 people have been infected in 2400 have died including 40 medical staff 2000 others have also contracted the virus pakistan's doctors and paramedics have been critical of the government's response to the pandemic is a shortage of lifesaving drugs and many fear even specialist care facilities may not be able to properly treat patients hospital staff say people are panicking about the availability of oxygen tanks which are in short supply israel there's
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also a fuel shortage in many areas emergency workers say they do not know how to respond to the lack of fuel and oxygen cylinders yasir have done over a long distances is an issue because of the fuel shortage ambulances have to wait in line as well and we only get $3.00 to $8.00 worth of fuel we have to transport patients many of them are critical so fuel is a major issue only small oxygen tanks are available like this one which last only 3 hours finance upis and charities have stepped up efforts to feed the hungry at this center in islamabad a 1000 people are fed every day organizers say most of those in queues a daily wage workers carpenters household help and even an employed skilled workers . as politicians squabble to find an allocate appropriate resources the options to stem the rising number of those living in poverty remain in clear simon job either out of their. well the u.k.'s economy shrank by more than 20 percent in
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april the largest monthly contraction on record as the full impact of the lockdown was felt their official figures revealed a drop of 24.5 percent compared with april last year the office for national statistics is warning the u.k. could be heading for its deepest recession in 300 years despite the easing of containment measures now a statue of britain's wartime prime minister winston churchill is just one to have been boarded up ahead of anti-racism protests expected in london this weekend the country's prime minister says the marches have been hijacked by extremists after monuments were attacked but as madame barbara ports it's opened up a debate about who still deserves to be remembered and how. a reflection of a wider debate raging in britain like globes matters supporters arguing with a potent spy the statue of winston churchill visit the u.k. parliament it was boarded up because of fears it could be targeted by protesters
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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 the tiny minority or a growing minority of have hijacked. 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 statue said it was not themselves do not do the job of teaching assisting you know if you were to try and
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base your historical knowledge of person on the statue of coast and you were using that in the paper i give you an 8 because it tells you he was a wise and to a son of the city but that's not the full story is and at the latest anti racism protest in central london there was little sympathy for boris johnson stance i'm not for ripping going around and ripping down structures but i think i mean people have to ask them selves releases serious questions about who we stuck what we hold up to stand up there i mean some parts and people in munich might want to have a not just of me whatever people do with someone complain 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
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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. a sense that. yes of george floyd at the hands of the police in the us they have been growing calls in several cities to remove monuments and statues of leaders who carried out policies viewed as racist just this week in boston massachusetts the statue of christopher columbus was beheaded before it was finally removed on wednesday. ethiopia's has warned opponents of the country's controversial mega dam on the nile river that it will strongly defend itself over the project egypt is worried rapidly filling the grand stand will take too much of it of the water that its people need to survive the warning comes amid renewed talks between ethiopian egyptian and sudanese politicians after months of deadlock.
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so again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines brazil now has the 2nd highest number of coverage 19 deaths worldwide the health ministry reported more than $980.00 s. on friday pushing the total of nearly 42000 it also has the most number of infections after the us and us under m.p.'s 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 the few weeks in brazil that have not been tested for the kovi the 19th so a very dramatic situation especially in areas that are hotspots in big cities with a very dense population like you know there's a nato. power law and mexico has recorded its highest daily number of krona virus
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infections since the start of the pandemic more than 5200 new cases were reported on friday bringing the total there to nearly 140000 at least 16000 people have died from covert 19 despite the rise in infections mexico says he will lift transport restrictions from next week to allow hundreds of thousands of people to get back to where 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 rastaman. police reform is long overdue. and mr floyd's murder is just the most recent murder this is not just the brown mr floyd's murder it's a bar being here before many many times before there are
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going confrontations in levanon between protesters and security forces for a 2nd straight night hundreds demonstrated against the government's handling of the deepening economic crisis and its currency has lost 70 percent of its value since october. the u.k.'s economy shrank by more than 20 percent in april the largest monthly contraction on record as the full impact of the lockdown was felt their official figures revealed a drop of 24.5 percent compared with april last year burundi's constitutional court has ruled the president elect must be sworn in as soon as possible this follows the sudden death appear in chorus isa the president elect won the election in may but wasn't supposed to take office until august well those are the headlines and rob matheson will have more news for you here after a.j. selects throughout history humankind has come together.
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