one of india's biggest cities is going back under total lockdown days after reopening china has the 3rd highest number of coronavirus cases. i'm richelle carey this is observer live from doha also coming up. across europe several countries opened their land borders after months of walk down travel restrictions are lifted. and disappointing 1st for outbreak it was just for this arena sentenced to 16 years in prison for spying in russia putting

more strain on relations between the 2 countries. because we can't hold power to account and we can't do anything with a blow to press freedom in the philippines 2 journalists were convicted for the 1st time in a libel case. credit lockdowns are being reimposed on around 15000000 indians in the city of shinai and several neighboring districts the eastern region recorded almost 2000 new cases raising the total to more than 44000 people with 4 $135.00 deaths a full lockdown will be enforced by starting on friday until the end of the month and his government had gradually been easing restrictions are of the past few days despite many new infections and a correspondent elizabeth random says new delhi is one of the worst affected. tamil

nadu is chief minister after holding a meeting with health experts decided to re-impose the lockdown from friday in chennai 3 neighboring districts for 2 weeks they would need 2000 new cases on sunday in the state of tamil nadu it is one of the worst affected and chennai and the neighboring districts are going back into the type of lockdown very strict lockdown one of the strictest in the world that we saw when the whole country went into lockdown in late march so only essential services are going to be allowed essential shops will only be allowed to open from 6 o'clock in the morning till 2 pm offices are only allowed to have one 3rd of their stock present and wall trains and flights will continue and chennai or other vehicles will only be allowed to be used for essential or emergency services that's the situation in tamil nadu elsewhere in the country we heard from chief minister who said that despite the situation and also one of the worst affected states that's really struggling to do

with the rise in the number of cases that they don't have any plans to lock down here but dudley's leaders held 2 days of meetings with the country's interior minister because of the situation and they decided 1st that they were going to increase testing doubling testing over the next few days triple it but also that testing is now going to be expanded basically anyone who wants a test can get one. supporting a record rise in corona virus infections the government sealed off more than a 1000 high risk areas to try to curb the spread experts predicted 80000 deaths by august and a 1000000 infections world health organization is warning the health system is underfunded and could be overwhelmed. after 3 months of players' orders many european countries are welcoming back their neighbors germany has opened its borders to almost all members that restrictions are still in place for residents from spain and france people are returning to restaurants and cafes the president

is however urging them to be vigilant dominic hain has the latest from the german danish border. this border here is open but in parts in the sense that on the danish side over my shoulder here the danish officials are retaining the power to perform controls so that many groups of people can cross the border so danes can return from germany back to their home country denmark germans who come from this state in northern germany because they also can come and go pretty much as they please as can tourists who are going to be staying inside denmark for at least 6 nights those who don't fall into those categories can still be turned away now contrast that with over my right shoulder well that is the road from denmark into germany the german officials well they are no longer performing any checks here at this particular border crossing and that is good news certainly

from the perspective of the community in this part of. the german community here really are very grateful that the the border is reopening because it means that commerce cross border comus can start up again i spoke to one businessman this morning who said that his custom basically had fallen by 85 percent in the 3 months that's the coronavirus restrictions on border crossings have been in force all that chimes also with the sorts of experiences from around the because there are several countries who have reopened their borders completely with each other but others who are still retaining some border closures between france and spain for example whereas when the germans the swiss the germans and the austrians the germans and the french all those border closures well they've been reopened so you certainly have the sense across the e.u. that the willys there to reopen where possible but different countries are implementing these reopening at different speeds. greece is

a printing out for the start of the tourism season holiday makers from the majority of european countries can go there but anyone coming from virus prone regions they will have to be tested tourism accounts for nearly 20 percent of greece's g.d.p. . virus or sections are being ease in some parts or britain to restart the economy non-essential shops in england are again open that with physical distancing roles shop owners in wales and scotland are waiting to hear from their governments when they can reopen the number of british shoppers fell by 81 percent last month because of lockdowns santa hauls on london's oxford street the details of the safety precautions being put in place. people are pretty excited they've been queues very much in evidence outside some of the biggest stores nike town prime mock sports direct that sort of thing as much as anything of course because they're limiting the number of people who can go in because of the to be to social. distancing rule but you know take a look at that it's awkward street one of the busiest shopping streets in normal

times perhaps anywhere in the world it's hardly the bustling throngs you'd expect to see here but a lot of people at the latest step that england is taking out of its 3 month lockdown by allowing non-essential shops department stores clothing stores sports stores book shops big and small to open important to note it's not the normal experience of shopping that people will get when they're out and about on the high street now not just the queues on the social distancing but plastic screens up around tills and check outs lots of markings on the floor to follow you can't touch the merchandise and feel it and put it down and walk away you can't try to hang on in a fitting room at the apple store they will take your temperature when you walk in and give you a free mosque to wear inside all of which sort of begs the question how many people will want this experience of shopping when they could just stay at home and shop online as they've been doing for the last 3 months at will here in oxford street the best estimate is that football will be down about 80 percent so only a 20 percent return of business which is ok perhaps for some bigger stores not so

good for smaller ones who i think along with the economy as a whole will continue to feel the real pain of lock down long after it's over. economic analysts say a new outbreak of the virus risks china's recovery a lockdown has been imposed in at least 20 neighborhoods in the capital beijing where dozens of new infections are reported chinese industrial output last minute strong us right sense the virus was detected andy samberg shop sales are slow as customers remain cautious 20 year reports from beijing. last week nelson kwon his wife abby spent time at the local cafe in beijing played golf and were planning a trip to beaches in southern china a monday they were asked to take. tests along with everyone living in their residential compound. wrote. the discovery of a new outbreak in nearby from tide district sparked a looked out of around 20 neighborhoods on sunday and. 'd 'd

i mean it's like. the new costa reportedly originating in. the biggest wholesale food market in beijing is threatening china's economic recovery industrial output is bouncing back in made worse by 4.4 percent compared to this time last year but retail sales fell by 3 percent and fears of a 2nd wave of infections could keep consumers cautious probably shows that there were some more problems of food supply and also the government's ability to contain this virus. be very cautious. in their spending more than 80000 people have been tested since friday dozens are confirmed to have covered 19 on the other side of beijing it's business as usual but temperature and security checks

have intensified schools due to reopen this week remain closed some travel restrictions breed reduced china's government has sacked officials in charge of the . i'm tight district and i'm trying to reassure everyone that the situation is under control but after almost 2 months of no local infection residents are afraid that hard won gains of containing the outbreak have been left that sense of fear. you know i mean anybody who has enjoyed it and has tasted the sense of being able to go back to a sense of normalcy to see it go backwards any anybody. nelson quad will be watching numbers closely hoping his family and neighbors remain quiet $940.00 katrina new al-jazeera painting they are demanding immediate release of a former soldier jailed in russia for spying record

a moscow sentence hallway to lend to 16 years he says police planted a flash drive containing classified information while he was at a friend's wedding 2 years ago yes ambassador in moscow says businessman is an ascent. i described these proceedings as a mockery of justice and today just confirmed. an american citizen has been sentenced to the term of 16 years. for running for which we have not seen evidence he's not seen he was denied the opportunity to present with this industry that it was denied the opportunity to work collaboratively with his defense counsel which in his defense counsel appointed or if not defense attorneys he said. so this is a mockery of justice at least by american standards. correspondent kimberly helka joins us now secondly what is what is the u.s. side of this. yeah the united states sending out

a statement the secretary of state might come peo saying that the us is outraged by this decision by the russian court that paul whalen was subjected to what the united states calling a secret trial with secret evidence and no appropriate allowances for defense witnesses he essentially was deprived of a fair trial in the eyes of the united states which would be required under international and human rights obligations according to the united states they are also concerned about the treatment of this u.s. citizen well he was detained and well he is detained in russia calling it a polling and that the detention has so far ignored longstanding medical conditions he also has been islip by his family and friends and that's something that's underscored by his brother david whalen who's issued a statement saying that not only has his brother been convicted to 16 years with hard labor but that the russian legal system has also been found guilty of injustice they say that this case was built on entrapment and that russian judges

are political not legal and that is what has resulted in this sentence they also have very low expectations for an appeal they expect to be mounted that's why their family is now calling on u.s. government officials and specifically president trump saying that he alone can act to bring paul home we hope he will do so swiftly and there is precedent here the u.s. president has been able to secure releases of an american pastor from turkey from people held in captivity in north korea and just about 10 days ago navy veteran from iran so the pressure is on the u.s. president who for so far has said nothing about this case publicly at least today and we do expect him in front of the cameras around $830.00 g.m.t. where there's no doubt he will be asked about this case ok. the latest in washington kimberly thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera their day in court pro-democracy activists in hong kong are facing up to 5 years in jail. and words of

hope letters from family members and friends are becoming a lifeline for patients in mexico. and they're still plentiful right across central and southern areas of china you can see this long stream of cloud that is all tied to the stationary front and is heading generally to the east of japan but nothing like the rains of course we have seen across several states provinces across into china this is only province and there is more rain in the full cost you can see here this is along my you by your front trading across eastern areas shanghai and of the very wet day we have got this sort of slice of clearer weather but even hey we could see nothing like of course the heavy rains we have seen that generally further to the north but again

continuing to push eastwards and eventually push across into southern sections of the korean peninsula western japan sunny's head off into thursday then down across into india very hot to the north a monsoon rains have yet to have an impact here cool so welcome in poppy can see plenty of cloud elsewhere in the india met office a saying that the monsoon rains on track to be good it rains this year which is always good news out across the west and got some very heavy amounts of rain trailing right the way down towards carola and you can see here as well traveling east was across an additional west bengal and also up into the northeast more of the same on wednesday but as i say away from the it is hot but have a high temperature in new delhi 41. 0. let me ask you how worried you are about to greece. in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop all b. 30 action this is the moment he concentrates on fighting every night we meet with

global news makers and talk about the stories the. 0 shaved humanity i really really not getting it were new to. the. watching officer and let's take a look at the top stories now around 15000000 people in the indian city of shinai and several baber and districts are going back into lockdown as corona virus infections soar the region recorded almost 2000 new cases on sunday. many european

countries are lifting border closures and welcoming their neighbors after 3 months of covert $1000.00 restrictions the u. commission is urging all members of the show engine area to open up and allow citizens to travel freely again and the u.s. is demanding the immediate release of a former soldier sentenced to 16 years in prison and russia for spying but wieland says police planted a flash drive containing classified information while he was at a friend's wedding 2 years ago. 40000000 soldiers have been killed and dozens are missing out after an attack by an armed group happened in the village of goma kora near the border with mauritania on sunday the un earlier said gunmen killed 2 of its peacekeepers in the north western region. following the developments from neighboring senegal he says there have been almost daily attacks on mollie's army since january. there was another attack there in january targeting a paramedic a 1000000 paramilitary forces in that exact location over the course of the year

hundreds of 1000000 soldiers died now no one has claimed responsibility for this attack but previous attacks in that region have been claimed by the group. while mostly mean an al-qaeda affiliate led by a full on the cleric i'm a dooku for he's waging a war against the modern government and want to see the resignation of president mubarak a time he wants to see the 14000 u.n. and french troops on the ground in mali to leave the country and that call has been resonated among somalians who took to the streets on friday i'm calling on the resignation of president mubarak a tie that went up to the presidential palace and they were brushed away by security forces who had to fire tear gas and rubber bullets tens of thousands of people had taken to the streets and now the president has made an announcement to the nation late sunday night to reaching out to the protesters and he'll be leading discussions with the influential cleric that's behind all these protests mahmoud.

and because he's planned another set of protests on friday so the situation is really getting even more unstable in mali not only the security situation in mali east north and central region but also in bamako were were set to see more protests in the weeks to come on friday specifically and this is happening at the time as the united nations security council is meeting to renew the mandate of the mali and peacekeeping force at the end of this month. one of the philippines most prominent journalists one of her colleagues have been found guilty of lying one case and it's a major blow to press freedom and denies the charges over an article on her news website rappler linking a businessman to criminal activity in reports. it is seen as a major setback for press freedom in the philippines. one of the most prominent

filipina journalists and one of her colleagues found guilty of cyber libel. that's after an article was published on her website rappler linking a businessman to criminal activity. she's expected to appeal against the visit many see the charges are part of a crackdown against the press by president would be good to tear does government. i appeal to you the journalists in this room the filipinos who are listening don't be afraid because if you don't use your rights you will lose them freedom of the press is the foundation of every single right you have as a filipino citizen. founded to rappler that's reported on corruption and the government's so-called war on drugs that's left thousands of filipinos dead since 2016 president to tear it to has banned rappler staff from covering official events

activists of described. as another existential moment in a country long considered one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists grappler isn't the only news network facing opposition. a.b.s.e b.n. is the country's biggest t.v. network but it was forced to shut down after it was unable to get its franchise renewed by congress the businessman who sued ressa has reportedly been a close ally of the president reza says what's happened to rappler is a cautionary tale for the philippine press. but the government's rejected that saying it back the rights of radio journalist alexander was who was jailed for libel in 2007 and took his case to the united nations. and he's barking up the wrong. their own 3 president support that. when he went to the un human

rights committee the number stronger expression of support for press freedom and that once the president. put the rights groups say resits conviction sense a chilling message to local journalists reporting on corruption in abuses committed by those in power and many filipino journalists say libel laws are being weaponized against critics of the administration. on jazeera manilla. turkey is downplaying a delay in talks with russia on libya the turkish foreign minister says it has nothing to do with any disagreements in the comments during the meeting with the rons foreign minister zarif and ankara turkey meeting with russia was expected to focus on libya and syria where the 2 countries support opposing sides in long standing conflicts 15 pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been in court charged with organizing and taking part in anti-government protests last year some

are facing the more serious charge of incitement with the potential prisons and as of 5 years if you go paula. on a day when pro-democracy activists and political figures are in court for taking part in a mass anti-government rally last year new details have emerged about the looming national security law due to be imposed on. an official from the liaison office a body that's meant to monitor events in hong kong and report back to beijing has confirmed that beijing will retain jurisdiction on serious violations of the law he also confirmed that a man on security office will supervise the in-force mint of the law last month china's parliament passed a draft resolution to tailor make a security law for hong kong that would outlaw secession subversion terrorism and foreign interference but many here are concerned it will compromise the city's freedoms and rule of law that's what a possible term is

a pope destruction of homo rule of law and want to change it to rule room by fear but of course the worst history for. the way of national security all coming home. some of the defendants came out of court chanting pro-democracy slogans among them martin lee the man known here as the father of democracy and media tycoon jimmy law along with president and former legislative councillors the day session centered around the prosecution requesting for the case to be moved to a higher court so they could impose more severe punishment but the defendant's lawyers said such a move was unprecedented in a case like this. hundreds of people in the u.s. city of atlanta are protesting against police brutality after the shooting of an unarmed black man by police it's about 10 30 in the morning there and these are live pictures in atlanta georgia now or a short brooks was killed during his arrest on friday night authorities say the

shooting of the 27 year old is being treated as a homicide and he gallagher reports. after a weekend of protests following the death of ray shot brooks the restaurant where he died is now a symbol of this nation's racial tensions it's being cleaned up now but the anger here hasn't subsided the 27 year old father of 3 was shot and killed by police on friday following a struggle with 2 offices. as he fled mr brooks was shot and later died on saturday night the restaurant was set ablaze and city leaders condemned the police's use of deadly force his children will continue to grow up for the rest of their life without a father now we can't we can't magically make rashard brooks reappear this building we can build this building this wendy's back up we can fall in insurance claim to ensure that this building is built back up i don't condone this but i understand it

and i'm hurting just like everybody else is despite the resignation of atlanta's chief of police and the firing of the officer who killed ray sean brooks calls for police reform and accountability a growing we're going to make sure that if you shoot somebody in our state you're going to be prosecuted if you're long unfortunate. if you chase someone down for it not the other crime you're going to be prosecuted as law enforcement by the iraqi government is going to kill gas people here all right across the u.s. until races protests continue to grow in los angeles the gay pride parade took to the streets in support of black lives matter in south carolina a 1000000 man march was held as protesters marched on the state house lawmakers to address police brutality racism and economic disparities with a shocking. 'd probably i feel here. if there was ever that the system that we have plus the

fact. that he was home by. education week. it's been 3 weeks since george floyd died in police custody now another african-american man's name has been added to a long list of victims of police violence police forces across the u.s. are now banning practices like cho cole's others are promising more transparency as momentum for change continues many say that simply not enough to tackle systemic racism inequality and police brutality calls for real police reform are now growing here and across the world and it gallacher al-jazeera miami florida and mexico hospitals do not have a system to update families of virus patients and leaves many people anxiously waiting outside for news of their loved ones but some have found a new way to pass on messages as john holman reports. if this bit of paper

means the world christian. it's chris was picked up to a ventilator fighting kogut in mexico city's general hospital there's no visits no video calls allow and that's why the nurse was about to have the idea to deliver letters from relatives to patients and read them aloud it's become a lifeline to the families this is the pulte of one from christian and his sister jessica puppy only a minister is this going to go you have to do the same for mary was a good person i think ok. this is. where thank. goodness this is her number here pretty much the same 1st goodness there it's you know the most one of the for me. it's the most. disturbing most difficult and. the memories think it's going would be.

christofer always heavily sedated for those volatile since his vital signs still jump when he reads the letters to him and that helps christian to. miss began saying this began to be taken with respect indigenous bang it's. got be about aid us i mean he. focused on was a key thing and i must say let me tell me you see no it's the most. the plans now there's a whole group of families on the seas doing the same probably all a case for thomas' god when i met him today he's brought along a letter from his 11 year old sister or like almost that it's better yesterday but i'm going to get it extra you know charlie got that you got that others you know are going to not get over here anymore. my god this is my. formal. how was it been for you to be

sending these letters and the record on which on the bottle of moment the scum of his fellow. moment those. who don't know so see. these families are hoping their words will give the relatives the strength to beat this so they can to face to face going. home and i'm dizzy to make screw city. the headlines right now on al-jazeera 15000000 people in the indian city of shinai and several neighboring districts are going back into lockdown as corona virus infections soar the region reported almost 2000 new cases on sunday elizabeth purana has more from india's capital. chennai and these districts are going to go

back into the type of lockdown that we saw in late march when only essential services were allowed so essential shops will be allowed to open from 6 o'clock in the morning till 2 in the afternoon offices are only allowed to have one 3rd of this stuff present and while trains and flights will continue or other vehicles will only be allowed to be used for essential or american see services many european countries are lifting the border closures and welcoming their neighbors after 3 months of cobra 19 restrictions the commission is urging all members of the shenzhen area to open up and allow citizens to travel freely again virus restrictions are being nice in some parts of britain to restart the economy non-essential shops in england are open again but with physical distancing rules shop owners in wales and scotland are waiting to hear from their governments when they can reopen the us is demanding the immediate release of a former soldier sentenced to 16 years in prison in russia for spying holyland says

police planted a flash drive containing classified information while he was at a friend's wedding 2 years ago at least 48000000 soldiers have been killed dozens are missing after an attack by an armed group appen in the village of goma kora near the border with mauritania on sunday and the philippines a prominent journalist and her colleague have been convicted of libel arrested deny the charges after an article on corruption was published on her news website. and hundreds of people in the u.s. city of atlanta are protesting against police brutality after the shooting of a black man by police is real live pictures from the capital in atlanta georgia for a short brooks was killed during his arrest on friday night and his death is being treated as a homicide. so the headlines keep it on al jazeera more news to come talk to al-jazeera next. as protests rage over police brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take

a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the votes follow the u.s. elections on a. cool. to see. after months of anti-government protests and political uncertainty iraq is now grappling with the worst fiscal crisis in decades. iraq's economy and state budgets are heavily reliant on oil income and have been hit hard by the sharp decline in global oil prices the world bank has projected g.d.p. to contract by 9.7 percent of the fiscal deficit expected to reach almost 30 percent of g.d.p. iraq's new only appointed government led by most of the me is now faced with a challenging task of implementing long overdue.