the country focus on it the message for al-jazeera has teams on the ground just because your choice i mean it's criminal be what about the guy that will get to bring you more room goodwin documentaries and life in. the end of the in the in the. anger in brazil as a coronavirus death toll passes 50000 on the world's worst day yet for new infections. now i'm fully back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from a world headquarters in doha also coming up preparing a message for south korea the north a spline to float millions of leaflets across the border in the biggest ever propaganda campaign. a japanese council tries to claim control of

a chain of islands that china and taiwan both say belong to them and how the cove in $1000.00 outbreak has accelerated greece's plans to offer tourists a grand tour one step at a time. the world has recorded its worst day yet for new cases of the coronavirus more than 183000 infections were reported on sunday and brazil's death toll past 50000 health workers who are among crowds who protested in the capital brasilia angry at the government's response the number of infections in brazil is now over a 1000000 but president jalal scenario has compared the virus to a little flu but in brazil's biggest city south paolo demonstrators rallied to demand an end to restoration the president calls the measures like social distancing a job killer more days. itself and more then 2 for example new deaths worldwide are

in the americas where hospitals are swamped and the spread of the virus is accelerating. as dawn broke over the bolivian capital as indigenous worshipers welcome the i modern new year and i asked the song that the intent to destroy the covert 19 virus. and it was just the thing with the ceremony to us and god with the rising of the rays of the sun we've destroyed the coronavirus at the same time we've asked for help for all of the people of the past and for the whole world bolivia has reported more than 23000 infections and 740 deaths it's suffer the corruption scandal in the health ministry or the health system is a breaking point some patients dying in the street because hospitals are full the part of. my father died last tuesday at dawn in my house we kept the body inside

the house for 2 days and now my sister has the same symptoms. the government in bolivia one of the poorest countries in the region says it is doing all it can it's a message repeated across the continent. but for these indigenous people from colombia's embury community it's not enough and at the moment. until now we've persisted during the pandemic no one from the colombian government has provided anything to us even after the last 6 protests there's no guarantee for us people here aren't going back we're not moving from here. they're camping in the capital after being evicted from their land locked down restrictions mean they've nowhere to sell their wares the surviving on handouts reflection of the debate raging across the region or the number of deaths and of those infected by the covered 1000 virus continue to rise. al-jazeera.

sprains state of emergency has been lifted more than 3 months after it was imposed to stop the spread of a pandemic the country's borders are now and almost all of its neighbors without the need for quarantine many hope this not too late to salvage the new protests some a travel season and the hayward reports. the freedom to travel once again both within spain and further afield as its borders with most of the european union are finally reopened and one of the longest lockdowns imposed in march to stop the spread of the virus is completely left it isn't the end of the government of us is that matter i feel good because i can finally go home and i'm not scared to take this flight because there are health precautions in place i'm happy to be going back home. spaniards were told to stay within their own province until now so with the state of emergency ending roads and trains to take them per their a field soon filled up spain's economy relies heavily on tourism visitors are now

starting to come back but it will be a wait to see if the numbers are enough to sustain the industry. it's the 1st time i've seen this many people and it's good because we need to reserve if not we will be in trouble but this is much more than just about the economy for many people it's personal a lender who lives in a care home in madrid is now able to see more of a family more often gets able to. it's a long time since i've seen him she says after being reunited with her grandson. spain is trying to move forward from this crisis but more than 28000 people died from coronavirus here and remain very much at the forefront of everyone's mind emma haywood al-jazeera. the u.s. meanwhile has seen an increase in covert $1000.00 infections the number of daily cases is now at its highest level in almost 2 months florida arizona and south

carolina are among the state's worst affected some businesses in florida are reconsidering their decision to reopen infections have fallen in the northeast and midwest so in other world news saw has urged north korea to abandon plans to send anti south korean leaflets across their shared border that lead comes us pyongyang threatened to start a propaganda campaign following a week of increased tensions between the 2 countries last week pyongyang blew up into korean leaders on building after north korean defectors in the south sent their own propaganda leaflets over the border. jungle on. the south korean government has already announced its stance regarding the leaflet campaign the government is blocking efforts descent antidotes korea leaflets and commodities we urge north korea to stop their plan to distribute and the south korea propaganda leaflets that will only worsen into korean relations. there is rob mcbride has more

from seoul. north korea seemingly determined to carry through on its threat it says it is now prepared 12000000 leaflets that it says expressed the wrath and hatred of the north korean people for the government of south korea it has 3000 balloons it says ready to take them drifting across the border south the peninsular is no stranger to these kinds of leafleting propaganda campaigns but it has been a few years since north korea indulged in something like this you have to go back to the previous administration it was a very much a conservative government had a far more antagonistic relationship with north korea to find the last time that they conducted an operation like this the current administration of course of moon j.n. is far more liberal it's been pursuing this approach of reconciliation and dialogue but we have seen it unravel quite dramatically culminating of course in the

explosion complete destruction of this liaison office nearly a week ago now that was set up by this agreement that was reached in 2018 now seen as the high point in into korean diplomacy of recent times which also try to prevent this sort of provocative type of propaganda releasing of leaflets and it has brought from the unification ministries the government department here in south korea that deals with into korean affairs this a pill to try to dial down the tensions. china has condemned a decision by a japanese local authority to change the status of a disputed island chain that's also claimed by beijing and taiwan the vote asserts japan's claim over the islands which is said minister since 1972 china has called the move illegal and invalid the uninhabited islands are known as decent congo in japan and india in china both say their claim state back hundreds of years graeme

on the web is a research fellow at the institute for defense and studies a technological university in singapore he says this is a worrying development. it's a critical new on the part of the japanese are but a disturbing one because what we did enjoy over the last few years is a stalemate of sorts orchard and war science about the contest or who owns these islands but it's things are coming to a head for 2 reasons our number one i think what has driven the japanese government to table a bill to make a decision to move out of this the or me is because china's. all which are getting more shop are simply because china is behaving in the in the perception of the japanese government more nobel of course and more certain of manner and receiving signals of our not just in the east china sea but also informed by recent developments in the south china sea and what's also come to here is the ongoing

dispute between india and china getting a lot of conservative japanese government that the chinese are going for a rather big debacle bush there are no tangible arguments to be are the bad you want these are i mean we know all that there are significant oil and gas deposits fishing stocks and fishing spots in particular are affected by the presence of chinese of fishing vessels and japanese ones that are fishing in these areas and also our chinese product crossing over the line that separates them on japanese territory and chinese to. lemons deal a band 7 separatists overseas for control of the island of this island transitional council says it's also deposed the governor of the island yemen saudi backed government is calling it a coup is the latest move from the separatist group which wants to see a sovereign state in southern yemen. reports.

celebrating the new military game forces loyal to the self supplies southern transitional council s.t.c. took full control of. the archipelago is located in the arabian sea overlooking vital or oil and gas shipping routes through the gulf of aden burble manned the red sea this is a major victory for the u.a.e. backed separatists who took over the city of aden 2 years ago and further expand that influence by announcing sell through in the south in april by seizing so katra the s.t.c. moves closer to words achieving their goal breaking away from the north and reinstating the republic of south yemen that existed until 1990 which was united with the north the internationally recognized government of president of global so

heard he condemned the actions by the s.t.c. as a coup based in saudi arabia and he's our allies feel betrayed by their host in rio. what this is a little bit what happened in sokoto is an occupation by the saudis and the immoralities i call in the government to resign and seek another honest partner. 5 years ago saudi arabia and the u.a.e. launched a major military campaign in yemen their stated goal was to defeat the who thiis. group that seized the capital sanaa into 1014. the saudis and the emirates accuse iran of using the who these to destabilize the region of a campaign still turned into a humanitarian disaster. thousands of civilians were killed millions face shortages the u.n.

considers yemen the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. the separatists have. likely to see to the provinces of how troubled. the last areas in the south until the control of these loyalists. the latest developments are likely to undermine the u.n. . and the war in yemen and start political talks between warring factions. the country now is more divided than raising fears among its people over a prolonged conflict book casualties and more suffering. is iraq. still ahead on al-jazeera united in the face of oppression demonstrators in lebanon say their freedom of speech is under threat. and we go into the heart of one of mexico's last remaining rain forests and made the battle to save it from

deforestation. hello that heavy rain throughout much of indonesia some strong thunderstorms in the last few hours but in particular more in the way of rain across the a peninsula and also through some arduous and heavy downpours across much of borneo this time of year we should be seeing some dry conditions but that's not really the case got a child and much of the philippines as well and again some heavy downpours wednesday across the central and northern areas of borneo the rains a little bit lighter across the peninsula. not exactly dry down into australia there are 2 main systems warm across the southeast on the other worked his way fairly rapidly across areas of western australia amounts of rain coming in with this is some day at some gentle to 20 degrees celsius some shows sunny some cloudy

conditions very brisk winds as well and then the system will work its. they across the great bite meanwhile will see this rain work its way off the east coast so new south wales we could just see want to have very cloudy picture maybe just wanted to scattered showers it does stay dry for the next couple days into new zealand that next system is doing its best of course into the north of the north island cloudy conditions across the southeast that rain across the great by not really making much headway and plans for the high of 90. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such the mountains as a global power development investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against eastern mountains we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound energy

solutions for future generation the breastpin i am hearing future energy. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera the world has recorded its highest number of new coronavirus infections more than 183000 were reported on sunday as ill as one of the hardest hit countries the death toll there has now passed $50000.00 soul has aged north korea to abandon plans to send anti south korean leaflets acosta shared border the peak ums a day after the north threatened to retaliate and start a propaganda campaign following

a week of increased tensions between the 2 countries and china has condemned a decision in japan to change the status of a disputed island chain that's also claimed by china and taiwan the belisarius japan's claim over the uninhabited islands. serbia's president alexander who church has declared what he describes as an historic victory for his party in the country's palette parliamentary election but a number of opposition parties boycott of the poll saying it wouldn't be free or fair because of which is just control over the media lower burden mandy reports. and celebration but no surprise with a clear majority of the parliamentary election at. 30 and president alexander who chief says it's an historic victory for his rude person. and. we want the greatest confidence from the people tonight the biggest ever in serbia in times when a few believe we can do it this is also

a warning from our voters to be even more responsible and much more diligent and to get the best results for our people. include president isn't up for election he's the leader of the center right slope in progress a party that's been in power since 2012 he's also be the helm with the election campaign. as people don't see it in belgrade many say the president brewed a wave of popularity for his handling of the pandemic a strict lockdown was eased in early may the country has suffered only 260 deaths so far in a country of 7000000 he spent much of the law making t.v. appearances on the outside could move the school you know. i expect mr future as the leader of the largest political party to begin a process to shift power from the hands of individuals to the institutions of the system so simple that those but i expect everything to be transparent and fair to

be regular. been happy the leading opposition party alliance with the point was it who will be playing to lack of fair vote in the dish and. the us. today serbia unequivocally said no to the regime of alexander virtue which normalities and madness which we have been exposed to in all previous years the boycott fulfilled its meaning it's completely exposed the regime and today everyone can see what serbia looks like. who teaches held many positions of power from the ministry of information twice prime minister and then 2017 presidents. which many took to the streets in the days of protest against the strictly accusing him of having no store tarion power and the media and all to his party's latest victory he has some challenging weeks ahead one is to solve

a territorial dispute with cost and we had to talk to the been frozen for more than a year so obviously longstanding dispute with kosovo is considered to be standing in the way of belgrade's ambition to join the e.u. . 0. police in canada have warned an exiled saudi dissident that his life may be in danger the guardian newspaper reports that omar abdel aziz was told his a potential target of the saudi government he was warned to take precautions. was a close associate of saudi journalist who was killed by saudi operatives in istanbul turkey into a teen. and there are concerns that freedom of expression in lebanon is under threats human rights groups say defamation laws are increasingly being used to silence critics they said least $100.00 activists have been detained since protests began in october against the country's economic crisis and a hunter has

a report from beirut. it was a symbolic protest against laws that make it illegal to criticize politicians dozens gathered outside the justice palace in lebanon's capital after a wave of arrests that began with the birth of a movement against the establishment since october at least 100 activists have been detained what happens is the somebody they were told was a very big oppression campaign. designed to suppress freedom of expression not in all this country has escalated recently they have been gathering outside police stations whenever an activist or protesters held at times they violently clash with security forces and more often than not it's their campaign that secures a release among them michelle who was taken in for posting a video online criticizing president bashar al assad's leadership. people are committing suicide dying from hunger and deprived from their money in banks instead

of searching for those who talk bad about you ask why they are doing so and. lebanese law criminalizes different nation against public officials with scepticism up to 2 years for insulting the presidency but rights groups say these laws are being used by the powerful against their critics their rate at which laws are. increased by more than 300 percent as the government. allegations of corruption began to surface and become more prominent and public discourse yes start to use wanted to crack down on that. day protests against the political class accused. driving lebanon's economy to the ground recently turned into riots authorities are promising a tougher response when it comes to vandalism and planned to take what they call preemptive operations to prevent further violence this is raising concern among those demanding accountability and

a change of leadership this is part of. the police day they are trying to implement even the prime minister said this is not a good option. which is by the good terms to be. suppressed by army forces those in power are being accused of creating an atmosphere of fear while they may have intimidated some of their opponents others think they refuse to be saddam's 700. u.s. resin donald trump says he would consider meeting venezuela's nicolas maduro despite his administration's campaign to oust maduro from leadership says he's having 2nd thoughts about his decision to recognize opposition leader. as venezuela's legitimate president and he acknowledged that he has turned down previous opportunities to meet maduro but wouldn't rule a town in the future. hong kong's pro-democracy labor unions have failed to get enough support to strike against china's propose national security legislation the

referendum needed 60000 votes in support of strike action but just under 9000 people participated it's seen as a blow to the city's anti-government protest movement which lost momentum because of a ban on public gatherings over a coronavirus law in the wake of the corner virus pandemic the greek capital athens is keeping social distancing in mind as it looks open for the summer tourist season officials have decided to turn over a portion of the streets to pedestrians and cyclists johnson happiness explains why . every night city workers squeezing traffic into fewer lanes here on pilot to steal one of athens broadhurst central avenues crews are reclaiming half the street surface and giving it to pedestrians and cyclists many are already moving in greece is trying to lure back tourists and that means more people on the streets of its capital to avoid congestion the city has designed

a pedestrian grand tour on reclaimed road surface linking all the city's monuments the idea is to help but the strains maintain the proper distancing required to avoid infecting each other with covert 19 the city says a lockdown caused by the pandemic was another reason to act now. chris will be thinking or these the pandemic acted as a catalyst for the pilot phase we're freeing up space in the city center that means 7 kilometers of walkways and 3 kilometers of bosco lanes it has an effect on traffic which as this time to test those if it is the idea of a pedestrian grand tour linking all of the cities ancient monuments was floated ahead of the 2004 athens olympics resulting in this pedestrianisation at the foot of the acropolis but the tour was never finished the city says covert 19 now makes its completion necessary many here have welcome to the change of the suspense up to

14 hours a day selling newspapers in the city center i'm just getting it done by going to my myself above me when i go home at night and take a shower so much dark comes off me says that i've been working on a construction site it's because of all the car exhausts and my nerves are so frayed from the street noise i want total quiet. there's only one downside while this project will cost $30.00 to $60000000.00 much greater costs will ensue city officials think with fewer cars on the street public transport ridership will rise by nearly a 3rd athens will need about a 1000 new buses to restore its fleet to full strength after years of austerity following the global financial crisis of 2008 but a 2 months locked down during the pandemic has reminded people here that the quality of life that comes with having more pedestrian lanes can make up for financial loss. and the last pocket of tropical rain

forests in north america is in danger of disappearing 90 percent of the lack of rain forests is believed to have already been lost to deforestation that's why biologists and indigenous leaders in mexico are battling to save it. travelled into the heart of the jungle in 7 mexico. the luck and in a rain forest in southern mexico it's the region's last great tropical jungle. flying above the forest canopy reveals the scale of this wild expanse dotted by lakes waterfalls and agent ruins. al-jazeera followed a team of scientists with the nonprofit group now to tell me he counted. for the past 40 years conservationists here have been engaged in a dedicated effort to save what remains of the rainforest. we work on monitoring projects to increase our watch over the forests where we are now is on disability

from truck cameras we watch the different mammals in the area that serve as indicators of the health of this ecosystem the luck of the is home to hundreds of rare species many of them critically endangered like the jaguar. these scarlet macaws are part of the last wild population of this species in mexico. in the absence of conservationists these vibrantly colored parents would likely disappear from the region altogether dellec and go to rain forest accounts for less than a quarter of one percent of mexico's land mass yet is home to more than 25 percent of all the country's animal species. said yemen as he needs more for generations the luck and have maintained a philosophy of living in harmony with the forest and. today they are part of conservation efforts led by scientists and are calling on the mexican government to do more to stop the poor station but if you look good enough the federal government fall from scaling back extensive gathered around. continues to promote to this one

the main cause of deforestation. livestock farming and agriculture remains the most significant threat to the rainforest it's estimated that all but 10 percent of the luck and has been lost. the local communities have begun developing new ways of making a living this butterfly form for instance breeds a number of rare species and the sale of souvenirs keeps business afloat. the growth of adventure tourism in the region has also created jobs and helped generate important environmental awareness among members of the community and they are meant . in the past people who didn't have a form of income to sustain themselves many people like myself would immigrate to the united states but now thanks to this project we could no longer have that need . at the current pace of deforestation one percent of the like and do in a jungle is destroyed every year but those who are fighting to preserve what's left

insist it's not too late to reverse course and reclaim this important ecosystem. biosphere reserve. siberia is known for its harsh winters but one town is setting records with high temperatures of airco younes recorded 13 degrees celsius on saturday the town in the soccer republic has the most extreme temperature range in the well weather no of minus 68 degrees. the headlines on al-jazeera corona virus infections have been surging across latin america with more than 2000000 cases now being recorded across the region of those are in brazil the highest number of daily cases worldwide was also reported on sunday so has original korea to abandon plans to send on thai south korean the face across the border the plea comes

a day after the north threatened to retaliate in saudi propaganda campaign following a week of increased tensions between the 2 countries. john boehner and you were the south korean government has already announced its stance regarding the leaflet campaign the government is blocking efforts dissent and to do with korea leaflets and commodities we urge north korea to stop their plans to distribute the south korea propaganda leaflets that will only worsen into korean relations china has condemned a decision by a local authority in japan to change the status of a disputed island chain that's also claimed by beijing and taiwan the vote asserts japan's claim over the uninhabited islands china has called the move invalid and illegal. 8 children have drowned in a river in the south west of china in the city of chongqing chinese state media say they drowned after one of them fell into a river and others jumped in to help the bodies of the elementary school students were recovered on monday. so the president has declared what he described as an

historic victory victory for his party in the parliamentary election a number of opposition parties boycott of the poll saying it wouldn't be feel fair because of the control they say alexander has over the media but he's in canada have warned an exiled saudi dissident that his life may be in danger the guardian newspaper reports that omar abdel aziz was told his a potential target of the saudi government. was a close associate of saudi journalist who was killed by saudi operatives in turkey in 22. and u.s. president donald trump says he would consider meeting venezuela's nicolas maduro despite his administration's campaign to for me to ship his having 2nd thoughts about his decision to recognize opposition leader as venezuela is illegitimate president those are the headlines on al-jazeera more news to witness. county because that's the problem is time can go bosses increase government that's

ahead it will be levels but ask that it's a wreck hold on a stock markets divorced from reality plus the pandemic devastates indigenous communities across latin america. county because although i do see them. creates. a lot of. books. out to. face. on that it. is going to be great be sure why it's easy. for the host.