with what a minister has sanjay warns could be a major food crisis. play an important role. in. new york city reopens restaurants and offices but corona virus infections in other states increased to an almost 2 month hi. hello again i'm to start the attainments as al jazeera live from also coming up. anger in brazil as curb it 1000 deaths 650001 the wild west a day for new infections prompting a warning. the greatest threat we face no is more the boiler suits. the

locals move to. the u.s. and russia hold nuclear weapons talks as the survival of the last remaining treaty hangs in the balance and tennis world number one novak djokovic just facing sharp criticism after 2 players test positive for corona virus at an event he organized in croatia. we start in the united states where corona virus infections of soared as states continue to reopen their economies the daily number of cases is at its highest level in almost 2 months a dozen states including arizona florida and texas all experienced record increases in new cases in the last week but it is a different picture in new york city once the epicenter of the outbreak after 3 months of lockdown offices restaurants and hair salons

a reopening in america's biggest city now across the wilds there $180.00. 3000 new infections reported on sunday that's the west day yet as the total knee is 9000000 while in brazil the number of deaths past 50000 and indian authorities reported the highest daily jump a new infections that 15000 despite the rising cases restrictions that continue to be relaxed while christensen remains in new york and she explains what's behind the rise in infection in some states. well if you listen to president suggested this is simply the result of more testing although public health officials have challenge that notion they say yes there's more testing going on but there's also increasing signs of community spread in particular out wes california in the last day has seen 4500 new cases of corona virus that's the highest daily infection rate since march some 29 states in fact are increasing in numbers and.

missouri oklahoma where the president had his rally over the weekend also saw record high days of new infections although in some places like oklahoma it's about 450 new infections it's a smaller states smaller overall number but the trend is what's worrying public health officials 17 states including here in new york have been going down but it's that overall trend and these areas some of which do not have mandatory mask wearing and other measures in place. one positive note though a tallit is are down in the united states the overall 3 taliban rate is down some 43 percent but obviously a worrying trend for health officials as much of the country including here in new york start to reopen. well the head of the w.h.o. has imagines he's program addressed the surge in cases in some of those u.s. states saying that people need to respect safety measures. many countries have

experienced clusters of disease or upticks in the aftermath of. reducing stay at home orders or allowing population mobility to happen. what we've said and i believe the scientists in the us are saying this over and over is that maintaining vigilance around physical distance personal hygiene and the wearing of masks according to the national guidelines were appropriate. the increase of surveillance of the clusters are investigated testing tracking isolated cases quarantining contacts this is what needs to continue and meanwhile the head of the world health organization is warning world leaders against politicizing the pandemic saying it's undermining efforts to combat the crown of. the greatest threat we face now is not the virus itself it's the lack of global

solidarity and global leadership we cannot defeat these fine by me with a divided world no one who is in desperate need of night you know and unity and growth so you don't and the politics i was asian over the point to make exacerbated . i'll be majorly the point mimic i show him that we are you might meet one he might. none of our. and all of our. well infections are rising at an alarming rate in brazil where the president dismissed the virus as just a little flu it's now recorded more than 50000 deaths alexia bryan has more. brazil's deep divisions playing out on the streets of its major cities with some marching in support of president jaya balls and arrows. and

opponents determined he should step down. but the market i fear we are here in defense of democracy and asking for an aura to leave this president who asserts the people's power and is committing atrocities does not deserve to govern our country . protesters are angry at bolton hours response to the pandemic he's openly disagreed with advice from his own health ministry calling covered a little flu saying measures such as social distancing accosting jobs and a more dangerous than the virus itself. those feelings echoed at rallies in brazil's commercial capital sao paolo we saw more masks showing the president who is often seen without one almost but if they were here in support of our president . we want to go back to work we want support for shopkeepers support entrepreneurs these people here in sao paulo today are in support of brazil. but brazil is

struggling to beat the virus with some doctors warning that hospitals a swamped with more than a 1000000 confirmed infections what critics say is the president's chaotic response has seen local authorities step in to take their own measures but judging by the crowds at protests in the shops there's not much social distancing being done many say what rules there are and not being enforced. on rio de janeiro's famous copacabana beach. also her supporters stood with brazilian flags staked into the saying we're just weeks ago they were crosses laid in protest against the 10s of thousands of deaths. the mortality rate among brazil's indigenous people is twice as high as other brazilians the military's been sent in to help communities with tasting but some in the amazon region say it's too late and accuse the president of abandoning them. the. weakness sometimes i can feel it in my

heart i feel weak as the virus continues its relentless spirit so too does anger about where the president is to blame elixir brian al jazeera while there are also now warnings that the rate that covert 1000 a spreading in germany is rising above containment levels a government health institute says last week one infected person was transmitting the virus to fewer than 2 other people now that number is close to 3 german health officials say it needs to stay below one to successfully combat the virus so some other news now in yemen's government and a southern separatist group have agreed to a cease fire in the abyan region both sides have also agreed to discuss a possible peace deal and deescalate tensions in other areas it comes after the southern transitional council took full control of the island of sumatra on saturday the internationally recognized government called it a coup the separatists want an independent state of south yemen and are backed by

the united arab emirates well for more on this we can speak to elizabeth kendall she is a senior research fellow at oxford university pembroke college and she joins us now from london elizabeth again as a southern province on the mainland which has seen quite a bit of fighting over the last few weeks and months how significant is this ceasefire there does it have broader implications. the hope of course is that we'll have wilderness occasions but it's a very good starts and be honest you say has been a real hot spots of clashes between the 2 warring sides within the coalition it's the son transitional council the separatists who are funded fact by the united arab emirates and the yemeni government backed by the coalition but in particular by saudi arabia so there also is on the ground of comes a close an abbey and ever since late april when there's an transitional council declared so. it is a good sign that this is happening now that the ceasefire has been announced

because it has come on the back of a very active weekend with someone transitional council lexing its muscles taking notice of cultural organizing rallies another eastern governorate organizing protests this morning in the big governorates of headroom out that massive eastern governor at there and so it really looks like that could be an escalation so this deescalation very well but what is the status of that relationship between the u.a.e. about this t.c. in saudi arabia we saw this deescalation deal between them and then the s.t.c. took sick or is there a new dynamic developing here what's driving that. if that's a very good question then might speed and new dynamic developing it certainly looks like that been signs that saudi arabia is tiring of the war in yemen it has much to deal with back home the war hasn't been working it's been going on for 5 years it's very expensive and the virus is spreading so it could be that it's not recognizing

the southern transitional council as a genuine military as well as it minister to presence on the ground in the south and that it's there for stepping over the heads of the heavy government in order to broker some kind of deal which allows it to step back a little so it remains to be seen whether they whether this is just another cosmetic agreement like the riyadh agreement back in november 29th that was signed between these very 2 sides that has come to nothing and then secondly whether they're actually able to control the militias to fight for them on the ground will this be able to be rolled out across the south or is it just another deadline will be more clashes ahead. the government there i do want to ask you about that because i see that just on the last day a senior official with then president had his government has said that they've lost

confidence in the saudis who have been a stansby fighting to return him to palestine whether the yemenis face and with all of this. where do the yemenis you see in yemen has had a chance just story of course the heady governments although it is internationally recognized is not really a legitimate voted for by the yemeni people themselves head it was the only the president had he was the only candidate in the 2012 election and his term ran out after 2 years so it's unsurprising that there are splits but even his own government and within the coalition of those those who support him and in yemen itself we've got essentially 3 governments in yemen one in so not by the who's this one an agent by the something transitional council and the head government what we can say is that this long weekend here has shown us how much power the head of government is losing and that yemen is now fragmented and as beth kendall there speaking to us from london from oxford pemba collets thanks so much for joining us

your insights it has been. still ahead on al-jazeera preparing a message for south korea the north's plan to fight millions of leaflets across the border in the biggest and the propaganda campaign. and how palestinians are stepping up their fight against israel's plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank. and there remains holes and dr coles across much of the middle east on the arabian peninsula meanwhile all across areas of the one or 2 shows again of the last few days and they will develop through choose a 28 is a high anchor and you could have even a thunderstorm with that 28 be feeling pretty nice in beirut we have this. damage

is not too high a different story across into iraq 45 celsius in baghdad the winds are strong and in fact they will follow way southward so also kicking up some sand and some dust of the next couple of days 47 curation on wednesday with those strong winds the winds not quite as a strong down into cattle on the high and around 40 degrees celsius meanwhile down in southern africa the usual thunderstorms 3 will central regions but also for the next couple of days the rains back in the forecast particularly to coastal areas of mozambique pushing up to the north and some very have examples likely into coastal areas over towns near that rain will work its way further to the north and the east as we go through wednesday that does mean more showers across into kenya and eventually pushing up into somalia as well but all the while we've got click conditions across much of a south africa temperatures beginning to come back up 16 degrees in johannesburg 19 in cape town but a very warm day importer lizbeth with a high of 26. frank

assessments tourism income stream is dead in the us what's been the result. quite significantly and in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on 000. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. hello again i'm home let's remind you about top stories this hour coronavirus cases

in the u.s. have increased as states continue to reopen but new york city has eased restrictions reopening offices restaurants and test islands all the while has recorded its highest number of new coronavirus infections more than one 183000 were reported on sunday brazil is one of the hardest hit countries the death toll there has now passed 50000. and yemen's government and a son separatist group have agreed on a cease fire in the region of that's according to the saudi ambassador to yemen it comes after the southern transitional council seized control of the island of sumatra on saturday. a japanese local authority has approved a measure changing the status of a disputed island chain that's also claimed by china and taiwan it asserts japan's claim over the islands which tokyo has administered since 1972 and as adrian brown . reports the move by japan set to increase tension with china. at the southern tip

of the japanese archipelago a cluster of uninhabited islands now on the frontline of what may be a new flashpoint they lie close to significant oil and gas deposits strategic shipping routes and lucrative fishing grounds to japan they are the cuckoo islands china calls them the dar use but for 50 years they've been administered and controlled by tokyo taiwan also claims ownership china's government had warned japan against changing the status of the islands and is now reportedly deployed coast guard vessels to the area as it has done many times before. it's a serious purgation against china's territorial sovereignty at a japanese site passed the bill it in the name it's illegal and invalid it cannot change the fact that though you island belong china they formally aborts that 11 more made with japanese side china has a large. diplomatic status and

a 3rd of the right to for their react to. the rising tensions in the east china sea come as china's military continues to assert its maritime claims in the nearby south china sea and while its soldiers are involved in another sovereignty dispute with india it was also where is the all going to india and china will serve. that the chinese are the bits of article this dispute has often stirred nationalist sentiment 2012 saw violent anti japanese protests in many chinese cities after japan's government brought 3 of the islands from their private owners and although monday's renaming decision was taken by a municipal council it could still inflame passions once more what makes the waters of the east china sea so potentially turbulent. the high profile of another military this will ship evidence of the 60 year old treaty which obligates the

united states to defend japan if it's a tight it's a treaty that's yet to be seriously tested. how does it. know nuclear weapons talks between the u.s. and russia are underway in austria diplomats are discussing the future of their last remaining treaty called new stars which expires in february of several treaties between the u.s. and russia have already lapsed into doing one on intermediate range missiles the only one left the new strategic arms reduction treaty came into force and 2011 it limits both sides to $1550.00 deployed nuclear warheads the treaty can be extended for 5 years if both sides agree donald trump wants china to join any renewed agreement because it isn't bound by treaty restrictions but the chinese aren't interested despite this one of the u.s. negotiators has accused beijing of being a no show posting this picture from that meeting in vienna and chose an empty place

reserved for the chinese delegation while china's foreign ministry has responded calling is an odd scene while the chinese diplomat labels that performance art well ali i spoke to will say he's the nuclear security project leaves at the civilian research and development foundation global he says the trump administration may be deliberately trying to sink the talks. china in the nuclear weapons game is really small fry compared to the united states and russia the united states and russia both have about $5000.00 nuclear weapons apiece and the arsenal of china is about $300.00 so orders of magnitude smaller now the thing about new start that is very relevant in part to remember here is the new start limits each side the united states and russia to $1550.00 nuclear weapons strategic deployed nuclear weapons and peace now china doesn't have anywhere near that many so it's kind of unclear to me what china joining you start means does that mean that the united states and

russia are willing to reduce their arsenal sizes to $300.00 to reach parity with china or that they're willing to allow china to go up to $1550.00 nuclear weapons something which would be incredibly expensive and take a lot of time for the chinese to do so these are answers that the top administration has failed to answer so i really don't see this being a practical measure at all moscow's approach is that they can't really do anything i don't think that i've not heard anyone from the russian side insisting that china join a lot of experts in the nuclear policy community kind of see this as almost a poison pill by the trump administration they don't want to extend the arms control treaty just because they see it as about a treaty restricting the power of the united states to do what it wants regardless of its impacts on world security and global strategic stability so i think this is a convenient excuse and i don't think it actually means anything now north korea is

being added to call off plans to launch thousands of them to the south and the biggest ever psychological campaign against its neighbor and fought as a week of deteriorating relations between the 2 koreas from seller has the story. north korea says it has 12000000 propaganda leaflets printed and 3000 balloons ready to carry them south across the border depicting south korean president moon jay in pyongyang says they represent the wrath and anger of the north korean people up we do not have any intention to reconsider or change our plan at a time when north south relations have already broken down last week north korea demolished a joint liaison office on its side of the demilitarized zone in the surest sign yet of relations unraveling. the office was opened after

a successful summit in 2018 which also agreed to stop provocative propaganda moves by either side. north korea has accused the south of breaking that agreement by allowing defectors who make calls human scum to float propaganda balloons into north korean territory despite having freedom of speech guaranteed in the south the government here has tried to curtail these provocative acts for one defect a group that had threatened to float bottles filled with rice and propaganda messages into north korean waters has been prevented from doing so with this appeal from the south john boehner and you are the south korean government has already announced it starts regarding the leaflet campaign the government is blocking efforts to send anti north 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. but another defector group says it will launch

a batch of propaganda balloons to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war later this week threatening to increase tensions even further robert pride al-jazeera seoul. now u.s. president has walked back on comments on venezuela's leader saying he'd only meet nicolas maduro if he agreed to step down peacefully on sunday trump told a u.s. news website he wouldn't rule out meeting with europe despite the u.s. campaign to oust him the us president also said he's having 2nd thoughts about recognizing opposition leader as venezuela's legitimate president or high court judges in the u.k. are currently hearing the government's bid to force the bank of england to release almost $2000000000.00 of its gold the bank has held on to $31.00 tons of venezuelan bullion for the past 2 years because of british and u.s. sanctions. palestinian protesters are condemning israeli plans to annex parts of

the occupied west bank the un's middle east envoy was among several diplomats at the mass rally the mass rally in jericho it was organized by the palestinian national liberation movement which says the next 10 days are dangerous and it's crucial to continue protests despite the coronavirus threat july the 1st is when israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing to begin that annexation we need to hear him was at that protest. thousands of palestinians and tens of foreign diplomats have gathered here in jericho to prove that they expect that the israeli move by the next thing the part of new york you why it was the bank as of july 1st the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu can bring this issue to the table and palestinians are saying that they're trying to voice out their rejection they want to talk to foreign diplomats to try and talk to other countries to pressure israel

not to go forward with its plans they want these countries to tell israel that they're going to impose sanctions of course this is that and this did not happen yet but palestinians are told that by doing gatherings like these they will crush or the international community of course gatherings have been banned because of the recent surge if you don't have a lot of the palestinian official said that because this issue is a very important one gathering like these will continue in the next few days and weeks to try and prosper israel and to really tell the world what is going to happen when it comes to the israeli plan. and there are also been protests in tunisia for a 2nd day over a lack of jobs in the oil and gas industry that demonstrators are calling on the government to stand 582-7000 pledge to create thousands of jobs at least 10 people were arrested unemployment in the region stands at 30 percent one of the highest in

the country a minibus taxi drivers in south africa's biggest city are refusing to pick up passengers they also blocked roads in johannesburg as well as the capital potoroo the drivers are demanding more government money to help them stay on the road during the pandemic 3 months of lockdown restrictions meant fewer working hours and fares the drivers complain that the government's $63000000.00 offer is not enough. dozens of migrants have been rescued from the mediterranean sea after their boat was reported to be in distress the italian charity mediterranea saving humans says 67 people were taken to put salo in sicily and then transferred to a quarantine center most of the migrants were men from africa and bangladesh now authorities in croatia investigating a corona virus outbreak in the city of zada linked to a tennis tournament that was held there over the weekend at least 2 leading players have tested positive for cope with 19 after taking part in the event which was run

by well number one novak djokovic he's since been tested after returning to serbia while croatia's prime minister andre plank of it has also undergone testing after attending that event joke of it has come under fire for organizing the tournament with few health precautions in place others there is just as in zagreb he has more on the backlash croatia's government is now facing. other to the tennis exhibit tournament in southern creation was partly meant by organizers to send a message to the curious soul all over the world that creation is safe that it's basically corona free country since it was 0 cases in the last 3 weeks but 1st the grigor dimitrov then today. the tennis coach is they were tested positive and there are a lot of critics saying that organizers didn't do well that they organized this student like it was completely normal time like there was no threat from coronavirus it was kids they played basketball more than 5000 people went to watch the tennis

last week and the creation minister of health said today their mistakes were made the but he said that there is no fear that in this part of creation will be an outbreak of coronavirus he said because little people came to direct contact with this tennis players among these players another joke which world's number one he was not tested last night things other he went with the plane and his family to belgrade and he was there today this results we are still waiting creation minister of health said this is a message that this is the new normal must be taken seriously that all these kinds of whence must be organized in full cooperation with the government and with the following of all the rules he said no any new measures for now will not be implemented. there are small arise in corona cases in western balkans

but the leaders of these countries are saying that these numbers are not something to specially worry about and they are not thinking about taking some new measures like lock down or blocking the freedom of movement. now again this is out of there and these are the headlines coronavirus cases in the u.s. have increased as states continue to reopen but new york city has eased restrictions reopening offices restaurants and has alums the world health organization has called on people to respect safety measures. many countries have experienced clusters of disease or upticks in the aftermath of. reducing stay at home orders or allowing population mobility to happen. what we've said and i believe the scientists in the us are saying this over and over is that

maintaining vigilance around physical distance personal hygiene. the wearing of masks according to the national guidelines were appropriate. the increase over surveillance of the clusters are investigated testing tracking isolated cases quarantine in context this is what needs to continue while the world has recorded its highest number of new coronavirus infections more than 183000 or reported on sunday brazil is one of the hardest hit countries the death toll there has now passed 50000. yemen's government and a 7 separatist group have agreed on a cease fire in the region of abidjan that's according to the saudi ambassador to yemen it comes after the southern transitional council seized control of the island of sumatra on saturday a nuclear weapons talks between the united states and russia are currently underway

and austria diplomats are discussing the future of their last remaining treaty called new start which expires next year in february. u.s. president donald trump has walked back on earlier comments on venezuela's media saying he would only meet nicolas maduro if he agreed to step down peacefully on sunday trump told a u.s. news website he wouldn't rule out meeting despite the u.s. campaign to oust him palestinian protesters condemning israeli plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank the un's middle east envoy was among several diplomats at that mass rally in jericho july the 1st is when israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing to begin the annexation well those are the headlines i will have more news for you here on al-jazeera the inside story do stay with us.

why did separatists in southern yemen seize a remote island in the arabian sea fighters but why the united arab emirates are accused of carrying out a coup. so what makes the audience so valuable to yemen or insights this is a story. hello and welcome to the program i am wrong the latest flashpoint in yemen's 5 year civil war is a remote island in the arabian sea the quarter is sometimes compared to the famous galapagos islands in the pacific.