coronavirus lockdown iran people in power on a. revealing eco friendly solutions to comeback threats to our planet on al-jazeera. a spike in u.s. coronavirus cases in states that eased restrictions but that's not stopping new york city from reopening for business. i wrote about this and this is all just a real live from doha also coming up french president emanuel slams turkey's role in the libyan conflict as calls grow for a political solution to the crisis. venezuela's legal battle to access gold reserves in the u.k. moves to britain's high court. plus we'll look at the key contenders as malawi

prepares for a rerun of the presidential vote. more americans have died from covert 19 than were killed fighting in world war one that's the stock new situation in the united states where the number of deaths from the pandemic has passed 120000 new cases of the virus of spiked in several states which have pushed to open and their economies and come out of lockdown a dozen states in the south and southwest reported record increases in new infections over the weekend as well as a rise in the number of people in hospital they include florida alabama and oklahoma where the president held a campaign rally on saturday let's speak to rob reynolds who is live for us in los angeles the questions of course are now going to be asked whether or not this rise in cases is linked to this alli push to restart the u.s.

economy. that is certainly one of the factors that seems to be at play here rob leave it to the health experts to look at other factors that might be involved certainly. for example today in florida which is seeing a big spike the governor there rhonda santas said that he's seeing a lot of new cases in people under the age of 40 which is kind of a new twist and he suggested that young people are sort of slacking off in terms of wearing masks and keeping proper social distancing here in california the numbers are not very good the hospitalizations in the state increased 16 percent over the past 2 weeks and in that 14 day period 46000 new cases of

coded were. confirmed the governor here in california gavin newsom says that these new numbers tell a very very different and very sobering story rob do we have any indication about whether or not any of the towns and cities that have reopened are looking to either tighten down on restrictions once again all maybe start closing businesses again if the cases continue to rise. you know some business is actually have closed or have been ordered to close when for example in the tampa florida area i think it's about a dozen now bars and restaurants where staff were found to have a positive test for cove it those were shut down the governor of california says that ratcheting back the gradual reopening in this state all depends on the numbers and on the compliance by people of you know the social distancing orders the

wearing of the masks the hand sanitizing and all that the same in texas where the governor governor abbott said that clearly things are not acceptable in the state of texas and that people have to do more and then act responsibly robin is bringing us up to date from the sounds of these rob thanks very much and. ok new york city was once considered the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak now it's cautiously reopening and the virus seems to be under control there restaurants bars and hair sahlins are welcomed the 1st customers they've had since mid march kristen salumi is there. some of the most important and visible sectors of the new york economy are now able to reopen for business the mayor of the city predicts anywhere from 150-002-3000 extension 00 workers will be back on the job this week right now i'm on 5th avenue in midtown manhattan where some of

the most iconic high end shopping centers exist and what we're seeing is a bit of a mixed bag we've got open stores clothing stores here there's one open followed by another that's open followed up by a boarded up shop and in fact the rest of the block is still closed for business with some stores only doing curbside pick up. as for the city's $27000.00 restaurants they are allowed to have outdoor dining with table space 6 feet apart these are restrictions that are difficult for many establishment to adhere to nevertheless the mare is hopeful that this will prevent some 5000 restaurants from permanently shutting their doors and 45000 people from losing their jobs office workers also allowed to go back on the job today but at 5050 percent capacity in their office buildings all of this with strict social distancing measures still in place anywhere inside or outside where you can't be more than 6 feet away from

people masks are still required a cautious approach moving forward for the city of new york. jeffers local misses an epidemiologist who's also deputy director for the national center for disaster preparedness a columbia university is joining us live by skype from manchester in connecticut we appreciate your time so thank you very much indeed do you think that it was perhaps . perhaps naive and best optimistic to assume that people after such a long period in lockdown would be adhering to social distancing regulations. you know it's certainly a challenge and in such an individual istic culture like the united states we know from behavioral science that it's more challenging to sort of ask folks to make sacrifices for others and sort of sustain that for a long period of time but it's being made much much more difficult by the holidays ation of this the politics involved with this are you getting very mixed messages as high as the federal government and so it's also lending itself to people not

necessarily believing the feedback or not taking it as seriously in some parts of the country how concerning is it of course that people are getting complacent about what is still a very infectious virus. so there are 2 sides to this one is it's very very concerning just in terms of the share number of people who will be sick and the excess deaths the additional people who will die because of lack of compliance and lack of a cohesive strategy here at the same time it also means as we're seeing more and more infection more and more rates we don't have as many options other than these very. heavy handed lock downs to keep people from seeing each other in areas like the northeast like you're seeing in new york where they're starting to inch more and more open it's starting to relieve some of the economic and social pain of those lockdowns but those are only possible with high rates of compliance with the various measures that are in place how significant is it that the number of young people that seem to be testing positive for the virus does seem to be on the rise.

yeah unfortunately there is sort of this sense of invulnerability among a lot of young people and it's that i believe that there is somewhat encouraged by this to to sticks that less young people are dying of the virus but it's misleading because we don't know the long term effects we don't know the potential for long term damage we also know that we're seeing a lot of hospitalizations and the simple fact is young people can spread this to older people and so even if you're not concerned if you're younger and not concerned about your own health think of who you're getting in contact with and who you can spread that to and who you could end up having a very negative impact on as well as your own health in the long term really interesting to get your view on this jeffrey stubbornness we appreciate your time sir thank you very much indeed thank you. 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 and 1000000 infections brian

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 sonora to leave this president who asserts the people's power and is committing atrocities does not deserve to govern our country the. protesters are angry at both an hour's response to the pandemic he's openly disagreed with advice from his own health ministry calling covered in the us who flew saying measures such as social distancing accosting jobs and a more dangerous than the virus itself. those feelings echoed at rallies and brazil's commercial capital sao paolo we saw more mosques showing the president who is often saying without one. 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 and 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 our supporters stood with brazilian flags staked into the sand where just weeks ago they were crosses laid and 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. but i feel a heroic weakness sometimes i can feel it in my heart i feel weak as the virus continues its relentless spraying so too does anger about where the president is to blame and brian al jazeera india has reported another daily record of new coronavirus cases with more than $15000.00 confirmed on monday that brings the total to nearly 430000 making india the world's 4th worst affected country $14000.00 people have died public health experts fear hospitals won't be able to cope with foreign embassies who want their citizens to leave the country due to a lack of beds despite the rapid rise in infections prime minister narendra modi relaxed most restrictions weeks ago to try to revive the economy saudi arabia

says this year's cards will be allowed to go ahead with limited numbers the muslim pilgrimage will be restricted to people already residing in the kingdom although exact numbers have not been given the annual event normally attracts around $2000000.00 people from around the world for 5 days of worship and rituals in mecca . the french president has launched a furious attack on turkey's conduct in libya accusing it of playing a quote dangerous game that can no longer be tolerated emanuel macross says turkey is an obstacle to securing a ceasefire. click immobility don't. i have already had the opportunity to make this very clear to president i now consider this turkey is playing a dangerous game in libya and is in breach of all the commitments it made at the berlin conference this is the same speech in may decide to noon during the exchange ahead with president trump because it is in the interest of libya of its neighbors of the whole region but also of europe a high level u.s.

delegation has max libya's prime minister fires all saraj the discussion centered on a return to political negotiations as tensions grow between egypt and turkey which back rival sides in libya's conflict a little hand has more from tripoli. the meeting between u.s. officials including the commander of the u.s. africa command and the u.s. ambassador to libya with the libyan government officials including the prime minister face a raj focused on the need to return to the political dialogue and also and deescalation there. was a warning against the prolonged conflict that might excessive the human suffering that is also a u.s. concern over the growing presence of russian medicine areas in libya the wagner mysteries who have been fighting alongside forces loyal to the war lord plea for

have to the meeting it comes as the human rights council at the united nations established a fact finding mission to investigate their human rights violations in libya including the mass graves found in and around the city of the horn and also the killing of hundreds of civilians during their military campaign launch and why have to his forces over the past year it seemed that the international criminal court is also deeply concerned about the reports of mass graves found in libya in and around the city of horner and according to the i.c.c. general prosecutor fatto been so that there is a message to the perpetrators that impunity in libya is not an option anymore. still ahead on al-jazeera a short lived truce fighting resumes just hours after the yemeni government and

separatists agreeing to a cease fire plus. the name change the stock tensions between china and japan in the dispute over a cluster of uninhabited islands. hello still hot in california's central valley and in arizona is hot enough still to have that fire risk on the faster burning is still quite warm the eastern seaboard between the 2 of course is a rather familiar sight deep with white tops that means thunderstorms anywhere really from texas eastwards and then up through the appalachians and beyond is likely to be sundry and wet look at the temperatures $31.00 an author we're still talking well above where it should be this is quite warm washington d.c. shows to say it will be edged out slowly as that rain heads in that general

direction but if anything a whole lot splitting into you've got she made sherri whether in the middle but the heaviest rain of all it will be thunderstorms once from georgia along the gulf coast back towards texas and beyond and all this time although it's not very warm in san francisco in fresno for example in the central valley you could have 10 degrees to that that is jumpsuits never satellite picture doesn't show it there is dust and sand in the atmosphere of the caribbean cable way from the sun how that suppress the showers at least for 24 hours over the eastern caribbean and there aren't that many big showers over the major islands as you say there is a concentration has always of rain further west of nicaragua and costa rica expect yet more rain. al-jazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how my beliefs influenced the course of history beginning with the giants of the struggle for

civil rights the amount of nonviolent resistance they've lost over the hill of the blue of the 1st 57 martin luther king and continue to keep the negroes to be defense that what you mean by that about malcolm x. and martin luther king face to face on 00. 0. 0000. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour in the united states the number of deaths from coronavirus pandemic has passed 120000 new cases of the virus of spiked over the weekend in several states across america south and southwest. the world health

organization says that are being what are you increases of the virus across latin america including a spike in cases was ill the country's now recorded more than 50000 deaths and 1000000 infections. the french president has accused turkey of playing a dangerous game by providing military support to libya's internationally recognized government emanuel mock process turkey is an obstacle to securing a ceasefire polls are growing for a political solution to the crisis. fighting has broken out in yemen's region just hours after saudi arabia announced it had brokered a ceasefire between yemen's government and a southern separatist group the kingdom said the 2 sides had agreed to start peace talks days after the southern transitional council to full control of the island of so called internationally recognized government has called it a coup the separatists want an independent state of south yemen and they're backed by the united arab emirates al-jazeera is an al-jazeera. has covered the war in

yemen extensively he's hesitant to put too much weight on the cease fire announcement. everyone is losing faith in the. he led coalition in human form for multiple reasons 1st of all when the start of the campaign in 2015 they said that the ultimate goal is to defeat the whole things and push them back from the areas to control into $1014.00 including the capital sana'a and that they will try to ensure there is a power sharing agreement with all the parties the who these the this is specialist in the south the internationally recognized governments come together and you go see it a transition to democracy what is happening is totally the opposite of the whole things are sitting drop the further expanding taken over province the s.t.c. is just a matter of time before the reinstate the republic of 1990 in the southern part of yemen and the one who is in ground the one who's been humiliated the one who's been completely abandoned by his own people is our problem and how to be and has become over the last few months the focal point of this power struggle between the

internationally recognized government of muscle hardy and the s.t.c. what are the secessionist determined to. to break away from them or they want to take over which is one of the most important. power bases of president for them to move forward towards and if the control. is the end for for the it's the beginning of reinstating the south and republic of yemen because the i.c.c. backed by the united arab emirates is determined it's just a matter of time before the southern part of yemen comes under their control. u.s. president donald trump says the decision to remove a statue of one of his predecessors is ridiculous president theodore roosevelt's monument is being shifted from front steps of the american museum of natural history in new york the city's mayor approved its removal for what's been described

as explicitly depicting black and indigenous people as subjugated and racially inferior is the latest statue with links to slavery to go following the outcry against the police killing of george floyd's last month the white house says donald trump continues to recognize hong quite 0 as leader of venezuela that's after trump told a news website on sunday he wouldn't rule out meeting nicolas maduro despite a u.s. campaign to oust the venezuelan president it also suggested he's having 2nd thoughts about recognizing quite go as venezuela's legitimate leader trump has since tweeted saying he'd only meet madieu if he agreed to step down peacefully and staying with venezuela the high court judges in the u.k. are hearing the dura government's bid to force the bank of england to release almost $2000000000.00 of its gold the banks held on to $31.00 tons of venezuelan bolian for the past 2 years because of british and u.s.

sanctions president maduro says it's needed to buy health care equipment medicine and food during the pandemic the right to access venezuela's riches is a dispute dispute intertwined with the right to rule the country and as sonia gago reports equally contested. far from venezuela lies some of its most prized riches 31 tons of the country's gold is held here in the vaults of the bank of england for safekeeping now there's a legal battle over who can access it president nicolas maduro opposition leader. says he needs the 1000000000 to help fund the country's crumbling health care system during the coronavirus pandemic. however attempts by venezuela's central bank to access the gold began 2 years ago just after my daughter won a contested election the bank of england never released it and then said last year

it would recognise why daughter is the interim president not. despite that my daughter's lawyers say that diplomatic action since have shown britain still recognised him as venezuela's leader well you know. you have recognized the government is an effective government. for example b.c.b.s. center right well i a resident yes. yes and. i don't know if you know this is very much. why those lawyers said the bullying is his to control the british government and more than 50 others around the world said they would recognize him as interim president however why those attempts to create a transitional government have been unsuccessful questioning over the past. we. and i think that's also one of the main problems. but

also being. transferred. to other structure. sanctions and mismanagement have crippled venezuela as a commie and triggered a humanitarian crisis lawyers say the gold reserves amount to about 15 percent of its much needed foreign currency reserves the case is set for another 3 days and could set an important precedent in relation to other frozen venezuelan assets around the world and just who gets access to it so that i echo al-jazeera. a japanese local authority has approved a measure changing the status of a long disputed island chain that's also claimed by china and taiwan beijing has called the move illegal and invalid the island chain is known as senkaku in japan and in china it's controlled by japan japan's administration dates back to 972 when the islands were returned after 27 years of u.s.

control no one lives on the islands but they are near potential oil and gas reserves which fishing grounds and important shipping lanes 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 possibility in the name it's illegal and invalid it cannot change the fact that though you island blogged china we formally oppose the 11 move made with japanese side china at large. with japan the diplomatic channels and a 3rd of the right to further react. 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 and what's also come over here is the all. india and china will serve. that the chinese are a bit of article this dispute has often stirred nationalist sentiment 2012 saw violent and he 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 is the high profile of another military this warship evidence of a 60 year old treaty which obligates the united states to defend japan if it's attacked it's a treaty that's yet to be seriously tested adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. polls will open in a few hours in malawi for a rerun of last year's disputed presidential election the vote was an old by the constitutional court because of widespread irregularities out of ports. malawi's main opposition leader who formed an alliance with the vice president says he's going to win choose days presidential rerun he lost to president 515-9000 votes in last year's election with a constitutional court ruled was marred by whites paid by judges or did

a rerun you know a lot of young people and that's the majority of malawians do not have better jobs and we are telling them that will work create jobs for what happened yesterday. i have a national service that every young person involved in something that will build this country prison with erica try to stop the rerun but the supreme court 10 down his appeal when he then tried to force the top judge into early retirement opposition groups accused of trying to intimidate the judiciary the president denies the allegation it's only the 2nd time a presidential election result in africa has been overturned visible and the 2nd ability in malawi is crucial the constitutional framework is there an independent judiciary is there and we hear proposals and been traditionally putting down in demanding that the elections must be held according to law and we have managed to get here so it's not perfect because there's too

a number of significant gaps but i think it's going to say they are also logistical concerns for months opposition groups demanded the removal of the organizers of last year's disputed election the initial commission now has a new man in charge who is under pressure to make sure voting and counting of ballot papers go smoothly this time or a 1st. time when you were sworn in on the. problem and resolved about the better. and if. we meant. that then it which meant that we had less than 2 weeks not to appropriate for me as well in. the coronavirus pandemic i just had to travel for international election observers organize a trying to keep safe bank karajan social distancing and had washed all of which hasn't been widely seen campaigning. archaeologists have discovered what they believe is the largest prehistoric structure in britain

a circle of shafts 5 meters deep and 2 kilometers wide has been discovered just west of the world heritage site of stonehenge and it's believed it was constructed 4 and a half 1000 years ago by neolithic people the sophisticated way in which the pits a positioned suggest early humans used accounting system to track the holes across long distances. this is a disease but these are the top stories in the united states the number of deaths from corona virus pandemic has passed 120000 new cases of the virus have spiked over the weekend in several states across america south and southwest rob reynolds has more from los angeles on diets new wave of infections today in florida which is seeing a big spike the governor there around the santas said that he's seeing a lot of new cases in people under the age of 40 which is kind of

a new twist and he suggested that young people are sort of slacking off in terms of wearing masks and keeping proper social distancing. meanwhile the world health organization says there have been worrying increases of the virus across latin america including a spike in cases in brazil over the past 24 hours the country's now recorder's more than $50000.00 deaths and 1000000 infections divisions are deepening over president chavez both sinatras handling of the crisis the french president has accused turkey of playing a dangerous game by providing military support to libya's internationally recognized government and annual mccrone says turkey is an obstacle to securing a ceasefire calls are growing for a political solution to the crisis fighting has broken out in yemen's our region just hours after saudi arabia announced it had brokered a cease fire between yemen's government and the southern separatist group comes

days after the southern transitional council took full control of the island of so-called struck internationally recognized government has called it a coup the separatists want an independent state of south yemen and are backed by the united arab emirates u.s. president donald trump says the decision to remove a statue of one of his predecessors is ridiculous president theodore roosevelt's monument is be shifted from the front steps of the american museum of natural history in new york the city's mayor approved this remove over what's been described as explicitly depicting black and indigenous people as subjugated and racially inferior is the latest statue with links to slavery to go following the outcry against the police killing of george foreman and last month. and those are the headlines more on al jazeera dot com but the news continues here on al-jazeera after faultlines the pike. frank assessments tourism but the income stream is dead in the water what's been the result in poaching quite significantly

informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal in israeli society in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines it's time for new policy and say on the street that he cannot all be seen to grady what he's written in this the bleeding to obey all continues inside story are now just 0. in march much of america went on lockdown the coded 1000 pandemic was surging the number of dead from the virus growing exponentially. only workers deemed essential were asked to report to work. over the last several months it's all 4 of them open their lives to us through video diaries and interviews. today is going to be a busy day for me and i picked up quite a few shock from other shops for people who don't want to risk going to the store there.