0. be the hero in the world. wash. the us university predicts $180000.00 american coronavirus death by october is infection surge in several states and. along canal this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. and excision in. the face of international law. the u.n. chief implores israel to abandon plans to an expanse of the occupied west bank which arab states say could ignite a religious war. fisherman rescue nearly 100 rohingya refugees now in tunisia says

it plans to push them back out to sea. and the show must go on but will it persons there's a struggle to find a way out of the pandemic slump. new coronavirus cases in the u.s. have risen to their highest level in 2 months it's now recorded almost 2 and a half 1000000 infections and 121000 deaths and researchers at the university of washington and now predicting that nearly $180000.00 could die by october about half of the 50 states are seeing a surge especially in the south and southwest cases are rising in the states same here and dark orange going down in the light orange states shaded gray are stable. new york new jersey and connecticut have

a post quarantine period for travelers from the states with the highest infection rate we worked very hard to get the truck viral trues mission rate down we don't want to see it go up because a lot of people come into this region and they could literally bring the infection with the. infection rate formula will be 10 per 10000187 day rolling average or 10 percent of the total population positive on a 7 day rolling average so any state that has an infection rate above that what require 14 day quarantine as of today the states that are above that level are alabama arkansas zona florida north carolina south carolina washington utah texas that's as of today. 4 weeks florida's governor defended his state's reopening tencent resisted making mosques mandatory but on wednesday it wrong to set aside

knowledge the severity of the numbers what we're seeing in florida is really rapid transmission in that 18 to 34 age group and you're seeing a lot of cases come up and granted they weren't being tested at this at this at this level a couple months ago but i also think they're testing positive at a higher and higher rate. dr marcus special is chief medical officer of the association of state and territorial health officials he says many people don't comprehend what's happening. part of the problem is that you know people just aren't aware of this then an infectious disease that the minute we sort of let down our guard but the more we're likely to see etc just an infection. you know i think what we're starting to see now is some of these states that are seeing the increases a lot more attention to the tools that we have now to fight the infection contect treating really being aggressive in congress. and then really having the public

take a lot more seriously some of the schools that singles from 66 feet apart from other people and starting to wear masks more often i think it's becoming increasingly clear that it's not just a result of doing more testing we're seeing greater percentages of the tests going up as well unfortunately we're also starting to see more people going into the and being hospitalized many of our hospitals really getting into a critical capacity that's the thing that we're most concerned about here is that important not careful and if we have too many cases we get to a point where our our medical care system can become overwhelmed and that would be very very troubling and chaotic if the state response that's the public health system that we have in the united states and so it's just stuff that we're going to see differences in different places different states dav to their current situation i think that you know the response was nothing most response from the beginning

it's there's a lot of adversity and a lot of things to deal with i do think we're getting there i think states are starting to put into place the systems that will help us control this better but we're a little behind with it but fortunately been behind from the very beginning. a plan by israel to annex parts of the occupied west bank has been condemned by the united nations secretary-general as a most serious violation of international law and has appealed to israel to change its mind on the arab league is warning that if it doesn't there could be a religious war a diplomatic editor james bays reports from the un headquarters in new york. with the clock ticking towards the july deadline for an extension of the u.n. secretary general made his position to the security council extremely clear if implemented is an exception constituted of serious violation of international law grievously harmed the prospect of a 2 state solution and the cult possibilities of

a new will of negotiations i call on the israeli government. it's an exception class palestinian foreign minister maliki says the israel of benjamin netanyahu doesn't believe it's bound by international norms or laws israel thinks as has been its experience so far that it will not be fined or oppressed and it's believed that security council resolutions are binding for others international course have jurisdiction over others sanctions are full others israel's ambassador durrani the norm went back in history to justify an exception. everything more that led the people of israel out of egypt planted over into the land of israel. only in the land that yeah that one of.

the jews had believed and exit the. land but the vast majority 14 out of 15 members of the security council following more recent history the councils own resolutions when israel took east jerusalem the west bank and gaza in the 1967 war the security council declared in numerous subsequent resolutions that these were occupied territories since then large parts of this palestinian land has been taken over by israeli settlers but this is the 1st time in 52 years that israel has come close to declaring sovereignty and taking permanent political control it is never been aren't yet to impose a solution the only country that could stop it is close ally the us ambassador kelly craft said little on the issue of annexation but speaking at the same time as her in washington d.c. her boss the u.s.

secretary of state was clearer this isn't about this really extend it's up to the questions are. you really just make some might see that as a green light for israel certainly israel is now in the driving seat it's not clear if it will actually carry out an exception and if it does when it will take place and how much of the west bank will be annexed james al-jazeera of the united nations. it's clear which parts or how much of the west bank would be absorbed into israel there are currently about $250.00 israeli settlements all of which violate international law and the jordan valley which is the most fertile land in the west bank is home to about 60000 palestinians most of it is controlled by israel with many palestinians an able to access land that they own and a moment to hear from needed abraham in the jordan valley who's been speaking to one of the palestinian prime ministers advises 1st terry forsett in west jerusalem

explains how the initial stages of the annexation could look. a lot of the scrutiny here will be on exactly what is happening in the united states among senior u.s. officials in washington d.c. they are meeting this week to discuss exactly how much and what will be greenlighted if it's all in terms of the annexation the signals certainly have been pretty positive but there was talk from the u.s. ambassador kelly craft during this meeting she said that it took courageous israeli leadership to make of the hard choices required so does that mean that they will require something of benjamin netanyahu in terms of acknowledging publicly that this is part of a trump plan which also as part of it contains a palestinian state something that might be harder for him to sell to his right wing supporters here in israel and also talking about holding the palestinian leadership accountable is that another attempt to try and get the palestinians to hold talks and potentially stave off an accession talks based on the trump plan

which they have utterly rejected because of the annexation that also includes in the huge loss of territory within the occupied west bank that would result i think it's very late in the day to try and make those sorts of appeals over there are reports that they have been made through various channels to the palestinian leadership what is much more likely seems to be a coalescing of opinion around a limited potentially to start with at least a phased annexation. rejection looks a little bit like that to me was a little bit closer to where the palestinian prime minister heard the talk of the to reject. actually mr bennett done on mentioned a few international resolutions. by the. united nations that mentioning that the israeli state should. start but he didn't mention

152 just what the united nations about that in fact that your vision about establishing a palestinian state also about that if you really didn't see we didn't reject any opportunity we were able to get our border ready to start negotiations at this i mean moment if this is according to the international law and united dissenters allusions to that a good deed to unsigned agreement between us and there's a list signed. in the security economy of the ballistics and i was a leech over the mine agreement it's a day old was decided i was. at least $9400.00 refugees including 30 children have been rescued in indonesian waters they were found by fishermen on monday after their boat capsized off the coast of the province the refugees have been the stuck on the fisherman's boat since then but as you and indonesia a favorite destinations for hunger fleeing violence in 1000000 mile and poverty and

refugee camps in bangladesh which is a washington is live for us now in jakarta jessica what are authorities saying that they plan to do with these people. well kim this is still a developing situation and there is a lot that we don't know we still don't know how long this group was at sea and we still don't actually have a confirmation as to just how many people were on board we've heard from authorities that they're saying that 94 working the refugees were on board the vessel but local sources are telling us that the number could actually be more than 100 among them at least the children we have heard from local authorities just recently a local military chief who has informed al-jazeera that the intention is for this group to be sent back out to sea out of indonesian waters. but that is we have given them not just sticks and now we have the police watching them

taking turmeric national search and rescue teams and also with the military we are planning to fix the boat we will give them more logistics then we will push them away from your territory guarded by the navy. now that's the perspective from a local authority there in north but we have yet to hear from the central government any clear direction as to what will happen to this group now indonesia has not actually ratified the 9 $151.00 convention on refugees but the country. exempting refugees and in particular. in the past so human rights activists are calling for the government to intervene in that way that she killing in this case because so many children were involved thank you that jessica washington there live from jakarta. coming up after the weather a u.s. court orders the case against donald trump's former national security adviser to be

dropped. and how grown a virus can and to south africa's traditional the funerals are. hello the seasonal rains are continuing with a vengeance across small southern areas of china plenty of cloud in the last few hours and those thunderstorms and it has been the southwest of china the scene of the latest damage destruction really from these torrential downpours just look at this the rain of course coming down the mountainsides and then pouring through the streets thousands of people have been affected by these floods landslides of course as well have cut off some of the main roads and as we go through thursday there is more in the 4 calls that rain sinking further towards the south also lying its way across into more western areas of japan so a very unsettled in friday as well as in the scenario with more rain heading across

central areas of home shoe very much as scattered showers a pattern through northern china as well beijing some showers even up into harbin with the high the of 24 degrees and then into india plenty of rain here or part and parcel of the southwest monsoon when the 2 showers likely but again the rains here have eased off compared to what we have seen lately set up a few more rain into the northeast of india but now really beginning to push up into each upper trash out tools the west into rajastan and cools all the while the rain continuing down the western gas and really becoming quite heavy on friday across into the station of carola. from young idealist. to revolutionary thinkers. from political activism to incarceration in part one of the 2 part documentary soup al-jazeera explores

the singleminded journey. of the 1st leader of an independent bosnia herzegovina. as a bag of from prisoner to president on the jersey. her work or her. i want you al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour new coronavirus cases in the u.s. have risen to the highest level in 2 months it's now recorded almost 2 and a half 1000000 infections and 121000 deaths. the u.n. secretary general has urged israel to abandon its plans to annex parts of the occupied west the arab league want the move which could begin as soon as next week

could ignite a religious war. fishermen have rescued at least $94.00 remain directly g.'s off the coast of indonesia is on chip but the fence front stuck stuck right there on the fisherman's vessel since monday waiting for the government to decide whether to accept that. a divided u.s. federal appeals court has ordered the dismissal of the criminal case against donald trump's former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election peco him reports. when michael flynn had the highly important job of national security advisor the f.b.i. came to the white house and he lied to them about contacts with the russian ambassador that's a crime he pled guilty to it twice but he later tried to take it back and then under attorney general william bar the justice department tried to throw out the

case the judge in charge was debating it but now an appellate court has intervened ruling the flynn case has to be dismissed the decision written by a trump appointed judge there could be further appeals in the case but the president is claiming victory i'm very happy about general flan he was treated horribly he was treated very very heartily by a group of very bad people this all happened on the same day that congress is investigating how the justice department is handling cases involving the president's friends like roger stone convicted of lying to congress obstructing justice and witness intimidation the justice department overruled its only lawyers to ask for a lesser prison sentence i was repeatedly told the department's actions were not based on the law or the facts but rather on political considerations is just political relationships and the acting u.s. attorney was afraid of the present other witnesses issued a dire warning and i am here because i believe that william barr poses the greatest threat in my lifetime to our rule of law and to public trust in it that is because

he does not believe in its core principle that no person is above the law but bar has his defenders so as to achieve justice because what motivates him. and motivates his decisions and that's all that motivates his decisions i think we're fortunate to have a person of his temperament talents and victims in office during this difficult time in history at least one congressman says barr has to go we should pursue impeachment of bill barr because he is reigning terror on the rule of law that seems unlikely because in this era questions about politics influencing a usually nonpolitical department fall along party lines political gain al-jazeera . protesters several turned to the streets of lebanon's capital having lost patience with the government's promises to repair the economy some protesters fought with police when they tried to clear them from one of they were its main roads lebanon's currency is lost more than 70 percent of its value since october

economic lockdowns during the pandemic of only made matters worse kosovo's president had she has been indicted for war crimes along with 9 other form a separatist fighters prosecutors in the hague say they are responsible for almost $100.00 murders of the charges including forced disappearances and torture the special court has been investigating crimes against ethnic serbs during kosovo's war of independence and the 19 $190.00 s. a pharmaceutical giant to bayeux will pay more than $10000000000.00 to resolve thousands of lawsuits claims its weed killer products causes cancer cases were filed after the company lost a lawsuit in 2018 when a u.s. school grounds keeper said chemicals in the round up weed killer caused his non hodgkins lymphoma is c.e.o. says settling is the right decision to end a long period of uncertainty the settlement also avoids any admission of wrongdoing

. india is expelling hoff of those working in pakistan's high commission in new delhi because of spying pakistan quickly rejected the allegations as basis and demanded that india having its diplomatic staff and its i'm about to isn't is all about it more details about pakistan's response. as far as focused on is going to get. india and highly cajuns on the pakistani foreign ministry it's right now. with mr india in 15 days i don't want the next updated in one state sponsored them in pakistan story indeed both sides trading barbs. i don't dimer intentions along the line of control we divide the indian and pakistani administered to me is running high risk street when reports of cease fire violations by board and are far away region

a tense standoff between joined he's an indian for. the story what the pakistanis don't know it's a. big asian. region of instability and idea indian government. agents against focused on both sides of course blame each other for why they didn't go to cease fire agreements and on the line of control. the un is warning that covert 19 is spreading rapidly across yemen is a dries out humanitarian affairs chief mark local briefed the security council saying about 25 percent of yemenis confirmed to have the disease have died that's 5 times the global average with the health system in collapse you know many cases and deaths there going on record it there is a stark choice before the world today support the humanitarian response in yemen and help to create a space for sustainable for a sustainable political solution or what she even fall off

a cliff the international monetary fund is forecasting an even deeper global recession than it predicted in april the i.m.f. chief economist says 95 percent of the world's countries are in recession she added that positive news about vaccine development could speed up recovery on the labor market would be slow to rebound and nations must keep social safety nets and close this is indeed the worst recession since the great depression it was already the worst recession since the great depression in april when we had projected growth for 2020 to be at minus 3 percent but now at minus 4.9 percent that is even even more strongly true and no country has been spared those emerging market developing economies advanced economies have all been very badly hit during this crisis human trials for oxford university's covert 19 vaccine will begin in south africa this week the country is grappling with the highest number of cases in africa above

100000 infections and more than 2000 deaths and as for me the middle reports from the eastern cape one of the poorest provinces likely to be hit the hardest unless a vaccine is found soon. albert stearman was buried here barely an hour ago his family says he died from covert 19 they wanted to bury him at their home and some do's are in rural eastern cape but locked down restrictions mean this is his final resting place not in a cemetery stared a solitary grave in an open field to comply with restrictions just a few people attended the funeral the freedoms of tradition and custom replaced by social distancing rules who. have never sold any respect to my father even when he worked at the mine. he died as a poor man now he has been buried like garbage because of the corona it is really

really painful the local councillor says 33 people in this village have tested positive for corona virus but he thinks the number is far higher we don't have resources whereby people can test so just undermine it as a simple they did it as a symbol for them after a long time after some board is dead then each whereby the lord knows this is called 90 days concerned that funerals which usually attract hundreds of people are helping to spread the virus at the cemetery outside the small town of walking east police keep watch ensuring there are no more than 50 people attending the burial is short and people leave quickly. the eastern cape is large much of a rural and people don't love as close together compared to other places so the spread of the coronavirus has surprised experts who are worried this province may be some africa's next epicenter some estimates say that as many as 80 percent of

the people here make it covert 19 but in rural towns like this one medical facilities are understaffed and under-resourced this hospital and stacks approach was closed when we filmed here stafford protested against the lack of personal protective equipment shutting some of the units authorities had district to travel between provinces to curb the outbreak and permits are required to make a journey here people are screened for the virus we passed through the site twice in 2 days on the 2nd day we were not screened at all along with dozens of other passengers in vehicles passing through temperature checks and collecting contact details only resumed once we began filming while the number of covert 1000 infections grow the government is still easing some of its restrictions and here in one of south africa's poorest provinces inconsistent plans and policies may add to the rising numbers for me to malaria al-jazeera eastern cape south africa.

pubs restaurants and cinemas in england have been told they can reopen next month following months of lockdown the theater workers are waiting to hear when they can welcome audiences again nearly 300000 jobs depend on the industry john hall reports from london's west end the city's theater district. being an actor. you want to act. you know you want you want to be on stage or whatever you do if you're on camera and film t.v. you want to be doing well. on london's $1000000000.00 a year west-end pretty woman was set for a sold out run with actor mark holden among the cost then just weeks after opening coronavirus brought the curtain down in our profession. 90 percent of actors are out of work at any one time. what are they doing the rest of

the time in normal circumstances and we're not in normal stuff certain circumstances now we're in something that our generation has never experienced it's estimated that without a government rescue up to 70 percent of performing arts companies countrywide will close for good but the government has not so far included theatre among the businesses it's trying to protect some larger theater companies are already announced that layoffs are inevitable meanwhile andrew lloyd webber the creator of phantom of the opera is trialing thermal imaging equipment to test audience temperatures and make it safer to return eventually they will likely survive many smaller companies may not and for this it's no remedy. the fightback has been online like the sonnet a day program performed under the auspices of the tiny german street theater why does that promise so if you see you tuesday. but it's no match for ticket sales we

all need financial help lines or getting financial help we need financial help in the same way that most their tears in fact i think all think that is must have an audience to be able to pay their bills we need help because if we don't have all coming into our buildings who are able to buy those tickets these buildings won't survive they will collapse a packed auditorium here is just 70 people social distancing will mean future audiences of less than half that size nowhere near enough to survive and so to the writers creating new work but for fewer actors to keep costs down i think writers will have to find different ways of telling multicast stories it will still be the same story. will still have the same content but even under adversity writers will trust try to find a way of producing the same story within a couple of characters shakespeare produced plays like king lear and mack birth

while in lockdown because of the bubonic plague now too they will be cauldrons of creative work bubbling away behind closed doors the question is what sort of theater world will exist to bring it all to life jonah hole al-jazeera london. this is all just there and these are the top stories you cried of ice cases in the u.s. have risen to the highest level in 2 months it's now recorded almost 2 and a half 1000000 infections and 121000 deaths researchers at the university of washington are predicting that nearly 180000 could die by october the states of new york new jersey and connecticut have imposed quarantine periods for travelers from other states with a high infection rate. the u.n. secretary general has urged israel to abandon its plans to an expanse of the

occupied west bank the arab league warned the move which could begin as soon as next week could ignite a religious war the us secretary of state want compo has spoken about the annexation plans he says decisions about extending sovereignty are for israel to make and insist the palestinians should have joined negotiations fishermen have rescued at least 94 refugees off the coast of indonesia a province on the theme that stuck on the fisherman's vessel since monday waiting for government the governments to decide whether to accept them jessica washington has more from jakarta this is still very much a developing situation it's early morning here but what do you know is at least $94.00 refugees were found on board seeking that so before they were rescued by each of these fishermen now according to al sources on the ground it could be even more than $94.00 possibly more than $100.00 as as you stated earlier we know that

at least 30 of them are children now sources on the ground up told us that some of them appear to be around the age of 3 or 4 protesters a return to the streets of lebanon's capital having lost patience with the government's promises to repair the economy some force with police when they try to clear them from one of beirut's main roads lebanon's currency is also more than 70 percent of its value since october kosovo's president touching thought she has been indicted for war crimes along with 9 other former separatists fighters prosecutors in the hague say they're responsible for almost $100.00 murders the special court has been investigating crimes against ethnic serbs during kosovo's war of independence in the $990.00 s. . the headlines more news here on al-jazeera after the bottom line.

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question what would angela davis do let's get to the bottom line. my guest today is someone who is talking about fighting racism and defunding the police when it was considered way too radical she became a folk hero in the 1970 s. for standing up to the establishment in almost every way you can imagine she got fired from her teaching job at the university of california for being quote unquote too outspoken when she was one thrown in jail a movement of blacks and whites took to the street in protest until she was free musicians like the rolling stones and john lennon and yoko ono wrote songs about her and all that was before she was 30 years old this year time magazine chose her is one of the women of the century and even nowadays a t. shirt with her image on it.