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. europe's relaxed restrictions are called into question as the continent sees an upsurge in corona virus infections. while in the u.s. some states have halted plans to reopen new infections of time to near record highs . alone can vote out this is just there live from doha also coming up iraqi security forces raid a head courses of an iran backed militia group south of baghdad. a month after one

of its planes crashed pakistan international airlines ground a 3rd of its pilots to fake or devious qualifications. liverpool fans celebrate the club's 1st english league title when. the world health organization says europe is facing an upsurge in corona virus cases as the disease continues to ravage the americas the w.h.o. warned some european health systems risk being overwhelmed and yet governments continue to lift restrictions in britain thousands of people took the relaxed regime a little too far cramming a south coast beach on the hottest day of the year the w h o's a europe chief says the virus is not on the continent yet. pandemic didn't used to

accelerate with a record number of the new group of those cases reported on sunday with 183000 confirmed in 24 hours last week europe saw an increase in weekly cases for the 1st time in months still europe's caseload compares favorably with that of the u.s. and latin america brazil has just announced another almost 40000 cases and more than 1000 deaths of the past 24 hours some u.s. states including texas have halted efforts to reopen the global infection tally is now heading toward $10000000.00. well begin with the situation in america and this report from. the public health workers arriving at this riverside village in brazil are screening for covert 19. this community sits on the edge of a tributary of the amazon river several hours from the nearest health clinic and

many here like many. are falling ill she's tested positive for corona virus but she says she's glad health care workers are on site. yes i'm surprised we weren't expecting this but thank god healthcare workers have been coming we're very happy to be able to get the service at home and it's better for us here to live in riverside communities and who have limited access. to brazil has recorded more than a 1000000 cases of corona virus making it the worst hit country in latin america screening for corona virus has brought health workers to some communities that have never had contact with public health services. it's complicated to the difficulty of accessing riverside communities there are some that are very hard to get to but we are recovering day by day coming back from the difficulties that will always be there what helps us is this result. health workers in the field have identified hundreds of infections in this part of the country so many who become ill are often diagnosed too late. officials from the town of port they see some

people live as far as 36 hours away making ambulance boats their only lifeline over the last we use the ambulance boats to get to hard to reach places and bring services to preserve the lives of people of mirage this makes a difference when battling covert 19 and today we are in a tireless fight during this time of the pandemic. coronavirus arrived to this part of brazil in april and has since spread farther upstream into more remote parts of the country but measured up alone al jazeera. now to the u.s. and gabriel is under joins us live from new york the c.d.c. now says the number of people who have had coronavirus in the u.s. may actually be 10 times higher than the official number yeah that's right some very shocking numbers came out from robert redfield the director of the center for disease control control and prevention known as the c.d.c.

their analysis shows that for every one person in america that has coronavirus or had it another 10 could have also had it or currently have it now but are asymptomatic and are sick from it that could mean up to more than 20000000 people in the united states potentially infected with it this is significant because that means or exponentially spreading it to other people as well again these are just estimates from the c.d.c. based on their analysis of the latest data but syria clearly some very alarming numbers there and also the c.d.c. saying that between 92 and 95 percent of all americans now are currently susceptible to catching corona virus or being infected by krone virus so clearly this is a virus that is certainly not going away in the c.d.c.

sort of ringing the alarm bells if you will on how bad it is and how bad potentially it could get in the future and also ringing the alarm bells in a sense texas which is now said it's disposing funds to reopen other states likely to follow suit. well that's a big question and it all depends in the coming days and maybe even weeks on how bad this gets right now there are more than 30 states in the u.s. that's about 60 percent of all the states or so that are seeing increases in coronavirus numbers texas as you just mentioned just announced their numbers in the last 24 hours they have 5996 new cases in the state of texas just in last 24 hours that's the single biggest jump in a day and so the governor there is said basically he's halting any of the opening that they started in late may early june and they're actually closing some things

in texas a reclusive them again also they're looking at florida as well that seen 2 straight days of more than 5000 new infections in florida the governor there not saying that he's going to initiate any recall osing is if you will but certainly that is definitely on the table same with the state of arizona as well the governor there just had a press conference in the last hour or so and in his words corona virus has infected every part of the state of arizona and the numbers there are going up exponentially as well so a lot of states here in america are really. having some 2nd thoughts if you will about reopening in late may bottom line here is that the entire health system in the united states is really being stretched now as many states are really seeing a spike increase in covert 19. amazon a lot frost in new york thank you. iraqi security forces have raided

a headquarters belonging to an iran backed militia group the raid happened south of baghdad in the past few hours rockets have reportedly been seized and up to 20 members of hezbollah to taint including commanders u.s. is accuse that group of firing rockets at bases hosting its troops in iraq and is there a smaller full team is on the phone in baghdad smoke what more can you tell us about this latest attack. well with the stand that disarray took place conducted by iraq's counterterrorism forces a few hours ago targeting one of the basis of the type it in baghdad and from my sources i understand that the objective of the raid was to preempt the preempt a rocket attack on baghdad airport as well as the green zone and of course discomfort after we've seen several such rocket attacks in the course of the past few weeks now what appears to have happened is that the counterterrorism services

then went on to arrest several members of kut typos but other numbers vary between between 13 and 14 according to my information and these people were then taken to the green zone subsequently dozens of armed members of the typos by law and the popular mobilization force which is the umbrella group of mostly shiite armed groups that encompasses the type as bala has laid siege to the headquarters of the city as inside the green zone demanding the release of the detainees and i understand that negotiations are currently ongoing the very high level between the prime minister's office which ordered the raid as well 1 the leadership of the popular mobilization forces and what it particularly important about this specific incident is that we haven't really seen such raids take place against the type of

allah which is an armed group that is officially integrated into the security apparatus but the newly appointed prime minister most of our cabinet has taken a stronger stance against these groups he has promised to control weapons only in the hands of the states and of course there is also increasing pressure from the united states to rein in the groups like a pipe as well as in recently a strategic die. a lot of that has begun and one of the conditions put forward by the united states was that the iraqi government does more to protect u.s. forces that are stationed here now the coalition led coalition in iraq has denied any involvement whatsoever by u.s. forces in this latest raid but of course the question is whether any of the intelligence that might have led to dissuade and the information about the prospective rocket attack may have come from u.s. forces so for now it remains to be seen what will happen as the standoff continues

inside the green zone and of course many things back to december of last year and january when similar tensions escalated here in iraq between iran and that group and the coalition and led to significant escalation including the be killing of iranian general causes for the money so everybody here in but that is on high alert and there are efforts on going to prevent similar escalation from happening again sounds like an ongoing situation finale thank you so mona faulting. a gas storage tank has exploded on the outskirts of tehran videos on twitter showed a bright red light flare on the horizon east of the capital residents reported hearing a loud bang the ministry of defense is firefighters quickly put out the fire and that there were no casualties. france germany and italy have called on forces in

libya to stop fighting for outside parties to end their involvement in the conflicts to get talks back on track they issued a joint statement saying in light of the growing risks of a deterioration of the situation in libya and regional escalation we call on all libyan parties to immediately cease fighting and to suspend the ongoing military buildup throughout the country they also foreign act is to end all interference and to fully respect the arms embargo established by the united nations security council. well earlier turkey said any cease fire would depend on war lord holy for half the us forces withdrawing from 2 key regions certs and for turkey supports the un backed government of national accord also condemned russia for fueling instability by supporting huffed r g n a recently pushed back hostile forces from tripoli on wednesday arab leaders called for a truce and for peace talks still ahead here on al-jazeera with protesters

it back on the street and unemployment soaring lebanon's president warns there's an atmosphere of civil war. and russians begin voting in a referendum that promises major reforms and could keep president putin in power until 2036. we call move very heavy downpours across central parts of china somewhat weather to extending across japan it's a fair amount of class time out with this area of low pressure in the sea of japan was going to take those seasonal rains across the northern half of japan some very heavy downpours into western side of honshu for a time before things brighten up as we go on into the weekend so clear skies 32 celsius there in tokyo was see some very heavy rain just pushing into a q.c.

having said that that what's a weather pulsing its way out of central china just to the north of shanghai through the east china sea south of that is generate dry and fine with plenty of sunshine sunshine the showers meanwhile across southeast asia some really lively storms banging away across central and southern parts of the philippines and still looking rather unsettled across a good part of indonesia unusually wet weather continuing rather more unusual rains up towards thailand joining up with a heavy rain that we have across south asia the southwest monsoon going right nicely at the moment to say with the thickest cloud is the heaviest rain that's lingering there across northern parts of northeastern corner of india into bangladesh where you've seen the rice pushing into you danny. there's the mind play tricks the damn car is always is parked right there they

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more than 1000 deaths for the past 24 hours. iraqi security forces have raided the headquarters belonging to an iran backed militia group south of baghdad rockets have been seized and up to 20 members of qatar of hezbollah detained including commanders. iran's ministry of defense says a gas storage tank has exploded on the outskirts of tehran videos on twitter showed a bright red light on the horizon officials say crews quickly put out the fire and that there were no casualties. pakistan's national carrier has grounded a 3rd of its pilots after an investigation found they cheated to get their licenses the 4th came to light during an investigation into a plane crash that killed 97 people and may some of the debate has more. are defraud his brother was among the victims in last month's plane crash in pakistan 98 people were killed when a pakistan international airlines flight went down in the southern city of karachi

other holds the airline responsible. for them to get around in good but within days of my father also died of the shock and grief pakistan in the civil aviation caused this tragedy which was avoidable have the government taken action after all the previous crashes. there have been at least 10 plane crashes in pakistan in the past 17 years preliminary investigations suggest the crash in may was caused by human error investigators found the pilots were discussing the coronavirus pandemic minutes before attempting to learn and reportedly ignored instructions by the air traffic controllers. the investigation also cast doubts over highly. training i seem to do has come under the spotlight after the aviation minister revealing one in 3 of pakistan's pilots that acquired licenses to fraud are far. faster out of $800.00 than 60 pilots there are 262 licenses and exams are dubious

it includes b.-i and other private airlines some are also employed by international airlines through their job of that over 150 pilots have been grounded immediately and inquiries initiated against the rest. the supreme court has asked the civil aviation authority to clarify the situation within 2 weeks of the pilot said they are shocked and are calling for a thorough investigation and why were they renewed every year why would they even issue this is a big question on behalf of pakistan airline pilots association we are not in the worst we do not accept any dubious method in a painting this license so we definitely them learned. a transparent inquiry into this and we should we should be informed who these people are and all the people involved whether they are in the civil aviation authority or the individuals involved experts believe corruption within pakistan deviation industry runs much deeper in many cases a corrupt pilot's license is that i've seen. as being institutional corruption

there's just circle disconnections within the system. has go through everything with a fine tooth comb later on and out during his election campaign prime minister in non-con had promised wide ranging reforms and transparency in the running of the national carrier but 2 years on it has been no major changes to combat and demick corruption it's not just the pilot claiming false economic credentials is a much wider issue in pakistan even the minister who revealed the dubious license holders was himself suspended previously for holding a fake diploma the crash investigation has recommended scrutiny and now this is of a coup records related to fitness licensing training records and information about crucial jailing and rest periods during the previous month but the families of the victims say they are no closer to justice they are demanding that those responsible for ignoring passenger safety be held accountable for some of the job it does their

. the fight against coronavirus has led to a partnership between 2 unlikely nations israel and the united arab emirates prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the 2 will work together in research and technology he says the agreement was reached after months of negotiations the u.a.e. doesn't have formal diplomatic relations with israel israel's announcement comes just days before netanyahu has plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank. this cooperation will be in research and technology development 2 areas that will improve the health security of the entire region these are the result of continuous and intensive communications that took place over the past months this will bring a blessing to many in our region but the higher our strength and strength the more it will be able to deter our enemies and bring our friends closer to us. the palestinian faction hamas has called israel's plans and expulsion of the occupied west bank a declaration of war there's been protests in gaza for a 2nd day israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said july 1st is the day

cabinet discussions will begin on an exception. he said of the debate shall be on the other side it's sad that we call for a general into fatah against the occupation and against its colonial project we urge the palestinians to achieve national unity the palestinian liberation organization must convene to reach a strategic national plan to confront the crimes that aim to undermine the palestinian cause. lebanon's president to michelle and has it warns there's an atmosphere of civil war as the country deals with protests over the economic situation and sectarian tensions on thursday own addressed what was described as a national dialogue to address the problems but the opposition refused to take part so hard reports from beirut. this meeting was supposed to be about national unity but in opposition boycott showed the deep divisions in a country on the verge of financial collapse that lebanon's president michel hollande was hoping to resolve a political impasse that has led to. island protests turned sectarian. i was hoping

this gathering will be the beginning of his board national whether by a committee will be formed between coordinate with political factions the legitimate demands of protesters and. a waste of time is how the mainly pro west opposition described the gathering they believe their one time partners who belong to the iranian syrian camp want to cover as they seek financial assistance from the international community. it's just a photo opportunity and nothing more they want to show a united face we are not obliged to take part in. those who lost faith in politicians across the divide we're in the streets they have been calling for new leadership to deal with an unprecedented economic crisis the local currency has lost 75 percent of its value on the black market since october we gave you the chance to reply to the people demand i mean an independent government. our

situation now is much worse the government came to power in february after the previous one resigned after months of protests little has changed since the government they call itself in the pan the end but it has bowed to pressure from political parties that appointed it it doesn't have support from the arab world and the united states and the west in general says much needed reforms to fix state corruption and waste are needed before it decides to work with the boy. civil society groups who have been trying to push out the political class they blame for corruption and running the economy into the ground are now reaching out to the international community the challenges. we have lost almost our relationships we need to take.

out the transparent elections. it hasn't been an easy fight those in power are refusing to cede control but their invitation to dialogue is seen as an indication that they can't govern alone that. the u.s. house of representatives is voting on a sweeping police reform bill brought by the democrats these are live pictures from washington d.c. the legislation that would reduce legal protections for officers to make it easier to prosecute police will also ban chokeholds and change the criteria for using lethal force it's sure to pass the democratic controlled house spits will be rejected by the senate a president donald trump republicans have majority the push for reform follows nationwide protests calling for change after the death of george floyd in police custody last month exactly one month ago george floyd spoke his

final words i can't breathe and change the course of history since that horrific day americans from every walk of life and corner of the country have been marching protesting and demanding that this moment of national agony become one of national action today with the georgia boy just just in policing at the houses honoring his life and the lives of all killed by police brutality and pledging never again at least 83 people have been killed by lightning as heavy monsoon storms swept india's northern states most victims are believed to be farm workers in bihar state others were injured as strong winds and rains felled trees and electricity poles officials warn the death toll is likely to increase. german payments company wild card has collapsed owing creditors almost $4000000000.00 a week ago it see there are over $2000000000.00 in the accounts probably didn't

exist and is now filed for insolvency and the boss has been arrested accused of false accounting. people in russia have started voting in a weeklong referendum on controversial amendments to the constitution result is expected to pave the way for president vladimir putin to remain in charge until 2036 there are reports that state employees are being pressured to vote yes charlie angela reports during the day in a day's work for a russian state funded institution to have free time is now spent protesting against the state's latest attempt to preserve putin's power for another 2 terms with the opposition demonstrations banned stickers the only way to voice her anger at being told by her employers exactly where and when to vote. i think it wasn't our management's initiative they received the orders from above and it must have been done to make sure people don't participate in exit polls and there are no

election observers to make sure no one could observe the voting and to make it more difficult on cover regularities she is up against a vast machine the kremlin launched a widespread advertising campaign appealing to pensioners parents and patriots the $200.00 amendments to the constitution include promises on pensions health care and the minimum wage as well as allowing the current president to seek reelection after his final term ends in 2024 and guaranteeing immunity to former presidents but a yes or no vote on the entire package is the only option available. andre keesha was part of the working group brought together by president putin to draft the proposed reforms will leave you east of the laws and meet that the current president has already been elected to the highest state post several times there is no reset the rest just a special provision in the text of the constitution that allows the current president to run for the next presidential election this provision largely

guarantees that the states policy will not be radically changed after 2024 but the vote is largely symbolic the changes have already been passed by russia's parliament still critics say putin wants the people to give his plan the veneer of a ditch in the sea put in wants to be supported by people as as a dick to through the system situation for any kind of different dictatorships such a direct direct line direct connection between the autocrats and the people to simply use personal source social logical poll. there are fears the nationwide vote could increase the spread of coronavirus in a country that is still recording over $7000.00 new infections a day a ban on public events led to the arrest of hundreds of protesters even one person with a placard is considered a contravention but the ban does not apply to any event organized by the kremlin that the need for urgency on this vote is unclear charley angela. laval have won

the english league title for the 1st time in 30 years it happened in somewhat anticlimactic fashion 2nd placed manchester city had to be chelsea to keep the title race alive the 21 win for chelsea made liverpool the reigning english european and world champions. i. aspire restrictions on social gatherings some fans have gathered outside the falls and filled stadium to celebrate a moment the club lost experienced in the 1990. s. when liverpool won the european champions league last season hundreds of thousands of fans joined the players in a victory parade that's unlikely to happen this year due to covert 19 broadcast term level for an deal achates and says more supporters would be too upset. i had a fantastic night from a 26 december when they went to leicester and beat them and then i went out afterwards and i had a great night because i felt i could watch the league champions i went to walsh on

the 23rd of january and it was phenomenal in the grounds and it was brilliant going home afterwards thursday right back into the pool. and it was it was tremendous you know went home by 34 am you know it's going to work the next day and really it's because of what's the world champions so in the same way that of you know we've celebrated this most of the scores to make it you know against manchester united on field and everyone goes on forever it's the celebration of it's happens in one sense but also you celebrate it more than once anyway you celebrate it right the way through you celebrate it when it's one when it's lifted them and you celebrate it again the summer when you reconvene and we just postpone and. this is al jazeera and this is the top stories the world health organization says europe is facing an upsurge in coronavirus cases as governments lift restrictions and then america brazil has announced almost another $40000.00 cases and more than a 1000 deaths over the past 24 hours iraqi security forces have raided

a headquarters belonging to an iran backed militia group south of baghdad rockets have been seized and up to 20 members of type hezbollah detained including commanders. iran's ministry of defense says a gas storage tank has exploded on the outskirts of tehran videos on twitter showed a bright red light on the horizon officials say crews quickly put out the fire and that there were no casualties. the fight against coronavirus has led to a partnership between 2 unlikely nations israel and the united arab emirates prime minister benjamin benjamin rather than you know who says the 2 will work together in research and technology he says the agreement was reached after months of negotiations the u.a.e. doesn't have formal diplomatic relations with israel israel's announcement comes just days before netanyahu has planted an expanse of the occupied west bank though they go you know how did. this cooperation will be in research and technology

development in areas that will improve the health security of the entire region these are the results of continuous and intensive communications that took place over the past months this will bring a blessing to many in our region but the higher our strength and strength the more it will be able to deter our enemies and bring our friends closer to us. the u.s. house of representatives is voting on a sweeping police reform bill brought by the democrats the legislation would reduce legal protections for offices and make it easier to prosecute police but also ban chokeholds sort of pass the democratic controlled house but will be rejected by the senate president donald trump republicans have a majority the push for reform follows nationwide protests calling for change after the death of george floyd. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story stay with us.

he's the longest serving russian leader since joseph stalin but a lot of the putin wants to stay in power even longer a referendum on the constitution would almost code extend his rule so how will this shape the future of russia this is inside still. hello welcome to the program and it's meant to meet putin was 1st elected as russia's president in 2020 years later he's still ahead he served longer than any.