boy feels that you were there a global pandemic mass protest 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. agrees to not start filling its giant without setting a long running dispute over it with egypt and sudan. alone can put out this is obvious there are a lot for dawn also coming up. we are all in it together and the only way we're going to end it is blending it together. leaving us infectious disease expert makes

a plea particularly to young people is a section search in several states. mexico city's police chief is rooted in an assassination attempt he's blaming one of the powerful drug cartel. decelerations continue for english football champions liverpool their coach reveals how he's gone after trying to see. the leaders of egypt answered on say ethiopia has agreed to not start filling its new make it without the 3 countries reaching an agreement thomas have been unable to resolve the increasingly bissett dispute for years if europe is built the renaissance dam on the blue nile which is the source of most of the riven dolls' water egypt and sudan downstream depend heavily on us and fear their water supplies will be put at risk if the o.p.'s says the hydro power the dam will produce is essential to its economic growth. on sarah's even morgan is in sudan's capital

khartoum and so is this still much to resolve it took a meeting between the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union including you correct chair of the african union south african president. to try to bring that recites together after several rounds of talks. fail now what the what the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that the 3 sites how to read that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level we've repeatedly heard statements from the 3 sites saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects joining us from washington is joseph siegle director of research for the africa center for strategic studies at the national defense university and thank you for your time what is it that actually spot to the change

of heart. well i think it's still too early to know all the details but it is a significant change in position on the part of ethiopia they have been getting all along that they have to write it down are planning to start building that day out. immediately that is if you know grounders it's rainy season which is a good time to start feeling that they also doesn't affect any of the downriver countries. i think this is probably a reaction to a lot of international pressure that. egypt has been wanting to force you know pins to slow down and to try to reach some sort of. finally agreement before they start feeling that the out. and so i'm assuming that. if you're not has that the same time elicit some commitments from egypt that they will then seriously commit to the negotiations and try to reach an agreement shortly as i had for my

correspondent there a 95 percent of the issues have been solved discussions have been gone on for some 10 years now can you just remind our viewers of what the stumbling blocks ah that remain well. it's true and important driver to keep in mind that. these discussions have been going on for some time and the 3 sites have reached agreement on 95 percent of the issues so. outstanding to the discussion really are the questions of what to do in times of extended drought now and you know egypt that's a lesser extent sudan want to have assurances that. as drought they'll still have the not. flowing through the river that they'll be able to use the water for there are gay shannon and other uses you know there are key sticking point is

that future disputes will be the result and. you know there they want egypt wants a very clear or legal binding commitment to international arbitration as part of that agreement if your fields are already an understanding and you're at the negotiating charms that are in place so they need to come to terms on that as well so what happens next how do you see this playing out. well with the ethiopian. agreement to see you know that so wait until you lay the debt that's a big step that's at the office. in terms of the pressure that was building on this discussion. my expectation and understanding is our vision will not turn back to the technical level where rich should be to work out these details. now and again

if some of the anti the scenes discussions have resulted in a commitment all sides which try to reach a final agreement quickly i think we could see a resolution here shortly. again ethiopia feels pressure because next 2 months this is the rainy season the dams down reverently in the house and down there at or near capacity so this is actually a really good time to start filling that dam it would have at least affect egypt so egypt has some incentives to. re to get this growing at this point in time and so you know i think it best it's narrow they'll get back to negotiate it will come to a quick agreement and then move this process forward thanks so much for your time there that is joseph siegle director of research for the africa center for strategic studies. thank you. the number of new infections in the u.s.

has surged to another high for the 3rd day running sensing a worsening situation the government held its 1st coronavirus taskforce briefing in 2 months and although vice president mike pence remained to update the top infectious diseases expert warned this is a serious problem alan fisher ports from washington rising cases after almost 2 months away it's back this moment in the coronavirus pandemic is different and faced with a surge in cases across the country the white house coronavirus task force faces a renewed threat we're in a much stronger players the truth is we did slow the spread of the current recent days have brought a record number of infections 16 states are seeing a rising number of cases and infection rates states like texas which had started to reopen no bringing back all distractions after a 145 percent rise in cases in just 14 days bars closed restaurants cutting capacity public gatherings limited kristen's mere calls it

a crisis the numbers are jumping exponentially and rising fast and we are quickly moving in the wrong direction arizona has no more cases perhaps population than brazil 88 percent of the state's intensive care beds are full doctors see a health system on the edge and as has been experienced in trying to make for each other at some point there's a tipping point and we're hoping we don't already actually say this is tender waiting to explode but i'm thinking that some of that has already been let and there is concern the man who has played a major role in the white house response had this warning to young people the thing that you really need to realize that when you do that you are part of a process so if you get infected you will infect someone else who clearly will infect someone else we know that happens because the reproduction element of the virus is not less than one so people are infecting other people and then ultimately you will infect. someone who's vulnerable the taskforce met at the department of

health not here at the white house put it see that she was the president's level of engagement with the crisis now the president also said the virus would start to go away in the warmer weather it hasn't one expert saying this isn't the 2nd wave it's still the 1st alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house brazil's government has counted almost 47000 new infections over the past 24 hours and close to $1000.00 deaths covered 19 is spreading fast through rural areas where health workers say they're not equipped to handle the africa the fear is that this could bring the disease back to urban centers in a so-called boomerang effect overall 54000 people are known to have died in brazil . well the reason argentina have extended lockdown restrictions and when i say it is and surrounding regions wells that were due to end on sunday will now stay in place until at least july 17th and that's putting more pressure on businesses that are barely scraping by already to his boat has more from when i say it is. these

are not easy times for. us and her husband on. the on the sand they beat their restaurant in one of scientists but i mean because 1000 prices marion the says there's just not enough business and the restaurants may have to close for good anymore so that we think we come from one crisis after another and we're tired him or feeling it a lot we don't know what's going to happen so we're trying to go day by day trying to keep things going by selling takeaway as argentines were used to be adapting but it's not easy but this when they read that is not the only restaurant trying to survive there are over 100000 businesses in argentina they're on the verge of collapse. argentina was already struggling with inflation and recession prior to the pandemic and that's one of the reasons why many small businesses are finding it difficult to remain open this restaurant for example is shutting down the onerous

road here that they're closing their business because of acquiring. argentina was one of the 1st countries in the region to impose a strict lockdown to prevent the spread of disease it's been over 3 months but a recent spike in cases in hard hit areas that include one aside is has convinced the government to extend it even further but imo i know not everyone agrees with what we're doing but we need to do something to stop the amount of contagions money to make sure there are enough beds and guarantee that all arjun tines get the attention they deserve for many this is a mistake to extend something that has a konami consequences but the world bank says not alberto fernandez that it's the most severe economic crisis since the 1970 s. it's not only argentina but the whole world that is deteriorating because of the pandemic even though some businesses in the city were allowed to reopen in recent weeks they will now have to close their doors again meanwhile authorities are

fighting against lockdown fatigue and enormous economic difficulties that have many arjan times on the edge. of the places if the government like in other countries covered part of the economic earnings of retailers like myself we would be at home without the concerns that you have with mounting goals and debt that makes you frustrated and on top of that you have to feed your family. the government is giving away cash handouts to help those in need and this assisting businesses but it's not reaching everyone a major problem in a crisis that has no end in sight. still ahead on al-jazeera no taxation without representation. and historic vote to make washington d.c. the 51st. u.s. state tell you why it's doing. despite tougher sanctions against syria's government activists say it does not bring jonson's for those who've been tortured and killed. the boy.

hello welcome to the look at the international forecast we've got some very heavy rain just continuing across central areas of china by by a front continue to pile snows heavy downpours in across the region the latest pulse of heavy rain very close to shanghai moving out across the east china sea just pushing towards key issues southern policy on she was to go on into sunday that will really lively up and make its way across a good part of honshu that eastern side of japan seeing some very heavy rain for tom with a possible issue some localized flooding across a dry and to the weekend having said that follow that line of cloud in the rain that rope of wet weather comes right back into central parts of china as we go on through sunday to the south that generally try with some sunshine humid in hong

kong as per usual plenty of humid weather plenty of showers across southeast asia still some lively ones there over towards that east the side of indonesia will see some light showers to just pushing up towards thailand and into me and my loss of cloud showing up on the satellite picture here got that wet weather there the very heavy rain coming into the fall northeast of india still pushing up towards buthe northern parts of bangladesh well so looking at some very heavy rain around behind and west bengal. but. if you're in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships when miss somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the world well the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our 1st president george washington said if you want peace

prepare for the coming war on china. just. you're watching out 0 her mind all of our top stories this hour egypt sit down say ethiopia has agreed to not start filling its new mega dam until they can settle their disputes ethiopia says the dam on the blue nile is vital for its economy egypt and sudan fer their water supplies with window. number of new covered 19 infections in the us the search to another high for the 3rd day but the top infectious diseases expert says there is a serious problem for him to be able to be more careful about restrictions.

brazil's government has counted almost 47000 new infections of the past 24 hours it costs 1000 deaths covered 19 is spreading fast through rural areas where health workers say they're not a corrupt. mexico city's police chief has survived an attempted assassination but 2 of garcia of which is bodyguards were killed when they came under fire in an upscale neighborhood he's blaming one of mexico's most powerful drug gangs based 12 people have been arrested when you're about reports. this sound of gunfire and explosions rocked the mexican capital in the early hours of friday morning when gunmen wielding high caliber weapons attacked mexico city's police chief to stop the head of public security in mexico city was wounded and there are other deaths in this attack all of this has to do without a doubt with the work being carried out to guarantee peace and security you

authorities have confirmed that at least 2 police officers were killed in the shootout as well as one bystander as and as such again for the man that makes it is justice department has confirmed 12 arrests i feel confident the investigation will yield results to find those responsible for ordering this act of aggression or. at least 60. criminal groups are known to operate within mexico city in a tweet following the attack the city's police chief placed the blame on the new generation cartel the hollies going new generation cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in the region and was only recently identified as having a presence within the limits of mexico city. the shoot out in the mexican capital is only the latest incident of mass violence in the country. on wednesday 16 people were killed in a gunfight between rival drug gangs in the mexican state of sinaloa on monday 15 were killed following an attack on an indigenous village in the state of la haka.

despite the ongoing corona virus outbreak battles over control of drug territory have not lessened. mexico city he doubted the food pilot program says syria is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis and estimates 9300000 people don't know where the next meal is coming from prices have gone up more than 200 percent because of inflation levels not seen even at the height of the civil war. it's been a week since the u.s. imposed its toughest sanctions yet on syria's president bashar al assad and his allies central to those sanctions was evidence that syrian prisoners have been tortured and activists say the u.s. action fall short of delivering justice priyanka gupta reports. in this gallery in syria's it looks city lies evidence of atrocities inside president bashar al assad's military prisons pictures of detainees hung on the walls image of someone's

father brother sister or child tortured starved and killed too graphic to show they were smuggled by military defector gordon caesar and his colleagues. were all grateful to caesar who succeeded in smuggling dizzy images to the world unfortunately i said is still free without any intervention from the international community to bring him to justice to relatives of those victims will not rest until assad is penalized for his crimes had a. 40 graphs may be difficult to look at but for a jury of mahmud ali it meant she could finally grew one of her sons who died in assad's military prison she still doesn't know what happened to her other son who's also detained here. i've been picturing him knocking at our door until i was showing his photos among the dead my mind is blown away he had left to

earn his living as he has 3 daughters he was stopped and detained along with his cousin a university student studying in damascus this was more than 8 years ago my youngest son moustapha was also stopped and detained the evidence of mass killings inside what's been described as a human slaughterhouse 1st came to light in 2014 the photographs have since been shown at the u.n. and the european parliament among others cesar has led the country provided crucial testimonies. at u.s. congress it prompted the toughest american sanctions yet against president bashar assad and his inner circle under a law named after the syrian defector but for many syrians that's not enough other lot of another for you john bashar assad although the act will have some economic impact on the regime but the international community has failed to prove that it's genuine intentions to work for the syrian detainee a lot of these images prove one thing that we must act to save the rest of. the

syrian network for human rights says more than 146000 people are still detained or have been forcibly disappeared by the government since 27 and that number could be much higher. al-jazeera. israel's alternate prime minister bet again says our bond a proposal with regards to israel's controversial plan to an expanse of the occupied west bank and a facebook post on friday afternoon he suggested that any palestinians in future and extra areas be granted equal rights it comes as israel looks to roll out its plan starting july 1st herefore said has been following the story from western. of course next week could be a very momentous one with the july the 1st date which is the earliest possible date under the deal between him and netanyahu the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for this coalition government that's the 1st date under which the

movement towards annexation can be advanced and he sets out what could be read as something of a toughened tone and against netanyahu in terms of saying that that he would be willing to speak to the palestinians at any time even tomorrow if they wanted to seriously that there would be no annexation in a palestinian area or least an area with a large palestinian population or where their movement would be severely curtailed if there were palestinians inside such an area they would be granted equal rights that there would be security and diplomatic groundwork that went in place ahead of any annexation to preempt any potential potential security problems and also said that he would advance moves towards bilateral negotiations with the palestinians as part of this as well and all of this he says is part of the american peace plan the trump plan but really when you look at it it doesn't really reject anything that

looks within the bounds of what might well happen in any case the indications that we've been getting from benjamin netanyahu and his officials are that he wants 1st to declare israeli sovereignty as they put it on major israeli illegal settlements close to the green line close to here just south of jerusalem and the they would be the 1st phase. lebanese american businessman who was a key witness in the investigation into u.s. election interference has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on child sex convictions george native pleaded guilty in january to transporting a 14 year old into the u.s. to abuse him 20 years ago he also admitted to possessing child pornography and his efforts to serve as a liaison between russians and members of donald trump's team formed a large part of robert louis reports. an italian soldiers have been deployed

to a small town where a new coronavirus cluster has been detected west 50 people in a residential complex northwest of naples have tested positive the army has set up barricades and police checkpoints are also in place the complex is home to many bulgarian migrants who work during the fruit picking season. a state funeral has been held for brandy's late president here including thousands gathered at a stadium in the capital good take it to bid him farewell 55 year old and couldn't seize it died earlier this month of heart failure according to the government. the us house of representatives has passed a bill granting statehood to washington d.c. if approved by the republican controlled senate more than 700000 people in the district would finally have the representation other states take for granted but as mike hanna reports the bill faces stiff opposition. the last votes on statehood were more than 6 decades ago when alaska and hawaii became the 49 and the state's

friday's historic decision was taken on party lines there being 232 votes in the affirmative $180.00 votes in the negative the district of columbia statehood bill h r $51.00 is asked without objection motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. so it's a founding of the nation's capital over 2 centuries ago it has been a district and not part of a state it has no governor no senator and it's aleck to representative has no boat in the house we stand out as the only democracy which to the highest democracy to the residents of its own capital leadership own capital city in a city where nearly half of the population is african american statehood is a civil rights issue in all some 700000 residents who pay federal taxes but are effectively disenfranchised eleanor holmes norton has represented d.c.

for nearly 3 decades he's the great granddaughter of a slave who found freedom in the district but not representation i feel in the past as the member who represents my city. and of course i feel in my own lineage as a 3rd generation washingtonian his family has never experienced all of it within their own country so for me this is the i think any. president trump has made clear his fear that the district would vote democrats into the house and senate and opposes statehood as did the majority of his fellow republicans like the representative for alabama which is 2 senators and 7 members in the house i will never vote to give washington d.c. separate statehood status washington d.c. is a city not a state its population is roughly one 7th that of alabama but those advocating statehood are taking a long term view pointing to polls indicated

a new occupant in the white house after a number of them the election and a strong likelihood that my party the democratic party in the united states will take control of the senate as my party the democrats and taking control of the house. the districts may or celebrate a historic moment but it will take major democratic wins in the election before her dream up but the one stars on the u.s. flag becomes a reality mike hanna al-jazeera washington. level manager yogen cop says he has a sights set on more trophies after they won their 1st english league title and 30 is the wellings reports on how clark turned things around for the club. hard working in africa vasant record breaking english champions liverpool are the same that reflect the unique personality of their creator yet can clear. cut become

famous for his work up to receive don't win but the path to glory started in minds like so many great managers cop was a modest player spending the ninety's with minds as a defender in the 2nd tier of the german bundesliga but he was always capable of something special. the fans still love him and remain proud that he's the 1st manager's job is a man's no 419 years ago the cubs president says klopp will always have a special bond with them. he's always said he wants to return to mines whenever that is it's the center of his life so he spent time here as a player and more or less at the foundation for his career as a coach the connection is very very close i think nowhere in germany other as many liverpool fans as the rock he reminds me. that's kind of odd k. can do it so i know under mansion i know there are other teams in england but i watch liverpool because the club. on everyone likes him no matter where he

is and whenever it comes to mind for him going with him soon you will be. caught quickly demonstrated his ability to in a fight tactically and minds and within 3 years of his appointment the club are promoted to the top level of the bundesliga just as important is his ability to motivate and power his players a positive and pathetic leader the exception not the rule and he understands that some things are more important than football i don't understand politics for an hour is why me ever base camp and the bench. but the famous small is never far from there for the fans whose knives he's enhanced his success and trophies in london liverpool has been a joy to fans of mine still for such as unjustice but who is always still greeted with clapping you can talk with him about everything starting from his dog to his

wife to football tactics and to the problems of the world when we met him at anfield he invited us to come to his office for a match and this was a great experience they will build him a monument close to the beatles in liverpool i'm completely sure about this the spirits of your gun club means liverpool football but it was born and reminds in this corner of south west germany. al-jazeera minds. this is al-jazeera and these are the top stories egypt and saddam say if the opium has agreed to not start filming it's new mega to him until they can settle their dispute if european says the dam on the blue nile is vital for its economy egypt answered on fear their water supplies will dwindle. morgan in sudan's capital

khartoum says there's still much to result. it took a meeting between the prime ministers of the day egypt as well as other members of the african union including you correct chair of the african union south african president also to try to bring that recites together after several rounds of talks . you know what the what the statement that was made by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that the. that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level so i will repeat it you heard statements from the site saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that this all remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects. of new cover 1000 infections in the us as to another high for the 3rd day running the top infectious disease expert says there's a serious problem and want people to be more careful about restrictions brazil's

government has counted almost 47000 new infections over the past 24 hours and close to 1000 deaths covered 19 is spreading fast through rural areas where health workers say they are not equipped. authorities in argentina have extended lockdown restrictions and when i say this sense around in regions into next month doctors say infections will peak in the coming weeks there have been more than 52000 confirmed cases and in excess of 1000 it rules that were due to coming to an end on sunday will now stay in place until at least july 17th. mexico city's police chief has been injured in an attempted assassination but 2 of garcia approaches bodyguards were killed kathy is blaming one of mexico's most powerful drug gangs. the united nations world food program says syria is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis estimating 9300000 people don't know where their next meal is coming from. to stay with us here on al-jazeera inside story is next.

and he won both huawei but the message from the u.s. as it considers financial help for countries upgrading to find technology huawei says it's not controlled by beijing bureaucrats why is washington so worried by one of china's most successful and innovative companies this is inside still.