steep shout when i want to stop or just shoot 100 species are going extinct every 24 hours and a lot of that is attributed to wildlife trafficking we want on al-jazeera. if europe agrees to not start filling a giant dam with all settling a long running dispute over it with egypt and sudan. alone can find out this is all just their life and dark 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 as a vaccine surgeon several states. mexico city's police chief is wounded in an

assassination attempt he's blame it on a powerful drug cartel. and lebanese protesters hold a symbolic funeral for the economy and country they fear cannot be saved. the leaders of egypt and saddam say ethiopia has agreed to not start filling its new megadeth without the 3 countries reaching an agreement thomas i've been on able to resolve the increasingly bitter dispute feed years ethiopia's built the renaissance dam on the blue nile which is the source of most of the river novels water egypt and sudan downstream depend heavily on fear their water supplies will be put at risk if europea says the hydro power the dam will produce is essential to its economic growth. there is here morgan in sudan's capital khartoum says is still much to result. it took a meeting between the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of

the african union including the correct chair of the african union south african president force us to try to bring the 3 sides 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 one dog is that the 3 sides have agreed that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level i would 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 so demand although is a senior adviser at the century an international investigative and policy team he says the african union has played a big role in ethiopia's decision. this is a significant happening and i believe that it's a display of the be fair the policy of the international community to leave to

leave in organizations the leader on a resolving. the. problems and in the case of africa this is that african union this is a meeting that was convinced by the president of the african union. him a florida and attended by the 3 countries prime minister home to his children prime minister aleutian president as well as other members of the commission warned in the division of the commission and therefore is sure that africa is reeling to dig this road or of resolving some public tragedy with other militants moment because of the same time this was a really you know increasing tensions in the region it seemed to be suggesting that a good result to any solution since the it was in this other a matter of life or death for the people and the country and their forests are down and what are those intervening to raise a clique on the sweetest little bit down and find workable solution if you're korea

is under a lot of pressure to really of all unilateral solutions they are in agreement that 95 percent of your calls from the set of the problems are sorted out in every university asians therefore it's all to the issue of filling up the dam over the length of time that it is needed so that the floor for there is government useful idiot during that period. the number of new crowd of virus 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 upbeat the top infectious disease expert warned there's a serious problem reports 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 houston's mayor 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 of population than brazil 88 percent of the state's intensive care beds are full doctors see a health system on the edge and as part of an experience to try 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're part of the 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 task force met at the department of health not here at the white house put it see that shows the president's level of engagement with the crisis no 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 out is either at the white house or the most populous state california is one of those seeing infections rise cities like san francisco are scrambling to

clamp down again and remind people that the virus is still very active and dangerous we are entering into a weekend where so often it's a case of people let their guard down do not be one of those individuals continue to practice physical distancing social distancing if you are going to break with tradition common sense and you're going to invite your neighbors or friends or extended family members over against the advice and counsel of local health directives where a mask practice physical distancing brazil's government has counted almost 47000 new infections of the past 24 hours and close to a 1000 deaths covenanting is spreading fast through rural areas where health workers say they're not equipped to handle the outbreak 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

. in argentina lockdown restrictions have been extended for when a set is and surrounding regions rules that would use to end on sunday will not stay in place until at least july the 17th that's putting more pressure on businesses that are barely scraping by already so it is a bull has more from when a service. these are not easy times for float in the us and her husband on. the on the sunday beat their restaurant in one of scientists but i mean because 1000 prices mary and 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 tim are 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 re adopting but it's not easy but this one 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. 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. even in a country as beset by violence as mexico a brazen assassination attempt to shock the capitol gunman said to be connected to

a drug cartel stalled an upmarket neighborhood of mexico city firing on the city's police chief among our foot survived 2 of his bodyguards were killed. 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. stuff 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. authorities have confirmed that at least 2 police officers were killed in the shootout as well as one bystander as and as such a thing 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 6 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 it was only recently identified as having a presence within the limits of mexico city. the shootout 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 war haka. despite the ongoing corona virus outbreak battles over control of drug territory have not lessened and. mexico city. in the news ahead. but there's concern about how quickly don't return. and laid to rest one is

a final farewell to burn these former president. welcomes another look at the international forecast we've got some very heavy rain just continuing across central areas of china 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 q shoes southern parts of the she was to go on into sunday that really lively out 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 and rain that rope of wet weather comes right back into central parts of china as we go on through sunday to the south that generate dry 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 the side of indonesia will see some light showers to just pushing up towards thailand and into me a model lots of clouds 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 was so looking at some very heavy rain around bahama and west bengal. but. it's very difficult as a chef or restaurant or to buy shrimp with the confidence that what you're serving is going to be good. seafood by nature is high risk monitoring sometimes trip was raised using production drugs by going to products that are not approved for use in the us the f.d.a.

simply isn't testing enough on be imported market to really find all of these by a lot of presidents take no one else is there a. way. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour egypt and sudan say ethiopia has agreed to not start filling its new mega dam till they can settle their dispute with the opiates is the dam on the blue knol is vital to its economy egypt and sudan fear their water supplies at the window. the number of new covert 19 infections in the u.s. has surged to another high for the 3rd day running it's the top infectious diseases

expert says this is a serious problem we want people to be more careful stretches. brazil's government has called it almost 47000 new infections over the past 24 hours close to a 1000 deaths covered 19 is spreading fast through rural areas where help work aside and not so equipped. people in baghdad have been out celebrating government raids on an iran backed militia group based 14 members of the tie of hezbollah were detained by security forces early on friday several rockets were also seized the u.s. accuses the group of the tacking bases in iraq a holes its troops. 11 ease american businessman who was a key witness in the investigation into u.s. election interference has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for child sex convictions george nader brought a 14 year old check boy into the u.s. 20 years ago 6 he also admitted to possessing child pornography made his efforts to

serve as a liaison between russians and members of donald trump's team formed a large part of robert moses reports on the 2016 election the governor of the u.s. state of colorado has ordered an investigation into the death of a man after this encounter with police they stop right there stop stop stop. stop i right stop you because you're being suspicious. mclean was arrested last august 3 policemen applied a type of net called on him before injecting him with a powerful sedative he had a heart attack on the way to the hospital was taken off life support a week later the deaths of black people in custody of spawn to mass protests against racism and police brutality. chin is here is about to welcome back terrorists it's hoped visitors will revive an industry which suffered many setbacks even before the pandemic shop everything down to reports is likely to

be a long road to recovery. in the historic heart of tunisia's capital coppersmith muhammad show she is putting his skills to work hammering away at plates he plans to sell hoping the worst of the pandemic is over. put on a recruit a virus outbreak was a very very tough period even after we reopened it still being very difficult when authors on a lot of tipitina's because we were working for tourists who still can't come here from a shop is in the old medina of tunis a unesco world heritage site to treats visitors to a rich sampling of local crafts and cuisine an area that's usually overflowing with people for tunisia's economy tourism is crucial. 5 years ago gunman killed 38 european tourists during an attack at a beach resort near the city of seuss' which significantly affected the tourism

sector now as the number of confirmed coated 1000 cases declines government officials have said june 27th as the date for reopening their air land and sea borders. travel agency owner of the humvee is happy with the decision but says tunisia will face a harder time recovering from cope with 19 than it did from the aftermath of violence. terrorism had almost everywhere in the world and we survived we knew how to overcome it but for coronavirus it is affecting the whole world and so far we don't know yet how to deal with it i think with some of our tunisia's hospitality sector is trying its best at this restaurant in tunis that means new hygiene and social distancing measures like the hand sanitizer being offered at the entrance and the masks that are mandatory for staff in the town of city was harried about 20 kilometers away from tunis tells like the villa blue have been preparing for

a while now we dealt with the professional cleaners to clean all the furniture all the curtains all over the bearings all of the flooring so everything has been. professionally done and. we abide by the rules that were set by by the government with the rooms ready all that's left now is for the guests to arrive mama june al jazeera the taliban soldiers have been deployed to a small town where a new coronavirus cost has been detected almost $50.00 people a month ago on a 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. the united nations world food program says syria is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis that estimates 9300000 people

don't know where their next meal is coming from the prices have gone up more than 200 percent because of inflation levels not seen even at the height of the civil war. almost 100 ranger refugees are waiting to hear where they'll go next after being rescued off the coast of indonesia members of a community in the province of are being praised for helping to bring them ashore jessica washington reports from jakarta. tired and confused but finally safe after weeks possibly months at sea this group of rohingya refugees is finally on land after disembarking in the lesion province of cheney for now this staying in an empty government building where officials are checking their health and identity. this man told al jazeera why he made the dangerous journey. and wrecking state they were slaughtering us we had to beg for

a life to be allowed to reach the shore of another country your heart he says his brother was murdered in manama and he's traumatized like everyone around him hundreds of thousands of largely muslim have been escaping from myanmar since the military's crackdown began in 2017 it's still not clear how long these refugees were seen indonesian fishermen rescued them and brought them closer to shore before local authorities decided whether to allow them to disembark the community rallied together carrying the refugees from their vessel and on to land. were felt sorry for most of the children and babies on the boat we didn't have to hard to see that so we decided to bring them to shore a difficult journey all the more dangerous touring the pandemic they were tested for covert 19 after disembarking here but with how long they'd be here we don't know who coordinate with the central government and immigration the most important thing now is the taste this particular rapid test can be unreliable but so far all

the results have returned negative human rights groups have praised the fisherman for rescuing the rohingya refugees from the sea and also the local community for welcoming them with open arms but they say it's now time for the indonesian government to address how they will fulfill the basic needs of these refugees and work with other countries in the region to stop people from taking these perilous journey the local people are working very hard to collect funds to collect you know basic services or for the really good people but i think it's it's it should be it should be supported by the governed. giving them clarity giving them certainty that their government is willing to write them which you know show. the indonesian government says it's working with the regional neighbors to put an end to dangerous boat journeys but he is of discussions have not been able to stop the humanitarian

crisis causing people to flee in the 1st place jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta at least 7 people have died in flash flooding in the ivory coast several homes were swamped and cars flipped over the commercial capital john saw 3 times its normal rainfall of the past 2 days and more downpours are expected on friday and saturday. a state funeral has been held for brandy's late president couldn't seize it thousands gathered in the stadium to bid him farewell cut their lopez holly on reports. the body of president. arrived before a solemn crowd in the capital of the tega. thousands a birdie and signatories and diplomats paid their final respects it's a difficult period for the ceremony given the wrists of the pandemic the government has been criticized for not putting enough measures to stop the spread of the disease even here social distancing was not observed few people had masks and there

were only a few hand washing points at the gates of the stadium the cause of his death has been equally controversial the government said you can see said died of a cardiac arrest but many peruvians including medical workers say the cost could have been covert 19 but that hasn't been confirmed despite the controversies those who paid tribute said he was a unifying leader and was among those who brought peace to broonzy by signing a deal in 2005 that saw the end of a civil war right you know when you finished your journey on earth you left us in pain with death and our souls and sorrow but many baroudi and human rights campaigners say they will remember him as an autocratic president who led an oppressive government things got worse when he decided to run for a 3rd term in 2015 which his opponents said was against the constitution the

political fallout led to violence hundreds of people were killed many more fled from the country and the economy didn't recover over the last 5 years the crackdown on the opposition he made sure of international and local media added very difficult to operate in country and he closed the political space and the country or any influence from outside augustine to get was at the stadium at dawn to pay his respects he survived the civil war the 1990 s. and celebrated when the current season and other armed groups signed a peace. and. called he taught us to father and united rival to see and who had to make communities he taught us to build community projects with our own hands he built stadiums and hospitals. the late president was laid to rest on the grounds that have been set aside for a monument to victims of the civil war some mourners who came to bury him say they will remember him for the good he did but many others say he leaves behind the

tainted legacy. of again al-jazeera. a british teenager will spend at least 15 years jail for throwing a boy from the balcony of a london author gallery bravery was 17 when he sent the 6 year old plunging from the 10th floor of the tate modern last august the judge said bravery intended to kill the boy and is a danger to the public the victim was visiting with his family from fronts he remains in a wheelchair and needs round the clock care. the value of lebanon's currency the mayor a hit new lows on friday the country's in the grip of an economic crisis that's left nearly whole for its population and policy and people are increasingly having to sell what they are on just to pay the bills and horrible ports from beirut. licensed exchange shops are only selling dollars to a selected few among them or people who need to pay a foreign worker or buy an airline ticket it's

a 1st for lebanon where the foreign currency has long been used in transactions but the country has run out of dollars due to a deep economic crisis that has led to the collapse of the local currency attempts by the central bank to stabilize the rate including launching an electronic trading platform have so far failed. they've been trying to fix the price of the meter at a rate that is just not reflective of what demand and supply is so they've been just trying to fix it at a very low rate unfortunately unfortunately the lira has lost at least 75 percent of its value on the black market since october nearly 50 percent in the past month many are hurting in a country that is importing dependent. so i let him go but i know i would look at my follow to use it to be $750.00 an hour with was less than $200.00. lebanon needs fresh dollars but money from abroad has stopped flowing in. many war and the exchange rate instability will continue without foreign assistance

a return of confidence in the economy and those. worst financial crisis are in power. discussions with the international monetary fund on a bailout have made no progress the political elite the central bank and the banking sector are still arguing over who is responsible for bankruptcy in this state they're also failing to carry out reforms like fighting corruption a member of the negotiating team resigned in protest it is the state in order that has resigned from its own responsibilities they have a responsibility to do reforms they have a responsibility to take ownership of the losses in the financial system and to ensure the stability of the financial sector it's desperate times up to 45 percent of a nation of nearly 5000000 people live below the poverty line where. people are selling the gold to pay hospital free situation fees and loans on their homes. all the

while the state's foreign currency reserves are being depleted we've better stop printing lebanese found and the way to stop doing that is to do economy conforms because why are we printing lebanese because we want to finance government expenditure protesters who have been demanding a new leadership for months are losing hope they held a symbolic funeral for lebanon as their country sinks deeper into crisis. beirut. results is there and these are the top stories egypt answered on say ethiopia has agreed to not stop filling it until they can settle their dispute if he says the dam on the blue nile is vital for its economy that egypt and saddam fear their water supplies. i'll just have a mortgage. says there's 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. you know 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. that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level we've repeatedly heard statements from the site saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there's only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects the number of new covered 19 infections in the u.s. has surged to another high for the 3rd day running the top infectious diseases expert says there's a serious problem and we want people to be more careful about restrictions. still government has counted almost 47000 new infections over the past 24 hours and close to a 1000 deaths covered 19 is spreading fast through rural areas where health workers

say they're not equipped authorities in argentina have extended lockdown restrictions and when i say it is and surrounding regions into next month doctors say infections will peak in the coming weeks there have been more than $52000.00 confirmed cases and in excess of a 1000 deaths mexico city's police chief has been injured in an attempted assassination but 2 of our markets there are churches bodyguards work eld theory is blaming one of mexico's most powerful drug gangs. people in baghdad have been all celebrating government raids on an iran backed militia group at least 14 members of type hezbollah were detained by security forces early friday also seized several rockets. when you see on al-jazeera after a.j. selects 2 to 0 to 0. let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop all the 30 action this

is the moment to concentrate on fighting of your idea we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges their own. just wasn't they know they were a team or in office under the bush or the new russia where she. was the female meanwhile here in the.