and why people are angry because there is no chance the feeling of being watched on al-jazeera. if you are agrees not to start feeling it's trying without setting settling a long running dispute over it with egypt and sudan. the whole rob marciano is there like my headquarters here and also coming up. we are all in it together and the only way we're going to end it is by ending it together. the leading us infectious disease expert makes a plea particularly to young people as infection surge in several states. also mexico city's police chief is wounded in an assassination attempt he's blaming on

a powerful drug cartel. and lebanese protesters hold a symbolic funeral for the economy and the country they fear cannot be saved. welcome to the program the leaders of egypt and sudan say ethiopia has agreed it won't start filling its new magadan without the 3 countries reaching an agreement on it they've been unable to resolve the increasingly bitter dispute for years but if your peers but lebanese it's down while the blue nile which is the source of most of the rebels water egypt and sudan downstream depend heavily on it and fear their water supplies will be put at risk ethiopia says the 100 power down will produce essential economic growth which is there is morgan has more from car too. 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 asked the remote force us to try to bring the 3 sides together after several rounds of talk feel 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 other things besides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level i would repeatedly heard statements from the 3 sides saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that there is only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects soon baldo is a senior adviser at the century an international investigative and policy team he says the african union has played an important role in ethiopia his 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 live in organizations the leader on of 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 100. assyrian 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's ruling 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 these other a matter of life or death for the people and the country and therefore are so down on and on what are those intervening to raise a clique on the screen is a 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 abyan of what she asians and 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 is for egypt and during that period. the number of new covert 19 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 is a serious problem alan fisher has more from washington d.c. 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 curve 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 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 that

is concerning 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 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 scrambling to climb 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 distance and 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 over the past 24 hours and close to 1619 is spreading thermos through rural areas where health workers say they're not equipped to handle the break this could bring the disease dr urban centers in a so-called boomerang effect overall 54000 people are known to have died in brazil . argentina lockdown restrictions have been extended for but as i reason

surrounding regions rules that were due to end on sunday will not stay in place until at least july the 17th now that's putting more pressure on businesses that are barely scraping by already trees about who has more from the argentine capital . these are not easy times for. us and her husband. they own the sun they beat their restaurant in one a scientist but i mean the covert 1000 prices marian the says there's just not enough business and the restaurants may have to close for good i mean most that we think we come from one crisis after another and we're tired timur 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 owners wrote here that they are closing their business because of acquiring team. 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 of cite 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 contagious 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 2nd. difficulties that have many arjen times on the edge she. says 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 girls 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 is 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 next ago a brazen assassination attempt has shocked the capital government and said to be

connected to a drug cartels stormed a market neighborhood firing on mexico city's police chief. survived but 2 of his bodyguards were killed as manuel repeller 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. 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 that has such a thing that they demand that makes you go see this 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 la haka. despite the ongoing corona virus outbreak battles over control of drug territory have not lessened and. mexico city. well still ahead here on al-jazeera chin is opening up for tourists but there's concern about how quickly the return. with a half 1000000 concerned credit virus cases in india prepares

a giant can facilitate to deal with. the usual hot sunshine across the middle east not too much going on at the moment but some places a cloud just down towards the south of amman that aside is pretty much wall to wall sunshine some lifted dust in the sand a possibility with a brisk still in place as we go along through sas day but i think by sunday those winds starting to ease back a touch. around $43.00 degrees you see clear skies maybe the arch i would say eastern parts of turkey just around georgia and azerbaijan of towards the caspian sea showers so some of the full cost just around the ethiopian highland wanted to show was just rolling here the wetter weather will be around south sudan pushing

over towards the gulf of guinea some really heavy rain a possibility into that western side of cameroon southern areas of nigeria seeing some really heavy downpours much as catchy altos to shout to just feeding up towards somalia maybe the odd shower there also just running into eastern areas of kenya over the next day or so south of that is it's generate dry because some wet weather in the forecast for south africa the more the way a cloud just rolling through the western cape clipping the southern cape as we go on through saturday prisk winds here as well temperature of cape town of around 60 degrees. to 0. let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostility. in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop all military action this is the moment to concentrate on fighting over the idea we meet with global news makers and talk

about the stories that matter on the edges iraq. be the hero the world needs right . wash away. i am. welcome back i want you all deserve me so rob a reminder of our top stories egypt and sudan's ethiopia has agreed not to stop filling its new magadan until they can settle their disputes if you if you're says the dam on the blue nile is vital for its economy but egypt and sudan fear their water supplies windell. the number of new covert 19 infections in the u.s. has surged to another high for the 3rd day running your top infectious diseases

expert says there's a serious problem for more people to be more careful about restrictions and brazil's government has counted almost $47000.00 infections over the past 24 hours ago 2 more hours of deaths over the ingenius spreading fast to rural areas where health workers say that of course. the us government has been ordered by a federal judge to release children held in 3 immigration detention centers to took over 130 years the order applies to those who've been held for more than 20 days at centers in texas and pennsylvania where there have been some cases the children have to be released by july the 17th if they cannot be released with their parents they'll be sent to family sponsors. a lebanese american businessman who was a key witness in the investigation into the u.s. election interference has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for child sex convictions george naida a 14 year old boy into the u.s.

20 years ago for sex he also admitted to possessing child pornography they deserve to serve as a liaison between russians and members of donald trump's team for the large part of robert willis report of the 2016 election and president trump says he has signed an executive order to protect u.s. monuments protesters have called for the removal of monuments across america that celebrate historical figures involved in black slavery all considered racist many have been removed in recent weeks by protesters and city officials will trump has promised to retrieve you should against those who vandalized or topple the statues meanwhile the governor of the u.s. state of colorado has ordered an investigation into the death of a man earlier with this police encounter. stop. stop i read that you could you being special. allegedly

claim was arrested last august 3 policemen applied to type of neck hold on him before injecting him with a powerful sedative he had a heart attack on the way to hospital and was taken off life support a week later the deaths of black people in custody have sparked mass protests against racism and police brutality. facebook is coming under mounting pressure from a wide range of advertisers who are boycotting the the stop paid for profit campaign or his company hasn't done enough to combat hate speech coca-cola and unity that are just 2 of several large companies that have announced they're pulling advertising others include horizon patagonia and north face well in response facebook says expanding its advertising policies to balance that make racist claims and facebook has announced that it will fly goal posts from politicians a break its rules including those from u.s. president donald trump is we're going to start labeling content.

that we find newsworthy that might otherwise fire our policies there's no newsworthy exemption to content that incites violence or suppresses even if a politician or a government official says it if we determine that content may lead to violence or deprive people of their right to vote we're going to take the content down no matter who says well james warren is executive editor of news guarded site which rates credibility of news information sightsee says the announcement by facebook hasn't gotten a lot of attention. i think it's perhaps because a lot of folks who follow facebook see it as a very characteristic almost minimalist response to criticisms they tend to be a follower not a leader in this field though they have a self-image as a great defender of the 1st amendment they are the total power in the media field last year even amid the criticism which is very similar to what you're seeing this

week their advertising revenues last year 2000 $1001.00 of something like 27 percent to nearly $70000000000.00 u.s. dollars so soccer you know he's the king of the hill he's the gatekeeper and he has the power and i think the desire to wait out most criticism he gets but with the changes he announced today to his lawyers are pretty small and i think that there was power nation a tremendous on happiness among their own employees and the sort of mini staff or both and then the fact that major companies are you know try to announcing their yankee their advertising that said it remains sort of this absolutely potent vehicle for the political class and the corporate class around the world and i don't think that's going to change in a partly explains the odd relationships lack of work seem to have with president donald trump who they have noticed has been far less far short of facebook as on the other media platforms it's been revealed that they dined at the white house

last year and trump has asserted the same political self-interest especially in a campaign year which now in surprisingly finds itself way behind joe biden to stay on good terms because he knows that facebook ultimately is a tremendously potentially potent vehicle for his political advertising in his attacks against joe biden. the value of lebanon's currency the lira hit new lows on friday the country's in the grip of an economic crisis that's left nearly half its population in poverty then a call to report beirut. licensed exchange shops are only selling dollars to a selected few among them are 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 them. 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. my follow to use it to be $750.00 now it 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 for a return of confidence in the economy and the. worst financial crisis are in. 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 freeze tuition 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 their way to stop doing that is to do economy conforms because why are we printing lebanese won't 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. people have been celebrating government raids on an iranian but militia group at least 14 members of the of hezbollah or detained by security forces early on friday several rockets were also seized the u.s. accuses the group of attacking bases in iraq the tunnels its troops. here is about to welcome back tourists says hope the visitors will revive an industry which suffered many setbacks even before the pandemic shut everything down. reports is likely to be a long road to recovery. in the historic heart of tunisia's capital coppersmith mohammed shall she is putting his skills to work hammering away at plates he plans to sell hoping the worst of the pandemic is over.

corona virus outbreak was a very very tough period even after we reopened it still being very difficult when artisanal activities because we were working for tourists who still can't come here . at shockers 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. 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 cd 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 bed inks all of the flooring so everything has been. professionally done and. 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. well the indian government has opened what it says will be the world's largest temporary krone virus treatment center in the capital new delhi on friday india recorded 17000 new cases the biggest single day rise so far it's the false worst hit country in the world and it's a problem reports. the chefs at this restaurant of the indian capital used to cook for up to 1200 people a day that was before the lockdown began in march but despite restaurants being allowed to open for the past 2 weeks it's among the 80 percent of eateries which have chosen to keep their doors closed to diana's or only do deliveries there is no business of them in the market we don't see people walking around and so we were doing deliveries since we had never stopped at the least we have recently started and take all this and dining will take couple of months. industry experts here say

30 percent of all restaurants and hotels could shut down permanently because of a lack of customers as the number of coronavirus cases fried's. as restaurants keep their doors closed banquet halls hotels and train carriages are being converted to convert 19 treatment centers. dunnies government has opened what it says will be the world's largest temporary health facility which will have 10000 beds by the end of next week we are trying to put in a state of interest there. computer software the medical equipment and well trained medical professionals for that we are even able to pick here. in a proper clinical manner. but health officials warn that expanding facilities is not enough everybody keeps talking about the health care facility as being equivalent

to the number of beds it is actually the facility of the level of care which is available which is more appropriate than collecting a whole lot of beds so we need doctors we need nurses we need we need all monitoring and mental facilities we need better medical staff. while some regions are building more facilities to deal with the rising cases others are shutting down the northeastern state has decided to go back under a full lockdown from sunday for 2 weeks that means only essential services will be allowed and follows the state of the same thing last week and markets in the southern city of hyderabad and decided to shut down making the decision the central government as it tries to keep the economy open elizabeth. new delhi. state funeral is going to. present. thousands gathered at the stadium in the capital to bid him farewell but there were concerns as no social distancing rules

were observed 55 year old and currencies that died earlier this month of heart failure according to the government. now has released a time lapse of the sun that used 425000000 high resolution images taken over 10 years each 2nd represents one day in the sun's life and solar dynamics observatory has been watching the sun nonstop since 2010. you're watching al-jazeera needs a whole robin a reminder of our top news stories egypt and sudan's ethiopia has agreed to start to not start filling its new mega dam until they can settle the dispute if you appear says the dam on the blue note is vital for its economy but egypt and sudan fear their water supplies will dwindle have a morgan has more from khartoum it took a meeting between the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of

the african union including correct chair of the african union south african president asked him of course up to try to bring that results together after several rounds of talks clear 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 other things besides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level repeatedly you heard statements from the 3 sides 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 covert 19 of factions in the u.s. a surge to another high for the 3rd day running the top infectious disease expert says there's a serious problem i 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 $1000.00 deaths covered 19 is spreading fast through role areas where health

workers say they're not equipped the fear is that this could bring the disease back to urban centers in a so-called boomerang effect. and mexico city's police chief has been injured in an attempted assassination but garcia had food bodyguards were killed last year is blaming one of mexico's most powerful drug gangs and the u.s. government has been ordered by a federal judge to release children held in 3 immigration detention centers due to covert 19th here's the order applies to those who've been held for more than 20 days a sentence in texas and pennsylvania where there have been some cases the children have to be released by july the 17th of course you follow those stories on our web site at al-jazeera dot com i'll be back with more news in half an hour here on ars as ever but next it's talk 12 to stay with us. on counting the cost europe at a crossroads that deals with a rising china and a u.s. president who riles his allies also how the world's tech and investment money

hasn't reached people of color and cyber attacks on vaccine making some of our trees. counting the costs on al-jazeera. will. be. on february 25th brazil became the 1st country in south america to report have called with 19 infections. and is the number of cases increased over the subsequent weeks and months its president refused to take any strong measures. he fought the state leaders who imposed lockdowns and mandated social distancing rules calling their actions economically ruinous. also not all still refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of the global pandemic he's called a virus nothing more than a little flu his priority has been to keep the economy going at any cost. but now.