revealing eco friendly solutions to comeback threats to our planet on al-jazeera. played an important role. and the earth to him. the coronavirus worrying india now has more than half a 1000000 infections and the capital is expecting 100 thousands more in the coming weeks. no this is al jazeera live from doha fully back to war also ahead facebook announces warning tags for some content as more big companies pull their advertising over hate speech concerns about sponsoring its plan to fail

a mega dam on the ny ethiopia's now hoping for a deal with egypt tenser don within weeks. and division is reopening its borders hoping to attract tourists back but there is concern about how quickly they'll return. thank you for joining us a surgeon coronavirus cases is triggering fears about the ability to treat patients in some parts of the world and every versal of reopening efforts in other indiana has more than 500000 inspections driven by an increase in its biggest cities that's led to worries about a shortage of medical equipment and a scramble to build temporary facilities on friday the u.s. reported its highest increase in cases since the pandemic began florida and texas among states not pausing efforts to reopen and increasing. action's europe

meanwhile is forging ahead with the reopening but is struggling to reach a consensus on how to do it leaders have not yet agreed on which countries will be allowed quarantine free access from one state let's take a closer look at the situation in hindi in india how did seeing bodies a doctor working on call 1000 cases and the president of the progressive medical center scientists for many india he says the easing of restorations needs to be managed more carefully. personally as a physician i don't see any achievement and a lot of them has because a lot aren't so horder to anything be the have rules and there. are a number of cases where the best m.v.s. there was one of the largest and students cannot be out there they're expecting for the moment there who are students they isolated more patients for their their training but the chain of transmission but doing their bit of. your 1st meter to

break the chain of transmission and all of that for their way just by walking in are not going to be already very she is the latest but it doesn't happen there and that is also exposed the crisis situation of india lake. lake we have seen the vagrants grazes many of the needs of migrants are almost also see the poor who want more people who get their behavior the view just because of it is the market will suit themselves so there is that the other that's because of their arsenal and because you still look down on body management not management of bishops v.m.c. that sort of i didn't want you to see the ministers there so their fish total. in the united states the top infectious disease experts has warned of a serious problem as a number of call the 1000 cases increases there's also concern that young people are getting infected have an alarming rate but vice president mike pence remained upbeat alan course 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 place the truth is we did slow the spread we flatten 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 now bringing back old restrictions 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 per head 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

a positive 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 concerning the man who has played a major role in the white house response 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. met at the department of health not here at the white house opponents say 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 al-jazeera at the white house the most populous us take our fornia is one of those seeing a rise in infections 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. in other news facebook says it will start targeting more posts that break its rules ahead of the u.s. election in november critics are accused of failing to act on hate speech prompting

a boycott by some of the world's biggest advertisers alexia brian has details. replace book c.e.o. mark zuckerberg has been under increasing pressure on several fronts from users advertisers and employees even facing a virtual walkout by staff who want the company to take a tougher stance against inflammatory posts facebook's critics have pointed to twitter which is already flag to several of us president donald trump's 2 weights with effect chick or manipulated media warning now facebook's announced it will take similar action if we determine the content maybe we need it to violence or deprive people of their right to vote to take their content out no matter who says . social media platforms have been under the spotlight as global outrage grows against racism and discrimination sparked by the police killing of george floyd and may but they're not focusing on the importance of truth and evidence verifiability

the sort of contributing to a whole lot of these sorts of very underhanded a very dangerous information. facebook's announcement came on the same day 2 of the world's biggest advertisers coca-cola and you knew lever pulled their money from the platform. unilever going a step further and removing content from twitter and instagram until the end of the year well the $100.00 companies have joined a campaign called stop hate for profit which accuses facebook of not doing enough to combat hate speech the campaign said in a statement faced with this tidal wave responded today with a small number of small changes we've been down this road before they've made apologies in the past one of those apologies wasn't 2018 when zakat was called to testify in congress over his company's handling of use a data and how it was exploited to meddle in the 2016 us election we didn't take

a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake while facebook's shares dropped 8 percent on friday analysts believe this controversy won't hurt the social media giant in the long run they are the total power in the media last year even amid criticism which is very similar to what you're saying. their advertising revenues last year 2127 percent and nearly $70000000000.00 u.s. dollars so no he's the king of the hill he is the gatekeeper with the november presidential vote just 4 months away facebook has already taken down a video posted by donald trump's reelection campaign and the president's lashed out at social media platforms efforts accusing them of censoring conservative views brian al-jazeera. ethiopia's water minister says an agreement over its mega dam project should be finalised in $2.00 to $3.00 weeks its grand renaissance dam has

been the source of an increasingly bitter dispute with each of 10 so don talks have stalled over the speed at which ethiopia should fill the reservoir so don in egypt have both raised the issue recently at the un security council but he feels he had built the renaissance dam on the blue nile which is a source of most of the nights waters age of 10 saddam downstream depend heavily on it and fear their water supplies could be put at risk if the o.p.'s says the hydro power the dam will produce is essential for its economic growth there is him morgan has more from sudan's capital khartoum it took a meeting between the prime ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the african union including the current chair of the african union south african president also to try to bring this recites together after several rounds of talk through now what is what will the statement that was released by the prime minister of the office of the prime minister of the i'm told is that other 3 sides that they

will resume talks immediately on a technical level i will repeat it 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. still ahead on al-jazeera businesses in argentina's capital a bracing for more hot chip after the government extended dominations. station without representation and why america's capital wants to become the nation's 51st state. and. thunderstorms across much of indonesia you can barely see beyond all this cloud there's also some heavy downpours sunny through sunday across much of the philippines central regions areas to the middle seeing some pretty hefty downfalls

but also the regathering around the gulf of thailand in fact becoming more widespread pushing further east as we go through monday becoming widespread through cambodia on into southern areas of it now and again as you can see pushing up into northern areas of luzon but really for both days and dry conditions throughout much of borneo sumatra and java silhouettes a little bit light as certainly on monday more showers in the forecast across into new zealand the winds a fairly brisk as well elsewhere we've got cloudy conditions through much of new south wales it does mean because he wanted to show in the morning hours on sunday we've got some some folk kicking off the day in melbourne on sunday meanwhile sunny skies in adelaide there shots working the way across new zealand but also it is a wet day sunday across much of western australia that front just sliding through again some friday brisk winds with that's a no real change across the southeast but me one across new zealand the north island they get some good rain and some fairly brisk winds but across into western australia ready for perth damages not fairing too badly can see for the next few

days it will stay rather unsettled. on counting the cost of europe at a crossroads it deals with a rising china and a u.s. president who riles his allies also how the world's tekken investment money hasn't reached people of color and cyber attacks on faxing macon's in the bar trees. counting the costs on al-jazeera. i care about how the u.s. engages with the rest of the world we're willing and fit in taking you into a place you might not visit otherwise and feels that you were there.

welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera a corona virus infections have surged in india's biggest cities pushing the total number of cases to more than half a 1000000 hospitals are under pressure and sound cities like new delhi as scrambling to build temporary facilities facebook has announced that it will flood both whole set break its rules including those from politicians like us president donald trump the move comes out to more than $100.00 companies boycott of a platform and ethiopia's water minister says an agreement with sudan in egypt over its mega dam project should be finalized in $2.00 to $3.00 weeks talks had stalled over the speed at which ethiopia should feel the grand renaissance downs reservoir . now that is in mexico city say they've arrested 12 suspects after an assassination attempt against the police chief gunman believed to be connected to a drug cartel stormed an upscale neighborhood and opened fire with sniper rifles and grenades the police chief survived but 2 of his bodyguards and

a woman driving by were killed at the assassination attempt in the wealthy neighborhood has shocked many in a country a ready plagued by violence money a rapper laurie force from mexico city the. the 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 go into peace and security. authorities have confirmed that at least 2 police officers were killed in the shootout as well as one bystander a fan as much again for the manner mexico city's justice department has schoolfriend 24 wrists i feel confident the investigation will yield results to find those. for daring to act of aggression because. at least 6 criminal groups are

known to operate within mexico city in its week 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 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 people in malawi awaiting for the results of the presidential election but already the opposition parties calling for it to be an old as arrows check later

a spot he says account should be called off due to irregularities and intimidation that's despite him leading in early tallies this is a 2nd time the election has been held in malawi in 13 months israel's prime minister benny gantz has weighed in on a controversial plan to an expanse of the occupied west bank and a facebook post on friday he suggests said that any palestinians in future onix areas may be granted equal rights israel is set to start rolling out its plans on july 1st. now it's been a week since the u.s. impose its stuff as sanctions yes on syria's president bashar assad and his allies central to those sanctions was evidence that syrian prisoners have been tortured but activists say the u.s. action falls short of delivering justice brianna go terry. in this gallery in serious 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 2 crafted to show they were smuggled by a military defector called need cesar and his colleagues. are all grateful to cesar 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 that is penalized for his crimes had after climbing. the 40 graphs may be difficult to look at but for a jury a 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. 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 law named after the syrian deflector but for many syrians that's not enough other a lot of i'm not 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 with genuine intentions to work for the syrian detainee lucky i felt 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 priyanka could go to syria. the u.s. house of representatives has approved a bill to make the capital washington d.c. the nation's 51st state if it passes in the republican controlled senate more than 700000 people in their districts will finally have the representation other states say for granted but as mike hanna reports the bell 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 crazy and again it's for president trump has made clear his fear that the district would vote democrats into the house and senate and opposes statehood as do 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 hand 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 a few one stars on the u.s. flag becomes a reality mike hanna al-jazeera washington. and president trump has signed an executive order to protect u.s. monuments after protesters in recent weeks targeted statues of confederate leaders who fought to preserve slavery during the civil war many have been removed in recent weeks by protesters city and state officials the order calls for anyone who vandalizes or destroys such use all monuments to be prosecuted. the u.s. government has been ordered by a federal judge to release children held in 3 immigration detention centers on coronavirus is the order applies to those who have been held for more than 20 days

at centers in texas and pennsylvania where they've been some cases the children have to be released by july 7th if they cannot be released with their parents be sent to family sponsors. argentina has extended its coronavirus restrictions for when osiris and surrounding regions laws 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 scrape stopping by to resettle reports from by his house. these are not easy times for. us and her husband. the only son baby terrorist runtime one of scientists but i mean because 1000 prices mary and bill since there's just not enough business and the restaurants may have to close for good. that leasing 3 things become 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 deep 80 trying to

keep things going by selling takeaway as argentines we're used to re adopting but it's not easy but the something 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 urgent tina 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. after more than 3 months of restrictions to reopen its borders say it wants to revive its struggling tourism industry which had been hit by sets setbacks even before the pandemic but as reports it's likely to be a long road to recovery. in the historic heart of tunisia's capital coppersmith mohammed show 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 authors online activities because we're 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. 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've built with the professional cleaners to clean all the furniture all the curtains all over the bearings all 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 al jazeera. the world health organization says any bowler break any send democratic republic of congo is no longer an international public health emergency more than 2200 people have died since it was detected 2 years ago the

focus now shifts to another operate in the northwest region as well as containing the spread of corona virus. nasa has released a time lapse video of the sun that has taken over 10 years to film it uses 425000000 high resolution images with every 2nd representing one day in the sun's life nasa solar dynamics observatory has observatory has been watching the sun nonstop since 22. and i'm fully back to boy and these are the headlines on al-jazeera corona virus infections have surge in india's biggest cities pushing the total number of cases to more than half a 1000000 hospitals are under pressure and some cities like new delhi scrambling to build temporary facilities the number of cases in the u.s.

has a record high for a 3rd straight day more than 45000 new cases were reported on friday it's prompted some states to reverse early efforts to reopen businesses the country's top infectious disease expert is warning that an alarming number of young people infected facebook has announced that it will slide all posts that break its rules including those from politicians like president donald trump the move comes after more than 90 companies boycott of the platform we're going to start labeling content. that we find newsworthy that might otherwise violate our our c s there's no newsworthy exemption to content that incites violence or suppress the vote even if a politician or government official says it if we determine the content maybe we need it to violence or deprive people of their right to vote we're going to take the content out no matter who says it. water minister says an agreement with saddam

in egypt over its mega dam project should be finalize in $2.00 to $3.00 weeks talks at stalled over the speed at which if the o.p.'s grand renaissance dam reservoir should be failed authorities in mexico's capital have arrested 12 suspects after an assassination attempt on the city's police chief gunman believed to be connected to a drug cartel stormed an upscale neighborhood and opened fire the police chief survived but 2 of his bodyguards and a woman who was driving by were killed and the u.s. house of representatives has approved a bill to make washington d.c. the capital of the nation safety for states if it passes in the republican controlled senate more than 700000 people in the district will finally have the representations other states have taken for granted the white house says it opposes statehood and the ben is expected to face opposition in the senate those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera counting the cost stay with us. in

a highly controversial israel is expected to our next several illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. as nothing you know his government tests the limits of regional diplomacy and security with this agreement the 2 state solution. israel and it say should just. hello i'm come all santamaria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera the weekly look at the world of business and economics this week europe does the continent deal with a rising china and a u.s. president who riles his own allies with the threats facing new york from the silent chinese economic takeover for a full blown trade war with the united states also as black lives matter draws the

world's attention will look at how silicon valley and the world of finance has really failed black people will talk to.