israel and it's. just. lots of us check is declared the president of malawi making it the 1st african nation to elect an opposition leader in a court ordered rerun. time about this and this is all to see a live from doha also coming up a sharp rise in coronavirus cases the u.s. recalls 125000 deaths and 2500000 infections. russia denies claims that its spies offered bounties to taliban linked fighters in afghanistan to kill u.s. coalition forces. and like lives matter protests continue across the globe now

influence in the world of entertainment and of cosmetics. the malawi opposition leader has won the rerun of the presidential election last august to quieten got just under 59 percent of the vote but the current president putin with an eco once the electoral commission to cancel the results of this 2nd vote and call a 3rd election this poll took place after opposition parties allege widespread irregularities with the original ballots which without a cut not only one out of a tussle is monitoring events from zimbabwe's capital hadi. plazas to close when wasn't too much of a surprise when people voted in choose days presidential rerun different polling agents had been doing their own tally they had unofficial results which clearly show that shapiro was in the lead although waiting for was for the later commission

to officially announce just by how much he'd won and he won by 58 point high to think of the votes that he is now the president and it's expected he's going to be sworn in on sunday in the capitol a long way he's in his mid sixty's he's a former pasta he's a fine of poor farmers in malawi he's a university graduate and he has managed throughout his campaign trying to galvanize thank you the youth and he's promising them that when he became when he becomes president he's going to focus on poverty create jobs and fight corruption and the say this is a big deal for africa a continent sometimes known for disputed elections and post-election violence they saying that full month into last year's disputed election we thought human rights activists opposition groups also pay should loops going on to the streets demanding fresh elections the court ordered the read wine with no weight in the thing that there's a fine perhaps that patient groups in africa do have some kind of power and immense

amount of power when it comes to perhaps holding those to account in institutions and holding political elites also into account strong lawson's head of programs of political institutions and processes the electoral institute for sustainable democracy in africa and he's joining us live from johannesburg thanks very much indeed for being with us this is a very rare occasion isn't it in that it's rare for a court in africa to actually overturn a presidential election how significant is this. this is a very very significant events it's it's not just a river it's unique in the african context we have never had a lection an old and in the results 'd to be different than what the 1st round which was an old that result was of course the only other case where an election was an old previously was kenyan 2070 so this is really the court stepping

in to say that the elections were not run properly and then the electoral commission returning a different result in the rerun so it's a completely unique event in the african continent president says he wants a 3rd election is he going to get it well he's now on the other side of this because he's alleging the regularities that he denies took place in the 1st election there are some very interesting synergies here in the court judgement that are not the elections the votes affecting 1400000 votes were tallied up by the courts and were considered as evidence and in this particular case the president is allegedly saying that the votes of about 1400000 voters have been effected by various irregularities in the rerun as well so it's going to be very interesting to see of course the the sense that that is coming out of this right now is that the

that the victory margin in this case is so large that it would really be a very unusual circumstance where the court would a no these in nixon's again the victory margin by cerqueira here is simply too large to be bridged by even even a court order finding irregularities on the scale of the last moment in order to to manage a smooth transition of power there has to be some sort of negotiation between the outgoing president and the incoming government and its president have there been any talks between either side so far. in fact and fortunately the there's been quite. a frosty atmosphere between these need for a considerable amount of time since the last election really there's been many efforts behind the scenes to try and get dialogue and to get the actors to sit down and try and find some kind of common ground and to develop a way forward that would have calmed the street protests down that took place last

year that would have you know calm the tensions done certainly there were some political killings in the aftermath of the disputed elections but but there's this is now a key question how is the outgoing president and how are his supporters going to react because you know relations between which are we can have not been caught he'll certainly since the announcement and even before that during the protest period things are further complicated by the presence in the alliance of his much of his former vice president who has jumped ship head of the $29000.00 elections and so there's a lot of personal animosity you know with it within these individuals how the broader support of bases will behave is probably going to pin on the cues that they get from leaders. just very briefly i mean the problems that malawi has been facing haven't changed simply because the leadership might change what can bring

that people think is going to make a difference and allowing. well the the hope seems to be that the power's being re removed from the southern area which is allowed these most prosperous areas and it's most populous area and that the m.c.p. support certainly comes more strongly from the center of the country so this may be a more than anything else a. of where the center of power lies in malawi but campaigned on quite. clearly a campaign to focus on the critical cultural sicked in malawi which is what supports nearly 80 percent of the country's population you know millau is one of the poorest countries in the world today and no matter what he's going to face the huge task to

development now is economy now facing the additional challenges of the corona virus that is hitting economies all around the world hard and you know the country is certainly going to face significant challenges but it's had a number of years of good crops and if the harvest continues to be good or has something to build on we appreciate your views on this grandmasters and thank you very much indeed for your time. well in the u.s. hopes for a quick reopening are being beaten back by surging corona virus infections 2500000 cases have been recorded there so far and a total of 125000 lives have been lost both florida and arizona have set new dehli infection highs forcing vice president mike pence to cancel campaign events they're not cross the country record figures of cases have been confirmed every day for almost a week several states are taking steps to reimpose restrictions threatening much hope for economic recovery is joining us live from new york these figures are on

the face of it pretty bad on the gabriel just give us some breakdown of what's happening on the ground. yeah in many ways the core of virus outbreak in the united states is worse now than it was back in march april or even may 1 covered 1000 pandemic was in the northeast of the united states where i'm at right now in new york new jersey. now you're seeing it spread elsewhere florida texas nevada arizona these are the new epicenters that we're seeing and really troubling huge numbers out of those states particularly florida over 9500 new cases just in the last 24 hours that's a record tex's nearly a record in new infections in the state of texas as well and in harris county which is the 2nd biggest county in the united states it involves houston as well as

suburban towns around houston 5000000 people just in harris county health officials they're saying that the situation there is severe and uncontrollable and then in arizona it's very troubling there in the state of arizona in the southwest of the united states there 87 percent of the i.c.u. beds in hospitals are currently occupied and the positivity rate that's the number of the. percentage of people that are testing positive that are being tested is 18 percent which is shocking number in new york for example right now it's less than one percent so this is a virus it's spreading very quickly in many key states year what do all of these states that i just mentioned have in common one thing they didn't take it seriously from the beginning and as part of that they were all states that began to reopen at the end of may and are now seeing huge spikes and are now trying to pull that back

a little bit and close again some sectors but clearly there's lots of problems here as this virus pandemic continues to really become more of a crisis. now in the u.s. almost and it was even a couple months ago your vice president my friends we mentioned just a moment ago gave a press conference and fight he didn't he basically said that the u.s. was in a much better place how do these figures and what's happening on the ground square with what's coming out of the white house well they don't square that's the that's the short answer to this i mean the white house is clearly understands that there is a problem because they just started these coronavirus task force briefings on friday they had stopped them for many many weeks but just restarted them again and that gives you an indication of where the white house sees things are going bottom line is most americans based on polling do not think that the white house is doing

a good job in their response and one of the latest polls that came out late last week from reuters only 37 percent of americans polled thought the donald trump was doing a good job battling coronavirus so it's a big problem and and now with the you see it spreading to these these states and you're seeing these numbers go up. a lot of the rhetoric coming out of the white house just doesn't jive with what you're seeing with these new numbers that are coming out let's get bring us up to date from new york thanks very much indeed. well india now has more than half a 1000000 corona virus infections with a crowded capital new delhi is the epicenter of the outbreak has led to worries about a shortage of medical equipment and a scramble to build temporary facilities bittorrent gating me has more. if there was any doubt that india is struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic this footage from the state of andhra pradesh seems to confirm it

a day get carries away the body of a man he tested positive for 19 is the latest shocking image from a country where the infection rate is surging and the authorities are unprepared in india's cratty capital more than 40000 people have tested positive in the last 2 weeks new delhi's hospitals only have capacity for around 13001000 patients and. we expected an increase in cases but it's been higher than we initially thought in the 1st week of june there was a shortage of beds in hospitals some people didn't get a bit and as a result the death rate also increased india is number 4 on the list of countries worst affected by the corona virus with more than half a 1000000 cases and more than 15000 deaths and the number of infections is expected to rise in the coming weeks the authorities are working to transform hotels wedding halls and spiritual centers like this one indicated 19 casts and his experts are

advising the federal government to prioritize reducing deaths over containing the spread of the virus may be. right. but. you know. as far as you know yes. the doctors say expanding services is not enough india's public health system has faced years of cutbacks the impact of cave 19 is exposing its inadequacies 6070 percent of the story. but i recall that we don't. believe hospital facilities. and probably. will be like this because we don't want to not be the only who can be afforded new delhi is

not alone in experiencing a surge of 1000 infections other big cities across india are also suffering and several states have extended the lockdown some experts predict nearly half a 1000000 more indians could get infected in the next 2 and a half weeks the tory gates and be al jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera there are. no time to be silent protests against femicide in colombia after the brutal killing of a mother and her daughter. however we have heat warnings in force across central parts of canada at the moment you step a little further south and that same area of hate bringing some bacon thunder is showers nasty storms just around the northeastern corner at the moment they will

sweep through process guys do come back in behind but some very heavy rain making its way towards the appalachian mountains southern parts of the midwest seeing some lively shouts nadim shehadi into central parts of canada 31 celsius in winnipeg as i said we have got heat warnings in force for the time being because of a little bit as we go on through into well monday but the shot was never really too far away some cooler fresher weather around the other northwest pacific northwest pushing up into that western side of canada and we hanging on to the showers across central parts right through the plains all the way down towards texas not just the winds coming in from a southerly direction that's the harbor and that's now started have an impact on southern parts of the u.s. clearing away from the caribbean so these that's good news here that is the band of cloud and rain the gusty winds to shift it that dust out of the way some showers in the forecast and across much of the caribbean as we go on through the next couple of days showers really peping up as well across the western side of the region

through the weekend. for. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a limb. 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. al-jazeera. and for you.

i want to go to see a reminder of our top stories this hour malawi's opposition leader has been declared the winner of the country's presidential election rerun electoral commission says mr cueto won by just under 59 percent of the vote but the ruling party of incumbent peter military co once the result. is surging corona virus infections in the us were 2500000 cases have been recorded so far and a total 125000 lives have been lost both florida and i was on i have said new daily infection high. in india authorities have reported another record jump of more than 800000 cases in 24 hours more than half a 1000000 people have not been infected. protests against femicide are taking place in bogota with rights groups accusing the colombian government of being unable to

protect women the demonstrations in response to the killing of a woman and her daughter they were murdered by the woman's part them under the latest in a long list of more than $300.00 gender based killings this year the situation is being made worse by the coronavirus lockdowns 100 mph he's at the protests in bogota he says violence against women has shot up in just the past few months. there has been an increase in the number of killing women during the last down the coronavirus locked down with women stuck home and that they ended up being victims of the violence in most cases or in many of these cases their partners are now well most crimes have gone down during the lockdown in colombia being almost sides in general or robberies violence against women that has actually increased by 8.6 for saying that there are organizations that are following this and they say that

a 100 in 10 families sides are killing women on account of their gender this year in colombia more than have happened during the last down they want the tory these to do more about it the impunity is a big issue here unfortunately in these cases that there have been all the 4 sentences so far this this year 65 people have been captured but most of those trials are now moving forward so these women are trying to bring attention to the public of what's happening again. particularly what has been happening during the law down now violence against women is not thing new unfortunately and in that country colombia is 2nd only to mexico when it comes to violence against women in the region but these people are saying more needs to be done we understand we should be home because of the law down but we're out here protesting to ask for people to protect women in this country. after months of looked on restrictions

costa rica is preparing to reopen the country to international tourists widespread testing has set it apart from other latin american nations which is still struggling to contain factions my old apollo has. a massive coronavirus testing campaign is underway in just published district. it's a response to a recent spike in infections in this part of the country but it's important to know why you don't have the virus and to prevent more infections i think there are a lot of people that are infecting others and darned realize that i think mass testing is very important to prevent the spread of the virus. has applied a combination of mandatory social distancing a strict lockdown and wide scale testing it's a strategy that appears to have paid off the country is now the 1st in the region to announce plans for a gradual reopening to foreign tourists you see at our. i want to announce the

opening of the borders even happened yet we're going to wait until august 1st this will happen for the international airports and this will only be allowed for countries that have a controlled transmission and remember you can will follow a very strict health protocol so that everyone who enters the country can be traced . to a city that has announced a low coronavirus numbers means public spaces like beaches and shopping centers will soon reopen a cassette leak out with a population of just 5000000 responded early. in brazil population 212000000 and take over measures have been far less stringent the number of confirmed cases there has surpassed 1200000 the brazilian government's response to the pandemic has been widely criticized. although in the city of new drive through testing is now available to residents here a positive test triggers an automatic contact tracing protocol in the city brazil averages about 3 tests per 1000 people and that to roy has already surpassed 40

test for 1000 people this is key to following the infection rate and halting the spread of the virus they. need to know it was the 1st brazilian city to impose a law down and call for strict sanitation measures authorities say until brazil implements similar procedures nationwide the corona virus outbreak in the country will only continue to worsen. al-jazeera. the russian space agency has delivered medical supplies so ports in kazakhstan where there's been a surge in violence cases authorities in the city of reintroduce lock down restrictions on friday which includes a curfew at least 5 people have died after contracting the disease and around 60 patients are being treated in one of the city's medical facilities the white house has denied reports president trump was briefed on intelligence that russia offered bounties to afghan fighters to target u.s. coalition troops both mocks moscow and the taliban have rejected the claims the

russian embassy in washington d.c. dismissed the u.s. media reports as dangerous and baseless news the taliban said it was not indebted to any foreign country. omar some of the is a former afghan ambassador to france and canada he says the allegations raise concerns over the afghan peace process. what is needed at this point despite the fact that the russian parliament. is to substantiate this in order to see what else may be going on at a time when there's a peace process underway where afghans are supposed to meet on one hand the tonawanda others on the other side afghans that are on the post $911.00 all are the afghan government included and we this is going to complicate issues further and it remains to be seen as to how it's going to have an impact on one hand if you have

asked to obviously as i said the spanish cheated it needs to be looked into it needs to take it seriously on one hand on the other hand we need to see how the diplomatic efforts from here are going to deal with it and whether it is going to be real or stall or midi and to some extent. it's going to. damage the afghan to spices. and if it does what what does this mean in the long term to the american presence in afghanistan to decision that will be taken to an administration by the time and actions will help as well as this issue that we begin after the american election. demonstrators are further parked outside police headquarters in the u.s. city of aurora colorado protesting against the death of alija mcclain a black man who died in police custody last year colorado's governor has promised

to reexamine the case but going deaf is one of many being given renewed attention following the death of george floyd last month. the last state in the us to still feature the confederate battle emblem on its flag has taken steps towards removing it the state senate of mississippi pasta resolution that allows the flag which many view as racist to be changed republican governor tate dreams says he'll sign any bill to remove it you designs with then be voted on in the november elections let's dispense is a professor of political science and afrikaner studies at john hopkins university he says the black lives matter movement has created momentum for more political change when i talk about victims of police violence like george floyd george floyd was positive of. tested positive for kobe and was a bouncer and a truck driver. are very who was killed not by police but by police action but by

police like action he was he wanted to be an electrician but he couldn't graduate who didn't have to wishing the next has to be linking the this protest with labor diamond there's a reason why when i go to the convenience store to shop every employee is flat assed asked for me that's what the next step is we're in the middle of a political struggle right now we've been in the middle political struggle for a little bit but we're in political struggle with a tendency that arguably is in its death throes and they're not going to go down the house of representatives just about it today to make d.c. a state that's not going to get out of the senate but still just that action alone actually kind of gives us more resources can allow people who are organizing with this to double down a bit more and they able to creation of new institutions that can consistently push that fight forward. princeton university is to remove the name of former us

president woodrow wilson from a school of public policy because of his racist beliefs and policies winston's board of trustees concluded that wilson's racism was significant even by the standards of his own time wilson supported segregation and barred black students from princeton or serving as university president black lives matter movements now influence in the entertainment world following weeks of global protests after the death of george floyd creators of the cartoon show the simpsons and say they won't use white actors to voice characters of color anymore the show had already faced years of criticisms for its portrayal of the indian convenience store clock i talked to hank azaria stepped down from the bull alley of this year. and change is also coming on another major american cartoon family guy act m i can reset as he won't voice the character of cleveland brown anymore saying persons of color should

play characters of color he also had voiced a latino made character kevin powell as a human rights activist and wrote the book i mean we free the world he says there need to be more changes like this across the entertainment industry. i think that you know what we're looking at is the fact that hollywood is recognizing that people of color wolf we left out the participation of these these these carry these these these these role whether their voice overs for animation or real growth and that it's about black people but also asian people let their people native american people who don't eastern people just people of color theory and so there's a record they have to being because of george floyd being killed on videotape and that it's in a minnesota a few weeks back and it's the necessary conversation let's employ people of color in the spaces that they've never been employed in or not on a regular basis the real issue for us in america right now is power sharing and being a part of the decision making process and oftentimes people of color are not even at the table as these decisions are being made that could be racist or islamophobia

of course sexist or any of those things that are actually in the hurting people all over the world not just in america as images are put out there we know that in t.v. we did is not enough depictions of people colored again we're not just talking about black people were saying that t.v. film animation all of it should look like the world in the world is not just white this isn't but it's not just white people it's everyone and that should be depicted and their cultures should be valued as you're being depicted not stereotypes that are hurtful to people. this isn't just you know these are the top stories malawi's opposition leader has been declared the winner of the country's presidential election electoral commission says it allows us to quote 01 by just under 59 percent of the vote making him the 1st african opposition leader to win power and a court order to rerun the ruling party of incumbent lito put on without

a says it once the result an elder hothouses monitoring events from zimbabwe's capital hadi. and expected he's going to be flooring in on sunday in the capital a long way he's in his mid sixty's he's a former pot he's the son of poor farmers in malawi he's a university graduate and he has managed to. galvanize the youth and he's promising them that when he became when he becomes president he's going to focus on public key create jobs and fight corruption there's a surge in corona virus infections in the us where 2500000 cases have been recorded so far and a total 125000 lives have been lost florida reported a record daily high of more than 1500 new infections on saturday while out of zone a record over $3500.00 cases protests against femicide are taking place in bogota with rights groups accusing the colombian government of being unable to protect women in the demonstrations that are in response to the killing of

a woman and her daughter the latest in a long list of more than 300 gender based killings this year. the white house has denied reports president trump was briefed on intelligence that russia offered bunty as to afghan fighters to target u.s. coalition troops both moscow and the taliban have rejected the claims but russian embassy in washington d.c. dismissed the u.s. media reports as dangerous and baseless news. demonstrators have filled a park outside police headquarters in the u.s. city of auto and a colorado they're protesting against the death of a large mclane black man who died in police custody last year colorado's governor has promised to reexamine the case those are the headlines the news continues here on alt is it after the bottom line good buy. 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 attention investment money

hasn't reached people of color and cyber attacks on vaccine makers in the bertrand's. counting the costs on al-jazeera hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question what would angela davis do let's get to the bottom line. my guest today is someone who is talking about fighting racism and defunding the police when it was considered way too radical she became a folk hero in the 1970 s. for standing up to the establishment in almost every way you can imagine she got fired from her teaching job at the university of california for being quote unquote too outspoken when she was one thrown in jail a movement of blacks and whites took to the street in protest until she was free musicians like the rolling stones and john lennon and yoko ono wrote songs about her and all that was before she was 30 years old this year time magazine chose her is one of the women of the century and even nowadays a t. shirt with her image on it may.