here in the wake of the nationwide protests there is a growing number of calls to make it an official federal holiday. as people see it as a great opportunity to take to the streets to continue to let their message be heard . corona virus has now killed more than half a 1000000 people around the world with 10000000 confirmed cases. alone barbara starr you're watching our jazeera live from london also coming up. real men wear mask president trump is urged to set an example amid growing calls for masks to become mandatory after spikes across southern states plus. the way. the law was opposition leader pledges to fight from malawi and says he's

sworn in as president during story collection victory. and president across party faces a drubbing but it's a good night for the greens after local elections in france. it began as an unknown virus among a few dozen patients in china at the end of last year and now 6 months later the coronavirus pandemic has hit another tragic milestone more than half a 1000000 people are known to have died and the virus is still spreading across the planet more than $10000000.00 people are now confirmed to have been infected that's a 900 percent increase in less than 3 months a quarter of all those infections and deaths are in the united states which is by far the worst hit country with over 2 and

a half 1000000 cases and the 125000 fatalities but the true toll is likely to be much higher a recent survey by the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention found many more americans are the antibodies for the virus suggesting the real case count maybe up to 10 times higher than reported atika hain has the latest on this. the corona virus is marching through america in houston texas hospitals are quickly running out of intensive care beds in florida arizona and texas mobile testing sites are being overrun with people waiting for hours many turned away health experts warned this would happen in many of these states mostly republican governors move to reopen businesses stressing the importance of the health of the economy now critics say the public health system and a growing number of people are paying the price well the trump administration says there is no connection all $50.00 states are opening up again to one degree

or another states like florida and like texas actually began to open up in in early may for the better part of 6 weeks john we did not see any significant movement but if you look at this tracker showing which states meet the government's criteria to reopen only 4 are safe the ones in red are seen large spikes in cases and now at least one member of the administration is sounding the alarm the window is closing we have to act and people as individuals have to act responsibly we need to social distance we need to wear fit or face coverings if we're in settings where we can't social distance particularly in these hot zones but in many of these states where cases are on the rise there is no mandatory order to wear masks in public and in many ways this is become a partisan issue while the vice president attended an event sunday where the crowd seemed to mostly wear masks the president has not done the same and my understanding that the centers for disease control has recommended the use of mass

but not the demand required it because they don't want to send the president and that their president should be example you know real men wear masks for the president's part his focus at least on twitter was elsewhere re tweeting this video of supporters yelling white power. he appears to have deleted it before leaving the white house once again his weekend spent golfing by some estimates the number of cases that have been reported each day has more than doubled over the last 2 weeks and given the way this virus spread that means the numbers likely to jump dramatically in the days and weeks ahead to call him al jazeera merriment brazil is the world's 2nd worst hit country with more than 1300000 cases and over 57000 deaths a staggering 246000 infections were recorded in the last 7 days alone in response

1000 crosses have been placed in front of the brazilian congress to honor those killed by covert 90 that displays also protest against the president jalal so not oh was being widely criticized for this missing the severity of the disease and showing indifference to the rising death toll at a summit amputee joins us live now from bogota i mean for almost the beginning of both sinatra was sort of defiant towards the coronavirus and many of his supporters went along with it has the tide changed now what nature do these protests have. president bush sonata remains defiant on saturday he was in the state of me and your eyes he met with a group of supporters they were all cheering him and he didn't have a face mask again even if there's a court order in brazil ordering him to wear one so he remains the fi and despite

the protests that we've seen the spite the fact that a growing numbers of brazilians think that. the way he has managed this crisis has been terrible for the country even if the numbers keep rising across much of the country and now even beyond the major cities so it's a very very dramatic situation the cross is there you were talking about in your introduction we're also the 1st of a series of demonstrations that were held both inside of brazil and internationally to today to try and bring more attention of the world of what's happening in brazil his government has also been at the center of a series of scandals accusations of corruption he also briefly tried to hide the numbers in brazil both the deaths and the cases of coronavirus the country's

very polarized politically and these 2 crises the political one and the effects of the coronavirus are putting brazil in a very very difficult situation and a growing number of servers are fearing threats to democracy with the right wing politicians even calling for an intervention of the military in the country. and that the sender you're speaking to us from bogota where the mayor is actually looking at putting the city back under lockdown that's a pretty dramatic step lock down has been painful there before what led to this decision people here are very concerned about colombia had until recently managed to control the spread of the virus through one of the stricken lockdowns in latin america that also started very early together

with argentina the problem has been in the last few weeks with the reopening of important sectors of the economy the central government was under pressure to do so but this has meant a spike in infections of more than 88000 confirmed cases now of the coronavirus here the country is getting close to 3000 deaths the situation is particularly critical in. where the health system is at risk of collapsing in the next 2 weeks and that's why the mayor is now calling on the president to impose again a strict lockdown here alissa the thief with the latest from bogota colombia listened thank you it's going to india now the country has seen its biggest single day spike yet in code with 1000 cases the health ministry confirmed almost 20000 new cases on sunday over half

a 1000000 people have now been diagnosed with coronavirus with more than 16000 deaths the surge has prompted authorities in some state to impose a curfew as well as a 2 week lockdown in the state capital. south korea has reported another increase in her virus cases with a further 62 in the past day or some were imported cases 2 thirds were actually transmitted inside the country most around the capital seoul the country is struggling to suppress a 2nd wave of the disease since easing social distancing rules in may. and then london police had to break up a number of illegal mass gatherings thousands of party goers of had to be dispersed over several evenings home secretary pretty patel called it unacceptable and condemned thousands of liverpool football fans who celebrated their club's premier league title when earlier in the week.

malawi's opposition leader has been sworn in as president marking a historic result for african politics lazarus check where our one at tuesday's rerun of the presidential election with 58 percent of the vote he vowed to make it a victory for all malia but has had in the past several ports the new leader faces many challenges. malawi's new leader spent time talking about good governance and uniting the nation in his inaugural speech the form up into coastal preacher city no said people didn't want him as the president his swearing in came after months of protests against last year's disputed election that left the country to be divided the new president asked malawians to give him a chance to earn the trust with your help. we will restore a new generation of faith. in the possibility of having our government

that serve. not a government that room. a government that is spied. not a government that in your eons. a government that listens not a government that shall. a government that fights for you i'm not against. that with me trying to work with his political rivals supporters the former president peter metallica has criticized the presidential run saying malawi's if they took a mission going to see any c. made a mistake these are perhaps the worst elections of howard and with history of malawi and we believe in me seeing means to make sure that it will hold the principles of quality elections in milan otherwise researching a very very bad precedent for future elections in my. career is promising to tackle corruption poverty and create much needed jobs in one of the poorest countries in

the world most of the lobbies budget comes from foreign and the greatest challenge now is how do we set things right how do we remove malawi. and this is a task that is huge great promises were made by the politicians and now it is up to them to achieve those promises or else pay the price at the next elections. i is the 1st time in africa a court ordered election has led to victory for an opposition candidate over the decades the continent has sometimes had a turbulent history with democracy some leaders a state an office for much longer than a mandate to quiet people are closely watching jack hanna who is promising a new start from allowance but can he deliver. out of. it watching al-jazeera coming up. i'm joined now on the isle of wight where the success of

a trial involving the delivery of medical supplies by drone from the mainland has important implications for isolated communities everywhere. and there quite a bit of that across areas of australia and also cross into new zealand some very welcome rain will continue for the next couple of days particularly to the north sea really the bulk of australia is fun and dry not quite a fun and joy to cross into western australia on monday we've got quite a bit of rain pushing it'll bring the temperature low into 1000 celsius very strong winds as well particularly along those coastal areas making much progress on monday across the great bias who got cloudy skies with some sunshine into the southeast and north about day in high boss as well but some of that rain is on its way through choosing the winds will be increasing and we could just see

a policy shah into adelaide melbourne and maybe well into showers into sydney but it should be a better day should be dry on the whole still the showers really affecting much of new zealand the thames is quite a bit lower and so the shoddy patterns you see there across into path with a high of 21 degrees now across into asia really central china of course this is where we're seeing the recent very heavy amounts of rain have a look at this very dramatic these pictures that actually captured as a landslide was happening you can see the damage that was done 69 people had to be relocated amazingly nobody was hurt there were no injuries and of course the fed waters though they do continue across the entire region and they would as they go through monday central regions pushing up towards the east similar story on tuesday those rains then heading to japan. during a moment in time. the line. of the story. people are pretty calm and there is

a. chance. someone else is. the dream of your life inspiring documentary. filmmaker. on al-jazeera. or where. the. but the back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera coronavirus has now killed more than half a 1000000 people around the world over 10000000 have been infected with numbers still rising rapidly across the americas a quarter of infections are in the united states which is the world's worst hit

country with 2 and a half 1000000 cases the surging cases is most pronounced in several southern states which reopened their economies early and the world's 2nd worst a country that's brazil protesters have again been demonstrating against president handling of the crisis setting out a 1000 crosses in the. they're calling it india's george floyd moment the deaths of a father and son after allegedly being tortured by police in the southern state of the has sparked outrage across the country it's thrown the spotlight on police brutality in india with many comparing it to george floyd's killing at the hands of officers in minneapolis victoria gay to be reports. what started off as a small protest by relatives of 2 men who died in custody has grown much larger in recent days and reignited a debate about police brutality in india. j.

raj and his son bendix were arrested last week accused of keeping the shop open during a lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus they spent the night in jail and died days later within hours of each other relatives of the men say they were tortured an investigation is underway. in districts of the new immobile shop with guns but there are denison bendix there was an issue between them and the police regarding the growth of the shop and the police file a report they were held in custody in. both will. richard gold but the hospital and died. 2 police officers have been suspended many on social media are comparing this case to the death of george fluent in the united states latest figures from the national human rights commission show that 9 people on average dying custody every day in india and a further 15 report violence and torture we have a combination of a colonial mentality that are costing that they're out of luck that's what cost

politics where certain grass roots we're going to get that thing that they will not be a good challenge in the war and heard in recent breath what we have what the right doc is sort of national where the state looks like we'll leave that out and often heard the state and the politicians i mean the people leaders in tamil nadu state say they'll transfer the case to the central bureau of investigation but that's unlikely to stop demands from the victim's family and hundreds of thousands of others for justice and accountability victoria gate and be al-jazeera. the green party appears to have made major gains in france's local elections while president party has struggled it's the 2nd round of polls from a resentment a civil councillors which was the late due to the coronavirus lockdown the election is seen by many as a test of macross policies that the reports from paris. victory for

and the 2nd term as mayor of paris the socialist candidate who teamed up with the green party to run on an environmental platform for the city she promised to continue her drive to cut cars and pollution and help the french capital's economy recover from the covert crisis was that is why the list was that this was you know that's all you've chosen hope is a vision your chosen chosen opposed. a fit of the leaves you know on behind. those nearest rival conservative candidate rush conceded defeat a former justice minister on the nicholas sarkozy sheet campaign to clean up the city and crack down on crime trailing behind was aeneas bizarre the candidate for president emanuel macro centrist policy failed to convince voters. that if i want to thank all presidents he swam against the tide to place their hope and confidence in our spy voting for our list i take on board the result. the 2nd round of the local elections took place more than 3 months after the 1st it was delayed because

of the coronavirus lock down the health crisis and likely factor in the historically low voter turnout many restrictions have been lifted in france which is why these elections can finally take place there are there of course special measures in a polling station mosques are mandatory social distancing has to be respected and everybody who works here is behind a perspective screen across france they were big games for the greens taking cities including lille but it was a crushing day for the president's party the fail to win any major seats micro created his republican the move party to help him win the presidency in 2017 but his struggle to expand its supporter base his party has suffered from the unpopularity of my coin self there was lots of trouble in the past 2 years and in the middle of a pandemic you don't expect

a reward for the for the government certainly not in france where people are are criticizing a lot the power of the day local elections have little direct impact on the national government and macro has played down their importance of the voting in northern france he looked relaxed nevertheless 2 years before the next presidential election his party's poor results offer some indication of how much confidence voters have in his leadership and as such will be difficult to completely ignore. al-jazeera powers. exit polls suggest poland's president has won the most votes in the 1st round of the country's election but andrei do that hasn't picked up enough votes to prevent our last poll next month so i gave reports. that had been tight race a battle of ideals pitted between populism and progress but a frustrated with. for the man who had occupied the role for the past by years

andre do have tied his fate to the right wing law and justice party and placed his bet on a deeply conservative often homophobic agenda still he attempted a positive spin on the outcome change will come to come did not target them by slow growth the result is better by far than the one from 5 years ago with 10 of the candidates thank you very much for your support but 1st up foremost i would like to thank my compatriots for the turnout for this massive participation in the election but this was a campaign fought in extraordinary times deferred by the pandemic the vote was supposed to have taken place in may which would have put due to comfortably ahead of his rivals instead the delay allowed his strongest rival. ski to throw his hat in the ring approach e.u. centrist and the mayor of warsaw whose liberal views have at times put him at odds with the country's influential roman catholic clerics. to consolidate his base in

both a nationalist program condemning the country's l g b t rights movement as a foreign ideology more destructive than communism and under his watch made close to choose tional reforms that put the independence of the country's judiciary at stake by giving politicians the power to fire judges if they disagreed with their legal decisions a move that strained poland's relations with the european union you saw it as an assault on poland and the blocs own legal system but andre dude i also had international supporters who chimed in this populist tactics perhaps hoping an endorsement from the u.s. president just ahead of the election would boost his voting base he's doing a terrific job the people of poland think the world of him and by the way this is due to who terrific woman terrific. woman who we've gotten to know also through our

various travels and meetings to this failure to secure an outright win now means that both he and just kosky will face each other again next month but will be clear is if it will bring to an end poland's bitterly divided politics. al-jazeera. the pandemic has left tens of thousands of migrants in limbo across africa in kenya many have been stranded without work waiting for coronavirus restrictions to be lifted the international organization for migration is calling on governments to organize humanitarian flights to get people home mohamed atta reports now from nairobi in the 2nd part of our series on people left stranded by covert 90. these are some of the migrants stuck in transit unable to reach their destination or get back home because of the coronavirus pandemic. the mission is a syrian national who's been stranded in the kenyan capital nairobi for the past 3

months he was put in this hotel together with other migrants by the u.s. international organization for migration but only after completing a monday 14 day quarantine period and. this is nothing we can do but be patient. shut everything down we have been treated with taken good care of by the united nations. senegalese fisherman was on his way home from socials when the kenyan government announced the looked on measures. with his vacation time already spent here he drives and in for the delays. i just hope they don't extend the lockdown so all the deal can come to an end i really don't want to lose my job. according to the international organization for migration tens of thousands of migrants are stranded across africa in djibouti hundreds have been abandoned by traffickers in a country with one of the worst caught on the virus outbreaks in the continent the

agency says it's providing many with financial support food clothing shelter and other essential relief however it seems there is a limit to what it can do just governments to assist and protect stranded migrants the international organization for migration some of both measures of the by governments to stop the spread of 19 are having an impact on migrants it's a small problem but in foreign countries of not access to work making them vulnerable to exploitation from different parts of the world it's now calling for the establishment of humanitarian corridors to help people cross international borders in a timely and dignified manner there are discussions underway to ensure that you open up humanitarian spaces for all different categories of migrants that are coming into kenya who remain stranded in kenya so it's very important to ensure

that we open the airspace especially for humanitarian purposes to. aid workers say covered 1000 has exposed migrants as the most marginalized people during this crisis they also fear migrant rights might be cut because they've been blamed in some places as country as of the disease and maligned by politicians and media like. my o.b. can. and then part 3 of our series are latin america editor of the new man will report from chile where border closures have left thousands of people from across the region stranded that's on monday here on al-jazeera. getting vaccines to isolated communities will be one of the biggest challenges of the coronavirus pandemic the solution needs to be quick and cost effective and researchers in the u.k. think the answer lies in the skies so the whole reports now from the isle of wight

on the how medical deliveries via drone could change the future. high above the soul and off england's south coast and unmanned drone hurries pathology samples across the water to a hospital on the isle of wight it's 4 times faster than a conventional ferry crossing at a fraction of the cost and enormous benefit to remote and island communities and their stuff is delivered either by boat which is really slow or by manned aircraft which is really expensive and so i can see a commercial operation in areas like that where there are poor logistics links where a really cheap platform such as this can reliably deliver things and can fly at night can fly in fog can fly in poor weather the ground operated drone system was developed at the university of southampton with the aim of distributing humanitarian aid it's been given special permission to fly in britain skies to

assist with the government's covert 19 response in fact i like to think of it as a sort of a landrover of the sky a similar sort of needs in that it's very robust very tough very easy to repair. twin engines so it's capable of flying on a single engine therefore very reliable the successful use of drone technology to transport medical supplies from the mainland here to st mary's hospital on the isle of wight is a breakthrough for island communities everywhere but think of the wider humanitarian possibilities the ability to deliver lifesaving supplies to isolated communities by air efficiently at times of natural disaster or war or pandemic. it's easier just to be to reach the places which where i'm not reachable before. and you can evan from london just remotely by

a lot of drones which is in bangladesh for example so i think we really have a lot of charities like doctors without borders already make extensive use of drones for filming and mapping hard to reach areas but the amount of one trial with the ability to carry a 100 kilogram payload over a distance of a 1000 kilometers is the most significant advance in autonomous drone flights yet jonah al-jazeera on the isle of wight. and the reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera more than half a 1000000 people have now died of corona virus across the world over 10000000 people have been infected with the number still rising rapidly across the americas well a quarter of those infections are actually in the united states which has become the world's worst hit country with 2 and a half 1000000 cases the number of new cases was more than 40000 for the 3rd day in

a row on saturday there are concerning uptakes and the number of infections in southern and western states including florida texas and arizona the window is closing we have to act and people as individuals have to act responsibly we need to social distance we need to wear for our face coverings if we're in settings where we can't social distance particularly in these hot zones. malawi's new president has been sworn in last check where our won that tuesday's poll with 58 percent of the vote the election was a rerun of last year's presidential ballot won by the then incumbent peter rica that vote was marred by irregularities and the former leader's supporters claim the same thing has happened this time around check where i is promising to tackle corruption and create much needed jobs the green party appears to have made major gains in local elections held across france while president emmanuel macross party

has struggled it's the 2nd round of polls for mayors and ministers will councillors which was delayed due to the coronavirus lock down the greens are poised to take control of the cities of the all bordeaux and strasburg while the far right national front has taken the southern city of perth being an election is seen by many as a test of president reform policies. and poland's president has won the most votes in the election there but it's not enough to prevent a run off poll incumbent under a dude that took just under 42 percent of the vote and will now face a 2nd poll in 2 weeks time. those are the top stories the news continues after witness war lies and hashtags and i will see you tomorrow thanks for watching . on july 1st russians had to the polls to vote on constitutional reforms including changes that could enable putin to remain in office through 2036

but with a drop in approval ratings for his handling of the pandemic are they willing to leave the wait for an even longer presidency follow developments on it does either . made offending me amazingly because. all they going to. launch in the last. year man you didn't you go look it's no. big deal for. all of that.