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but. there is no channel that covers world news like we do we revisit cases. under 0 really invests in that and that's a privilege as a journalist. a global surging coronavirus cases as many countries ease restrictions putting health systems under pressure. matheson this is obvious here on live from doha also coming up attacks target an airbase outside the libyan capital foreign forces backing wallet khalifa haftar being blamed. the.
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angry scenes iran's foreign minister zarif is heckled by politicians in parliament . and polls close in croatia where voters are choosing a new government amid a recession and the corona virus pandemic. let's begin with the increasing number of covert 19 cases worldwide saturday saw the biggest single day rise since the pandemic began with more than 212000 new infections globally now the majority of those were in latin america which is now more cases than europe mexico has been reporting record new infections it's now got the 5th highest death toll in the world and israel officials have ordered thousands of people back into quarantine as they deal with the worst surge in new cases since the outbreak began the government has also resumed its controversial phone
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surveillance program to track cases and there's a record number of new cases in the philippines its government has been easing quarantine restrictions. santorum p.s. he has more on the situation in mexico this situation is starting to take a toll on both the president locus obrador in the secretary of health who have repeatedly said in past weeks that the country had already reached a peak or was very close to reaching the peak that hasn't been the case and people are wary very worried about the increase in both the capital mexico cities and in the northern states on the border with states inside the united states of america also been sent the center of new hotspots of infections like arizona texas and again in california because of all this of
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the openings that were expected to happen in mexico this week and have been reversed in particularly in the downtown section of mexico city where a number of stores had reopened but given the big numbers of people going there crowd stores not respecting the gene measures that have been put in place and the mayor of mexico city had cited to reverse the opening at least temporarily israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu says the country is in need of stricter measures to tackle a surge in corona virus cases officials are recording nearly a 1000 new cases every day and the government has reauthorize the use of a controversial forms of violence technology once deployed to prevent attacks are in force it is in west jerusalem with more. and this is the time that the internal security service it is religion that has been sanctioned to. monitor people's
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phones this isn't some absolute you voluntarily download this is the security services monitoring where people are being who they've been associating with and then sending them a text message to tell them to quarantine it it's assessed that they need to do so now this is through out the use of this tactic it has caused some outrage from human rights groups liberty groups but it has been deemed necessary to be put in place again it's newspaper reported that some 30000 people received such text messages since this began again on thursday and those who have some doubt of it want to repeal it they are finding it very difficult to get through to the ministry of health hotline which is being swamped with such cool's as well as that there are further measures that are coming in to force 50 people maximum in places of worship in bars and in events spaces things like weddings and there are further measures
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under consideration the cabinet has been meeting today and there are things such as restaurants and other potential moves the troubles for the israeli government is that they obviously don't want to reimpose look down for economic reasons netanyahu did say if the cases got back up to 100 a day he would reimpose lock down well now they're on a 1000 a day and he still seems unwilling to do so as talks are targeted a libyan air base that was recaptured in may by the u.n. recognize government with the backing of turkish forces the attack by unknown aircraft on the base happened overnight but also the facility was among a string of recent defeats for. pushing them out of large parts of western libya. has more from tripoli. 5 air strikes targeted by an identified warplanes but the government here in tripoli especially the defense minister just
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stated saying that. foreign fighter jets carried out the attacks on turkish military facilities. air base that includes an air defense system according to. media outlets we have not. reported any comment from the turkish military as of yet but only the approach. media outlets that reported that among the turkish military facilities in other words targeted by a poor health or fighter jet is an air defense system units no casualties have been reported but the ministry of defense at the government of national called in tripoli here says that this attack by planes is trying to send a message to try to disrupt what it calls the victory that has been achieved by the government forces it helped by the military in specially taken control of
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western libya from forces loyal to the world for have to iran's foreign minister has been heckled by members of parliament and called a liar during a speech outlining the president's foreign and economic policies. jobs really for his interrupted frequently during his speech was one politician even chanting death to the larger 200 m. piece of terrible emotion to question president hassan rouhani on issues ranging from the pandemic to claiming inflation. he says lawmakers who are particularly unhappy with the briefing on the nuclear deal negotiations. now this is a conservative parliament that was voted in earlier this year in an election that saw the lowest turnout since the revolution and returned to parliament with the most conservative parliament we've seen since the revolution 41 years ago now
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conservatives haven't made any secret of the fact that they don't like the 2050 nuclear deal and they don't think president rouhani the moderate president rouhani and his cabinet have done a good job in fact they think that iran hasn't benefited in fact they think that iran is worse off and that's why foreign minister devolves raef had such a hostile reception in his defense. said that iran was winning on the diplomatic front he said that the united states was increasingly isolated at the united nations and the security council back to 2015 nuclear deal and try to preserve it and in his defense of being called a liar. foreign minister devolves recent that the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei himself have called give us the courageous brave and frank now the parliament has put forward a letter asking president rouhani to come to parliament to answer questions there is growing suspicion over a string of fires and explosions in iran the latest at a fire power station knocked out tricity in the city of us in the past week
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a number of sensitive sites are being hit by suspicious fires including a petro chemical plant a weapons development base and a nuclear facility a spokesman for iran's atomic energy organization says an incident at the net tunks nuclear facility on friday could slow development of advanced centrifuges on june 25th the iraqi government carried out a raid on ca tape high's bola a group linked to iran accused of attacking u.s. forces it was a test for a new prime minister most of all called to me was promised to crack down on groups that operate outside the law but days later those detained had walked free al-jazeera similar 14 came to exclusive access to the cuts a prize ball a base that was rated. we're about to get a rare glimpse into the most secretive armed group under iraq's popular mobilization forces brigade 45 better known as. this is the 1st time journalists have been allowed into one of its military bases. is nominally
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incorporated into iraq's security apparatus but has been accused of acting outside the formal chain of command al-jazeera gained exclusive access to dislocation in southern baghdad after it was raided by iraq's counterterrorism forces the iraqi government says it had been tipped off that a rocket was about to be launched from dismissal of it towards the green zone where u.s. and other diplomatic missions are based 14 people were arrested and several weapons seized but the group says the raid was illegal carried out without an arrest warrant. on which they have evidence for the celebration they can show it to the people but here there are no missiles and launching pads the space has been here since 2015 and we have a formal letter from baghdad operations command this base is used for logistical support this was once a farm that belonged to saddam hussein's government after 2003 it was taken over by
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al qaida and bombed during the sectarian conflict during our visit we didn't see flags or signs marking it as an official facility belonging to the popular mobilization forces and none of the soldiers were insignia or as a group. the pm if is being targeted so we didn't keep the flags because the surveillance drones are always flying around here. our visit was tightly controlled free fighters were allowed to speak on camera under the condition they hide their faces and withhold their names they admitted they're not just part of the popular mobilization forces but also the so-called islamic resistance which fought u.s. troops in the wake of the 2003 invasion they still regard america's presence in iraq today as an occupation and aggressive up in the new year we are both at the same time the resistance and the popular mobilization forces the resistance was formed before the popular mobilization forces it for the occupiers after 2003 and expelled them in 2011 to this day the resistance groups are standing against
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occupation. the u.s. has previously bombed positions in iraq and has pressured the iraqi government to take action the raid on this base was an unprecedented move by the iraqi government against groups that the u.s. has accused of targeting its forces prime minister mr carden he has promised to restrict weapons in the hands of the state but the backlash against this operation shows just how difficult it is to deliver on those promises. the night of the raid a convoy of pickup trucks with heavily armed men breached a fortified green zone to demand the release of the 14 people detained hours earlier but the government yielded handing them over to the popular mobilisation forces which acquitted them days later the type hezbollah released images showing its fighters as they stepped on the prime minister's picture and burned the american and israeli flags their interviews were broadcast on. own channel it was
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all to deliver a stern message to iraq's prime minister. the prime minister has totally failed and he has to understand if the reliance on the americans rather than the iraqi people he will fail and if he continues this way he will show his cards as an agent of the americans and that he serves the americans more than his homeland a government spokesperson says one of the 14 detainees remains in custody but has not provided details the government's substitute response has left many questions on answered and has raised doubts on whether the prime minister is able to confront powerful groups like. al jazeera but the bat. still ahead on al-jazeera more than 30 people have been killed in southwestern japan during flooding and landslides plus. i'm told how with a herd of llamas in a field in reading the fight against covert 19 has come to this.
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dry weather throughout much of the middle east on the arabian peninsula fairly dusty conditions across the south across into yemen we have had a bit of cloud there recently that might produce wanted to more showers meanwhile across into pakistan it has been hot and dry and very dusty look at this huge dust storm in northern pakistan of course all this coming through very strong winds but ahead of the monsoon rains which have yet to arrive through monday we might see want to 2 shows in areas of pakistan certainly some heavy spells still pushing into the far north and west of india but meanwhile across the arabian peninsula and the middle east head to the north we have got those hot dry conditions the winds are fairly brisk so we could have some blowing sand and dust here as well over the next
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couple of days temperatures coming down a little bit in q 846 is the high on jesus still hosts of course and 41 and all the way a little bit lighter certainly by cheese day then down into southern africa and central regions this is where we see the heavy rains and this is where they will continue over the next couple of days you can see where we've got those particularly heavy downpours again really around the gulf of guinea but also coastal showers right there were kenya on into areas of somalia and then as you go through cheese day want to see more showers appearing into coastal south africa. from fossil fuels to a renewable as societies develop the energy to. moms increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such demands as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against these demands we provide business growth promote
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social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound energy solutions for future generations the breastpin pioneering future energy. i want you all to 0 a reminder of our top stories this day so the biggest single day rise in corona virus cases since the pandemic began with more than 212000 infections recorded globally the majority have been and latin america. airstrikes have targeted a libyan air base we captured in may by the un recognized government with the backing of turkish forces the loss of the base was among
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a string of defeats for war logically from. iran's foreign minister zarif has been heckled by members of parliament during the speech outlining the president's father and economic policies 200 m. peace table a motion to question president hassan rouhani on a range of issues. polls are now closed in croatia's parliamentary elections the vote is happening during a recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic a tight race between the governing center right h d z party and its main rival the social democratic party had been predicted well tanya novak is live in the korean capital grab time to be having the any indication of how people have been voting. while the polls have closed in precis and we have the exit polls announced by a local t.v. stations by those exit polls gratian democrat he said. the most seats in parliament 61 seats. goes to crazy democratic union now that is enough to fall and
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not enough to form the government but if they make a call this in with the whole men movement which has been in 16 seats that would be 77 seats and that is more than enough to form a government right up to those elections if those 2 quite can agree on the call this in which they already hinted that this is not something that might be impossible now home. the mint is a new political party it is that by folks in their ministers carter who was running for the president they trust at last year he didn't want the presidency but he gathered enough support to try to up for the parliament and obviously that supports did not to go down in just made him stronger and the homeland movement the is winning 16 seats in the parliament let me just say that home of movement is described as the far right party with
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a strong nationalistic rhetorical and that they are basically. putting their their their place is in the in the far right to of the political specter in croatia that means the creation democratic union which is recognized as the center right party along with the home and movement mind turn into a little bit further right in their politics in the few next 4 years in croatia rob tanya does this mean that there's going to be a big difference for me in people's lives or is it just really a change in croatian politics. it is very difficult to tell because praising democratic these that were actually promising that's your continuation of the policies which are actually something that brought a little bit of stability for cranks a little badly hurt by economic crisis in 2008 this youngest one of the poorest
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members of the european union had a lot of problems of getting out of getting out of the recession for over 8 years and things started looking better under the age of the government in the last 4 years and just as about as it was looking. better the corona crisis hit now how does that will handle the continuation of the corona crisis. well basically don't but who knows because buyers and the crisis is so unpredictable for everyone in the world but the prime minister on the plane which is probably counting on continuation of his. his work and is promising to lead the country through the corona crisis. less hurt as it is possible. next time you know by giving us the latest on the elections in croatia from the capital tanya thank you very much indeed 2 palestinians have been shot on wanted by israeli
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settlers in the occupied west bank emergency crews took the victims to a hospital in the town of vidia israel has built nearly 250 in the call settlements on various parts of occupied palestinian land it's announced plans to annex sections of the west bank although it's unclear. the number of people who've died in ethiopia since the killing of a popular singer and activist has nearly doubled to 156 officials blame the deaths on both a response to the unrest by security forces and don't enter ethnic violence so hot so one death so it was a member of ethiopia is largest ethnic group they are all more he was shot dead in addis ababa on monday night. 34 people are believed to have been killed in southern japan as torrential rain and severe flooding continues across several asian countries barely half of the victims in the region were living in a nursing home reports. it's
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a challenging task for these emergency workers in southern japan the risk of more months lines is high on the island. a trail of destruction can be seen from the yeah there's more rain and severe flooding in the weather forecast for the next few days weather conditions are hampering rescue efforts in the west hit areas. of those killed or missing since sunday had been living in elderly care homes. and out of the cooma river best its banks transporting people to safety by bates is a difficult and dangerous job on sunday prime minister set up a special to tackle the crisis and is deployed $40000.00 military personnel to help with the rescue efforts the. people in the area are required to continue to be on maximum alert with regards to self defense forces please prepare to dispatch 10000 personnel for further emergency support please do this or that you are able to
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respond swiftly and adequately. 75000 people have been warned to leave their homes ahead of the floods japan's meteorological agency says the rainfall is the west it has ever recorded in the region. in china people are bracing themselves for more flooding weeks some of the heaviest rain seen in decades has killed more than 100 people millions of lives times and businesses have been affected especially in the south. we have disposable 50 people to help clean water we have also dispatched. severely affected by the floods we are now making all over force to prevent further flooding from water draining into our. well. and these times along the water in india's financial capital mumbai all dangerously close to being flooded. the wettest month during the monsoon season but this year nearly a month's worth of rain is falling in just the past 5 days. more than
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a 1000000 people have been affected by flooding in northeastern india many of them have lost their homes why is that not allowed to be the most of the evil is increasing over here fishing is also bad so we don't want any loss of life that is why we request the authorities to come here and see what is going on and most is not across asia and the agency service is overstretched while also dealing with a coronavirus pandemic and with more rain expected in some areas the coming few days may prove even more difficult. settle. well as the u.s. election approaches a new dynamic is being played out president donald trump is not just fending off attacks by members of the opposition party but also from his own some prominent republicans have stated publicly that they will vote for former vice president joe biden and they're working to help him get elected i think go ahead as that story. there's mourning in america this viral ad put
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a new group called the lincoln project on the political map not because it has been viewed almost 3000000 times under the leadership of donald trump our country's weaker and sicker. this was an attack from members of the president's own party and he responded by attacking them well after midnight on twitter their reaction. republican operative rick wilson is one of the founders of the group he says the ad did exactly what they wanted every day donald trump is distracted every day don't try is running around like a crazy person doing the things that he does with a tweet gets in his head already gets as his campaign is not focusing on beating joe biden every day he's thinking about us is nothing about him with surprising speed the group turns around ads meant to get inside the president's head something's wrong with donald trump he shakes. trouble speaking. hitting him on issues that he's made clear bother him like crowd size turnout in
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tulsa. his physical health we seen it you're shaking can't keep your palms up and it's getting worse and his handling of the coronavirus i don't think he was. but the group is also airing ads praising former vice president joe biden and democratic senate candidates will also attacking republican senators up for reelection richmond has a nice ring that's drawing criticism from other republicans but they're doing it now. really opposed to transfer election but to flip the senate to democratic majority control to say that you have to say you know give the democrats control of the senate because you oppose trump that makes no sense thank you wilson says it's a kind of insurance policy you know you don't want to have a situation where. if he does win a 2nd term has an easy route to continue to do things in this nationalist populous way that we think is a danger to the country and more republicans are joining his cause hundreds of
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alumni from the george bush administration have formed a group to try to help biden get elected. to trim campaign says it's further proof the establishment is working against them this is highly unusual members of a political party turning against its old leader openly and in public. imagine how big the crowds will be when he's gone actively raising and spending money to see him defeated and their own political party completely out of power pedicle hain al-jazeera people across the u.k. are clapping to mock the 72nd anniversary of the creation of the national health service. by mr bonus johnson joined the crowds in a show of support that comes as the confirmed death toll from corona virus in the u.k. east 440-2220 the 3rd highest in the world the n.h.s.
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chief simon stephens has said the pandemic represents the biggest challenge in the history of britain's health service well in the u.k. as elsewhere the search is on for effective treatments to combat coronavirus and in reading scientists have turned to a herd of llamas to provide very small antibodies which they believe could neutralize the virus so the hole has more. herd of llamas have to do with. the start of a joke but it could be the route to a cure jones looks after the animals. we have. and meet the star of this particular show fifi is the 1st on the university's farm that we've used in the research. and other species such as camels and alpacas produce
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specialized small antibodies different to what you and i produce so what we do is we introduce a dead or small. protein into the llamas and they produce a natural body response so their small antibodies that bind on to the proteins that we introduce these pictures from a similar trial with alpacas in germany showed nobody's binding with the corona virus protein spike the covert virus is kind of a round virus that's got lots of spikes on it and these spikes we think are the things that latch on to our cells and in fact us so the idea is maybe if we produce a nano body that combined onto those spikes or lots of those spikes we can prevent the virus from attaching to our cells and in that way prevent infections so the fight against the corona virus has come to this lumbers in an english field it's not as unlikely as you might think the 1st llama derived drug was produced last year for the treatment of
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a real blood disease and that's triggered real optimism about similar treatments for a range of cancers for alzheimer's and dementia and also now of course for covert 90 the daily pace of lama life is slow and so to the pace of scientific research but already there are promising results with the possibility of human trials in a year using lama nobody's to neutralize the coronavirus jonah hill al-jazeera reading. this is all just these are the top stories in saturday's of the biggest single day rise in corona virus cases since the pandemic began with more than 212000 infections recorded globally the majority of being in latin america alice and around p.r.t. has more from colombia's capital bogota. so there was another record day in the number of confirmed cases in mexico 6914 bringing the total number to
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more than 252000 cases the numbers keep going up in mexico also a very high number of deaths more than 500 new day it's pretty much every day airstrikes have targeted a libyan air base recaptured in may by the u.n. recognize government with the backing of turkish forces the loss of the base was among the string of recent defeats for walter khalifa haftar on pushing him out of large parts of western libya. iran is foreign minister jobs that leave has been heckled by members of parliament and called a liar jury in a speech outlining the president's father and economic policies 200 m.p.'s have tabled in motion to question president hosmer honey on issues ranging from the pandemic to inflation a spokesman for iran's atomic energy organization says an incident at the net tons nuclear facility could slow development of advanced centrifuges in the past week
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a number of sensitive sites have been hit by suspicious fires including a petrochemical plant a weapons development base and the nuclear facility. the number of people who died in ethiopia since the killing of a popular singer and activist has nearly doubled to 166 officials blame the deaths on both the response to the unrest by security forces and on into ethnic violence. was a member of ethiopia's largest ethnic group the overall more he was shot dead and i decide on monday night. exit polls in croatia's parliamentary election are predicting a win for the ruling h d z party but they haven't security enough votes to rule alone a money to coalition partner the vote is happening during a recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic and those are the headlines the news continues here on in about 25 minutes time after inside story could buy.
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another setback for the iran nuclear deal to her own triggers a dispute mechanism saying european powers are doing their part to keep the agreement alive and with the u.s. determined to isolate iran is the deal with saving this is inside story. welcome to the program. iran is expressing frustration with the efforts to save the 2015 deal it's.

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