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the killing of a popular singer. a desperate plea for help dozens killed and families displaced as devastating floods sweep through japan. fellow iran's atomic energy organization has revealed that friday's fire at the natanz nuclear facility did cause significant damage spokesman said the fire could slow down to harangues development and production of advanced centrifuges that iran would replace the damaged building with a bigger one that had more advanced equipment another fire broke out at a power station in southwest iran on saturday knocking out electricity in the city if. assad big has more from to herat on the significance of about the facility. significant in the sense that we're beginning to have an understanding of the extent of this damage has caused like the financial impact now the head of the

iran's atomic energy organization. he made these comments when he was meeting the national security and foreign policy commission and he said that the financial damage was considerable but he also said that the investigation and its findings would be released soon i previously we had heard that those findings were being held back because of security issues which further fuel suspicions and rumors inside and outside the country we've also had the spokesperson from iran's atomic energy organization say that that this incident could slow down some of the production of advanced centrifuges but he went on to say that iran compensate for this by increasing capacity now that's a political statement that's a political statement for those that are looking at iran's nuclear program and what it says to them that incidents such as this won't slow iran down in fact it will encourage iran to work harder and that nothing can slow down iran's nuclear program and that's why he made that statement for people inside but also outside the

country in iran's parliament the foreign minister was heckled and called a liar during a speech outlining the president's foreign economic policies. i. just had zarif was briefing parliament and defending the government he was interrupted several times and one politician even chanted death to the liar 200 m.p.'s have also tabled a motion to question president hassan rouhani. more governments around the world are being forced to reimpose coronavirus restrictions ofter easing national lockdowns to boost the battered economies among them as mexico where the death toll has passed $30000.00 that's the 5th highest in the world it's also reported a record number of cases over the past few days the new measures are being reimposed in the capital of mexico city and the center of pits he has been monitoring developments from colombia's capital bogota. mexicans are increasingly

confused about what's happening in their country a lot of it has to do with the fact that president lopez obrador is insisting on the need of reopening the economy making sure that people get back to work even if the numbers keep rising and even if both the president and the secretary held their . 'd tell had weeks ago said that the country was very close to reaching the peak or had already done so and they were expecting a written doctrine in the number of cases by now well the opposite seems to be true and so a number of these reopening have now been reversed especially in mexico city in the downtown area and we've also seen people protesting on the streets on saturday especially people who work in the informal sector they're demanding to be allowed to return to the streets so it's a very complicated situation in mexico and one that the government doesn't seem to

have a clear strategy on how to deal with this specially with this the sharp upturn colombia is one of the other countries in latin america that had a very strict quarantine at to be gaining at the penned back in march that has done a pretty good job in slowing down the infection rate but as the economy has been reopening 1st major sectors like construction and manufacturing and now the majority of commerce except for restaurants and bars has seen a big increase in the number of cases in even more worrisome big increase in number of hospitality nations south africa now has the most coronavirus cases on the african continent the daily tally from saturday showed more than 10000 new infections the highest daily jump so far hospitals across. the country have come under pressure as beds quickly fill up there's been

a steady increase in cases since restrictions gradually ease than may health care workers have criticized the government's handling of the pandemic saying their safety has not been prioritized. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the country is in need of stricter measures to tackle the surgeon infections there officials are recording nearly a 1000 new cases every day the government has reauthorized the use of controversial phone surveillance technology once deployed to prevent attacks harry fawcett is in west jerusalem with one. and this is the time that the internal security service it is religion that has been sanctioned to. monitor people's 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 he writes newspaper has reported that some 30000 people have received such text messages since this began again on thursday and those who have some doubt over want to query it or feel it they are finding it very difficult to get through to the ministry of health hotline which is being swamped with such calls 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 under consideration the cabinet has been meeting today and there are things such as restaurants and other potential moves the trouble for the israeli government though is that they obviously don't want to fully reimpose lock 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. the number of people who have died in ethiopia since the killing of a popular singer and activist has nearly doubled to 166 officials blame the deaths on the response of the unrest by security forces and on interethnic violence singer hatch other hand as a member of if the o.p.'s largest ethnic group they are romo he was shot dead in adeste of on monday night hundreds were seriously injured and more than 2000 were arrested in the on rest that followed our aloes an analyst on the horn of africa and he says the unrest raises questions of the prime minister his handling of the situation the prime minister's if you know who call or. a huge on the part of the most of course who are there into the groups but if you really miss my neatly transitional posters he made everything about. he's mind going to

power it was too beautiful consensus and pull more out of consolation he do evil that there was not a discussion of political settlement for the country where that is one of the major cities that the country is in so they versus the about why don't you get really sick and. needs to move or for the 1st people in the country to have it common harmonious future there is no discussion. boards were not heritage to the point of used to be if we wanted to recreate the country he's all in it and i think that is where the problem lies. italy has authorized the charity vessel ocean viking to disembark 180 migrants rescued in the mediterranean. those onboard exploded with joy at the you know instruments with migrants singing and applauding the ocean viking is now heading to sicily where they will be transferred to a quarantine ship they've been on the ocean viking for over

a week with fights and suicide attempts on board forcing the charity to declare a state of emergency on friday. exit polls in croatia parliamentary elections show the governing center right leading its main rival the social democratic party more than 80 percent of the vote has been counted the does is projected to hold 68 seats in the 151 member house the results will help the prime minister avoid an alliance with a far right nationalist bloc caray shah is in the midst of a recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. and polls elsewhere millions have gone to the polls in the dominican republic to vote for the country's next president the election was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic that folks could see an end to 16 years of unbroken rule by the center left dominican liberation party the opposition candidate to the east of the now as it has emerged in opinion polls as a likely favorites i mean either lost to president daniel medina in the 2016 runoff

elections at least 34 people are believed to have been killed in southern japan as tarantula rain and severe flooding continues across several asian countries nearly half of the victims in the most a region were in a nursing home sara reports. it's a challenging tolls for these emergency workers and sent in japan the risk of more one slides is high on the island. untreated destruction can be seen from the air there's more to ensure rain and severe flooding in the way the phone calls for the next few days. weather conditions are hampering rescue efforts in the west hit areas kumamoto and oshima half of those killed or missing since sunday had been living in elderly care homes and out of the cooma river burst its banks transporting people to safety by boat is a difficult and dangerous job on sunday prime minister set up

a special task force to tackle the crisis and is deployed 40000 military personnel to help with the rescue efforts should he tell you know 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 that you are able to 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 worst it has every quoted 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 homes and businesses have been affected especially in the south. we have disposable 50 people to have green water we have also dispatched to haiti are severely affected by the floods we

are now making all over of course to prevent further flooding from water draining into our. in these times and 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 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 water level is increasing over here fishing is also there and 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 serves as 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. still to come on al-jazeera something's wrong with donald trump. the republican campaign that's

working to get a democrat u.s. president out. i'm joined now with a herd of llamas in a field in reading the fight against coverage 19 has come of this. the weather's looking to dry across much of australia the moment we have high pressure in charge but that's not the full story we have got to cool southerly wind just pushing up across that eastern side of all it was cold enough actually for a little dusting of snow just around southern parts of the great dividing range say this little chap there hoping their way across the snow fields there over the high ground well as he tries to go on through the next couple of days on the cool side

to some temperatures in brisbane have been getting down into single figures and that'll be the same as we go through the next couple of nights so some cold air but temperatures to pick up into the low twenty's further west we have got some wet weather out pilots way into western australia particularly just around perth and adelaide east towards christ riding bikes as we go on through the next couple of days some wet weather also easing across into new zealand has been a little dry than of late recently but the cloud in the right not too far away i'll set things up for a rather damp am windy mid-week spell we see some very tat weather some very wet weather flooding rains recently of course across japan still got more heavy rain pulsing out to central parts of china and that's going to run in across much of southern japan of the next few days. capturing a moment in. time. snapshots of all the lives. of the

stories. people are. providing a glimpse into someone else's world you are pursuing in the dream. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. witness on al-jazeera. the you're. heavily on the top stories on al jazeera iran's atomic energy organization has announced friday's fire than tons nuclear facility cause significant damage fire

could slow down tehran's development and production of advanced centrifuges. the coronavirus death toll in mexico has passed 30000 the 5th highest in the world some restrictions are now being reimposed in the capital of mexico city. the number of people who have 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 interethnic violence. there strikes have targeted a libyan air base that was recaptured in may by the un recognized government with the backing of turkish forces the attack by unidentified aircraft on the what's your base happened overnight the loss of the facility was among a string of recent defeats for world $24.00 have to wishing him out of florida parts of western libya have to launch an offensive to seize the libyan capital on april 29th team bomb with up their heads has more from tripoli. 5 restrikes

targeted by an identified warplanes but the government here in tripoli especially the defense minister just stated saying that proof of foreign fighter jets carried out the attacks on turkish military facilities in a little. air base that includes an air defense system according to uncle. media outlets we have not. reported any comment from the military as of yet but only the approved. media outlets that reported that among the 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 and specially taken control of western libya from forces loyal to the war vote for have to 2 palestinians have been shot and wounded by israeli settlers in the occupied west bank emergency crews took the victims to the hospital in the town a bit israel has built nearly $250.00 illegal settlements on various occupied palestinian lands it's announced plans to annex parts of the west bank although it's unclear when that will happen and there have been confrontations between palestinian protesters and the israeli army during demonstrations against the annexation plans the protesters threw rocks an israeli forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas in return. on june the 25th the iraqi government carried out a raid on quetta of hezbollah that's

a group linked to iran accused of attacking u.s. forces it was a test for the new prime minister must the final car the me who had promised to crack down on groups that operate outside the law but days later those detainees had walked 30 simona fulton gained exclusive access to the cut up hezbollah base that was raided. 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 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 segregation they can show it to the people but here there are no missiles and launching pads the spices bring you since 2015 may 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 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 it was. 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 3 fighters were allowed

to speak on camera and the condition they hide their faces and withhold their names they admit that 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. in iraq today as an occupation and aggressive up in the near 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 occupation. the us has previously bombed the type hizbullah 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 most of them 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 the government yielded handing them over to the popular mobilization forces which equated them days later to 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 the type own channel it was all to deliver a stern message to iraq's prime minister or she left us in a very on why that. the prime minister has totally failed and he has to understand a few relies 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. seem on a full team al jazeera but at a plane suspected of carrying drugs in mexico it was apparently set on fire after being intercepted by the military local media reported the incident took place and quintana roo state after members of the army's spotted the plane from the air authorities have yet to officially report on the contents of the plane or whether any arrests have been made. at least 17 people have been killed and dozens more injured in weekend gun violence in the u.s. city of chicago the fatalities include a 7 year old girl and a 14 year old boy in separate incidents chicago's mayor has ordered $1200.00

additional police officers to prevent violence over the george july 4th holiday weekend it's the 3rd weekend in a row that a child under 10 has been fatally shot in the city. as the u.s. election approaches president donald trump is not just fending off attacks from members of the opposing party but also his own prominent republicans are saying that they will vote for the presumptive democratic candidate joe biden and they're actively working to help him get elected his party cocaine. there's morning in america this viral ad put 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 i was running around like a crazy person doing the things that he does what a tweet gets in his head already that says his campaign is not focusing on beating joe biden every day he's thinking about us is something about him with surprising speed the group turns around ads meant to get inside the president's head something's wrong with donald trump the shaky weak speaking. hitting him on issues that he's made clear bother him like crowd size turnout in tulsa. his physical health we seen here shaking can't keep the polls 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 in richmond has a nice ring that's drawing criticism from other republicans but they're doing it not only opposed to transfer election but to flip the senate to democratic majority control to say that you have to you know give the democrats control of the senate because you oppose trump that makes no sense thank you for that wilson says it's a kind of insurance policy you know we don't want to have a situation where. if he does win a 2nd term he doesn't he's in route to continue to do things of this now. nationalist populous where it was it is a danger to the country and more republicans are joining his cause hundreds of alumni from the george bush administration have formed a group to try to help biden get elected. the trump 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 all scientists around the world are searching for effective treatments to combat the corona virus in the u.k. some experts have turned to our herd of llamas to provide very small antibodies which they believe could neutralize the virus jonah hall explains what does a herd of lamas have to do with covert 19 it's not the start of a joke but it could be the route to a cure bonnie jones looks after the animals welfare have suddenly we have 20 we have sports we have alfie. the one sitting down. and meta fifi the star of this particular show fifi is the 1st on the university's film that we've used in the research. and other. species such as

camels and alpacas produce 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 onto our cells and infect 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 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 coated 90. the daily pace of 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 loma nobody's to neutralize the coronavirus jonah hole al-jazeera reading. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera iran's atomic energy organization has revealed that friday's fire at the natanz nuclear facility caused significant damage fire could slow down to ron's development on production of centrifuges but officials say iran will replace the damaged building with

a bigger one that has more advanced equipment. and the foreign minister of iran hasn't had called and called a liar in parliament during a speech outlining the president's foreign and economic policy divide serif was briefing parliament and he was defending the government he was interrupted several times and one politician even chanted death to the liar here's a said begun to her and with more the parliament is a conservative party but now this was voted in earlier this year in what was one of the record lows turnouts this country has seen since the revolution 41 years ago and it's the most conservative party we've seen for 41 years now the conservatives have made no secret about the fact that they're not on board with the nuclear deal they don't like how it was handled by the moderate president hassan rouhani and he's never meant and that's why there was so and t.j. of all of the reef today because they don't think that this has benefited iran in

fact they think iran has come off worse. the number of people who have died in ethiopia since the killing of a popular singer and activist has nearly doubled to 166 officials blame the deaths on the response to the unrest by security forces and on interethnic violence singer hutch on live and was a member of ethiopia's largest ethnic group there bromo and he was shot dead of about on monday. at least 34 people are believed to have been killed in southern japan and to rental rain and severe flooding nearly half of the victims in the kumamoto region were in a nursing home 75000 people had been warned to leave their homes before the floods japan's meteorological agency says the rainfall is the worst it has ever recorded in that particular region you have today 2 of the headlines witness ashes to ashes is coming up next right here on al-jazeera by. counting the

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