on al-jazeera. play an important role protecting human ringback. india now has the largest number of coded 19 cases in the wild and the southern states he is imposing what it calls a triple locked down. but again i'm mr and this is algis there live from doha also coming up more restrictions imposed on israel bars and nightclubs in gyms will be closed in an effort to contain a shop rise in infections. china detains an academic who has criticized president xi over the pandemic and his efforts to consolidate power. and renowned italian

composers the ennio morricone best known for his western film scores has died at the age of 91. now nearly 11 and a half 1000000 people are now confirmed to have or have had coronavirus around the wilds india has surged past russia with about 700000 cases making it the west hit country on the globe it's reporting close to 25000 new cases every day close 220000 people have died there so far and many indian cities are now tightening restrictions to try to halt a new spike in cases fallen astray at the border between its 2 most populous states is due to close on tuesday there's been a rise in cases in victoria prompting that decision to shut the border with new south wales indefinitely and israel is closing all boss night clubs engines off to

a set of new infections their prime minister benjamin netanyahu says re imposing restrictions is necessary to avoid a wider lockdown while correspondent elizabeth purana is in india's capital new delhi she says the country is a ramping up its efforts against the coronavirus. the indian government says that it has is continuing to expand testing in fact it says it's tested 10000000 people at its testing 300000 people every day and what the worst hit states are doing is that they continue to test more people. expand their facilities here and. the results of the series to determine the spread the virus we also heard from delhi's chief minister a few hours ago and he was positive about the situation despite the fact that delhi has reached needy 100000 cases and that's because he says that only a 3rd of the region's 15000 beds commonly in use you remember

a few weeks ago delhi had a real problem. but he says that most people are now recovering at home having said that he pleaded with those who. think that the worst hit cities are doing as they really promoting plasma therapy as a way of treating patients and so people are trying to the government states are trying to deal with this by expanding testing expanding facilities but you can also see behind me i'm at. one of the most popular tourist sites in the country on the 1st day that monuments around the country have been allowed to open and despite the fact that something like 8000 visitors would come to put the every day there's been about 50 who come to visit in the last 8 hours that it's been opened and the reason being is people are not going out for non essential things because of that rise in the number of cases. well let's bring in more now on israel

correspondent for such as. he says the new restrictions that on not a surprise. we knew that the coronavirus cabinet so-called was meeting on monday there's been a lot of talk about the way the numbers have been spiking in recent days and weeks hovering at around 1000 a day there were 817 on sunday not 107 overnight and there is real fear in the government that despite what was seen as a relatively successful early lockdown you remember israel shut its borders and went into a pretty extreme set of measures very early in the pandemic that even now if there is a 2nd wave as a seems to be and indeed government officials are talking about a 2nd wave that the health system could come under extremely severe strain if new restrictions on to imposed in this couldn't this might not be the end of it now isn't yos talking the prime minister about being on the step of imposing another

lockdown but so far the restrictions are as follows or clubs at the close all bars at the close gyms as well all cultural events there was we understand some serious talk about closing all synagogues as well because again the docks communities in israel have been a major area of hotspots of infection it is understood the health the interior ministry. minister rather not all docs politician argued for synagogues to remain open but they will be limited from down from 50 to a maximum of 1000 people allowed in a synagogue at any one time as we've been saying the border between a strain is 2 most populous states is closing indefinitely as coronavirus infection and so on one side with r.t. is in victoria ask rambling to try to bring the spike in case members down in the state looking down residents and bringing in more social distancing measures our correspondent nick clegg age reports from the country's capital canberra. trapped

in their holmes unable to leave for any reason 3000 residents and 9 public housing tao is in no been will remain. inside their flats for at least 5 days an unprecedented lockdown for stray after the buildings were linked to dozens of coronavirus cases it's very very challenging but it is far preferable to saying vast numbers of people with on the long health conditions infected with this virus spreading it between the each other for many inside english is their 2nd language food and essential items are being delivered in this 24 hour police surveillance but some of question the fairness of the tough measures only affecting nose in the public housing blocks it's a massive prickly relationship. with individuals and now can find words that allow to leave except for very few exceptions and we're not saying that

exceptions being exercised astray or has been relatively successful in suppressing coronavirus but in the past week infections in the state of victoria have soared it recorded 127 new cases on sunday prompting the closure of its border with neighboring state new south wales indefinitely this is the 1st time in 100 years the border between australia is true most populous states with horrors several towns straddle the truce sought some residents though it will be given exemptions and permits allowing them to travel across it's a decision that will no doubt be a huge setback for australia's economic recovery as it heads into a recession we have done this based on health advice and especially given the fact that when our nation had those hard number of cases back in february and march the vast majority of those cases were the by the space travelers all the direct contacts what is happening in victoria is very different which is why they actually

take this case a serious step astray has fared better than many countries during this pandemic. with about i 1500 cases so far but the melbourne outbreak has consumed many a clear example of how quickly you can return and spread. al-jazeera camera. to some other news now and china has detained a law professor who strongly criticized president xi jinping over the pandemic and his efforts to consolidate power in an essay titled the viral alarm one fury overcomes fear shows young woman wrote the cause of all of these lies ultimately is the axle that's a reference to xi jinping and the cabal that surrounds him it began with the imposition of stern bans on the reporting of accurate information about the virus which serves to embolden deception that every level of government i spoke to william yan he is

a journalist and also the vice president of taiwan foreign correspondents club he says sure young ones recent criticism attracted a lot of attention and it was only a matter of time until china reacted. ever since he published those series of articles criticizing of the chinese government is jumping is handling of the agenda make it has been a looming at the back of many of the chinese observers mind that there will come a point when the chinese government decides to act and detain in reston he has been very outspoken since 2018 criticizing the abolishment of the presidential term and also later on other serious moves that xi jinping has been trying to do to consolidate to date has power and he's articles and consider as one of the most of the retailers critique on the chinese government and also xi jinping itself so a lot of the liberals and also critiques of the chinese communist party has been viewing him as one of the most influential intellectual ever sins of the deceased.

nobel peace prize laureate illusional or because of the same way that he's willing to go at length criticize the chinese government and also at the same time he is very familiar with china's legal system in political system and a lot of the present that he has been making over the last few years are in fact being consider as aiming at the heart of the problem in china well as are saying numbers of the crying of virus cases climbing in india and the southern state of carolina which had been widely applauded for its initial success and containing the coronavirus has now put its capital into lockdown for one week carola has recorded 193 new infections pushing the state total to more than $5600.00 public transport and the regional capital thiruvananthapuram has stopped running and only pharmacies are allowed to open face masks are now compulsory for the next 12 months

while we can speak to our truth katty is the deputy editor for news 18 and caroline he joins us now on skype from the state capital that i believe that they are calling the strategy there a triple locked down how does that work. that's right that the cypriots out in. the has authorities and the police let them together still enforce 3 different kinds of lockdown the one would be the best fix you know movements of the public holiday shopping clothes including those big bills. although that they have relaxed some of the satisfaction by this the only medical file for a lot of bills and so that's the 1st place the 2nd law i think call it in was a containment zone thing as more of a lever in the population of 2 and then with it so these can be primarily the areas that they have found but we've been positive cases. the place of the lot of. those. patients you know the positive lesions

and whether the people who are in contact with them to family members and. you know we have one policeman deployed outside the home and you know one of the people who are in i'm home quite on time and especially in you know one of the levy is that you know. they would be conduct not fish and we've had a lot of you know contact sensations or something up in the past few days. with the authorities a few leads to a community show so if i understand it correctly most people are really not supposed to leave their homes at all so how are they getting food in essential supplies during this week. the. problem you think you know. the people get a lot earlier but for. most of the workers who logged on probably because of molly

really fall if you know if you have. according to the who will you know those people who are not about to open you have a number and the police would come and you know if you thought of the believe they would come and deliver the brightly you know if you'd like. but you know they've refined it out. for the 1st. time pick up. the title from of those that you know allowed some of the. those who are your potential to not going to be a problem for. panic out there the deputy editor for news 18 and caroline where they are experiencing a and another very strict lockdown thank you very much for joining us here and as you. are. still ahead here on al-jazeera. we still have a lot of world to know that that if you had to stand or fall on. hong kong's

pro-democracy activists just one appears in course accused of all going ising an illegal protest last stand. and we take a look at how sweden's other farming operation is growing from strength to strength . the seasonal rains are nigh particularly heavy and deadly that's particularly true in japan in the last 2 or 3 days enough rain has a form in q shoot for at least one of the burst its banks that is the result people still being well looked for to be honest and they were suggest in the forecast as more rain to come for q she and honshu but maybe the concentration of the heavy stuff has moved back to what's already been flooded areas around new han in china that's true for both cheese day and wednesday it's

a slow moving system it pulses every rain part of its length from china to japan south of all this you'd think it would be drier but there's a good scattering of showers which anywhere now the heaviest ones have showed themselves in sort of y.c. but also true in borneo is a malaysian sumatra one place you think would be dry would be java but there's been a few showers in jakarta and there are a few in the forecast as well monsoon rain is concentrating in this total development here just west of gujarat that contains the potential for $400.00 millimeters of rain to fall simply in western gojira in the next 48 hours or so was scattered big showers elsewhere in india. talk to old usera winners let me also you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop old military action this

is the moment to concentrate on fighting over why didn't we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges there are. investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on al-jazeera. i know again i'm a star that's remind you of our top stories this hour. india has overtaken russia to become the 3rd one head country from the current virus pandemic is reporting nearly 25000 new cases every day with nearly 700000 infections now confirmed

nationwide and. israel is immediately closing all the bonds nightclubs gyms and event holes. in new infections that prime minister benjamin netanyahu says re imposing restrictions if necessary to avoid a wider lockdown. and china has arrested a professor who published essays criticizing president xi jinping handling of the pandemic choose young ones friends say he was taken from his home in beijing by more than a dozen offices on monday. now 3 high profile hong kong activists have appeared in court charged with organizing an illegal protest last year the trio included pro-democracy leader joshua wong who denies the charges his political party was disbanded last week after china imposed a controversial national security law on the hong kong he said activists would be prime targets of the new north which bans any activity that beijing considers subversive outside because he said protesters should not give up. with the risk of

our personal safety with the fresh off life sentence that we might be worried also . by beijing but we also encourage the. local community to let all voice be heard in the world once we still have every possibility we still have to let the world to know that that is the home and now is the cry for home home and keep our momentum and now hong kong court has denied bail to the fast person who was charged under the bat. new national security you know 23 year old tonguing kid is accused of driving his motorcycle into police officers during a protest last wednesday he was holding a banner that read liberate hong kong revolution of our times a slogan that's now banned by the government for inciting separatism and subversion . thousands of people are feared dead in southern japan as torrential rain and

severe flooding continues across several asian countries many of the victims there were elders who have been staying as a nursing home in the region rescue teams are still on the lookout for survivors from the bride has all the latest in. a weekend of punishing rains across the southern japanese island of q shu and this is the result. wide scale flooding and landslides especially along the swollen cooma river which burst its banks as the rains intensified thousands of people were urged to leave their homes but some opted to stay fearing the coronavirus despite assurances from the authorities that they'd be safe one elderly care home was inundated with a number of its residents presumed dead or missing rescue teams have been sent to the area to help look for missing people and to help with the clean up i wish there was someone who can help us says this restaurant owner the government says it to

mobilize in all resources to tackle the emergency. over 40000 members from the units of the police fire department self defense forces and coast guard are putting all their effort into searching in rescuing to see people's lives. for japan it's the worst natural disaster since a typhoon struck last october which killed around 90 people. she is used to powerful some of flux and has in place strong defenses against them but with more range forecast those defenses seem to be over world's problems broad. now returning to the coronavirus pandemic and kenya's president has announced a phased reopening of the country with international flights now set to resume on the festival next month he's under pressure to kick start the country's ailing economy after 24 months of coronavirus restrictions correspondent catherine so he

has more from the capital nairobi. 1000 is still a very big threat to the people of kenya as of now we have 8000 confirmed cases 164 people dead we have had reports that some private hospitals are you know feeling the pinch of feeling overwhelmed current implicitly to the full the government looking into how it can enforce self quarantine so all those things the president has said he has looked into that and then on the other side this is a quantum which is basically down on its knees thousands and thousands of people have lost their jobs shotty companies are shutting down so he said after weighing that that's how it was decided to leave this assist the station of movement in and out of nairobi and. the coastal town of mumbai you also said that charges and mosques can reopen conditions not more than 100 people can go to

service those who are over 58 years old and with underlying medical conditions they can't go to a child or a mosque he also said that some. should be kept out of a maximum of one hour and he said that the government is going to be morning's hearing this for the next $21.00 days and eve you think things it is sees things worse in the vendor lock down is going to be imposed. well speaking of reopening one of the world's most visited museums is opening its doors again after the pandemic forced its closure the louvre in paris home to the mona lisa with lost open back in mid march directors say the 16 week because a has cost the museum about $45000000.00 and lost ticket sales now usually during peak tourist season the museum draws up to $50000.00 visitors a day but managers expects those numbers to drop drastically with tourism still at a standstill on the british government is investing $2000000000.00 to help its

cultural institutions and the arts there during the pandemic they imagine to grants and loans will be available to both public and private museums galleries their heritage sites and music venues industry leaders have been calling for financial help for several weeks now warning that many venues are on the brink of collapse now the oscar winning italian film composer ennio morricone has died at the age of 91 he write music for more than 500 films. takes a look back at his life and his legacy. you don't need to be a fan of classic were students to recognize music composed by. his collaboration with direct decision on so-called spaghetti westerns such as the good the bad and the ugly and a fistful of dollars helped define a cinematic era. i don't describe images with my music when there is

an important movie it's key that the music sees what is ensued and what you cannot see. until the 1960 s. film schools were designed to go. but morricone change that usually for a composer became a star. what morricone some tracks kind of. mid sixty's almost exactly to get the face to get us the soundtrack is that a thank you much more prominent role. than are almost pop music the italian composer was honored by hollywood with an oscar for lifetime achievement in 2007 then 9 years later he won the academy award for best original score for director quentin tarantino's west and the hateful 8 it was a job more kone a regionally toned down until 10000 allowed him to break with the style of music

he'd written for westerns in the past. this is something amazing unexpected because really in my type of work you don't think of the positive or negative consequences in general the iranians have ones but sometimes they can also be negative consequences that is the film doesn't succeed or people don't like the music but this time everything went well thank goodness i'm happy amazed. marconi with a pearl if a composer not just in terms of the number of films he worked on but the diversity of genres it's a measure of his success there's some of his school that even more famous than the films he wrote them for. now opposition candidate who is out has claimed victory in the dominican republic spread that actual race that election had been settled to take place in may but was

postponed because of its corona virus outbreak the west of any crebbin nation on europe has. the government of the dominican republic east coronavirus restrictions on sunday to encourage people to get out and vote in national elections. the dominican republic is the caribbean nation worst affected by the pandemic special voting schedules were adopted to account for elderly voters considered more at risk during the outbreak i hope that in this election's the candidate loses is a good looser and the one who select that knows that he was the people who chose not so he can benefit but he nordic to work for the people on. sundays national elections were the 2nd since 1904 to elect a president vice president both chambers of congress and representatives to the central american parliament to the minister of public is leaving now i'm unique and

i have to say that we are witnessing in major shift in the political bodies over into the meaning congress where one party has only needed or the last 24 years their local elations the smarts. that scales in favor of them or their revolutionary body or b r m. presidential candidate luis i.v. now this nominee for the modern revolutionary party was ahead in the polls in the lead up to sunday's elections. having secured more than 50 percent of the vote 52 year old luis you know that was announced president elect of the dominican republic but lit up a little al-jazeera. well the carnivorous crisis has disrupted cable food supply chains leading to shortages in some countries and while bank is warning that 130000000. people could be at risk of starvation but an increasingly popular farming system could provide

a solution poorest reports from sweden's capital. it's harvest time but not as we know it these very modern farm hands are bringing in the crops from a vertical farm plants growing from the walls instead of the ground no tractors required just a pair of scissors and artificial intelligence sensors that feed information on factors like speed of growth and nutrition content into a central database so that on this farm the computer is in charge the farm that you're seeing here everything is basically connected so all the parts meters that we have that have an influence on the growth of a plan we're controlling them we're building our basically food brain we control everything by help of artificial intelligence and recreate the perth or. the mint basil kale and rocket to get everything they could ever desire light water humidity temperature tailored to their individual needs and without the risky business of

growing out in nature anyone inside the farm has to wear a protective suit like this to stop bacteria coming in from outside it also means they don't need pesticides so you can eat the produce straight off the wall. they taste better than the average supermarket solids and they're already being sold in local stores and restaurants in stockholm. and local means local the sweet green farm hidden under this building in an old newspaper archive is part of a program called the neighbor food it aims to give all urban swedes access to produce grown within yards of the door. the global movement in urban farming could play a vital role in preventing food crises. as covert 19 exposes weaknesses in the supply chain that of left people hungry everywhere from zimbabwe to the u.s. the climate crisis the epidemic ongoing right now has shown us how vulnerable we

are in the cities we become very passive consumers we want to turn that around and where people start producing in the spaces that are otherwise empty both spaces below our buildings can be used for food production this farms so-called food brain is available on subscription so any start ups can have their own environment controlled from here it could make vertical farming a growth industry that puts more food within easy reach at a time when it's most needed paul reese al-jazeera stock has. over and this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines india has overtaken russia to become the 3rd whilst head country from the coronavirus pandemic and supporting a 25000 new cases every day nearly 700000 factions now confounds nationwide is a big problem has more from the capital new delhi. we get another single highest

day rise but we're seeing those almost every other day and. india is the food worst affected country now and the states are trying to deal with that situation by increasing testing the government has said that it's now tested more than 10000000 people of testing about 300000 people across the country every day the worst hit states like maharashtra and delhi are increasing the beer coded facilities now the southern indian state of carolina which had been widely applauded for its initial success and containing the coronavirus has had its capital put into lockdown for one week carola has recorded 193 new infections pushing the total number to more than 5600 public transport in the regional capital has stopped running and only pharmacies are allowed to open face masks on now compulsory for the next 12 months and israel is immediately closing bars and nightclubs gyms and event holes. in new

corona virus infections prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the imposing restrictions is necessary to avoid a wider lockdown china has arrested a professor who published essays criticizing president xi jinping is handling of the pandemic shoeshine ruins friends say he was taken from his home in beijing by more than a dozen offices on monday and 3 high profile hong kong activists have appeared in course charged with organizing an illegal protest last year the trio includes pro-democracy leader joshua one who denies the charges his political party disbanded last week after china imposed a controversial national security you know on hong kong well those are the headlines rob we'll have more news here for you to talk to al-jazeera do stay with us. frank assessments tourism but income stream is dead in the water what's been the result seen poaching go up quite significantly

informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal in israeli society in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines it's time for new policy it's a country i think not only seem to grady but he's written in this the really deep over all continues inside story on al-jazeera form the super sci. covert 19 is changing the world as we know it. when infections soared earlier this year governments worldwide implemented strict social distancing measures that have slowed the global economy dramatically so far they've been more than half a 1000000 deaths with 10000000 people infected worldwide.