street on out is the. last range of stories from across the globe from the perspective of on networks journalists on al-jazeera. global corona virus infections hit a new daily high while in the united states florida reports a record 15000 new cases in one day. the storm is up on us south africa's president brings back a curfew and a ban on alcohol sales off the cove in 1000 hospitalisations that. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the

program voting ends in the tights and baser race for the polish presidency we'll look at who the exit polls project to win. aid agencies are warning that russia's victory in limiting syria a deliveries to just one border crossing will cost lives and intensify the suffering of 1300000 people. and in mali the opposition leader is calling for calm off to 4 people die in protests against the president 2 of them teenagers. from the americas to asia the coronavirus pandemic is infecting people around the planet wreck old rates the world health organization has reported more than 230000 cases in the space of 24 hour as a single daily increase since the outbreak 1st began globally the death rate is remaining steady though around $5000.00 people dying each day but in the world's

worst affected country infections and fatalities are both rising and the u.s. state of florida has shattered the national record for daily cases more than $15000.00 reported on sunday that's higher than any of americas of the states at the peak of the outbreaks well in florida we're a country in itself it would rank 4th in the world for the most number of new cases a day behind the united states brazil and india the surge in infections of already exceeded the highest daily tallies reported by any european country so far the total number infected in florida is now nearing 270008 more than 4000 people have died almost 135000 people have died across the unite. states overall so my cancer is following the story joins us live now from washington so obviously a surge of infections there in florida what can you tell us about how hospitals are coping and whether they still have the capacity in light of that being

a surge in patients well there is an absolute crush from hospitals within florida in particular counties in particular in miami dade county for example the intensive care units are now at 100 percent capacity they are unable to accept any further patients so this is a picture being repeated in various parts of the state as this massive search in corona virus infections continues now a startling statistic is that the doubling of the testing in florida it has doubled from 25250000 per day but the real statistic in all of those is that a month ago only 5.2 percent of those tested were proving positive in the last week that figure has risen to nearly 20 percent now this makes a lie out of president's plane but these increase in cases is

a consequence of increased testing it is not these figures show very clearly that what is happening is that there is a community spread of the disease but that it is absolutely victory upwards and florida being a very very unfortunate post a person in terms of how to mishandle the demick right at the beginning then to reopen under pressure from president trump and now trying to deal with the consequences of what is a massive spread within the state and of course the trajectory this virus takes in the state will depend very much on how people behave and then the measures being taken by local and state governments there what has the response been. well once again this is just increasing the magnitude of the situation for example disney world was permitted to open this weekend in florida this while the cases is reaching a new record high the governor has yet to mandate mask wearing in public in the

state of florida the governor is insisting that all schools are going to reopen at the end of the summer and also he adds they will be open 5 days a week in other states are looking at various ways in which to safely open schools to open for 2 days a week to insists that mitigating measures are in place in florida the governance says even at this stage that he is going to go straight ahead with opening the schools when the new term begins then of course you've got the republican convention that was due to take place in north carolina but president trump didn't want to because north carolina insisted on mitigating measures on delegates wearing masks on social distances being maintained so it was moved to jacksonville florida where there are no mitigation measures in place at this particular stage so all of these factors have come together to reveal a complete mishandling of the situation and also to cast a light on the influence that president has had 1st on pressuring the governor

a fellow republican and friend to reopen far too early and secondly to increase pressure on the governor to open schools completely and thirdly insisting that a convention be moved from one place to $1.00 to $2.00 impose mitigating measures to another which at this stage there will be no mitigating measures at all so we've got a complete perfect storm of a crisis and the consequences are being revealed in that recall total of the past 24 hours thanks very much mike hanna in washington d.c. well we want to go now to developments in south africa where the president is reimposing a nighttime curfew and banning alcohol sales as his country continues to grapple with the krona virus outbreak that's infecting 5. 100 people every hour more than 13000 new coven 1000 cases have been reported over the past 24 hours daily jump on record for the country nearly 4000 people have been killed president cyril ramaphosa says

a quarter of them died in just the last week alone or for me to miller is following the story for us from johannesburg 1st of all tell us more about what the president so ram oppose what. well mari i'm the president to use this address it seems to urge south africans to add here to the regulations that are still in place was that africa had quite a strict lockdown in place as the 1st infections were recorded back in march and april some of those restrictions have been eased but the president also said that south africans aren't at hearing to the regulations that are meant to try and stop the spread of covert 19 he says people aren't wearing moss there are still massive social gatherings especially on weekends massive funerals where people are likely to catch coronavirus because they're not adhering to any of the health regulations in place so that was very much the gist of that address but also given

the surge in numbers in recent weeks you also mentioned how. a quarter of the infections are quarter of the deaths recorded and then are sitting at just over 4000 were in the last week alone and now south africa seeing an average of 12000 new infections every day and every day we're seeing a new record in the number of infections and just how concerned the government is at this point and this is what's led to the government reversing or backpedaling to some extent around some of the easing of restrictions including the sale of alcohol and also doing away with a curfew that at one stage was in place that this is what rome of course i have to say about the implementations of restrictions meant to curb the spread of the disease. now decided that the say you the dispensing and the

distribution of alcohol will be suspended with immediate effect there is no clear evidence that the resumption of our core seems. has resulted in substantial pressure being put on hospitals including trauma and i.c.u. units therefore as an additional measure to reduce the pressure on hospitals a kid if you will be put in place between the hours of 9 pm and 4 am. of course we've been speaking about hospitals raping overwhelmed all around the world by this tell us about the pressure the virus is putting on the health care system that. all that is exactly was of great concern to the government and also it's worth mentioning that south africa has a particular situation in that there's a huge disparity between probably private health care the government of course has

sought to seek the assistance of the private health care sector and even then services here are being overwhelmed the government to see it that it has 37000 beds in place for quarantine it's sitting up field hospitals but we're also hearing from health professionals nurses and doctors who are saying that they're at a point now where they can't cope and also what was of great interest and quite controversial in the province where we are how telling is that we local government last week it said it's preparing 1000000 graves for people who might die from covert 19 of course there was a massive public reaction to that and there is concern that that that's the reality that south africa will face even though that number is unbelievably high in his address this evening president come up or said see that estimate estimates project that they could be between 40 and 50000 deaths by the end of the year and all of

this information adds to the concern that the health sector is facing they say that they're being overwhelmed they're concerned that they don't have enough ventilators and supply of oxygen to deal with the amount of people who would need assistance from of course a has said that they are looking for assistance around that and they are increasing their capacity but the reality is based on the numbers that south africa seeing so far and the surge in the last couple of weeks and of course it's important to remember that south africa's number seem to be doubling. every 2 weeks so that continues we're likely to see the health facilities in this country in this country extremely overwhelmed all right thank you very much with the latest from johannesburg for me to manage money as that. turning to india now countries reporting a record of nearly 29000 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours on tuesday

a week long lockdown will be imposed in bengal lulu one of the country's largest cities in the capital of the southern state of karnataka the new cases take the national total of people have been infected up to nearly 850000 at least 22674 people have died overall and then in another bit of news from india 3 generations of bollywood's family have now tested positive for corona virus former miss world. and her 8 year old daughter have been infected it comes a day off her father and all the hollywood legend amitabh bachchan and husband abhishek were admitted to hospital for coverage 19 as well. turning to some other top stories now exit polls have given poland's president andre dude a marginal lead in the country's closely fought runoff with 50.4 percent of the

vote the poll seen as a battle for the future direction of the country a conservative is up against the socially liberal also mayor of ski is predicted to receive 49.6 percent of the vote the post is largely ceremonial but the president does hold the power of veto over any new laws result could have major consequences for the relationship with the e.u. so joining me now via skype from warsaw is wojciech shell biscay who's editor in chief of the political magazine visit god insight an incredibly incredibly close race here between these 2 candidates what might the deciding factor be in the outcome. well in the end we will see only tomorrow or rather on tuesday what the final result is the exit poll is with 2 percent margin of error plus it does not account for about half a 1000000 votes cast it abroad and that half

a 1000000 votes is one percent over one percent of the total votes so so it is too close to call what about people who are what has been we were saying that it's a largely ceremonial post but clearly the president has certain powers that could really shape the future direction of the country yes 1st of all it has enormous symbolic power it's the only office in poland coming from a popular vote and quite powerful because of that but not only veto powers that may stop parliament from processing laws as it likes without any other check but also foreign policy and being the leader of the defense forces of the army in poland gives the president's office quite a lot to say in polish politics in matters of the most importance of the top security and position in the world so it's quite a race and quite quite a race and result to observe. so if people are quite galvanized by this

election what does that mean for the turnout has it been high. the current turnout is the highest or one of the highest in history will see it it may only match 1905 but i think at the current state of what we know about the numbers it might be just a little higher so this is unprecedented since 1909 to have such a high turnout and also to have the country so much split in 2 camps in 2 groups of voters. in a vote that was not only president about the president's office it has become sort of a referendum for and against p.i.a.'s dominance in the governance of the country all right we'll continue to stay across that and see how the polls pan out for now thank you very much check should be risky joining us that. much more still ahead on the program including counterfeit cash now it's printed in russia funding the

libyan want a 5 to. how we got lots of fine and dry weather pushing into western parts of europe over the next couple of days a further east we've got some very downpours breaking the heat this assistance very active one this it'll drive its way further race was in squeezing that heat out of the way as it does so but i would say also west this is where we've got high pressure in charge it acts as a lid on the atmosphere keeps the skies clear and that warm strong. sting through temps getting up to around 27 celsius in paris and 30 there for bordeaux still a few showers there just around the british isles and that will continue to make its way further a swiss heavier showers are going to be into the eastern side of here as i said 31

celsius in kiev looking at something like a 10 degree drop in temperatures here as we go through monday that was the weather will continue for the race was very heavy rain possible this is some localized flooding there into western parts of russia not too bad it's a central areas of here upset a few showers said just around the alps clearing away from the british isles we'll see some wet weather coming back into the far north that cross the med dry want to 2 showers in the forecast lots of dry across northern parts of africa but lots of very heavy rain for central areas. a scandal that's rocked the nation to its core and exposed hundreds of court officials of accepting bribes just to show the most dangerous good movie to one and sometimes take a spot. the old edifice to blow up

a personal finance that gains judicial corruption as a michael ware by i come out of my congress in an exclusive documentary al-jazeera examines one man's extraordinary battle for justice in ghana at this time. to move to. welcome back because the headlines now florida has set yet another daily u.s. coronavirus record with more than 15000 new cases this is higher than any european country at their peak south africa has reintroduced a nighttime curfew and a ban on alcohol sales after recording its highest daily jump in new infections

more than 13000 cases were confirmed on sunday. and then exit polls have given poland's incumbent president under a do a slight lead in the country's closely force election race too dear a conservative is up against socially liberal walsall mayor rafael cross kosky the polls been seen as a battle for the future direction of the country. now aid agencies say that lives will be lost as a result of a u.n. security council decision that cuts another vital lifeline for more than a 1000000 displaced syrians after days of deadlock russia forced members to compromise allowing only one border crossing to remain open for 8 to liveries the un originally authorized to flow through 4 border crossings in 20142 from turkey one from iraq and the other from jordan 6 months ago opposition from russia and china forced the routes through iraq and jordan to be dropped now they've been reduced to a single crossing of baba howa agency say that makes it much harder to get humanitarian supplies to the 13w people who depend on that aid in the rebel held

north west of syria among them half a 1000000 children as now explains. there have been jewels nearly a decade of conflict the syria's are no facing even more uncertainty nearly 4000000 are in camps stranded on the border with turkey they live in a rebel held territory in the loft worst while relying on internet. a bubble however is a lifeline for the 3000000 syrians in italy a province about asylum or which was the main entry point for a channel to civilians in a jobless matter and i freend has been shut down after russian pressure for many civilians this could have catastrophic consequences when i think. we're facing a shortage of aid to food and clothes the important thing is bread people can't

afford to buy it from outside we need basics like we said sugar and cooking oil and it has. them the situation is very bad we don't get enough aid but people depend on it to survive in the camp if even less comes they will face huge hardship with 2 crossing points where barely surviving will be under even more pressure if it's reduced to one. humanitarian aid agencies worry that reducing the number of crossing points will further choke off vital a for years the un ran its humanitarian operations through 4 crossing points 2 in turkey one in iraq and one in jordan. the international organization warns stopping cross border a delivery will cause suffering and death. now this is happening at a time when the humanitarian crisis in the country has actually got worse we had

almost a 1000000 people displaced earlier this year so we are very concerned that the amount of access for humanitarian aid is being reduced at the very time when we actually need more access stranded and surviving mainly through a serious face another major crisis with covert 19 spreading in opposition territory limited pay delivery to $1.00 border crossing will also likely further delay much needed medical supplies to contain the outbreak for now russia will have a bigger say over cross border of operations and for many displaced syrians pushed by the army to retake rebel held areas will leave them with 2 options face starvation or surrender or alleges era now in mali prayers have been held for anti-government protesters killed in the capital at least 4

people have died in demonstrations over the last 2 days influential him on the hood spearheading the demonstrations has called 'd on protesters to remain calm the tensions are high despite ever handed a car kate has promised to form a national unity government and dissolve the constitutional court. first of all i want to pay tribute to the young who died in the latest protests i call on all molly and soon the young in particular not to fall into the trap of violence we can be strong without being violent determination for this struggle is unshakeable we fight to restore the honor of the nation to end this catastrophic situation that this government has led us into for the decay of mali to no longer be a reality but a memory this movement we have started is the beginning of hope our users and that address says that resentment has been building for a while and. all of a sudden in june the constitutional court declared the results or the overturn the

results in such an areas where opposition leaders say they are poised to win thereby turning the tables against the ruling party probably holding more seats in parliament than the president's party and as a result this has built up over time and we still have seen protests demonstrations across mali and the attempts on fridays to set such an office is to blockade certain offices and of course was in the national broadcaster of the television station of that however even before then there are grumblings across mali above the economy of the poor hunting of the economy where president because he's called as well as the security situation in the north and center of mali a lot of money and are not happy with the continuing killings between a dog and pull and it's in central mali as well as the. crisis in the north of the country where we have a look and other groups killing and attacking military and civilian targets in that

area a lot of money is wished that these can go away but after years of leadership by a president a book a book or a book or it broke it or they believe that the government is not well equipped to handle the situation and as a result they want to see that the government gives way for a transitional government that will organize fresh elections maybe a leader in much to handle the situation properly libya's u.n. recognized government says the wall italy 5 to us forces appear to be mobilizing towards the city of sirte tripoli based administration shared these images on social media it says they show armed vehicles into russian made at defense systems moving towards the strategic port city forces back in the government have been massed on the outskirts of sat which is a gateway to major oil facilities in the region. other developments billions of dollars of fake libyan currency and now circulating across the country the un

recognized government says the notes printed by russia ought to shore up the war chest of its ally honey some libyans on our refusing to accept the deal to try and disrupt his campaign from the former rebel stronghold of misrata trainer points more than a $1000000000.00 worth of new libyan bank notes found in 2 shipping containers a couple of months ago were yet another sign of russia's influence in libya the cash that's found on the mediterranean island of malta was on route from the printing works in moscow to leave the have to his forces in eastern libya the us government welcomed the seizure saying the alternative dinar notes were counterfeit libyan currency printed by a russian state owned company and ordered by an illegitimate parallel entity it's 4 years since the parallel central bank in eastern libya controlled by hunter began printing billions of its due north in russia they look and feel almost exactly like

the official currency from libya's internationally recognized central bank in tripoli they've been circulated in most cities across western libya except misrata known as libya's economic. have 2 years accused of using the banknotes to fund his failed military campaign to capture tripoli. we saw the head of the east and central bank said the priority is to fund the war in tripoli these counterfeit notes were used to pay for it his and of course inflation and the value of the libyan dinar to decrease business owners and residents say whether sons are fighting on the front lines they can play their part in the fight against after by boycotting the banknotes. these notes are counterfeit to recognize central bank of tripoli has refused them so business people in misrata refuse to accept it. have to use this money to destroy al capital refusing to deal with it is how we as businessman a protest spiting in the fight against them. russian support is being seen as further escalating the libyan crisis creating piru institutions to the central bank

in the national oil corporation russia new scenarios from the crimean backed working group have been seen in europe libya's largest oil field leaders in tripoli say the house of representatives in the east has taken out loans of $21000000000.00 to fund have to bid to take control of libya economic experts say there are over 8000000000 dollars worth of these russian nodes in circulation the impact on the economy is likely to be felt for years to come now traina 00 misrata the russian mining company responsible for an oil spill in the arctic says has been a novel. nickel says that around $45.00 tons of aviation fuel have spilled from the pipeline the company is already on the pressure of the leak of $21.00 tons of diesel from a power plant in may it says it has contained that leak and denies hiding the extent of the damage so we've been keeping an eye on these incredible

pictures that we're getting from san diego now this is a major fire that is burning on board a u.s. navy ship these are pictures that we're getting at the moment reports so far seem to suggest that 3 sail as and one fireman have been injured but as you can see this is a major fire attempts are being made to try and put it out but for the moment the fire appears to be growing. well now the e.u. says the long stalled talks between serbia and kosovo back on track after a video meeting between the 2 leaders kosovo's prime minister abdullah hottie and serbian president alexander of the church held a virtual meeting chat by senior officials on sunday kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 but belgrade refuses to recognize it tensions of cement ever since the leaders are set to meet face to face in brussels on the day yet says of

the solution is temporary to development of the 2 site we know that this not an issue for us this has never been. to do this. work to do worse peace and prosperity put to see who the government future. quick look at headlines now while the health organization has reported more than $230000.00 crowd of r.'s cases in the past 24 hours this is the highest single daily increase since the outbreak began the surge is mainly coming from the united states was ill india and south africa globally the death rate is remaining steady with around $5000.00 people dying each day in the u.s.

state of florida has shattered the national record for daily cases with more than 15000 reported such an infections have already exceeded the highest daily tatties reported by any european country so far almost 235000 people have died across the u.s. mike hanna has more from washington. startling statistic is that the doubling of the testing in florida it has doubled from 25250000 per day but the real statistic in all of those is that a month ago only 5.2 percent of those tested were proving positive in the last week that figure has risen to nearly 20 percent now this makes a lie out of presidents trump's plane views increase in cases is a consequence of increased testing it is not these figures show very clearly that what is happening is that there is a community spread meanwhile south africa's president has reimposing some

restrictions there after a record spike in corona virus cases more than 13000 new cases reported on sunday present so around a poster says $500.00 people are being infected every hour authorities will bring back a nighttime curfew limit between the provinces and impose rules on the sale of alcohol as well and then we're also watching exit polls in poland they have given the present under a due to a marginal lead in the country's closely fought runoff race for 50.4 percent of the vote due to a conservative a conservative is up against socially liberal walsall mayor. is predicted to get 49.6 percent of the vote so incredibly close post is largely ceremonial but the president holds a power of veto over new laws so the result could have consequences for relations with the e.u. . as the headlines talk to as there is next. for

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