british police i meet with victims of violence and discover what life is like for minorities in the country join me on my journey in search of india's soul on al-jazeera. over 230000 new corona virus infections the biggest worldwide rise in a single day it comes as things take a turn for the worse in the u.s. . but i mean this is our desire life and also coming up. the storm is upon us south africa's president brings back a lot down restrictions after a surge in cases. in libya a state owned oil company blames the u.a.e. for a blockade on oil exports by warlords only for have to. an apparent exit polls predict

a tight race between the 2 men putting it out to be president. so there's been another record daily rise in the number of corona virus cases around the world 230000 people have been infected more than a quarter of those are in the united states state of florida is be particularly badly hit it lifted restrictions in may it's just reopened disneyland but it's also shattered the national record with over $15000.00 infections and that's a part of the previous record set by new york medical haters in maryland and she explains the reason for the surge in florida and in other states but it comes to current a virus in the united states a case of where you live and what your governor i decided to do remember this was the issue where the u.s. president said this is up to the states they need. to figure out their testing they

need to figure out their hospitals so here in maryland with a republican governor took it very seriously shut it down didn't reopen quickly the hospitals have plenty of capacity the positive test results for the credit iris here are less than 5 percent now let's put that to florida where the governor keeps saying these cases are going up because they have more tests that is not true just to give you a sense they did $25000.00 tests a day in florida a month ago their positivity rate that's the number of cases coming back positive compared to the overall tests was about 5 percent now they're doing $50000.00 tests a day in their positivity rate is almost 20 percent so that's not because they're doing more testing it's because more people are getting sick important remember florida doesn't have a rule where says you have to wear your mask some cities do but the state has not taken that step and they haven't really shut down again even though we saw the governor to you know 2 weeks after he opened in may say journals were wrong it's not the end of the world look everything's fine but he hasn't taken any steps to

change the course of this disease so let's think about it if there's 15000 today we know the way this virus operates imagine how many people those 15000 positive cases have infected over the last week to blow it didn't their symptoms were showing up but they were still able to spread the virus so the hospitals are on the verge of reaching capacity the 15000 number shows no sign of going down likely scientists say it's just going to continue to increase exponentially in my skin as the 4th highest number of deaths from 98 in the world david take it's really more than 35000 people have died it's recorded more than 300000 infections but the government says the true number is likely to be significantly higher. and south africa is re imposing some restrictions as cases there spike a curfew is back in place overnight and alcohol sales are banned the country has the highest number of infections on the continent the presidents who are opposed

says scientists are forecasting as many as 50000 deaths by the end of the year in a televised address he explained why the government is bringing back the lockdown measures we've now decided that the sale the dispensing and the distribution of alcohol will be suspended with immediate effect there is now clear evidence that the resumption of alcohol sales 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 care few will be put in place between the hours of 9 pm and 4 am well let's hear now from from a to mina who has more from johannesburg. also 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 mosque there so 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 i was sitting at just over 4000 where in the last week alone and now south africa is 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. now the nigerian government has to review it agreement with several countries including the united kingdom over what's being described as an acceptable treatment during the pandemic the foreign minister geoffrey only him says the u.k. with landing rights for a nigerian carrier as it was trying to evacuate citizens had carried out one successful flight from the u.k. to nigeria and it's scheduled another 2. hundreds of nigerians were affected by the move. libya's national oil corporation is accusing the united arab emirates of pushing wardley for have to reimpose a blockade of its facilities on friday after us forces had allowed a tanker carrying crude to set sell for the 1st time in 6 months but they now say the seas will stay until the demands of

a distribution of profits from exports are met the u.s. embassy in libya says that it quote regrets foreign backed efforts in the resumption of oil activities but let's take a closer look at the dispute over oil most of libya's oil fields are located in the east they control by have to self declared libyan national army which is supported by the u.a.e. and each it under international agreements only libya's national oil corporation can export the crude and all revenues must flow into the central bank both a base in tripoli and that is the seat of the un recognized government headed by fires us russia turkey support in recent weeks has helped him to repel have to as attempts to capture tripoli have to as forces one the oil revenue to be channeled into a new bank account overseas so that it can be distributed regionally or have to as men have occupied the oil field since january costing libya nearly $6000000000.00 in lost revenue well it might but he is

a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council where he focuses on libya and he says the oil blockade will likely force foreign players to get even more involved. while this blockade protracted and considering the protraction of this situation so to speak russia is actually the state that will be gathering the most influence and has drawn in the us now there is increasing this true tonight in the situation and he has put it put it in quite a precarious situation because diplomatically speaking the u.s. cannot do much unless it decides to counter russia either through very very concerted efforts soft power once or that means speaking to turkey and speaking to the u.a.e. to stop doing what they're doing or to counter russia militarily because russia is involved in the military so it has these 2 options and i don't see it taking any of the 2 and that means that libya is headed to a certain extent in some form some way shape or form to either a yemen or

a syria like scenario unfortunately well it's of elements come as images on social media appear to show forces loyal to have to mobilizing towards the city of sirte the u.n. recognize government in tripoli shared the pictures saying that they show armored vehicles and 2 russian made it offensive systems forces backing the tripoli backed government have been massing on the outskirts of sirte the coastal city as a gateway to major or facilities which at the moment as we've been hearing on the have to control. russian mining company norilsk nickel has reported another fuel spill in the arctic the company says $45.00 tons of aviation fuel have spilled from a pipeline in the it could end tundra it's already under pressure after 21000 tons of diesel leaked from a power plant in may contaminating land rivers and the lake connected to the sea russia's environmental watchdog has demanded more than $2000000000.00 in compensation. exit polls after poland's presidential election runoff suggest the

race is too close to call the conservative incumbent is to get around 51 percent of the vote he's up against the socially liberal war. and the results could lead to a big shake up in politics. an extraordinarily tight race and the result on my french by a small margin under a do that is projected to stay in office 5 years in the role propped up by the rightwing law and justice party yet for all the control they wield in poland do death failed to secure a comfortable win so yes not a bad example to the i want to make it clear and strong that i am happy about my victory for now it's only an exit poll victory but looking at the past results as you all saw it it has grown in my favor. this is the man snapping at the

heels of the incumbent. also a centrist pro european union mayor he launched his campaign at the last minute but it's proven to be a spoiler for president do this assured when. all the votes just need to be counted which in truth will make this evening a nerve wracking one for everyone in poland but i'm absolutely convinced when we count each vote we will be victorious and we will definitely win and redo those deeply conservative and homophobic agenda was an appeal to his party's nationalist base his constitutional reforms that we can the independence of the country's judiciary also put him at odds with the you compared with rafa. whose liberal program called new solidarity was designed to evoke the movement that helped and communist rule in poland he is seeking stronger relations with the e.u. than his competitor campaigned on but despite the clash. 2 radically different

agendas voters came out in record numbers the highest turnout in the country since 1989 the final results won't be declared until choose day and there will also be the votes of some hoffa 1000000 poles who are living outside the country in a race this tight every single one of them will count on it i go there. 3rd here in al-jazeera to tell you why hong kong 1st democratic primary vote could also be its last. plus a u.s. navy ship catches fire we'll hear from one of the evacuees in st. however we still have plenty of heat across central and southern parts of the u.s.

at the moment and that has been breeding some massive storms big bulge of thunderhead showing up here just around oklahoma where we actually saw some power cuts as a result of some damaging winds and some very very big how moving through that will push further east which as we go on through monday west whether they stayed spilling out of alberta through scotch one into manitoba very heavy rain then you notice into central parts of canada it will slip a little further south as well across the dakotas just running down into the northern and central plains as we go on through choose day to the west of that well want to see showers just around the rockies but around the west coast hot and dry sums it up and we're still getting well up into the forty's there into parts of arizona into a new mexico and also into western parts of texas for the camera panned we have got some showers in play once again just around cuba the western side of the caribbean probably seeing the wettest of the weather as we go through the next the next couple of days but the chance of one of 2 shall is just around the leeward the and

indeed into the way in which they're somewhat the weather for time just pushing across jamaica that will continue to make its way further westwards as we go into the middle of the week. in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami a remarkable more trade of a remote japanese village. that is later how has the community of me akka been able to move on and rebuild their lives. rewinds japan aftermath of the catastrophe. on al-jazeera. or or.

are you watching out there her mind about top stories this hour and there's been another record daily rise in the number of coronavirus cases around the world turgeon 30000 people have been infected more than a quarter of those are in the united states. libya's national oil corporation is accusing the united arab emirates of pushing border collie for have to to reimpose a blockade of its facilities a day after he allowed an oil tanker to sail with oil for its. exit polls after opponents presidential runoff suggest the race is too close to call it didn't come with time to do that is it still is tipped to get around 51 percent the fact. that more than half a 1000000 people have turned out to vote in hong kong's 1st have a democratic primary elections but will decide which candidate stand on the ledge the council elections in september it is the 1st such poll since

a new national security law was imposed by beijing if it department as this report the race for the 1st ever democratic primaries heated up as long he's formed in one of the hottest days of the summer. the villagers task was to choose the person they believe would best represent them and september's legislative council elections. i guess candidates campaign throughout the weekend including democracy activists joshua long who is looking to run in the legislative council elections for the 1st time he is on trial and could face jail for taking part in un authorized protests last year fight for democracy is a long time battle we doesn't imagine or expect one day off to hong kong without any result in free election but f. we have trust was due to come out of vote that's the reason why i run for office in such a primary election even with a race of disqualification organizers say they faced many obstacles including

a resurgence in current virus infections and shops and offices earmarked as ballot venues becoming unavailable in the last minute to counter that some district councillors hard to bus as a mobile polling station that proved popular the territory's 1st ethnic minority democratic candidate is also running the hong kong born social workers making his political debut on a tough battle ground against 8 other mostly established politicians you know after you see people lining up coming in and picking up leaflets and patting you on the back saying you know i'm going dialect on calm people at all you just thought this is this is hong kong spirit no matter what we just find a way in the democracy camp hoops that fielding the most popular candidates for the upcoming september elections will help them win a majority of the 70 seats up for grabs this is the 1st time the democrats have held primaries they believe now more than ever they need to axe to teach a cli but the bigger question is with this greater response and momentum from the

public how will the government react and will it lead to further restrictions on the democracy movement according to organizers turnout was boosted by efforts to suppress the event so. officials suggested the poles could violate the national security law we don't want to be silenced not just for our generation but also for the next or the next generation but with a diminishing tolerance for acts of defiance in hong kong and the broad mandate of the new national security law many fear this could be the 1st and the last time an election like this is held to be gopalan our jazeera hong kong now he has recorded a 5th straight day record day of new cases of covert 19 with nearly 29000 confirmed on sunday 5 states as mara i will not in delhi comment tarka an entrepreneur should have been hit particularly a week long lockdown will be imposed in bangalore city after spite the number of

dead is nearing 23000. well 3 generations of bollywood's problems are trying family have tested positive for the virus a former miss world i see why you are right by trying and her 8 year old daughter has been infected it was announced a day after her father nor the only would legend i'm told by john and her husband i'd be shocked were admitted to hospital. it is prime minister has thing to merge the workers and citizens for their efforts at the height of the great of our separate she said picante said he had moments of anguish and uncertainty as he led the country made the comments at a concert to remember the victims 188 more infections were reported on sunday but health officials say the virus does remain under control every 35000 people died in italy. even though i have great responsibilities i as all citizens have lived moments of strong concern moments of anguish also

moments of uncertainty because there were times when we didn't have knowledge of how this epidemic could develop there were moments when we had a hard time to keep it under control it was a very difficult trial for the whole country for all citizens it was a very insidious challenge. local lockdowns are being imposed in some places in spain after a spike in cases more than 140000 people have been confined in catalonia after more than 800 new cases on sunday the outbreak is connected to farm work and seasonal day laborers of spain emerged from a 3 month nationwide lockdown in june let me let me know mandated that the best way to attack this virus and to block the transmission chain is prevention prevention of new infections that leads us to ask people to stay at home as long as possible and only go out for those essential movements to work to buy the things they need. despite rising cases haiti has begun to reopen religious and commercial activities

of resumed in the capital port au prince the government has reported more than $6000.00 cases in $139.00 deaths more than half the population rely on a daily income to survive making a lot damage is almost impossible to sustain. at least $21.00 sailors have been injured after an explosion on board a u.s. military ship in san diego thick black smoke has been bellowing from the u s s bonhomme richard which is docked to san diego's naval base and firefighters on boats have been attempting to put out the planes 160 sailors were on board when the fire was 1st reported but they have now been evacuated i just shock a lot of confusion and you don't know what happened if there was you know there was a mistake on the ship you don't know. the u.k. and france have agreed to form a new joint intelligence unit to combat people traffickers across the english channel ministers from both countries held talks in the french port city of cali

security forces there have dismantled the makeshift camps removing hundreds of people cases of illegal crossings in the english channel have surged in recent months. the e.u. says long stalled talks between serbia and kosovo her back on track after a video conference between the 2 leaders kosovo's prime minister at the end serbian president alexandrovitch held a virtual meeting chaired by senior e.u. officials on sunday kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 palgrave refuses to recognize that the tensions have simmered have a sense the leaders are set to meet face to face in brussels about some thursday the absence of a solution is hampering did it well i'm meant to cite we know that this not an easy process that's never been but there is urgency to work to do worst piece temper of spirity for the sake

of our government future. molly's prime minister has promised an investigation into deadly protests violence in the capital bamako it is the worst civil unrest in years a president who cater as now promised to form a national unity government and dissolve the constitutional court the tensions do remain high and people are still demanding his resignation and some would address. demonstrators defy course by their leaders to stay off the streets of the michael the tug at this time is the headquarters of the ruling rpm party in the capital as the officers police arrived firing tear gas. earlier funeral prayers were held for 4 victims killed us police clashed with opposition alliance members late saturday. security forces call them troublemakers but protest organizers led by the influentially my mom would consider them a smartest. first of all i want to pay tribute to the young who died in the latest

protests i call on all molly and 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 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 thousands gathered for the funeral as the dead were taken 400 stayed behind they said they feared for their leader safety. on friday thousands of protesters took over government buildings in the capital they pushed their way into the parliament compound and the national television station burnt tires and barricaded roads in the capital police responded with tear gas. gunfire or so that 60 people were arrested among them several opposition figures. the protesters

returned on saturday but in smaller numbers the anger is directed at president. demonstrations began in june after modest constitutional court overturned election results that have evolved to include frustrations over the economy and they did corruption and insecurity from groups embattled president brian billick a key to try to appease the protesters i would totally false. i will continue to favor dialogue with all the active forces of the nation for the establishment of a national unity government compose a republican and patriotic groups and not the because i'm demolishes of the country molly deserves better than that. shortly after security forces clashed with protesters at the home of mahmoud tickle. the president to bribe a worker kicked out because he's known in mali a promise to dissolve the court of the heart of the disputed election results hold elections in contested areas and form a national unity government there an important 1st step. and i think the idea is

that the president is going to join with the opposition and have hopefully real dialogue. and and hopefully this will take place under the eyes of eco wasse the regional group that i think can actually help make sure that this moves forward smoothly the opposition had earlier rejected to reform the constitutional court and demanded the dissolution of parliament a team from the regional bloc of course is trying to mediate between the 2 sides but with renewed violence coming i was up to calls for calm by opposition leaders that are concerns of more clashes in the coming days. i'll does either. aid groups say they're deeply concerned over restrictions on the flow varied into syria the un security council agreed to and agreed to a compromise that leaves only one border crossing with turkey open instead of the previous 2 hundreds of thousands of people could be impacted. now.

there in jordan nearly a decade of conflict the syrians are now facing even more uncertainty nearly 4000000 are in camps stranded on the border with turkey they live in a rebel held territory in the north west while relying on international aid 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 jobless and i 3 and 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 stop being quasi border aid 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 limiting aid delivery to one 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 operations and for many displaced syrians a push by the army to retake rebel held areas will leave them with 2 options face starvation or surrender house in marbella al jazeera the head of the roman catholic church says he's deeply pained by turkey's decision to change the status of the i o. sophia from a museum into a mosque pope francis told worshippers in rome that his thoughts were with the

historic building in mexico world heritage site had been a museum since 934 it was built 1500 years ago as an orthodox christian cathedral it was later converted into a mosque the decision has been criticized both in turkey and abroad but ankara has defended it as a as an internal matter. so this is out there these are the top stories and there's been another recall daily rise in the number of corona virus cases around the world 230000 people have been infected more than a quarter of those are in the united states florida reported a single day rise for the u.s. state with more than 15000 cases a particle has more on the increase in florida the governor keeps saying these cases are going up because they have more tests that is not true just to give you a sense they did 25000 tests a day in florida

a month ago their positive any rate that's the number of cases coming back positive compared to the overall test was about 5 percent now they're doing $50000.00 tests a day and their positivity rate is almost 20 percent so that's not because they're doing more testing it's because more people are getting sick important remember florida doesn't have a rule where says you have to wear your mask some cities do but the state has not taken that step and they haven't really shut down again so the records reimposing some restrictions as cases that spike the curfew is back in place overnight and alcohol sales are banned the country has the highest number of infections on the continent president to cirrhosis says scientists a full cost of as many as 50000 deaths by the end of the year. libya's national oil corporation is accusing the united arab emirates of pushy ward relief or have to to reimpose a blockade of its facilities on friday have to us forces have allowed a tanker carrying crude to set sail for the 1st time in 6 months they now say the seas will stay until the demands of distribution of profits from exports are met.

russian mining company norilsk nickel has reported another fuel spill in the arctic the company says $45.00 tons of aviation fuel have spilled from a pipeline in the tundra it's already under pressure off to $21000.00 tons of diesel leaked from a power plant to make contaminated land river and a lake connected to the sea i suppose off dependence presidential runoff suggest the race is too close to call the conservative incumbent country due to is to get around 51 percent of the vote he's up against a socially liberal walsall man chris cuffe ski the result could lead to a pick shake up in putin's politics or stay with headlines here on al-jazeera got more news coming up right after. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the

small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. and rewind back in 2006 we 1st launched al-jazeera english our mission was to seek out documentaries that other channels simply were not doing. for revisiting some of the best of them to find out how the story is done in the years sense today they're rewinding to 2000.