and it kills people now it's politically both fronts with. people. just 0. threats of sanctions from europe against foreign governments repeatedly violating the u.n. arms embargo in libya as a team from the i.c.c. arrives to investigate real crux. blown down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a fight that's a long way from over warning some iran's president has coronavirus infections reach an estimated 25000000 people. a show of force drug cartel fighters display their strength and defiance during a visit by the mexican president. and

a fierce debate rages on in the u.s. over when to head back to school but it's children who are stuck in the middle. we begin in libya a multiple developments in the conflict a european countries are threatening sanctions against foreign governments interfering in the ongoing instability in a joint statement the leaders of france germany and italy say we urge all foreign actors to end their increasing interference and to fully respect the arms embargo established by the united nations security council we are ready to consider the possible use of sanctions should breaches to the embargo at sea on land or in the air continue. and a team from the international criminal court is now on the ground to investigate possible war crimes committed by forces loyal to the warlord and if the have to are that's expected to include a visit to the mass graves down into who in the last month the 3 person team but

also investigate booby traps left behind by half a dozen lighters south of tripoli the i.c.c. says it received credible information regarding 11 mass graves containing men women and children but what have the while head is in tripoli with more details on the i.c.c. investigation. the government so far seems to be reluctant in revealing the details about the team's. details exactly but we know from sources with the government of national accord nearly $225.00 bodies have been recovered from the mass graves around the city of warner and also. the secret notorious prisons as you know that we reported that in the past few weeks about the secret prisons where half the opponents including civilians in women were told toured and murdered and voted in the mass graves that's according to

eyewitnesses government officials and local officials from the city of along with medical sources now the team is also due to visit several areas in southern tripoli to check the areas where they land mines were planted in civilian areas specially those if you like ns are neighborhood insulated dean and also in the vicinity of the old inactive international airport these areas were like near to or a battlefield during the military campaign civilian areas had. land mines were planted by helped us forces namely by the russian mercenaries from the bag group and they killed dozens of innocent civilians who were impatient to return home immediately after the end of the fighting. well it's been 9 years since the u.n. security council unanimously referred reports of atrocities in libya to the i.c.c. granting judges jurisdiction to investigate possible war crimes and crimes against

humanity the investigation into have to and his forces include allegations of massacres kidnappings torture and mass burials also alleged war crimes such as the bombardment of civilian areas as well as the targeting of hospitals and medical workers during have to ask 14 months of tripoli and as we mentioned the i.c.c. is also investigating reports of booby traps and improvised bombs planted in the homes by have tossed fighters as they retreated from the capital's suburbs let's bring in richard charles day he's a political science professor at george washington university joins us live from washington d.c. richard the i.c.c. says it has credible information regarding nearly a dozen mass graves so how significant is this i.c.c. team on the ground in libya and what are they likely to find do you think. well it's extremely significant that significant because. this is a critical set of actions that are really designed to enhance the system of international law. this i.c.c.

team has the i.c.c. in general as have already since the united nations authorized the i.c.c. to conduct investigations this is part and parcel of the united nations security council resolution 1970 that was passed in 20 allows. what the ice presumably what the i.c.c. team is going to do it is to investigate these 11 and other unmarked graves. there have been indications of. of these 11 have been uncovered they will document these atrocities. as they will report back to the i.c.c. and. consequently that information will become part and parcel of the un and i see you i.c.c.

the un record in terms of incidence of the overall time table it's been 9 years since the un security council referred reports of atrocities in libya to the i.c.c. which is the point you are making so far no investigations into possible war crimes crimes against humanity have been known so is anything different this time around do you think. well i hope we've reached a tipping point one of the things that really characterizes libya. is the idea and this has been a characteristic the hallmark of middle eastern international politics for decades now is the use of proxies and what made this particularly dangerous is that you have. many nation states and paramilitary organizations associated with some of these nation states aligning with either the tripoli government. or the to broker. well hopefully the idea is that we reached

a tipping point the sanctions will be imposed if these violations are substantiated yet just to just a final thought here richard i mean as you as you made the point that 3 france germany it's now calling for an end to foreign interference in libya and threatening those sanctions that you just mentioned is that likely to fall on deaf ears do you think and how are the key players like turkey the u.a.e. egypt likely to respond to that. well one of the key players here of course is the united states and the united states while a lot of the you know the cast is vacillated in terms of its support for the g.n.a.s. a flurry of essential leaders something called it last year with. the hof car but the role of the united states is important the role of other support countries for the g. and a france is problematic france has been accused of violations of the united

nations security council resolution 1970 in terms of violating the arms embargo but it's inherent to that so again the power politics of this is going to come up for and i hope that the troubled ministration pushes hard. but i'm not overly sending one of the wanted to tell you the truth richard thanks for getting your thoughts thank you for talking to us my pleasure well elsewhere a new battle could be looming in the city of sirte forces of the internationally recognized government are pushing further east from misrata closing in on the city of a gateway to me because main oil terminals the government of national accord the jna says it's planning to recapture the area from half tossed forces witnesses on the jna say about $200.00 vehicles moved eastwards from misrata towards the town of tal work again as forces recently recaptured most of the territory held by half ending

his bid to capture the capital from iran's president hassan rouhani says 25000000 people more than a quarter of the population may have been infected with corona virus he added another 35000000 could be at risk of infection iran has officially reported about $271000.00 cases but rouhani is office says is much higher figures are based on research estimates by the health ministry further restrictions are being enforced around the country after a surge in new cases. yankee has no card to get. him one of the most important matters is it here is to medical recommendations and social distancing to limit the spread of the corona virus according to the ministry of health estimates 25000000 iranians have been infected with the coronavirus so far and we have lost about $14000.00 of them within $150.00 days it is possible that $30.00 to $35000000.00 citizens are at risk to be infected in the coming period this means that the number

of patients who will be hospitalized will double it is possible that the virus will continue until march al-jazeera same as robbie has more now on those claims by president rouhani. this alarming hard to believe number comes on the 1st day of return to lock down to a lockdown situation here in the capital tehran after we've seen a record number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks now in the hours since this meeting took place in the hours since the president made this statement about 25000000 people potentially infected number that he said could turn into 30 or 35000000 in the next few months there was clarification from the secretary of the science committee on his taskforce and this gentleman put out a statement saying that the number that mr rouhani was talking about reflects those who were tested and showed signs of having antibodies and those were people that were potentially asymptomatic for the covert 19 virus and were not hospitalized he

also made the point of illustrating that actual figures of infection and death that iran compiles that it then sends out to the world official confirmed figures those come from people who are hospitalized and are tested positive in swab tests for the covert 19 coronavirus now what we see here the figure that mr rouhani is talking about perhaps a better word than infection is it's the total number of people that have been exposed in the country to the coronavirus now whether he misspoke or whether this was president hassan rouhani trying to fire a warning flare to illustrate iranians that remains a serious problem that they have to take the threat of the coronavirus seriously the point that the president made today either way is that iran has been and remains the worst affected country in the middle east. israelis have been protesting in tel aviv in west jerusalem against the government's handling of the

coronavirus pandemic police used water cannon in west jerusalem to try and disperse the crowds israel reimpose restrictions office in cases last week something that has angered demonstrate is there been protests for weeks over the economic situation and lockdown measures and also chants demanding prime minister binyamin netanyahu resigns before said has more now from western muslims. there are 2 simultaneous sizable protests going on one here in west jerusalem close to the prime minister's residence where we are hearing reports of water cannon being used again of a large number of streets around the residence being sealed off in order to keep protesters away and as you say this other major protest in television there been small protests throughout the country there are those who are protesting as part of a long term campaign against benjamin netanyahu on the grounds of wanting to get rid of a prime minister who's also facing trial under trial in 3 corruption cases that the

numbers have been very much buttressed and swollen by people who are protesting against the economic fallout of the pandemic the protests in tel aviv are largely or at least they've been talked about as protesters from the communities of small business owners of restaurant owners because they feel that they are unduly bearing the burden of the shutdowns that have been taking place as you say the restrictions imposed last week further restrictions imposed just a couple of days ago including beaches to be closed from next week all non-essential shops and malls to be shut down during weekends gatherings restricted to 10 indoors and 20 in open spaces but they also plan to shut down all restaurants from 5 pm on friday there was a revolt from restaurant owners who said they'd already bought all of the perishable goods for this weekend the government reversed itself on that because it was afraid apparently of the kind of street protests and public disorder that could

have resulted from from that time for a short break here now to say when we come back. we cannot unite. we cannot heal the. tributes are pouring in for one of the lost members of martin luther king is in a circle the civil rights icon an american congressman john lewis has died at the age of 8. and al-jazeera speaks to the u.n. secretary general about why he thinks the world has been pushed to breaking point stay with us. hello there very warm across central and eastern areas of the united states and that does mean that as we see this line of thunderstorms working their way eastwards we're going to see some fairly severe storms erupting but ahead of it is

very warm as i say washington d.c. temperatures in the high 30 celsius people doing their best to cool down meanwhile as a cross the west in america we have got that hot air in place and this of course is the downside to that we have got this one particular fire 78 square kilometers this fire is just 30 percent contained already 4 homes have burned 60 are actually in threat of fire you can see here where the warmer weather is it extends right there down across into arizona and then really across much of the southern plains the south and up towards the midwest and the northeast and that is was to say this next line of rain showers as they come through they could well develop particularly in the central plains with some very severe thunderstorms as we go through monday temperature wise still very warm 37 in washington d.c. 32 celsius in new york meanwhile down across the caribbean and central america we've got some very heavy amounts of rain but that very well scott is a 7 hours of florida areas of cuba that slogan see some the heavier downpours that fall western side of mexico by monday the rain still in the 4 calls that generally

scattered showers elsewhere. 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. frank assessments tourism but income stream is dead in the us what's been the result received perching quite significantly and in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera.

welcome back a good amount of our top stories here this hour investigators from the international criminal court have a rival in libya's capital to look into whether forces loyal to warlord and if i have to have committed war crimes meanwhile the leaders of france germany and italy have issued a joint statement urging an end to foreign interference in the. iran's president hassan rouhani says 25000000 people more than a quarter of the population may have been infected with coronavirus iran has officially reported about 270000 cases. and israelis have been protesting against the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic police who used water cannon on protesters in west jerusalem to try to disperse the crowds israel reimposed restrictions after surgery takes his last week. now the mexican government is analyzing a video showing dozens of gunmen and vehicles apparently belonging to the powerful the list go drug cartel it seems to be a show of force ahead of a visit by president lopez obrador to 3 states where the group has. stronghold john

heilemann reports now from mexico city. these are mexican government forces instead this video appears to show someone else's army. and men show they're saying the alias of the mess you'll also get us of on this the leader of the highly skilled new generation carteaux will bear the little 1 in the morning the video hasn't been authenticated but it showed up online just as the president under his manuel lopez obrador was touring the group's heartland and it seemed to send a straightforward message this video showed the overwhelming arm strength there is going to cartels have. which we could call wider law. law being is using violence against the state against government forces to push forward their agenda which often means getting the government back off from going after their.

busting their drugs and arrest in their lesson on saturday our phones will do russell mit screw security minister tweeted this is no criminal group with the power to successfully challenge federal security forces and definitely not with this obviously staged video. that this cartels never been scared of attacking authorities about 3 weeks ago amid scree city's police chief we shot up and blamed the group for the attempted hit. this late to show of force increases pressure on the government struggling to deal with gang warfare and recall violence john homan al jazeera mexico city. well let's bring in the trial but he tells me now he's a professor of security and political science at the national university of mexico he joins us live now from mexico city around so what do you make of this extraordinary video by the in his go cartels clearly a show of firepower what message are they trying to send to mexico's leaders by

doing this do you think. well it is totally different organization named by itself a new generation. is challenging the government obviously if there were many days he is trying to cut to a weekly there the mention of these really sation the early christians he counts they mention to his his song and he says delighted to the united states on the mantel piece it would be only with the government 3 weeks ago as you mentioned before. we saw for they have track of the organization it gives the chief of police of mexico city. fortunately that you felice he is good right now and the attack was fatal for the reception for the dinner when he said should and they are trying to send in the government of the mexican population ok and they have many that were many military power raul so just how powerful that is they

unesco cartel and is this guy trying to fill some kind of power vacuum left behind when the sinaloan cartel boss out chapo was arrested back in 2016. yes chappell was arrested then they go and sent to the united states in in an extradition process because of these the but were floated for an efficiency notice in iraq are still divided by this is crazy now if i did believe between the chapel family and this. of this organization in my view somebody whose name because of this is they. they are telling you by the least of which was growing is growing needs power is clearly not power even if states ask the school i know there's. a will to mexico city and he's starting to challenge the weren't even mexico city because it's cool they try to control the

real estate is in mexico city route just a final point to you in terms of the broader government strategy and president or president or has favored a less confrontational approach to security than his predecessor as a so-called hugs not bullets strategy but many of us critics say look that has actually emboldened the criminal gangs it hasn't changed anything. well that person to mention this is 30 years they didn't even know if he's going to mint they want a year from fargo if it's failing in there for 2 to gold it could be because those 2 to be good citizens. many people in mexico good size this is dirty because he said now if you start the is by the president what. the sheets of the car tells me to tell the government needs to change to stop the and he's using the army and he's using their they they they us 8 to face this powerful capitalist who got killed

because. the call of negotiation and good will for the government doesn't work this is not the people in mexico once how do i. tell raul but it has made a great to get your thoughts thanks for talking to others there thank you sir thanks to you now the u.n. secretary antonio guterres has said the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the world to breaking point exposing deep divisions in societies across the globe he made the comments during a speech marking nelson mandela international day our diplomatic editor james bays spoke to him. in your speech secretary general you describe a world out of balance you say we are at breaking point it is an idealistic speech but you are a realist how do you achieve the things that you want to achieve now my belief is that people. now aware of the enormous fragility of our world of

our economies and of our societies for as you with aviation to a microscope a virus that has put their face put us on our knees for as you know the nation to climate change visualisation to lawlessness in the cyber space for deliberation to the new risks of nuclear proliferation again and my hope is that people will understand that when recovering when taking profits or the opportunity that of course after the coffee we need to restart when recovering people will be aware of the need to address the fragility that have caused the chaos that we have in today's world with the government and that requires fighting inequalities that require active climate action that requires international cooperation on the digital space that requires a in the end much stronger unity and solidarity in the way international relations are conceived well it's not obvious that we are going to win this battle we see also nationalists we see populist we see people trying to use the convience. to

promote racism and xenophobia to the 5 but my feeling is that if one looks at the world populace are not doing well fighting the call for it and i hope people will understand that only by international cooperation and only by a very strong sense of solidarity will be able to not only overcome the call with but to build a system that addresses the fragility is there to cover those the most rated now in the u.s. is the 1st day of the new school year approaches a nationwide debate is raging should children be sent back to classrooms during the pandemic or stay home and be taught online robins reports in los angeles. los angeles parent brenda del hero is helping her 10 year old daughter emma with school lessons online it's kind of stressful just because i don't own i think i quit at more where i feel like with that more work here than art school emma's

mother says virtual learning is not ideal but she's against sending her daughter back to class the risk outweigh everything i can't of my cat risk my kids getting sick or possibly getting somebody else sick or their teachers or vice versa on friday california governor gavin newsom laid out detailed guidelines for school reopening including mandatory mask wearing schools in counties with low numbers of cold cases and downward trends may reopen otherwise the school doors must remain closed schools that don't meet this requirement they must begin the school year this fall the distance learning school reopening has become a national political issue president donald trump says democrats are scheming to make him look bad and i think it's going to be good for them politically so they keep the schools closed no way so we're very much going to put pressure on

governors and everybody else to open the schools back in may the house democrats approved 90000000000 dollars to support schools reopening safely but the republican senate has not approved that measure but when you make it about politics than just people trying to. score points and get elected i mean that's what i really think it is a disservice to how credibly important this issue is the conservative dominated school board in orange county california recently voted to allow schools to fully reopen without masks or social distancing it's time to get these doors open and get these babies but the school board has no power to order schools to reopen that's a. made by local school districts and so far the county's largest districts say they'll opt for virtual learning los angeles and san diego schools will also use distance learning for students brenda del hero has a message for trump my kids are not guinea pigs i'm not going to send my kid to

school to see if they're going to get covert and to see if they're going to survive an agonizing dilemma for parents teachers and kids now weaponized for political purposes rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles yes president donald trump has tweeted to say he's saddened by the death of civil rights hero john lewis flags have been lowered to half staff in the capitol in honor of the late congressman as he was how do you know castro looks back at the life of one of the last surviving pioneers of the 1960 s. movement we can i give up we cannot give out. we cannot give you. john lewis was born into the segregated world of rural alabama in 1940 when i was growing up i saw those signs that said white men colored men white women colored women white the son of black sharecroppers lewis devoured books as a child the words of dr martin luther king jr spoke to him loudest seem like he was

saying to me john lewis you too can do something and i would ask my mother asked my father my grandparents my great grandparents why segregation why racial discrimination it was the best way it is don't get in a way don't get in trouble but trouble would find him many times as a student leader in nashville tennessee lewis was beaten for peacefully protesting segregation at restaurants and on buses in selma alabama police cracked his skull as he led a $600.00 marchers across a bridge to montgomery would. never know what he was at age 23 lewis was the youngest leader of the march on washington 2 years later president lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act into law protecting black americans from discrimination at the polls the act would foreshadow lewis's own political career he was elected to the u.s. house of representatives in 1986 his consistent defense of human rights during his

decades of service earning him the title the conscience of congress john r. lewis has dedicated in 2011 lewis received the medal of freedom from barack obama the nation's 1st black president a moment lewis called amazing and unbelievable and in 2016 he was honored at the opening of the national museum of african-american history the museum lewis had proposed nearly 30 years prior but even then the statesman's work was not done louis continued to champion liberal causes like universe. so health care and the rights of undocumented immigrants he. remembered as both fiercely partisan toward his democratic party and fiercely independent lewis's legacy is his bravery in the face of perceived injustice have

this body say. things that are so right so good so necessary if you're willing to die for. you not or for. a quick check of the top stories here on al-jazeera the leaders of france germany and italy. to foreign interference in libya they should a joint statement as the un recognized government push towards a stair an area controlled by forces loyal to eastern warlord believe the have to meanwhile investigators from the international criminal court the i.c.c. have arrived in libya's capital looking at allegations that forces loyal to have to offer may have committed war crimes e.u. leaders have entered a 2nd day of talks on a coronavirus bailout plan with no deal the negotiating an $860000000000.00

economic rescue package but they've struggled to agree on issues like how much should be made available as loans and grants iran's president hassan rouhani says $25000000.00 people more than a quarter of the population may have been infected with corona virus he based it on new research amounts by the health ministry further restrictions are being enforced around the country after a surge in new cases. the u.n. secretary general has delivered a stinging critique on the inequality in the world during a speech marking nelson mandela international day and 20 of the dead and says the world is that breaking point and the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the deep divisions in our societies those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera the bottom line stay tuned thanks for watching but for now. the politics of division pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning i am afraid to be closing in on them i know make you feel

great when i do these ideas come from tragedy but more common to be trying to send it. to school a happy family the only people to join me on this town see you on the final part of my journey when i want to become a target of the hindu 1st policy in search of india's soul our knowledge is 0 i am steve clements and i have a question whether coronavirus pandemic be the tipping point that takes us in to years of joblessness and poverty let's get to the bottom line. when we look around we see a lot of people who can't find work and a lot of businesses that have gone bust but there are some winners out there it seems like the financial markets are always winning at least from my vantage point economists usually say that they saw what was coming after the fact there are always rationalizations for the ups and downs of markets or of jobless rates of consumer and business confidence but let's take a look at the big.