to inform motivate and inspire. the world is watching on out you see. the corona virus pandemic continues to weigh heavily in the u.s. more than $1000000.00 more people out of work as the rate of transmission continues to grow. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up a question of numbers in south africa coronavirus tests are rising bata are they being reported accurately as i'm arrests continues in mali west african leaders trying to broker a deal between the president and all position plus the race to the red planet

gathers momentum china becomes the latest nation to launch a mission to mars. the thank you for joining us the staggering impact of covert 19 in the united states shows no sign of easing new numbers released on thursday highlight the twin tragedies of the corona virus infections across the u.s. have now topped 4000000 on average that's 2600 people testing positive every hour and the economic cost there is just this huge more than 1400000 people claimed unemployment benefits in just the past week it's the 18th week in a row that number has topped a 1000000 economists estimate 25000000 people are now out of a job or one of the worst hit states in the u.s. is florida for more on this let's go on the gallagher who joins us now from miami

so andy when it comes to the health and the economy paint us a picture of what the situation is like in florida. well a pretty dark day here in florida with over 170 deaths on thursday that is a state record at the moment 360000 almost 400000 cases and 505600 deaths in total so over the past 2 weeks we've had an average daily rate of at least 10000 cases every single day on july the 12th but the figure head almost 15000 and now as for how they are tackling this coronavirus it is a patchwork of different approaches you've got the governor of the state run the santa is a very close ally of president trump refusing point blank to talk about closing businesses down when it comes to schools which is a big issue for many parents in this state he is saying that he wants to push for schools to reopen next month now he's saying that children are less at risk of

course the science behind that maybe possibly slightly flawed because children can pick up the virus and bring it home to their parents and grandparents and then of course there is the risk to the teachers and staff here in miami dade county which is accounted for the most coronavirus cases in this state the mare of miami's put a curfew back in place from 10 pm till 6 am and has put a mandatory mask order in place there is a 40 man squad of police officers now enforcing that they've handed out over $100.00 tickets already but that is something that rhonda scientists the governor of the state will not monday saying it's people's personal preference whether they want to wear masks or not and then of course you've got all the issues with the testing here the lines are getting longer but more importantly the wait for those results is getting unexceptable long it takes at least 10 days in some cases 2 weeks to get those results back which means in those in that period of time people could catch courbet 19 it's supposed to be 2 days those are the c.d.c.

guidelines that is not happening in this state meanwhile the pandemic in the corona virus continues to really ravage the entire state. and the gallagher with the latest from florida joining us from miami and the same q. let's go to the white house now and speak to our correspondent there kimberly how kids can believe these new figures released today we understand around 4000000 infections in the u.s. potentially 25000000 people unemployed it was always about keeping that balance between health and the economy but it makes grim reading for both health and economics in the states. yeah absolutely this is ministration says it's working very hard to at least on the front of economic relief bring that about through legislation unveiled in congress today at least on the senate side what they are hoping the cording to the treasury secretary steve that is to get people at least 70 percent of their paycheck as we see that a couple of things running out in the current legislation for covert relief number

one that paycheck protection program that allow businesses to keep people on the payroll even though they were not going to work and businesses were shuttered and also a $600.00 relief payment that was coming out each week but this is expiring and so they're quickly trying to put something else in place the problem in all of this is this argument that people should only get 70 percent of their previous paychecks to incentivize finding jobs is a problem if you've got transmission rates going up and business is closing where people could actually find that work so this is the conundrum and we can already tell you that many people not happy with this plan including house democrats who say that local and state governments are what needs the money something republicans are pushing back on we also have the democratic presumptive presidential nominee joe biden along with president obama releasing comments today also criticizing the coronavirus response when it comes to the u.s.

president in fact in statements they said that they believe joe biden would do better if he became president because he'd in contrast to president trump they say actually listen to scientists and medical experts so really criticizing the president the president may get the last word on that one though however he will be holding a briefing again as he has been doing for the last few days on coronavirus the task force previewing happening about 21 g.m.t. and will definitely be monitoring that here on the meanwhile we understand the coronavirus was on surprisingly one of the issues that donald trump and his russian counterpart discussed when they spoke a little earlier. yeah this is been a focus that many here at the white house including myself have been asking the white house and the press secretary specifically in is the u.s. president going to put russia on notice specifically is he going to talk to president putin about a number of hot button issues in the united states right now of not only the issue

of election interference which we know is a problem in 2016 but the concern it could happen again in 2020 of course you've been covering the reports out that there was russian interference when it came to the scottish referendum and then of course we've also been reporting here in al jazeera that there was an additive vaccine research that was stolen we've had this confirmed by the u.k. canada and the united states again russia behind that but that wasn't in the readout that we got from the white house they talked about krone virus we're told and the effort to reopen the global economy as well as critical bilateral and global issues including the president's concern to avoid a 3 way arms race between russia the united states and china but again the notable absence holding russia to account he said was in the readout when it came to election interference or the vaccine research that could help this president get this economy back on track merican have jobs again light of these high unemployment numbers campbell how can with the latest there the white house kimberly thank you.

now the number of coronavirus cases in south africa has surged past 400000 that's prompted the president the city to shut schools for the next 4 weeks the announcement comes a scientists warn that there's a huge discrepancy between the number of reported kovan 1000 deaths and deaths from natural causes an independent committee found about 17000 extra deaths on wednesday south africa recorded a record 572 corona virus that's pushing its total near $6000.00 it's also got the 5th highest number of infections in the world well that he bradshaw is the chief specialist scientists at the south african medical research council she's also the co-author of the council's weekly report on death's in south africa she says the number of deaths over the last few weeks has been well above that of previous years. we are tracking at the medical research council we've been tracking

greely number of deaths total deaths which we can separate out and 2 of those from natural causes and those from the unnaturally accidents and homicides and the we're plotting a little against what we will expect from previous years and you know we're not surprised we know there's a coronavirus around and. certainly sitting in the western cape province you can carry a gun car train are and the numbers of days we have seen the last few weeks have been rising well above the previous year's numbers.

5 west african heads of state are in mollie's capital bamako to try to mediate an end to 2 weeks of political crisis they've been holding talks with malice president abraham a cat as well as the country's opposition the un rest in mali is threatening to destabilize the region there have been protests for 6 weeks with tens of thousands of people demanding k. test step down their close up reports. nigeria senegal ghana ivory coast and the share their presidents on an extraordinary mission in aimed at ending mollies political crisis. we are here to meet the president and the various parties concerned to bring peace and ensure that mali returns to the paths to stability for the sake of the whole region outside their meeting demonstrators supporting mullion opposition leaders who majlis sisi he remains missing after being abducted during the parliamentary elections in april it is time for these

african heads of state to intervene in the actions of even a cat and his government to bring back to his family safe and sound as soon as possible in his absence and unprecedented protest movement calling itself the m 5 among its leader. but also leaders of the opposition in civil society all calling for president. to resign police fired bullets in july as demonstrators attempted to set fire to the national assembly building roadblocks and seize control of the national t.v. station the west african regional organization echo osce made a series of recommendations on sunday to end the crisis including setting up a new constitutional court to rule over $31.00 contested parliamentary seats and creating and national unity government but the m 5 rejected the recommendations and demands the resignation of president. they are blaming the crisis in mali to the

issue of the 2nd round of the legislative elections i think this is a fundamental mistake the main issue is that. when he came to power in 2013 had specific pledges which is ending the war in the north. millions of millions fled years of fighting between mali's army and armed groups linked to al qaeda and i still in the north in center of the country it turns in mali in neighboring countries continue despite 14000 french and you had troops based in the. 7 years after becoming president peters critics say he's failed to deliver peace and is unable to unite millions who are seeking a better future nicholas hoult al-jazeera. french president emmanuel mccraw has warned to turkey against maneuvers in the eastern mediterranean and is calling for the e.u. to consider sanctions this follows and has moved to send ships into the waters on an energy source in mission the conflict in libya has proved to be another source

of tension between the 2 countries turkey backs a un recognized government of national accord in tripoli meanwhile france has been accused of providing military support for the warlord had he for half that that a butler has more now from paris on mccracken's comments. the french president was meeting his counterpart from the republic of cyprus our beliefs and he made some statements before the 2 leaders went in for their discussions now he said that he believed that the e.u. needed to respond more strongly to what he called provocations in the eastern mediterranean and he was talking about turkey's continue drilling for oil and gas off the coast of cyprus the republic of cyprus is part of the e.u. the north of cyprus the breakaway north is pro turkey now the e.u. says this oil and gas drilling is illegal it has called on turkey in the past to

stop and there are e.u. sanctions on ankara for this france would like to see more sanctions imposed and tensions flared even further just on wednesday when turkish warships actually accompanied a turkish submarine being used for this oil and gas exploration in the area again violating what michael said was violation i should say of maritime law. still to come on al-jazeera this news hour a 93 year old german man is found guilty of mass murder and what's expected to be one of the last of that sierra trials. no breakthrough or breakdown but the e.u. warns of breck's a trade deal by september is unlikely. i

know that pensive chad across areas of you know some thunderstorms further to the south on the east and while you're quite a blanket of cloud across areas in the northwest that's where the rain will be but there is rain elsewhere some rain showers and some thunderstorms through western russia so people sheltering from the rain in moscow but sunny skies down into the south of france and also sunny skies across into the valley erik's now that is where the sunshine should continue but as you can see elsewhere not quite to the same story plenty of rain working its way through scandinavia trading back into hours a germany the low countries france not about day friday across the u.k. quite cloudy tom it is not fairing too badly and the rain again gathering across the sections of northern italy on towards the balkans then on saturday that system works its way eastward so it does clear across northern areas but some very heavy amounts of rain really impacting romania pushing on the towards hungry cloudy skies behind and a very unsettled across the u.k. and northern france and the winds also fairly strong at the same time so when it comes weather conditions in london over the next few days expect some rather heavy

rain showers on saturday the system calls coming in with the strong winds and then you should care sunny for the 2nd part of the weekend but by monday there's very much back in the forecast but of course south of france it is warm and sunny temperatures typically in the low thirty's with sunshine. incarcerated. in russia's toughest prisons stripped of their liberties. and unexpected creative opportunity. for a singing contest like no other offers a chance of it and hope for the taliban to feel. the prison life inside and out of jail fingers and murderers on al-jazeera. in the in the

the in. look back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera corona virus infections across the u.s. of now top 4000000 and more than 1400000 people claimed unemployment benefits in the past week alone about 25000000 people are thought to be out of work 5 west african heads of state are meeting in mali to try to resolve the deepening political crisis the leaders are due to hold talks with president eat pretty good a cat as well as the country's opposition and french president tomorrow mccraw knows we're going to turkey against maneuvers in the eastern mediterranean and it's calling for the e.u. to consider sanctions it follows and has moved to send ships into the water as on an energy source english. the u.n.

says arab countries must show more mutual support by creating regional solidarity funds to support economies impacted by the coronavirus the calls came as iraq recorded more than 100000 infections and 4122 deaths back that international airport has reopened for shuttle commercial flights after months of closure during the covert $1000.00 pandemic the u.n. warns the arab world faces deep and long lasting economic consequences as a result of the coronavirus. hostile has struck our we is for the international federation of red cross and the red crescent that he joins us now from beirut sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera overall how would you say the middle east has been impacted by 90 and of course there's countries like syria yemen iraq that were particularly vulnerable to to begin with but across the region

generally well thank you thank you for shining a spotlight on this most important issue and it is indeed alarming. from my position i cover 17 countries or 400000000 people from iran to morocco and everything in between this is their region that of course for decades that had wars in refugees in disasters and so on corona is just the last crisis that now makes things just much worse the unemployment the effects on the health care sector the collapse of economies we're seeing it right now and this isn't something we project we're living it across the region some countries are affected more than others i was in syria last week to monitor the situation to look at the health care sector to look at the availability of protection materials for the health stuff and the volunteers and is devastating the situation we're doing absolutely our best to provide the supplies needed as humanitarians but that is clearly insufficient this

requires absolutely regional and global leadership and partnerships to at least stem the growth of the corona virus which is probably what we're seeing now is the tip of the iceberg which of course would be incredibly worrying if that is the case so what do you think the priorities are across the region is the test thing is the protective equipment or what would you classify as the most important. we have to work along multiple trucks here you we know from experience with people and color and other types of pandemics you killed least in the community you killed least by compliance and hygiene and food and so on in the communities at the same time you ensure that the health care sector the clinics and the hospitals don't collapse the the medical people are protected so that they don't get corona they continue to provide the services needed the reality is there just aren't enough funds and materials to do all of this in all the countries particularly in some regions

within some countries were just they're just frankly not accessible yemen syria libya palestine iraq and so on so it's not it's not even picture across across the region but certainly as a red cross red crescent movement we only have 50 percent of the funding and the support needed to support the war cui do it here and the messages that are across the world and are global now you know if they are tone self isolate and so on are meaningless for a father or mother who would that you would there were the children are hungry of course they're not going to isolates unless somebody provides them with the food and the water. to where they are and sometimes it's the refugee camps or slum areas or can just that neighborhood so this is what we work with with the local red cross and red cross sense across the region you touch on a really important point because the answer one of the answers seem to have been in

places like europe or the states the locked down you know isolation cells social at this and saying at all of this leave that washing hands that level of hygiene you saying that a lot of that is just not practical in some parts of the region and if not then what should the health message be because i appreciate that of course funding is crucial but what could ordinary people do to try to shield themselves or try to make the situation better in some way. you know so we've we've come up with all kinds of practical messages to replace water with for example rubbing your hands with just sun and even coffee grounds and so forth there's a lot of public health messages that deal in context to law is these preventive measures to the population or to the camp or to the slum area where this this koran of ours is growing and we were constantly saying nobody is safe until everybody is safe and those are the most vulnerable communities that we are targeting in that

sense and you're absolutely right to say this is not just about funding as well what we have seen with this type of pandemic is in fact there's a deficit in in the exchange of the latest science and medicine and it's the narrative is in fact being written as we speak and it changes every week there's a deficit in bodies on the ground volunteers are are critical are crucial the men and women in the streets that are going and how do you trust that access into the communities to change the behaviors for the healthier or the more hygenic behaviors are critical so it's not just about money it's multiple multiple trucks that that have to be activated to kill this pandemic. how we fund the international federation of the red cross and the red crescent sir thank you so much for joining . with us thank you thank you a 93 year old german man who worked as a guard at

a nazi concentration camp in his late teens has been handed a 2 year suspended sentence he's been convicted for his complicity in the murder of more than 5000 people during world war 2 dominic came has more from berlin. the offenses that this individual has been found guilty of occurred in 1904 when he was a 17 year old who was part of an s. s. unit in short of a concentration camp which then was in nazi germany and is in modern day poland the course of the tried this individual was a youth court because the the age of the defendant when he committed the offense is was such that he couldn't be prosecuted in an adult court that's why the sentence passed on him is a suspended sentence a 2 year suspended sentence one of the interesting aspects of this case is as has been said that this is perhaps if not the last one of the very last opportunities

that modern germany will have to prosecute those who it believes were guilty of crimes against humanity of war crimes during the nazi german era but it also is an opportunity to reflect upon the fact that many tens of thousands of people who had a much more intimate connection with the machinery of mass murder during that time were never prosecuted this specific individual was interviewed by west german police extensively at the beginning of the 19 eighties and so the or forty's were fully aware of what he had done and what he had not done during his time at that camp and they did not prosecute him then it was only in the course of the last 4 or 5 years in the decision was taken to proceed against this individual. the european union's chief rex and the girl who has worn the trade deal with the u.k. now appears unlikely michelle batton here made the comments at the latest round of

negotiations in london the sides remain far apart on how to ensure a level playing field between e.u. and u.k. business says as well as on fishing rights british officials say it's for the e.u. to make the next world but they say a deal is possible by september. the u.k. did not show a willingness to break the deadlock. on delivering fuel to the u.k. still refuses to commute to maintaining standards in the. state despite the clear wording of the political evolution very clear we have made no progress. the u.s. and u.k. have criticized russia for launching a weapon like projectile during a satellite test in space the head of the u.k.'s space directorate says moscow's test threatens the peaceful use of space and called on it to avoid any further such

testing the u.s. raised concerns about the satellite system earlier this year tensions between the u.k. and russia are high after of report alleging moscow had interfered in british politics . china's 1st independent mission to mars meanwhile is on its way for goes well early next year a rover vehicle will touch down to begin the search for water that's on the ceci if the planet is ever going to become an alternative home or a burden manley reports. i think when one which translates to questions to heaven hopes to find some answers on mars where the red planet can sustain human life. lost sofas from the island of heinen in southern china the long march by broke it carrying the team when one craft. it's the optimum launch window the 2 planets are at their closest for 26 months essentially shortening the journey from 9 to 7

months. and it's a busy time for travelling to mars the united arab emirates 1st mars launch by a middle east country quote a mile or hope closer from japan on monday and now say aims to launch its most sophisticated monsoreau ever next week the u.s. has had 8 successful missions to mars so far 6 on the spacecraft are exploring mars from orbit 3 american 2 european and one from india considered the nature of space exploration in the fifty's and sixty's all of this is bound up with a sense of national pride or countries such as china looking to conceive in another way in which you can demonstrate the world is technological sophistication and growing sense of it being a 1st world power china's 1st man's mission includes all of the equipment needed to

survey the red planet 1st in order to be released into the atmosphere then detach a landing probe it's to take 7 minutes to touchdown in an area called utopia planet that's where the u.s. viking to craft landed in 1976 once on the surface a run pull slide open releasing china's rover vehicle the overtake is carrying 7 instruments to survey the planet's geology as well as searching for underground. determining a war that could sustain life the future can leave people from the us so far the only country to have a rather long term on the planet almost whole of all of the missions failed china's leader has more space than bishop xi jinping hopes to send a manned mission to the moon in the next 10 years the muslim anyone did that was the u.s. in 1972 china is also aiming to build

a space station in earth orbit by 2022 if the mission is a success china could counter its rival the u.s. in future space ambitions lured out in mali al-jazeera much more on the web site al-jazeera got called. and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera new numbers released on thursday show the growing impact of the coronavirus on the us infections across the country have now topped 4000000 on the average of 2600 people are testing positive every hour and more than 1400000 people claim that employment benefits in the past week about 25000000 are sought to be out of work 5 west african heads of state are meeting in

mali to try to resolve the deepening political crisis the leaders of nigeria ivory coast senegal and the share are due to hold talks with president evo. as well as the country's opposition in reston mali is threatening to destabilize the region there have been protests there for the past 6 weeks french president the manuel mccraw has warned turkey against a new verse in the eastern mediterranean and is calling for the e.u. to consider sanctions it follows and has moved to send ships into the waters on an energy source in mission. and if it. wasn't. in this part of the wall or to. the stream is that asking if that was fate or is are able to be invisible in the name of surveillance and i'll have more news for you after that.

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