for we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. cinematic. al-jazeera to bring you the news and current affairs that matter to the. counties in. the area the over the world. the coronavirus pandemic continues to weigh heavily in the u.s. with cases topping 4000000 president trump cancels the republican convention in florida. alone barbara starr at the says al jazeera live from london also coming up a question of numbers in south africa coronavirus stats are rising but are they being reported accurately as unrest continues in mali west african leaders try to

broker a deal between the president and the opposition and the race to the red planet gathers momentum china becomes the latest nation to launch a mischance to mars. for the welcome to the program the us president donald trump has abandoned plans to hold the republican party's national convention that convention was to be held in jacksonville florida after being moved from charlotte north carolina but has been canceled because of a spike in corona virus infections in the state i looked at my team and i said the timing for this event is not right just not right with what's happened recently the flare up in florida to have a big convention is not the right term. it's really something that for

me i have to protect the american people that's what i've always done that's what i always will do that's what i'm about they said sir we can make this work very easily we have great enthusiasm incredible enthusiasm even the polls say that's the most enthusiasm they've seen we can do this safely and we can do it responsibly i said there's nothing more important in our country than keeping our people safe whether that's from the china virus or the radical left mob that you see in portland. when the gallagher joins us live now from miami in florida and other your watching that speech us to be a difficult decision i guess for president trying to cancel the convention what else did he say. well an incredibly difficult decision knowing how much the president likes these large gatherings of his supporters but this is

a complete turnaround for president donald trump remember he tried to hold a convention in north carolina the democratic governor there said look it's just not safe enough and just a couple of days ago i was reporting that the sheriff of jacksonville said look we cannot hold this convention safely we are beyond the point of no return and there were also republican leaders saying that they didn't want to attend so perhaps that momentum that increase in the number of cases here in florida one of the worst cases in the entire country at the moment has prompted president trump to rethink how old in a convention in jacksonville but interesting that he was talking about how the safety of americans is his top priority given that he's only just recently started wearing a mask given that he's whole held conventions like this in the past few months but i think this will be a blow to president ciampi likes getting in front of a crowd he's very energetic he likes feeding off of that energy and getting his

message out to his supporters but it is a reflection of just how bad the situation here is in florida that convention is now being counseled. and tell us a little bit more about the situation in florida which i guess led the president to take that decision. yeah i mean a pretty dog day here in the state we had 174 deaths reported on thursday that's the highest number recorded so far almost 400000 cases 5600 people in the state have now lost their lives and we still have this patchwork approach to tackling that pandemics you've got rhonda scientists the governor of the state a very close ally of the president saying that he will not look at closing businesses and pushing for people to send their children back to school meanwhile here in miami dade which is accounted for the majority of the cases in this state you've got the matter of miami putting a curfew in place now that's been there for a few days and also putting a mandatory mask order in place and in fact deploying over 40 police officers to

reinforce that several fines have already been handed out to people they'll get a fine about $100.00 the 1st time if they keep on offending they could potentially go to jail in the mess is that method is actually working cases are down in the city of miami but overall the state is still in the throes of a very serious pandemic were about 10 days of at least 10000 cases a day and in fact on july the 12th we had almost 15000 cases so that is really shocking figure especially when you consider that more than a quarter of the people in this state are age 65 and over and yet the governor will not talk about closing down businesses and isn't talking about keeping children out of school he's facing a lot of flak for that increasingly as these numbers go up but he doesn't seem to want to budge the galley here with the latest there from miami andy thank you.

now new numbers released on thursday highlight the twin tragedies of the corona virus in the u.s. infections across the country of 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 that 25000000 people in the united states are now out of a job. or republicans are preparing to reveal a one trillion dollar coronavirus rescue package but them accredit say it isn't adequate house speaker nancy pelosi has heavily criticized the package saying more can be done but we have a real challenge for getting politics through getting partisanship this is patriotism for our country we're up to 4000000 people in a matter of just over 2 weeks from the 3000000 mark we have to act and

what they're proposing falls far short. well cases a spiking in parts of europe as well there's been a huge surge of new coronavirus cases in france and spain new cases in france rose by a 1000 on thursday that's a 66 percent increase in 3 weeks with 10 deaths and regional authorities across spain introduced fresh corona virus restrictions after more than 2 and the have 1000 people tested positive in june there was an average of 132 cases new cases per day. bolivia meanwhile is postponing its presidential election because of a rising number of coronavirus cases there the vote will now be held in october 5 months after the initial may date bolivia's interim president is janine and is and many of her cabinet have tested positive for covert 19th the delay is being criticized by bolivia's former leftist and 1st indigenous leader ever moralists who

resigned in november after mass protests the number of corona virus cases in south africa has surged past 400000 and that's prompted president serialism oppose a to shut schools for the next 4 weeks the announcement comes as scientists warn that there's a huge discrepancy between the number of reported covert 1000 deaths and deaths from natural causes an independent committee found about $17000.00 extra deaths on wednesday south africa recorded a record $572.00 coronavirus that's pushing its total near $6000.00 it's also got the 5th highest number of infections in the world. 5 west african heads of state are in mollie's capital bamako to try to mediate and then to 2 weeks of political crisis they've been holding talks with mali's

president. as well as the country's opposition the unrest in mali is threatening to destabilize the region and there have been protests for 6 weeks with tens of thousands of people demanding vacate to step down they call us hoc reports. nigeria senegal ghana ivory coast and the share their presidents on an extraordinary mission in agent 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 him back to his family safe and sound as soon as possible in his absence and unprecedented protest movement calling itself the m

fine 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 oss 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 a national unity government but the m 5 rejected the recommendations and demands that the resignation of president. nothing has moved for the moment they told us nothing truly i wanted to have something to say i said and i will say again we are standing as a people we're not resigned we are not submitting we are not lying down i would

prefer to die as a martyr than to die as a traitor the young people have lost their lives have not died in vain. millions of millions fled years of fighting between mali's army and armed groups linked to al-qaeda and i still in the north and 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 able to unite millions who are seeking a better future nicholas hawking al-jazeera. french president has warned a turkey against maneuvers in the eastern mediterranean and is calling for the e.u. to consider sanctions it follows and has moved the century into the water as 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 while france has been

accused of providing military support for handing off that. there has more now from paris on macross comments. the french president was meeting his counterpart from the republic of cyprus at the lease any 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 was shipped 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. an iranian passenger plane has made an emergency landing after being shadowed by an unidentified fighter jet over syria several passengers on board at the mahaan air plane were injured when the pilot abruptly changed to altitude during the incident the plane diverted to damascus airport but has since flown on to its of original destination which was beirut iran's foreign minister says it holds the u.s. responsible. the u.s. justice department has said it has charged for chinese nationals with visa fraud the arrests were made the day after the chinese consulate in houston was ordered to close to protect private information u.s.

secretary of state might compel says the consulate was a hub of spying and intellectual property theft still to come on al-jazeera at this news hour no breakthrough or breakdown but the e.u. warns that breaks a trade deal by september is unlikely and france's foreign minister warns lebanon to end corruption to secure a much needed i.m.f. loan. hello the planes the rain has been impacting the eastern areas of queens under the last couple days the cloud is now on its way away from these coastal areas it will take the rain with it but some really pretty big downpours in fact some towns along the coast have had about a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours as you go through friday it should begin to dry it quite cloudy but more showers across into prison this rain just pushing

down into the far north east of new south wales pretty good across much of the southeast also both islands of new zealand a little bit breezy but it should be fine and dry and a very nice day friday across into perth and there is a system on the way the next runs is creeping towards those coastal areas doesn't quite make it myself but they say should be a good start to the weekend. and then we've got more of those rain showers becoming very widespread across much of new south wales and then up towards asia right here of course and you will see those a bit of a break this mass here works its way across the korean peninsula and then we get a break from the rain but meanwhile across into china even though again we've got a bit of a break here it is just as you can see scene after scene of flooding and of course the floodwaters still so very deep and just as far as the eye can see but as a say the rains on friday not quite as heavy it's going to be a couple of very wet days across the korean peninsula and also western as the japan we could see as much as 200 millimeters of rain.

a team of chinese scientists donegan. searching for rare is also the one who want to produce china's underwater and how does your own. if you want to help save the world's. sneeze into your own. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has abandoned plans to hold the republican party's national

convention the convention was to be held in jacksonville florida after being in charlotte north carolina but has been canceled because of a spike in corona virus infections in the state 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 evo here mehbooba khaki as well as the country's opposition and just a day after ordering the closure of china's consulate in houston the u.s. justice department says it is charged of 4 chinese nationals with visa fraud it's us 3 people have been arrested and it's in a force. meanwhile china says it's considering ways to stop the recognition of british national overseas passports held by many people in hong kong it's in response to the u.k.'s decision to open a special pathway to citizenship for 3000000 hong kong residents starting in

january the british government and china are accusing each other of breaching the commitments they made to during negotiations that resulted in the return of hong kong to chinese rule in 1997. the european union's chief breaks it negotiator has warned a trade deal with the u.k. now appears unlikely michele batman made the comment so 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. businesses as well as on fishing rights british officials say it's for the e.u. to make the next truth but they say a deal is possible by september. the u.k. did not show a willingness to break the deadlock. on the little ping field in the u.k. still refusing to commit to maintaining high standards in the minute. on state aid despite the clear wording of the political evolution very clear we have

made no progress toward a 93 year old german man who worked as a guard at a nazi concentration camp during 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 cain has more from burning. the offenses that this individual has been found guilty of occurred in 1984 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 all 40 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. lebanon

is mired in its worst financial crisis in history with its economy nearing collapse which is why the government was hoping for some symbolic support from france's foreign minister during his visit but instead even said the state would need to enact reforms and end corruption to qualify for a much needed loan from the international monetary fund so in a heart of reports from beirut. he's the 1st high ranking european envoy to visit lebanon since the formation of the current government in january france's foreign minister didn't come to show support for lebanon's leaders who are asking for an international bailout to deal with the unprecedented economic crisis instead sean evil a day on delivered a firm message politicians will need to reform the state and end corruption. the lebanese of strongly express their legitimate aspirations through demonstrations since october and took to the streets to emphasize the need for

change transparency and to fight against corruption and unfortunately this call is not being heard what is needed is to carry out reforms this is not just france's demands but the entire international community lebanon's economy is on the brink of collapse the currency has devalued more than 80 percent on the black market businesses are closing unemployment is rising weeks of discussions with the international monetary fund for much needed aid have not made any progress because politicians won't fix state corruption we need to get the i.m.f.'s and get it. because that's the only way this country's going to be able to look the needed financial support the immediate. cash friends the former colonial power in lebanon has repeatedly tried helping by hosting donor conferences levels leadership but here's the thing for you they need money to stop the country from going bankrupt

but the reforms the mandate by the i.m.f. would weaken them and deprive them of sources of funding leaders have long been accused of exploiting the state's resources for personal gain allegations they deny the prime minister has found the abscess his government is committed to reforms but the french and boy apparently isn't convinced led to brianne went even further to criticize the states in a bill. the to control its territory in clear reference to the armed group the iranian backed hezbollah whose growing role in lebanon and influence in the region has hurt ties with traditional allies in the west and the gulf will hear the message hezbollah is committed to keeping this government and therefore talking about reforms is impossible at this stage hezbollah controls it and will give it cover from us sanctions as well as keep illegal crossings along the border with syria open for you and more than all the while the economic implosion accelerates and nearly half of lebanon's 5000000 people have already sunk further into poverty

center for their own beirut. russian prosecutors have been called in to inspect the facility that was being used to treat a chemical leak from an abandoned mine in siberia it follows images of large scale environmental damage winch went viral on social media last week environmentalist say the pictures reveal one of the worst environmental catastrophes in the arctic's history set a higher it reports and it's more like the landscape of another planet those sticks you see in the ground who wants trees in a forest and rushes mountains and so the nasty leaks from a couple sulfide mind destroyed everything in its path. the mine is being close to 16 use but the environmental threats from it has never stopped and last week there was an outrage across russia when a bogus images of the polluted water is nearby went viral forcing russian prosecutors to investigate. this lake is near the mine

a mixture of water and acid flow from the old mine and right into here that's why it's this color and accident in 1997 caused a mind to floods and it hasn't stopped leaking a toxic mix of a since. a so if europe acid reaction is taking place here the acid is continuing to burn everything in the area the soil the trees the grass and fish to all these heavy metals are soluble and shouldn't be in the water. this was announced 10 years ago the local prosecutor's office revealed a high concentration of pollutants in the water a special reservoir was built to contain and filter the water leaking from the mine but those living nearby say is has had little effect because he previously there was a variety of fish and this like but no this is all we have a low for. sure how can this not be poison all these acids going into the

river there's no fish left there's nothing there. well and all the way to the reservoir the entire bosom is covered clearly not a single plant grew there. the anger over the mine comes after a major oil spill in the arctic circle forced russian president vladimir putin to declare a state of emergency so that. he accused local authorities of not informing moscow the disaster in may when 20000 tonnes of diesel leaked from a power plant in north of. already one of the most polluted cities in the world its mayor resigned on monday it is also has renewed public debate over the lack of government action against those responsible it says that goes on it's the environment that continues to suffer sort of. al-jazeera the u.s. and u.k. have criticized russia for launching a weapon like projectile during a satellite's 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 a report alleging moscow that interfered in british politics china's 1st independent nation to mars is on its way if all goes well early next year a rover vehicle will touch down to begin searching for water which is a necessity if the planet is ever to become an alternative home or a burden manly 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 offers from the island of heinen in southern china the long march by broke it carrying the team when one cross. it's the optimum launch

window the 2 planets are at their closest the 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 on doubt with a sense of national pride or countries such as china are looking to conceive as another way in which he can demonstrate the world its 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 shiah that's where the u.s. fighting to craft landed in 1976 once on the surface a run pull slide open releasing china's rover vehicle the old it is carrying 7 instruments to survey the planet's geology as well as searching for underground only so. determining a water source that could sustain life the future colonies of people from the u.s. so far the only country to have a rover long term on the planet almost half of all of the missions failed china's leader has more space than bishan xi jinping hopes to send

a manned mission to the moon in the next 10 years the last time 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 among the al-jazeera. and you can get much more on our website especially the latest on the coronavirus right across the world al-jazeera call. and now here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has abandoned plans to hold the republican party's national convention the convention was to be held in jacksonville florida after being removed from charlotte north carolina but has been canceled because of a spike in corona virus infections in florida. i looked at my team and i said the

timing for this event is not right just not right with what's happened recently the flare up in florida to have a big convention is not the right time. it's really something that for me i have to protect the american people that's what i've always done that's what i always will do that's what i'm about. infections across the country have now topped 4000000 on average 2600 people are testing positive each hour and more than 1400000 americans claimed an employment benefits in the past week about 25000000 are still to be out of work. just a day after ordering the closure of china's consulate in houston the u.s. justice department says it is charged for chinese nationals with visa fraud it says 3 people have been arrested and it's a 4th 5 west african heads of state are meeting in mali to try to resolve the

deepening political crisis the leaders of the jiri ivory coast senegal gonna any genere are due to hold talks with president the. kaita as well as the country's opposition in reston mali is threatening to destabilize the region there have been protests for 6 weeks french president emmanuel mccraw is warned of turkey against maneuvers in the eastern mediterranean and is calling for the e.u. to consider sanctions it follows and could has moved to send ships into the waters on an energy source in mission and the 93 year old german man has been convicted for his complicity in the murder of more than $5000.00 people at a nazi concentration camp during world war 2 he worked as a guard in his late teens he was handed a 2 year suspended jail sentence it is expected to be one of the last nazi era trials one of when east is next with an episode called china's on the water hum.

trade tensions could cut global economic growth by in $700000000000.00 we bring you the stories in developments that are rapidly changing the world living the government has shifted focus from saving lives to save the economy. counting the cost on al-jazeera. a team of chinese scientists are traveling to places. has ever been. embarking on a daring deep sea mission in the hunt for red results and new spaces. on this episode of 10 18th we go on board some of china's top engineers and scientists as they explore the depths of the indian ocean.