the lack of the issue here i said to my people slow the testing down please that is criminally negligent that i was sitting there and i thought it was hilarious head to head on al-jazeera. to have a big convention it's not the right time. scraps the main republican convention in florida as the state reports as largest single day death toll from corona virus. that i mean this is out there and life and also coming up is the pandemic in south africa a lot deadlier than the official figures the 17000 extra deaths wearing research's . overwhelmed by 19 bolivia for spain's general elections for

a 2nd time this year. no deal to end weeks of protest against molly's president despite a powerful lineup of west african leaders traveling to the capital. so then the staggering impact of covert 1000 on the united states shows no sign of easing the number of infections across the country has crossed 4000000 more than 144000 people have died now president trump has called off the republican convention in florida because of coronavirus fears. castro has the story. the world's richest nation has now surpassed its 4000000 known case of coping 19 and it's feared the number will only soar what's important about that is the steamroller that it is. the acceleration that this has the

rate of new cases is trending upward in 39 states with a record number of deaths reported in florida that's where president trump had planned to speak before a massive crowd at the republican national convention in august an important moment for his reelection campaign but now those events are canceled i care deeply about the people of florida and everywhere else frankly in this country and even in the world who would be coming into this state and i don't want to do anything to upset it 143000 people have died of the corona virus in the united states and medical experts warn many more deaths are to come those numbers tend to rise about a month after an uptick in cases but president trump trying to downplay the threat saying that problems and hot spots will all work out you also see a lot of the country is has has no problem whatsoever trump also claims states have all the emergency supplies they could possibly need despite pleas from some doctors

that life saving equipment is running out we have no. because we are not anybody to to get a seizure and of course should leave or who should die however when you have where he's call a mass casualty situation there aren't guidelines to be fired or that makes you war you know a more efficient manner and to save their mark not a bit of people meanwhile the u.s. economy nears another precipice with expanded unemployment benefits expiring at the end of the month and he vixens resuming at the end of the week congress will debate yet another rescue measure in coming days castro al-jazeera washington but let's speak now to elaine kamal koos the director of the center for effective public management at brookings institution joins us on skype from washington d.c. elaine welcome to the program how much of

a problem is this for the president having to cancel this rally in florida because the rallies are a bit like spinach to popeye as far as trump's concerned ali. it is a towards the end of a very bad week for the president he has mishandled 'd this covert 19th crisis from the very beginning and it is now i mean back to haunt him it should be noted that before he installed is jacksonville convention there were more than a dozen republican congressmen and senators who said look i'm not going and people were simply not going to go that this convention not to mention that the mayor of jacksonville and the jets and the police said look this is too chaotic it's chilly last minute we can't we can't provide security for you so there were mounting problems and they all had they all stemmed from the president's consistent inability to get ahold of this crisis is it can see it is insistence that this

problem is not as bad as it in fact is when he is suddenly same in safety is his main concern the way clearly that's a good thing because no one is being a parent has it's he's been downplaying the severity of the pandemic has you do a new to this has been he's just saw a cop this this sudden you turn. it's hard to say what's going on i mean when the president began testing his briefings again last week. it was clear that he struck a very different tone he actually talked about we're a mess and suggested that it was the patriotic thing to do whereas he'd been very hostile to it before and of course when he's hostile to something his followers become hostile to something my guess what's good really going on here is that he there's been a raft of polls in the last 2 months showing him 10 to 14 points behind joe biden

in the race he's scared to death of being a loser that's the thing that donald trump fears the most is losing and finally he's listening to some people who said you know you have to show some empathy and show some seriousness about this pandemic the other thing we know about the president is he could never behave himself for very long so i'm not sure that this new more sober donald trump will be with us for the next in the next week or so we're looking at pictures of him a total sore in june in the e.u. can really see how he's energized by the crowd would you think the implications are for him not to have the connect torrone to his rally style campaigning seem to the live. well it's one more an indication that he's basically has the personality of a 14 year old he needs this artificial you know this this juicy

gets from people and like life rallies to make him feel important you know he's the president united states is pretty important if he actually did his job a lot of people would think he was important but he is not lived up to this job in any way shape or form and he he knows at some level which is why he keeps scraping the adulation that he gets in these rallies but frankly you know 'd this is a country of 320000000 people having 10000 people at a rally doesn't exactly say very much right and then came out we appreciate your perspective on this thanks very much you're welcome take care now. that the money for wings that schools should reopen footing donald trump has acknowledged some areas may need to delay resuming in person call since it all families should be empowered to make the decision that is right for their own circumstance this is

especially important if a child has underlying health conditions or lives with a paired to a grandparent who's at higher risk in cities or states that are current hotspots and you'll see that in the map behind me districts may need to delay reopening for a few weeks and that's possible that will be up to governors the decision should be made based on the data and the facts on the grounds that each community but every district should be actively making preparations to open again the children obviously have a very strong. let me just. now schools in south africa will be closed for 4 weeks presence around poses said in a televised address to the nation that it was important schools did not become sites of virus transmission the country's corona virus infections are rising one of the fastest rates in the world it has the 5th highest number of infections globally coronavirus storm has indeed arrived as we said it would with the

provinces of the eastern cape how doing and why as we do not are experiencing at a rapid rise in infections even as the country braces for the difficult weeks ahead it is significant that more than half of those people who we know to have been infected have now recovered or scientists in south africa say the number of people who died from covert 900 could be much higher than reported after finding a spike in deaths from natural causes researches found more than 17000 extra deaths and say the likely to be linked to the pandemic includes those suspected of having the corona virus but who weren't tested before dying and others who were unable to seek treatment because hospitals were overwhelmed south africa reported a record $572.00 corona virus deaths on wednesday pushing its total close to

$6000.00. shores the chief specially scientists at the south african medical research council and she says the number of deaths over the last few weeks has been well above that of previous years. we've been tracking at the medical research council we've been tracking gree the number of deaths total deaths which we can separate out into those from natural causes and those from the unnaturally accidents and homicides and the we will be plotting it against what we will expect from previous years and you know we're not surprised we know there's a coronavirus around and it's. certainly sitting in in the western cape province eastern caribbean karte hain are and

the numbers of deaths we have seen in the last few weeks have been rising well above the previous year's numbers. we think that's a little bit alarming to us is that in some of the provinces we quite a big discrepancy between the official code confirmed deaths and excess that we we've observed. we think pollock might be in the day trust us don't be in the department of but that they may also be dates and are occurring in the community that are not getting. access to treatment the pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted an iranian passenger plane over syria it says the f. 15 conducted a visual inspection of the mohan plane from a safe distance mover said to ensure the safety of coalition troops and syria

several passengers were injured when the pilot of roughly chinese altitude during the incident the plane was able to fly and safely to very. watchdogs in the u.s. department of justice and homeland security say they will investigate the use of force by federal agents during recent protests democrats say the force is improperly detained and transported until racism demonstrated in portland and in washington d.c. the police killing of a black man george floyd in may triggered an ongoing wave of protests against systemic racism and police brutality across the united states. still ahead here announced there are some promising breaks it to landing in intensive care we take a look at britain's boris johnson's 1st year in power. going door to door in order to graduate to cuban medical students working to track down 90.

hello there the korean peninsula and japan to get some of the heaviest rains over the next couple of days that this system still trading back into central areas of china and this is similar very slow to clear the rains away from the korean peninsula and as it does that mean some very heavy downpours into q shoe and western areas of honshu still in the forecast on saturday in fact we could see as much as 250 millimeters accumulating into eastern portions of the korean peninsula and some very heavy downpours across into central homeshare at the same time these rains actually drifting further to the southeast of china once again thank you rains across indonesia why discounted showers and thunderstorms and also very warm weather of course at the same time so these water buffalo in vietnam in the cal doing what they count a cool down plenty of rain showers again through vietnam cambodia and then at the same time some very heavy downpours friday and saturday across into borneo and

widespread showers and thunderstorms across much of the philippines particularly to the north across much of luzon and into india more heavy rain here of course and it's not just india up into nepal. as well the helping some torrential downpours mudslides and landslides this does and while you can see all the see what happens there many people gather there and they actually get the young men act and eventually also get his bike out of the same time it's very heavy rain through friday and a similar story as we head on into the 1st part of the week at. the . territorial social and ethnic divisions. france has seen some of the biggest recent protests over black lives matter. al-jazeera world comes to some of its least privileged communities. where treatment by the police is still a contentious issue. carries

a divided city on al-jazeera. well again you're watching out to 0 remind our top stories this hour and u.s. president donald trump has canceled the republican national convention that was to be held in jacksonville florida next one florida is one of the states hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic trump says the recent spike in infections is the reason . scientists in south africa say the number of people dying from coping 19 could be much higher than reported after finding a spike in deaths from natural causes presidents are around oppose it has ordered schools to close for the next 4 weeks. the pentagon has confirmed one of its

fighter jets intercepted an iranian passenger plane over syria it says the f. 15 conducted a visual inspection of the plane from a safe distance says the move was to ensure the safety of coalition troops and syria. now there's been growing anger in israel over prime minister benjamin netanyahu is handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his corruption trial several 100 people rallied in front of netanyahu home calling on him to step down police had to use water cannon to disperse demonstrators at least 55 people were arrested just days ago a parliament vote took place which gave the government's sweeping powers to order anti coronavirus restrictions. saudi arabia says that king solomon is recovering in hospital after what's being called a successful operation to remove his gallbladder the 84 year old monaco was admitted on monday from 2 concerns about his health and the future of the kingdom earlier on tuesday state media released a video showing salmond holding

a cabinet meeting through a video call from hospital. sector state might pompei or has called the chinese consulate in houston a hub of spying and intellectual property theft is announcement comes a day after the government ordered the closure of the consulate it's all part of a wider investigation in which federal agents have been tracking down visa holders in more than 25 cities who they suspect hiding chinese military membership the u.s. justice department has charged for chinese nationals with visa for. the head of the world health organization has waved away allegations by the sexual state that questioned his independence from china to draw sat on a mega prius's says that a covert politic should be quarantined and he won't allow my pump to distract the organization from its work in fighting the global pandemic are the sole focus and the focus of the international the entire organization is on saving lives.

if there is one thing that really matters to us and which should matter to the entire international community it's saving lives and we'll not be distracted by these comments. we don't want the international community also to be distracted by the pandemic has dealt a fresh blow to bolivia's plans to restore political stability general elections have been perspiring for the 2nd time this year while the virus continues to spread uncontrolled overwhelming hospitals and other infrastructure froze about as report . one by one vehicles enter the central cemetery led by us the cars and vans are carrying victims of coal with 19 relatives are not allowed inside the cemetery. in the sandia nation coronavirus

cases have soared in recent days collapse in many hospitals and funeral services in bolivia scrappy tell people from out of the family in the last few weeks things have collapsed we don't have coffins and the only help we're getting is with cremations families don't want to deal with the fact this has exploded we're doing what we can outside this hospital relatives of the victims have been forced to bring their own oxygen for family members or thought he say they have no oxygen or supplies sylvana brought her father in law to the hospital in a van the 56 year old man died in the vehicle while awaiting treatment. we were at another hospital and he turned blue and started throwing up we asked a nurse to take him out and pay attention to us then we came here with him in the car nobody is alive and us inside he just died he died in the car he was a half human he was sporty and now he is dead. a similar

situation is ongoing in other cities like santa claus believe you was expected to hold presidential elections in september. last year the country's 1st indigenous president it will morales resigned from office after weeks of protests over an election that international observers said was marred by irregularities since then interim president any 9 years has been leading the country 2 weeks ago she tested positive took over 19 on thursday election officials postponed the election until oct 18th the pick of the pandemic is expected to happen later this month. when this electoral tribunal is asking citizens state powers political forces civil society and the media to accompany this decision to show their respect for institutions and their commitment to democracy and the sense of common good former president evo morales said on twitter postponing the elections is

a mistake and an excuse by the interim administration to hold on to power elections are crucial in bolivia to bring down the political tension that exists in the country since moralist up down from office but the dramatic situation caused by the pandemic has changed priorities at least for now. i'll just. sent thousands of doctors and nurses abroad to help combat cope with 19 the island is succeeding at keeping numbers down at home at all cost and reports now from about. every morning optometry student as the bomb era walks through soviet style apartment blocks knocking on doors. going fair and i got out i was a lot of what i'd go into the busy don't bother. at 1st it's annoying waking up early every day going up and down stairs but we have to do it to do this voluntarily. while they assign it to you at school and you do it.

cuba's 28000 medical students have been told they must knock on doors every day if they want to graduate but the country also has the highest doctor to patient ratio in the world and across the island family doctors nurses and students are working to track down what the virus health experts call a gori is preparing to reopen the café she found it said the island's preventative approach has been a success. humor is doing it door to door every single place whether it's a home a state enterprise a ministry everyone is getting checked down so it's very block by block and it's organized and it allows the health system to take kind of a snapshot of what's happening and their holes of course you know maybe you're active screen or sick one day or something but in my personal experience every single day i think and you know for months that we've had active screening there

have been a few days where they haven't come by wearing face masks in public is not a tree those that don't wear them can be fined and those suspected of carrying the virus according to and after returning from the us in march journalist monica rivera was put in an isolation center for 2 weeks had i was examined don't know if . it was like a boarding school they tested asked to see whether we had the we had a temperature is checked 3 times a day and a mosque change daily to. the ministry of health detected no domestic transmission of coronavirus over the weekend but during the week 16 people have already tested positive students like us that are likely to get a break and it's time soon at augustan al-jazeera. 50. 5 west african heads of state together in molly's capital of failed to reach

a deal to end the country's deepening political crisis weeks of protests calling for the resignation of president abraham who co-created threatening to destabilize the region regional bloc of course will hold a virtual summit on the issue on monday nicholas this is for. nigeria senegal ghana ivory coast and the share their presidents on an extraordinary mission in bamako aimed at ending mollies political crisis similar to we are here to meet president ikeda and the various parties concerned to bring peace and ensure that monitor turns of the path of stability for the sake of the whole region. outside their meeting demonstrators supporting mullion opposition leaders to my list 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 in creating and national unity government but the m 5 rejected the recommendations and demands that the resignation of president. they are blaming 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

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 and center of the country at times in mali in neighboring countries continue despite 14000 french and you had troops based in the. 7 years after becoming president critics say he's failed to deliver peace and is unable to unite millions seeking a better future nicholas hawke al-jazeera. a mass grave with 20 bodies a sudanese soldiers has been found and on demand after 3 research or skew to say the officers were involved in a failed coup against for president in 1990 they were executed in mysterious circumstances after a quick military trial earlier this month another mass grave of training soldiers was uncovered is believed to have been trying to flee a camp in 1908 officials have been looking into human rights violations under his

rule. a problem in south sudanese activist who says the president wanted him dead has fled to the united states. and his family were granted emergency visas by the u.s. government office but he wants me to kenya he says south sudan's president salva kiir ordered to hit squad to kidnap and kill him allegation denied by the government and jack has been one of the president's fiercest critics accusing him of. sporting chaos in the country to delay elections. the european union's chief negotiator has warned that a new trade deal with the u.k. appears unlikely michel barnier made the comments at the latest round of negotiations in london he says the u.k.'s refusal to agree on fishing rights and the level playing field of businesses are the key sticking points now it's been 9 years since forrest johnson became british prime minister he took office on the promise to deliver for exit but found himself having to lead the u.k.

through the coronavirus crisis simmons looks back at an eventful 12 months. always always wanted to be prime minister and this mantra made it possible we can get bricks it done now has a reliable in downing street came with ruthless cycles all of the top jobs went to his pro bricks and supporters and bricks it was done it split the country and the conservative party. but then within a month came the biggest crisis facing any prime minister in post-war u.k. history covert 19 how did johnson handle it certainly has a lot of question marks around it there's a widespread acceptance i probably think in government that the u.k. maybe knocks down too late and it's been slow it's come out of that before the virus struck johnson was absent from 5 crises briefings i've shaking hands can decide that i was at a hospital the other night i think there were

a few are actually if you create a virus the patients like shook hands with everybody yet the prime minister himself became a covert victim scaping death polls show much of the public sympathy for his plight brain rapidly it was reaction to blunders costing thousands of lives such as frontline health workers without protective gear and no attempt to protect the elderly in nursing homes. added to that johnson is refusing to sign a chief advisor dominic cummings who brought down rules for 6 year old talk server a trade do with the e.u. is stalled and johnson refuses to break his promise not to extend the talks into the new year is certainly a very few bricks ultra's if you like to believe in what they say is a clean break that has been best for 'd the british economy in the long term and is also the brics and referendum in 2016 taking center stage in another major issue

facing johnson and his government for those whose government is accused of refusing to investigate what the report calls success for russian interference in u.k. democracy watch out for this man to pile on the pressure because the new leader of the labor opposition politics he's leading in the polls and many in the conservative party see him as a serious threat andrew symonds how does it. so this is our desire these are the top stories and 1st president donald trump has canceled the republican national convention that was due to be held in jacksonville in florida next month florida as one of the state's hardest hit by the pandemic scientists in south africa say the number of people who've died from covert 19 could be much higher than reported after highlighting

a spike in deaths from natural causes presidents around poser has ordered schools to close for the next 4 weeks. the pentagon has just confirmed swine of its fighter jets intercepted a an iranian passenger plane of syria it says the f. 15 conducted a visual inspection of the. plane from a safe distance of around a 1000 meters it says the move was to ensure the safety of coalition troops in syria several passengers were injured when the pilot promptly change altitude during the incident the aircraft eventually landed safely in beirut. saudi arabia says king solomon is recovering in hospital after what's being called a successful operation to remove his gallbladder 84 year old one of the quiz admitted on monday prompting concerns about his health and the future of the kingdom u.s. secretary of state might pompei has called the chinese consulate in houston of spying and intellectual property theft his announcement comes a day after the government ordered the closure of the consulate so part of

a wider investigation in which federal agents have been tracking down baeza holders of more than 25 cities who they suspect are hiding ties with the chinese military the u.s. justice department has charged for chinese nationals with visa fraud. u.s. president told transformer lawyer michael cohen is being released from prison and sent back to home confinement the judge concluded the government to target cohen for planning to publish a book about cohen was sent home from jail in may of the coronavirus pandemic but he was imprisoned again 2 weeks ago and he's been in solitary confinement since cohen was sentenced back in 2018 for directing house payments to 2 women who claimed they had affairs with donald trump. that's right with headlines got more news here on out 0 right after earth rise from. 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. climate change is an existential threat to life on. the world health organization predicts that in fact again it will be directly responsible for the deaths of over $250000.00 people each year. many governments the fate.