these districts revisiting alfred's free press. and money they didn't talk we know from the topic of what's happening in the rest of sites there have been some changes over over the years you know rewind on al-jazeera. the the all. struggling to get the pandemic under control the us reports more than 1000 covered 19 links deaths for a 4th day. given al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a rise in infections in spain drives up fears of a resurgence now the u.k. says anyone returning from holiday their past self quarantine. north korea's leader

holds an emergency meeting as the 1st suspected covert 19 cases reported in the secretive country. 6 months on from the 1st covered 19 infection in ruhani the city's residents are now facing a new threat. nearly 16000000 people worldwide have been infected with corona virus in the u.s. case numbers continue to rise with authorities struggling to get the pandemic under control for the 5th consecutive day more than 1000 americans have died of the virus and 68 bells of new infections have been reported in the past 24 hours the country's top infectious diseases expert dr anthony felt she has urged state governments to hit pause on reopen exe to cope with the surge and infections the states of florida texas and california remain some of the worst hit areas and many

in florida are blaming the governor for easing the lockdown measures too soon as honey joe castro reports from maryland. the death toll in florida is rising as well about one person in florida is dying a covert every 10 minutes and florida certainly is not alone 18 states in the united states have broken totals and as far as cases or deaths in this past week in florida it's governor rick des santa is a heavy strong as supporter and he has been praised by the president even now for his response to the pandemic florida was one of the 1st states to reopen and now critics are seeing what's happening with these numbers resurging and saying that that move was prioritizing the economy over people's lives and this similar story repeated across the country much of the south now including the state of texas where along its border with mexico we're seeing dire situation with hospitals

begging for more supplies the military responding there with their resources and refrigerated morgues parked behind those hospitals the same scenes we had seen in new york not so long ago unfortunately repeated now in new hot spots across the u.s. . and in europe there's also been an increase in the number of new infections in some countries an outbreak in spain has prompted the british government to reimpose a 2 week south quarantine rules for people who've traveled there yes on again. a welcome break on a beach in catalonia after an unprecedented lockdown would be difficult for most people to resist but amid these relaxed scenes and uncomfortable question is being asked is this the start of a 2nd wave of the pandemic on saturday almost 1500 new cases were recorded in the region most of them in and around the city of barcelona many of the new cases are young people showing mild or no symptoms at all it prompted

a swift shutdown of night clubs throughout the region as well as a curfew on bars and concern among other european countries of further outbreaks the u.k.'s government announced on saturday that a 14 day quarantine period would be introduced for travelers returning from spain and in france there were requests to avoid travels to the country altogether so he saw the us. concerning the situation in catalonia which is displaying worse and indicators for infection there as you know those who are going to get is are deteriorating we strongly encourage french citizens to avoid going there until the health situation improves and. this is the high season for tourism and many working in the sector are already feeling the drastic impact of the pandemic. in all the years that i have been here this is catastrophic things were good for a time over the past weeks but not now even 2 weeks ago you saw more people out but not now there is nothing nothing. all over the country towns and cities are once

again closing up after a much awaited easing of restrictions the last couple proper track and trace system is prompting an increase in infections around the country it was hoped that the summer would deliver a pause in the pandemic but the contagious nature of the krona virus seems to once again trump optimism of a rest pite anytime soon so nick i i go. well dr there is a senior clinical director of the university of exeter medical school and he explains the surge in the number of infections in europe and in the us. i personally feel this is a continuation of the pandemic rather than a start of a new wave the the number of cases only went down because we went into a lockdown but when we went into a lockdown the case numbers were down but they were not 0 or they were not in perception of really law and what happens when the viruses out there in circulation

and then you start opening up things like night clubs socializing meeting in restaurants clubs bars clubs etc and pretending this is the important bit and pretending that it's all over let us resume because we need the economy to run unfortunately we get these huge number of new cases created we must accept that the virus is in circulation we must open the economy but we must be very very careful why are we not doing this baffles me and i worry about the united states united kingdom europe and the rest of the world there has been a pressure from the economy side to open up and i feel for example the united kingdom opened up prematurely and i feel the health and the economy should run together which is we work together on how we open it safely rather than open it prematurely and unsafely north korea has placed the city of kaesong under

lockdown of the concerns of a coronavirus case leader kim jong un has declared a state of emergency in the area the state news agency says a defector who illegally cross the border from the south has shown symptoms of covered 19 as 1st time that north korea has officially reported a suspected corona virus infection of more on the sets go live to sarah clarke who's following developments from hong kong sara what more do we know about this case on lockdown. well this person who defected 3 years ago to south korea the returned back to north korea was on july 19th and he suspected or he or she is suspected of having covert 19 other reports indicate if he or she has had the official coronavirus test instead that the suggestion is that there's been several medical checkups showing respect to treat symptoms that are linked to or a similar to those that you have with the crowd a virus that if confirmed as you mentioned this would be the 1st case officially

acknowledged by north korea and i can join on has had the emergency meeting has declared a state of emergency also that border city of cape song has been put into a lockdown as it was got as a result he's described it as a critical situation a report released by the state run media says it's a dangerous situation that may lead to a deadly and destructive disaster now north korea has received thousands of testing kits from russia and other countries it's also had some pretty strict border closures in recent months but i believe restrictions have eased of lights now the case of this particular defector the state run media here illegally here she illegally crossed the demarcation line on july 19th and the meeting described it in a dialogue as a loose guard performance on the frontline on that particular day and obviously an investigation into the military unit responsible will happen as a result now north korea is one of the few countries that reportedly has had no

cases now of course analysts foreign analysts and medical analysts have question this is 0 infection record but if it does get confirmed at this particular person does have coronavirus the blind clearly is not being put on the north korean quarantine restrictions it's been placed on that defector and i should say south korea is yet to respond think that sarah clarke following developments from hong kong. was far more than 6 months since the world's 1st corona virus infection was reported in the chinese city of new heart it's 11000000 residents were forced into a strict lockdown for 2 months those who survived have been struggling to recover from the effects of the pandemic and this katrina year reports from more harm city is facing a new threat. there used to be a part where 100 town now walks but last week's to wrenshaw rains changed that flooding and pollution is crayfish and crab ponds gotta hold the coronavirus this

year already impact my business when the operate was contained i worked really hard to recover the business but just before the harvest time this flock am i've lost soil. almost all of science stock died in just a few days he lost more than a year's worth of income. he says 2020 has so far been a year of disasters the coronavirus crisis forced his farm on the outskirts of ohio to close for much of the 1st half of the year infections have east but for the city's 11000000 residents flooding poses a new threat 6 months after was 1st put into lockdown because it was that like this time body parts of the city are great and the governor has already said that he. can see. more than 1000 rivers in the region have breached flood warning levels more heavy rain is expected. while some

a worried about the future all jelled lay can think about is the past her father died suddenly and without diagnosis in early february he despite having symptoms of carbon 90 a fever and breathing difficulties the authorities never formally acknowledged him is a victim. yet. remember what happened to my father that day it was so tough taking him to the hospital there was no car no help he was in the hospital waiting room then a few minutes later he stopped breathing then a doctor came and told my mom he passed away the government says about 3800 people died after contracting corona virus with 50000 infected beijing says it successfully contain the outbreak but its source remains unknown world health organization officials say they've launched an investigation but the u.n. agency isn't saying what progress is being made while the virus crisis in the hunt is over at least for now. the scars remain. so my

life has completely changed i don't think we can ever go back to normal. sidewalk tao is grateful his family survived the outbreak he says he's now trying to shift his focus from counting his losses to making do with what's left katrina you al-jazeera on the u.s. city of portland is bracing for another night of protests against racism and police brutality over the presence of federal agents sent by president donald trump is not dying down the demonstrations there have been going on for more than 8 weeks now. and in the u.s. city of louisville 2 armed groups have been involved in a tense standoff one group an all black militia is protesting against racism and police brutality officers have erected barricades to separate them from an armed far right group the city has seen protests after the police shooting of

a black woman brianna taylor she was killed in march by officers who raided her home for drugs but found not. so to come on al-jazeera after spending weeks in quarantine for covered 19 brazil's president declares he's recovered. and a big setback for many young athletes after africa's 1st ever in the event is to late. july was the southwest monsoon blows across the desert southwest has plenty of shaft i for our zone and that links up to a system which is producing in the central plains states otherwise it's fairly quiet for though this is an obvious thing to look at we'll look at it in just a 2nd the real heat that was in the eastern seaboard is tempered a little bit with down to middle thirty's or below not quite as human as it was so

these are the things to watch these big wandering storms in the ones that dissipate into mexico and that brings us on to what is briefly hearken hangers makes landfall just a category one the problem after storm surge is the amount of rain which goes through texas and then this thing keeps moving through sunday into northern mexico but tention for that right of what is really a desert is flash floods fairly obviously coming into the caribbean not quite a hurrican it's a tropical storm called gonzales got across these are local times its position but it rapidly disappears having left just a trail of fairly heavy rain it's quite a small storm not much bigger than trade and combine to be honest but could cause briefly some damage the showers from venezuela come down through columbia as well into words ecuador and chile and then that frontal system is a bit of rain briefly in the south of brazil but the real winter is down south.

on the counter of the cost this week rich countries are cornering the market for covert $19.00 vaccines but what does that mean for the world's paul we'll look at the coronavirus treatments all thought for low income nations and check out the real price of developing films countering the cost on al-jazeera because context these are feed into storytelling around the biggest issues done but had to do easily do it again. all all . watching are just there are a mind of our top stories this hour for the 5th consecutive day more than 1000

americans have died of corona virus the u.s. has reported more than 68000 new infections in just a day florida california and texas are among the worst hit states. the u.k. is reimposing a 14 day quarantine on travelers returning from spain sections of triple there in the past 2 weeks with catalonia emerging as a new hotspot. north korea has placed the city of kaesong under lockdown after a suspected cover time teen infection the state news agency says leader kim jong un has declared a state of emergency in the area. protests against israel's prime minister have led to confrontations with police and western most of them officers fired water cannon to disperse crowds near benjamin netanyahu his residence the protesters are calling for his resignation as anger grows of his handling of the pandemic and his corruption trial from maestro some of his hairy forces. these are protests which

had been going on for some weeks now but especially in the last 2 weeks or so we've seen 8 of these protests just here in west jerusalem there are also been protests across the country on several of these occasions tonight being no different several 100 outside the prime minister's summer home or 2nd home north of tel aviv a few 100 more intellivision and that various road intersections across the country as well as for what they're demanding while the demands defer to some extent depending on which group you're talking about there are lots of different groups. here from the black flag so-called pro-democracy protesters who say that netanyahu is a threat to israeli democracy because of his corruption cases that the trial that he is currently facing which is due to start in earnest in terms of hearing witnesses and evidence in january there are also small business owners and self-employed people out on the streets protesting against the lack of economic assistance as

they see it as a result of the or rather the combat the the economic fallout of the pandemic there are also just lots of people in young israelis here in west jerusalem especially who are out protesting against a government which for many of them hasn't tackled the grown a virus pandemic properly that there was a lot of success being celebrated in the 1st wave but now we're deep into the 2nd wave and there has been a pretty chaotic back and forth in terms of decision making in terms of restrictions being imposed lifted then somewhat tweaked and reimposed and a lot of people are on the streets saying that this prime minister this government isn't focusing properly on the coronavirus pandemic hundreds of nicaraguans are stranded at the border with costa rica authorities in nicaragua are blocking them from entering as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus the government says nicaraguans must show proof have taken

a covered 1000 test in the last 3 days or they won't be allowed in. help us to give us a view more than anything else we don't want to go back to costa rica stay here we want to get home here there are mothers with children there are children with pregnant women and they don't do anything to help us brazil's president says he's now tested negative for corona virus after spending weeks in quarantine with covered 19 both a novel posted this photo on twitter showing him with a box of the anti-malarial drug. he followed the u.s. president in touting its use although it has not proved effective in studies also not was regularly downplayed the severity of the outbreak brazil is the world's 2nd worst hit nation with more than 86000 reported deaths though the 2000000 confirmed infections sounds around here 2 years following the story from bogota colombia. you'd expect the president to show some. he said by and large here is being doing

the opposite throughout this crisis and he seems that he will continue to do so now that he has recovered his 1st act on saturday after and he was 19 free was to go in a more a cycle ride across the capital brasilia and to mingle with a number of supporters and also to continue to prove to the use of this proven and leiria drug has also asked the army there to produce it now while all this is happening. even seeing some benefits from it he's been doing better in polls the last week he had at the start. but at the same time there are other people are quite concerned in brazil so much so that for example and this is just one example this video already this side of it that it

will cancel for the 1st time its traditional party on the copacabana beach december 31st. hitchin mitchie has been named it to new jersey is new prime minister the former interior minister has one month to form a government and when a confidence vote in parliament if he fails to do so new elections will have to be called the last prime minister areas quark resigned earlier this month after coming under investigation for conflicts of interest in his business holdings. the son of jailed saudi cleric salmond is accusing the kingdom of human rights abuses against his family dar is a prominent advocate of reform in the kingdom he was arrested 3 years ago this facing the death penalty on a range of charges including stirring public discord and inciting people against the king his son says the charges are absurd had the town hall to be we're talking about violations like banning any interaction with the family and even banning any

legal framework to communicate with my father in an outside court a secret trial took place in suspicious circumstances security officers abused my father and sewage to house and farm and went after me and the family these violations took place over 3 years. a prominent human rights activist in kurdistan has dive in prison as him son us got off was 69 prison or 30 say he was already in for help when he was taken to hospital with pneumonia was sentenced to life imprisonment for involvement in ethnic violence but critics say the charges were trumped up 2016 the un said he was arbitrarily detained and tortured while rights groups have long called for his release. the boy's opposition is calling for protests of the state of the economy and corruption massive rallies are planned for next friday and his harem of reports anger is growing over the arrest of an investigative journalist and opposition leader this week. a day after the united

nations urges the barbi government not to use the current of last pandemic as an excuse to clamp down and freedom of expression and the right to peaceful assembly officials here responded with the op wigan's of doubt what will she was not of doctored he was lawfully arrested by this inviolate republic full leaf and he was not arrested for exposing corruption he was arrested for using his social media accounts to incite zimbabweans to violently overthrow the government. given flaw portugal or no write up old corruption he's not unique in this regard all the newspapers in zimbabwe including independent publications if lytton extensively about corruption in government and private none of the journalists we have written are all the subject of corruption has been arrested for publishing the same government officials also say some individuals are working with western embassies

mainly the united states to try and destabilize the country lawyers representing freelance journalist whole fortune war and an opposition leader jake with their roommate say they're going to go to the high court to apply for a bail there they insist their clients are being persecuted for speaking out against corruption the government says the planned active government protests meant for next week are to violently remove prison emerson and other from power and they say security forces will not let that happen ethiopia says its cooperation with its neighbors on how quickly to fill the largest $100.00 letter dam in africa sudan and egypt fair reduced water supplies downstream and the resin aisle. technically to get out of the bus one of those lives early in the technique lee we could have filled the dam in 3 years especially during the seasons of heavy rains but we cancelled the straight year period in response to the concerns of the downstream countries we agreed to fill the dam in 4 to 7 years now they started with new demands for sitting near new quotas and they also added binding agreements the

matters that we agree about should be general and non-binding agreements and we negotiate them according to their importance i had almost he is a specialist on international waters or and was a member of sudan's negotiating team he says ethiopia has not been acting in good faith since the beginning when i left this fight and then are living. with difference. but a section of the dam before any oil negotiations are continuing this is number one number oh yeah outcome of the negotiations this will be so it should not be binding plus you'll hear and this at a point that's so then we should not complain or request a growth not a question of this really has already started as a cross-section of the done before telling so that. i think. that it is unfair. let what is happening right now. in

a nutshell. it's dealing with. a look. norway's arctic archipelago archipelago rather has recorded its highest ever temperature the thermometer there reached 21.7 degrees on saturday 0.4 degrees above the previous record sit back in a 979 time the islands would normally be seen temperatures between $5.00 and $8.00 degrees it's time of year scientists say global warming in the arctic is happening twice as fast compared to the rest of the world. this year's 1st atlantica hurricane hanna has made landfall on the southern coast of texas strong winds and rain have been lashing the coast with a category one system arriving on saturday just south of corpus christi. and hurricane douglas is heading for hawaii where people are boarding up windows and

stocking up on supplies the storm is expected to reach the u.s. islands in the pacific on sunday social distancing rules will be enforced in storm shelters. the youth olympics games were meant to take place in senegal in 2022 and now being pushed back 4 years due to chronic virus the delay of africa's 1st ever limbic event is a big setback for many young athletes like us hulk reports from dhaka. who are swimming coach do gay there is no easy way to break the news the youth olympics meant to take place in 2022 will be delayed by 4 years she explains because of the coronavirus pandemic. 13 year old swimmer salim up to somebody who was pre-selected to take part in the 5200 metres backstroke will be told to take part in the games in 2026 i'm so disappointed i've been training day and night for this moment and this opportunity to represent my country right here in dakar more than 4000 athletes aged between 14 and 800 from around 180 nations were expected to take part

in the youth olympics for the 1st time it's being held in africa in some countries who normally can't afford to send competitors were looking forward to having the event close is a hope so thank you so of course for these young athletes it's heartbreaking it's earth shattering news but i try to encourage them to continue training for other competitions to prepare for the future sinigang because the end is in issues and i think that as committee says deckard was selected as host city because of its young population and the country's infrastructure plan in the absence of a functioning olympic pool the young athletes are training on the ocean and while the government is referred her saying swimming pools and sports facilities bill that all has stalled they say because of the economic fallout of the global coronavirus pandemic. senegal is deep in debt it's once booming economy struggling president mikey cell has called for international creditors to cancel african debt

altogether and with many senegalese relying on food aid the state cannot afford to invest in the olympics right now and. problem see in adversity and opportunity it allows us more time to prepare and do these games justice in order to welcome all the athletes many of whom will discover senegal for the 1st time i realize this is a disappointment to those disqualified but there will be a next time. has now set her eyes on the african championships in 2021 she's overcoming her disappointment with determination and more training to represent set a goal at the 2028 summer olympics. it seems there's no stopping her live big dreams because hawk al-jazeera decor. a memorial for late u.s. congressman john lewis has been held in his home state alabama lewis was remembered for his role in politics and as

a civil rights leader there will be 6 days of ceremonies he'll line station the u.s. capitol before being buried in georgia. regis philbin has died at the age of 88 the american talking game show host had a remarkable career over 60 years on programs like the u.s. version of who wants to be a millionaire he spent more time in front of a camera than anyone else and u.s. television history 17000 hours that's akin to swelled record. watching al-jazeera reminded now of our top stories for the 5th consecutive day more than a 1000 americans have died of coronavirus us is reported more than 68000 new infections in just one day florida california and texas are among the worst hit states from maryland jocasta. there are many hotspots

concentrated in the american south we're also seeing rising numbers in california in louisiana and in texas the border region of taxes and particularly feeling the effects of being an under resource an impoverished region to begin with with hospitals there now they're going for resources to help you know the military has moved in some help there as well as refrigerated morgues to be parked behind hospitals so very grim figures and images that we're seeing from around the country . the u.k. is re imposing a 14 day quarantine on travelers returning from spain factions have tripled there in the past 2 weeks with catalonia emerging as a you hotspots. north korea has placed the city of cairo song on the lockdown after a suspected covert 19 infection the state news agency says leader kim jong il has declared a state of emergency in the area. brazil's president has tweeted that he has tested negative for corona virus while posing with

a box of an anti malarial truck diable sonata spent weeks in quarantine with covert 19 they followed the u.s. president in promoting the use of hydroxy clora queen although it has not proved effective in studies thousands of protesters gathered outside the israeli prime minister's residence in west roussillon demanding his resignation is anger against benjamin netanyahu home over his handling of the pandemic and his corruption trial . the son of jailed saudi cleric salma is accusing the kingdom of human rights abuses against his family. is a prominent advocate of reform of the kingdom he was arrested 3 years ago this facing the death penalty. and the 1st at the hurricane hanna has made landfall on the southern coast of texas a category one system arrived on saturday just south of corpus christi. the headlines more news here on al-jazeera right after counting the cost.

i'm adrian finighan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a look at the world of business and economics this week as rich nations cornered the market for covert 19 vaccines and treatments what does that mean for the world's poor we find out about the real cost of developing drugs. i'm joined now in scotland's east kilbride where the world's largest trial of possible coded 19

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