struggling to bring the pandemic under control the us reports woman a 1000 covert 19 links deaths for a 5th day. i'm committed al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a rise in infections in spain drives up fares of a resurgence albert u.k. says anyone returning from holiday there must self quarantine. north korea's leader holds an emergency meeting as the country's 1st suspected covert 19 cases reporters

. and 6 months on from the 1st corona virus infection in the city's residents are now facing a new threat. nearly 16000000 people worldwide have been infected with corona virus in the u.s. the number of cases is rising as authorities struggle to get the pandemic under control for the 5th consecutive day more than 1000 americans have died of the virus and 68000 new infections have been reported in just the past 24 hours the country's top infectious diseases expert dr anthony felt she has state governments to halt reopening to cope with the infections the states of florida texas and california remain some of the worst hit areas many in florida are blaming the governor for easing the lockdown measures too soon so how did you cast her reports from maryland . the death toll in florida is rising as well and one person in florida is dying

a coded 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 is strong 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 the number of new infections in some countries has increased an outbreak in spain is probably the british government to reimpose a 2 week self quarantine on people who've traveled there his son you gay. 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 travellers returning from spain and in france there were requests to avoid travels to the country altogether so he saw this show concerning the situation in catalonia which is displaying worsened 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 you know thank . you 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 or 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 any time soon so nick i i go. north korea has placed the city of cause song and a lockdown of the concerns of the coronavirus case its 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 cover 19 it's the 1st time that north korea has officially reported a suspected corona virus infection so clark is following the story from home call she says it's unclear whether the patient has been tested. well this person who defected 3 years ago to south korea the return date back to north korea was on july 19th and he suspected or he or she is suspected of having covert 19 other reports don't indicate if he or she has had the official coronavirus test and said that the

suggestion is that there's been several medical check ups showing respect for the 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 kim jong un has had the emergency meeting has declared a state of emergency also that border city of case one 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 in case on that may lead to a deadly and destructive disaster 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 late now the case of this particular defector the state run media say he illegally he or she illegally crossed the demarcation line on july 19th and the politburo meeting described it in a dialogue as aloof guard performance on the front line on that particular day and

obviously an investigation into the military unit responsible will happen it's been more than 6 months since the world's 1st corona virus infection was reported in the chinese city of will harm its 11000000 residents were forced into a structure lock down for more than 2 months those who survived have been struggling to recover from the effects of the pandemic and the training new reports from harm the city is facing a new threat. there used to be a part. of town and now walks but last week's to wrenshaw rains changed that flooding in polluting is crayfish and crab ponds got a hole in the coronavirus this year already impact most of his news. when the operate was contained i was really hard to recall the business but just before harvest time. i've lost sores. almost all of size 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 eased but for the city's 11000000 residents flooding poses a new threat 6 months after her was 1st what it was this time i am what i am parts of the city i was the right i was what it was that's what i am more than 1000 rivers in the region have breached flood warning levels heavy rain is expected while some a worried about the future old giles lake and think about the past her father died suddenly and without diagnosis and early february despite having symptoms of carbon 90 a fever and breathing difficulties the authorities never formally acknowledge him as

a victim. yes what's with. remembering 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 and 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 and 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 line is over at least for now for john lay the scars remain. where you are so my life has completely changed i don't think you 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. in the u.s. city of portland demonstrators have gathered for another night of protest against racism and police brutality anger of the presence of federal agents sent by president donald trump is not dying down the demonstrations were sparked by the killing of george foid and have been going on for more than 8 weeks so you're also is a freelance journalist in portland he explains what's driving the demonstrations. the last 2 days you've seen thousands of people maybe 3 to 4000 people a large coalition of moms and helmets dads in our hats last night we had a wall of veterans and leaf blowers to blow back tear gas at the same time you know there's been so much tear gas expended the last few days that people are reporting the next day that they're feeling burned on their skin so while this is happening

in a very small part of portland and not even all of downtown it's just a part of downtown what we're seeing in front of the federal courthouse is significant what we've seen at these protests is a lot more people of color than you usually see in for the protests and i've covered them for years here there are a lot more people of color and. while this while the movement on this is not really organized by one group a lot of the people who are speaking and on the bullhorn are people of color portland has a history of activism and so some might say that's what it is you know it's unclear this city it is is surrounded by very conservative rural voters very the trump base outside of portland oregon is a very liberal city and very democrat blue. and it's very very few people of color at the same time those because there are so few people of color i think that. they are more they're feeling the it's

a more potent feeling of they feel when they see something like george floyd to them because they they're very powerless in this in this in this city that they're you know they don't they're not majority of anything i think that might be one reason why they took the streets with a bit more. potency that than in other cities where it's a lot more diverse. and the u.s. city of louisville 2 armed groups have been involved in a tense standoff one group an all black militia who is protesting against racism and police brutality offices have erected barricades to separate them from an armed far right across the city has seen protests after the police shooting of black woman briana taylor she was killed and march by offices who raided her home for drugs but found none still ahead on al jazeera. i demonstrate this keep up the pressure on israel's prime minister to quit. and for

the love of the game we'll tell you why it's kicking off in mexico despite coronavirus fears. there will be some big thunderstorms again in western saudi and yemen because voices coming in from the edge of the southwest monsoon the same is potentially the case in the minds of a man but i think we have a couple days off from that because the heart of his blog and cell our search degrees drizzly overcast but there's no predominant breeze elsewhere you will notice all the temperature in the middle to high forty's last that's dry heat in baghdad 51 is definitely a dry heat but around the gulf states with no real breeze you tend to get fed he would weather his town the air comes in and out when you get 44 that will be slightly drier but typically this is the humid time of the year to be down to the

edge effects of this southwest monsoon we've got a potential developer here at least is a massive sunda storms so produce a lot of rain just catching the north of madagascar and of course a small admirations for example but the edge wind might bring a couple of showers into kenya and doesn't look like it and somalia otherwise that standard further inland south of all this active weather drives itself through south africa quite often in the immediate future it's a dry looking picture we've got 16 degrees in cape town 17 important is because with rain just catching the south coast that's exactly spot on average. for the coveted beyond well. taken without hesitation. horton died from. our defines our how we should not abdicate our culture

for oil and gas we live here we make the rural people and our investigates exposes and question means they use and abuse of our around the globe on al-jazeera. the. the what. you're watching are just there are a reminder of our top stories this hour for the 5th consecutive day more than a 1000 americans have died of corona virus the u.s. has reported more than 68000 new infections in one day florida california and texas are among the worst hit states. north korea has placed city of car song on the

lockdown after a suspected covert 19 in fiction a state news agency says leader kim jong un has declared a state of emergency in the area. and the u.s. city of portland is bracing for another night of protests against racism and police uproot tell us he is a live pictures from there has been a lot of anger of the presence of federal agents sent by president don't trump and that anger is not dying down the demonstrations have been going on for more than 8 weeks. protests against israel's prime minister of lead to confrontations with police a west russo them officers fired water cannon to disperse crowds there benjamin netanyahu has residents protest is a calling for his resignation as anger grows of his handling of the pandemic and his corruption trial from west as our forces. these are protests which have 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 sort of summer home or 2nd home north of tel aviv. a few 100 more in television and then it's various road intersections across the country as well as for what they're demanding world demands diffidence some extent depending on which group you're talking about there are lots of different groups here from the the black flag so-called pro-democracy protesters who say that netanyahu is a threat to israel 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 they're 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 also there's 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 and 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 is stranded at the border with costa rica authorities in nicaragua are blocking them from entering this part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus the government says they must show proof they've taken a covert 19 test in the last 3 days or they won't be allowed in and. help us to give us a few 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 is tested negative for chronic virus after spending weeks in quarantine with calls at 19 also not a posted this photo on twitter showing him with a box of anti-malarial drug. if the us president are promoting its use although it has not proved effective in studies also not as regularly downplayed the severity of the outbreak brazil is the world's 2nd worst hit nation. here's following the story from bogota in colombia. you'd expect the president to show some. by and large he has being doing the opposite throughout this crisis and he seems that he will continue to do so and now that he has recovered his 1st act on saturday after and seeing 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 youth of this proven anti. drug has also asked the army there to produce it now while all this is happening and i was even seeing some benefits from me if he's been doing better in polls the last week he had at the start of the pandemic but at the same time there are other people quite concerned in brazil so much so that for example and this is just one example of this. already this cited that it will cancel for the 1st time its traditional party on the copacabana beach december 31st one strain he has recorded its highest jump and daily deaths from the corona virus 10 people in victoria st died from co the 19 in the past 24 hours and

to the man in his forty's $459.00 new infections but also reporters taking the nation's total to more than $14000.00 parts of the state of victoria have gone back into a 6 week lockdown after a surge in new cases. somalia's president has appointed an interim prime minister after parliament voted to remove hide it from office he had come under criticism for his handling of security his removal comes during a dispute over the timing of the national elections you take place early next year is deputy mohamad couldn't take over as acting prime minister. it chimney chichi has been named to disease new prime minister the former interior minister has one month to form a new government and to win a confidence vote in parliament you would actions will have to be called if he fails the last prime minister alias for clarke resigned earlier this month after coming under investigation for conflicts of interest in his business holdings. the

son of jailed saudi cleric. is accusing the kingdom of human rights abuses against his family. is a prominent advocate of reform in the kingdom he was arrested 3 years ago and is 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 that had the town hall 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 searched our house and farm and went after me and the family these violations took place over 3 years. well of them's from overseas won't be able to attend the harsh in saudi arabia due to corona virus restrictions however a limited number of domestic visits is permitted or about 1000 people are allowed

to attend from within the kingdom the pandemic is a major concern for organizers last year 2000000 took part. protesters in spain have been marching against the royal family they're angry about corruption allegations involving king philip as father juan carlos the supreme court opened an investigation into the former king in june over his involvement in awarding a high speed rail contract in saudi arabia. in russia a wave of anti-government protest sparked by the arrest of a governor have entered the 3rd week tens of thousands of demonstrators in the south eastern city of coveralls are seeking justice for surrogate for a girl who's accused of murder charges are politically motivated because here lopez a hoodie on reports. these protests are a problem for president vladimir putin demonstrators in the city of competence have marched every day for more than 2 weeks to manning the governor of the region go is released from prison. a businessman turned politician was arrested on july the 9th

and flown to moscow he is accused in the murder of business rivals 15 years ago charges he denies was. this city in russia's far here the border with china is more than 6000 kilometers from moscow but now it's turned into an unexpected hub of anti-government protests was people often i think people are marching out on the streets because they vote to elect the governor in the 2018 election has been taken away for gold supporters say the accusations are politically motivated out of a yellow we've had enough we elected the governor we want to be heard and decide a selves what to do with him bring him here for a fat and open trial and we'll decide whether to convict him or not so wish. putin officially fired for go on monday and appointed over placement fueling

further mistrust in the region the president's united russia party isn't popular here the protests reflect anger of what many see as out of touch politicians imposing policies from moscow. the timing of the arrest is also raising questions earlier this month president putin oversaw a controversial vote potentially allowing him to remain in power for another 16 years critics say putin waited until he'd won the vote before sacking the governor from the opposing liberal democratic party. protests are relatively rare and putin's tightly controlled russia and the coronavirus pandemic is further complicating the kremlin's response it's not the type of attention put in as looking for the protesters in the city of 600000 people say the marches will continue until the governor is released. so the young. well the 9000000 people across south asia have been affected by floods triggered by

heavy monsoon rain in india officials are calling the situation in bihar state a. number of cases in the region has risen health officials warn that displaced people are at a greater risk of contracting covert 19. no ways arctic archipelago has recorded its highest ever temperature the moment is there reached 21.7 degrees on saturday at 0.4 degrees above the previous record set and 979 the islands would normally experience temperatures of between $5.00 and $8.00 degrees at this time of year scientists a global warming in the arctic is happening twice as fast as in the rest of the world the 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. mexico is moving forward with 1st division football the other big match of the 2020 league m.x. was played on friday after being perspired by one day and despite warnings over a heightened risk of corona virus spreading among the players on your apparel has more from mexico city. after an uncertain season on and off the pitch footballers in mexico are returning to work. per league football has kicked off a 4 day tournaments with the theme on arena health workers on the front lines of mexico's ongoing struggle against the corona virus pandemic. in recognition and gratitude of those who care for health against the toughest of rivals the tournament name will be changed to guard against 2020 this is

a message of solidarity on behalf of mexico's football industry the minister gushes but if you don't well this year's league has been highly anticipated though many in mexico see the tournament as a risky mistake as you you may know we have been using the government has been using. coerced we don't have a little interest you're going to large we are turning. your state of the mexican republic really turned to red that's the highest level of the freeze so this is not the time to return to stadiums concerns have also been growing over the risk to players and league staff among mexico's 18 1st division teams 16 have reported coronavirus infections within their ranks. even so many players say they're just glad to return to doing what they love so you are mine and i simply thought that i could say if you can going to keep well we'll

continue to connect with our fans though it's not possible to have them in the stadium at the moment until the authorities permit but we want them to know it will do want jobs in the field and bring them as much happiness as we can. mexico is one of latin america's. worst hit countries by the corona virus pandemic and 2nd only to brazil in coburg related deaths health policy analysts say continuing mexico's proly football season is that a sign the corona virus outbreak is improving but rather a decision that was made despite evidence and warnings that contagion is still on the rise. the remaining matches of the guardian's 2020 tournaments will be played in empty stadiums the recent poll found that 3 in 4 mexican football fans would not attend live games even if the stadiums were open out of fear of contracting code 19 . below al jazeera mexico city. a memorial for late u.s. congressman john lewis has been held in his home state alabama the us was

remembered for his role in politics and as a civil rights leader there will be 6 days of ceremonies the line stays in the u.s. capitol before being buried in georgia. if i'm all in all of our stories on our web site the address for that is al-jazeera dot com. this is al-jazeera and these this home stories more than 60000000 people worldwide have been infected with corona virus for the 5th consecutive day more than a 1000 americans have died of corona virus the u.s. has reported more than 68000 new infections in one day florida california and texas are among the worst hit states from maryland has had your castro. there are many hotspots concentrated in the american south we're also seeing rising numbers in california and 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 new hot spot. australia has reported its highest jump in daily deaths from grown a virus 10 people in victoria state died from cold at 19 in the past 24 hours including a man in his forty's 459 new infections were also reporters taking the nation's total to more than $14000.00. 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 un has

declared a state of emergency in the area it's the 1st time that north korea has officially reported a suspected corona virus infection. brazil's president has tweeted that he has tested negative for corona virus while posing with a box of an anti malarial drug. spend weeks in quarantine with covert 19 he followed the u.s. president to promoting the use of hydroxy clerically although it has not proved effective in studies. part tests are under way in the us city of portland for another nice these are live pictures from their anger of the presence of federal agent sent by president donald trump is not going down the demonstrations the spot by the death of george foid have gone on for more than 8 weeks. those headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after people and power up. incarcerated in russia's toughest prisons stripped of their liberties. and unexpected

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