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. u.s. civil rights pioneer john lewis makes his final journey across the bridge in selma alabama which became a landmark in the fight for racial justice. this softer a day of tense anti racism rallies like clashes in portland between protesters and federal agents deployed by president. you're watching al-jazeera live from london i'm dead also ahead spain insists it is

safe for terrorists as the u.k.'s new quarantine ruins holiday plans and efforts to restart the spanish economy. and greece steps up its campaign to get the u.k. to return the parthenon marbles and seeks to undo the damage done by the british aristocrat took them. hello thanks for joining us he marched alongside martin luther king jr and campaigned for a social justice right up until his death 2 weeks ago and now john lewis one of the most influential figures in the american civil rights movement has made a symbolic final journey his coffin was driven across the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama on the way to his mom oriel service it's 55 years since lewis led hundreds of black demonstrators across that very same bridge and was beaten

unconscious state police violently broke up the march the violence was condemned across the united states the world through a national spotlight on the struggle for racial equality let's bring in andy gallagher who is joining us from miami to talk us through how more he's being remembered and. well at the moment john lewis is in the state building in montgomery alabama but i think the most significant part of his journey today was crossing the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama he crossed over peacefully today but 55 years ago it was a very different scene as lewis and other people fighting for the right for the black vote were met with alabama state troopers who beat luis to the ground one of 40 times in his actions as a civil rights pioneer that he was arrested and those pictures the still pictures in the moving pictures from that event was seen across the united states it really

changed the fight to get voting rights for african-americans but john lewis didn't stop there he was elected to office in 1986 and in the decades that followed john lewis has always fought for those less well off than most americans not just african-americans but also native americans and members of the l.g.b. t.q. community he will be remembered as someone widely known as the conscience of the u.s. congress someone who. went to both sides of the aisle to get things done was widely respected got the presidential medal of freedom in 2011 so his legacy i think it although 'd this is a day of sadness he is being remembered for what he did during his time during his life he was known as somebody that really appealed to all generations and in particular at this moment in time with the death of george floyd was someone that young people often turn to for guidance he also spoke the day that martin luther

king jr made his famous i have a dream speech and until his death was the last living person who spoke that day so once his body moves on from montgomery it will go to the rotunda in washington d.c. early next week where members of the public will be able to pay their respects to someone known as an icon in the civil rights era. and andy what sort of for reactions have you seen coming in. because of because of the death of john lewis i mean a great deal of sadness but i think a great deal of reflection on what he actually did with his life this was someone who was a freedom rider a foot soldier of the civil rights movement he started off as a member of the student nonviolent committee met dr martin luther king jr when he was very young he called him the boy from troy that's where he was born in alabama

and that name never really left him but i think although honestly he will be deeply missed in both the u.s. congress and of course by those that knew him i think his legacy is the important thing here he literally spilt blood for the cause of the civil rights era and continued in the decades that followed to fight for better education better housing he once again revisit the voting rights act to make sure it was solidified he always told people that would listen to him and that freedom is not given it fought for obviously through nonviolent means during that civil rights era but i think his memory his legacy will last for years to come and in gallagher thank you well eric hamm is a political analyst and he says the fight for justice hasn't ended and john lewis is legacy very much resonates with people today. while we are certainly memorializing this civil rights icon john lewis and doing so in the fashion that he

should certainly be awarded we cannot forget that there are so many protests so many demonstrations that are taking place today and john lewis is the the bearer of the flag bearer of which he has handed this baton on off to now a many of these demonstrators and protest that we are seeing in fact if you just go back just a few years ago when john lewis was still marching steel advocating for rights i mean he led a sit in and the u.s. congress on the chamber floor and it was so a fact the house republicans who were in charge at that time actually ordered c.-span to actually turn off the cameras so americans would not see it so clearly what we are seeing here is a new generation of activists a shaping and pushing it agitating for civil rights and social justice for all americans and that think that the moniker of john lewis to to to get in trouble

necessary trouble good trouble we are seeing that take place today and clearly john lewis is actions and john lewis his words continue to resonate for many americans today. anti-racism protests in the u.s. city of portland are now into their 9th week nationwide demonstrations started in may after the killing of george floyd in minneapolis and have been dying down but portland city leaders say anger has been inflamed by president donald trump's decision to send in federal agents harding reports. demonstrations like these have been held in portland oregon for the last 2 months was was protesters supporting the black lives matter movement demanding racial equality and an end to police brutality so they're probably going to get their message across that we're not backing down and we're not just i'm here for a game not a joke it's the 3 of you we are here completely for. the protests

intensified this week after u.s. president donald trump sent federal agents into the city organs attorney general applied for a temporary restraining order against what she described as their unconstitutional tactics but that was rejected by a federal judge. local politicians and democrats in congress accuse the officers of using excessive force even still more people are joining the demonstrations have been. basically the president target to make an example of the city has absolutely brought a broader base to the to the protests that were there at the beginning then after you know a month or so all the protests were getting a little bit smaller and this is only brought about everyone that would have been out at the beginning. federal agents were also sent to the neighboring state of washington. on saturday fighting broke out during protests in seattle

dozens of people were arrested and officers wounded. despite the criticism and unrest president trump said he's ready. dissin hundreds more federal officers to cities across the country leo hardy al-jazeera. or saturday saw a number of anti racism marches across the u.s. some of which turned violent. a man was fatally shot at a block of lives matter protests in the texas state capital austin on saturday night witnesses say a car drove towards the demonstration and the driver opened fire when approached by one of the protesters. and 2 people are being treated in hospital in colorado after they were accidentally shot during a protest they were hit by a fellow protester who'd taken aim at a blue jeep that was driving its speed towards the crowds hundreds of protesters

were marching down a highway when the vehicle barreled towards them many were forced to jump out of the way. from the beaches of spain to the streets of melbourne corona virus cases are surging on almost every continent the global death toll is racing toward 650000 with more to vent a 3rd of fatalities in just 2 countries the united states and brazil they and india account for nearly half of all confirmed infections in the world and the virus is also spreading faster the global case count has jumped from 15 to 16000000 in just 4 days 37 countries have reported record spikes in daily infections over the past week including nations once praised for taming their outbreaks like australia and israel here in europe one report suggests that spain's actual death toll may be 60

percent higher that's because suspected cases were never included in its total of $28432.00 victims but spain insists it is safe despite a new spike in cases prompting the u.k. to abruptly reimpose a 2 week orenstein on travelers returning from there and the team baba reports. london's gatwick airport and plenty of people flying off on holiday but for those traveling to spain it's a confusing time face with 2 weeks in quarantine on their return this teacher and her husband decided to cancel their trip to the countries south where we were going there is no outbreak so why don't some want them to look at regional lockdowns like madrid and barcelona like why not you know shut those down and then leave all the tourist a bit open and that's a question being asked by some travelers heading to london from madrid i think it's it's pretty bad because it's just come all of a sudden it's not given people much time to prepare. for everyone's now panicking

and i also think it ruins cons for everybody since the number of cases here in the span of a rise and i think it's sensible measure. and i was expecting it to be honest explain recorded more than 100 new covered cases on friday in major cities including barcelona has seen a surge in infections with health officials warning a 2nd wave could be imminent the british government says it had to act quickly to avoid reinfection and a possible lockdown but the message from spain is the country is safer tourists like in any other european country we are seeing outbreaks the outbreaks in spain are perfectly controlled we have 3 that are the most important outbreaks at the moment in barcelona in larry that. all of them are perfectly traced. europe's biggest travel company to you has counseled all holidays in mainland spain for 2 weeks but it's still flying people to spain's canary islands in the belly

erica islands is question the need for people returning from those destinations to so far as a late one al-jazeera staff member who just traveled to minorca says people there was surprised we were quite frustrated when we had the news the numbers here are very low they've implemented a very strict lockdown here and then it broke out very very strict wanted people have not been able to leave their houses and they've done really well it keeping the numbers down here in minorca the real damage is likely to be to people's confidence in traveling being a setback to the aviation industry and to spain's tourism sector that accounts for 12 percent of the national economy. here in britain the opposition labor party is calling for clarity on what support people going into quarantine will get but what many people are asking themselves is whether this kind of risk will be part of foreign travel for the foreseeable future nadeem baba al-jazeera in southern england well coronavirus cases across latin america have passed 4300000 following

a surge of infections in brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina it makes latin america the most affected region by the pandemic with almost 27 percent of worldwide infections health experts say official data almost certainly under reports infections and deaths in several nations the virus continues to spread at an alarming rate in india prime minister narendra modi has urged the public to remain vigilant as a country nears 1400000 infections almost 50000 new cases were reported in just one day india has the 3rd most reported cases in the world and more than $32000.00 people have died since the outbreak began hospitals across the country are severely strained and experts say testing remains inadequate it's. still to come on al-jazeera. here is malaria related deaths could more than double in africa this year because of the coronavirus and russia's president promises new nuclear

warheads at the annual naval rate in st petersburg back can he afford it. hala we've got lots of warm summer sunshine across southern year further north it is a different story lots of clouds piling in that weather systems are rattling across the northwest there for the british isles for the low countries heading into scandinavia finnell it will warm up as you go into the middle to latter part of the way before they are now more rain coming in across. through the u.k. well through in the england wales all saying spells of heavy rain particularly northern areas of england as we go on through monday not too much cricket likely in the forecast here then for the southeast fine and dry lots of warm sunshine in paris 31 degrees to be a few showers

a bit was the eastern side of europe some of them on the lively side some of them thundery for a time by choose day fewer and further between here the west the weather clears away from the british isles that'll make its way back into norway and on into sweden for the south generally fine and dry apart from a few showers to sharing the hand them a great little colder than of late temperatures at about 35 celsius also warm sunshine to across northern parts of africa heavy showers there are across the central belt some of them again on the live side through west africa heaviest showers i suspect will be over towards the west coast around senegal and the gambia . for. what is the price of luxury. an undercover team travels deep into the illegal cocoa plantations of the ivory coast simple solutions are very hard to find for something as complicated as the child labor with

a culture of chocolates hearts of darkness and count as unpaid child labor is working in a $100000000000.00 industry overhaul of the country's cocoa produces live below the poverty line on al-jazeera. the. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the american civil rights icon john lewis has been taken on his final journey across the bridge in alabama where he was beaten during a march in 1965. demonstrators have again clashed with police outside a courthouse in the u.s. city of portland overnight anger over racism has been intensified by the presence

of federal agents sent in by the presidents. and the spanish governments insisted the country is safe despite a surge in coronavirus cases it comes off to the u.k. imposed immediate new restrictions on travelers returning from space. the african continent now has more than 80828000 coronavirus cases more than half of them in just one country south africa has announced more than $12000.00 new infections taking its total caseload to over 434000 at least 6600 people have died there south africa has the 5th highest number of infections in the world and experts fear official data doesn't reflect the true spread because many areas lack proper health services and testing equipment. the world health organization says malaria related deaths in africa could more than double this year

because of destruction caused by the covert 1000 pandemic the health emergency has forced the shutdown of many treatment and prevention programs how mother though has more from kenya's capital nairobi. i love these hospital we need to see this she just felt that it was because of treating children. bringing her daughter to new york hospital them is that this is this is there was one we were told to. expose her to a hospital for us to be to name they all speak told us so many disease because there's so many other infectious disease but i have to bring out here that is another one i say then that is on my side because i'm going to tell that to the number of people who might in one way or another be infected and end up infecting so they see their medical workers say many people suffering from malaria are staying away from health facilities but we've really started doing this covered 9 to no pandemic most of the way from coming to the hospital putting into

consideration by the fia themselves getting infected or getting affected you want to. maintain. the what's called can just believe you about well breaks of the disease. stockmen toward taking drugs for just like this with. the public getting to have. suffered from my lady and myself. i mean 3 months then i come back. so. i don't think it is. long but it's it's coming up. at my house so i don't myself like that in months. again. according. to the world to help of the pope in 1900 and make use of disrupting routine health says that's unlikely to increase outbreaks and deaths from 2 to blow

diseases such as monday. the crisis has also affected the veil ability of mosquito nets used to prevent the disease. malaria is one of the leading causes of death. in the 2nd because the q day number which comes from one to 3 percent in the mid to deaths in the world was out of the question of malaria remains achievable in the coming decades much will depend on whether these 2 yet it presents a bump in the road or are you talking. the next few months will prove could to cause governments on the international community to try to pull a delicate balancing act to keep both 19 and malaria under control. nairobi kenya. america special envoy for iran says the blockade of cats are has gone on too long brian hooks says the gulf dispute is damaging stability prosperity and security as well as harming shared regional interests saudi arabia the united

arab emirates and egypt cut ties with cats are 3 years ago accusing it of supporting armed groups qatar's leaders deny their allegations president and secretary pump aoe continue to stress the importance of unity among the g.c.c. members the dispute has continued for too long and it ultimately harms our shared regional interests in stability prosperity and security the united states will continue to stress the benefits of cooperation with all g.c.c. members and support steps to rebuild trust and unity. olivia didn't have a lie and who is considered the last surviving actress from the golden age of hollywood has died at the age of 104 she was best known for her role in the 1900 $39.00 film gone with the wind her acting career included 2 academy awards and

a victory against the warner brothers studio in a landmark court case for actors rights and hollywood's she died in paris on sunday and was the oldest living performer to have won an oscar. officials in the u.s. state of texas a heavy rain from hurricane hanna could lead to life threatening flash flooding in the south the storm made landfall on saturday but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm as it weakens over land texas governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration for 32 counties he says coronavirus restrictions could complicate the work if emergency services more than 380000 cases have been confirmed across the states with nearly $5000.00 deaths now russian ukraine's leaders have had a rare phone conversation ahead of a ceasefire that's due to start in less than 2 hours time the full and comprehensive truce between government forces and pro russian separatists in the

east of ukraine is due to begin at midnight local time the ukrainian president vaulted more zilinskas office says he and russia's president vladimir putin agreed on the need for measures to support the pause in fighting more than 13000 people have died since the conflict began 6 years ago. and russia's president says he has no interest in triggering a global arms race but at the same time his promise the country's navy it will soon get hypersonic nuclear weapons and a show of strength in st petersburg. and modern weapons systems but there are questions over how he'll pay for its son you're going to go reports. on the naval river a show of russian naval might 200 vessels on display and more than 4000 troops standing to attention for the country's top brass to hear promises of more investment from warships to nuclear submarines to some pictures but the ceremony

showcased the military but denies ation a bloody new putin has made his highest priority since the annexation of crimea and 2014 the president using the occasion to announce dozens of new warships are on the way. we're doing as. the capability of our navy grows constantly this year it will receive 14 different classes several days ago 3 main russian shipyard started the construction of 6 more vessels for the far unique advantages and the increase of combat capabilities of the fleet will be achieved by introducing the cutting edge of digital technology hypersonic missile strike systems. president putin has said he doesn't want an arms race but the new details are weapons that have yet to be deployed could be among development of its current capability but this is a country that is struggling financially its oil and gas dependent economy has been

stagnating for years this is pandemic has caused a major economic crisis a boost to the nabi may mean financial sacrifices to show that fighting a new war if you are. serious lasting much that the russian maybe can do is. shows the frag beds. and of course it works on the logistics that's also more or less ok and then they have no starts right now gross land and they want more in the budget but they farm it there were let me the russian finance minister it was. the russian thank general so believe that this is often. more text. message may be aimed at international rivals or to post morality home where the he controlled school b. energy of these displays to tangibly results for the navy would be the true test of strength something they all. agree is tossed stepped up its campaign to retrieve

marbles taken from the parthenon and kept at the british museum in london the greek government says they were stolen and had been kept illegally it hopes to make them the centerpiece of a huge restoration project to undo damage done to the building over centuries including by the british aristocrat who took the phrase it's johnson reports from athens. this mobile block is being cut out to make history it will eventually form part of the parthenon where new model is being precisely chiseled to be married to surviving fragments the reconstructed blocks will be hoisted back into the structure much of the damage to this 2500 year old temple was caused relatively recently just over 200 years ago the 7th removed dozens of sculpted panels to get to them he hosted masonry off the roof and dashed it to the

ground yeah now borders is not to remove something you have to dismantle whatever's on top of it it's not like pulling a book off the shelf temple construction was like lego they were built from the bottom up this is why they've lasted each piece is fitted exactly to the pieces around it and that makes them earthquake resistant. the sculptures formed part of the structure this quake proof technology has lasted world the ancient greeks connected each block of marble to its neighbor with iron clamps over which molten lead was poured to insulated and prevent rust and for $25.00 centuries these clones absorb the strains when blocks of marble moved against each other during earthquakes and they've kept this temple from collapsing but earthquakes have done far less damage than people even those who unlike meant well the clamps used in a 19th century restoration rusted expanded and split the surrounding marble and

venetian francesco who meant to liberate athens from the ottomans 350 years ago did the most damage of all causing an explosion that ripped the parthenon open visitors a divided over how much of the original parthenon should be restored let it like it was it's better understand i think it's better when you have your imagination i would love to see exactly how it was i think that would be amazing i'd love to see exactly how and maybe we have a 2nd chance that he came here i mean showing future generations what was there this restoration won't go as far as reconstruction it's a shame is to heal the damage. caused greeks hope that part of that healing will eventually be the return of the sculptures that once the dorms they're most sacred of monuments jump. st bernard dogs are synonymous with risky alpine rescues except for daisy from northern england so the

4 legged adventurer became exhausted during a hike to the top of the pike in the lake district so then the mountain rescue team had to be summoned to help the rescue dog a 16 strong party took part in a 5 hour operation to take daisy back down from the summit she said to be recovering well after her ordeal. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera an american civil rights icon has been taken on his final journey to one of the key locations in his fight for justice john lewis's coffin was draped in a u.s. flag as he crossed the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama the congressman was beaten by white police officers after leading a civil rights march across the same bridge in 1965 he died last week after

a decades long fight for equality that saw him represent georgia in the u.s. capitol where his body will lie in state from monday he started off as a member of the student nonviolent committee met dr martin luther king jr when he was very young he called him the boy from troy that's where he was born in alabama and that name never really left him but i think although honestly he will be deeply missed it both the u.s. congress and of course by those that knew him i think his legacy is the important thing here he literally spilt blood for the cause of the civil rights era but protest by more recent examples of racism are continuing in the u.s. demonstrators clashed with police again outside a courthouse in the city of portland oregon overnights several arrests were made and tear gas used anger there has been intensified by the presence of federal agents sent and by the president against the wishes of local officials the spanish

government's insisted the country is safe after the u.k. imposed immediate new restrictions on returning travelers it's battling spikes in new cases especially in the north people arriving in britain from spain must now quarantine for 2 weeks a restriction that came into force hours after it was announced on saturday. latin america is now the single worst affected region by the pandemic with more than a quarter of the world's infections it comes after a surge in infections right across brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina push the case total above 4300000 and health experts say several nations almost certainly under report infections and. attacks says talk to al jazeera.

you see. here we see that also known as is one of brazil's most popular politicians he was sworn in as president in 2003 and remain in office for 8 years. the former labor union leader is known to have lifted millions of people out of poverty a champion of the poor in one of the most unequal countries in the world. was imprisoned in 2018 accused of corruption and money don't.