al jazeera. the showcase of the best documentary films from across the network on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. you're watching the news hour live from london i'm gerri you know coming up in the next 60 minutes from the beaches of spain to the streets of florida and india coronavirus infection spread at an alarming rate. argentina's police search use the fusing the coronavirus as a cover for abuses. 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 after a day of tense anti-racism brownlee's fueled by clashes in portland between protesters and federal agents deployed by president trump. and in sports events are ahead in the game that could feed down when the italian title picture on all those gold has put you say why no law against some doria. welcome to the news hour from the beaches of spain to the streets of melbourne coronavirus cases are surging on almost every continent the global death toll is racing toward 650000 with more than a 3rd of fatalities in just 2 countries the united states and brazil or they and

india account for nearly half of all confirmed infections in the world and the virus is also spreading faster it's taken just 4 days for the global numbers of cases to jump from 15 to 16000000 over the past week 37 countries have reported record spikes in daily infections including me. since once praised for its taming their outbreaks like australia and israel here in europe one reports suggest spain's actual death toll may be 60 percent higher because a suspected cases were never included in its total of 28432 victims but spain insists it is safe despite a new spike in cases prompting the u.k. to or broccoli reimpose a 2 week orenstein on travelers returning from there now begins our coverage. 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 in 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 so it's pretty bad because it's just come all of a sudden it's not given people much time to prepare. for everyone is 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 spain recorded more than 100 new covered cases on friday and major cities including barcelona have 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 and the bali eric islands is question the need for people returning from those destinations to self isolate one al-jazeera staff member who just travel 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 a very very strict one and 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 travelling meaning 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 where almost 500 people living near a farm in the german state of bavaria have been quarantined after 174 harvests workers tested positive for a coronavirus offense has been put up around the farm in the town a manning and security team a security team is in place to make sure nobody leaves germany has seen several localized outbreaks in recent months many connected to meat processing plants. well corona virus cases across latin america have passed 4300000 following

a surge of infections in brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina it makes life in america the most affected region by the pandemic with almost 27 percent of worldwide infections health experts say several nations almost certainly under report infections and deaths let's bring in out a center a pity he's joining us from bogota so corona virus cases in latin america are now surpassing those of north america. yes there is an american health organization a latest report saying that the pandemic shows no sign of slowing down across the region and they're saying they're particularly worried by a number of countries brazil mexico colombia where we are argentina and to a lesser extent chile and also the fact that there is a spike in central american countries some of them that have been doing very well

in controlling the outbreak so far in brazil the situation is somewhat similar to what we've seen happening in the united states the regional hot spots there in particular in the north and northeast of the country are doing much better. have now mostly contained this praed of the virus but new hotspots have appeared especially in the in the south of the very huge country like brazil is in the south central western areas of the country new hot spots that are seeing a very high number of cases also colombia and argentina i've seen numbers going up rapidly in the last few days and weeks a lot of it seems to have to do with the fact that these countries have reopened the large sectors. economy and are now going back to some form of lockdowns to

try and control this new surge mexico mexico to the old treaties there had said that they had been able to control the virus that they had reached the peak and now instead in the capital mexico city that the mayor once again. sound has sounded the alarm for an increase in the number of hospitalizations and fears and the big increase in cases in the coming weeks because a central american nation that had. done very well very very small number of cases on saturday they reported 931 new cases in the 11 deaths those are both single day highs for deaths country but there's also this number 72 percent of the cases registered in costa rica were registered in the month of july this tells you the picture remains quite grim and with no end in sight a writes on the summer

a pity thank you for that update from bogota so there was just mentioning argentina has been hit hard by the coronavirus with more than half one 158000 confirmed cases the government has tried to take a tough stance deploying thousands of security personnel to enforce nationwide restrictions but reports of abuse and violence have been on the rise to reza po has more from the capital. cindy i don't says her brother you class was killed by the police on july 9th the day he turned 18 believing. and working class neighborhood integrated one of sightings yukos was shocked when he left his parents' home to buy a drink the other one this was 2 blocks away and we were on a motorcycle the police car crashed into them and threw them on the ground he had a bullet in the middle of his chest i don't know why they did it lucas was so happy to be turning 18 he wanted to get

a driver's license and help our family. loved horses and like to compete in races around the province his friend brian bromell was with him that night he says they did not mean to violate the lockdown and never thought things would end up the way they did but to get on a limb. now we cannot trust the police they don't take care of us they kill us we have to take care of each other because we cannot expect anything from them. but many say look us in the only victim of the security forces it's been 4 months since argentina imposed to prevent the spread of colgate 19 but critics say that the government has given too much power to security forces on the ground who are in charge of patrolling the streets security forces that have been involved in abuses in the past human rights groups say that at least 12 people have been either killed or disappeared by argentina's security forces 22 year old. went

missing in april he told his mother he was going to see his girlfriend 200 kilometers away in the province of when. he was never seen again security forces have been patrolling the area where he went missing for the past few weeks to try to find him the united nations is demanding a full investigation into what could have been an enforced disappearance human rights groups say the incidents in the past months are not isolated. this is nothing new and shows again that there is a structural problem during koren 1000 security forces acquired greater protectionism because they are in charge of hosing the lock down reforming the police is a dead since argentina returned to democracy because even though there have been attempts of reform the real problems were never tackled. the 2 police officers involved in the killing of god on are under investigation his family is

hoping justice will be served. one of us let's not get more of the situation over in the us and. joining us from maryland and some of the states there continue to break their own records. what are you hearing about the latest numbers . that's right what you're seeing courting to public health officials to reign is this 1st wave now hitting different pockets of the state of course it was 1st new york and now the attention has shifted to florida as the new epicenter of the pandemic today florida over to look at the state of new york in the total number of infections now number 2 among states only behind california which has double the population and perhaps the most start only of all is the rate of increase of these infections more than $10000.00 cases on average reported a day and that rate again on the increase the republican governor of california rick to santas has still steadfastly refused to force people to wear masks in

public and he's still trying to get schools to reopen in august that has led critics in florida to accuse him of prioritizing currying favor with president tramp who is a mentor of governor to santos rather than focusing on protecting the lives of floridians and then we look at the state of texas which is also a hotspot that's on the rise similarly was one of the 1st days to reopen just like florida but the governor there greg abbott also republican reversed course a few weeks passed back closing down businesses again how ever it appears that may have been too little too late as more cases are on the rise and deaths as well we know that specially in the southern border region of texas the military has been deployed to assist hospitals that are begging for help refrigerated warm trucks have been parked behind those hospitals and to make matters only worse of course

there is no hurricane hurricane hanna bearing down on that very part of the country during you heidi and pronger is working on yet another stimulus package but it seems like they may have missed their own deadline where do things. that's right the key here is there is a $600.00 a week check that unemployed americans have been receiving since the late last emulous package back in may and that check runs out in days friday is the day that that program expires and according to zillow a survey found that more than a quarter of americans who've been receiving those checks say that they will have trouble paying their rent their mortgage in this upcoming august month and so that does have congress racing to beat the deadline again it was this coming friday that that program expires but all indicators are they will not meet that deadline democrats back in may have passed passed a bill to extend those checks for the full $600.00

a week amount how republicans now in the senate are not in agreement amongst themselves about how much of that to extend and we just heard from u.s. treasury secretary steven newsham speaking to the press this morning saying that he didn't want to pay americans want to do that to go back and find a job so certainly not words that many of these troubled american families are wanting to hear as they struggle to pay their bills in the midst of this pandemic and you're seeing some of that anger reflected in the very low polling numbers the president trump is currently facing all right thank you for that update from maryland. well the virus continues to spread at an alarming rate in india prime minister narendra modi has urged the public to remain vigilant as the 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 people have

died since the outbreak began hospitals across the country are severely strained and experts say testing remains inadequate the african continent has more than $828000.00 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 for infections in the world's experts fear official data doesn't reflect the true spread because many areas lack proper health services and testing equipment and in the next hour morocco will shut down some of its biggest cities as it battles a surge in infections nobody will be able to enter or leave blankets on 0 barak cast fed or mechanist from midnight local time 633 new cases were recorded on

sunday one of the biggest daily rises so far pushing the infection total past 20000 at least 313 people have died the government ease the nationwide lockdown a month ago but most international flights are still suspended. and over in vietnam it's back on high alert after 4 locally transmitted covert 1000 cases were reported in recent days the country's 1st local corona virus infection and more than 3 months was detected on saturday in the tourism hotspots of denying the other 3 cases bring the total caseload to $420.00 in vietnam where no one has died from the virus the country didn't want it when praise for its handling of the pandemic despite sharing a long border with china let's discuss all of this with annaliese wilder she's a professor of emerging infectious diseases at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine she's joining us from switzerland thanks very much for being with

us on the news hour so as you're hearing in some countries despite previously having a very strict lockdowns now we're seeing a resurgence in cases of the numbers are on the rise are you surprised by this and how do you explain what's going on. it is indeed a grim situation and the make excellent reaching it is not really a surprise some countries just opened too quickly and there's just starting to see the epidemic growing and so so we see a different picture but it is still the transmission intensity is still highest in a small number of countries kindly let an american have taken over even the u.s. south african for she knows really seeing a risk that resurgence and b. now seeing as you said you know a resurgence of cases in countries that were quite successful the beginning like it straight out or like australia so is it down to testing is it

a simple as that that the numbers are rising because there's more testing going on or or the pandemic is simply accelerating. it's both we indeed have more access now to testing we're getting better at testing but we clearly see now that depend demick is accelerating at in new places or in oh that's a shift within countries like in the u.s. it's a shift from new york to california florida texas it's cetera and interestingly you point out the u.s. also what we're hearing out of the u.s. is that there are reports of more young people who are now contract in the virus what does this tell us about the virus perhaps the way it's evolving and how it's spreading amongst the young people. so indeed initially you know the virus is spreading mainly in old care homes and care homes in old age homes within hospitals

but now we're seeing a shift in india epidemic and it's affecting more the younger people it is understandable you know after months of look down the young people want to be out again they want to party they want to be together but unfortunately we're not at a time when we just cannot do this and and we really need the young people to understand the need to keep on doing social distancing to really protect those that highest risk for severe disease outcomes some states are rolling back they're reopening and we see some countries now going back into lock downs. more so localized lockdowns are these strategies going to be effective. look down is always a factor if that's see it's the best way of interrupting no human to human transmission nobody wants a look and so we need to get better and zooming in into where the real problem lies

and do more regional or citywide or smaller smaller look downs i think the quintessential often oh my god the most important part though is to do containment at source what is containment at source it really means zooming in to where the cases are and making sure that those who are tested positive truly isolated that means not just suffer isolating it really means isolate it from everyone within the household and beyond and making sure that it is monitored and followed through for for food for 14 days all right we'll leave it there we thank you very much for joining us on al-jazeera thank you thank you. now israel's cabinet has approved a one off assistance payments for all citizens to stimulate the economy during the coronavirus crisis the announcement comes a day after thousands rallied against prime minister benjamin netanyahu is handling

of the pandemic israelis will receive individual handouts of around $220.00 with additional payments for families the scheme will cost the israeli government around $1800000000.00. coming up on the news hour a new threat to the chinese city of months after it was devastated by coronavirus in sport footballers return to action in mexico despite coronavirus fears will be here with more on the story a little later. but 1st he marched alongside martin luther king jr and campaigned for social justice right up until his death 2 weeks ago 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 memorial service it's 55 years since lewis led hundreds of black demonstrators across that same bridge and was beaten unconscious state police violently broke up the march the violence was condemned across the united states around the world and through a national spotlight on the struggle for racial equality and gallagher has more on the legacy of john lewis. 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 lewis to the ground one of 40 times in his actions 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 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. 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 had been dying down but portland city leaders say anger has been inflamed by president donald trump's decision to send in federal agents there 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 now 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 trent said he's ready to send hundreds more federal officers to cities across the country. al-jazeera. well saturday's saw anti racism marches around the u.s. some of which turned violent a man was fatally shot at a black lives matter protest in this texas state capital austin on saturday nights . witnesses say a car drove towards a 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 taken aim at that blue jeep that was driving at speed towards the crowds hundreds of protesters are marching down a highway when the vehicle barreled towards them many were forced to jump out of the way officials in the u.s. state of texas say 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 the texas governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration for 32 counties. and residents of hawaii are bracing themselves for hurricane douglas which is expected to make landfall in the coming hours meteorologist say the hurricane is weakening but many shopkeepers and homeowners are taking no chances. still to come on the al-jazeera news hour it's just a 100 days to go until america elects a new president we look at whether donald trump can maintain his grip on the white house. burning anger in northeast india where

a devastating of oil fires still hasn't been is extinguished months after it forced thousands to flee their homes. coming up unsporting going stuart broad moves his team to the brink of a series victory against the west indies. 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 all and through the u.k. well flew in the england wales all saying spells of heavy rain particularly more

than 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 ovitz will see eastern side of europe some of them on the life you saw 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 will make its way back into norway and on into sweden for the south generally fine and dry apart from a few showers to sharing that betrayed a little colder than of late temperatures at about 35 celsius also warm sunshine to across northern parts of africa heavy showers there ought across the central belt some of them again on the lively side through west africa heaviest showers i suspect will be over towards the west coast around senegal and again. every war meets the devastating impact of music cars both rise explores some of the

efforts to recover what was lost from the syrian scientists safeguarding one of our most valuable resources these are important south poles that we have to make sure they are surviving to the refugees striving to coexist with nature ok so what's going on there if we have simulating what happens when an elephant commons life up to conflict on al-jazeera. the latest news information government says it's working with local authorities and community volunteers to meet the needs of the remaining a refugee with detailed coverage don't measure up to didn't many countries hunted through job losses for my goods and consequently every doctrine to remove themselves from around the world it isn't the 1st time that the media network was forced off the air in 1972 it was also shot down.

the. telegram the top stories on the al-jazeera news our blood america is now the single worst affected region by the current virus pandemic with more than a quarter of the world's infections it's taken just 4 days for the global number of cases to jump from steam to 60000000 thanks to surges in the u.s. brazil and india. 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 and to the president's. it's exactly $100.00 days

until the u.s. elect a new president 4 years after his shock victory over hillary clinton donald trump is hoping for a 2nd term but he is trailing in the polls to democratic challenger joe biden after his popularity slipped badly during the covert 1000 crisis let's discuss this with peter mathews he's a professor of political science at suppress college in california that's where he's joining us from thanks very much for speaking to us on the al-jazeera news hour so trump is trailing by even according to the latest polls in florida michigan and arizona and these are key states to win the 2020 election how significant is the. very significant because he won florida last time he also won arizona but the keys to each of the midwestern one to michigan as you mentioned also wisconsin pennsylvania those swing states he's behind in all of them by almost

double digits between 9 and 11 points behind biden's key states which he cannot win unless he wins them in florida the big one as well is that he's behind 5 points behind biden in florida it doesn't look good at this point so as coronavirus deaths and cases continue to increase trump's approval ratings seem to decrease at least the polls are seem to suggest that there's a correlation there if the virus continues. on the path that it is unchecked and uncontained in the u.s. what does this mean for trump's reelection chances the kind of artist pandemic is the number one issue right now among all voters in fact if you look at the there the rating of the different issues that the american voters say that 29 percent of them say that it's a quote of our city number one issue for them and 15 percent the next one in line the economy it's quite a gaffe there and so the coronavirus is having a major impact and where the president's numbers have been dipping are going quite a bit down to what they were actually a few months ago so it's

a big thing and i think he has to turn that around the kind of our set up a success like perhaps a vaccine that's developed and it becomes effective something we have could give him a chance to win those swing states possibly and pull this off doesn't look likely but if he can do that then we'll work. on the approach on the issue of the economy that you that you brought up i mean up until recently he has had a lead over biden when it comes to issues of the economy and his economy is that he had overseen a very successful one prior to the pandemic so is that argument going to resonate with voters going forward. it did for a while until the crown of ours took it over and his economy was one we wish there was a law on employment official unemployment rate so people felt that things were picking up in the economy but now the corner of ours overshadow everything else and plus the coronavirus is a major factor in the economy without being able to go to work or go to school this is having a major impact on the economy downward a negative impact and we have something like 30000000 people unemployed right now

who need unemployment insurance and the congress hasn't passed yet so prep trumps in charge of the whole government he should be pushing that through and this is a problem for him with american voters right now who would have out of this situation over in portland because polls do do seem to suggest as well that americans are unhappy with his handling of race relations so to what extent is what's happening in portland and the protests there affecting or influencing voters this having a major impact it starts off with the tremendous number of african-american men and also women who were shot and killed by police in the last several years culminated with george floyd's brutal killing and now you have this in portland where they were protesting the george floyd death and racism and for 2 months the portland protests wrote their nonviolently no problem and then the federal agents were sent in and things got really out of hand and this is seen by many people in america as a divisive issue where the anti trump people of been galvanized to vote because of

what's happening in portland with the federal agents there and the proton people galvanized to go also because of what's happening there on the side of the senate and the agents in there so it's it's very problematic for the country right now and it's having a major impact on the election right peter matthews thank you for joining us on al-jazeera my pleasure thank you. the 11000000 people of the chinese city of hahn have endured a tough 6 months since the corona virus was 1st discovered there they spent weeks under a strict lockdown many are still struggling to recover from its effects and as katrina you reports nature has now been presented them as they are presented with a new challenge. there used to be a pot where 100 cycle town now but last week's to wrench the rails 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 work really hard

to recover the business but just before the harvest time this flock i've lost so much. 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 i thought this time body parts of the city oh all right the governor has already said that's one thing i 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 old john lay can think about the past her father died

suddenly and without diagnosis and early february he despite having symptoms of carbon 90 a fever and breathing difficulties the authorities never formally acknowledged him is a victim. yes. 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 for john lay the scars remain. where you are 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 america a special envoy for iran says the blockade of qatar has gone on too long brian hoke says the gulf the spirit is damaging stability prosperity and security as well as harming shared regional interests saudi arabia the u.a.e. . cut ties with cats are 3 years ago accusing it of supporting armed groups qatar's leaders deny the 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 during his failed attempt to capture libya's capital they were expelled if i have to use force says were accused of indiscriminately targeting civilians doctors medical workers and ambulance drivers tending to the wounded became targets themselves one 1st responder tells us about what he's witnessed to me how bad it had. my name is how. i'm a 1st responder for the ame in and out i'm a field hospital but he said he just called a field hospital but after dr ayman was killed in march or we named the hospital in his name the injuries from landmines are not like the injuries from battle they're

more horrific much more horrific we saw a person comes to you with his leg blown off or norm is innocent when this vehicle was shelled saddam was killed he was an ambulance driver we were going in and we were targeted as 1st responders we were targets by have to sources dr malik and dr mohammed who were always with me they were my dear friends more than brothers to me we met in this war we were here on this front line and the soldier told them there's a body lying close by half there's forces put the body in planted a landmine next to it they died trying to help him how to the front in this war we lost many of the great men we got to know that is the most difficult thing to lose your friend suddenly next to you dr malik is one of my dearest friends in our team and we lost him. a ceasefire between government forces and pro russian rebels has

come into effect this hour in eastern ukraine the truce is backed by the leaders of russia and ukraine who held a rare phone call earlier volodymyr is the lens his office say but says both he and the russian leader vladimir putin agree it's important to implement a 2015 peace deal more than 13000 people have died since the conflict began 6 years ago. fire fighters in india are still trying to put out a blaze in an oil well which has been raging for 2 months it's forced thousands of families from their homes in the state of assad they're calling for compensation from the company involved is the extent of the environmental damage becomes clear where the bahamas has a story. the bug john the oil well has been burning out of control since. a gas leak exploded and several workers were injured as they tried to extinguish the blowout. the well is all printed by the 2nd largest oil producer in the country

all india ltd says it's not able to determine the cause but is trying to control the inferno. a major blow by. we have. gotten experts. to help us out we have c.m.d. experts from when you see it. but we've been trying our best. to control. the blowout spread to nearby villages damaging homes and forcing thousands to escape the count of smoke many are seeking safety in relief camps after losing their homes they're demanding compensation for the trauma. of the fire must be extinguished they should provide us with security and our belongings. our houses were burnt our farms and our livestock are destroyed only we are alive but living

a life like animals we have no mental or physical piece off off off off of fire is near an ecological park and wetlands famous for its wildlife and. this nature guide says the area used to be full of given monkeys but he can't find any now. after the explosion the who look given stopped using because of the condensate mixing in the year they usually remain on the top of the trees but the noise in the brightness at night is disturbing on. efforts to contain the blaze op being hampered by the heavy monsoon rains causing flooding into central and state governments are investigating and promising to ensure the oil company pays compensation after an assessment is carried out and fire experts still have to work out how to extinguish the flames once and for all but he mohammed al jazeera.

and libya to have a land who is considered the last surviving actress from hollywood's golden age has died in paris 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 on the victory against the warner brothers studio in a landmark court case for actors rights and hollywood's before her death she was the oldest living performer to have won an oscar. coming up on the news hour i'm challenging you guys today to become art's heroes. a plea to avoid the final bow american performers ask for help before government funding runs out. in support the moto g.p. writer making his move in the absence of the world champion. and it was once the butt of jokes but in physio sir now celebrating the 50th anniversary of a soviet era icon.

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for months the curtains hovered. main drawing on the stages of theaters around the world with concerts and festivals canceled completely it's been devastating for artists some governments have stepped in with support but before as in the usa they need more and without it they warn the show could be over for good gabriel his own zone reports from new york. for better or worse the u.s. is slowly reopening its economy restaurants parks and even pools have been opening their doors but for some industries there is still no light at the end of the

tunnel the health risks of the coated $1000.00 virus keeping the curtain firmly closed on theaters cinemas and music venues which means no work for millions in the arts and entertainment industry people like carson elrod an actor who's been relying on the extra federal unemployment payments to make ends meet when something like this happens and everything shuts down and there's nothing to hustle for and there's nothing even look for it takes a situation that's already preparing and it makes it. i don't i don't know any other way to describe it but just terrifying i'm charging united states to become our heroes that's where the be an arts hero campaign comes in a grassroots lobbying effort for arts and entertainment workers its members are imploring u.s. senators not just to extend the extra unemployment payments before they are set to

expire on july 31st but also to come up with a stimulus package to save struggling institutions across the country it's not only the biggest theaters like here on broadway that have remained closed but also the smaller independent theaters as well as music venues everyone from actors to actresses to the millions of people behind the scenes many facing financial ruin be an arts hero campaign organizers point to the $50000000000.00 bailout given to the u.s. airline companies. far more than the $75000000.00 so far given to arts and entertainment that's despite arts and entertainment they say being worth more to the u.s. economy we are instrumental and a cornerstone of the united states organizers say they don't want preferential treatment from the government just proportional to help prevent a tragic ending for millions in the industry gabriels on dough al-jazeera new york

let's cross over to far with all the sports news. during thank you so minute so much in the last few minutes eventis have won the italian league title for and 9 straight time cristiana rinaldo put you there had against sam dorian just before half time and he was central to his team's 2nd goal that was finished off by frederico byrne a dish. victory enough for you they to claim the championship with 2 games to spare eventis are also in with a chance of winning the european champions league they have to overturn a one goal deficit in the last 16 tie with french team leon she just chelsea and manchester united have secured the final 2 champions league qualification spots from the english premier league and both teams won their final games of the season to clinch a place in the top for united beat leicester to know that result means leicester finished 5th and will play in next season's europa league chelsea were 2 no winners

against wolves and that was good enough for them to finish 4th so i was always it's . not have to. rockets around that because it shows you want to be challenging the top leagues but we're not about position now i knew that going into. a liverpool had already been crowned champions and they finished their season with 99 points after a 31 win at newcastle at the other end of the table watford in bournemouth were relegated. at top level football is making its return in mexico but the opening match had to be postponed for 24 hours after warning about the heightened risk of corona virus spreading among players meanwhile rapido has more from mexico city i'll do a yes after an uncertain season on and off the pitch footballers in mexico are returning to work. for 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 main us customs 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 they are using their government has been using. coerced we don't have a little chris. lawrence we are turning this in. their states of the mexican republic we are returning 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 the one moment i simply thought that i could say and if you can going to keep will will continue to connect with our fans that it's not possible to have them in the stadium at the moment until the authorities permit but we want them scenario we'll 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 code related deaths health policy analysts say continuing mexico's prolific football season is that a sign the coronavirus 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 guardians 2020 tournaments will be played in empty stadiums the recent poll found that the reason for mexican football fans

would not attend live games even if the stadiums were open out of fear of contract included 19. below al-jazeera mexico city. the west indies are fighting to avoid defeat in the deciding test match against england the door certan for 2 chasing an unlikely victory target of 399 stuart broad has taken 8 wickets in the match so far and is now just one short of his 500th career dismissal there are 2 days of play left in manchester the 3 test series of level and one match up. although fans allowed the app that test match 2 to coronavirus but in london 1000 spectators were able to attend a friendly game between surrey and middlesex is the 1st time fans have been able to go to a live sports event in england since cope with 19 forced all sport to be suspended in march. that is world number 2 simona halep has pulled out of next month's

palermo open in italy due to concerns over quarantine rules they ventile mark the return of top level tennis after an enforced 5 month break but the romanian say she has things ideas about international air travel her concerns are shared by other top players as they build up to the 2nd grand slam of the year the u.s. open and event that studious start at the end of august if the usa is intending to go ahead and does go ahead i definitely want to say i think. just looking to be a sensible as i can on my end i know that does go ahead we'll be doing the best they can to keep everyone safe and then. just. getting back out. and fabia quote there are 01 from pole position at the end of lithia grand prix week after winning his maiden motor g.p. race the 21 year old french rider has now opened up a point lead over maverick alice in the title standing defending world champion mark mark has missed the race due to

a broken arm. ok and that is all your sport for now it's now back to daryn in london thank you so much for that far well may have been the butt of jokes amongst motoring infuse ists in the west but the latter car was hugely popular in the soviet union and one of fits most successful exports and now this icon of cheap and cheerful communist motoring is celebrating its 50th anniversary a lot of fans in the former soviet republic of a stone marked the occasion with a parade of hundreds of live as you can see which was once the most popular car on their roads and even a few reliability issues couldn't dampen their enthusiasm whenever. i've got so many of these cars now i have 7 large as at home all different models and from the 1st to the 7th i love them all. thanks for watching the news hour on al jazeera back in just a moment with much more of the day's news ahead see you that.

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described as the world's longest long downpour the largest exodus and the creation of an independent india and 947. experts believe india is still at an early stage of infection but the last down has already created a humanitarian crisis and driven the unemployment rate for 6 to 23 percent and it's also highlighted an equality religious tensions and a health care system that isn't equipped to deal with a pandemic the following weeks one child of the peace and mass movement of people will also accentuate the spread to the kowtowing to juarez from india's cities to its rural hot. kidnappings and murders in crimea says russia's forced an extension of the black sea financial. i don't understand why. schools of crime into tongs have been arrested tortured and killed.

most believe by russian security forces. crime in russia's dark secret on al-jazeera. from the beaches of spain to the streets of florida and india corona virus infection spread at an alarming rates. as al-jazeera live from london i'm doubting you navigate also ahead of us civil rights pioneer john lewis makes his final journey across the bridge in selma alabama which big.